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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1901)
Wt have mane wemeilnl price THE CORVALLiS GHETfL TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1801. Ladies' Silk Waists Good material. Good workman ship. New Styles. $7 to $10 each. Underskirts Mercenized cottou. Looks like silk. Wears as w 11 as silk. Poii ular colors, tl.o- to $2.5 each Taffeline For fine skirt liuings and for shirt waits. Twelve shade. 50 cents per . ywd. S E, Young & Son Albany, Oregon. LOCAL NEWS. . F. L. Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Stovall will pay Corvallis friends a visit, shortly. Walter Brown shipped a cat load of mutton sheep to. Portland, Fri day. Miss Minnie Buxton left Satur day for an extended visit with friends in Portland. Mrs. Greenberry Smith ia quite ill with pneumonia. At last ac counts she as somewhat worse than she had been. Albert J. Metzger is $n exper ienced watchmaker and jeweler. His place of business is three doors north of the postoffice. Sox good wool ones, two-bit ones for 19c. Costs a little, pleases a lot.' Be good to yourself aud buy a few pair. . F. L. Miller. A year's remnants in dress goods can be had for the asking t F. L. Miller's bargain counter. Silk cre pone, from 3 to yards in a piece, half price. The WEC will have installa tion of officers at their hall this evening. A program will be ren dered after which refreshments will be served. Chancey LeVee left Saturday for Southern California. He has two Bisters residing near Los Angeles and intends visiting them for couple of months. Superintendents Littlefield, Starr and Denman, of Yamhill, Polk and jjcmun counties, mane a lively trio. Bright, energetic young men. Al bany Democrat. Selh Hulburt, deputy supreme commander of the Maccabees, ar rived last week from Lincoln coun ty, where he has been working in the interest of his order. It don't take much money to buy at F. L. Miller's barg.Vn counter; a little money buys whole lot. There's bargains then It wouldn't be a bargain counter it there wasn't. Corps Inspector Mandana C. Thorp, of this city, will inspect the Abe Lincoln Relief Corps of Toledo, January 23rd. On the following evening she will five a 30-minute talk. Ihe social club gave an enjoyable dance, Friday night, at the Fire men's Hall. Theie was a good at tendance. . F. R. Oveirander and Mrs. L. Y. Wilson furnished the music. The new c rancil of the city of Philomath, held its first session last week. The city tax levy has been placed at six mills. The as sessed yalue of city property is $35, 000, Mr. Holt, who is logging -on Smith's Islnnd, about five miles above this city, expects to get out between 800,000 and 1,000,000 feet of logs during the winter. They are to .go to Cnsegon City. Pat Crowe the man wanted to answer to the charge of abducting Eddie Cudahy, at one time was a poldier at the Walla Walla garrison. Crowe's real name is said to be W. A. Mason, and he joined the 2nd Cavalry in 1871. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Benton County Prune Co., occurred in the office of Chas. Hout, Thursday evening. The following board of directors was elected: John Smith, president; It. E. Gibson, C. E. Hout, Is. Jacobs and Robert Johnson. W. II. Buoy departed Wednes day morning for Portland where, it is reported, he will consider an in vitation of a wholesale house to en ter its service in the capacity pf traveling salesman. Mr. Buoy will make a first-class "drummer," and has the best wishes of Toledo friends. Leader. M. Porter, of Corvallis, -bos shipped back to Missouri his cham pion Aberdeen Angus bull, Black Knight of Estill.- This bull was . the champion calf over all beef breeds ak the World's Fair in Chi cago, where Mr. Porter bought and shipped- him to his Oregon farm. He has been used here ever . since and left some fine young things for Mr. Porter to breed from. ThUisthe bull that Dr, Withy pqmbe says is the best Aberdeen Angus bull in the United States, and it is to be regretted that he could not have bee a retained in Oregon. Rural Spiri reductions dufleg ear Annual W. Ai Sanders the best watch maicer. T. E. Wilson, of Port-lane. is a canditate for reading clerk n the house, without opposition. T m . -i ... r.oy ia;--or ana wite nave re turned to Lebanon after a short visit with relatives in this city. The holder of the winning nam ber in the Greffi'z gramophone drawing was Miss Kebecca reath amer, of Kings Valley. A recent letter from John M. Osburn, who is visiting with his daughter, at Gold Hill, announces that his health is somewhat im proved. Wm. Skipton came up from Sa lem on Sunday morning's boat. Af ter a short visit with relatives in the country, he returned to Cor vallis in the evening. Marion Hayden, of Alsea, passed through Corvallis during last week en route to Salem. He is Sergeant at Aarma at the Capitol during the sessions of the legislature. Ladies, F. L. Miller wants to see you tomorrow or next day. Those remnants are going out at the door in bunches- Don't think it over too long good things don't linger here. The engagement of a Corvallis gentleman to a young lady in Port land, is shortly to bo announced. The wedding trip, it is said, may include another visit to the Father land. E. W. Fuller, who has been en gaged in the barber business in this city for the past few months, left yesterday for Dallas, where he will oonduet a liverv stable, recentlv purchased by him. A reception was tendered .the Sorosis society by the Jeffersonians m the society room of the adminis tration building, last Friday even ing. A program was rendered and delicious refreshments were served. The tax levy for Philomath school district No. 17 has been placed at 2 1-2 mills; for the city schools or Philomath' it has been placed at 6 mills; Fairmount dis trict No. 4 will have a tax of 2 mills. M. O. Hart has been advertising of late in this paper for the owner of a stray pony. A few days ago a Mr. Smith, of Independence, wrote up and claimed the pony. He stated that he would come tip some time this week and get it. The legislature will be asked to impropriate $20,000, to be used in meeting imperative needs of the college. These as set forth in the report of President Apperson in clude toilets i'or the buildings, re newal of dilapidated fences, and numerous, other necessities. When we advertise a reduction it is bona fide. Our January reduc tion salo is . no . "Mid-Summer Night's Dream," but a January' reality. , Any man who misses this sale might ae well light his cigar with a $10 bill and call it economy. . . , - ' F. L. Miller. The regular chapel exercises at the college yesterday morning, gave place to a program consisting of an oration by Stanley Herbert on "Col lege or Technical Education;" a vo cal solo by Miss Maud Hoover; an oration, "The American Flag," by W. L. Pate, and singing the "Star Spangled Banner" by the student body. City council met last night. . The matter of repealing the bill nosting ordinance was to have been, given consideration. This grew out ' of proceedings begun against S. N. Wilkins by the licensed bill poster. the former havine - distributed rulers advertising his business, in violation of the ordinance, it is claimed. -. , . . The State Board of Tax Lev v composed of Governor Geer, Secre tary of State . Dunbar and State Treasurer Mor.re, has fixed the state levy at 5.7 mills. The total' amount of revenue to be raised by taxation tor state purposes for the fiscal year ending December 31. 190L is $671,488.78, and the total amount of taxable propertv in the state ia $117,805,874.13. " ' , The state senate, now in-session, is composed of twenty republicans, one democrat, two people s party, four ..citizens, one citizens-demo-cratic-people's-nnion, and one demo-ciatic-peoules. The house will have thirty-six republicans, two demo crats, five democratic-peoples, thir teen citizens, three uniony. and one On joint ballot the republi cans will have fifty-six out of a total of ninety votes. At a meeting of the Benton County Bar, held at the office of Judge Burnett on the 12th inst.., a committee of five, consisting of John Burnett, W. a. McFadden, E. Hoi ate, W. E. Yates and E. E. Wilson were appointed to prepare resolu tions to be presented to the county court on the 4th of February next (John , Marshall day), at 10 o'clock a. m. in commemoration .of - the life and sei vices of John Marshall Also to confer with the president of thebtate Agricultural . College and the principal of the public schools in regard to public exercises on said day, and represent the bar in the prepa ration of prograth- for such exercises as may be agreed upon Sl m "try article In oar extensive stcK,eeept W. L. Pouglas Rev. J. W. Bennett is quite ill and has been for several weeks. Miss Leona Smith was called home from Portland yesterday, on a. count of the ssri-jus illness of her grandmother, Mrs. Greenberry Smith. Mrs Ella M Humbert will preach at the Christian church next Lord's Day, both morning and evening You are cordially invited to attend. A series of Evangelistic meetings will begin one week from next Lord's Day. ilev. McComb, who occupied the pu itof the Presbyterian church Sunday, bpent many years in In dia. He gave a very interesting sprmon ia the evening touching on the general conditions of the resi dents of that far away country. A surprise dance was tendered Mr. Rid-ler, at his place of resi dence about 14 miles north of Cor vallis last Wednesday night. A large crowd attended, and after the dance were served with a delicious luncheon. The occasion will long be remembered by those who at tended. If the present rapid rise con tinues and it promises to the Willamette will reach the high stage recorded in the floods of '90 and the early eighties. Yesterday morning it wa9 twenty feet above low water at this city and. raising at the rate of seven inches an hour Reports from Eugene stated that the river was considerably higher at that city than it was at this point, and was still raising. This would mean a continued increase in tne volume of water at Corvallis until sometime today, at least. At its session last week the board of regents of the college ordered a complete business course added to the curriculum for next year. A recent decision from the depart ment at Washington authorizes the establishment of business - courses in connection with agricultural col leges and permit the use of the Morrill . fund for. this purpose. Though there has been a large de mand for this course at the collesre. it has only been inadequately met on account of the lack of authority for using the Morrill fund for the purpose. The new decision per mits instruction in all ths features of a regular business course, in cluding stenography, typewriting, commercial law and other require ments, all of which will be em bodied in the new course. Honors are Even. The fact that Captain Johnson's team of shooters bested the erst while victorious aggregation of Captain Bryson, and the manner in which the teat was accomplished, is now a matter of ancient history, Dui m order mat those who par ticipated, may have some .reliable source to which thev may refer their grand-children, "the Gazette conHbutes space to its recital. The coot -t closed last Thursday even ing mtik- tne; -following individual scores:- -r- - john'son's team. . ,? B W Johnson ........... " 22 M P Burnett. .......... 430 J N McFadden. . : fiO Robert Johnson . . .". . . . . 50 Ned Smith ; 22 E E Wilson 220 JamQS.Flett.. . 0 Charles Heckart 69 Jesse Spencer 3 Thos Whitehorn 2-7 William Currin..'. 67 Z H Davis..... ; 42 John Zeis.: ' 33 Robt Huston .. . . ....... . . . . - 3 Fred Oberer 8 Total.......;.. ...1,106 BRYSON'S TEAM. ER Bryson '.. 0 Dick Kiger. 233 A B Alexander 53 Alex Reunie. 80 James Horning.. ......... . 30 Will -Horning 56 WO Heckart.....". 28 Ed Clark. 15 Frank Lilly 80 S L Henderson. ........... . 59 T Callahan - 36 Grant Elgin. , 70 12 67 0 G W Denman. . Virgil Watters. Ed Rose....... Total 819 Captain Bryson attributes his small score to much valuable time spent ducking in Muddy river. ; - a leature of the contest which was declared a draw was the ban quet given by the losers at the Occi lental h riday evening. The strug gle began at 9 o'clock and was stopped at midnight owing to the couapse 01 a number of the party. B. W. Johnson acting as toast master appeared in the ' prelimi nary, honors being easy between himself and E. R. Bryson, who re- spuuueu. onort toasts were re sponded to in a most creditable manner by W. S. McFadden, Jesse spencer, Kobert Johnson, T. White- horn, V. E. Watters, James Flett, Jtii. Ji. vvuson and is. if . Irvine. Don't forget Nolan & Callahan's urat Reductian Sale. Albert J-Metzger, practical jew. eler. carries an extensive line of washes, clocks and jewelry. County County. The commissioners' court met on Wednesday, January 9th, and besides bills allowed and oth er small matters, transacted the following business: In the case of the State of Ore gon V3 Elmer Norton. it was or dered thaHJ Holgate be allowed $4.85 as Justice of the Peace; W B Kiger, $5.50, aud S 1, Hen derson, $1. so, as witnesses, and M P Burnett, $10 as sheriff. In the case of the State of Ore gon vs Chester Rust, E' Holgate was allowed 5.25 & J. P. fees; James Taylor, $1.50; G A Rob inson, $1.50; A Burnett, $1.50, W E Dunham, $1.50; E. L, Sharp, $4.00, and B W Taylor, $3.50, as witnesses; M P Bur nett, $6.50, as sheriff. Deidrich Mohfield appeared and filed receipts from various parties, showing that, he had paid all damages and costs in the matter of a gateway from his residence across the lands of Wm and Eli Spencer and Thos Iear- mont. In accordance with the facts presented the court deemed it proper to declare the said gate way a "public road and perpet ual right of way," and it- is re corded as the same. In the matter of taxes of Iouis Soloman for the year 1886,' on hearing petition of John R Crow and perusing the various matters contained therein, it waa ordered and adjudged by the court that certain tax-sale oertifieates, re ferred to in said petition, be con sidered null and . void, and the taxes marked paid for the year 1886. The court selected 200 persons with' the necessary qualifica tions to serve as jnrors for Ben ton county during the year 1901. The canvas of the scalp bounty and certificates showed that bounties were due Chas Miller for 1 wildoat; Arthur Scott, 1 wildcat, E M Beals, 2 wildcats; Sol Tatern, 1 -wild cat:' S W Ray, 1 wildcat; R M Webster, 1 wildcat, and James E Post, 2! wildcats and 1 oousrar. The court not being fully acU vised, continued the following matters . until the next regular term of court, Bill of Elmer Betherg, for road work; bill of EF Strouts, for road work; C D Abbott, " tax matter:,- petition for free ferry a Corvallis, Ore gon, and claim of W T Porter for refunding of taxes paid. The bill of Mary Klecker for trees cut for use in- repairing Alsea road was ordered rejected. The court set the tax levy for the year 1901 as follows : County, 10 mills on the dollar; school, 5 mills on the dollar; state scalp bounty fund, 1 cent per head On all'-., sheep, and mill on all other property.. Up to. Satur day Clerk Watters had not been officially notified what the state levy would be. . ' Pleasant Social Event. The Degree of Honor enter tained their friends pleasantly last Thursday evening in their hall, the occasion being the in stallation f officers. After these exercises had been concluded, Miss Adelaide Greffoz, in a neat speech, presented the retiring chief of honor, Mrs. J. M. Nolan, with a silver spoon tray, as - a token of the esteem in which she was held by "members of the or der. A" program consisting of the following numbers, was a pleasant feature of the entertain ment: ' " Piano solo, Gait Hare; vocal solo, Bnrnetta Sheasgreen; vio lia solo, Fred Overlander.; reci tation, Helen Steiwer; dmet fr baritone and saxaphone, Geo. L. Paul and 'Gene M. Simpson; yocal solo, .Maud Hoover; vocal solo, Adalaido Sheasgreea; short address, Deputy Organizer Wag non, of the Workmen. Aa in vitmg luncheon had been spread in the banquet ball, and all were invited to partake which they did with much relish. . Each package of Putnam Fade' less Dys colors moie goods than any other dye and colors them better too. Sold by Graham & Wells. Try this Office for Job Work. Pianos and Organs for Sale. ' Call at residence in Wilkins Addition and see samples of high grade pianos and organs just unboxed. Can give bar gains on goods of the highest merit as they are shipped direct from the factory thns saving middle men's profits and giving the benefit of this economy to patrons. - All invited to inspect goods. MoBBArST A. GOODNOUGH, $3 shoes, Walk Over shoes and Monarch white shirts. All other lines slaughtered. Nolan Callow Can Defy Competition. During the course of his re marks on "Up-To-Date Dairy ing," before the Farmers' Con gress at Salem last week, Dr. Withycombe said: "There is a bright future for the dairy interests of this state Uur possessions in the Orient will give this nation a commer cial prestiee in those densely populated countries. The de velopment of our shipping inter est on the Pacific will be phe nomenal. Line after line of steamships and a rapidly in creasing merchant marine will ply the Pacific, carrying the pro duce of our farms and factories to civilized Asia. With this ever expanding trade will come a demand for the finished pro ducts of the farm, such as butter, cneese, meat, trmr, etc. Ore gon is no longer isolated from the markets of the world, but is. in reality, in the center of the consuming population of the earth. 'The high-priced' products of tne tarm come from the dairv These perhaps represent the re suits of the best energies of the larmer. With up-to-date dairy- mg weaitn aocumuiar.es in var ious branches of agriculture. Dairying paves the way for larger crops, it robs the sou of prac tically nothing.- The by-produots afford a valuable sustenance to calves, swin and poultry, thus enabling the farmer to secure larger annual returns from the sale of farm livestock. The dairy farm stands next t the fafctory for giving constant em ployment to laborers. The monthly revenues from the sys tem of husbandry affect the com mercial status of a" district. In stead of the farmer liquidating his obligations to the merchant annually, he pavs spot Cash for all his purchases. He becomes prosperous and contented, his children are given a college or university education; the home is nicely furnished, and he is en abled to enjoy natural comforts Of life. "With strictly up-to-date methods - there is no reason why ; dairy products cannot be pro duced here at a sufficiently low cost to defy competition." Letter List. For week ending January 12, 1901. Persons calling for these letters will please state date on which they were advertised. They will be charged at the rate of one cent each. E H Bryant, Miss M H Caldwell, E M Eldridge, J B Fuller, Miss Mabel Hanna, EEHlem, G A Hathey, M Haycock, J HHamer, Mrs Flora Hall, Miss Louisa Lewis, Jennie McTimmonds, J J Nye, Bert Pearson, E H Khodes, Mrs Emma Stevens, Arthur M Scott, Mrs William Smith, Len Williams, Mrs Josie.Wer ches. B. W. Johnson, P. M. Latest Music. Under this head will be found the latest popular music. Kept constantly on hand by I. E. Daniel at the Book Store: . . VocAi-"Mother," by TobanL Instrumental "Snowdrops Waltz," piano, 4 handB; Waltz, "Violets," Wald- teufel; "La Eose," Emit Ascher, an Intermezzo for two Mandolins and Guitar. Something New. Jiist published by the Southern Pacifie Company is a pamphlet upon the re sources of Western Oregon, which in cludes an excellent map of the state, and contains information on climate, lands, education, etc., existing indus tries end their capabilities. Attention is also directed to such new fields for energy or capital as "promise fair return. This publication fills a need long ex perienced by Oregonians, in replying to inquiries of Eastern friends. Copies may be had of local agent of the Southern Pacific Company, or from C. II. Makkham, G. F A., Portland, Oregon. v It's a Short Road from a cough to consumption. Don't neglect a cough take Shiloh's ir Consumption Cure when your cold appears. The " ounce of prevention " is better than years of illness.- ul suffered for years from a coagh. bronchial end long- trouble. Raised blood frequently. Spent years in the Dakotas and other parts of ' west but got no relief. Retained east and beean takinc Shiloh. A few bottles com pletely cured me. . 1 consider it the greatest oi remedies. HENRY T. DETCHER, With F. L. Camp & Co., Brokers, Buffalo, N. V, Sblloh's Consumption Cure is Bold by all drnrgrists at 20c, 60c, 81. OO a bottle. A printed eOAraotwe goes with evpry bottle. xi you are not sattened go to your arugs and get your money back. Write for illustrated book on consumption. Sen! without cost to yon, S. C. Wells & Co., LeRoy, N.Y. Sold b Graham & Wcrtham. Unloading Sale of fine Overcor.s and Mackintoshes. T THE LOWEST PRICE that were ever sold in Corvallis. Special prices on nice line to select from. If you are in need of numbers left in Shirts and cheap. See us for the famous Lion Brand Shirts and Collars. Shirts $1.00; collars, 2 for 75 cents. Sole agents for Nelson Custom Fit Shoes for men, made for hard service and to fit; $3.50 per pair. A nice line of Ties, Handkerchiefs, Mufflers, Suspen ders, Gloves, Hose and all kinds of Rubber Goods, all at low prices. Attractive Prices The White House REGULATOR OF WW PRICKS. 6f Srj&SrSSy FOR Fresh FINE TEAS AND COFFEES The Corvallis Store Keeps constantly on hand tbe celebrated -CORVALLIS AND MONROE FLOURS A package of Arm & Hammer Soda is given free ith evt-y sack of tbe latter Hay, Oats, Sraia. Bran, Shorts, Potatoes Fish, Eggs, Poultry, Etc JOHN LENGER, Manager 8 teASJAfiMj, AWA tWWUMUWM i ne commercial Kestaurant and Bakery, Fresh Bread, Cakes, Pies, Etc. : iKept Constantly on Hid.i : Leave orders for Dressed Chickens. Yaqnlaa Oysters " in Season. ' C. C. CHIPMAN, Proprietor. L-ofvalhs' Most Popular Eating House Pioneer Bakery AND RESTAURANT. Fresh bread daily. A complete stock of candies, fruits and nuts kept canstantly on hand. Smokers supplies a specialty? H. W. HALL, Proprietor. iS. Job Printing dsGr at this office fine, up-to-date gar- Men's and Boys' Fancy Vests. A Underwear, we have a few 6dd Drawers that will be sold very mes. Groceries Reliable Goods PROVISIONS, NOTIONS, CIGARS Cotnmissiott i e$S5SS5 T tr rS AU