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Vol. XJLH.
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, Friday, October 20, llon.
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MAIL ORDER HOUSES.
Buy at Home and You Will
fit in the End.
Pro-
A well known business man in
this city has handed us an article
from the Gilman Guide that ap
peals to us strongly and seems
quite apropos just at present.
The article follows:
The . mail-order house is a
poisonous octopus. It makes its
home in the large cities .and
baskine there in the sunshine of
an undeserved prosperity reaches
its venomous tentacles far out
through the surrounding green
meadows, golden harvest fields
and tasseling plains of corn,
sucks up the increase of the vil
lage farm.
All it sucks up goes to feed its
insatiate greed. Not one iota
ever comes "back to up-build or
enrich the farm. Not one penny
of all it gets ever comes back to
the community from which it is
gotten in the shape of a donation,
charity, or taxes.
It takes all it can; keeps all
it gets and like the tape worn
cries give, give, give.
A 1 1 It nn rrVi if cfmc nnminallu
. . , r -. - volution your home town grows
Tn ciihcict nn thp farm ire nnisnn. j " o
ousfang bites deeper than the bigger aud better; your home in
stalks of hay, green grass and
sweet kernels of corn they para-
lvze the verv heart and spirit of
religion and development at
home and taken never to re
turn.
It is lost forever and never
again in your neignbornood win
it pay another debt, buy another
book or picture, pay for another
periodical, support another pul
pit, lay a bunch of blossoming
flowers on the coffin or grave of
any of your precious dead.
When you buy goods at home
your dollar is not lost. It be
comes a part of the worth of the
entire community. It goes into
the school fund, the tax fund,
into the pulpit, stands behind
the scraper on your public roads,
pavs the doctor bills, the lawyer
bills, feeds the poor, cloths the
naked, assists the sick, cheers the
friendless, helps the helpless,
comforts the penniless and by
and by comes back, blessed with
a multitude of charities, radiant
with sunshine of enterprise and
push, hallowed by tears of suf
fering it has dried, and the pangs
of misery it has hushed, falls full
and fair, round and plump and
glorious into your own hands
Again and again and again it
can oe sent on its mission, ana
with every glorious circle of re
stitutions more prosperous and
beautiful ; your family, neighbors
RELIC OF CIVIL WAR.
J, W. Woods' Experience During
the Conflict.
Could one dig up and bring to
ight a tenth part of what lies
hidden about us, bow entertain
ing some little fragments of his
tory would be. But not know
ing these little incidents and an-
necdotes relative to the history of
others we cannot estimate our
losses, nor the losses of others,
from a standpoint both entertain
ing ana educational, occasion
ally something that connects the
past with the present comes our
way and we are facinated, for the
past has more charm for the ma
jority of us than the present, or
even the future.
For the mass of mankind the
past contains much that the
mind dwells upon and rejoices in;
living over past times is dearer
than any present-day dream
But to the point:
During the war of rebellion, J.
W. Woods, of this city, enlisted
from Iowa for service on the un
ion side. For " a time all went
well, but down in Texas the
"yanks" got mixed up in a reg
ular hornets' nest of "rebs" and
wre gathered in, our friend Mr,
Woods along with the balance of
them for the simple 'reason, as
enterprise itself.
When the mail-order octopus
feeds, patriotism is undermined,
Home pride poisoned, trie very
springs of progress dried up at
their fountains.
It feeds on the little bustling
countiy village that nestles on
like a little poem on the face of m"mty ?nd th,e enhancmS of the
the earth.
and friends more happy and con- he explained it, that he could
tented; every acre and square
foot and square inch of your farm
enhanced in value a hundred
fold.
Stand by your home merchant.
He is your truest and best friead.
Every dollar you invest with him
he invests at home, and it goes
to the up-building of your corn-
It, feeds on the little red school
house at the foot of the hill where
the girls and boys of our farmers
romp and study and where are
nourished the precious germs that
foster our free institutions, up
build our churches' and sustain
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value of your farm
He does not always exact the
cash. When times are hard he
takes your note. When bad
luck comes and the note is not
properly met, he pats you on the
back and kindly bids you wait
until the steer takes on a little
more fat, or until the old sow
Judge Hunt recently. Difference
in sentence was stated by tne
court to be on account of the fact
that Gessner's physical condition
would not permit a term of long
imprisonment.
Previous to sentencing Wil
liamson and Biggs, the Judge lec
tured the defendants, calling at
tention to the psor example set
by wrong doing by men in ex-
halted positions. He added the
prevalent belief hat wrongs
against individuals may be com
mitted with impunity, but against
the government it is a dangerous
doctrine and must be suppressed.
On the application of the defend
ant's attorneys stay of judgment
was granted, pending the perfect
ing of an appeal.
Free Delivery Report.
on the corner of the cemetery
where moulders the; hallowed
dust of our dead, and whose tall
spire, pointing upward, admon
ishes us ot the resurrection, and
of the precepts that unfold the
promise.
It feeds on all these because it
sucks their nourishment and
bears it afar off to upbuild and
foster strangers charlatans,
money-grabbers, catalogue pre
varicators and . picture "sells"
men, who care not whether home
institutions are living or dead so
they get the; hard earned dollar
that should go to support these
institutions.
Moregougery, Fleece & Co.
Shear Soakem & Co. ; Smith-
tonoop cc bnucKem Co. ; nor any
mail-order house, never paid a
dollar to upbuild or foster a home
institution.
They never paid a penny ts
sustain a church or religious in
stitution in which you are inter
ested.
They never paid one penny to
in the
steel, a rotten patch in the
fabric, a knot under the veneer,
send in the food and you don't
find them often he takes back
the goods and gives you new, or
reimburses ypu for every penny
vou are out.
When the tax-gatherer comes
round he chips in liberally and
neips lignten tne dram on your
own pocket book.
When the death angel comes
and carries off one of your little
lambs, he grasps you warmly by
the hand, and speaks tender
words of sympathy in your ears.
it in a moment ot - passion or
anger you over-step the bounds
of rectitude and fall into the hard
grip or tne law, ne goes your
bond and helps you by the strong
influence of his word and wealth
to get iustice and equity before
the law.
And all through it all the
mail-order house is silent, im
placable and merciless. The fal
of vour produce, the loss of your
fat horse or steer, the death of
not run anv faster. At any rate
he was taken good and fast and
imprisoned at Camp Ford, Tyler,
Texas.
Here he remained for ten
months. This was in 186441
years ago. When taken prison
er Mr. Woods was resplendent in
"blue" and boasted some nice
bright brass buttons on his clothes.
He had no money after he
was searched on being captur
ed and as brass buttons were le
gal tender to the tune of 25 cents
he soon had -no brass buttons.
A man can do very nicely with
out brass buttons, but to get
along without any buttons at all
may, under certain conditions be
embarrassing. However, on this
occesion there were no ladies pres
ent
Having parted with his last
brass buttons, Mr. Woods started
in to manufacture buttons for
himself, using beef bones for raw
material. Instead of making
them round in shape he rsade
them pointed, with a couple of lit
lie hobs one at each end. They
had two little holes through the
center, were a trifle more than
h in length and altogether
were most unique in tneir way.
One of these buttons Mr. Woods
exhibited at this office a few days
ago. To their owner they are
very precious and we don't won
der at it.
for Wedding Gifts
there is nothing prettier or rrore useful than
silver. Vi p snggest if yon expect to nt'nnd
any of the Fall weddings that yon selec' your
glit nowr "
. Come and Choose
from the beautiful and complete assortment
of silyer and plated ware here. Yon will
find it easy to buy a handsome present at a
very reasonable price.
Albert J. Metzger
JEWELER
Occidental Building, - - - - Corvallis
Postmaster Johnson has just
completed his report of the Rural
Free Delivery Service for the
quarter ending September 30,
1905. It is interesting to note
the business done by "Uncle
Sammy" through the agency of
the rural carriers in this county.
On route number one, the total
number of letters, papers and
parcels delivered during the
quarter was 11,165; collected,
1,918; total handled, 13,073; the
value ot stamps on mail collected
by carrier during this period was
$31.10.
Route two shows letters,
papers and parcels delivered to
have been 11,229; collected,
1,641; total handled, 12,860;
value of stamps on mail collected
by carrier, $3I-77-
On route three the carrier de
livered 11,497 letters, papers and
parcels, while he collected 4,76;
total handled, 16,073; tne value
of stataps on mail collected on
route three for the quarter,
$79-47-
Route four shows that carrier
delivered during the quarter,
9,769 letters, papers, parcels,
etc., and collected 1,500; total
delivered and collected, 11,269;
the value of stamps on mail col
lected on this route for the quar
ter, $29 77.
The grand total of letters,
papers and parcels hand
led during the quarter on all
four routes from Corvallis post
office was 52,275. The grand
total of stamps for above routes
wasS172.11.
PAYING POSITIONS
await every young man or young lady who will thoroughly qualify
in Shorthand, Typewriting, Bookkeeping, and. Knglish.
Day and Night School
Night school meets on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7
ta 9:30. Day school, 9 a. rn. to 4 p. m. Five days a week.
TAKES BUT A SHORT TIME.
CORVALLIS BUSINESS COLLEGE
I- E. KICHABDSON, 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. -
AT SMALL
PRICES
nn
Fined Wednesday.
waras putting in an electric lignt, yoUr wife or babe-none ot these
to assist in working a mile of affect him. He must have cash
roaa, or pay tor a single plan only the hard, readv dollar
in a bridge in your home com- win satisfy his greed
mumtv. The little red school house may
The little town that has sprung rot and , fall, the little white
tip almost at your door to "serve 1 church drop away board by board,
your needs and double the value I the home town grow up in weeds,
01 every acre 01 your iarm tms tne aeatn angel carry away your
is neglected; despoiled and rob- wife and all the babes, the sheriff
bed of its well-earned patronage sell your farm tinder the hammer
to support an over-grown cor- and turn you adrift in the world
poration that is' managed by and the mail-order houses will
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strangers ana -wnose lowering not Know or care a pout your
ware houses are filled with bank- misfortunes, nor will it sell you
rupt frauds; varnished knot- one shirt to hide the nakedness
holes and weather rives; polished of your back unless you first send
pot metals, cast iron and pewter; the cash
old rags and paper bags worked
into warp and woof; adulter
ations, decorations, and com
pounds labeled to stimulate food.
Every dollar 'spent to benefit
the mail-order house, 'is : taken
out of the value ' of your, farm,
Presbyterian Church. M. S
Bush, pastor. Bible school, r 10 a.
m.; Worship 11 a. m.; subject
'Clad for Conquest , C. E. meet
ing 6:oU p.. m.i evening service at
7:30. Mr. D. Leigh
Colyin, Nat
ional ProQldnnfc (if . tho .TamrunM
the prestige of yoar community Biicietiea in CnlWefjwil! Htfimr vm
anu iuc sacicu tausc ui cuuvauun, 1 aaareBi.
Go to Berkeley.
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, iso
home need be without one.
Wednesday forenoon Judge
Holeate passed on Chas. M. Kline
and Merwin McMaines in accord
ance with the findings of the jury
in the case tried last week, where
in .the State of Oregon charged
the above, as members of the
Corvallis Social and Athletic
Club, with selling and giving li
quor in. violation of the local op
tion law. Chas. M. Kline was
sentenced to pay a fine of $400
and twenty days imprisonment in
the county jail, or in case fine is
not paid, imprisonment not to
exceed 200 days.
In the case of Merwin Mc
Maines his fine was set at $300.
In case the latter does not pay the
fine, he is to. serve in the. county
jail not to exceed 150 days. We
understand an appeal will be
taken.
Their Sentence.
On account of con viction ; of
conspiracy to suborn perjury in
the land fraud cases in Oregon,
Congressman John, N. William
son . and Marion Biggs 'were, sen
tenced " ten months imprisonment
and to pay a ':$.oo fine and )r.
Van " Gessner ' five . months and
1000 by traited "States District
Next week Coach Steckle will depart
with his aggregation of pigkin punters
from OAC for Berkeley, California. The
game between OAC and Berkeley
will occur on Saturday, October 23.
The general opinion is that the boys
from OAC are to play both Berkeley and
Stanford, but such ia not the case. The
reason is that Coach Steckle is reported
as saving that it was too hard a trip to
make and play two such' teams as the
above mentioned within a we.k.
Early in.the season the proposition lo
play the southern punters came and the
Coach felt compelled to make a choice
between the teams, for reasons above
given. Believing that Berkely would be
the strorjger of the two teams (Berkeley
and Stahford) he gave them the game,
Whether such is really the case is hard
to determine in the light of what has
occurred. However, this is neither here
nor there, as both Stanford and Berkeley
haye teams that it would be glorious to
defeat.
As a rule all other teams that haye
gone from the north to play the Caiiforn
ians have had their expenses paid
jointly oy Berkeley and Stanford, but in
this case Kerkkley stands the entire ex
pense, lnis is quite an Honor lo ur
boys and proves the esteem in which
thev must be held, else Berkeley wnld
not stand bactc of such a proposition u
the paying end of it. So far as we "
informed no other teams of the star
have fared 89 well in this regard.
Will OAC win ? We hope so, sinceri
ly. Furthermore, the belief is prevalec
that our boys have a good, even break ).
the game. However, there may 2,
found those w ho are pessimistic aQ j
think we are doomed. These men fig
ure on Berkeley having everything on tht
list up their s'eevf e, from touchdowns to
dynamitp. Bar they have got to produce
they must biow uf.v. They moat prove
to ns what they t-an do and they'll
have a bard time doing it.
Cut rates on pianos ! You have
heard of cut rates on groceries, but
cut rates on pianos how is it pos
sible, you ask. That's just it. Be
fore such a thing could be effected
there must have been a combina
tion of verv nn usual conditions.
In the first place it means buy
ing in la't-e quantities gpf.tinsi
out of the small way of 'doing
tmsineSH It means the cutting out
ot evwy useless and uni ecesf-ary
expanse. ' It means the shipment,
of pianos without boxes in special
cars which saves big sums on
frpitrht charges.
ThMi it means the selling of
pianos so excellent and satisfacory
that the public 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 WTalla,
Wash., Boise and Lewiston. Idaho.
Alt- Astoria, ialem, Pendleton
and Eugene, Ore.
We buy the best pianos that
money can secure. If we went all
over the woild with hundreds of
thousands nf dollars to spend on
pianos, it. would 'e impossible, ab
solutely impossible, to -ret better
pianos than we have to sell, simply
because we have the bebt that
money can buy. Chickerine,
Web?r. Kimhail and other splendid
ni.ike, over thirty makes in all.
We have placed the selling of
our oianos in the hands of Prof.
Taillan'iier, head of the piano 'e
parttntnt of Corvallis Agricnl ural
College. Prof. Tuillandier's entire
reliability ami excellent judgment
are we'l known to the people of
this vicinity. Piano buyers will
doubtless be glad of the eppo-tun-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. Ind. 185.
EILER'S PIANO HOUSE
PROF. G. TAILLANDIER, Special Representative
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cnwnjuiru9Jirui.ririjinfui -uijTjirijTnjiTjuTjanjTru
"Worth Seeing
Drop in and see what a fine line of goods we have oil 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.
HOLLEHBERG G CADY