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CORVA JlJl Vol. XLH. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, lSOo- NO. 4 VJI J SENTENCE NEXT WEDNESDAY Jury Deciees Case in Favor of Prosecution. Monday the case of the State of Oregon vs C. M. Kline and Merwin McMaines came up for a hearing. The defendants were charged with selling of giving iquor in violations of the local option law while acting in the capacity of officers of the Corval lis Scial and Athletic Club. While the case came up Mon day, the greater part of the day was consumed in securing a jury, many men being drawn, examin ed and excused before the final acceptance of six men to act as jurors. Tuesday morning the task of taking testimony began and witnesses? from Corvallis and other points were on hand in some numbers. Deputy Pros ecuting Attorney Bryson did not have all testimony in behalf of the state in until Tuesday even ing. The following morning Attorney Fouts, of Portland, who conducted the defense, placed a few witnesses on the stand. Shortly before noon, Wednesday, the attorneys began reading law and making their pleas to the court and jury. Quite late in .the afternoon Judge Holgate instructed the jury and they retired for twenty minutes. After having kicked the kinks out of their legs the jury filed back into the court room and informed His Honor that their verdict was in favor of the prosecution. Judge Holgate will pass sentence next Wednes day. The jury was composed of Joseph Underwood, Lee Henkle, Thomas JoneSj H. M. Fleming, Thomas Callahan and J. B. Goodman. ' Wednesday, October 18, an other case will come up before Judge Holgate. It is understood that the title ot the case will be the State of Oregon vs Chas. M Kline, Jack Milne and Merwin McMaines. Not having kept a record we are not ' positive just how many club cases have come up to date, nor can we predict with any degree of certanity how ; many more are likely to be , brought. - - instructor in the department of at this institution, made an at tempt on his life by cutting his throat with a razor yesterday. He was staying with an ac quaintance, Mr. S. P. Ness, an attorney in Eugeae. Yesterday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, the family was startled by hearing noises from Langemo's room, and hurrying to the scene found him almost lifeless. Drs. De Bar and Kuykendail were at once called in. The unfortunate man had lost considerable blood, but the doctors are confideat he will re cover. ' Much regret is expressed in university circles, as Mr. Lange mo had made many friends, though he had been here but a short time. President Campbell does not know what will be done as to the place left vacant by Mr. Iangemo's illness, and will wait a few days before taking action. P. C. Langemo was one of the new instructors engaged by the university this fall. His work at Oregon was under Professor Young, conducting classes in ec onomics and political science. A graduate of the University of Minnesota and a close student under Dr. Ely, afterwards at the University of Wisconsin, he was exceptionally well fitted for the work. Before coming here he was an instructor at the Univer sity of California. He arrived in Eugene last Friday, and is un married. A Real Treat. A. C. WELLfUP. Educational Awards at the Lew is and Clark. A Good Play. A large audience greeted "Qa the Bridge. atr: Midnight" Wed nesday evening when the com pany appeared in the local Opera House. We say a large crowd m fact it was an audience larger by tar than turns out to the average play produced in this city The play is well writ ten interesting, entertaining -and instructive. It would be hard to pick a flaw in the company, so well balauced is it. The customary "stick" or "sticks" usually sandwiched some place in '.. every compan'y was not in evidence Wednesday evening. Of comedy, there is . abundance and there are bits of pathos that is real , pathos and , makes one's throat : swell. So far as the play is concerned, it is heroic. There is a villain . per- securing a laay tor this we could have seen him hanged and there are also many good people in the play. , 1 ne araw-bndge scene ana the steamer passing through the draw was quite realistic. Taken . all in all, if Corvallis can have a class of plays during the winter of the merit of "On' the Bridge at Midnight' ' no one will have cause for complaint and there is no doubt about the patronage. The first of the series of lecture course entertainments was given in the Opera House, Tuesday evening to a crowded house. The start was a happy one, for it was most enjoyable from every standpoint. The first number given was encored four times, as were some ot their other num bers. At the close of the per formance people stood about the doors in groups trying vainly to express themselves. Some there were who declared the hrst num ber to have been worth the price admissioa. However, the first was no better than the fol- owing nunbers and it is perhaps not fair to extoll too highly any single number on the program the shading of some other. The Bell Ringing and the brass quartette were fine, and the periect Diending ot the - voices was unusual in fact, rare. To ring the bells caused some per- piration' on the part of the quartette, but small wonder, for some ot the bells ' weigh 1 5 pounds. There is a desire that the Parland-Newhall Co. visit Corvallis again next year. The next of the series of lec ture-course entertainments is Maro, prince of magic. He will be here early in November. to Cuts His Throat. A professor in the University of Oregon comes near to making his escape from this vale of tears as is shown by the following dis patch from Eugene under date of October 10: While in a morbid , condition of mind produced by a continued illness, P. C. Langemo, late of the University of California, and The following telegram was received by President Gatch at the college, Tuesday afternoon: 1 'Exposition awards four gold medals; educational exhibit, Bacteriology, Pharmacv, and Chemistry and Collaborator each one. Stella T. Webster." 2& When the fact that the educa tional exhibit was open to all schools is taken into consider ation, it certainly reflects much credit upon the efficiency of an institution to receive such a number of high-class prizes. This is a fair test turned out by the different colleges and univer sities of the United States, and for O. A. C. to receive such high rewards, signifies that it is being recognized as one of the best schools on the Pacific coast. The authorities at the college have also been informed that the collection of mounted birds from the college was awarded a gold medal, and also one to Prosessor W-T. Shaw, the taxidermist. The collection consisting of some one hundred specimens, is com posed of native Oregon birds, or birds that spend a portion of the year in this state. The high markings that were received, are not. only highly appreciated by the friends of the institution, but are highly- complimentary to the workmanship of Prof. Shaw. At the close of the Exposition these specimens and the ones re cently mounted will be placed in the museum room of the Agri cultural Hall. Prof. Shaw is working dilligently in attempt ing to enlarge the list until it will have no equal in the West. The following are his latest addi tions: Sandwich sparrow, a north western form, found especially on rugged, barren coasts, and somewhat rare in Oregon. These are appearing in scattered flocks along both sides of Yaquina Bay, and specimens were secured for the O. A. C. museum The specimens of phalaropes, the northern and the red, ' were taken. The latter is rare, and only winters in the South These birds are snipelike, but in addition to their ability to wade in shallow water they may also one Job S. Haworth, The clerk looked the matter up as best he could and found that said Ha worth had made an entry on land in this oounty sometime in the year 1866. This informa tion he sent the inquiring parties, but was obliged to inform them that whence came Job S. Ha worth or whither he went was beyond his ken. The letter was from Clackamas, Oregon, and is as follows: One Job S. Haworth entered land in your county and I desire to get the date of entry and if possible locate his descendants. Kindly write me the cost of hav ing records searched, etc. As a family we are getting up our genealogy and so are hunting up the Haworths everywhere and this John S. Haworth may be of some importance as a connecting link in our genealogy. Mr. But ler states that -when he surveyed the land in about 1895 none of name were living on it. Suppose though some of his married daughters may have been. Any information will be gladly re ceived and fully appreciated. II native state was entered on re cord when claim was taken that will help make the connection with his ancestors. Hoping to hear from you soon and thanking you in advance for the favor ask ed, I am, Very respt. yours, C. M. Haworth. Water Committee Work. For Wedding fiilis there is nothing prettier or more useful than silver. We sugge st if you expect to attend ' any of the Fall weddings that you selec'.your gilt nowr Come and Choose from the beautiful and complete assortment of silver and plated ware here. You will find it easy to buy a handsome present at a very reasonable price. Albert J. Metzoer JEWELER Occidental Building, ... - Corvallis PAYING POSITIONS await every young man or young lady -who will thoroughly qualify in .Shorthand, Typewriting, Bookkeeping, and Knglish. Day and !Nightt School Night school meets on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7 ta 9:30. Day school, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Five days a week. TAKES BUT A SHORT TIME. CORVALLIS BUSINESS COLLEGE I. E. BICHAKDSON, President. Are you in the dark? Do your eyes give you constant service without pain ? If not, your eyes are in a condition demanding investigation and correction. Have your eyes examined by E.-W. S. PRATT, Jeweler and Optician. Licensed to practice optometry in the state of Oregon. swim gracefully about like dim inutive ducks. Recent ; storms are starting many sea birds South. Aisea for Sport. Slashing Game Tomorrow. Thomas Cummings and D. Bus- sard are home from Alsea, where they spent ; tfie past few", weeks' enjoying a hunt and nshing for salmon. They report the best of luck and came back loaded with game and fish to' their hearts' content. A fine buck fell to their lot and venison is as com-. mon with them as beef, while of fish they had an over abundance. In 'three days the two men " se cured 94 big salmon in trolling in Aisea bay, ana the catch ot one day was 36 big salmon, and said to be the greatest one-day catch ever made in the Alsea. The residents of that section were amazed at the luck of the visitors and stated,- that never in their experience had they seen such luck attending sportsmen from the valley. - The fish were, salted down and brought home and the families of the two sportsmen will enjoy the fruits of the mens's work all winter. Albany Herald. Board: Table boarders wanted. Mrs Florence Mulkey, 4th St., near Jackson Ind. phone 470. . ' 76 84 Eleven husky lads from Whit worth College, are the next team to face the big fellows out at the college. Tomorrow is the day and 2 :xo is the " hour appointed for the -contest' Although the Wortworthjteam was defeated by the University, of Washington, it is said of them that they put up a stubborn, well managed, scien tific game of ball,, and were not defeated until they had scored gainst the 'Varsity. : Dr. Steckle's men are expect ed to put up a game that will ong pe remembered by rollowers ot the sport. The backs will be speedier than ever before; the team will have a stronger line, and in the art of advancing the ball they no doubt will be able to show the visitors , a few stunts. The game with the red men gave - the boys some good prac tice. It showed thers. where the line could be improved upon in defensive play and gave an idea of what plays can be carried through on the offensive. While some of the players were bruised up during the game, none were seriously injured, and the whole team will be in perfect condition for the game tomorrow. The family Tree. Clerk Moses recently received an unusual letter wherein wa made a request for information relative, to the whereabouts of Monday evening bids were op ened by the water committee for the sale of Corvallis water bonds. The bids called for takers of the bonds on a 4 per cent basis, and it was made clear that the bonds would not be taken on such terms. Right here it may be said the committee acted wisely in first offering the bonds on a 4 per cent basis, for had they gone at this figure it would have been a saving of much cash to the tax payers of this city. At this time two bids or bonds on a 5 per cent basis were sub mitted. One bid received not only onered to lake the entire amount of the bonds to be issued, $75,000, but in addition would give a premium ot approximately $800 for the privilege. The committee decided to do what was thought best under the cir cumstances and made another call for bids as will be seen in another column. Tuesday evening bids on con struction and material were open ed and quite a number f men were on hand with fact and fig ures. After considering at some length the water committee turn ed the matter of doing further figuring over to a committee composed of Thomas Leese, M. S. Woodcock and Engineer G. N. Miller. ,'-,"V'-. ,;,,v'-- , : Another meeting was necessi tated Wednesday evening when the figures of the above commit tee were considered and bids awarded." The same committee above mentioned was authorized to draw up contracts yesterday morning. - Owing to the lateness of pro ceedings,, to the fact that the contracts were to be drawn yesterday, and that when we went to press yesterday after noon, we were unable to go very deeply into details. The contract for furnishing wood pipe was awarded the -Washington Wood Pipe aad Foundry Co., of Seattle, Wash.; for furnishing the. requhed amount of steel pipe and hydrants to th Crane Company bouse; the construction work was awarded to W. H. - Mitchell, i f Seattle, Wash., although it is to be undt-i the personal supervision of Engineer Miller. It is haidly- possibly . to . fairly esti mate exactly what will yet be the cost. On a wood pipe basis, allowing $3,50u for right of way and clearing the same the cost of wood pipe system is expected to approximate $71,000. If these figures are high on right of way, and clearing the same, there will be more money for steel pipes. . If all tteel i-ipa is laid in city distribut:on, tl e system will cost in the uMhbcrhood of $30,0 '0. , rjruiiruuiriTiJU 1 rmrj AT SMALL 1 -1 naiMiiHsHrann PRICES The "Eilers Way of Selling, and Why ' They Can Do It. A few figures that will illustrate what can be done ; now. Your opportunity to get a piano. No home need be without one. Cut rates on pianos ! Yon have' heard of cut rates on groceries, but cut rates"On piano? how is it pos- . sible, you ask. That's just it. Be- " fore suCh a thing could he effected there must have been a combina tion of verv unusual conditions. Jn the first pluce it means buy ing in Jave quantities getting jut of the emali way of doing V'neinesH It means Hie cutting out ot every tiFele.sj and mi! eeessary expense. It means the shipment of pianos without boxes in special car ' which saves ' big sums on frH.'ht charges. Then it means the selling of pianos so excellent andPatiefaotory that the pub'ic demands them. We have accomplished just these things. We buy for the largest and busi est stores on the Pacific coast, in Portland. Ore. San Francisco, Stockton and Oakland, Cal.. Spo kane, Seattle and Walla Walla, Wash , Boise and Lewiston. Idaho. ' Also Astoria. Salem,' Pendleton and Eugene, Ore. We buy the best nianos that money ran secure. It we went all over the world with hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend on pianos, it would be impossible, ab polute'y impossible, to get better pianos than we have to sell, simply because - we have the bet that money can buy. Chickering,' Weber, Kimbail and other splendid makes, over thirty makes in all. We have placed the sell! tit: of our piano-tin the hands r.f Prof. Taillanier, hed of the piano e partmtnt of Corv'al;is Agrienl lira I College. Prof. Tiiiilandier's entire reliability and excellent judgment are well known to the people of this vicinity. Piano buyers will doubtless be glad of the oppo tnn ity to consult him in regard to their selection of a piano. He will be more than pleased to give you all information desired and can be seen at his residence on College Hill on Saturdays and every evening of the week. A tele phone call will bring him to your house. Iud. 185. . EILER'S PIANO HOUSE PROF. G. TAILLANDIER, Special Representative cruxrruxruT4iririji.ruxru arijiruTjTjin.rijiJTjTnjTJ The R-Jisclis are coming lookout! Worth Seeing Drop in and see what a fine line of goods we have on display in our store. It is worth while to investigate our goods and prices before buying ' . . HOUSE FURNISHINGS We positively guarantee to save you money on large bills and will meet all honorable competition in every line. HEATERS ! HEATERS Cooler weather has come and our store is headquarters for heaters of every description. Cast iron, sheet iron, air-tight and second-hand, ; You can get a good one for $1.50 to $2.15. We handle stoves and ranges. ' " LLBJBERG a CADY