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Vol. XLI.
Corvalus Benton Couoty, Oregon, Friday, August 12, 1904.
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Who Are They?
Up at the head waters of the
Lucuamute, near old Fort Hos
kins, is a company of about
twenty surveyors, working in
dustriously with some object in
view, but what it is no one seems
able to ascertain, as all questions
are met with evasive answers. It
is supposed that a railroad route
is being sought for the Siletz
country, where there is an exten
sive tract ot timber. A gentle
man, whose name is not known
and who owns extensive holdings
in that section, is .-upposed to be
behind the enterprise.
This, however, is conjecture;
but it is known to be a fact that
an opening 10 the Siletz country
has been talked of lor a number of
years At first it was thought
that the Falls City road could be
extendtd over the mountain, but
that is now (tjiveu up Another
feasible pan is to build a road
from the S. P. at Airlie through
Kings Valley to connect with the
C. & E. at Wren or Blodgett.
A few days ao the General
Land Agt. of the O. R. and N.
was in Corvallis and had a con
sultation with the Benton county
assessor.
It is possible that a resurvey is
being made with a view to mak
ing up the assessment roll which
will be completed in September.
WILL BlILD THE LINE.
Work Must Begin Within tlie
Next Ninety Days.
Better Than a Patent Medicine.
The following is an excellent
cough remedy which is said to
cure coughs and even consump
tion in its first stages. One of
our subscribers seuds it for publi
cation and requests that readers
cut it out and save it.
One pint alcohol, one table
spoonful oil of tar, two teaspoon
fuls rhubarb and a bunch of
elder bark about the size of a
man's fist fiom the two-year-old
growth, scraped downward in ob
taining it.
First add oil of tar to alcohol,
then add rhubarb; boil elder bark
till strength is obtained, strain it
and boil down to a gill, then add
it to a pint of hot water, then
sweeten with honey or sugar un
til it is about the consistency
of thin syrup and add to alcohol
while hot.
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The county court convened in
extra session Wednesday to con
sider the petition for a franchise,
made by Eugene parties, to build
and operate an electric road along
the state road from Corvallis to
the southern limit of Benton
county. The petition with the
action of the court is given be
low and is worthy of careful con
sideration of every citizen of Ben
ton comity. W. E. Yates repre
sents the Eugene company. A
telegram was received by him
Wednesday morning from parties
in Eugene that the Lane county
court had granted the new com
pany a franchise similar to the
one asked for in Benton county.
The Benton county court granted
the franchise asked for with but
few res-ervations. The franchise
was given thoughtful and careful
consideration, the entire court
leaning toward the side of con
servatism in order to safeguard
the interests of the county.
The granting of this franchise
and the building of this road
marks the beginning of a new era
for Benton couuty. We sin
cerely hope that the new com
pany is serious in its undertaking
and will accomplish what it
seeks to do.
THE PETITION.
The undersigned, your peti
tioner, respectfully petitions your
honorable body to grant to it un
der such terms and restrictions
as may be just and equitable, a
right, privilege and franchise to
construct, operate and maintain a
system of electric railways, and
the poles wires and superstruc
tures used in connection there
with, on the county roads of Ben
ton county, Oregon, hereinafter
described to-wit: Commencing
at the south boundary of the
city of Corvallis in said county
and running thence east aud
south and generally southeasterly
direction via Monroe to the south
boundary of Benton county on
the road between Monroe in said
county and Junction City in Lane
county, Oregon, in an easterly
direction from Monroe; said road
being known as the territorial or
state road and designated on the
plats of Benton county as road
No. .
BENTON COUNTY'S ACTION.
Now at this time comes the
Willamette Vallev Electric Rail
road Company and petitions the
court for a franchise, right and
privilege over the county roads
herein ifter designated for the
purpose of constructing, operat
ing and maintaining an electric
railway thereon, this matter
having been under consideration
by the county court since the 4th
day of August, 1904, and it ap
pearing to the court that such
railways can be constructed and
operated upon the county roads
of this county without material
injury or obstruction to the or
dinary travel and traffic thereon
and that the construction and
operation of such railways would
be of great benefit and conven
ience to the public and will facil
itate communication and tend
more rapidly to develop the re
sources of the county and increase
the wealth thereof, it is ordered
by the court that the following
rights be granted to said peti
tioner over the following county
roads upon the petitioner com
plying with and carrying out and
performing the conditions here
inafter named, to-wit:
Route No. , 1. Commencing
at the south boundary of the city
of Corvallis in the said county
and running thence south am'
east and in a generally south
easterly direction via Monroe to
the south boundary of Benton
county on the road between Mon
roe in said county and Junction
City in Lane county, Oregon in
the territorial or state road and
designated on the Plats of Benton
county as road No. .
The exact location of said
electric railway upon said county
roads is to be hereafter deter
mined by a survey thereof at the
expense of petitioner, and survey
and location to be subject to this
court. Said railway shall be
constructed alone one side of
the right-of-way constituting said
county roads and shall not occu
py more than 15 feet of said right-of-way,
measuring from the out
side limit excepting at the places
where it is necessary for the con
struction of switches, and at
such places not more than 20
feet of said county roads shall be
occupied; and in all cases there
shall be left not less than 30 feet
in width of said county roads out
side and exclusive of that occu
pied by said electric railway.
And whenever.it is necessary for
said petitioner ior any reason to
occupy and appropriate the road
bed ot any part of the said county
roads, such contingency to be de
termined by the county court,
then said petitioner shall obtain
sufficient and suitable ground
for a road-bed and convey the
same, or cause it to be conveyed
to said county and construct
thereon a road-bed in all respects
as good, - permanent and safe as
that appropriated by itself, and
such conveyance and construc
tion shall be completed before
the old road-bed is disturbed, this
court to be the judges as to the
sufficiency and suitableness of
said new road-bed. And' in all
cases where it is nece' sary or con
venient for said railway to cross
any of said county roads, said
crossings shall be so constructed
by said petitioner as not to inter
fere with the ordinary travel and
traffic UDon said county roads and
to the satisfaction of this court;
and the cuts and grades, if any,
along said county roads made for
the purposes of said railway, shall,
be so constructed and maintained
as not to interfere with the proper
drainage of said county roads
and so as not to make the same
dangerous to public travel or ma
terially interfere with the ingress
to or egress lrm said county
road by the adjoining owners.
The poles for said railway shall
be set at the edge of said county
roads. The survev to be made
by petitioner and filed herein as
above provided, shall show ac
curately the limits of said county
roads as shown by the records of
said county, the exact location of
said railway, the location of
the switches necessary and con
venient therefor, the topography
of the ground and all other facts
and details usually shown by
such surveys and necessary and
convenient for the proper under
standing of the same and the
location of said track and switches
shall be subject to the approval
of the court.
Actual construction of said
system of electric railways shall
be commenced within go days
from date of this order, and not
less than five miles of said track
shall be built within one year,
and the whole of said line shall be
completed and in operation with
in two years. A failure upon the
part of the petitioner to comply
with any of these conditions shall
work a forfeiture by him of any
right or privileges granted herein
at the option of this court. A
failure by petitioner to operate
said railway by running a car
each way over the same every 24
hours, shall be cause for forfeit
ure of said tranchise unless pre
vented by storms, strikes or other
causes beyond the control of said
petitioner.
No rights, privileges or fran-
chises granted hereunder shall
continue or be in force after the
1 st day of September, 1954.
Subject to the foregoing re
strictions and conditions, and
subject to the approval by the
court of the location of said rail
way track and switches, and sub
operation and maintenance of
said system, a franchise, right
and privilege is hereby granted
said petitioner to construct, oper
ate and maintain an electric rail
way, and the poles and wires and
other superstructures necessarv
for the successful operation of
the same upon the county roads
above set forth and described for
the term of 50 years.
A Day Among the Hills.
Corvallis, which means "the
heart of the valley," is well
named, and its loyal citizens
ntver tire of singing its praises.
There is no point iu the Willam
ette river wuere its waters flow
with more grace and beauty taan
here, and the beautiful hills which
form an ever-changing back
ground, would take the eye of an
artist and the pen of a poet to
describe them.
At this time of the year it is
real pleasure the spend the day
among them. This pleasure was
afforded a party of fifteen ladies
wtio were tne guests ot Mr. and
Mrs. C. G. Davis on Tuesday.
The party, with Mr. Davis in
charge, ietttown at eleven o'clock
tor their farm which lies four
miles west of Corvallis. The
drive is a beautiful one, the road
winding among the hills until the
home which nestles in a little
valley is reached. The invita
tions were ror a day in the woods,
so the ride was continued for
another half mile to an ideal
spot wuere Mrs. Davis gave all a
ioyal welcome.
Beneath the spreading branches
of the trees, on a table built for
the occasion and beautifully dec
orated with ferns and flowers, a
bounteous dinner was served.
The aiternoon was given over to
conversation, to gathering ferns,
and to the simple joy of being in
the woods. All too soon the
lengthening shadows warned the
party it was time to go home and
an hour later, a day among the
hills had become a pleasant memory.
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Closes Successful Term.
Earl Brown closed a very suc
cessful term of school at West-
wood, seven miles west of Philo
math, last Friday evening. A
short' program was rendered by
the school interspersed by select
ions on phongraph. Supt. Den-
man made the graduating ad
dress and presented Miss Mildred
White her diploma. Mr. Den-
man gave a comprehensive speech
on the state course laid down for
the guidance of all pupils in the
common schools. He also point
ed out the duty of school officers
concerning the work done in
their respective schools. Prizes
were awarded Myrtle Reynolds
and Esther White and Ina Ches
ley for efficiency, the former re
ceiving a fine album and the two
latter each received a doll.
lwenty-nve cents each was
given to Miss Reynolds and Ina
Ceesley for perfect attendance.
Finally as a token of remem
brance each pupil enrolled during
the term received a photograph
of their teacher.
Crop Conditions In Benton.
I7e don't want to fccsrjr no's
But you must come early if you wish to mx-ir s
bargains at our great summer reflation i..,
WASH GOODS arcd
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SUMMER DREC3 GOOD
AT COST.
10 per cent reduction on table linen and
10 per cent reduction on lace curtains an z
10 percent reduction on calicos, percales
10 per cent reduction on all 50c mixed-r
10 per cent reduction on cretens, sijkdi .
10 per cent reduction on towels arid tov
Bargains in odds and ends ribbons and .
20 per cent reduction on embroderies
mings.
Otker bargains on the remnant counter
We pay the top price for country produ :.
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We want you to ftarry up
and see our store under its present mw.r. 7'
our windows will convince you that we ' -ordinarily
fine inside. We are headqur
-.rr.it. A giants at
Furniture, Carpets, Matting,
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pJ!QTt etc.-
Give us a chance to show you our largv Ii,o of roods. If you
are not now ready to buy, when you ar oj v. -ill know where
to get
Honest Goods at Honast Prices.
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THE LEADING FUHiTURE HOUSE."
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The yield of grain is light all
over the county, but what there
is, is of good quality. The thresh
ing outfits have about finished
their run of fall grain. The oats
headed very short but the heads
are showiag up better than was
anticipated. The average yield
of tall wheat will not much ex
ceed twelve and a half bushels an
acre. The spring wheat is being
cut in places, but will not exceed
the general average, although well
located and favored fields will
vield fifteen bushels. There is a
fair promise of a good crop of late
apples.
Oak wood is selling at from $3
This spsoe s-'&s&i'-w&ui fw
The OorwiiFHs S&w& Miii $3o.
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AFIAMS POOS CONTRACTORS-;
Will furnith fsdn-.-" - anything in t) ? h v-. lin.
All kine'e of picket and i. .v to order. St u- w iVMu. s,t C i !Hv
J. E. HENKLE,
MUXXIXERY. MERtnASDISK,
DRY GOODS GROCERIES.
PRODUCE BOUGHT SOLDj
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an easterly direction from Mon
ject to the general supervision of
Philo i ath, Or.
to $4 per cord and fir horn $2.50
ro ; said rotd being kno-rh as
this court as to the construction,
to $3.50 per cord.