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Newspaper Page TextTHE GAZETTE JOB BOOMS ' are headquarters fr all kinds ol COMMERCIAL PRINTING-Iitttw-Eeadi,' Kote-Had, Bai-Eoads, SUUmsnU, Envelopes and Society Printisg ef AH BY J. J. FLETT, OUR AUTISTIC PRINTER. GAZETTE stationery STORE Is wen stocked witha full line ot ' Blank Books, Xegal Blanks, Inks, Plain and Fancy Box Papers, -Pens, Pencils, Tablets, and All Kinds . of Writing Materials. VOL. XXX. 1 COBVALLIS. BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1893. NO. 36. OUR (mro 1 IB SALE OCTOBER 21, OCTOBER 24, October 26, SALE SALE IlilBSE O FOR ONE DAY ONLY. STOCK'S CASH STORE. QMS 61osing-Out ale Will Sell my Entire Stock of Velvets, Plashes and Astrakhans, for Dress Trimmings, : At Actual Cost for Kasfe 0ly. THESE GOODS WILL GO, FOR I must have money. Full line of Latest purchased especially for the Fall and Winter- Season, m&o. i. maouK. 9 "o. "eU " Moth. fiOetsand fLOOper Bottle. Cures Couarha. Hoarseness. Sore Throat. Croup promptly; relieves Whooping Congo, and Asthma. For Consumption it bag no rival: has cured thouands where all others failed; will CURS too if taken In time. Sold by Druggists on ajruarantee. For Lame Back or Chest, uae BHiroM's piaster, sects. LOH'SCATARRH REMEDY. . Bm you Catarrh! lave vou Catarrh ? Thisremedv ia minrnn. hsu to euro you. .raosweu. injector iree. For sale by T. Graham. CANVASSERS. Canvassers wanted to sell Nursery Stock. Corvallis Nursery Co. FOR SALE. A lot of good furniture, at your own price. Call at the old engine house and make your selections bargain for alL M. Schmidt, 32 Occidental Hotel. WANTED. To borrow S400 or (600. Will give gilt-edge security. Enquire of 82 Hastlkss & Davissos. FOR BALK A complete assortment of pencils, pens, inks, tablets, box papers, legal, writing and type-writer papers at Tub Ua7ett stationery store, by Co.nover at KmtOH. ALBANY STEAM LAUNDRY. Leave orders for work by this laundry with John Longer at Wells, Fargo's express office. Clothes will be called for on Tues days and delivered Fridays. Go to Vogle, have your eyes tested and get a pair of spex for compar atively nothing. SUMMONS. In the circuit court of the state of Oregon for the county of Benton. John Mayer, plaintiff, ") a. Rebecca J. Mayer, defendant. J To Rebecca J. Mayer, the above named de- fendant: . In the name of the state of Oregon , you are hereby summoned and required to appear and answer plaintiff's complaint filed against you in the above entitled suit, in said court on or before the 13th day of November. 1893, that being the first day o' the regular term of said court next after the publication of this summons, to be held at the courthouse in the city of Corvallis in said Benton county, state of Oregon, and you are hereby notified that if you fail to appear and answer said complaint, as herein required, the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief de manded in said complaint, to-wit: That the bonds of matrimony and marriage con tract now existing between yourself and said plaintiff be dissolved, and for costs and dis ouraments of this suit, - This summons is published in Tbb Cor tallis Gazkttk by order of Hon. J. C. Fullerton, judge of said court, made at chambers on the 27th day of September, '63. . . JOHN M. SOMERS, Attorney for Plaintiff. Jas. A. CAUTHORN, : Corvallis, Oregon, Real Estate and Insurance Agent Farm Lands and City Property for sale. jLenia VAmecveu.. ajco j.aiu , FAKE A & WILSON. Physicians, Surgeons and Ac coucheurs. jot Offiice up-stairs in Fairs and Allen's Brick. Offiice hours from 8 to 9 A. M., and from 1 to 2 and 7 to 8 P. x. Calls promptly attended to at all hours j either day or night NEXT NO. 14. SHOES. I HATS. Cloaks NO. 15. NO. 16. REDUCTIONS POPULAR MRS. DOLPH. Popular Mrs. Dolph, wife of the sena tor from Oregon, is said to be one oi the most popular women in Washington so ciety. Although she is middle-aged, and has a son and daughter married, she re tains much of the beauty which made her a belle on the Oregon farm where Senator Dolph met her. Her black hair is unstreaked with gray, her dark eyes have the brightness of youth, and her whole face sparkles with life and energy to which years have only given greater depth and graciousnesa. Altogether, she is in - appearance and manner, just what every patriotic American citiaen thinks all middle-aged American women should be. Detroit Fren Press. TO BRACE VP the 1 croAm after "1m firinne' rtnmimnniA. . fevers. - and other prostrating acute dis- . eases; to duuq uu neeueu nesn ana sxrengxn, ana so restore health and vigor when you feel "run-down" and used-up, the best thing In the world is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It promotes all the bodily functions, rouses every or gan into healthful action, purifies and enriches the blood, and through it cleanses, repairs, ana uwig- i orates ue enure system. sia, Biliousness, and kindred ailments, the "Discovery" is the only remedy that's you have your money back. . Can yon think of anything more convinc ing' than the promise that Is made by the proprietors of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy f It & this: " If we can't cure your Catarrh, well pay yon M0 in cash." THfTpHILOMATH COLLEGE. Arrangements are being made for opening the U. B. college about November 1. It the present plans of the management ar effected, Prof. Bonnbrake, the pastor in charge of the Spokane congregation will as sume the presidency of- this institution and its friends will be gratified to learn that his qualifications are all that are required to warrant s successful administration of the school during the coming year. Stati or Ohio, Cm of Toledo,, i ' Ltjcas County. 1 Frakk J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the - firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the city of Toledo, county and state aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall s Catarrh (juke. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and suscribed in my presence, this 6th dsy of Dec., A. D. 1886, A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. seal Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Sena tor testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, O. "Sold by Druggists, 72c LETTER LIST. Following is the lif t of letters remaining in the Corvallis postoffice, unclaimed Oct. 18, 1893. When calling for same, please say "advertised." Hiram W. Bennett R. M. Dunn Dr. T. Embree . John Kay Jacob Keim - Samuel W. Perkins John Reighley , Dato and Aloa Smith C. E. Moor, P. M. HOW TO CURE CHOLERA INFANTUM. POINTSVTLLK, RUELINOTON Co., N. J., July 17th, 1892. Our' baby, now fourteen months old, was taken with every svmtom of cholera infantum. I commenced using Chamberlain a Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and after the first few-doses he was relieved, and at this writing is ss weil as ever. -1 feel that I can not sneak too hiehlv in its praise. Mrs. Wm. . E. Reed. For sale by T. Graham Druggist. In answer to oar "ad" concerning "A good chance" The Gazkttk has had seven teen responses, several of which came by mail. This convinces us that advertising . James Brooks, a young man ef this place. was taken seriously ill with cholera morbus and thought to be beyond relief. We sent him a small bottle of Chamberlain s Colic, Cholera and - Diarrhoea Remedy, which promptly cured him. He says he believes he would have -died, had it not been for this remedy. ' arlky A Slagle, Goffton. Put nam Co., Tenn. For. sale by T. Graham, 17l druggist. 31 COLLEGE CULLINGS. Our Reporter's Notes of Doings of Our Model Institution. the The monthly examinations will be held this week. The classs of mechanical drawing occupies a room in the new halL The chrysanthemums are beginning to bloom and will be at their best in about three weeks. ' Mrs. Abernethy visited her sons in at tendance at the college duringjthe fore part of the week. - The regular societies of the college met on Monday aud prepared the program for the term's work. Rev. M. Moses of the M. E. church south, visited the institution Wednesday. He ad dressed the students in a very interesting manner. - Two incandescent lights have been placed between Cauthorn hall and ladies' hall which is greatly appreciated by the young ladies who have to go there for supper. The preparatory school is not large enough to organize two literary societies and so has organized only one, which is divided into two sections. These sections will be known as the Athenian section and the Madisonian section. j The 4th year English class are studying Shakespeare's "Macbeth" under Prof. J. B. Horuer. A reading circle consisting of the 3rd aud 4th year classes is soon to be organ ized. They will meet at Miss Snell's and read "Julius Ciesar." Hon. T. J. Apperson, of Oregon City, visited the college Thursday morning and made a short address to the students and faculty, especially commending the latter for their united efforts in making and keep ing the Oregon Agricultural College one of the leadiug educational institutions of the land. .The classes in the mathematical depart ment are doing splendid work. ' The text, book used this year in analytic geometry is a new one written by Prof. E. W. Nichols, professor of mathematics of the. Virginia Military Institute of Lexington Va. It is an interesting fact to know that Professor i Nichols was a former pupil unuder Pn.f. J. D. Letchsr of our college. I "Two halves dou't always make a whole." This was clearly shown when the college authorities ordered two new furnaces to heat the college building. Owing to some mistake in shipment a half of one furnace and half of another were shipped together and of course would not fit. They arrived about four weeks ago and it is just this week that 'the other two halves arrived. They will be put into place as soon as possi ble. - ' :v"'-- --. . The Oregon State Horticultural Society will meet at the College on the 24th and 25th of October. Rooms have been fitted up for the exhibition of horticultural pi De ducts. This is the first meeting of the so ciety in this vicinity for a number of years and it is hoped that all persons in this and surrounding counties especially, will bring in the best of their horticultural products for exhibition. It is further hoped .that there may be a large attendance at the meet, ings of the society. The two-inch piping formerly used for heating the small forcing house has been re moved and is now being replaced by four inch pipe, as heretofore it has been difficult to get sufficient beat. The new green house is also being fitted up. with four-inch pipe, and will soon be completed. The staging of the new house will only be temporary be cause it is impossible to put in permanent staging and make other preparations before the meeting of the State Horticultural So. ciety, on the 25th of this month. The following program has been prepared: Tuesday, Oct. 24th, 2 o'clock r. u. Address of welcome President John M. Bloss Response Dr. J. R. Cardwell, Portland Nut culture (by request). .Henry E. Doech, Portland Twenty mistakes in horticulture, .... K. B. Skinner Scalding prunes, the reason for A. B. Carson - SIGHT O'CLOCK t. JL ' :J Horticulture from a hygienic and ssthetic stand point Prof. Margaret Snell Piano duett, . . .Misses Ora Spangler, Ar.na Samuels Flowers at home Mrs. Thomas Graham Vocal soW (selected)..... Miss Jennie Geilatly The cause and prevention of plant diseases, (illus trated). rroL noses unug Recitation, (selected).. ......Miss Lillian Hamilton WSSITBSSAT, OCT. 25TB, TBS O'CLOCK A. U. Paper Prof. George Coote When to spray and what with, Levi Morris Piano duett, ....... .Misses Cecil Taylor, Ida Martin The fruit fair, what has been done and what should ne aene J. e onepara Tmnmv Amenta In horticultural secietv. .James Hendershott TWO O'CLOCK T. ST. Cultivation... M. O. Lownsdale Birds and the hwticulturist...Prof. F. L. Washburn Piano solo, Miss Dorothea Nash Practical talk on fruit industry in California. C. E. Hoskins. There will be a full discussion of the vari ous papers. The greenhouses and the var ious departments of the college will be open for inspection. : The college will be in ses sion during the meetings, and all persons are invited. to visit the classes and observe the work. .; Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. AES3JLfirECtf P3JZ3 PERSONAL. . Mrs. D. A. Osburn was a Portland visitor. Mrs. S. T. Jeffreys went to Portland Mon day last.. r- ,V : Mr. and Mrs. S. Chipman have returned from Portland. :: : Mr. Cro3by, the Albany capitalist was in the city Wednesday. -" Henry Jacobs, S. F., is in the .city inter viewing his customers, li Rev. J. R..N. Bell is on a preaching tour through eastern Oregon. t Prof. J. B. Horner and Supt. K. B. McEl- roy were late callers at this office last even ing. Al bany Herald: Mr. and Mrs. George Fish, of Corvallis, visited their parents in this city Sunday. " The Misses Maggie Mackay, Eunice and Inez Alexander attended tHe Portland ex position this week. Mrs. Nannie Henkle, Philomath, left yes terday for an extended visit to her parents in Huntsville, Wash. ; Mrs. F. L. Miller and son Max will go to Portland next week for a month's visit with the former's sister. - . Miss Amy Shipley, of near Junction City, was a guest of her niece Miss Lottie Shipley the fore part of the week. : Mr. Woodward was again at his post of duty the forepart 6Ttbe week, considerably improved but not fully recuperated. - ' Independence West Side: Miss Emma Young of Corvallis, spent Sunday here visiting her sister at Mrs. Paddock's home. Mrs. B. N. Leverich, of Vancouver, Wash., is visiting her brother, G, W. Howard and family, and other relatives in and near this city. . v ; Governor Pennoyer and Supt. E. B. Mc Elroy were in the city Wednesday attending the meeting of the board of regents of the state agricultural college. Max Friendly, who returned from Eugene Monday, reports business; as being quite lively in that eity. Hop culture is respons ible for the good times, he says. J. R. Horning arrived in Corvallis on Wednesday from eastern Oregon. He re ports about three inches of snow on the mountains on the route of his journey. David Rosebrook, the Toledo cornetist, spent a couple"of davs within the musical circles of Corvallis this week. He will re turn today to assume the duties of conductor to the O. A. C. and Marine bands. ' Judge E. E. Wilson and Col. Robt. John son performed the editorial and reportorial functions of the Daily News man during the latter's - absence on a journey to southern Oregon, prompted, no doubt, by homesick ness. ;' . . ' . '5 Mrs. J. M. Kitson and little daughter Pearl are now on their way to Oaksdale, Wash., tot a month's visit to her old home. While there thoy will be the guests of Mrs. K's par ents and many relatives and friends. We hope she may have a pleasant journey. Miss Maud Hoffman is the guest today of Mrs. Winslow. Miss Hoffman will have a little opportunity to show her promising talent, as well as her rare beauty, in the part of the Player Queen in "Hamlet" next week. Boston Herald, Sunday, Oct. 8. Mr. Emery Allen's health has been so much improved that on Wednesday he was enabled to visit his place of business. As a rule he is not averse to appearing upon the business thoroughfares, but on this occasion had to be pushed to the front on a rolling chair. - Mrs. ti. A. Hemphill has been heard from since her arrival in the east. She was in attendance at the world's fair during the terrible jam of Chicago day, and at time of writing was laid up for repairs at her old home in Warsaw, Ihd., suffering consider ably with rheumatism. . . Rev. .Father Jurek is now in charge of the Catholic societies of Corvallis and Newport. He is a young man who but a year since re turned from a stay of eight years in Rome, Italy, where he completed the studies , nec essary to the responsible position he now oc cupies. He is familiar with several langu ages and we are informed is quite a linguist. Rev. P. A. Mason, A. M., pastor of the M. E. church south, arrived in Corvallis Monday, accompanied by his family, from' Myrtle Creek, southern Oregon, at which point he has been stationed for some time past. The reverend gentleman is a pleas ant conversationalist and we hope that his sojourn among us Will be pleasant alike to all concerned. ' ", r , A BIG ONE. A Silver prune tree from the farm of James Wilkinson, south of Corvallis, shows an actual growth of. twelve feet from the bud in one year. - Foreign horticlturists should make a note of the fact that this is the climate for fruit culture, and our soil needs but the' test - to demonstrate its adaptability. " ' CARD OF THANKS. We desire to return our warm thanks to the many kind . neighbors aud friends, whose ministering of tenderness were so general during the last illness- of our dear mother. " ' A. M. Witham and Family. . nv no THE OLDER COAST EANGES. With More Recent Geological Formations in Benton County. - BY JOHN RAY. Continued from Last Week. KINDS VAUEV. If we take the letter W it is as good a form for a description of the lay of this range of hills as we can have. Placing the left lower point about one mile N. W. from Wrens station, running north to the Luckiamute river, the west side of the left line forms the eastern boundary of Kings Valley. The line to the right of the letter would begin at the south point of Cardwell hill, running then, in a north easterly direction to the county line. The east face of this line is the western boundary of the Willamette Valley. The distance between these two lines is about eight miles, and this space is filled with spurs or zigzag lines forming sharply-de fined hills and long uneven valleys both in the low land and also in the hills. At a central point in the Kings Valley line (Ray Ranch) the formation is best seen. Beginning at the road and look ing east up the hill a gully has been worn by the winter's water. This extends about 300 yards. Beside this gully on the north side for some distance is a ver itable breast of about 15 feet high, then a rounding of the face back to the top of the hill, thus not only in the steps in the gully which occurevery few feet while ascending the hill, but the vertical breast gives one a plain view as to the kind of material, its dip, etc. (This breast is caused by denudation in front) There is quite a difference in the slop ing lines of the hills in the Willamette and Kings Valley. The former round ing top, sweeping down hill somewhat quickly, finishing out far in the low land with a grand inward curve, where it is lost beneath more recent deposits. The latter presents a number of tables almost level," one above the other every two or three hundred feet. These tables are from a few rods to oue-third of a mile in width, running north,' and their length seems to be in proportion to their width; if wide, long if narrow, short. Other outlines together with igneous action and metamorphism is common around the entire range.. If is then at the central point above mentioned where more cent metamorphism is best seen, and a character of rocks almost entirely differ ent to those described at the Vineyard place. ; The Rocks. Beginning near the road they are of a sandy magnesian character, slate or flags, color, buff with greens and light purples creeping in. The dip to the west is gen tle; but higher up the hill and in lower strata the dip is about 50. Igneous in trusions, several feet wide, occur here, and it may be that this extra rise is caused by such intrusion. In the breast above at the base is a dark drab stone about two feet thick, breaking with cherty fracture, hard, but with exposure separates readily in curves Or shapes in conceivable. Above, six or seven feet of shales from one-eighth to four-eighths of an inch thick, interspersed with flags about three inches thick. The shales are a blackish brown or a Wownish green, arenaceous or silicious. The thicker ones argillaceous will split readily in the mid dle and show deep sculptured rounded forms or figures. The flags have a thick cover or face on each side of fine clay, with an uneven band in or about the middle of bright light grey sand, very hard. The above material alternates with the cherty rock which above as sumes boulder forms, until the boulders take on a more slaty character. On top is scattered about large boulders of Con glomerate or Breccia, the latter made up! of large fragments of dolomite or chert with a greenish paste, glassy crystals and pieces 01 small lossii snau mixea in. One mile west of this and near the edge of this formation is a low hill about one fourth of a mile in length and about 100 yards wide, rising with steep or. abrupt sides about 75 feet Thetop of this body of land is rounding, especially towards the sides and ends. A little below the top and away from the edge Dolomitic rock is found in pieces scattered around, are': about 4 inches in thickness, present rhomboidal faces, in color a light yellow ish grey; shading darker here and there. About half way down one of the sides an opening was made, from which several large roundish blocks of the material were taken.- Backhand in the opening made, the same material lay in fragments in the utmost confusion. . The rock also is blackened and hardened by heat This is a large body; it is separated on one sideronly by a narrow gully at the bot tom, but at the topis quite wide. The regular formation there is thin shales, as it is further east. It is supposed this is a slide from the high lands to the east As there are many slides on the west slopes of "the Kings Valley range there is noth ing in the way to have prevented it, as seen to-day. " - .-' - t. In the water-ways thin slabs of lime stone, poor white marble and fine, speci mens . of; lithographic 1 stone, some of which, on the. corners, semi-transparent In the low lands, marls are common, black, green - and purplish in color. There are no signs whatever in this local ity of any deposit representing; the glacial period. : , , -v . Peculiarity of Rocks. On the west side of the range the rocks may all be said to be" changed by meta morphism, though 'those where clay or magnesia enter into their composition soften more or less by exposure. While the layers are built up seemingly in blocks of from twelve to eighteen inches, these blocks are again divided into thin ner divisions, slate or flag, the lowest lay er the coarsest, changing rapidly in a few inches to finer, until they finish with a clay. In the coarse grit, splinters of dolomite or chert is quite common Again we have two thin sheets of deep green clay, between which is light grey sand. This now is exceedingly hard and when polished resembles serpentine through the clay being pressed a little here and there into the sand. Taking the sand alone, it resembles agate. There is not much sand stone, but what there is boulders, in place in the strata, buff in color, fine grain and schistose. This is the best rock on the ground. There is one peculiarity about it: is finely clouded with green, darker near the edge of the boulder and spread ing across the face till the green is lost in the buff. A darker quartsite has this green in stringers stretching into the rock like the fingers of a man's hand. This is in substance running about one- half inch wide and about the fourth of this in thickness. Excepting the smoother bedder shales all the rocks, whether of sand or clay, have a strange patchy appearance. Small pieces of clay seem to have been scattered around, then another heavier sediment upon them has flattened them out in angles and all kinds of shape, making the faces uneven where any of those pieces are. In the clay sandy shales, foot-prints of birds and other small animals are found. The latter together with the serpentine shales, the conglomerate at Vineyard, and a black dolomite at the foot of Cardwell hillall have been broken or scattered and, with out changing .the position of the frag ments, have been re-cemented. The ser pentine in the smallest pieces, the con glomerate through pebble and paste, the others in rather small pieces. In a bulletin published by the Geolog ical Survey, Washington, 1885, subject, "Stratigraphy of California," by Mr. George T. Becker, says: "Throughout the coast ranges of California there occur large irregular areas of rocks in the condition ordinarly regarded as met amorphic. They are characterized by the presence of serpentine (perhaps accompanied by some of the magnesian minerals) or silica, or both. Of the sec ondary nature of the salification there can be no doubt since the quartz and opal occur mainly as stingers, for the most part occupying tiny cracks in the rock. Where the stratification of the metamorphic rocks is not obliterated, they are seen to be greatly disturbed, having been sometime broken into a chaotic mass of fragments since cemented by silica or serpentine, and sometimes thrown into sharp plications. In the latter class of cases it is often clear that plication has not been effected by flexure, but by innumerable fractures, the result ing fragments often averaging less than one quarter of an inch cube. These par ticles were retained in approximately their Original position by mutual pres sure, and have been re-cemented by silica. The most striking instances of this char acter are seen among thin rocks either sandstones or sandy shales." Older Ketamorphics. We have specimens of these rocks from the Alsea Valley, from the top of Mary's Peak and from the Vineyard Kings Valley group. From the two former the rock is a Diorite, greenish grey in color. The Alsea rock seems to have the most quartz and in the form of crystalization somewhat different In the feldspar paste, black needles or dots surround a white spot : In the rock from the Peak there seems to be two kinds of white paste; the harder'running in something like chain lines filled up with the softer. These with the black minerals sprinkled in, also running in irregular lines, now full and again flowing into .fine thread like lines. The Alsea shows pink cloud ing, a little disintegration in the black spots and a softer white. Mary's Peak specimen is much more changed, show ing more fully the loss or greater decay of one of the whites. The hornblenda too is dull black, separating into threads. So far neither of those rocks have been found in the latter group. But what is plentiful is a crystaline rock with a little or no feldspar. It is made up of black crystals, angular -in form, face uneven, showing on portions of face a deep green and occasionly bronze color. These crystals are lined with a pearly, white casing running in straight fine lines and often intersecting, forming acute angles. I have called this black mineral, pyrox ene. It is found at tne surface ot . tne ground very much disintegrated, rusty. It is of this the residual clay is formed. . ' The Older Tertiary. The low hills in the Willamette Valley are often standing alone. ; To the south they form more of a range witbrttndulafc ing line breaking either againie Hor izon or the higher ranges.,Vy& height from 100 feet to several hunanjk The strata immediately around Corvallis is of heavy bedded sandstone, fine grain; two shades of yellowish grey. Shales, heavy colored clay and rusty fragile rock . The fossil Cardita planicosta is found in the concretionary boulders over the heavy, bedded sandstone. - This formation is placed as Eocene, equivalent to the Tejon of the Chico-Tejon series of Northern California. About seven miles north and east of the Vineyard hill, the strata is somewhat' different as well a .change in fossils. Fossils here are in heaw beda in fragile sandstone, but, so much are they broken Tand intermineled. it is dif ficult to get a good specimen. A Modi- oia ana ustrea, witn a great variety of other shells are found here. Near this formation, about twenty feet below the surface, in a blackened, hard sandstone. the imprint of a leaf is obtained, resem bles sassafras. South of Corvallis. on the Foster ranch, is an excellent ooint for observation. There is a'steep and almost dry creek, the strata bare for perhaps 500 feet. At the base of this lies nn. wards of 100 feet of black indurated clay. in tnis clay nodules are found, com-, posed of grey clay, wood. and. in which. Teredos occupy most of the substance ot nodules. .The strata above this, all the way up the hill,"is thin. and. with the exception of two beds of sandstone about eighteen inches, light in color of two shades, all the rest were of a black, rusty or tawny color. The rock gener ally is hard and tough while iimeoua rock is found not far away; none is seen in this vicinity. In a thin shale composed n the outside of black clav. a wedo-e of chalk in rounded forms appear. but, since deposited, silica is mixed in. ' Many very small fossil shells were found, chiefly two or three forms of Ustrea. On the south of this hill one or two miles away from this point, about half way down the hill, a bed of intrusive igneous rock about two feet thick is found. Sandstones generally lighter in color; much sulphur appears in sand stone below intrusive rock.' Near the sulphur a bed of bituminous coal, about eighteen inches thick: la vine noon the side of the hill and about one foot under the soil, a slide. Coal is much imoretr- nated with silica and is worthless. Thin veins, in place, of the same coal on the other side of the hill, burned freely and made a good coke or cinder. This location furnishes fossils which have not yet been found elsewhere in "this countv. The strata is about level, while the Eocene dips generally to the north. It is be-, lieved to be lower in formation and may " be the equivalent of the Chico of Califor nia. The Miocene hills, though of. consid erable height, are much erode by water or by slides, but generally by quiet methods.. It is not uncommon to see one of those hills present a verticle wall 100 . feet high or more. Its strata will con sists of two or three colors of Jclay, often sour or acid. There will also be a few beds of sandstone thirty or forty feet apart, or one heavy bedded layer, the rest of clay. There is a yellowness and , a freshness in the appearance of the strata which hardly applies to the Eocene and not at all to the lower portions of the strata of this age. . Its fossils, except perhaps in a few instances, show a wide -departure from our lowest formation in valley. But, if there is so wide a depar ture in the strata so nearly related, what shall be said of the comparison between the Miocene and the oldest formation? t ia ai,aha MH t, : 1 1 Mn ja 1 of bedded sandstone or shales, but they are so much alike, more need not be ' said. ' - ' """ to bh, 'continued. ONLY CHOKED HIM. F. 3. Voigt, the contracting painter who has just completed the work of painting the college improvements called at Thr Gazette office yesterday and gave us this information concerning the altercation that . occurred between himself and one of his employes while at work on Tuesday. Some time since application was made to him for woik by a painter who offered his services for the payment of his board at the Occi dental hotel, and Mr. Voigt accepted the . proposition, telling him he w ould do better by him. It seems that the hired man, after a few days' indulgence in the Occidental square meals, began to feel his "oats" and from his actions it was hard to tell just who was boss. On Tuesday Mr. Voigt and his man "Friday'' had a disagreement as to who was in control aud '-Friday" whacked his employer over the head with a broom to prove his claim to the right to do as he pleased. Mr. Voigt retaliated in a pugi. listic but rather gentlemanly manner by choking his opponent until he gladly cried 'quits, " and now "Friday" is out -of a job. All this trouble arose over the question of smoking a pipe while at work, to which Mr. V, objected. - MOTHER, YOUR GIRL! : Anent the practice ef some of the young female population in using the publio high way for their indiscriminate rambles, we art prompted to call attention of mothers "and guardians to the fact that the girl who gives ; way to a ' desire to gad about the streets and cultivates the acquaintance ot young men and act the simpering simpleton, is laying the foundation for a senseless after life. ' Tea to one when married she will develop into a slatternly gossip, if no greater misfortune befalls her. It . is the girl who loves home and helps her mother that in the model man and. becomes a ornament to womanhood. The girl who does this and devotes some of her spare time to reading, and strives for the grace of mental culture, commands the respeet and esteem of everybody, while the street gadding ornament only wins the admiration of those whose admiration is aot worth having.