Corvallis gazette., February 05, 1904, Page 5, Image 5

LOCAL AND " PERSONAL
F. N. Allen, of Albany, was in
Corvallis Tuesday. '
Tr. ttennett. of Dusty," was in
C!orvallis Wednesday. . , -
J. Dornsife, of Independence,
epent Wednesday in Corvallia.
. Alx Rennie is confined to his
room witn an attack of la grippe.
Prudent people purchase Dr.
Lowe's superior glasses. There's
a reason.
John Sutherland, who has been
in Seattle for some time, is again
in this city.
About forty ladies were entertain
ed yesterday at an afternoon tea
given by Mrs. Berchtold.
Miss Kate McKenney returned
Tuesday from a visit of several
days duration with Albany friends.
Mrs. Warren, mother of Mrs.
Carrick, arrived in Corvallis last
Saturday, on a visit to her daughter.
L. E. Knapp and son T. W. pro
minent mill men of Polk county,
were in Corvallis this week on
business.
F. P. Sbeaegreen went to Mill
City, Tuesday, to inspect some lum
ber, previous to having it shipped
to Corvallis.
Geo. Henkle returned Wednesday
fm R.t. .Tnsp. Cal.. where he has
been for several weeks visiting
eon Raymond.
his
Clarence Ireland and wife will
mnva to Corvallis the first of the
month, where they will reside
in
tbe future. Independence
prise.
Enter
Ross Nichols, a former Corvallis
resident, has been arrested in Port
land fnr the fraudulent use ot tne
mails. Nichols lived here about
five years ago.
Mrs. Young, the mother of Mrs.
A. J. Johnson, of this city, died at
Suio, in Linn County on Tuesday
at 2:30 p m, and was buried at that
place yesterday.
Th girls of the Mission 'Band of
the Presbyterian church will give
a dime social at the hbme of Mrs
J. W. Crawford this (Friday ) even
ing. You can come.
H. A. Stiles, traveling salesman
for the Peterson, Page Company's
wholesale fruit house, of Portland,
was in Corvallis Wednesday. He
will visit Corvallis twice a month.
In contrast with the ice and enow
of Eastern states, Corvallis has
crocuses, snowdrops, cowslips and
other flowers ' blooming in the
yards. Oregon is good enough for
us. I
The Linn County Council meets
with Tangent Grange, at Tangent,
on Saturday, February 6, at 10 a m
A special invitation is given to
all Benton County Grangers to be
present. .
Remember Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week, February
8, 9 and 10, Dr. Lowe, tbe optician,
will be in Corvallis at the Occiden
tal Hotel. Dr. Lowe has been com
ing to Corvallis for 14 years.
Corvallis Grange held a special
meeting in the Agricultural Hall,
Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p m.
Mre. M. H. Whitby ot lnavale, a
gr iduate of O. A. C. and an enthu
siastic granger wa9 present and as
eisited in the instalation of officers
Two citizens have been added to
th nonulation of Monroe, twin
children of Mr. and Mrs. E. Looney,
who were born on Friday night
last: The weights of these little
kickers are eight and seven pounds.
We wish them a long ani prosper
ous life.
The Ladies' AU Society of the
Presbyterian church at their an
nual meeting Wednesday of last
week, elected the following officers
for the ensuing year. Mrs. F. L
Miller, president; Mrs. J. H. Har
ris, vice president; Mrs. L. G.
Altman, seoretary; Mrs. J. H.
Simpson, treasurer.
But for the tiaiely assistance of
men who were working near, the
new fire department would have
received a call Wednesday morn
ing. The burning out of a flue
caused the roof of Mrs. M. J. Wells'
1 evidence on Seventh street to catch
on fire. The fire did not cau3e
much damage as it was promptly
extinguished and the roof soon
repaired.
W. P. L:fferty showed some
ability as a 'woodman" a few day 6
ago on his small tract of land a few
miles from Corvallis. Assisted by
a fellow "workman" he was engaged
;n fjllincr trees. Dssirinz to all three
i0m tmoa he du? around two of
them and cut the roots, then they
proceeded to saw off the third one
which was quite large, making it
full cn thftL it would strike the two
other trees, thereby falling the three,
but sawing only one, thus making
his brain save his muscle.
H.'W. Kaupi8ch;.went to Halsey
Wednesday. Before' . re turning he
will visit Portland.
C. C. Hogue, State Past Grand
Master and Grand Lecturer of A.
O. TJ. W. will lecture m the Work
man Hall in this city this evening.
His subject will be one of vital im
portance to each member or that
order, as it pertains to the new
plan wb'ch is under discussion for
Oregon Workmen. ' .
The bachelor quartet consisting
of Messrs. Victor' and Leonard
Moses, Pruett and Fry, gave a very
enjoyable. party at the home of P.
A. Moses on last Friday evening
Partners were selected by the young
men in unique manner and jnyita-
tions iBsued to tbe young ladies.
The evening was spent in Flinch,
Pit and other games, mterspered
with music and songs, and endei
with a fine lunch. The ladies
present were the Misses Michael,
Hays, Edwards and McDoni 11.
The Republican Central Com
mittee has been called to meet in
Portland, on Friday, Feb. 12, 1904,
(Abraham Lincoln's Birthday,) in
Room 12. Hamilton Building, at
10:30 a. m. for the purpose of select
ing the time and place for holding
the next State Convention, appor
tioning delegates to said conven
tion recommending date for hold
ing primaries, and for the transact
ion of such other business as may
come before the convention. It is
expected that every member of the
committee will be present.
Last Friday was Carnation Day.
Januar' 29 is the birthday anni
versary of the ' late President Me
Kinley, and after his death the
suggestion was mede by Secretary
of State Hay that that day be
known as "Carnation Dav." The
idea found favor in all parts of the
countrv. and in many places the
men observed the day by wearing
a carnation in their button hole.
The carnation was a favorite flower
of the late president, and it is with
the idea of paying a delicate tribute
to his memory that the carnation
is worn on that day.
O. A. C. Locals.
BY BERT YATES
Bert Pilkington returned Wednes
diy from a week's visit at his home
in Southern Oregon.
Mrs. Green 3 music classes gave
a vary interesting recital m me col
lege Chapel Saturday afternoon.
Charlie Lyons, a former O. A
C- student, now holds a splendid
position as draughtsman with a
large concern in San Francisco.
The Faculty. -at their monthly
meetins luesday evening, selected
Miss Maud Cwbran as salutatorian
and Meigs W. Bartmess, valedic
torian. of this year's graduating
class.
Harold Belt, a former O. A. C.
student, is visiting in this city.
"Hick" laat year pitched a success
ml season with the Aberdeen
(Wash.) Baseball Club, and is now.
considering
several flattering offers
for this season.
Prof. Phillips has completed the
installation of the hoods for carry
ing off the obnoxious gases in the
new chemical laboratories, which
about' finishes one of ths finest lab
oratories on the coast
Rev. I. D. Driver, Rev. Miller
and Rev. Moore visited chapel ex
ercises Wednesday. Dr. Drive'"
made a very entertaining and in
structive talk relating to agricul
ture, and was followed by anin-
teresting talk by Rev." Miller.
Mr. Peery of Lebanon, and a col
lege student until last Monday,
now wishes he had not quit his
studies at that time. He was assist
ing in demolishing the carriage fac
tory, and in some manner a large
timber fell and badly mashed one
of his feet, which will lay him up
for some time to co.ue.
The exhaust pipes from the power
engine at the power house are now
connected with the heating mams,
thus utilizing all of the exhaust for
heat. The Armory was heated in
this manner during the oratorical
contest and there is sufficient heat
to keep the conservoratories warm
all night.
Professors Knisely and Pernot
are performing the experiment of
feeding mushrooms to guinea pigs
to test the poisoning properties of
these fuogas. A great many goats
have died lately and the theory is
they have been killed by eating
mushrooms, toadstoods, etc.
Following is the progrim of the
Junior rhetoricals held in the chapel
Wednesday afternoon: Solo, Mias
Lulu Spaneler; oration, "Interna
tional Arbitration," Lura Flett;
oration. "Heroes of the Nineteenth
Century," Isabella Wright; or
tiou "Lnmizrat on an Important
Issue," J. W. Carlson; oration,
"Our Obligation to Oregon Pio
neers," Bessie Yates; piano solo,
Miss K.rker.
'Against Parcels Post
The State Grocers Association
of California is another body that
has come out strongly .in opposi
tion to the new parcels post law.
All the small" merchants through
the coHntry find on investigation j
that their business will be attect-
ed adversely by this bill.
The movement is the wort oi
two large catalogue nouses in
New York, each of which gets
out a million catalogues a year.
These, catalogues weigh nearly
four pounds each, and the new
bill would save for them at least
20 ceats postage on each cata
logue. , . .
This means a saving to tnese
two firms alone ot more tnan
500,000 a year. How many
Oregon mei chants, in small
towns, would it take to mate up
this amount in the entire profits
of their business in one year.'
When the United States Gov:
ernment, in addition to tms sav
ing, also pays the bulk of the
freight on the goods sold from
these catalogues, it is easy to see
where the business ot the coun
try 'merchants will go to. Our
merchants spend money in our
town, and help us pay our taxes.
Let us help them by denouncing
the bill.
In Interest of Immigration.
C. W. Hibbard. representing the
Sunset Magazine, published in San
Francisco by the Southern Pacific
Railroad, was in Corvallis yester
day.
. The Sunset Magazine nas wr tne
past three years devoted its inter
ests to the building up of Califor
nia and during that time, was the
means of bringing 139,845 settlers
to that state. During that time
the magazine has increased from
32 to 2U8 pages, and adapted as
it is to the interests of the Pacific
Coast it is an invaluable means of
interesting prospective Eastern im
migrants and turning them toward
the state it advertises.
The Sunset Magazine will now
turn its attention toward Oregon.
The Lewis and Clark tfair next
year will prove a great inducement
and a bis? boom tor our state. 1 his
is the object of Mr. Hibbard's visit
through Oregon. It was his desire
while in Corvallis to have a meet-
. . . . -1 . T f
log with the citizens jueague 01
Benton county, but unfortunately
Mr. Hibbard was unable to meet
but a few of its members.
In conversation with him, Mr. :
Hibbard informs us that the
average newcomer into vjamornia
is worth oUUl. rut the numDer
of immigrants that have settled in
California during the past three
years in Oregon and with the
average amount of wealth and in a
short time our state will rank
amonsr the best in the Uoion. The
colonist rate adopted by the South
ern Pacific Company is also doing
much toward inducing immigra
tion. They expect to place a copy
of the Suntet Magazine in the
hands of every settler on the way
to Oreson. and if our part of the
state is advertised, so much the bet
ter for us.
Mr. Hibbard is a native Oregon-
ian. having been born near Salem
His folks are pioneers of '47. Mr.
Hibbard left Oregon 15 years ago
and he says the change for the ad
vancement of Oregon in that time
time is wonderful. The people are
getting out of the old rut, adopting
new tactics toward livlihood, tne
former are turning their attention
into new lines, and with the pre
vailing good prices of farm pro
ducts, and with the absence of
droughts, insect : pests, cyclones,
etc., prevalent throughout the East
ern states, those coming trom the
East to Oregon and by energetic
efforts can do no better than set
tling here.
J. C. Hammel, the enterprising
landlord of the Hotel Corvallis, has
an ad in this Gazette. Mr. Ham
mel has been at the head of this
first class hotel only a few months
but has built up an enviable busi
ness during that time.
Have Dr.. Lowe cure your head
and eve ache with a pair of his
superior glasses.
W. E. Yates has purchased the
old "Temple of Justice" property so
lone used bv the pioneer worthies
of the law, such as Burnett, Kelsay,
Johnson, Strahan, Holgate, Thayer
and Rayburn, and although he is a
good lawyer he will have to labor
hard to keep up the 'legal reputa
tion of the building as established
by its former lawyer occupants.
May the ehades of Blackstone as
sist him.
Dr. Lowe puts the cream of over
eighteen years experience into his
glasses.
a naar i,n of wii prr Man.?..
and Go-Carts at O, J. backlkpqk's,
Over 300 Have Registered.
Registration during the past two
weeks has been moving on a good
rate. The following are the pre
cincts and number of voters reg
istered in each:
Corvallis, No. 1 51
Corvaili!j No
2 51
. 3...... . 46
Corvallis No.
Corvallis No. 4 ............. . . 26
Fairmount . . 16
Soap . C reefc. .... 27
Kings Valley ........ ... ..... 4
Summit 1 . . . . . 8
Blodgett 11
Wren 3
Phikmath 28
VVillemette 14
Alsea 12
Bellfbuntain 5
Monroe 9
Total 343
In 1903 there were over 1800
voters registered. All naturalized
citizens must present their natural
ization papers to the registration
officer. Children of naturalized
parents must also present their
father's naturalization papers. This
must be done or the officer must
refuse to register them.
Taxes to be Raised.
FOR SPECIAL
Dist. No. 1.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
95 70
3-9-
14.
17.
18.
23
24. 665 75
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6,594
167
641
255
164
107
15
19
58
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FOR ROAD DISTRICTS.
Dist.
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33
. 28
. 366
325
353
173
. 61
. 112
. 149
377
. 214
. 165
. 288
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8.
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10. 11.
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17 I70 80
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FOR CITY PURPOSES.
City ot Philomath ...... $ 40s 50
City of Corvallis 5534 01
FOR OTHER EXPENSES.
Polls $ 593
00
Road Fund (gen' i ) . . . . 3,514
State Tax .24,745
State School 15,693
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County 22,337
Citizens can commence paying
taxes as soon as thev see fit,
The New Fire Department.
At the meeting of the citizens
on Monday evening last, held in
the City Hall, to organize the
new Fire Department, the follow
ing officers were chosen:
Alex Rennie, Chief Engineer
M. P. Fruit; Asst. Engineer,
John Zeis, Capt. Hose Cart 1
James Bier, Capt. Hose Cart 2-
Harold Woodcock, Capt. Hose
Cart x.
Lindsay Sharp, Capt. H. & L.
Company.
Root. Johnson, Capt. "Young
America Engine Reserves. ' '
J. K. Berry, Steward.
The executive department con
sists of
E. E. Wilson, President.)
Geo. Kerr, Vice President.
Jas. A. Harper, Treasurer.
John Allen, Secretary.
The Executive Comm'tte con
sists of
F. P. Sheasgreen.
H. W. Hall.
E. P. Greftoz.
Considerable business was also
transacted. It seemed to be the
the . general sentiment of the
meeting that the old fire engine
should be retained, ' and two
small two-wheel chemicals pur
chased. The matter of the pur
chase was referred to tne execu
tive committee and chief, as was
also the question of furnishing
rubber coats and hats.
A. committee was appointed to
revise the constitution and by
laws, and one of the points left
for consideration was the matter
of fire districts, and fire alarm, as
susreested bv the Gazette a
week ago ,
After considerable discussion
of various subjects the meeting
: adioumed to meet in the same
i place next Monday evening.
February Inventory
Sale
This is cleaning-up month, stock-adjusting, cleaning; the
deck for Spring business. Therefore, you will find here that
goods are lower in price not because they have decreased in
value, but because our policy will not permit carrying them
over another season.
VALUES AND WORTH
... CONSIDERED . . .
Ladies Jackets.
3 00 Ladies Jackets at $1 50
4 00 Ladies Jackets at-... 2 00
5 00 Ladies Jackets at 2 50
7 50 Ladies Jackets at...... 3 75
10 00 Ladios Jackets at 5 00
5 00 and $6 00 Children's Jackets 2 !50
1-3 off on Ladies Furs.
1-3 off on Ladies Wrappers. .
1-3 off on Ladies Skirts.
Corsets in broken lines, 50 cents on
1 the dollar.
A few pieces of 50c. Dress Goods at
25c. per yard.
It's only how quickly we can.
.... new Spring fabrics ....
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Regulator
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HOTEL CORVALLIS. .
J. C. HAMKIEL, Prop.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
0. J. BLAOKLBDGB,
furniture and Music Store
The public is invited to come and seemystock of
Bed Boom Suits
Woven Wire Mattresses,
Extension Tables, ,
Children's Eockers,
Dining Chairs,
Kitchen Treasures,
Side Boards,
Musical Instruments,
SECOND HAND PIANOS AND ORGANS
FOR SALE
South Main St.
Now is the Time . .
To have your
Watch Repaired,
Clock Cleaned,
Spectales Fixed.
All work is done Neatly and Promptly . . .
. . . And Satisfaction is Guaranteed.
E. W. S. PRATT,
The Jeweler and Optician.
"Store closes at 6 p. m. except Saturday.
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 you all the reliable information yon wishr
also showing ytu over the country.
HENRY AMBLER, Sli2S
Philomath, Benton Cotmty, Oregon
OF MATERIALS NOT
Ladies Waists.
$1 25 Ladies Waists at .- $ 85
1 50 Ladies Waists at 1 05
2 00 Ladies Waists at 1 S5
2 50 Ladies Waists at 1 70
3 00 Ladies Waists at.. 2 00
1-3 off ea Wool Waists.
Brussels Carpet 50c. yd.
35c. Cottage Carpet at 25c.
. 40c. Window Shades at 25c. each.
1-3 off on all small pieces of mat
ting. ' : t
1-3 off on broken lines of lace cnr-
- tains. - ,
clean up and make room for the
KLINE,
- Low - Prices
Leading hotei in Corvallis. Newly
furnished with modern conveni
ences. Rates $1, $1.25, $2 per
day. . . . . ...
COMMERCIAL MEN.
Bed Lounges and Couches,
Agood line of Mattresses,
Center Tables,
Children's High Chairs,
Chiffonniers. Eockers,
Kitchen Safes,
Window Shades,
Bamboo Furniture, just in
OR FOR RENT.
0. J. BLACKLEDGE
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