THE CQRVALLiS GAZETTE.
TUESDAY, OCT. 14, 1902.
To cover the cost of setting and dis
tributing the type in such matters, a
charge of fifty cents trill be mide for
earn "Card of Thanks," and five cents
per line for each set of "Resolutions of
Condolence" appearing in theoe columns.
LOCAL NEWS.
"My Uno!e from Ncff York."
Coming Gsorgia Hifpsr and her
excellent company.
The latest thing In the poultry
business a fresh laid egg.
Opera House, 0-it. 14, 15 and 16,
the Georgia Harper company.
A meeting of the board of regents
of the O. A. C. is called for tomor
row afternoon at 1 o'clock.
New suits for th) dressy young
man in the new coronation cloth,
round and square cuts, at Kline's.
J. E. Greer and daughter, Miss
Birdie, intended to leave yesterday
for LooBter, where they will spend
a few days.
Ladies! Ladies! Don't fail to see
the elegant gowns worn by Miss
Georgia Harper next Tuesday night
in "The Lyric Quen."
Miss Alma King, of McCloud,
California, arrived Sunday and is
the guest of Miss Edna Garrow.
Miss King was expected to arrive
several days sooner.
Professor Lake reports that he
has just got through digging his
jKitatoes. He says that he had
-ither a very small patch or a poor
crop. He had three bushels.
W. II. Whaley has just com
pleted drying bis prune ciop. His
place is about five miles west of
this city. He had 500 bushels of
prunes and they were exceedingly
li n. The yield was about an aver
age. It is expected that the first num
ber of the College Barometer for
this year will make its appearance
within a few days. There was talk
of making this journal a weekly lor
the coming year, but it was finally
decided to issue it monthly.
VV. G. Davis, who came to this
country about a year ago from Ne
braska, has just received informa
tion to the effect that three or four
families will arrive in Corvallis
from the vicinity of his old iiome
shortly. Some of them are per
sonal friends of Mr. Davis.
1e chicken pie dinner given by
the ladies of the Presbyterian
church, Friday evening, in the
Ilwmphill house, was a most suc
eessful affair in every way. It was
splendidly patronized and the ladies
found themselves shy on chiokeu
long before the dinner hour was
over. The proceeds amounted to
between $40 and $50.
A pair of bantam chickens were
stolen from the premises of C. A.
White, in this city, Friday evening.
The fowls were valued only as pets
for the children and had a small
box which they roosted in. They
were taken box and all. Mr.
White has strong suspicions regard
ing the identity of the party who
kidnapped the chickens.
Beginning last Saturday evening,
the Telegram will continue to arrive
in this city every evening in the
future instead of at noon the day
after it leaves the press. Arrange
ments have been made whereby
John Gault will bring it over from
Albany on a lailroad velocipede
every evening. This arrangement
is intended to be permanent.
Quite a number of Corvallisites
went over to Albany, Saturday af
ternoon to attend the concert given
by Sousa's famous band. Some
eight or ten of the O. A. C. band
bovs attended. From all accounts
Sousa's band can play most accept
ably. Beyond doubt the concert
was not only a musical treat for
many, but a revelation as well.
Late Friday afternoon a China
pheasant, as it winged its flight
through this city, struck a tele
phone wire near the Occidental
l:otel and Ml to the ground. It
was slightly stunned by striking
the wire, but not enough to keep it
from giving several men and dogs a
merry chase before it was picked
up. Charley Biiyeu caught the
China.
Samuel Swanson, now proprietor
.f the Hotel Corvallis, was up from
Portland a few days ago to look
after his interests here. There is
talk of a large brick building being
ended between the Hotel Corvallis
and the Brick stable, but as inquiry
has failed to discover who is going
to build it, the conclusion is that
the matter is merely talk and noth
ing more.
The meeting of the Willamette
Presbytery, which was held in Eu
crene last week, was exceedingly
well attended. The usual business
that occurs at such a meeting pass
ed off smoothly ami nothing of par
ticular interest took place aside
from the fact that Rev. II. L. Reed
pastor of the Albany church, ten
dered his res:ffnatiou, to take effect
about the first of next December
He has a Doaition as professor m
the Theological Seminary at Au
burn, r. Y. The resignation was
accepted and the pastoral relations
dissolved.
Georgia Harper's company.
Get your umbrella ribs fixed at
the Bicjcle'Hoepital.
F, P. Sheasgreen returned, Sun
day, from Victoria, B. C, where he
has been attending the meeting of
the fire chiefs of the Pacific coast.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clark return-
: rl to Corvallis, Sunday, to reside,
after an absence of about two years
I in Biker City. We welcome them
i home again."
i Robt. Johnson and B. W, John
ton, no relation, went to Portland,
yesterday, where they will repre
sent Valley Lodge, at the meeting3
of the Grand Lodge, K. of P.
At the Lincoln county fair,
which is being held this week, Dr.
James Withycombe and Prof. Geo.
Coote, of the O A C, will act as
judges. Dr. Withycoitrbe will bs
one ot the judges on eatue ana
eheep, while Prof Coote will act in
the same capacity on horticulture
and floriculture.
Mr. John Whitaker and daugh
ter, Miss Maggie, and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Whitaker, were passengers
to Portland, on Sunday's westside
train. Mr. Whitaker goes to act as
a juryman in the U. S. circuit
court, while the other members of
the party are sight seeing, and will
return home the last of this week.
Walter Virgil Mulkoy died at the
home of hi3 sister, Mrs. Etta Quig
ley, in Pasadena, California, Oct.
3rd, after a lingering illness. The
remains were interred at Mt. View
cemetery, near that city. Mi.
Mulkey was known in this county,
where he resided many years, - as
an exemplary young man. His
many friends will regret to learn of
his death.
A nice half-tone and write-up of
Mordaunt Goodnough. the newly
elected Director of the School of
Music at the O A C, appeared in
Friday's Telegram. In the sketch
that accompanied the half-tone,
many nice things were said regard
ing Mr. Goodnough's musical at
tainments, technique and talent,
and the enjoyable feature of trie
matter is that everything said is
true.
The marriage of Clifford Kerr
and Miss Minnie Morgan, occurred
Sunday, Oct. 12, 1902, at 4 p. m.,
at the home of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. Morgan, in Job's
addition. Rev. H. A. Deck per
formed the ceremony in the pres
ence of a number of relatives and
friends of the high contracting par
ties. A delicious luncheon was
spread, and a merry time was en
joyed by all. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr
will reside in Job s addition.
A number of members of the
Modern Woodmen, assisted by two
other gentlemen, exemplified the
teachings of their order last Sun
day, by proceeding to the scene of
the residence of David Howard,
which was recently destroyed by
fire, and lending that gentleman a
hand in rebuilding the structure.
They labored faithfully, gratis, all
day and when evening came the
frame work, of a good sized house
was completed. Thus, they may
be said to have been practicing
while others were preaching.
A theatrical entertainment w?s
given last Thursday afternoon, at
the borne of Myrtle Spaulding, by
some of the junior amateurs of the
public school. A song, entitled
"The Rich Girl," was sung by Miss
May MacLean. The two little beg
gar girls pleading for mercy from
the rich girl, were Miss Grace
Smith and Miss Vivian Eck. Myr
tle Spaulding, as the christian girl,
made her appearance iust in time
to speak for Jesus, and kissed their !
tears away. Much credit is due
the children. Cinderella was one
of the attractions; Miss Norma
Greffoz as prince.
About a week ago, W. H. Wolf
arrived in Corvallis from Okla
homa. The gentleman is a brother-
n-law of Godfrey Stettler, who
formerly resided in this city and
conducted a meat market, but who
at present is carrying on a similar
business m Uslahoma. Mr. won
is out here on a tour of inspection
and will spend a week or more in
this section. He is favorably im
pressed with the country and in
tends to secure a small farm if he
can find one that will suit him, and
then he will move his family hero.
Mr. Wolf states that it is quite
probable that Mr. Stettler will re
turn to the coast before a great
while, as he looks upjn this part of
the world as the acme of perfection.
The Good Roads Convention, un
der the direction of the office of
Public Roads Inquiry, United
States Department of Agriculture,
will be held in Portland, three
days beginning today. The con
vention will be attended by those
publicly interested inroad improve
ment from every county n the state
Unfortunately, it was found advisa
ble to abandon the proposition to
bring the good roads train to the
coast at this time. But it is un
officially announced that the train
will be brought to Oregon next
spring, and demonstrations in road
making will be carried ou in every
county seat in the state, accessible
by rail. It is to be hoped that this
plan mav carry. The S. P. Co
through its agent, Mr. Coman, at
Portland, is doing all in its power
lo bring this about. The tram wu
have free transportation over the J
lines of this company.
NOT QUITE APROPOS.
Mr. Watte ra Notices an Article in tito
Gazette, bat Ceaves'His Text to Deal in
Personalities.
Editor Gazette : For the purpose of
correcting wrong impressions conveyed
by your article of the 7th inst.; entitled
"Present Owner Books," permit me to
reply thereto.
The present owner books were prepared
by J. K. Markley & Co., at a cost of
about 7,0(K) to the county. In 1894 the
coart desired the books broagbt dewn to
date, segregating Beaton from Lincoln
property, makin a new index and tran
scribing the book ef towns. I submitted
a bid at the request of the conrt for said
work which they accepted and paid me
$350 therefor. The books have been
kept up sinee by the recorder.
At the session of the Oregon Legisla -
tnre, i93i (See Session Laws page 243),
there was passed a law making it manda
tory for the assesjor of each county in
the Btate, to provide himself with just
such books as are new under discussion.
Assessor Bush has at different times
asked the court to provide him with such
books and maps. The court already hav
ing just what the assessor askea tor ana
needed, the court did not feel disposed to
ran the county uselessly in debt, hence
at its last meeting after careful consider
ation decided unanimously that it would
be. for the best interest of the people to
stop the continued posting of said books
and put them up only on March ist each
year for the benefit of the assessment. In
examining the present owner book for
which Benton county paid $7,000 we
found that pages have been so mutilated
by erasures, corrections, interlineations,
etc., (necessarily made ia trying to keep
up a book not provided for continuations)
that in some cases the book is not relia
ble, and if once badly mixed the whole
thing becomes absolutely worthless and a
total loss to the county.
It was necessary to stop further post
ing of the present owner book whether
the court changed the planB of keeping it
up or not.
The undersigned has for a number of
years been satisned mat a great many
people of the county were being imposed
upon by unequal assessments, property
escaping taxation, etc., and that the sur
est way of correcting the same was to use
the present owner books and Anapa with
the assessment rolls. And whea the
matter was brought to the attention of
the commissions they became convinced
that it would be for the best interest of
all that said change be made. The hooks
and maps are to remain in the recorder's
office, except when in actual U3e in mak
ing up aud checking the tax rolls there
with. They are to be posted on the 1st
day of March each year instead of daily
or weekly as now kept. Your statement
that this will result in great inconveni
ence to the tarmer, is overdrawn. You
are not well advised or are wilfully mis
leading your readers. I do not believe
there is a farmer in Benton county who
understands the present owner book suf
Cciently well to use it without assistance
(and this ia not casting any reflection
upon the intelligence of the farmer eilher,
for it is not in his line) and I feel sure
that even the editor of the Gazette who
has had more or less experience with the
records cannot use it intelligently . The
book is used mostly by the officers, law
yers and abstractors. The present own
er maps made by me for the county are
consulted more, but in nine cases out of
ten the recorder or some competent per
son assists in the examination of these.
Having them posted but once a year will
result in this that if any one should ap
ply at the recorder's office to find the
ownership of certain described land, the
recorder referring to the present owner
books or maps to save time, instead of
examining the other records of his office,
finds that "A. B. was the owner on
March ist." he then looks to see if "A.
B." has deeded said land since March
ist, that is all. In this matter as in the
matter of the water supply at the court
house, which the Gazette criticized, the
members of the court acted in entire
harmony and as I believe with purest
motives for the best interests of the peo
ple of Benton county, whom it is their
duty to faithfully serve.
In conclusion I desire to say that the
Gazette's attitude in this matter does
not spring from manly motives, but is a
badly disguised effort to make capital of
a personal nature against the undersign
ed, and will le so recognized by your
readers. Yours truly,
Virgil E. WatTers.
Corvallis, Or., October i3, la02.
(The above article was handed to us at
sucn a late nour, mac iacK 01 space pre
vented consideration of its assertions in
this issue.)
Got His Money Back.
A week ago Jacob Blumberg,
ol this city, lound himself in
rather an embarrassing position
Mr. Blumberg has spent a good
part of the past summer on the
road with his wagon gathering
up old junk, etc. , and last Tues
day evening he passed at the
place of M. M. Edwards, at
Dundee, Polk county.
According to Mr. Blumberg' s
custom, when lie retired for the
night he took his purse out of his
pocket in order to get the key to
his watch, a key-winder. After
winding his watch he laid the
purine on a stand in his room and
the following morning took his
departure without securing his
"sack." From Dundee Mr,
Blumberg proceeded to Mon
mouth, where he discovered to
his dismay, that he did not have
his purse and consequently no
money. He borrowed enough to
telephone to. Corvallb . friends,
who came to his assistance and
lie got heme in good shape."
He entered into? telephonic
communication with Mr. Ed
wards, but 'this proved unsatis
factory and a correspondence by
mail resulted. T Everything turn
ed out most " satisfactorily and
Saturday Mr Blumberg received
his purse by express.': He is
very thankful tol Mr, Edwards
for dealing so nicely with him.
Tbe purse coaumea several val
uable little
etors," as well as
$J5 in cashs
Will Receive Pensions,
Pension payments by Uncle
Sam to Indian War Veterans will
begin probably ia December, says
the Oregonian. The - amount
each veteran will get is $8 a
month from June 27, 1902. It
will be a survival and not a dis
ability pension,1 and , will be
awarded to officers and enlisted
men, who were in the service, or
to their widows; provided, tha't
such widows have .not remarried.
About 1500 " claims have been
filed in the Pension Office at
Washington. About 60 veterans
of the Cayuse War of 1847-8 are
still living. ; Most of these sur
vivors are in Washington. One
has been heard from in Florida
and another in Missouri. Since
the organization of the veterans,
proofs of (service Have been ac
quired, which would otherwise
have been difficult to obtain.
The act of the last Congress
granting the pensions was an ex
tension of the measure which
gave pensions to survivors of the
Black Hawk, Greek, Cherokee
and Seminole wars.
Heliographers on Marys Peak.
A most successful and satislac
tory demonstration in long dis
tance heliographing was conduct
ed by members of the corps of O.
N. G. signal service men of this
city, Saturday afternoon. At
the ' last drill meeting of the
corps, Major Edwards called for
volunteers to go to the summit
oi Marys Peak and communicate
by heliograph to other members
who would establisha station on
the root of the O A.' C. adminis
tration building, 'Bushrod Wil
son and Milton Morgan volun--leered
to make the trip. . They
left Corvallis, awheel, Saturday
morning at.5:30, and had estab
lished a station on the summit of
the Peak at 2 p.- ra. Their sig
nal flash was soon answered from
the college, and communication
was successfully carried on lor
some time, although the distance
is about 15 miles, air line.
A party of about 30 young la
dies and gentlemen from the col
lege; chaperoned byJ Mrs. Hay
ward, left this citv for the sum
mit of the peak the same morn
ing. They were joined by
Messrs. Morgan and Wilson at
the head of the trail leading to
the peak and they, continued to
gether on the retutn trip to this
point, which was reached at 11
p. m. launch was eaten at that
point, and all proceeded to Cor
vallis, the signal corps men
reaching here about 2 a. m., the
others some time later.
A11 Ideal Home.
An example of what mav be
accomplished in the way of com
fort and beauty of surroundings
on the fertile farms nestling
among the mountains between
Corvallis and the coasl, is fur
nished by Mr. D. H. Williams,
who owns a fine 250-acre farm,
three miles east of, Toledo. J.
H. Allbright has just returned
from Mr. Williams' place, where
he has been building a large
fruit house. He says that Air.
Williams has one of the finest
orchards he has ever seen. Ap
ples, cherries, plums, pears, crab-
apples, in fact, all kinds of fruit
trees are to be found there. They
are all thrifty and well-kept;
not a dead limb or piece of moss
in the orchard. A beautiful.
flower garden surrounds the
house, and the fields are in ex
cellent state of cultivation. There
is a splendid belt of timber on
the place. Mr. Allbright meas
ured one fallen monarch which
scaled nine feet in diameter and
120 feet in length.
Play Salem Saturday.
The practice game belween
two teams composed of members
of the football squad of the O A
C, which toek place on the new
athletic field Saturday afternoon,
served as an excellent tryout of
the material for a team to repre
sent the college in the coming
contests. This, too, was the
first actual practice the players
have had in team work this sea
son. Notwithstanding the snU
triness of the afternoon and the
dusty condition of the field,' fast,
snappy ball was played andthe
players were in excellent condi
tion when .the final whistle .was
blown. ' '-.
I Mistakes in signals ' and , con
fusion in forming for plays, were
responsible for many fumbles in
the first half of the game. To
wards the .last, however, team
work began to manifest itself,
and some beautiful interference
was fcrraed. The first team had
the majority of experienced play
ers, and it defeated its opponents
by a score of 40 to o.
When this season ends sotne
new stars will have risen in the
football firmament of the North
west, and OA C will furnish a
number of them. The work of
Pilkington, Root, Nash, Thorp,
Rinehart, Williams, Laughlin,
and a number of others in Sat
trday's game indicates that Cap
tain Gault and Burnaugh1 will
have to look to their laurels dur
ing the season, if they don't wish
these aggressive players to out
shine. them. , x ;
The grand stand was well fill
ed Saturday, and the rooters who
crowded the side lines gave un
biased and enthusiastic support
to both teams. Coach Herbold
is encouraged at the outlook.
Next Saturday the OAC will
meet W. U. on the local field. 1
Other games scheduled are:
With Albany college, U of "O,
and P U. Manager Zurcher re
ceived a telegram, Friday, from
the managar of the U of W elev
en, arranging for a game at Seat
tle, October 25th.
Will Surely Appear.
There is no need for further
doubt about "Other People's
Money" being seen here; The in
terested parties have leached an
understanding and Mr. Leroyle and
company will surely be seen here
October 23th.
Additional Local.
The "Lyric Queen." -
Cots wold Ram for sale at J. E.
Wyatt'a.
Benton county clover seed for
sale at Zierolf's.
Oil meal for sale at Graham &
Wells. Splendid feed for dairy
stock.
New and elegant gowna worn by
Miss Georgia Harper in her produc
tion of the "Lyric Queen."
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.
See our Black and Blue all wool
men's suits for $10. They are good
ones. Doti't spend your overcoat
money befoie seeing us, we'll save
you money. S. L. Kliae.
The city council held its reg
ular monthly meeting last night.
The Gazette went to press jtoo ear
ly to get its proceedings, but it was
given out that the local water com
pany would submit an entirely new
proposition to the city regarding
water supply.
The 12th annual session of Ihe
Oregon Synod of t the Presbyterian
church came to a close in Grants
Pass, Saturday night. The next
session ' will be held in Corvallis
next autumn, at which time this
city will celebrate the 50th anniver
eary of its'iorganization.
The attention of our readers is
called to the card of E. A. Mack,
which appears in another column.
Mr. Mack is a shoemaker of long
experience. He comes to Corvallis
with the intention of making this
city his home, and we bespeak for
him the liberal patronage we are
certain he deserves.
Claude Wiley, aed about nine,
and another little chap about the
same age, were dumped on a pony
they were riding Sunday morning,
and pretty well shaken up. The
accident occurred in front of Mrs.
J. xi. Lee'e residence. Claude was
rendered unconscious by his fall,
but no serious results are expected
to follow.
Wood Wanted.
The undersigned wishes to secure 30
cords of oak wood, 4 foot length.
R. L. "Whitehead,
Cauthorn Hall, Corvallis, Or.
For Rent.
Eight-room house,
qnire of M. Jacobs.
with bath. In
Wood Sawing.
45 cts for fir and 50
ash. Leave orders at
Barn. Phone i26,
cts for oak and
Farmers' Feed
Mark Bikthall.
MISS MABEL CRONISE
(Chicago College of Music)
Teacher of Voice and Pianoforte
Terms Reasonable. i- ;
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
HartSAaflhtr
6? Marx -Hand
Tailored
W. A. Sanders has
disposed of his jewel
ry business in Corval
lis, Ore., to E. W. S.
Pratt,recent of Hound
TCity, Mo. Mr. Pratt
is a skilled jeweler and
optician. The (New
York) Jewelers' Circular.
DM Eckhw h Mat
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 ia giving you all the reliable information you wi3h;
also showing you over the country.
HENRY AMBLER, SS'tSSc" .
Philomath, BentotiCouiity, Oregon
Pioneer
ce Cream
1 and
Fresh bread daily. A complete stock oi candies, fruits and
nuts kept canstantly on hand. Smokers supplies
a specialty.
H. 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 snccess in
life; where thousands more will be. Open all the year. Catalogue free.
A. P. ARMSTRONG. LL. B.. PRINCIPAL
CorvalKs Opera House
And her Excellent Company will present for the
first time at popular prices
"The Lyric Queen"
October 14th, 15th and 16thf 1902.
Reserved seats on sale Monday at 10 a. m.
. Prices: 25, 35 and 50 Cents.ZZrz
"Your style, maybe
: . Maybe you' ve been wareing
the regular single breasted sack
suit so
change.
long
that you'd like a
Here's a change that's very
becoming to some men, might
be you. If you think so, you
can find out any day by dropping
in here and trying a suit on.
We have this style in good as
sortment of nobby patterns; and
when you sae yourself in one of
them, the chances are you'll keep
it on.
We have plenty of other things
to show you it this doesn't suit;
they're Hart Schaffner & Marx
made; quality guaranteed.
S. L. KLINE.
FULL LINE
Utatcbes, lcck$ and
Jewelry ...
STERLING
SILVER.
OPTICAL SUPPLIES
All goods sold engraved free.
Watch and Jewelry repairing a specialty.
. 01. $. Pratt,
The Jeweler and Optician.
CORVALLIS, ------ OREGON.
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Bakery
"Ccming-
Georgia Sarper
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