THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE. TUESDAY, MAR. 24. 1903. AO cover me cost oi setting miu uiu tributing the type in such matters, a charge of fifty cents will Je niide for each "Card of ThaDks," and Gye cents per line for each set of "Resolntionn of Condolence" appearing in thene colotnuH. m . . r u! J LOCAL NEWS. Order your trees and f bruba of W. F. Gray, Coryalli?, O.egon. Mrs. J. W. Howell visited with friends near Peoria over Sunday. The ttreet sprinkler will have to be put in operation, unless we Lave rain shortly. We are in the market for mohair, and are prepared to give you full value for same. S L. Kline. The State Board of Education, Tuesday, issued a state certificate to Nathan M. Clem, of Fairmount. Pure and wholesome cream and milk in any quantity at the Clover Leaf dairy. Taylor & Curry pro prietors. Forecast official Beals has re turned to Portland , from a visit to Corvallia to inspect the instruments used at the weather station at the college. Miss Louise Weber' left last week for a visit in Michigan with her sis ter, Mrs. R H. Irish. She will be absent from Corvallis lor several months. W. O. Heckan arrived home, Friday, from Eugene. He secured a number of contracts for buildings which will be erected in that city this summer. Bruce Burnett left last w jek for V5h minA3 on Annlncratp near Jack sonville. His wife and mother will inin him nrmrtlc nnrl nnenii the J -J L summer at the mines. i Last Friday evening, Rev. Frank Abram Powell, was formally in stalled as pastor of the Unitarian church of Salem. Rev. Powell was formerly pastor of the Christian church in Corvallia. TheOocidental ho tel in this city nas always enjoyea a large snare oi the patronage of the local and travel ing public, because its tables are al ways supplied with all that the sea son and markets afford, and its rooms are clean and comfortably furnished. The C. & E. has dirpobed of a number of its box cars to the Co lumbia River & Northern, a small railroad running from the Colum bia- river to Goldendale, Washing ton. These cars have been re painted and appropriately lettered at thexojupany's shops at Yaquina The public is welcome at all cf the exercises of the Missionary Con vention at the M. E. Church begin Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Wednesday evening the addresses will be given by Rsv. H. N. Rounds and Dr. M. C. Wire. On Thursday evening Dr. Geo. Smyth, of San jvranciseo, win ppeaK. . Ruthyn Tnrney left, Saturday, for San Francisco. Mr. Turney has rare talent as a musician, an 1 is a performer of long experience on stringed instruments. He will make a profession of music in Ban Fran- Cisco or ijos Aiigeies. xiis parents reside with other members of the family in the latter city. The condensed milk factory here has drawn away so much milk from the creamery at Gaston that it was no longer profitable to run and it has been closed for the present. Superintendent Jacobson, who has been in charge has gone to Cor vallis where he will take charge of a creamery. Forest Grove Times. An afternoon tea in honor of Mrn. N. H. Wheeler, of Seattle, was given at the Gatch home last Thursday. The following guests were present: Mesdames Withycombe, Cordley, Lake, Priehard, Berchtold, Craw ford, Nichols, Phillips, Hay ward, Horner, Skelton, Coote, Avery, Cal lahan, Ready,. Spangler, Irvine, Yates and Gibbp, Misses Chamber kin, Snell and Crawford. Mrs. T. J. Thorp has been iluly appointed and commissioned an aide to the president or chief officer of The National Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to the G. A., R The commission is a very neat and appropriate document, and was ac companied by the badge of the or der in colors of the national organi zation; The office is a veiy import ant one in the work of the order, and we need not say in this in stance worthily .conferred. - Jessie, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Wilbanks, died at the home of her parents, west of Mt. View, Friday afternoon, March 20th, at the age of 11 years, and 4 months. Lagrippe is given as the cause of death. The funeral ser vices were conducted at the home, Sunday, by Rev. Rossman, of Philo math. A long line of carriages fol lowed the hearse to Crystal Lake cemetery, where interment was made, -and many fiiends of the family from CorVallis witnessed the lait sad rites. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wilbanks are confined to their hffmes with a severe attack of grippe, and neither was able to at tend the eervices at toe cemetery Buy your milk of the Clover Laf dairy, operated by Taylor & Curry. --. . 'At Mr. G. G. Knapps residence, 9th and Adam3 St., S. D. A. Sab bath School and Bible reading every Sabbath (Saturday), at 2:30 p. m. - J. M. Hemphill leaves todaj for Portland, where he will enter the service of the YVeJlp, Fargo express company; "Mack" is an experi enced express messenger, having been employed fr a number of years on a run out of Denver. Col orado. The loggers in the employ of fie Spaulding Lumber Co, who have been taking out logs from the D. W. McKinney place near Albany, for the past three weeks, wiil finish their contract the last of this wetk and start their rafts down the river to Oregon City. . . , A large audience enjoyed the 1 lure on "Toadstool vs. Muhroom," deliveied at the M. E. church last Friday evening by Prof. Albert R. Sweetser, of the University of Ore gon. This lecture course is prov ing very popular.flnd th" attractions are meriorious. A basket social will be given at the Opera Hjuse on the evening of April 29tb, by the local tent of Macabees. A musical and literary program will be rendered, and the proceeds will go to. the Maccabee band recently organized. Particu lars will appear, later in these col umns. W. O. Heckart leaves today for Eugene, where he will begin the erection of residences for Messrs. Calkins and Delano, of that city, immediately. He was accompanied by Harry Buxton and Wm. Baker who will assist in the work above mentioned. Mr. Heckart has " a crew of men employed in CorvaUis, and he will divide his attention be tween this city and Eugene for the next few months. The legal time allowed M. W. Wilkins to redeem the Hotel Cor valHs property has expired. Sale of this property to Samuel Swan son was confirmed at the November term of the circuit court, and he now has a clear title. . Mr. Swan son has been in Corvallis for several days, and it is understood that he will proceed to complete the num ber of improvements on the prop erty begun last falL In response to an invitation from Edwin Stone to take a trip over the C. & E. railroad when in this state, President Roosevelt wired that preparations for his trip were so far advanced that it would be im possible for . him to accept. It is probable that the President will only make stops at Portland and Salem during his trip through the Willamette Valley, May 21st, and those who wish to see and hear the nation's chief executive, Will have to visit either of these cities to do so. . All arrangements are complete for the teachers1 and parents' meeting with the public schools, to be held at Philomath, Saturday, March 28 A fine program has been arranged. Pres. E. D. Ressler, of Monmouth Normal, will deliver an address. An excellent literary and musical program will be furnished by the public schools and the colleges of Philomath. An inovation in the way of a basket dinner during noon hour will add interest to the occa sion. Programs have been mailed to the different schools. Edwin M. Clark and Miss Jose A. Gortner were married at the residence of Dr. H..T. Hooper, at Vale, Or, Kev. U.K. Carter offi ciating. The bride was formerly a popular young lady of McMinnville. Mr. Clark was for many years in the employ of Huston & Bogue in this city. Some months ago he moved to Vale to accept a position with the Vale Commercial Com pany. Mr. ana Mr. JJiark will make that city their home. The Gazette takes pleasure in extend ing congratulations. As announced in the Gazette a month ago," the College Prohibition Association of Oregon, Washington and California will hold its inter state oratorical contest in CorvaUis, May 1st. The state contest, to de termine whom shall represent. Ore gon, will be held in Dallas, April 6th. The winner of the inter-state contest will represent the Pacific coast at the National contest which will b,e held in the East. 0. A. C. will send an orator to Dallas. M. H. White. will represent Philomath College on the same occasion. Corvallis business houses are be coming more and more metropolitan in appearance, and it is now possible to satisfy any reasonable desire in style and price of wearing apparel. Nolan & Callahan have just placed in their up-to-date establishment two fine glass show cases that are ornaments to the interior of the store, and of great value iu display ing goods that heretofore were never open for inspection, except by re quest of a customer. These cases are of heavy plate glass, in polish ed oak frames, each being eight feet in length, by 40 inches in height. They co3t $85 each. Books While You Walt. Call at Graham & Wells drag store and select a book from the miscellaneous lot at greatly reduced prices. It will pay yoo. DOUBLING ASSESSMENTS. Why Property Has Bee a Assessed At Half Its Value. The New taw. One beneficial result of the law passed by the legislature of 150 1, prescribing the method of appor tioning state taxes, is found in the determination of assessors throughout the state to assess property at its full value. The method provided by the old law induced assessors to tax property at from 60 per cent to 20 per cent of its real value, for by so doing they lessened the amount of taxes their respective counties were required to pay into the state treasury. Under the old law, the pro portion of state taxes a county was required to raise was deter mined by the amount of taxable property in the county as shown by the abstract of assessment. For instance: If the assessment mils showed that a county had $100,000 worth of taxable prop erty, that county would pay twice as . mvulT into the state treasury as it would pay if its taxable propertv amounted to but $50,000. Here, tbew, was a temptation to the assessor of each county to cut under other coun ties iu assessment valuations. , But the law of 1901 removes this temptation. Under the provisions ot that" law the amount of taxable property in a county is no longer the basis for fixing the "amount of state tax a couuty shall pay. The act referred to provides that the average amount of ex penditure of a' county for a pe riod of five years shall determine the proportion of state tax that county shall pay. Expenditures made for roads and highways are not included in a county's ex penses. - Discussing this matter, the Portland Telegram says: Assessors feel freer than they did formerly to more nearly obey the law and assess property at figures more nearly representing its actual cash value. Unless higher valuations tend to extrav agant expenditures, as it is some times argued is the case, though there is no good reason why it should be so, the example of the i Clackamas assessor is one de serving of imitation by other assessors. Umatilla county farm ing, land is assessed at one-third of its reasonable cash, value and in that and other counties prob ably the rule is to assess not only land but other property at from one-third to one-half its actual value. Why not doub!e these assessments, causing Oregon to show up with $250,000,000 or $300,000,000 of assessable prop erty, and cut down the tax rate in proportion? So long as -expenditures were not thereby in creased, it would not only look much better, bait would actually be much better, if the value of Multnomah county were placed aty $80,000,000 instead of $40, 000,000, and its tax rate cut down from 36 to 18 mills or less. Arthur St, Clair Heard From. " Arthur St. Clair is in Eureka, Calif. This information came in a letter from him a few days ag6; the. first information as to his whereabouts that anxious rela tives in this city have had in years. Arthur left Corvallis about seven years ago. He loves adventure and is fond of travel and this was not his first time to leave home with no definite des tination. 'Months passed and no tidings came from him and his friends grew apprehensive. As the months grew into years it was believed that Arthur was either in some very distant country, or that barm had befallen him. Then came this letter. It stated that Arthur has been in California the greater part of the time since he left Corvallis. He married at Los Angeles about a year ago. . He went to Humboldt county recently to investigate some business propositions and met Frank Williamson, a former Corvallisite, with whom he had an extended conversation. Recol lections of home-awakened by this interview, kindled a deter mination to open a correspon dence and apprise relatives and friend's of his whereabouts. Will Relieve O. A. C. of Work. Hereafter samples of food will be tested for adulterations at the food commissioner's office in Portland, instead of being sent to the Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis lor the purpose. The Telegram, commenting upon the crusade which is shortly to begin against adulterated food products, says: Fdbd and Dairy Commissioner Bauey is getting - ready to carry on an active campaign against adulterated and impure food pro ducts. His new deputy, H. V. Tartar, will soon be equipped with an outfit which will enable the commissioner Jto make tests in a small way, even though he has been -refused a laboratory, and the services of a chemist through the death of the new law. ' But even with such apparatus as is available considerable effect ive work can be done. It will not then be necessary to send every sample to the State College to be analyzed. As it is now the Agricultural College is crowded with work of its own, and it is not likely to neglect that work for the purpose f accommodat ing the Food Commissioner's De f partmen t In the past - it has been exceedingly kind to give as much attention as possible to the matter, as there was no other method of analysis under, the old law. But since the state had a chance to provide" other means, and did not do so, the college no longer feels it incumbent upon itself to go out of its way to ac commodate the food commis sioner. ( Therefore, some kind of an outfit here is absolutely neces sary before the commissioner can make a move. He has knowl edge that there are in existence a number of violations of the law at the present time that should be looked after, but" to arrest viola tors without the ghost of a show to convict them would be worse than useless. Just as soon, how ever, as the new equipment is placed, dealers want to look out, for it is intended by the commis sioner that there shall be "some thing doing." From Wells. Mrs. Julia Dotity," of Indepen dence, has been visiting relatives here for the past few days1 , John Holman, who has been suffering "with a severe attack of pneumonia, is slowly improving. There was an enjoyable dance at the Artisan, hall, Saturday" evening. It was given by Tony Whitbeck and. Arthur Hinkms. Miss Maitie Lee has been visit ing near Wells for the past ten days ' - ' . '-. y Farmers are. well along with their spring work,- hereabouts, the ground being in excellent condition both . for. plowing and sowing. . A. ; large, acreage 01 wheat and oats is being put in. Jack Hall is feeding six hogs for the market, and expects them to net him $100 Jack is another farmer who believes that hog raising pays. There has been another change in the ownership of the J. J. Yore farm, occupied for the past 17 years by A. "J. Hall, and pur chased of Mr. Yore last fall by R, N. Williamson,-of Wells, and George Green, of Portland. : Mr. Green has disposed of his part of the place, containing about 175 acres, to Henry Ridders, ot Soap Creek. The price was $27 per acre. This is the part of the farm on which the house and barn are located, and with new buildings added, will be a beauti ful home. y y y , The roads were never in finer condition for traveling than at the present time.'' There is not the dust of summer nor the mud of winter with which to contend, but a solid," dry road bed that makes driving a delight indeed. This, coupled with, cloudless skies.and the first warm breezes of approaching spring, . . win rapturous exclamations even from Oregon's oldest admirers. Mr. Howe, who purchased the old Burl Calloway farm some time ago, has just ""placed the machinery for an 'up-to-date saw mill on this ranch. The outfit is similar to the Charter Oak mill. It arrived last week .from Port land. The farm is - on Soap Creek, in the vicinity of Sulphur Spring. . - Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Hecker and Mr. and Mrs. F..S. Tomlinson, all of Albany, spent last Sunday at the Hecker home near Wells. H. L. Hal 1 and family, of Polk county, were Sunday visitors here. Country Jake. Notice to Creditors. Notice is hereby given that T. L. Char man has been duly appointed by the probate court of Benton county, Oregon , as administrator of the estate of L. Dil ler, deceased, who died in Seattle, state of - Washington, leaving real estate in said county of Benton; All persons hav ing claims againstsaid estate will present them with proper vouchers to me at my office at Oregon City,' Oregon, or at the office of M. S. Woodgpck at CorvaUis, Oregon, within six, months from this date. ' - Dated January 29, 1903. T. L. Chahman. - Administrator. CENTRAL COMMITTEE MET. Primaries Will Be Held April 4, and County Convention Will Meet April 7 The republican central com mittee for Benton county met in Corvallis last Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at which time dates, were set for holding primaries and a county convention to elect delegates to the congressional convention at Eugene, . which will nominate a contestant for the seat made vacant by the death of Congressman Tongue. Fourteen of the :-i6 precinct committeemen were present at Saturday's meeting, as follows: H. H. Glasstord, Corvallis No. i; W. E. Yates, Corvallis No. 2; J. R. Smith, Corvallis No. 3; T. H. Cooper, Corvallis No. 4; J. A. Parks, Philomath; Jas. Wil kinson, Willamette; A. H. Buckingham, Bellfountain; Jas Pfouts, Monroe- T. J. Risley, Fairmount; W. S. Tomlinson, by Geo. W. Denman, proxy, Soap Creek; Geo. Bayne, by Homer Lilly, proxy, Wren; Frank, Plunkett, by T. T. Vin cent, proxy, Kings Valley; G. H. Wamsley, by. W. S. Linville, proxy, Blodgett. Those absent, were: Clarence Vidi to, Alsea, and H. Underhili, Summit. Saturday, April 4th, -at 1 p. m , was set as the time for hold ing primaries, and the county convention will be held Tuesday, April 7th, at 11 a. m. The coming convention will contain 78 delegates whereas the last convention held but 71. The apportionment was based upon the vote cast for rT. H. Tongue in this county last June. One delegate at large will be al lowed each precinct, and one delegate for each 15 votes, and one delegate for the nearest frac tion of 15. This will give the following apportionment. Corvallis No. 1......... 6 No. 2 8 No. 3 7 No. 4......... 5 it ( Philomath 9 Willamette .....4 Bellfountain ...8 Monroe .........4 Fairmount .5 Soap Creek ..........3 Wren 3 Kings Valley.. 5 Blodgett,...:.... 3 Alsea 5 summit .....3 Total...... 78 Looking for Ghosts. . An article by Mrs. L. V. Flint, ot this city, descriptive of Cor vallis, appears in "The Sun flower," a paper published in New York. It contains this paragraph, concerning our cli mate: The climate is mild and equa ble, compared with other por tions of the state. Neither cold nor hot, just enough to know that we have a decided change of sea son. A few flakes of snow and just a thin ice for a few days and now people are working in their gardens, getting ready for planting and this is the last of February. The State Agricul tural College is located here, and we are justly proud of the fine buildings and grounds, and the work nrider President Gatch is being well done. Some 500 students are enrolled. There are some minor industries here, but Corvallis is mainly a city of homes, and is destined to become what is called a "College Town." Mrs. Flint says Corvallis is "a city of churches," and adds: . Our Lyceum was the first ap pearance ot anything liberal that the town ever had and we held the first Spiritual service ever held here. Such ideas! and such curiosity! You can perhaps grasp the situation when we re late an incident that occurred: A boy who attended the opening of the Barrett Lyceum, was ques tioned as to how he liked it, and what he saw. "Didn't see noth in' but an old grey headed wo man that talked." And of course you can quite understand that "talk" afhounted to noth ing, when a boy was looking for "ghosts." And now, after a year's work, there is occasionally someone looking for "ghosts." The ig norance of the people concerning Spiritualism is appalling. And never, till we began our public work, here, "did we know there could be so much prejudice and superstition. We held our own though and have as '' fair an audience, comparatively, as the other denominations. - Milch Cows for Sale. - Having sold my milk route.I have for sale a cumber of first-class milcn cows. Cone early a -ad take first choice. J. D. HUKILL, . - Corvallie, Or. Hart Schafiner 6? Marx Hand Tailored I have an Extenfive Line of WATCHES, CLOCKS & JEWELRY Both in Novelttes and' Staple Goods, also the J3est Known Makes of SILVER-WARE, Both Flat ahd Hollow, :. Having trouble with your Eyes or Glasses Can't get a FitI Come and See Me and get a Perfect Fit, and a Guarantee that is Good. NOTICEi After February 1st the Store will close at 6(30 p. m., y Except Saturdays. E. ,W. S. PRATT, Jeweler and Optician, The Business College Man Will give a Complete, Thorough, Up-to-date Course in Business, Pen Art, Short Hand, Typewriting Three Months ..........Twenty Dollars ' Six Months............ :...Thirty Five Dollars. Ten Months ; . ...Fifty Dollars. , - Combined Course, anytwo, 12 months, Fifty-five Dollars. . ff - Books and Supplies, ?from five Dollars to Fifteen Dollara.' This Department is in Connection with Philomath College which carries a corps of thorough teachers and all of the popular college courses. You ail know its past record for solid work. Well, it's better now thaH ever. Tuition and board low. Address me and get a free catalog and set of flourished and business caps. F. S.HAROUN, Philomath, Oregon. Home-Seekers: If you are looking for some real good hargains' in Stock, Grain, Fruit and Poultry Ranches, write for my special list brfcome.and see me. I shall take pleasure in giving you all the reliableinformation you wish also showing ycu over the country. HENRY AMBLER, SrLr""1 . Philomath, Benton CoHnty, Oregon Young's Cash Store. Ladies' Goods at low prices, to close out. Full line of woolen hosiery, also fancy goods. Orders for groceiies may be sent by telephone. Sick Headache absolutely and perma nently cured by using Moki Tea; A pleasant herl drink. Cures Constipa tion and Indigestion, makes you eat, sleep, work and happy. Satisfaction guaranteed or money back . 25 cts and 50 cts. Write to W. H. Hooker & Co., Buffalo, N. Y.t for a free sample. Allen & Woodward. Notice of Guardian's Sale. Notice is hereby given that in pursu ance of an order of the County Court of Lincoln county, Oregon, (in probate) made on the 7th day f February, 1903, and entered in the probate journal of said court, Vol. 2, page 349, in the matter of the guardianship and estate of Melissa Whitney, Mary L. Whitney and Ruth Whitney, minors, and heirs of Laura Whitney, deceased, duly licensing and authorizing the undersigned guardian of said minors to sell their interest in the following described real es tate, the undersigned guardian of said minors will offer for sale and sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash in band, and subject to confirmation by said county court, on Saturday, the 4th day of Apr.l, 1903,. at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m., at the front door of the court house, in the City of Corvallis, County of Benton, State of Oregon, all the right, title, interest and estate of the said minors, and each of them, in and to lots numbered four, five, six, seven and eight, in block number twenty, in the County Addition to the City of Corvallis, County of Benton, State ot Oregon, the same being an undi vided three-sixths interest therein. Dated March 3rd, i903. - M. T. Whitney, ' Guardian. fc-ar a YT rt-i T t nit tt a vttmi v isn't commonly thought of in connection . with ready-to-wear clothes; you expect to pay extra for it. You needn't; Hart Schafiner & Maix Clothes are "tailored-by-hand" as much as the cus tom-tailor's product; and belter done than the most of 'em. It's one thing that makes these clothes "ready-to-wear," instead of just "ready-made" . Hart Schafiner & Marx, y Good Clothes. Maker. SOLD ONLY BY S. L KLINE S. HAFOUN ma& Watch Confidence Makes traveling a pleasure, -when correct time is always a necessity. Yours may be a capable timekeeper, but through incom petent repairing you have lost faith nut n Bring: it 111 to me. I Will repair the worst wrecked watch, and I will do it economi cally. Albert J- Metzger Occidental Building. CorvaUIsJOr. Notice of Pinal Settlement. Notice is hereby given that the under signed, as administrator of the Estate of Walter S.Bobbs, deceased, has tbia day filed his final account in said Estate with the county clerk of Beaton county, Ore gon, and the county court has appointed Monday, the 6th day of April, 1903, at the hour of two o'clock in the alternoon of said day, for the hearing of objections to such final account and the settlement thereof. .Any and all persons having ob jections to the same are hereby notified to be present at said time and place and make the same. Dated this 12th day of February, 1903. Gale S. Hill Administrator of Eaid Estate. call for Warrants. Notice is hereby given that there is money in the treasury to pay all city warrants drawn on the general fund and endorsed prior to November 20, l900, and all, city street fund warrants endorsed prior to May 16, 1902. Inter est will stop cn the same from this date. Dated at Corvallie, Oregon, March 3rd, 1903, Wjt. McLaoan, City Treasurer,