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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1907)
It's to Your Interest to Know That the Smartest Spring Fashions for Men and Younq Men Are now here ready for your inspection, and try-on and that we offer you anl your friends the first opportunity of viewing the largest and most magnificent display of Spring apparel we have ever had, morrow, come the day after. If you vu'sh to die t s well at little expense if you want a S "12 7 ft i MlCHAELS-STERNi JINE CLOTHiniil JtlSHMia. RIM Rfcjy style and of strict high quality. Its to your intere&t to ccme here at once and make an early selection. MICHAELS STERN FINE CLOTHING which we show in all the most fashionable fabrics broad variety of handsome weaves. Look where yon you positively cannot find values to equal those we cff.i Spring Sack Suits for Men and Young Men at $12 to $25 of most advanced single and double breasted style, with every detail as derfect as if exclusively custom-tailor-made with a special offering of selected styles and fabrics fully equal in value to most $20 suits at $15 it HI it you cant come to t h c i ( - 1 1 1 1 i i i n i it 5 1 eorvwtoMV mr vmc mmch or - - MICHAELS-STERN FINE CLOTHING) icm.il.. mm ea. The new spring styles in Hats, both stiff and soft $1.50 to $3.50 Tomorrow is Spring Opening day. Come early! L. KLINE The People's Store. Established 1864. Perfect Time Inspires Pesfect Confidence! A watch which cannot be trusted to tell perfect time is worse than no watch at all, as it mis-leading and causes un necessary trouble and loss of time. Get a watch that you can depend on at all times, the best on ihe market, to be had in all grades and styles. , At PRATT The Jeweler's. Optical work of all kinds a Specialty. SPECIALTIES IN 1 s H O E S LOCAL LORE. For advertisements in this column the rate of 15 cents per line will be charged. ; FOR WOMEN MISSES AND CHILDREN We have also received our Spring lines, of Men's Ox fords, etc, in ali the latest shapes. Call ana Save 5 Per Cent. I " ; - . . - Of your cash by trading with us F. L. MILLER'S When you see it in our ad its so Corvallis - - - Oregon Till further notice ALL glasses fitted by PRATT The the Optician will be ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED for ONE YEAR against BREAKAGE of ANY KIND. Architect Charles A. Burg graf of Albany was in town yester "It's a sad fact." remarked the moralizer, "that nowadays nearly every influential man has his price." "And sadder still," repli ed Senator Badger, "to think that half the time he can' t get it.' ' Miss Florence Tongue, en- route to her home at Hillsboro vis ited at the Withycombe home from Friday until Monday. Water Superintendent Brady Burnett -with an assistant began yesterday afternoon the work of testing all the fire hydrants, of which there are 42 in the city Two or three days will be required lor the work. Commencement day at the col lege occurs on June 12th. The address to the class will be by Ex Senator Gearin, and the baccalaur eate sermon by Rabbi Wise of Portland. . r -, ' There is much talk on the street yet about the O. & C. land grant, and the effort of settlers to buy quarters of it, although much of the activity in taking claims has passed, into history Some think it will be clear sailing for the claimants after the matter once gets into the courtsr .but others shake their heads and say with a know ing look that seems to say, "it's all right, but when you buck up against a railroad company when it comes to law you have a slim show." It is believed that a large per cent of the legal lights are in clined to the view that the claim ants have a good fighting show to win out. It is regarded as certain that if the claimants once get them selves into the courts, the whole gamut of litigation, step by step will have, to be run before the struggle ends and every technical ity known to the law will be invok ed by both sides. It is said that every quarter of the land in Benton county that Is worth the trouble, has a claimant. Good bargains in summer mil linery at Barclay & Barclay's. ' The Q2-acre farm owned by Charles Whalley five miles west of town on the Philomath " road has been purchased by Mr. Black, who arrived recently from Alberta, Can ada. The price paid was $5,200. ine tarm comprises a ten acre prune orchard, and ten acres of ap ples that are just coming into good bearing. The farm was formerly owned by J. W. Ingle. ' Mr. Whal ley is to give possession at once, and leaves in a few days for Iowa to reside. A sale of his belongings is to take place on the farm tomor row. The farm was sold by the Ambler & Watters real estate firm. The U. of O.-O. A. C. track meet on O. A. C. field Friday was won by Eugene , in a score of 77 to 45. Eugene won first and second place in the 220 hurdles, loo yard dash, hammer throw, 120 hurdles and 220 dash, second nlace in the 880 run, 440 dash, second and third Yates, place in the pole vault, three place in the shotput, third place in the mile run, first in the high jump, first and third in the broad jump, first and third in the discus. O A. C. won hirst and third in the 880 run and in the 440 dash, third in the 220 hurdles, 100 yard dash, hammer throw, 120 hurdles, high jump and 220 dash, first in pole vault, mile run and relay, sec ond place . in the mile run, broad jump and discus. v . Sailors and all redv to-wear hats at cost at'ttarc'ay& Barclay's The Corvallis band has been engaged to furnish music for the livestock show to be given in Cor vallis on Friday and Saturday of next week. Eastern Oregon wool sales at Pendltton have brought prices from 18 to 22 cents per pound. Oae lot of 30.000 pounds and another of 26 000 went at tne latter hgures. E. J. Veal sold yesterday to C. A. Dobsll. the house and residence property on College hill formerly occupied as the McKellips home. The price i said to have been about voo-. Mr. Veal and fami ly are going to Portland to reside. Two carloads of fancy cat le were shiDOd bv tbislmor i .2's tra'n for t & " w the Portland market. iu:y are from the Pundersoa Avery farm, and George Brown is the shipper. Thev ace understood to hive ?Oi6 at four and a quarter, weighed at Corvallis. The sign U on the d or. The latch striDg is always out. There is no stairway to climb -now The Times office i on the ground floor an-i easy of accbss. If 50a can't find the way withont it. bring a lantern. Lanterns furnished free on application. J. H. Harris and W. J. Will banks arrived Friday evening from a three days fishing trip. They liotirceved all the way to feweet Home valley where only Jour small trout swallowed their ba;t. That was not considered real good fish in 2 and the partv returned to Shot Pouch where trout of a better bit inz variety were found. They brought home 90, ther say, ac cent on the. "say." ,r 'The Oregon Development Lea gue's next convention is to be held in Portland June 2tst and 22nd. There will be a meeting of the pres idents and secretaries of the seven ty commercial and industrial bodies composing the League the evening of the 20th. The railroads have united on a one fare rate lor the round trip from Pendletcn and ail points East and from ' all points South, and a rate of one and one- third fare from near by points, The steam schooner Legett of San Francisco is expected to arrive at Yaquina Bay Thursday for lum ber for San Frsncisco, to be shipped from the Curtiss lumber mills in the Cascades. , .The first cars of lumber for the ship load went over ; Saturday, and the other cars are going over regularly now on every train. The vessel carries a million and a half feet on a trip. She s under charter by the Curtiss Lum ber company, which is repairing and building new docks at Yaqaina for" the accommodation, of , the traffic." ' ' ' - -:--' ., The remains of a young man named McCready were broughVup on the Westside from Portland at noon, and the burial took place in Crystal Lake cemetery" this after noon. - The deceased formerly re sided in Corvallis where he worked tor a time in the Corvallis sawmill, and before that was interested in a small mill on Soap Creek. He was working at the carpenter trade in Portland and in a fall from a build ing was killed yesterday. His lit tle sister was drowned in the Wil lamette two or three years ago. He was 22 years old and was married two months ago. Beef is quoted in Portland at four and a half cents. The Corvallis public schools close nex week for the summer tva-cation. t Mrs. W. M. Jones leaves to morrow for Sodaville for a tempo rary sojourn for reasons of health. Kline's base ball team defeat ed the Bruce team in a game on the flat, Sunday afternoon by a score of 19 to o. Solon Shedd, of Pullman, Washington, is a guest at the home of Dr. and Mrs, J. R. N. Bell. - Will the parties who took the ice cream from Nolan's Friday evnirg kindly return the J packer. Congressman Willis C Haw ley is to be the orator of the day at the coming Fourth of July celebra tion in this city. All O. A. C. alumni are urged to be at City hall at 7:30 Friday evening to arrange for Commence ment. F. M. "Sharp, who recently sold his farm north of Corvallis, L mov ing with his family to Albany where he is to reside. The Benton County National bank is expected to open for busi ness in the new Johnson brick about July ist. The application for it to be allowed to begin busi ness has been granted by the treas ury department at Washington, with the following board of direc tors; August Fischer, William Bogue, Dr. Pernot, A. J. Johnson. Thomas Callahan and J. Fred Yates. A, J. Johnson is to be president, and John Allen of the Allen & Woodward drug store will be cashier. The assistant cashier will be C. A. Dobell. who arrived Saturday from Blackfoot, Idaho, and a bookkeeper is yet to be se lected. The new establishment will have one of the most elegant homes of any bank in the state. The capital is to be $50,000 with $10, 000 surplus. Albany Herald: Saturday even ing at 8:50 o'clock at the Method ist Episcopal parsonage, Rev. J. W. McDougal officiating, Roy of this city, and Miss Bes sie Beits, or Crawford ville, were united in marriage. The ceremony was performed in the pros2nca of a few relatives and friends of the con tracting parties. The groom is a well known stenographer of this city with the Linn County Abstract company and the bride is the daughter of Mrs. Anna Siets, of Crawfordville. Mr. and Mrs. Yates will reside in Albany. The groom was a popular employe of theBenton County Abstract company in this city last year. Guy E. Moore of last year's graduating class at OAC owns Port land real estate, and the fact is in teresting because of the novel way he got it. It literally fell to him irom ;the sky, that is, the deed did. A real estate firm advertised that a deed to a Portland lot would be dropped along with a lot of blank deeds from a balloon, to be sent up at a certain hour on a cer tain day. Lots of people watched the performance, and when they fell, grabbed for deeds. Moore was among them, and turned out to be the lucky man. He was of fered $200 for his lot the day it dropped from the heavens. He is the son of Mr. Moure that used to be in the Pioneer Bakery, and who was at one time cber at Cauthorn Hall. Next Saturday U to be ground breaking day for the Alaska- Yukon-PaciSc Exposition at teat-tie. A marriage license was issued yesterday at the clerk's office to John Bain, of Bdlfountain, and Erma W. Greer, of Corvallis. At last week's meeting of the grand lodge of Rfbekahs held at LaGsande, Miss Eda Jacobs was re elected grand treasurer. Robrt Johnson and Thomas Whitehorn arrived Sunday from Portland where they were in at- " tendance for a week on the grand lodge; Knights of Pythias. Mr. Sparkman, the real estate agent has sold his home on Fifth Street. Accompanied by his fami ly, he left yesterday for Lebanon to reside. A complete overhauliaj of ae building and parsonage of the MS, E- Church South has been complete ed, the finishing touches haying been added yesterday. Information is to the effect -that the hay crap this season will be short and prices high. ' Lack of spring rains accounts for the prospects. The newly elected city officers assume their respective positions on the evening of the first Monday in June, wheu a special council meet ing will be held at which all will file their bonds and take the cath of office. Mrs. E. R. Bryson returned. Saturdry from Portland,, where; she has been at the bedside of Mrs. Mary Bryson. The physicians an nounce that there is no hope of re covery, and that the end is'only ar: matter of time. The patient is speechless and unconscious. E. R. Bryson remained at the bedside. Of three . cars of bsef cattle from the P. Avery farm, shipped to Portland this morning by Gaorge Brown, the average weight of the steers in one was 1,312: and of the other two over 1,200. The average price brought by the lot was over $50, Mrs Jeannette Wimberly, daugh ter of Rev. i id Mrs. J. R. N. Bell arrived Sunday for a visit with her parents, prior to her marriage on June 4th to Solon Shedd, professor of geology- in Washington State? College at Pullman. Mrs. Wim berly has been a teacher in the public schools of Baker City for . tne past tnirteea years. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Fri day of this week will be race nights at the skating rink. A pie race is scheduled for Tuesday evening, a mile race for Wednesday and a two M 1 r T:-.: j mile reiuy (ate . ivr riiuay wuu plenty of contestants. Admission 10 cents. 4 Oswald West, railroad commis sioner came up Saturday night and spent Sunday in the city.. He re cently returned from Washington r D. C, where he went to appear as a witness in the Hermann and Hyde Benson trial. The latter was' post poned until the fall term. Next Saturday, June ist, the tourist rates trom all points in the United States to all points in Ore gon will be in effect. Tickets will be on sale for a little . more than half fare for the round trip. In form yourself from your local agent and write to your inenas ana insist -. on their coming to visit you- and see the advantages that your com munity presents. Times, Office for Job Work.