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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1901)
THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1901. LOCAL NEWS. James Dixou, of Elk City, liat ; beeu renewing his acquaint net i with old-tiuno friends in this city daring the past two days. Mr. DeBolt, brother-in-law of tnis citv, arrived from Portland, Sunday." Yesterday, T. W. Dilley and Mr. DeBolt left for the Alsea country for a week's fishingand hunting. Their wis a Janoe at the Lilly hop yards, Saturday night. About fifteen couples attended from town ad they report an enjoyable time. The mnsio was furnished by the AdamB brothers. , Within a few days Ed Dunn, of this city, will begin the task of put ting in a steel ceiling in his resi dance. It is thought that this will be the first ceiling of its kind ever put in use in this city. W. J. H6well and -wife left yes terday rr.orhinff for Aleea. where they will remain for a few days' visit at their old home. It is un derstood that one objeot of their visit is to attend the wedding of their bob, Henry, which it to occur withiu a day or two. Charley Heekart, who was called home frem Portland by the death of his sister-in-law, Sirs. W. O. Heokart, returned to Portland, yesterday. He went alter his per sonal effeots and will return in a day or two, as it is now necessary for him to remain at home. Prof. Joseph Bryan, whose homo is in Philomath, has resigned the principalship of the Toledo, Lincoln Co., schools. .Daring the past Bum mer he has been traveling far the Schillings company and a recent raise in his salary decided him to forego school teaching, for a time at least. We would suggest to all our read ers whs visit thti Carnival at Port land, or the Street Fair at Th Dalles, that they should not fail to take advantage of this opportunity to take a trip en the Bailey Gatzert,. between Portland and .The Dallas, the scenic route of the Columbia River. The dwelling hcuse of E. ' B Horning is being extensively re paired and remodelled by the Adams boys. A new parlor, din- - in groom, kitchen and bathroom are to be added. The entire bailding has been raised and is to be made a two-story strncture. A large woodshed is to be annexed to the house. Arthur Stimpson, librarian at the 0 A 0, arrived from his home at the coast, Saturday. It he can secure suitable apartments one of his sisters will pass the winter in this city with him. Mr. Stimpson was accompanied out by his brother ILdward, who is on his way to Mm neapolis, Minn., where he is study, ing medicine. Roma Zahn came out from Alsea, Friday, and returned home Sunday. He reports that a Bomber of his goat have been killed dar ing the past few weeks and he thinks they have been killed by a - bear. A few days before coming oat to fewn he and his brother Dick set seme traps for the animal and hope ere long to catehit. D. C. Rose expects to start his prune dryer today or tomorrow. Mr. Rose thinks he will have at least 1,200 bushels of prunes in his orchard this .year. His dryer has a capaoity of about 100 bushels per day. It is his calculation to buy prunes and operate his dryer as long as the waather will permit and it is likely that he will dry ponaething over 2,000 bushels. Asa Alexander turned his star over to S. L. Henderson, Saturday, and went to Buena Vista to remain a day or two. Mr. Henderson has had some experience as chief of police of this city. Many of our citizens will call to mind an exper ience "Samp" had about a year age while acting temporarily la this capacity. He "caught a-tartar" and it was necessary to convey the prisoner to the city bastile On the hurricane deck of a dray. The Independence West Side has become a thing of the past. This was the oldest paper in Polk oOunty and was at one time under the con trol of Hon. M. L. Pipes, also Under th-i management of J. R. N. Bell at another time. The plant became mortgaged and its business run down "at the heel." As the pnlse of the West Side became weaker that of a younger paper became correspondingly strong, finally en tirely absorbing ths West Side. ; The funeral of Mrs. W. O. Heck art In this city, last 1' nday, was one of the saddest that ever took place in tnis city, Ine services were held in the Presbyterian church, which was most beautifully decorated, and that edifice was filled with relatives and friends el the deceassd. The sermon by Rev Meilv was most beaHtiful and im pressive and there were many tret eyas Id the church during the time the pastor was talking. Many friends, aside from relatives, will -. ever bear in mind the many lovable and endearing qualities of the do. ceased. W.A.Sanders, Jewe'er. Msa Anna Denoaan will begin a private5' school on Sept. 30. Foi further particulars," inquire at res idence., Wado Malone was in Cprvaliis, Saturday, on his way from Portland to his home in Alsea. ' Mr. Malone is the merchant ef Alsea. The Zierolf Bros.' thrashing ma chine finished its run last Wednes day. This machine had an un usually long run, thirty dayp. Nearly all of the beds at the boys dormitory were brought down town a short time ago and placed in the hands of an up nolsterer foi "rejuv enating." John Daly went to Albany, Sat urday, In order to confer with Pres ident Weathrford, of the board of regents, on matters pertaining to the O AC. Clair Staats, of Airlie, is ondaav- oring to secure a suitable hauie fer his children to occupy during ine school year in order that they may attend college. The Taylor brothers and Mr. Pringle brought some chitten bark out from Alsea a few days ago. This is an industry of vast impor tance to the people of that section. Already there ' are a i.uraber of new students in Corvallis awaiting the opening of college next Friday. It will seem likeV'old times" to see few hundred ' students from abroad parading the streets again. Miss Hortenss Greffoz, formerly of Corvallis, bat now of Portland, resigned her position in the Corval lis schosls to accept a similar one in Albany. Recently she resigned there to accept a position in the Portland schools. Miss Lei a 'Alexander arrived home from Polk eounty, Saturday. She had been picking hops in the Soott-Taylor yards near Buena Vis ta. These yards will be picked within a day or two, and many Corvallisites will then return home. John J. Steiwei and family ar rived, Friday, from their farm near Jefferson and have taken up their residence in the Smith house on the corner of eighth and - JeSerson streets. - They are here to give the children the educational advantages offered at the college. ' - Mrs. Agnes Thompson and daugh ter, Miss Olive, arrived home from Portland, Thursday. They were in the metropolis a couple of months, daring which time Mrs. Thompson was taking treatment for her rheu matism. It is reported that she is very little, if any, improved. ; Eveiy room in Alpha Hall is en gaged by young lady students who are to attend college'here during: the -earning school year, "From the present aspect of thing3, some skir mishing will be necessary in order to domicile many young ladies who will be here for school during the coming year. Hop picking is far enough along to enable growers to state with some assuranee of accuracy what the yield will be. The general pinion is that the Oregon crop of hops this year will be in the neighborhood of 60,000 to 65,000 bales.. These esti mates are based on returns from yards that have been nearly or quite picked. Bd Ki'ger came out from Alsea, Friday and returned home the fol lowing day. He brought out some ore with birn- and was. busy while here trying to get an assay of it. There is no doubt but there are many rich deposits in the Coast Ranges that will some day come to light. Ed evidently has something out of the ordinary in the mineral line. Caspar Rickard owns a house in Junction City that has been unoc cupied for some years. It is now the abode of bees. They have made the flue of the honse their heme and the supposition is that there will be honey in abundance fer the party who is earageous enough to secure it. It is Bald that Eugene has a house that is inhabited only by honey-makers. Yesterday, Amos Riser and fam ily moved into the Farra house on Main street, just south of Phillips' photograph gallery. For some time they have been running a boarding and lodging house near the court house. Mr. and Mrs A. C. Tunison, recently of - the Big Elk country.will take possession of: the building just vacated and carry it on along the same lines with a view to making a sort of students' home of it. The great Carnival, which opens In Portland on September 19th and continues until October 19th, 1901, will be well worth a visit to the metropolis. Exhibits of agrieul tural and horticultural products, mining and manufacturing mdus tries, athletie exercises, a horse show at which feats of horseman ship and the various forms of fan cy riding can be seen, and a mag nificent military tournament, par ticipated in by picked companies from the Oregon National Gaard are a few of the attractions at the Carnival this year. The Southern Pacific Co. will sell tickets at low rates for this occasion, and will also run a special excursion from Ash land to Portland and return, stop ping at all intermediate stations, the date and rates for which will be announced hereafter. The Corvallis public schools opened yesterday under auspicious conditions fer a successful and val uable year of school. Prof. E. C. Haywood returned Sunday from his summer's visit to British Columbia. Mrs. Haywood will not be home for a couple of weeks. " Readers of the Gazette will do well to call at F. L. Miller's and take advantage of the excellent offer made in his ad elsewhere on this page. " . The K. L. C. E. of- the United Evangelical church is arranging for a reception to the new students ef the college, to be given the evening of Oct. 1. R. P. Howard is now driver for Wells Fare in this city. He pur chased the team, used in the deliv ery of express matter, from Ben Elgin yesterday. Ben will attend college here this winter. Fit out the youngsters for fall in our Boy?. Department. JNever be fore have we such captivating styles never so great an assortment, and never in the history of our selling such good values. Nolan & Ca lahan. Wanted Five-hundred wives te induce their husbands to purchase their suits, overcoats of us our suits and overcoats are cat and made ia the very latest style, and tailored as they should be. Every pur chaser is sure of getting just what he thinks he is getting. a square deal. Nolan & Callahan. Sugar is $5.50 per sack. Last spring it was $6.60 per sack. The papers of the country, which en larged so much upon the fact that sugar advanced in price shortly after the last presidential election as significant of the encouragement the trusts had received from the outcome of the election, are judic iously silent now regarding the de cline in the price of sugar. About a year ago Mrs. Alice Wicks, ot this city, received a fall that broke one of her ribs loose. She had medical attendance and, although somewhat inoonyenienced, she seemed about reOovered when she wjas the victim of a second acci dent. A few- days ago she had a fall from a hammock that again tore her injured rib loose. Under the circumstances she is doing as nicely as could be expected. Memorial services in honor of William McKinley were held at the United Evangelical church in this city Sunday evening. -Short ad dresses of eulogy for the ceneien tious, just and patriotic magistrate were made by Professor Berchtold, Snpt. Denman, B. F. Irvine and Rev. Boozer. The church was crowded. Last night, at the court house, a meeting of citizens was held to arrange for public services in respect to the memory of our be loved president. ' While in town Saturday, S. H. Horton. who lives about six miles wast of Monroe, told of the work of some miscreant while Mr. Horton was absent from home a couple of weeks age. No one was about the place but a -son of the family. One day he was away from home for a short time, and upon his re turn he discovered the remains of two hogs lying seme 60 rods from the house. Both animals had been shot. The entire carcass of one was lying as it fell, while all of the other had been taken except the head and shoulders. Mr. Horton re quests us to state that, if the par ties enilty of the act are really in need of poik, he will make them the present of a hog at butchering time u they will come after it. Letter List. For the week ending Sep. 14, 1901. Persons calling for these letters will please state date on which they were advertised. They will be charged at the rate et oae cent eacb. Mrs Lizzie Bried, G S Branra, Mrs E Bareer. Miss Effie Downing. Mrs Cora Davis, Mrs R Fuller, V V Hartin, Dave Mood, Miss if Hunter, Mist Cordelia Kees, Emma D Mulkey, Mrs Charlotte h. isaei, Mrs U M Preston, James S Smith, James Stewart, M A Thompson, W A Warnock, J J Wyard. B. w. Johnson, P. M. Come ! Come ! , Come ! to the to the to the Irish Duke Irish Dnke Irish Duke Friday Night Friday Night Friday Night September 20th - September 20th September 20th Reserved seats 35 cents Reserved seats 35 cents Reserved seats 35 cents Now on sale Now on sale Now on sale At Gerhard's. At Gerhard's. . At Gerhard's. - Wanted 1 A good . man to milk at a dairy and do general farm work. . M. S. Woodcock, Farm for Sale. R. B. Blodgett oners for sale his 570- acre stock farm, one-half mile from Blod gett, Oregon. Try this Office for Job Work. An Interesting Matter. Mr.; Sloper is making fair progress in staking the College wen aeeper. ine well was 35 ieei aeep wnen ne Defian. and was six or eight feet in diameter, walled trorn top to Bottom. He is boring a small one ia the cen ter of the old one, and has ease down now about 85 feet making ine present aeptn 120 leer. Iu decending the 85 feet lie has only struck water once and then ia small quantity. The wfiole distance dug by him is through a block of heavy clay, wholly iuv pervio&3 to water except ?here water was found ia the . earth there being somewhat of sand. The surface of our Willamette Valley is generally supposed to be what was oace the bottom of a great lake, yet sneh extended and dep clay formations mere than ft hnndred feet below this surfaee tends to upset this theory, ror nor. oniy is tne clay found but gravel strata are also met with periodically ia the decent of the well digger, showing con clusively taat large watei courses were at one time where the beds of washed gravel now exist. Mr. Sloper Intends to eontinae to siak the well till one of these anoident water courses is struck that leads away tinder the Wil lamette Valley and up to the watershed reaching the saows'on the mountains the melting of which daring the summer and autamn months will furnish water that will descend under these va rious stratas of, clay along the old channels and thus fill the deeo wells. No doubt by going deep enough in proper locations In the valley we may at oar own doot in the arched months of August and September, bs per mitted to take a draught of pure water drawn indirectly from tie summit of the Cascade Moun tains. It is hoped that the college may be successful in its efforts to get good arid abundant water in sinking this well. While we are on the subiect of wells we may state the report con cerning a certain East Portland well. .. -. 1 It is said to be a very deep well. and has these two peculiarities, that in the autumn when other wells in the surrounding country are dry it is full of cold water; and in the winter when the other wells are full to overflowing this well is dry. If it is true, why is it? A Threatening Nuisance. A farmer from Linn county was in Corvallis a few days ago and told a Ga zette man that he had been fighting gophers vigorously, for the past year with gopher guns ; that he had kiiled hun dreds of them, but vet has a laree number on his premises, to his damage. He says bts neighbors have legions of them, but they are not trying to exter minate these pests as he it. ;. The farmer ays he is determined to wage war against the gopher until it is driven one, or else sell bis heme and move to another coun try. ' " . : Upon inquiry, we find that the Agri cultural College authorities have had fflea fighting this little animal, with varying success, on the college campus and farm for Many years. One of the employees there bow spends many hours per week setting guns, taking out car casses and looking alter the business generally, while other men and boys at work for the institution take a hand in the warfare as occasion may demand. They have killed - so many upon these grounds that the employees have become quite skilled in the use of the gopher gun and get one of the rodents at every discharge of the weapon. They do not try to keep account of the number killed, except by calculating the number of boxes of shells bought. At oae time the authorities kept boys on duty all day guarding the premises with common shotgunB, though nothing but the gopher gun is now used, the euerilla nractice giving place to a civil ized and regular state of siege, the ani mal reproducing his species just ' about as fast as the gun kills his neighbor in its surrounding district. It is said the station staff at the Agri cultural College at Pullman,. Wash., in stituted a series of experiments to kill gophers by the inoculation of contagious poison, but with what result we are not informed. If such a plan of work is practicable, it certainly would be much more efficacious and more economical than is the present desultory .method. It is surprising the amount of damage the gopher can do and the large sections of fields that it can honey-comb. It is said to be difficult to walk across some of the fields owned by private parties in the vicinity of the college, and that the dirt of the gopher mounds interfere very materially with the sickle of the mower in cutting the crops raised on these tracts of land. ; , We are glad that the gopher pest is not crevalent in the Willamette Valley and hope our farmer friends in the in fested districts may find some inexpen sive way to relieve-themselves from '.the gopher nuisance. o. A. c. items. The Gazette tour of tha college man made grounds, yes terday, aad foaad many improve ments in progress. The admin istration building is remodeled in some respects. The fruit dryer is a new feature of the institu tion. Tile new walks will help give the campus the true lawn appearance. Woodward's Gard-. ens never had a prettier plaza than the one at' the entrance of the grounds at the college. - The floral '0 A C" strikes the ere of every newcomer, and these will be many, during the coming weeks. The dormitories will be a surprise to the old students. Painted aad remodeled, these buildings will be the same as new for the students who want to make a home at the college. For the first tiinfl in many years the floors of Cauthorn Hall have been newly painted, as well as macaef the furniture. All the matresses have been recently up holstered and the spring beds made anew. Several boya have written that they will bring ear. pets and pictures from home to decorate their apartments. Mr. and Mrs. Boeheringer are en the ground to take charge of the bailding and Mrs. Horaer is sa Beryising tha iraorovements about the kitchen and dinin rooms. At the youag ladies' hall all the hallways and rooms are as neat And attractive as can be found anywhere for the com ing young ladies that bid fair to make Oregon attractive. Miss Mary Smita Philbrick, ot Tilton, New Hampshire, has been selected to take charge of the newly-created department of musis in the Oregon Agricultural College. Miss Philbrick Is a Southern belle, educated in Bos ton, with prospects of being a star in the musical firmament of America some day. She has had charge of the department of music in Alfermarle College, Virginia, daring' the last six yeai s, where she aasv been em inently successful as a teacher of Voice, Pianoforte and Harmony. She has beea ia demand as a leader in chorus, ajid has also been eminently successful ill en tertainment work throughout the State where she Was employed. Miss , Philbrick will arrive to day, and make her home at the Young Ladies' Hall at the C1 lege. Additional Local. The Black Cat. Big special 25 per cent off on all summer goods at Kline's. J. D. Mann & Co. have just re ceived a line of new carpets: Some beautiful designs. Kline's new clothing for fall has the self-retaining front, keeps your coat in shape, and does not wrinkle like the kind that is usually sold. Our boys clothing department is school that forms in boys the habit of wearing good clothing. We take pupils as young as three years of age.. S. L. Kline. Hart, Schaffner & Marx clothes for dressy men, at S. L-' Kline's. Strayed or Stolen. From the Farmer'' Stable, Corvallis, August 27', about noon, a black shepherd dog; of medium size, rather longhair. I think he had a little white in breast. Will sit down, roll over, or' speak when hungry. His name is "Dainty." I will reward auyone, liberally, who will bring inj the dog, or give information leading to his recovery. Leave the dog information concerning him with Huston & Boguef or write to OscabTom, Angora, Or. Horses for Sale. Will sell or trade for grain, hay, cattle or any kind of stock except horses . Call on or address, ' J. II. Mattley. -Corvallis, Or. Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys and bladder right. A Through an consignment Snap ment, and ' intend Clothing at 25 No damaged goods to pay what . ' i We are Showing a Strong Line of Boys' Two-Piece Snits. Boys' Three-Piece Knee Suits. Eoys' Yestt'c and Manly -Suits. Boys'. Kecffers. Boys' Overcoats and Ul sters. Youths' Suits. Uoys' Waists and Blonses. Our Suits Knees; hav Re-enforced Seats" Every Seam Taped. GUARANTEED to stand unusual wear and strain. GUARANTEED not to rip. GUARANTEED to be tha best boys' clothing in town for the price. Boys' waists and Blouses 25 cents and Boys' Suits $r 50 up. S. L. BENTON COUNTY LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers of all kinds of Rough and Dressed Fir Lumber IN CARLOAD LOTS "YARDS AT i CORVALLIS'Vv- Corner of 5th and Washington Streets. For prices enquire at yards or address the company at. Corvallis or Philomath, Oregon. Job Printing at this office Corvallis' Most Popular Eating House Pioneer Bakery AND RESTAURANT. Fresh bread daily. ' A complete stock of candies, fruits and nuts kept canstantly on hand. Smokers supplies a specialty. H. W. HALL, Proprietor. Wanted! , Parties to cut oak and ash wood from now on, and during next fall and winter. The work must be done neat and clean, and wood cut even length, closely trimmed and honestly corded. Apply to M. S. Woodcock, Corvallis, Oregon. For Sale. Four-room cottage and two lots, near S. P. depet ' Inquire ol W. C. Corbett, Corvallis, Or. Wanted . To trade, a pair of work horses in good condition, for 300 bushels of oats, deliv ered. Apply at my ranch, near Monroe. - J. W. Walters, for You error in of Men's billing, on and Boys' the part Clothing, Mrs. Jane Hopkins' Make went astray, and to satisfy the claim for damages, the Southern Pacific Eailroad Company authorized their local agent to sell the goods. We, being the highest bidder, became the purchaser of the entire consign- giving our many customers a chance to buy iaii Per Cent Discount. dust a clean, fair, square bargain. . We did not have the goods are worth; neither your size is gone. -:i ' " " F. L. MILLER, Corvallis, Oregon. Stti mm If and 50 cents. Kline. I I 0 Dr. Maud B. Holt 03theopathic physician will be perma nently located in Corvallis after Septem ber 18. Will treat both chronic and acute diseases without the use of knife or drugs. Office first door south of Miss Johnson's millinery store. Hours from 9 to 12 a. m. ; X to 5 p. m. ' J. E. FOWELLS 5rlOEpRF;E$. Repairing promptly and neatly done. First door west of the Gazette office. Headquarters for beys school suits made for the rough and tum ble bey, pouble seat and knee. S. L. Kline. of the Eailroad including many Company, a suits of tho. will you. Call'early before