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A SMSMesSaBlCbBH COKVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OBEGON, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1891. VOL XXYIII. i si 0 ) A BUSINESS PROPOSiliOl. A. City Lady Who Required Proof Before Believing. There recently appeared In the San Francisco Call, Chronkie, and Examiner, a proposition hitherto unheard of in similar business rela tions. It was nothing more nor less than an advertisement In which the Edwin W. Joy Company, in proof of the curative properties of Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla, offered for a limited period to submit it to the IcrrlGc test of "no temre no pay." Many accepted, and their lcttens giving their experience are so convincing at to be almost beyond belief. Here is another, written under date January 6, 1890: Dear Sibs: I accepted yorir offer to test the merits of your vegetable remedy in sick head aches, and called ior a bottle aud got it. I had been troubled for a lone time, and had tried nearly everything, with little or uo effect; but Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla acted almost like magic, and the first bottle relieved roe from one of the worst cases of sick headache he ever had. MRS. M; B. PRICE, 18 Prospect Place, San Francisco. Wo nrtll from time to time nublish others of these letters, it is doubtful if any remedy was ever before successfully submitted to sucn a severe yet convincing ordeal. Government Surveys. A party of gov ternment surveyors have gone to Gatesville to begin the survey of township 10, range 4, east. This towmhip will be sectionized and the boundaries of four or five others will bs surveyed. The settlers have also freti- tioned from the government appropriation lor this purpose to have two other town ahins aeetiouized. and are likely to meet with success. The larger part of the land in the township where the survey begins on the old unfinished contract, is held by squat- tarn, and also considerable ot the land above there, alone the river. The settlers in that feuion. who have been holding their land for years, snd have been unable to obtain a title to it because it was unsurveyea, are uapuy Harjpy Hoosiers. Wm Timmons. postmaster of Idaville, Tnil . writes: ''Electric Bitters has done mora for me than all other medicines com , bined, for that bad feeling arising from Kid ney and Liver trouble. John ijeslte, farm ter and stockman, of the satrie place, says: 'Find Electric Bitters to be the best Kid ney aud Liver medicine, make me feel like anew man." J. V. Gardner, hardware merchant, same town, says: Electric Bit ters is iust the thine for a man who is all run down and don't Cafe whether he lives nr dies; he found new strength, good appe tite and felt just like he had a new lease on , life. Only SOc a bottle at ThdSj Graham's . drug store. Corvallis Extension. E. passenger nd freight agent P. Rogers; of the S. P. railroad at Portland, was in town for a few hours last Tuesday. In conversation with Mr. Gibson he expressed his belief that the Corvallis-Jttnctiou railroad would be com 'pleted this summer. Officials iu as high position: as Mr. Angers do not give an opin ion without some base for (support of the fact West Side. Mmarkable? Rescue. Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plaiutield, III., makes the following statement that she caught cold, which settled on her lungs, she was treated ' lor a montn ny ner laiuuy physician, btit grew worse. He told her she was a hopless victim of consumption and that no medicine could cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr. King's New Discov ery for Consumption ; she bought a Dottle and to her deliuht found herself benefited from first dose. She continued to use and after taking ten bottles, found herself sound and well, now does her own housework, and is as well as she ever was. Free trial bot tles of this great Discovery at Thos. Graham's drugstore, large bottles 60 cts. aud $1.00. Prof W. N. Hull, formerly professor the agricultural College of this city, hagbeeu elected first assistant teacher in the Wash ington state normal school at Elienaburp, A Mechanical Wonder. I The Decoration' Day issue of the Albany, N. Y., Telegram will be the most original, unique and popular paper ever presented to the American public. Nothing like it ever attempted by a newspaper in the nineteenth century. As a mechanical wonder aiid a military literary there . will be noth ing to even compare with it issued iri this country. It will be printed on red, white and blue paper and consists of 16 pages. If thera is no agent in your town you can have the paper mailed to yon at 5 cents a cepy. Fue started Ititbe lumbering district on . the Upper Safttiatri, nearj Halstead. Sunday . No valuable timber was burned, but a burn? log tree fell Across the Oregon Pacific rail road track, Wttirjg' tire to a small bridge, which-was bur'ne'd. The damage has' been repaired. Reduction Sale. Remember the 20 per cent, reduction sale in trimmed hats every Wednesday at Mrs. J. Mason g millinery store. Wanted. Td buy notes arid! mortgages N. E. Noble, 18, Concord Building, Corner Second and Stark streets, Portland, Oregon. Lost. Between the store and residence' Of S. L. Kline, a gold breastpin, pearl cen ter set in star. Return to S. L. Kline and ; receive reward. NOTICE FOft PUBLICATION. Land Office at Oregon City, Or., May 14, 1831. Notice is hereby given that the following' named settler has filed notice of hfs inten tion to make final proof in support of bis tlaim, and that said proof will be made be fore th Ootrntv Clefk of Benton Co., at Corvallis, Oregon, on July 6, 1891, vizr John P. Huffman. Homesteul Entry No. 6579 for the E. 4 of S. W; i, Sac. 32, T. 12 He names the following witnesses to Drove his continnnns residence npon and nltivaion of. said land, vizi C B Wells. Laton Henkle, Alex Simes,- Alexander Gray, ail of Philomath, Benton Jjpvntyi Oregon. vBeflister: LOCAL NOTES. Steamer excursion June 7th. For hats and fine shoes go to Nolans. For clothing and men's furnishings go to Nolan s. Men's goods of all kinds found in endless variety at the New Era. For bargains in furnishing, goods, hats or shoes, call at the New Era. The eighteenth anoual session of the Ore gon State Grange convened at Hillsboro on Tuesdayi May 26th. Excitement Unna hioh tit the. Pharmaev over Svstem Builder as every body is using it for Catarrh of the Stomach, Dyspesia, Uonstipation ana impure blood and to build no the system. It certainly possesses wonnernil merit wnen all speak so well of it. Sold by all drug gists. Alt)Mni Meeting. A business meeting ot the alumni of the Agricultural College will be held at the public school building Thursday, June 4th, at 4 o'clock p. m. All members of the association are requested to be present- Minnie M. Arnold, Vice President. Joseph V. Dory, of Warsaw, Illinois, was tronbled with rheumatism and tried a num ber' of different remedies, but says none of thera seemed to do him any good; but finally he got hold of one of them that speedily cured him. He was much pleased with it. and felt sure that others Similarly afflicted would like to know what the remedy was that cured him. He states for the benefit of the public that it is called Chamberlain's Bain-Balm. It is for sale here at 50 cents per bottle by our druggist. T. Graham. Only One in the United Statist Out of 1357 cough svrups manufactured in the United State's; but one has been found to be entirely free from opiates and that is the California Positive and Negative Elec tric Couf h Cure, which is the best on earth for couch, colds, croup, etc. Sold by all druggists. A few davs azo while sitting ' in Elder Bros.' drug store at Tinelev. Iowa. Mr. T, L. Dyer, a well-known citizen, cr-me in and asked for something for a severe cold which he hail. Mr. .Elder took down a Dottle oi Chamberlain's Coueh Remedy and said Here is something I Can recommend. It commands satisfaction: It is an excellent ureparation and cheap." Mr. Dyer pur chased a bottle, and the next day following appeared to 16 Entirely restored. This" is a specimen of the effectiveness of this pre paration. Dea Monies Mail and times. 1 Graham, drujrzistj sells the above men t id ned remedy. STEAM Bd AT EXCURSION. Several business men of Crvallis. includ ing Messrs. Nolan, Job, Khrie, Hodes, Davis and others, will give a steamer excursion from here to Salem and return, on Sunday June 7th. Leave Corvallis at 8 a. m. and arrive home about 8 p. m., stopping at Al bany, and Independence and remaining two hours at Salem. Bring your lunch baskets properly marked. Tickets for round trip $1.25. Children under 12, 75 cents. Why are we Sick? Because we allow the Liver, the bowels, and the Kidneys, these great organs, to leco'ine clogged or torpid, and poisonotis humors are forced into the blood. Expel them by using Pf len der's Oregon Blood Purifier. Worse Than Leprosy Is Catarrh and there is but one prepara tion that does cure that disease, and that is the California Positive and Negative Elec tric Liniment, sold .by The pharmacy. It also cures neuralgia, rheumatism, headache; xprains, burns and all pains, iry it ana tell your friands where t(j get it. Sold by all druggists. Suit has been commenced in the circuit court against Linn coifnty ior $27,000 darn ag"s by Miss Iva Templeton. who was nearly killed from injuries received from a buggy falling through an unsafe bridge near Crawfordsville last summer, resulting in the amputation of her leg recently in Port land. Eminent counsel has been retained on each side. There is more catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases pnt to gether, and until the last few years was sup posed to be incurable. lots great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by con st ah tly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it lncurawe. science nas proven catarrh to be a constitutional dis- ease, ana . tnererore reqires constitutional treatment. Hall s (JKtarfh Cure, manufac tured by F. J. Cheney ft C6., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional core on the mar ket It is taken internally in doses irom 10 drorjR to a teaspoonful. It acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address; F. J. CSSkny ft Co; Toledo, 0. 43"Sold by Druggists, 75c The Oregon Pacific Co., has put another parsengOr coach otf the train on the' east ward! division, it being needed to accommodate the increasing summer travel. The Oregon Pa cific' Co. has gained the reputation of possess ing the most acconfmodating officials, and the road reaches the most popular summer resorts', as well as a new rich country. It is not surprising that travel and general traffic are steadily increasing. Albany Herald. Bucklen's Arnica Salve'. The' best salve inr the world for Cuts.- Bruises, Sores, Ulcers,- Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped , Hands, Chilblain's, CorntV and all Skin Eruptions, , and posi tively cores Piles, or no. pay required. . It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money reinnded. rnce yd cents per box. For sal by Thof. JSrahami MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES. To-morrow, Memorial Pay will be duly observed in Corvallis. The exercises will be under the supervision of the G. A. R. and Relief corps. The procession will be formed in front of their hall in Farra'a brick and will be headed by the Corvallis band followed by the childred of the Kindergarten and public schools, the ladies bf the Relief Corps, -college cadets, mem bers of the post and citizens. Promptly at o'clock the procession will march to the Crystal Lake cemetery where an address will be delivered by1 Rev. Henderson, of Pendleton, an old coihrade. An appropriate programme will be carried out part of which will be the' representation of each separate state in verse by the children; also a song by Miss Burnham's Kindergarten pupils. The memorial services were held last Sunday at the Presbyterian church. Ihe church was decorated with mottoes and flowers for the occasion. At the hour of service the tidllege cadets, members of the post and corps marched in a body to the church and listened to the following elo quent sermon by Rev E. J. Thompson, after which Rev. Henderson made a few remarks on behalf the G. A. R. SERMON IJELIVERED BY REV. E. J. THOMPSON LAST SUNDAY. "Being dead yet speaketh, Hebrew 9:4. Only four words only six syllables but words of momentous meaning, sylables of infinite interest. Primarily these words refer to righteous Abel, the first martyr of truth. The report of his virtue and valor has been handed down from generation to generation. To day we find it enrolled in that list of immortal heroes honored the world over. In like rtadue'r1 we speak of our nation's noble dead. Being dead they yet speak. Men who thirty years ago were scarcely known beyond their native village, are. in the language of the poet, now num. bered among "the immortal names that were not born to die." Let us this morning hear the message they are sen-ling us, for, although dead they speak to us as distinctly as chough they were living. And first, they speak to us by their character, their example'; their de votion and their sacrifice. I said first by their character. This is what abides. You have passed along the shores of yonder sda, where the chafing waves for centuries have been encroachiiig on the land, washing the sand away, but leaving here and there a rocky ledge lifting its crest in proud defiance! What seemed solid earth vanishes away, undermined, while what had been hitherto buried out of sight and we passed u noticed, comes out to view prepared to challenge all the mad forces of the bcean lashed into a rage. In these shores of time, where the waves of cen tnries undermine and Sweep away the great est works of man, there is a parable before us. The sands around us are drifting away, the structures we build are crumbling, fame is fading fortunes are falling and marks of decay are traced on all we behold. Yet time and deselation, wind and suow, decay and death leaves every man his char acter; though he may die this forever lives. It may be bad or good, pure or corrupt, noble or mean, brave or cowardly; . It may commend the good, or sanction the evil. point to heaven or lead to hell. Noiselessly, but effecting character is ever at work. The hands may be folded in the repose of death; the tongue be silent; but character speaks. It is speaking to us to-day; it ad monishes, inspires, cheers, guides. The characters of heroes slain speak of the principles for which they fought and died. If we will not hear these we' will not lis ten. But we will listen we will listen now in the qViet of this holy Sabbath morning. Yes, we will listen to hear the voices front those men and soldiers brave, who speak by their untarnished character and example who tell ns a story of devotion and sacrifice that should thrill every soul. And as we wait their message down from J ohder bill and over from yonder valley, and from Get- tysburgh aud Chattanoga and the Wilder ness and every battle field come voices, say ing, "we were wounded fof youf we were sick for you; we1 were slain for yon. There- lore do not torg?t ns. Guard our names from oblivion make the story of our love for liberty and the life of this glorious re public the story of our sacrifice of all that was dear tons Oh, make that Story a power in the world perpetual. How best dear friends can we shall we; carry out that wish? - HW shall we pre serve a loving, grateful remenfbranca' of those who died for us. Shall I do it to-day by eulogies? . If I- could, how vain, how empty. The most eloquent eulogies have long . since been hushed in the' sfldnce of buried year's. Shall I do it by-histories? Oh no, for none have or ever erfny write in' full the history of the brave aud th'e true, and the immortal, aodif it could be written. . no ink has vet been fonnd with which to write immortol lines. No, the story of ho- roes departed cannot be written. Shall we build monuments above their . graves? But what are they what voices have th'ey? At best only a few words' can' th'e cold white slab otter. The beginning the ending here liesthat is . all. - No, you cannot chisel the debt of love into cold bard mar ble Eujojdesy hisipttesy mootfment ttif fitting, but fleeting, fading and falling. They are good nothing is tod good but what is best. On the coming decoration day my friends arid comrades, you will march to yonder cemetery bearing eulogies arid histories and monuments, but you will carry flowers which you will place upon the graves of all our loved ones. These will do more to keep "eVliVe their memories than the costliest shaft that we can rear above their tombs. Monu ments' are cold, unfeeling, silent the sun does riot warui them the earth does not nourish them the birds do not feed upon them but flowers live and breathe and speak fit symbols to express the heart's tenderest emotidhs and deepest affections. Looking around the church this morning; seeing flowers in wreaths, flowers in boquets, and flowers in crosses; it speaks, not only of memories of the past, biit of anticipations of the future. Ydii say these flowers will fade yes but perchance We may see them again. - They may De immortal who knows but the fragrance of the flowers may be the spirit of the flown the body of the flower dies on earth and its spirit .may appear in better worlds. I do not say it will be so;" I only say it may be so. My friends the ancestors of these flowers were born iri Paradise these apostles of beauty came down in the regular line of apostolic succession. The world started with Eden; it will end with Eden. Heaven is called a Paradise bf God Paradise means flowers" aud I Should not be surprised if at last we cail pick up a daisy, or a lily, or a rose, or a pansy on the everlasting hills and hear it gay, "1 am one ot tne gionnea lowera ui earth. Dou't you remember me? I wor shiped with you one Sabbath morning m Corvallis. You carried me on that decora tion day and laid me vey tenderiy and lovingly above that soldiers grave. And i7nn t-.nn mv child. droDDad me on a dear j - , j ( - departed mother or father's sepulcher that day, or your mother left me to sleep on the silent inotfnd of your sweet darling babe perhaps some precious child of older years, and you father, friend, brother; huauana; wife, bore me in your hands very .gently t.lta. Attv Anil laid me very softly ou tnD tomb of your loved one. Oh! bring more flowers wreaths ot tha them'! Dlant tlieril: braid them; trew them all around. Thank God for th lessons of memorial and decoration days lessons of loviHir remembrance those who sleep the silent sleep lessons that are making f otlr cemeteries in all ouf land, gardens of flowers and beauty lessons which teach our children the sweelness and sacredness of the memory of the departed. A ain. if we listen to the voice ot our dead heroes, they will say together peace, o . peace let pn'atfe forever reign throughout our broad and beautiful land enough Bsanlation enouuh of bereavement enough of suffering enough of blood. By .11 tha aonri rices of the oast by all the hnn,, and homes of the" future; these he rees plead with us to settle our future quar rels by the pen rather than by the sword bv the council father thati by Contending armies. Mv friends, the time has surely come for all political parties to give up their grudges. Those who fought and fell are at peace now sleen in the strange and silent brotherhood of death. The boys in blue, and the boys in grev, now rest their heads upon the same pftlow of clay. May we catch something of their spirit of harmony ana peace. Let us praise God that such days as tlese ana aecorawuu ujr MmvU..6 forever, more closely, more firmly, more dearly tho once severed states and hearts. Soldiers of the North clasp soldiers of the South in friendly greeting. Over and over again they will sit around the same board, ibout the same camp fire, and tell the story and recall the Scenes ot their separate struggles. They sufleredltogether ana tney rejoice together. I believe that the annual decoration oi soldiers graves, if rightly and judiciously Observed, has a tendency to promote and perpetuate a lasting peace. By this cttst&m all true citizens, north and south, east and west, try to cover the ugly scars of war with beautiful floral tributes and make our cemeteries gardesrs of flowers. k Every one who takef or sends a flower next Decoration Dayi 7 tnat aot ds one Knk to the chain wHicti will bind this' whole land together. We will permit tfo foreign government to put the chain of despotism about us. We will permit no rebellious citizen to put shackles on onr God-g?ven freedom. Again, from the graves of our fallen come voices saviiiZr "Hold fast to the principles tor which we cfced." Oh, how eloquently they speafi of th'e alue of our liberties arid the grtat cost of our free in stitutions. Dear friends, let us receive their imuUaiTe as a high and solemn trust. ''Let ns see to it" as our great Lincoln . bW said, "that our dfead hve' dot died in valA. I need not tell you that we are livin'g in extraordinary times'. These years of peace ful prosperity are a pivot on which is turn; ing the nation's future. We may hear no rautterings of war, but for all that, our counWy is now threatened with' area ene mies of liberty. . The Socialist is the foe of all law'- all order, all morality, and all re ligion. His law of life is indulgence of his own psns4.protaljty.- ft slcwedrtr no right save his own to do as h pleases: Away with such doctrine, lhe red flag of the Socialist is not the flag of this country; Let us all of every class arid condition listen to the voices of these noble warriors who were the true champions of liberty. No one owns us but God. He alone is our Master: To maintain this principle; our soil has twice been dyed with the blood of America's loyal sons. American liberty means free liberty in the church; the state, the workshop, the factory and the mine. My honored friends, if the Grand Army of the Republi: with its 300,000 men would march shoulder to shoulder against all evil, all impurity, all wrong, it alone could win this country for perfect liberty and right feousness. A post of this Grand Army sits before me. I greet you in the name of the eternal God and the undying interests of redeemed republic. I welcome you with no empty words of fulsome praise. I count your roster less and less with each returning year. Few, the numbers left, tenting on the camp-ground of time. Many are the comrades gone to join the regiments of Heaven. But enough still remain to strive and battle against the forces of sin which threaten to destroy home and native land snail l ma you comrades looK upon our glorious flag. Oh, No. I need not do this You have looked npdn it in days of dark ness and distress as well as in days of bright ness and victory. You have followed it in the carnage of battle, the quick step of triumph, and the slow march of the burial. No, I need not in such an hour' as this; when your hearts are all astir with the memories of the past, and filled with inspirations of trie fiitdre, bid you look upon that dear old flag. Those scarlet stripes do hot represent the stripe's bf the slald but the blodd of our heroes who redeemed thorn. Tb-day they speak to us, saying, "Keep the freedom which we won you long ago, preserve in violate the christian institutions for which we gave our lives. Yes. Oh, yes. -Keep that banner unsullied. Let no anarchist trample its true freedom under foot. Suffer not the unnaturalized Socialist to spit on it. Forbid that any foul libertine claim its pro tection. Rather shelter beneath its starry brightness your wives and sisters and daughters and homes. When Napoleon drew tip his troops be fore the Mamelukes, under the shadow of the Pyramids, pointing to them, he said to his soldiers "Remember that from yonder heights, forty centuries look down on you. Men of this generation to-day, , from the pyramid top1 of opportunity on which God has set us, we look down on forty centuries. We stietch'our hand into the future with power to mould the destinies of unborn millions. We of this generation and nation ocupy the Gibralta of the ages. There is a mighty future emerging upon us. The voices of the departed call us to arms Sound the battle-cry. Our country's future and much of the world's future depend on the way iu which Christian soldiers meet the crisis. "Do vou sav I trust in God and have no fear. If God intends" to save this country he will do it." But, dear friends, there is a false as well as true faith; the one inspires ac'tidrf; the other paralyses' it. God saved the nation during the war of the Rebellion, but it was not by a false faith, which, with folded arms, rehersed its con fidence in divine decrees. It was faith which inspired sacrifice. It is always safe to "trust . in God and keep your powder dry. When the drum beat the nations to battle no sacrifice was too great. A Chris tian ttioth'er had sentseven sons' lhtd th army. Near th'e Close of the wa'f',' the eighth and only remaining son said to his mother, "What would you do if one of the boys should fall in the struggle?" Turning her deep eyes upon him she said, "God has given me nine noble sons one he' has taken to Himself; seven are in the army and I want you to understand my son, that I hold you SA S reserve' for our country's" defense, If one of the boys fall, go quickly and fill his place." Women of the Relief Corps, Such were some of the sacrifices your sis ters bore in that sorrowful struggle; ' Well do I remember the partings and the meet ings of those war days. Never shall I for get the tender love and heoric . hearts of wives, mothers, sisters, sweet-hearts and daughters of those homes. If there were times that tried men's souls, more truly were there times' that tried women's hearts. Such sacrifices have not yet been written. The women that Went dowri to the front arid! bound up ghastly wounds and bathed fevered brows" atfd whfs'pere'd pleading prayers in the ears of the fainting aod dy ing, are among the immortals. May the benedictions of heaven ever rest upon the Relief Corps' arid their unselfish Chris'tly work. My dear friends, our hon'o'fed dead that lie buried in yonder cemeteries, on whose graves you will strew flowers next Saturday, I believe that they not only speak td us; but I believe they aref looking dowd ou us to-day from Heaven's great parade ground. They are watching to see if We are true to the trust bequeathed to us, if we are faith ful to the inheritance' purchased add re deemed for ns, if we are loyal to God, loyal to the libei tries of a Christian civilization, and loyal to Christ the Captain of the Host, if .,nre are .ready, if need be to safer to jnfiVfiwj UJffe XW j$Qt- ious heritage So dearly" bought, so sacredly preserved. Oh, if this is the sight the heroic dead behold from the fields oi immortal glory: then our conntrv ia safe' then God will save forever this grand re public. If future generation! wilfrise to si higher spirit of sacrifice, with an honest purpose and a true faith in God, then God will again arid again; if danger threaten save this great nation, and the creator. - o- p grandest future of our country will be realized. May this not only be our fondest hopes. but the consummation of our highest re joicings. Go then comrades on the journey of another year slower the step shorter the march nearer the end stand guard- watch be ready. The minute guns' of time are firing. G8d grant tnat when th drum beats the long roll and the bugle calls to strike our tents upon this camping ground of earth, we may, armed and equipped, take up the homeward, heavenward march. At' the crossing of death we shall gt our honorable discharge. And as we enter por tals of sterility and ascend the battlements' of the everlasting hills. Oh may eac'lf and all bear the welcome Plaudit, well done- well done thou hast fought the fight thou hast won the victdry tttdd ahalt wear the crown. "Thanks be to God who hast given us the victory through oqr Lord Jesus Christ." REPORT. Report of the condition of the First Na. tional Bank of Corvallis, at Corvaiiis, in the State of Oregon, at the close of business, May 4, 1891: BBSOOBCES. Loans and discounts J 82,033 89 Overdrafts, secured and -unsecured 122 84 u. s. nunasto secure circulation..., Stocks, securities, claims, etc...... Due from approved reserve agents Due from State Banks and bankers,. Banking-house, furniture and fixtun Current expenses and taxes paid Premiums on U. 8. Bonds 12,600 4,76i 07 793 62 427 90. 2,888 89 1,293 94 2,781 2P Checks and other cash items 1 431 29 Dills ot other banks 55 Fractional paper currency, nickels, cents 10 93 Specie 15,128 45 i.egai-ten(er notes. 105 Redemption fund with U. S. Tieasurer (a per cent oi circulation) 662 5V Total 124,896 60 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $ 50,000 . undivided protlta 4,752 14 national uauK notes outstanding- 10,750 Individual deposits subject to check . 35,883 20 Demand certificates of deposit 18.163 70 Time certincates oi aeposit z.vea Due to other Nation rnai J Banks. 2.391 63 Total tl24,895,6tf State or Oregon, County ok Benton, aa: I. M. 8. Woodcock. Dresident of the above' named bank, do Swear that ikS above" state ment is true to the best of mv knowledge and belief. M. S. Woodcock, President. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5ih day M May, 1891 Notarial Seal. E. Holoatb, Notary Public1: Correct Attest; SEALjj W. T. Wiles, i Z. IL Davis, Director. L. Kline, Local Institute." County Superintend ent W. E. Yates is exerting every effort to promote interests of the public schools of this county and he is doing effective work too. In connection with this line of work he is holding a series of iocai institutes thrdaghdu't th'e' county, the object of which is to bring the teachers into closei relation,' ith each other, and thereby profit by others experience in the school room. The third institute of tftis Series wil be held at Monroe on June 13th and 13th. The fol lowing is the program: FRIDAY EVENING. Music. Recitation. Essay. "The Philosopher's Stone," Miisf S. J. Evans. Music. Address, Hon. S. T. Jeffreys. Music. fiATUKDAV MORNING'.' Primary Reading, Prof. W. E. Norton. .Discussion, Leaders, Miss Mary Newtori aud W. B. Haines. Advanced Reading, Prof. T. H. Grgg. Discussion, Leaders, S. J. Evans and Emma Kittredge.. NOON INTERMISSION. School Discipline, J. H. Edwards and S. C. Starr Discussion, By various' school officers. Physiology and Hygene, Dr. J. M. Cain. School Ethics, R. J. Niohols. Statement of Free Reading Room. Statement of receipts and expenditure's for free reading room for year ending May 1, 1891. Receipts. Subscriptions as follows: Wallis Nash $13, Prof. LetcWr fS, B. W. Wilson $5. E. E. Paddock $3, Allen ft Woodward $4, Mrs. Helrrf $3.25, O. B. Ad diton $2, J. I. Clark $1.23. P. Web'e'f$1.25 P. GreffoB $1.25, J. O. WilsW $1.25. T. Bell $1.25, R. Graham $1.25, J. Blomberg $1.25, A. Hocfes $1.2tf, rent rooms $97.15, donations $6 25, W. C. T. V. treasurer to' balance, $ Iff. 10. Total $161 73. Expends Ground rent $60, insurance $45.00, water $20, literature' $10.40, wood $1 ttS, labor' $5.60, repairs, etc, $6.75, printing $1.75.' Total $161.73". Thanks are' dire to Messrs.' Hartless ft Daviason for. sfgnal favors with1 regard to insurance, to' pity papers tot frV copies, to other editors for like farof, and to fcber friends for gifts of papers 0 periodicals regnlaxty fooiht- it. A.