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C0RVALLI8 H a A A II VI M Vol. XXJI. Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, Friday, May 12, 1903. NO. AO TURNED DOWN. Portland Against Independent Telephone Company. Speaking of telephones, it is proper to state that the people of this part of the valley and "es pecially of Corvallis, cannot understand what the business men of Portland mean by allow ing the franchise of the Inde pendent Telephone Company to be turned down. We have been ; working hard for one year in the endeavor to get our lines into Portland, so that we could have direct com munication with, the Portland wholesale houses, with the idea ' of bettering our trade conditions, hurry orders with quick returns, etc., and when we ask to be ad mitted you turn us down. When the farmers ot Benton county went to the trouble and expease of buying and placing in operation their own telephone system they asked to be connect ed with the "Bell" svstem, then in vogue in Corvallis, that they might talk direct wtth the busi ness men, they, too, were turned down. The "Bell" people would not consider any worthy or just proposition from them. It was then that the farmers came to the business men of Cor vallis and said, "Here, what are you going to do for us? We want connection with you and the 'Bell' company will riot give it to us. Now, if you can't help us to get our lines into Corvallis we will have to look elsewhere Albany, perhaps, or Independ ence, will take us on." We did not do then as Port land is doing us today, but in stead, we organized an '''Inde pendent Telephone Companv," and as a result we have in Cor vallis today the best up-to-date central energy system" in the No: th west, with '755 subscribers and a cash investment of $20,000. We have on file 300 applications for phones, which are being fill ed as last as possible. This list does not inclnde subscribers in Linn and Polk counties. . We are talking over our lines with free switching to Harris- barg, Tangent, Lebanon, -Dallas, independence, Alsea, and many other towns in adjoining counties having Independent connection with the Corvallis system, for $1 per month residence, and $1.50 per month business phone. The Benton County Citizens' League, which was instrumental in the formation of the Independ ent Telephone Company in Cor vallis, adopted the following resolutions at their last regular meeting, May 2nd, 1905 "Be it resolved by - the Benton County Citizens' League, That we urge the commercial organiz ation of the City of Portland to give the Independent Telephone movement earnest approval to the end that arrangements may be made whereby the 1,000 users 01 independent telephones in . Benton county may have direct connection with Portland busi ness houses through their Inde pendent phones. " We firmly believe that there are some business men in Port land who will help us in what we consider a just ( enterprise. , We do not think because your city .council voted against the franchise that it necessarily means that you all are opposed to our Independent telephone system. The other day a certain travel ing man made the statement to one of his customers, "I must hurry back to Portland today, because the 'boss' wants to get out and do some work for the telephone company, as the mat ter ot franchise comes up before the council today." Upon inquiry, the customer was very much surprised to learn that it was in opposition to the Independent company that the "boss" was going to work. At this the customer became very indignant and informed the sales man that in the future he need not call, as he would buy his hardware in San Francisco. ' Is th s the way that Portland is goin to help the remaiuder ol the state? We know that she has ever been selfish, but we had begun to think that she had about outgrown the fault, as she is old enough to be wiser. Just so far as she helps Benton, or any other county in the state, in a worthy enterprise just, so far does she help herself. Yours very trulv, ' John F. Allen, Secretary Benton . County Citizens' League To Parole Prisoners. A new law is to go into effect Mav 19th. A dispatch recently sent out from Salem gives a clear idea of what may be in store for a prisoner if he be not too bad. The article referred to is as fol lows: Oregon's experiment with the parole system in the punishment and reformation of criminals will begin on the 19th. of this month, when the acts of the last Legis lature upon this subject will take place. Two acts were passed, one au thorizing the Circuit Judge to pa role a prisoner at the time of pass ing sentence, and the other au thorizine the Circuit Judge to sentence the defendant for an in definite period and empoweriHg the Governor to parole him for good behavior after he has served the minimum time prescribed by law. An indefinite sentence will expire by limitation of law when the prisoner has served the mini mum time provided as a penalty for the offense. The new laws are expected to accomplish two results encour- men to reiorm, and relieve the state of the burden of main taining them in prison'. The pa role system is intended, of course, to be resorted to only where, 'the the offender is not a confirmed criminal and will probacy ' not violate the law again if given his freedom. . A large proportion ot men now confined fn the peniten tiary are confirmed criminals and many have been sentenced to terms in prison two or three times. There are manv, nevertheless, such as those now on the trusty list, who would be safe it turned loose to go where they, please. Hereafter, when a man is fonud guilty of a crime for which he may be punished by imprison ment in the penitentiary, from two - to ten years, , for examble. the Judge may pass sentence in oneor two ways, tie may sen tence him to a definite term of imprisonment. He may sentence mm to a detinue term or im prisonment and then make an order pardoning him during good behavior. - He mav sentence him to an indifinite term of imprison ment and leave the matter of pa role to the discretion of the Gov ernor after the minimum term of! two years has been served. Governor Chamberlain says that Hfs experience as a ' prosecuting attorney leads him to believe that about one in twenty, persons who are convicted of a crime would be suitable persons to be .paroled by the Circuit Judge when they are sentenced. If the Judges ex ercise fully their power to parole, there will be comparatively few who will be suitable tor parole by the Governor. Those paroled he thinks will be nearly all young men. .- ; 1 A Creeping Death. Blood poison creeps up towards the heart, causing death. J. E. Stearns Belle Plaine, Minn., writes that a friend dreadfully injured ' his hand, which swelled up like blood poisoning. Buck len's Arnica Salve drew out the' poison healed the wound, and saved his life. Best in the world for- burns and sores 25c at Allen & Woodward 8 drug store Notice to Creditors. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has oeen appomtea exeeucor wiin tne win annexed the estate of Rhoda Taylor, deceased. All D sons having claims against said estate are. hereby required to present the same duly verified as by law required, to the undersigned at Corvallis, Ore gon, wunin six months irom mis date. - Walter K. Tatlqb, Executor Pated this 5th day of May. 1905. ROOSEVELT'S CABIN. This Cabin Forms a Part of North . Dakota's Exhibit at the Exposition. The log cabin in which Presi dent Roosevelt lived for three years while he was a rancher has been placed in the Agricultural building at the Lewis and Clark Exposition as a part of the state of North Dakota's exhibit. The cabin was taken apart and, the pieces numbered,, so that it could be put together again axactly as it was when the president lived in it as a cow boy. It stands near the south wajl of the Agri cultural building. It was in 1883 that Mr. Roose velt went to North Dakota and purchased a Maltese Cross ranch, a place on the Little Missouri River eight miles south of the town of Medora. On taking pos session Mr. Roosevelt changed the name to Chimney Butte, on account of a chimney-shaped butte a short distance away. The rough cabin which ' he bought with the ranch was the future J President's only home for nearly three years, and in it he lived the life of a cow boy. In the cabin there will be ex hibited also a number of memen tos of the President's life at the period- An old straw hat which Mr. Roosevelt wore when he went to the ranch, but which was dis carded shortly afterwards as un suitable to the kind of life he must lead, was found in an old sackln the corner of the cabin, and will be shown to visitors at the Western World's Fair. Other relics include the President's old gun, his chaps, boots and the war bag in which he stored these ar ticles when he gave up his cow boy life. While the Roosevelt cabin will probably prove the most popular feature of its participation,. North Dakota will have a most interest- display at the Fair. The citi zens of that state are proud of its resources, and when the Legisla ture refused to appropnte money for representation at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, they raised the required money by private subscription, under a plan pro posed bv Governor N. Y. Sarles. isortn Dakota, oeing an agri cultural state, has placed its entire exhibit m the big Agricultural building at the Exposition, where space 36 fett wide by go long is occupied. In this space an ex hibit of grains and grasses and other farm products has been in stalled, with a view of showing to the world the greatness of the state as a farming country. Com missioner Warren . N. Stoel. of Bismarck, is in Portland, super intending the installation of the exhibit, which is practically com pleted. COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE. 1 BKAVEB creek. , Andrew Ireland came up from Mon mouth last Tuesday to visit friends and relatives and will remain indefinitely. Ezra Thompson has just completed an addition to.his house and is now building a fioat shedl Mr. Thompson has some very fine goats. Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Duffy, Sherman Gleason, C. L. Winters and Noma Ire land were visitors at Philomath las week. - A stock buyer passed through here la9t week, buying cattle, sheep and hogs. Sherman Gleaeon spent Sunday with relatives at Bellfountain. Mr. Decker and family were visiting at Mr. Daniels last week. . Mr Danielswasa business visitor at Corvallis last Saturday J. S. Ireland is having a new bed made for his hack. Mr. Duffy , is doing the work. ' , "v ; Mr. Philips, of Alsea, was visiting here last week at tbe home of his daugb ter, Mrs. Decker. Memorial services will be held at the Beaver Creek school house for Giaodpa Butler, Sunday, May 14, at 11 a. m Elder Tarnage, of Polk con&ty. .will conduct the service. ; " - , . ' Jesse walker, ot VJorvaiiis, will move to hie farm in the near jfutuie. Jesse eaya he is tired of city life. Uncle OAK GROVE. Messrs. Jones and AVentz returned from Salem, Friday." Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Williamson spent Sunday with relatives at Wells. T. J. Bisdy is teaching school in Al sea, where he has a three-months school. Miss. Anna Pagenkopp has been visit ing a few days at the home of Mr. Kar sten. - . Gna Pagenkopp, of Independence, was in Albany on business Saturday. John Brown, who has been running a donkey engine for the sawmill on the John Harris place near Wells, expects to move his mill to the Smith place on Soap Creek, the first part of the week. Mr. Brown is getting out timber for his plant at Newberg. He has shipped six carloads of sawed timber from Wells since he began work there last winter. In the plant at Newberg the timber is made i nto ax, hoe and pick handles and placed on the market. There has been a goodly number of our people going to Dead River of late to try their hand at angling for catfish aud almost every night witnesses a jolly crowd with fishing tackle and bait in hand making their way toward the still waters of that noted stream, hopeful of outdoing their predewsiors, who have returned aud reported such wonderful luck in being able to land so maqy fine fish. - . , - KarstenBros. and Elmer Williamson spent many long hours Saturday evening by the Btill waters of Dead River angling for catfish. Needless to say that they came back loaded with experience. Steve Parker, late of Soap Creek, has located near Tangent,' Linn county, where he has bought 30 odd acres, upon which he expects to make - his future home. . . Dr. Hodges and wife, of Albany, were visiting the doctor's father, Drury Hodges of Wells, Sunday. John Harris, who has been suffering so much with rheumatism, has gone to Mud Springs to see if he can regain his health. - ' Ed Miller entertained some 25 of his friends Friday evening. The evening was spent in a social -way. Refreshments were served later to the delight of all present and consisted of coffee and cake. ALSEA. Washington Tom, of Corvallis, was in the valley last week transacting busi ness. W. H, Malone and wife, ot Portland, were m the valley wis wees loosing after their business interests. . Mrs. S. N. Warfield and Mi a Inez Seeley are visiting in Albany this week, with their brother, E J. Seeley. Bill Gellatly was in the valley last week buying beef cattle. The supervisors of Alsea have done some g"xd work on the roans the past week: J E. Banton is worki on the mountain this week. On account of the open winter the roads are unusually good for this time of the year on the mountain. In a recent issue of the Gazette we noticed an article giving a discnpticn of Mr. Moore's poultry farm, also the num ber of chicks hatched by different tests W. J. Warfield, of Alsea, has a sure hatch incubator and claims to have been more successful than Mr. Moore. Out of 96 eggs, Mr. Warfield hatched 93 chicks. Another lot of 108 were hatch ed. Mr. Warfield has 200 full blood Brown Leghorns chicks at present and 50 turkev. He also has some of the In looking around for Genuine Bargains in Furniture or House Furnishings take ' our advice step into our Store and investigate our Goods and Prices. We believe we have justly earned a reputation for Honorable and Square Dealing. Our customers are satisfied with our way of doing business. They know if goods are not as represented we will make it right or refund the money. We shall con tinue this liberal policy as long as we are in business, and hope to receive a contin- uance of your generous, liberal patronage. i . ' - v Yours for business, finest bred goats in the state, having purchased all of the registered goats that Oscar Tom bad. Bellfountain. Cattle buyers were much in evidence the last week or ten days.. Young stock are in good demand.' A few flocks have been sheared. Ship pers find sheep in good condition, but rather scarce. ' Mrs. E. H. Belknap has gone to South ern Oregon for an extended visit among her people. . Mrs. Ings has been quite poorly for the past few days. Geo. Hall, Jr. is erecting a large goat shed. v :'''. Ben Porter sold a team last week for $450. ' ' '.; John Perin has gone to Salem with his little g'rl to consult with Dr. Gillis as to some trouble with the child's eyes.' E. H. Belknap expects to move his sheep to the mountains the last of the week. Ed Williams and others are running a butcher business this summer. Prof. Mack, who is principal of the Halsey public schools, will be home in two weeks Hon. H. B. Nichols, father of R. J. Nichols, of OAC, is confined to his bed on account of advanced age and ill health. He is past four score years. Arrangements are already made for an elaborate picnic on June 3d. Cold weather has stopped the rapid growth of spring grain, but crops look fine. ' 1 Last Wednesday evening there was a social at Grange Hall under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society. A highly hil arious time was eDjoyed by all. Over $20 was realized, Last fall a telephone' company was formed here. It took ha'd drumming to get 20 members. Another was organized a few days ago, with 15 members, but when the time came to sign up there were about 25 ready to sign and others coming, and still more to hear from. The ques tion whether it was best for each system cairying from 12 to 18 phones to run sep- urate lines to Corvallis or establish n switch somewhere and use one trunk line to town is being enthusiastically dis cussed. Artistic Dressmaking. Ladies wishing artistic dressmaking at rersonable prices, should call on Mrs. L. Estes, of San Francisco, at the residence of 'Gene Simpson, Corvallis. Indep. Phone Nu. 254. 40tf Do Not be Imposed Upon. Fiilev & Co , Chicseo, originated Honey and Tar as throat and -iting reintdv, and on account f thegreat merit and popularity of F ley's Honev and Tar many imitations are offered for the genuine. Ask for Foley's Honey and Tar and refuse anv substitute offced as no other preparation will ve the came satis faction, tr is Mildly laxative. It con- tame no opiates and 13 safest tor children and delicate persons. For sale by Gra ham & Wortham. Open Day and Night. Rooms Single or EnSuitOm , .HOTEL CORVALLIS . . J. O. HAKIBIEL, Prop. One of tho Finest Eauined Hotels in tneZValloy. Both Phones. Saved by Dynamite. Sometimes a flaming city is saved bv dynamiting a space that the tire can't cross. Sometimes a cough hangs on bo long you feel as if nothing but dynamite would cure it. Z. T. Gray, of Calhoun, Ga., writes : "My wife had a very aggra vated cough, which kept her awake nights. Two physicians could not help her; so she took Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, Ocughs and Colds, which eased her cough, gave her sjeep, and finally cured her." Strictly scientific cure for bronchitis and (.a Grippe. At Allen & Woodward's drus store, price 50c and $1 ; gnaranteed. Trial -bottle free. , Notice of City Election. Notice is hereby eiven that the annnal election of The City of Corvallis will be held on Monday, "the 15th day of May, 1905, for the purpose of electing the fol lowing officers : Mayor . Chief oi"Police Police Jndge Treasurer One Councilman for the first ward Two Conneilmt-n for the second ward - One Councilman for the third ward The following has been -designated as the polling place:' Council chambers, in the city hall on tbe south-east corner of Fourth and Madison streets. Tbe polling place will open at 9 a. m. and remain open continuously nntil 6 o'clock p. m: The following persons have been appoint ed to conduct said election: Judges ' ' Caleb Davis Joseph Yates J. W. Crawford Clerks C.A.Gould Grant EUdn Given under my hand and eeal of The City of Corvallis this 2nd day cf May, 1905. , E. P. Geeffoz, Police Judge of The City of Corvallis. For Chief of Police. I hereby annoance myself a candidate for Chief of Police of the city of Corvallis, subject to the decision of the voters at the coming city election. Very respectfully, J. M. Howard. . For Chief of Police. 1 desire to state to the citizens of this city that I am a candidate for the office of Chief of Police of the Ciy of Corvallis, subject to the c"ecision of the voters at the next municipal election. W. G. Lane. . For Police Judge. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the office of Polio Judge sub ject to the decision of the voters at the election to be held on Monday, ihe 15 day of May. Respectfully Yours, E. P. Gkeffoz. For City Treasurer. I wish to announce myself as a candi date, for the office of City Treasurer at the election to be held on Monday, the 15th day of Mar. Very Truly Yours, Wm. McLagan. Bus Meets all Trains m J