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- Styles 1907! one Washington Fashioned Apparel THE WASHINGTON CO. new vcnn Bring Corvallis Times CORVALLIS, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, APR. 30, 1907 La Follette. As no other man has done it, lie tears the mask from that which is hypocritical and false in the country. The exposure is com plete, his arraignment merciless. He knows his subject as few other men know it, and dares to tell it all. AlUthe power of Mammon cannot deter him from telling the story, all the threats and snubs of predatory interests connot swerve him from his duty. He may be called a demagogue, but he is not. He is a patriot of the school that gave thecountry birth, and that if his views could prevail would be of un told benefit to its people. ' He says that the country is in inj dustrial servitude, and it is true. The iron barons control the price of iron and steel. There are no in- dependent operators because the steel trust vron't let them live, just as Rockefeller won't let indepencU ent oil operators live. Those who "buy steel or. iron, and everybody living has to, pays not what it is "worth, but what iron masters choose oask. Everybody who buys su gar, pays not what it is worth, but what Havemeyer sees fit to ask. Everybody who buys coal, pays not what it is worth, but what the trust chooses to ask. In a country rolling in wealth, pro ducing boundlessly, limitlessly, yielding as it never yielded before a few men get the profit, and all the rest are toiling for them. It is the unmixed truth, and magnificent is the man who dares, as Ia Follette dares, to tell it anywhere and eve rywhere. Undent U3lla sale at Nolan's). all this week TROUT SEASON NOW OPEN. Want to go fishing on North San tUm and tribnUry strearoB? The C irvallis & Eastern R. R, Co. will have a epecial train leaving Albany at 2 p. m. Tuesday, Aprii 30, lsp7, arriving at Detroit about 5:30 p. m and renaming; leave Detroit 9 a. m. Thursday, May 2, arriving at Al .bany 12:30 p. m. This service, in addition to regular trains Nos. 3 and 4, on tbeee dates will' allow those who desire an opportunity to lake advantage of the first fishing of feason. Tickets at rate of one .fare for the round trip? with mini- mum of 9a cents from Corvallis aud, one fare from Albany and stations east will be on sale April. 3oth, good going this data only, return log on May 1 or 2. : . .: Geo. Neviss, . Gen. Pass. Agt. H. H L-ng, Agt. Ccrvallis. H. H. Croniee, Agt. Albany. Uodermuslin sale all this at Nolan's. week Stylish, snappy, attractive are the suits and topcoats shown in our clothing section for men and young men. Every garment is a successful combination of style, quality and workmanship, nobby patterns, honest materials arid faultless trimmings. Clever dress ers appreciate them for the character, distinction and individual ity they possess. Yet they are moderately priced. It requires no larger outlay of ready money to secure such meritious apparel. OUR BOY'S SECTION. Our stock is complete with the most alluring garments in enough styles and sizes to please all from the child 3 ears to the young mati21. Prices and quaiity considered you can't secure better than we offer. v MAY NOT RECOVER. Flames Caught the Inmates of a Buru Jing Dwelling and one is badly Burned. The total destruction by fire of the J. B. Maurer home in the Big Elk country, and the serious burns sustained by the owner and his nephew during the. fire occurred Sunday night. Mr. Maurer was postmaster and tbe office was kept in the house. Between n and 12 Sunday night the family was arous ed by the roar of flames which then enveloped the house. The nephew. Ed Maurer, was asleep upstairs, and the uncle went up to rescue him. The lad, who is aged 16 was found under the bed,- having , been overcome by the heat ana smoke The bed on which he had been asleep was ablaze with flames. The youth was.dragged out and assisted from, the, ; building. Both were burned severely, neither for some time afterward being able to see. A telephone message from the scene this morning relates that the elder Mourer is better, but it is .doubt ful if the boy . will recover. Dr Cathey went over yesterday after noon, and at 10 o'clock this fore noon was still at the. bedside. The house and contents were totally destroyed, involving ta loss of about $1,000. , It was a two-story, struct ure, and one of the best in the neighborhood. PULLMAN WON. The Inter-State Oratorical Contest A Delightful Occasion. They, were fortunate people who attended the oratorical contest Saturday night. They got .tbeir money's worth in a varied and in teresting programme. There were three orations, and all were good. Accordirg to the .judges that by the young wuman from Pullman was the best. At least, she got the prize, and so far as known, there were none to say nay. She had good voice and a very cultured,, de livery. AH the graces Incident to enunciation and expression, she utilized. She bad a paper that Sen ator . La follette might, from-its sentiment, have mistaken for his own. He need not have been a shatned of it. When Mies . Healey had finiBheJ, most of those who had listened were leally sorry that she was not going to say more, lhat was why she won. The other speakers were Mark Weatherford for O. A. C. and Wal ter Eels of Whitman. Both ora tions were excellent, and Mr. Weatherfcrd's in particular, j was excellently delivered. , His rendi tion was one of the best that has been beard aUhe colleee. The sub ject was"Patriotism Par Excellent." Examples of. notable patriotism were rtcited and conclusions drawn therefrom. The subject of the Whitman representatve7wa8 "The Curse of Africa", andythje outrages by Aing Leopold of Belgium in the " TT . . tongo.. now notnan nands were struck from tbe natives because they do not gather as much rubber as expected, and how the poor vic tims are shot, maimed and maltreat- ed was a mournful story of human depravity, that it was at least in etraotive, to the audience to be told of. The application was an appeal to the United Statts to interfere and put en end to the butchery. Us Your eggs ., a In its preparation tbe oration did not reach tbe heights of rhetoric an! oratory incident to the Pullman oration. Tbe sentences in the i ni ter were double edged and with"ui exception lofty io coacepcioj. Toe whole occasion formed an evening of unusual interest. Tb program induced vocal solos by Miss Edna. Allen, Arthur Boquet and Mr. Crawford, a doubie quartette and encore by a group of (Jorvalli9sing era mentioned elsewhere, and two numbers and encore by the student orchestra at the college. Tbe prize for tbe best oration is $50 worth of books to be selected by the winner. IS TWENTY CENTS NOW. Dealers Claim Wool Will Not Be so High as Last Year Shearing ' in Progress. Wool is 20 cents in the local mar ket. Last year the market started off at about the. same notch, but advanced until a few choice lots brought 25 cents., The woolen miils of the valley went even high er for such wool as they wanted, paying as high as 27 1-2 cems. Most of the wool sold in Corvallis went at 22 to 23 cents. The : un derstanding is that the local buyers made nothing out of. their pur chases, , and in some cases were lucky to scratch out even. They forced the market all the season and had to hold a long time in order to get out without loss, losing in the meantime, the interest on the in vestment. Year before last, , the price at one time stood at 30 cents, but only a few growers held out long enough to get that figure. Shearing has begun, and a few small lots have already reached the local market. A Portland paper has the following on the wool situ ation: t, -. The Eastern wool market is very quiet, and the chances are that Oregon growers will realize from 1-2 to 2 cents less for their out put, this year, than they did for their last year's clip. This is., not because of any prospective increase in the size of Oregon's clip, but be cause 01 the condition 01 the East ern market,; which governs the sit uation here. Dealers last ' year complained a good deal of the manner in which some of the product was put up by growers for the market, and they are renewing the complaint in ad vance this year, in the hope that it will have some effect.' Last year growers packed their fleeces in any thing ; but an attractive manner, and in , some cases even , left the taglockson. .1 Carelessness in packing alwavs works a hardship on the buyerd, and it invariably means a less price tor tne product tor the grower, than would obtain if , reasonable care were exercised in packing. If producers take the trouble to see that all their wool reaches the mar ket in good condition there would be less complaint from all concern ed. The sheep men , have some thing to learn from the fruit men in this matter. . Some shearing has already been done In the eastern part of the state but as yet shearing is not general, either there or in, the Valley., . A few sales have - been effected at prices ranging from 17 to 18 cents. Valley ..wool is quoted at 20 to 21 cents: Resolutions. Almighty God, the Supreme Rul er of the Universe, in his love and wisdom, has deemed it best to take from us to his home beyond the skies, our beloved brother Oscar Healy. In view of the loss sustained by his departure by the Corvallis Camp 6029, of the M. W. of A.; by his nearest friends, and still heavier the severe loss sustained by his sorrow ing wife and children, to whom he was the nearest and dearest and most precious, be it Resolved, That we tenderly condole and extend to his bereaved wife aud children in this dark hour of trial and affliction, our " warmest sympathy; that we commend; them to the loving father for comfort, strength, and help to sustain them in this the hour of need, who al ways 'o ks with a pitying eye upon the widow and the fatherless, and does all things for the best, - Resolved, That it is only a just and fitting tribute to the mem ory of our esteemed neighbor, to say, in regretting his removal from among us, we mouru for one who was ever faithful to the task im posed upon him; who was ever a faithful, true, devoted and loyal member of our great Order, fidelity to duty being his motto; who was an honest, upright, honored citi zen a good man, a kind, thought ful husband, a loving, attentive father, Resolved, That while we deep ly mourn with them who knew him best, and loved him most, we share with them the bright hope that heaven gives to the faithful soldier; that the good Shepherd holds in store for those who do his bidding, his will the hope of that reunion in that better world where sorrows are unknown, where heart aches are forgotten, where there are no more partings, and bliss in effable forbids all tears. . , Resolved, That this heartfelt testimonial of our sympathy, our sorrow, our love, our esteem, be forwarded to his sorrowing wife, and be published in the. press of our city. G. W. Denman, J. M.; Howard, ' .Committee, Mr. J. M on Koo, . an experienced com pounder of Chinese mfdiciucj, Hucceaeor othe late Honk': Wo Ton, of Albany, Oregon, is now prepared to furcnt-h Chi nese meHirine to all; The iinden-ined reconimm.da tiim and guarantees satis fai;i,ion.; L 1 ' , ' Owll or write him at No. 117 West Sec ond St'ett, Albany, O'eiron. Jim Westfall. FOR SALE a in e team'Ui nures. weight 3200 -Matthew Thompson C. & E. :. crossing. . ; T" Notice for Publication. TjljirED States Land Office: :'; BoMbanr, Or.. Feb. 1907. Notice Js hereby given that in compilxncu with the proyifions of the act of concrer!- of Jane 3, 1878, entitle d 'An act for the sale of Umber lands In the states of California, Oregon. Kevaoa. and Washington Territory,' as extended to all the Public Land 8t&tes b? act of Aiinat . irq9 lames W. Walters of Monroe, county of Benton Btate of Oregon, bas this day filed In this office bis Bvora statement No. 7817 for the purchase ot the north 1-2 of northwest 1-4 of section No. 82 In Township 1 S, Range No. 6 W, and will offer proof to show that the land sought is more Tain able for its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish bis claim to said land before county clerk and clerk of county conn of Benton county, at his office at Corvallis, Oregon, on Thursday tbe 16th day of May,19C7. 1 ; He names as witnesses. : - i Ellis Hammer .- of Monroe, Oregon' . Hanley Buckingham o " Bvron Woolrldge, ol . Clyde Graves, of " Anv and all rjersona claiininir mAwTKAtv th. above described lands are requested to file their claims in this office on or before said 16th day ol art SAY! Are you going to If so PHOENIX : PURE : PAINT A Full Line of PaintP, Oils and Varnishes Pioneer Lead, Pure Linseed Oil No Prizes Cbase & Sanborn Higb Grade ...;fa 4 llfCOFFEE;; : v r : ; In' fact no thins goes with our coffee but cream, sugar aijd SATISFACTION P. M. ZIEROLF. Sole Cbase & Sanborn Higb Grade . f v y COFFEE R.J: MOSES; - .'ii,'.'.. ; . . . ; Something Doing -. Begmrung May ,: ' 1st there yrSL be somerfung doing - in our De partment Store you will find us as usual up and a-coming in our great Reduction Sale for May. J Call in and we, will convince you. R. J; MOSES & SON Washington Fashioned Apparel THI WASHINGTON OOk pain! your house? use go with our agent for L J. MOSES. 1 BeglMer. t