VOL. XXY1II !
CORVALLIS, BEATON COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1891.
NO. 1.
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Rev. DeWitt Talmage'8 New "Life of!,, pai(, to the pr(ne,.utiou by the de
C'hrist." A book which is sure to have The small "terms" set by the court
reat popularity, and immeuse sale, both be- formed a sui,jeet of congratulation to the
cause of its interesting style and its superb wh(J had feire(1 t, would be
illustrations is "From Manger to, Throne,"
a new life of Christ and a history of Pales
tine and its people, including Dr. Talmage's
account of his famous journey to through
and from the Christ-laud. The work which
is spleudidly printed, contains nearly 700
large-sized pages, 9x11 inches. It is illus
trated wit, m re than 400 grand illustra
tions,' anions whijh are accurate copies of
tiearly 200 of the famous paintings of the
old masters, which have so long enriched
the galleries and cathedrals of Europe, but
were never before published in America.
He treats the story of the Savior with
great reverence, with uuexpaeted tender
liess, there being no straining for effect,
'l'he work is a history, and iu no way sec
tarian, aud is therefore one which every
Christian may read with advantage.
It will do good, instruct and entertain
three tilings so few writers accomplish iu a
aiuxlu volume.
In sp::akiu of the work, the New York
Herald predicts a sale of a million copies
for the first ye.ir. The book will be sold
only by subscription and avont are wanted,
tatciiMin liberal terms aro offered.
The well-known aud enterprising pub
lishers, the Pacifio Publishing Co.. Ains-
worth Block, 3d and Oik St., Portland,
Or., are the the sole general agents for the
Pacific Coast.
We call attention to their advertisement
in another coiiinm.
Women is the Year 200J. As a sort of
.supplementary chapter to his ''Looking
Backward," Mr. Edward Bellamy has writ
ten an article for the February number of
Tho Ladies' Home Journal, under the title
of "Women in the Year 2000,'' iu which the
famous Nationalist will sketch woman, mar
riage, courtship, etc., as they will bj regard
ed in the year 2000.
The Orecomax. The Oregoniau has the
largest circulation of any daily, Sunday or
weekly paper west of the Rocky mountains.
And in order to tuther incre.ixe its circula
tion they have selected with great care, a
large list of valuable bonks, and other use
ful articles, and are offering them as pre
miums to each new subscriber, to any of its
several issues for yearly subscriptions. The
Oregonian should be iu every household.
Seud for premium list to the Oregoman
PublUhiu Co., Portland. Oregon.
There is no danger of a cold resulting in
pneumonia when Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is used as directed "for a severe
Cold." It elF-ctualiy counteract' and ar
rests any tend ;ncy of a cold to result in
pueumouia. This fact was fuiiy proven in
thousands nf cases during the epidemic of
influenza last winter. For s tic by T. Gra
ham, druggist.
Now that the rush of the holiday trade ix
oyer, the pioneer jweler. P. 1'. GretiV.z, is
enabled to give inure atteition to repairing
. clocks, watches, aud all kinds of jewelry,
and to all such other work as usually comes
in his line of business. Mr. Greffoz .does
artistic engravings at prices much below
those usually charged for this class of work.
Mr. Grefl'oz's honorable dealings and the
character nf the work executed by him are
,' the foundation of the success he has eu
' joyed iu this city through a long period.
Good Seeds.
Truckload after truckload of
seeds was noticed passing up
the street Saturday, and on in
Testigatine it was found they
were from D. M. Ferry & Co., of
Detroit. Mich., for their north
western agents, F. L. Posson &
Son, 209, Second street, " Port
land, Or. Posson & Son have
sold and delivered already this
season over three car-loads of
vegetable seeds alone- These
must be the very best of seeds,
and they must have very low
prices, or the firm never could
have secured such a trade. Or
egonian, Dec. 29.
Send for their Catalogue.
ANOTHER RAILROAD SUIT.
The Oregon Pacific troubles iu the winter
j of 1887 were brought to attention Monday
I in Portland upon the occasion of the Ma-jlone-Beunett
damage suit. Judge Shat-
tuck's court room was unusually well filled,
trio ot Portland's best lawyers put
j their heads together ou either side.
! The complaint of Frank Maloue and P.
'Costello, doing business under tho firm
'name of F. Maloue & Co., again.-t Nelson
! Bennett was filed in the state circuit court,
! March 23, 1833. The complainants sought
jto recover $46,500 from Bennett, profits
'which would have resulted from, ami dam
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ages ny reason m a lauuie in uuscivc, a
contract which Bennett made with them to
construct a portion of the Oregon Pacific
I from the valley east.
After fourteen months went by without
any answer being filed by the defense, a
juUment by default was taken May 24,
1S90.
The case was subsequently reopened up
on an affidavit being filed, and 153 "terms"
much larger. After the usual preliminary
pleadin?s the case came to trial before
Judge Shattuck and a jury.
Maloue was placed first ou the stand, and
told how he had made the contract with
Bennett, aud then how he had shipped his
plant from Butte and transported it to the
summit of the Cascades, 110 miles from
Lebanon. Bennett toll) him he would send
him 400 laborers shortly, so he laid in no
end of supplies at high prices, and bay at
$40 a ton. This was in the early autumn
of 18S7. November 5 of that year, Ben
nett told him he was eoing to give up the
contract and advised Malone to do the same.
Of course, eventually he had to do it, after
doing two and a half months' work on his
contract. Being asked how much he would
have made out of the contract, he said he
figured that out of the 200.000 he was to
receive, 50, 000 would be profit. For ex
ample, whereas he got 20 cents for earth
excavation, he let it out for from 13 to 15;
whereas he cot 1 for rock work, he sublet
it for 70 to 75 cents.
He was then asked about his losses by
his preparations, etc., and a strenuous ob
jection was raised by the defendant's coun
cil wh'oh was overruled by the court, the
idea being that he couldn't show both the
profi.'a of which he had been deprived
and expenses he had been put o. This
was quite a bombshell iu the camp of the
prosecution, as it promised at one full
swoop to knock them out of 20,500.
After a moment's consultation, however,
they came to the front with a request to
then and tlieie amend theii complaint in
creasing the profits claimed from $20,
000 to f 50.000. This Judge Shattuck al
lowed, against the decided protests of the
defendant's counsel. The claim is thus ma
terially increased. Albany HerahL
1COO MILES.
Bat She Got It. A Sample of Letters
Daily Received.
Only those who have tried it can know what
"t Is that prompts one to send 1,500 miles for it
to get it again. Here is another of many such
nstances:
Drab Sirs: I send $.r, for which please return
a half dozen of your vegetable sarsaparilla. I
have moved here from Sierra City, CaL I took
three bottles before leaving, hence I cend all the
way back to California for more. It was just
before I left Sierra City, about a year ago, that I
began to feel very miserable. My skin was very
yellow, and I was all pains and aches, especially
under my shoulders and in my head. The doc
tor said it was my liver, and gave me some
medicine which relieved mc somewhat. One of
my neighbors happened in and told me she had
started to take Joy's VeTe'able Sarsaparilla, and
advised me to try it. I did, and with such good
effect that I now feel like a new being. I have
persuaded one of mv neighbors here to take it,
so part of this is for her and part for myself.
MRS. GEO. DELB RIDGE,
Butte City, Montana.
The reader, if he or she has not tried it, has
no Idea of what Calif -.'a's vegetable Juices,
(which is but another name for Joy's Vegetable
Barsaparilla) will do for disordered system.
The Portland Telegram announces
editorially that it has been purchased
by a party of St. P.iu! capital ists,
headed by Capt. G. H. Moffit, who
will at once assume the management
of the Telegram. It will be enlarged
and otherwise improved.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Thos. Graham.
Tne discOverj of a preventive for croup,
is one of the most important made in recent
years. Siuce first discovered it has been
used iu many cases, and with unvarying
success. Its being within the reach of all
makes it more valuable. It is only neces
sary to give Chamberlaiu'8 Cough Remedy
freely as soon as the first indications appear,
and it will disjiel all symptoms of the
disease. . Full directions are given ;with
each bottle. For sale at 50 cents per bottle
by T. Graham, druggist.
Notice. A job of grubbing to let. For
particulars enquire of H. T. Fkench, Agri
cultural College, Corvallis, Oregon,
SPORTING EVENTS.
The sporting proclivities of the Corvallis
youth are becoming developed to such an
extant as would seem to justify the organi
zation of an association for the purpose, of
developing the "manly art" and other arts
of a similar character.
Sevral spirited glove contests have taken
place recently and for several days the past
week the topie on the corners aud of the
"pleasant resorts" has been the relative
qualifications of the several pugilists who
have ascended toward the top rung of the
localpriz'3 ring ladder.
On Sunday a fine-looking bull dog, hailing
from Eugene was matched to fight an "un
known" during the afternoon and a respect
able forfeit was placd in the hands of a
responsible gentleman, the principal stake
to be put up when the dogs were brought
together. Friends of the Eugene dog were
confident and ready to place any amonut on
their favorite, nut the backers of the un
known, while they were noisy iu their ex
pressions of confidence, would neither "put
up nor shut up." At length the coming of
the much-talked-of unknown was an
nounced. Four men entered the rendez
vous carrying a two-inch rope at the end f
which was supposed to be the monster that
Was to fight the dog from the upper part of
the valley. Excitement for the moment
ran high, the owner of the" "white dog"
turned pale and there was an awful troubled
expression upon hi3 face. On came the
stalwart custodians of the unknown, and
when ninety feet of the rope had been
drawn in John Scrafford's poor little four
pound poodle dangled at the end. Leo
Garhard then saw that he was the victim of
Nick Baeseu's cunning, aud the forfeit was
cheerfully thrown upon the bar.
But a real dog fiht did occur on Monday
between a town dog named "Towscr" and
a country dog whose name was not learned.
The fight was apparently arranged by
mutual consent of the dogs. It was a des
perate one for about ten minutes, and whet)
b th dogs were completely exhausted they
were seperated, and the tight was declared
a draw. The usual sequel did not ensue.
A cock fight was also au event of the past
week. It took place at the rendezvous of the
sporting fraternity, aud whether it was for
fun money or marbles, the reporter was not
able to ascertain. However, it was an in
teresting event from the point of view of
those present.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.
A3 mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell aud completely derange the whole sys
tem when entering it through' the mucous
surfaces. Such articles tdiould never be
used except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly derive
from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, mauufac
tnred by F. J. Cheeney & Co., Toledo, O.,
contains no mercury, aud is taken internally,
directly upon the blood and mucous surfacse
of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is
taken infernally, aud made iu Toledo, Ouio,
by F. J. Cheney & Co.
tsB'&oUl by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
First Ankual Messing. The Salem
Canning company held its first annual meet
ing yesterday afternoon at the Cap
ital National bank, there being repre
sented a majority of the stock, although a
limited number of the stockholders were
present. The election of officers and di
rectors for the ensuing year had this result:
Directors 11. S. Wallace, H. V. Cottle, J.
II. Albert, Dr. J. Reynolds, J. Wallace;
officers president, R. S. Wallace; vice
president, Dr. J. Reynolds; secretary, Chas.
Weller; treasurer, J. H. Albert. The of
ficers are the same as served through last
year and the directory is but little changed.
It was determined to have another meeting
of the stockholders February 16ch, the at
tendance yesterday not having been as
lage as was- desired. The company finds
itself in excellent condition after the first
season's run. It was a prosperous run and
the company has aheady made monev, aside
from proving itself an institution invaluable
to the city aud couutry. When the stock
holders meet in a couple of weeks the next
year's programme will be discussed. A.
Bird Is the manager of the cannery aud has
exhibited what a practical cauneryman can
do at the head of such an institution.
Statesman.
The New Discovery.
You have heard your frieuds and neigh
bors talking about it. You may yourself
be one of the many who know from per
sonal experience just hoar good a thing it is.
If you have ever tried it yoa are one of its
staunch friends, because the wondeful thing
about it is, that when once given a trial,
Dr. Kings New Discovery ever after holds
a place in the house. If you have never
used it aud should be afflicted with a cough,
cold or any Throat, Lung or Chest trouble,
secure a bottle at once and give it a fair
trial. It is guaranteed every time, or
inouey refunde I. Trial Bottle Free at
Thos. Graham's drugstore.
A bear was killed on" the Suntuim a
few days ago, says the Lebanon Ex
press. It is unusual for bear to make
their appearance so early.-' If we do
not have an early spring we haye been
misled by the animal kingdom, and
easter will have to atone for a like offense.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY.
To be a botanist a man must be untiring
in both mental and physical labor, and to
this must be added a love for the science
itself. These qualifications are to be found
iu Prof. E. R. Lake, a graduate and instruc
tor in botany iu Michtgau Agricultural
College, and professor of botany in the Ore
gon Agricultural College.
The work here, although much has been
done, does not appear as much as it really
is.
The class work consists of instruction in
elementary phaenogamic and cryptogamic
botanv.
The study of elementary botany is de
signed to familiarize the student with the
more common forms of plant life, enabling
him to take the plaut itself and by means of
a botanical key work out both its common
and scientific name, and thereby acquaint
the student with plant relationships.
Plant Physiology and Cryptogamic Bota
ny are studied for the purpose of more thor
oughly understanding the structure of
plants and their maimer of growth, hence
this work is largely microscopic. Particu
lar attention is paid to such plants as are of
economic importance iu agriculture. At
present the work of arranging specimens in
the herbarium, classifying species and mak
ing arrangements so as to be able to make
exchanges with Eastern botanists is receiv
ing a good share of the time.
This latter is a very important item. In
order to make exchanges it is necessary to
classify those specimens intended for ex
change and issue a catalogue giving this list
aud also a list of the plants desired. In
this manner the herbarium may be supplied
with specimens from different localities at
nominal cost of transportation, A plant
rare in one place is ofteu quite common in
another, and botanists are only too eager to
make the exchange. Catalogues of the
West are for the greater part very crude
and it remains for this department to send
out one which shall be better than any
which have preceded it. Many specimens
must be rearranged, the names respelled
and recatalogned with a view to exchanging.
This list, wheu issued, is called a desidera
tum, aud 13 intended to be used by other
botanists to select from. The. desideratum
of this college will contain about 5000
species.
There are already mounted and to be
mounted in the college herbarium about
5000 species of planis, but this does not
include about 4000 fuugii, 2:109 of which
are in bound volumes. Altogether there
are at least 8000 specimens. This Work is
naturally slow, siuce it is comparatively
new to this section. It would take one man
three or four years to complete it.
Ot the species already examined the pro
fessor has discovered four new ones, and it
is possible that there may be some more yet
among the number not examined. Two
in particular arc fungi, one of which affects
the horseradish, and the othor the carrot.
Botanists both in the East and West to
whom specimens have been sent agree that
it is unknown to them.
Work in the study of the growth of
spores, (seeds of cryptotramic plants) aud
kindred subjects has been much hindered
by the delay iu the arrival of microscopic
outfit.
Of the 400 samples of seeds, about one
third are already put up and labeled iu
regular one half pint specimen bottles.
As soon as the students in the mechanical
department have progressed sufficiently far,
they will be given the 600 samples of wood
to polish after which the samples will be
labeled and put up for exhibition.
Another feature of this department de
serving special mention is pho-micrography,
an object too sin ill to l e seen by the
naked eye is placed in the compound micro
scope aud a negative taken of it by means
of a camera similar to the ordinary photo
graphic camera. From this negative prints
may be made or positives produced. This
positive plate is placed in a stereopticon or
magic lantern and an enlarged view thrown
ou a screen. Thus from a specimen s ly one
one-hundredth of an inch in diameter may
be produced a likness ten feet across, hav
ing the advantage over other forms of repre
sentation iu that it is as absolutely perfect
as can be produced by camera and micro
scope. This is particularly valuable iu il
lustrating lectures at Farmers Institutes.
Nothing, however, in this direction has
been done yet as only a part of the neces
sary outfit has arrived. It is new here and
always popular wherever introduced.
Much of the time of the professor is em
ployed in correspondence snd State Horti
cultural Society work.
Last summer he spent his vacation in
traveling over the state collecting plants
and visiting orchards. He was provided
with his camera and has pictures of objects
of interest to his department, particularly
of m my of the most important orchards in
the state.
The movement of some of the busi
ness men of Eugene to start a wooden
ware factory at that place will proba
bly prove a success, as two thirds of
the stock lias already been subscribed.
The Road Bills. A large amount
of money is asked, at the hands of the
present legislature, for wagon roads in
various parts of the state. A number
of the wagon road bills are meritorious
and a larger number are not, but ic is
difficult for a majority of the legisla
tors to distinguish them. On this ac
count good and bad road bills usually
share the same fate. Then the evil is
augmented by a large number of the
members introducing road bills for un
deserving schemes, depending 'upon
the merits of others to curry ihem
through, or being content with the
failure of all. Senator CVosno intro
duced a bill in the legislature asking an
appropriation of $6,000 to assist in
constructing a road from Tidewater,
in this county, to the mouth of Alsea
river, and from mouth of Fall creek to
Mackay's Lauding, on Yaquina bay.
This is a just measure and the amount
asked is none too large; but this bill
has met the fate of all other road
bills, both good and had, in that the
sum recommended was cut down one
half in the committee room. The peo
ple of those sections have bien en
deavoring for a number of years to ob
tain the improvements, have used com
mendable energy to accomplish their
purpose without state aid, and even
$3000 would encourage them to renew
ed efforts.
Taken In. W. S. Williams, alias
Wilson, was arrested in Salem last
Monday and taken to Portland on a
charge of larceny and embezzelment.
Williams was recently from Nebraska.
He was introduced to Wiley 15. Allen,
the Portland music dealer, by II. Hun
saker who recommended him as a thor
ough aud energetic salesman. On tht
strength of this Mr. Allen employed
him on the 6th of January and Wil
liams started out on the road to sell
organs. The first instrument was or
dered for a secret society at Newbnrg,
but it was not wanted at New
burn and he took it to Independence
and sold it for 25 though the price was
$100. Four other instruments were
ordered in a few days for Albany and
were disposed of to a Mr. Harness liv
ing near Corvallis with the exception
of'one instrument which he sold twice.
Mr. Allen is out $125, Mr. Harness
$100 and the Independence man $25.
After doing all this Williams was ar
rested in Salem by the sheriff while on
a glorious drunk. Mr. Allen does not
think much of the Nebraska method
of doing business, and he proposes to
discourage future innovations of this
kind by making Williams suffer the
penalty.
Disorders which Affect the Kidneys
Are among the most formidable known.
Diabetes, Bi ilit's disease, gravel and other
coinplaint3 of the urinary urgius are not or
dinarily cured iu Kevcre cases, but they may
lie averted by timely medication. A useful
stimulant of the urinary glands has ever
bieu f.mu I in H ostetters Stomach Bitters,
a medicine winch uot only affords the requi
site stimulus when they Income inactive,
but increases tli-iir vigor and secretive
pow.:r. By increasing the activity of the
kidneys aud bladder, this medicine has the
additional efl :ct of ex nil.'in trom the blood
impurities which it is the peculiar office of
those organs to eliminate and pass off. The
Bitters is als a purifier ami strengthener of
the bowels, an iiivigorant of the stomach,
and a m itchless remedy for biliousness and
fever and aguj. It counteracts a tendency
to premature decay, and sustains aud com
forts the aged and infirm.
A Gbnuink Con version. Mr. John Gib
lin, of the Russ House, has just received
the following letter from Jame3 Archer dat
ed at Tulare, Cal. : "When working for
you two year3 ago I took 3 from yon
which I herewith return. I have given my
heart and life to G 1. He has made a won
der! ill change iu it. lain saved and pre
pared to inest God. He has brought this
account to my memory and I hasten to
make it good. May God bless you and lead
vou right." This contains a whole sermon
iu a nutshell, and the situation was so well
appreciated by Mr. Gibliu, who had never
missed the small amount taken, that he re
turned the money to Mr. Archer and told
him to increase it for his owu good. Al
bany Democrat.
The First Step.
Perhaps you are run down, can't eat,
can't sleep, can't think, can't do anything
to your satisfaction, aud you wonder what
ails you. You should heed the warning,
you sire takiug the first step into Nervous
Prostration. You need a Nerve Tonic and
in Electric Bitters you will find the exact
remedy for restoring your nervous system
to its normal, healthy condition. Surpris
ing results follow the use of this great
Nrtrve Tonic and Alternative. Your appe
tite returns, good digestion is restored, and
the Liver and Kidney lesnme healthv ac
tion. Try a bottle. Price 50c. at Thoe.
Graham's drugstore.
COKVALLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Few cities in the state h;ive better
educational advantages than Corvallis.
The State Agricultural College, located
here, affords the best opportunity for
those who wish a practical, common
sense education. Our kindergarten,
where the little ones are taught their
A-B-C's and how to make themselves
useful, is an institution of credit and
has accomplished much good. The
Corvallis College, a sectarian school
under the niauagem lit of the Method
ist Church, South, has a large building
here and can accommodate many stu
dents. But tl'i at which should be and
is the pride of every citizen is our pub
lic school. A good public school is
one of the most important acquisitions
of any city, and that Corvallis can
justly claim. The Compendium, an
educational journal published at Rose
burg, beside publishing an illustration
of the Corvallis public school building,
gives the following notice:
"The Corvallis public school build
ing is divided into eight well lighted
school rooms of uniform size, each with
a seating capacity of about sixty-three.
The building is heated by steam and
supplied on each fljor with water from
the city water works. Ventilation
without cold drafts is provided for by
having cold air pass through the radia
tors before it passes through the room.
The building has widfl halls its entire
length ou each floor and from each of
these halls branch off the cloak rooms
one for each room.
"As to ventilation, heating, seating,
water supply, and general arrangement,
the building could hardly have been
more admirably planned for school
purposes.
"Its cost was something over twenty
thousand dollars. It has now been
complet-iJ and occupied about oue
year.
"Six teachers are now employed,
five of whom received their education
at the Oregon State Agricultural Col
lege the principal, Prof. B. W. Mc
Keen, being a graduate of the Iowa
State Normal school. The course of
instruction covers nine years' work.
The enrollment during the fall term
has been fully 403. Enrollment and
attendandance. has never been a.s large
this early in the 3'car before. The
schools are iu a flourishing condition
and with the constantly increasing
attendance the number of teachers
must soon be increased. Corvallis is
justly proud, not only of her fine school
.building, but of her fine schools as
well."
The River. The Oregon Pacifio
river boats for the month of February
will, water permitting, make the follow
ing trips: The Three Sisters leaves
Portland for Corvallis on the 9th,
13th, ISth, 23d and 27th, ariving tho
following day. Leaves Corvallis on
the 6th, 1 lt"h, 16th, 20th and 25th.
The Wm. M. Ho ig and N. S. Bentley
will make regular trips between all
river points. The steamer Bentley
ran onto a sand bar ne;.r Wheatland
last Wednesday and hei load had to be
lightened before she could get off, but
as the damage was slight she will be
running regularly again with but little
delay. The Oregon Pacific floating
wharf for Salem, which is being builb
on the flat in the southern part ot tho
city is expected to be completed by the
latter part of next' week and will be
taken to S ilem as soon as practicable.
The Corvallis. The steamer Cor
vallis now being rebuilt at Portland for
the government, to be used in remov
ing obstructions in the upper Willam
ette river is expected to be completed
by next Monday. U. S. Engineer,
Major Ilandbury, under whose charge
the Corvallis will.be, says she will be
put twork on the upper river just as
soon as the vessel can be made ready.
It is his purpose to do . all he can
with what little there is left of the
$11,000 appropriation to improve the
river.
Those who attend dances and care to
attend the Sheet and Pillowcase party
on the 13th inst., and have been oiuiN.
ed from the list of invitations can se
cure one by calling on Geo. Fish.
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