Vol. XLI.
CORVALLIS, fiENTON : CdmY, OREGON, " FRIDAY, JULY S9 1904.
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Benton County Lumber Co.
Whea it comes to a question of
"doing things" of "hustle" and
"hum" in transacting business
the Benton County Lumber Com
pany of Philomath, readily carry
off the palm. S. S. Ewing, the
accommodating manager is one
ot those far-sighted fellows, who
takes in the situation at a 'glance
and never conceives a false idea.
The Benton County Lumber
company have one of the very
best propositions .in the state.
An inexhaustible supply of the
finest fir and cedar lies in to the
east and south ot Mary's Peak.
Long before the present supply of
magnificent trees is exhausted a
new growth will have sprung up
to take its place. The company
haB a mill right on the ground
turning out 15 to 20 thousand
daily and steadily employing 30
men. A seven mile flume takes
the lumber on its long journey
and dumps it down at the plan
ing mill at Philomath. The water
of Mary's Peak cool and clear as
crystal is an inexhaustible res
ervoir for any demand. Citizens
of Corvallis may yet see the day
that the snows of this peak will
furnish her drinking water.
The market for the output of
finished lumber is found light
here. It is purchased in Corvallis
Albany, Salem, and points west
on the C. & E., Independence.
Dallas and often large shipments
eo to faraway points. The Ben-
toa lumber is .always clear and
in great demand and it is always
a pleasure to transact business
with men who are determined to
forge ahead. The planing mill
is one of the best equipped in the
state, supplying all kinds of sea-(
soned lumber ready to put right
iuto your house. -
The Benton people carry a
regular ad in the Gazette, it is
found on the second page, it is
always right there. Look for it
and give the company a call. Mr.
Ewing will be glad to give you
any information you desire along
building lines. A card address
ed to the Benton County Lumber
company will reach the spot.
Advertissng pays. Let the
people know where you are and
' what you have to sell.
A MACHINE SWINDLER.
Officers Looking for dewing Ma
chine Agent Price.
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Considerable excitement pre
vailed down at Abbot's feed barn,
Wednesday evening, over a sew
ing machine that Mr. Abbot had
taken from G. A. Price on a liv
ery bill, and had sold to another
party. Price, it appears, was
agent here last winter for the
Singer Sewing Machine Com
pany, having his home and office
in a building opposite the Farm
ers' Hotel. He kept his horse and
rig at Mr. Abbott's barn and ran
up a bill amounting to$24.45.
This he could not- pay but in
duced Mr. Abbott to accept a
sewing machine as payment,
valued at $25. By misrepresen
tation Mr. Abbott was induced
to sign a lease contract, Price
explaining that it was necessary
in order to keep his business
straight and promising to give a
receipt to Mr. Abbott to show
that the machine was fully paid
for. This Price failed to do
although repeatedly requested to
do so by Mr. Abbott, Tputting
him off with one pretext and
another. Mr. Abbott, - thinking
that the machine belonged right
fully to him, sold it to Mrs.
Hamisou for $25. Price, in the
meantime, moved to Linn coun
ty but Wednesday night he re
turned to Corvallis with an ac
complice and while Mrs. Hami
sou was out, they entered the
house and took the machine
away, and taking it over into
Linn county and quickly dis
appearing. The authorities were
at once notified and Price is be
ing sought for but cannot be
found. .
There is no doubt about the
agent's duplicity ana he was
very unwise to resort to his final
method in securing the machine.
Price is known here as a drinking
man and one who does uot pay
his bills. He was working under
another aeent by the name of
Church at Portland, It is thought
that pressure was brought to bear
upon Price to either produce the
machine or pav the money font
Mr. Abbott is in a peculiar
situation but there is no doubt
about his final justification in
the matter. He has sold a ma
chine that by the terms of the
contract he had no right but yet
he owned the machine as clearly
as is possible for anyone to own
it and yet he couW not show
receipt from Price showing that
it was paid for it. Mrs. Hamison
is out her machine and will hold
Mr. Abbott therefore. Price can
be arrested on several charges,
the principal one being that of
burglary.
A most enjoyable evening was
spent at the home ot Mr. and
Mrs. E." E. Caldwell, in Linn
county, Saturday, ; July; 23, in
honor of Misses Cloy Buchanan
of Tennessee and Gladys Cooper
of Nebraska. , The evening was
an ideal oae. Miss Buchanan
rendered several very pleasing
piano selections, and Master Ross
Everett favored the guests with
many humorous negro songs on
his phonograph. Mr. Rollo
Hulburt sang a number of songs.
Mrs. J. P. Durno closed the pro
gram and won the honors, of the
evening with her two piano solos,
4fThe Piccaninies" and "The
Merriest Girl That's Out" r"
At. 1 1 o' clock dainty refresh
ments were served, after which
the older people withdrew and
-a. .
wishing their charming hostess
goodnight left the young; people
to enjoy the remainder of the
evening . -
Much praise is due to Mr. and
The Portland Meeting.
. . ZOOLF
. The meeting of the Oregon De
velopemeut League at the Mar-
auam Theatre in Portland, next
Tuesday and Wednesday, prom
ises to be well attended. The
county Judge and Mayor have
each presented their list "of dele
gates, but as yet no one has been
named by the Citizen's League.
Judge Watters has appointed
the following to represent Benton
W. L. Price j Kings Valley, H.
F. French, Corvallis, - W. H.
Malone. Alsea, Adam Wilhelm
Jr.: Monro?, W. A. Gellatly,
Blodgett, W. A. Jolly, Philomath,
Robert Gallatly, Philomath, Pet
ter Rickard, Inavale, T. G. Mav-
berry, Albany, and John Whit-!
aker, Bruce. .
The mayor's list is as follows:
M. S, Woodcock, J. R. Smith,
August Ffscher, E. Allen, S. L.
Hays, J. M. Cameron, Punderson
Avery, Robert Johnson, B. W.
Johnson and E. R. Bryson. -
The advertisement on our sec
ond page shows that a round trip
rate of one-half fare for the dele
gates has been announced by the
railroads, the rate applying to the
families of delegates as well as to
the delegates themselves.
A Pleasant Gathering.
ofthegiaiu as possible, and, when
necessary onlv, to run both.
The'Avery mill will be openall
the time, however, to receive
grain and give out sacks. The
new firm will : be known as the
Corvallis Flouring Mills. .
"i Mr. Fischer is putting in re
pairs on his mill at the present
time, getting ready for the busy
season. Much new machinery
will be installed and many need
ed; improvements ; instituted.
About $4,000 will be expended
along this Jinei jwhich will make
the mill second to none in the
state. -
More About Chittim.
J. D. Mann has just returned
from a trip ta the lower Alsea
country where he has been com
bining p'easure with the chittim
business. He built, with little
assistance, a, very commodious
cabin, cutting and peeling the
poles and carrying them from two
to three hundred vards. Thp
Mrs. Caldwell for their untiring shakes with -h thp
zeal in making the evening one covered were carried on horse
to be long; remembered. tThose
present were Mr. and Mis. J. F.
Applegate: Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Hamlin ; Mr. and Mrs. C. . H.
Everett; Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Dur
no; Mr. and Mrs. G.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Misses Buchanan, Cooper, Wade,
Patterson, Nordyke. Applegate,
DuBurielle, Williams, Hulburt,
Messrs Hulburt, Applegate, Ross
and Ralph Gedney, Wade,. But
ler, Patterson and Miller.
on
back nearly a-mile. The cabin
is for S. J. Mann, his son, who
has taken up a valuable claim in
that, section. ' Besides having
about six tons of chittim. it will
A. Hurd ; I u when cleared. - a pond stork
vv UDanKS, 1 rariCh. It is reached bv Emirm to
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Tidewater, rowing down the Al
sea several miles, then up a small
river, four miles on a wagon road,
an two miles on horse-back
Mr. Mann's son . is peelin
chittim regularly every day and
will have brought out and stored
here in Corvallis. It will cost
two cents a pound to get it here.
Herman Brever or "Bismark" Mr. Mann says that buyers are
as everyone calls him, mixologist on the ground offering j4 cents
at the Whitehorn saloon was the a pound delivered at the depot
principal in a very unmanly mix- and tnere is strong talk ot 10
up last MoLday nigbt. Bismark cent-chittim. lhe idea seems
has been paying considerable at- to prevail that all or nearly all of
tention of late to Lily Firestein, the bark will be peeled this year,
who lives on the south end of but this is far from being the case
fifth street. It was rumored a Pjobably less than half the sup
few days ago that he was to have ply will be peeled, this year.
been married, but an altercation
A Disgraceful Affair.
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I7e don't want to hurry you
But you must come early if you wish to secure some
bargains at our "great suiflmer reduction sale.
WASH GOODS and
SUMMER DRESS GOODS .
AT COST.
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10 per cent reduction on table linen and napkins.
10 per cent reduction on lace curtains and scrims.
10 percent reduction on calicos, percales and ginghams.
10 per cent reduction on all 50c mixed-wove dress goodr.
10 per cent reduction on cretons, silkaline and draperies7.
10 per cent reduction on towels and towelings.
Bargains in odds and ends ribbons and laces.
20 per cent reduction on embroderies. and dress trin -'
mings.
Otker bargains on the remnant counter,
.We pay the top price for country produce.
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The Albany Races.
had resulted in the postponement
of the ceremony.
tfismark went to tne turestein A1i lGVers of fmod snnare racing
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nome ivionaay mgnt oy previous should not , fail to attend the
arrangement wnn ivir. mresrein meet of the Albanv Drivine
to taut over tne matter wnen ne Accafn tr.- SatnrHfl
was told by Mrs. Firestem that afternoon. There will be no nool
he was not at home. Bismark Lii:n anj fIl rc u rj1n
insisted mat ne was at nome anu on tne anaTe
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aemanaea a searcn ot tne nouse. ti, ;mnnrtf PCpflK cavc th
rf 1 a.i li XT -J
1111s ne proceeaea to ao ana Herald, will be the free-for-all
found-Mr. Firestein lying on a with the following entries: Luke
Deu upstairs. uismarK men went Lindsay's Leray, Meade Thomp-
aownstairs ana Degan to auussc c c n-m r nA Trin'c Clnv
Mrs; Firestein, who picked up a
stick of stove wood and struck
him a blow on the head. He then
grabbed Mrs. Firestein by the
throat and was choking her un
mercifully when her cries for
assistance brought in several
neighbors who telephoned to
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Perhaps y ou do
h'tkncN
What a large stock we carry of Baby Buggies, Hammocks, Cota,
FURNITURE, SHADES,
Tents, Stools, Carpets, Matting, Wall-paper, Linoleum. All yon
have to do is to make the selection and put dow n the necessary $$,
w
do the
rest.
We expect to transact business in an honorable, legitimate manner
and all who deal with us will receive fair and impartial treatment.
OLLlNBl
CORVALLIS OREGON
"THE LEADING FURNITURE HOUSE.'!
Iv. B. Mail orders will receive prompt attention-
cisco, with probably several others
to be entered later.
In the road race several ex
cellent horses have been entered.
among them being Belknap's colt
by Colonel Gift, of Salem; a black
Del Norte colt . from Plamview;
Sadie C, oi Corvallis, and a
night Watch Osbum WhO Came Ofte,ir d' Alne rH belnnaincr to
and arrested him. Bismark was w Cfaats t Airlip .Thkktalpnt
arraigned before Judge Greffoz, Lw wnnlfl nttrnnt attPntinn at
Tuesday night on the charge of any race track in the state
assault and battery and fined $13 should bring out a large crowd on
vv cuncsuay ctiicinuua "c wc I Saturday.
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or the cup race there are
several entries that will appeal to
lovers of good horses. Among
those billed togoare Woodward's
Lassia, Turner's Multnomah colt
over into Alsea for a vacation.
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Will
deliver ice every day frcm 7tto11 o'clocijr.-
Small orders mist ke in by 8 o'efeck.
Benton County Flouring Mill Sold.
T7Ino1 nprrnti tirnc ar rnl-
fnr tr,ncfernf th RPntnn 14 M. Winter's Altago horse.
rn,,ntv T?inrinr frrim the Proceeding the races there will
j M Ar I be a show of fine horses, and
t n;KCrt Trtv, WiVVarrt Pnzes will be awarded for the
to'the Fischer estate. The pricej best teams among them being a
is not eiven. but it will be in the ucw otuucuii waguu.
neiorhborhood of S18.000.: An
gust Fischer is doing the pur
chasing not for himself but for
the estate. It is pointed out that
the business is ntt sufficient td
A Serious Accident.
works at
Frank Bennett who
Vim linnn a ulw mill nvpr npar
justify the existence ot two mills, BelfountaiD) was seriously injured
nrr;rVWnT ?: Wednesday by having a big log
fnlly able to grind all. the wheat JJ ?er hil; Bsnnett wf 3 on th
in Benton county and ul"oluo umB uonu ga auu
mnrb mnrp- hreide. Heretofore stumDiea in sucn a way as wtnrow
t,4. c,;oA ,'r. trm Ihim in frontof them as it was com-
ing at a furious rate down the hill.
J TTT--.: M. : 3 4- UeiAr I 1
anu vvasumgLuu, m wuci iv jn . Vjim
UUIS1UC -S" TTa was, oninT.lAt.flW rnn nvpr nrnsK-
ftnnfliriftrarilir ahnnt, - thp
the machinery running- BrnnlWa and lnina . Tt PAmnl
It is the purpose of Mr. Fischer was called and attended the iniured
to put his mill into first-class run- j mao. There are good chances for
ning order and handle . as much ! his recovery.
Grape, Berry and all Kinds of Fruit Shipping
BOXES
Dressed and FinishinglLumber,
Doors, Windows, i Mouldings
Hat lowestj prices
CORVALLIS SAWMILL CO,
E W. STRONG, Pres., Corvallis, Ore,
ADAMS BROS;, S!K
TVillfurnifih estoates on aujthirg in the tnilding line.
All kin' s of picket and woven fence to order. South Main St., CorvalHs.
JjK.HENELE,
DRY GOODS, GEOCEMES.
I PRODUCE iBOXJGHT and .SOLD."
PHILOMATH, OR.