Corvallis gazette., July 20, 1900, Image 3

THE CORVALLIS GAZET f E,
FRIDAY. JULY 20, 1900.
Ladies' Silk Waists
Good material. Good workman
ship. New Styles. $7 to $10 eai-li.
Underskirts
Mercanized cotton. Looks like
silk. Wears as well as silk. Pop
ular colors. $1.50 to $2.23 each
Taffeline
For fine skirt linings and for shirt
waits. Twelve shade. 50 cents per
yard.
S E, Young & Son,
Albany, Oregon.
LOCAL NEWS.
Prof. J. B. Horner and Dr. Cath
ey are rusticating in Alsea.
E. B. Horning will shortly begin
the removal of his large stock of
groceries into the Burnett brick.
The millinery establishment of
Miss Johnson is to occupy the
building vacated by Graham &
Wortham.
The building formerly occupied
by the Cash Store is being rapidly
gotten in shape for its new occu
pants, Grham & Wortham.
William Seckler's new residence
at the corner of Third and Wash
ington, is rapidly nearing comple
tion and greatly improves the ap
pearance of that portion of the city.
Rube Kiger began shipment of
his early Hale peaches yesterday.
There will be fully 500 bushels, and
as this is more than enough to sup
ply the local market, he is ship
ping to Port! ami.
To Win. Hornii.g is due the dis
tinction of raising the biggest stink
in the history of old Benton. While
taking a spin through the country
on his bicycle, a few nights ago,
William "coasted'' into eight pole
cats. They made the night bileous
for Willie.
The Beach property, at the cor
ner of Fifth :ind Washington streets,
recently purchased by Mr. J. E.
Farmer, has been converted into an
attractive home. The house has
been remodeled, and Chas. Barn
hart has artistically coated it with
paint within and without.
Workmen are" busy preparing
the Allen & Farra b.-ick lor occu
pancy by J. H. Simpson's new
hardware and grocery store. A large
warehouse, 25 x 50 feet, is being
erected upon the site of the old
State house and the interior of the
building is being generally remod
eled. Next Sabbath morning Dr.
Thompson will preach his last ser
mon before the vacation. There
will be no evening service, and the
church will be closed until Septem
ber. The pastor would like to
meet as many of the church and
congregation as can find it conven
ient to be present at this last ser
vice Sabbath morning. Sabbath
school at 10 a. m.
It has been determined that it is
best not to attempt a county fair
this year on account of the lateness
of the season. But lookout for next
year. Benton will have a fair that
will be first-class, it -is tuougnt
that to hold a fair when only half
prepared for the event, would per
haps result in failure, or at best,
partial success. There is much
sentiment in favor of a county fair
next year.
Some days ago Emory Allen pur
chased a handmade wicker chair
from a traveling vendor, and left it
sitting in the drugstore. While
examining it later, he found as proiat
about s'.x inches long growing out
of one of the rounds and numerous
buds on other portions of his new
purchase. He is now watching
anxiously to see if these will de
velop into little chairs. If so, he
proposes to start a factory. Those
wishing choice chairs should speak
early.
Lincoln county has more than
her share of a certain kind of trou
ble. The county court recently
deemed it wise to send a fourteen-
year-old giil to the reform school at
Salem, ana a sister agea
vears. to the orphans' home.
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Their
atenfather had rendered himselt so
odious a short time ago that he was
obliged to "skip out." The mother
of the girls did not object to the
eldest girl being sent to the reform
school, but it nearly broke her
heart to part with the youngest
nnp Tt is said that the scene at
parting was pathetic in the extreme.
It has been agreed that neyspa
per subscriptions are an infallible
tost of a man's honesty. They will
soo-jer or later discover the man.
If he is dishonest he will cheat the
printer some way declare he has
paid when he has not 3ent money
in the mails which were lost will
oVro t.h naner and not pay for it
nn the ground that he never sub-
frihed for it or move off and
leave it ermine to the office he left.
Thousands of alleged christians are
dishonest in this, at least, and the
printer's book will tell fearful tales
at the nnai judgment,. xx
Born. July 19th, to the wife of
Walter Taylor, a daughter.
Mr. and Mrs; J. Mason and son,
Chester, are taking a vacation" at"
Newport.
Miss Etta Campbell is home .on
a visit with relatives. Miss Camp
bell is a professional nurse.
Mr. and Mrs. George Irvine re
turned the lirst of the week from
Saiem, where the' have been visit
ing since the 4th.
A game of baseball has been ar
ranged between the Corvallis and
Albany teams, to take place at Al
bany tomorrow afternoon.
George Lilly is taking a respite
from his duties as cashier of the
First National Bank, and is rusti
cating in the country for a couple
of weeks.
Roy Taylor is now conducting a
barber shop in Lebanon. Mrs.
Taylor joined him Tuesday and
they will hereafter make that city
their residence.
Miss Bertha Thrasher, who was , a" ine moic. complimentary,
the unfortunate victim of the runa-! Summer m Washington, thus
way accident in this city on July 1, ( far, has been intensely hot, de
is getting alontr as nicely as could ! moralizing: -to fat people and
be expected.
A. F. Hershner
went to the coast
Monday and will conduct a grocery
store at Nye Creek during the sea- !
son. -His business in Corvallis was ,
eft in charge of his daughter, Miss
Joyce, and Otto Webber.
In about two weeks the hum of
threshing machines will be heard
in all directions. From what can
be learned, it will not take more
than a couple of weeks to thresh
the grain, as the ciop is very short.
Master Lloyd Pruett was recent
ly the happy recipient of a deed to
1G0 acres of land from Wm. M.
Hoag. We were glad to learn of it,
for the little boy was crippled in a
railroad accident in which Mr Hoag
was interested. Toledo Leader.
Earlv yesterday morning a party
started for the Five Rivers. The
personnel of the party was Rcbt
Johnson, Julian McFadden, George
Kerr and Thomas Whitthorn.
They took all the necessary arti
cles of a bunting expedition and
are prepared to remain a couple of
weeks in the tall timber.
Robt. Lambcrson and family are
to start today for the country in the
neighborhood of Walla Walla,
Wash. They will go by wagon
and will be a couple or three weeke
on the journey. Mr. Lam hereon
has been informed that he can get
employment in that section at
splendid wages. The family do not
intend to make their home there.
Relatives of Mrs. Cnpt. Dantler
received word from her a few days
ago, to the effect that Capt. Dent
ler's regiment, which has been sta
tioned at Porto Rico, has been or
dered to the Philippines. All offi
cers' wives were to return to their
respective posts. Mrs. Dentler will
come home and her arrival is ex
pected ere long. The supposition
is that Capt. Dentler's regiment
will be ordered to China
Prof. Chas. Johnson visited his
father and brother on their farm
near Harrisburg last Sunday, mak
ing the trip awheel. He says that
their wheat will not harvest more
than half a crop. Where a few
months ago the healthy grain gave
promise of an abundant harvest
there is nothing now but weeds.
He believes this destruction was
caused by some manner of insect.
Changes in the truck business in
Corvallis are numerous and fre
quent. A few weeks ago Oliver
Treesc disposed of his interest in
this line to A. Kyle. He has pur
chased a half interest of Mr. Kyle
and is again engaged in hauling.
Monday, John Berry purchased one
of the trucks and teams belonging
to Whiteside Bros., and is now a
partner with George Whiteside.
His interest cost him 2oj.
Considerable has been said re
garding a county exhibit at the
state fair for prizes ranging from
$50 to $300. At a meeting held
the first of the week. the committee
issued a call for samples to be
placed on exhibition. The call re
fers to grasses, vegetables, and
and fruits, some of which are not
yet in the market. There will be
no expense of transportation or
other items to those who supply
samples, and properly labeled, they
are desired to be left at the real
estate offices of 6 F Eglin, Capt
Robinson, or J B Irvine at the City
Lumber Yards.
Wednesday was one of the warm
est days of the season, the ther
mometer stood at ninety, and but
for the refreshing sea breeze it
would have been a scorcher. A
number of men stood on Main street
and looked at a load of hay which
was left in a crippled condition sev
eral blocks away in the middle of
the street: Those of an inquiring
turn of mind wanted to investigate
the cause of the highway being
blockaded. One of the number,
however, remarked that it was too
warm just then and if the matter
was of any importance, the details
would appear in the Gazette.
Here they are: S. Whiteside, while
attempting to turn a wagon loaded
with hay in the street near Phillips'
blacksmith shop, broke the coup
ling pole, and dropped the bed of
his wagon in the road. Here it
remained for a couple of hours, un
til another was procured and the
hay was removed.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
A Kewsy Letter fro;: H. L. Holgate about
Matter.-, at tlic Capital. " ;
Washington, D. C., July ii.
Ed. Gazktte:
The Corvallis contingency in
the National Capital have been
made happy by visits of two
townsmen. Senator Dal-, who
knows "how not to grow old,"
shook Chaperone Chairman Geo.
Steele, at Washington, and put
in a very pleasant day with us
pleasant at least for us.
Prof. Lake was here about ten
days getting ready for his mis
sion to rance and Lrermany on
behalf of the government. De
partmental men tell me that
such a mission as that given Mr.
Lake is one of the highest hon
ors the department of agriculture
can pay and the fact that a man
from' "away out in Oregon" was
selected makes his appointment
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starched collars. Washington
ians assure us that the heat is
very unusual, but we remember
how every winter in Oregon we
explain to visitors that "this
continued rain is
something ex-
traordinary," and are- skeptical.
It seems quite safe to look for
two months of ' '90 to 100 in the
shade."
Washington's bad climate is
one of its features. The others
are magnificent public buildings,
negroes, handsome streets, poli
ticians, historical memories and
bed-bugs. There are still oth-
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THE FIRST CAPITOL OF OREGON.
Another old landmark associated with the early history of the state has been
removed by the hand o progress. The old State House, pointed out to Corvallis
visitors as the first Capitol of Oregon, has just been torn down to make room for
the new ware-room of J. H. Simpson. For nearly fifty years it has done service,
first as a pretentious mercantile establishment and in later yea rs as a store house.
It was built originally upon the corner of Second and Adams streets, now occupied
by the Allen & Farra brick, and when that building was erected it was moved back
on Adams, where it stood until a few days ago.
The capital was officially located at Corvallis, January 13th, 1855. On the 15th
of December of the same year it was re-located at Salem. The selection of Corval
lis as the capital was regarded as a concession to off-set the removal of the territor
ial university from this city to Ashland. The first comptroller of the treasury de
partment, however, notified the governor and secretary of the territory, that there
location was without force until it received congressional approval. Nevertheless,
a large majority of both houses assembled at Corvallis, Dec. 3rd, 1855. On the 6th
L. F. Grover introduced the first and only bill passed at Corvallis. Its purport was
to re-locate the seat of government at Salem, and it was finally passed on Dec. 15th.
ers, but less impressive. The
city is comparatively quiet now.
Congress having adjourned, the
members of both houses, with
their attendants, and the lobby
ists and others who flock about
the capitol when the legislators
are legislating have disappeared;
people of leisure and money have
gone to the seashore or the
mountains and only the army of
departmental clerks remain.
Washington in many respects
is a magnificent city. In matters of
interest for the sight-seer it is
ahead of any other city in the
country, but it is only a "show
town. ' '
Corvallis weuld cut a sorry fig
ure as a rival of Washington.
The census building alone con
tains more clerks than Corvallis
phas people, but in the greatest
charm that a town or city can
claim, the capital f the United
States can never compete with
the capital of Benton county.
Corvallis is a home town; Wash
ington is not. Here we have all
the mechanical attributes for
human enjoyment and comfort, j the agricultural. I have been
and the means for the highest assigned to a special section re
exercise of our intellectual facul- : cently "arid lands and irriga
ties. A few of the elect in arts tion." Probably this was be-
and letters might find content-!
ment here, but they alone. The
most of us prefer to live nearer
"Mother Earth."
The average dweller in Wash
ington when be speaks of "home"
does not mean Washington, D.
C, and he takes far more inter
est in the happening of his little
town in Maine, or Florida, or
Ohio, or Oregon than he does in
the greater events of which the
national capital is the center.
Here one feels himself so much
a little part of a great machine
that his heart is ever turning to
that spot where, good or bad, he
has some personality.
A few weeks ago the Boer en
voys visited Washington and,
unfortunately for themselves
and their' cause, fell into the
hands of a gang of ' 'sympathiz
ers for office onlv." A crowd of
cheap Sulzer-Wellingtons gave
them a public reception and tried
to make the occasion a deep
damnation of the administration.
The Boer envoys, who appeared
to be cultured and intellectual
gentlemen, were visibly annoyed
at the tone of the speeches and
were especially chagrined when
Sulzer for two hours went
through fake-auctioneer antics to
get the audience to subscribe for
a fund for the "widows and or
phans of the gallant Boers who
died in battle." There was
something very inappropriate in
making a reception the occasion
for begging money.
Brady Burnett and myself, be
ing advocates of the Boer cause,
contributed our mites and nearly
everyone present put in some
thing. Over $1,100 was col
lected. According to the treas
urer's report, just made public,
$18 was sent to the Tranvaal,
the rest being expended m car
riages, suppers, wines, etc., for
the reception committee and the
envoys. "Boer sympathy," as
interpreled by democratic politi
cians, is not frantically popular
in Washington just now.
Few of the democrats I meet
here haee any confidence in the
success of their ticket, but all of
them congratulate themselves
that this will be the last ot an
alliance with populism. Eastern
and southern democrats, especial
ly the latter, despise populists
and their principles. The popu
lists understand this and the
leaders not definitely committed
to Mr. Bryan, personally, will
work to swell the "middle-of-the-roaders"
vote. They want
to build up an important party
into which to step when the
break-up with the democrats
comes. Mr. iiryan nas case nis
lot with the democratic element,
but the democrats generally have
grown weary of his exactions
and demands and it is safe to
say that this will be Mr. Bryan's
last opportunity to be elected
president of the United States.
There are nine Oregonians in
the census department and three
of these are from Corvallis. The
Corvallis delegation is scattered.
Brady Burnett is in the manu
facturing division ; Henry Allen
is in the population, and I am in
cause I came from the Willam-
ette valley and spent one win
ter at Astoria.
Our office hours are from 9 a.
m to 4 p. in. On Saturdays we
quit work at 3. We get 30 days
vacation (with pay) and 30 days
sick leave. I understand that
there is a peculiar disease, dis
coverable by certain physicians
which unfits a man for govern
ment work onlv at convenient
periods. H. L Holgate.
ABOLISHED ATHLETICS.
Sweeping Resolution Passed by the Board
of Regents of the O. A. C.
! The July meeting of the board
of regents of the Agricultural
College occurred Wednesday.
All members were present with
the exception of Regent Church. -Only
one matter of moment
came before the board, and con
sidering its importance it was
handled with more dispatch than
its future effect may justify. A
sweeping resolution prohibiting
students of the institution from
participating in inter-collegiate
athletic contests, was submitted
and adopted almost without con
sideration or debate. To a ma
jority of the members it catne as
a surprise, and while they are
disposed to defend and support
any action taken by the board as a
body, they are free to state that
they believe this to have been
hasty legislation at the least.
The athletic spirit has taken
such a hold upon the great insti
tutions of Europe aqti America
that athletics has become a part
of the curriculum and the chair
of athletics has been added to
the faculty. Whether this is
merely a fad or a necessary step
in the evolution of our educa
tional system, is the question to
be determined. If the former,
the action of the board may be
fraught with wisdom; if the lat
ter, their action will have to be
reversed.
M. C. McClouth was elected
instructor in free hand drawing,
vice Miss Dorothea Nash, who is
now in England.
In addition to his other duties,
Commandant F. E! Edwards
was assigned the wofk formerly
performed by E. J. Lea, who
was not an applicant for the posi
tion this year. Mr. Edwards'
salary was increased $100.
Miss Chamberlain's salary
was increased $1,500 per year,
and that of Prof.
Chas. Johnson
to $900.
Looking for Heirs.
It is not every one who is fortu
nate enough to have an estate
waiting for them to come and claim
it, but a recent letter to this paper
asks for information concerning the
heirs of James M. Sleeth, who died
May last at Shelbyville, Indiana,
the heirs to which could not be
found. The letter is signed by
Tames H. Sykts, executor of the
estate, whose address ia Shelby
ville, and is as follows:
"I am on the lookout for the
heirs of Marl W Sleeth, and Miss
Ann Sleeth, or if married her name
would be something else. They
have not been heard from in 40
years. They had a brother here
by the name of James M.
Sleeth, who died in May last leav
ing an estate. If you should hap
pen to know of any of them, please
hand this to them and have them
give me the address of all the
heirs. If yon do not not know of
them I wish you would put a small
add in your paper, hoping in this
way to hear from them."
Sleeth is an unfamiliar name in
this vicinity. If, however, as Mr.
Sykes suggests, Miss Sleeth was
married, her heirs may be here
abouts. Anyone having informa
tion concerning these people, will
confer a favor upon them and Mr.
Sykes by conveying the same to
him, or this paper will be glad to
publish any natter leading to their
identity, or of value to the executor.
Big stock harvesting outfits
Nolan & Callahan's.
at
James Dunn, supervisor of road
district No. 4, has about twenty
teams hauling gravel on the state
road south of Corvallis. Jim ex
perienced some difficulty in secur
ing a sufficient number of men and
teams.
Ladies' shirt waists, crash skirts
and wash dress goods at cost at
Nolan & Callahan's.
Sweeping reduction in all sum
mer goods at Nolan & Callahan's
Shirt waists, crash skirts and
crash suits at 20 per cent discount.
Some men's suits at half-price at
Miller's.
Ko-nut a pure
fat, at Zierolf's.
sterilized vegetable
Wanted, a very gentle driving
horse, at the Thompson farm, one
mile south of Corvallis.
For harvesting
Nolan & Callahan's.
outfits go to
Ko-nut for pies and all pastry once
used, always used ; for sale at Zierolf's.
Big bargains in men's and boy's
summer suits at Nolan & Calla
han's. Music Lessons.
Parties desiring iassrtiction on the
piano or orgr, ae requested to confer
with, t'uAwidersigried or leave orders at
Daniel's Book Store. Pupils taught af
ter the method of the celebrated Dr. Ma
son, of New York City.
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For our large
Clothing, consisting of the latest style Overcoats and Snits.
S, L. KLINE,
TO CLOSE OUT
FOR SPOT CASH
The following sweeping reductions will be made for cash
only, in order to make room for our New Fall Stock
f 50 Shirt Waists to close for $ fyO
60 " " " 50
75 " " 60
1 00 " " " 80
1 25 " " " 1 00
1 50 " u 1 20
1 75 " " " 1 40
2 Oo u " " 1 60
2 25 " " 1 80
3 00 " " " 2 40
All Crash Skirts and Crash
KLINES ARE
f"Mail orders will have our
F L MILLER,
Corvallis Oregon.
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5 t I I II III s till Li
Che Paint Store,
C. A. Barnkart, Manager.
Paints, Oils and Varnishes
IWALL PAPERS
RAMBLER AND IDEAL
Bicycles, Ma?estic Lamps, Mossberg Chime Bells, Etc.
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The Corvallis Commission
Store
Keeps constantly on hand the celebrated
CORVALLIS AND MONROE FLOURS
A package of Arm & Hammer Soda it given free with
every sack of the latter
Hay, Oats, Grain. ' Bran, Shorts, Potatoes
Fish, Eggs, Poultry, Etc.
JOHN LENGER, Manager
Job Printing
at this
Beys' and Men'e
SUITS
in all the correct itjtSf
and weaves.
Our Prices
are always lowest ad
with the 20 per
r cent
a bar- C
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n.
discount you get
gain that will be
to duplicate again
Fall order of Boys' and Men';
Corvallis, Or,
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Suitings 20 per cent discount
COMPLETER
best attention.
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