Union-Gazette. FRIDAY, DEC. 22,. 1893. New Kid Gloves Nearly 800 pairs of new kid gloves for ladies; just added to our stock. Our lines at $1 00, $1 25 and $1 50 are very strong. We have also a fine assort ment of colors at $1 75, and black at $2 00; two clasp with self, black and contrast stitching. ' Plaid Skirts - Another lot just placed on sale. A line at $8 00 and another at $5 00 are ex ceptionally neat and good value , Golf CAPES AND JACKETS This department plete than ever, show the stock. is now nearer com- ... We would like - to S, ,E Young & Son. Albany, Oregon. LOCAL NEWS. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peterson, at Inavale, December The party given by Young Americas at the Firemen's hall Saturday night was attended by forty coo pies. . j ' ' " Deputy Head Counsel Cat. Thrasher, instituted a lodge of Modern Woodmen at Suver, Saturday. ; There -are 31 names on the' roll of the new lodge. ' Sunday school Christmas entertain ment at Barrtist chiirchSatrirday 7 :30 . - M itl j T' 3 JJ. Ul, . xwu vii i ie wiiiia soiujuud uu uviuo ' Day. A cordial invitation to all . A farmers Institute was opened at Gresham, Oregon, Monday. ; Dr. Withy combe delivered the opening address. Professors Fulton and Kent each had f -j: ' wpiua iw uiauuaoiuii. . - The cantata given by the Juniors of thn P.hriutian rlinmh Tiipsdav eveninc was greeted by a crowded house. Many words of commendation . have been spoken by those who witnessed it Mr, Jasper Haydeu was in from Alsea on a business trip- this week. Mr. Hay den is one of the sturdy pioneers of that section, having been born there 42 years ago, although he doesn't look a day over 85.- : ' ;.-, V ' The annual fair and chicken-pie dinner given by the ladies of the Presbyterian church at the Opera house last Saturday evening was a success in every particular. The gross receipts of the evening ; were about $150. .;;. .. Clem Hodes has again displayed his talent for novel ideas in window dressing. The show window of A. Hodes store,,rep resenting Santa Claus' home has attract ed the attention of crowds of paasersby this week. ': Mrs. S.jX. Wilkins, and son, Hallie returned home from Prineville, last week Owing to lack of railroads in that section the trip from Prineville to Wasco, a dis tance of one hundred miles, was made t. . : uy private cuuvejuiicci The Salvation Army Is to celebrate Christmas on Saturday evening, Decem ber 23. An approprate program' will be rendered, at the close of tke service the presents on the tree will be distributed. On Sunday evening will be the farewell meeting of Lieut. Dodd. The public are cordially invited to attend all the ser vices. ' ' ; - -. - A writer in-last Sundays Oregonian, discussing matters pertinent to the Ore iron intercollegiate football league, says ef the OAO team : OACfought five bat tles, two'of which it lost. In compari son with the records of the other state colleges, OAU is perhaps second to U of O., altuough Willamette would crowd closely for that position . Mr. J. E. Farmer has replaced A. S. Pence as station agent at the Southern Pacidc depot, this city. Mr. Pence and family left for their new home at Kiddle, Saturday. Mr. Farmer stands higher in the seniority list than ;Mr. Pence and he was promoted from. Oakland to Cor vallis. He has for his assistant Ole Olesou, who served id this capacity for Avant. Panpo. Mr. Fnrmrtr And familv will occupy rooms in the depot building. Eighteen elders of the Mormon church met in Salem in annual convention, Sunday. Eleven of the number came from various parts of Eastern Uregon and Idaho, and the remaining seven: from Marion, Linn and Clackamas counties. Oscar A. Johannson in his address said, in substance, the Mormon doctrine was meritorious in that it eradicated super Btiiion and permitted its believers to live according to the gospel of Christ and exercise the mind and will which the Creator had granted them. Forty four elders, all residents ef Utah : are now stationed in. Oregen. ' Mr. Rosa Nicholas, who is engaged in the insurance and commission business in Portland with T. E. Wilson, , formerly of this city, came np to Corvallis, Sat urday. Speaking of the McDaniel mur der case, Mr. Nicholas said it was sur prising how little interest was manifested by the people of Portland in this impor tant trial. The general belief seemed to be, among these who had given attention to the trial, that the evidence had' not been sufficient to convict the accused of the murder of Claire Fitch. Dennis Stov made his debut in the lecture field at Eugene last week. Speak ing of his maiden effort, the Register of that city, says: The preliminery re marks were made by G. W. Kinsey, P. C, who introduced Mr. Stovall to the audience. Mr. gtoyaU ia an eloquent and. forceful speaker, and set forth the advantages of Fraternalism in an able and convincing manner. ' During the coarse of his remarks he related many amusing incidents and pleasing reminis cences, waking altogether a very enjoy able entertainment for those who attended. . - ; ?; , A quiet wedding, the announcement o. which is going to surprise the many friends of the groom, was performed at Dallas, Saturday. So slyly was the mat ter gone about, (h.at ony an alert pew papef man wpuld suspect It- The groom was H. M. Bratsk, the popular host' of the Occidental, and his bride was Mrs. Ella Shenefield, of Dallas. The ceremo ny was performed by Rev. Riggs of the Christian church. Mr. and Mrs. Brunk arrived in Corvallis, Monday, and quiet y began their matrimonial voyage, Mr. an 4 Mrs. Jake Hulbnrt returned home this week from their honeymoon trip to Weiser, Idaho. Attorney W. E. Yates has been trans acting legal business in Portland this week. He is expected home today. No less than five weddings in which Corvallis parties are directly Interested are scheduled for the coming week. The Ladies Coffee Club will give party on the evening of December 29th at their hall, to which all members of the club, together with their husbands and families are invited. ' : The Oregon State Board of Agriculture has invited Dr. James , Withycombe, vice director of the experiment , station of the O.A.C. to act with the board in arranging for the next state fair. J. B. Irvine, while splitting a tough stick, last Friday, absent mindedlv whacked his thumb. Ia consequence whereof, lie has been walking the floor nights with the affected member. . The executive committee of the inter collegiate Oratorical Association held a business meeting at Pacific University. Saturday, and selected Monmouth as the place for the next oratorital contest. J. F. Yates purchased the house and lots opposite the court bouse, known as the Kelsey property, from Sol King last Monday, he having filed a sheriff's deed the same day. The deed is in the name of Mrs. Lacy Yates, and the considera tion named is $1,000. Supreme Organizer Ronald, . of the order of Knights of Pythias, was in Cor vallis this week and instituted a section of the endowment rank in Valley Lodge, No 11.- This is the insurance feature of the order, and it is said that there is none better in existence. . . Raspberries blooming and bearing in December, how's that for climate? Last Monday we were shown a branch taken from a raspberry bush on Walter Kisor's place on Woods Creek, which not only had blossoms upon it, bat some tempting looking berries as well. Judge W. L. Wells, of Polk coautyr was in tne city Tuesday. His purpose was to inspect the furniture and -fittings of Benton's court house, that he . might be guided thereby in the selection of these articles in equiping the new court; house recently completed in his county. : The Oregon State Teachers Association meets in Salem the 27th, 28th and 29th of this month, and the ' county superin tendents will convene at the same time, The names of Superintendent Denman and Professor Horner appear on the program. . . ,., . . .. . You remember t he wonderful Lion Bass, whose voice is like the sound of a monster church bell, he will appear with the Nashville Students, at their concert at the opera house.- The celebrated so prano known as. the "Colored Mocking Bird" will appear with the Nashville S tudents in their concert. . The Nashville Students will give you "A Taste of the Old Times," in their entertainment next Tuesday. They will tell you all about "Noab'a ".Old Ark ;" 'Camp meeting in Promised. Land;" all about "Trouble In De Land V and will petition that "Peter, Go Ring Them Bells." Get your tickets early and be on hand. 1 - District No. 8 with Mr. John Van Gross as teacher won the Banner of Attendance for the month closing Dec. 10. Tnis is the second lime that his school has won the'banner for this Fall. Disk No. 50, with Miss Louise Leunber- ger as teacher, came second in the con test. There being no school in Dist. No. 8, district No 50 was given the banner. A new regulation for cancelling inter nal revenue stamps, when attached to documents requiring the same, has been promulgated by the United States treas ury department and went into effect Friday morning. ' It consists of catting three parellel lines nearly the entire length of the stamps and through the documents to which they are attached, after the same have been properly af fixed and cancelled with the? date and the necessary initials. Clerk Walters had occasion to comply with the new regulation for the first time, Monday. - - We again have the pleasure of offering the name of another gentleman of the east who has his eyes turned westward. Mr. E. L. Wroten, agent for the C. B. A Q. R. R., at Tampico, I1L, sent in his subscription for the Union-Gazette, and says : "I am tninking some ot retiring from railroad business, go west and en gage in agriculture or fruit raising. I don't know of a better way to get posted on your part of the state than by sub scribing for a good, live, wide-awake newspaper that publishes the local news. I believe that Oregon is the place ef my choice, by what I have learned from peo ple who have been there, especially from those who hare been in the Willamette valley." . Readers of this paper have been made aware' of the law and its conditions passed by the last session of the legisla ture requiring every - voter who would casta ballot at the " next election, to register. " County Clerk Wattera informs us that he received the supplies for this purpose last 'Monday and will be pre pared to begin registration after January 1st. The law. provides that voters may register between the dates of January 1st and May 15th, but January 1st of 1900 will be New Years day, and therefore a legal holiday and no registering will be done. There are 1900 voters in this county. There are actually 135 , days from January 1st to May 15th, inclusive. Dropping Sundays and legal holidays, voters will have 114 days to comply with the law, and the average for each day will be 16 registrations., t ' The second . game of the Philomath Plymouth series was to have been played at Philomath, Saturday, but the pig- skinera from that city refused to meet their former successful rivals. A num ber of students from the O.A.C. went out to see a game and rather than be disappointed they made np a team to meet Plymouth. When time wa called at the end of the second half,-the. score stood.CaJlesP U ; P4ym.au.th q. Long, of the latter team, who will attend O.A.C. next season.gives promise of becoming an excellent player. All rules were thrown aside in the contest and it was any thing to get there, the college boys surrender ing the ball if they failed to make five yards each down. The best of feeling prevailed, and it is said to have been more fun than a circ of. Regular services at the . United Evan-J gelical church Sunday morning and eve ning. A cordial invitation to all.' ' The Sunday School of the United Ev angelical church will give a Christmas entertainment at the church on Christ mas night . 'T ' Revival services continue at the United Evangelical church with increasing in terest. These meetings will continue during the coming week. . . Earle and Anita Harkia, little , grand children- o Mrs. Greffos, will return home Saturday, on a Christmas visit They have been attending Piovidence Academy Vancouver, Wash. Corvallis Grange No. 242, will hold meeting at- the - usual . place next Satur day at 1 &0 p. m., at which time officers will be elected for the ensuing year. All members are earnestly invited to be presets t '' The attention of voters is directed to the call of President Lake for a Repub lican Club meeting, Saturday, December 30th. : Lists - can be fouud at the Union Gazette office S. L. Klines, Carrier sons, J. H. Wilson's office, O. V. Hurt, L- W. Oreni aud , W. G. Lane, and all desirous of becoming members of the club should sign immediately. Christmas exercises at the Presbyterian cshurch next Saturday evening at 7 o'clock prompt Santa Claus will arrive on time, A cordial welcome to all. Those wishing to pat gilts on the Christmas tree are requested lo bring them to the church Saturday morning byjll o'clock. , Christ mas services next Sunday, most excel lent " music" by the chorus choir. Christmas praise service in the evening. They need no preBS notices to add to their far famed reputation. , . They have appeared in nearly all the cities of both the East and West,- and always go from place to place followed by the most com plimentary notices and feelings. Those who are seeking an evenings . enjoyment cannot find it any place as they would by listening to the Southern melodies and plantation songs as rendered by the in asu vine Students. 1 hey will appear at the Opera house - next JTuesday eve ning. . ; Chemist G. W. Shaw, of the Oregon Experiment ' Station,, has just .issued a bulletia on "Sugar Beet Experiments of of 1898, and Final Conclusions.." The results of this series of experiments liy Professor Shaw to determine the adapt ability of this state in its several sections to the sugar beet, show that Oregon is one of the most promising localities in the country for successful, beet culture, this conclusion bein 4 indorsed by H. W. Wiley, chief chemist, U. S. Department of Agriculture. A Thrifty Farmer. The Polk County Itemizer has the following very complimentary : things to say concerning the .. brother of Mine Host Brunk. of the Occidental hotel this city, and his thrifty methods' of farming : 4 "T. W. Brank's home near Eola is pleasantly situated at the cross roads, between independence and the Oak Grove country and Salem and Dallas. It was the old home of his pioneer par ents, he having bought the interests of his brothers and sisters. It " consists of over 500 acres and he is one of the pro gressive farmers. He takes great pride in his stock. His Cotswold sheep - are the finest in Oregon, being from regis tered stock with written pedigree for the last 300 years. His entire flock averaged 15 pounds of wool to the bead, one ewe shearing 25 pounds. , He has Just received a fine lamb that took six state fair preminms being exhibited in seven. different states this fall. He has been very lucky about anything bothering his sheep, a Winchester rifle and his fine hounds protecting the flock, which he visits 'every day. His Poland China hogs are the best that cau be produced. ' They are the .black ones with white points and are registered. He is constantly in troducing new blood, having imported a pair this fall. His cattle and horses are good grrded stock, they not being raised for sale. ' His Wife is. a great lover and1 cultivator of flowers. -They have an in teresting family of three little boys. He employs several men the year around and raises lots of grain." Mew Janitor Appointed. Mr. Charles Barnhart, who ' was a p pointed janitor at the court, house by Judge Hufford and has for two years faithfully and satisfactorily, performed the duties of that position, - was dropped from the county- payroll by the court this week, and W. G. Lane appointed in his stead. - :- , The reason given by the court for the change is thus stated on the records: "It appearing to the court that the ' pre sent janitor, C. A. Barnhart, has now established a basiness or store on Main street in Corvallis, which appears to make it necessary for him to be absent from the court house a part of his time, it ia therefore ordered that on Monday, January 1st, 1900, in the morning of said day, said office become vacant." From which it will be gathered that a man having ho ether business was de sired by tho court. Mr. Lane ia eminent ly fitted for "the position and no douit will give satisfaction. . V No complaint was made that Mr. Barnr hart had in any manner neglected hisN duties and every officer in the building was his staunch Biipporter, but the civil service law does not extend' to cases of this kind and the court is its own judge of whom shall fill the position. : Weatherf ord-Hornins The wedding of Mr. Rialto L. erford .aud Miss . Erma Edna . was solemnized at the bride's hoil tbis city, Monday morning at The ceremony was performs Rev. P. S. Knight in the presence mediate relatives of the contracting ties. , Mr. and Mrs. .Weatherf the same morning for Harrisburg they will make their future home. . The groom ls-Jhe son of Atf Weatherford, of Albany, aad is esteemed, in that city which hasJ home since childhood. , The no iptroduction here. qualities and grace of ma for her the respect aud. i w no nave seen net growl in the community."' . De Witt's- Littt Ea the blood, clean .thej system. Famous 1 patien and liver. Wells. TIIEV SERVED NOTICE. THE COLLEGE COMMITTEE AB ROGATES ITS AGREEMENT. 3" Work on Jefferson Postponed Until Street Sewer Weather Is More Favorable Resolved, That the common council of the city of Corvallis, Oregon, deem it to the best interest of the city to discon tinue the work on Jefferson street sewer until such time as can be mutually agreed upon by the street committees and the contractors, Smyth, Howard & Stevenson, bat not later than .May 15, 1900, weather permitting. Said . con tractors, when notified,' shall proceed at once and shall complete said sewer with n forty working days . thereafter. Be it further . ..., Resolved, That in view of the fact, that the said city of Corvallis, Oregon, is now and has for a month been using the Van Buren street sewer, the contractors Smyth, Howard & Stevenson, be paid the balance due on the original contract price for said sewer, . together with ex tras, except the draputed claim of one hundred feet of eighteen-inch, pipe, ex cavation and., bank tilling thereof; pro viding said contractors, Smyth, Howard & Stevenson, pay into the treasury of said city of Corvallis, " Oregon, s an amount equal to the interest accruing few- eight months on balance of said contract price. , In consideration of above, settle ment, the contractors, Smyth, Howard & Stevenson, be required to farther secure, the city of Corvallis, Oregon, for the faithful performance of their contract to complete Jefferson street sewer, by giv ing to the city of Corvallis, Oregon, bond in trust of all materials, consisting of terracotta pipe, sand, gravel, cement and iron castings now distributed along Jefferson street and Btored within the incorporate limits of said city. ( The matter -relative to the disputed one hundred feet of sewer on Van Buren street to be taken np for settlement upon completion of their entire contract with the city of Corvallis, Oregon, This was the resolution offered to the council at its adjourned meeting Monday evening and it was unanimously adopted,' all coancilmen except Avery being pres ent. ; - The committee appointed by. the coun cil last week to investigate the advisa bility of , postponement, reported that they had not yet arrived at a conclusion Councilman Hays introduced the above resolution which, met the approval of all present. ' The desire to postpone action for ' the present was not inspired by the con tractors, but done by the council in the city's interest As stated in the resolution, the Van Buren street sewer has been completed and in use for over a month, and $724.50 was strll due on it. The contractors agreed that the interest od this sum for ighf months amonnting to $29, should be deducted if payment was made now. They have been given a warrant for $695.50 cents, and even if theJeuerson street sewer is not completed for eight months .the city is oat "nothing. ' The fall amount paid for the Van Buren street sewer was $4,687.90. .. Eighty-five per cent of the amount due on the Jefferson street sewer has been paid, fifteen - per cent being held to secure the ..city ' against, emergencies. There are six blocks of this ' sewer to be completed before it will connect with the college sewer, which is completed. B. Irvine, who with John D. Daly rep resents the board of regents of the JAC on the joint sewer committee, was pres- sent and ' spoke feelingly of the city's duty to the college in the matter in hand; He gave notice , that if the resolution was adopted, tne college wouia witn drav. her mite of $1,500 toward paying for the Jefferson street sewer. .-.This statement was 'not made as a. threat, and if any councilman -considered it such, he seemed to see no terror in it. Why - the college committee abrogates its agreement because of thi 'postpone ment does not seem to .be in .evidence In the first place such . action would be ungrateful for it is generally .understood, that the city incurred the' expense of the Jefferson street eewer more -for the accommodation of the'cellege than any thing else, and the $1,500 will not more than half pay for the. college's portion of It cannot he that, the - college com mittee fears .the loss of interest on its money, for the funds to be used for this purpose are set aside, and' could be used for no other purpose if the sewer was. not built for ten years. : " ' ' The resolution, it will be noted, re quires mat , tDa work on uus sewer do completed within forty days from May. I 1st, , it bejxg provided, however, that work may be commenced at any time j that may prove desirable. The original contract did not require the sewer to be finished before February 16th,'and if the work is not completed before Julv 1st, which is far from probable, no , one is materially damaged. - - , - Should the city refuse to permit the college to connect with the Jefferson street sewer, that institution would have no other' recourse than to construct an outlet of its own at an expense of sev eral thousand dollars. V ,i '. Of course, Mr. Irvine waa.' imPffi king, for the A CXSEiOf BLACKMAIL , Governor Cfber afce Notice of Bier's Charges. .The blackmailing charges against Gov ernor Geer, tarted by a renegade sheet of Salem and fostered and enlarged upon by the yellow press of the state; have at last goaded that executive into 110 tice of them. He has. done this in'a letter to P8'101 Uniony4n which he says: '" ." t . ,v "Your urgent request in a recent is sue of the Scou for a Word from me re garding the alleged Receipt' for' the sale of an office, under this administration, has reached me, and, coming as it does, from my boyhood. Jhome,'! where my friends are not nearly limited by political lines, has persuaded me to change my mind and do what '.public men cannot and do not often do that is take notice of calumnies that few of them ever escape." In positive, unequivocal language, Gov ernor Geer brands the story as absolute ly false, and plunge Mr. Plummer deeper in the mire that his own shame less allegations taa "placed about him. The letter is quite long, but says in part: .. "Most disappointed oJfieo seekers are honorable men, " who understand the difficulties of the appointing power; but there is. nothing to preveni,thjsJLo:est class of men from applying, al60, anckit is the duty of those in power to keep them out. This haff been done, hence the bogus' receipt' and vigorous" squeal 11 the man Who fixes but. own place in the public, estimation by. parading him self as a briber, in order, to injure the man who protected the public service bv keeping hint -out, was in the office, then the public : might well be "concerned . But a perfectly .honest and competent man is superintendent of the peniten tiary. - - ; .- . J ' If there is a man in the state of Ore gon who believes that I have been knave enough to-sell my ambition, my self re spect and the good name of myself and children, and stupid enough to sign my name to a bill of sale, and fool enough, having signed the contract and received the money, to not make the appoint ment, as the only means of covering op such a transaction, or idiot enough to re turn the money, without getting back the bill of sale, . these lines are not writ- tea for him, for Jhis opinion, is wholly without value. -1 do' not expect the political support of those who differ from me on political, questions, but I do crave and prize above all. else, the respect and esteem of all classes of my fellow citi zens. I have been very careful as to fitness of every man appointed to office under this administration, but I trust I am not to be held responsible for some I have kept out" , HAVE BEEN REMOVED. Commissioner Bnckanan Has Relieved . . the Long Tom of Its Bridges. The county court has . ordered - the bridges, or a part thereof, - spanning the Long Tom river - removed. This was done at a meeting of the commissioners court held last Monday for the considera tion ot this matter. A petition signed by E. H. Belknap and 53 others residing in the vicinity ef the Bandy and Liver pool bridges, was presented, asking that the bridges be . immediately removed. The commissioners were informed that by reason of hopes inspired in the breasts of Monroeitea that the Long Tom was to be made a navigable highway, much freight and produce had accumulated to be shipped over this stream. ' Commu nications from the engineers office at Portland made it appear .that these offi cials believed the stream navigable and that proceedings have been started by them for the removal of the bridges.; The court was, satisfied that the best interests of that portion of the county in the neighborhood of Long Tom would be subserved if the stream Can be navigated. and the request of the engineers tore- move the bridges : was equivalent to an order, therefore, Commissioner Buchan an was appointed to take to his assist ance such help as is necessary . and pro ceed at .once to remove .the main span of these bringes, saving as much as practi cal for future use.'' ' Capt, Langfitt informed the court that it was impossible for the snagboat Math loma, whose services were tendered the court, to reach the bridges at the present stage of water, so her help had to be dis pensed with, :. ..-, . . -.'a . Commissioner Buchanan has had th9 spans removed, ana notmng now pre vents the navigation of the stream ex cept lack of water. The court has ad vertised for bids for a draw bridge at Bandy's, and while waiting fer this to be constructed it is probable that a tempo rary ferry will be placed in operation at that point ; " Has Not Sold. The announcement that Mr, . J. H. Harris has disposed of Lis merchantile establishment to Mr. Jacobson, of Fort land, last Friday, was altogether prema ture .The . Uniom-Gazkttb was aware that such a move was in contemplation rand that Jacobson had been negotiating with other business men for the eame purpose,: but. it .preferred to wait until deal had been consummated before riving it to the public. ' ' . pMOtaiMa Z3a.iLdoan&tmJi. IT IS Dr. Newtb Makes j --.VoHey Will 'Kings Vajley haiv county focused upoa ipotf ifrtf' letters and rumors 1 given theimpre)Hu mm. - . 1 s .... that there is needW heroicmethoasttr& restt At the meeting of the coin ruis- filpnersrcourt,Mondaj', Sheriff Rickard was! orderedjto' investigate these reports and ill infectious disease was found to take such. S steps as in his judgment were necessary to prevent its further spread.' Sheriff Rickard engaged the services ' of Newth, of Philomath, ; and that cian left Tuesday for the valley to make investigation. The city council has directed the health officers of the city to take cognizance of Dr. Newth's report and if necessary take steps to-quarantme --Corvallis against citizens of. King Valley while there is' danger of infectipnv ' ' "- ' . Later. Dr. Newth has reported the. result of his investigation to Sheriff Rickard. He has found ten . cases of small-pox of very mild form in 'the val ley, all of them well along oh the road recovery except members of the family of William Troxel. - The doctor consider .their condition Litotes that they are worst Stage ot Hie-flisj ard has rSjtifisdtTJei o Kings Valley, to tine that section. ' It disease was brought hood by a logger who up on the Saatiam Had ReTat News has been rece the death of Mrs.. Li1 Treasurer Thos. E. L December 8th. Mrs. L ol "V7. E. and J. Fred Ya1 and a woman of much proa.- state in which she lived. In ment of her death, the Arkai crat says: ' "Mrs. Little was beloved by knew her. . She was a broad, minded woman, full of love and good will for humanity. She was "an affeTi- tionate wife, and devoted, mother? Her loss : will' be keenly felt. She was 51 years old and leaves; her husband,' one daughter, her mother, Mrs. Yates; four brothers, Dr; Yates of Fayetteville, Mr. James' Yates of this city, and two at Booneville, ' and one sister, .Mrs. RB, Morrow, immediate relatives, to mourn her. death. . She was married in 1871 to Hon. Thos. E. Xittle, and no home was happier or more complete than theirs Their daughter, Miss Mamie, is the only surviving child." Philomath Enterprise. Philomath is to have a new school house. At a meeting of the enterpnsing citizens of that district last Monday an aye and nay vote was taken on the propo sition and only five voted against it. The structure is to cost $3,000 and it will contain five or six rooms and will be equipped with all the modern conven iences. A tax will be levied to raise $1,000 and bonds sold to cover the other $2,000. A fine site for the new structure has been selected where it may be seen from all parts of the city, and work will com mence as soon as the weather will permit in the spring. Mrs. Abner Wood. The death of Mary A., Wood, occurred at her home ia Blodgett last bunday, She had been a sufferer from liver trou bles lor months, and although conscious that her ailment was incurable, she bore it with patience and fortitude. 'Mary A. Wood was born February 24 1854. She was united itf marriage with J: A. Wood. February 28, 1872, and two sons, S. ; R aud '.George W., were the fruit of this union. ' Besides her husband and these two sons, other surviving rela tives are, three sisters, Mrs. -Joseph Emr erick and Mrs. Scott King,- of Corvallis, and Mrs. Lizzie- Gibson of Pendleton; and two brothers Clark. Hurhdon of Fossil, Oregon, and . William Hurndon of Dayton, Washington. . - Fruit Growers' Convention In accordance with a resolution adopt ed by the fruit-growers convention held at Corvallis last winter.1 the Oregon Ag ricultural College has issueHraU for a froit growers' convention to be held at that place, January 31 and Februrary 1 and 2, 1900. . '.:;- Prof. Lake announces that it is pro posed to conduct the coming convention upon much the same lines as the -one held last winter, he program will be announced when completed.- The mem bers of the State Board of Horticulture will be present- at the convention, and the State Horticultural Society will hold its annual meeting in . connection with the convention,' - - - " : . . Real Estate Transfers. ' . George W. Henkle to Eliza Starr 2 lota near carriage factory $500. , . Huldah Brown' to A. R. Brown 84 acres 6 miles S. W. of Corvallis $1680, - :-J John Kelsey (by sheriff) to Sol King.2 lota in block 23 $689. : - W. W. Dow and wife to George H. .; Dow 163 acres 12 miles S. of CoryaUis 1 Dr.fN physi-f i danp r tl i Svnd wUe to Lucy G. Yates 2 Q-. - s. ' ' ' . A to I 3 ) i.; . , .. ... aTZ ' : T" ' ; ' - '" ; : ; DoLife, from ic to' $5 V ; - J fylji :-7, " Handkerchief Cases .. - U 8 - -; ' .'l Collar and Cuff Boxes . " I i 111 - . .. . I "1. 1 - MinmirA Cats BS "A , . -r Everything for Chnstmas ' 'ft m m ' ' - ' ' ' - -.? m "mm . - " ' ' I Hodes Headquarters OPENING WEEK AT The ': . , COMMENCING : : MONE) AY, , NOV. 27th, ; Holiday. Goods in endless variety. Come and visit our :' : ' " See the beautiful line and latest pattern. ' Elegant display of ART NEEDLE WORK j r-.- Fancy 'Pillows, Etc. ' -.' ' '- on't fail to come and see the display whether you wish to purchas or not ;; - Very Respectfully,' , . - The C. A BARNHART, Manager., ; -" An entirely new enterprise just opened in the JZierolf block op-.. . . ... .. posite the Postoffice. PAINTS, 0ILS BRUSHES, GLASS, PITTY ;' '-A specialty will be made of all. kinds of ammunition. : Shells ... . . reloaded and sporteman'e goods of all kinds kept in stock. . C. A. BARNHART. , Ct, Jt.t- -A A Jt- A- TRY .... '"'' 4 r FOR i & Hall's Bakery for Santa Clans. ' Arcade ,HV. p. lafferty. aiii Store JSrJlrT. A . A: AAA -:.'.... - .L.