- gjfttgfei Published every Friba y Morning by M. s.;wooocdck. SUBSCRIPTION RATfcS: (Parable in Advance.) Per Tear, '. Sir Months Three Months Single Copies ,0 i"er Year (when not paid in advoliee) S 00 AH notices and advertisements intended for pub stroa should be handed in by noon on Wednesdays. Rates of advortiainir ni.iJe known on application. Miscellaneous Business Cards. J?h.y sician & Surgeon. OFFICE OVER GRAHAM, HAMILTON & COS Drag Store. CorvallU, Oregon 19:25yl T.V B. EMBREE, M. D., Physic: n fe Surgeon. Office 2 doors south of II . E. Harris' Store, Uorvalli-, - - Oregon. Residence on the southwest corner of block, north and west of the Methodist church. W:21-yrl. " F. J. ROWLAND, Blacksmith & Wagonmaker. Philomath, Oregon. Mr. Rowland is prepared to do all kinds of wagon makm repairing and Mack witting to order. He uses the best oi material every tin.e and warrants hi. work. H,-3-lyr W. C. Crawford, J E W EL E R . KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND A LARGE assortment of batches. Clocks, Jewelry, etc. All kindi of re-iairing; done on short notted, and aE work warranted. laAvyi Real Estate Agency. have some very desirable property on the Hay for ale in lots from 10 to 237 acres Sonic of this is ear the O P. K. R. terminus. Persons wishing to invest will dd well to call on me when prices are rra Enable. Address with stamps to pre py postage. R A. B3XSKU. New or. Uenton County Or., THE YAQTOfA BOUSE ! Ia now prepared o accommodate travelers in first-c! ios style at all boars. - raea!sGn!v 25 Cents. Horse feed cor.sta!;t!v on hnn l. nt the Iotvcs liv irr rates. Situated cn the YJKuioa Road, halt way from Con aliis to Newport. 20:12yl- p- R Al"1- KELSAY & H3LSATE, A-ttorneyg at - Law. Col. Kelsay and myself have formal a cojiertnur fchip in the praotico of tiie law. The Lui's ex perience at the uar and on tiie bench and uis studious habits is a sure jfuaraiit-e that all businOM intrusted to us in the line of su.ts or act.ous in Court will bo well attended to. I will continue other business and give prompt attention to tl-e tanie as heretofore. Sseb as Ctisect ing. bemt; a Notarv I'ublic will attend to convey ancing in all its branches, Deeds, Mortgages, ileal and Chattel, leases, RlllSeiS, Fowsr. of iittorney, Contracts, sc. Sc. Buy aeil and lease Real instate both farms and town proK;tty, collect renu, ne getiate loans, search and examine titiee, aad a gen eral ajr ncy trusiness. Am now in brick building and hare fire proof safe for the sale keeping, ox notes aud other vaiuabl papers left ior collection &c. Othce in burnt a. new brick, first door at head of stairs. I:l7tf E. HOLGATE. COHVALLIS Photograph Sallery. PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MIJJATURE TO MFK SIZE. First Class Work Only! Copying in all branches. P flrwooJ taken at cash prices. uce of all kinds and U. HLSLOr. E. H. TAYLOR, mm DENTIST The oldest established Dentist and the best outfit in Corvallis. All work kspt in fepw frs-3 of chrar? and satlsfac bn urvit'-n.l. Twth extracted without pain by ha us? of Nitrous Oxidt Qma. fGBT Ions Tip-stair? over Jacobs & Neuuss' new Brieve Store. Corvallis, Oregrm. 10:27yi mew fTrwu IPLIliHTS We have in stock the beering Twine Binders. . De-riui and Standard MowTdj Minnesota Chiet Threshers, Morrison Plows, Minnesota Giant and Stillwater Engines, Flwood inounted Horse-fower, Centennial Fanning trill, cel ebrated Buckeye line of Seeders and Drills. We also keep the celebrated Whitewater and Kctchnm wagons. june2vl W. B. MILLHOLLAND. OCCIDENTAL HOTEL. CorvaSHs, Oregon. DAMAN & G13LIN, PR3P?tlET0RS. THE OCCIDENTAL ia a new huilding, faew'.y furnished, and is lirst class in all its appointments. RATES LIBERAL. Btajes leave the hotel for Albany and Yaquina Bay Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Large Sample Room oa First Fioar for Commerral Men. 19-38 ly THE ST. JOHN DUO & IMPROVEMEHT CO, Director : ft P. THOMPSON, P. T. SMITH, L. A. BANKS, W. BYRON DANIELS, JAMES T. GKAY. Office, corner First and Washlngrtdfri Stst Portland. Oregon. Capital Stock - - $375,000 Parties desiring a safe and profitable investment Should call or write for information at once. Messrs. Buford & Waggnor are agents for the Company in Corvailia and can give information on Tain; to perrons seeking first-classinvi P WieS VOL. XX. CORVALLIS, OREGON, APR. 27, 1883. NO. 18. F. v. H end rich son, Boot and Shoe Maker, Philomath, Oregon. I always keep on hand superior ma terial and warrant my work. 1 ask an exanunatlun of my goods before purchasing eisewhera 19-32-lyr F. J. H end rich aon. LADI1CS WISHING TO LEARN THE Rinker System of Brass Cutting will please call on me as I aim the only author ed agent in Corval 20.11m3 Mrs. W. H. Huffman. F. Jti. SawtelL c. 19:46 ni3 2 sa c" -Sr cn LEGAL L A N K FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE II. E. II AERI S, One Door South of Graham & Hamilton's, COUVALLIS, - - OKEGOX. Groceries, Provisions, DRY OOOOS Cor..'i;is, June 24. 18J2. PGRTER, SLEKE8 k CO, BlanufarturerH aid Jobbers of THE CSfcEE?tftTF.O BOOT & SHOE. These Goods are Warrant ed not to rip. All Genuine ha-ethe trade nark "IKOJf CIjAD" stamped thereon. 117 Battery Street, San Francisco, Cal. GOOUS FOR SALE AT MAX FRIENDLY' S Corvallis, Oregon. New This Week. WMTEB ! lOOO Men and Boys J. W. HANSON'S. CLOTHIHfi ANQ TAILORING EMPORIUM To fit them out in the latest style of reswly made Clothing. Also the finest lot of Pants Patterns and Suitings Ever brought to Corvallis. Call and. Examine Goods. No trouble to show goods. Two doors South of Poet Office, C0KVALL1S. - - - . OREGON. AUGUST KEIGET, CABINET MAKER. BENTON COUNTY. UKDt'STAKER. Cor. Second aud Monroe Sts., COSYALLIS, OREGON, Keeps constantly on hand all kinds of FURNIT URE Coffins and Caskets. Work done Corvallis, to order on short notice and at reasonable rates. July 1, 1881. 19:27yl. i Of T 0 0 0 z o J til o s 5 i (5? 0 ' W Z CO V mm s J ii E Q 0 2S hJt 6S as- O S III Si" WW SSa tsS. Si C3 i c- 1 0 tl 2 So Decr!pt!on of Its ArMaac and TninA CscdiUea I? Vetiag Precincts. Written Expresslr for the Okcetts fcy a Thirty Tears Resident of tha Oountr. CORVALLIS PRECINCT extends from Soap Creek precinct on the north to Willamette on the south, and from the Willamette river west to Philomath precinct, being 12 miles from north to south and abcut four milts east and west, bounded as indi cated above. Mary's river runs east through the middle of the precinct and empties in to the Willamette river. Muddy creek which forms the western limit of the southern half of the precinct, empties into Mary's river from the south. In the Willamette river, above Corvallis, is an island some four miles in length and an average width of near a mile a good portion of this has been heavily timbered, but now well cleared of the best timber, still largely covered with brush, but there is considerable portion of clear land in detached tra ts, these prairies consist of a deep sandy loom and the timber of a rich alluvium. This land has for a long time buen in cultivation and has produced excellent crops of grain and vegetables. Hay crops, however, have not proven a suc cess. A limited number of cattle and sheep have been kept and have done well, feeding amongst tiie brush in the timber lands. A great many hogs have also been raised and fattened in the timber lands and do remarkably well. Of late years hops have been tried and the soil and climate nave been found remarkably well adapted to their growth. Between tiie Willamette river and Muddy is a level prairie, with a, soil of clay loam that has proven very pro ductive all the cereals for which pur pose ii is principally used, as the sys tem of mixed farming more common on the foot hills has not been adopted to any extent on these level areas. There is however a small area of white clay lands within this district which has been chiefly applied to grazing, but it has recently been found that this land will produce a good yield of winter oats. Along the Willamette and Mary's river in the north half of the precinct are river bottom lands and a short dis tance from the Willamette a slightly elevated plateau. On this is situated excellent farms and all is in cultivation. The southwestern portion of the pre cinct is foot hill land much of it oak hills, but a large portion in cultivation and produces good crops. The hus bandry consists in growing grain, hay, vegetables and fruit, also dairying, sheep and hog growing, all of these being very remunerative. The farmers throughout the precinct are well to do. Land rates from $20 to $50 per acre. The population of the precinct is about 2500. There are some 5 or 6 roads lead ing out from Corvallis to different pof tions of the country. Corvallis the etfunty seat of the county is pleasantly situated on the west bank of the Willamette river. It is the head of navigation the lower stages of the river. It is the present terminus of the O. fc C. R. R. western division, being 97 miles from Portland. It is also a point on the Oregon Pacific Railroad now in course of construction. The Oregon office of the O. P. R. R. is located here. Corvallis has a popu lation of 1200 to 1500. There art. here 9 general merchandise stores, 4 variety stores, 4 general groceries, 2 drug stores, 2 stove and 1 general hardware stores, 2 jewelers, 2 boot and shoe rtores; there is 1 foundry, 3 blacksmith shops, 4 boot and shoe makers, 2 taylors, 2 waggon and car riage makers, 3 harness makers. There are 8 practicing physicians, xo prac ticing attorneys and two dentists. The saw mill of Max Friendly is sit uated at the lower end of town and turns out a large lot of lumber every year, the logs for which are procured in the mountains and run down the river to Corvallis. Hr. Pitman has a plaining mill, in connection with which he manufactures sash and doors to ordi r. He 'has also laid the founda tion of a genearl system of water works for the city the water for which is now pumped by the sngine in his mill. Educational facilities ra rerr geod, the state Agricultural college, with a full compliment of erScieat teachers, is situated at this place, aud in addi tion there are a district schools that are well sustained. The towa is witll supplied Tith churches and the gene ral morals of the community is good. The Presbytericn, MethcJist North and South, Episcopal, Evangelical, Christian and Catholics, all have or ganizations and except the Christians have church houses. The Corvallis tc.Jrn site was located by the late J. C Avery in i846. Among the early settlers were J. L. Mulkey and Johnson Mulkey who lo cated their claims in the winter of 1 8-1 5 and 46; these we believe to be the first permanent locations in the county. In addition to these were Arnold Fuller, T. M. Read, Jobn Stewart, Nicholas Oivenby, S. K. Brown, H. C. Lewis, W. F. Dixon and others all who located in 1846. The following contain a list of the names of persons paying tax upon property in Corvallis precinct, and the amount of tax paid by each as shown by the last assessment roll for Benton County. Argabright, Mrs A in $ 41 04 Armstrong, George 2 43 Arnold, BL 147 52 Avery, Geo W , 10 29 Alien Emery 54 32 Allen & Woodward 65 20 Avery, J C, Fstate of 177 84 Avery, Martha I56 80 Applegate, S V 5 44 Allen, Miss Lucinda i." 16 00 Alexander, Mrs Martha J 24 00 Albrecht, Charles 5 76 Alphin, Mrs Mary 9 60 At wood, C W 10 40 Benson, John F 7g 66 Eennett, Louisa E 71 26 Bayley, JR 33 76 Bay ley, Mrs Elizabeth 1... 48 00 Bryson, J R 29 60 Baesen, Nick 27 61 Bennett, Win 10 48 Briggs, N P 54 00 Bryant, Joseph ia 26 Buchanan, G F 2 44 Burnett, John n8 8S Burnett, Mrs Martha 34 56 Bowerling, John heirs of. . . 19 20 Buford, T J i 40 Bayley & Case 40 00 Belfils, Lewis la 80 Bell, Mrs MA ia 00 Bloomburg, Jacob 19 26 Barber, Mrs M A 8 80 Barber, NR. aa 7a Berbers, Wm 67 Blair, T J 46 40 Biddle, Wm 9 60 Brown, Jeanette 9 60 Bumbarger Mrs 8 80 Briggs, Mrs M J 71 2o Barnum Lodge No 7 I O O F 4 80 Brown, James Heirs of. 6 4o Backenstow, J Fu... ;; ir aO Blake, Peter 12 80 Creese, Wm 89 60 Cooper, F M 1 oi Cooper, ThosH 55 71 Cooper, James 315 98 Cooper, G W 5 a3 Cauthorn, James A 1 00 Carlile, D 54 96 Creighton, TJ UiuU- 9 84 Cook, Airs M J :.. 10 08 Caton, Ida M 19 20 Chenoweth & Johnson 12 64 Cauthorn, Thos E 11 ao Chenoweth & McFadden. . . 13 46 Crawford, W C 60 08 Chenoweth, Mrs E A 25 52 Campbell, A & Co. 5 76 Cauthorn, A 12 00 Cauthorn, A & Son 86 98 Carter, W B Estate of...... . . 3 2o Caton, J L 19 20 Chenoweth, FA 8 40 Davis, Caleb, 116 86 Du' n, James W 100 46 Dixon, Joseph i4 90 Draper, Norman 20 10 Davis, Z H 17 44 Diller, Joseph 56 88 Doshe heirs 52 00 Dixon, Mrs MA 13 60 Eglin, Thos 70 64 Eiliott, Henry 4 44 Elliott, W H Estate of 137 82 Erfurt, Mary E 39 2o Ewart, Charles 10 4O Fisher, E W 37.2 96 Farra, GR 67 04 Friedly, Mrs A. 7I 61 Friedly, G W 31 54 Fuller, Mary A E.'.'.:;f..;;.. lrj do Fischer, H F Ferguson Chapter No. 5 Friendly, Max Farra & Crawford Fliedner, Wm. Glass, Wm Graham, Thos Greffoz, P P Graham, Dr Wm Graham, Mrs S E Goldson, W H Graham, Richard Grubbs, John Gerber, Henry Groves, Wm Grimsley Glass, Mrs J C rah am, Wm H Gearhart, Joseph Hogg, T Egenton Hinkle, Wm Hunter, Mrs Mary Hays, James ... Huston, G H Hanna, J A- Huffman, J G . ... Hershner, A F J Killiard & Hutton Hyland, B F Harris H E Hemphill, S A Hughs, J R Halliday, John E Hodes, Mrs Gustavis. ... ... Hodes, Gustavis Holgate, Mrs A i Hanson, J W Hodes, A . . - Hendley, II Hamilton Joseph Hodes, A & Co Hamilton, Job & Co Heslop, Mrs E, Hawthorne, B J Horning, L L Horning, F A Hyland, Mrs Louisa Hildebrand, P Howe Lenard Huffman, John P (Cerrallls precinct cnrtlimed in next a5 71 9 60 US 84 22 85 9 60 63 87 102 82 55 44 27 2o 6 80 34 77 38 50 9 60 12 24 57 60 12 80 9 60 8 67 31 92 32 00 81 86 8 80 Hi 1 63 78 19 2G 66 72 9 76 6 40 1 73 20 50 30 37 1 92 67 47 24 22 28 69 19 20 7 28 1 21 18 40 18 00 22 10 477 76 5 92 26 48 19 44 135 44 9 60 4 00 9 60 14 75 Usee.) AS7LT2IU.TS3 T8A8. The word "pnre" as applied to teas from Japan and Chins, appears to be an necessary to their sale as the omis sion ot the mme word is to Indian tea?, from the pimple fact that tea can only be tea as if it is not tea, it is pometliiiijc 0I90 and should be Hold under a different name. The cause need not be looked for, as it te simply due to a too confiding public. The middle man and retail dealer unit in full force, and the sapient house wife who would instanler rfjeot "oleomargarine" or "buiteiine" tor bntter, will most meekly accept b mixture of willow or other leaves highly faced with copperas and In digo or Prussian bine, as pure green tea, and this when infusion and a slight knowledge of the tea leaf would place all iu a pb'sitiori to test the purity for themselves. Further cheek is at band in a sediment pre senting an appearance like ita adul terant. From most counti ios com plaints are frequent that "pure tea" is unprocurable at any price. Sliil, pure tea is manufactured, but how much of it reaches the consumer of China aud Japan teas as such, is the question. By the time it has passed from the bush to the factory, thence to the middleman atd grocer, and finally into the confiding drinker its original identity would puzzle its manufacturer to determine its class certainly as regards Indian teas, whose frequent mixings and trans formation often destroy all trace of its origin. Philadelphia Times. The Gardner's Monthly gives in substance the following good prac tical directions for prauing orna mental shrubs on the approach ot spring. Indiscriminate cutting back will not snswer the desired purpose. Distinction must be made between slow and vigorous growers, and be tween thosS which bears flownrs on old wood and those which flower on new growth. Such as grow too strone to flower well should be light ly pruned, and in the same individ ual the weakest shoots should be cut in more severely than iho stronger ones. Lilacs and the Pailadelnhus bear flowers on the wood of last year, and to prune them much now de stroys the flowers, while the altheas and others which flower on the yonng wood eannot be too severely cut in. A M2W ENOCH JABS. "What are you doing here?" de manded a policeman of a chap whom he had oaught peering iu at a win dow of a Furmao street house last night. "Nothin'," repliea the man, :am ming his bauds in his pockets and gaxing up at the sky. "Didn't I bear a woman yell in that house a few minutes ago ?" con tinued the policeman. "Shouldn't wonder," returned the maii, carelessly. "In fact I know you did, ior I heard her myself." "What's going on in ther?" queried the policeman, peeping in. "I guess he's licking iny wife," suggested the stranger. "Do you live here ?" asked the policeman in some astonishment. "I used to, but Ikiuder fell ont o' the habit lately," was the indifferent response. "What kind of a roan are you to stand out here and let another man lick your wife?" demanded the police man indignantly. "I think he can do it better than I can," growled the stranger. "I never had any luck at that kind of a job, and if there's any one cm make a success of it I'm not going to in terfere with his fun, now you bet !" "Who is the man ? Do you know him ?" "Never saw htm before," replied the stranger. "I guess he and she Miinkshe is her husband." "And she's your wife?" "Sure! Only I've been away a lon2 time ship-wrecked, you know and I just got home. I saw 'em at it, and I thought I wouldn't interfere." "Do you want me to arrest him?" inquired the policeman, contempla ting the returned husband in amaze ment. "Just as yon like," returned the other; "only don't mention my name in the matter." "But don't you propose to do any thing about it?" 'Well, now yon just bet! Just as soon as that man windf off that job he's going to be dry, and if I've got a quarter anywhere he's going to a drink, and don't you interfere; now, hear ine ?" Aud the policeman strolled down the silent street, while Enoch, bend ing low his chin upon the window that contained Annie, absorbed the scene, then turned him round as Philip came the while a little ahead of a flat iron and took him by the arm and so they went; nod Annie left alone, was not that Enoch had been so near, and had the shek?ls in his pocket wheiewith to assuage the grief of Philip. Brooklyn Eagle. MAirOTACTCRUrtf IN THZ SOUTH. From the Detroit Free Press. The cotton mills of the feouth are getting so strong a hold upon West ern markets for the coarser fabrics that the New England manufactur ers are crying out to be protected against them. The Constitution for bids putting a tariff upon home man ufactures, otherwise Washington would be crowded with a lobby de manding laws which would prohibit the West from buying other than New England cotton. But in the absence of an inter-Slate tariff, they ask the railroads to diminish rates. Transportation is of itself a tariff, and the nigher the rates the higher this tai iff The New England col ton mills, therefore, demand a low tariff from the railroad, just as they accuse the old England cotton mills of demanding a low tariff from the consumer. The Southern mills hav ing Utile or no transportation tariff to pay on the raw material, and part ly on account of the climate, which makes it cheaper to live in the South, and enables thero to employ cheap labor, are gradually usurping the Northwestern markets. New Eng land will yet be clamoring for a con stitutional amendment which will sanction a tariff forbidding the De troit and Chicago merchant to buy Georgia and South Carolina cottons. Cotton is no longer king. There is two of him, and they are rivals. The only time when a man is gen erotis in drawing the line between his own and his neighbor's property is when he shovels the snow off the sidewalk. i Ifeal -Estate Agency; CORVALLIS OREGON Real Estate Ageuts, will Luy, sail, or lease farms or farm property on commission. Having made arrangements for co-opera-, tion with agents iu 1'ortland, and bemc; ful-s ly acquainted with real property in Benton county, we feel assured of (firing entire sat-, efaction to all who may fayor us With their ipatronago. J. A. Waoooser, T. J. Btjtori, : The Gazette Job Printing Office . 19 FAKPAMB to PO ALT. KIHD OF WOW KHATLT. P LEA3ANTVF3K 8KOX2X8. Another of the bumbie industries, of New York is the collection of cigar stumps from street and gutter. Some half a dozen Italians make a busiaess of buying them from the scavengers who live in the Italian quarter of this city. An active boy or giri will collect half a bushel of stumps in an hour or so, the work being done from daylight to eight o'clock, and during that time, all thn principal streets in the heart of the city are gleaned, The children re ceive no fixed price for the stumps,' but ten or fifteen cents is usually paid. The buyers wash the filthiest and spread thtm out to dry. A day or so later they are crumbled into shreds, and are allowed to dry twenty-four hours longer before bemg packed in flour barrels aud shipped to Nev York. A barrel of thisstump tobacco is worth two dollars and a half, but a few years a-;o, when thero was a strong demand' for it in Phila delphia, the Italian dryers received a little more for it. The stumps werer formerly made into snuff ,in Phila delphia, but this filthy grade of to bacco is uow bought by manufactur ers of cigarettes and fine cut chew ing tobacco. A wholesale tobac conist of many years' experience de clares that when the stump tobacco is ground, bleached, flavored aud made up into cigarette paper, no one but an expert can detect the differ ence between it and new I&ft. All of which must be exceedingly pleas ant for the cigarette cousumor. Waverly Magazine. TES MISTAKES TRAK?. A tramp, who hail not tasted food for twenty-seven days, and who was anxious '6 reach Buffalo iu time to see his mother, die, knocked at a door, and asked the wnman for Heaven's Sake to give him" some work whereby he might Earn an Honest Quarter. "Walk right around to the back door," she promply replied, and in about four minutes the tramp was introduced to a pile of hickory wood and a buck-saw. Then his heart gladdened, for he meaut to steal the Saw and Ax, but as he made for the Alley Fence a 200-pound Dog play ed with his coat tails and lolled him over on the ashpile ufitil the woman came out thd Chided him for his Im pulsiveness and said to the Tramp. "Now you Climb! and as you pur sue -onr weary way through Life's Cold Paths, remember that Truth ia Mighty and Honesty is a Big thing on Ice." C ATKr.INQ C? TSS FRACJtEHTS. How many of us remember while we are passing to and fro in this world that we are' either "scattering seeds ot k indues for oar reaping by by and by," or we are sowing' seeds that will be gathered iu sadness. How many lives are, sis it were, nfere relics of an ended feast, fragments which may be either left to waste or taken up and made the most of, for we cannot die just when we wish it and because we wish it. The facts may be very romantic, but it is a fact that too large a dinner or a false step on the stairs kills much moro easily than a sweet sorrow. Nature compels us to live, even with broken hearts, as with lopped-off members. True, we are never quite the 8am again, riever complete human being, but we can live Uuc Christian lives, lives for self denial and do much for the Master, and we can be ready to meet Him, "when ho eorueth to make up his jewels, his loved and his own." A correspondent of the Farming World claims that the best time to prune fruit trees is just before the sap begins to flow from February to April, according to the latitude. The wounds will then heal over rap idly without leaving dead wood or scars. The mxi best time is from the middle to the last of June, when the sap flows afresh and the trees commence a second growth, but heavy pruning should never be prac tised in June. Much pruning may be saved by picking aud rubbing off superfluous sprouts during the grow ing season. A man in ttome, Gft., who was an noyed by creditors, hong out a small pox sign 9nd reposed in peace: - 9;B ."35