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THE CQRVALLIS GAZETTE.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1900.
Ladies' Silk Waists
Good material. Good workman
ship. Xew Styles. $7 to $10 each.
Underskirts
Mercenized cotton. Looks like
silki Wears as well as silk. Pop
ular colors. $1 .50 to $2.23 each
Taffeline
Far fine skirt lining and for shirt
waits. Twelve shade. 60 cents per
yard.
S, E, Young & Son
Albany, Oregon.
LOCAL NEWS.
Preaching Sunday at 2:30 p. in.
at the Witham school house by Rev.
L. M. Boozer.
Rev. L. M. Boozer will preach at
the United Evangelical church
Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. in.
The Woodmen of Alsea are to
give a basket social at Grange Hall
this evening. An exceedingly good
time will result.
According to exchanges, Wallis
Nash is at present stumping the
Florence country in the interest of
the republican party.
Mrs. P. T. Smith, of Portland,,
arrived in this city, Tuesday, and
will visit indefinitely with her
daughter, Mr. L. M. Boozer.
Dr. M. M. Davis and family ar
rived in Corvallis from the Bay,
Tuesday, and will make their home
in this city during the winter.
The steamers are now running
on the Willamette river up as far
as Salem. It is now only a matter
of a few days until the whistles of
steamers will be heard in Corvallis,
The hop market continues strong
at 15 and 16 cents and some hop
growers are holding out now for
20 cents per pound. A man who
is authority says there is no telling
how high the price may go when
the demand commences.
The time of sportsmen for hunt
ing deer this year is becoming quite
short. Next Thursday the deer
law closes and after that date
hunters must let dier alone until
the 15th of next July. Thh will
seem quite awhile to some sports
men. Fiom various sections it is re
ported that fall sown grain is up
and growing nicely. It is to be
hoped that the grain crop in the
Willamette valley next year may
be a heavier, better paying propo
sition than it proved for the season
just past.
A number of Bryan meu went
from this oity to Philomath, last
Wednesday evening, to help en
thuse at the speech made at that
place by Hon. Dell Stewart. Ao
cording to reports (?) of the meet
ing, from Philomath, Mr. Bryan
still has a ghost of a chance for
election.
Cal. Thrasher arrived home,
Wednesday, from several- weeks
spent in Marion count7, where he
was organizing lodges for the order
of Modern Woodmen of America.
While down there he organized two
lodges within 60 rods of the county
line. Ihis is hewing pretty close.
Mr. Thrasher expects to leave for
Albany today in order to do some
lodge work there.
The M. W. A., of Alsea, will give
a free entertainment on the even
ing of October 26th. Among other
attractions of the evening will be a
drama entitled, "A Woodman Sol
dier." Ladies are requested to
bring lunch baskets containing
lunch enough fcr two. A cake is to
be given to the most popular young
lady, and one will also be presented
to the homeliest gentleman.
Rev. E. L. Fitch, presiding elder
Willamette district, Columbia An
nual Conference M. E. Church,
South, will preach in their church
in this oity, Saturday, October 27th,
at 11 o'clock, immediately after
which will be held the first quar
terly conference of the year. He
will also occupy the pulpit of Rev.
F. A. Lark Sunday morning and
evening. All are invited ti come.
A story is printed in an exchange
relating to a Swede who on being
asked who he will vote for this year,
replied that he will vote for
"lirain." Asked why, he stated
that he was told four years ago
that if he voted for "Brain" it
would bring good times. He did
bo, and good times came, and he is
going to vote for his man again.
It is often the case that the wrong
man is ignorantly given credit that
is not his due.
Oregon's reputation for growing
prunes is not very widely known,
and it is found that packers in
many parts of the state are label
ing their fruit as grown in Califor
nia, in order to find a good market
for it. Those who are interested in
the industry in the stat- should
use evdry means to advertise Ore
gon as a prune-growing state in
order that the fruit grower here
may have a standing in the mar
ket! of the world- Statesman.
J. F. Steiwer and wife arrived in
Corvallis Wednesday.
Norm Lilly has disposed of his
hop crop of 52,000 pounds to Fabre
& Neis, of Albany, for 14 cents.
The work of placing the decom
posed granite on the college walk is
progressing rapidly and will soon
be completed.
A document was filed with Clerk
VTatters, Wednesday, in which the
bondsmen of David A. Osburn et al
have brought suit against said
David A. Osburn for the sum of
$4,643.
A cordial welcome at the Metho
dist Episcopal church next Sunday.
Subject in the morning, "Spiritual
Gravitation;" evening, '-The Limi
tation of Knowledge." F. L. Moore,
pastor.
Services at the Presbyterian
church next Sabbath as usual;
preaching both morning and even
ing by the pastor. A cordial wel
come to all. Sabbath school at 10
a. m. and C. E. at 6:30 p. m.
A short note to this paper from
Mr. R. S. Harrington, announces
that that gentleman is now in Pen
dleton and is doing an excellent
business with his washing ma
chine. He says he will be home to
vote for McKinley and Roosevelt.
In the case of the State of Ore
gon vs. it. ft. Edwards, August and
John Strake, of Alsea, have been
subpoenaed to appear before the
circuit court at its convention us
witnesses for the state. This is the
Alsea case that excited so much
discussion a few months ago, where
in said It. E. Edwards is charged
with bigamy.
The State of Oregon has brought
suit in the Lincoln county circuit
court to foreclose a mortgage on 40
acres of land. Sheriff Burnett re
ceived a summons, Wednesday, to
serve on Mary J. Whitby, who ia in
some manner connected with tho
case, l he property above referred
to is evidently the property of the
Toledo Coal Co., as they are the
defendants in the case.
Quite a change is to be mad
shortly in the management of the
ladies' dormitory at the O A C.
Miss Snell, who has had charge of
this institution for a number of
yearn, has asked to be relieved of
thes3 duties on account of failing
health, and will take up her resi
dence in her home in town. Mr.
and Mrs. T. Callahan will take
charge of the management of the
hall, while Miss Chamberlain and
Miss Crawford will have charge of!
the discipline.
J. C. Young moved the body of
Frank Moore from the Newton
cemetery near this city this
week. Mr. Moore died at Philo
math some four or five years
ago. Mrs. Mason, of Philomath,
wished to have the body removed
to the Odd Fellows cemetery, of
which order Mr. Moore had been a
member, and the body and monu
ment were moved by Mr. Young.
Mr. Moore was a veteran of the
civil war and took part in the bat
tle of Bull Run.
An Arkansas paper says in one
of the mountain counties only one
man took a newspaper and the citi
zens would gather in to hear it read
when it came. A listener one time
asked what they were doing in
congress. "Oh," replied the read
ers, "they are playing the dickens
over there; they passed a law add
ing two months to a year, and the
worst part of it is, they made them
both winter months." "Blast their
fool heads," replied the listener,
' and we are nearly out of fodder."
There is to be a regular meeting
of the Grange at the Agricultural
College tomorrow, Saturday, at
1:30 o'clock in the afternoon. After
this meeting there will be a session
given, open to the general pub'ic.
At 2 p. m. this will commence. A
feature of this meeting will be a
lecture by Prof. George Coote, on
"Rose Culture." This promises to
be a most interesting lecture by a
man well-versed on this subject,
and all parties who take an in
terest in roses should attend with
out fail.
It its last issue the Times states
that the circuit court convenes
November 6. This is incorrect.
The date that the circuit court
opens in Benton county is Nov. 5.
Due Stress is laid on this correc
tion, as it is thought that many
jurymen knowing the oth of .No
vember to be a legal holiday might
not appear until the 7th, which
would greatly embarrass matteis.
Election day coming during court
week will cause a number of jury
men throughout the county
to go home 10 vote or else
avail themselves of blank "A."
The circuit court adjourned its
term in Linn county, Tuesday after
noon. In the case of the State vs.
A. W. Hepburn, a former O A C
student, Hepburn was allowed to
plead guilty of simple larceny. The
value of the property stolen was
less than $35, and it was by con
sent of the district attorney that
he was allowed to plead in this
manner. Sam Bugger, whose
property was stolen, did not desire
a heavy sentence passed on the
young man. He was fined $50.
It is hoped that the predicament
from which he has been extricated
may prove a lesson to the youth
that will last him as long as he
lives.
A LE6AL battle.
Another Chapter in tho History of the
Oretvon Asrlcnltural Collece.
Editor Gazette : The legal
battle for the control of the Ore
gon Agricultural College was one
of the hardest that has ever been
fought in the courts of the state
and came near resulting in the
loss of the control of that magnifi
cent institution by the state.
On the 13th day of October,
1007, a complaint was nied in
circuit court of the state of Ore
gon for the county of Benton, in
which Joseph Liggett and others,
representing the- M. E. Church,
South, were plaintiffs, and W. S.
Ladd and others representing the
State of Oregon, were defendents.
Ex-Attorney General George H.
Williams and Ex-Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of the State
of Oregon Jas K. Kelly, appeared
for the plaintiffs and John Bur
nett, J. F. Watson, L. Fhnn and
M. L. Pipes appeared for the de
fendants. The object of the suit was to
cancel a deed made prior to that
time by the Corvallis College of
the college farm (where the ad
ministration building stands)-to
the state and oust the state's
board of regents from the control
of the college.
After a full argument before
Judge Bean by Judge Williams
and Judge Kelly for the Church
and Judge Burnett and Judge
Watson for the State, Judge Bean
in a very ably written opinion
(now on file) sustained the con
tention on behalf of the State and
dismissed the complaint. The
Church appealed the case to the
supreme court and Chief Justice
Thayer rendered an opinion re
ported in the 17th Oregon re
versing Judge Bean and holding
that the Church was entitled to
the agricultural farm and the
improvements, including the
present administration building
and all the rights and privileges
and endowments inuring to the
Corvallis College ferever. In
concluding his opinion Judge
Thayer said: "In arriving at
this conclusion I am not con
soled by the reflection that the
view expressed (in the opinion)
will promote the best interests of
the public. I think it would be
far better for the community if
the Corvallis College in its pres
ent condition of affairs were un
der the exclusive control of the
State."
To sav that this decision of
the supreme court created great
surprise is putting it mildly, for
the people of Benton county haft
not only contributed the money
to buy the original farm, but had
in addition raised twenty thou
sand dollars to build the admin
istration building, with the. un
derstanding that it was for the
State Agricultural College, to be
under exclusive control of the
State.
After a hard fight the attorneys
for the State obtained a rehearing,
and leave to file an answer and
have the case retried in the cir
cuit court.
When the case was sent back
to the circuit court of Benton
county, Judge Pipes was on the
bench and being an attorney of
record for the State could not try
the case. The nearest judge was
Judge Boise, but as he was a
member of the State board of
regents, the case was sent to
Judge Shattuck of Portland, who
heard the case and following the
decision already made by the
supreme court, decided against
the State, and now it came the
turn of the State to appeal, which
it did without delay.
When the case reached the
supreme court the second time
(five years after the complaint
was filed) there had been a
change in the bench and it con
sisted of: William P. Eord, chief
justice, and Robert S. Bean and
Frank A, Moore, associate jus
tices, instead of W. W. Thayer
chief justice, and W. P. Eord
and R. S. Strahan, associate
justices.
The case, however, had been
argued before the old court and
should have been decided by it,
but the court had gone to Pen
dleton to hold a term, of court
and on account of 1 "ie strike
I that year stopping th railroad
trains from running, the court
could not get back to hold their
last term in Salem, at which this
opinion was to be rendered and
the case was necessarily forced
before the new court, when it
was argued for the third time.
The last decision was in favor of
the State and Judge Moore in a
clear, forcible and unanswerable
opinion (reported in 23rd Oregon)
demonstrated the right of the
State to the agricultural farm
and buildings and the right to
the exclusive control and man
agement of her own college. B.
The) Alsea Road.
The road over Alsea mountain
is fast becoming impassible and
during the winter months that
are commencing the residents of
the little valley will be shut off
from the outer world, so to speak.
iot only will t ey oe shut in
themselves, but they will be be
yond the reach of a market for
their produce.
T. J. Cams, who has been
teaming all fall, arrived in Cor
vallis late Tuesday evening.
He was delayed about three
hours on the mountain on ac
count of getting "stuck." He
was driving four horses and had
about 1,200 or 1,400 pounds on
he wagon when he mired. The
team he is driving has been used
for four seasons on this road and
are as true as steel feo pull. He
says the more the horses pulled
the deeper in the mud the wagon
got. He was finally obliged to
unload and hitch the team to the
hind end of the wagon to pull it
out. Phis is surely a bad state
of affairs and is deserving of im
mediate action.
Some of the citizens of that
section have been thinking of
getting up a subscription among
themselves of labor and money
and then interviewing tho court
with a view of inducing it to ap
propriate a like sum for the im
provement of tho highway over
this mountain. From the man
ner in which the aourt has oome
to the rescue ot other sections
of the county in the matter of
roads there is every reason to
believe that if the citizens of
Alsea go to work on the pro
posed improvements with a will
they will meet with all possible
assistance from the court.
Our Country.
S. S Wolflshon, special com
missioner for the Buffalo Pan
American exposition, next yaar,
was in Oregon recently. Among
other things he pays the follow
ing tribute to Oregon and the
general Northwest:
"The more I see of the North
west the more I marvel at the
possibilities of its wonderful re
sources. It is a commercial em
pire in itself, which could be
fenced from the rest of the world
and still supply all the needs of
man. Rome in the heighti of
its glory would not be a marker
to the industrial greatness of its
territory ones its vacant lands
were settled and its resources de
veloped. The way ta encom
pass these ends is to shew the
people of ,the East what you
have. Then you will not need
to advertise for settlers, and cap
ital. In visiting the different
industrial expositions held in
the Northwest I have seen such
displays of every kind of product
grown as to cause me to say,
verily this is the 'Garden of the
Gods,' a 'land of plenty' and a
land 'flowing with milk and
honey.' No wonder you peo
ple feel proud of your- posses
sions, but I very much doubt if
the average Oregonian fully
realizes the greatness surround
ing him, unless he has traveled
as I have traveled, all over the
Northwest, and viewed the
golden harvest of exhibits dis
played at the industrial exposi
tions." A Business Change.
U. B. Vogle has disposed ot his
jewelry business in this city to A.
E. Metzger, of Portland. The trans
action was closed yesterday. Mr.
Metzger will take charge Saturday.
He is a single man and comes high
ly recommended as a jeweler and
watchmaker. Mr. Vogle has been
in business in this city for the past
nine years, during which time he
has enjoyed a good patronage and
convinced the public of his ability
as a workman. He will remain in
Corvallis during the coming winter
at least.
Letter List.
For the week ending October 20, 1900.
Parsons calling for these letters will
please state date on which they were
advertised. They will be charged at the
rate of one cent each.
N Bennett, Dr J M Campbell, Orten
Howard, J W Jackson, Miss Emma
Misehler, Dr E N North. G C Neal,
Miss Lizzie Parsons, George Rice, Frank
Williams, Spaulding Bros., Miss Kate
WhitforJ, Philip Wenger, S V Watkins,
W E Wiles.
B. W. Joiinsos, P. M.
Ladies'
dollar at
Jackets 80 cents on the
Kline's.
For Sale.
Thoroughbred Shorthorn bull, 4 years
old, weighs about 2000 pounds. Is A No.
1. Is very gentle and easy to handle.
Gaa be seen at my place about 3 miles
from Corvallis, on the island back of
I Fischer's mills, John Stahlbusch.
France and Frenchmen.
A few days ago Governor Geer
received a letter from Prof. E.
R. Lake of this ctty, now in
France. It is a most interesting
letter and throusrh kindness of
the governor the press is privi
leged to make certain portions of
it public. Perhaps the follow
ing which relates to the people
of France and their customs is
the most interesting part of the
communication:
Now about France. It is really
a beautiful oountry, abounding
in picturesque old castles and
some new ones, great sweeps of
gently rolling, weli-tilled, un
fenoed fields. Trees everywhere,
except in the south, splendid
roads, most substantial bridges
and aqueduots, numerous rail
roads and a superb system of
oanals. One can go from any
large oity in France to any other
by way of the canal, or ha oan
travel from Paris to the Atlantic,
along the coast to Bordeaux, and
from Bordeaux to Celte on the
Mediterranean, and thence over
land (by water) to Paris and the
channel or North sea. The
French people are nervous, high
tempered, oourteous, and withal
generous, but to the average
American vulgar or coarse in
their personal habits. Thsir
methods of business and daily
life are a study, certainly. The
struggle for position is intense
with the middle classes, and the
struggle for existence is equally
as fierce with the lower classes.
This results in a very great sub
division of labor and business.
The small shops are numerous.
Many families eat, work and
make their sales in the same
room, which is often so small
that one trading in the store is
obliged to go in on one side and
come out on the other in order
to have room to get about. This
applies to ihe common people
not to the palatial houses and
stores of the wealthy, or the
ones in which the average globetrotting-
American does his trad
ing. All buildings are made
substantial, they are expected to
last for ages. All the people
have a dsveloped taste for the
beautiful in art, sculpture and
paintings. The street urchin is
an art oritic, as is evidenced
from his uncqmplimentry scowl
ings on the posters and art pieces
that are not quite up to tshe best.
Additional Local
All members are requested to be
present at the regular meeting of
Alpha Rebekah's this evening, as
very important business is to be
transacted. By order of the Noble
Grand.
The financial statement of Ore
gon Agricultural College lor tne
quarter ending September 30, 1900,
was filed in the office of Governor
Qeer Wednesday. It shows expen
ditures as follows: For salaries,
$9,769.05; incidentals, $7,729.16;
total, $17,498.21. The total annual
salaries amount to $40,373.
A Monroe dispatch states that
Dr. Chas. Bond, a druggist at that
place, died there Tuesday, of pneu
monia. His death was sudden.
Dr. Band was an elderly man,
without family. He came here
from Crete, Neb., where, at one
time, he owned an opera house and
one of the best business blocks in
that city.
Tomorrow evening Rev. Peart
will preach his last sermon in As
toria. His new charge in Vermont
is the best in that section of the
country, and the church is a very
fine structure. It is of stone, with
a basement, and has a large pipe
organ, an electric plant and a heat
ing apparatus. The membership is
250, and besides, the Young Peo
ple's Society and Junior League
number respectively 120 and 60
members. The parsonage, which
is built of hardwood, has twelve
rooms, furnace healed, with electric
light and every modern improve
ment. Mr. Peart's salary will be
$1,300, exclusive of residence. His
departure from this city will be re
garded with regret by his friends
here, and his loss to the church
will be one that will be felt by all.
Astoria Daily News.
There came near being a fire yes
terday morning in Corvallis that
might have made things pretty
hot for somebody. It got started
on the roof of the saloon of Kirk &
Wiley; exactly when is not known.
It was discovered shortly after six
o'clock by Jack Kirk who notified
H. W. Hall and Alex Rennie. The
trio went to work with a will and
succeeded in putting the fire out in
a short time. It seems that at the
place the pipe passed out of the
roof the wood must have been too
close and the fire caught in this
manner. Possibly the Boot burned
out of the chimney and the roof
was fired in this manner. At
any rate, there was quite a hole
burned in the roof for a rainy day.
It is lucky that discovery was made
when it was, for a fire in this quar
ter, once under headway would
almost sweep the business part of
the city.
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We Carry a Full Planing MillSStek." -
Our Lumber Shads
Contain TEN times more dry fine Yell.W (?)f:
ing, rustic and finishing lumber than any Lother yard in tne
county. Call and be convinced ,
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We buy all kinds of logs, Bed and Yellow t
range accordingly. When you buy of ua. you patronize Home Industry.
Our prices are as low as the loweat and our stock is the best. I '
CORVALLIS SAWMILL COMPANY.
EXCEPTIONAL VALUES
in OVERCOATS and SUITS.
Our $10 Overcoats; others 12.50
$15, i8-
Our $5 Overcoats; others 0;OC,
$7-5. $8-5-
Our Boys' $9 Overcoats; others
$5 Q $12.
Our Eittle Boys' Swell Top Coats
and Ulsters, $2.50 upwards.
Our Black Clay Worsted Suits
$12; others $i3-5 lPI5-00
$16.50
Our True Blue Serge Suits
$12.50. Won't fade. Others
$13.50, $15.
And many other Suits in endless
variety, made up in proper
style.
S. L. KLINE
Corvallis, Oregon
Unless you want to know where
to get a good, honest suit of clothes
at an honest price.
For a law suit, go to a lawyer.
For a good suit see me. I'll save
you trouble, time and money.
' 'The coat does not make the
man," but it adds greatly to his ap
pearance. I sell my clothing and not my
customers. If you come once yon
will come again.
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