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t J LOCAL AT:D PERSONAL
J. E. Henkle tha' Philomath mer
chant, was in town Wednesday.
U. B. Vogle has sold, hie property
and will leave Lnmpoc in the near
future. .
Remember Nolan & Callahan's
Remnant and Rummage sale
'will close Wednesday evening,
February 24th.
Mrs. John Allen returned this
week from ' Portland, where she has
' been visiting for a month. .
The Eastern Star Chapter meets
next Tuesday evenine, February
23d, at Masonic Hall. Work and
refreshments. The arrangements
for the coming special are to be
completed at this meeting., ..'",,
Tuesday, Record Keeper W. L. J
Sharp delivered a check to Mrs.
Henry C. Miller for $1000 paid by
"Supreme Tent of the Knights of the
Maccabees. Thi makes two deaths
tor Corvallis Tent No. 11, in the
past six months.
Henry Ambler, of Philomath,
has sold the two farms owned by H.
S. Pittman, two miles west of Wren,
to Paul Truitt, of Leger, Okla
ihoma, consideration $4,000. The
farms compose 440 and 197 acres.
Mr. Truitt takes possession in a few
days.
8. A. Miles, owner of the Hotel
Corvallis building, is in the city this
week and is making arrangements
"to have new roofing put on and the
third flpor will also be remodeled,
so that the last floor can be fitted
up. This will give Landlord Hani
mel many more rooms which he
stands in need of.
The Agricultural department has
just issued a work that will be of
interest to farmers, called "The
Available Energy of Timothy
Hay." It is expected to be follow
ed by another work from the De
partment of State, called: "The
Diplomatic Energy of John Hay."
A fine program was rendered at
the regular meeting of the Order of
Xiions Monday . evening by the
younger members of that order. A
large number of invited guests wera
present. A banquet was also one
of the features of the evening.
Several applications far member
ship were taken.
The continued ill health of Bay
It ckard led him into a determina
tion to make a change of climate
and try the virtue of t-prings near
Red Bluff, California. Accom
panied by Mr. and Mrs. John Rick
ard, he left for that place Tuesday.
His father will remain with him but
Mrs. Rickard will visit relatives in
San Francisco.
The Albany reporter who justi
fies his report of a dat.ce, wnere he
said that the music was furnished
by a "full and efficient orchestra,"
on the ground that the diummer
was "efficient" and all the rest of
the orchestra was "full," was cer
tainly standing on his rights in the
tn atter. We have seen them that
way ourselves.
Henry Ambler concluded three
eales of property -last week. The
Ol Felger barber shop in Philo
math went to Guv Frink for $400,
also the Homer Wyatt house and
lot in Philomath went to J. W.
Berreman, of Southwick, Idaho, at
$450. The 50 acres of land owned
by Abe Henkle near Philomath
went to Mr. Berreman for $1500.
F. L. Miller has on exhibition in
his window a drawing presented to
him on St. Valentine day by a lo
cal pencil artist and which F. L. is
very proud of. Mr. Miller has the
chicken fever in a very advanced
stage and the drawing xepresents
one of his fancy fowls which has
been carrying off prizes galore. The
picture shows the rooster in a box
and admiring fanciers taking in
his best points, while Mr. Miller
stands to one side with a handful
of souvenirs and prizes and a smile
of contentment and vanity extend
ing from ear to ear. The drawing
was done by Ralph Davidson, one
of the boys in the Wells Fargo office.
We expect to see Ralph holding
down a Homer Davenport position
in the course of a few years.
One of our society ladies was
placed in an awkward predicament
some time since, and the story has
just leaked out. She had just be
come the possessor of a dream of a
hat, all covered with the daintiest
violets. She attended a funeral and
rore the hat. Removing it during
the service, she placed it on a table
in the parlor. The sad-faced un
dertaker came in later to arrange
the floral tokens on the coffin.
After placing the boquets, wreaths,
pillows, etc., he picked up the violet
covered hat and placed it tenderly
on top. Some of the mourners gig-
gled. But the owner watched it
. sadly during the long ceremony, in
fear and trembling, and only-at the
last moment was she able to march
past, the bier, make a successful
lunge for the hat, and make her es--cape.
Her hair is now white.
The High Water
The first high water for 1904
occurred this week "when the river .
' 1 a r. -i 1 . !
icuuucu ice 1 auuvc iuw waici
mark. It reached this point on
Monday night and next day the
river commenced receding and
continued to fall .until at the
time of going to press it had
fallen several feet. On Tuesday
the Beach hop yard across the
river was inundated as was also
a' great amount of land in that
vicinity. If the river had con
tinued to rise; for a short time
longer, it would have reached the
ferry, but fortunately the water
began to fall before getting up to
them.
Reports from other points say
they are witnessing a similar
high water In Southern Oregon
the S. P. trains were delayed sev
eral hours on account of a bridge
being wasoed out near Merlin.
The Benton County approach
to the big bridge: at Albany was
under water, but the boats were
able to pass under the ' bridge
without trouble. The river at
I Albany on Tuesday nigbt reach
ed 21 rA feet
The water in 1903 reached a
point of 2 7 3-feet above low wa
ter mark and in the big flood of
1889-90 the water reached 29
feet.
For a Social Club.
A movement is on foot in
this city looking to the organ iza
tion ot a Social club, for the
development of the physical,
mental and social capacities of
its members.
The object is to provide an
unobjectionable place where the
young men of the city can spend
their evenings.
The committee have formulat
ed a constitution and sat of by
laws, subject to approval or
change when the club is fully
organized.
The present object is to ascer
tain the views of the citizens re
garding the matter, and see how
many approve of it sufficiently
to attach their names to the men
bership roll.
We give a few of the suggested
points in the contitution.
The object of this.club shall be to es
tablish, equip, keep and main lain a club
house in tne City of Corvallis, with the
usual and other 'convenient appliances of
a social club, and to provide ways and
means for the development of the physi
cal, mental and Eocial capacities of its
members.
The officers of this club shall consist of
a president, vice president, secretary,
treasurer and five trustees.
The board of trustees shall prescribe
such rules regulating the affaire and con
duct of the club as in Ihetr judgment
shall be found necessary and proper.
They shall authorize all expenditures
and shall constitute, with the officers,
the ruling and governing power of the
organization for all purposes.
MEMBERSHIP,
No person shall be eligible to member
ship in this club unless he be not less
than eighteen years of age.
All elections of members shall be made
by the board of trustees, and ao such
election shall be held until at least ten
days shall have elapsed after the posting
of the applicant's name as above requir
ed. Two adverse ballots shall reject an
applicant to membership.
ACTIVE MEMBERS.
Each active member shall be not less
than 21 years of age, and shall pay a
membership fee of $10. His club dues
shall be per mo'Jth, payable monthly
in advance at the first of each month.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS.
All male students of the Oregon Agri
cultural College and of the Coryallis
public schools, above the age of 15 years,
and all male residents of Coi valiis, be
tween the ages of 15 and 21 years, mav
be elected associate members of this
club upon a payment of a membership
fee of $1. The dues of associate mem
bers shall be 25 cents per month, pay
able in advance on the first day of each
month.
The committee on member
ship consists of
Prof. Cordley,
Mr. Nolan, ,
Mr. Cameron,
Rev. Green,
Rev. Moore,
Rev. Carrick.
A public meeting will be call
ed to discuss and settle the
matter as soon as the plan has
been made known sufficiently.
The college authorities, through
Prof. Turney, have ordered a new
B-flat bass instrument for the Cadet
Baud. The instrument is ordered
of Carl Fisher, New York, and is
to be finely silver plated and of the
best design.
Landslide on C & E.
Abont 100 yards of the C &
E. track was taken out Sunday
morning near Summit, between
tunnels No. 2 and 3. by,, a. big
laudslide, caused by the heavv
rainfall of the past week. The
track was repaired so -that Nov 5
could get through Monday mern
ing, and as there is no . train on
Sunday, the accident did not
cause but an hour's delay in the
regular schedule of , the -train.
The pile driver went through
Wednesday to clear the drift
from the east end of the bridge
over Thomas Creek.
Q. A. R. Entertainment.
On Saturday evening of th it
week the patriotic citizens of Cor
vallis will be given a treat at the
I. O. O. F. Hall on Second street.
The Ells worth Post of the Grand
Army, and the Ellsworth Relief
Corps will unite in giving a patri
otic memorial service to" the honor
of the two great Presidents, George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln
The committee having the matter
in charge have arranged a program
of literary and musical selections,
together with addresses upon in
teresting subjects interspersed with
patriotic selections by a full and
efficient orchestra.
The meeting will be an open one,
and the public are invited. Show
your loyalty to the country and the
flag by being present at this enter
tainment. Admission will be free.
Registration Very Slow.
Registration still goes on at a
very slow rate, there are about
2000 voters in Benton county. A
third of the time for registeringhas
expired and only about one-fourth
of the electors of the county are
registered.
Corvallis, No. 1.. 71
Corvallis No. 2 78
Corvallis No. 3 65
Corvallis No. 4..; 40
Fairmount 22
Soap Creek 32
Kings Valley 8
Summit 8
Blodgett 13
Wren 5
Philomath .: 104
Willamette. 24
Aleea... 38
liellfouutain 7
Monroe 12
Total
.533
Will It bs Dallas or Corvallis ?
The trip through Oregon of
the University of Washington's
basket ball team and the methods
they adopted in playing, has call
ed down some pretty strong cen
sure on the heads 01 the beattle
boys. From , all the reports
where games were played with
this team, there is only one play
er in their line-up and he depends
entirelv upon his strength. This
player is big Tom McDonald,
who t'ps the scales at 198 pounds,
It was through hi strength that
Seattle won four out of their five
games in Oregon, and had they
been able to win Irom the crack
O. A. C. team, the Washington
lads could have went home as
conquerors of the leading basket
ball aggregations m Oregon,
From 'McDonald's football tactics
on the floor during the game here,
the newspaper reports from Dal
las, Monmouth, Eugene and
Salem must be true. The scores
were all close and it was when
Seattle thought she was up
against a defeat that McDonald
went into the game and carried
his team through for a victory.
We only use the above facts
to show that O. A. C. has the
best basket ball team in Oregon.
Dallas claims that honor, and
they defeated O. A. C. in a clean
well-fought game, but Seattle
I comes along and wins from Dal
las and then comes to Corvallis
and meets defeat. This leaves
the basket ball championship in
Oregon for 1904 boiled down to
a fine point with Dallas College
and O. A. C. about even for the
honors, and which the coming
game will decide. We have the
advantage of the home floor and
all we ask is that if O. A. C.
will put up as good a game as
the one with Seattle, we have no
fears of the result. Although
the last game was one of the
best played in this city, we pre
dict the coming game with Dal
las will be the hardest fought
battle we have ever witnessed.
There will be no deliverry on the
Rural Routes going out of Corval
lis nest Monday. Patrons of these
routes can get their mail at the
postoffice before 2:30. Washing
ton's birthday is a legal holiday.
Additional Locals.
John Stevens, of Sitetz, passed
through on Wednesday's train en
route to Albany.
Dolph Norton is attendii e to ihe
C. & E. duties at Summit from Fri
day till Monday.
Wiley Holtnah, bhe of ihe pioneer
farmers of Benton county; now re
siding in Albany, made a visit to
Corvallis this week, and returned
home on Wednesday.
E. H. Ingham, a prominent
merchant and mine owner of Eugene,
is, college visitor this week, and
is having some work done in the
cbemical department.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sbriver, of
tf'df pendence are visiting their
nephw W C Shriber. After a few
davi ihty expect to leave for Ill
inois where they will reside. . .
The death of' Hanna makes a va
cancy in the chairmanship of the
senate committee on Inter oceanic
canals. Senator Ptatt. of N. Y .
is the next ranking senator on the
committee, and Seiator Mitchell of
Oregon next. It is understood that
Piatt does not wish to be advanced,
but that Senator Mitchell is willing
to accept the place. We hope he'll
ga it.
The Cadet band will probably,
the weather permitting, give a con
cert at 2 p. ui. on Main street next
Monday afternoon. The boys wish
to frhow 'their appreciation to the
citijens of Corvallis for the assist
ance rendered to enable them to go
to Eugene last fail, and will take
this means of showing the same
Mrs. Henry C. Allen and daughter
Eleanor, left yesterday for Washing
ton, D- U. lhey will be joined by
Mr. Allen, who will proceed with
them to their home in Washington,
where he is employed in the census
department.
Corvallis Grange is' expecting a
big time on Saturday 27th at the
Agricultural Hall, when they are
to initiate about 20 members. A
team from Willamette Grange No.
52 consisting of 15 members will
confer the degrees. .
' New Fire Districts.
Corvallis has been divided into
fire districts, Fourth street being
the line dividing east from west,
and Madison street north from
south.
Northeast division 2 taps.
This will be District 2.
Southeast d i vision 3 ta ps.,
; This will be District 3.
"Southwest division 4 taps.
This will be District 4.
Northwest division 5 taDS.
, This' will be District 5.
, One tap indicates that the fire
is out.
There will be no first district.
Where the four districts corner,
at Fourth and Madison streets,
the City Hall will be in the third
district and the Methodist church
in the fifth.
The advantage of this arrange
ment will be that the person who
rings the bell can locate the fire
accurately. The resolution pass
ed at the Monday night meeting
contained an unintentional error
in numbering the . districts that
would necessarily lead to mistakes
being constantly made. Antici-
pating the speedy correction of
the error at the next meeting, we
give the correct schedule above.
We congratulate the new de
partment on their prompt action
in making this radical improve
ment in their system, and hope
they will have , few occasions to
test it in the coming year.
BLACK MIN0RCAS
BROWN LEGHORNS.
My hens laid more eggs during the se
vere winter months than any other ' qual
number ot hens ia Oregon. If you de
sire to fill the egg basket. I ve got the
chickens that were bred for that purpose.
They are layers and that's what you
want Get rid of your "set ubs"' and ob
rain thoroughbreds it costs no more for
feed. 0der yonr eggs for hatching now.
Eggs, $1.00 per 15, at residence on north
yth st. OTiU r. L. II.K5E,
Corvallis, Oregon.
Fekniqry
-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 60
4 00 Ladies Jackets' at..'..'.... 2 tX)
5 00 Ladies Jackets at.. 2 '60
7 60 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
the dollar.
A few pieces of 5Dc. Dress Goods at
25c. per yard.
It's only how quickly we can clean up and make room for the
.... new Spring fabrics ....
'& La UZURHEp
Regulator - of
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..HOTEL CORVALLIS ..
J. C. HAKIM EL, Prop.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
0. 1 BLACKLEDGE
furniture and music Store
The public is invited to come and seeniystock of
Bed Room Snits
Woven Wire Mattresses,
Extension Tables,
Children's Sockers,
Dining Chairs,
Kitchen Treasures,
Side Boards,
Musical Instruments,
SECOND HAND PIANOS AND ORGANS
FOR SALE
Soutb Main St.
Now is the
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
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 you wish
also showing ycu over the country.
HENRY AMBLER, ftir
Philomath, BeutonCoutity, Oregon
3
mvenkory
OF MATERIALS NOT
Ladies Waists.
$1 25 Ladies Waists at. 85
1 50 Ladies Waists at 1 05-
2 00 Ladies Waists at 1 85-
2 50 Ladies Waists at 1 70
S 00 Ladies Waists at 2 00
1-3 off oa Wool Waists.
Brussels Carpet 50c. yd.
35c. Cottage Carpet at 25c.
40c. Window Shades at :25c. each.
Joffon all small pieces of mal
ting. 13 off on broken lines of lace cur
tains. - 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,
A good line of Mattresses,
Center Tables, ff.
Children's High Chairs,
Chiffonniers. Rockers
Kitchen Safes,
Window Shades,
Bamboo Furniture, just in
OR F0R1RBNT.
0. J. BLACKLEDGE
Saturday.
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