Tflf'OHMLIS GAZETfL
TUESDAY, DEC. 30, 1902.
To cover the cost of setting and dis
tributing the type in such matters, a
charge of fifty cents will be mide for
each "Card of Thanks," and five cents
per line for each set of "Resolutions of
Condolence" appearing in these columns.
LOCAL NEWS.
Charley Newtoa has bean
dan-
gerously 111 of late.
Tb3 ttftta legislature uinls
a
weak from Monday, January
12th.
Commissioners court wi;l con
vene next week in regular monthly
session. '
Mrs. Ida Nelson returned from
Portland, Saturday. She Was down
there for six weeks or two months.
Prof. E. F. Pernot has j'J9t had a
4 foot sidewalk laid along the west
side of his residence ; property on
College Hill.
Saturday, W. A. Wells eoM 4
lota, block 17, in Job3 addition to
Mrs. Rebecca Harlan. The consid
eration was $120.
Chicken pox is a luxury (?) that
those who can afford it are copy
ing in various communities as a
holiday diversion.
Wear Ralston Health Shoe
thecure for cold and wet feet. All
leathers and styles: price, $4. S L,
Kline, eo!e agent.
During the past few days snow
has crept pretty well down the
hillsides just west of CorvaHis. It
was a chilly spectacle.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Garrow,
who for the past week have been
visiting relatives in Salem, are now
in Corvallis for an exteudsd visit.
Diamond rings, diamond -ear
drops, diamond studs, diamond
hrooohee, and diamond stick pins at
E. W. S. Pratt's, Jeweler and Opti
cian. During the past month there was
quite a large number of real estate
transfers recorded. Real estate
business seems to have been quite
animated.
Henrv Ambler, real estate dealer
of Philomath, was in Corvallis
doing business, Saturday. He is
sanguine .'egatding the future of
Bsnton county.
During last week the following
licenses to weU weta "CTantea:
Clarence Albin t'J Mae Burnap,
James J. Johnson aiid Sarah J.
Bailey, and W. C. Reese and Anna
A. Howard.
Committees of Wobdmen havo
hefn -exceedingly busy ol late i-m4iJp
ranging tor me c;g evei.t m ia
scheduled for today. Beyond doubt
this will be the greatest affair of its
kind tbat evtr took place in this
eit)'.
Mrs. E. E. Paddock entertained
a number of young people Thurs
day evening in honor of Miss Sarah
Jacobs, of Corvallis, who has been
visiting her. Music and games
were the amusements of the eve
ning nnd a delicious luncheon was
served. Independence Enterprise.
Prof. S. I. Pratt, principal of the
public schools of Philomath, was in
town on business last Saturday.
He says he has a good school out
there, the enrollment of pupils be
ing something more than 160.
Prof. Pratt says he has a good
ninth-grade class. School will
open Again next Monday.
Since Christmas everything about
town has been very quiet. Trade
ia slack, but this is a usual thing I
just after holidays. However, day
fter tomorrow we will start in on a
new year and wa may be afforded
opportunity to do all sorts of things.
This is the time of new resolutions
such as are made for one day
and broken for an entire year.
It has now about reached the sei
of the year for hunting match
es. So far "this season Corvallis
sportsmen have not attempted a
match hunt and there is little or
in talk of suoh an evant very soon.
Those who have been afield recently
declared that gvnu is S3irc3. A
party who was out a few days ag
considered himself fortunate when
he secured a duck and a muskrat.
S L. Kline has a Woodman
window that has attracted consider-
iibV attention during tlie past few
davs. The window is dressed with
th stars and stripes as a back
ground, and there is an oak stump
as the main feature. In the stump
an axo is sticking and across the
handle a towel is hung. Near the
base of the slump there is a glass
nf water and a cellar of salt. Each
article has its significance for
Woodman.
Ray Carter, who hold a position
in E. R. Horning s grocery store
left, Saturday, for .Newberg. it is
sni.f that todav he will be united
in wedlock to Miss Chase, of that
city. The young couple expect to
arrive in this city during the latter
part of the week and will take ur
their residence in the J. II. bimp
son house, near the home of Dr,
Cathey. Mr. Carter has many
friends in this city, is quite popu
lar, and from reports his bride is
enuallv noDular in her home. Con
gratulations are extended.
Graham &
for dairv
WVlia.
stock.
Sp-'rndid fe?d
Victor Spencer left yesterday to
resum1 duties as a pharmacist
ir- -Iv-'u-Sut after a short visit in
Improvements are in progress
near the inscuer iVJounnj -jsiius
A couyle of barns are in course of
construction.
Miss Rose Pnos, who spant
Christmas in Albany at the home
of her mother, came back to Cor
vallis yesterday. .
Allen B&tes has accepted a oosl
tion in a drug store at The Dalles,
and left .yesterday to assume the
duties' of that position
The next attraction at the Opera
House will be fhe jural play "Sandy
Bottom." The company is-said to
be a Ptronor one, and the date of its
appearance is January 10th
Visitors to the Episcopal church
Christmas eve were delightfully en
tertained. The feature of the eve
ning was a talk by the pastor on
the early iife of our Lord, illustrat
ed by a powerful stereoptican.
The United Evangelical Church
Watchuight service on Wednesday
beginning, at 9 p. m. Rev. T. T.
Vincent will occupy the pulpit next
Sunday in the absence of the pas
tor. No service at Mt. Via w Sun
day afternoon. -
Lazarus V. King and Miss Ella
V. La Sieur were married at the
home of the bride's parents in Port
land, Sunday, December 21, 1902.
Rev. T. M. Ramsdell performed the
ceremony. air. ana Mrs. rang
have been visiting relatives in Cor
vallis for the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Gibson, and
little son, leave shortly for a pleas
ure trip in California. They will
go immediately to L103 Angeles.
After a stay in that city, they will
start for Corvallis, visiting other
places on the way home, which
they expect to reach about next
May.
"Everything in sight," seems to
be the motto of Linn county. The
present attorney general aud state
printer-elect are Linn county men,
and the governor-elect was formerly
from that county. Now Linn is
asking that the state game warden
be chosen from within her borders.
Ernest Sherbloom, who attended
the O. A. C. several years ago, re
cently wrote a friend in this city re
garding himself and prospects. He
is now at Williamson. NGrih i)ai
k-eia Ire hrau?itor of the Great
Northern Railroad and receives a
salary f $125 per month. He has
600 miles of road to attend. When
he wrote- the thermometer was 36
belcw zero.
Charley Collins, who drives a
r wagon for the Corvallis
Sawmill Co., had a narrow escape
yesterday. He was driving a large
team of horses attached to the run -ning
gear of the wagon. The ani
mals started to run near Phillips'
blacksmith shop and Charley was
jarred from his seat on the ridge
pole. He hung on to the pole with
one arm and held the lines with the
other band. The runaways were
slopped near the postoQice, and
and Charley clambered to his feet
overed with mud, but none the
worse for having been dragged
three hundred yards.
In selecting an all-star football
team to represent the Pacific North
west, the Oregoman chooses Bert
Pilkington, of O A C for halfback.
In selecting him for this position
that paper says: "Although Pilk
ington played fullback in most of
the gamps this vear, Coach lier-
bold believes that he is cut out for
a halfback, and would do better in
that position. As a fullback, he is
a close rival to Brawn (of Whitman
College) and his absence from the
team would prove a weakness.
Pilkington is a fierce line-bucker
and can always be relied upon to
take the ball for a gain. In defens
ive work he is the peer of any play
er in this section." Speidell, of
Washington, is selected for quarter.
Says the Oregonian. "Five times
during the season he boosted the
leather over his opponents goal
posts, and had he not done so when
the points were needed Washing
ton's games with Whitman and the
O A C would have resulted in a
tie."
Here's an Opportunity.
S. II. Moore, who owns V2i acres
of land eight or nine miles west of
Corvallis, was in town yesterday.
Mr. Moore sa3'S the road over Card-
well hill is in good condition for
travel by horsemen, but numerous
windfalls have closed it to vehicles.
There is opportunity, according
to Mr. Moore, lor some one who
cares to lake the trouble to secure
a good homestead or timber claim
near his place. There is a ten-
thousand-acre tract near his place,
composed partly of school, univer
sity ind government land, as well
as some of the old Orogon Pacific
land grant, that is unoccupied. It
is ail valuable and 600 or 700 acres
of it is covered with splendid fir
timber. The title to some, of this
prooerty is now in litigation. It
seems that it has been improperly
platted and a survey wilt be neces
sary to segregate the different par
eels. Recently a party took up a
homestead cf 160 acres within
mile of the school house in Mr
Moore's district.
Oil meal for sale at
CORVALLIS POSTOf LICE.
Soma
Figures Relating to the Business
of this Office. .. , ,
Comparatively-few people have
any idea of the magnitude of the
postal system' of 'Uncle Sam,"
however well informed they may
be on general matters. Indeed,
not one person in 500 has any
where near a correct idea of the
business carried en in an office of
the Corvallis class. Last week,
the Eastern mails . were delayed
and it was reported that some 30
or -35 sacks of Corvallis mail
were held up. There were many
who doubted this, for the reason
that so many sacks seemed to
them an exaggeration.- B. W.
Johnson, Corvallis postmaster,
kindly assisted us by furnishing
the following data:
Last Wednesday, 1 5 sacks of
mail were received; the follow
ing day 28 sacks arrived, and on
Friday 12 sacks arrived at this
office. This was occasioned by
the hold-up 01 the mans, as
above mentioned.
For the year ending Dec. 31st,
1 901, the postal receipts irom
postage stamps, were $5,180.64;
the receipts for the : year ending
Dec. 31st, 1902, will approxi
mate $k: 900. This is certainly a
good stamp and postal card sale
for a place of this size. During
one dav last week $47 worth of
stamps were sold. -The receipts
of the office for the quarter end
ing Dec. 31st, 1901, were $r,-
439.84; for the quarter ending
Dec. 31st, 1902, the receipts will
be approximately $1,640. This
is an increase of about 15 per
cent, over last year. .
The number of money orders
issued from Oct. 1st, 1902, to
Dec. 26th, 1902, was 1,620. - The
number of money orders paid
during the same period was 1,-
012. This leature 01 trie omce
represents a vast sum of money
and consumes considerable time.
During this period, 216 registers
were dispatched and 385 were
received.
At the Corvallis office there is
an average of from 5 to 10 tie
sacks and from 4. to 6 pouches
incoming daily. Tie-sacks con
tain papers and packages, ,wh!le
the Douches arp utilized for the
conveyance of letters, - registered
matter, etc. A tie -sack will
contain about 150' papers on an
average. The incoming mail
brings from 1,000 to 2,000 let
ters per dajr.
From 20 to 25 tie-sacks are
dispatched from this office, week
ly, aud about the same number
of pouches, making from 40 to
50 sacks of mail matter that is
dispatched each week. An aver
age of from 500 to 1,000 letters
are dispatched daily.
It will be seen from the above
figures that the postmaster "has
troubles of his own ;M that if he
gets dyspepsia there is a cause
for it, and that he must be a ca
pable person. He must possess
the faculty of remembering
names and faces in order to face
the general delivery window just
after the heavy mails have been
distributed. He is to be kicked
at despite his every eflort to
please. That he may make a
mistake now and then is to be
expected he would not be hu
man if he did not but it goes
without saying that he does his
utmost to please.
Splendid Prospects.
Those who hold stock in the
Great Eastern Mining company
have reason to congratulate them
selves on their good fortune as re
cent 'assays are most flattering.
The company owns in all, nine
teen claims in the Bohemia dis
trict. They have developed but
two of the claims so far. On
the Great Eastern two tunnels
have been run into the moun
tain; one tunnel is in a distance
of 60 feet and the other some
thing like 200 feet. Both tun
nels strike the same vein of ore
and the ledge is from three to
four feet deep. An assay was
made ot the ore taken from the
end of the 66-foot tunnel and it
averaged $45.39 per ton. The
ore taken from the same ledge at
a depth of 200 feet assayed still
better, going $88.07 per ton.
On the Elephant claim there
is a splendid ledge. ricKeo ore
taken from the vein about 20
feet from the surface assayed
$150. 07 per ton. lhereisabso
a free-milling proposition tbat
shows up well. Numerous as
savs of this body of. ore have
been made aud an average of $25
per ton is the result.
All of the b!ock ot 50,000
shares that was first placed on
the market has been sold. Next
Monday there will be a meeting
of the stockholders, in this city,
tor the purpose of electing
board of directors, "etc. It is
t -
J tnougnt that the sale ol another
block of , so. -300 -shares otl' stock
will be authorized at this meet
ing, and the probability js that
shares will be placed on the mar
ket at 15 cents., each. The rea
son for selling stock is that suffi
cient funds may be secured to
develop the . mines, to .place ma
chinery for working, etc. -Beyond
-doubt this is one ot. the
best propositions floating about
Ihe country today, , as a few sam
ples of picked ore Save 'assayed
close to $x,ooo per ton",
Benton Must Not LagV
Steps are being taken by the
various county courts of the Wil
lamette valley to begin a syste
matic crusade of road improve
ment in the spring.
Polk county, under the admin
istration of the present county
court, is waking up .to the im
portance of good roads. With
in the past - year ' over 3000 feet
of wooden bridges hive been re
placed with earth fills over sewer
pipe culverts. This policy will
be kept up as fast as' old bridges
and culverts can be repaired,-and
as soon as the . finances of the
county will permit, the court
will commence a system of steel
bridges over the large streams of
the county. It is the intention
to construct in each road district
a section of road . built scientific
ally as an object lesson. Super
visors will be exoected to follow
the pattern. - County judge Sib
ley is a strong advocate of the
county roadmaster system, and
says the law should -not be re
pealed. -
Rural Route Ordered.
The postal department at Wash
ington has ordered the establish
ment of the proposed rural route
from Corvallis petitioned for a
year ago last spring. The route
was inspected last July and it
was hoped that the service would
be in "operation . by the " first of
last September. -
The following letter ."from the
general superintendent of the
free delivery system to Senator
Mitchell; datedXXeceriberl.j6,
tod2. will explain the reason fort
? j ,1
delay
"I beg to acknowledge the re
ceipt of your letter of recent
date, '"inclosing a comniui.ieation
from Mr. B. W. fohnscn, post
master at Corvallis, Oregon, ask
ing your assistance ' in securing
establishment of a proposed,rural
route from that place. Referring
to your request that the route
b2 put into operation at an early
date, I beg to state that as soon
as the additional appropriation,
request for which has bee n made,
becomes available, the Depart
ment expects to issue orders for
establishment of all routes now
favorably reported upor,: to be
come effective within the next
two or three months, and the
Corvallis route will doubtless be
established within that time."
A telegram from Washington
states that the route has been or
dered. It is about 25 miles in
enotk. Beginning at Corvallis,
it runs north on the Independence
road to Blake's; thence back to
Mt. View school hovise; thence
west to O. . Martin's; thence east
to Richland school house; thence
south on the Albany road to Cor
vallis. About a hundred fann
ies will be served.
Reason Sugar Is "High.
One reason for the strength of
the
sugar market is said - to be :
short crop of beet Sugar in
the
Europe, .which in Germany aione
is estimated to amo-tat to 1, 200,5
000 tons. J This shortage lias
caused a material advance of raw
sugar all over the world, par
ticularly in uerrnany, wmi:u
seems to be the present controll
ing factor in establishing tne
value of sugar. The raw sugar
is today higher in Hamburg and
in London than it is in the United
States. America is still com
pelled to draw a gcod portion or
her supply lrom Europe, xne
refiners have to pay this advance,
and in order to get out" even,
they necessarily have to advance
the price of the refined article.
The prices that have been ruling
up to about 60 days ago for the
raw article have been the lowest
ever existing, and so far below
the cost of production. "
Stoctholdars' Meeting.
The annual meeting of stockholders of
the Great Eastern Mining Co, will occur
at the store of Milner -& TVellsher, this
city, at 8 p. m., Jtn. 5'V 1903," for the
purpose of electing a. fcard oftlirectore,
transacting such other business as usual
ly comes before such Aieetings. - ,
. ..
A Vateabie Bulletin. :
"'Thereovernment has published
and distributed "as a. bulletin the
reports upon MPrunes and Prune
Culttsre in Western Europe with
Special Reference ; to Existing
Conditions in the Pacific North
west'? by Prof. Edward R. Lake,
of the Oregon Experiment Sta
tion.? It also contains important
references to the Mirabelle group
of . plums and .their economic
value in the countries visited. --
Professor Iake visited France
and other portions of Europe; a
few years ago as a representative
of-the government 10 investigate
the prune industry inhose coun
tries. The expenses" of the in-
vestigatfon of which this bulletin
is the official . report were defrayed-from
the appropriation of
the division of botany for botani
cal J nvestigations. - The bulle
tin contains the report of a care
ful investigation of the - econom
ics of the prune industry in
Western Europe, more especially
in France and Germany, and
should be of much value to all
interested in prune culture, and
there are' many valuable and in
teresting half-tone illustrations.
In his introduction, Prof.
Lake says, 1 'The prune industry
of the Pacific Northwest, includ
ing the states of Oregon, Wash-
ington and Idaho, is today the
foremost pomological interest of
this section. Beginning with a
tew trees planted by; the late
Henry Miller, at Milwaukee, Or.
ink i860," and a commercial or
chard planted near Portland, Or. ,
by Dr. J. R. Cardwell, in 1871,
the plantings have increased un
til there are approximately 50,
000 acres of commercial prune
orchards in these three states.
The estimated value of this acre
age, together with equipment,
including apparatus, evaporating
and packing plants, is $20,000,
000." v
'.'The prune industry of France
is about a thousand -years old,
and with a few exceptions due to
the introduction of modern com
mercial evaporating and packing
plant's, it is carried on in much
the same way today, so far as the
producer is concerned, as it was
460 or more years ago. While
the industry is less than a half
cenluiy .bld ""in America, and
great changes have been made in
the method of producing the
cured product, French methods
have remained practically un
changed for centuries." '
WJU siscoatteae Ksw Years. !
The butcher shops of Corvallis will
discontinue running their meat wagons
after New Years, and will close their
doors every evening at 7 o'clock. - The
city delivery . wagons will accomodate
customers of the meat markets on the
morning aad afternoon trips.
Youttg's Cash Store.
Ladies' Goods' at low prices, to close
out. Full line of woolen hosiery, ako
fancy goods. - Orders for groceiies may
be sent by telephone.
Notice to the Public.
On account of the advance in prices of
hlacksmithincr sunnlies. we, the under
signed blacksmiths of Corvallis, find it
necessary to raise the prices of boresboe
ing. On and after January 1st, 1933,
two dollars per horse for new shoes all
around, and one dollar per horse for old
sho33 all around, will be charged
Signed, Wm. Pouter,
HOESIKG BkCF.
L. V. Baker.
. . J. T. Phillips.
: Corvallis, Or., Dec. 26, 1902.
To the Public.
. On account of the increased price of
feed, blacksmithing and repairing, we,
the; undersigned draymen of Corvallis,
find it necessary to make a correspond
ing raise in charges for our services. On
and after January 1st, 1933, the charge
for hailing lumber will be 25c, 50c and
75c; 4-ft woad 75 cents per cord ; bouss
hold goods, 50 cents and 75 cents per
hour. - Lee Heskxe,
G. A. Seeley,
H. N. Robinson.
Floyd Lase,
A. L. Henkle,
G. -A. Robinson,
A. Kyle.
Corvallis,' On. Dec. 29, I9O2.
Confidence
Slakes traveling a pleasure whea correct
a s tT. Yours may be
a-paeteejbut , through incoru-
, peteut repairing yuu
Tj-it.rfinto me. I Will repair the worst
Wrecked watcli, and I will do it
cally.
Albert
Metzoer
Occidental Building.
CorvalUs, Or.
Vetch 5eei-
For sale. Address
Corvallisy Oregon.
M. S. "Wtolcock,
Don't
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Address mo and get a free catalog and set of flourished and business
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9 BUi i 1
If jou a'riflooking for eorne real
Fruit a;nd 'Poultry, Ranches, write for
I ehall'tike pie surer in giving you all
also showing you "over the country.
HENRY AMBLER,
" - Pkttoaiatli,
It is so now late that
yon can't come early
in the season, but you
can come early in the
day nnd avoid the
Christmas rush which
is now on at
. 01. S.
The Jeweler and
dinner. We have these, too,
chow, etc. Everything to help
a royal repast here.
AV P,
I Pioneer Bak
Fresh bread daily. A complete stock of candies, fruits and
nuts kept canstantly on hand. Smokers supplies
aspecialty.
Confectionery
H. W HALL Proprietor.
et
Sale
1903.
gooi bargains tm btock, Grain,
my special list or come and see me.
the reliable information you wish
Ileal Eetate, Loan ,
and Insurance.
County, Oregon
Pratt,
Opticiafl.
Fruits for the!
Christmas
Table
do here abound fruits fresh and
fruits fresh when encased in
glass or tin; therefore sweet?
fine flavored, luscious now."
Then there are the relishes
appertaining and belonging to
that famous feast, the Christmas
in plenty sauces, catsups, enow
make the meats and vegetaw
Forg
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KLINES
ZIEROLF S
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