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Vol. XU.
CORVALLLS. BEXTOIV COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1904.
No. 6T
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Program Oiegon Stat; Fair.
The programs for the several
day's events at the State Fair in
Salem from Sept. 12 to Sept. 17
inclusive, are given below. Cor
vallis people who do not expect
to go and remain the entire week
ca n now make selection of a day
for their visit. .
Monday, Sept. 12. Opening
Day. In the evening, addresses
will be made by prominent men
of the state on up-to-date topics.
Tuesday. Sept. 13. Woodmen
of the World Day. This entire
day will be devoted to the Wood
men and their sister order, the
Ladies of Woodcraft in their drills
and sports, It is expected that a
dozen drill teams, at least, will be
present in uniform to contest for
the $600 in prizes. .
Wednesday, Sept. 14. Salem
. Day.- This will be a great day,
for Salem business is practically
suspended and everybody goes to
the" Fair. This will also be the
day for the greater Salem stake,
a $2000 purse for 2:15 pacers in
which there are 31 entries.
Thutsday, Sept. 15. Portland
Day. Usually the biggest day of
the Fair is the Portland day, as
the S. P. R. R. runs an excursion
from Portland, and $1.50 pays a
round trip and admission to every
thing on the Fair grounds that
the board has anything to do with.
On this day will come off the
Lewis and Clark stake for $2,000
purse for 2:17 trotters, v
Friday, Sept. 16. Children's
Day. When" all the children in
Marion county, including the In
dian Training School at Chem
awa, the Reform School and the
public school children," will be ad
mitted free.
Saturday. Sept. 17. Closing
Day. The Rural Spirit stake,
$1000 purse for 2. 11 trotters; also
. the consolation race in Lewis and
Clark stake will be run off.
Premiums will be paid and in the
evening a cood program will be
rendered in the pavilion.
McElroy's Band, of Salem, has
been enaed and firood music is
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assured.
The evening entertainment
during the week will be the best
money can procure and a good
time is guaranteed to all who
may attend.
BENTON COUNTY PEDAGOGUES.
Large Percentage Pass Exami
nationMany Ladies..'
The August examination of
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Carries the newest, best and
most complete line of
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applicants ior county and state
certificates closed Satm day . The
attendance was unusually small
with a larger percentage than
ever of lady applicants. The
average age of those applying is 1
higher than ever before, which is
a good indication of an efficient
corps of county teachers. There
were very few of the applicants
under age which is a spurce of
favorable comment on the part of
the examining board. The one
observation that indicates more
than all things else the retrograd
ing of the service is the continued
decrease in the percentage of gen
tlemen teachers. This is due
almost solely to the lack of re
munerative wages. A married
man cannot teach, school and
maintain a decent standard of
living. Men teachers are very
necessary. There are times in
the life of every child when a
male teacher needs to take con
trol and guide its future.
The names of the successful
candidates ire as follows: First
grade Ethel Kyle, Margaret
Fowells and Mrs. Herman Smith.
Special credit is due Miss Kyle,
wjjp received the highest general
average of those examined,
91 5-12 per cent, also Mrs. Smith,
who after an absence from active
teaching for several years, re
ceived a verv fine grade.
The successful candidates for
second grade certificates were,
Autie McClun, Lillith McKen
ney, May Robinson, Minnie Ma
son. Earl Brown, John Bennett
and Audie Pugh. Miss McClun
received the highest general
average in this class, 00 y2 per
cent.
For third grade, Miss Edna
Thompson, Ada Finley, Bertha
Edwards, Isabel Whitby,- Etta
Fuller, Nora Pratt, Lulu Young,
Marie Jones and Ray Robinson
receiving certificates, the highest
average 09 per cent, Deing re
ceived by Miss Thompson. The
following ladies received grade
sufficientlv high to entitle them
second grade papers but for lack
01 experience in teaching: were
awarded only third grade: Edna
Thompson, Bertha Edwards, Ada
Finley, Isabel Whitby and Etta
Fuller.
The list of questions was some
what lighter than those given in
February, but were equally com
prehensive and completely cov
ered the different branches and
on the whole was a lair and rep
resentative examination.
As always occurs on such oc
casions, there were interesting an
swers to questions,' some of them
serious, others given in a spirit
of pure roguishness, the mischief
loving propensities of the appli
cant mastering her desire for a
high grade, borne of these an
swers were so appropriate that
the board granted them full value
for their answer.
Following are some of the
questions and answers: -
What is the main issue at the
present time between the domi
nant political parties? One is
trying to get there and the other
is trying to stay there, or Roose
velt and Parker.
W men are the two most im
portant waterways of North
America? Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans.
Name two important commer
cial cities on each. Portland,
Or., San Francisco, Calif., St.
Louis, Mo. , and New York,
1N. Y.
Locate and" give thev functions
of each of the following': Iris.
eustachian tube, epidermis, thor
acic duct, papilae. Epidermis
is part of the skin and the rest
are all located in the human
body. Begorah! .
Give ? causes of changes t of
seasons. Revolution of earth on
its axis. ; - '. v c
2 What is meant by flora' and
fauna of a country? The flora is
the flowers, the fauna is the other
shrubery. v.
Surely Benton . may expect to
reap a good Harvest from sucn a
lne entire examination was
characterized by cheerful en
thusiasm and high grade work.
The bright mature and intelli
gent faces of the applicants were
source of great inspiration .to
the examining board. Benton
county ought to pay its teachers
better, they de-erye it and ought
to get it.
A unique and no doubt a highly
entertaining and .enjoyable bas
ket meeting will be held at Phil
omath in the grove next Sunday,
commencing at 9.30 in the morn
ing and continuing all day. The
special feature of the day will be
that the ola folks will have charge.
All old persons, living in or near
Philomath, no matter what their
creed, will be entitled to a hear-
Old Folks' Meeting.
Disastrous Albany Fire.
Blackened walls, charred tim
bers, a' pile of partially burned and
thoroughly soaked hay, and gen
eral wreck and devastation mark
the spot where stood the Albany
Lunch Counter, the " George
Neeley delivery barn, and the
Chamberlain meat market, on
East First street. This is the re
sult of a fire that started at a little
after 1 1 o'clock Saturday morn-
I ing in the : Neeley barns and,
spreading with lightning-like ra
pidity, soon enveloped in destroy
ing flames the three structures
mentioned. The fire started in a
pile of hay in the barn, and when
first seen had almost spread over
the floor of the structure, and was
burning through, the walls of the
two ad'oihing buildings, the
lunch counter of McKillop &
Churchill, and the market of the
Albany Dressed Meat company,
conducted by H. C. Chamberlain.
The front , of Will's music
store and the wood wqrfh drug
store, across the street from the
1 : 1 -.1,.
ing and wilt be requested to givel "S ucf" L ,
. , . . r-.ii.-j i:.. and a stream ot water had to be
the early history of their lives.
As there are several very old peo
ple living in and about Philo
math, those lives have been large-
y wrapped up with the early his
tory of Oregon, the meeteng will
no doubt be very rich in remines
cences. -The' meeting will also
be in the nature of an experience
meeting, each, if he or she de
sires, telling the story of his re
ligious life. Conveyances will be
provided for all who have no
means of getting there, and a big
dinner will be served in the
grounds. The day ' s program will
begin with Sunday School at 10
o, clock, then preaching at n
o'clock by Bishop Castle, and the
remainder of the day -will be giv
en up to telling1 experiences.
Everybody is invited to attend
Must Use the Sewer.
directed on the front in order to
save the buildings from being set
on fire from the intense heat. Fly
ing embers fell as far away as the
Southern Pacific station and had
there been wind, the . major por
tion of the business section of Al
bany would have been seriously
menaced.
The origin ot the fire is a mys
tery. That it started in the hay,
all agree. But it is strange how
it did start there. One theorv . is
that some one threw a match
down while lightiug a cigarette.
Wilson, the fellow who was arrest
ed during the fire, was seen go
ing into the barn about five min
utes before the blaze was discov
ered, and it is thought that he
went inside to sleep ; in ; the hay,
the belief gaining ground that he
laid down and while smoking
set the hay on fire.
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Ue don't Want to hurry you!
But you must come early if you wish to secure some
bargains at our great summer reduction sale.
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SUMMER' DRESS GOODS
AT COST.
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 ginghamsv
10 per cent reduction on all 50c mixed-woye dress goods-
10 percent reduction on cretons, silkaline and draperies.
10 per cent reduction on towels, and towelings.
Bargains in odds and ends ribbons and laces.
20 per cent reduction on ..embroderies and dress trim-:
- mings. '..' I
Ofcker bargains on the remnant counter,
We pay the top price for country produce.
F. L
M LLER
An ordinance compelling those
having sewer advantages to con'
nect therewith has passed third
reading and will come up for fin
al passage at the next regular ses
sion of the - titv council. The
utter disregard of . all sanitary re-
An Enjoyable Picnic.
The United Brethren picnic in
Philomath grove last Thursday
was one 01 the most enjoyable
occasions of the season. Two
gulations among many propertv hundred Sav and haPPy pleasure
nwn.ro ii.e W nA i tfc' seekers were present, the chil-
minmn Th nrdinance dren composing the larger part
Ac it no stamls wads as fnllows? The grove itself was a bower
ot beauty, the thick foliage oti
sons shall, within the corporate ine trees lormmg a canopy
limits of tlii CitM nf Pftrvallis shade, modifying the
Pi-Prt nr maintain or suffer to be heat ot the sun and Marys river,
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erected or maintained upon any noc more rnan a nunarea leei
premises owned bv him or her. my supplied the .thirsty crowd
anv nriw or v nonl wittiin the wlth clear drinking water.
one hundred and fiftv feet ot anv ?ral V swings were supplied
street or alW in whieh a sewer "c amusanew at me can
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of!
intense
has been or m?.y hereafter be con
structed. without cansine such
pnvy or cess pool to be connect
ed with such sewer in the . man
ner provided by ordinance.
Section 2.
were kept, busy from the begin
mng until the close of the day.
Bishop Castle amused the older
ones - with . several of his choice
11 nersons erect- jokes and a number of humorous
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cess - pool within tne corporate
limits ot the City, ofvCorvallis
who have made the connections re
quired in section 1 of this ordi
nance shall keep the said connec
tions free and clean from all ob
structions and in good order and
condition so as to properly drain
any such privy ox cess pool.
Section 3. Any person vio
when young and old alike sur
rounded the Jong, well-laden
tables and did iustice to an am
pie supply of choice things to
eat.
We want yon to hurry iip
and see our store under its present management. A glance', ai
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our windows win convince you tnat we nave someinmg excrar
ordinarily fine inside. We are headquarters for -
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Furniture, Carpets, Matting, Wall Paper, etcv
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Give us a chance to show you our large , line of goods. IfTyop
are not now ready to buy, when you are you will know where
to get - :
Honest Goods at Honest Prices, t
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CORVALLIS OREGON
THE LEADING FURNITURE HOUSE.'
N. B; Mail orders will receiye prompt attention-
Will deliver ice every day from Tito 11 o'clock.
Sma ll orders must be In, by 8f o'clock?
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Real Estate Transfers.
O R Additon and wife to Ida
6 Callahan. 4 lots, block 12, Cor-
latingany of the provisions of valhs5 .oo.
this ordinance shall, upon con
viction thereof before the Police
Index's Court, be punished Dv a
fine not less ' than - $5 nor more
than $50. or in ; the case of de
fault in .the payment of such fine
by imprisonment in the City jail
not less than 2 days nor more
than. 25 days.
Result- of Voting for Silk Hag.
Public School. .,
Firemen
O. A. C. ......... .........
of P..,
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Vh-Oi r W.r.
5711
6542
- 3177
., 1020
Rebekahs ................... ,1054
Mr W A...... ........ .1593
Lions...... ......1..... ' 860
A. O. U. W ............ -156 1 wife,i;-i6o cresrAirlie; 4800.
H. Kompp et al to J R Irvine,
315 acres tp 13 s, r 5 w; $2,000.
Frank Coote and wife to Cecil
Coote, 160 acres west of Hoskins;
1.00. , -
Nancy H Vineyard to W I
Price, 81 acres west of Wells;
$720.
M F Smith and husband to T.
M: - Lamblev, lot 10, block 17,
Corvallis, $1,600.
Scott King; and wife to R
Wilde, 2 acres, . including - Wren
store; $700.
Clara Fisher to S t Hender
son, one-half wall lot 5, block ti,
Corvallis;. $300.
J R Wyatt to C S Cooper and
Thia apace reo&rved for
The ConralliG Savj Mill Co
Watch for an important
nouncementm
L
ADAMS BROS.,
All
- ' "WU1 fcrnish eetimates on anything in the building line,
kinds of picket and woveH fence to order. South Main St., Cervallififc
DHT GOODS, GROCERIES.
PRODUCE BOITGHT amd SOUX