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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1901)
.THE -- COOT MllS ' 6KET fL . TUESDAY, AUGUST 0,1901. SPRING 1901 STYLES -IN- Suits and Skirts. "We have now oh sale, and new Spring Suits & Dress Skirts, ZOar suits compiiae ttio newest and hott ! tlie late creations such as coat and balsro efieots and postillion backs. New stylo skirts are also shown and jackets .llh price of onr suits range from $8.00 P. S, E Young & Son, Albany, Orefjen. W. A. Sarfuers;;THB . watchmaker. Mrs. T. A. Jones returned Sun day from arrextended visit at Sea side. ' ; - " i ' LOCAL NEWS. Albany but no, we'll not speak of the dead. Mr. W. H. Leah returned to Portland, Friday. Hon. T. K. Weatherford was a passenger to the coast, Saturday. Rlalto Weatherford and family were bayward passengers, Friday, Victor Spencer and sister. Miss Hattie, went over to the coast, Fri day. Mrs. B. F. Irvine and son, Ward, and J. H. Harris and family spent Sunday at Newport. Sam Kerr is dependent upon crutches as an aid to locomotion He is suffering from an attack of rheumatism. After a short visit in Portland, Percival Nash is again at his home at Nashville. He expects to leave for the Yukon in about ten days, Miss Sadie Friendly, of Portland, passed throuph Corvallls, Saturday, en route for the coast . Miss Friendly was formerly of this city The Yaaaiea Bay News hints that George Horninsr. of this city, may be taking a pest-graduate course at the Newport bummer School. A large barn is being contructed near the organ factory. lhree teams, to be used by the factory when it is placed in operation, will occupy this building. Thos. H. Miller, father - of F. L, Miller, and wife went to Newport, Saturday. 1ms is their brst view of the ocean, although they have seen many ef the large lakes. John Smith will use a header to harvest the wheat ciop on his Soap Creek ranch this year. The header will commence its work tomorrow and will have several days' run. Professor Lake and Professor Hitchcock, of Washington, D. C succeeded in rinding three rare grasses, native to Oregon, during their search last week. These specimens were found on the bot torn lands along the river. Elmer Clark ia visiting with rel atives in this city for a few days He has been elected eashier in new bask just organized at Vale, & thriving little town 75 miles from Baker City. All former Corvallis ites in the latter city are prosper ing. Cresceus, the wonderful trotter, overed a mile at Columbus, Ohio, last Friday in 2:02 against a strong wind in the stretch. He trtveled the half in 59 1 seconds, the first time that distance has been covered in less than a minute by a trotter. A recent letter from August Slet ler, formerly of this city, states that the writer is now in the butcher business at Weatherford, Ok la., and doing well. He sighs for a little Oregon climate as a re lief from the scorching rays of an Oklahoma sun. E. H. Johnson, of Chicago, man ufacturer of steam fittings and hot air fixtures, visited in Corvallis this week with his cousin, N. F. Gillespie. This was their first meeting, in 29 years, and Mr. 'Gil lespie is not so old either. Mr Johnson accompanied R. E. Gibson from San Francisco. State Treasurer Moore has made the annual apportionment of the proceeds of tho irreducible common school fund, amounting to $165,- 697 96. This money was distribut ed among the several counties on the basis of school population . The number of school children in Ben ton county, is given as 2,438, and the amount , apportioned is 2,974 36. Milt Birnatt is having the meat market on Front street repainted and repaired generally. He in A Fine Showing. Prof. W. W. Bristow, now of Mc Minnville, was aSunday passenger to Corvallis. Councilman Wilbanks has a new idewa'k along the south and east side of his city residence. - Miss Mamie Cauthorn went to, the coast, Saturday, to visit - for a week with Miss Mabel Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Horning re turned, Saturday, from atwo-weeks' visit with relatives at Hood Hirer. Attorney W. E. Yates took his family to Newport, Thursday, to establish them in their seaside cot tage for the season. Henry L. French has our thanks fcfr a beautiful boquet of rare flow ers, grown in his garden and pre sented to this office. " . The Kerr-llubler party left yes terday, in wagons, for the coast. They will enjoy a camping trip of about two weeks' duration. J. R. Brown has left at this of fice some splendid Bamples of grasses which will be added to Ben ton ceunty s exhibit at tne state fair. Saturday, Mrs. V. E. Watfers and children arrived home from Newberg, where they had been vis iting relatives for a period of three weeks. Charley BarrJiart and family, and John Barnhart and wife have taken up their abode in the Jacobs' house that was recently vacated by Mrs. Danneman and daughters. Yeslerdiy morning W.'O. Heck- art and workmen began the task of remodeling and repairing the rooms in the Occidental building that are to be used by Well Fargo Express Company. Among the latest contributions received by Henry French for the Benton county exhibit at the state fair, this fall, is an extra fine sam ple ef Red Chaff wheat that was furnished by Benjamin Martin. Sheriff Burnett went to Portland on th Woodmen excursion, Friday, for a day or two in the metropolis. During his absence Roy Raber was sheriff of Benton county and it goes without saying that Roy was all right. It is estimated that the big or chard of the Benton County Prune Co. will yield in the neighborhood of 50,010 bushels of ltalion prunes this year, it may possibly go many thousand bushels over this enormous figure. -. . A number of friend9 of Mr. and Mmu. X. JS, McFadden surprised them last Thursday night. A quar tet serenaded until the lord of the house appeared and invited the merry company to come in. ; Re freshments were served and the oc casion was most pleasant. The midsummer meeting of the State Horticultural Society will be held in Newberg next Friday and Saturday. Professors Cordley and Knisely, of O A C, will contribute articles on this occasion, the former on "Some Carl-leaf Questions," while the latter will contribute facts relating to "The Chemistry of Fruits." What Joseph Yates claims is the finest job of threshing dona on his place in ten years and Mr. Yatesjs an expert in these matters was performed at the Yates farm, three mile3 east of Corvallis, , last. Friday evening and Saturday morfting by the John Vineyard-Daniel White-C. W. and Walter Yates ontfit. Horse power was used to drive a 28-inch cylinder Buffalo-Pitts machine, and the result was re markably clean wheat and prac tically no waste. . A fie!d of 50 acres gave & yield of 1000 bushels of Kinney wheat. A sack two bushels weighed 148 pounds, machine " measure, and the average will be 140 pounds. Two years ago this same field yielded 1224 bushels of wheat, last year a crop of 900 bushels of oats -was taken from it and this year's prodacfi comes from seed sown on stubble last fall. A strip of oats threshed 35 bushels to the aere. luve sacks of this grain weighed 485 pounds. At 32 pounfls to the bushel the sacks contained 15 bushels, machine measure. Enthusiastically Received. The charivari tendered Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, t,he newly married couple, at the Sea View house last night, was the amuse ment of the town folks and country visitors. It was the event of the evening and it would not do to give the names of those who participated in the fun. Climbing on the roof ' tin- pans, whistles and bells wer the principal part of the amusement. At first Mr. Wallace refused to respond to the call of the mob, but when threats were made to burn the house, out came the' groom and offered thanks (beloW his breath) fof the reception tendered Re and his bride. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace showed good taste in choosing this place for their honevmoonr and no doubt it was the Summer School that attracted thejr attention here." Newport, as well as Nye Creek people, offer their . heart V congratulations, Yaquina Bay News. ' was that little Wayne Hall was in excellent, health, and that th&: dead child 1 a Washington had belonged to Mr.: and Mrsl Good ale.. Snch mistakes should cot be allowed to occur in a reliable newspaper. ; Following is a list of the cooks who Will feed the famished hordes of men with the various thresh ers in this locality: Wilsoa-HalJ- Beal outfit, Mrs. Rebekah. Buch anan and Miss Atta Gibson: A. A. Williamson outfit, Mrs-. Wil liamson and Miss Grace William son; Ridder & Cauthorn outfit, Mrs. Fanny Hall and Miss Grace Hall. ..:;;. ' Farmers state that this lias been the coolest harvest experi enced in this vicinity in manv years. On the Ed Wiles "farm, this year, 200 tons of hay was stored away for use during the coming winter. Ten men and five teams were employed by Mr. Wiles dur ing the haying season. LoverS of fresh venison are often tormented, of late, by the appearance of deer in this neigh- Dornood. two yearlings were seen in. the John Harris pasture, buflday .morning, and were ap parently unconcerned by tho ap proach of parties; to within 300 yards. , ; Topsy. Back From 'Frisco. Resolutions. forms ua with the full patronage of Junction, he will be able to sell moat at a lower price than heretofore, All he asks is a fair trial and hopes the public will be patient until he gets-the necessary repairs complet ed. He will move to town as soon as a desirable dwelling can be se cured. Junction City Times. . Anna Louise, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Fred Hall, died at the home of its parents ia this city last Sunday evening, at the age of 1 year, 3 months and 28 days, after an illness of several weeks. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the residence of J. W. Lenger, .and in terment will occur at Newton cemetery. A Lewistou girl named Jessie was sent to a famous eastern school and after a year's time wrote to her dad. signing "Jessica." In reply the old man wrote: "Dear Jessica: Your welcome letter received. ' Mammica and papica are well. Aunt Mary ica and Geergeica started for California-yester Jay. I have bought a new hoiseiea. It is a beautica. Its name is -Monoica. Your brother Tomica is doing finely, and the hired girlica is a peachica." Ex. Fiiday, Miss Edna Chandler re -J turned to this city after a two week's visit with relatives in Alsea, A day or two before coming back to Corvallis she was- the victim of quite an accident. While riding down a hill one of the pedals of her bicycle camo on ana she was thrown into a pile ot rocks, cutting quite a gash in her forehead and badly bruising one of her arms. On her arrival here she 'socurad medi cal assistance and is now getting along very nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Gaodale. of Tacoma, arrived Saturday on a short visit with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Young. They came to Salem, Wednesday, with the body of their little son, who died in Tacoma, Jnly 29thr The funeral occurred in Salem, Thursday. The little one was two years' old last June. For over a year it had suf- fered from a tumor, and this was the cause of death. Charley Yung met the stricken parents at Salem Wednesday, and Mr. and Mrs Brvant Young drove down the same day - to be present at ths fun eral. Mrs. Goodale is well known in Corvallis and her many friends tender their sympathy in her be raavement. Whereas, God, in - .infinite -wisdom and mercy, has seen fit to call from this vale of tears, the beloved daughter, Ora, of our es teerfled Neighbor, J. M. Lamb;, therefore -be it - . Resolved,- That- we : condole with this, our Neighbor, in his sad affliction and tender him our sympathy ana mourn with mm his great loss. And be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to our Neighbor, and also one each the Corvallis Gazette, Corvallis Times and Pacific Wood man for publication. C. E. B ANTON, W. C. Hodges, V W. T. Nichols. From Wells. Zella, the 10-year-old daughter! 6f Mr. and Mrs. Engene Dodele, is seriously ill with pleuro-pneu-rnonia and an affection of the kidneys. Dr. Farra is in daily attendance, and it is" hoped the tttle girl mav soon recover. John Harris has a new piano binder. The sellers were Stew art & Sox, of Albany. - The fall grain is now in shock, and will probably average .from 20 to 25 bushels per acre. I ; The Wiisoa-Hall-Beal thresher will begin operations, Thursday, on itha A. J. Hall farm. The machine will have an -extensive circuit,- and the price will .be from four to six cents per bushel. Prof. Prichard and 1 little son passed throngh this neishbor- aood, awheel, Tuesday," en route for Portland and points in Wash- ngton. : . : A. A. Williamson is the own er 01 a new cyclone separator, purchased recently of an Albany farm. - . Newspaper-reporters should be careful, and report only facts in this locality. Relatives and friends of Dr. aud Mrs. Fraak Hall of Albion, .Washington, were considerably shocked Wed nesday, npon receipt ot the Corr- valhs -Times.: An Jteaj ia that paper cotained the Intelligence that tag two-year-old son of Dr, and Mrs. Hall was-, dead. No word to that effect had been re ceived here, aad excited relatives ef the littls boy left the harvest field, flasteaed to Wells and tele phoned to parties in Corvallis to verify the report R. E. Gibsort and wife return ed last week from a short busi hes trip to San Francisco. Mat ters are pretty well tied ap in the bay city, owing to the 'labor troubles noV existing there. Thousands of tons 'of freight is waiting to be m6ved, ...but the teamsters are oa; a strike, and green hands,'? have been pressed into service at ' wages ranging from $6 to $3 per dav. Men are driving teams in San Francisco now who never before had a rein In their hands. Even the employers themselves are acting as teamsters. ' Mr. Gibson had business with a prominent wholesale merchant. - He found that gentleman perched upon the seat of a ponderous truck, while s fat policeman rode be- side him : to afford proteciion. The trackmen ate new at the businessand little work is ac complished as the result' of the expenditure of much effort. One of these amateurs loaded a track with casks of wine. " He ne sted So stand them on end and when the truck- started the wine rolled into the gutter... -The Strikers siove la the heads of the casks, , took . what wine they wished and the rest ran into the se wer. To the; - credit of the Strikers there have been no acts of violence and it is hoped there .Will be nOne.: - ,! ' .-, ; i ; -; v - A peculiar feature of the pres ent trouble is that the strikers themselves have no real griev ance. , They have .no fault to find with the amount of wages they receive, the Eumber 6f hours they ara required to work, nor the treatment they receive at the hands of their employers. The present movement resolves itself into an effort oa the part f the anions to manage the busi ness affair of employers of labor. The employers are firm in their determination ta deal with the em moves direet, while the .em ployes insist oa a full recogni tion of the nmonsr 1 1 OUR PRICES K-03ST AT1T1 STJMMER-:- Shirt -fflakfc 17tzl uM 0): ON THE' t Jill. flrtilap - iSfelli FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS. TH.A.T " 3VrEAKrS TH.A.T YOU CAN GET A Fifty-Cent Shirt Waist at 25c Seventy-Five-Cent Shirt Waists at... 38c D&llar Shirt Waist at.. 50c Dollar Fifty Shirt Waists at......... 75c Two Dollar Shirt Waist at 1 00 Fifty-Cent Crash Skirt at 25c Seventy-Five-Cent Crash Shirt 38c Dollar Crash Skirt Skirt at 50c Dollar Fifty Crash Skirt at 750 Two Dollar Crash Skirt at 1 00 Five Dollar Crash Four Dollar Crash Suits at $2 50 Saits at $3 00 This is a Genuine Bargain -Sale, 0 come early and get first choice as they will not last lOBg at these prices. KLINE'S WHITE HOUSE Additional Local. Superintendent, Denman return d Saturday from his outing in Alsea. ' - Miss .Olive Hamilton, of Corval is, who has been visiting Miss Lizzie Griffin in this city, went to Com stock this afternoon to visit there. Guard. A lawn party wis given last even ing at the home of Sam Baisley by Misses Lola Dorsett and Pearl Bais ley in honor of Mr. Elmer Clark Bunting was stretched around the fence to screen from the gaze of the passing throng. The yard was prettily decorated with Chinese lanterns, while boquets of sweet peas and honeysuckles adorned the table and failed the air with their fragrance. The guests were favor ed with a number 01 selections ot instrumental music, 'while games of descriptions were played. : Ths only sad feature of the evening was that those present culd not forget that Mr. Clark is soon to part with his many friends. Baker City Demo' crat. ', ... . v ,, ;S , . ..;.'-, .... The Black Cat. Buy vour harvesting outfit at Nolan & Callahan's. ; - ' : . Big bargains in all summer goods at JSolan.& Callahan's. Big , special 25 per cent off on all summer goods at Kline s. ; y Hart, Schaffner. & Marx clothes for dressy men, at S. L- Kline's. Broken lines' of men s fine shoes worth from $3.50 to "$6 going at $2.50. ' Nolan & Callahan. Given away-a pair of Queen Diaalitir alnaa er Annrnof. Rtlt ' fll I he answer at store for particulars at Kllna's. . Dr. " Gathey has purchased the Toiler residence at present occupied by Capt. Crawford. Milton Friendly, a former Corval lis boy, passed through this city yesterday en route to Newport. . Ed Crawford came up from Salem yesterday. Teddy is the same whole-souled fellow as cf yore. 'He is enjoying his summer vacation. .Sunday and yesterday were the hottest days of the Beason in Cor vallis. The thermometer climbed up ta 100 at the Occidental corner. Mr. and Mrs Fred Stensloff, of Salem, were C. & E. passengers to the coast, Saturday. Mrs Stens loff was formerly Miss Clara Blair, of this city. ' The .'Top-Bound" shoe is'filled between butsole and insole with a mixture of ground cork and rub ber, which acts as a cushion for the wearer's-7 foot,- keeps but -moisture and prevents squeaking. Sold-by F. L. Miller. - . . " John Spangler and daughter, Mrs. . L. Porter, returned yesterday from Rock Creek where they have boen . enjoying an outing. The other members of the party will re main until. September- Mrs. .Por ter goesr home to Oregon City tomorrow. R. A. Bowman is- home from an absence of six months in Portland. There is no place like home, says Mr. Bowman, and Corvallis is the best home town in Oregon. He is here to stay now( and deBires that parties needing painting, paper hanging, etc., dons will kindly re member him. The advance guard of 72 Wood men who went from Benton county to attend the" grand initiation which occurred at Portland Friday night and Saturday morning, when 1,326 strangers became members 01 that order returned bunday. As usual Benton county was right in it when it came to walking away with the honors. She won the tug of-war, sawing, chopping, and pillow fight contests, and would nave done more had there been anything else on the program. . -v School district No. 7 of Benton county has the distinction of flav in a won the county banner or at tendance for three, terms of school. To win the said banner the school must have had the best attendance iri the county for one month. After winning the banner three times, a school is entitled to a county Roll of Honor. Sup't Den man has, therefore, sent one of the same to the above district. Miss Margie Tharp was teaching in tho said district during the aforesaid period. Rumors ara " abroad to the effect that some China , pheasants are be ing kilted already this season. Ihe suspicion is largely based on the amount of ammunition recently purchased, and the number of the shot invariably selected. The latter in nearly every instance was the exact measura for a China. According to law no pheasants are to be killed before the 1st of Octo ber, and it is unlawful for any one person to kill more, than ten birds in a single day's hunting it is well to remember this, as game wardens are in ambush. ;. BENTON COUNTY LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers of all kinds of Rough and Dressed Fir Lumber IN CARLOAD LOTS -"YAR-DS AT CORVALLIS'- Corner of 5th and Washington Streets. . For prices enquire at yards or address the company at Corvallis 1 or Philomath, Oregon. ? gg Job Printing tglg Broken lines of ladies', misses' and children's shoes at remnant prices, Nolan & Callahan. " . ' For extra heavy draper duck go to Nolan & Callahan's. " Our remnant and odds and ends sain will continue until our new Fall 1 stock arrives. Nolan & Callahan 1 Corvallis' Most Popular Eating House i P loneer AND RESTAURANT. Fresh bread daily. A complete stock of candies, fruits and nuts kept canstantly on hand. Smokers supplies a specialty. Bakery I 1 I HAW. HALL, Proprietor. 1 ON- Men's and BovsJ GLOAMING Owing to the fact that we-will liaye the largest and best "stock; of Men's and Boys' Clothing that ever cama to CorTallis this Fall, we will have to expand our cloth ing room. Therefore we will sell all remaining clothing At a Liberal Discount 15 Per Cent Onr new clothing will be the well-known rier !t Marx Brand;, best clothing- on earth Hart, Shaff at the prica S. Vi