Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, February 14, 1905, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVol. XLII. CORVALLIS, RENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, . FEBRUARY 14, 1905. HISTORY Of RL1C. B. F. Curtis, of Cneney.'Wash., Gives Full Account of Copper Gun Barrel. A couple of weeks ago we pub lished an item regarding the cop per gun barrel found on, the shores of the Long Tom river, this coun ty, several years back.. The ar ticle referred to was furnished by B F. Curtis, a gunsmith at pres ent in business at Cheney, Wash. Mr. Curtis has just , sent us the following interesting write-up of what he knows relative' to this 'copper-barreled gun, as follows: In regard to the . copper barrel that was fouud some fonr or five years aao, three ox four miles from Monroe, Oregon, I will give the hi tory of this relic. The history ot tne eun, was tola me in 1883 4 by a man named. Price. Mr.: Price had his feet frozen sb badly while coming from the Salmon River mines to Oregon in 1862 that it was found nece-s , sarv to amputate them. I believs that he lived in Corvallis about the last mentioned date. ' - The story of the gun. as told me fn 1883, is that he deserted from the American Fur -Co. in 1832. He then came to the Wil lamette river, which he ascended . as far as the Long Tom. Up to this date there had never been a white nun trapping on the Lonj; Tom. . Mr Price and his partner trapped there until 1835, and se cured all the pelts tiiat they could take down the stream In two cauoes. ; " -' . They were nearly naked and had lived on beaver meat and roots tor nearly a year. The cop pergun : was worn out and Mr. Price threw it away, where it was discovered a few years ago. I thiuk'he told roe that it was the only-owppef-barrel gun thai kost; important' businesses - of . had ever seen, c-We "were talking in my ; shop .about the improve ment in fire arms and by- chance lie told me about this remarkable gun. It may be that some of the old timers will remember Mr. Price. The last time that I saw him he was in Sookane. I think he had relatives on the Okanagan River j N in Wash.- "He must be dead now. Should he be a live, his age . would be close to 100 years. . I think it probale that Henry Wat son came down with Mr. Price from the Salmon River mines in 1862- Mr. Watson lives near Albany, Oregon. -1 There were two guns left by Mr. Paiceaud his partner on the Long Tom only one of copper. Mr. Price also told me that they had only four beaver traps, but captured four beavers every night. They went to French Prairie with . the intention of disposing of their furs. But the Hubsoa Bay peo ple would not buy them, nor would they sell them anything to eat. as they were renegades from the American Fur Co.. Mr. Price said, to them, "We must have something , we are nearly naked. ' ' Then the manager told ; them to throw their pelts into, a log shed and - go to.the store, where there "was , a man who would let them . have all they needed. The man ager explained that he dare not . purchase anything of them, as they were renegades. ; In this way Mr. Price and partner receiv ed every thing they required. If you coald find the gun or part of it, it would be a great , thing. In the meantime I shall endeavor to ascertain if Mr.. Price is living. If he is I shall have him at the Lewis and Clark Ex position. He was art illiterate man but posessed a splendid memory , that ran far back. . .. When he left the American Fur Co.' he was in the Crow In- ; dian country." He then5 followed the route of Lewis and Clark to the Willamette river. : Now , who : has the copper' gun barrel? A Trifle Chilly.- - Last Friday night ' was what our citizens call cool. Early in the afternoon indications i oiiHed to a cold night, arid by sundown it was freezing. To make mat ters worse, about 5 o'clock in the eveninguhe wind came up from the north and its effect was quite chilling. - Saturday m jrning it was worth the time spent to walk along Main street and examine the large windows of our business . houses. On some of them Jack Frost had been at ' work ' in a truly artistic manner. On come windows there were frosty forests most beautiful ly wrought; scenes fantastic, sug gesting goblins, fairies, gnomes, and the like. . Scenes unvea!, but seemingly familiar, caught the eye -one instinctively felt a nat- Luralness about this work send yet through it all there was a con sciousness of something elfish. Nice pictures for the eye, but sat isfying in no other way. , Saturday there . was' a ' strenu ous demand for. plumbers about town, as a large number of water pipes were frozen up. In some places considerable damage , was done as the result of this. The thermometer did not get very low all the way irom 16 to 20 above zero. But our citizens are not accustomed to cold .weather and this made them appear very frisky. The cold weather will in all probability prove a hardship on stock. Has Good Prospects. During the. latter part of last week A., C. Miller paid us a call, and spoke quite hopefully of the prospects of his home section, Kings Valley. He says that it is many years since they had such fine winter weather ver there and everybody is taking advan tage of the present satisfactory conditions, and are busy. Mr.. Miller says that one of the this section is the logging indus try. The Spaulding logging com pany work from 20 to 40 men on the Luckiamute river rightalong, winter and summer, and in the ! course of a year " float down this stream millions of feet of logs. These logs go to the various saw mills on the Willamette. Near ly all the white fir logs go to the pulp mhls at Oregon City and are in time converted, into paper." The large dam on the Luckia mute renders it possible to run logs at. almost any season of the year. Mr. Miller had a contract to log for the Spaulding Co. last year and put in something above 2,000,000 feet. . He says that a man can get work at the camps at almost any time, and at good wages, from $1.75 to $2.50 per day and board. One of the men now putting in logs is just placing a new logging engine in operation. V; Such an industry as this can not help being of material bene fit to the inhabitants of the en tire valley. tThe opportunity is presented ; for a small farmer to spend what time he can spare from home in one of the camps and at good wages, too. ' Home Savings Bank. The First National Bank, of Corvallis Oregon, has been in possession for the last ten years of the small home savings banks ,the same as advertised- through out the Willamette. Valley. The custo mers of this bank can obtain these banks, and take them home at any time, by call ing for them. 15tf. Failed. r All efforts have failed to find a better remedy for coughs, colds and lung trou ble than Foleys Honey and Tar. ' It stops the cough, heals the lungs and pre vents serious results from'a cold. J. N Patterson. Nashua, Iowa, writes: "Lata winter I had a bad cold on my lungs and tried at leaBt half a dozen advertised cough medicines and had treatment from two physicians without getting any ben egt. . A ' niend recommended Foley's Honey and Tar and two-thirds of a bot tle cared me. I ' consider it the greatest cough and lung medicine in the world. For Bale by Graham & Wortham, CriHUE J0TIING5.' Items of Interest In and Around the O. A. C. The senators and representa tives were entertained at the col lege Saturday. The Tuesday af ternoon classes were carried on. The boys drilled and the girls gave their physical culture drill. Lunch was served for them in the lecture room of the Agricul tural hall by the members of the faculty r -K. v-t:::. ;-: v, ; " ' The Sophomores had their an nual: party Friday evening in Miss Snell's room ' It was a val entine party. There was a liter ary program ; the principal fea ture of. which was an Indian Powwow-. Lieutenant Qumlah told some very interesting stories In guessing advertisements Agnes Sweek carried off first prize, and in the search for hearts "Mrs Quinlan was winner. A bounte ous supper was served, in wiss Crawford's room . The chaper ones were Commandant Quinlan and wife, Prof. Horner, and Mrs. Trine- Next Monday the students and faculty of OAC are to have a holiday to repay them for hold ing school last Saturday- The girls' basket ball team are to play., the Albany girls next Friday evening. A very excit ing game is expected, .as both teams are determined to win. There is a large crowd of rooters coming over from Albany to wit ness the game. v , . ( The Feronians entertained the Amicitians in Miss Snell's room Saturday evening after the basket, tall game., The Chemawa girls and their chaperone and officials were invited to the party. The principal feature of the pro gram was a burlesque patomime of Maud Muller. After the pro gram -there was a number of in teresting games, one of which was trying their skill at shooting a red heart with a bow and arrow. J. ILOt - lJVO - - TV V.J- V C VV CU VAVVl. . jJ Mr- Reed, Letha Rickard arid nne nf fho basVf Hall -nffiiola Dainty refreshments were serv ed, after which a number of in teresting stories were told.1 The chaperones were Mrs and Mrs- Keady. Pernot Tho mwr nn tbp nl-blAtiV fiolrl . . . . was put up Friday evening- The faculty " chartered the,tim- "u0 JournaL bowling alley Thursday . evening I and had a very merry party. ' Miss Dora . Lindgren, gradu ate at OAC, is to be married fche i8th of this month to Mr." Carrol Cummings. '. The Eutopians entertained the Jeff ersonians in the library Satur day evening with a ' . valentine party. There was a program of music and recitations. Refresh ments were served and all pro nouned it a merry evening. Shot in the Leg. Thursday evening, James Lewis was brought to- Corvallis with about 25 bird shot in his right -leg . just above the knee. It was an accidental' shooting Mr. Lewis is a real estate agent and had driven a prospective pur chaser cut to the farm of Spencer Bicknell with' a'view. to negoti ating a sale, as Mf. Bicknell had listed ' his r place 'with the real estate dealer. , , . - . On arriving 'at" the Bicknell farm about five miles north of Corvallis, the gentlemen found no one on the place and Mr. Lewis, in order to give the pros-J pective purchaser an opportnnitv to inspect the house, effected ; an entrance. As the" door swung open a gun was . discharged and a portion of the charge entered Mr. Lewis' leg. Mr. Lewis and - w .. . . ' the gentleman with him at one cn.e to town and Dr Pernor ex tracted about a dozen of the shot. Another effort will be., made U remove more of the shot f'.om Mr. "Lewis' leg. . From what can be . harried, it appeais that Mr. Lewis was hot with a gopher gun. The gnu was piacea on a cnair and 1 fixed in such a way that it would l-e difchargerhby the opening of the door. -Mr. Bicknell is much di.stresscd over tbe affair and it is said that he had set the gun . for gophers. The nutter'. is under investigation and it mav be found i case of "criminal negligence. " Even then, whether the. C4se be comes one of action depends iaTgely on Mr. Lewis', disposi tion in matter. The injured .man is reported to be- doing niceiy and no serious" results are predict ed. This is an unfortunate affair ell around . Gun-setting recalls an incident of more or less interest couiii-ct-ed with the cil's past history.. Some 8 or 10 ears sgo G. Hocks. now deceased, was, as he had been for many eaT.s, 1 mining a gnu store and about every quarter of the moon his place of' busi ness was burglarized. This busi-. ness is now carried on by his sou, K.-E. Hodes. , . The old gentleman .became weary of these onslaughts and without savins: a word to' anv one set a gun for the thief, or thieves. Tbe gun set was an old army musket and it was load ed, to kill. Mr. Hcdes forgot about setting the man-killing de vice and one morning when he opened for business he found it. There was an explosion that made the earth tremble and the gunsmith .had a close call to be ing wafted to the arms of his Fatfierf No more did he set this gun. ; Domeatic Peace Assured. Wife And so you got your life in sured for my benefit. That's lovely. Husband Yes, my dear; but just remember, if you drive me to suicide you won't get a cent. N. Y. Weekly. Doubts and Difficulties. . He One cannot always tell wheth er a girl means what she says. a l. Ajt 1 'i x n whether a man . cares whether she I means wnat sue says. Puck. Well, Way Not? She Do you think love always find a way? v. . He No. Very-often it's tha girl. Chicago Ke cord-Herald. v A Severe Criticism.- ' aow do you thmk Kdith Many-: -summers looks with her "new beau?" A if he might be a mother tc c . to know who is doing one of the largest businesses in town, just take a peep at our store and see what WE are doing. - There are whys and wherefores to everything. The people trade with us, first, because they like our way of doing busines; second, because they admire our broad, liberal , policy, and third, because they know we keep everything in the House-furnishing line and at prices within reach of every one. .. .. - . - " - v ' -. . ... Our new spring stock of Go-carts will arrive about Feb. 15th. To make room for 'i them j we will sell those on hand at greatly" reduced prices. Easy payments ask for terms. ' - . ' - CC . 1900," Si astern" I .Prompt Service and Courteous Treatment. . HOLLENBERG & CADY. THE STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY. The Corvallis Gazette A twice-a-week newspaper containing 72 colnmus each week of the current news of Benton County. emi- All the local news all of the time, with a large amount of miscellaneous martet. Splendid Serials An interesting serial story running everv week in the Gazette. CI Ocean Wave," and washers always on hand. -" ::r.s for February.. Gazettk j h- n- No 341. Cmbiflia iv. ;i k Berry's. 0.ivs in busk rt t'. ZirolPs. . Gazettk IiiUeiMn'ljfSl-photifi No 4;t3 A I w rk Bt-nyV. gUarni t t-d f-t J K. Urtib-rrliHP rtiuovnrcil .o.d rf-pHir -d ai J. K. Kerry V. (it-t your Berrv'w. ribs tixs"l al J. K. Di r ot fail t- se 1'. line of holiday china,. Si. ZieruH'a Get your t-alu-o! hooks '.wi school uj)jlie6 nt Graburri fe WViie. Lpwts find Cini'b snuveni? plates at 1'. Al. Zierolf's Si.k and woolen fjaoiiri (i specialty at Corvallis Steam Laundry. OAC souvenir Zieroif's. dishes at P. M Send your luce curtaics to Cor Aaliis Steam Laundry. , Patronize "home industry vallis Steam Laundry. -Cor- Standard A cedar shingles for $1.50 per thousand at the Corval lis Saw Miil. 10 tf Second grade fir lumber, almost any dimension, f r only $6. '50 per thousand feet, at Corvallis Saw Mill. ' . 10 tf. Are vou going with the crowd? The time of your life the event of ihe season- W. O. W., Albany, Feb. 25. 11-18 .. Thirteen hundred shares Great Eastern Mining company etook for pale at 10 cents per share. Ad dress Box 62, Corvallis, Oregon. 11-15 Reduction in Fare. Commencing 'Nov. 7, rates between Corvallis and Portland, ,via C. & E., Albany, and S. P. will be reduced to $2.60, same as West Side 'rate. Tickets on sale by C. & E. agent and all offices in Portland. Nt: