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LOCAL WD PERSONM.
-Sol IB on the line.
. -.Standard A cedar - ebingtea for
$1 .50 per thousand at the Corval
is Saw Mill. , 10 tf.
R7 E. Gibson cims up from
Portland, Saturday, on business
that detained him for a couple of
days. . '
Several fine show cases were in
stalled at the Small bakery and
confectionery . establishment last
Saturday. .
Mrs. Elsworth Erwin arrived
home, Saturday, from a visit of
several weeks!; with her , mothor in
Yamhill county. "
A dance was given at Willamette
Grange hall last Friday evening and
a number of Corvalhsites went up
to indulge in the mystic whirl.
Recorder Vincent is making pre
parations for building a residence
upon the property that he recently
purcnasea. l ne new nome is to
in Wilkins Addition.
Mrs. Mary Bryson arrived home
last Thursday from -Spokane, where
she passed the last few' months. She
states that her visit in that city was
Djoit enjoyable m every way. v-..
William Mackey, an old Cor
vallisite, came up from Indepen
dence last tan turd ay , to remain
day or two. Mr. Mackey was for
several years sberifl of tnis county
Attorneys .W. S. McFadden and
J. F. Yates were called over to
Lincoln county last week on legal
business connected with the ; Shar-
ratt murder case. They returned
home Saturday. '
Mrs. M. S. Woodcock and sod, Ed
win did not arrive home Saturday,
with Mr. Woodcock, for , the reason
that Edwin ; is haying his throat
treated by a specialist and it was
considered advisable for him to re
main in Portland a little longer.
Miss Melvina Elgin returned, Fri
day, from Baker City, whither she
had gone to be present at the bed
side of her sister, Sophia, who Buf
fered an attack of appendicitis
Miss Sophia is reported to be eome
better than she was, but is not yet
out of danger. She is improving
very slowly. 'V , . .'" .
Last Friday, on a petition filed
by Chief Lane, Hank Bier, of this
city, was adjudged insane. Tha
examination - was held in the fore
noon and Dr. Pernot was the physi
cian employed. To James Horn
ing and John Wells was assigned
the task of taking him to Salem
It is a sad affair in every way.
Mrs. Frank E. Jones and children
arrived in this city , yesterday on
the'.' morning train from Albany,
They 'are from Selma,-: California,
and come here to reside. ; Rev. Jones
has been here some weeks and oc
cupies the pulpit of the Christian
cnurcn, wnere ne win ue permanent.
Rev. Jones has domiciled his family
in 'the house of Mrs. William
Groves, Jobs Addition. v
A dispatch in Saturday's Oregon
ian reads: Manager Stimson has
determined to enter the O. A. C,
track team in the Columbia indoor
meet .to- take placs at Portland
i April 10. Liast year U. A. u. won
the meet, scoring 19 point? more
than her closest competitor. . The
team is fairly strong this" season,
and whila it cannot hope to repeat
the p rformarce of last year, will
. undoubtedly be a factor in the Col
' nmbia meet.
In all, sixteen more people were
. added to the population of Benton
last Saturday, when - the West
Side train pulled in at roon. J.
H. Adams and A. F.: Harlan and
families arrived from Furnas, Neb.
Mr, Adams is a brother, and Mrs.
. Harlan is a sister of Mrs. J. J;
Cady, of this city. They are re
ported to be highly pleased with
' what they have so far seen of the
" .valley
A. C. White states that the cattle
on hie ranch near Blodgett are look
ing extremely well this spring, on-
account of he very inild. winter.. He
has about 90 head of cattle to turn
off this year and they are coming
three and four . years old. Last
: year, on account 01 me low price, n
1 carried the stock over, , 5Mri?Wirijte
V ia ci the opinion that the ' prices
will be better this year, and if such
pi proves the. case he will .market 11
1 ; his . eaXXy.'-Y-k.jc
stead is one of the neatest journals
yet turned out by Jthat office. It is
descriptive - of the counties of Ben
ton and Lincoln. There are numer
ous half-tones of our public and
private' buildings and institutions,
conBistins; of the court house, public
r - school buildings, many farm scenes,
views 61 :: prominent places, and
' buildings of Philomath and Monroe.
In faefcibe write-up and half-tones
contain more about our selves than
any of-us . knew. ExcerptB . from
. the write-up will be found in an
oiner column. ":;
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Bert Yates, of this city, and Hi
. Burke, of Portland, were called
to Philomath on insurance business
ast Friday.
Attorney YV. E. Yates expects
to go to Brownsville . this morning
on legal business that will detain
him a couple of days.
Roy Irvine, who has made his
home in fthis city for the past year,
ett Sunday tor McMinnvule,
where he will hold a position on the
News-Reporter.
Mr. Meaker. daughter-in-law of
Mr. and Mrs. John Meaker, arrived
in this city, Saturday, from Inde
pendence. - She expected . to return
home yesterday. ,
Wm. L. Edger, well kuown in
this city, is said to have disappear
ed "from. Vancouver, Wash., lately,
leaving creditors in mourning to
the extenUf $1,200. v ,
General Thorp, who has been
East many weeks, the greater part
of the time in Washington- D C,
and Chicago, III, arrived home yes
terday; and is said to be in the best
of health. -
rrof. Mordaunt Iroodnough was
up from Portland, Saturday, and
while here rented the new house
just erected by Sidney Trask. He
expects to . move his motner and
sieter to this city about April 1st.
Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor
of the system of wireless telegraphy,
was united in marriage last Thurs
day with the Honorable Beatrice
O'Brien. Guglielmo"; is now ac
cused of having "popped" the ques
tion by "wireless." :
The following sales of property
were negotiated by Robinson & Ste
venson last week: Ira L. Hunter
to A. L. Lembrocker,2 lots, $262.50;
J. L. Hershner - residence property
to Julian MeFadden, $775; E. S.
Hornady to Mr.. Butler, house and
4 lots, near Carriage Factory, $850;
J. JC. Berry to W, Tom, house and
3 lots, $925-
Mr. Staats says there is much
talk among the farmers of ' build
ing a commercial line between Pal
las and Corvallis, as an additional
wire is badly .heeded for the long
distance "service. It is-highly prob
able that work on the new iine will
be commenced within the next
thirty diys. Polk C'-.unty Ob
server, y 'v'"
,Dr. Thomas Parker has been ar
rested in connection with the Shar-
ratt murder, on charge of being
acccessory after the fact. It seems
that Dr. Parker extracted a bullet
from the head of Sharratt, then at
a latter date took oath that Shar
ratt's death was the result of an
abscess of the brain. The doctor
is out on bonds. '-ry.rl
T Reports haye Been received from
the Yaquina hatchery showing that
4, 000, 000 silverside and 3, 000, 000
chinook salmon have been hatched
there this seaeon. About 1, 000,
OUO steelhead .salmon' eggs have
been taken, and these will be used
in the salmon hatchery exhibit at
the Lewis and Clark Fair. Toledo
Reporter, r.
C. L.Taylor, of Corvallis, and
Miss Maud McGee.of Albany, were
united in marriage, Sunday, at the
home 01 the bride's parents, ' Mr.
and Mrs. John McGee, in Albany,
Rev. Wright of the M. E. church,
South, was the officiating clergy
man. Mrs. Jennie Grier, of this
city, a sister Of th groom, attended
the , wedding. Only relatives ' of
the contracting parties were pres
ent. '
A couple of ladies of this city
bad . occasion," last week, to visit a
stock farm near : Blodgett. Thev
remained . there ? several ' days and
got so desperate over jthe matter of
returning, to the city that they fin
ally emoraced tne opportunity to
ride : the t fifteen " miles t seated ; in
chairs in a . lumber wagon. Thos
best informed . declare that hence
forth the ladies will eliminate car
riages when they ride abroa d,
Street work started in this, city
last yridaywhetu plowing was com
menced on th 8tr?et from the resi
dence property A Thus. Wbitehorn
a. - ii rt it. :. xn- -i 1? - 1 1
io ine u niiea xuyansencai xnurcn.
When this is done,' the plow1 "will be
used on a block of the street lying
tetweeaH;rje -residence of Johnson
Porter and George 'Smith.' Next in
order is the breaking, up of the street
from the : Bert Lacy home south
across 4ha property, of -theXX & E
Railroad Cq. When all the plow
ing is .done the grading will be
undertaken.
A brief report of the death o:
mary Amanaa jaay reached us
yesterday, afternoon. She was the
daughter of , F; P; and Mary Frantz
and was born in 1865, ' in Appanoos
county, Iowa. ; She came to this
county when quite ', a '.little girl
Her death ' occurred yesterday
morning at w o ciock, and the re
mains will be interred in the family
burying grounds " in K.vsa - Valley
today. She was the wife of Perry
ilddy, and - the husband and
live
1 children survive her.
PHILOMATH CONTEST.
An Interesting Write-Up of What
Occurred.lby Our Renre-
sentative.
The local orohibition oratorical
contest'for a representative ' ' from
Philomath to the State Prohibi
tion contest ' to be held id Mc
Minnville in the near future, oc
curred last Thuisday evening in
the chapel of Philomath College.
There were five contestants, two
ladies and three gentlemen. The
college u societies made things
lively with their speaking horns,
giving society yells just preced
ing the contest; There was much
j r
rivalrv between the ladies and
gentlemen, with honors ending
,,,.. . :
: The innVrs on deliverv" were
Prof. A." N. Fulkerson, princi-
oal of Philomath miblic school:
Helen Crawford, of OAC: Sunt.
a' w Tw.mo Ti,-ntt
was held under "the atisnires of
the - Prohibitionary - . League of
Philomath. The orations were
well rendered, ! each contestant
showing careful . drilling and
much natural ability. , Those
contesting for honors were Livian
Bond, Mrs. R. H. Lewis, A.
Whitten, Merrill Stains, and Mr.
Still will. -
Mrs. K. ti. ' Lewis was given
first honors and Andrew Whitten dining room was crowded to the
second, ""honors. Prof. Henry utmost It was a most sump
Sheak presented the one coming tuous banquet and everything
second, Andrew Whitten, with a was in the height of style,
silver medal and - the ' three not Ladies and gentlemen appeared
winning medals with some choice
books. Prof. O. V. White in a
"ew well chosen words, presented
Mrs, Lewis with - the gold medal.
Mrs, Lewis will represent Philo
math at McMinnville. . Should
she win there she will then repre-
sent Oregon . in the inter-state
contest, and winning there will
represent these states . at the
National : Oratorical Contest.
1 hese contests are held so as to
promulgate and ; advance, the
cause 01 proniDition. if is a
very effective way to accomplish
this aim.
During the evening the ladies'
quartet rendered some- excellent
selections: This is "one "ot the
best ; quartetts to be found any-
where in our county, and being
adies, we are air proud of them. A
The men's quartet also did well.
The representative of the Gazette
being especially partial . to the
ladies, will riot go backon thern
notwithstanding the good ' work
Weed and - Angel rendered two
verv excellent recitations: The
work of them and the. orators
sneaks well 1 for Miss " Letilia
Abrams, elocutionist at Philo-
math Colleee. Her work as
teacher in ; this . department is
bearing good results. - " "
Water Works Bill. --.
In our last issue we printed, in
reference to the council discussion
of the advisability of .the city
ordering a survey . and estimate
ot tne route and probable cost ot
city water works, the gist of a
"JigS?'1
There was some little discrepancy
and in order that our readers may
thoroughly understand the sec
tions of the bill that have creat
ed -the greatest discussion, we
now submit the following: -
Section 2 The power and
authority . given to the city by
section 1 hereot, to contract . or l
purchase water works and issue 1
and dispose of : bonds , thereof,
shall be exercised as hereinafter 1
provided by the following named 1
substantial taxpayers and ..bona
fide residents . thereof, :. namely:
E; Woodward, M. S- Woodcock,
R. H. Hustpn. Thos. Leese, B.
F. Irvine, S. L. Inline; P. Avery,
W. S. McFadden, and T. R.
Smith, who shall : be. styled ; col
lectively., 'The -Water, Com
mittee" and hereinafter mention
ed ' and referred - Xxf as the com
mittee. " 1 ' ;
Sprtiftti t Thi water com
mittee,r rat their pleasure, - shall
elect a presiding , omcer , jrom
,1 .. i.jt.' -1.-11 t. i 1 J
ineir numDer, wno suau uc svy
tbv kn elect a clerk:
who shall be styled clerk of the
. ' . . . .. '
muiuimw, ou r'-5
and clerk shall hold their respec-
tive offices until their successors
are elected.and quaunea r ,
.. VontlM , A: ,1A MAnPUPT El Tl V
... . r J-
memoer 01 gaiu comiumw muv?
j named; or . nereaiter eiectea as
? 4 herein provided, shall arrive
'or """shall
cease, tf be a taxpayer
or a hona
fide resident ;tf the City of Cor
valhs, or shall - become a member
l tne commission, then in either
c i said events j there shall Tje
aeemea to Pe a vacancy in said
1 -
committee. Whenever a vacancy
shall exist in said committee- as
the result of the causes above
named, or by reason of the death
or resignation of a member, the
said committee shall at its next
regular meeting electtrom among
the substantial taxpayers and
bona fide residents of the City of
Corvallis a sufficient number of
persons to fill all vacancies then
. . ,, .
eis.ng, - - proviaea, nowever, mat
1U meeveni'ine saia coram uiee
sha11 for the Perio(J of 3 months
after such vacancy or vacancies
occur, be unable , to agree, upon
any persons to fill the. vacancy or
vacancies, thereafter the mayor
C said City of Corvallis shall
vote with said committee for the
purpose of filling such vacancy
or vacancies.
Second Annual Banquet.
The second annual banquet
was given at Hotel Corvallis last
Saturday evening .'in. nonor of
OAC's football team. It was a
public function and the large
m f uii dress and this crave . tone
Urt 1,0 aflFoii.
During the course of the ban
quet many good toasts were
given. &: t . Irvine acted in the
capacity of toast master. . Among
others, ttte toiiowipg gentlemen
responded to toasts: Pres. Gatch,
Lieut. ' Qumlan, v Dr. Lester, is.
W. Johnsofi1, F. U Miller, and
W..G. Emery. ; After the ban-
auet. President Gatch "in a neat
speech presented the boys of the
team with a fine sweater - each,
and a picture of the entire team.
After the presentation of the
sweaters, an election of officers
was held, and Manager Stimpson
was re-elected manager of the
team for the r following year.
Capt. Pilkington : retired and
Root was ' elected to his place.
tWhtwat. Won movwv
L idnnHne1 mtiVAo. Thah" it
.
I without
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Died Suddenly,
A lew moments alter s o'ciock
Saturday morning Gustav, 14-
year-old son of Mr. andMrs. B,
Woldt of this city, expired after
a very brief illness. The case
was an unusual one. . The boy,
who was said to nave Deen a
model lad, and bright," attended
1 school up to ; noon ' last WedneS'
day,
' At noon he comnlained of
headache and did not go' to
school in the afternoon. Trouble
developed rapidly and Thursday
was a puzzling one and a little
later Dr.. Cathey was called. The
only4 thing 4possible to discover
was that the boy suffered a feel
ing of $ sdreness back of ' one 02
his hips, near the spinal column.
He grew rapidly worse despite
all ettorts to save nun ana soon
died." It was likely a' case o:
septic poisoning.
Mr.' woldt answered the sad
summons and returned irom
Portland on the West Side train
Saturday. The funeral services
were held at the family residence
at 2 oclock yesterday afternoon
and were conducted by Rev.
jsusn. i xne , remains were r- m-
terred in Crystal Lake cemetery.
Additional Local.
It seems if .the Russian" army
expect to i beat ' the J aps to Kt
p-te-ph,,,,.
they . "will have to
I T o
i nurry
. WooLis 1n"ted ln th'8 '7 -V
1 aDout lw or 2tJ nta . np.r rw-ninrl-
is yet ar .trine - early. Mair- .is
started off at'28 cents pet VimH,
but the price does npt appear to1 be
- nrmiy on rt? reel
onerm ..iiUTiiett nas ngured iup
I . vt ttx . . . " a
mat bv o b. m.. March 15. taxes
had been paid m this county in the
at' sum of $60,187 j those who paid
the age "of 70, years,
The
Latest
Oxford,
College
Pattern.
Extra large Eyelets.
Very Stylish . . : ; V
If you want something distinctive,
Individual, come and see this shoe
Furnishing Uoods Depart
ment Gomnteta Lines in
Spring Styles.
The Best $3.00 Hat
m the world-
Ihe Gordon
Sold Exclusively by
The White House,
Petaluma
tlx t
HOLLY CHICK FOOD
A perfect food for little Chicks ...J. ..per 100 poun Is, $3.50 '
- Dry Granulated Bone .per 100 pounds,- $2.00
V' Ground Eastern Oyster Shell par 100 pounds, $1iO
Crystal Grit.. per 100 pounds, $1.SO
. Cracked Corn.'. ......per 100 pounds, $1.40
tee's Liquid Lice Killer and a lull line of Poultry Supplies
SPECIALS ' Union Ms at Go.'s Hams 12 cents per pound.
" f Bacon 14 . ' " "
Patent Shipping Boxes, 15-egg size, 124 cents each; 30-egg
N 1 y '.-"size, 16 cents each. ''.).,.
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C A. ROBINSON
. fNDKrCNDCMT PHOHC.14.9 .
Robinson & Stevenson
Real Estate, Loans and Insurance
A FULL
, FAR
CITY PROPERTY
FOR SALE
CALL AND LIST YOU
their taxes ( numbered 1,650. On
this date the time granted, for a re
bate expired and after April 3rd, if
at least. half your, taxes . are not
paid you will be subject to a 10 per
cent, penalty and 12 per cent, in
terest, so -hurry up. ' .
, Startling Mortality. ,
: Statistics show startling mortality, from
appendicitis and peritonitis. -To pre
vent and cure these awful diseases, there
is just one reliable remedy, Dr -King's
New Life Pills.. M. Flannery, of 14 Cus
tom House Place, Chicago, says t "They
have no equal for Constipation and Bili
ousness, toe at .aiien &. wooawara,
L-L.ST OF JWUf OffiCE PHONE.
c Latest
Spring
Styles
New Lasts,
New Leath
ers,, Oxfords
and Bals.
See
Window
Display
' Corvallis, Ore.
Incubators!
We have the exclusive agency lor the
Petaluma IncubatorsA. Brooders
carried in stock and sold , at factory
prices : .. ' . .
54-egg size $10.00
126-egg size...- 1 $20.00
216-egg size.......,;............... $27. OO
We also have the famous
Cyphers Model Incubators and
Colony Brooders.
Corvallis
A. Li Stevenson
INOCPCNDCNT PHONf 2 Ol .'. ..
375
Corvallis, Ore.
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: Pneurnonta follows La Orlpp v
, tuf nsvsr follows ths use of .'
FOLEY'S
Honey
Tar
' tiftopi thii Cough and heali fb luaga.
PrTenU Poeamocda And ponKtmptlon.
Kb. a. Vaoha, at 157 0ood 8k. CUwc
wAWi uUs uttu had ta gripe toi It left hat
with air aoU wi htm lose
tout' Bart Am T rl nhplflyj
t ;if you want new nues put in a
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