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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1901)
. 0 - THE COBVALLIS " GAZETTE. TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1901. SPRING 1901 STYLES -IN- Suits and Skirts. We haye now on Bale, and new Spring Suits & Dress Skirts Oor suits eompiise the newest and bt ef the lata creations inch aa coat and bolero effects amd postillion backs. New style skirt! are also shown and jackets to. The price of oar suite range from $8.00 up. S E, Young & Son. Albany, Oregon. LOCAL NEWS. New goods weekly at Nolan & Callahan's. W. J. Wilbanki is improving his property in the north end of town. Prof. Sheafe, of Philomath, was in Corvallis last week transacting business. Closing out sale of Rambler, Ideal and other bicycles, new and econd hand, at Barnhart's. T. F. Welseher is building an ad dition to his residence, which is located near the Opera House. A full line ef the Celebrated "Bull Breeches" for men and boys just received. Nolan & Callahan. Harry Samuels, formerly of Cor vallis, but now a resident of Port land, passed a few hours in our city last week. Rev. P. A. Moses, of this city, has been appointed to succeed Rev. Seibert in the pulpit of the M. E. Church, South, at Junction City. The United Artisans are making preparations for an enjoyable time tomorrow evening. They will initiate nine candidates, after which refreshments will be served. J. C. Taylor, who had tke mis fortune some weeks ago to run a meat hook into his hand and was threatened with blood-paisoning, still suffers severely at limeB from the effects of the accident. W. H. Hamersly, of Corvallis, has purchased the Roseburg Kandy Kitchen, and will take charge this evening. He will remove his fami ly here just as soon as he can find a house. Roseburg Review. There were 31 candidates for cer tificates at the teachers' examina tion held by Supt Denman last week. How many were successful is not known yet, as the papers have not all been passed upon. Miss Maggie Daniel, of McMinn ville, arrived in Corvallis, Thurs day. She will remain fer an in definite period and help nurse her eousin, Miss Beryl Daniel, who is lying dangerously ill in this city. Miss Leona Smith arrived home last week en a brief vacation. She will resume her musical studies at St. Helens Hall and will remain there until June. She is studying violin, piano and harmony and is making fine progress. B. W. Johnson, accompanied by W. S. Gardner, the' photographer, made a tour of the Beaver Creek country, last Thursday, in the in terest of the Citizens' League pam phlet. They had fairly good suc cess and Mr. Gardner obtained some very good farm views. Nearly everybody who has taken an .interest in music and kept in formed on Portland events will re member having heard of Eben Boyce, who has a splendid reputa tion as a cornetist in the metropo lis. They will also remember of his deliberately shooting and kill ing his wife in Tacoma about a year ago. The supreme court of Washington has just confirmed the decision of the lower court and Boyce will hang for hit crime. A' short time ago a couple of Alsea citizens indulged in a swim ming contest, says the Newport News. They started acresB the Alsea Bay in a boat, each man with a full cargo aboard, and when about half way over, decided they could make better time swimming. Accordingly they succeeding in capsizing their skiff, and struck out for shore. A number of their friends witnessed the scene, but ap parently not understanding the situation, went and rescued them. Farmers of Willamette valley are confronted with serious loss to their flocks of sheep. It has been esti mated that fully one third of the sheep have died within the last four months. Some judges even say that one-half the sheep have perished from the inroads of the leech. Up to the present time no successful remedy has been dis covered after the sheep have been attacked. The sheep get the leeches from feeding an the bottom lands. They aie taken internally and attack the liver of the animal. -West Side. - W. A. Sanders, the watchmaker. We have the genuine A. A. Cul lers logger shoe at Kline's. "Bull Breeches" strongest work ing pants made. Nolan & Callahan. Mrs. Garrow, son and daughter, I. ft Saturday fr McCloud, Calif., where they will upend the summer. Miss Rose Horton expects to start for Colorado next Monday. She is going there on account of her health. ' Dr. R. A. Loggon, of Philomath, was the examining physician in the case of Mrs. Ashur. who was ad- judged insane and taken to Salem last week. It seems that people are begin ning to cast about for official timber at the coming city election, and among those prominently mention ed is Hon. Jesse B. Irvine for the office of chief of police. Mr. D. W. Counsil was in Cor yallis this week. Although paBt eighty, Mr. Counsil rode horse back from Will V idito's place in ; Alsea to this city, and felt spry as a boy when he arrived here. John Osburn, who has been so seriously ill at his home in this city, was reported much better yes terday. Dave Osburn arrived Thursday, from Glens Ferry, Idaho, to be at his father's bedside. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gilbert, and Misses Agnes Gilbert, Maud Mc Kay and Ruby Cornell, of Salem, spent Sunday in this city, visiting relatives and friends. They re turned home by boat yesterday. Ira Hunter, Seth Hurlburt, Chan cy LeVee, L. W. Sharp, Clyde Trapp and Johnny Irwin drove over to Albany Saturday evening to meet with the Albany tent of Maccabees. They report an en joyable visit. Mr. Hughes, lepresenting the Agricultural Implement Works, of Benecia, Calif., was here last week. While here he placed an order with the Corvallis Sawmill Co. for one carload of plow beams, two carloads of ash and four carloads of oak lum ber. The Corvallis Fire Company had a drill Friday evening. The en gine was taken out and connected with a cistern on Main street, and despite the fact that it had been some months since the engine had been manned, it worked like a charm and a good ttream of water was soon had. Mrs. J. W. Crawford and. Mrs. B, W. Wilson went to Salem on the boat yesterday morning. They are delegates to the North Pacific Women's Board of Missions of the Presbyterian church, which will convene in Salem this evening. They will be absent the greater part of the week. At their meeting last Sunday evening, the K. L. C. E. presented Rev. L. M. Boozer with a Lice Bible. This was Rev. Boozer's last evening with the society in the capacity of pastor, and the young people took this method of express ing their appreciation of his ser vices during the past two years. Rev. R. L. Meilv, of Baltimore, Md., will occupy the pulpit in the Presbyterian church next Sunday. Mr. Meily has been pastor of the Presbyterian church in Baltimore for the past five years and is on his way to Montana where he has been assigned a pastorate. He will preach here a week from Sabbath also. Robert Johnson, manager of the Benton County Prune Go's, big or chard, north of Corvallis about six miles, states that the orchard has pretty well bloomed out. The big prune orchard presents a beautiful appearance when in full bloom and it is not everywhere that one can see 17,000 fruit trees in bloom at the same time. k Prof. Raymond, the archaeologist, will give an interesting lecture to morrow evening at the M. E. church, beginning at 8 o'clock. The subject will be the "Legends of different Indian tribes, mounds of Ohio, comparisons of the customs of the pre-historic tribes of this caun try with those of the pre-historic tribes of other parts of the world." Admission free. Prof. J. B. Horner, of the O A C, made a trip to the bay Saturday to confer with the people of that sec tion on matters pertaining to the Summer Normal School that is to be held on the coast this season. There was a teachers' institute in Lincoln county last week and the professor desired to have a confer ence with the teachers composing this body, in order to get their views and assistance in this matter. Prof. Horner is working industrious ly for the success of the school at the side of "Old Ocean" this summer. Among the items of the detailed account of the proceedings of the seeond day's session of the Presby tery of the Willamette, hld in Eugene last week, the Register says: "Dr. Thompson was released last January from a pastorate of 14 years over the church at Corvallis, a pastorate long enough to test any man, and the presbytery in forma action recorded its appreciation of the valuable service of Dr. Thomp son at Corvallis in which he showed himself to be a Christian gentle man, a man of fervent piety, a loyal friend and a fervent minister of the gospel." . .. Mr. Holgate Explains. Editor Gazett: Your edi torial comment on one of my let ters makes it necessary for me to beg space to explain that my article was either very clumsily wri:ten or very oddly interpreted. I referred to a rumor afloat here to the effect that a number of prominent senators of both parties urged Chairman Jones to telegraph the democratic mem bers of the Oregon legislature asking them to vote for Senator Mitchell. I said that even the rumor, since it testified to the public estimate of the senator's relations with his colleagues, was itself an evidence of his strength. Despite the bright light of yonr criticism, I fail utterly to see that I even hinted that his democratic support in Oregon was an evidence of bis strength. I referred to his power as a senator, not a candi date. As to his electien: The faot that he was elected is tke princi pal thing. The mere political alignment ef his supporters, since he was elected as a repub lican, will cut no figure. Sena tor Morgan has loss no prestige on account of' the republican votes given him ; nor has Sena tor Hoar's influence greatly diminished because of the fact every democrat in the Massachu setts legislature .voted fer him. Of course, as you state, Senator Mitchell should fcaye received the votes of all the repnblicas members of the legislature. You say: "The mention in Mr. Holgate's letter that Sena tor Simon and Representative Moody are especially sought out by the special correspondents of the Oregonian and their doings chronicled in a more friendly and elaborate way than the acts of other members from Oregon is very indiscreet. This paper be lieves that when members are elected te the national legisla ture it is best to encourage all to work together and to hold op their hands and support each and all of them in every way, dropping the small talk engen dered to some extent possibly by antagonistic efforts in political contests." How indiscreet? If you mean it is not good policy on my part, that is a very small considera tion. The statement is abso lutely true; and is not, as you seem to fear, discreditable to Senator Simon and Mr. Moody. I cannot agree in your infer ence that the friendship of the Oregonian stamps a man a de- enerate. We ought all to take a pride in knowing that these gentlemen are censtantly doing something for the state, werth mentioning. I was net mourn ing because their good work was reported by the Oregonian, but I simply called attention to the fact that the delegation as a whole has not received, and is not receiving, the fair treatment and support that the best inter ests of tke state demand should ba accorded it. I fear that my letter was not read with that careful delibera tion which the commentator usually employs H. L. Holgate. Washington, D. C. Made of Bell-Metal. A day r two ago W. J. Meere brought to this office a medallion that was found last Thursday by Charley Knotts. Sometime back Mr. Moore purchased some real estate in the Soap Creek coun try, and among other places, he acquired a quarter section of land of Ira Hunter. The last mentioned place lies well up on tha hills, and is in charge of Mr. Moore's son, Samuel. It was on this place that the medallion was found. The souvenir is quite an attractive piece of work. On one side is the "American Eagle," while on the other ap pears, in relief, old Port Dear born, as it was during the fore part of last century. The medal lion is about an inoh and three quarters in diameter and is made from the Chicago court house bell. It bears the date of Octo ber aa, 1871, and commenorated the great Chicago fire., The supposition is that somebody had it in his pocket, possibly many years ago, while hunting and lost it. Mound Openers! Professor Raymond's class in archaeology, which has recently been organized in this eity with Mr. Toha Smith as president. took its first look backward , last Saturday. Early that, morning a nartv. consisting of Mrs. Calla han, Misses Crawford and Cham berlain, ana about a dozen stu dents, drove to a point a mile or so east of Shedds, where they held a grand opening of some mounds which had been located there. These mounds are about fifty feet in diameter and four or five feet high. It is believed that they were thrown up cen turies ago by parties now dead. They contain skeletons of prehistoric tribes, arrow-heads, and light on the history ot savage man. It has been discovered that the soil in these mounds is much richer than that of the surround ing country. Whether this is due to the fact that valuables were burled there, or because the builders brought rich soil from a distance, is a matter for the so ciety te determine. Saturday's party spent a most enjoyable day, and brought home with them numerous beautiful ar rowheads, both white and dark. and a better knowledge of early settlers in this country. ' Of Interest to Cyclers. From present indications, it is but fain to presume that no at tempt will be made to do any thing officially regarding the Collection of bicvele taxes in this county this year. In many other counties no action has been taken in this matter. According to aa act passed by the last legis lature the matter is practically placed in the hands' of the county conrt, and they may or may not act in the matter as they see fit, although the law says that they "shall" have poweran author ity to levy at tha same time that other taxes are levied, en or be fore March 1, 1901, a license tax of one dollar, "to be paid by any and all persons riding a bicycle in such counties as have exercised the authority above described on such paths as here inafter provided." The Benton county court saw fit to follow the lead of other counties in this matter and made no provisions for the collection of the bioycie tax. along with other tax items prior to March 1, 1 901, for the reason that the law was only approved about a week prior to this date and the court held no session during- the the interim. Section 4 of this act says that the court "may" order a war rant to the sheriff of the countv to collect a license of $1 on all delinquents as shall not have paid said license tax prior to April the first of each year. From the above it will be seen that tbis matter is left wholly in the hands of the conrt and it has seen fit to take no ac tion whatever in the matter and in this way will escape entangle ments that have befallen othar counties. Fifty Cents an Acre. E. M. Howell, of the Portland City & Oregon Railway Co., and T. C. Howell, both residents of Oregon City, have completed a deal with A. .1,. Maxwell, re ceiver of the Oregon Develop ment Co., whereby they are now owners of 6000 acres of land ly ing along the line of Corvallis & Eastern, and all other property of tne u. D. company. . These gen tlemen are brothers of J. D. Howell, of Benton county. The new owners propose to place this land on the market shortly, offer ing it for fifty cents per acre. The deal includes all lands, docks, wharves, warehouses, jet ties, dikes, canals, basins, dry houses, machine shops, elevators, wagon roads and bridges, and all other property, real, personal and mixed, which the O. D. com pany owns or in which it has any interest in the state of Oregon. It also includes all franchises of every kind and description. The property included around the bay is the Yaquina water works, car shops, wharves and a tug called the Favorite. Two steamboats in Portland, the Wni. Hoag and Albany, are no doubt included in the deal. They are now tied up at the wharf in Southern Port land. . - . For Police Judge, I hereby announce' myself as a candi date for the office of police judge at the election on the 20th of May, 1901. Respectfully yonrs, E. P. Gkefeoz.' For Sale. Two good milch cows. Inquire of Mrs. Agnes Thompson, Corvallis. You cannot enjoy perfect health, rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes if your liver is sluggish and your bowels clogged. De Witt's Little Early Risers cleanse the whole system. They never gripe. Gra ham & Wells. Get your Job Work done here A Wild Ride. E. E. Wilson and J3. W. John son, the pamphleteers, had an ex perience Sunday which would have tried the nerve of men engaged in other lines of business. They loft Corvallis in the morning behind a team from McMahon's stables and drove to "Monroe, for the alleged purpose of collecting views for the coming Benton county pamphlet There is no Sunday closing law in Monroe. But that is another story. Returning home in the evening at 6:30, they had reached a point between the butte and Mac Porter's place, when the bolt which held the single tree broke. The horses took fright and lunged ahead, letting the tongue fall to the ground. It j soon struck a bump and a section was broken off. This rendered the buggy unmanageable, and Johnson dropped the lines and began jump ing about as a moveable ballast as the buggy rocked from side to side, between the ditch and a barb wire fence. "Jump far out Johnson," said Wilson in that calm tone used by him when addressing a iury. Johnson jumped, doing a couple of halt-nelsons and the strangle hold as he grappled with mother earth. A few yards further on, Wilson alighted eracefullv on the back ef his neck, rolling up on his feet just as Johnson was gathering himself for a spurt after the team. It was finally decided that the attorney should go to a farm bouse and bor row a horse and buggy while the postmaster guarded the' demolished rig. An hour after, as they were jogging cautiously into town behind one of Dick Irwin s horses, they met John Rickard who informed them that their team was in his stable and unhurt. Additional Local Attention is called to the notice of the county court calling for bids for building bridges, elsewhere in this paper. The Paint Store has just received an elegant new line of wall paper. Manager Barnhart invites the pub lic to call and inspect it. A letter from her daughter states that Mrs. E. Hadley is Iving dan gerously ill at her home in Chicago Mrs. Hadley was iormerly a resi dent of Corvallis, where she is highly esteemed. She is 80 years of age. James V. Hukill, son of J; D. Hukill, living one half mile west of the college, died of pneumonia, Monday at 1:30 p. m., aged 8 years and 10 months. The funeral ser vices will be conducted at the Chris tian c-hureh Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by G. S. O. Humbert. Dolph Kerr and a son of Dan Pritchard took a spin Sunday be hind one of McMahon's horses. On the road, somewhere near Inde pendence, a stick flew up striking the animal and disembowelling it. A veterinary surgeon was called and upon his advice the animal was killed. ' Mr. S. L. Kline is having the ware room in the back of his dry goods establishment ceiled and plastered and will convert it into a grocery department. The work will be completed this week. Be sides adding to the appearance of this big store, it will be a great con venience to patrons. State Record Keeper of the order of Maccabees, Ira Hunter, and Seth LHurlburt, representative, went to Portland yesterday to attend a state meeting of the Maccabees for the purpose of electing a delegate to the Grand Lodge which convenes in Fort Huron, Mich., some time in July. The Grand Lodge meets but once in two years, and at its last session Ira Hunter represented the Maccabees of Oregon. M. G. Flynn, manager of the Benton County Lumber Co., was in Corvallis yesterday. The com pany's mill which is situated 74 miles southwest of Philomath, be gins operations next Monday. It has a capacity of 30,000-feet per day, and mostly yellow fir and cedar lumber will be manufactured. A good road leads from the mill to Philomath. It is the company's intention to establish a lumber yard in Corvallis, shortly. A hot war is waging between the towns of Albany and Corvallis over the price of eggs. Corvallis raised the price to 15 cents, at a time when Albany was paying 12 cents, and as a result 2,330 dozen of hen fruit passed in one day, last Satur day into the hands of the Cor vallis merchants. The Corvallis merchants say their paying 15 cents is business; not war nor cut throat competition, but a pure busi ness proposition. Whereat the Albany Silurians stand aghast and shake their venerable heads. The Dalles Chronicle. . call for Warrants. Notice is hereby given that there is money on hand at the county treasurer's office to pay all orders endorsed and marked not paid for want of funds up to and including those of October 3, 1900. Interest will be stopped on same from this date. W. A. Bochanah, Treasurer of Benton Co., Or. Corvallis, April J3, 1901. Skin Troubles, cuts, burns, scalds and chafing quickly heal by the use of De Witt's Witch Hazel .Salye. It is imi tated. Be sure yon get DeWitt's. Gra ham & Wells. . 1 W W MiSVBI HT L-OJAZ Vestee Suits Ages 3 to 10 ; prices $1 50 up. Every thing that is new in fabrics is repre ssed in our stock. Sailor Suits Ages 3 to 10 ; prices 50 cente to $5 00 They come in wash and blue serge. Norfolk Suits Ages 5 to 10; price $4 00 up. These are distinctly new and very stylish. Double and Single Breasted Two-piece Suits Ages 7 to 15 ; prices $1 50 up. Three-Piece Knee Suits Age 16 to 12 ; price $4 00 up. Cut in mil itary style, and have vest. Young Mens' Suits Sizes 30 to 36; prices S3 50 to $12 50. Cut in mtlitary and regular style. Orders taken for custom made suits. S. L KLINE. The Corvallis -Store- Keeps constantly on i.iiuva 1 i anil A paekage of Arm & Hammer Soda is given free with every sack of the latter Hay, Oats, Grain. Bran, Shorts, Potatoes Fish, Eggs, Poultry, Etc. JOHN LENGE1R, Manager I Corvallis' Most Popular Eating House TH Pioneer AND RESTAURANT. J Fresh bread daily. A complete stock of candies, fruits and g nuts kept canstantly on hand. Smokers supplies a specialty. I H. W. HALL, Proprietor. 1 Job Printing . at this To Rent. Ten acres, with house and barn, close to college. Enquire at this office. For Sale. Fresh cows for sale, 5 miles southeast Philomath. C. A. Bareinger. Wood Chopping. Parties wishing to cut cord wood may find employment by calling upon J. F. Aldrich, residing near the Catholic ceme tery en the foothill west of Conrallis. Sore Lungs i o mean weakened lungs all caused by a cold and cough. Weak lungs sooner or later mean consumption. , - Shiloh's Consumption Cure will heal and strengthen the lungs, cure cold and stop the cough. "I coughed for year had hemorrhages. Doctors said 1 was ia last stage of consump tion. Had g-ivca ap all hope. I finally tried Shiloh and it cured me completely. Am today in perfect health." MRS-FLORENCE DREW. East Oakland, CaL BhUoh's Consumption Cure to sold toy all druggists at )i5c, SOo, SI.OO it bottle. A printed guarantee goes with every bottle. It you are not satisfied go to your druggist and get your money baelc. Write for illustrated book on consumption.- Sent without cost to you. S.C. Wells Co., LcRoy.N.Y. Sold b Graham &Wortham ulu n rui 1 PRICES. Commission hand the celebrated MiiiNuiir ri m u r. Bakery I I office Question Answered. Yes, August Flower still has tha largest sale of any medicine in tha civilized world. Your mother and grandmothers never thought of using anything else for indigestion or biliousness. Doctors were scares and they seldom heard of appen. dicitis, nervous prostration or heart failure, etc. They used August Flower to cleanse out the system and stop fermentation of undi gested food, regulate the action ot the liver, stimulate the nervous and organic action of the system, and that is all they took when feeling dull and bad "with headaches and other aches. You only need a few doses of Green's August Flower, in liquid form, to make you satisfied there is nothing serious the matter with you. Get Green's Prize Alma nao. Graham & Wortham. You will waste time if you undertake to cure indigestion or dyspepsia by stary ing yourself. That only makes it worse when you do eat heartily. You always need plenty of good food properly diges ted. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is the re sult of years of scientific research for something that would digest not only soma elements of food but every kind. And it is the one remedy that will do it. Graham & Wells. WANTED. Fifty good farms and 50 stock ranches to sell. Geo. F. EglinA Co., Real Estate.lDBiirance and Collections, Office:" Koom No. 1, First Nat'l Bank Bld'g, Corvallis, Oregon. Spring coughs are specially dangerooi and unless cured atoece, serious results often follow. One Minute Cough Core acts like magic. It is not a common mixture bnt is a high grade remedy. Graham & Wells.