LOCAL AND PERSONU
Fir wood wanted on subscription
at this office.
V Rev. John Reeves visited in Al
Htjiuoy last week. ; ;.
Dr.' Lows, the eye-sight specialist
fhas been coming to Corvallis for
over 15 years.
We have just heard of a feilow
who was a b'g enough fool to ask if
it was necesBary to wrap eggs be
fore placing them in an incubator.
Mrs. C. Myer, of Albany, return
ed home Saturday, after having
visited a few days in this city with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.' Philip
Phile. . . y"- 'r' : -vV-
Henry . Howell and wife, who
.. durin? - the week tisited ... Mr.
" Howell's parents,, in this city, re
turned to their , Lincoln county
home, Saturday.'
In our court notes cf last issue
awarded a contract to furnish the
county. 25 cords of split maple at
$3 per cord not$5.
Horace Locke was over from
Albany, Friday and Saturday,, of
last week attending some business.
He reports everything moving
along nicely with himself and wife
in Linn's county seat. ,,"
A few days ago Messrs. Paul aod
Kerr finished painting the John
Smith residence in this city, " The
wnrlr was commenced some time
ago, but weather conditions were
not satisfactory for its completion .
Some thoughtless - person ' "high-
lifed" a dog on Mam -street Friday
afternoon". .How any person can
derive amusement from anything
so tsruel'is' beyond the comprehen
sion of the. major jty of ou
we are pleased to note. :
- The family of N: F-Gillespie ex
pect to leave tomorrow for McMirin
rille. where Mr. Gillespie has ac
cepted a position in "the Jacobson
establishment. - Many people- will
miss them as they have residrd in
this citv for " years and have won
many friends.
; During the ' month' of January
iW. A. Bates, book-keeper at the
Fischer mills, reports to have re
ceived from 35 hens 388 eggs, or
32 dozen and 4. During February
.the same hens laid 475 eggs, or
39 dozen and 7. February was a
short month,' too. Really, this
" aaama fn Via n nrottv onn shnwinc
.. : for mid winter. . '
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Howell left
Corvallis, Friday, for Harrisburg,
- where they will engage in the con
fectionery business. They took all
their household effects, to that place
by team. For many years tbey
. s have been residents of this city
' and for- : some, considerable time
managed the Farmers Hotel. Tney
- are good citizens and will undoubt
edly win friends in their new home.
Bear in mind that next Friday
. evening, March JLO, is the date set
for the literary and musical enter
: tainment at the college chapel for
: the benefit of the Village Improve
) ment Society, of ; this city. . The
affair is under the direction of Miss
Helen Crawford and Mrs. Green.
A synopsis of the program appear
ed in the Gazette a few issues ago.
It is to be hoped the patronage will
be good on this occasion.
' Rube Kiger came to Corvallis in
I860 and a few days ago, while
c6mmenting on the weather, said
that each year there is a marked
change in the climate. ? He states
that the winters are becoming
milder. Mr. Kiger should be an
authority, for he operated an . ice
.house here for a number oi winters
and "put Cup natural ice. ; A man
woul i starve to death if h.9 depend
ed on such a business now.
John Fischer, f father of Mar
guerita Fischer, 'and manager of
the well-known theatrical company,
was denied a petition in bankruptcy
a lw days ago by Judge Bellinger
in tne supreme' courts John Fischer
according to all accounts, was seek
ing to keep ' from paying 4 salaries
due actors of his company and the
present trouble" had itsv beginning
Jast December at Grants iPass.' This
company is quite well known here,
as Miss Marguerita and people have
piayM' for us on several J occasions.
She. possesses. the elements of a good
: actress if she ha4 an opportunity,
The entertainment Friday even-
Jufsi bivcu uy owjoi u. c nxiiuuu un
der the auspices of 'Marys ? Peak
camp, Woodmen of the World, was
well attenaed tamng into consider
tidti Jthe ' fecM that there twaa ;a
; game'of basket ball- at the' Armory
tne same evenings ,The . entertain
ment was much the same as this
ciass of show generally gives;
some pleasing scenes, animate and
inanimate, were thrown upon the
KjanVassand there were;. very good
l. popular numbers byth& phono-
igraph." Otto Herse's ;'part in .the
gbnga conttibiited not a littlePto the
eBjoyment oi thesgnmg
Miss . Mary- Saihfirland -arrived
borne from Portland, yesterday.
She went down Saturday..
Hon . J. D. Daly came up from
Portland, Saturday, to attend busi
ness matters connected with OAC
Mrsi Heanel, ' motner of Mrs.
Amelia Schubert, of this city, came r
uowu iroui uer uouib ulwUO,
"""'""J " ' J
C' A. Gerhard and wife went to
Harrisburg, Sunday, to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Gerhard's aunt,
who was interred at that place on
this date. v;H.'-,:;';.----:,-.;.-Saturday,
Miss Bessie Dillev
came home from Monmouth, where
she is attending the State Normal
School. She returned to Monmoutn
yesterday. '' '
The Pomona is to make a special
rate for those who go to Newberg,
next Friday to attend the stute
oratorical contest; The boat wiil
leave here at 6 a. m.
Mrs. George ; Houck, who. has
been visiting here for some time, re
turned to. ber, home in Eugene,
Saturday. , She was accompanied
by Mrs. D. 0. Houck.
This week from Wednesday neon
to Friday noon, Dr. Lowe the well
known oculooptician will be at
Hotel Corvallis ,f Don't fail to have
him test your eyes for glasses.
Arrangements are almost perfect
ed for. the final game of basket ball
between the girls of OAC and Al
bany to be played in Portland next
Friday evening V This will be a
most interesting affair, as both
teams have a victory to their credit
and this is to decide the champion
ship. A lightning sketch artist appear
ed on our streets last : Saturday
afternoon and began making "black
and white" of pur citizens. It was
very interesting to watch bim work
and the accuracy and rapidity wai
almost beyond belief . His charge
was lOcts a drawing and for a time
he had all he could do. A large
crowd watched him work.
. There was talk at one time of
running a special train from Cor
vallis to Newberg upx- Friday
evening to accommodat those who
desired to attend th inter-collegiate
state oratorical contest. But
from what we learn it appears that
students at OAC . have arranged to
make the trip by boat. Just how
far up the line a special train will
run over the West Side is not
known. .
The social given by the ladies of
the Congregational church at Fred
Clark's residence on Friday even
- , . . ... -
ing last, was a success in every
way. Solos by Agnes von der He!
len, Edna Allen and Jean Kent
were well rendered, a recitatition
by Maybel Huff together with a
farce, "The Wrong Browns" by
Vina Woods, Villa Fields,- Mr.
Selleck and penneth Colbert, com
posed a&y rogram; Dainty re-
iresnments were served, rne re
ceipts of the evening were $15.
A. J. Shirley, local asent for the
O. C. T. Co., states that yesterday
morning tne steamer Pomona de
parted for Portland with the largest
load of. freight she has taken out
Corvallis this season. The stage
of water in the Willamette is about
as low at present as it ever was
before at this time of the year;
only z feet I inches above low-
water mark. If we are not favor
ed with some of those "little, drops
of .water", ere long boating on the
Willamette, will' stop unusually
early this year-
. Members of jthe G. A.. R., assist
ed by the W. R. C, gave an in
teresung literary entertainment, on
the eveniiig of March 4th, in com
memoration of - the birthdays 1 of
Washington "and " Lincoln. " -'The
meeting was call to order by the
post commander, and after singing
a song, ; Comrade - Lane - -briefly
sketched the life of. .-Washington.
He was follswed in a short history
oi .Lincoln by Comrade Jones, after
Whicn Mrs..-. Caie gave a :' reading
entitled, Independence -Bell." By
special request,- ? Captain Crawford
told of his acquaintance 'with Lin-
coln.;t A song -.then followed, after
which Comrade Paul gave, and in
teresting reading;. ? v.
' Eyery thing indicates that the
OAC track! team l will have some
thing to do thiBj fleason; . A , tneet
with the, University of, 'Washington
team is scheduled to occur on the
local field May 20; the meet with
th8 U.':"of b.'sJ team will occur on
the local field a week' later,' Satur
day,; May 27. Should the, Uni
versity of California team come up
to Jne Lewis .and Olarc Fair v it. is
likely a meet between OAC and
our southern; neighbors will be ar
ranged. ? The i; Pacific University
team is due to come here this year.
The last mentioned team - were the
champions of the state last season.
Pullman may also send a team
down' to try- conclusions with OAC.
The bova. are expected to be un-
usually strons this year and
satis-
factory results are predicted.
Mrs. Louise J. Stewart.
Mrs. Louise J. Stewart died in
this city at 12 o'clock last Friday
night. , Her death resulted from
what may be termed old age, and
she : was 1 living . at the time with
her daughter,' Mrs. Henrietta
Rancjai
., Sfa th wife of James
H.
Stewart, a prominent farmer of
this county for many years, but
who died in 1906. Mrs. Stewart
was born in 182 1 and came to Ore
gon in 1851. , Her' husband and
herself settled on a donation land
claim about three miles north of
this city on the Albany road, and
alter the location of- their home
stead resided in : Benton county
continuously until death overtook
them. They were both highly
respected people. '
; All her life she was quite a de
termined woman. She had been
ailing somewhat of late, but her
condition did not seem serious
enough to warrant: undue anxie
ty. She was not confined to her
bed, strictly speaking before her
death. The day before she died,
she did not feel very well and
was persuaded to remain in bed
until a later hour than was her
usual habit. On the day of her
death she remained in her bed a
considerable portion of the day,
but was up for awhile in the af
ternoon. She complained of the
fact that she had not been up all
day . and made light of her con
dition. Her death was more the
result of old age; than ' anything
else, as she was aged 84 years,
She still possessed the old home
stead north of this city.
She is survived by five chil
dren, ; Mrs. : Henrietta Randall,
Mahalla Stewart, Tehial Stewart,
Lafe Stewart and Melissa McMa
han. .
The funeral services were held
yesterday at the home of Mrs,
Randall at 2 o'clock in the af
ternoon and were conducted by
Rev. Frank E. Tones, , of the
Christian church.: The remains
were interred in Crystal Lake
cemetery.
Benton County Sawmills. ,
C. G.
Felger was in from
Philomath, Saturday, and he re
ported that it was his understand-
ing.that the Benton Countv Lum
ber Co. 's mill would begin oper.
ations, Monday (yesterday). This
mill has a capacity for sawing
about 40,000 feet of lumber per
day. It. operated at its full capa
city a large number, of men wil
find employment here in the mil
and woods ' together. Logging
for a mill that, saws ' so many
thousand feet per day is an un
dertaking that will keep quite a
number of men very active. .
Such an industry as this is a
splendid thing for any country
it creates a pay roll, which is the
life of a community. TJhis mill
saws .more,, fir . .tiian any other
kind of lumber. " ' There was a
time when fir was not considered
good for lumber, shut 'r that time
has passed and its merits are now
everywhere recognized and con
sequently , there is a strong de
mand for the product.
Mills of all kinds are good for
a people where there is a market
for their output. The sawmill
here at Corvallis is of far more
value to the people of this' com
munity than is realized by many
of our citizens. With its large
capacity it . follows . that , many
men are employed and that is
what counts for; a working
people. , Something to do is the
thing. Mr. Strong's mill gener
ally has -something for a - man . to
do. ; A great deal - of money is
brought into Benton county by
sawmill men and large sums that
would otherwise be sent abroad
for- building material - remains at
home. Money in- our pockets is
better than money in'' some olher
fellows' ' jeans, ' V and almost any
kind : of a : head can figure that
out. We believe that the major
ity of our '-'people 1 are becoming
alive to the wisdom , of patron
izing home industries.
Seeking a Good Site. -
Lieut. Quinlan, ''commandant
at c OAC, went , to Portland durr
ing. the flatter part of last week
for the purpose of arranging the
details of a io-days' encampment
of OAC cadets, at, the Exposition
in Portland, i from . Jane 15th to
2 sth. This work he' was author
ized5 to undertake by;tfie'board jof
regents 01 the institution. M,. ;.
The lieutenant wanted to se-
1 cure a good camping site for about
500 men and wfc' Heat he" has
been very successful- in his en
deavor and a place suitable to his
needs has been secured. Lieu
tenant Quinlan was also very de
sirous that the' Fair co poration
try and arrange for Washington's
cadets to be in attendance on this
occasion, that they might en
ter into competition with OAG
for trophies.
The lieutenant was expected
to arrive home last night. It is
earned that he expscts to secure
the necessary tents for camping
out of some of v the National
Guardsmen of the state.
Additional Local.
Best by all test. Dr. Lowe's
superior glasses. , -.
If you want new fluesj put in a
boiler call on D. & A.
Standard A cedar shingles for
$1 5fJ per thousand at the Corval
lis Saw. MiiL . 10 tf.
We desire to call attention to C.
H, Barneil'" ' lost." notice in an
other column. ,'
Have Dr. Lowe cure - vour head
and eye aches with a pair of his
superior glasses.
ratent snipping boxes, lo-egg
sizfr l cents each; oU-egg size,
16 cents each, at F. L. Miller's
- - 20tf
miss riarrutt oheasgreen arriv
ed home yesterdav, from McMinn-
ville, where she visited friends dur
ing the past few davs. . . .
Second grade fir lumber, almost
any dimension', f ir only $6. 50 per
thousand feet, at Corvallis Saw
Mill.:, i,; . I , - 10 tf.
People having any odd jobs they
desire done will do a favor to many
students at OAC 1 y phoning their
desires to the Y. M. C. A., in care
of the clerk.
; Zophar Thorp, physical director
at the Monmouth Normal School,
came up on the motor Friday to at
tend the basket ball-game; He rem
mained in Corvallis until Sunday.
;. As soon as. Wellsher-& Gray
are moved into their new quarters
in the Weustefeldt building, J. K.
Berry will move his shop into the
building vacated by them. Mr.
Berry" expects to be in his new
quarters by the middle of the month.
Jim was expected to return last
evening from a business trip to
Portland.
At the tims of going to press yes
terday afternoon, the case of the
state against the two young men
accused of filching jewelry from a
telescope lost last fall by James
Flett and family, was having a
hearing in Justice Holgate,s court,
at the court house. The hearing
was carried on in the usual - way;
many witnesses were 'examined.
The only thing out of the ordinary
was that the jury consisted of but
four meu. - At last accounts there
was no way of foretelling tne out
come. i,
There is somebody on the Tele
gram wnose Knowledge 01 geogra
phy is becoming a trine rusty. In
the issue .of last Saturday that
paper stated that the Independent
Telephone Co.. of "(Jowallis." had
secured possession of the "Alaska"
line, or words to that effect mean
ing Corvallis and Alsea. It grieves
us to thus remark upon the error of
a paper of the lelegram s standing,
but with a little study a fair know
ledge ot the geography of this state
may be obtained by the one respon
sible for the error. . . -
The cross-country sprint at OAC
last .Saturday afternoon was an
affair of great interest, A gold
medal was hung up for the various
classes. The understanding was that
each class should start four men in
order to be eligible to compete for a
medal and for the past few weeks
training has been done without
stint. The juniors and seniors com
bined and were allowded to com
pete for one medal, whic1! was taken
by Steiwer, with , VanCleve and
Burns close seconds. .The sopho
more contest was won by Beach
and the freshmen by Howard.' The
best time was made by the sopho
mores, in each .instance tne run
ners came' home, in a bunch. .
L)r. Lowe
won't be back for six
months. 1
Repairing of all kinds done neatly
and without delay by 1.& A. X
You Can Not Afford Not
to Buy a Suit or Overcoat How!
Every suit, overcoat, and pair of trawsers, Jmen'g, boys, and ltttle fellowa,
has been markey down to such a figure that is simply a waste of money for yoa
not to take advantage -of this, our final clearance of winter snd medium weigh
clothing. Note the prices below, and come in and look at the values offered : 1
Copyright -104 by
Hart Schaffner .& Marx
Regulator of Low Prices
Petaluma
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HOLLY CHICK FOOD
A perfect food for little Chicks ..per 100 poun Js, $350
Dry Granulated Bone .- per 100 pounds, $2mOO
Ground Eastern Oyster Shell per 100 pounds, $1.50
Crystal Grit. ....per 100 pounds,. $1.50 v .
Cracked Corn ...........per 100 pounds, $1.40 '
Lee's Liquid Lice Killer and a lull line of Poultry Supplies
SPECIAL: Union Meat Co.'s Hams 12'A cents per pound
Bacon 14 ' " "
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C A, ROBINSON .
Indcpcndent Phone 14.&
Robinson & Stevenson
RealjEstate, Loans and Insurance
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Prevents Pneumonia and Consumption. '
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t 5 00 Suit or Overcoat now $ 3 QO
7 50 " " 5 98
9 00 ' " - 720
1000 " " " BOO
12 50 " " 9 93
13 50 " 10 60
.15 00 " " " 2 IS
1650 r " " ,13 25
18 00 " " " 14. 40
20 00 " " f5 95
BOYS' SUITS
$ 2 50 Suits or Overcoat now $ 1 99
3 00 " ' ": 2 40
4 00 " " " 3 21
5 00 " " . 395
6 00 " . - " " 4 83
REMEMBER
I will refund the money on all cash
purchases made on a certain day of
February, the day to be selected by
some disinterested party, "by lot, on
March lBt. No matter what you pur
chase for cash at retail rates, be it a
five cent or a hundred dollar purchase
If your duplicate checks bear the date
of the "Lucky -Day" your money will
be. cheerfully refunded. . Save your
Duplicate Gash Checks for
EVERY CHECK bearing the date
of tbe ' -Lucky Day" is as good as gold
My popular prices will prevail Just
the same and the Bargain Counter is
loaded with useful articles at prices,
well, you can't call them prices; they
are Bargains. '
Corvallis, Ore.
Incubators!
We have the exclusive agency tor the
-Petaluma Incubators & Brooders
carried in stock and sold at factory
prices : v v .
54-eggsize $10.00
126-egg size $20.00
216-egg size..:. $27. OO
: , We also have the famous
Cyphers Model Incubators and
Colony Brooders. -
A. U. STEVENSON
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