Ife CORVALLIS GAZETTE,
FRIDAY, OCT. 10. 1902.
To cover the cost of setting and dis
tributing the type in such matters, a
charge of fifty cents will be niide for
each "Card of Thanks," and fire cents
per line for each set of "Resolutions of
Condolence" appearing in these columns.
Georgia Harper s company.- -
Get your umbrella ribs fixed at
the Bicycle Hospital.
Opera House, Oct. 14, 15 and 16,
the Georgia Harper company-.
Fred Overlander returned, Wed
nesday, from a week's outing in
the Big Elk country.
KOW TflE MATTER STANDS.
Tho Question Awarding the Water Con
tract may soon be Settled. The Pit
man Ordinance.
LOCAL NEWS.
"My Una!e from New York."
ComiDg Georgia Harper and her
excellent company.
I. II. Albright and family return -
e I fro.ii the coast yesterday. They
Wc-nt over there early in the season.
New suits for tua dressy young
man in the new coronation cloth,
routed and square cuts, at Kline's.
A short time ago Clarence Vidi
to purchased a half interest of Ed
Cumirrings in the O A C barber
shop.
Attorney W. E. Yates returned
from a trip to Toledo, Wednesday.
He was called over there on legal
business.
Ladies! Ladies! Don't fail to see
the elegant gowns worn by Miss
Georgia Harper next Tuesday night
in "The Lyric Queen."
The First Spiritual Union of Cor
vallis, will hold services at Barrett
Lyceum on Suuday, at 3 p. m. All
friend9 cordially invited.
Miss Ethel Price arrived, Wed
nesday, from her home in Kings
Valley, for an indefinite visit with
her sister, Mrs. L. XV. Oren.
Young's Cash Store, No. 707,
Main St., have a new line of Wool
en Hosiery, Ladies' and Childrens'
Hats; Groceries, Flour, etc. Pro
duce taken.
W. P. Lafferty returned recently
from a three days' business trip to
Portland. While down there Mr.
Lafferty laid in quite a stock of
goods for the winter trade.
Thi residence across the street
from Dr. Flint's is undergoing ex
tensive repairs. When all is in
readiness George Robinson and
fimily will occupy the dwelling.
During the past week Mrs. Dan
iel Cameron, whose home is near
Arlington, Eastern Oregon, has
been the guest of Mrs. Cal Thrash
er. Mrs. Cameron is a sister of
Mrs. Thrasher.
Councilmen Henkle, -Allen
and Heckart, composing the com
mittee appointed to consider the
nrAinnn rp cnhmirrfvl tn flip rnrmoil
JSider winters, or Portland , will j b y Engineer Sm yth, of Portland
preacnin tnenew na l OPPK-Uffn; tn .nnnlv tho rirv nf
Corvallis with mountain water,
hall
.M. Wade'e, on Saturday at 2:30 p
m. Subject, "Divine Healing.!' All
are cordially invited.
R. A. Bowman is puttlos a couple
of coats of paint oti the front of
Graham & Wortham'a drug store.
J he interior walls will be covered
with light green paper.
Mrs. John F. Steiwer, of Jeffer
son is expected to arrive in this city
next Tuesday for a week's visit
with friends. Her son, Karl, is at
tending the O A C.
Rev. J..M. Haskins, of Philomath
College, will occupy the pul pit of
Presbyterian; church bunday
the
When the rains camo on Con
tractor J. L. Gibson placed a can
vass cover over the residence that
he is building for Dr. Farra. It
looks odd but answers the purpose
for the time being.
Tha mechanical work of getting
out the College Barometer has
been started and we may look for
the first number ere long. As in
the past, it will be issued from the
O A C printing ofiice.
Henry Snook, who had the con
tract for building the Agiicultural
Hall at O A C, moved his family
to Salem, Tuesday. He did splen
did work on this building and has
left a good impression among our
people.
Perhaps the largest single ship
ment of eggs that has come out
from the bay country in years was
received by A. S. Cameron laBt
Monday. There was in the neigh
borhood of ten thousand eggs sal
mon eggs.
Geo. W. Smith is making prepar
ations to go to Southern Oregon to
spend a portion of the winter.
While on a recent trip to that sec
tion he secured some mining prop
erty ai.d he is going down to devel
op it. He expects to get started in
1he course of ten days.
Rev. A. Carries, left, TueEday, to
attend the meeting of Willamette
Presbrtery, which convened in Eu
gene that evening. From Eugene
he will proceed to Grants Pass
where he will attend the Synod.
The latter met Thursday evening
and will continue in session until
Monday.
Friends of J. C. Taylor are
laughing about the manner in
which he hovers about the meat
market which he recently sold to
Wicks & Lilly. Mr. Taylor ran a
meat market in this city for about
32 years and it is but natural that
he should feel more at home around
such a business,
Some careless hunter badly
wounded a horse belongeng to
'Gna Jackson, last Friday. The
animal was on Mr. Jackson's place,
about eight miles west of this city.
A charge of email bird shot was
fired into the animal's neck at very
short range, and an ugly wound is
the result.
Fred Clark and wife are to arrive
very soon from Baker City aud
agaiu take up their abode in Cor
vallis. They left this city a couple
of years ago to reside in Eastern
Oregon, but did not like it there
and have determined to come back.
They have many friends here who
will give them a hearty greeting.
The opening game of football of
the season will be played at 3
o'clock tomorrow afternoon on the
athletic field of O A C. Tne con
testants will be the first and sec
ond teams at the college and the
game will undoubtedly prove a
snappy one. A week later some of
these men will meet the Willam
ette University team, so go out to
morrow and size them up.
morning; theme "Some Elements
Making the True Christ-like Life."
United Evangelical church: Cash
rally service at 11 a. m. Special
singing and an address by the pas
tor. Theme for the evening service
"Building for Eternity." Service
at Withams at 3 p. m.
John Whitaker, John Bier and
Hugh Herron leave for Portland,
Sunday, where they will serve
as jurors during the sessions of the
u. b. circuit court which convenes
in that citv October 13th.
The bids for furnishing supplies,
stationery, pencils, crayons, etc, for
the public schools of Corvallis were
opened Wednesday afternoon. C.
A. Gerhard was awarded the con
tract for furnishing said supplies.
Preaching at the M. E. church at
11:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Stran
gers are invited to bring their chil
dren to the Sunday school at 10 a.
m. Intermediate League at 5.30
and Epworth at 6.30; Frank L.
Moore, pastor.
At a meeting of the Citizens'
League held at the court house,
Monday evening, a committee con
sisting of M. S. Woodcock, B. F.
Irvine and Geo. W. Denman, was
appointed to solicit and raise funds
to be used in getting out an adver
tising pamphlet to be sent to the
H arriman Bureau of Immigration.
Farmers and stock raisers agree
that the lecent rains were badly
needed. It was very necessarv for
farmers who desire to do fall plow
ing, it goes without saying that
met last Monday evening. Mr,
bmyth was present. Tne pur
pose of the meeting was to dis
cuss a number of amendments
which the committee had made
to the original ordinance submit
ted by Mr. Smyth, and during
the meeting which consumed
several hours all the amendments
were carefully considered.
The amendment providing for
a bond of 5000 for faithful per
formance of the contract, was
cheerfully acceded to by Mr.
Smyth. He was willing to com
promise, also, on the time for
final acceptance of the contract,
His original ordinance asked for
six months, but the committee
amended it to read "30 days."
Mr. Smyth explained the neces
sity of a longer time limit, and a
compromise was affected by
placing the limit of acceptance
at 90 days,
The wording of the ordinance
touching the question of flushing
sewers, was changed to specify
distinctly that water for this pur
pose was not to be used more of
ten than once every 34 hours,
The only point upon which
their was difficulty to reach a
satisfactory agreement, was that
of the price the city was to pay
tor water nre protection, sewer
cleansing, use of City Hall and
street sprinkling. The ordi
nance submitted by Mr. Smyth
stipulated that $5 per month
should be paid for each hydrant.
A committee of firemen was ask
ed to ascertain the number of hy
drants which the city needed at
the present time for its proper
protection. As a result of their
investigation it was determined
that the city needed about 20 ad
ditional hydrants, and a five dol
lar rate would cost the city near
ly $1800 per year. The council
committee thought a flat rate of
$800 was all the city could afford
and they made this offer to Mr.
stock ranges were badly in need of Smyth. That gentleman was
rain ana ieea was very snort, ine
hops were all picked, and practical
ly all of the prunes. In fact, there
was practically nothing that could
have been damaged by rain.
Although not quite completed,
the dam across Marys river, which
was constructed during the past
summer and fall by the Corvallis
Flouring Mills Co., was closed Mon
day. It was found that the dam
was well constructed and although
it leaked a trifle at first, as soon as
it is well eoaked the dry lumber
used in its building will swell and
all leadage will cease. After clos
ing the dam it required a day for
the water to rise sufficiently to
make any showing in the mill race.
The stream was obliged to rise until
it backed the water up Marys river
some five or six miles before it
poured into the race to any extent.
Everything about the new Agri
cultural Hall has been cleaned up
and rendered neat and attractive.
There has been considerable work
done on the grounds about the
building. The temporary track
which was laid from the C. & E.
line to the building for the purpose
of running carloads of building
materials, etc., to the hall while in
course of construction, will not be
removed until after the dedication
of the building, which occurs next
Wednesday. By leaving the track
where it is until these exercises oc
cur it will be possible to run the
trains of excursionists right up to
the hall. The dedication exercises
will be held in the Armory.
Some three months ago, a certain
newspaper in this state offered
prizes to its correspondents for the
amount of news matter they could
furnish the paper. The "news"
was classified and arranged on the
"point" system and the first prize
was a very handsome, $20 Morris
chair. The chair is solid oak,
carved, and upholstered in dark
green velvet a real beauty. There
were seventeen contestants, among
whom n as Mrs. Grace E. Hall,
formerly of this city, but now of
Buena Vista. The contest closed
last Saturdav evening and Mrs.
Hall secured the first prize by near
ly 500 points. This will be pleas
ant news for her many friends in
this city, but it will not surprise
them, as her ability as a news
gatherer and correspondent is well
kuown here.
willing to agree to that rate for
the present, but he thought a
reasonable increase should be
made as Corvallis increased in
size ana population. it was
finally determined that Mr.
Smith should confer with his at
torney, Judge Carey, and sub
mit the matter to the council at
its meeting Monday evening,
Mr. Smythe was acquainted
with the fact that the granting of
a franchise to him would not af
fect the right of the old company
to do business through its pres
ent system. This arrangement,
he said, was perfectly satisfactory
to him. When told, however,
that the old company claimed
rights under the ordinance em
powering William M. Pitman to
erect water works and to lay
water pipe, Mr. Smyth said that
he would like to consult his at
torney before proceeding further.
He told the committee that he
would endeavor to be in Corval
lis again befere the matter comes
up before the council next Men
day night.
Chicken Pie Dinner!
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
will give a chicken pie dinner at the res
deuce of Mrs. Hemphill, en Main street,
Friday, Oct. 10, from 5 p. m. to 9 p. m.
Dinner will be 25 cents.
TUESDAY NIGHT The Ge:r
gia Harper Co. will open their en
gagement here.
The question f determining
which of the two offers to supply
Corvallis with water, now being
considered by the council, shall
be accepted, has about reached
the stage where final acceptance
may depend upon the construc
tion which shall be placed upon
the ordinance empowering W.
M. Pitman to erect water works
and lay pipes in the City of Cor
vallis. The present water com
pany claims to inherit certain in
alienable and perpetual rights
under that ordinance.
This contention makes that or
dinance of considerable interest,
and we reprint it, that all may
see its provisions. The ordi
nance which was passed by the
council May 9, 1881, and ap
proved by Mayor Carlile May 16,
ibai, is as follows:
Be it enacted by the Common Council
of the City of Corvallis, for the purpose
of erectiBg water works for the benefit of
the City of Corvallis:
That, William M. Pitman of said city,
be and he is hereby authorized and em
powered to erect water works within tho
limits of said city, and to lay water pipes
across and lengthwise on each and every
side and through all of the streets and
public highways within the limits of
said city; and as the said William M.
Pitman has heretofore laid some water
pipes through some of said streets by
and with tLe common consent of said
common council, though not heretofore
authorized by written ordinance, he is
therefore hereby authorized and empow
ered to keep and maintain said water
pipes as already laid and to remove them
and place other pipes in their stead at his
pleasure.
: And the ; said William M. Pitman is
hereby entitled to sell, " or in any way
dispose of to the City of Corvallis and to
any and all other persons whomsoever,
any and all of the water works and to
collect thevalue thereof in any sum
agreed upon between the said William
M. Pitman and the person in each in
stance with horn each agreement may
be made; and If any perton or persons
shaluse said water r any part thereof
without any special - or positive agree
ment in relation to the sum to be paid
therefor, then the said William M. Pit
man shall be entitled to collect therefor
the amount of money in each instance
which the same is reasonably worth.
The said pipes hereafter to be laid
shall be placed not less than twelve
inches under the surface of the ground,
except the hydrants connected with said
pipes, which shall project ont of the
ground, and when the said pipes are
laid lengthwise of said streets, they shall
ba placed not less than eleven feet from
the line which separates the blocks of
said city from the streets.
It shall be unlawful for any person to
disturb, interfere with, or in any way
molest any of said pipes or hydrants, or
any part of eai 1 water works. Any per
son violating this provision of tills ordin
ance shall be fined by the city re
corder a sum not less than -five nor more
than fifty dollars. 'f -r
It shall also be unlawful for any person
toplace any obstruction of any kind over
any of said water pipes that will in any
way hinder, delay or interfere with the
free access to the removing or repairing
any of said pipes, and any person who
shall place such obstruction over said
pipes, er wno snail lie tne owner 01 or in
possession of such obstruction, and who
shall fail or refuse to remove Such ob
struction at any time, on notice in writ
ing being given by the said William M.
Pitman to them to remove the same,
shall be liable to pay to the said William
M. Pitman for all expenses, labor and
trouble that the said William M. Pitman
may incur in removing such obstruction,
and for all damage that he may sustain
in eonseqnence of such person or persons
failing to remove such obstruction im
mediately after such notice is given.
All the provisions of this ordinance J
shall be construed so as to insure to the
benefit of all persons who may or shall
at any time hereafter claim such pipes,
water works, and all things connected
therewith, under or through the said
William M. Pitman; provided, that noth
ing contained in this ordinance shall in
terfere with property holders on Second
street building sidewalks adjacent to
their lots, ten feet iu "width, in accord
ance with written ordinance No. 39 ; and,
provided further, that nothing in this or
dinance shall be so construed as to grant
any exclusive right or privilege for con
ducting water into this city, '
Death of W. O. Neville;
The death of W. O. Neville
occurred early Monday morning
at the residence of George W.
Brown, m'this city. His death
was caused by Brights' Disease.
from which he had suffered for a
number of years. He was
member of Norton Lodge. No.
199, A. F. & A. M., and the fu
neral was conducted under the
auspices of the local lodge.. The
funeral occurred Tuesday after
noon and the services were con
ducted by Rev. F. L. Moore.
Interment was made in Crystal
Lake cemeterv.
Just a week before his death
W. O. ..Neville and wife, .' son,
iatner ana motner, arrived in
this city from Norton, Kansas
The deceased had for ,a' long
time desired to come to Oregon,
and though relatives and friends
triea to dissuade mm, on ac
count of his health, he adhered
to his purpose and came - to the
Far West, where, unfortunately,
his career was cut off by the
Grime Reaper. " . '
His death and the circumstan
ces under which it occurred
inadethis a particularly sad af
fair and our people all extend
their sympathy. The surviving
members of the deceased's family
have not yet decided what steps
to take in the future whether
to continue their abode in Cor
vallis or return to Kansas their
old home.
Settled at Last.
Peace reigns and the Leroyle
Manager Groves controversy" is no
more, and it is now authoritively
stated that "Other People's Money"
company has rearranged its routes
so as to give one peformance here.
This has been a successful effort on
the part of Manager Groves to
maintain his rights and give his
patrons an attraction of known
quality and congratulations are
due him. It is understood that the
date originally contracted for will
be played.
KLINE'S
HartSchaffncr
6? Marx gtfi
Hand Tailored j V
STOR
rmrm nTumn
I UBI ULU I IIII1U
Strongest Overcoat House in Cor
V vallis.
Our Fall Clothing
Has Arrived
and is here for your Inspection.
Without exaggeration, we can tay
that we have on our counters today
the finest and handsomest Gentle
men's Ready-to-wear Suits and
Overcoats ever shown in Corvallis.
Our clothes have the distinction
over the ordinary ready-made.
They are faultlessly cut, perfect in
fit and the shape-retaining features
are guaranteed to be permanent.
Prices to suit all.
New things in .
Hats, Shoes,
Shirts, Etc,,
Just in.
S. L KLINE.
Cummlngs-Alexander.
A "Sniping" Party.
Last Saturday evening, about
ten o'clock, a young man visited
the brick yard of W. C. Corbett
and called on A. D. Lembocker,
who was burning a kiln of tiling.
The young man had 'a sack in
one hand and a bicycle lamp in
the other, and his do or die ex
pression indicated that he was
after snipe. He was a college
lad and inquired of Mr. Lem
bocker if he had seen, any of his
chums pass along that way. The
latter informed the young man
that a couple of hours before a
crowd had passed by at no great
distance, laughing and making
merry as they went.
The man with the sack and
light was quite" anxious to get
with the other members of the
sniping party and said if he had
not secreted his light they would
have been able to locate him,
but that as it was they had no
means 01 telling where he was
and had gone-away and left him.
Mr. Lembocker undertook to
explain what sniping was, but
made no impression on the
young man, wno, in nis inno
cence, told Mr. Lembocker that
the boys he was out with would
not do him such a trick, as "they
were all friends of his." How
hard it is to make some people
believe that they are being fooled.
The wedding of Henry M
Cummings and Miss Alice Alex-
ander was solemnized at the
home of the bride's parents in
this city last Wednesday after
noon at 2 o'clock. Rev. H. A.
Deck' officiated.
Mr. uummings nas numerous
friends in this city, where he has
been a student at the Agricultur
al College. The bride is the
oldest daughter of .Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. Alexander, and is a highly
estimable young lady. The new
ly married couple will make
their home in Corvallis. .
Additional Local.
Nearlnjr the Time
Next Wednesday, October i,
the dedication of the new Agri
cultural Hall will occur at the O
A C. Everything possible will
be done to render this occasion
memorable and it is the duty of
Corvallis people to assist in every
possible manner. On this occa
sion . there will be hundreds of
people in Corvallis to attend the
dedication exercises.
Many prominent people from
various parts of the country will
attend and addresses will be
made by noted speakers. Ap
propriate music will add to the
enjoyment of those present, and
ample provision will be made for
feeding the multitude. The new
building is as substantial as it is
handsome, which is saying a
great deal, and would be a credit
to any institution as well as city
in which it might bejerected, con
sequently Corvallis should feel
proud of it.
The "Lyric Queen."
Benton county clover 6eed for
sale at Zierolf s.
Oil meal for sale at Graham &
Wells. Splendid feed for dairy
stock.
New and elegant gowns worn by
Miss Georgia Harper in her produc
tion of the "Lyric Queen."
See our Black and Blue all wool
men's suits for $10. They are good
ones. Don't spend your overcoat
money befoie seeing us, we'll save
you money. S. L. Kliue.
The Episcopal church, corner of
Jefferson & 7th streets: Services
in this church as follows: Sunday
pchool and Rector's class every Sun
day at 10 a. m.; morning prayer
and serman at 11 a. m. All, espec
ially Etudents, are cordially invited
to each of these services.
C. MacLean, Rector.
For Rent.
Eight-room iiouse,
quire of M. Jacobs.
with bath. In-
For Sale.
Chinook salmon, salted, ready for
family use. One hundred pound Iregs,
delivered in Corvallis, 6 1-2 cents per
pound. Parties desiring same, should
call on or address A. A. McCleaby,
Corvallis. Or.
Vocal Instruction.
I hereby announce that during the
winter months I will accept a limited
number of pupils for private instruction
in Voice Cult ure and the Art of Singing.
A pplication should be made at once.
Otto F. L. Hebse,
Corvallis, Or.
Wood. Sawing.
45 cts tor fir and
ash. Leave orders
Barn. Phone i26,
50 cts for oak and
at Farmers' Feed
Mask Birth all.
MISS MABEL CRONISE
(Chicago College of Music) '
Teacher of Voice and Pianoforte
Terms Reasonable.
I CORVALLIS, OREGON.
W. A. Sanders has
disposed of his jewel
ry business in Corval
lis, Ore., to E. W. S.
Pratt,recent of Mound
City, Mo. Mr. Pratt
is a skilled jeweler and
optician. The (New
York) Jewelers' Circular.
FULL LINE
ttlatcbes, Clocks and
Jewelry
STERLING -SILVER.
OPTICAL SUPPLIES
All goods sold engraved free.
Watch and Jewelry repairing a specialty.
. IU. S. Pratt,
The Jeweler and Optician.
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
Home-Seekers:
If you are looking for some real good bargains in Stock, Grain,
Fruit and Poultry Ranches, write for my special list or come and see me.
I shall take pleasure in giving jou all the. reliable information you wish'
also showing you over the country.
HENRY AMBLER, aRndnsta5ce.an
Philomath, BentonXomity, Oregon
-THE.
Pioneer Bakery
I and ice Creams
Fresh bread daily. A complete stock ot candies, fruits and
nuts kept canstantly on hand. Smokers supplies
Vjspecialty.
H. Wl HALL Proprietor.
PARK AND WASHINGTON, PORTLAND, OREGON
The school where thorough work is done; where the reason Is
always given; where confidence is developed; where bookkeeping
is taught exactly as books are kept in business; where shorthand is
made easy ; where penmanship is at its best ; where hundreds of
bookkeepers and stenographers have been educated for success in
life; where thousands more will be. Open all the year. Catalogue free.
A. P. ARMSTRONG. LL. B.. PRINCIPAL
Corvallis Opera House
-ComingJi-
A.
eorgm
harper
And her Excellent Company will present for the
first time at popular prices
"The Lyric Queen"
October 14th, 15th and 16th, 1902.
Reserved seats on sale Monday at 10 a. m.
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