LOCAL LOSE.
Vtecent Happenings in Corvallis
' and Vicinity. .
Eat at the Colonial booth.
Rummage Sale at the Carnival.
A. C. Miller, of Kings Valley
TWi8 in the city Tuesday.
Dr. Alt man made a professional
visit to Harrisburg Tuesday.
J. M Gillman, of Bellfountain,
registered at the Occidental Tues
day. Rev. BV W. Jones, pastor of
Philomath College was in Corvallis
Tuesday on business. -
Pres. B. E Emerick and Prof.
Sheek, of Philomath College were
in thacity Tuesday evening.
Mr. N. YouDg1, of Scio, spent a
few days in the city visiting his
sor-!.n-law, Mr. A. J. Johnson.
F. Q. White, representative of the
J3venii.g Telegram, accompanied by
his wife, waS at tne Corvallis Tues
day. Mrs. AJonzo Locke and her two
-children who have been quite sick
with pneuoionia are reported to be
recovering.
No business of any importance
was transacted at the regular meet
ing of the C. F. D. Monday night.
Fire drill Tuesday evening. May 10
at 7 p. tn. --
Wm. Broders, saloon keeper, and
Adam Assell, bartender, were ar
raigned before Police 3 udge Greffjz
- JL U38day morning on ine coarge oi
selling liquor to minors. Both
plead guilty and paid a fine of $50
each.
The Coryallis Steam Laundry is
thoroughly equipped for first-class
work. They will not only call for
Tind deliver your orders, but guar
antee satisfaction. Special rates on
tamily washings. 'Phone 374.
The Woman's Foreign Mission
ary Society of the Methodist church
held its regular monthly meeting
at the home of Mrs. N. Gillespie on
"Wednesday afternoon. A fine pro
gram was rendered and refresh
ments were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Pernot expect
to lea re next week for a three
ironths trip through the East.
They will visit St. Louis Fair and
the Dr. is arranging to take a post
graduate course in a leading Chica
go medical school.
The Lions Club held a very in
teresting contest last Monday night.
A prize was given to the one who
could dip up the largest number of
ipeanuts upon a paddle. Mr. New
ton won first prize, a glass dish and
' Floyd Lane won the booby, a doll
made of peanuts.
A defective flue was the cause of
a small blaze in the residence of
Mrs. Dalby, back of Harris store
Tuesday afternoon. Except for a
-small hole burned in the roof no
-damage was done. But for the--efficient
services of .our fire depart
ment it might have been a serious
affair.
George Armstrong, living five
miles north of here on R, F. D. No. 1
- has one of the finest apple orchards
in Benton county. He has 25 acres
of eight-year-old trees, mostly Bald
wins. If present prospects hold
out he will have all the apples he
can handle. George also has one
of the best kept country homes to
be seen anywhere.
Miss Sophia Hartley and Mrs.
Maud Crefield were sent to the
State Insane Asylum Tuesday by
Judge Watters. Complaints were
lodged against the former by S. B.
Bayne and against the latter by L.
Hartley. Drs. Farra and Altman
.i i
ware n examining pnysicians.
They recommended that the Holy
Rollers be not permitted to see each
-otherinthe asylum. This practic
ally puts an end to the organization
at this place.
The funeral of Alonzo J. Locke
took place Wednesday afternoon.
The funeral was largely attended
at the house aud many followed
the remains to the grave. The
-Masonic order of which the de
ceased was a member officiated at
the interment. Mr. Locke was 56
years old and lived all but four
years in Benton county. A wife and
six children and a host of friends
remain to mourn his loss.
A meeting of the members of the
Xewia and Clark Club will be held
-at the residence of Mrs. W. P.
Lafferty on Monday afternoon at
4 o'clock. It is important that a
full attendance should be had as
several important subjects, looking
to the beautifying of our city will
be discussed. Among others the
question of a public fountain. The
- business of the meeting will also
'include the election of officers for
the next term. This promises to
be one of the mo?t important meet
ings that the club has held and
-every person interested in civic im
provement should attend. Mon
daj, May 9, 4 p. m.-
See the living pictures at .the
Carnival. -
D. M. Smith, of this city, is in
Albany for a few days visit.
Ice cream and home-made candy
on sale at the Carnival May 25
Prof. F. L. Kent returned home
on Monday from a Sunday visit to
Albany.
Wanted Man to saw, split and
put in a cord of wood, at the Ga
zette office. " .
Subject at th Church" of Christ
next Sunday morning, "Our First
Duty" evening, "An Agreement
with HelL
Df. James Withycombe has re
turned from Echo, Umatilla coun
ty, where he addressed a farmers'
picnic Saturday. , - " ;''
S. L. Hays, agent of the. Wells,
Fargo Express Company is off for
a short vacation. . A. R. Moore, of
Roseburg will fill the position in
his absence.
Farmers report that the continued
cool weather is eure to injure the
crops. Already the prunes have
been damaged and the spring grain
will not amount to much if the
summer should happen to be dry.
According to all valley papers
there is a lawless element in Cor
vallis. Now the truth is there is a
element of nearly the same cnaract
er in most cities the size of Cor
vallis, but it is regulated better in
some places than in others .-Albany
Democrat.
Mr. P. O. England and family, of
Kent, Wash, have arrived to make
their home in Corvallis. Mr. Eng
land has lived for twenty years in
Washington but thinks Benton
county Oregon far ahead of that
state.
TheY. P. S, C. E:
of the Church
box social at
of Christ will give a
the home of .Mrs. J
W. Howard
Friday evening. All
young ladies
baskets with
boys will be
in. A good
are asked to bring
lunch for two. The
there to bid them
time is assured.
Sam Parks, the convicted labor
agitator and walking' delegate of
the Unions, who created so much
talk . a few months ago by his
criminal methods, died May 4, at
Sing Sing prison, of consumption,
before completing his term of im
prisonment. The Eugene Morning Register
has just issued a very creditable
anniversary edition, of 64 pages,
containing a compact history of the
"city of destiny" from the time that
Eugene Skinner settled there in 1846
up to the present time. It is well
embellished with many well-print-ee
half-tones illustrations and is a
credit not only to the publishers,
but to the growing city that i t illus
trates. . A small but select ahdience
assembled .Wednesday evening in
the Presbyterian church to hear the
celebrated violinist, Elmore Rice.
Seldom is it the privilege of most
people to hear good playing on that
king of instruments the violin
much less to hear such masterly
execuiion as proceeded jfrom the
instrument of Mr. Rice. We wish
that many more might have present
and heard him..
C. Weed, of Philomath, ia lying
seriously ill at Mr. Felger's here as
the result of having several teeth
extracted. He came over Wednes
day and before sitting down in the
dentist's chair imbibed a quantity
of whisky by way of a tonic. The
liquor did its work for Mr. Weed
was asleep when the dentist had
jerked out 14 big chewers. . He
was placed on the office lounge and
remained there several hours when
he awoke verv ill He was taken to
the residence of Mr. Felger, and at
the lime of this writing is slowly re
covering. Children's Fairyland.
Wonderful scenes of pleasure bright,
. Visions of fairy joys,
Wonderful dreams of rare delight
Come to small girls and boys.
Wonderful animals nod and blink
All of the dreamland througli
And care for tne children. What do you
Think
Do little folks' dreams come true ?
The dream will surely come true for
tne announcement is male in flaring
headlines that the New Norris and Bowe's
Greater Shows, Big Circus Carnival and
Congress of Wild Animals, will give two
performances here on Friday May 20th
at S and 8 P. M. So prepare them to re
joice, for the long cherished ambition of
Norris and Bowe ia now realized, the am
bition to have a real big circus, replete
with all the novelties that the greatest
show that ever existed had and some
more. This season the show is made up
of 20 special railway cars ; its mammoth
new tents take ' op every available inch
of space and it takes an elevated stage
and two rings to properly give the com
plete exhibition of the various mid-air
and ground performances of the many
kinds.. - ..: .. . .
The 4 Georges.
It may strike you that "The 4
Georges" is a rather unusual name
for a showy and it is. -JThe name
has nothing to do, however, with;
the bill for Wednesday night.;-It
is merely the name adopted 'by
the Company and not thename
of a play, as some might be led
to believe. This is their fourth
season on the road a nd the name
is familiar to - theater goers
throughout the United states.
"The 4 Georges" have been
playing across the continent this
season to crowded houses, and,
judging from their press notices,
the company is giving the best of
satisfaction. '.They appear at the
Coryallis Opera House "next Wed-1
nesday night May. nth. , .
ABOUT THE 4 GEORGES.
The Curtis was crowded at
both the alter noon and evening
performances. ' No possible op
portunity for laughter seems, to
have been omitted. -Denver News.
Specialties form a large portion
of 4 'The 4 Georges" show that
opened at the Grand Monday
night. Miss Marion George in
violin ; numbers received - hearty
applause, also Miss Agne.s George
i songs, and Miss Kathenne
George in Parisian dances and
contortion work . Des - Moines
News." " ' " """"
The 4 Georges are a success.
They are good comedians and
their specialties are above the
average. . Marion George is an
artist of rare ability, her tech
nique is perfect. And "Kath
arine" gave, the best performance
of its kind ever seen here. St.
Louis Republic.
.The 4. Georges won't make
everybody laugh, such a thing
wouldn't, be possible; they will,
however, make all the born pes
simists happy and that is going
some. Salt Lake Lake . Herald.
The 4 Georges company is ex
ceptionally, good. There were
two specialties alone well worth
tne price of admission. A violin
solo, which , was four times en
cored, rendered by Miss Marion
George, and a contortion specialty
by her sister, which was one of
the most remarkable exhibitions
of its . kind ever seen on. tlje
Provo stage. Provo Enquirer.
.County Court Session.
The county court met in regu
lar session Wednesday afternoon.
Most of the afternoon was occu
pied in considering bills. '
Action was taken to remuner
ate Mrs. Huggins for keeping the
county poof.
Action was also taken in re
gard to the dispute concerning
school Dist. No. 9. It was decided
by the action of . the court and a
former superintendent that the
compaining parties on the west
rightfully belong " within the
aforesaid district.
A motion is also under contem
plation, but not fully decided at
the time of this writing, to erect
a suitable monument over the
grave of James Dunn. It was
argued that such bravery as was
shown by Mr. Dunn should re
ceive substantial public recogni
tion and in such a way that the
city, county, and the orders to
which he belonged might, con
tribute a share of the expense.
The monument will probably
cost $100.
Great Reduction Sale.
We will sell for cash during the month
of May 500 pairs of Shoes, Mens Wo
mems Misses and Childrens at greatly
reduced prices, in order to give room for
a new stock of goods which will arrive
about June first. - Come early and get
your choice from 25 cents up. The sale
only lasts through May.
J. E. Henkle.
IW(n)imptf
That tbo GAZETTE has tho
Best JftsortaenK
Tittest Display
. FOR v
30b itforfc ormi vm.
- temperance People's Rally.
The temperance people of the
city 'and vicinity .met- at the
Court House Tuesday night and
opeped the popular campaign for
local option. . Therev were about
5ori present. , ' President E.
Emerick 7 of Philomath College;
acted as ' chairman. The Philo
math Male Quartet rendered sev
eral well-received campaign selec:
tions. . Rev. Dr. Tufts, president
of the Oregon Anti-Saloon League
was the principal speaker. -- His
address was a fair and unbiased
presentation of the local option
proposition, '-.upon which the peb-
plewill vote at the coming elec
tion. . This local option is not of
itself prohibition for it" will not
necessarily close a single saloon.
It is simply a means of determin
ing by popular vote whether or
riot liquor shall be . sold in cer
tain localities. As it now stands
they cannot do this in this state."
It is called local option because
each locality will settle the mat
ter of its own free will arid choice.
Neither is it a partisan bill, for
prominent men irrespective of
party heartily endorse the meas
ure. If it becomes a law it will
not close a single saloon where
the majority favor them. Thirty-
five states of the nation already
have this - law and find it ex
ceedingly - useful in cases of
emergency. : There is.no con
cealing the fact, however, that
the primary object of this move
ment is to drive out the saloon.
But in view of recent occurrences
in our city there is little doubt in
the minds of most citizens that
the city would be-greatly bene
fitted if every saloon were closed.
" ; Letter List.
For the week ending April. 30, 1904.
Persons calling for these letters will
please state date on which they were ad
vertised. They will be charged at the
rate of one cent each: - -
H E Chapman H A Frick
Miss Nellie Jones Etfie Mackey
leaiah Newton Wm. Nixon
Clarence B rippman J W Parrish "
Uenn Wolf J M Williams
S B Williams - C C Williamson
Williams, Denhart & Wells
B. W. Johnson P. M.
Notice of Election.
Notice is hereby gives that the annual
election for the city of Corvallis will be
held Monday, the 16th day of May, 1904,
for the election of a chief of police, police
judge, treasurer, one councilman from the
brat ward, two conncilmen irom the
second ward, and two conncilmen irom
the third ward. Said election will be
gin at 9 o'clock, a. m., and will continue
until 6 o'clock p. m. without closing the
polls.
The following has been designated as
the polling place: Council Chamber, City
Hall, situated on the southeast corner 01
Fourth and Madisen streets, and the fol
lowing persons have been appointed to
conduct said election: Judges, Caleb
l'avis, Joseph Yates-, K, H. Colbert:
clerks, Bobt Johnson and W. Dilly.
jiven under my hand and seal this
28th day of April, 1904.
J2i. Jr. Ubbffoz,
Police Judge.
Will Beautify Fair Grounds.
Geo. Coote, connected with the Agri
cultural College at Corvallis, returned to
that place today after having spent a
number of days in Portland arranging
the floral display which the College will
have at the 1905 fair. Mr. Cootemakes
frequent trips to the city iu the inteieat
of the work.
He is In charge of the floral depart?
ment of the grounds, : which have betn
set apart by the fair for the-Agricultural
College. The grounds consist of four
acres laid off in plats.
During the coming fall 25,000 peren
nial and biennial plants will be set out.
Two plats will be devoted to raising hops,
while four large beds of roses will be
connected closely to the bungalow to be
erected in the center of the College's
grounds. A greenhouse will be built on
the south end of the grounds.
It is announced that'by next summer
100 plats of different vegetation will be
growing. There will also be all kinds of
long and lawa grasses. On the four
acres there will be 150 varieties of an
nuals and perrennials andM50 varieties
of vegetables. .
Thirty men are now at work preparing
the grounds, which, when finally com
pleted, .will be one of the most artistic
exhibits at the fair. Portland Journal.
.PIONEER GUN STORE..
fine line of new guns, sporting goods,
fishing tackle, fine cutlery, etc.
. Stock of G. Hodes at big bargains.
Gun repair work done neatly and
promptly and satisfaction
guaranteed.
H. Em HODES, Corvallis.
, For Sale.
Breeding herd, (all ages), of pure-bred
Shorthorns, with registered 3ryear-old
Boll, for tale,-about 25 head.. Frank Bat
her, (near Falla City, Polk county, a rail
way pjint). Postal address, Dallas B.
F. D. No, 2, Polk Cwifty, Owcob. ' r
FILLS
THE
BILL.
UNION MADE
FOR SALE ONLY
t ! BY ME.
HOTEL CORVALLIS
J. O. HAMMEL, Prop.
day.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
W. P. LAFFIEKTY
l)ipmatt'$
Cbipman'S
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
4
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HOME SEEKERS
AMBUER & WATTERS,
REAL ESTATE, LOANS, INSURANCE
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WATTERS, CORVALLIS
With one eye on style and the
other on economy is a position '
lots of young men find them
selves in when buying shoes.
lhey can't aNord fancy-priced,
shoes, but they" must have
style. All styles Oxfords and
JBluchers, the ; most ODular
leathers. They are built on
foot forms, style, comfort,
service and hygenic principles
all retained.
Season's opening
Saturday, May 7,
at
MILES STARB'S,
Made to order
Tee
Cream
for occasion.
College student
trade particularly
solicited.
Special
Fancy
Brick.
Leading hotei in Corvallis. Newly
furnished with modern conveni
ences. Rates $1, $1.25, $2 per
COMMERCIAL MEN.
Notions, Fancy Goods,
China and Queensware
Restaurant
Meal Tickets $3.00 Regular Board.
$3.50 to eat whenever hungry.
Restaurant
Saturday. -
For the Best
Photographs
If yon are looking for some real good
Bargains in Stock, Grain. Fruit and
Poultry Ranches, write for our special
list, or e me aud see us. We will take
pleasure in giving you reliaole informal
tion; also snowing you over the county
HENRY AMBLER, PHH.OMATIT