Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, July 31, 1900, Image 3

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    THE CGRVALL1S GAZETTE,
TUESDAY JULY 31, 1900.
Ladies' Silk Waists
Good material. Good workman
ship. New Styles. $7 to $10 each.
Underskirts
Mercenized cotton. Looks like
silk. Wears a9 well as silk. Pop
ular colors. $1.50 to $2.2." each
Taffeline
For line skirt linings and for shirt
waits. Twelve shade. 53 cents per
yard.
S, E, Young & Son,
Albany, Oregon.
LOCAL NEWS.
"Dog -.lays" begin tomorrow
Chain your dog.
The thermometer reached 95 in
the shade Sunday.
T. W. B. Smith will start his
threshing machine Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Shedd left
Saturday for a month at Newport.
D. D. Berman and family arrived
home Friday from a visit at Soda-
ville.
Adam Assell will go to Newport
today for a couple of weeks recre
atiou Water in the Willamette has
fallen so low, that it is a very diffi
cult matter for boats to get to
Salem.
Julius Wuestefelt and family ar
rived Saturday from Newport,
where they have been for the past
two weeks.
The residence formerly owned by
Peter Rickard, during his term as
sheriff of this county, was sold Sat
urday to Prof. G. V. Skelton.
A fine Studebaker hack, pur
chased by W. H. McMahan from
Huston & Bogue, was added to the
turnouts from the brick stable Sat
urday. Grover Head rick arrived from
Alset Saturday evening and yes
terday went to Long Tom, where
he is to feed a thresher for the Zie
olf boys.
Mrs. Win. Bogue and son Flovd
are home from Alsea. 'lhey were
guests at the home of William
Headrick during their sojourn in
the little valley.
A new wooden building is being
constructed in the rear of Graham
& Wortham's drug store. When
completed it will be occupied by
the Times as a press room.
Mrs. Mary Bryson and son, Ros
coe, who together with Miss Olive
Hamilton and Miss Griffin have
been visiting a week at Hotel Mon
terey, are expected home this week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Trask return
ed Sunday from Woodburn. They
go to Newport today, where Mr.
Trask will open a confectionery and
ice-cream stand in connection with
photograph parlors.
Mrs. Greenberg and two sons, of
San Francisco, departed Friday for
their honu', having spent a month
visiting friends in this city. They
were accompanied to Albany by
Mr. and Mrs. M. Jacobs.
A citizen of Corvallis, while cross
ing the bridge at Albany, Sunday,
discovered it to be on fire; the re
sult of carelessness, no doubt. The
fire had no start to speak of, but
what "might have been" is hard to
say
P L Colvig, one of O A C's most
prominent athletes, passed through
Eugene on his way o Grant's Pass.
He says that the university will
gain many students from Corvallis
next year ou account of the recent
action of the Agricultural College
prohibiting inter-collegiate athletics.
Register.
Sunday quite a number of Cor
vallisite went to Albany to witness
the game of base ball. The Albany
team played against a nine composed
of men from this city, Salem and
Philomath, and defeated them, the
score being 16 to 7. Albany had
an easy game, as no team can make
a good showing without having
played together before.
The construction of a new walk
to the OAC building was placed
under the supervision of Attorneys
W. E. Yater and J. K. Weather,
ford. These gentlemen met a few
days ago and discussed the matter.
They have decided to put in a walk
of granite and sand. It was also
determined to tile that portion of
the college land lyiug nearest town.
Work will be commenced at once;
there will be no delays.
Hermann Breyer is probably the
first member of the 2nd Oregon in
this city to take advantage of the
opportunity to secure one of the
medals offered by the slate to the
volunteers who fought in the Phil
ippines. The medals are made of
one of the bronze cannon captured
from Spain. The bar to which the
pin is attached bears the name of
the volunteer, and upon a second
bar is inscribed the name of his
company. The medal proper is
about the size of a half dollar.
Mrs. Gillespie has been visiting in
Eugene.
Misses May and Edith Gibson
will go to the coast today to remain
indefinitely.
Dr. Cathey i3 now occupying his
new suite of rooais over the First
National Bank.
Mrs. Adda Fullerton returned
yesterday from Siletz, where she
had been with a stock of millinery.
It is admitted by both conserva
tives and pessimists that wheat will
be much higher this year than last.
Rural Spirit.
Rev. C. A. Hyatt is much im
proved in health by his visit to
Douglas county, and is expected
home this week.
Roy Raber, after a couple of
months' sojourn at home, returned
to the Snake River mines, in Idaho,
a short time ago.
A. H. Buckingham and W. H.
Bowman have returned from Ban
don, Oregon, and will again make
their home in Benton county.
The total number of bicycle tajjs
issued at the sheriff's office up to
Saturday was 671. This shows
that something over $800 has been
received from the wheelmen of this
county.
Rev G S O Humbert and wife
arrived in this city. Friday, from
Eugene. Rev Humbert is to occupy
the pulpit in the Christian church.
His wife is an ordained minister of
this faith.
Albany papers are giving curren
cy to a rumor that a bill will be in
troduced in the next legislature
providing for the making of the
big steel bridge at that city a toll
thoroughfare.
Guy Clark arrived in Corvallis
fiom Baker City last Thursday,
riding on his wheel from Portland.
He has accepted a position in the
metropolis and will begin work
immediately. He says Baker City
is not what it is cracked ud to be.
Anybody desiring a good harvest
hand should call on John Scrafford.
He has exercised faithfullv during
hay harvest this season. John re
ceived no money for these services,
but is the proud possessor of a
"recommendation" from the last
man who "exercised" him.
J. L. Castle, the stock buyer,
passed through Corvallis, Saturday,
with 100 head of superior yearling
steers. The' were being taken to
the Broadhead farm near Sheridan,
and Mr. Castle says they are the
pick of Benton county and as fine
as can he found anywhere.
George Houck reached here Tues
day from California with 1010 head
of goats. They were shipped here
by rail and although during the
hot spell his loss was trifling. They
were a fine band of goats and will
bring profitable returns. They
were at once driven out to his ranch
in the foothills. Junction Times.
Hugh Smith arrived in Corvallis
Friday evening from The Dalles.
Hugh is an old-time Corvallis bov
and has many friends here. He
expects to remain a week or two.
bince leaving this city he has been in
many of the Eastern Oregon towns,
and regarding the mining regions
has nothing to report too much
boom.
Wm. Grant, a well-known resi
dent of Yaquina bay, who has many
friends in this city, is very sick in
Camas Valley, where he went to
t ike up some mining claims. Dr.
Twitchell is attending him. Rosf-
burg Review. Mr. Grant is well
known in Corvallis. He established
the resort known as For Far on
south beach, Yaquina bay.
We have been asked to call the
attention of the proper authorities
to a nuisance which exists near the
bridge which crosses Oak creek on
the Philomath road. A party has
hauled a barrel of garbage from
Corvallis and dumped it in the
stream just below the ford and the
stench it sends forth is said to he
horrible. Not only this, but it
contaminates the water which flows
through Mary's river into the Wil
lamette and ultimately reaches the
homes of this city through the city
water works. It should be abated.
Harry Miller, formerly president
of the Oregon Agricultural College,
who was recently appointed consul
to Chung Kung, China, has been
heard from at Nagasaki, Japan,
where he is sojourning on board
the transport Logan, in company
with his daughter, Laura. He did
not deem it advisable to travel
through China to reach his desti
nation, under the present circum
stances, and so awaits orders at
Nagasaki. The rest of Mr. Miller's
family are summering at Tioga,
Long Beach.
The hop crop in Oregon this sea
son will be exceptionally small.
Last year's out-put was 80,000
bales and this was far from aver
age. Some estimate this year's
product at 60,000 bals, but Mr.
John Whitaker, one of the best
posted men on these matters in the!
state and a heavy Benton county
grower, believes a conservative es-1
timate would be 45,000 bales, j
While the outlook tor a good price
is not now encouraging, he believes
the shortage will be felt and fair
prices prevail. At a meeting of
growers at Silyerton last week, rep
resenting 800 acres of bops, 33
cents per bale was the price agreed
upon for paying pickers.
SOME SPLENDID MEN.
Students Who Have Won Honors for the
College and Themselves.
Sunday's Oregouian contained
the following bit of OAC his
tory which, while fresh in the
minds of most of us, will prove
interesting reading. These things
are what help to advertise the
college, and these achievements
of its students challenge the ad
miration of all who read and win
their interest and support.
The action of the regents of
the Oregon Agricultural College,
whereby athletics at that institu
tion are abolished, is a very un-
welcome piece of
.
news to the
sport loving public of the state.
The preamble of the resolntion
passed by the board states that
"intercollegiate games have
passed beyond the bounds of
reason and developed into a form
of mania that is demoralizing to
the moral mental and physical
well-being of college students."
Statistics from nearly every
educational institution in Amer
ica disprove this allegation. It
is a pretty well established fact
that the best American college
athletes are among the best stu
dents, and this has helped in
part, to make college athletics
so popular, as they are today.
It is not true that athletics,
under proper supervision, over
tax the physical man. Proper
training is conducive to good
health, and the training that the
athlete receives is often of great
assistance to him in after life.
Athletics develop not only the
muscles, but also the nerves and
the brain, and prepare men for
decisive action at the critical
moment.
The Oregon Agricultural Col
lege boys began their athletic
work in 1894. when "Bill"
Bloss, "the father of Oregon foot
ball," organized a football team,
with which he won the intercol
legiate championship of the state
for the college. In 1896 the
OAC eleven was beaten by
Eugene, by a score of 10 to 6,
but in 1897 it won all games
played, beating Eugene 26-8,
and the University of Washing
ton by 16 too. For the last two
seasons, Eugene has won from
OAC the score being 38-0 each
game, but the Corvallisites have
had good representative teams,
although they were a trifle slow.
OAC may be said to rank sec
ond in the intercollegiate foot
bail league.
Some splendid men have
played on the Corvallis line,
"Pap Hayseed", Bodine, Hol-
gate, Phillips and Thurston being
among them, and ranking with
the best football players of the
state. Then there were the Bur
nett brothers, Eigin, Walters,
McBride and Goodrich, all of
whom helped to make the OAC
teams of the past years famous.
In track athletics the work of
the college has not been so bril
liant, although sqme remarkable
men have been developed. O A
C won the cup in '97, but in
other years has had a hard strug
gle with Willamette University
for second place. The fast sprin
ters, Kelly and Crawford; the
Burnett brothers, in the dis
tances, and Bodine, in the
weights, helped to make the '97
team invincible. Of the later
men, Palmer, the hurdler and
Redd, the quarter-miler, were
the most conspicuous. Scott
has done 21 feet 8 inches in the
broad jump, and Burnaugh is
one of the best all-around ath
letes in the state. A number of
these men have graduated, others
will go elsewhere to college,
while some will probably return
to Corvallis to complete the
course and to dream again of
the days when the "farmers"
were victorious and the orange
waved triumphant.
A Growing Industry.
The Corvallis Manufacturing
Company is making a strong bid
for the box trade in this vicinity.
They have one of the best
equipped plants this side of Port
land, their machinery being up-to-date
in every respect. They
have what is known as a railway
cut-off saw Which travels on
planed guides and insures stock
being cut a great deal truer than
that made with the swing saw in
use in most box factories. Be
sides this they have a large four
side planer that dresses stock to
an even width and thickness,
and a large 36-inch re-saw which
also gives stock an even thick
ness. As this plant is an annex
of the Corvallis sawmill, stock
can be selected from a large
quantity of pine and Cottonwood
lumber. The company is now
supplying the Salem box factory
and other points.
Nolan
Sale.
& Callahan's Remnant
Charged With Bigamy.
A case which is attracting much
interest in Alsea was to have been
tried in Justice John Edwards'
court last night. Last February,
R. E. Edwards, who by the way is
not a relative of the justice, was
united in marriage in this county
with Miss Strake, of Alsea. The
young lady is but seventeen years
of age, and in the absence of the
father, the mother gave her consent
to the union. It is now alleged
that R. E. Edwards has a wife and
three children living in Wisconsin,
and that he has never secured a di
vorce. Edwards' father who died
recently in Alsea told of hia son's
ffirmpr mftrriao-fi. and Tohn Rtrakfl
, flVT &j A? v '
swore out a warrant for the arrest
of Edwards last week on the charse
of bio-amv and sdulterv. DeDutv
District Attorney E. R. Bryson
went over to Alsea yesterday to
prosecute the case. The defendant
will be represented by Attorney
Julian McFadden. The case was
originally set for Saturday last but
neither attorney for the defense or
prosecution appearing, it was post
pone on contingent until last
night. Edwaids was asked to give
cash bonds for his appearance in
the Bum of $100, which he did
promptly.
Is Missing Yet.
Bert Griffith and Frank Baker
who enjoyed the hospitality of
Benton county from May 1st to
July 20th, were given triai at Toledo
last week and sentenced to three
years each in the penitentiary.
The Leader thus describee their
villainy:
On or about a certain date Wil
liam Griffith killed a cow on the
Griffith premises on Drift creek.'
Frank Baker, who was in the em
ploy of William Griffith, assisted
in butchering the animal. This
part of the crime took place in the
fore part of the night, and Bert
Griffith also assisted by holding a
lantern. The cow tallied with the
description of one lost by Mrs.
Troxel on about the same date, but
the head, from which the ears had
previously been removed, was con
cealed and have never been dis
covered, neither have the ears. A
pile of red and white hair, such as
was worn by Mrs. Troxel's cow,
was found concealed at the base of
a fir tree. Bert and Baker both
testified that the hair was from the
animal killed bv William, who,
they also said, inforaied them that
it was a wild cow. Mis. Troxell's
cattle had been tracked to the
Griffith premises and back to
another point on the range, and
when found the red-and-white ani
mal was missing and is missing
yet.
Talked Water Works.
At a special
meeting
of the
council last Friday
consider the matter
ing lateral sewers
evening to
of connect
to connect
with the main sewers, the mat
ter was referred to a special
committee consisting of Coun
oilmen Hayes, Wilbanks and
Heckart. Their duty will be to
determine where sewers are
most desired and urgently need
ed and report same to the coun
cil. The question of the city water
system was under discussion.
The council determined to ask
the water company to extend its
mains and make certain other
improvements. It was also de
cided that the city should con
trol water rates. In the case of
failure to secure these conces
sions, the city will proceed by
some means to obtain them.
Gravel mea were paid in full
in the sum of $240.
More -Extension Talk.
L. R. Lothrop, a veteran railroad
engineer from Tacoma, was in Pen
dleton July 19, with a company of
surveyors under his charge, hav
ing come from the Malheur coun
try. There they have been survey
ing a line up the Malheur river,
beginning near Vale, where the
canyon commences. They ran to
Malheur lake, far up into the moun
tains. The line followed the grade
made many years ago for the old
Oregon Pacific, most of the old
grade remaining and some of it be
ing intact. In fact, the tract is
complete for several mile west from
Ontario. It is understood that the
Lothrop engineering party was in
the field for the Corvallis & East
ern, which has been considering
the advisability of extending its
line from the present terminus to
the boundary of Eastern Oregon.
The road terminates now near the
crest of the Cascade range, reach
ing there for the coast. Crook
County Journal.
Positively the last week Goods
at cost at Ladies' Bazaar.
Shirt waists, crash skirts and
crash suits at 20 per cent discount.
Some men's suits at half-price at
Miller's.
Shirt waists, crash skirts and
crash suits at 20 per cent discount.
Some men's suits at half-price at
Miller's.
A TWICE-TOLD TALE.
Some Things Related in Confidence
Founded on Truth.
It must be great sport to hunt
and fish and experience the many
and various adventures as related
by the returning parties of
sportsmen. In order to give an
idea of what will Hake place it is
only necessary to relate a few
that happened the Johnson-Kerr-McFadden-Whitehorn
party dur
ing their recent outing on rive
Rivers. One morning, Bob
Johnson and Julian McFadden
having eone ahead a couple of
miles to fish, Tommy Whitehorn
and George Kerr were detailed
to follow up with the team.
George Kerr was in the front
! seat, driving, and Tommy sat
complacently in a seat over the
stern of the vehicle. Just as
they arrived at the spot where
Bob and Julian were fishing
Tommy espied a deer, and
shouted to Bob that there was
his deer. About the time that
Bob had got his rifle the animal
reached the river and jumped
into the stream. Everything
was excitement. George Kerr
grabbed the only weapon at
hand, which happened to be a
shot-gun, and sprang to the
ground just as Bob fired. Tom
my sat in his soat and shouted
directions. Julian had nothing
to say too much Blackstone on
mind, no doubt.
When Bob fired it was plain
that the deer had received its
death shot, for it began strug
gling about. George was about
forty feet from it and opened
fire with the shot-gun. When he
fired the animal sank down. At
the same instant away dashed
the horses with Tommy sitting
in the back seat and no lines.
Everything was confusion.
There was a dead deer, and rivals
for the honor of killing it, whilst
Tommy continued down the
road after the fashion of an old
country steeple chase, until he
finally got the reins and suo
ceeded in stopping the frightened
horses. No damage was done
in the runaway. George claimed
to have killed the deer, because,
as he stated, "it fell just as I
shot." It was understood that
as George was not more than
forty feet distant and had a shot
gun there was a remote possibil
ity of his having hit it, but in
spection proved that there were
no bird shot in it, and hence it
is now settled that George shot
in the air.
Many experiences were theirs.
They gained information of
value. For instance, Tommy
Whitehorn found out that the
settlers of that section employed
horses and carriages when they
fished and imparted the knowl
edge to the party. They were
incredulous and Tommy ex
plained that he had overheard
a man state that he had "given
Mr. Sot-and-so a 'rig' and started
him fishing." Ask Tommy
about it.
Additional Local
Mrs. May Nelms and daughter,
Celia, were passengers for the coast
yesterday. They will remain at
Newport until the first of Septem
ber. TheC. & E. will run an excur
sion train to Newport and return,
Sunday, August 5th. The usual
Sunday prices will prevail and the
time of leaving and returning will
be the same as heretofore.
Elder Shupp, of the Evangelical
Association, will preach in Kings
Valley on the evening of August
11th, at 8 o'clock. Quarterly con
ference will follow. There will also
be preaching Sunday, August 12th,
at 11 a. m.. and administration of
the Lord's Supper.
On his return from Portland last
week, Nat Stewart was accompan
ied by E. A. Milner, an old-time
Corvallisite and former school sup
erintendent of Benton county. Pro
fessor Milner left Monday for Port
land. He came back to Albany on
the evening train, where he will be
joined by Mr. Stewart, and together
they start for California, where
Professor Milner will visit at the
home of Mr. Stewart.
Harry and Robert Withycombe
departed Friday for a month or
more in the mountains. They were
outfitted somewhat in the style of
prospectors, being provided with a
pony each to ride and one for car
rying the camp outfit. When get
ting ready to depart they exper
ienced some difficulty in packing
their outfit on the pony they had
not perfected the "diamond hitch"
and the pony proceeded to spill
camp-kettles, etc., promiscouously.
The young men were not certain of
their destination, but expected to
cross the Cascades and proceed to
Fish Lake.
Ladies who visit Nolan & Calla
han's don't forget looking over their
Remnant Counter: some choice
plume.
1
THE
CLOTHING
WE SELL
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
t 50 Shirt Waists to close for $ Jfi
60 " " SO
75 " 60
1 00 " " " 80
1 25 " u " 1 00
1 50 " u 1 20
1 75 " " " 1 40
2 Oo " " 1 60
2 25 " " " 1 80
3 00 " " " 2 lj.0
All Crash Skirts and Crash
CLINES ARE
jgpMail orders will have our
F. L MILLER,
Corvallis Oregon.
Cbe Paint Store,
C. A. Barnhart, Manager.
Paints, Oils and Varnishes
WALL PAPERS
RAMBLER AND IDEAL
Bicycles, Majestic Lamps, Mossberg Chime Bells, Etc.
4
9
The Corvallis Commission
Store
Keeps constantly on hand the celebrated
CORVALLIS AND MONROE FLOURS
A package of Arm & Hammer Soda is given free with
every sack of the latter
Hay, Oats, Grain. Bras, Shorts, Potatoes
Fish, Eggs, Poultry, Etc.
JOHN LENGER, Manager
Job Printing
at this
Boys' and Men's
SUITS
is all the correct sty lei
and weaves.
Our Prices
"MS
are always lowest and
with the 20 per cent
GUARANTEED
discount you get a bar
VITHTHI5 LABEL
gain that will be hard.
to duplicate again.
Fall order of Boys' and Men'sj
Corvallis, Or.
Suitings 20 per cent discount
COMPLETE"
best attention.
office