CLASSIFIED ADVtR IISLMEHTS
Five liies. or less, 26 cents for three
insertion?, or 50 cents per month.
WANTED
OAK LOGS AND CEDAR POLES. BY
the Corvallis Sawmill Compauy. North
Main street-
MOHAIR AND WOOL WANTED
The very highest price paid, at S. L
Kline's. Corvallis. .
INFORMATION "WANTED OF THE
whereabouts of Eliza Ann Clinton or
heirs. Persons knowing please ad
dress Ella Kennedy,
Kenton, Hardin Co., Ohio.
LOST.
XOST, STRAYED or STOLEN SMALL
Shetland ponyi sorrel, with white on
face, on last Wednesday night. Laet
seen on road north of Corvallis Tbnrs
day merning. Anyone will be liberally
rewarded by returning game to the
owner, A. J. Johnson.
AGENTS WANTED.
150.00 AND UP PER MONTH TO EN
ergetic representatives in every city and
town in Oregon, Washington and Ida-
- bo. Dignified, honorable, permanent
and immensely profitable employment
at home or on the road; eotnetbing
new: send stamp or call at office for
details. SQUARE DEAL BROKER
AGE CO., 129 7th St., Portland, Or.
FOR SALE
A SOUTHERN OREGON TIMBER
location, for sale cheap. About fonr
million feet of pine; near railroad.
P. O. Box 373, Corvallis.
LIVESTOCK
P. A. KLINE. LIVE STOCK AUC
TIONEER. Corvallis. Oregon, Office
at Huston's hardware store. P. O. ad-
d ress Box 1 1 . Pays highest prices for
all kinds of livestock. Twenty year's
experience. Satisfaction guaranteed
PHYSICIANS
L. G. ALTMAN, M. D.. HOMEOPA
thist. Office corner of Third and Mon
roe streets. Residence Corner Third
and Harrison streets. Hours 10 to 12
a. m. 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays
9 to 10 a. m. -Phone res'dence 315.
B. A. OATHEY, M.-D., PHYSICIAN
and Surgeon. Rooms 14, Bank Build
ing. Office Hours : 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to
4 p. m. Residence: cor. 5th and Ad'
ams Sts. Telephone at office and res
idence. Corvallis. Oregon
C H. NEWTH, M. D., PHYSICIAN
and Surgepn, Office and Residence, on
Mam street, Philomath, Oregon.
DRS. W. -H. & MAUD B. HOLT,
Osteopathic Physicians. Over First
National Bank, Corvallis. Office hours :
9 to 11 a. m., 2 to 6 p. m.
ATTORNEYS
E. R. BRYSON ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Post Office Building, Coival
lis, Oregon.
JOSEPH H. WILSON, ATTORNEY
at-Law. Notary, Titles, Conveyanc
ing. Practice in all State and Federal
Courts. Office in Burnett Building.
LODGE
DIRECTO RY
MASONIC
CORVALLIS LODGE, No. 14. A. F. &
A. M. Stated communication first and
third Wednesdays of each month., at
Masonic Hall, Second et.
Jas. A. Harper, W. M.
W. P. Lafferty, Secretary.
FERGUSON CHAPTER. No. 5, R. A.
M. Regular convocation 2nd Wednes
day of each month at Masonic Hall.
Jesse Irvine, H. P.
J. B. Horner, Secretary.
OREGON COUNCIL, No. 2.R.& S. M
Stated assembly fourth Wednesdav of
each month, at Masonic Hall.
S. Chipman, T. I. M
E. B. Horning, Recorder.
ST MARY'S CHAPTER, No. 9, O. E.
S meets Tuesday preceding the full
moon, at Masonic Hall.
Lillie Groves, W. M.
Bertha Davis. Secretary.
MARYS PEAK CAMP. No. 126, W. O.
W., meets second and Fourth Fridays,
in Woodmen Hall.
Q. W. Fuller, C. O.
J. L. Underwood, Clerk.
ODD FELLOWS
I3JARNTJM LODGE. No. 7, L O. O. F.
- meets every Tuesday evening at J. O.
0. F.Hall. Dolph Norton, N. G.
W. P. Lafferty, Secre tary.
QUI VIVE ENCAMPMENT. No. 26,
1. O. O. F., meets first and third Fri
days in I. O. O. F. Hall.
E. L. Strange, C. P.
W. E. Yates, Scribe.
ALPHA, No. 34, REBEKAH LODGE,
meets the second and fourth Mondays
in L O. O. F. HaH.
Mrs. H. S. Pernot, N. G.
Miss Sadie Dixon,. Secretary.
CORRESPONDENTS CORNER
Snapshots as Caught by
setitatives Throughout" the' County,
Oak Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Gibson, of Forest Grove,
are visiting M s. Gibeou's parents Mr.
and Mrs. Goff. "
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gnff start Thurs
day for Pbilomath.wbere they will visit
friends lor a few days. - z ;
Irva Cady visited relatives at Philo
math Sundav.
' Miss Anna Pagenkopf, who has been
visiting relatives nt-ar " Airiie," returned
home Saturday. ' .,'
11. J. Moore has fold one of his small
farms to a man from Wisconsin.
The ball game between Oak and Albany
played 'Sunday afternoon was a very
entbusiatfc alfair, Albany winning. The
seere stood 1 7 to 14 in favor of Albany.
Grant Williamson has rented bis farm
to John Hanson for a terra of. three
years, r Mr. Hanson takes possession the
first of November.
Will Morris is getting ready to build a
new barn and is now hauling the lumber
As soon as the material is all on the
ground he will begin the structure.
The latest fad among Oak Grove people
is to go to Dead River catfiehing. Many
jolly crowds spend the most of the night
on the ban of that river and on return
ing report excellent luck.'
Several members of the Oak Grove
Evangelical society attended conference
at Jefferson Sunday.
A small caravan of gypsies passed
through Oak (Grove Sunday with a num
ber of fortune tellers along who seem to
reap a harvest off a good many people of
our neighborhood who . were more than
anxious to know all about it
The meeting of the Roosevelt Club
last Tu esday evening was the largest
gathering ever held in the northern part
of the county.' Speakers were present
who were very anxioug to air their
oratory and before long they had an
opportunity to do so. The school house
was packed with a very - enthusiastic
audience. T. T. Vincent and Supt. Den
man were the main speakers, that is
tbey were given the most time and need
less to say they made good use of it. The
program was interspersed with music.
About fifty new names were added to the
list of the Club. - .
Philomath.
Born, on Sunday last, to Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. Newton a son.
O. F. Ditto an spent last Sunday with
friends and relatives in Philomath.
Chas. Allen expects to be busy now that
he is agent lor that best "Page" fence,
The-Philomath boys were the winners
in the baseball game between Plymouth
and Philomath last Saturday.
Geo. Leeper went to Roseburg last
week to take a position in a photograph
gallery.
JN . hj. Watkins went to Munkers the
first of the week.
J. A. Longbottom, Dr. Tiffany and, R.
E. Snyder were in town the first -of the
week in the interest of the Prohibition
party.
N. P. Newton has moved his harness
shop on Main street east of the Black'
smith shop.
- Hill & Son have improved the appear
ance of their building by a fresh coat of
paint
If T .
iur. .ruga, 10 accommodate tne new
farm implements just arrived, has built
an addition to his store. '
Mrs. McClure and daughter, from
Aberdeen, Wash, are visiting at the
home of John Pugh.
Those who sprayed trees for San Jose
scale are well satisfied with results, and
by following the treatment may save their
trees.
Mrs. Cone, of McMinnyille is visiting
at E. A. Cane's.
Mrs. Ezra Dixon, now residing in Port
land, is visiting her mother. Mrs. Rav-
rburn.
Rev. D. L. Fields and wife were wel
come callers this week . renewing old
acquaintances and visiting relatives.
Born, on May 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Harris, a daughter. ...
N.P.Newton and R. W.Jones went
to Astoria this week as delegates from
Buckensto lodge, I. O. O. F. to the Grand
Lodge.
-Mrs. Dora Grink went as a delegate
from Social Rebekah lodge -to State
Rebekah Assembly at Astoria. -
In the gold medal contest last Saturday
evening Miss Maud Angell was the
successful contestant. All the class
received gold class pins.' The judges
were Hon. W. E. Yates, Prof. Horner
and Mr. Crawford, all of Corvallis.
Pbxx-A-Boo.
Bellfountain.
Prof. Mack and wife have returned
from John Day, where they have been
engaged in teaching for several years.
The officers ol the Bellfountain Tele
phone Company .held a meeting today. .
1 j
Our Different :Repre
About all the teachers in the south end
of the county will attend . the annual in
stitute at Corvallis. , v-
Rev. Longbottom, of j- Albany, spoke
here last Sunday on Local Option. His
time was short, owing to a ronfli-iing
appointment, but he made some teliing
points. ,
Rev. T. S. Handsaker, of Corvallis.
preached Sunday mornina and afternoon
to good-sized audiences. He will lecture'
on Local Option, Mondav evening, May
23. A good audience may be tx pee ted.
-J. H and L.VN. Edwards have a new
shearing machine for their cwn use.
Athena Edwards, of Drain, Or,, s vis
iting at the home of her people here
A ladies' quartet from Philomath; com
posed of the Misses Weed, White, Sheak
and Wright, spent last Sabba h hre,
and entertained the people of this sec tion
with their singing, which was high
ly appreciated. Come again.
William Rogers made a trip to Roe
burg with a view to locating there, but
came home better sattsfied with Benton
county.
Robt. Kyle has. sold his beef steers to
Hout & Jones; of Corvallis.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. S. Herren, on
May 14, a daughter.
Miss Mollis Larkins, of . Eugene, is
visiting her father, Rev. A. Larkin.
Preparations are being made for the
picnic on the 28th. A splendid program
will be given, and big time is expected.
-S. A. Tharp is building a new-residence
on his farm north of Bellfountain.
Mr. Spagt is doing the work.
A number of wool growers here px
pect to pool their wool and sell it all to
gether. About a dozen young . men from Port
land, who were on their way to Alsea to
neel chlttim.-camned the other nisrhton
T.K- Fawcett's place, and made them-
selves quite free by shooting and other -
wiae terrorizing the inhabitant. Mr i P" that soon bend-under tne weignt
Fawcett had them lined $50 for trespass. I Piling upon them, or lose their foot-
and let them move on. m an? sllde ut Plae- Th
.uumuicuiuiu c ,and gateway here figured are braced
: ; ; . j f rom every point, as can be seen, and
Had the Best of it. so must always (remain firmly in posi-
"How do you make out that you tion. It takes more time and lumber to
came off better than, your accomplice build such a gate, but it is time and
when you were convicted and lie ac- lumber, profitably spent. American
"quitted?"' Agriculturist. - 4
"Because I had only to pay the pen- small Farms Par Best,
alty, while he had toay the lawyer." Large- farms are not the ones that
Richmond Dispatch. j pay A nri o 85 acres that pro-
Was Carton to Know. ' " duces 60 bushels of corn per acre will
Miranda (visiting city friends) My, a Proflt' wnn a farm of 50 acres
here's her visitin' card. producing only -30 bushels per acre, is
Miranda's Husband What does it operated at a loss; ye't the total quan
Bayj tity of corn is the same for both farms.
Miranda It says she's at home Ttte reason the smaller farm may pay
Thursdays. Wonder where she stops is ttat less labor in proportion to yield
rest of the time? Detroit Free Press. required. The larger farm will de-
mand twice as much plowing, cultivat
ions ot Experience. jjjg. ani harrowing as the smaller one,
"My present wife had had three hus- ana the expense of hauling and spread
bands, so she thought she could man- jng the manure, harvesting the crop,
age me."
"Well?"
"I didn't tell her until after the wed
ding that I had had four wives." Chi
cago Record. v
Mated After Five Moves.
"Perseverance," remarked Henpeck,
with a sigh, "does not always pay."
His bachelor friend waited . ex
pectantly. "For example, I proposed to my wife
five times befdre she accepted me."
London Judy.
Hide Him Stele. !
De Tracker The killing v of that
jockey in yesterday's race was a hor
rible affair, wasn't it? -
De Better Horrible, horrible. Just
made me sick. I had all my money on
that horse. Puck. '
Sertbbler Knew Him.
Scribbler There goes the snubeditor
of the Weekly Ha-Ha. . .
Dauber You mean the subeditor.
Scribbler No, I don't. He is the man
who turns down contributors. N. Y.
Journal. . .
. 7T " -
viT rB a.
like to make a fuss about this
Td
canned beef, Eliza." '
"Well, you'd better not. Remember
you haven't got the whole army and ,
navy back of you." Detroit Free Press.
Fooihmrdy Man.
Mrs. -Skimpen I think Mr. Smith
toutt have liked the beefsteak pie. He
had two helpings to it. -
The Tactless Boarder Possibly he
did it on a wager. Boston Transcript.
-
How it SMsitB him.
"How does your wile occupy her
time?" .
"Wall, since my arm has been vac-
1 cinated she puts in most of her time
leaning on me." Chicago Record.
, ptsamt-i-sAmMl ' -
"Hasn't Caroline one of ST most
beautiful eomnUiTi,. -
"Of course. Why not? Isn't her
. . .-yv J'
, . " . '
kr Wsr Imm siarlw- - '
Whjsejer Bevelgear never has a bell
on bis bicycle.
Scorcher He doesn't need it. Just
look at his stocking., N. Y. Journal.
'rsasJUlmsat.
Slustice ofthe Peace (to hride'a
mother, as the bridegroom hesitates
with his "yes") -Step a little further
nacic, madam." Toledo Bee.
SCATTERING CLOUDS.
aerlaaa Rainmakers' Plan Used to
" - 1'rtveBt Storms.
Possibly it -was from noticing' the un-
successful attempts made by the -would-"
De rammaKers in me imiieu stales 10
i bring down showers when wanted that
I an - ingenious Austrian grape grower
1 -was- induced to exactly reverse ' the
I American practice. An account of. his
experiment is reported . by United
States Consul Stephan at Annaberg.,
The Austrian owned extensive . vine
yards situated on the southern slopes
of the mountains, in a locality often
visited by destructive .hailstorms. At
first he tried galvanized w ire, and he
decided to install a battery and test the
plan of causing explosions to drive off
the hailstorms. He erected six stations
on prominent mountain summits com
manding a territory about two miles
in extent. Each station sheltered ten
mortars .- and' a . corps of volunteers
handled them. The practical ' test is
thus described: -
...Threatening black clouds made their
appearance - on the summits' of .the
Backer mountains. At a given signal
all the mortars were fired off and the
continuous detonations in a few mo
ments caused a -sudden reaction in the
movements of the clouds. The .cloud
wall opened up funnel-like; the mouth
of the. funnel began to rise in the form
of consecutive lings, expanding gradu
ally until all the clouds scattered and
entirely disappeared. No hail nor sud
den downpour of rain fell. The same
experience was gone through six times
last summer, and without a single ex
ception proved a successful preventive.
DURABLE FARM
GATE.
It CUtm
Substantial Air
to All e(
Its Snrronndtngi. . .
The illustration shows a farm gate
that cannot sag, cannot "leave its moor
ings," and gives, moreover, a substan
tial and finished air to the surround
ings. It is useless to make a gate that
GATE THAT CAJTOT SAG.
. will not sag, and then hang it to sup-
etc., is much greater.
LIME ON THE FARM.
Its
Effect on' the Soil Should
B
Studied More Closely.
Lime ia-a much, .used, and very often
at the same. time, a much abused ma
terial on the farm. It has a very im
portant role to play, and, if handled
in. the proper manner, is a valuable aid
to the farmer.. There aremany who
use this "material- again and again
with a mistaken notion as to its true
functions in the soil. In time, how
ever, their experience teaches them the
true place of lime in agriculture, but
often their lands have been almost
exhausted before they gain their wis
dom. While lime has a value as a
plant food, yet its greatest worth oil
the farm is due to its physical effect
on the sou itself. It is very seldom
that a soil does not contain a. sufficient
quantity of lime to furnish this ingre-
J dient as plant food pure and simple.
Bjiefly described, the actions of lime
are as follows: If applied on a sandy
j soil it fills up the openings, makes the
j particles adhere closer, causes them
to retain moisture better, to absorb
, . j..s a a
more at night. On Tilay" soils it sepa
rates the particles, making the soil
more porous, thus easier or tne pas--
sa&e of water and air, and therefore
makes the soil warmer and easier to
work. Lime also hastens the decay of
vegetable matter in the soil, which of
course renders the nitrogen more avail-
able. If j soil is sour, an application
lime v11 sweeten it. If a green
"crop is plowed under, an application of
lime will prevent the soil from becom-
ing acid. Thero is one effect of lime
that has no doubt freqmently been no-
tlced. although wrone conclusions have
been drawn from it. It has often been
j experienced .that an application of
. lime proves very beneficial to clovers of
.U M"3'.. It was formerly thought
tft tac nme eK was me oniy xer-
tilizer needed for the clover; it is now
known, however," that the beneficial ac-
tion of tho lime upon clover is due to
the fact that the lime libera tea other
nlant food in the soil, notably potash.
which is of so much importance in sue-
ces&ful clover culture. ' It will be sen.
however, that the continued applica
tion of lime along would soon cause the
soil to become exhausted of its natu
ral supply, not only of potash-, but also
of phosphoric acid, and in time the
land would become clover sick, which is
a. condition often, met with.-Farmers'
Review.
GENERAL BLACKSMITHS,
One ifoar North Farmers Hotel.
Spring
DressEGoods
Shirt Waists Hosiery
J. E. HENKLE, Philomath.
- O. J. BLACKLEDGE,
ilew furnitnre music Store.
i cordially invite you to inspect my new stock of goods,
m . consisting of m . .
Various Musical Instruments '
Bed Lounges and Couches
Bedroom Suites, Iron Bedsteads
Maple and Ash Bedsteads " '"
Woven Wire Springs
Good Line of Mattresses
Extension Tables, Center Tables
Go-Carts -
Also Sewing Machines, new and second-hand. Second-hand Pianos for
sals and for rent. A few stoves and a few pieces of Granitewae left.
O. J. BLACKLEDGE.
FREE BUS
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL
H. M. BRUNK, Prop.
Leading hotel in Corvallis. Newly
furnished with modern convenien
ces. Rates $1, $1.25 and $2 per
day. J2 D S3 Q D M
SCOTT &
New and Second-hand Furniture.
A Fine New Stock Just Received.
Philomath
Farmers Hotel
W. J. HOWELL, Prop'r.
Headquarters for Farmers. Biggest meal in the City for 25 cents. Only
White Labor employed. Everything new and clean.
HATHAWAY BROS.,
OPPOSITE R. M. WADE'S. SOUTH MAIN ST.. COR VA T.T.T5.
Carriage Building
Horseshoeing
ANIMAL TRAP
1 1 am 1 . rz. srrJ"',- s zmLT
This trap is guaranteed to kill anything from a mouse to a bear;
under ground or on top. Either a" push or a pull will touch it oC
It will take them goin' or cominV It isn't any 'sin for the animal
to fcill ltselL The trap was invented and manufactured by HAR
visy BAKUfiNT, Corvallis, Oregon. For sale at Huston's hard
ware store.
Benton County Cumber Company
. MANUFACTURERS OF
-SCA11 kinds of Fir Lumber : V
Dealers in Shingles, Mouldings, Doors and Windows. Special at
- tention given bills in car-load lots. I-.--'
Announcement
Millinerv
Sideboards. Kitchen Safes
Kitchen lie sures
Dining Chairs, High Chairs
Children's Rockers and
Many Styles of Rockers
Fine Lot Bamboo Furniture just in
Window Shades, Curtain Poles
New Line of Wall Paper
FREE SAMPLE ROOM
PUGSLEY
Oregon
Hacks for sate
General Blacksmithing