The Corvallis gazette., September 04, 1891, Image 4

THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1S01.
BRIEF LOCALS.
Candies fresh every day at Small &
Son's.
Wheat is quoted at 82 cents in
Salem,
Jack HaH, of Wells, was in the city
Monday.
if you want fine groceries you can
J5nu them at Paddock's.
John Foster was attending business
in the metropolis this week.
Hop picking has commenced in
some portions of the county.
Ceo. Henkle, of Independence, was
in Corvallis a short time this week.
One hundred and fifty rolls of wall
paper, 10c. a roll, at Philip Weber's.
Fresh fruit can now be hrd in any
variety, quality or quantity at Small &
Sons.
Minor Swick and O. C. McLagan
left last Sunday for a visit in Grant
county.
A new invoice of wall paper, the lat
est designs and shadings, at Philip
Weber's.
Chester Davidson left here last Tues
day for The Dalles where he will spend
the winter.
Prof. Grimm, of Hubbard, was in
Che city this week looking after his in
terests here.
Mr. E. Woodward and family re
turned Wednesday from several weeks
visit at Newport.
A destructive fire occurred in The
D ills last Wednesday which destroyed
sixteen business blocks.
Dave Osborn and family, who for
he past two weeks have been at Ilwa
co, have returned home.
Those who trade with Paddock once
never fail to go there the second time.
His groceries are excellent.
For fine ice cream you should try
the parlors . of Small & Son. They
keep the best of everything.
Sheriff Mackay retm-ned from the
bay Monday, where he had been for
two or three days on business.
Dr. L. G. Altman has changed his
jj.isidence and now resides on the cor
ner of Third and H.irrison streets.
There was born to the wife of W. A.
Howard, in this city, last Friday, Aug.
28th, a son. All interested are doing
wall.
Small & Son are just in receipt of a
fresh arrival of California and Oregon
fruits, such as oranges, bananas, peach
es, etc.
A bowling alley is being erected in
the southern part of the city, between
Mr. Briggs' harness shop and Tom
Bell's store.
Read S. L-. Kline's announcement
elsewhere in this paper. He has some
thing to say to you that may be profit,
able to you.
Services at the Presbyterian church
as usual at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.;
preaching by Dr. Thompson. Sunday
school at 10 a. m.
Senator J. N. Dolph was in the city
last Wednesday, and took the after
noon train in company with Wm. M.
Hoag for Yaquina.
We acknowledge the receipt of a
case of soda pop from the factory of
Geo. Bigham which was greatly appre
ciated this hot weather.
Hank Lewis and family returned
home Saturday from the bay where
they have been spending their vacation
for the past few days.
Rev. D. V. Poling will conduct the
services in the Evangelical church
next Sunday evening. A cordial invi
tation is extended to all.
Sheriff E. M. Croison, of Marion
county, was in Corvallis on business
connected with his office on Wednes
day and Thursday of this week.
A letter received from Newport this
week imparts the information that it
is quite cool down there so cool, in
fact, that it is necessary to keep a fire
burning all day.'
Mi's. L. E. Powers, who for some
time past has sojourned in Portland,
has returned to Corvallis and started
a boarding house one door north of
the Times office.
While Norm Lilly was passing
through this city with his threshing
outfit last Monday, one ot the wheels
an his cook wagon gave way and de
tained them here till Tuesday.
Frank Kinzel, a young man recent
ly from Arizona, was taken with an at
tack of heart trouble last Friday night
and for two or three days there weie
doubts as to his recovery. He is now
able to be about aain-
Rev. Hiram Gould, who was appoin
ted by the M. E. conference to take
charge of the work of the denomina
tion in this city, arrived here accom
panied by his family last Monday.
Mrs. James Cauthorn, accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Maud, went to
the bay Saturday where they will re
main for a few weeks, and thus avoid
some of the hot weather that has been
so common in the valley this summer.
Charles A. Rinehart, a farm hand
in the employ of J. B. McFarland, of
j Tangent, was thrown from his wagon
last Tuesday by a runaway team while
driving through the streets of Albany,
was run over and instantly killed.
Bruce Burnett and Miss OHie Keig
er were thrown out of a cart last Sun
day while returning home from Sul
phur Springs. Fortunately no dam
age was done except that they both re
ceived one or two painful bruises.
Sheriff Mackay will sell at the conr
house to-day (Friday) between the
hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m., all the
property levied on for delinquent taxes
in Benton county that yet remains un
settled. There is a long list of pro
perty to be sold.
Mr. N. P. Briggs has the finest and
largest line of harness, saddles, whips,
etc., to be found in this city, and if
yon need anything in his line, from
the very heaviest work harness to the
lightest driving harness, it will pay you
to give him a call as lie can save you
money.
J. H. Walker, representing the pulp
and paper mills of Oregon City, was in
Corvallis Wednesday and Thursday in
the interest of those mills. This com
pany own several tracts of balm timber
along the rive'- between Corvallis and
Harrisburg. This timber is valuable
in the manufacture of paper.
Elsworth and Monroe Cameron and
Caleb Davis returned Wednesday from
. week's hunt in the Cascade moun
tains east of Upper Soda Springs in
Linn county. They report having a
fine time and found . plenty of large
and small game. According to their
story they killed several deer and two
bear, and the writer has no reason to
doubt their word.
The Portland Industrial Exposition
opens in Portland the 17th inst. and
continues in session for one month,
closing the 17th of October. The
Union Pacific and other railroads have
made a reduction of one and one-fifth
the regular fare one way for the round
trip, including a ticket of admission to
the exposition building. Notics the
advertisement in another column.
J. M. Nolan has moved his exten
sive stock of clothing into the building
formerly occupied by J. D. Clark as a
hardware store. This gives him more
room to display his goods and accom
modate customers, as well as a more
.central location. The new quarters in
which he is now located present a fine
appearance. It is not known yet who
will occupy the building he has vaca
ted. .air. v. ti. xuccee made us a very
pleasant call this week, paying up his
back subscription and renewing the
best paper iu the county, the Gazette,
He also left us three peaches which
were a sample of a box of Ciawford
peaches sent to him by his brother
in law Mr. Nailey, and raised by Wm,
i i
wow wuo resides on a tarm near
Grants Pass. Large in size and deli
cious in flavor.
C. Elton Blanchard, principal of
the Corvallis public schools, returned
last week, in company with his wife,
from a visit to the .eastern states, the
National Teachers' Institute at Toran-
to, Canada, and their old home at
Orwell, Ohio. They had a very pleas
ant journey and have come back pre
pared to settle down to business as
soon as school begins. ' The public
schools will open on Monday, Septem
ber 21st, instead of Septembrr 12th,
as recently stated in the Gazette.
More Improvements. E. W. Fisher
received yesterday by freight a large
amount of lime and cement. It is his
intention to tear out the old beard
side-walk around his brick block on
the corner of Monroe and Second
streets and replace it with an artificial
stone walk. We expect to have new
and substantial stairs built leading to
the front entrance of the Gazette
office when this is done. This will be
a great improvement ovei the old walk.
There are other property holders along
the business street who would please
the public by following this example.
DISCOVERED GOLD.
DIGGING A WELL LEADS TO THE DISCOVERY
OF GOLD ALMOST IN THE CITY LIMITS.
In July last Wm. Leadbetter came
to Oregon with his family from the
mining districts of Nevada, where he
had been employed in the mines for
the past twelve or fourteen years. He
came to Corvallis, was pleased with
the place and country surrounding
and decided to cast his lot with the
people of this vicinity and make
his future home here. Accordingly
with the small amount of means he
had on hand (Mr. L. was not a rich
man,) he purchased a five-acre tract of
land in Wells & McElroy's addition
adjoining Corvallis and built for him
self and family a small house with the
expectation that the agricultural re
sources of the land combined with his
labor would furnish a comfortable liv
ing for himself and family. After the
house was completed it became neces
sary to secure a supply of water and
Mr. Leadbetter started to drill a well.
After drilling about 18 feet he struck
bed rock but no water. He tried
drilling another place but with the
same result, but water he must have,
so he concluded to dig the well through
the bed rock. He did so, and after
going through the first layer of rock
he struck about, three feet of water.
He dug through the second layer of
rock, on through to a third layer of
rock. This time his labors were re
warded with an abundant supply of
water. During the day following, his
children had gathered some of the rock
that had been brought up out of the
well and Mr. Leadbetter's attention
was called to one piece in particular,
and upon examination it proved to be
a piece of gold and silver bearing
quartz. Being an old miner, his
curiosity was naturally aroused and he
immediately procured several speci
mens of the quartz and sent them
to a friend in Virginia City to be as
sayed. Last Wednesday he received
an answer from F. E. Fielding, an
assayor and mining expert of that
city, giving the following results, and
stating that if quartz equal to the
specimens furnished could be found
in any quantity, Mr. L. had made a
rich strike. Gold, $241.40 to the ton;
silver, $881.0o to the ton; total
$1122.45. The writer called on Mr.
Leadbetter and obtained the above
account of the discovery from Mr. L.
himself and was shown numerous
specimens of quartz taken from the
well. Mr. Leadbetter, as well as
some other of our citizens are very en
thusiastic over the . prospects of the
ne v discovery and they think they
have struck a rich thing He intends
to thoroughly prospect the ledge which
seems to be about 2 feet thick run
ning east and west and he has already
sent Other specimens to Portland and
San Francisco to be assayed, the re
sult of which will be known in a few
days. Further prospecting will de
termine the value of the ledge. It is
to be hoped that future developments
will be as flattering as the first as it
would be a great
boon for Corvallis
and vicinity.
Wheat and Oats. The ma rket for
wheat and oats seems to be at a stand;
85 cents is being paid in Corvallis for
wheat and 30 cents for oats, and it is
beginning to come in at a lively rate.
Threshing in all parts of Benton coun
ty is nearly completed. In a week or
ten days all gram in the county will
be safely threshed and ready to be
hauled to market. Durins the past
week sales here at Corvallis has been
lively. The one-cent drop in wheat
from 86 cents to 85 cents has caused
many farmers to dispose of their grain,
and numerous heavy sales have been
reported this week. A correct esti
mate of the total amount of this year's
crop of wheat and oats purchase by
all the mills and warehouses at Cor
vallis up to Wednesday evening,
September 2nd is, wheat 199,151
bushels; oats 101,200, yet there are
many farmers in the county, and some
of our heaviest producers who have
not sold, but are holding their grain
for a better price.
Delicious.
BISCUIT.
MUFFINS.
BREAD.
GRIDDLE CAKES.
Can always be made with Dr. Price's Cream Baking
Powder. And while cakes and biscuit will retain their moist
ure, they will be found flaky and extremely light and fine
grained, not coarse and full of holes as are the biscuit made
from ammonia baking powder. Price's Cream Baking Pow
der produces work that is, beyond comparison and yet costs
no more than the adulterated ammonia or alum powders.
Dr. Price's stands for pure food and good health.
Drowned at Independence. On
last Tuesday news was received of the
sad and accidental drowning of two
voung ladies of Independence in the
Willamette river, Eta Lee and Mabel
Skinner. The accident occurred about
1 o'clock. While passing along the
bank of the river the young ladies'
attention was attracted to the danger
ous position or a little boy who was
playing in the water, and m attempting
to rescue him they were both drowned.
The bodies were recovered between
3 and 4 o'clock the same day. Miss
Mable Skinner was the daughter of
George Skinner, of the Independence
roller mills, and Miss Eta Lee was
the daughter of Dr. T. J. Lee, the
well-known Independence practioneer,
a relative ot the families of Samuel
Hitchens and John Spangler, of this
city. The girls were about 14 years
of age. The funeral took place at
Independence Thursday at 2 o'clock,
and the remains were followed to their
last resting place by a large concourse
of sympathizing friends and relatives.
TIME EXTENDED.
Last Monday Judge M. L. Pipes
issued the following order extending
the time for the receiver of the Oregon
Pacific railroad to pay the employes
from August 31sl to September 14th.
"It is hereby ordered that the time
within which the foregoing order made
on the 18th day. of August, 1891, was
to be complied with, be and the same
is hereby extended to September 14th, j
1891, upon the application of the Re
ceiver filed herein."
M. L. Pipes, Judge.
.Dated August 31, 1891.
An extension of time was rendered j
necessary by the Farmers' Loan and i
Trust Company, of New York, having
objected to the sale by the receiver of j
certificates at any price below par.
TTaiinnr nrrtaiiiofl tlinfr t.li ennroma
0
court of the United States had an-
proved ot a receiver doing the very
same thing the receiver of the Oregon
Pacific had been ordered to do by
Judge Pipes these objections were
withdrawn, but a good deal of mis
chief had been done and much time
lost. It is hoped that nothing else
will be placed in the way of the em
ployes receiving their pay at as early
date possible.
A Large Yield, Knotts, Skipton
& Co.'s threshing crew passed through
the city Wednesday. They report
that the average yield of grain in the
vicinity where they have been thresh
ing has turned very heavy. They
have been threshing for 22 days and
expect to finish their work for this
season in about six days move. The
biggest days work for the crew tin's
year was when they threshed 3200
bushels of grain. The largest yield of
wheat threshed was on Wm. Knott's
place. Off of three acres they
threshed 157 bushels.
To Wait Upon Him. Senator J.
N. Dolph passes through Corvallis to
day on his way to Ashland. An effort
is being made to have a committee of
our representative citizens including
Mayor Burnett to wait upon him and
endeavor, if possible to have him stop
over at this place long enough to ex
amine the government work on the
Willamette above town, and if possi
ble determine the best steps to be
taken to keep the river in its present
channel. This is a move in the right
direction.
Farmers Attention. To farmers
who do regular banking business with
us, depositing and drawing checks on
us, we will be pleased to furnish them
on reasonable terms, money to assist
them in paying expenses oi harvesting
their crops and assisting their other
business. Other kinds of business
handled on same terms.
The First National Bank,
Corvallis, Oregon.
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PUDDINGS.
CAKES.
DOUGHNUTS.
for Infants
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"The use of Castoria' is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems a work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach."
Carlos Martyn-D.D.,
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
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The following varieties: American Home
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Wedding & Fancy Cakes
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HOKEOPJTINC PIIYSICIM.
OFFICE Over Nolan's Store, Second and Monro
Streets.
RESIDENCE On Jackson Street, between Eighth
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OVER 1200 BICYCLES
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Bicycles, Quns and Typewriters taken
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K. FISH.