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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1900)
m THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE. TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1900. Ladies' Silk Waists Good material. Good workman ship. New Styles. $7 to $10 each. Underskirts Mercenised cotton. Looks like ilk. Wears as well as silk. Pop ular colors. $1.50 to $2.25 each Taffeline J. W. Howell and wife returned from Alsea Saturday. Miss Spencer returned yesterday from her visit to Newport. For fine skirt linings and -, for shirt waits. Twelve shade. 50 cents per yard. S E Young & Son Albany, Oregon. LOCAL NEWS. Miss Edna Irvine visited friends in Lebanon last week- Mi. Castle, the well-known cattle buyer, returned from the coast last week. Some grain is being hauled to the flouring mills, but this work is not yet in mil blast A prominent farmer states that it pays better to fatten hogs on wheat than to sell it at less than 45 cents per bushel. Jasper Wy man. who has teen in the Graham & Wells' drug store for the past few weeks has returned to his home in Albany. J. M. Nolan went to the coast Saturday to remain until Septem ber 1st, at which time he will re turn accompanied by his family. Mrs. A. Parker, oi Cloride, Ari zona, arrived in this city Friday She expects to remain here a month or mare visiting her son, Frank Maxs n. Hitherto the statute providing against the robbing of birds nests has been a dead letter. Game War den U mm bey tecentlv had a man convicted for this, offense and he was fined $15. From an exchange it is learned that Mrs, C. h. Hout and daughter Frankie, who have been at the coast' for some time, recently went from Yaquina City to Toledo, where they are to visit triends. Attorney W. E. Yates went to the coast Saturday and expects to bring his family home about the middle of the week. Mrs. Yates has not been very well over there for the past week or so . It is now thought by those best informed that the hop crop this year is out of danger, and even if it rains no damage will result. The crop is estimated to reach the neighborhood of 80,000 bales. John Wigle, of Priceville, broth-er-in-law of Mrs. Lola Wigle, was in Corvallis last week. He has a number of fine driving horses and is making a tour of valley towns with a view to their disposition- The river steamer Eugene, one of the unluekiest of boats, is once more above the river bottom near Oregon City, being patched up and will be used by the O. C. T. Com pany for awhile on the Salem route. West Side. It is reported that M. L. Barnett, of Monroe, lost 60 head of sheep last week, caused by using a patent sheep dip. Just what is wrong ii not known, but Mr. Barnett thinks the "scab" in this case was better than the "cure." . It has been remarked that two pests that are usually in evidence at this season of the year are missing, or at least are not so plen tiful as usual in this section dur ing the present year. They are the codlin moth and the fiery "yel low jacket.' Nobody regrets their disappearance. It is safe to Bay that Rube will make his word good and that the following expression was voiced by him: "Reuben Kiger says he will bet a quarter section of Benton county with the post holes dug, that he can beat any two-year-old trot ter in Oregon with his Coeur d'Alene colt." Rural Spirit. Arthur Rochester, who passed through this city a few months ago on his way to Nome, has written back to fr.ends in Lincoln county that he has found that country to be a genuine fraud. From what he says, it may be presumed that he has got the green out of his eyes. Men who have iruit dryers are pretty busy now-a-days getting ready to take care of the fruit. Despite the pessimistic predictions made earlier in the season there will be a pretty good crop of prunes after all. Should prices prove satisfactory Benton county prune growers will realize good money on their crop this year. Two Eastern gentlemen have sent for sample copies of the Gazette and have stated that it is their intention to visit Benton county some time during the fall with a view to locating here. Should they come it is safe to wager 2 to 1 that they will remain. The gentlemen are T. B. Eaton, of Elswortb, Wisconsin, and D. C. Galbraith, of Osage, Iowa. Major F. E. Edwards is enjoying an outing at Belknap Springs. "Prof. E. C. Hay ward is home from his visit to Victoria, B. C. Tom Monteith and John Simp son drove over to Waterloo Sunday Mrs. C. Hapless and daughter Georgia, returned Friday from the coast. Mrs. J. E. Andrews is visiting with friends and relatives in Eugene and vicinity. 1 Miss Esther Avery leave, this week to resume her studies at Stan fold University. Mrs. Mary Simpson weut to White8ou, Saturday, to visit for a short time with friends. Rev. C. MacLean. of the Eoiscc pal church of this city, visited Mc- Mmnville last week and held ser vices there Sunday. Prof. Chas. L. Johnson returned to Corvallis, Sunday, from his fish ing expedition up Blue river. He says he got lots of bites. Elmer Clark was so ill last week that he was obliged to forsake his post at the bank for a few days He is again at the old stand. Mrs. Jesse Spencer and son, Vic tor, returned Saturday trom an outing of a week at the farm of John Huffman, west of Philomath The Gazette has been presented with a specimen of the delightfully scented Linaloa wood of Mexico, bv Edw. F. Niehaus & Cb., of $an t rancisco. At the guardian sale, last Satur day, George W. Henkle purchased the interest of Carey Peterson in the John D. Mulkey donation land claim for 66.67 Gee. Horning went to Portland, Saturday, with a car load of cattle and hogs, returning yesterday The cattle sold for from 3 to 34 cents, and the hogs for 5 cents. Frost is reported to have appeared in various localities Sunday morn ing, in some instances it is said to have nipped the tomatoes. This is the first frost of the season. A. F. Peterson is in Portland to secure carpenters to assist in build ing a nne residence at Mood Kiver. Carpenters are all so busy that he is finding it difficult to secure the number of men he desires. Gi-orge W. Henkle returned Sat urday from his outing at the coast. From now on the people will be gin to arrive home from the various pleasure resorts and in the course of a month Corvallis will seem her self again. For the past few davs Robert Johnson, manager of the Benton County Prune company's big or chard, has been busy getting the dryer ready for the prunes. Mr. Johnson expects to start drying next Monday. Work on the new walk to the the O A C is being prosecuted with great energy and it is about ready for the decomposed granite with which it is to be finished. From present indications it will be fine when completed. Next Monday a teachers' insti tute of three days duration will be convened in this city. Supt. Den- man has a fine program arranged, consisting of instructive papers by able teachers, while the best talent of the city will assist in entertain ing the people who attend. Reports have reached this office of a gang of boys in town who watch for an opportunity to way lay some little fellow weaker than themselves and then proceed to whip him. In some instances these boys are merging into manhood. If they do not cease such actions it is only a matter of time when they will fine themselves in serious trouble. CEASAR IN POLITICS. Arrayed Like Solomon in All His Glory Only More So. "Live in Corvallis and become famous," has become almost as famous a proverb as "See Venice and die." The number of gems from this classic village which are now scintillating on the brow of Fame, has been increased by our old black diamond, Tulius Ceasar Taylor. "Old Caesar," as he was familiarly known here, was a resi dent of this city for many years. Since his departure, occasional glimmerings of his brilliant achieve ments have reached us, but none so dazzling as the following from the Portland Telegram: Arrayed in ultra-fashionable tog- gery, including siik nat, patent- leather shoes and rnnce Albert frock, Julius Caesar Taylor, colored and 70 years of age, departed yes terday evening for Wahkiakum county, Washington, to become a pieturesque figure and an influen tial factor in the campaign now in- progress in the Evergreen State. Billy Starr, the genial bookkeeper foj the Pillar Rock Canning Com pany has been nominated for the office of representative from the Wahkaikum district and he needs help. Starr is original in his cam paign methods and among the unique features of his present pro gram Julius Ceasar will be promi nent. Julius, an Uregon pioneer from choice and a stalwart repub lican from birth, (although he was born before the party was organized) is devoted to his friends, of whom he has many. He has been a gro tesque figure on the streets of Port land for years and has been a pioneer high-water mark for two decades or more. A a campaigner he is not without virtuous innu tt - 1 ill. 1 a ence. xlis plantation taiK aooui Abraham Lincoln and the long primer principles of the abolitionists always attracts attention and makes votes. He is a peculiar character on all occasions, whether 'dressed up" or not. Julius Caesar was born in Alex ander. Va., in 1830. He has no remembrance of ever having seen his father and mother. They were slaves and Julius passed from the block in his infancy, as the property of B. T. Taylor, who died seme years ago in Corvallis. Fifty years ago. in the state ot .New lork, he was released from bondage, hia white owner desiring to remove to Oregon Territory. But Julius bad reason to cultivate affection for his foster parents and pleaded with them for permission to become a pioneer with them in the wild and woolly West. He came and for many years he remained with them. Presently, however, inspired by the notion of progress, which then prevailed in the frontier communi ties of civilization, and lured by the promise of fortune, which, unpreju diced by color or station, was here extended to all alike, he left the home cf his uncradled childhood and removed to Portland, where for years he engaged in the butcher High-Binders Abroad. The Johnson-Bryson-Rennie par ty arrived home Friday evening from an outing of three weeks in the vicinity of Harlan, Lincoln county. From what they report a most enjoyable time was exper ienced. They had fish in abun dance and killed two deer during their outing. We are indebted to the party for a breakfast of as fine mountain trout as ever came to Corvallis. Ben Woldt, when last heard from was in Wisconsin. Just be fore he left the "old country" for home he received a letter from Carl Hodes, who is visiting relatives in Germany, in which the latter stated his regrets that he could not accom pany Ben across the ocean on the voyage home. Carl stated that he was so nearly sick with a severe cold that he did not deem it wise to travel. Some time ago Clem King, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, was in Cor vallis for the purpose of purchasing a carload of goats. Mr. King had been informed that these animals could protect themselves from the coyotes which infest that region. His friend, James Hayes, assured him that thin was a mistake, and Mr. King returned home without the goats. Friday of last week, however, Mr. Hayes shipped him three nannies and a fine bnck as a present, and to satisfy his desire for goats. business, at which he amassed a very considerable competence. He took unto himself a wife and then began the decline of his for tune. In a few years his bank ac count of 30 or 40 thousand dollars was dissipated, the comforts of do mestic life had taken wings and Julius Caesar mechanically set sail on the barque of chance in which he has drifted ever since. When Caesar expressed a wil lingness to return to the field of politics and help his friend Starr over the rapids of a Washington campaign, Captain C. T. Belcher and his assistants in the St. Charles Hotel, aided and abetted in the charity by the artists in a neigh boring barber ship, procured for him the France Albert attire, ob tained transportation for him to Pillar Rock and sent him away on his patriotic mission the happiest and most confident politician west of the Rocky mountains. The pjrty consisting of H. W. Hall, Charley Barhart, Jas. Flett and Augus Hodes and their sons, have been heard from, as will be seen from a oommunioation printed below. They left Corval lis last week and the first night camped on what they took to be a deserted ranch, and, not know ing that the owner was near at hand, turned their horses loose on the meadow. Having pitched ineir tents, tney sat down to a sumptuous repast of bacon, beans and bread, during which thev took turns at relating person al experiences in which each figured as the hero ot some thrilling adventure. Their con versation was rudely broken into by the returned ranchman, who on seeing their horses on his meadow, gave vent to his rage and ordered them to "git" and be quick about it. This is what took place and what was said by the irate mountaineer, according to the Gazette correspondent, "Hole in the Water:" Addressing a bearded gentle man, "You darned 'cuss,' you would see me starve before you would give me a loaf of bread. And you," addressing another, "would not let me have a pound of salt. And you, you fat ras cal, would lock np if I took a small drink of red rye. And you long, lanky, gangling contor tionist, I don't know you, but I suspect you to be the leader of the gang. Don't you open your face or I'll tie your legs in a knot around yonder sapling. Those kids can stay with me if they want to and I'll give them something to eat and a place to sleep, but you other fellows, git-" From what is learned a truce tvas arranged and war averted. OIR LOT IS BLESSED. After Oregon Lumber. Edw. F. Niehaus, of the firm of Niehous & Co., of San Fran cisco, left Saturday after a visit to this city to secure three car loads of lumber, oak, maple and Cottonwood, from the Corvallis Sawmill Co. This Cottonwood or balm, which is considered superior by experienced persons for making boxes, will be con verted into cigar boxes by this San Francisco firm. Several thousand feet of this lumber was recently shipped to the Salem box faotory and the Albany nur sery is getting 10,000 feet from the Corvallis Sawmill Co., and hauling it to Albany by team. This is Mr. Niehaus' first vis it to Oregon, although he is a constant traveler, and makes regular trips to Mexico and Guatemala. There is a strike on in San Francisco among planing mill employes for an eight-hour day, and Mr. Nie haus thought this an opportune time to visit Oregon and secure a cargo of planed lumber. He had been of the opinion that Oregon was continually deluged with rami and was ft most disa greeable country to travel in. Acting on this presumption, he brought n extra suit of clothes so that when those on became wet he could don a dry suit He soon learned his mistake and left his extra suit in Portland. "Or egon is a delightful country," he says, "and ner climate is de lightful." Received An Answer. Additional Local Mr. Barker is lying quite ill with an attack of appendicitis at his home in Job's Addition. After con sultation over the matter, Drs. Cathey and Pernot decided that an operation was not necessary from the present condition of the patient. Tyra Smith has just completed harvesting. The work was done in 10$ days, the shortest run in Mr. Smith's experience as a farmer. From 1,100 acres he secured but 7,786 bushels of wheat and 4,122 bnshels of oats; an average ot 10.8 bushels to the acre. Real Estate Transfers. S A Logan and wife to S A Thorp and wife, deed to east half of dona tion land claim of P M Starr, 324 aores 2 miles norths of Dusty; con, $1,205. Wm M Anderson to Nellie E Anderson, 40 acres 14 miles S W Corvallis; con, $40.' John Conner and wife to George Taylor, 4 lots blk 6 Rayburn's Ad dition to Corvallis; con. $175. Farmers, bring your produce to J H Simpson. He will take it in exchange for anything in his line and sell you goods at lowest cash prices. A letter signed by Mayor Craw ford, members af the council and other citizens, was sent August 6th to the presidents ot the Union Pacific and Southern Pa cific . railroads. The letter en dorsed the movement started by the Astoria chamber of com merce, asking for better freight rates for Oregon. It requested that the same liberal treatment accorded to the state of Wash ington be extended to Oregon; that eastern freight rates be granted from points of shipment, and not from Portland as a ter minal, as now. Shippers in Ore gon pay local rates from all points to Portland, and this dis crimination handicaps them in the commercial contest with Washington. Monday, Mayor Crawford re ceived a reply from President C. H. Harriman, of the U. P. stat ing that the matter had been re ferred to the local representa tives of the company who were better acquainted with condi tions here than the authorities at New York. What a Benton County Gentleman Noted in Other States. A. C. Miller, of Kings valley, who went Bast about six weeks ago for a visit with relatives, ar rived home Friday. He was at his old home in Schuyler county, 1 New York, the scene of his youth. He had been absent for 22 ears, during which period he must have changed some as his own sister did not recognize him. In speaking of the country of his birth, Mr. Miller stated that although Oregon has poor crops, those of New York are worse. In going East he traveled over the Oregon Short Line and the Union Pacific, and came home over the Northern Pacific, and he says that of all the country be passed through he saw noth ing to equal this state. There is a portion of Idaho and Mon tana that made a favorable im pression on the gentleman. Mr. Miller says that in Schuy ler county, when he was a boy good crops of wheat were pro duced, but in time wheat im poverished the soil to such an extent that planting this crop was abandoned and clover for stock raising was taken up. This in time tailed and at the present time the condition of the soil is such that in order to in sure even a medium crop it is necessary to fertilize the soil at an expenditure of from io to $12 an acre. This does not pay, in fact, as he saw it, nothing in the line of agriculture seemed to offer any inducements. Another feature of the country that made the gentleman from Kings Valley long for home was heat. He said it was at times almost unbearable and he often wished he was back in old Ben ton where he could get a sniff of the glorious sea breeze with which this country is blessed. In summing np the situation it is easily seen that too much cannot be said in favor of Ore gon, liven tnougn crops are poor this vcar and affairs are not so favorable generally as in the years gone by, crops in other states are yet poorer and the weather conditions are far worse. Too much, praise cannot be gi pen this state and disgruntled Ore gonians should bear in mind the condition of affairs and put their shoulders to the wheel for the development of their own state. The natural resources are here and are only waiting for men of energy and enterprise to make the country second to none. This is as Mr. Miller sees it. THIS SPACE IS FOR Law or no Law. For Sale Four grade Jersey cows; two heavy work horses; Piano binder in good re pair; disc harrow, almost new. Call and see them on the Prior Scott ranch two miles southwest Corvallis. J. H. Mattlsy. It is believed that the law against the slaughter of birds is pretty generally observed in this county, but in other counties there is some disregard of the law reported. The fanlt cannot be laid at the door of the real sportsman, for he has too true an appreciation of the situation not to desire that the birds be pro tected daring the close season. From the account given in Lane county it will appear that Game Warden Quimby was a little mistaken in some of his calcula tions: "Notwithstanding the state ment of the game warden to the effect that few upland birds are being killed unlawfully, an almost incessant rattle of shot guns can be heard in various parts of this county. If the game warden were to see the amount of ammunition that is being sold, he might begin to think some birds were being killed. In some localities the law is re spected, and the birds are not molested, while in other locali ties it is not at all unusual to hear the guns of- from two to 20 hunters. The earliest spring brood of peasants are now large enough to make good eating, but the second and third broods are still too small. Sportsmen claim that some attempt should be make to enforce the law, for the benefit of all concerned." For hop- Ian fc Call gloves go to No- Ladies who visit Nolan & Calla han's don't forget looking over their Remnant Counter; some choice plums. Nolan & Callahan's Remnant Sale closets Friday, August 31st Musical Instruction. Pupils taught piano and organ after Dr. Mason's celebrated Method. Parties desiring instruction will please leave or ders at Daniel's Book Store, or confer with the undersigned. Terms reason able. MOBDAUMT GOODNOUOH. S. L. Kline's NEW FALL CLOTHING .AD. We have the Largest and Handsomest Line we have ever shown. S. L. KLINE Corvallis, Oregon. How's Your Wife going to get breakfast in ten , minutes without 19 Get your Job Work done here Ten Minute Mush? Our window is full of it; Our Grocery Department is full of it, and you can get full of it at the rate of a twoand-'one'halfypound package for Ten Cents.- You can't pick hops without it. One box buys four packages. Our hoppicking gloves will last longer than ten minutes. r ' Price 25 Cents. F. L. Miller, Corvallis, Oregon. 5 Cbe Paint Store. C. A. Barnhart, Manager. Paints, Oils and Varnishes 2 -tWAIX PAPERS RAMBLER AND IDEAL Bicycles, Majestic Lamps, Mossberg Chime Bells, Etc Planing Mill and Box Factory ... We Manufacture Boxes Of .... Sugar Pine, Cotton Wood, White and Yellow fir THE BOSSPBOX Is made ot Pine Ends and Cottonwood Sides. We have sold thousands of them and never a complaint. We Carry a Full Planing Mill Stoek. 999999 Our Lumber Sheds Contain TEN times more dry fine Yellow (mountain) Fir floor ing, rustic and finishing lumber than any other -yard in the county. Call and be convinced. . We bay all kinds of logs, Bed and Yellow Fir, etc., and our prices range accordingly. When you bny of ns, you patronize Home Industry. Our prices are as low as the lowest and our stock is the best. CORVALLIS SAWMILL COMPANY.
