The Corvallis gazette., February 20, 1891, Image 4

THE ConVALLlS GAZETTE, tffclfcAV, fEfi. 36,l8W.
BRIEF LOCALS.
The Friday niglit dances will be re
sumed this evening.
Carload of pearl oil (blue lakel)
$1.40 per cair at Kline's.
Born Last Monday morning to the
wife of Eugene Bond, a boy,
Egan fe Achison are selling mon
innents at Portland prices. tf.
New black dress goods .25, .50, .75,
$l'ancl $1.25 just received at Kline's.
There are rumors that several cases
of diptheria have appeared in Albany.
If you want a monument see. Egan
& Achison, of Albany, before purchas
ing. tf-
For bargains in monuments, head
stones, etc., go to Egan & Achison,
Albany, Oregon. tf.
Preaching in the- Evarvgdicul church
on Sabbath at 7 p. in. by the pastor,
M. J. Ballantyne.
M. H. Kreibel's latest piece of work
in taxidermy is the mounting ot an
Angora goat'liead for Col. Hogg.
L. C. Walker, of the Siletz Indian
reservation was in Corvallis last Wed
nesday on his way to Portland.
Horn,. Thos. Catilhorn was takei
quite ill while at Salem last week, and
is now confined to his home in this city.
A. W. Thompson spent Sunday in
Corvallis. He has located at Olympia,
where he will engage in business
shortly-
Of the-'4:8- inmates of the Oregon
insane asylum, Benton county has 18.
Multnomah, of course,. has the largest
number, 200.
Several cases of the measles are re
ported in Blodgetts Valley. The little
child of A. Wood, of that place died
last Saturday of this disease.
Mrs. S. T. Jeffreys left this week for
California with the expectation that a
residence of a few months at Oakland
would improve her health..
The vacant lots in Job's addition are
beinar plowed up and sowed in oats,
and the streets are being plowed and
rolled and. put: in - shape for summer
travel!'
There are no v 337 prisoners in the
Oregon penitentiary, the largest num
ber that has ever been confined within
the walls of that institution "at any
one time.
Egan Achison handle the cele
brated Portland cement walls fov
cemetery lots. These walls ctn be
famished at half the cost of any other ;
and are far superior. tf.
Messrs. J. B. Barber and J. It. Bar--nett;
who -were m- this city last week,
decided to locate here and have return
ed to Humboldt Co., Cal., to-- bring
their families to-diis vicinity-.
Remember the magic lantern-display
at the City Hall on Saturday evening
at 7:30. Entrance 25 cents. Children
half price. Ice crearnj served at an interval,-15
cents.
The next Parlor meeting is arranged
for "Wednesday, March 4th, at the resi
dence of Thos. Grahann Subject,
"The Evil oC Immoral Literature, and
Mr. Wananiakerrs-renM!dy."
The city of Roseburg has granted a
20-years franchise to L L Hurd to
construct and maintain, an. electric
light system in lhat city. . The fran
chise calls for a good system. .
The government snag boat is said to
be somewhere on the dipper Willamette
river, but it is scarcely-worth mnch at
tention this year. We hope to receive
some benefit from-it next season how
ever. The sheet and ji'lbwcase bid! given
at Job's Theatre last Friday evening
was well attended and greatly enjoyed.
"The ceremony of initiating a member
of the G. O. P. was a strong feature
of the evening.
On Sabbath March 1st, there will be
" a-quarterly meeting and communion
-service in the- Evangelical, church. of
-thU city. Revs E- S. Bollinger, of Sa
lem will preach'iifc the morning at 11
:Aslock. Also at 7- p. m. Commu
nion service after the morning sermon
On Wednesday Dr. Thompson at
tended the. funeral of Edna Lambert
son, aged 6yearSj 2- months and 27
days, eldest daughter of Rolert and
Minda Lambertson, who ireskl abont
- three -miles north of this city. The
.burial occurred at the Locke -cemetery.
. The Albany Herald notes the-fact
-of-CotvaHis' possession of game stock
of -various kinds '.and a challenge is
-brought to the attention of the' owners
x( game cocks in this city. . In the
MH of -the real estate business why. not
vive some of the old-time -rivalry
2fetr.een Corvallia and-Albany? :
D. Looney, representing Egan &
Achison, marble dealers of Albany,
was in Corvallis this week. He sold
one of their fine granite monuments to
Mr. Perraan Henderson, of Philomath.
S. L. Kline goes to San Francisco
tr-morrow to complete spring pur
chases. Already goods are arriving
from the east and in a few weeks a
new and complete spring stock will be
on exhibition.
L-ist Friday Marshal Dunn went to
Portland with a man named Davis, who
had been selling liquor to Indians.
On the way down Davis jumped from
the moving train and struck out for
the woo ls. The train stopped how
ever, and Mr. Dunn soon recaptured
the fugitive.
B. W. Wilson, our efficient coirnfy
cleric, 'is one of the first settlers in
Corvallis. He is also the first to cele
brate the advent of electric lights for
private residences, his residence being
the first lighted in this manner in our
city. The Electric Light company has
just put in the wiring for light equal to
twelve 16 candle power lights.
Hafvey Massey, of Douglas county
has recorded, in tlie clerk's office of
that county, his claims to the inven
tion of perpetual motion. "This ma
chine," he says, "as you see above, is
a cut or drawing of what thousands of
people have tried to invent. All have
failed but myself. I have got it to
perfection and that is perpetual mo
tion." Arthur Spaulding will deliver a lec
tnre at Independence on March 6th,
Mr. Spaulding is new m the Itcture
field, but his acquaintances have fj,uth
in any of his undertakings, and they
are confident that he will give the peo
ple of Independence a lecture which
will repay them well for their atten
dance. The subject will be "Fun that
Beats Fisick."
The general appropriation bill foi
state expn3es-lhe ensuing twayears
calls $1,003,000. Of thm sum $45,
000 is for tlte expenses of the present
legislature, $110,000 for deficiencies
in various funds incurred during the
past two years, and $90,000 for new
buildings and improvements at the
asylum and penitentiary. The general
appropriatioa-bill laat session called for
$767,878.65.
Chinese New Year came to a close
on Sunday evening when a distressing
ly lengthy explosion of firecrackers oa
enrred in front of the various Chinese
dens. One "Sorbin'5' claims the dis
tinction of having squandered the
largest amount of morfey in the ex
plosives - and in cheap intoxicants
which he distributed liber illy among
those white people present who cared
to partake of his hospitality.
Sunday will be Washington's birth
day, but there will be no demonstra
tions in this city on or about that date
to assist in arousing, the patriotism of
our people. 'If it. vrers not that we
like a plausible excuse for having a
jollification once in a while it is prob
able that the 4th of July and 22nd of
February would become of no special
import. At present these are looked
upon simply as conveniences.
Philomath pugilistic circles have
been' lively of late. Although prize
ring rules- have not been strictly ob
served in every event, several interest
ing contests- have occurred during the
past two weeks which generally resulted
in increasing the city treasurer's funds.
Last Saturday a fight occurred and one
of the parties was fined $50, and
Sunday evening there was another aad
both- parties- were- arrested and fined
$12.50 each.
Pebsonal. Mr. Julius Miner,
a prominent lawyer of Mlnneappolis,
spent a couple of days in otrrcity this
this week, the guest of Dr. Thompson,
who was his prpfessoi in mathematics
and astronomy in the Uiiivers&jt of
Minnesota, where Mr. Miner gradua
ted in 1875.- Dr. Thompson had not
met his old and much esteemed' pupil
for thirteen years and was delighted to
see him and learn of his- success in his
chosen profession cf the law. Mr.
Miner is visiting the Pacific Coast in
the interest of the Minneappo'is Tim
ber Land Co., which represents a capi
tal of several millisps-of dollars, and
which is purchasing timber claims upon
this coast quite extensively. He wa
greatly pleased with our quiet little
city and the country round about. He
will visit'us again at no distant day to
talk ' with-some of our solid timber
nrerrabbut their valuable lands.
-: Notice. -A job of grubbing . to let. For
particulars enquire of H.' T; FEKCHr Agri
cultural College, -Corvallis,. Oregon, ....
STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
MECHANICS.
A two-story brick building, 3? by 76
feet, with wing 18 by, 32 feet, known
as the Mechanical Hall, is devoted
exclusively to the use of mechanic arts.
The three rooms on the first ffoor are
used for tecitation room, blacksmith
shop, and engine and machinery room.
The second floor is divided into two
rooms, one for drawing and one for
woodwork. Besides this there is a
small house standing a short distance
from main building containing the
steam boiler.
Motive power for the machinery is
furnished by a 15-horse power Chan
dler & Taylor engine supplied with
steam from a 20-horse power tubular
boiler. The same boiler also supplies
the steam necessary to operate a steam
pump.
The water plant consists of, in addi
tion to the pump, a circular tank with
a capacity of 15,000 gallons placed on
a tower sixty leet in height. This
tank is connected with the college and
supplies water to the col lege green
house and campus.
Instruction irt mechanics is given
more by practical work than by recita
tions from text books. Students in
wood work are first given a' senes of
exercises designed especially to illus
trate the principles involved in work.
These exercises are made progressive
and consist, for example, in joining
pieces of wood in ways such as are
employed in actual practice. After
these exercises are comjn'efed they are
put to work constructing things needed
about college and elsewhere. In most
cases the work is done front blue
prints which give practice in working
from plans.
The equipment for wood work con
sists of ten sets of carpenter's tools,
including saws, planes, chisels, etc.,
just such tools as are commonly used
by carpenters ten berrchesv two- wood
turning lathes, circular saw and grind
stone. Tliere are soon to be added
six more sets of tools and six benches,
a pony planer, band saw and scroll saw.
Iron work begins in the blacksmith
shop and consists of exercises similar
to those in wood work, in that thy
involve the more simple and funda
mental forms, such as converting a
round rod into a square one, then
making half of it round . again and contract with the abstract company on
pointing both ends, and in the common the 3rd day of July, 1890t four days
forms of welding. From this they are!b"fore 1 took fc,lft office- When 1
gradually advanced in the art of mat-1 assumed the duties of county judge on
ing tools for their own use and for usethe 7th d:i7 of July, 1890, I found the
on the farm and in renairiiKr broker
machinery. The blacksmith shp is
very well equipped. In fact, Prof.
.Covell seems to be- mther proud of it.
The equipment consists of nine Buf
falo stationary forges and one portable
forge, ten 100-pound Eagle anvils with
hammers, tongs, fullers, flatters, etc., a
vice, sledge hammer and swedge block.
The blast is furnished by a 35-inch
steel pressure blower, and the smoke
from all the forges is removed by an
exhaust fan aud cKschergfld through a
single sheet iron stackv
The machine shop is thus fai- 'pro
vided with a 16-inch engine lathe with
taper attachment, 12-inch hand lathe,
15-inch sliaper,. and 25-inch drill press.
Tliere are soon to- be- added some small
tools and an emery tooF-grindei.
Mechanical Drawing begins with
the spring term of the finrt year and
continues during remainder of the
course. The instruction commences
with the first principles of geometrical
drawing and gradually leads on to the
more difficult forms of drafting, line
shading and drawing from objects, also-
making tracings and blue piints.
Each' student is required to supply
himself with ,.a set of drawing instru
ments, T-square, triangles and curves.
The department furnishes him with a
patented drawing table and a drawing
Ijoard. The latter is made by students
in wood' work.
Every student of the mechanical
course is-required to work five hours a
week Should he fail to put in this
amount ot time during the week he is
allowed to make it up outside of work
ing hours at sometime during the
term. " ' ,
; The arm of this department is not to
make skilled"' mechanics, as many be
lieve, but simply to give general ideas
as to the use and care, of tools. To
familiarize the students with the meth
ods of doing -work so- that, after leav
ing school; they will' be aWe to take up
a piece of average: work and carry it
to completion- in a workmanlike man
ner and not simply . throw to togHther
as is too-often done.
Not only, those in- the mechanical
course are benefitted but agricultural
students as well, are fequired to work
one term each year iii this department.
It is frequently . the Case that the
breaking of at piece of nlachlnefy cc-'j
casions a delay ot perhaps one or two !
days in taking it to town to be repair
ed. If the farmer had received in
structions in such work he would have
the necessary tools and could repair it
himself with a saving of time and ex
pense. It is true that to purchase an
outfit costs money, but it is equally
true that such repairs cost money.
By gradual additions the farmer will
soon find himself very Well supplied
with tools and the outlay coming at
different times and in small amounts
will be unnoticed, at the ame time
the money is becoming fixed capital
and not invested in perishable prop
erty. .
How many little conveniences there
afe which might be enjoyed by the
farmer if he but knew how" Jo make
them. It is often the case that one
man in a neighborhood is "handy"
with tools and such a one is always in
demand by bis neighbors.
Why should the farmer buy his axe
handles, and different parts of Wagon's
or other machinery, or hire his plow
sharpened? If he has been instructed
in an agricultural college there is no
need whatever. Many such; opera
tions appear difficult when in reality
they are very simple if understood.
This fact alone recommends the college
to those who intend to become farnv
era.
THAT CONTEAC'.
Etr. Gazette: Tliere is a sciirrflous
article-in this- week's Times from sonm
person writing from Monroe of date
February 14, 1891, who did not have
stamina or manhood enough about
him to attach his name. I should not
want to sign my name to it either if I
should be guilty of writing an- article
containing such assertions as tfrrs one'
contains nor should 1 attempt to1
answer it were it not that other persons
might be misled by the correspondent's
false statements. The truth of (he
matter is that I never made that or"
any contract for $7,000, or auy other
sum, with the abstract company or any
person,- to fix up the assessment roll as
alluded to by "Tax Payer," but my
friend, J udge Holgate, did make that
ia contract on tne journal ana the
journal signed by J udge Holgate and
Commissioners Logan and Williams.
Therefore I had not bins to do with
the contract, and did not know tliere
was such a contract in- existence until
I found it on the journal on- the fair
day of July, 1890, and the abstract
men at. work umier it.
If this "non -corrpos-mentis"' from
Monroe would only read the" county
papers, or have someone read them4 for
him, he might have seen this (bugbear)
contract published in full in the Ga
zette of January 23, 1891, showing
the 'date of contract and who made it.
I wish to inform my Monroe friend
that his assertions that I made that
contract, or that I have- failed to keep
any of my promises, is absolutely false.
W. S. Hufford.
An Innovation. The White House
has established a special record system
whereby all customers receive a bill of
all items purchased, both cash5 and
credit, and a duplicate (carbon copy)
is sent to the cashier and book-keeper,
by whom a full record is kept At
present these duplicates are handed to
the office, but when in San Francisco
Mr. Kline will purchise a patent cash
carrier and the- cashier will have a
desk up stairs. This system, besides
preventing error in making change,
will give customers the satisfaction of
a bill for each purchase, however
small. This is an innovation, in which
the White House leads; as it has done
in-so many other improvements for the
benefit andiconvenience of customers.
The White House is sucban-establish-ment
as out- citizsns jnay look upon
with pride aiid they show their appre
ciation of enterprise by extending to
this house a- phenomenal patronsge.
Grand AiiT Exhibition. A grand
art exhibition will occur at the M. -E.
social to-behl J m Corvaltis Wednes
day evening," February 25th, with Iv!Vs.
I A- Belknap. (Free Reading
Rooms);- Admission, only ten cants.
Refresh fttents fof'those" who -wish t
twenty cents ier plate. Catalogue of
art -exhibit free; on entrance.- Come,
seerand ha Ye a grand social time.
P-er order cow mittee-
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2oc, 50c 75c, $
Call
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for Price List on Groceries See the
Bargains in Clothing,
No Dull Bays There.
- -Dealer iri
Stoves and Tinware.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, IRON
Nails, Sto el, Iron and Lead Pipe and Fittings,
HS3irGranite Ware and House Fnrnishfng Goods. Manufacturer of Tin
ware, Roofing, Gutter, and Galvanized Iron Cornice.
. PIunibin: and All Kinds of Tol Work done to Older.
CORVALIJ8, - OREGON,
Best Cough Medicine. Effcommended by Physicians.
Cures where all else fails. Pleasant and agreeable to the
taste. Children take it without objection. By druggists.
DR. A BORN.
-AT-
Portland Until July fth.
! Bit. A BORN, Fourth and Morrison Sts.,
Portland, Oregon, the most successful jiliys
! ician on the American continent for tin
; ppeedy, positive, absolute and permanent
j cure for Catarrh of the Head, Asthma,
Bronchitis, Fneamonja and Consumption.
Twenty-five years' successful practice.
Instantaneous relief and permanent cures
often effected upsn first consultation;
Dr. Abom, by his original, modern, sci
entific method, effects
Speedy and radical cures of the most obsti
nate and long standing cases-'
of Nasal . Catarrh, Oz-ua, Deafness, Dis
charges from the Ears, Asthma, .Bronchitis,
j and Consumption.
Also Stomach Disorders. Bilious Colic.
G.-dl Stonns and Jaundice, Heart,' Liver,
Kidney, Bladder and Nervous- Affections j.
Diseases ot men. Also all ailments peculiar
to women.
Dr. Ahorn can be consulted from now
utttil July 5th, when he leaves for Europe.
Note. Home treatment,- securely pack
ed, sent to any part of the Pacific Coast
and Territories for those who catintt possi
bly atteud in person.
If you want THE BESt, buy
A I I CII.'C NORTHERN
MLLi.ll O crown
If tbe Merchant you deal with does not
keep tfcem send'to ALLEN direct. He pays
the postage. Beautiful Catalogue sent free
Address: E. W. ALLEN,
171 Second Street,
flf, Or.
DENTISTRY.
JV B. Wtals, D. D. S.,
(Successor td N. B. Avery.)
Ether administered for painless extracti
of teeth. Otiice over' the" First? National
Bank.
JOHN if. SOMEItS,
ATTORNEY,
Corvallisj Oregon:
Office two doors north, of J. A'. Knight's
furniture Etore.
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Caveats, and Trade-Martts obtained; Tjd8ll Pat
ent business conducted for Moderate Fees"
Our Office is Opposite 0. S. Patent Offioe, .
and we can secure patent in less time than those"
remote from Washington. t.
Bend model, drawing or photo., with descrip
tion. We advise-; if patentable or not, free of
charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured.
A Pamphlet. "How to Obtain Patents," with:
names of actual-clients in your State, county, or
town, sent free. Address,
c.A.srjow&cO.
, 0ii08Hi Patwit OSeeWMhlngton,
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1.00, aftd $ L25
AT THK"
Ladies' Bazar
Can Always be Found
LOW PRICES and GOOD VALUES
In Children And
Ladies x Furnishings
Hosiery,- Gloyesf, Fancy Goods,
Material for Fancy Workr.
Stamped Linens, Etc.
SPECIALTY OF P- FA NTS' WEAtf
Agency for Jenness Miller" and Equipoise"
Waists, and for McCall's GloVe-Fittiug Pa
per Patterns.
Stamping done to order.
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iv Broad war.
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Corvallis,- - - Oreeon.
M. L CANAN, PRO.
THE OCCIDENTAL 13 A NEW Build-'
ing, newly fui-uished, and is first class
n all its appointments;
. RATES LIBERAL.
S-Lre Ssmole Booms on" first floor for'
Commercial Men; - - "
A. HOBES,
Pft P K I E TOR Oil" THE
And Deaierin Choice -
taplp and Fancy Groceries.-
PURE WISES iiO'LKfPOBL
Freeh Bread, Cakes, Pie's, Cracker, fitc-
kept constantly on hamL