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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1900)
THE CORVALLIS BHETfE TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1900. Ladies' Silk Waists Good ship. material. New Stvles. Good worknian $7 to $10 each. I v Underskirts Mercenized cotton. Looks !ike silk. Wears as well as silk. Pop ular colors. $1.50 to $2.25 each Taffeline For fine skirt linings and for shirt waits. Twelve shade. 50 cents per yard. S, B Young & Son, Albany, Oregon. LOCAL NEWS. The 24th of May is the ''Queen's Birthday." Mrs, G. A. Waggoner has been vis ting relatives in Albany. Mr. Jack Thomas is now on the reportorial staff of the Times. The G. A. R. enjoyed a social evening Saturday in the Fisher ball. Mr. Conn, of Albany, spent Sun day with his brother-in-law, Robt. Huston. Ben Felger has been appointed census enumerator for Wren and adjoining precincts. of Born, to the wife of C. E. Collins, in Albany, May 18, a son. Born, to the wife of I. D. Pitt man, Saturday, May I9tb, a son. Win. Baker has been quite sick f jr the past two weeks with grippe, but is slightly improved at present. A few of the members of the old T. C. club met in the Burnett j hall Friday night and enjoyed a few ! hours social dance. Don't forget that the total eclipse of the sun occurs on the 23th inst. This is the date; when you see it in the Gazette, its true. Fred Edwards, and other repre sentatives of the U. of O , were in terested spectators at the local field meet of the O. A. C. Saturday. SATURDAY'S HELD ftlEET. The Orange will bs Represented by on Unusually Strong Team. The City Election. The commencement exercises the Coralh's public schools will take place June 8th, when a fine program will be rendered. A number of citizens spent Sun day in the foothills west of Corv.il lis in quest of wild strawberries. In some instances large quantities were obtained. Several hundred people attended the picnic held at the old Bellfoun tain camp grounds Saturday. A good many Corvallisites attended and they all report a most enjoya ble time. Mrs. A. P. Gaines, formerly of this city, but now of Vancouver, Wash., is quite ill at Jefferson, Or., where she was recently called to at tend the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Looney. W. O. Heckart of this city was a bidder for the contract of remodel ing the Roseburg school house, his offer being for $5,490. The con tract was let to John Hunter, whose bid was for $4,489. There will be a union school pic nic at Brown s bridge, a quarter of a mile south of Plymouth church, Saturday, June 9th. Addresses will be made by Prof. J. M. Mar ti ndale, uf Albany, and E. L. Bryan. In a letter to his family, Taylor Porter states that be is employed at bridge construction on the rail r ad now being built through the Grass Valley region, not far from Shaniko. Mr. Porter went away in rather poor health, but reports that be is feiling quite well at pres ent. The Kline ball tea n from this city went to Independence, Sundaj', and crossed bats with the nine of that place. Notwithstanding the fact that some of the Corvallis players had not seen a ball for years, the home team left the field with 29 runs to their credit, while Inde pendence could only muster 16. The steel wagon bridge across the Willamette at Albany has been repaired through the generosity of Messrs. Gains & Hogue,, of the Magnolia Mills. The work was done at t'neir own expense to ac commodate their customers who live in Benton county. It will be remembered that the city of Al bany and the county of Linn re cently disclaimed ownership ot this structure and refused to repair it. It was therefore condemned. It is said the bridge is now in fair con dition for summer travel. The question of protecting the bicycle paths is one of great import ance to many of our local wheel men. Why not do as they do in California? In some localities in that state the committee on paths have seen fit to protect them by placing posts in the ground, at short distances apart, and at inter1 vals of some 250 yards there are Bign boards on which advertise ments are placed. The idea is to charge a rental to advertisers for the use of these boards, thereby gaining assistance for the protec tion of paths. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. B. Helm, of Justin, lexas, are in tne city on a visit with old Linn county friends, and are the guests of Mrs. Hughes. They left Albany about thirty years ago for Texas, where they have since resided. They were pioneei residents of this county. Mr. Helm was a brother of Geo. R. Helm, the lion of Linn, one of the valley's best lawyers, who died many years ago, his wife aftewards residing for many years in Corvallis, where she was postmistress for four years, now be ing in Weatherford, Texas, where her son Lawrence was recently mar ried. She will return to the valley in a short time to reside. Albany Democrat. Born, May 21st, to the wife of Jr.mes Horning of this city, a daughter. Jim smiled like the "man in the moon" when telling his reason for 'reating to cigars. Hon. M. L. Pipes, formerly of this city, and one of the most fluent and forcible rpol itical speakers of the state, is billed for a number of addresses in The Dalles and vicin ity. D. C. Rose found that on account of his business it was to his inter est to again take up his residence in the city. He moved his house i;old effects in from his country place last week. T. W. Dilley, Geo. Bigham and other members of the Modern Woodmen of this city, rode ovsr to Peoria on their wheels Saturday evening to attend an initiation of new members at that place. J. C. Taylor, who recently suffer ed a surgical operation at the hands of Drs. Pernot and Cithey, in whhh the sub-maxillary gland of the left jaw was removed, is report ed to be recovering from the shock as rapidly as could be expected. 1 lie Jiates .Dramatic Company, which has been playing different towns of the valley lately, seems, from all accounts, to have been the happy recipient of numerous eggs, presented one after the other to ward the close of the performance. Johnny Armstrong in a recent letter to relatives in this city, states that ho is at present working in the mines at Gem, Idaho, and is mak ing -12.30 above expenses. Man' friends of Johnny will be pleased to hear that be is doing well. His wife is residing in Salem at present. It is estimated that there are 1000 acres of flax that will be har vested in Linn county this year. The greater part of the flax culti vated in Linn is located on the forks of the Santiam and the imme diate v.cinity of Scio. The seed when harvested is worth about $1 per bushel and the fibre is used in the manufacture of grain sacks, burlap, etc. Tiie relatives and friends of Harry Rogers are becoming anxious about him. When last heard from he w; s employed in the government printing office at Manila, and his health was not very good. Letters sent to him from this city, by rela tives, last December have been re turned, and his people do not know What to make of his silence, and whether he is alive or not is caus ing much anxiety. It is not claiming too much to say that the O. A. C. will be repre sented at Salem, June 2nd by the strongest aggregation of athletes she has ever sent to a field meet. .Buineit, Stimpson, Huffman, Col vig and Elgin were all first-place winner in I89, when O. A. C. made more points than all other colleges combined, and besides the3e crack men Redd, Palmer and Scott, than whom there are no better in the state, will battle for the orange. Trainer McLeod has studied every man on the team and he knows where each man is strongest. O. A. C. will give them the best she has on field day, and that will be sufficient to win. No doubt is felt concerning this, after the showing made Saturday. The weather was ideal, and the crowd enthusiastic. Colvig was suffering from a slight injury to his leg, and did not ap pear, uurnougn was the only man to handle the weights. His throw of 120 feet 6 inches with the ham mer is remarkable for a new man. Cathey did not enter the broad jump and Scott only extended him self sufficiently to win this event. Some line can be drawn on Eu gene's team from the showing made by them in the games with Wash ington university last Saturday. U.of O-fell below what was ex pected of her and Eugene won by a score of G2 to CO. Aside from Smith's throw of 127 feet with the hammer and the fast time of 17 seconds made over the high hurdles there is nothing in the records made to alarm a high school. U. of O. will undoubtedly make a mag nificent struggle at Salem, br she always d.-.es, but O. A. C's star is in the ascendency. Following is the result at the local field meet last Saturday: Broad jump Scott, firsf; Ham ilton, second; distance, 18 feet 9 inches. Half-mile run Burnett, first; Harding, second; time, 2:10. 100-yard dash Woodcock, first; Hamilton, second; time, 0:10 4-5. 440-yard dash Redd; time. 0:56. Mile walk Huffman, first; Zerch er, second; time, 8:31. 220-yard- hurdle Palmer, first; Burnett, second; time, 0:29. Mile run Stimpson, first; Ward, second; time, 5:12 1-5. 220-yard dash Burnett, Butcher, second; time, 0:25. 120-yard hurdle Palmer, 17 1-5. High jump Burnougb, Riddle, second; height 5 inches. Hammer throw Burnougb; dis tance. 1 20 feet 6 inches. Redd ran against time in the quar ter mile, as did Palmer in the high hurdles. Never-in the history of Cor vallis has a city election passed off more quietly than did the voting for municipal officers yes terday. Even the question of voting for or against bonds aroused no interest, and little or 110 electioneering was done. This was quite in contrast with the city election of a year ago, when in some instances the fight was bitter and personal. So satisfactory has been the record of Police Judge Greffcz, that he has appeared lor the sec ond time for this office without opposition. Wm. McLagan had no opponent for the office of treasurer and these two efficient officers will serve the city anoth er term at. least. For councilmen, P. Ayery was elected in the first ward ; W. O. Heckart in the second ward, and W. J. Wilbanks, in the third ward. The only contest was for the office of Chief of Police, J. J. Flett, W. J. -Howell and John C. Young being candidates. Fol lowing is the vote: For Chief of Police First ward, Flett, 60; Howell, 7, Young, 25; second ward, Flett, 68; Howell. 26; Young, 15, third ward, Flett, 83; Howell, 14 ; Young, 22. For Police Judge -E. P. Gref foz, first ward, 90; second ward, 110; third ward, 117. For City Treasurer Wm. Mc Lagan, first ward, 93; second ward, 110; third ward, 120. For Councilmen First ward, P. Averv, S6. In the second ward, W. O. Heckart, 58; Geo. W. Smith, 48. Third ward, W. J. Wilbanks, 105; S. Chipuian, 14, the latter being run to fill the vacancy caused by H. W. Hall changing his residence from the third to the second ward. There were a. few scattering votes cast in this ward for councilmen. The total vote "For Bonds" was 148; "Against Bonds," 144. BELGIAN HARE. A Brief History of tne Leporine Profit and Pleasure. Kline's A Mysterious Death. first; time, first; feet 3 Hear Fulton Tonight. The United States treasury de partment recently informed Gov. Geer that a check had been drawn in his favor, as governor of Oregon, for $4404.06, that sum being the balance due the state on account of the 5 per cent road fund. This money is 5 per cent of the net pro ceeds arising from the sales of pub lic lands within the state during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899. According to the statutes of this state, the money will be divid ed among the various counties in proportion to the number of acres of land in each county, and will be used to improve the county roads. The money was due in March, but was not available sooner. The first gun of the coining political battle will be fired at the opera house tonight. Chas. W. Fulton, one of the most forcible and popular speakers in Oregon will address the people of Benton county upon the issues of the day with special reference to their bear ing upon the present congressional campaign. Mr. Fulton is not only careful and accurate in his state ments and convincing in his argu ments, but is a fluent and enter taining talker. A cordial invita tion is extended to everyone to come and hear him. Eighth Grade Examination All persons desiring to take the eighth grade county examination will please report at the Corvallis public school, in the eighth grade room, May 24, 1900, at 9 o'clock a. m. G. W. Denmant, County School Sup't. Dated May 21, I9OO. A messenger, the young brother of Miss Bohannon, knocked at the residence of Dr. Pernot last Sunday morning at 2 o'clock and when the physician appeared, announced that his sister Miss Laura was lying dan gerously ill at the family home near Plymouth church. The young man stated that bis sister had taken il about noon Saturday. Vomiting and other symptoms gave evidence of an attack of billiousness and nothing was thought of her sick ness. Later, however, her condi tion became more serims, and it was proposed to send for a phy sician, but she did not favor the idea, saying it was unnecessary. During ihe night she continued to grow worse, acd at 2 o'clock in the morning Dr. Pernot was called. The doctor left immediately for the bedside of the sufferer, but before his arrival death had claimed her. The cause of her death is a mys- t3ry. something over a year ago she had suffered a severe Now that the Belgian hare in dustry is becoming firmly establish ed in the west, especially in Cali fornia, there is considerable curi osity excited, and n desire for in formation regarding this matter. As near as can be learned the rear ing of rabbits, began in Belgium early in the present century. The Belgian hare comes from the wild rabbits of that country, after much crossing and careful breeding. They were introduced in the United States in 188S, and have surely come to stay. Many people in the cities and on small farms keep them as pets only, but there is a com mercial side to the Leporine that seems to eclipse nearly all lines of poultry and meat when marketed. The returns are greater for the cap ital invested and the care and time of looking after the rabbits than anyone would suppose. It is said to be the cheapest in the long run to start with good stock; a doe will cost from $5 to $50, and a buck about the same, according to the pedigrees, register, etc. They will produce from six to thirteen young in a litter, but it is said that a doe should not be allowed to raise more than eight of them. At the age of two weeks they should be weaned. Six litters are all that should be allowed in a year. When there is a market, as in the larger cities the meat sells readily for from 17 to 20 cents per pound, and when it is es timated that one doe will produce 300 pounds of meat in a year, the profit will be seen to be large. V tiere there is a rabbitry ot any magnitude the cost of keeping the rabbits is placed at from 3 to 6 cents each per month. So long as they are kept in a clean, dry place, they will thrive in almost any lati tude. The pelts also have a mar ket value. From what can be learned, it will be a long time before the supply will be greater than the demand. This industry seems to hold out better inducements than the poultry business, when eggs are frcm 10 to 20 cents per dozen. But until one has proven the truth of all that is said in favor of a rab bitry, should he have a few old hens it might be a wise plan for him to keep them. A Large Purchase. I he Store Where Bar gains Greet Buyers. Kline's. The Store Where Bar gains Greet Buyers. CLOTHING. We can save you money o Clothing. LITTLE FELLOWS' SUITS With fancy vests. Age 3 to 8, $1.50, $2.05, $2.50, $4.00. YOUTH'S SUITS Age 5 to 15, $1.50, $2.00 up to $7.00. YOUNG MEN'S SUITS Age 10 to 20 years : prices, 44.00, $5 00 np to $12.50. MEN'S SUITS At bargain prices; $5.00 to $25. GUARANTEE FIT M. Sorn & Co., the great Chicago tailors. Come in and have your measure taken for a suit. 13.50 up. or Men .We ara sole agents Kline's. GLOVES We handle only the best I makes. Working Gloves, .50, .75, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50. Dresa Glove, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50. LEVI STRAUSS Cotton Pants and Overalls. Kline's. sickness and a trip east was taken to improve her health. Since her return home she has been in good spirits and has had no ailments un til this sudden illness which result ed in her taking off. Miss Bohannon was a highly re spected young lady of this county, and the sympathy of the entire community goes out fo her grief stricken people. The funeral ser vices were held at the family resi dence yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and interment occurred at Newton cemetery. Last week we published facts con cerning the new mil", now in course of erection, for the manufacture of hardwood lumber. Now comes news of the purchase of a large tract of oak timber by those inter ested in this enterprise. The pur chasers are N. Newhouse & Co. of this city, the members of the com pany being S. Whitesides and E. W. Strong. The timber is known as the Guthrie tract, comprising 500 acres, and lies three miles south of Dallas. The price was $9 per acre. A first-class lumbering plant for the manufacture of oak lumber will immediately be put up, the ca pacity of which will be 10,000 feet per day. Mr. Newhouse will be manager of the mill, while Mr. Strong will look after its business interests. This tiact is undoubt- attack of! edly the finest body of oak timber Additional Local on the coast, and is surrounded by other bodies of first-class timber, all of which will be utilized by the new mill. The plant will be ready for operation about June 10th. The Corvallis mill will be in a position to convert the lumber into all kinds of woodwork for use in the manufacture of agricultural implements. Mr. F. J. Oberer will be superintendent ot the factory now being built here. For Sale or Exchange. Ko nut for sale at Zierolf s ; more eco nomical than lard. Four lots, improved, in Avery's Add. to Corvallis, for sale; or will exchange for small stock ranch. For further par ticulars enquire of U. G. Berry, Peoria, Oregon. Wm. Corbett began operations in his brick yard pear Crystal Lake cemetery, today, with a force of eight men. The prospects are bright for a gocd run. The funeral of W. Lynn Huuter, who died at Los Angeles, May 17th, will occur at the Presbyterian church in this city tomorrow morning at 10 clock. Tho funeral services will be conducted by Dr. Thompson. Enterment will take place at Crys Lake cemetery. A point is being made of the fact that Benton county officials em ployed no extra clerks to assist in the registration of voters, and that in Linn county a man was employ ed for this purpose. The time al lotted for registration was the same in both counties, Benton has 1950 votes, Linn has 5100. Linn county has a populist clerk and it is not fair to reflect upon his record for economy. John Benson, of Mountain View, reports having recently examined his grain crop very carefully. Of the summer fallow grain he holds a very poor opinion, stating that the heads are poorly formed and under sized. The spring grain looks very well. Mr. Benson says that he judges the crop of the county by his own, to a certain extent, and has concluded that there will be quite a shortage next fall. Opened in Albany. J. A. Rotan, for 20 years a business man of Salem, has opened a furniture and undertaking establishment in the Balti more block, Albany, and invites the pub lic to call and inspect his goods. No ex tra charge for hearse where undertaking goods are purchased of them. Phone, Black, 401, Albany, Oregon. Ko-nut for pies and all pastry once used, always used ; for sale at Zierolf's. How It Happened. We do not desire to do any jockeying, and greatly prefer that intending pur chasers carefully consider the matter, but if you have any notion of a piano or organ you should be glad to buy of us such goods as we have and at such prices as we are anxious to sell them We can now give you a larger and finer selection than has ever been shown here before, and it may be many a day again before another such line drops in In fact only one car load was intended for this place to be left with Mr Lowther, while we personal ly intended to sell the other carload at another point further south But our farm work will not permit of our absence, even for a short time, so we dropped both cars close to our Polk county home Come right along and finish up the deals and there will be many happy peo ple in this neighborhood J M Wise For Sale. Clean, bright stock of Ladies' Furnish ing Goods and Fancy Goods. Address Box 415, Corvallis, Oregon. Ko-nut, the purest, sweetest, most healthful cooking material made; call for it at Zierolf's. Ko-nut a pure fat, at Zierolf's. sterilized vegetable AV. H. Mussar, Millheim, Pa., saved the life of his little girl by given her One Minute Cough Cure wheu she was dying from croup. It is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate resuits. It quickly cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, grippe, asthma and all throat and lung trouble. Graham & Wells. For Sale. A well established milk route. Must be sold by June 1st, Purchaser to take charge October 1. Address. P. O. Box 54, Corvallis, Ore. For Sale By an expert French chemist. Up-to-now commercial formulas a chance to manufacture the goods yourself. An gestura and Stonghtoa Bitters, no imi tations but the genuine. Shoe Blacking, Polish and Patent Leather Dressing; Bicycle Enamel Recipes. For the tarmer and fruit man, workers in iron, steel and other metals; painters and barbers, amateur and professional photographers ; how to make the tinted prints, green, blue and brown; pastes and glue for commercial or family use; toilet extracts, perfumes and soaps; cement for wood, metal, metal, leather, rubber. Write for my list. Geo. DeLee, 523 W. 6th St., ixis Angeles, Cal. Twenty Per Cent Off on Eggs. Eggs from Black Minorcas first priz winner heads first pen, regular price $1.50, now $1.25; second pen, now 80 cents for 13, a setting. Reduction at yards, near Cathotic cemetery. B. R. Thompson, Corvallis, Oregon. J. C. Kennedy, Roanoke, Tenn., says, I cannot say too much for De Witt's Witch Hzel Salve. One box cured what they called an Incurable nicer on my jaw." Cures all piles and skin diseases. Lok out for worthless imitations. Graham & VY ells. THERE'S PROFIT IN TRADING HERE. LADIES who wish to avoid the bother of home work, or the details of dressmaking, will be interested in our new line of dress skirts. All the fashionable fabrics of the season are included in the line, and the skirts have the fit and ' 'hang' ' af the best dress makermade. Take a look at them and you will agree with us. Prices from 45c to $6.50. "ROCERY selling in a depart ment store no longer attracts attention because of its novelity, but for the reason that the best of food products costs less there than the exclusive grocer charges. This store is easily in the lead in this respect. Our grocery de partment is appreciated by well posted buyers because it offers an opportunity to supply the family needs in this line at closest prices. Country produce taken. Whenever you find a properly organized and rightly conducted men's furnish ing stock in a dry goods store there you will find a successful one. Men no longer shun dry goods store furnishings, for they know they can get correct styles at close prices. We invite the attention of our customers to an especially fine and complete line of neckwear just opened. CJlHOE value consists in wear, style and comfort. If any of the three are lacking the foot wear is not good value. Our shoes are strictly reliable in qual ity, therefore long wearing; they are stylish, as can be seen at a glance; they are comfortable, be cause fitted by an expert. All our customers will bear out these statements. We believe this is the best place for you to buy shoes, and solicit your patronage. F. L. Miller. Every item offered below is proof of the above assertion. The quotations are only a very meagre representa tion of the values which place this store unquestionably in the lead. This store is crowded with the most com plete and comprehensive stock of dry goods we have ever shown. Every line was bought at close prices, and the goods will be passed along to our customers at the usual small margin of profit which has made this store so successful and popular. The New Spring Parasols Are Here, This store offers many attractions to economica buyers. A store that relies solely on low prices to win and hold trade is playing "a losing game." To win such success as this store is winning it is necessary that the low prices should represent goods of strictly reliable quality. Every woman in this city who is posted on dry goods, and who takes the time to compare goods and prices will admit that our values are superior. We make and hold customers by treating them right. We lead ; others follow. IF you want a stylish spring hat fnr 1 nn inst as orind n tVi tt j j. t t"v $5. 00 kind, come here. The only difference is in the absence of the name, and "what's in a name. " If you are willing to pay two dol lars for a name, buy the five dol lar hat. If you want to pay only for the hat, come here. Agent for Kingburry hats. OUR glove stock is the best patronized and most popular in this vicinity, because we make a constant effort to show a larger line, and offer better glove values than any other local dealer. It is not easy to do a satisfactory kid glove business. It requires long experience, careful buying, con scientious selling and a willing ness to be content with a small profit. We recognize all these requirements and conform to them. That's why Corvallis women can get better gloves here for the price than elsewhere. EFORE your spring g own are fitted a new corset wil be needed. That goes almost without saying, for. everyone knows that an ill-fitting or worn out corset spoils the fit of the dress. Our corset woman can help customers select the proper model one that will improve the figure. Consult her and you will be better satisfied with your cor set, and the fit of your dresses. Prices from 50c to $1.50. RECENTLY advances have taken place in all lines of cotton goods. Before the advance we stocked up with cords of do mestics shirtings, sheetings, ginghams, prints, and other cot ton goods. We are now selling these goods at just about what other merchants have to pay for them at present prices. You will find this store a good place to sup ply your needs in this line. F. L. Miller.