CORVALLIS, BKNTON GOUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, J UN1S 23. 1905.
Vol. XLH.
ORIGINAL RECORD.
Record of
Held in
First District Court
Benton County.
In past years provision was not
made - for the filing of county
and other important documents
that were accumulated! at the
office of the county clerk. To
day, we have a most up-to-date
system of files in the 'arge vault
at the clerk's omce but it was
not always so. "
Formerly there were no files
worthy the name and boxes were
used to considerable extent When
there was. a scarcity of boxes, such
boxes as were already full of pa
pers were placed across a corner
of the vault in such a fashion as
to iorm a pen. - In this pen was
supposed to be placed papers of
little or no value, and rubbish;
In time this pile came to be con
sidered wholly as rubbish.
Such was the state of affairs
"one day in the fall of J1896, when
V. K. Watters. thenmnntv clerk.
and V. P. Moses, his deputy,
took it upon themselves to clean
things up. a bit and do some fil
ing, as they had received facili
ties for the work. In one corner,
supposed to be largely devoted to
rubbish, they found the original
record of the. first term of circuit
court ever held in Benton county
It is a remarkable document in
many ways and in after years wil
be considered " very valuable by
the people of this county. ; It
bears the date of April 5, 1852,
and is in the hand writing of O
. C. Pratt, district judge . at that
time. The writing is verv clear
pointed to examine oueG. E.
Cole an applicant for admission
to the bar. The day following
above order said Cole was admitted.-
"'. ; . 3 - :r;v:
On account oi sickness of John
Lloyd, foreman of the grand jury,
he was excused and W. S. Starr
was appointed to act in that capacity.
On the last day of court it was
ordered that the clerk of - said
court be allowed $100 for the cur-
EXPOSITION ITEMS.
Of
Interest to Benton
;. - People by-Special
Correspondent.
and competent actors of unusual
lability, make this "Gala day , in
County! Venice" something to be remem-
bered. Don't. fail to see it.
rent year, to be paid quarteily
out of county treasury. . At the
same time it was ordered that the
sheriff of Benton - county be al
lowed $150 for the current year.
The most interesting . item is
as follows: "And now at this
day came the prosecuting . attor
ney on behalf of the Territory
in the Case aoove enutiea ana
moved the court in the presence
of tke : defendant, that the said
defendant purge himself under
oath of an alleged xontempt in
refusing to appear and testify be
fore the grand jury, as requited
bv that iury, or that he be pun
ished by fine or imprisonment for
the- contempt in disobeying said
process and relusing to appear
and testify: and thereupon the
court, having asked the said de
fendant if he had any excuse or
defense to make either by his
own statement under oath, or
otherwise, replied an.d - said .that
he refused to make oath before
or otherwise, recognize the court
as possessed of any -rightful
authority to administer law in
Oregon ; whereupon, in considera
tion of "the premises, and it ap
pearing to the satisfaction of the
court that the said -Delap had
1" . I " ...
ana legioie ana judge fratt was been duly summoned to appear
no mean penman, a fact that con- and testify before the grand jury.
tributes not a little to the docu- and had wifully and in open and
ment On the records are many declared defiance of said - grand
. 11 li - 11 : . 3 - c .1..? ' . ' r At-
ing an acquaintance with the his- court refused to obey the law,' in
tory of those who redeemed Ben- such case made and provided,
ton from a wilderness. - - - and it further appearing to the
One of the most interesting courtrthat said Delap offered
Items Ot-record IS' the admision forcible resistance to the sheriff
of Wil.iam Wyatt to citizenship, when brought into court
Corvallis Day", June 15th, was
the sensation of the week at the
Lewis and Clark Fair. To give
the names of ' the visitors would
be -simp! y publishing the Cor
vallis 1 Directory, and that 1 we
could not do, as 'Happy " has it
copyrighted. Probably nothing
in the way of display so far in
the Fair grounds has excited so
much attention and comment as
the monster 1 banner carried by
the OAC boys in their march
around the grounds. It stirred
up the jealousy of some of the
rival counties in that part of the
state and one of their representa
tives sarcastically suggested that
it was longer than . Benton
county." - But it served its pur
pose; it attracted attention to a
in, if not a
Gives His -Views.
Feel Impending Doom.
Mr. Wyatt' s witnesses were H.
C. Buckingham and Wavman
StClair.
The p:ople 01 those stirring
times appear to have had war
to answer the said charge.
and behaved I in a tumultuous
and disorderly manner in the
presence of the court-while before
it and answering to said charge;
with the drink habit, and this as- it is therefore, adjudged by the
sertion IS balked by the appear- rnnrt that said Helan is cniltv of
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ance or rour cases on ine recora. a gross contemot and that he be
1 here were two cases against fined the snm of one hundred
Chas. banborn and two against dollars and pay the cost of this
Henry Norton. The offense was Droceedinpv and that he stand
selling whisky without license, committed until said fine and
Each case resulted in a fine of costs. u and all - crofter -' costs at
SSO IOr ine OnenaerS. On IOD OI IcnHanf nnnn liic mmmilmpnt
which was tacked the regulation are nam "
1 r . ,
This memorable term of court
item of cost.
It will be interesting to note
those who . composed the first
grand jury, as follows: Francis
Writsmanv Wm.' F. Dixon. Mon
roe Hodges, James Watson, Silas
M. Stout, G. W. Bethers, S. W.
Starr, John Stewart, John Lloyd,
D. D.- Davis, Elijah Iiggett.S,
"K. Brown Tolbert Carter, James
Gingles," Robert - Russell, Jesse
Belknap, H. C.: Lewis, Orin Bel
knap, Nathum King, and Way
man otciair. ifie petit jury
was held in the house of Joseph
Avery.
Cascara Bark.
There is ;uq . need for chittim
peelers to hustle - cms -year nor
the next,for that matter, to judge
from . present reports. -A local
Dusiness man, who Has been a
leading 'buyer of ': bark in the
was composed-of ,H. C. Bucking- large cf bark is stored
ham, Alfred Rmehatt, J. A. Ben- in this citv as a result of low
a a. M .1 - T- . 1 5 J .. :
ne, V- v mouey,, K.owiana nriees An artlPie
Chambers, R. B. Hinton John
Trapp, Lazarus Vanbebber. I,uke
Mulkey, and J. C Alexander.
' There being norj district attor
ney of the United States in at
tendance, K.. f. iioise was ap-
p4)ointd to prosecute on behalf of I from
tne umtea oiaies ior ana during I there
said term ot court.
, On motion of M. T. Deady
Esq., Andrew I. Bab, of Missouri,
was admitted to practice as an
attorney.
It was ordered that the clerk,
A. G. Jlovey, issue a ; summons
iorMichoias uwenby to appear
before the next term of court and
show whv he should not be ' fined
for contempt of court. The same
order- was made in reference to
one Arnold Fuller.
William Metzger was admitted
to citizenship with A; M. Witham
and William Wyatt as witnesses.
Attorneys M. P. Deady, R.
appearing in
the Oregonian of Tuesday pretty
nearly sums' up the chittim busi
ness from a local standpoint. It
is as follows:
The market for chittim bark
is dull, weak and lower. - Advices
the -East say the, market
is in a waiting attitude,
with consumers making' no pur-
cnases. AH tne neavy manufac
turing chemists and large': specu
lators have large stocks on hand
and in view of the immense sup
ply of unsold' bark on this Coast,
are strictly out of the market It
is estimated 'there' is a five year's
supply already peeled and "unsold
in tnis couniry. it is true, u
means that prices must get down
to the- basis f ioqi, and i8q2
when bark sold, at 2j4 and 2(
cents. ' .-
good county ' to live
great one in area.
While Thursday was Corvallis
Day proper, it seemed as if it ex
tended through the entire week.
The orange .colored jibbon I has
been in evidence ever since. In
no pait of the ground has it been
more conspicuous " than : at the
Exposition Games. Here the
sturdy athletes tof OAC carried
off the honors, as Usual. . Smith
son lea witn two nrsts; bwan
with one; Williams won, one sec
ond and one third place;. Green-
haw and Cathey each with a sec
ond, while Woodcock," Walker
and Moores each had a third
place to their credit. Sixty points
in all were placed to the credit of
the Agriculturists. "
As this list week has been
"Grand Lodge" week with the
Masonic brotherhood. : many of j
the Corvallis rrlembers ot the
fraternity have out in the entire
week n this city. Beginning
with the Eastern Star, on Mon
day, the Royal Arch Chapter and
the Grand .Lodge of the symbolic
decrees followed in regular order,
interspersed with, some Scottish
Kite business, ana . winding up
with a monster Shrine procession,
initiation and banquet to fitting
ly round put the week on Satur
day. The procession was some
thing seldom seen, about 1500 of
the solid men of Oregon, in full!
dress, capped.with the Fez, the
distinctive mark of the , order,
and marching in orderly ranks,
dignified and commanding as be
comes the traditions - and princi
ples of their order. It was a siht
weil'woith seeing.
Massachusetts celebrated Bun
ker Hill day, the 17th .of June
by - dedicating the - magnificent
edifice erected, by .her i"representa'
tives. v It is located between the
Oregon building and the 5 little
Masonic cottage, s i ne ceremon
ies were elaborate, and carried
out with excellent-taste and iudg
ment.-- The, Massachusetts build
ing is a reproduction, i:. minature
of the State House on Beacon
Hill, facing the common, -with
the exception . oti. the gorgeous
gilded dome that gave to Boston
the name of "the hub of -th
Universe." Every Boston man
in the audience could be easily
recognized by the look of
superiority and genuine content
ment on his face, caused - by the
The following dispatch, which
is self-explanatory,- was sent out
from Salem a couple of days ago:
"I believe tne Republicans of
Oregon should hold -a state con-
vention next spring,"? said Dr.
James Withycombe, today, when
his opinion upon the subject was
asked. " "A convention should
be called, not for the purpose of
nominating candidates, but for
the purpose ot adopting a pi it-
form. This much it seems to me,
is necessarv' in order that the
principles for : which , the ..Re
publican party stands may be
declared." -
Dr. Withycombe was in Salem
for a few hours today and while
here was met by a number ot his
friends. Presumably - his visit
was in the interest of his - candi
dacy for the Republican nomiua
tton for the- Governorship next
spring, and quite naturally the
conversation 'drifted to politics :
Dr. Withycombe has not com
menced an active "canvass- and
will not do so for several months,
if at all, but says he has receiv
ed much encouragement from
every part of the state and is
pleased with the outlook.-
Since the manner of making
nominations has been the subject
of considerable' discussion his
views were inquired 'for. After
making the statement q-ioted
above, he continued :
Ida not believe the Republican
Convention should take.any action
with-regard to the ncmination of
candidates before the primaries
The people of this state have
adopted a direct - primary law
which provides the manner in
which patty candidates shall be
chosen, and there should be no
deviation from the method pres:
cribed. -." - -' J
The people -have, tried to do
away with the con ventiotj,sy stem
of nominating candidates, and I
believe tney would resent any
attempt to influence their action
by the indorsement of candidates
in a convention. "
I have the utmost confidence
in the ability of' the members of
a party to choose their can lidates
by ballot at - a direct, ptimary
election, and when candidates
have been so chosen they ; should
receive the undivided support of
the patty nominating them, r If
I should not win - in my . n
candidacv, I shall certiinly; give
my hearty support ; to whomso
ever the Republicans of Oregcn
may nominate tor the uovernor-
ship and for other offices:
The feeling of impending doom in the
minds. of many victim of Bright'a dis
ease and diabetes has been changed to
thankfulness by the benefit derived from
taking Foley's Kidney Oure. It -will
cure incipient Blight's -disease and dia
betes and even in worst "cases gives com
fort and relief. Slight disorders are
cured in a lew days.: "I had diabetes in
the worst form,'' writes Marion Lee of
Dunreatb, Ind. "I tried eight physicians
without relief. Only three bottles of
Foley's Kidney Cure made tne a well
man." For sale at Graham & Wortham'e
drug store.
A Bad Scare.
Some day you will get a Yiad scare,
when you feel a pain in your boelf, and
fear appendicitis. Safety lies in Dr.
King's New Life Pills, a pure cure, for
all bowels and stomach diseases, such as
headache, biliousness; rostiveness, e'c.
Guaranteed at Allen t Woodward's
drug store, only 25c. Try" them.
Buy your Lewis and Clark
outfits from J. M. Nolan & Son.
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Cheap Sunday . Rates Between
Portland and Willamette
Valley Points.
Low round trip rates have been placed
n effect between Portland and Willam
ette Valley points, in either direction.
Tickets will be sold : r
T SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS,
and limited to return on- or before the
following Monday. . , :
Rate to or From Corvallis. $3.00-
Call on Southern Pacific Co's Agents
for particular?.
Asthma
Sufferers
Thl.
Should Know
Foley's Honey and ."Tar has cared
many cases of asthma that were ran -.
sidered hopeless. M.s Adolph Buesir.g,
701 Third St., Davenport, Iowa, writes:
A severe cold contracted twelve years
age was neglected until it finally grew
into avthma. The lent medical skill
available could not give me more than
4emporary relief. Foley's Honey and
lar was recommended and ore fifty
cent bottle entirely cured me of asthma
which had been ' gr wing on me for
twelve, yars. and if 1 had taken it at
tbe start I wonld tisve )een saved years
of suffering " . Graham & Wortham
keep it for tale. .
Correspondents.
AH past negHa'ions-.for parties to
write ma'ier for publication in the Ga
zette are hereby annulled. Those send-
ing matter to this office "for publication
are hereby notified that no piy will be
g ven by this office for such matter un
less heieafter agreed upon and price
Btated. The Gazette wi l gladly consider
all matter furnished without charge by
the contributor. . The name of the party
contributing in all case to be signed to
the communication. For all further ne-.
gotiations on this subject r address
- Corvaixis Gazette, -
Corvallis, Or.
Three Physicians : Treated
Without Success.
Him
W. L. Ysncy, Paducah, Ky., writes :
"I had a severe case of Sidney disease
and three' of the be&t ph3 sii-ians in
Keatucky treated me without success.
I then took Foley's Kidney Cure. The
first bottle gave immediate relief, and
three bottles cured me permanently. I
gladly- recommend this, wonderful rem
e.ly." For sale by Graham & Wortham.
Summer School.
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The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
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State Normal.
JUNE 26 TO Alfl. 4.
TLIT10N, - - $7.50
All Resources of State Normal School Available.
Board and room, $3.00 to $4 00 per week
need not exceed $30 00,
expense
Entire
Faculty of eigh1. Address
E. D. RESSLER,
Monmouth, Oregon.
If your watcK shows any irregu
larity or gives other evidence that
something is wrong witn it, better
have it : examined by a competent
watchmaker. . You won't : find, any
more skillful xr" more experienced
anywhere than right here. We 'clean and. repair all sorts of
watches thoroughly and quickly and guarantee all our work as
well as our prices to be right. If your watch chain is beginning
to show signs of wear, or if you'd like a new chain for any rea
son, we are prepared to supply you with the best gold-filled one
made, at a moderate price. We carry tbe Simmons make, the
best known and most strongly guaranteed chains everrsold.
E. W. S. PRATT, Jeweler and Optician.
k no wledge that -- a man born in
Bostorr' doesn't have to be born
again. ' ' Truly it is a good thing
to be a descendant - of Plymouth
Rock. -
On the largest stage, probably
ever used in a dramatic show.
Kiralfy's "Carnival of Venice,-"
at the east side of. the Trail, is
now giving regular performances
That it stands at the head ot all
attractions of f the- Fair U self
evident. Hundreds of perform
ers cover the extensive platform,
or float around in the fancy gon
dolas on the Grand Canal. Rich
and beautiful, scenery and gorge
ous costumes are seen in endless
profusion. Sweet " singers and
graceful dancers vie with, each
other in their effort to blease.
GREAT REMOVAL SALE
" In order to reduce our stock and save moving,-we will offer a reduction of 5 per
cent on all goods bought FOR CASH; commencing June 5th and continuing
until removal occurs, or about June 25th. Quite frequently a merchant offers
a reduction on a special line of goods, but it is not often that a discount is given
An everything you. buy as will he the case in this Special Removal Sale.
: This does not apply to small purchases' of less than $1.00. -
Remember the date, Jane 5th. '- - - -
Tiia Houce-Fumickcro.
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P. Boise, and A. I. . Bab were ap-
Some rare vaudeville performers