Till; OKEGON DAILY JOURNAL; TOUTLAND, Fill DAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1001.
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
CORVALUS
HE TRAVELED AS A
LIQUOR INSPECTOR
x (Journal Special SerTlce.)
Corvallls. Or., Jan. 1. Corvallia liquor
dealers dealers had a visit the first of
this week from an Individual who wore
a star engraved "U, S. Inspector," and
who claimed to be an Internal revenue
officer. At Broders' saloon lie visited
the cellar alone, and afterward told the
proprietor that a number of the kegs of
beer In the .cellar were not stamped.
Had this been true, it would have meant
a penalty of iioo for violation of the
Internal revenue 'laws, but the. oily
tongued stranger magnanimously offered
to make it all right with Broders for
J25. The offer excited the suspicions of
the saloon man, and the amount was not
: paid. Early the next morning the "In
spector" departed, leaving In the minds
of all local saloon men a strong sus
picion that the man was not what he
pretended to be, Nothing has since been
heard of him here. ,
Lull In Trade. '
There is a very decided lull in busi
ness of all kinds since the holiday rush
Is over. Not .for some time has there
been so many Idle men about Corvallls,
awing to lack of work. - The flouring
mills are running only .: spasmodically,
the eawmills are not putting In half
time, the carriage factory is in opera
. tlon only now and them, and other lines
of business are equally dull. This is
, largely due to the dull season and to the
furtner fact that few who have occasion
to hire help care to do so at this season,
when the short day's work performed
corresponds so poorly with the wages
demanded. It la the season when poor
men bewail their misfortune, and when
the employer sighs for longer hours of
daylight In order to get bis money's
worth of his laborer. s -Pneumonia
Prevalent.
Over a dozen cases- of pneumonia are
reported in this city today. The condi
tion Is attributed to the dense fog that
has hung over Corvallls almost constant
ly for over a week, and which causes
the native Oregdnlan more shivers than
all the rains that could fall in an ordi
nary Oregon winter.
Abandonment of Sural Free Delivery.
; Citizens of Benton county are -much
J abandonment of the rural free delivery
J routes out of Corvallls, and the final
icnapter in-me anair is awauea wiin
" anxiety, i The cause of the trouble lies
In the bad condition of the public toads,
"-whlch : prevent the carriers from mak
lng their routes on schedule time, and
which requires more than two horses in
order to make the trips dally. No orjjl
'. nary team can stand the 25-mlle drive
t each ,day over such roads, and the pay
of the carriers Is too small to allow of
feeding more than two head of horses;
These are cited as the principal reasons
for the discontinuance of the routes, and
' unless citizens along the lines fall. to
snd make strenuous effort to Improve
-' th liighwaVSv It is entirely probable that
-r-rtetrJis will- sooiv-ba.obUed of th ruraL
free delivery service, wnicn is sucn.a
benefit to all. Such is the Information
received from headquarters at the Cor
vallJs office. Postmaster Johnson Is ex-,
ertlng every effort to arouse, the inter
est and co-opera.tipn of Benton citizens
in order that the rural routes may re
main in operation, but the action will
have to be speedy or the 'order of the
postmaster-general will set the doom of
the routes In question, to the lasting re
gret of residents hi this section. v.
Funeral of Sirs, Buchanan.
: From the Methodist Episcopal Church
South yesterday at 10 o'clock a. m. oc
curred the funeral of Mrs. rWv-A. - Bu
chanan, .late wife of the treasurer of
Benton county. Deceased .had been. for
many weeks a sufferer from an asth
matic affection and - Brlght's ' disease,
and death came to her relief early
"Wednesday morning.
In girlhood she was Miss Nettle Wil
banks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wll
banks of this city. She - was born in
Batesville, Miss., September 12, I860,
She came to Corvallls in 1874, and was
united In .marriage to William A. Bu
chanan. December 2, 1880. Tbere are no
cnlldren. . Besides the husband and pa
rents, who reside in Corvallls, the Im
mediate survivors are two brothers,
James and John. .
USHERING IN THE
NEW YEAR, 1904
(Journal Special Serrlce.)
: Eugene, Or. Jan, i;-The new year was
ushered In this morning by Eugene' peo
ple In various ways, there were numer
ous private watch parties and several at
the different churches and a grand. mask
ball at the armory given by Company A,
O. N. G. The company glyes a masque
rade every yeajviut this, one proved to
be the most successful one yet. The big
armory pavilion was full of maskers and
spectators. The costumes worn were bril
liant and unique and many of them very
costly. s
Ell Bangs, the pioneer livery .stable
and stage tine owner, who last summer
sold his extensive livery business In Eu
gene to C. P. Barnard from Roseburg,
has formed a partnership with Mr, Bar
nard in the conduct of the livery busi
ness .here besides the extensive stage
line business condueted by Mr. Bangs In
various parts of Western Oregon.- Mr.
Bangs has Just let the contract for the
erection of a big brick building, the lower
floor . of which will be occupied by a part
of the new firm's livery business. ' When
the-building Is completed they will have
one - of the largest livery plants in the
state. . i
HARPER'S
DANCING ACADEMY
sio rxksr street.
We . will make . you a perfect
dancer for 110.00. 'or
TWELVE X-ESSOITS $5.00.
Private lessons at ; any time.
Regular s classes ' Tuesday and
Thursday evenings.
' k Beginners' class . Monday even--.
lng. - - -
. Dancing ; taught winter and
summer.- - -
.MIL AND MRS. J. W. HARPER
i ZSTSTBUOTOSS. .
VANCOUVER
flunue. ma vasccuTi aa-enry oi m
(on Vallj journal la located at 8u3 Mala llmt
Jonu P. LuDdbrg, agent.
CITY THREATENED
.'. WITH SERIOUS FIRE
. . (Journal Spwlal Service.)
Vancouver, Jan. 1. A serious fire
that threatened for a while the entire
block, broke but last 'night In Bone's
second ' hand store, corner Seventh ahd
East B streets. When the alarm, was
Klven. the creator part of the - Van
couver people were either at a . waicn
party or a dance. These, parties,' lor a
time, . were broken ud and the people
mingled together at the scenes, of the
fire. j -4 - '!,,. ' '
. It was owing -more to good fortune
than anything else that the entire Duuct
lng, as well as the dwelling house near,
were not entirely destroyed. The fire
department . did good . work after it ar
rived but the fire was rapidly consum
lng the building before the alarm was
sounded. The fire started from a a
fectlve flue, and the interior of the
building was very much damaged before
any evidence was "nresented outsiae.
There has been several fires of late,
and almost In every Instance the origin
was traced to a defect In the flue, and
there Is a disposition among" many to
make a thorough -Investigation of the
dues of the various buildings around
town, especially so of those that -are so
located as to threaten a vaiuanie por
tion of the town, should a fire break out,
The TwelfttPwiffbt.
Marie WalnWrlght, the- celebrated
ShakesDearlan actress. , will: entertain
Vancouver people in her fascinating man
ner. next Tuesday" evening at the .Audi
torium, She plays Viola In the Twelfth
Night. The success with which she Is
meeting throughout the country should
warrant a larsre attendance.: The play Is
something that every student should
witness. . - i
Advics Hot Heeded.
' A. Kopp, a farmer living near Van
couver. caused a considerable commo
tion as well as mucli trouble to himself
last night. It is believed that Kopp was
a little too much under the influence of
intoxicating liquors and henee his
trouble. During the fire on corner of
Seventh and East B last night, Kopp
became dissatisfied with the action of
the firemen, and sought to give them
some of his . advice. The firemen, of
course, did not heed him and ordered
him out of the way. It-required the
assistance of the. police to prevent Kopp
from Interfering with' them, and for so
doing Kopp became ' quite , wrathy at
both police and firemen. He gave vent
to his reelings in a very Doisierous mant
ner. using .vile : and obscene language'.
To . stop this, the police took him In
charge and placed him in the Jail. Kopp,
however, gave ball for his appearance
at a ''stated time before Justice BparKs,
and was later allowed to have his 11b-
'Successful affesqumada Ball,
The masquerade ball given by the
Vancouver ; Highbinder last ..night was
well attended ,and .proved one , of the
most successful events of Its kind that
lias bf en given this winter, j The
prizes were beautiful and valuable. Mr.
Potter received the prize for the best
dressed gentleman; Mlsa ' Stevens for
Ihe best dressed lady; Pancost and
Jackson for the best sustained charac
ters; Messrs. Sullivan and Maxey fnrj
the best group and Mr.: Furey for. the
most ridiculous presented character.
Mrs. Al. Beesener was the lucky per
son to draw the door prize, which was
a fine gold watch.
Visiting, in Vancouver. -
Mr. L. E.; Harris, . arrived In , Van
couver last ' night, from California -and
is visiting his parents and relatives
here. Mr. TIarrls expects to become a
citizen of this place. . ntd ;
ml
HartSchffner
. V Marx
' X-'i ' Hand Tailored
RELIABLIL
CLOTHERS
Cor. Third and Morrison Sts.
OwUbl 1W r Hwt BcbaSBCf Mux
km
AL CLEA
RANC
E SALE
Radical Reductions throughout the entire store, 20 to 3356 per cent
reduction on our entire stock of men's and boys' high-grade Clothing,
Hats and Furnishings. :
Every article in the store reduced except contract goods.
All our men's $14 00, $15.00 and $16.50 suits and overcoats . $ 1 150
. AH our men's $18.00 and $20.00 suits and overcoats $14.75
.AH our men's $22.50 and $25.00 suits and overcoats....... $19.75
Great Clearance Sale Specials in our Boys' Department
Every boys' suit and overcoat in our entire stock has been recklessly
. reduced.- ' ' . V ;
, " ' -i ' . - '
All our boys' sailor and double-breasted knee-pants suits in
$5 and $5.45 values, now I,....:.......: $3.50
V . All our boys' sailor and double-breasted knee-pan suits in
$6, $6.45 and $6 85 valueK now ...V $4.85
INDEPENDENCE
NOTICB The lndpDpn(li?nr asency of Th
Oregon Dally Journal la located at The Ar
cade Cigar Stnre on C atrwit, where auhacrlu-
tinu iu -ne ubiit, seniLWeeEiy ana wceKiy
Journal will be taken.
DEAN T. GOODMAN Agent.
HE RECOVERS HIS
SIGHT IN PORTLAND
(Journal Special Berries.)
: Independence, Jan.-1. -George Reuf, a
prosperous- and well known farmer, liv
ing south of Independence, suddenly lost
his sight here a few days ago and as a
result was taken to the Portland hospi
tal for treatment. " Mr, Reuf has had
trouble of a similar nature before. It Is
understood here that he was treated In
Portland, and that he has regained his
eight.
Beat Estate AcUve.
" Mr. Quarles. 1 a recent .. arrival ; from
the East, has been purchasing consider
able property In Independence and vicin
ity lately. He bought the Emma B. Lee
residence here and purchased besides
this three other residences and is ex
pected to close a deal for a nice farm
here in a few days.
Prosperous Kop Orowers.
Hop growers here are planning to
plant quite a large increase of acreage
In hops here In this vicinity this year,
The hops of Polk county have brought
during the last two years such excellent
price that much enthusiasm is shown
in this industry by the growers, frac
tically all of the hops are now out of the
growers' hands, as .what few. that had
not sold during the first raise or nops,
sold during the last upward movement.
The hops raised In .this section were of
good 'quality and best prices were or-
fered for the hoDS In almost every case.
The yield this year exceeded the yield
of last year by over 500 bales according
to the shipment report from tne souin
ern Pacific railroad, which shipped prac
tically the entire crop and moved It very
rapidly giving entire satisfaction to the
growers and shippers as wen.
GALEA!
ORBQOIV CITY
K0T10S. Oregon City ubacrlneM will plena
take notice that the office of The Journal baa
been established at the Courier office, Be Tenth
itreet. next to depot, where aubacriptlona, com
ilalnta, payment, etc., will be received and at.
tended to by L. J. Caufleld, The Journal Ore
gon City agent, - , ' - -
WORK ON THE NEW
ELECTRIC RAILWAY
'.' (Journal Special 'Service.) '
Oregon City,:. Or.. Jan. l.The' .first
work was done on the new electric rail
way which Is to run through this city
to the eastern part, of the county yes
terday. ., C, IX Latouretta of this city is
the original promoter of the line, and
holds a franchise from both city and
county. The franchise provides that un
less work shall have actually commenced
on the line by January 1, 1904, the fran
chise will be forfeited. Not a stroke of
work having been done up to yesterday
morning,; Mr. JLatourette picked up a
crew of men and, put them to grading
for the road, thus saving the franchise.
The franchise v also provides that' cars
shall be run over the line by January 1.
1906, and It Is generally conceded . that
the road will be built during the com
ing year. .
X. O. O. T. Celebration,
, Oregon lodge. No. 3, 1. O. O. F., cele
brated the 50th anniversary of Its or
ganisation last night After the regu
lar meeting, which was short. ; the Re
bekahs cama. in with well-filled lunch
baskets. ' Addresses - were delivered by
Judge William Galloway. Hon. C.,'B.
Moores and Judge Thomas F. Ryan.
After the addresses there was a whist
party, followed by a banquet prepared
by the. Rebekahs.
Oregon lodge. No. 3, came near being
the first lodge organised In Oregon, and
would have been had It not been for the
stealing of Its charter. The charter was
made "out and sent to Oregon City via
Ban Francisco. - At Ban Francisco It
was stolen nnd sent to Honolulu instead
of Oregon City, the name Oregon City
being erased and Honolulu Inserted in
its stead.- The movement for the or
ganization died out for a time, and was
again revived, but this time, through
some mishap, Salem got the charter in
stead of Oregon City. Thus it is that
the Oregon lodge Is No. 3 Instead of
No. 2.
Good Basketball.
' A large and enthusiastic crowd attend
ed the games of basketball and Indoor
baseball between the local Y. M. C. A.
and the Portland association last even
ing. The first game -was a game of bas
ketball between the members of the in
termediate teams of the . two associa
tions, and resulted in a victory for the
Oregon City team by. aBCore jof -4- tq.JL
The game of baseball also resulted in
a victory for Oregon City, the game
being between the senior teams of the
Portland and Oregon, City T. M. C. A.
The score was 12 to 21. Both teams
played wel and th games were very
exciting.
Oregon City Kotes.
C. W. Kelly celebrated the 20th anni
versary of hi wedding last evening. A
very large number of frlunds attended
the event, which ts known as the china
wedding. Many valuable and beautiful
presents were given Mr, and Mrs. Kelly.
Watch meeting services at the Y. M.
C. A. last night were well attended.1" The
faithful watchers sang and prayed the
old year out and the new year in, ,
Cosgrove Bros.' concert company gave
an entertainment at .Woodmen's hall last
evening under the auspices of the Ar
tisans' lodge. The entertainment was
tn of the best of the kind ever seen in
Oreron City, but was slimly attended,
owing ti) the number of other gatherings
in the city. ' , ' .
A mask ball, at the armory1 last even
ing attrnctcd a -largo number of lovers
of dancing. Many quaint and grotesque
costumes were among the number;
W, X. Westover of Spattle Is the guest
of his brother, J.; H. Westovcr, in this
city.
The burial of Mrs. Elmer Cooper,-who
died at Cuius Wednesday, will take place
today,.". . : .'
The burial of W. W. H, Sawp'on, who
died at Needy Wednesday, will take
place at Needy cemetery today. (
' Preferred knock Canned Goods,
Allen & Lewis' Best Brand. 1
KOTICE. Sulem anbacrlbera will tileaaa take
r.rtlce that The Journal airency hat been trans
ferred to E. E. DaTle, 180 state street, wbe
will recelre subscriptions, complaints, pay
n,ente, etc.
STATE LAND OFFICE .
MAKES BIG RECORD
(Journal Special Service.)
Salem. Jan. 1. -The state land office
has completed a most prosperous year's
business and Chief Clerk G. J. Brown
stated last night that the record of col
lections, circumstances considered, was
the best in the history of the state. On
May 20 last land sales ceased almost
entirely, - owing to a previous leglsla
tlve enactment, providing for an Increase
of 100 per cent in 'the price of state
lands. Prior to that date state school
lands sold at $1.25 per acre, but on
that date the price was advanced, the
minimum being: fixed at 32.50. I'p ' to
that time, this-year, 1,333 certificates of
sale were issued by the department but
so great was the falling off in sales
on that date that from May 20 to the
close of the year only 65 sales of lands
were made by the department.
In the biennial term of 1901-2 the office
collected on notes,' principal and inter
est.' 3761.648.66, and of this sum 3448,
809.85 was received in 1902. In 1903,
up to last night, the receipts aggregated
$435462.48, or only 37,857.17 less for
1903 than for the preceding year, - This
was , remarkable, in view of the entire
suspension of sales of state lands after
May 20 of the year Just closed.''
During the month-, of December lust
closed ..ie office collected on account of
the several funds $38,469.34. a fine record
for the last month of the year. This
money was apportioned among the sev
eral funds as shown below:
Common school fund principal,
. payments on certificates and
' cash sales of school land. . , .$21,554.34
Common school 'fund principal,
- payments on, sales of lands
- acquired by deed or , t ore
" Closure ...... . . 1,390.75
Common school fund principal.
sales ofitlda, lahd 122.86
Common school fund interest.
payments on certificates,.., "6,631.07
Common school fund interest,
- rents and payments on sales
, of lands acquired ' by deed
or foreclosure ....... 1,773.60
University fund principal, pay
ments on sales of lands ac
quired by deed or fore
closure , . . 892.00
University fund interest, rents
: and : payments on . sales of
lands acquired by: deed or
foreclosure................. 43.20
Agricultural college fund prln
: . cipal, payments on certifi
cates and. cash sales of school
land ' 236.39
Agricultural college fund in
terest, payments on certi
ficates 60.31
Agricultural college fundr In
terest, rents and payments on
sales of lands acquired by
deed or foreclosure ,
Swamp land fund
65.60
. 419922
Total
$36,469.34
Supreme Court Cues.
In the office of the clerk of the su
pre me court last , evening four cases
were set for hearing for the second week
in this month. This finlshes-up all the
cases on the preliminary, docket now
ready for trial, and the Oregon supreme
court has again caught up with the
cases now on appeal from the lower
courts. .The cases set for hearing last
night are:
Tuonday, January 12. Tllman Ford,
plaintiff, vs. A. T. Gilbert et al., de
fendants, and Brown & Wrigh'tman, ap
pellants; appeal from Marlon county,
Wednesday, January 13. The Sam J.
Gorman company, respondent, vs. P, J.
McGowan & Sons, appellants; appeal
from Multnomah county.
Thursday, January 14. B. S. Kerns,
appellant, vs. J. P. Lee, respondent; ap
peal from Klamath county. E. J. Bolter,
appellant, vs. J. H. Garrett, respondent;
appeal from Crook county,-
ALBANY
KOTICE. The Alhsnr agency of The Oregon
Pally Journal la at the drug stote of Fred
Dawson, So. 208 West rirst street, where sub.
crlpUona will be received. '.
NEW CONCERN WILL
. SOON BEGIN WORK
(Journal Bpeclal RerTlee.) -Albany,
Or., Jan; 1. The Cramer Or
gan. & Carriage company will be or
ganized with a capital stock of $50,000
and within 90 days the plant will be in
running order. ; Active work has com
menced on the grounds, and the build
ings and machinery will be moved from
Corvallls at once. The factory will be
located on East Ninth and Hill streets,
along the Corvallls & Eastern railroad.
Several acres of ground have been pur
chased from A. Hackleman for the site.
The company will manufacture organs,
carriages, buggies and wagons, and in
a short time other lines will be added.
Enough work is already In sight and un
der contract to, keep the factory run
ning during this year.
Albany Kotes.
The young ladles of the Shirt Waist
club met with Misses Reta and Vlra
Stuart in East Albany Wednesday even
ing , and had a pleasant time.
-Capt; F. C." Stellmachcr entertained
his Sunday school class at the resi
dence of 0. II. Stewart Wednesday even
ing. The boys had an enjoyable even
ing. W. J. Culver of Salem and Miss Stella
Sherman of Portland were married in
this city , yesterday by Rev. Culver, a
brother of the groom. They will re
side in Salem.
The annual dinner of the First Chris
tian church was held today. Rev. J. B.
f Holmes made an address on the growth
of the church during the year. ,
' The bowling team of the Alco club
will, meet the team from the Eugene
Commercial club at that'clty on Satur
day ' night 1 A return game will be
played here at a later date.
The annual school meeting will be
held at the Central school building Jan
uary 14 at 7:30 p. m. for the purpose
of levying a tax for the ensuing year
and to transact such other business as
may come before the meeting.
Postmaster Swain has . been noXIflttd
that an additional mall carrier -will be
allowed this office today. As the civil
service rules require the appointment
of the candidate having the highest
average; A. E. Alexander whs named
for carrier and Roland U. Ifacklcman
for substitute. The city delivery has
increased rapidly since Its Inauguration
last June and two carriers were un
able to make the required trips.
-Mr. and Mrs. Charles Strauss of
Pendleton have been visiting the latter's
parents.. Mr. and. Mrs. F, S. Crosby,: in
this city, ,y .;.; .
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KASaSBT CIOTVTZKS IK TSHB SfOXTSWXSY
. . W. Cos. Tonrtls as lAorrUoa f ta.
GREAT ANNUAL
SALE V .
IS NOW IN FULL BLAST
The highest grade clothing for
men and boys are offered at
exceptional bargain prices.
' . '
No person who is economicalljr
inclined can afford to miss this
remarkable bargain giving
event, whether you buy for .
present or next winter's wear .
Hit's a splendid investment.
El
1 Preferred Stock Canned Oooda, .
Allen & Lewis' ttest Brand. j
Prepare to Meet vTSiy
DESIRES IN UMD1XELLAS
Big Clearance Sale. Every article
. in our two tig Stores reduced.
' - , No Favorites
intitf AI ICCIRTA TWO T 286 WASHINGTON r
JOHN ALLtSINA stores 309 kosrisov .
Our Furnaces are no
haphazard collection of poor castin,
We have some SAMPLES ol well, they're not Per
fects, you can bet on that. Call and see the difference.
w. q. Mcpherson company
Heating and Ventilating Engineer . 47 First St., Portland, Or., U. S, A.
A
Clearance Sale
Beginning Tomorrow Mcrnins tsA Continu
ing for One Llonth Our Anncsl Sda of
Furniture Will Ca b Force.
IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR US TO MAKE,
DURING JANUARY,
1
D
REDUCTIONS IN
Household FurnitE
RANGING FROM
5 to 25 Per Goat
TTSUALLY, after the Holiday season,
there are odds and ends left over
which we do not care to carry over, and
consequently these prices are the ones which
come; in for the greatest slash in price.
Our January Clearance Said mskes It vcrth
your while to buy Furniture even if ycu zrs
P not at present ia need of it, V
k:
BUY FOR FUTURE USE
"GET IT AT JENNINGS"
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THE HOUSEFUraC?
1 72-1 74 YtR&Ul Street. The I'i lii fnm Fsar-J-. t
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