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THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, IS90.
Tiis C. W. V. axd S. L. Co. It
Has been in the Salem, Portland,
and Albany papers, and perhaps is
Known by everyone-in Corvallis
also by this time, but the Gazette
must notice it in order to keep
abreast of the times. The Cor
vallis, "Willamette Valley and
State Land company has been
formed and articles have been
"filed, with a capital stock of $50,
000, principal office in Corvallis,
incorporators are W. A. Wells, F.
M. Johnson, Pun Avery, of Cor
and S. T. Richardson of Salem.
Considerable stock has been taken
by the business men of Corvallis.
It is proposed to fit up a neat office
here for the secretary to occupy,
in answering correspondence and
attending to the business which
will flow in when the spring time
arrives, a couple of teams and car
riages will be procured for use in
showing intending purchasers over
the country, and a great deal of
advertising of the city and county
is to be done. Such men as Prof.
McElroy, S. T. Richardson, and
W. F. Peck of Salem, are interest
ed in it, and no doubt things will
fairly hum in these parts before
long. Something ought to move
in '90 there has been so much al
ready said about it.
Good Pkospkcts. The commit
tee, which went to Brownsville
last Monday in the interests of the
proposed railroad, report an en
thusiastic reception by the people
of that city and Halsey. Every
body is excited over the idea and
at Brownsville they already have
raised their share of money to
wards the preliminary survey to
be made. At Halsey they say "we
must have the road" and are ready
to take a large amount of the
stock. The articles of incorpora
tion have been drawn up as the
Corvallis, Brownsville and East
ern railroad, with T. E. Cauthorn,
J. R. Bryson and J. B. Lae, of
Corvallis; T. J. Black of Halsey,
and Peter Hume and Geo. A. Dy
son, of Brownsville, as incorpora
tors, with capital stock at $75,000.
The papers were filed in the
eounty clerk's office here yes
terday. At Halsey last year
there were over 250,000
bushels of grain stored in the dif
ferent warehouses, which with the
aid of this road would be brought
here and taken to a foreign mar
ket from Oregon's choice seaport
Yaquina bay.
In the Wind. A very interest
ing meeting of- the board of trade
was held last Thursday, January
9th, and another one last evening.
W. A. Wells, C. II. Lee, and F. M.
Johnson, were selected to call on
the Southern Pacific officials at
Portland in regard to seeing what
eould be accomplished towards se
curing the completion of the west
side extension. These gentlemen
left for Portland on Monday and at
Independence were joined by E.
C. Pentland and J. S. Cooper, a
committee from that city. On
Tuesday they were before his
highness, R. Koehler, and what
was achieved by them is al
ready known. In regard to the
Brownsville road the board of
trade passed a motion to appoint a
committee to take steps towards
having a preliminary survey made
of the route to this city. Four
persons were appointed. S. T. Jef
freys and J. H. Nicholas being
part of said committee, they went
to Brownsville on Monday to look
after the matter with the citizens
there.
Old Folks' Squealing. On Fri
day evening, January 24th, an
old folks' concert will be given in
the city hall under the direction of
H. R. Clark, the steward at the
eollege dormitory. The best mu
sical talent of Corvallis is now at
work preparing songs, instrumental
selections, etc., for the occasion.
Everything will be presented iii
the style of ye olden time, and, no
doubt, it will be a very enjoyable
entertainment. The proceeds of
the concert are to be applied to;
wards the purchase of a piano for
'&e students.' hall at the college.
FOR THE" HOSS CARS.
PROPOSALS FOB MATERIAL AND CONSTRUC
TION ADVERTISED FOR.
By reference to another column in
this week's Gazette will be seen the
"proposals for material and construc
tion" of the Corvallis street railway.
At last it has come looks like bus
iness now, don't itl It won't be many
weeks when you will hear the noise of
the pick and shovel; the banging of the
truckmen unloading rails, the clanging
of the sledge as it drives the spikes,
and the tingle of the bell as it dangles
from the harness of the street car pro
peller the horse. There ought to be
a general rejoicing in Corvallis when
the first spike is driven on the line, as
it means a new era of awakening in the
city. ' Then when several of the other
improvements are carried out such as
better sewerage, a correct system of
street grades, some more manufactories,
the Brownsville railroad entering here,
the extension of the west side road,
etc. you can just jump all over your
self with joy and hollei: Corvallis
agin the world.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Old folks' concert on the 24th.
Eighteen inches of snow fell at
Yreka, California, on the 13th.
During the past twelve months
twenty additions to Albany have
been platted and filed.
Several firms have failed in Ta
cotna during the past week prin
cipally groceiy dealers.
Old folks' concert on the even
ing of January 24th, for benefit of
piano fund of students hall.
A farmers' institute, by the ag
ricultural college of Corvallis, is
to be held in Albany next month.
The Presbyterian church of this
city, now has a pulpit which is as
finely adorned as any in Oregon.
The barometer at the agricul
tural college was lower on Wed
nesday than at any other previous
time.
Twelve cords of grub oak wood
were brought here by cars from
Wrenn for F. M. Johnson on Mon
day last.
The heating apparatus in the
new school building is in good
order again and school was re
sumed on Monday.
A carload of horses was taken to
Yaquina by special train on Sun
day last to be shipped to San
Francisco by steamer.
A very handsome piano was
placed in the residence of Geo.
Coote's, near the agricultural col
lege, on Tuesday last.
The tax levy this 'year is 21.7
mills. Sheriff Mackay will begin
a tour of the county on February
3rd, beginning at Tide Water.
One hundred and twenty-five
tons of ice have been put up in
Corvallis during the past ten da3's.
This a very little bit, however.
Potatoes are now one great big
$ per bushel in Corvallis, and
scarce at that. Apples are no
where to be had that is, good
ones.
Out of 350 lots, which Ralston
Cox had in Job's addition two
months ago, only forty-six are left.
These lots have nearly averaged
$100 apiece.
The new electric light building
is assuming shape, the 50-horse
Westiughouse engine is in position
as also the boiler, and carpenters
are busy ceiling the inside.
Capitalists from Monroe are
talking of putting up a flour mill
in Peoria, a few miles above here
on the Linn county side, which un
doubtedly would be a good invest
ment. There are now confined within
the walls of the Oregon peniten
tiary 318 men and one woman.
For 1889 the total earnings were
$24,862.09, and expenditures $15,
830.32. Chief of police Parrish of Port
land, has been presented with an
oil painting of the Three Sisters
by the police force. Ex. - He
ought to receive a chromo showing
Uhe "Dens of Portland."
There were fifteen passengers on
the Willamette Valiey last gatur
day evenipi when eJJaMed a.t
the Yaquina dock. A special train
brought some of them out to the
valley about 10 p. m.
Last Friday all hands on the
steamer Bentley were discharged
and the craft tied up at the foot of
Monroe street. It is probable that
by this morning she will be started
out again.
A small boy at Pendleton, who
licked a piece of railroad iron, a
few days ago, left enough of his
tongue when he got loose to make
a satisfactory lunch for a dog which
followed him. The boy is now
wrapped in anguish and sad regret.
Ten additional electric lights are
to be added to the number at pres
ent in .use by the city. - One will
be placed on the corner near the
Exchange hotel, one near Prot.
Hull's residence, one at L. G.
Kline's corner, and another will be
set near the new school house.
During the past year the Pres
byterians of this city have ex
pended more than $1,400 on their
church building. The old church
is newly dressed without and
within, and is now one of the
most comfortable and attractive
places of worship in the valley.
The Southern Pacific uses an
nually about 30,000 cords of wood
at an average cost of $2.50 per
cord. This sum is disbursed to the
mountain and valley woodchop
pers. On the west side road the
timber is so handy that it is furn
ished by those clearing up land at
$2 per cord.
The state treasurer has com
menced endorsing warrants on the
general expense fund with the un
welcome inscription, "Not paid
tor want of funds." This will
probably continue about two
months, as the counties will not
commence sending in taxes before
that time.
The proprietors of the "new gro
cery store" on Main street, next to
Hanson's clothing establishment,
are closing out their stock of goods
preparatory to moving to Cen
tralia, Wash. This is to be re
gretted, for it does not make a
very good showing in a city to see
vacant store rooms.
A Peoria correspondent to an
Albany paper says: "The people
through this section and Halsey
have signified their willingness to
contribute liberally it the railroad
from Corvallis to Brownsville
crosses at this place. It is one of
the most practicable places on the
river for a bridge, and would pass
through one of the best grain dis
tricts in the valley."
Hop growers did not make much
money last year, but many are ar
ranging to continue the business
during the coming season in hopes
of getting even, while a few have
decided to cultivate some other
crop. A lot of 20,000 pounds of
1889 hops were sold at Indepen
dence a few days ago for 10 cents
per pound. This a little better
than was offered last summer.
A company of business men of
Harrisburg are making arrange
ments to build a light draught
steamboat to ply on the upper WHt
Iamette as far up as that city.
Among those interested in the en
terprise are Sam May, Dr. H. A.
Davis, E. E. Upmeyer, Perry
Hyde, John Bennett, W. W. Brigs,
J. F McCartney and otliers. It is
proposed to build a boat of 1 50 tons
capacity to be run as an independ
ent craft.
At Oregon City. Monday, a man
made a filing in the land offic3 that
is an extraordinary one at least for
him. His application was for
forty acres near Milwaukee, in
township 1, south range 1 east.
When he applied to the register
that official supposed the piece of
land applied for to be railroad land,
and so stated, but the man said
the railroad company knew noth
ing about it, and persisted in filing,
so his application was taken, and
upon looking the matter up on the
records it was found to be vacant.
As land in that vicinity is worth
$200 or upwards per acre, the ap
plicant has secured trom Uncle
Sam a very valuable homestead
GLEANED FROM EXCHANGES.
The biggest sturgeon caught in the
Columbia river in 1889 weighed 638
pounds. Astorian.
In Colfax, CaL, up to January 1,
over forty inches of rain had fallen.
Yet there are some who claim that it
rains in Oregon. Telegram.
The Pendleton E.ist Oregonian says
that some folks in Weston are suffering
from influenza "in the east end."
This adds additional tenor to the
dread disease. Astorian.
There is something radically wrong
in the internal enterprise of a city of
three thousand inhabitants when its
public roads wind round through al
leys. What is ill Enterprise.
"Nobody is particularly proud of a
cold in the head, and yet a good many
of our distinguished citizens are blow
ing about it nearly all day, and hand
kerchiefs are at a premium. Astorian.
The total enrollment of the public
school of this city at the end of last
month was 481. Several more were
enrolled at the beginning of this week.
Seven teachers are now employed at an
aggregated salary of $423.83 per
month. Roseburg Review.
During the frontlet ot the week no
work wa done in this prohibition
office, as the cold snap had frozen the
water pipes solid, and even a prohi
can't work on a dry stomach. Work
was resumed yesterday, however, and
here we are again.- Scio Press.
It is understood that A. A. Schenck,
divisional eriginaer of the Oregon Pa
cific railroad, has tendered his resigna
tion. He has recently made about
$100,000 by investments in real estate
in Astoria and will no v look after his
interests down by the sea. Ex.
One man in Portland does a lucra
tive business peddling spring water for
drinking purposes. The water is
hauled from a fine spring in the hills
back of the city and delivered in quan
tities to suit consumers. It is peculiar
that some people will not become ac
customed to drinking river city water.
This is one more item in favor or Bull
Run water. Vindicator.
Mr. Smith, manager in charge of the
pulp and sulphite mills, received recent
ly from San Francisco a fine specimen
of mastiff named Tige. He was of
fered $500 for the dog in Portland
when he was bringing him off the
steamer. Tige is four months old, and
weighs, when he teels well, 154 pounds,
but the ocean trip did not agree with
him very well. He knows what it is
to be sea-sick. Oregon City Enter
prise. 1 Our farmer fi lends who desire to
protect their fruit trees from the rav
ages of pestiferous insects will do well
not to pin their hopes on the state hor
ticultural board. A good agricultural
paper, will contain hints that may be
acted upon at this 6eason of the year.
The State agricultural college at Cor
vallis has issued a bulletin relative to
fruit tree pests and the mode of treat
ing them, which seems valuable. Any
person can get one by applying to the
college. Oregon City Enterprise.
An intelligent, observant farmer
said to us the other day that the whole
agricultural system of this region was
undergoing a gradual change to suit
the new order of things as our popula
tion increases and new enterprises
spring up. He says the big farms will
all be cut up, and that farming will be
come more diversified. But few hold
ings will exceed 100 acres in extent,
and a little of most everything will be
raised on every farm. As our cities
grow larger and become more numer
ous market values will improve.
Itemizer.
A short time since, only a few miles
from Roseburg, a man walking came
suddenly upon a full-grown coyote.
Giving a terrible yell and springing at
the coyote, he frightened the animal
so terribly that, as it ran, it turned its
head first one side and the other, look
ing back at its pursuer. So thoroughly
frightened was the animal that the
man caught it with one hand by the
hind legs, while, with his pocket knife,
he cut its throat with the other hand.
It was a cold day for the coyote, but
pleasant to the persou who captured
the prize. Drain Echo.
Infinitely better than page after page
o( dreary wood cuts and drearier indi
vidual, firm or corporation write ups,
which on their face have a shoppy look
that invites the reader to skip them, is
the continuous presentation of a city's
growth and promise, in regular edi
tions of the city press. The regular
editions q any well printed and veil
edited paper always commends itself.
The boom edition of a paper always
defeats its purpose by its own preten
sions, besides being a needless financial
drain upon the business men of a
town. Spasmotic efforts avail little in
journalism as in every other field of
activity. Cedar Rapids Republican.
At the session of the county court
yesterday the new precinct of Tangent
was created, it being formed from a
portion of West Albany and Center
precincts. The East Albauy precinct
will also be divided The law provides
that when the voting population of a
precinct exceeds 500 it may upon peti
tion be divided. The number of
voters in East Albany has grown to be
over 700, hence it will be divided.
This portion of Oregon is steadily in
creasing in population. The country
is becoming better improved and pro
vided with better residences, smaller
and better farms, and is supplied with
finer stock, while the city is becoming
more metropolitan, larger and richer.
Herald, 10.
Oakville is enjoying a real estate
boom for. the first time. The O. P.
branch railroad from Corvallis to
Brownsville and the mines will build
directly through the city. R. A. Bam
ford has been offered a fabulous price
for a part of his farm for a depot.
Corner lots in the city have taken
quite a jump, in fact cannot be bought
at present, the excitement is running
so high . . . An agent with a recipe for
making plum and prune brandy has
been doing Oakville lately and has
given the business quite a boom. If
the crop of fruit cannot be marketed,
they can make it up in brandy and
have a home market for the product
. . . There has been quite a row in the
public school here. A lad of 17 sum
mers and an equal iiu mber of winters
undertook to run the school his way,
but was finally conquered by the
teacher. Oakville cor. Albany Demo
crat. It is understood that Col. T. E.
Hogg is expected to arrive here in
a few weeks from New York.
Along with the other extensive
improvements to be made here
this season by the Oregon Pacific
company, Col. Hogg will probably
erect a large and elegant residence.
Albany Herald.
"I'll cure any case you ever
heard of, with the simp'est remedy
you ever saw," said a lady vocalist
of considerable reputation on both
sides of the Atlantic. "It's oys
ters. Just plain, simple every-day
raw oysters. I've sung fourteen
years here and in the old country,
and you may imagine that the cli
mate has often got the better of
my lungs, but I rely upon oysters,
and they can be depended on. My
husband told me of this kind of
medicine, and I don't know how
many years ho had used them.
They act as beneficially on my
children and the next time you
have a cough go to the oyster bar
instead of a drug store." 3oston
Globe.
Coming is the Spring. On Tues
day's Oregon Pacific train from
laquina was Major Uonman, a
resident of Alton, Illinois, who has
been looking over the country
around the bay for the purpose of
finding a location suitable for a
colony of sixty German families
intending to migrate to Oregon dur
mg the coming spring from Illi
nois. Mr. Hoffman has spent sev
eral weeks in Oregon for this pur
pose and has, at last, decided to
locate this number of thrifty peo
pie in Benton county, between
Toledo and the Siletz reservation,
provided, ot course, the required
amount of land can be obtained
in one body. This will be a good
starter for the immigration of '90
into this county, and it is hoped
that many more such will follow
Died. Says the Eugene Jour
nal: "In Eugene, Oregon, Friday
morning, at 8:30, Jan. 10, 1890,
Wm. Osburn, aged 71 years.
Funeral Sunday, Jan. 12, at 10 a.
m., from - residence to Masonic
cemetery. "Uncle Billy" Osburn
was one of our oldest and most
honored citizens. He was the
father of F. W. Osburn, postmas
ter of Eugene, and has hosts of
relatives and friends to mourn his
departure." He was a brother of
Hoa John Osburnj of Corvallis
COUNTY COURT.
Court convened at the court-house
on Monday, January 8th, 1890, and
opened for the transaction of county
business on Wednesday, and the fol
lowing proceedings were had;
The following bills were allowed and
ordered paid:
NAME. WHAT FOR. AM'!.
J. D. Clark, sundries, $20 62
J. J. Bryan, Sup't. salary, 150 00
J. J. Bryan, supplies, 32 50
J. A. Knight, turn., court-house, 42 00
P. Eickard, bridge lumber, 41 53
B. C. Kiger, wood, court-house, 60 00
Corvallis Times, printing, 4 00
W. H. Herbert, bridge-work, 8 75
Jesse Bust, bounty coyote, 10 00
W. E. Brien, " " 10 00
Geo. Mercer, witness fees, 2 00
J. 11. Mays, rep'n'g bridge, 30 00
J. T. Vincent, Pauper Wells, 18 00
Woodcock & Simpson, sundries. 7 70
T. E. Cauthorn, Pauper Dyer, 8 00
Jno. Sylvester, rent, Paup. Dyer, 8 00
Li. r. .Fond, care Pauper Green, 13 25
Corvallis Times, printing, 25 00
A. L. Porter, Est. Sec. Cor., 25 00
E. Emerick, care paupers, 70 00
S. li. Kline, pauper supplies, 5 25
Leslie Lilly, janitor, Dec, 40 00
31. V . Leeper, bridge-work, 6 00
D. B. Hodges, " 12 00
Wiley Holman, " g 00
Thos. Hodges, " 2 00
Marcus Hodges, " 2 00
J. Creel, " " 9 on
B. D. Murray, " 2 00
Comes now A. E. Acklom, J. P., and
files cost-bill in case of State vs. L. W.
Williams; and court ordered that the
following be paid: A. E. Acklom, J. p.
fees, $8.45: C. M. Winant, constable,
$5.50; J. R. Bayley, attorney, 5.00;
A. H. Hampton, J. F. DeLaney, Arcb.
Irvine and Dr. Jones, witness fees,
$1.50 each; D. Hopkins, W. G. Cressy,
George Sylvester, Frank Arnold, F. E.
Dodge and J. K. Smith, jurors, $1.00
each.
In the matter of the reports of road
supervisors for 1889, thv following
were accepted, and the following sums
ordered paid:
J. I. Puller, dist. No. 39, 10d.,
$20 60
8 00
10 00
10 00
12 00
16 00
14 00
20 00
12 00
6 00
16 00
6 00
8 00
16 00
14 00
8 00
10 00
24 00
Marion Feichter,
A. B. Alexander,
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10, 5d.,
28, 5d.,
3, (3d.,
52, 81.,
23, 7d.,
19. 10d.,
53, Gd.t
11, 3d.,
45, 8.I.,
26, 3d.,
22, 4d.,
5i, 8d.,
5, 7d.,
41, 4d.,
18, 5d..
A. Bickard,
T. B. Williams
N. Taylor,
E. Emmons,
J. E. Fisk,
William Dutton,
Joseph Newton,
Geo. W. Collins,
Hugh Herron,
J. B. May,
H. L. Palmer,
B. C. Kiger,
M. V. Ler-per,
Wm. Jolly,
M. T. Bayley,
38, 12d.,
A license was granted to Jamns R
Short to sell liquor in less quantities
than one gallon for the period of one
year.
The following bills were audited
and allowed:
NAME. WHAT FOB. AMT.
P. M. Zierolf, pauper supplies, $30 00
D. H. Vanderpool, road-work, 14 25
A. J. Williams, jury-list, 3 00
N. P. Newton, jury-list ass't., 2 00
E. D. Hamilton, " 2 00
A. L Clark, cougar bounty, 2 50
Wiu. Mackay, sheriff fees, 26 50
W. L. Watkins, guard iusane, 28 00
Geo. E. Bushnell. physician for
insane, 5 00
Geo. E. Bushnell, guard insane, 14 40
M. L. Pipes, att'y for insane, 5 00
In the matter of the proposed coun
ty road from Bales' Creek at Yaquina
road to Hayes' Creek, the following
cost-bill was allowed:
L. Pepin, viewer, $9 20
M. L. Trapp, " 9 50
E. S. Harner, " 10 00
J. O. Fuller, chainman, 9 30
J. W. Bryant, " 9 10
P. Huffaker, marker, 8 60
A. L. Porter, surveyor, 16 70
It is further ordered in the matter
above that J. H. Grain, Horace Under
bill and B. F. Simpson ar appointed
viewers, and that they meet at Wm.
Beers on January 14th, and proceed
to survey and lay out said road.
Bills ordered paid as follows:
B. W. Wilson, clerk, etc., $83 20
C. H. Williams, Commissioner, 27 20
S. A. Logan, " 23 40
Comes now D. Carlile, J. P., and
presents cost-bill in ease of State vs.
B. C. Kiger: D. Carlile, J. P. ,fees,
$5.90; Wm. Mackay, sheriff, $1.50i
M. L. Pipes, attorney, $5.
The court then proceeded to appoint
road supervisors for 1890.
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