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THE CORVALLIS GAZET f .
FRIDAY. JULY 27, 1900.
Ladies' Silk Waists
Goed material. Good workman
ship. New Styles. $7 to $10 each.
Underskirts
Mercenized cotton. Looks like
Ilk. Wears as well as silk. Pop
ular colors. $1.50 to $2.25 each
Taffeline
Far fine skirt linings, and for shirt
waits. Twelve shade. 90 cents per
yard.
S, E. Young & Son
Albany, Oregon.
LOCAL NEWS.
Rev. L. M. Boozer and family
are spending a few weeks at Long
Beach.
W. S. McFadden is in Siskiyou
county, Calif., on important legal
business.
John Stahlbuach is suffering
from a stroke of paralysis, which
occurred Saturday.
A skimming station in connec
tion with the Corvallis creamery
will be established at Philomath.
Prof. E. B. McElroy is home from
Charleston, S. C, where he has
been attending the National Teach
ers' Convention.
Dr. N. B. Avery and Jesse Fos
ter are now in the United States
and expect to arrive home some
time next month.
Nat Stewart, who has been visit
ing Benton county relatives and
friends for the past month, left yes
terday for his home in Santa Bar
bara, Calif.
Albany and Portland Workmen
are out with challenges for a com
petitive drill between teams of the
Degree of Honor. Can't Corvallis
accommodate them?
The C E Moor residence hasjbeen
leaved by W. A. McGee, of Tangent.
Mr. McGee comes to Corvallis that
his children may attend the col
lege and public schools.
A jolly crowd of about twenty-five
young people came over from Cor
yallis Monday evening on a hay
ridp, and went to the Elite where
refreshments were served. Herald.
After a pleasant visit with rela
tives in this city, Mrs. Greenburg
and trvo sons leave for San Fran
cisco today. They will be accom
panied by Mrs. Greenburg's
mother, Mrs. Neugass.
Logan Hays has been appointed
a member of the ktanding commit
tee on "Laws and Supervision" by
Grand President Sol Blumauer, of
the Native Sons. W. S. Linville
has been appointed district deputy
grand president.
The new public sohool building
at Pfulomath is uearing comple
tion and is the subject of many
favorable comments by all who
pass through that city on outing ex
peditions. It would certainly do
credit to any city in the valley.
T. E. Wallace, employed in the
head office of the S. P. at Portland,
arrived in Corvallis Monday, and
after remaining over night, the
guest of his aunt, Mrs. M. M. Gar
r )W, went over to the roast, He
was expected to arrive in Corvallis
yesterday on hit return trip.
In the absence of 'he pastor, Rev.
Shafer will occupy the pulpit of the
United Evangelical church Sunday
at It a. m. and 8 p. m. Mr. Shafer
is an excellent speaker and earnest
worker. He is a graduate of the
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. and C. E
at 7 p. m.
Rev G S O Humbert, who gradu
ated from the Eugene Divinity
school last June, has accepted a
call from the First Christian church
of Corvallis and will remove to
that city next week. He goes to
fill the place of Rev L F Stephens,
who enters the evangelistic field.
Mr. Hu'nbert is well known in
Eugene where he has been for the
past several years in attendance at
the Divinity school. During the
last three years he has preached
twice a month at Harrisburg. His
church at Corvallis is in a prosper
ous condition and has a member
ship of nearly one hundred and
fifty. Register.
Mr. James Plunkett returned
from Albany, Tuesday, where he
had been to assist in getting his old
comrade. J. C. Lotzenheizer started
for his home in Mississouri. The
old fellow, who is consideiably
broken down in health and quite
feeble, has been staying at the home
of Mr. Plunkett in Kings Valley
until recently, when he went to Al
bany. Beine on his own resoures
Vi was not nronerlv cared for. and
Mr. Plunkett telegraphed news or
his condition to his daughter in
Cameron. Missouri, and on last
Tneadav she and her husband ar
rived in Albany and took the old
trnnt.lpman back to their home
They had not seen him for fourteen
years.
Some fellow war ts to know what
became of all that gravel Jim Dunn
put on the state road.
Mr. and Mrs. Cronk are home
from North Bend after a visit with
their daughter, Mrs. M. H. Kriebel.
Dr. Bowen Lester and Prof. John
1 ulton and wife will stat for the
Alsea valley today to remain a day
or two.
Rube Kiger is at Salem with his
string of fast horses which he will
enter in the races at the coming
state fair.
Mrs. James Flett has been seri
ously ill during the past few weeks,
but her health is somewhat im
proved at present.
The family of R. E. Gibson went
to the coast yesterday and will
occupy their cottage at Newport
during the warm season.
Rev. Chas. Booth, who has been
a resident of Toledo, preaching in
that city and other Bay towns, is
now a resident of Grants Pass.
He made the change in the hope
of improving his health.
In a recent letter from ioine, to
a friend in this city, Ernest Fischer
states that George Bowers is assist
ing Tommy Jones in his drug store.
He does not speak highly of the
chances of success for Corvallisites.
A sample of wheat recently
threshed in this county does not
impress a person who knows any
thing about wheat very favorably.
Some of the kernels are withered up
until they are about half the size
they should be.
A special meeting of the couneil
will be held tonight at eight o'clock
to consider the matter of construct
ing lateral sewers to connect with
the main sewers in this city, and to
pass an ordinance to that effect if
the way be clear.
The O. A. C. residence, hitherto
occupied by Prof. Coote, is to be
converted into an assay omce in
connection with other scientific
departments. The professor and
wife will occupy their own residence
on College Hill.
S. E. Owens and family are quar
antined at their home at Indepen
dence. Mr. Owens, who is a son-in-law
of William Mackay, recently
returned from Nome. Shortly after
he was taken sick and it is feared
he has the suiallpox.
Raymond Henkle and Jaok Ar
nold returned Tuesday from Cas-
cadia. They walked from Lebanon
to the springs, both on the trip out
and back, a total distance of 65
miles. They report it warmer at
Cascadia than in the valley.
A party in honor of the Misses
Cooper and Miss Hessler, of Port
land, was given by Miss Leona
Smith at her home in this city
Wednesday evening. About six
teen guests were present and the
eyening was passed in dancing and
card playing and light refresh
ments were served.
The main body of the big raft of
long designed for the Willamette
pulp mills at Oregon City, reached
Corvallis on Wednesday evening
The drive comprises 6,000,000
feet of white fir and balm
logs. Forty men and eight horses
are employed, at a daily expense
of $150. The men are paid $2.50
per day.
E. R. Case, the tonsorial artist,
on Monday, while trying to saddle
a colt he had recently purchased,
received a vicious kick on the thigh
and lower abomen, which for a time
was extremely painful and came
very near being serious. Cottage
Grove Nugget. Mr. Case is a broth
er of our fellow townsman, Tam
Case.
At recent meeting of the board of
regents of the O A C, it was decided
to put in a new walk across the
college grounds from the city limits
to the executive building, it is un
derstood that the walk is to be con
crete. This is a much-need feature
and will be a great improvement,
as the old plank walk was some
what of a menace to limb and life.
If they could be persuaded to put a
few benches under the shade trees
on the campus, many or. us would
spend our summer outings there.
Some few weeks ago we informed
our readers that the bicycle tax law
was being contested in the courts of
Multnomah county. Last Monday
Judge Sears handed dDwn his decis
ion holding the law to be unconsti
tutional. He regards It as a spec
ial, not a general law, and it is
double taxation. 1 he case will be
appealed to the superior court for a
final decision.
Prof. McElfresh, assistant ento
mologist at the State Agricultural
College of Corvallis, has pronounced
the "army worm" that was re
cently furnished him for analysis,
the cut worm," says the States
man, the classification of which he
has thus far been unable to ascer
tain. It is proving a very destruc
tive pest and does not confine its
operations to one cla8 of vegeta
tion. It has attacted the potatoes,
destroyed both the vine and the
vegetable, also onions and cabbage.
In the north end of the county it
has put in an appearance in the
hop yards where it is devouring the
green vine but hop growers have
not yet become alarmed over the
operation of the pest in their yards
for the reason that the vines are all
healthful and strong and are not
liable to suffer any damage from
this pest.
A NEW INVENTION.
W. H. Franklin of this City has Patented
a Rock Drill Worth, a Fortune.
An invention, which it is hoped j W. Shaw as professor of chemis
will provide handsome returns for i try at the O A C. together with
its promotors and build up a new
industry in Corvallis, has just been
patented by W. H. Franklin, of
this city. The machine is what is
known as a rock drill and it is de
signed to take the place of the old
method of drilling with a sledge
and hand drill, and to improve on
other similar machines. The in
ventor claims several points of
superiority for his machine, the
strongest of which are its simpli
city, durability, lightness, ease in
operating and effectiveness.
Where other drilling machinrs
are supplied with cumbersome gear
ing to permit of power being ap
plied, this machine has no exterior
gearing whatever. A crank at
tached to a shaft bearing a wheel
which contains three pins at points
on its perimeter equal distances
apart, comprises all the mechanism
necessary to permit of power beine
applied to operate Mr. Franklin's
invention, this rendesrs it simple
ancfdurable. Where the ordinary
drilling machine weighs about 140
pounds, this new invention weighs
but 60 pounds. None of its strength
has been sacrificed and one man
may operate it and carry it from
place to place unassisted, whereas
two men are required to operate the
old machine.
The machine has a stroke of two
and one-half inches and strikes a
blow of 250 pounds. It strikes
from 120 to 150 blows per minute,
and the turning of the drill is
slight and positive, while in other
machines it is intermittent at best.
The drill is clamped to a shaft
which has a universal joint, and it
may be pointed in any direction
A hole three feet in depth may be
bored speedily and with ease. The
machine is so simple that broken
parts may be easily and quickly
replaced and the cost will be slight.
Mr. Franklin no doubt has an
excellent thing in this invention.
He leaves in about two weeks to
make a tour of the mines of the
state to introduce his machine,
going first to Bohemia. Should he
meet with the encouragement he
anticipates, he will begin the ex
tensive manufacture of these ma
chines in this city and, and Corvallis
will have an excellent revenue pro
ducing enterprise.
Obituary.
Mrs. Indiana J. Haskins, be
loved wife of John J. Haskius,
was born near Nashville, Tenn
essee, July .i2th, 1831. Her
death occurred Friday, July
20th, 1900, at her home one mile
west of this city.
Her parents, Thomas and
Edith Bradley, moved to Kansas
Oity, Missouri, when she was
eight years of age, and here she
resided until 1850. On the 28th
of April of that year she married
John J. Haskins, and the 5th of
May following they started for
the Pacific coast, arriving in Sa
lem, Oregon, in October of the
same year. John C Bell, Lapt.
James Bennett, Dr. Belt and
Wm. H. Johnson, all of whom
have passed away, were members
of their party.
In April, 1852, Mr. and Mrs.
Haskins left Salem for Benton
county, which has since been
their home. Here their family
of nine children were born. But
five of these survive their moth
er; Mrs. Mary Chase, and Alon
zo B. Haskius of Corvallis; John
H. Haskins of St. Louis, Mo. ;
Florence E. Haskins, of Eureka
Springs, Arkansas, and J Mrs.
Iva L,. Wilson of Philomath.
Mrs. Haskins was possessed of
a most lovable character. Warm
hearted and charitable, she en
deared all to her whom she knew,
and many friends will mourn her
loss as keenly as her immediate
family. Surviving pioneers will
grieve deeply at her death.
Beaton County's Exhibit.
H. L. French, who has charge of
the exhibit to be made by Benton
county at the state fair, is most
energetic in his efforts to have this
county carry off first prize, and if
our people respond with half the
enthusiasm he manifests we should
be awarded first honors. Mr.
French has asked us to remind
farmers that excellent samples of
grains and grasses may be found
in fence corners and around out
buildings, and as only a handful of
each sample is necessary, enough
for the exhibit may be secured in
sueh places.
Amateur and professional photog
raphers are asked to contribute to
the photographic exhibit. Views
of Benton county scenery, buildings
ef interest, and photographs of
prominent men of the county are
eligible.
The exhibit will include a dis
play of household products, canned
fruits, preserves and articles of like
nature, as well as fancy work, etc.
The housewife, whose specimen
wins a prize, will be given special
mention, and her exhibit will be
cared for and returned.
The New Chemist.
Wednesday's Oregonian con
tains a cut of Prof. A. L Knise
ly, who is to succeed Prof. G.
the following
interesting wnle-
up of this gentleman:
Professor A. L. Knisely, of
Benton Harbor, Mich., who will
succeed Professor G. W. Shaw as
professor of chemistry at the Or-
egon Agricultural college, was
born in Chicago, February 19th,
ict5, ana resiaea mere until 11
years of age; attending kinder
garten and the public schools
Then he went with his parents
to a fruit farm near Benton Har
bor, Mich., where he attended
district school and helped on the
farm. He completed a course in
the High School and two years
later, in 1886, he was graduated
from the Benton Harbor Collegi
ate institute. laicing a course
in the Michigan University at
Ann Harbor, he was graduated
there in 1891 with the degree of
bachelor of science in chemistry.
During all his school years he
spent his vacation farming.
In September, 1891, he ac
cepted a position as assistant
chemist at the New York Agri
cultural Experiment Station.
Two years later he took his doc
tor's degree from the Michigan
University. In 1896 he went to
Cornell University to continue
post-graduate work, and was as
sistant chemist in the College of
Agriculture at that institution.
This position . he held until he
resigned this month to accept
the position iu Oregon. He is
expected to arrive in Portland
this evening. He comess he
says, to make Oregon his home.
A Late Purchase.
On account of not being able
to procure a threshing machine
for all of the small demands of
the college farm, it was found
necessary to purchase a small
thresher. The one ordered was
a Buffalo Pitt and it arrived last
week. It has a 24-inch cylinder
and is capable of threshing 1,000
bushels of wheat per day where
the crop will averag 25 or more
bushels per acre. It is manu
factured especially for the needs
of the government experiment
stations of the land. It was
given a trial last week on a small
patch of oats, and again during
the first part of this week some
vetches were threshed. The
work of the thresher was highly
satisfactory. The power was
furnished by a small Russell
traction engine which was pur
chased last year. With the ma
chine are various concaves and
Dlanlcs, wnicn are necessary in
the work of the college farm.
It will thresh all kinds of, grain,
clover, timothy, cheat, vetches
and beans, and as there are
various little patches of all kinds
of grasses and grains to be har
vested in order to gain a knowl
edge of the yield per aore, etc.,
the little Pitt will be found a
great convenience and a saver
of money.
They Worked Corvallis.
The "bargain column" adver
tising fakir, who made a good
thing out of the nowspapers
along the line a few months ago,
has been followed by another
fakir who publishes a ' 'romance' '
in the local paper and works in
local advertisers' names for so
much a 'work. ' ' Numerous pa
pers will come out this week
with a deceiving headline read
ing something like this: "The
Story of Uncle Gosh, " which is
a better story for the fakir, who
passes on with the proceeds, than
it is for the newspaper man, the
advertiser or the reader. Ash
land Tidings.
The Trial.
New machinery always interests
a large number of men throughout
the country". The trial ot the
Gaar-Scott threshing outfit, which
took place Monday on the farm of
Casper Zierolf attracted a large
number of men from all parts of
the country. This is the machine
which Taylor & Tracer recently
purchased of J. R. Smith & Co.
it is a ddxob; 66 inch cylinder and
56 inch rear. The engine is 18
horse power. The machine is a
self-feeder. From the character of
the work done, as related by men
of experience in these matters,
there seems nothing left to be de
sired. It is said to have worked
like a charm. , ,
The yield from the average crop
of fall-sown oats was above expecta
tions, ana nopes are entertained
that the general yield will be bet
ter than was expected.
Nolan
Sale.
& Callahan's Remnant
Positively the last week
at cost at Ladies' Bazaar.
-Goods
Not Hessian Fly.
Mr. Jacob Shew, who lives
across the river from Albany in
this county, was in the city
Wednesday. Speaking, of the 1
crop outlook, Mr. Shew says I
tall grain will oe almost a
failure and spring wheat
total
will
yield, probably, one-fourth
of a
Mr.
He
crop. What the trouble is,
Shew is at a loss to say.
scouts the idea of the failure
be-
ing due to the Hessian fly. He
lived for years iu Illinois, where
the pest is very troublesome, and
he is familiar with its mode of
operation.
The fly attacks the young
sprout before it begins to
joint, and lays its eggs in the
heart of the stalk. The young
grain will all turn yellow. These
eggs hatch in the spring and the
worms do additional damage. If
the grain joints, however, it will
head out and fill in good shape.
It must be cut betore it grows
too ripe, for the joints are very
weak and it soon falls. If sheep
are permitted to run in the field
after the eggs are laid in the fall,
they will eat the sprouts and de
stroy the eggs, aud the chances
for a good crop are quite favor
able. Mr. Shew states that his
grain looked most promising un
til it was ready to head. Here
it stopped growing. The stalks
seemed well supplied with sap
and the roots appeared healthy.
He believes the trouble to be
black rust, a disease which de
stroyed the crops of Illinois many
years ago. In some instances,
grain which has reacnea iuu
growth and apparently filled out,
has failed to do so, owing to the
attacks of aphis. Mr. Shew is
not despondent over the outlook.
He lived six years in Kansas, he
says, and saved no crop, ana a
little thing like this doesn't both
er him.
Additional Local
Miss Lyda Burdick, who has been
visiting for the past two months
with her aunt, Mrs. J. C. Young,
returned to her home near Decatur,
111., yesterday.
The Johnson-Whitehorn-McFad-den-Kerr
party, who have been
hunting and fishing on Five Rivers
for the past week, arrived home
yesterday afternoon. Their game
bag contained three fine deer and
between 200 and 300 trout.
The telegraph office will be moved
in the building near the commis
sion store, formerly occupied by it,
the first of the month to make room
for E. B. Homing's grocery store.
Marshal Miller will move his stock
in the building two doors south of
his present stand.
The cottage recently purchased of
George E. Taylor by Prof. G. A.
Coyell, which occupied a position
near the creamery, has been moved
to a lot just west of the residence of
R. E. Gibson. It is to be put in
good repair and when completed
will be a model dwelling.
A short time ago mention was
made of the discovery of an old let
ter in the shed back of A. Hodes'
grocery store. Wednesday H. W.
Hall found a letter in the same
shed that is still older than the
one recently discovered by Conrad
Sandstrom. It was a bill to Chas.
Friendly, in this city, from J. Konn
& Co. It was an itemized account
of articles carried in general mer
chandising business, everything
from a pepper-box to six barrels of
whiskey. The date of the bill was
December 15, 1858.
There have been so many rob
beries of postoffices. of late that
the department has taken the
matter np and the practice of
leaving the lobbies of offices
open at night for the benefit of
box-holders is to be discontinued.
Postmaster Johnson received in
structions to hereafter Jock his
front door at night and begin
ning next Monday this rule will
go into effect. He hopes, how
ever, to e-et this ruline modified.
but if he doesn't box-holders will
be denied the privilege of ob
taining their mail at all hours of
the day or night, as at present.
Few people in Corvallis realize
that an important industry has
sprung up in their midst. Under
the management of John Lenger
the Corvallis Commission Store is
conducting a large business. Seven
hundred boxes ot peaches alone
have been shipped in the last ten
days and as many more marketed
at home. Kiger's Early Crawfords
will be ripe in about two weeks and
from 2,000 to 3,000 boxes of this
fine fruit will be handled by this
store. From seven to ten dozen
chickens, and from three to five
crates of eggs are shipped weekly
Large quantities of apples are being
packed and expressed to various
markets. All kinds of fruits, grains,
feed stuffs, etc., are bought and sold
The Commission Store is undoubt
edly one of the busiest places in
town.
Ko-nut for pies and all pastry once
used, Always used ; for sale at zneroirs.
ICLOTHINO HIPS GUARANTEED
I WE SELL P.WfTHTWS LABEL
WE MUST HAVE ROOM......
For our large
Clothing, consisting of the latest style Overcoats and Suits.
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 Jfl
60 " " " SO
75 " " 60
1 00 " " " 80
1 25 " u " 1 00
1 50 " " " 1 20
1 75 " " " 1 40
2 Oo u " 1 60
2 25 " " " 180
3 00 " " " 2 40
All Crash Skirts and Crash
CLINES ARE
ggMail orders will have our
F. L. MILLER,
Corvallis Oregon.
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Cbe Paint Store.
C. A. Barnhart, Manager. h
Paints, Oils and Varnishes 2
WAIX PAPERS
RAMBLER
Bicycles, Ma?estic Lamps,
The Corvallis Commission
Store
Keeps constantly on hand the celebrated
CORVALLIS AND MONROE HOURS
A package of Arm & Hammer Soda is given free with
every sack of the latter
Hay, Oats, Grain. Bran, Sttorts, Potatoes
Fish, Eggs, 'Poultry, Etc.
JOHN LENGER, Manager
Job Printing
at this
20
Per Cent
0-0
Discount on all
Boys' and Men's
CLOTHING
Boys' and Men's
SUITS
in all the corract style j
and weaves.
Our Prices
are always lowest andj
with the 20 per cent
discount you get a bar-1
gain that will be hard.
(! to duplicate again.
Fall order of Boys' and Men's!
Corvallis, Or.
Suitings 20 per cent discount
COMPLETER
best attention.
AND IDEAL
Mossberg Chime Bells, Etc.
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