Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, September 16, 1904, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextLOCAL AND PERSONAL Wheat 78c. Oats 35c. Fit yd Williams arrived Tuesday and will enter OAC. Pearl Rose arrived yesterday and will matriculate next Monday for a year in .0 AC. Buy a meal ticket at Chipman's rt. vortVi nf Philomath, was a business caller in Corvallis the early part of the week. Edw. H. Boyer returned Tues day from Mount Tabor and will en ter. rtraann renaired and cleaned R. N. White. George von der Hellen, right tackle of the OAC footbal. team, ar rived Tuesday. On September 23 24 the fall term in the Corvallis Business College will open for another year's work. Full line of high grade groceries, crockery, etc., at P. M. Zieiolfs'. The Corvallis Business College will open its day and night school . September 23-24. Special low rates to those entering then. YeBterday was the day set for the opening of Cauthorn Hall. Ail the rooms are engaged and about a dozen occupants Have arrived. Buy a meal ticket at Chipman's and eat when you please. Three new students who have ar rived to attend OAC are Walter A TTfinrv Neider. of Elgin, Oeffon. and Frederick Gnmn, of Eugene. Organs and pianos for sale or rent. R. N. White. The demand for students' rooms is unusually large this year, and many who have not been in the habit of keeping students will prob ably be asked to open their doors. TOnaK mania in the citv to be fcund at City Restaurant. Mro Whitfi. head of the depart Philomath Col lege, returned from Portland Tues day, where she has been taking special work in her chosen line. Corvallis Gazette and Weekly Oregonian $2.50 per year. A silly rumor is being circulated thatC. A. Gerhard has sola nisDus n,aa in, T A . Jrmea. There is no u&og w foundation whatever for the report, a w,n onnh transaction has ever aa " been contemplated. Mr. Gerhard will continue in his business at the - old place. J. Senger keeps the best hand made shoes in town. Presbyterian Church Sunday school at 10 a. m. Rev. Mark Noble, of the Baptist church will fill the pulpit at the morning ser vice and the Presbyterians will worship with the Baptists at 7:30. Christian Endeavor at 6:30. You will be made welcome. Get your school books and school supplies at Graham & Wells. The information and employment bureau of the Young Men's Chris tian Association is now open for the .benefit of students. Any per sons who have not been interviewed onnfwnine- boarders or roomers or who have work which they want Anna will do well to inform the Association either by note or phone Largest stock and lowest prices on school suits at Kline s Miss Mildred Jackson entertain ed a number of her little friends in a 'most delightful manner on Mon day afternoon in honor of her fifth birthday. The time was spent in games, after which a dainty lunch was served, and wishing their little hostess many returns of the day, the little ones left for their homes. Fishing tackle, hunters' supplies and Rnortinc cooaa at uoaes x io t --a rt neer Gun Store. On lftsf Tuesdav a strone. well- built stranger stepped from an ar riving train. Some one said "Steckle" and immediately the stranger became the cynosure of a hundred pair of eyes. Yes it was Steckle, the new football coach, the very picture of prowess and vic torv and in whom the OAC foot ball men have placed all their hopes. Full line of Fall and Winter millinery goods just received at Mrs. J. Mason's. The cause of the Cline fire last Aveek still remains a deep mystery. That it was the work of an incen diary is now beyond all doubt. -Some supposed that Mr. Cline or some other member of the family had been in the house, but such is not true as no one had been on the premises for several days, and the fire could not have occurred without its being set. Eggs 3 cents cash at J. E. Hankie's cash store in Philomath. Highest pric3 p lid f jr all kind of jroJuce, TwiN TT a r t.lev. who recently turned from Bohemia! iain Portland this week on bubinesa. Mrs I. E. Hoebes, of Roseburg, arrived here Monday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Glenville Fishing tackle, hunters' supplies and sporting goods at Hodes rio- neer Gun Store. . Miss Mattie Strong left Monday fnr Seattle, .where she wi.'l take a course in a ladies' seminary. A visitor to Corvallis Wednesday was B. F. Grant from the Big Elk country.' See those elegant parlor sets and library tables at Hollenberg fc Cady's: A hiV load of chittim was brought in Tuesday by Everett Wilson from Box, in the Five Kivers country . Mrs' J.M. Nolan and daughter, Mifrs Marv were among the passen gers to Salem, yesterday, to enjoy a day at the b air. Bv request the Flag Contest will be extended by the donors until Dec. 31. Mrs. Will Walker, of Independ- . . -i i , a ,1 ence, visitea in orvaiin, ouuuy, and on har return home was accom panied by her sister, Mrs. Divis, of Philomath. Tn . n.mnetitive examination for Atro fmn BP.holarshios in theXhioago College of Music and Dramatic art, Guy E. Moore or Una city was one of the successful candidates. Lamps, bedroom lamps, student's lamps, glass lamps of all kinds, at Zierolfs'. The C. & E. will run no more Sunday excursions to Yaquina Bay this season, The travel nas fallen off to such an extent that the com pany has decided to discontinue them. Big boys, little boys any kind of boys suits at very low prices at Kane's. Cecil Staats, a years' graduating member of last class of OAC, will leave in the near future for St. Louis, where he will enter a medi cal school. Dame Rumor says he will not go alone. Millinery, millinery, millinery at Mrs. J. Mason's. Street hats and caps, Fall and Winter stock just in. Ladies call and see. An apple weighing pound and a quarter is one of the sights Prof. Sneak is showing his friends. The n.m nf t.h aimle is "20 once" and the specimen weighs exactly what its name indicates. Crockery! Crockery! Crockery! Balls' Mason fruit jars, stone jars, all kinds of jars from 1 to 20 gal lons, at Zieroifs'. Mr. Rn d Mrs. J. W. Woods ce'e brated the 49th anniversary of their wedding day last Tuesday wuu appropriate ceremonies. A broth er and sister of Mr. Woods were present on the occasion the latter of whom aaa not seen ner wumw for 43 years. s1f Sfledf Seed! Timothy, raA and arhita rlrwer. orchard grass. rape, etc., headquarters for all kinds of grass seed. r. so.. ierou, vw- vallis. Wiftfelund. who dur ing the summer has been spending hr vnnatinn an b. member of the Gazette force left Tuesday for SrIaiy.. where she will attend the St.atA Fiir after which she will re turn and resume her studies at OAC. Chance. Party with S mo fr 10.000 desirinff Al real PHtRtn nan have bargain U he aoes hnninnn ricrht now. Call at Ga zette ofice for particulars or address ... TS T-V O W. F. H. Uorvallis, xt. u. v. o. a. S. Woods, of Rose Hill. Iowa, and Mrs. Lida Weatherly, of r!rtilpr Place. Washinct.on. arrived in this city Saturday and are the JcniMts of their brother, j. w. ! Wnnds. This is the first time Mis WnRthArlv has met her brothers sin OA nhe crossed the plains in 1862 fiRtnrdav Mr. Woods will take his brother and sister to Newport where for the first time they will view the Pacific ocean. The Alsea mail carrier brought information here Tuesday that about five miles northeast of Alsea postoffice a destructive forest fire is raging, na uccu uni wav ten davs. Hevond control, in a four-mile wide sweep, it is mov ing southward toward the thickly settled district near the Alsea river, fjinsinff considerable alarm, ine residence of a settler nas Deeu . ... , , hnmfld. and the destruction o Rnblfl's sawmill seems inevitable Fortuuately, the conflagration has cone in a path of dry underbrush and old burninzs. sparing the fine standing timber of the Alsea region School days will soon be here. For Extra good salts for boys and Hamilton Brown Secorlty school shoes for boys and girls see St CALLIHAS. School suits at Kline's. Thrw. Callahan was among the excursionists to Salem, yesterday. H. W. Kaupisch wad a passenger to Salem, yesterday. Chas. Shenofield arrived from Portland- .Wednesday and will spend a few days ht-re. - Miss Maude Roberts arrived Tuesday to resume her studies at OAC. Pres. Gatch returned Wednesday from a brief visit with friends at Seattle. Bush Davis accompanied by his sister, Miss rauiine, returnaa Wed nesday from Newport, where they have been spending the summer, and will resume their studies at OAC. Among the students who arrived Tuesday to enter OAC was Rube Wills, of Heppner. who attend col lage here two years ago. Rube is an all round, musician and the band boys are glid to see him in College again. Registration will begin again on Tuesday and will continue until Oct. 20. Thi9 is for the purpose of allowing all, who failed to register in the spring, another chance. Many have just come in from other localities and some have just attain ed their majority. . For these and all others the books will again be opened. J. E. Henkle. of Philomath, has just received his Fall and Winter stock of millinery goods consisting of street hats and caps and he will lave a grand opening Saturday, Sept. 17. Ladies are requested to call and see his stock before going elsewhere. Dennis H. Stoval, of Grants Pass has recently published a story en titled "Suzanne of Kirbyville' in book form. The scene is laid in Josephine county and the book is very good reading. Mr. Stoval is a former Corvallis young man and for some time was connected - with the Gazette. He is a graduate of OAC and has won the reputation of being an able " and fluent writer. The book sells for $1 and may be secured at any book store. A free ferry across the Willam ette river at Peoria will probably be established and maintained by Linn county in the near luture. A request for such a ferry was pre Rpnt.fid nr. t.hfl lapf. term of r.he coun ty court and County Judge Stewart mant tn Pooriu t.n innnirn int.n thfl advisability of its establishment. Peoria is about half way between Corvallis and Harrisburg, at both of which places free ferries are maintained, the former bv Benton county and the lattar by Linn . Dr. Otto Gagzow of Germany, . . . . ii j was a visitor at the uonege ior a day last week. Mr. Gagzow is a forestry expert of the German EmDire and is sent to this country to make a study of the. conditions here. He will spend some time in t,h Willamette Vallev. visitins orchards, timber tracts, etc. and he will report the result of his findings to his government. He was very much pleased with his visit to the Oregon Agricultural College. A fire is raeiner in a canvon about a mile and a halt beyond Philomath and to the south of Arch Morning s mill . It is thought that no great amount of damage will be done, but the fire is too big just now to be Dut out. There is also a fire just this side of Summit and quite A a number are scattered around throueh the hills. Wednesday the smoke was so thick at Corvallis that a half of mile was about the limit of vision. A farewell reception was tendered Mr. and Mrs. Carrick by members of the church at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Harris Monday night. Fifty persons were present And thfl evening was criven over to incidents usual to farewell occasions. Vocal solos were rendered by Miss Lulu S Dangler, Arthur Boquet and Mrs. Carrick and a number of selections were rendered by the choir. Choice refreshments were a prominent feature of the occasion. Mrs. UarricK left Tuesday ior fore land for a short visit with her mother after which she will join her husband who left today for his new home in Brownsville. The finest crabaDDles ever seen at the Oregon Agricultural College were forwarded hero by Hon. J. S. Edwards, of Dell, Malheur ccuntv, last week. In size, flavor and gen eral appearance their equal has not been 6een bv the authorities here. J . .11 The fruit was raised on land ad joining a held of alfalfa tnat pro duced three crops aggregating eignt tons to the acre at a net va.ue oi $5 to $10 per ton. The land is a light volcanic ash and under irriga tion r.roduces marvelous results. This land which in its native state can be had for $2 55 per acre is worth when irrigated $40 to $50 acre and tinder nroner manaee- Iment can be made to pay for itself in a single year. Rickard Misses Lillian Banner vnd Kate Gerhard of this city made up a memr Dart, that went t Salm yesterday to spend a day at the Fair, . Lost Wednesday night some where between Mathawav s oiacK- . fmithshop and J. W. Woods' residence on 6th street, a watcn charm. Finder will be suitable re warded by returning same to this office. E. M. Bowers, fireman on the Lebanon branch of the S. P. has been transferred to the West Side run and will arrive in Corvallis in about ten days. H will probably move his family here to reside. The special excursion run by the C. & E. from Philomith and Cor vallis to the Fair was liberally patronized. Connections were made with the S. Jr." at AlDany, passengers arriving at Salem short ly after 8 o'clock and leaving about 6 in the evening. The body of Joseph Roner, the Sr.in hon nicker, who was drowned in the Willamette near independ ence last week was found floating in the river Tuesdav. about 40 rods from where he sank on Saturday. The remains were taken to Albany for burial. At the Christian Church next Sunday morning the pastor will speak on "Christian extension, and in the evening at 8 o'clock his theme will be "The Sinners' De sires and Needs" The Junior Endeavor will hold its first meeting of the year at 3 p. m. The Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:40 p. m. will be led by F. E . Edwards, president of the society. Corvallis needs a public park. Several years ago provision was made for a park in Jobs' Addition, but nothing has ever come out of it. Trees that were planted at the time were uncared for and have all died and the fence that is said to have existed atone time is no more. The city possesses natural advan tages for several fine parks and a pleasure resort is one of the needed improvements. Albany is agitating the park proposition at present and thinks that one has finally been secured. The city council and county court are to transform a part of the court house square and a portion of Fourth street in a pub- lie parfc in that city. & r W. G.Emery and W.S.Gardner will leave the earlv part of next week for Tacoma. where they will attend a convention of the Pacific Coast photographers which con venes Sept. 20 and lasts six days j Both Mr. Emery and Mr. Gardner will take samples of their work to the convention which will be added to a large competitive display con sisting of about 2000 pictures made up of samples or the nest wore ci a large number of photographers. Out of this display of 2000 pictures y-v !! 1 X J. J 1U Will do cnosen to constitute another disnlav that will renreseut the Pacific coast in a national convention to be held later. It is t.he obiect of each photographer to produce his best work and if pos sibie secure tne coveted nonor oi beiner represented in the national display. Lasfyear Corvallis had the distinction oi being represented in this national display for one of Mr. Emery's pictures carried off the coveted honor. Mr. Emery is producing colored carbons at the present time that are very fine. He will produce 20 and out of this number he will select 6 of the best. The public is asked to call and see his work, which will be on exhibit ion Saturday afternoon and Sunday Visitors will bo asked to select the best six and this way 'assist Mr. Emerv. i Robert Heron Mrs. Ruth Buchanan and their families wish to express their thanks to their manv kind friends for their assistance in the recent sorrow that came to them. Pres. Baldwin of College of Philomath was in town on busi ness Thursday. Letter List. For the week ending Sept. 10, 1904, Persons calling for these letters will please state date on which they were ad vertised. They will be charged at the rate of one cent each: Harold Bartrow Mrs Phosa La Grange Cecil Broonill John Brum field J. T. Brnmfield Miss Blanch Hayman James Harin Mrs. S. May Jacobs T. W. Peters Miss Annie Mastrick Mrs F G- Ruberta Mrs Carrie Northway James Raferty Miss Julia AYilliama B. W. Johxsos, P. M. Wall paper at Blackledge'a new niture store. rar- Red Cedar Star Shingles at the saw- mill at $1.60 per M. E. W. Steosg. S.t. KLINE'S Are Foot Formed - We have the largest stock of Men's and te Corvallis. Come in and look. Sole Agents for the well-Known manea . Ralston Health Shoe, $4.00 Walk-over $3.50 Shoe Columbia $3.50 Shoe Napa Tan, the water-proof Shoe, $3.00 to $6.50. all styles The White Oak Shoe, the long-wearing kind, from The Giant and Red for The MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK. The Best Co. is the one that does the Most Good Since its Organization in 184-3 THE MUTUAL LIFE ...$ 31,903, 471.38- HAS PAID ITS LIVING MEMBERS. 093 446.08. HAS PAID FOR DEATH CLAIMS, I NSU RANCE ANDTaNNUITIES IN FORCE JAN. 1. 190. 1,47.678.312.81. 401.821.661.66. ITS ASSETS, JAN. 1.1904. WERE EVERY DOLLAR OF WH.CH BELONGS TO .TS POL.CY HCWM EARNS FOR TH EM THE LARGEST POSSIB.LElDIVlDENDS COM M ENSURATE WITH ABSOLUTE SAFETY OF INVESTMENT. R.H.KENNEDY, Resident Agent, Corv'jj HOTEL CORVALLIS m .1 J. C. HAMMEL, Prop. ' Leading hotel in Corvallis. " Newly i ajyfcf furnished with modern: conveni- $ HEADQUARTERS FOR W. S. GARDNER, ALL,' WORK GUARANTEED FIRSTCLASS STUDIO, 908IMISTH STREET A NEAR COLLEGE WALK. Hi! IH3P1 . to HOME SEEKERS AMBLER REAL bdlAl c,. VIRGIL C WAITER COHV l'jl!! Bys' fine and heavy Shoes that ever cam $z.ou up. School House Shoes Boys f- os. naies 91, 3i.ko, 92 per r FOR COMMERCIAL MEN.1 COMMERCIAL MEN. If you are looking for some real good Bargains in Stock, Grain, Fruit and 5 Poultry Ranches, write for our special 1S . A .. nr- win Sieasure in giving you reiiaDie luiorma on; also ibowing you oyer the county , & WATTERS, bwnn Miwnniiwi.