LOCAL AND PERSONAL Hiss Florence Kohn, of Portland, 19 a gueat at the M. Jacobs home. -The Japanese Jugglers will be ?an attraction at the Carnival. 43-4 Mr. and Mrp. James Martin, of Irieh Bend, left Friday for a visit in Portland. Asa Johnson xeturned to Port land, Sunday, after a visit with Cor vallis relatives. Miss Mae Smith, of Peoria, visit ed in Corvallis Saturday. She is a former OAO girl. Six or eight coaches were need ed to accommodate those who went on the excursion to the Coast, Sat urday. E. G. Ward, ' with the Russell fe Gilbert Candy Co., of Portland, was an over Sunday visitor in Cor vallis. The Occidental hotel now has the 8 welles t "creation ' in the way . of a bus that was ever seen in Corvallis. It is great. Joseph Yates made a trip over to Shedd, Linn county, a few days ago, He reports' that the crop prospects of the section which he visited are excellent. The Christian Endeavorers of the United Evangelical church held a social at the home of Mrs. Booth Friday evening. About 50 enjoyed the program and refreshments which were the features of . enter tainment. Ed Smith came up from Portland Friday to remain for a short time. Ed is with the Marshall Wells hardware, but for two months has not been so wll as usual, and he comes to Corvallis hoping to bene fit by a short vacation. Ed Smith,' who holds a good position with the Marshall -Wells Hardware Company, of Portland, arrived home Thursday for a so journ of two or three weeks. . Ed is getting along nicely, as his friends will be pleased to know, H. H. Cronise received the ma jority of votes throughout this sec tion and is elected to the position of supreme representative for the United Artisans of Oregon. There were many aspirants for the office. The position holds for two years. ' Donald Calvert, a nephew of A. K. Rues, departed Saturday for Fort Stevens, near the mouth of the Columbia, where his mother re.' tides. For some lime he has been clerking for A. K. Russ, this city, but receiyed an offer of outdoor work and concluded to accept it. Invitations have been received in Corvallis to the wedding, of Earl McLaughlin and Miss Maud Estella Kidder, the event to occur in the M. K. church . at Prineville, June 6th, at eight o'clock. The groom was a ropular OAC student in '99, and friends here unite in congratu lations The graduation exercises of the Sth and 9th grades of the public Fchoo's of this city are to bo held at the Opera House on Saturday evening, June 2. A splendid pro gram will be given cn this occasion. The graduation exercisfs of our public graduates always draw a crowd large enough to pack the Opera House. The democratic press is consider ably xercised because P. H. D'Arcy, a prominent democrat at Salem, is advocating the election of Dr. Withycombe. We might add the name of Judge W. S. McFadden ot Corvallis, a lifelong democrat, who is open'y advocating the election of the republican nominee, Dr. Withy combe. Junction City Times, On the 2nd nf June the Park Association of Bellefountian will hold their annual picnic. All ar rangements ar in th iianrfs of the trustees and a fine time is assured. Prominent speakers among the politicians will be in attendance. The Bellefountain band will fur nish the music. There will be re freshment stands of all khid. A gwicral invitation is extended to all. It was the intention of Norton Adams to begin the work of build ing an S-room cottage for Prof. T. II. Crawford yesterday morning. The dwelling when completed will be a model structure in appearance and conveniences. It will be locat ed on the block just west of the Episcopal church. C. H. Burg graf, of Albany, drew the plans and specifications. Dave Rosebrooks, recognized as the greatest cornetist on the coast or any other place, and well known in this city as the leader of the old Marine Band of times nearly for gotten, was earthquaked out of San Francisco and is now sojournii g in 1 oledo, .Lincoln county, the home of his boyhood days. We fancy that when the agitation occurred in the B ay City Dave could have tak en a higher note than ever before, which is saving a great deal. - W e o'xtx 1 like to see Dave. Clinton Hurd and Frank Hall are suffering with measles. " Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Edwards were Eugene visitors- from Friday until Sunday. R. E. Gibson came up from Port land Saturday to attend to some matters of business. Hs returned home Sunday. Miss Kate Gerhard arrived home Saturday from Monroe and vicinity where she had been the guest of friends for three or four weeks. Misses Alice and Delia Randall of Olex, Eastern Oregon, were guests last week of Corvallis rela tives. They were to 5 leave yester day for home. The little child of Mr.' and Mrs. Ed Felton, J r., has been - very : low with pneumonia,' at the home of Mrs. -Felton's parents in Albany , but was slightly improved Satur day. T. T. Vincent, .the republican candidate for clerk, possesses every qualification, for fthe ; office. His candidacy is progressing in a way that is most satisfactory to himself and friends. . In short, there is no doubt of his' election. This bids fair, to be a republican year. It is certainly a discerning mind which can figure out (to its own satisfaction and to bamfoozle others) that E. Woodward resides in a con gested city while his opponent be longs, body and soul, to the country. We had never thought of this. More question marks are in order. Prof, and Mrs. . G. Le3ter Paul took advantage of the excursion from Portland to this city Sunday and came up to their home town. Mrs. Paul is to remain here with relatives and friends for a few weeks, but her husband was obliged to content himself with only a few hours as he was compelled to be at the Western Academy of Music, where he is professor of elocution and dramatic art, yesterday morning- If a man was to thrown a : roll of greebacks out into his pasture and let the calves eat it, everybody would think he was crazy. The newspapers would tell about it and everybody would talk about what a fool he was. Yet that is exactly what every farmer is doing who lets his calves run w th the caws. The calves eat cream which if separated and shipped to a creamery wouid yield a handsome income every year. A party who visited Carlton last week reports that Dr. A. D. Morri son, a former Corvallis boy and son-in-law of W. S. Linville, is do ing a land office business in that city and is rapidly gaining in worldly possessions as well as in his ptactice. Dr. Morrison owns and operates a fine large drug store, in addition to which he is owner of a modernly equipped, 12-room hospi tal, which is described as first-c'ass in every respect, nnd which is a pvi ng institution for the owner. Dr. Morrison has met with marked success in his chosen field, and many friends in Corvallis will learn of his prosperity with sincere pleas ure. Premium List. List of premiums at th8 Rose Show May 31st. The entries will close promptly at 4 o'clock. Djora will be open to the public at 8 p. m. Class I. Best single specimen roses, no less than 8 named varieties, fir. -it premium, $3.03; second premium, $1.50. Class 2. Best decorated dining table, Grst premium, f j.00; secoad premium, $1 50. Class 3. Best collection climbers, first premium, $1.50; secoad premium, 7oc. Class 4. Bejt set piece first premium, $l.5o: second premium, 75c. Class 5. Best artistically arraaged vase of roses, first premium, 75c. ; second premium, 59c. Class 6. Best exhibit of wild flowers by children under to years, first pre mium, 7oc ; second premium, ouc. Class 7. Best bouuet of miscella neous cut flowers, 75c : second prem ium, 50c. All exhibits must be grown b y the exhibitor except class 6. Entry free. Classes 1 and 2, each 25 c. Classes 3 and 4, 15c. ' Classes 5, 6 and 7, 10c. 43-4. A Belated Introduction "A Belated Introduction," an intensely interesting play in three acts, will be produced at the opera bouse tomorrow evening by the best local ta'ent in Cor vallis. Following is the CAST OF CHABACTEBS. Fredeiick Ossian, Collie F. Cathey Andrew Strong, his friend A. J. Bouquet Hiram Green, Ambitious and willing to pay Geo. A. Cather Barrinpton, his eon Grover Cate Roscoe Bilzer, who has a soft heart H. a Getz Coddle, Butlei to Green. H. B. Carter Mirriam Stuart Dodge, Mary Danneman Mrs. Beverly Stuart Dodge, Bess Danneman Mrs. Ossian, mother to Fred. Gladys Moore Susan Elise, daughter to Green, . s .i...... ......... Myrtle Harrington The Work of Conference. The general conterence of the M. E. church, South, is now in session in Bermingham, Alabama. This is the fifteenth general con ference since the old church was divided in 1864, by which step it became two organizations, the northern and southern. .This division was made by an almost unanimous vote of the entire church, the largest number of voters being in the northern limits. " It was agreed at that time that the northern branch would not invade the southern territory arid that the southern 'branch would not invade the -northern territory. ' ' The 7 southern branch has ever observed this agreement with the most solemn integrity. This is ' the ' only - law making body' known to the church. It meets once every four years, ,.at which time it ." attends to ,all other matters , pertaining - to the, church at large, as well as to the election of Bishops, -who hold office for life; but they like other ministers, are subject to trial and such penalties as are deemed to be best for the cause of the Christ, even to expulsion. The preseit conference is com posed of three hundred and four teen members, elected by - the various annual conferences. One representative for ' every fifty traveling preachers. One-half of the number are laymen,- who are elected by the : lay : element. This conference takes into its re view and statistics the results of the four preceding years. When the Civil war closed and the peo ple; had rallied' sufficiently to meet and collect the scattered membership there could be found only about four hundred thou sand members, now the member ship is 1,614,648, having increas ed in forty-two years 1,214,648. The net increase in the last four years is 109,427. Sunday school scholars, 1,039,785; foreign mis sions, $1,659,941; for church ex tention $372,649.30. The church is building - a house of worship every sixteen hours, day j and night, and Sundays included, and has been for the last four years. There are eleven Bishops and two will be elected at this con ference. .There , are manv grave questions before the conference, among those,, js, how they will be able to enter the doors that are opening on every hand in foreign lands and calling for the gospel and how they will be able to carefullv respond to calls in this great Northwest. Peace reigns within her entire borders is the report every quarter. M. A "Belated Introduction," to morrow night. According to Population. The primary law will be seen to be responsible for the nomi natious of candidates who live in thickly populated centers. For instance take two candidates who chance to be equally popu lar in their own community, the one residing in the most popu lous place will have an advan tage, let both candidates and voters be ever so fair. For example take Corvallis and Philomath on the office of judge at the recent primary elec tion r A. J. Williams, of Philo math, received 48 votes, while E. Woodward, of Corvallis, re ceived but 25 votes by the re publicans of Philomath. The s-ime ratio was observed in Cor vallis, only in favor ot Mr. Woodward, as Corvallis was his home city. Mr. Jolly, of Phi lomath, in his candidacy for county commissioner against George Smith, received 54 votes to the latter' s 17. This was 3 to 1. Mr. omitn's noine town 01a about as well by him. Mr. Bel knap and Mr. Johnson in their race for nomination for the office for state senator each in his home section beat his opponent about 3 to 1. Thus, it will be seen that under the primary nominating law, can didates and all other things be ing equal, the man who is so" for tunate as to reside in a populous section has an advantage. Any fair-minded man can see this and will admit it. Another thing that gave cities a great advantage in this matter was the weather. It was so fine in Benton county that the country - vote did not get out. Farmers remained at home and worked. In conclusion we wish to state that the democrats had a perfect right to nominate whom they pleased for ; office ; and : to fill in with whatever material they pos sessed, either before or after the primaries, and it was none of our business. -We have made no comments upon this privilege of democracy. For democracy's mouthpiece to have . any insinu ating reflections to ; cast - on ; the republican ticket, placed ' before the people by republican ballots at the primaries, 1 is a piece - of impudence which is very ' ill timed and certain ot rebuke. ? A "Belated Introduction," to morrow night. T None Better Fitted. County clerk is an office the ' demo crats practically claim' as belonging to them. They have had one man in that office bo long a time they probably d' believe, as they would persuade republl cans to believe, that he is the only man in the county qualified for it. But republicans have'' named ,T. T Vincent for the office, and they propose to elect him. "Why not? He is well and most favorably' known throughout the county. His integrity, his purity of character, and his marked ability are equal to that of any man. There ia not a question before the people having the least moral element in . it. that he falters upon. Bight and righteousness ever guide his actions. Republicans will give him, just av they are in honor bound, their unanimous support, for he is their candidate. , He will be- elected, for Ben-. ton is a republican county, and republi cans will no longer be used as cat's- paws to pull the chestnuts out of the fira for the democratic monkey. Additional Local. The regular meeting of the Maccabees will oecur tomorrow evening at the reg ular hour. Social time. The Corvallis basket ball team played the Dallas boys in that city Saturday afternoon. The score was 13 to 5 in favor of Dallas. There was a wedding Thursday even ing at the A. Leder home in this city, the interested parties being Christian Scho cher of Blodgett and Miss Rosa Bandli, a recent arrival from Switzerland. The cere-nony was performed by Rev. J. C, Beyerline of Albany. Many friends join in good wishes. "Let's go fiahing" at the Rose Carnival. 43-4 Large, clean, cotton rags wanted. Five centa per pound paid. Milton P. Morion, The Printer, Coryallis. Mrs. R. J. Watts, returned Sunday from a visit with her husband at Van couver. The Misses Starr of Albany spent Sari' day in Corvallis with their parents. Dr. and Mrs. P. T. Starr. The AV. O. W. excursion from Port land to Corvallis and return, Sunday, was patronized by about 359 people, all of whom appeared quiet and orderly dur ing their sta in this city. The train ar rived at 12:15 p. m. and returned at 4. Among former Corvallisites in the crowd were W. E. J&meison, George Paul and Walter Well. Men Wanted. Saw mill and lumber yard laborers $2.V5 per da v. Woodsmen $'2.5J5 to $3 UU. Steady work. . Apply to Booth-Kelly Lum ber Co.. Eugene, Ore. 43tf A large assortment of nicely trimmed hats for children, also a fine line of hats for old ladies to be sold at very low prices. Mrs. J. Mason. 39 tf. Joseph Wanhope of Pennsylvania ad dressed a fair-sized audience at the court house Saturday night on the political issues of the day. Mr. Wanhope is a socialist, and many of the local followers of that party were present. H. H. Cronise went to Portland Sun day to remain a week. Miss Pauline Kline left Sunday for a visit in Portland, The ice cream social at Simpson's chapel Friday night was a very enjoy able affair, and a large crowd attended. An excellent program was rendered, and the Bellefountain band furnished music. A goodly sum was realized from the sale of ice cream and cake. The date of the "Carnival of Roses" to be given by the Presby terian church is Thursday and Fri day evenings, May 3l8t and June 1st. Ai the opera house on Thurs day evening Rev. Babcock of Salem will p'ay several selections on the violin, besides some of our best vocalists will be on the program. Friday evening, the young people will give the very popular farce. "Aunt Jerusha'a Quilting Party.' This farce is being, prepared under the management of Mrs. Chester Proebstel, and deserves a. liberal patronage. Admission for each evening ten cents. J? riday, com mencing at 11 a. m. they will sarve a chicken pie dinner, which is prom ised to be exceptionally good, for 25: cents. f. .-. , - - 43-44 IMIAJ I' I sat tk Of RALSTON HEALTH SHOES are Right The laws that govern foot-structure are ; duuncu tu uic uiaiMiiy ui an iidiaiuu Health Shoes. Every'partSof a Ralston is i n p rope r pro p o rti o n to eve rv oth e r q a rt. That means Ralston Health Shoes don't dis ; tort or J vary the natural, structural Hues of the boot to achieve style. They are the most stylish shoes on the market, yet they never depart from the hygienic principle of nature proportions. Ralstons will feel like home to your feet. They fit the feet at the start no need of breaking in. . THE PEOPLE'S STORE. ESTABLISHED , 1864. CORVALLIS. OR. WOOL and WASH Our first shipment of Vool, Mshair, and Wash ' Dress Goods has arrived. All colors, weights and weaves, at prices that wili tempt all. New Mercerized Taffeta Checks at 25c per yard. Wool and Mohair Dress Goods, in Gray, Brown, Green, Navy,' Fancy Mixtures, Checks and Stripes. New Dress Linens in -White, Gray, . Light Blue, Green and Navy. New Whi'e Mercerized Shirt Waist Goods. New Assortment Embroidered Waist. Patterns.. New Velvets, Collars and Belts. Rsmamlisr, we: give all Cash HIGHEST PRICE FOR I THE GEM ' CIGAR ST0K1E All first rooms. 1 iiivsm cigirs and tobacco; whist and p ol Every customer treated like a prince. JACK MUi An $8.C0 Leather uit Case For every dollar 'a worth of gooda purchased at my store you will get a ticket entitling you to a chance in the drawing for an ele gant Suit Case. The more tickets, the more chances. Drawing to take place at my store at 4 p. m. Saturday, June 9. The cheapest store in town to buv clothing and. men's fornishinga. : .- ; ' Conrallis, Oregon I! DRESS FABRICS 5 par cent Ptrsfeass?. discount on COUNTRY PRODUCE. Four do8 north of poptefFce Iod. Plione 130. 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