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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1901)
THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE FBIPAY, AUGUST 30, 1001. SPRING 190. STYLES -IN- Suits and Skirts. We have now oa Bale, end new Spring Suits .& Dress Skirts JOnr salts eompiiso tbe newest and kot ( the Ute croatieni inch as coat and bsltre effests and postillion back. New style skirts are also shown and jackets to. The price ol onr suits range from $8.00 , E Young & Son Albany, Grepn. LOCAL NEWS. Miss Thela Rickard arrived home, Tuesday, from a month' visit at Red Bluff, Calif. Rev. S. J. Lindiay will preach in the Mt. View school house, Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Prof. S. I. Pratt, ef Philoasath, was in Ceryaliis a lew hours, Wed nesday, attending business. Miss Ruth Thomas left yesterday for Lebanon, where sho will visit friends for a week or such a matter. A. W. Hagey, a nephew of T. W. Dilly of this city, eame over from feclo. Tuesday, and mada his rela tives a short visit. Rer. P. S. Knight will preach at the Conereeatlanal Church next Sabbath at 11 a. m, and 8 p. in All are cordially invited to attend. Mrs. Florence Jones, wne tias been the guest, during the summer, of her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Harri3, left Wednesday for her home at Paisley. " Adams Bros, have recently --been engaged in repairing a suite of rooms over the postofilce. George Eglin, the real estate agent, will oc cupy the rooms, . Miss Bessie Irvine, of Corvallia, and Miss Jessie Irvine, of Tallmau, who have been visiting relatives in this city, returned home yesterday. Express-Advance. The season for shooting ducks opens Sunday, Ssptembjr 1st.. The chinft pheasants are big enough to eat, but it is unlawful to shoot them before October 1st. John Buster, druggist of Sheri dan Oregon, has bean in (Vrvallis during the wsek making arrange ments for his son to attend the O A C when the school year opens. The season, of entertaiamant is near at hand. The first attraction billed to- appear at the opera house this fall is Richard & Pr ingle's min strels. They will be here about the middle of September. - It is estimated that Oregon and - Washington may produce upwards of 40.000.000 bushels of wheat this year, which is a very respectable amount for less than a million people perhaps forty-five bushels per capita. It is thought that Gifford Nash,; pianis', who recently sustained a1 fracture of his collar-bone in a run away accident in theSiletz country, will be sufficiently recovered to hear his music pupils when the U of O opens this fall. Rev. 8. J. Lindsay, ef Indepnd eno, will fill the pulpit of 'the United Evangelical church on Sunday. Mr. v Lindsay was formerly of Omaha, tfeb., and is an eloquent and forceful preach er. AH are invited to these ser- . vice. George Lilly has. gone Job one better in the. boil business. Job had boils all over his bad?, bat it is doubtful if he ever had a be'l in his mouth George has, and he couldn't swallow it, either, This accounts for his absence from the bank of late. . Attorney S- T. Jeffreys, formerly of Oorvallis, but new of Nome City was heard from recently by rel atives in this eity. Mr. Jeffreys went north in the big stampede to Nome in the spring ef 1900. He has resided there continuously since his arrival and he writes that things are looking somewhat bright er for hlsa at present than they did in the reccat past and he has hopes of making something up there yet; The will of Mrs. L?ona H. Mc Nalty, deceased, was admitted to probate August 26th. Her brother, Jas. O. Taylor, ia Darned as execu tor. By the terms of the will Mrs. Ceoll Reams and Byron J. Taylor are bequeathed all of the south side of lot 2, block 17, bring 21 fcot front By 100 deep. She gives to her aunt, Elizabeth Taylor, the re mainder of lot 2, block 17, and ad- jeiniafr half of lot 3, block 17, dur insr the remainder of her life. The remainder of her property is equal ly divided between Dr. E. H. Tay lor, Jas. C Taylor, Mrs. Louise Ledprffood and William Taylor. Sanders, the watchmaker. KriB.i Wilson relumed from the coasts-Monday. ' r -. J. M. Nolan joined his family at Newport, Wednesday. ' Miss Kato Gerhard came over to Corvallis, Monday, returning to Al bany, Tuesday. : J. H. Harn3 and family returned Wednesday from a two weeks' out ing at the coast. Misses Sarah Jacobs and Emma Baura, of -Portland, returned fiom Newport, Tuesday. Mini Xfjihfil Djvi'h pamp nnl frnm thV bay Tuesday, and returned Wednesday. While in Corvallis she was a guest at thi Graves home. F. P. Morgan was a passenger to Summit on the west-bound tiain, Wednesday. After attending some business, he returned home yester day. Clem Hodes went to Newport, Tuesday. Ho expects to return about the first &f the week, when his mother and other members of the family will accompany him. Unless Madam Rumor is a shame faced prevaricator, two wed dings are to ooeur shortly In which a young Benton county official and a Coivallis attorney are directly in terested parties. There i3 .Money in ralsiLg hogs in Oregon. This week Clyde Beach sold three shoats that were pigged last February. They weigh ed 200 pounds each, and sold for five cents per pound, bringing their owner $30. After a visit cf several weeks with relatives and friends, Mrs. Sheraiau Wado departed for her home in Olex, Wednesday. She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Belle Rattney. The latter will re main in Olex indefinitely. Bert Bowersox was in Corvallis, Wednesday, en rente to Newport. He leaves early next week for In diannapolis, as a delegate from this state to the grand ledge of Odd Fel lows. He will spend a week sight seeing in Buffalo, N. Y. Other del egates from Oregon are J. K. Wcatherford, of Albany; Mr. Fran cis, of Halsey, and Mr. Palmer, of Baker City. " A party consisting ef Prof. V. L Kent, Prof. Oh as. J&hnson, Heary Wortharn and Will Johnson left yesterday for a trip across th9 Cas cade mountains. Their destination is Odell !lake. They intended cros sing the mountains over the old military road which follows the middle fork of the Willamette river. This road is used hut little and they will likely find it hard travel ing. They will hunt and fish to their heart's content for a couple of weeks.- A few days ago a woman dressed in man's attire stepped off the train at Albany and disappeared, after threatening to "blow the brains oat" of the head ef a drummer who followed her out of idle curiosity. Sometime in tho early morning, Tuesday, the baggage room in the Southern Pacific depot in that city was ransacked. - A number of va lises, were opensd and various arti cles stolen. There were a couple ef hoe dresses stolen and this gives rise to tbe belief that the mysterious woman was in some way connected with the robbery. The sale of property for delin quent taxes in this county occurred at the courthouse, Monday. So responsive have taxpayers been in paying their taxes, that but 18 pieces of property were bid ia by tue county. ire teiiowiog pur chases were made by private par ties: Ellsworth Erwin, 320 aores on Soap Creek, assessed to Minnie Knapp; J W Ingle, five lots m Jobs addition, Corvallis, and 160 aores near Philomath; John Smith 52 acres on Smith Island; W J Mulkey two lots in Philomath; O Martin, 40 acres in Alsca; E E Wilson, 20 aores en the Richardson nlace in Willamette precinct. Mush annoyance was eauaed last winter on account of the leaky con dition of the roof of the city hall. The council appointed a committee to have this matter attended to and as a result the roof of that building has just been treated with a coat of Ironclad Cement Paint. This ma terial is highly recommended and is much used in California, where it is manufactured in San Francisco. Tho battleship Oregon has three coats on her hull. It is applied with a brash, while hot. Last week the roofs of Graham & Wells' drugstore and Allen & Farra's brick were treated with it. Manager French ef Benton coun ty's exhibit for the state fair, is quite anxious that the county be well represented ia dried and can ned fruits. Right now is the time to collect these specimens. Benton county is well supplied with dry ers, and if each one will make a lit tle effort and prepare a pound or half-pound package of their prod uct the result will be a highly cred itable showing. If the fruit is neat ly packed with a covering , of glass over the box containing it, it shows to good advantage and will not be spoiled by handling. Con tributions of oanned fruit, also, will be thankfully received. If parties will bring tfco fruit to Mr. French as it comes from the tree, free from bruises, he will be glad to can it and prepare it for exhibition. THE PRIME OUTLOOK. All Indications Point to a Large Crop in ; Oregon, and an Excellent Price- . The San Jose Mercury sets forth the following conditions which in its estima tion make it certain that a gosd price' will be had for the new crop of prunes. ; Its article is at loast worthy of consider ation by prnn growers, and for that rea son 'we give It space here: . ' During tho past week there has bren abont 159 cars of prunes sold by tbe as sociation on the throa and a quarter cent basis, and tbev are going oat at the rate of from twenty to thirty cars a day. These all go into actual consumption, as they are scattered nil over the country. A rumer was set afloat a few days ago that the association was geing to cut the price to three cents, and this intelligence ws telegraphed to eastern markets. It had no real foundation, and ill effect naturally was to bear the market so as to enable the buyers who are out in the or chards to get hold of tbe crop at less than it ia north. Notice was given Tues day that the price would be firmly held at throe and a quarter cents, subject to change without notice, which was a sug gestion that at auy moment the price might be raised to three and a half cents. The figures (or tbe several day's sales since the price was fixed show that some twenty to twenty-five carloads are being sold daily. If thia is continued it will not take long to dispose of all fruit on hand. The oflkors of the association are very anxious that growers shall cot ue in duced by the efforts of buyers to bear the market and sell their crop3 toe cheap. They have taken a great deal of pains to learn the exact situation, both as to tbe probable demand in tbe East and the size of tho coming crop. They are told that the new crop can be marketed easily on a faur cent basis by seme of the best posted fruit men in the East, those whose interest would be best served by naming a low figure, since they will be buyers. Advices from France are to the effect that the orop there will will be very much smaller than last year and that the ex port demand for prunes from this coun try to Europe will be much larger than last year. German buyers are already here looking for fruit, which i something new in the business. The crop of Califernia has been care fully estimated. Experts have been sent into every orchard in the state and have made a careful estimate of its out put. These estimates have been tabula ted and show a total of 55,000,000 pounds with ten per ' cent added, for safoty. Based upan this the association will be on the safe side by calculating the State crop at 60,000,000 pounds. Last year the State crop was 140,000,000 pounds. The falling off is ehiefly in Santa Clara county, which last year had 100,000,000 pounds and thif year will have but 25, 000,000. The crop of Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho is estimated variously be tween 30)000 000 and 40,000,000 pounds. Taking the maximum in both cases, this would give a new crop of but 100,000,000. The carry over .is iadefinate. . Last year it was about 15,000,000 pounds, but this year it will probably be larger. The as sociation now has about 35,000,000 on hand, but the daily sales are lowering thia amonnt rnpidly.and it w onld he safe to estimate the carryover to be disposed of when the new crop cornea in at 25,000, 000, making a total of 125,000,000 to be disposed of as against 185,000,0i)0 last season. . This of itself gives ample justification for a belief in high prices for the coming crop, but the best foandation for such a belief exists in the condition Of the fruit supply in the East. The market is prac tically bare ef fruit and the eomiug crop is extremely short and. of poor quality. The supply of summer fruits aad berries has been short and the quality of much ef it not good, and this is one of the reasons why millions of pounds of prunes have been sold for consumption in the sum mer season this year contrary to previous experience. -The drouth ia the Mississ ippi valley has made it necessary for fruit and vegetables to be shipped there from the Atlantic States, something unheard of, while the demand upon California has become enormous. The greatest shortage is going to be in the apple crop, and it is dried apples that come the most into competition with prunes. Another influence stimnlatiag this unusual sum mer demand is the increased consump tion due to the advertising dons last April, This effect will be a permasent one and muat be reckoned with in esti mating the probable demand. It is these things rather than the size of the prune crop, which of cogrse they can not know accurately and which in Eastern com mercial circles ie being much overstated for bear purposes, which have led promi nent dealers there to give it as their opinion that the market will be. on a four cent basis for the new crop. The asso ciation has named no price for the new crop as yet and will not do so for a lime, but it is gathering all the information necessary upon which to base it. The di rectors will not say what they think it is likely to be, but individually most of them express the opinion that prunes of the new crop will demand at least four cents In the Eastern market.. The one thing calculated to hold down the price of both the new and the old crop is the selling of their crops by growers to buy ers at prices lower than the bullish con.' flitions warrant. Seme have sold for fifty percent less than the crops are worth to day. There are instances where the buyers have resold their contracts for a prod of fifty per C6nt with the fruit still on the trees. Growers whs throw away their profits iu tliis Banner not only make a failure of the business themselves, but they contribute to influence's that serve to bear the price of the entire crop. Get your Job W rk done- here Hop Outlook. The cutlqek for a good crop of tops in Oreg an was never bet ter thanjtis at this tkaa. The acerage of producing ia this state is. a. trifle , more than la former seaseas, due to the fact that few yards hive been abandoned, while a number of new yards are coming in with their first orops. thus adding to the production of Oregon's greatest and most talu able Cr6p. However, the gross product of the, Oregon yards promices to be less, aceofdiug to tho biSt authority, than last sea son, though some asseri that last year's erop will be equalled if not excelled by this year's eatput. Tfea condition -of the yards, es pecially In tho hop district of which Salem is the center, is flatterlflg in tB extreme. Ex pert nop ines who have made extensive exatainatiens of the yards, pronounce them In escel leot condition - They have been well cultivated, weeds are scarce, lice, what few ttere were earlier in the season, have to a great ex test disappeared, partially as a re sult of the extremely favorable weather "conditions, bat prin cipally en account of the viger sus measures ;. adopted by the growers to keep their heps clean by thoroagU , spraying. - The yards show far less foliage than ia former years "while the burrs are thlc&er and heavier in pro portion to the foliage than usual, already showing a rich oolor, aad promising a . heavy yield of a quality never seen in Oregon. All this augurs welL for the pro ducers, a splendid orop of excel leat quality being the outlook at this time. Statesman. Everything indicates that the price for heps will be fairly good this fall. All over the worhf there Is a greater demand for hops fr malting ; purposes, and the home consumption Is greater than ever before. There has been some hops contracted as low as eleven cents, but not many contracts are ta ba had at this figure. T v Kinmsn Vanderpool. The death, ef Ktnman Van 54rpool occurred at his home near Wells, last- Tuesday morn ing aboufc 5 o'clock. Deceased had been sick only about ten days. . . ' , A wesk" ago last Saturday, while working In the harvest field, Mr; Vanderpool became bverneatedv-IaViSptta- of thebist cara aad attention the case de veloped Into spinal meningitis, or something iof . that natnre, causing death, j Mr. Vasderpool Was a nephew of C. M. Vander- pofil and was a single man. He was aboat 50 years of age and fef thirty habits. .He was possessed f sama property at the time of his demise. , Tha fttneral ocearred at a:o Wednesday, afternoon, and the remains were laid to rest in the Gingle cemetery, . about a mile and a half frem Wells. The fna sral was under the aussices of. the United Artisans 6f Wells. Forest Fires. During the pjast -two weeks the atmosphere has been clouded and smoky in its appearance. In vaii- ous localities forest fires have been reported. However, no very des tructive fires have been reported. Commenting oh the subject the lelegram Says: . Oregon has been comparatively free from forest fire . during the past few years, but that this is due to the decrease of forests, the in creased watchfulness of owners of valuable timber lands, and the greater care ef campers, hunters and herders, rather than to the . ef- forts and activities of political forest rangers, is generally supposed, if not wU known. Yet these rangers have no doubt been some aid to the preservation of onr forests. Let them not bo denied what little cred it is their due. But, after all, the press has been the greatest agency in bringing about this coaparatlva cessation of forest fares at this time of the ysar. The press-has aroused public interest; has. portrayed the value of the forests and the loss con sequent on their destruction: has educated multitudes of readers and has scared some until everybody Who has read-the newspapers is now a foe to these fires, and careful not to start them. Ice Cream Social. The ladies of the Methodist Church will Rive an ice cream social on" the chureh lawn - this, Friday, evening from 4 to 10 o'clock. ': Ice cream and cake 10 cents. : . ." . Dog Lost.. Lost, in Corvallis, Tuesday,'' black shepherd dog about two years old. Find er will tlease leave same at Huston & Bognes hardware store.' . - . OscAit Tom. . Additional Local. ; ' The Black Gat. Go to Zierolf's for Alsea honey. Jelly glasses, "Royal" fruit jars, etc., at Zierolf's. Royal fruit jars, tho best thing Suing, illi liUilUil B. j Shingles and cedur posts at the 1 Corvallis sawmill. Marshall Miller was a bayward passenger, yesterday. . Miss Barin, of Portland, is visit ing friends in this city. - Big special 25 per cent off on all summer goods at Kline's. . j Our Own washing powder 5 pounds for 25cts at Zierolf's. R. L. Shedd and family are ex psctcd home from the bay today. Mrs. M. S. Woodcock asd son arrived homo from" tha coast, yesterday.--. " C. Lincoln Bennett and family went to Newport yesterday for a visit of -two weeks. The very best washing pawder, "Oar Own," at - Zierolf's. Five pounds f9r a quarter. " Regular services will be held ai tha M. E. Church Sunday afteraooa and evening. Miss Julia Warrior treat to Portland, Thursday. She will be absent about a month. Wm. Broders t?as a passenger to Newpoi t yesterday. He will return with his fatally, Tuesday. The "Pearse-Spangler cams- ing parly arrived hotae, yester day, from, their summer Camp near Nashville. Dr. Unas. Le is nome from a visit of several weeks at the coun try home of Manley Cflrrier. His health is much improved. Immensa - bargains 10 broken lines of Ladies, Misses and Child rens Shoes and oxfords for this month only. Nolan & Calahaa. Kline's new clothing for fall has the self-retaining frot, keeps your coat in shape, and does not wrinkle like the kind that is usually sold. Each package ef Putnam Fade less Dye color? more goods than any ether dye and colors them bet ter too. Sold by Graham & Wells. The ferry at Peoria, which sank recently, while the Buchanan boys were crossing with loads of grain, has been repaired and is again in operation. A party ol ladies consisting of Mesdames H. . W. Hall John Burnette, A. E. Laws and M Cannfcta drove ovgr 'to Sodaville yesterday. . . - Tuesday, C. A. Barnhart and son, Bert, went to Wells, where they are doing flmshiag W6tk on the new dwelling recently con structed by Paul Dodele. Presbyterian church services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.; Sunday school at 10 a. m.; Christian Endeavor at 7 p.m. AH seats free and you are eordially invited to ba present. Avery Applewhite arrived, Wednesday,, from his home ia Tillamook. He came out n alt wheel. Avery will attend col lege -here daring the Cdmlnj year. ; Willis McElroy and family visited relatives in C&rvalhs this week. Willis had a state wide reputatioa as a cornetist before he left Oregon, and during his residence in Chicago for tho past several years, becamo a very popular soloist. Hr. G. W. Davis, of Laurel, Neb., whose coming to Corvallis the Ga zette lias already announced, is expected dailey. A letter from hira states that the car containing hia household effects was ready for shipment Angast 19th. Dave Osbura returned this week from Southern Oregon, for a short visit. His father arrived yesterday. The old gentleman's health is greatly improved. A stay of two or three weeks at.Tallman Springs in Lake1 county contributed much to this result. Oliver Wicks scratched his hand quite severely about a week ago on an Old rusty nail.- Ery sipelas set fn ,. and he is now obliged to carry his aria in a sliftg. : Hop-picking begins at the Lilly yards Septem.be 3rd. It is calculated to give employment to 150 pickers and it Is asserted that the necessary number will be forthcoming. Word recently reached this elty to the effect 1hat Miss Ollie Skipton is jast recavering trem quite a severe spell of sickness at her home in Salem, Her Cor. vallis friends hope for her speedy recovery. " - Today, W. G.VLaHe will move his household effects from his lit tle place north "of town into a dwelling iustr across tha street from the residence of Thos. Whitefiarfl. Mr. Lane has rent- ! ed his place for the winter to H FOR- Fall and lisrf, Sctariner Marx Taiicr Mcde Clothes oopraoHT HART, CHAFfHU MAM CHICAGO r - r 1 mm Hi. We have selected an extra large order from these two well-known firms, and yon can be assnred that they will bs correct in style and fit; self-retaining front, silk-sewed, thronghent, and guarantee with every snit from $10 up. - BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES L. ENTON COUNTY Manufacturers of all kinds of Rough and Dressed Fir Lumber CARLOAD LOTS YARDS AT Corner of 5th and For prices enquire at yards or or Philomath, Oregon. at this Corvallis' Most Popular Eating House er Pioti I AND RESTAURANT. - I Fresh bread daily. A complete stock of candies, fruits and ft I nuts kept canstantly on hand. ' Smokers supplies I a specialty. - ' I H. W. HALL, Proprietor. 1 H. Glassford, of Kings Valley. Mr. GlaSsferd recently sold Bis Kings Valley farm aaS is going to spend the winfe la Csrvallis. Mr. Fowells, of Seattle, has been visiting in Corvallis with his father this week. This gentleman is high ly pleased with what he saw in avisit to tho O A G, and he may decide to stay here this winter and take ad vantage of the business Course re cently added to the curriculum of the college. Mcaday, Walter Brown will start earpenters at work on the csnstractisn of a dwelling hoase da his place a few miles north ef town. ' Tha hoase is Id be a story aad; a half structure, the main part f which will be 16x28 feet, with an L adjoinia j. Sheriff Burnett received a tele gram, yesterday afternoon, from his wife informing him that she had arrived la Portland on her way home from Baker City, and re questing him to meet her in the metropolis. He at once drove over to Albany to catch the north-bound train at that point. They will ar rive home in a day or two. Acting ander iasttactions from Adam Wilhelra, of MoarS, Sheriff Burnett took possession of the Eambletosiffn stallion that was formerly tha property of William Giid. Ssbbs years ago, ia a fenslness transaction, Mr. Gird gave Wilfeelro a bill f sale of the animal. In this way it came abo'nt that the sheriff was requested td take possession of the animal. It will be taraed over to ,Mf. Wilhelm without farther delay. CLOTHING Winter. ;:Our First Invoice of Mens' Clothing Has Arrived consisting of the famous Ha it, Schaffner Si Marx brand, and David Adler The Great Overcoat House. Kline. LUMBER COMPANY CORVALLIS'V-a Washington Streets. address the company at.Corvallis Job Printing . g$gg office Baker vl . Dr. Maud B. Holt Ostheopathic physician will be perma nently located in Corvallis after Septem ber 4th. Will treat both chronic aad acute diseases without tbe nse of knife oc drags. Office first door south of Miss Johnson's millinery store. Hoars from 9 to 12 a. m. ; 1 to 5 p. m. J. E. FOWELLS SflOElViflK;Ef?. ( Repairing promptly and neatly done First door west of the Gazette office. Will soon be oyer and you are probably thinking of purchasing a watch or soma piece of jewely or silverware. Call and see my stock. I can give yon good bar gains at prices that are very low. E. P. GREFFOZ, The Jeweler. Wanted To trade, a pair of work horses ia good condition, for 300 bushels of oats, deliv ered. Apply at my ranch, near JJonroe. 3. VV. Waltebs, Wanted. A thorough np-to-date farmer to' take charge of a farm, with such exper ience that he can calculate and appoint his time so as to be prompt In planting and cariqg for crops. Also having a suc cessful experience in handling, feeding and caring for stock. Applicants will please furnish references as to their ex perience, success, and where they have operated. Address M. S. Woodcock, - Corvallis, Oregon.