Corvallis gazette., October 27, 1905, Image 1

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Coryallis, Benton County, Oregon, Friday, October 2T, 190H.
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ELECTRIC ROAD.
From the Following in the West
Side Enterprise We are in It.
In July, the West Side Enter
prise made mention, of. a civil
engineer who passed through the
valley, stopping over one day in
Independence. As to his busi
ness he was very reticent. He
was viewing out the country and
was noting the water powers and
electric light plants along the
way. Los Angeles he claimed
as his home and. the most to be
gleaned from his conversation as
to his direct purpose here was
in the statement that he was
merely representing a company
up the valley.
An interview with W. P. Haw
ley at Oregon City last week
throws iurtner lignt on tne pur
pose of the mysterious engineer.
A dispatch sent out from Ore
gon City says:
After a conference in this city
with Messrs. Rhodes, Sinkler and
Butcher, bankers of Philadelphia,
W. P. Flawley, a local capitalist,
and manager of the pulp and
paper plant, made the statement
that eastern capital is preparing
to build an electric railway from
Portland to Roseburg, the first
section running from Portland to
Salem, running south on the west
side of the Willamette valley to a
point between Hubbard and
Aurora, and bridging the river
to a point on the east side, thence
to Salem. "
Through the rich country!
south of Salem on the west side
of the valley the proposed road
will go to Eugene and south to
Roseburg by a route yet to be,
determined. At Eugene it is
proposed to connect with what is
said will ultimately be a. trans
continental line, backed by the
same interests.
This road will" extend from
Ogden to Coos Bay on the Ore
gon Pacific ccast. - Just what
route the Ogden road will take is
not known, but it is said' that
the plans of the backers contetn-
plate acquiring the Western Ne
vada and California and Oregon
railway which extends from
Reno, Nev., to Alturas, in Mo
doc county, Cal. One -report
says that road has already been
acquired. In Nevada the trans
continental load will connect
with Gould's Western . Pacific,
the Ogden,' and San Francisco
system. In this city the, road
will, it is said, run oyer the
tracks of the Portland Consoli
datedNStreet Railway System, re
cently purchased and re-organized
by the Seligman-Clarke syndicate
..of Philadelphia and New; York.
The entire plan of operation
as outlined in the above are said
to be one ot the schemes . for in
vasion of the west by the Goulds.
W. P. Hawley owns , thirty
, miles , of water rights on the
Santiam river, and it is under
stood power generated on this
river will operate a large section
of the proposed road. ,
It is understood . that Messrs.
Rhodes, Sinkler and Butcher are
heavily interested in lighting
plants at Salem and Eugene.
The survey of the proposed
Salem-Portland line has proceed
ed as far as Woodburn and a mass
meeting will be called of the
citizens of the latter place Mon
day night to consider the pro
position of the concession of ter
minal grounds. The interests
bacXof the project have taken
over the Albany electric power
plant and are negotiating for the
purchase of the Union Light and
Power Company of Aurora.
what might be termed "night
mare" and never came from un
der the strange influence.
He was about 60 years of age,
and had been on the ranch where
his death occurred for many
years. Recently, when in con
versation with others, he remark
ed that his health was splendid,
in fact, that he felt like a boy.
His wife and several children sur
vive him. He was the father-in-law
of Will Graham, of near this
city. Interment was made in
Bellefountain, Wednesday.
THE PORTALS OPEN.
Corvallis Place of Worship and
Its History.
Sentenced Tuesday.
Tuesday morning, true to his
word, Judge Holgate passed sen
tence on the clubmen found
guilty by jury last week. The
first case was that of the State
of Oregon vs. Chas. M. Kline,
Jack Milne and Merwin Mc
Maines and each was given the
maximum sentence set by the
law -30 days in jail and a fine
of $500 each. In case of the fine
not being paid then each of the
defendants were to serve out the
amount of their fines in jail at
the rate of $2 per day. This
would make 250 days in jail;
add to this the 30 days of the
sentence and they would each
have 280 days to serve.
, The second case was the State
of Oregon vs. C. ,C. Geer, Chas.
M. Kline and Merwin McMaines.
C. C. Geer not having been ob
tained for trial, was not sentenced,
but in the cases of Messrs. Kline
and Mc Maines the same sentence
was imposed as in the above case.
The fines for each. Mr. Kline
and Mr. McMaines, in the two
cases, aggregate 1,000 and tne
jail sentence 60 days each. In
even.t of the fines not being paid
by either of the gentlemen in
both of the above-cases, then irr
these two cases alone they will
have a total of 566 days each in
The defendants, when they ap
peared before Judge Holgate to
receive their sentence, were not
represented by counsel. We are
informed that they gave notice of
aa appeal.
On Fourth street, Corvallis,
where for many weeks a force of
men have been noisily engaged
in re-modeliog the Methodist
Episcopal church, there is soon
to come a calm. While not com
pleted, the task is drawing near
an end, and on Sunday the edi
fice, transformed from the ordi
nary into a structure not only of
greater utility but of real beauty,
will throw open wide its doors
with a welcome to the old friends,
and the ns w, the casual acquaint
ance and the stranger within the
gates.
When completed, the church
will be one of .the handsomest in
the valley outside of Portland.
The building now contains on
the upper floor, an auditorium,
a lecture room, committee room,
study, arid cloak room. Below,
when completed, there will be a
Sunday school room, parlor, work
room and kitchen, reading room,
reception room, and others.
Both the interior and the ex
terior are newly painted . There
is new paper, new electric light
fixtures, a complete new heating
plant and various other improve
ments. ' The estimated cost of the
entire improyement is $4,000.
Irr the early history of the
Methodist church in this city,
there is much that is of interest
to the church going public of to
day. Of the charter members only
one remains in Corvallis to wit
ness the opening of the re-model
ed edifice " next Sunday. She is
Mrs. John Stewartt 84 years of
age, who was the first white wo-
Tonight is the Night.
A Strange Death.
The death of James Summers
occurred Monday night at his
mountain ranch near Green Peak.
This is west of Bellefountain.
The circumstances as reported
to us, are strange," to' say the
least. . It appears that Mr. Sam-.
xners had retired thai evening in
his usual good health, Some
time dozing the sight he had
Alma Hearn, the comedienne,
is to De nere tonight in a- new
play written especially for her
by. William L. Roberts, author of
"On the Bridge at Midnight"
and "Big Hearted Jim." "Hon
est Hearts" is a trueAmerican
comedy, giving true and realistic
glimpses of rural life in Ken
tucky. The persons in the play
are all striking; distinct and origr
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nai cnaracters, some 01 serious
strength and many humorous. In
their midst appears Marty, the
daughter of .David Weathersby,
an old Kentucky farmer, a beau
tiful young woman scarcely more
than a child, without cultivation
or education. This is Miss Hearn's
part, Marty, and Tom Ellison, a
young engineer on a Cumberland
river lock, fall in love, humiliat
ing Tom s proud mother ana
stirring Rose Osborne to revenge.
The sad and pretty romance is
most skillfully told in the whole
some play and with its abundant
humor should prove one of the
most enjoyable new productions
of the ' season. An excellent
cpmpany has been provided to
support Miss Hearn by her mana
gers, Klimt and Gazzolo, and
such scenes as the old Kentucky
home, the homestead barn and
on the picturesque Cumberland
river, have been given settings
that bring out all their possibilities.
James Flett is figuring on taking
his family over to me Five Rivers
homestead to spend the winter,
Whether it will be possible or , not
for- James to go over there before
the Corvdllia-Eugebtr game of foot
ball is a question that is occuovine
his .mind and causing great anxiety
ana apprehension.
man to - reach Benton county,
settling here in 1 845. :
In the spring of 1847, two
years after her arrival in this
section. Mrs. steward attended a
wedding several miles up the
Willamette, and there met Rev.
Bleen. whom she requested to
visit her home and there, hold
religious services. Although
dubious as to where his hearers
were to come from, the gentleman
agreed to go, and at the time ap
pointed he arrived at the Stewart
home, after a thirty, mile walk
and there found an audience of
forty people awaiting him. Mrs,
Steward had sent word to neigh
bors for 20 miles around. This
was the first sermon the hostess
had heard since crossing the
plains and the first ever held in
Corvailisi - The following year a
church with a membership jbf six
or seven was organized Dy Kev
John McKinney, who servedy this
place as one point on his circuit
between Roseburg and Oregon
City.
The salaries of these early day
preachers differed somewhat from
the present day divines. While
now it is summed up in dollars
and Cents, it was then measured
under three heads: viz., 1 . "table
expenses, fuel and horse leed
There may have been one re
deeming feature-collections were
not slow in coming in!
The circuit from Oregon City
to Roseburg was finally, inter
rupted. trouble having arisen
with the Indians, and it tuen
only extended to Eugene.
With the growth 01 member'
ship in the Stewart-McKinney
church, the services were trans
ferred from the Stewart" home to
a log schisol house which occupied
the: present site 01 the btewart re
sidence on Main street, Corvallis,
In the earl v ' .so' s, cushions
were introduced in church pews,
and bv some of the members were
condemned as worldly. . It is re
lated that one member utteily
disdained rheir use. and that 1
going into a pew he invariably
turned the cushion back and sat
on the bare board !
It was in the earlv '50's,' too,
that Dr. Peatne, of the Methodist
denomination, came around the
Horn, bringing the house in
sections that later became his
dwelling on what is now the Gus
Harding farm, north of Corvallis.
The same house, with modern
additions, burned last spring on
the Harding farm.
The first Methodist church
built in this city occupied a posi
tion on the present corner of
Main and Van Buren ' streets.
This was in 1854 and the pastor
was Rev. Isaac Dillon. The
trustees were John Stewart, Wil
liam Dixon and Wesley Graves.
The church served for over 45
years, and many great preachers
of that denomination were heard
there. The building is now
owned by Charles Everett, being
used as a private dwelling house.
During the pastorate of Rev.
Hiriam Gould, 1895, arrange
ments were made for better ac
commodations, and the present
site was secured, a subscription
having been taken towards the
erection of a larger and 'more
modern church building.
While Mr. Oberg was serving
as pastor, in 1092, the present
church, now being re-modeled,
was erected at a cost of about
$4000. The trustees were Wil-
1am Groves, A. K. Milner, J.
Underwood, G. B. Schmidt,
Mary Stewart and F. A. Alexander.
While the undertaking seemed
great one, following, as it did,
upon the great panic, the church
was built and the membership :
grew with it, bringing about re
sults that were in every way sat
isfactory and gratifying to the
ministry and to the laity.
The board of trustees today
consists of A. K. Milner, Joseph
Underwood, Prof. Holmes, Minor
Swick, George Lilly, W. C.
Swann, G. F. Rice, J. D. Wells ;
and Judge Watters. The building j
committee is Judge Watters, J. L,-
Underwood and Prof. Holmes.
Pastors who have served the
church are: Rev. L. Case, whose
pastorate began in 1850; Revs.
Doane, D. E. Blame, J.' O.
Ray nor, W. S. Lewis, Geo. M.
rry, G. Hines, N. Clark, I.
D. Driver, J. James, E. A. Jud-
kins, K. C. Smith, W. T. Chap
man, J. Wesley Miller, J. W.
Van Cleve, J. W. York, J. W.
Day, L. A. Banks, H, Patterson,
G. W. Bennett, S. A. Starr, F.
Elliot, D. W. Nichols, N. M.
Skipworth, J. F. Wolfe, J. W.
Spangler, H. P. Satcawell, H.
Gould, Harold - Oberg, lsanc
eart, S. E. Memin-er, F. L-
Moore and the present able pis
tor, Rev. G. H. Feese. H.
for Wedding Gilts
there is nothing prettier or more useful than
silver. We suggest if yon expect to attend
any of the Fall weddings that you select your
gift nowr
Come and Choose
from the beautiful and complete assortment
of silyer and plated ware here. You will
find it easy to buy a handsome present at a
very reasonable price.
Albert J. Metzger
JEWELER
Occidental Building, - - - - Corvallis
PAYING POSITIONS
await every young man or young lady who will thoroughly qualify
in Shorthand, Typewriting, Bookkeeping, and Knglish.
Day anci Night School
Night school meets on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7
te 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. RICHARDSON, 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.
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The Eilers Way of Selling, and Vhy
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.
A vine now standing in Cal'fW
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ma, which is considered at iirgst,
n tbe world was planted in 184a
by a SpanisK woman. Beneath its ;
spreading brarcnep, which cover;
nearly half an acre, oUU persons i
could find protection from the
sun's heal. The first election in I
Santa Barbara County under Amer
ican rule was held beneath its
m . m. I i ! '
ripening truit. toe vine is or me
Mission variety. In load it bore
8 tons of grape, and in 1895 over ;
10 tons. The trunk of the vine is
fpet 8 inches in circumference. It
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is now owned oy jacoo wuson, 01
Carpinteiia, Cal. Ex.
Cut rates on pianos ! Yon 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 he effected
there must have been a combina
tion of verv unusual conditions.
In the first place it means buy
ins in lave quantities! getting
jnt' of the small way of doing
Imsiness It means the rutting out
ot every tii-eless anil um,ece.!.Hary
expense. It means the shipment
of pianos without boxes in spei ial
Ciir.-f which aves hig sums on
frsT.'ht charges.
Then it means the selling of
pianos so excellent and patit-factory
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 Walla,
Wash., Boise and Lewiston. Idaho.
Also Astoria. Salem, Pendleton
' and Eugene, Ore.
We buy the best pianos that
money ran secure. It we went ail
over the woild with hundreds of
thousands of dollars to spend on
pianos, ir. would be impossible, ab
solutely impossible, to get better
pianos than we have to sell, simply
because we have the best that
money ran buy. Chick e f i n e ,
Weh-r. Kimriall and other splendid
makes, over tliiny makes in all.
We. have placed the selling of
our pianos in the hands of Prof.
Taillan iier, held of the piano ''e
partmfent of Corvallis Agricul ura!
College. Prof. Taillandier's entire
reliability ami excellent judgment
are we'l known to the people of
this vicinity. Piano buyers will
doubtless he 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. Atele
phone call will bring hiui to your
r.ouse. Ind. 185. .
EILER'S PIANO HOUSE
PROF. G. TAILLANDIER, Special Representative
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You will be
treated right
and made to feel at home when
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you visit our store xj
We have the goods and will be glad to figure on your bill. Fir, maple, Pacific and quartered oak
Bed Room
Suits from
: .When you call at our store ask to see those new style Rockers and Dining Chairs. Our All
Wire Springs are made expressly for us and are fully warranted. We are constantly receiv
ing new goods. See our new line of Matting and Art Squares.
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