Corvallis gazette., April 20, 1906, Page 4, Image 4

Lincoln's
Lincoln Birthplace
The ro.ii.y i-.Ue.
In his family Bible he kept a register
of births, marriages and deaths, every
entry being carefully made in his own
handwriting. It contains the date of
his sister's birth and his own; of the
marriage and death of his sister; of the
death of his mother, and of the birth
and death of Thomas Lincoln. The rest
of the record is almost wholly devoted
to the Johnstons and their numerous
descendants and connections. It has
not a word about the IJankses or the
Sparrows. It shows the marriage of
Sally Bush first with Daniel Johnston
and then with Thomas Lincoln, but it
is entirely silent as to the marriage of
his own mother. It does not even gire
the date of her birth, but barely recog
nizes her existence and demise, to make
the vacancy which was speedily filled
by Sarah Johnston.
An artist was painting his portrait
and asked him for a sketch of his early
life. He gave him this brief memoran
dum: "I was bora Feb. 12, 1S09, in the
then Hardin county, Ky., at a point
within the now county of La Rue, a
mile or a mile and a half from where
Hodgens mill now is. My parents be
ing dead and my own memory not
serving, I know of no means of identi
fying the precise locality. It was on '
Nolin creek." ,
To the compiler of the "Dictionary of ;
Congress" he gave the following: "Born
Feb. 12, 1S09, in Hardin county, Ky.
Education defective. Profession, a law-
"THB SHOET AND SIMPLE ANNAIjS of thb
POOB."
yer. Have been a captain of volunteers
in the Black Hawk war. Postmaster at
a very small office. Four times a mem
ber of the Illinois legislature and was
a member of the lower house of con
gress." To a campaign biographer who ap
plied for particulars of his early his
tory he replied that they could be of no
interest; that they were but "the short
and simple annals of the poor."
"The chief difficulty I had to encoun
ter," writes this latter gentleman, "was
to induce him to communicate the
homely facts and incidents of his early
life. He seemed to be painfully Im
pressed with the extreme poverty of
his early surroundings, the utter ab
sence of all romantic and heroic ele
ments, and I know he thought poorly
of the idea of attempting a biograph
ical sketch for campaign purposes."
CHAPTER II.
The Lincoins Leave Kentucky For
Indiana.
THOMAS LINCOLN was some
thing of a waterman. In the
frequent changes of occupation
he could not resist the tempta
tion to the career of a flatboat man. He
had accordingly made one, or, perhaps,
two, trips to New Orleans. It was
therefore very natural that when in
the fall of 1816 he finally determined
to emigrate he should attempt to trans
port his goods by water. He built him
self a boat, which seems to have been
none of the best, and launched it on
the Boiling Fork at the mouth of Knob
creek, half a mile from his cabin. Some
of his personal property, including car
penter's tools, he put on board, and the
rest he traded for 400 gallons of whis
ky. With this boat and singular cargo
he put out into the stream alone and,
floating with the current down the
Rolling Fork and then down Salt river,
reached the Ohio without any mishap.
- nere his craft proved somewhat rick
ety when contending with the difficul
ties of the larger stream, capsini, and
the lading went to the bottom. He fish
ed up a few of the tools "and most of
the whisky" and, righting the little
boat, again floated down to a landing.
Here he sold his treacherous boat
and, leaving his remaining property in
the care of a settler, trudged off on
foot to select "a location" In the wilder
ness. He found a place that he thought
would suit him only sixteen miles dis
tant from the river. He then turned
about and walked all the way back to
Knob creek, in Kentucky, where he
took a fresh start with his wit and
her children. Of the latter there were
only two, Nancy (or Saras), nine years
ot&se, aa&Ahrahafry seven. Mr. I2n
ada. 'bad jQmx. birtlLta .a&otbor saa
Boyhood
WARD
HILL
LAM ON,
. His Friend.
Partner
' aund .
Bodyguard
some . years before but He Bad "aiea"
when only- three days old. After leav
ing Kentucky she had no more chil
dren. This time Lincoln loaded what little
he had left upon two horses and "pack
ed through to Posey's." Besides cloth
ing and bedding, they carried such
cooking utensils as would be needed by
the way and would be indispensable
when they reached their destination.
The stock was not large. It consisted
of "one oven and lid, one skillet and lid
and some tinware." They camped out
during the nights and of course cooked
their own food. Lincoln's skill as a
hunter must now have stood him in
good stead. -Where he got the horses
used upon this occasion it is impossible
to say, but they were likely borrowed
from his brother-in-law, Krume ' of
Breckinridge county, who owned such
stock.
When they got to Posey's, Lincoln
hired a wagon and, loading on it the
whisky and other things he had stored
there, went on toward the place which
has since become famous as the "Lin
coln farm." He was now making his
way through an almost untrodden wil
derness. There was no road and for a
part of the distance not even a foot
trail. He was slightly assisted by a
path of a few miles in length which
had been "blazed out" by an earlier
settler. But he was obliged to suffer
long delays and cut out a passage for
the wagon with his ax.
At length, after many detentions and
difficulties, he reached the point where
he intended to make his future home.
It was situated between the forks of
Big Pigeon anu Little Pigeon creeks, a
mile and a half east of Gentryville.
Everything but Water.
Lincoln laid off his curtilage on a
gentle hillock having a slope on every
side. The spot was very beautiful, and
the soil was excellent The selection
was wise in every respect but one.
There waa no water near except what
was collected in holes in the ground
after a rain, but it was very foul and
had to be strained before using. At a
later period we find Abraham and his
stepsister carrying water from a spring
situated a mile away. Dennis Hanks
asserts that Thomas Lincoln "riddled
his land like a honeycomb" in search
of good water.
Here Lincoln built "a half faced
camp," a cabin inclosed on three sides
and open on the fourth. It was built,
not of logs, but of poles, and was, there
fore, denominated a "camp" to distin
guish it from a "cabin." It was about
fourteen feet square and had no floor.
It was no- larger than the first house he
lived in at Klizabethtown and on the
whole not as good a shelter. But Lin
coln was now under the influence of a
transient access of ambition, and the
camp was merely preliminary to some
thing better. He lived in it, however,
for a whole year before he attained to
the dignity of a residence in a cabin.
"In the meantime he cleaned some land
and raised a small crop of corn and
vegetables."
In the fall of 1817 Thomas and Betsy
Sparrow came out from Kentucky and
took up their abode in the old camp
which the Lincoins had just deserted
for the cabin. Betsy was the aunt who
had raised Nancy Hanks. She had done
the same in part for Dennis Hanks,
who was the offspring of another sis
ter, and she now brought him with her.
Dennis thus became the constant com
panion of young Abraham.
Lincoln's second house was a "rough,
rough log" one. The timbers were not
hewed, and until after the arrival of
Sally Bush in 1819 it had neither floor,
door nor window. It stood about forty
yards from what Dennis Hanks called
that "darned little half faced camp,"
which was now the dwelling of the
Sparrows. It was "right in the bush"
in the heart of a virgin wilderness.
There were only seven or eight older
settlers in the neighborhood of the two
Pigeon creeks. ,
The nearest town was Troy, situated
on the Ohio, about half a mile from the
mouth of Anderson creek. Gentryville
had as yet no existence. Traveling was
on horseback or on foot, and the only
resort of commerce was to the pack
horse or the canoe. But a prodigious
immigration was now sweeping into
this inviting country. Harrison's victo
ries over the Indians had opened it up
to the peaceful settler, and Indiana was
admitted into the Union in 1S16, with
a ;opulatlon of 65,000. The county in
which Thomas Lincoln settled was
Perry, with the county 6eat at Troy,
but he soon found himself in the new
county of Spencer, with the courthouse
at Rockport, twenty miles south of
him, and the thriving village of Gentry
ville within a mile and a half of his
door.
. (To be Continued.)
" RauBiaant-Do you oppasa railroads
charging xharbKant freight rates? Art yen
eppesad to eft sap Chinese labor? ' PubHc
officials traveang,M ratatad pessss? Than
vata far S. B. Huston.
Vat far 4 w. Crawler far coaaty ra-
aasiar.
TO OCCUR TODAY.
Prohibitionists Conference Inter-
Collegiate Contest Tonight.
A conference 6t state and local
rohibition league . work is to be
tld in this city today beginning
t 2.30. Mr. Danfel Poling is
Conducting the conference. He
- a national traveling secretary,
ho won the international pro
hibition contest for Oregon, . at
Iudinapolis two years ago.
There are eight delegates pres
ent from the six colleges as fol
ows: Newberg,: McMinnvi le,
Albany, Dallas, Philomath and
O AC. Prof. Poling and ' Prof.
Me'zger, of Dallas, Prots. Saw
ttrile, Angst and Baker of Mc
vlinnville, Prof. Boyer oi Wil
lmette University, Prof. Bald
vin. Philomath, and Prof. Shaw,
of OAC, will deliver addresses,
s will also, I. H. Amos, state
chairman of the prohibition as-
-ociation, and H. W. Stone, of
t lie Y. M. C. A. of Portland.
Miss Mary Sutherland of Corval-
1 is is the state president ot the
ssociation.
Tonight in the Armory will
ccur the state Inter-Collegiate
Prohibition Contest. The col
eges represented and - their ora
ors are: Pacific College, New-
burg, Lewis L,. Sanders; Dallas
College, O. O. Arnold: Thilo-
nath college, Miss Olivia Bond;
Albany college, A. C. Marsters;
Mr. Thompson, McMinnville;
John Shroeder, OAC. '
The winner of first place will
receive a $75 cash prize, and the
second pr-ize will be $25 cash.
The winner of first place will also
0 to Los Angeles May 20, to re
present Oregon in the Inter-state
uniest.
There is greater interest in the
work of the prohibition associa
ion this year than ever before,
ud the contest is also much
nnre widely discussed than
usual. A large and interested
audience will greet the orators
m tonight's contest.
Remember Him.
A man on the state ticket who
lesires re-Homination and election
is A. M. Crawford, present at-orney-general
of Oregon. He
aas during the past four years
that he has been in office attend
ed to all matters coming before
lim in an expeditious and cred
itable manner.
That he has made a good officer
every way there is no doubt.
Having proved his fitness and
worthiness during the - past four
years it is to be expected that he
vill be enabled to do even better
luring the next four years, if the
republicans see fit t support him
is we think they will. When
you cast your vote today do not
overlook A. M. Crawford, who is
every way worthy of your sup
port .
ThefBand Boys.
That Corvallis now has a
musical organization of such ex
cellence as to be able to render
concert music of a higher order
in a most acceptable mamer is
in assureu face. The band is
composed of players from the
town and college and is under the
lirection of Harry Beard, who is
band director at the college.
The boys have already played
two or three concerts for our
(oa-nspeople and their program
ma ker has exhibited unusual
ability as a judge of what is most
acceptable and pleasing in musi
cal forms. An effort is being
made to arrange for the band to
play a concert once or twice a
week and at present the indica
tions are that the preposition will
carry. This will be good news
to those who possess tunetul ears.
Branch Board.
An Advising Board wf the
Bov's and Girl's Aid Society of
Oregon was organized at Cor
vallis last Monday. The duties
and powers of this board are:
1st. To approve or disap
prove all applications whether
made to this board, or the home
office, for Benton county chil
dren. - 4
2nd. To keep in touch with
the wards of the society placed
in Benton county.
3rd. ' To report cases of abused
or neglected children.
4th. To investigate cases of
truancy and other forms of de-
linquency, and to use and adopt
such methods as are consistent
with law to prevent the same, i .
The I Boy's : and t Girl's Uv Aid
Society is a charitable corpor
ation, non sectarian. Its object
is to receive, care for, and place
in private homes, homeless, ne
glected or abused boys and girls
from all parts of the state, f Since
1900, twenty-four "children were
taken from Benton county. - At
present seven wards of the socie
ty are in Benton ; county homes.
The last anntaal report shows
that 408 children wer received
during the last year. Only four
tenths of the yearly expenses are
paid by the state, the remaining
six-tenths by donations,' county
contributions and membership
fees. The Benton county board
consists of: School Supt. G. W.
Denman, Pres ; Mrs. J. H
Harris, Sec'y and Treas. ; Mrs.
B. W. Wilson, Dr. H. . S.
Pernot, and J. L. Underwood.
Contest Tonight.
At OAC preparations are in
progress for the contest of
the Intercollegiate vProhibition
League of the State of Oregon.
Corvallis has the contest this year
and we understand that six col
leges will be represented in the
contest.
In Albany much interest is
manifested and arrangements
have been made to run a special
train, provided 60 people will
compose the delegation from
that city, which will be o
easy accomplishment. Albany
College is to be represented by
A. Carlos Masters and Albany
people think his chances ot win
ning are unusually good.
A City Ordinance.
The City of Corvallis does or
dain as follows:
Section 1. No person, firm or
corporation shalrpermit or allow
to accumulate or remain in or
about any lot, place or premises
owned or occupied by such per
son, firm or corporation, or for
which he, they or it may be the
agent, within the corporate limits
of the City of Corvallis, decayed
or decaying substances, refuse
vegetables, garbage, filth of any
kind, manure, any dead animal
or the refuse or offensive part ot
any dead animal, nor suffer such
yard, lot, place or premises to be
or remain in such condition as to
cause or create, noisome or offen
sive smell or atmosphere, or
thereby to become, cause or create
a public nuisance.
Section 2. No person, firm or
corporation shall within the cor
porate limits of the City ot Cor
vallis keep or store in any build
ing or other place any uncured or
green hides of any animal which
shall create a noisome or offensive
smell or atmosphere or so as to
become offensive to- persons trav
eling along a public street or to
the owners or occupants of ad
jacent property.
Section 3. No person, firm or
corporation owning, occupying
or acting as agent for any vacant
lot or private premises within the
corporate limits of the City of
Corvallis shall permit or allow
any rubbish, trash, ashes, or re
fuse matter of any kind to ac
cumulate or remain upon such
lot or premise?, nor any weeds,
thistles, bushes, brush, vines or
plants unless for use or ornament
or suitable for food to grow or re
main upon any such lot or pre
mises, after being notified as in
this ordinance provided to clean
or clear such lot or .premises
thereof.
Section '4. No person, firm or
corporation owning, occupying
or acting as agent for any lot,
place or premises within the City
of Corvallis shall permit or allow
to accumulate or remain iu any
street or alley abutting upon or
adjacent to any such lot, place or
premises any refuse matter of any
kind, any decayed or decaying
substances or vegetable of ani
mal matter, any garbage or filth
of any kind, any manure, saw
dust, chips, trash, limbs, decayed
leaves, any wood or wood . piles,
or any boxes, barrels, boards or
movable articles or property of
any kind after being notified as
in this ordinance provided to
clean or clear such street or aliey
of such matter
Section 5. The doing, allow
ing or permitting of : any act or
thing which is prohibited or for-
bidden by any of the, sections of
this ordinance is hereby declared
to be a public nuisance, "and the
Chief of Police of the ; City ot
Corvallis is hereby authorized.
j empowered and directed to notify
any person, firm or corporation
1 maintaining, or permitting, any
'such nuisance to abate or remove
the : same . giving such persou'
firm or corporation written notice
ot such nuisance and to remove
the same, and any peison, firm
or corporation who shall fail, neg
lect or refuse to abate any sue h
nuisance or to remove the same,
or the cause thereof within forty
eight hours after receiving - such
notice shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon con
viction thereof before the Police
Jude shall be fined not more
than fifty dollars or to be im
prisoned not more than twentv
fivedays in the City jil or to be
both fined and imprisoned as
aforesaid. :
Additional Local. -
There will be C,.nuiuuion Service
at Plymouth at 3:00.
When you vote today remember
W. C. Hawley for congressman.
Dr. E. J. Thompson, of Inde
pendence, visited fneuda in ttif
city yesterday. H ia to return
next week.
There is to be a splendid musical
program at the armory this eve
ning in connection with the pro
hibition contest.
Evening Sermon another smd
the last of the series on "Contrast
iu Life." "The Foolish Husband;
Thi Wise Wife or the Man who
Rtfuses to Pay His Taxes."
The big English ehire ktallion
that has been on exhibition ml
Abbotts feed barn the past week
by Singinaster and Sons, of Keotn,
Iowi) has been sold. The purchas
ers beiug a company composed ot
the following share-holders : W. A.
McGiliis, Pres. and Treas.; C D.
Abbott, Sec'y.; VW. C. Belknap,
Mgr.; L. F. Gray and B P. Gator.;
The placing of this fine horse fids
a much deeded want, as there is no
other horse of his class and quality
within a radius of forty miles
This horse ie a beautiful dark
dappled bay, 17 hands high, at.d
weighs 2150 lbs. He was a priza
winner at all shows where exhibit
ed. The farmers of Benton
coutity and vicinity are to be con
gratulated for having so fine a horse
located here.
Notice of Assessment.
By virtue ef authority vested in me as
Police Judge of the city of .Corvallis and
by Ordinance No . 185. which passed the
common council on the 20th day of
November, 1905, and approved by the
Mayor on the day of November pro
viding for the improvement of certain
streets i a said city at taecost of the
property abutting upou the same ; I
hereby give notice that there is assessed
and levied upon each lot or parcel of
land herein described the amount set
forth as follows :
Lot 1 in block 12 Dixon's 2d addition
to said city of Corvallis, owned by
Geo. B.. Wills and Miles Hendricks,
$2l'.60.
Lot 7 in block 12 Dixon's 2d, addition
to said city ofCorvaliia, owned by Geo.
B. Wills and' Miles Hendricks , the sum
of $22.60.
Lot 5 in block 5 original town of
Marysville now city of Corvallis,
(owner unknown) $ 10.
Lot 6 in block 5 original town of
Marysville now said city of Corvallis,
(owner unknown) $11.20.
Lot G'block 1 original town of Marys
ville now said city ot Corvallis, (owiier
unknown) 22.60.
Lot 7 block 13 old town of Marysville
now Corvallis owned by E. H. Taylor,
$22.60
Lot 1 block 14 county addition to
said city of Corvallis (owner unknown)
$32 60.
Lot 2 in Block 14 County addition to
said City of Corvallis, owner unknown,
$1000
Lot 3 in block 14 county addition to
said city of Corvallis (owner unknown)
$10.
Dated April 17th, 19U6.
J. F. Yates,
Polite Judge.,
33-5
Good Judgement.
Is the essential characteristic of men
and woman. Invaluaole to good busi
ness men and necessary to housewives.
A woman shows good judgement when
she buys White's Cream Vermifuge
for her baby. The beet worm medicine
ever offered to mothers. Many
indeed are the sensible mothers, who
write their gratitude for the good henitl'.
of their children, which they owe to the
use of White's Cream Vermifuge. Sold
by Graham & Wortham.
Human Blood Marks.
A tale of horror was told by marks of
human blood in the home of J. W. Wil
liams, a well known merchant of Bac
Ky. He writes : "Twenty years ago I
had severe hemorrhages of the longs and
was near death when I . began taking
Dr. King's New Discovery. It complete
ly caied me and I baye -., remained well
ever sines. "It cures hemorrhages,
Chronic Coughs, Settled cold and Bron
chitis, and is the only known care for
weak lanes. Every bottle saaamteed by
lAllea fc Woodward draggim fOa mmi
$i.0o. Trmi botm am
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tion. Nothing inserted for less than 25
cents." '
Lodge, society and church notices,
other than strictly news matter, will be
charged for. " ' .
FOR SALE
WHITE SIDE OAT. INQUIRE OF
: Wm. Crees, Corvallis, Or. 34-6
ONE BUGGY POLE INCLUD'NG
j neck-voke, dnhl and Ping'e-trppB
alsn one lawu saower. Inquire of W
T. Norton. 3r,-5t
NO. 1 FRESH JERSEY COW. WRITE
D G- Hill or " inquire at Hormnur'a
grocery " 33-5
DISPARENE SPRAY FOR FRUIT
trees and shrnbberv. See Montgomfrv
& Newton. For sale by Thatcher
Johnson. . 31-8
BALED HAY FOR SALE INQUIRE
P. O. box 344 or Ind. 'phone 429.
Corva'lie. Oregon. 23 tf.
HO MES FOR SALE.
HOMES NOW COMPLETED, OR
will build them to order in Corvallis,
Or., and sell same for cash or install
ments. Address First National Bank,
Corvallis, Or. 3itf '
WILL FURNISH LOTS AND BUILD
houses ta order in- Newport, Lincoln
Co., Oregon, and sell same for cash or
installments Address M. S. Wood
cock,' Corvallis, Or 34t,
ATTORNEYS
J. F. YATES, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office up stafrs in Zierolf Building.
Only set of abstracts in Benton County
5. R. BRYSON ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Post Office Building, Corval
tis, Oregon.
WANTED
FOUR JERSEY HEIFER CALVES.
Leave wqrd at Vidito's ham or phone
Ashby Rickard, Alsea, Oregon. 33-5t'
WAiSTE D 500 SUBSCRIBERS TO THE
Gazettb and Weekly Oregonian at
$2.55 per year.
BANKING.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
. Corvallis, Oregon, transacts a general'
conservative banking business. Loans
money on approved security. Drafts
bought and sold and money transferred
to the principal cities of the United
States, Europe and foreign countries.
Veterinary.Surgeon
DR. E. E. JACKSON, V. S., WINEGAR
& Snow livery barn. Give him a call.
Phones, Ind., 328; Residence, 389 or
Bell phone. 12tf
PHYSICIANS
r 1 ....... - ..
ft. A. OATHEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN
and Surgeon. Kooms 14, Bank Build
ing. Office Hours : 10 to 12 a. m , 2 to
(p.m. Residence: cor. 5th and Ad
ams Sta. Telephone at office and res
idence. Corvallis, Oregon.
MARBLE SHOP.
MARBLE AND GRANITE MONU
iments ; curbing made to order ; clean
' ing and repnring done neatly: save
aeent's enmmiesion. Shp North
Main St.. Frank Vanhoosen. Prop, gVtt
House Decorating.
FOR PAINTING AND PAPERING SHE
W. E. Paul, Ind. 488 lf
A Lucky Postmistress.
fs Mrs- Alexander, of Cary, Me., who
has found Dr. Ki iis New Life Piles to
be the best remedy , she ever tried for
keeping the stomach, - Liver and Bowels
in perfect order. You'll agree with her
if you try these painless purifiers that in
fuse new life. Guaranteed by Allen
Woodward druggists. Price 25c. -
MotJce to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed by the County
Court of the State of Oregon, for Benton
County, administrator of the estate of, Henry
Holroyd, deceased. All persons having clsims
against said estate are hereby required to
present the same it the office of J. F. Yts.
properly verified is by law required, at Cor
vallis, Oregon, within six months from the-
date hereof.
Dated this 13th day of February, 1906..
W. S. McFaddkn,
Administrator jot the Estate of Henry Hol
royd, deceased. . . t
Is the Moon Inhabited.
Science has pi oven that the moon has
an atmosphere, which makes life in
6ome form possible on that satellite; but
not for human beings, who have a hard
time on this earth of ours; especially
those who don't know that Electric Bit
tra enres headache, Billionsness, Mal
aria, Chills and fever, Jaundice, Dyspep
sia, DisaiBMS, Torpid Liver, Kidney
Complaint, Gsaaral Deability and female
weakiMMav : Unequalled as a geaeral
tenia aai apptsksr fsr vaak paraans aad
especially the aged. II mdutm saaad
slMp. Pally mnuttaa y Altoa .