VoL Corvallis, Benton Ctjryry, QrayK
1905
Twas a Merry Occasion,
A happy lot were the Chipmans
as Thursday dawned bright and
clear and their loug anticipated
visit to the hills had actually be-
ann. The children were just
bubbling over with joy and a
itself over the countenance ot
irh of the ladies. Westward
the little . cavalcade wended its
wav until ten miles lay between
them and their home. Here, be
neath the wide spreading boughs
of a clump of lordly oaks and be
side a cool, refreshing stream of
water, a halt was made Away
from the heat and tumult of the
citv thev all drank in the free,
Dure air and gave themselves over
to th& nnet of the hills. A de
licious dmaer was served beneath
the trees, blackberries, apples
and plums being added to the
fare.
As evening drew on and the
sun sauk each moment lower a
score of tired little and big
people climbed into the hacks
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ar.n nmnewaiu nicu. v lau ivi luv.
liberty, the oy and the rejuvenat
ing vigor ot the Uregon mils.
PIONEER REUNION.
Old People Gather at Philomath
A Good Time.
Oregon Building at St Louis.
One of the most interesting
buildings at the Lewis and Clark
fair next year will be the torestry
building, which is now in the
nrocess of construction. This
building will be unique adver
tisement of the forestry industry
of Oregon.
It will oe constructed entirely
of huge ,logs ranging in weight
from 2 s to o tons. The build
ing will stand on the hill, to the
right of the main gate. ine
logs are conveyed up the hill by
means of a skidway and donkey
nrin All of the logs are fir
with the exception oi two wnicn
-are spruce.
The building will be 206 feet
long and 170 feet wide. The
logs at the base are five feet in
diameter and 54 feet long. Some
nf the loprc are so long that it
takes two cars to I haul them.
Actual work on the buildi ng
began about two weeks ago. It
will be completed bv the first of
November, and will cost a total
sum of $25,000.
..ZIEROLK
Carries the newest, best and
most complete line of
Sunday was a great day for old
people at Philomath. There
were probably 25 in all ranging
in age from 70 to 86 years, many
of whom were early settlers and
had crossed the plains in the
early 50's. Many also of great
age were there, althougn not
numbered among tne pioneers
yet have been many years a resi
dent of Benton county, ine en
tire audience composed largely 01
younger people numbered aoout
250.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the
day opened with a Sunday school
by the young, followed by an
able sermon from Bishop IM.
Castle, who is 66 years of age
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from the time-colored bible 84
years old used bv his mother,
and containing on the fly leaf a
record of his own birth. J he
text for the sermon was the ques
tion asked bv one of the Pharaohs
ot Egypt of a Hebrew patriarch,
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"How old art tnoui"' xneser
mon was a masterly, pniiosopn
ical and well-delivered discourse,
narticularlv adapted to and es-
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pecially enjoyed by the old peo
pie present.
A bounteous dinner was served
at noon, little groups forming
are Henkles and sorters ana
others whose "i labors ; have be
come a part of the history ot the
county and whose memory will
always be held dear by the loVers
Lof heroic deeds as the makers and
weavers of the fabric of ;our com
monwealth. ' . ";
Has About Ended and The Price
is Lower than Last Year,
All Kinds of Reports.
Probably the finest field of
grain in Benton county - is now
being harvested by W. I. Read,
three miles north of town, on the
road to Albany. Many have
been down to see the field and
all agree that it is a phenomenon
for this year. The field contains
1 36 acres, 120 of which is in grain
and upon which, since the grain
was sown, not more than a sprink
le of rain has fallen. The ground
was plowed and the grain sown
and reaped very largely without
rain. No estimate is given as to
what the yield will be, but Read
will have a large Quantity of
wheat and oats to sell. It is said
bv those who have travelled the
road that this is the finest field for
its size for at least 30 miles around.
From a 50-acre held, over in
Linn county, two and, a, half miles
east of here, 20 years ago, Mr.
Jos. Yates harvested 1064 bush
els of wheat and oats using 75
balls of twine. This year Fred
Hi rented. For an hour and a
half the gay crowd of old and
vonhp- regaled themselves on
choice things to eat. Jacob Hen
kle was chairman 01 the meeting
Kroft put in the same 50 acres in
wheat and oats and. used in bind-
here and there upon the benches ing same onlv four and a half
or on the grass, as convenience balls of twine. The grain is not
vet threshed but the yield will
probably be about 10 per cent.
T. H. Mulkey got 37 bushels ot
wheat oer acre irom a held tnat
he had had in clover for two years.
in the afternoon. He is 79 years according to the Independence
ot age, nas oeen over 50 years a Enterprise.
rMiMpnt nf "Rentnn fonntv and I Mimr fiMe rf1aVe sown oats
has been identified with the early are So short as to be hardly worth
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mstory oi tnis part 01 mc vaucy, tne cutting, ana siock is oemg
being one- of the founders of I turned upon them, ' as the only
Philomath and voted in tnose 1 method to be pursued
days in the old log scnooi nouse,
the first in the then very small
village of Marysville, now the
citv of Corvallis. There were
onlv a few houses here then and
Indians were the practical owners.
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01d-tim hymns were sung and
Not Afraid to Work.
There
delegates to
was a chance for the
the recent conven
tion in Portland which organized
uia-ume. nymus wcic snug mu , i
the strange sweet tunes carried the Oregon Development League
7i , ' , 1 A u to get a good pointer on how to
all hearts backward through a K .
flood of memory and many broke g T tC"Tr Cer
down and wept
Wm. Porter. 8; years of age
who came in '47 and fought the
wilderness for a home and for
tune, was so feeble he could not
remain for the afternoon meeting.
R. Gant, about the same age as
Mr. Porter, and a man ot prow
ess in his earlv days, was de
tained at home as was also Mr,
ricnlturist. The Hood River
folks were on hand, as they
always are when there is a chance
to advertise Hood K.iver, and
thev were advertising the fruit
fair to be held at that place tms
fall. These cards showed that
the population and business had
doubled in the last lour years
The increase has been the result
The season; for peeling chittim
bark, which is jfst about ended
in Oregonfor this year, has seen
more active work tnan ever De
fore. In the past two years the
work of Catherine this medicinal
bark has grown into . an import
ant lddustry, v and tnousands 01
people have been engaged in it.
The fact that ' men, women and
children can peel' the- baric lias
appealed to many, as it is possi
ble for entire families to get an
outing in the mountains or along
the river . bottoms, and at tne
same time be prontaDiy em
In the woods ot tne coast coun
ties the work is not vet finished,
but will continue through the
greater part of this month. In
the valley the bark is beginning
to stick, arid the work will be
given up until anotner winter
raises the sap.
The importance ot the chittim
bark industry in Oregon was in
dicated last week by W. U. roi
lock. who. as agent for Eastern
firms, is one of the largest buyers
OI lUE UalK. 1U . nit nwiiuww.
Mr. Pollock has spent many
vpars hnvirior the bark, and has
watched the growth of the busi
ness in Orecon. He states that
last year approximately $300,000
was distributed among peopie
who peeled the bark in Oregon
Tt will be remembered mat in
he middleiof the peeling season
ast vear thte once 01 tne oarK
soared to cents per pound,
thus establishing a new record,
and sending into Ithe edittim
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woods manv people wno nao
never hefiw heard of the in
dustry. Another . feature of the
industry is that the Cascara tree
has not yet been discovered in
anv other part of the world than
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the Pacific Coasts states ot tne
rTnited States. Dealers in the
medicinal bark, which is used
as a laxative in many or the
patent medicines, send all their
buyers to the Pacific Coast, and
during the summer and fall the
bark is bought up, This would
give the impression that supply
ot cascara trees will be exhaust
ed in a few vears. and the work
of peeling the bark thus ended.
But buyers state that this cry
New Goods for the season 1904-05 are now
arriving. The stock when complete will in
elude everything demanded by the best trade;
We cordially invite inspection of our New
Goods, and comparison of prices.
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Taking quality for quality,
to meet all honorable competition.
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MILLER
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
Top Priee for Country Produce.
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nrmuiesoiagcKcpvana,. -v rommunitv had
A letter was read irom xurs. : - , , .
. -r r t.u worked as hard and as intelli
Wizabetn euKie wueu. j as H6od-River com
MenKie, wno nas uxuy - : dQne there would be
She is 76 years old and has been
ci vears a resident of Oregon.
The letter was a farewell to her
bid comrades and rang clear with
Christian triumph. Utners wno
spoke were Samuel McLain 76,
Kennedy 66, J. L. Hummer 66, A relic of 1870 made its ap-
vv a. 1 01 IV. 1 onn ZyiuK. 00. mi. uciuiuv.c at. vu.t.
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u,lirct it- Tesse Henkle 72. one dav last week. It consists
tm TTowimrct fto Mrs. Eliza- of a deed from the Oregon and
beth Henkle 76, (mother of J. E. California Railroad company for
Henkle). ludge 5. Woodward 00, sio.Q.SO.ooo issueu sxviu 15
twice the number of people in
Oregon, instead of being the last
heard of on the Faciftc coast it
would be known throughout the
United States as the get-there
state.
to Stay
- And will always be found ready and willing to show you
our BIG stock of Furniture, Carpets, Wall Paper, etc.
Our stock for the fall trade is now arriving, to which we
invite your careful inspection.
Tn Wall Paper we have a large number of new patterns,
"justjeeeeived; also something new: in Canvas1 Hammocks.
Courteous treatment and fair dealing is our motto.
OHfN
BERG&CADY
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CORVALLIS OREGON
THE LEADING FURNITURE HOUSE."
was heard years ago, and that
more bark is peeled every year.
Every time, that bark is taten
from a tree, it means death to the
tree. If the tree is of any size,
it is cut down before the work of
peeling begins. In this, way all
of the trees from two to three
inrhes in diameter up to the
largest ones are disposed or.
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Onlv the very young trees vare
left. It requires about nine years
for the trees to grow large enough
for profitable peeling. But scat
tered through the woods of Ore
gon and Washington are enough
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cascara trees to keep peelers ousy
until the young trees on this
year's work are large enough to
peel. The largest trees are not
over 12 inches in diameter.
Will deliver ice every day from 7 to 11 o'clojgj
Small orders must be in by 8fo'clock
and others. Judge Woodward
was the first school teacher to
teach in Philomath, the district
school and college at that time
heincr united. Dr. Loggan, for
15 years a practicing physician
in FMlomatn. sang as a suio,
"Children ot the Heavenly
King," to the old tune.
Indian Institute at Newport.
..ZIEROLF..
i860, as a trust to secure bond
holders in that sum. 18,456
bonds were issued, 7450 at one
thousand dollars: 6000 at five
hundred dollars; 5000 at one
hundred dollars. Faxon D Ather-
ton, Milton S. Iatham arid Wm:
Norris were entrusted wfih the
salf of these bonds, which were
A note of sadness prevailed as placed with Dabney, Morgan &
each old pioneer recounted his Co.. of New York, tne. aoove
experience marking out the dim- deed as a mortgage being their
culties besetting tne painway 01 security, xt nas uccu iucu i
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the earlv settlers and tne iact record in neany an tne cuumra,
.icn tiiof -nnxEr the foundation is m which the U. oc C iauroaa
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laid they must soon go. Their company holds interests. ine
onfoHatM ail improve-1 neeo had neen misniacea ana was
WUimg nuwv.M' J. x T7
mAnfe on A mo now a orreat debt I snnnnsed to have been lost but
uikuu uuu w v.w 1 rf-
to these men and women who J last week by mere accident it was
bp mn the western part ot 1 discovered in Portland and was
Benton county what it is. There ' sent to Recorder Viricerifc :
Great preparations are in pro
gress for the Indian institute to be
held at Newport this week. The
principal speaker will be Miss
Estella Reel, of Washington D.
C- Pres. Gatch and Prof. J. B.
Horner are also among the prin
cipal speakers.'
The institute is held for the
purpose of bringing out the best
thought on these lines from those
who are at work in the Indian
schools, and to give all who at
tend during the comirig week, the
benefit of the experience of the
leading teachers or Indians on
the Pacific coast. In this move
ment Miss Reel is the moving
spirit and the success (attained by
the institute will be-largely due
to ner untiring enorts.
Have you seen the new. patterns
in Linoleum at Hollenberg &Cady's
ThSa apace reserved for
The CorvalliG Saw Mi IB Go.
Watch for an important announcement.
ADAMS BROS., SRSSffiSSl
"Will furnish estimates on anything in the building line.
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V AITXXJXEKY, MERCTAXDISE,
DO GOODS GROCERIES.
PRODUCE BOUGHT amd
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