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THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1890.
To be Improved. A representa
tive of the Gazette has been in
formed, by C. Hemphill, the lessee
and manager of Corvallis' opera
house, that several much-needed
improvements are going to be
made to that structure in a few
months hence. A new floor will
be laid by. the 14th of next month
in time for the hook and ladder
boys' ball. A gallery in the form
of a half-circle will be the next
change and this will have raised
seats with the two first rows as re
serves. The ceiling will be re
painted, the walls clothed and cov
ered with decorated paper and the
stage given a general oveihauling.
Architect Stewart is now drawing
the plans for the new gallery.
'Canr' saysihat the lighting ca
pacity of the building will be in
creased to thirty-five incandes
cents with a large reflector and
ten lights suspended in the center
of the room. In the matter of
heating the house it has not yet
been decided what will be done.
The words "city hall" should be
dropped in the river, and let opera
house be the name hereafter. It
is time that something is done to
this place for amusements, and
with the change will come dra
matic companies who have a first
class reputation as actors and
not the snide shows that have been
afflicting the people here for the
past ten years. Of course, this
house will be no Marquam Grand
or Alcazar, but it will be good
enough for anyone in these parts
providing, of course, the im
provements are made.
An Automatic Egg Boiler. An
ingenious little device has just ap
peared, which will put an end to
one at least of the troubles by
which the soul of the housewife is
vexed. This consists of the little
automatic boiler, s little clock
which will stand on the range,
with its face divided into four
spaces of a minute each. Setting
the pointer at the minute or frac
tion required, the eggs, contained
in a wire basket suspended from a
lever connected with the clock,
remain in the boiling water the
required length of time, when a
ratchet is unlatched and the wire
basket is lifted out of the water.
iew Dumber 1ARD. the pro
prietors of the new lumber yard
J. W. Brown & Son, have an ad
vertisement in this issue of the
Gazette. They will have their
yard situated on the vacant prop
erty belonging to 1 . (ireltoz, near
the depots, and intend to keep on
sale the very best quality of lum
ber, etc. Their mill is situated on
the line of the Oregon Pacific, in
the Cascade mountains, about
fifty miles east of here, where the
timber stands in abundance and of
different sizes which insures them
a constant supply of logs to work
up.
Only 60,000. Several of the
weekly papers over Oregon have
been showing up what they done
in their respective offices "this
week" and so on. Since Mon
day, the 13th inst., the Gazette
office has turned out nearly 60,000
impressions in the j. w. line on its
two presses, and steam was not
used either. Considerable of this
wcrk was weighting down the job
hook while the "grippe" was pull
ing down the proprietors, buc the
numerous patrons were a little
patient, and we got there just the
same.
Send In Items. The Gazette
will consider it a great favor to get
correspondence from Philomath,
Toledo, Yaquina, and all the other
towns in Benton county. Of
course, such should be received
here by Wednesday's mail in or
der to receive proper place in the
reading columns. This paper
should contain news froin all over
the' county, but it cannot unless
some kind, friends assist it in the
matt??..
For Sale. A recorded short
horn bull, Aaron, five years old.
Murray & Budgett, Corvallis, Or.
A Subject Fob The Pex. Geo.
Hadlock came to Corvallis about
two weeks ago, and being related
to a certain grass-widower of Cor
vallis, he was given board at the
hotel of Mrs. Lou Powers during
the time. He ".omplained of not
being in the best of health and
laid around the house most of the
time, occasionally doing an errand
for Mrs. P. Things went along all
right until Tuesday morning last
when the young man had suddenly
disappeared. About the .same
time Mrs. Powers discovered that
$25 in cash, $60 in bank checks
and three ring?, that she had in
her bedroom were also missing,
besides $2 which she had loaned
the aforesaid y. m. It seems that
the key to this fellow's room fitted
the lock on the door of Mrs. P.'s
private apartments, and knowing
that her treasures were stored in
there he concluded to make way
with them. He left his valise and
some otner things in ins room.
The officers were immediately
notified and are now on his track,
he having been heard of in Port
land on Tuesday night. The pen
at Salem very likely will have
lim as a boarder before many
months.
Saloon Robbed. Upon opening
his saloon on Thursday morning
Chas. Albrecht discovered that it
had been invaded by burglars
some time during the previous
night. They had knocked out a
a pane of glass in the rear door
and after unlocking it entered
without any further difficulty. By
means of a screwdriver the desk
was forced open and cash to the
amount of $42 and a bank book
were removed, also some cigars
and a bottle or two of whisky.
In the desk were several articles of
value, such as a silver watch,
gold nuggett, gold ring, watch
charm, etc.. and it was seen that
these hl all been handled, as spots
of blood Avere upon them. It
seems that the thief, in breaking
the window, had cut his hand on
the glass, as blood was discovered
in several places in the room, and
the screwdriver was all besmeared.
Where and what the police was
doing about the time of the robbery
nobody knows this is an old story,
though.
A Nice Present. John Span
gler stepped into the Gazette
sanctum on Tuesday with a grip
in his hand which caused tlie re
porter to think he had gone into
the drummer's business. He laid
it upon the table, and on opening
it disclosed a beautiful silver solo
cornet he having been presented
with it on Saturday night last.
The persons from whom he receiv
ed it were the members of the
Presbyterian church of this city,
in which place of worship he has
been acting as cornetist to the
choir for the past two years. The
"musican" is of the very latest
pattern made by the C. G. Conn
manufactory, at Elkhart, Indiana.
The case alone is a handsome
one. John is verv proud of his
present and, no doult, will keep
up his same old reputation as a
first-class musician for a long time
to come.
Their Office. The gun store of
G. Hodes has been moved back to
the building in which it was for
merly, near Knight's furniture fac
tory. The cause lor the move was
the raise in the rent for the room
in the Webber brick. This latter
room will be occupied by the Cor
vallis land company, and the same
is being fitted up now. Lyman is
busy lettering the large windows,
and, no doubt, when the company
is already to commence business a
nicer office cannot be lound in
Oregon.
Rcshixg. J. A. Knight is rush
ing his force of workmen in his
furniture factory on account of the
large trade he is having. Remem
ber his stock of furniture is all
home made therefore, will al
ways be substantial. He has a
line of fancy chairs also that he
carries.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Old follies' concert to-night.
Admission, four shillings--50 cent.?.
If you want a loan on your farm,
call at the office of Eglin & Long,
Corvallis. 1.
Everyday the need of a bridge
across the Willamette at this 'qity
grows greater. . , ' '
A. O. Eckelson and- family are
now residents of Portland. They
moved there on Tuesday.
That was a scare head in the Scio
Press last week. '"Must have some
fine workmen up there, Coll.
The steamer went up as far as
Harrisburg on Friday last return
ing with a lot of oats and hay.
Eglin & Long haye something to
say to you in the advertising col
umns of the Gazette this week.
The influenza in this city is be
ginning to be a thing of the. past.
There will be ii-ternal joy when
it has entirely disappeared.
Two extra fine sheep were added
to the list of stock at the agricul
tural college here last week, being
secured from the farm of Tyra
Smith.
Thos. Whitehorn has been on
the sick list this week at the home
of his parents near Cornelius,
Washington county. He had
been on a trip to Astoria.
Doc. Green Samp Leonadus
Henderson is here from Seattle,
having arrived on Tuesday. He
says he will stay in the city about
two weeks. Hard to believe.
Prof. E. Grimm, of the agricul
tural college, at Corvallis, was in
the city yesterday arranging for
the farmers' institute to be held in
February. Albany Herald, 21.
The Beach brothers have shipp
ed four carloads ot potatoes to San
Francisco via Yaquina during the
past ten days. They will realize
a good price per bushel for them.
Advertised Jan. 24. 1890. Miss
Jennie Brown, 2, B. Froots, Geo.
W. JenKins, A. J. Jarigan, Wrn.
Kard, Mrs.M. Lindsay, Win. S. Mc
Gaughrey. F. A. Helm, P. M.
Farmers in the mountains west
of here are beginning to feel that
their supply of feed for their stock
may run short before spring. They
have been compelled to deal it out
very plentifully during the past
month.
The U. P. company manages to
get a steamboat up this far about
twice a week. Tuesday morning
about 7 o'clock the Orient arrived
with some freight and started
down about 9. She will very
likely, be here again this morning.
It will surprise the basement
story of the new school building
terribly when it is seen how fast
the new drains of tiling will carry
the water away. The system of
drainage all over this city could
be improved by a little extra work
just now.
Eveiy one except postoffice
clerks will hail the fact that the
blockade on the Union Pacific is
raised with a sigh of satisfaction.
Salem Statesman. The r. r.
companies can now do away with
snow plows and lay in a large
supply of sighs for future use.
CULLED FROM EXCHANGES.
At present there are 116 newswapers
published in this state; thirteen of
these are dailies.
In 1889, nearly $400 was received
in the Portland collector's office for li
cense tc use oleomargarine in Port
laud. The business of the La Grande land
office for the year just closing has
averaged iu round numbers $8,000
per month.
The State Land and Trust company
of Salem have enlarged their business
circle. W. F. Peck, manager has just
returned from Corvallis, where he com
pleted arrangements with seventy-four
of Corvallis' best business men to co
operate with his company iu business
Salem Democrat.
Here is the law again: "Every su
pervisor shall erect and keep up at the
forks of everv highway and every
crossing of public roads within his dis
trict, a guide or finger board containing
an inscription in legible letters, direct-
ing the way and specifying the distance
of the next town or public piace sit
uated in each road district."
Everybody iu Yamhill county will
remember Allen Kelley, who was a wit
ness for the defence in the trial of W il
ia rd McKune for the killing of Jas.
Bewley. He hits lately distinguished
hlmiselfljn San Francisco. He whs
one of two of the Examiner reporters
who volunteered to rescue a fisherman
from off a rock in the ocean directly
opposite the life saving station. Yam
hill Reporter.
The most striking feature in the
general growth of the Northern Pacific
railroad the past three years is the
most extraordinary increase of its
earnings from the transportation of
passengers. In 1886 the road carried
an average of 40 passengers to each
train and in 1889 an average ot sixty.
The gross passenger receipts increased
in three years from $3,000,000 to
$6,000,000, or 100 per cent.
A young man of Salem becoming
engaged recently, was desirous of pie
senting his intended with a ring appro
priately inscribed but being at a loss
what to have engraved upon it, he call
ed upon his father for advice. "Well,"
said the old man, "put on, when this
yon see remember me." The young
lady was much surprised a tew days
after a receiving a beautiful ring with
this inscription, "when this you see
remember father.
A canvas back duck flies at an
habitual rate of 80 miles an hour,
which is increased in emergency to
120. The . mallard has a flight of 48
miles an hour; the black duck, pin-tail,
widgeon and wood duck cannot do
much better. The , blue wing and
green-wing teals can go 100 miles an
hour and take it easy. The red head
can fly a'l day a 90 miles per hour.
The gadwell can do 90 miles. The
flight of the wild goose is 100 miles
per hour.
A sad accident occurred in Mr.
Graj'son's family, cne day this week,
says the Newburg Grephic. The four
months old babe was put in a chair
and left near the stove while the
mother was about her house work. A
kettle filled with boiling meat was on
the stove and as it was not the proper
size for the hole in the stove, it by some
means tipped over spilling the boiling
water on the child. Its legs from the
knees down were burned so that the
skin came off and one foot was burned
in the same manner. The little suf
ferer is getting along as well as Could
be expected and it is thought the burn
will not lame it.
A large and interesting meeting of
the Oregon horticultural society was
held at Portland on the 14th. The
forenoon was devoted chiefly to the
j report of the president, J. R. Card
well, which was an able paper, abound
ing in valuable information to the
fruit growers of the northwest. The
officers elected for the ensuing year
are: President, Dr. J. R. Cardwell;
vice presidents, Dr. O. P. Plummer
and John H. Settlemier; secretary.
Prof. E. R. Lake. At the next meet
ing of the society in April Chauncy
Ball will ead a paper on "The pruue,
its cultivation, drying and packing.
Tlie real estate sales of Astoria thus far
for the year are considerably above half a
million iu amount.
A purse is being made np in Douglas
county to send east and get a dozen of the
i "Bob White" quails to stock theUinpu.ua
valley. They are fine birds and there are
but few of them in this country.
Several Pendleton citizens mourn the loss
of money they put into the local association
of the Minneapolis Building and Loau As
sociation. Several other cities in the state
were "roped in" by oily tongued agents of
that institution.
Bert Lucas, the Monmouth bicyclist, well
known in Albany, in two months will go
east, and iu company with about thirty
other bicyclists will do Europe on a bicycle,
traveling through France, Switzerland,
Belgium, Germany aud England.' on a
safety. He ill he gone until Sept. 1st.
H. H. Barrett, of Douglas county, who
drives the stage from Umpqna to Florence,
h is been a knight of the reins for 32 years,
bivin? driven from Empire to the mouth of
the Umpqua for 21 years, and from Ump
qua to Florence for 11 years. He is still
hale and bearty and good, for many more
yi ars to come.
T. DtClark, bridge superintendent of the
Oregon lines of th Southern pacific rail
road, has retired from service in that ca
pacity, J. O. Johuson taking his place.
i Mr. DtClark has been in the employ of the
O. & C. and Southern Pacific nearly sixteen
years and his retirement is a surprise to
everybody along the line.
It is reported that the U. P. Co. forfeits
$500 every time the fast niaii arrives at
Portland thirty miuutes late, no matter
what the cause of detention might have
. beeiu It is safe to say that such is not the
case, for the whole United States could not
get a train to Portland on time at present,
not even if the life of the government it
self was depending on it. Baker City
Blade.
The domestic animal commission created
by the last legislature, composed of Gov
ernor Pennoyer, Secretary MeBride, State
Veterinary Otlioer Wytheeoinhe and D. H.
Looney met at Salem Monday, and after
au extended investigation issued an order
to Dr. Whythecombe to slaughter any and
all cattle found affected with contusions or
iufectious diseases. This order wiil he
strictly enforced.
The business ot the Rosehurg land office
for 1889 was huge, as follows: Number of
pre-emption filings, 658; number of home
stead entries from Jan. 1. 1SS9, 430. Num
ber of final entries from Jan. 1, 1SS9, to
Jan. 1, 1890, 165; number of final cash en
tries from Jan. 1, 18S9, to Jan. 1. 1S90, 410;
Amount of acreage covered, 24,900 acres.
Amount of cash receipts. $111,543.23.
In six days the new electric light plant
at Dallas will be ready for action. It has
been placed inat a cost of &50J0 and consists
of seventy-live incandescent and twenty
arc lights. This new enterprise stnrts off
with evtry evidence of a successful and
useful career. One evideuce of prosperity
is in the fact that eighteen residences are
to be 'supplied with light from the plant.
Most of the business housrs are encourag
ing the metropolitan convenience by sub
scribing for lights.
Oregon, Washington and British Colum
bia constitute a grand lodge jurisdiction of
the A. O. U. W., with a membership of
about 4,500. During the calendar year just
closed there have been fifty deaths upon
which the order has paid beneficiaries of
$2,000, amounting in the aggregate to 100,
000. This 2.000 beneficiary payment in
nearly every instance has t;one to families
who, otherwise, would have been left in
very straightened circumstances. The ex
ceedingly meritorious work of this order
accounts for its rapid growth all over the
country.
There is living in 8fc. Helens, says the
MUt. the man who devised the set of sig
nals used by the head siwyers in nearly all
the mills on this coast, to indicate to the
screw turners by the movements of his
hand and fingers, how far up or back to
turn the screws of the head blocks on the
log carri.ige in sawing up logs. T. C.
Watts, to whom that honor is due,
commenced at the age of fourteen years to
handle the saws and with but iov inter
missions has followed that business for the
past twenty-seven years, the greater part
of that time in the mill at this place. Find
ing that with the old system the screw
turners frequently got the old signals mixed,
causing delays and frequently spoiling lum
ber, Mr. Watts iu vented his system, under
which it is impossible with ordinary atten
tion, for the screw turners to make a mis
take, as to the required turns to nifke.
Was Correct. The Gazette's
account of the accidental shooting
of Otto Stone, on the first of this
moth, was correct. Several other
papers published an entirely dif
ferent report. Otto was not be
hind the target, he was standing
by the side of his uncle when the
gun, in the hitter's hands, was ac
cidentally discharged with the
fatal result.
Domino. A 'domino" parly
will be given by the Corvallis
hook and ladder company in the
opera house on Friday evening,
February 14th Valentine's day.
The usual excellent social time
will be had.
DIED.
At his home near Corvallis. on January
18, 1S90, at 6:30 a. ui., V. A. Horning,
aged 60 years, 5, months, and 8 days.
Thus h;is another pioneer gone lnnie from
our mi(l?t. He came to Oregon in 1850,
arriving at Oregon City in October. Dur
ing the next December he and his family
moved to Benton county and located on the
farm situated s short distance west of this
city, where he has lived nntil his death.
He tn;irried Mary A. Johuson in 1848, and
in 1808 she was called to her heavenly
home, leaving eleven children. He was
born near B rlin' on Acg, 20, 182.3. Was
foremost in securing the agricultural college
at this city, and has always been a warm
snpporter of any needed improvements in
this county. He was a member of the
grange order and Masons. Rev. E. J.
Thompson preached the funeral rermon in
the Presbyterian church on Monday after
noon last, before a large congregation of
friends and acquaintances who had assem
bled to express their last respects to the
deceased.
ONE NIGHT ONLY.
Great Dramatic Event!
Tuesday, January CSth.
Russell-Jewell Dramatic Comp'y
In the military dramr, jn five acts,
'LYNWQOD.'
" O'Popular prices: 25, 50, and 75 cent?
Seats ou sale at Huberts' jewelry store
OPERA HOUSE!
THE STATE REFORM SCHOOL.
In an interview with a reporter
lately, Governor Sylvester Pennoyer
explained why the state board of com
missioners, appointed to secure a site
for the state reform school have been
so long selecting the ground.
"The board consists of myself as
governor, Secretary of State Hon. G
W. McBride, and Superintendent of
Public Instruction Hon. E. B. McEl
roy. At the last session of the Ore
gon state legislature, the sum of $30,
000 was appropriated to pay for the
ground and erect the home. We at
once began to look about with a view
to selecting the most favorable locality.
In our search we canvassed the entire
state. Land about Portland was held
too high. AVe thought for a while
that the vicinity of Milwaukee offered
pretty good advantages, but it had its
drawbacks, too. During the month of
last May, we discovered that we could
buy the Warren farm, which lies four
miles south of Salem. The farm con
sisted of 320 acres, the price of which
was $11,200. We concluded to buy
it, but as there was a minor heir to the
estate, we had to secure an order from
court authorizing the sale of it.
''This step was accomplished only
this month, and a week ago last Wed-
nesday negotiations were brought to a
close by the purchase, and now the
state owns the land. Adjoining' the
farm is a piece of twenty acres, which
we bought. This purchase swelled the
outlay to $17,000. By it we secured
access to Mill creek, from which
which abundant water power can be
taken. Thus, the school can carry on
a manufacturing business, enabling the
inmates to learn various kinds of
trades.
"The sum o( $13,000 now remains,
with which to do the building. Of
course, that is not enough to carry it
to its entire completion. We can put
up such a structure as will admit of
wings being added to it. By a pro
vision of the bill authorizing the es
tablishment, all the bri-.:k used in its
composition must be made at the state
'penitentiary. During the past year
the entire output 1ms been used in
building the new wing at the asylum.
This wing is longer than the one built
two years ago, hece it requires more
brick. Just as soon as we can get the
brick, and it v. ill not be long, we shall
begin operations. Had we secured
the ground ami e;eo d the building
last year, it would, of necessity, have
stood idle, because the legislature did
not appropriate a cent fur operating it.
By the time the legislature meets again
it will be ready for occupancy. I
think we have made the best selection
that was avail.ille. We got the ground
at a low price and it is now woith
more than it was bought for. It is
just near enough to the city, and is on
the line of the Southern Pacific, and I
think we can induce the company to
establish a station at the school.
There is no doubt but such an in
stitution will be a great benefit to the
state. There are a number cf boys in
the penitentiary now who should not
be there. When the school is estab
lished no doubt a provision wiil be
made for their removal to it. It is a
shame that boys so young should be
put in b great prison among so many
hardened criminals. Regarding the
name of the instiiution, T suppose it
will be called a reform school, pure
and simple. It would be most too
nice a distinction, I think, to give it a
moie aristocratic name."
For a short time only. Lots in Schenck's
addition to Astoria. Terms easy. Buy
now of Hartleys & Dayisson.
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