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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1904)
PURELY PERSONAL Items of Interest About Coryallis People and Others. ; J. H. Smith visited Albany last "week. H. W. Ball spent Friday night in Albany. Misa Hellen Steiwer returned to -Jefferson Saturday. Horace Locke was a passenger to Portland Saturday. R. C. Craven and wife -were in Portland over Sunday. A. W. Bowersox, of Albany, was in this city last Friday. O A. Dearing was in Portland from Friady until 3'oiday. A. Wing, of Lewis ville, was in Corvailis several tiays last week. Misn Mame Crawford visited Sa lem last week, returning home Fri day. Mrs. Edwin Stone, of Albany, was vititing in Corvallia the latter part of the week. E. E. Wilson attended to some legal business in Salem the latter part of the week. Mrs. A. Conopton, of Roseburg; is visiting her son, J. J. Flett and family in this city. J. L. Underwood and family went to Lebanon Saturday for a short visit with relatives. Evert Jones, of Albany, visited in Corvallia for a few days last week. He returned home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whitehorn and sons Claud and Tommy return ed home Friday from California. Mrs. Ray Gilbert has been the guest of Corvailis friends for sev eral days this week. She returned home Saturday. M. A. Goodnough went to Port land Saturday to attend the How ard Bauer concert Saturday night. He retureed Monday. Professois Kent, Knisely and Dr. Withycombe were in attendance at the farmers institute at Haines last week and delivered several in teresting addresses. LOCAL LORE. Recent Happenings in Corvailis and Vicinity. Miss Crawford's class in physical culture gave a public drill in the Armory yesterday afternoon. The bonds of James Guier, who was out on $100 awaiting ths next term of circuit cotrt to answer the charge of a criminal assault upon a young girl of this county, have been raised to $1000, which he furnished. A dance will be given in the Col lege Armory on Thursday evening of this week. The music will be furnished by the Young People's Orchestra of nine peices. St. Patrick's day was duly ob served and judging from the 'jags" the Shamrock was liberally steep ed. Newport News. Our Newport exchange come out on time, how-1 yer. A new floor and front is being nut in the building adjoining "-Small's confectionery store. When remodelled it will make a fine lo cation for some business. Horace Lilly has been appointed manager of the local brance of R. M. Wale & Co' s, haidware store, to fill vacancy of W. H. Currin, who is now at the head of the Mc Minnville firm. The engagement of Miss Minnie Buxton and James C. McCaustland, both popular students of the class of 1900 at the O. A. C, has been an nounced . Mr. McCaustland is an enterprising business man of Wil bur, Wash . Resolved, "That Environment has "Greater Effect Upon the Formation of Character Than Heridity." Such was the subject of a very interest ing debate in the college chapel last Saturday evening. The Sorosis society represented by Misses Rob erts, Bonney and Raber, had the affirmative, while Selleck, Hall and Moore, of the Jeffersonians held down the negative side of the ques tion . The decision was in favor of the Jeffersonian boys. Vidito Bros, proprietors of the Corvallis-Albany stage line are doing a big business in the pas senger line. The first trip made, they took ten passengers and on Friday night nine went to Albany on the stage. The return trips are as well patronized, and if the first few times count for anything, the proprietors will find it a paying business. . Owing to the present bad condition of tne roads it requires four horses, but when good weather comes on, only two will be used. . The fare is 75 cents one way. All Woodmen and Women of Woodcraft to report at Hall Wed nesday evening at eight o'clock. Bring a friend along and have a good time. . The Misses Danneman enter tained at their hom? last Saturday night. : An enjoyaole evening was spent with cards, music, etc. Re freshments were served. . The Democratic primaries of Benton are to be . held on Tuesday, the 29th, and the county convention on Saturday, April 2. The dates were fixed at a meeting of the Countv Central Committee held Saturday. v ' . Jam-8 Guier, recently placed under $ 100 bonds to await the action of the Circuit court on a charge of criminal assault, was rearrested Friday on a bench warrant issued by Judge James Hamilton of the Circuit court, and hia bond was fix ed at a $1000. The bond was given with A. N. Lilly and C. W- Smith as sureties. One of the heaviest wind storms that has ever occurred in this county for years was on last Friday night. Teh-phone wires, trees, outbuildings and fences went down before the wind. A small house in Job's ad dition, occupied by a family named Harris, was blown off its foundation. The shooting stand on the flat was also blown down. Ia Portlaud the loss caused by the storm was be tween $10,000 and $15,000. - The state oratorical contest of the Inter-Collegiate Prohibition Associations will be held at Philo math on Friday, April 8. There will be $75 divided into three prizes as follows. First prize, $40; second, $20; and third $15. . Albany, Dal las, Monmouth, Corvailis, Forest Grove, Newberg, McMinnville, Phil omath and Salem will have a rep resentative . from their college or university. The affair will be held in Keezel Chapel and the admission will be 50 cents and 15 cents. John K. Johnson has purchased the Corvailis Steam Laundry of O. DeHaven and has taken charge. Mr. Johnson has been engaged in the steam laundry work for the past eight years and thoroughly understands the business. He has put on a wagon in Independence to gather the laundry there, which will be sent to Corvailis, and also has agencies at Dallas aud Falls City. There is a fine opening in this city for a steam laundry, if run by com petent hands, and under the new management no doubt will put out only first class work that will bear comparison with city laundries. R. W. Kelsay, of Newberg, the well-known prohibition speaker, ac companied by W. Eugene -Knox, the inimitable impersonator, and supported in song by Howard L. Hockett and Emmer A. Newby will hold a meeting at the court house Thursday, -March 24, at 8 p. tn.i The object of the meeting will be to stir up sentiment in favor of prohi bition and especiallv the proposed local option law. Every person in terested in temperance work is cor dially invited to be present. The county convention meets the same day. Admission will be free. At a meeting held in the court house last Saturday afternoon be tween the citizens of Corvailis and farmers of Benton county toward advancing the rural telephone pro ject, the following were appointed a board of directors. A. J. Johnson, Virgil Watters, E. F. Wiles, George Lindeman, Robert Johnson, Zeb Davis and J. R Smith. Another meeting will be held next Friday when more definite arrangements will be made. The object is to es tablish, own and maintain by the farmers and business men a rural telephone route in this county. The local teachers' institute and parents' meeting which was to have been held in Philomath March 19, and which was postponed until April 9, in order not to conflict with the closing exercises of Philomath school on March 25, will now be held April 2 instead of April 9. This change is made in order not to allow it to interfere with the State Prohibition Oratorical Contest which takes place on the evening of April 8, and also to help the Bellfountain school which closes April 8. The parents' meeting to be held at Bell fountain will occur on April 9, and the eveuing exercises will give way to the closing exercises of the school. The Bellfountain teachers being de sirous that such an arrangement be made, the change affecting the parents' meeting at Philomath was effected. The programs will be mailed this week so that all pa trons of the Philomath schools may be rightly informed as to be held with thenv. Spring Millinery. My spring display will be ready for your inspection showing the most novel effects in tine millinery goods "ever ex hibited in Coryallis, March 31, instead of March 25, if it rams pitchforks, points foremost. Mrs. J. Masox. ' CREffSfLD A FUGITIVE. One Hundred Dollars Offered For - - . His Capture. - ' 'Apostle" Creffield, of Holy Roller fame, is a . much warned man at present by the . Portland police, where a warrant has been sworn out for his arrest. B. B. Starr, of Portland, is the com plaining - witness in the case, ad says that Creffield has broken up his' home. The details of the case of this low-lived Gospel imitating rascal are re volting in the extreme arid if he is captured, a career in the penitentiary probably be his end tor a few years at least. : It is suspected that the fugitive is receiving assistance and shelter in Corvailis, ; as it is known that became here last Thursday night. He came to Albany and started to walk to Corvailis in company with aman named Breoa. When within a few miles of this city Creffield evident! y suspected some thing wrong and suddenly jump ed from the railroad track and took out across a field and dis appeared in the timber. This was the last his' traveling com panion saw of him. It is almost a certainty that Creffield reached Corvailis and sought shelter with some of his former subjects. On Friday night Mrs. Cref field, who has been home lor some time, slipped from her father's house and disappeared and since then nothing has been seen of her by her folks or the city officers. She no doubt re ceived word that her husband was in hiding in Corvailis and went to him and is probably with him some where in the city. The citizens of Corvailis have offered $ioo reward for Creffield' s capture and the authorities are making a diligent search for this so-called expounder of the Gos pel. The "Apostle,' has been car rying on in Portland much after the style that he did in Corvailis, his religious subjects being most ly women. Starr, who made the complaint against Creffield, is only one ol the many who would like to see the Roller leader land ed behind the state prison walls with a good long sentence to serve out. In fact the peniten tentiary is too good for a varmint of his calibre and the worst pris oner there would be degraded by having to associate with him. And yet the newspapers through out Oregon - criticised the Cor vailis people when they took upon themselves the duty of get ting such a thing out of the com munity. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE, Articles of general interest will be pub lished in this department as the personal opinion of the writers. It is understood that the paper is not held responsible for any opinion here expressed. A Suggestion. Editor Gazette As the time for holding the county and con gressional conventions approach es it is proper that our attention i should be given to the work de volving upon these bodies. In the county convention the most important will be the nomination of candidates for the several coun ty offices, one for each branch of the legislature and the choosing of delegates to the congressional convention. Benton is a republican county. Notwithstanding this the opposi tion has filled the most important and lucrative offices. The re -sons for this are not difficult .to find. Local democratic leaders have been permitted to foment jealousy and strife amongst repub licans. They have been allowed to suggest certain men as strong and popular candidates for this and that place on the republican ticket. It is not beyond just sus picion that republican conven tions have been deluded thus and have placed men in nomination for a prominent position who had already arranged to support cer tain democratic nominations. In politics as in war it is safe to do the opposite of what the enemy would have done. Let the county convention turn down every candidate whose candidacy has the unfeigned support of dem ocratic "bosses". If it will nom inate men from state senator down all through the county ticket who are above suspicion ol "trad ing ony" men who will labor to elect the entire ticket the' repub licans voters: will line up and we shall cease to have the lucrative and important offices filled by democrats. We believe our county should send a delegation to the; congres sional, convention composed of men whose preference is for the nomination ot Mr. "Hermann There is no just - and sufficient reason why he should not be named . for reelection. Every thing else being equal- he has ex perience, knowledge and .influ fiice which another would not possess, and could gain only through years of service. It is time that Oregon , adopted ' the practice of the older states. Hav ing once secured an acceptable representative he is kept in c in gress by reelection from term to term through many years.-- How ever fitting that some offices may and should be "passed around" that of congressman is not such an office. If a congressman has served his constituency a num ber of years he has gained knowl edge and influence of much value to his constituents, and they simply serve their own interests by retaining his services. These are some of the reasons why Mr. Herman be returned to congress; others suggest them selves, but surely these, coupled with the fact there is no good reason why he should not be re turned, should give him the nom ination. Vernon. Welcome and Farewell. Ellsworth Corps, No. 7 Wom- ansRelief Corps, held another of their characteristic receptions at their hall on Thursday evening last. The occasion was a wel come home to Mr. and Mrs. Cronk, from their long trip East, and a farewell to Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wilkins, who go East for a summer visit. Mrs Cronk was a former president of the Relief Corps, and Mrs. Wilkins a mem ber. The first number on the pro gram was as fine a . supper as a hungry man wants to eat, served in fine style in the supper room of the Lodge. After the supper bad been disposed of Mrs. Rose, President of the Corps, called the meeting t order, and pro ceeded with the pogram. The Corps choir, led by Mr. Prichard, with Mrs. Henkle as accompanist, sang "Columbia." Mrs. Rose gave the opening address,- and" took advantage of the occasion to present Mrs. Cronk with a beautiful autograph album, containing autographs of most of the members of the Corps. Mrs. Cronk made an appropri ate and feeling reply. Mrs. Wil kins followed in a neat address. Mrs. Cale gave one of her char acteristic recitations. Comrade Campbell sang a couple of his war songs; Comrade Dearing told a few stories. Mrs. Cale gave another laughable recitation. The President then read a let ter from Mrs. Jennie Higgings, press correspondent of the Worn rns Relief Corps of Eugene, Or. The singing of "America" by the audience closed one of the most enioyable evenings of the season. Real Estate Transfers. F S Stark and wife to Mary Valley; Dyer, 8o acres Kings $ioo. J C McElroy to Bettie E Hum phrey, 2-15 interest in 540 acres near Monroe; $1,000 John Smith and wife to C C Calloway, 1-7 interest in land near Wells; $100. Margaret Hodes to C Hodes, lot 5, block 5, Dixon's Add; 700. C Hodes and wife to H E Hodes et al, lot 5, block 5, Dix on's Add; $1. John M Brumfield to W H Smith lot 104, block 27, Philo math; $500. C Thompson and wife to Al mina J Robinson, 80 acres tp 12 s, r 7 w; $1,300. Mary E Elliott to Ada Elliott, interest m Elliott estate; $300, F Dmges and wife to E E Wilson, qcd 280 acres, tp 15 s. r 6 w; $100. . W M Castle and wife to John Pimm, 109 acres near Philomath ME Church S to C E Hout, lots, block 8, Co Add; $1,250. Copyright 1903 by Hart ticiULitnv tirx . Being between seasons it's hard to tellyou what to buy. but we have it. . Also: Don't forget S. & M. Clothing is at. .HOTEL OORVALLIS.. J. O. HAMMEL, Prop. HEADQUARTERS FOR . .THE mom BAK 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. PRATT, The Jeweler and Optician. Store closes at 6 p. m. except Saturday. rHOHE SEEKERS AMBLER & WATTERS, REAL ESTATE, LOANS, INSURANCE VIRGIL E. WAITERS, Corvallis HENRY AMBLER, Philomath THE LARGEST PAPER IN BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. . THE OORVALLI GAZETTE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 PER YEAR, WHEN PAID- ; STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.' , Hart Schaffncr 6? Nfurx j Hand Tailored mmmi that the home of the H.- . S. L. KLINE'S. Leading hotel in Corvailis. Newly furnished with modern conveni ences. Rates $1, $1.25, $2 per day. ... ... . . . COMMERCIAL MEN. H. IV. HALL A fresh and complete line of candies, nuts and fruits kept constantly on hand. Ourbread is always fresh. We carry a complete line of smokers' ne cessities. am me If you are looking for some real good W Bargains in Stock, Grain, Fruit and m Poultry Ranches, write for our special a ilOli, VA Vj 'iilC BCC US. V, t5 Will laKB pleasure in giving you reliaole iuforma- ' tion; also showing you over the county I BENTON COUNTY, AND THE, S