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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1905)
CGRVAL Vol. XI.II. CoRVAixisr Benton County, Oregon, Friday, August 4, 19015. NO. ' O i- EXPOSITION ITEMS. Of Interest to Benton County People by Special Correspondent. The gorgeous splendor of the Fair grounds at night is a picture that must be seen to be appre ciated. It is hard to decide fioin what point the best view is to be had . Whichever way you look the scene is one of unparalleled magnificence. In the center rises the vast dome of the Agricultur al palace, a mass of living light. To the left the Foreign building with its brilliant towers flaming -against the dark sky beyond, with the brilliant sunken garden between. Farther to the left the - Oriental and Forestry buildings glitter and flash with their thou sands of sparkling dots of in candescent lights. To the right the plainer hues of lights on the Manufactures and Machinery buildings, make the southwest corner as light as day. The smaller buildings do their share in helping out the brilliant pic ture, and the clustered domes of the Missouri and Cash Register buildings shine like diamonds in a monarch's crown. In the dis tance the tall bright towers of tne jrovernment Duiiaiug, serve as a fitting background. Off to the left he Trail is a mass of flashing light, flanked cn either side with the Lake Shore Esplanade, and in front the long brilliant arches of the Bridge of Nations. Farther" off to the left the American Inn completes a picture of incandescent glory, brilliant and sparkling beyond the power of thj imagination to conceive. The fabled splendors of Solomon's Temple and the palaces of the Arabian ' Nights pall into insignificance besides these wonderful acheivements of the twentieth century. As the hour of half-past eleven ap proaches the lights become dull red, clearer in outline, but gradually fading, until when the halt hour is reached all disappear and darkness reigns supreme, Last Sunday was Catholic Day at the Icair, and the principal . feature was the service held in the Auditorium, where Father Sherman, son of the late Senator Sherman, presided. The hal was crowded to the doors, and the large audience was delighted That the opening of the Trai on Sundays is a step in the right direction, and that it meets the approval of the citizens of Port land, is amply proved by the at tendance last Sunday. Whil the average attendance of the previous Sundays since the Fair was opened has not reached 7000, the crowd on the 30th equaled luc avcmgc wccK.-u.iy aucDuance, being 13,200. This shows con clusively what the majority of the people think of the matter. and is a fitting rebuke to the cranks who wish to run the Fair to suit their own notions. but who contribute nothiiag to wards its support excepting , ad vice. The list of Corvallis -visitors during the last week, either seen or reported, has not been very large. Prof. Berch told and family, J. H. Simpson, Mr. Huston and family,. M. S. Wood cock and some others whose names we did not get. ' The Booth is now being re-arranged by S. E. Trask, in an artistic and workmanlike manner, and if the people at home take interest enough to send up some more exhibits, it will be a credit to Benton county and do untold good to our section. Has Bone-Yard. In the past Corvallis has ex perienced difficulty in finding a proper place for disposing of dead animals and items of gar bage. The feeling of necessity became aggravated recently when a horse belonging to David Hug gins died within the city limits And 00 place of burial could be found. Chief Lane was put to considerable trouble in the mat ter and Mr. Huggins fared no better. Since the above incident Chief Lane has been very active m his efforts to find a suitable place for city use as a bone-yard. Tues day he concluded arrangements whereby the city need not be embarrassed further in this mat ter. An agreement was reached with John Beach for a -plot of ground on his farm across the Willamette river from this city. The place selected is about a half mile below the ferry. According to the agreement reached by Chief Lane, represent ing the city, and Mr. Beach is that those having dead . animals for burial can use the spot select ed for this purpose on payment to the latter the sum of 50c. It is farther required that all per sons desiring to use the ground above mentioned make applica tion to the chief of police of this cily for permit. Without this permit the party attempting to use the ground set aside by Mr. Beach as a bane-yard will be prosecuted tor .trespass. it is well for all parties to bear in mind the conditions of this agreement. A Queer Freak. It is an old saysig "that there is nothing new under the sun," but this is some times proved .un true, as was demonstrated .iCor vallis this week. That nature does strange things, some times. is wen Known, ana tne tact was shown in a specimen brought to it 1.. f town Monday by John Porter, who resides ten mile3 south of Corvallis and sent on to Portland Tuesday to be placed in Benton's exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Fair. This specimen was a section of an oak tree, two feet ia length. and 10 inches in diameter. On one side of the oak tree is the butt of a pair, of deer antlers still attached to a portion of the skull. Straight through the center ot the tree, as was shown by cutting into it, went the deer antlers, and on the other side ot the oak the antlers projected from three to four inches, -the sap of the tree having been removed, All around the antlers, which uaa several prongs, tne oak was solidly grown, showing no break 01 any sort. - The supposition of those who saw the section of tree is, that many years ago a deer probably became entangled in a young oak tree, and being unable to extri cate itself, died there. The an tlers remained firmly lodged in the limbs, and in time the sturdy oak grew entirely around the an tlers, making them a part of the tree itself. Mr. Porter found the tree on his ranch ten years ago, but only cut it down last week to bring the peculiar section to Corvallis to send to the Fair. Fell Off the Peak. Parties who were on Marys Peak last Sunday report to have discovered the carcasses of three cows that "fell off the Peak." The animals belonged to John Wyatt. At present he has about 200 head ot stock grazing upon this mountain. - He uses the mountain for summer range. On the south side of Marys Peafc there is a very steep, rocky slide of 150 feet and the animals evidently ventured too near the top and got started down. By the time they reached the bottom they were sliding so rapidly that they were killed on landing sud denly. " On the west slope ot the Peak, not far from where Big'Elk heads, there is a slide of some 260 feet and very steep; ( Nearly every year a deer is reported to have taken the slide only to meet death at the bottom. On one or two occasions a bear has met his "everlasting" on this slide. BENEFITS LATER. What Will Result Exposition. From the There is some little talk in smaller towns of Oregon that the Fair will be an assistance to Port land . but is a drain on various sections of the state. This argu ment is based on the asertion that all who can scrape together mon ey to the extent of $15 or $20 go to Portland to visit' the Exposi tion and go home broke. This it is claimed makes times a trifle hard in the smaller cities of the state. While there may be a deal of truth in this argument, there are certain phases not taken into ac count. George A. Waggoner. author of "Stories of Old Or egon, "is a pretty keen observer; he returned a few days ago and states as fact so far as his miud is concerned that within the next two or three years the outlying districts will receive the fruits of the Fair. lie says there are many -men in Oregon today who hail from the East and who are quietly summing up the situation out on this coast. Not alone is Oregon to proht by the lair California, Washington and other sections will profit by it. These quiet guests, these observers, are pleas ed with what thev have seen they, like the country, the cli mate, and believe'in the state, as to its future. They are here at present simply on a tour of in vestigation. They still have property and farms throughout the East and ere coming West must dispose of this property. It will be a year or more before they are prepared to bring their fami lies to the Pacific slope, borne of these men have al- leady invested and their mouey will assist in the up-building and development of Oregon's resour ces. Mr. Waggoner draws atten tion to an industry of great im portance and value soon to be de veloped on Coos Bay a plant for the manufacture of cement. It is claimed that here are found in abundance all raw material for cement and in such quantities as to supply the entire coast. " Another man is looking into the possibility ot a large plant (were it established in a certain locality iu Oregon) for the manu facture of pitch, tar, turpentine, rosiu, and like commodities 'that may be tiken from the resiu- beanng trees of the Forests of Oregon. Here is an industry that sems to promise great things. As yet this held is pracucaily un touched. The stumps of trees are most valuable for this pur pose from the fact that there is more resin in them than other parts of the trees. Mr. Waggoner notes anions other things, that a large plant is soon to be established for the manufacture of a sort of sand brick.' This brick is to be made of lime and sand, is not to be kilm burned but pressed. There is demand for such brick. Not alone will brick be manufactured, but Building block of every style and size. .. - Truly, the Fair in the end will result in great good for the state. Baseball Tomorrow. Arrangements have been com pleted for a game of baseball at the College Athletic grounds to morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. The crack nine from the Siietz will make its first appearance on a Corvallis diamond and will put up an exhibition of baseball that will be well worth seeing. Good baseball is something thai has not been witnessed in our city for years, as football and track athletics has. caught the populai fancy. However, many of oui citizens -who played ball them sevei when boys, and many others, can yet enjoy an interest ing game ,such as Saturday's con test promises to be. - Manager Emery has picked out a team from amcng our best local talent that in recent years has proved itself to be hard to beat. Reab and Colbert alternate as pitchers; young Chambers, a 16 year old boy, catches, and his work is unusually 2006 Pilking- ton, offootbaJil fame, guards the initial sack: little Swann. the basketball crack, covers second. and Ed Pratt at 3rd is in the same class. " The work at short is cov ered by Cronise and Colbert. forming with the others an in field that seldom lets a ball go by, and whose throwing is swift and accurate. Butolpb, Reab and Keadv have been olaving the field and are all sure on long fly hits and strong at the bat. F. C. Stimpson, the well known ath letic manager, who is also a crack baseball player, is practicing every even'ng with the boys and will play in Saturday's game, just where has not been decided. , One week ago last Sunday Cor vallis and Siietz played a game at Newport that was pronounced a "rattling game from start to finish." The final score was 7 to 6 in favor of Corvallis. Last Saturday our boys played a pick ed nine of crack players at the seaside a 2 to 1 game. These performances prove that they bnow how to play ball, and with the well known team from Siietz against them, Saturday's game will certainly be well patronized. The diamond has been laid off directly in front of the grand stand, so that spectators can have an unrestricted view of the en tire field, and at the same time be comfortably seated. OAK GKOVE. William Abraham started Tuesday for Eastern Oregon, where he will help to harvest the large crops in that section. Mr. and Mrs. Tom JohnEon of Bed ding, Calif., are visiting at the home of fMr. Lewis Wentz. " Ben McElheney is home again - after spending a few days at the Lewis and Clark Fair. Wheat is turning out very poor; not making over ten bnshels to an acre and that of an inferior quality. -, Mrs. L, Wesctz . celebrated her 75th birthday last Tuesday by inviting in her own children and a few of hjr friends. The afternoon was spent in social con- I versation intermingled with some selec tions on the grapbophone furnished by Tom Johnson ot Redding, California.. The team attached to the Anthony mess wagon became unmanagable Moo- day and ran awav. Dinner . was inst about ready to be placed on the tables when the team took fright, but soon it was scattered in all directions and a new mess had to be cooked. There was no 'great damage done, " although the cooks looked as If they had been on a sea voy. age and were a little worse for wear as a result of their flight. Avery pleasant party was given at the home of Mrs. P.. P. Alfermatt, ' Fri day afternoon in honor ot Mrs. Paiu and Mrs. Farley, who will leave for their homes in Eastern Oregon soon. The afternoon was spent in a social way, dainty refreshments consisting' of ice cream and cake were served. Gazettb Bell phone No 341. Everything in first-class order. Come and see us. New room, new fixtures, new goods, but same old prices. VWe still have a very-nice line of Go-Carts, at very reasona ble prices. V If you are going camping, come and see us. Hammocks, Tents, Cots, Camp Staves, etc., always on hand. The Laid to Rest. The funeral of Miss Emma Schoel occurred at the family residence in Jobs addition Wed nesday morning at 9 o'clock. But a short sermon was held here aud then the body was taken to rine Grove church where an ap proriate sermon was preached and where in the cemetery adjoining the interment occurred. At the home were gathered neighbors and friends and also a number of the college girls among them those who were classmates of the deceased. The girls also served jis pall bearers in Corval lis. After a drive of 13 miles to the church, al 1:30 p. in. a me morial service was held at which a large number of the relatives and friends, had gathered to pay their respects to the memory ot the dead, following the services in the church the casket was car tied by six stalwait young men and the procession headed by eight young ladies bearing flowers proceeded to the family lot in the cemetery adjoining where the concluding services were held. The many flowers at the home and also at the church spoke the high esteem in which Miss Em ma was held by all who knew her. She was one of tea chi1 dren born to Mr. and Mrs. C. Schoel who remain to mourn her loss witu tne exception ot one brother who lies beside her in the burial lot. One brother, Mr. Ed wrad Schoel and family and two sisters, Mrs. Alwena Luther and Mrs. Florentine Vossliveingin Albany; two brothers, Henry and Charles, with their families live at Hslsey, and the remaining three brothers live at home. The deceased was born in Craw ford, county, Iowa, December 4, 1885, and death claimed her on July 31, 1905, making her age 19 ,years 7 months and 26 days. She died f heaat trouble brought ou by rheum itism from which she suffered several months ao. She belonged to the Lutherian church as do all the other mem bers of the family. For a part of last year she was a student of OAC. The family wish to thank the friends and neighbors for their kind sympathy and help iu their bereavement. The services were conducted by C 1. Hurd, pastor of the Uaited Evangelical church of CorvailL. A Chapter of Accidents. The delivery team of William Burrelle has made a decided .rec ord for itself this week Mon day evening while Mr. Burrelle and son were delivering goods near the Beckwith residence on Water street, the neckyoke sud denlydropped and the team lurch ed forward and started to run. Mr. Burrtl'e and his little son were thrown out of the wagon, the fount r receiving a badly spraired'ankle, and the lad hav ing two ribs broken, one of which OUR NEW STORE. HouGG-FurniaherG. pierced the lining of the. lung. A The injured people were taken home, after a doctor had attend ed to the injuries, and are get ting along very well. The horses when ore of them fell, and this ended the race. They were hitch ed to the wagon, and in a few minutes ran away again, doing no damage, however, in their last flight. Wednesday forenoon, whije another son of Mr. Bur relle, assisted by a gentleman who had been fecured to drive the team, were delivering in the webtern part of town, the horses again ran away, comiug in con tact with Mis. Mihmj's yard fence, which they demolished, and completely mining the set of harness. The Burrelle bjy was thiown violently tt the ground as the animals started, and land ed on his hesd and shouldeis, es caping, however, v.iih io in juries. Thc.dmer as out of took flight. POST ROUTE ON A RIVER. Boats in the Service on the Thames Beceive Mail from the End of a Boat Hook. It is probable that London has the distinction of being the only port where the ships lying at an- i chor are privileged to have their letters delivered to them by river, postmen, it being customary at other ports for sailors to apply personally for their letters unless the ship is in dock. The Thames is divided into two postal districts, each under the control of a rivei postman, who delivers letters anl parcels every morning in a craft which resembles a . fishing boat more than anything else. Of these districts the first extends from the custom house to Linehouse and the second from Linehouse to Blackwall. The river postmen start on their rounds punctually at eight o'clock every morning, and, needless to say, there is only one delivery a day. The mail bag may include as many as 500 let ters, but this number is largely increased about Christmas time. As he glides from ship to ship, the -postman calls out: "Ahoy, there!" and hands up the letters attached to a boathook to the waiting crew. It only takes from four to five hours to deliver the mail, so that the postman does not waste much time.- In foggy weather, however, it takes considerably longer, ow ing to the difficulties of finding the various ships, and of steering be tween the large vessels as they lie at anchor. Fiendish Suffering is often caused by sores, ulcers and cancers that eat awav .your skin. Vm. Bedell, of Flat Rock, Mich., says: "I have used Bai-kleu's Arnica Salve, for Ulcers, tores and Cancers. It is tha best he aling dressing I have ever found." It soothes and heals cuis. burns and scalds. Guaranteed at Allen & Wood ward's drug store ; price 25c. Hakes Sidney sad Bladder Right