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Vol. XLI.
Corvallis, Benton County, . Oregon, Tuesday, August 30, 1904.
No. Tl
Wilson-Hotchkiss
A FLOURISHING BUSINESS.
A very pretty wedding cere
mony was performed Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock uniting in
marriage Ernest Wilson and
Miss Pearl Hotchkiss. About
twenty guests were present to
witness the ceremony, which was
performed by Rev. H. A. Deck.
The bride looked very pretty in
her wedding gown of tan alba
tross with applique trimmings,
and carxied a bouquet of pink
La France roses. The groom
wore the suit of conventional
black. The bride and groom
during the ceremony, were up
attended. The usual hearty con
gratulations were showered on
the happy couple, after which all
were invited to the dining room,
where a dainty supper was served
by Mrs. Hotchkiss. A charivari
party of friends of the bride and
groom were invited in and servad
with ice cream and cake. Mr.
Wilson is the enterprising son ot
Albert Wilson, who lives two
miles north of town and the bride
is the amiable daughter of C. F.
Hotchkiss. Mr. aud Mrs. Wilson
will start in a week for Portland,
where they will take up their
res idence.
O. J. Blackledge's New Furniture
Store.
For Vicious Horses.
Something entirely new and
out of the ordinary may be seen
at the blacksmith shop of Hath
away Bros. It is a machine for
controlling vicious horses while
being sho-' and demonstrations
may be seen most any day as to
its effectiveness in doing the work
It consists of two strong horizon
tal pieces closing against the
sides of a horse ..and between
which is a heavy canvass upon
which the horse rests, while a
series of levers swings him up to
any desired height. Another
movable fixture holds the foot to
be shod in any position. The
head is kept in a fixed position
with ropes, allowing all necessary
latitude for breathing. It is a
great invention for both the
blacksmith and the horse.
The Electric Road.,
..ZIEROLF..
Carries the newest, ;;best and
most complete line of
. . ZiEROLF . .
One needs only to step inside
the fine new furniture establish
ment of O. J. Blackledge to be
convinced that he sells more
furniture and furnishes more
houses than any other dealer in
town. A casual glance into his
place of business convinces you
that his stock is not only very
complete but is first class in every
A.
particular, supplying every de
mand of the customer who wishes
to furnish his home from cellar
to earret. It is also substantial,
not flimsy or shoddy article in it.
and designed throughout to
supply a living demand and to
Dlease the taste oi who come.
As you enter Mr. Blackledge's
fine new cement store on soutn
Main street, out before you on
all sides stretches a panorama, a
picture of a beautnul and happy
home, where love and content
ment reign iu undisputed sway.
On one side as you enter are tne
pictures, landscapes, portraits etc.
fit to grace the best of homes
and suited to every taste. On
the other side are the portieres,
moauettes. rugs and Brussels
carpets, with gorgeous patterns
of exauisitiv colored nowers
Add to this also the beautiful
couches, finely finished furniture,
chairs, center tables, pianos etc
and you 'have the foreground of a
picture, the contemplation of
which sends a thrilF of joy into
the heart of every lover of a'
beautiful and happy home. One
of the requisites of a happy home
is comfort, but this can not be
obtained without pleasant sur
roundings. How much the neat and well
kept dining room adds to the
family Jpeace. A lovely exten
sion table of oak or ash, finely
nolished and carved, or iust a
plain table with sideboard, chairs
bamboo bncabrac, good wool
rarnets etc:, and a few pictures
to touch up the scene, will make
an angel of the crankiest man
alive. Then again no woman
can be sweet tempered with in
adequate means for supplying the
family d.emands. Give her a
good cook stove, a kitchen cab
inet and plenty of good granite
ware cooking utensils to use in
the kitchen. Most women are
good cooks if they have : half "a
hance. ,Thev! not only neea
something Lto - cook but . proper
utensils to prepare it.
Po you want to lie down at
night and sleep the sleep of
peace? Blackledge can help you
do it. His bedroom suits are re -
ffiilar sleeD moducers. His iron
bedsteads, -woven, wire springs,
resilient mattresses, and downy
pillows are calculated to put sleep
into the most sleepless eyes.
Do you want to paper your
house? Blackledge has the widest
variety of patterns in town and
his prices are the lowest Do you
want window shades, curtain
poles or the things that make
windows attractive? if so go to
Blackledge. Will you want a
piano or organ, cornet or violin
soon? see Blackledge first. How
about some pretty bamboo flower
racks, screens, music racks etc.
Blackledge has some beauties.
Don't purchase your supply ot
pictures until you have been to
Blackledge. How about the
babv? do vou have a cab or go
cart? if not go right over to
Blackledge's and get one. Camp
ing outfits, hammocks, tinware,
tubs, washing machines, and a
limited amount of second hand
goods can be found at Blackledge
Shelves upon shelves are pack
ed full and every nook and cor
ner of his establishment is occu
pied with house furnishings. Go
and see Blackledge.
Orders by mail for any article
in the line of the house furnish
ings will be promptly filled and
satisfaction guaranteed. Give
him a chance to please you and
It now 3evelooes that the chief
objection of those living along the
proposed route of the new , elec
tric traction line is not that it will
frighten the horses, but that the
track - will be laid on the state
road. All, or nearly all, now say
that they want the road by all
means but they do not want it on
the state road. They want it by
the side of the road ; and they
want a right-of-way donated for
that purpose. This objection is
uot a good one at all. in tne
first olace. the state or territorial
road is eighty feet wide, plenty
wide enough tor tne electric road
and also the wagon road. The
electric line will probably be not
more than twenty feet wide which
will still leave sixty feet for the
wagon road; Thirty feet is wide
enough for a wagon road, and
the road now, even where tne
larmers have encroached upon it,
is sixty feet wide. It is perfect
ly right and iust for all to make
some kind of a sacrifice to get the
road. .
In the next place this donation
business takes time. These men
have promised to begin work with
in ninety days, and they will not
have ihe time to go around and
have a palavar with each proper
ty owner and perhaps not get the
required donation in the end.
The only course open to get this
road is to put it right along the
state road, with donated ground
for switches. It will enhance the
value of property 50 per cent. ,
make it more salable, and be a
source of convenience to every
citizen in Benton county.
CORVALLIS BOOMING.
A City of Fine Homes and Splen
did Advantages Growing Fast.
Temporarily Embarrassed.
Saturday morning H. M.
Brunk. lessee of the Occidental
hotel made an assignment to his
creditors. Great surprise was ex
pressed when information leaked
out that such action was to be
taken and "on all sides expres
sions of sympathy r were heard for
the genial landlord who has
always been held in the highest
esteem. For a week or more it
has been known that a crash was
about to come and the assistance
of capital was sought to avert the
calamitv. but without avail. Mr.
Brunk "had a fairly good trade
and everybody thought he was
doing well, but competition has
been so keen between the differ
ent hotels of Cory allis that all of
them could not survive. Each
sought to put up a better meal
than the other and it got finally
to be a losing proposition with
some of them. The fact that the
old arid established " Occidental
hostelry was the one to close
its doors has: caused a profound
regret. ;- -;
The crash -came at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning when Sheriff
Burnett appeared and nailed a
notice upon the hotel door, W.
E. Yates put temporarily in
& .
charge.
The hotel furniture is worth
about &3.000. against this there
are claims amounting to about
$2,000. During Mr. Brunk's
seven years in Corvallis' in the
hotel business his books show
that he has paid out over $30,000
in bills. He has had several
offers of financial . assistance but
declined them, stating that the
hotel was not in a paving condi
tion. Bankruptcy papers are
already maee out.
The &xzo offered for informa
tion that would lead to the arrest
ot Holy Roller Crefield will not
be called for. Crefield - was dis
covered in hiding by a boy named
Rov Hurt, whose familv was un-
4 0 m
tortunately mixed up with the
Crefield idiotcv. The bov is
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entitled to the reward, but his
lather very properly retuses to
permit him to accent it. While
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the action of the elder Hurt is
only as it ought to be, he is none
the less entitled-to the general
1 a
Corvallis is having ; a veritable
omlding boom these days. Not
that something unusual has trans
pired to produce this condition of
affairs, or nothing extraordinary
has -occurred. This growth js
natural but has been more rapid
within the last six months tban
in any other period of like dura
tion in the .history of the city.
The Citizens League has had
something to do with it, the news
papers also come in for a fair
share of the glory, while the
spirit of :progress , manifested by
its citizeusogether with the un
equalled advantages and Vast op
portunities possessed in every
way, more than all things else,
has had to do with this progress.
Signs of a general awakening
from years of slumber are visible
especially on north Main- street.
where the once empty business
houses are now all full. With
the opening up of the J. D. Mann
& Co.'s new furniture store, the
Steam Laundry and the Turner
grocery store, what once present
ed dreary aspect, is now one ot
the busiest parts of Main street.
AH business houses are occupied,
trade conditions are normal,
work is plentiful and everybody
is correspondingly contented and
happy.
Among the improvements al
ready accomplished or progressing
at present, on Main street atone,
may be mentioned: the fine new
cement building on south Main
street, the new Henderson brick
building, the Graham Wells
andR. H. Huston building, A.
Hodes' grocery, the O. K. Bar
ber shop, the Independent Tele
phone Company's offices, the
Gazette building, Smalls' new
store and barber shop, Hollen-
benr & Cadv's. Hotel Corvallis,
the Farmers' Hotel and the
Steam Laundry. Most of the
preceding have been repairs only,
but of such a nature as to add ma
terially to the appearance of the
city. A large number of hand
some residences have been erect
ed and repairs amounting to re
construction have , been added
to many others, while improve
ments in the way of additions,
verandahs, barns, etc., have been
practically without number.
Amonor those deserving special
mention is tne beautiful home of
Mrs. Sarah Miller, the Woodcock
house in Job's Addition, the jas.
Moore property. Metzgars house.
the Callahan .residence 'now in
progress of construction and the
Buxton residence, the foundation
of which is constructed. All of
these, together with others, both
remodelled and built, Dear wlt"
ness to the spirit of progress that
has struck the city. The new
electric light plant building at
the college should not be leit un
mentioned, while the old Metho
dist church and the bid Evangel
ical church will both soon be very
presentable double dwellings.
Miles ot old sidewalks have been
repaired, and miles of new have
been constructed. A number of
new culverts and stree crossings
have been put in while the city
streets have been put in good
shape with thousands upon thous
ands ot yards ot good gravel.
Great praise is due the city coun
cil for ordering negligent proper
ty owners to repair dilapidated
fences, sidewalks, etc., and for
enforcing the proper observance
of the city ordinances, corval
lis is todav the one city above all
others in the Willamette Valley
to give vouner men and women
educational advantages., and at
the same time vouchsafe to them
the security of healthy conserva
tism.
e now -Tt
it
New Goods for the .season 1904-05 ai
arriving. The stock when complete will in
clude everything demanded by the best trade.
We cordially invite inspsction of our New
Goods, and comparison of prices.
Taking quality for quality, we make it- a rule
to meet all honorable competition.
F. L MILLER
CORVALLIS. OREGON.
Top Price for Country Produce.
We are here 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.
In Wall Paper we have a large number of new patterns,
just received; also something new in Canvas Hammocks.
Courteous treatment and fair dealing is our motto.
HOLLER
CORVALLIS OREGON
THE LEADING FURNITURE HOUSE.
Will deliver ice every day from 7 to 11 o'clock
Small orders . must be in by 8 o'clock":
The late heavv rains, which
j have been general all over Ore
gon and Washington, has practic
ally put an end to the forest fires,
and the air is now clear 01 smoke.
i There has been but very little
damage done this season to green
This space reserved for
The Corvallis Saw Mill Go.
Watch for an important announcement.
J
ADAMS BROS., .SEKSSE
- - Will furnish estimates on anything in the building line.
All kintfaof picket and weveH fence to order. South Main St., CorvalHa
J. E.
MTTT.TVFnV. MERCnAMJISE.
DRTT GOODS, GROCERIES.
PRODUCE BOUGnT a-m SOLD.
PHILOMATH, OR. '
vou will be satisfied.
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umber.