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Leading
Corvallis
Newspaper.
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Advertising;
Medium.
Vol. XLIH.
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, Tuesday. June lO. 190G.
DISCUSSED THE CROPS.
Farmers in Town Saturday Say
It Has Rained Enough.
Farmers irom different parts
Of the county were in Corvallis
Saturday, and some of them talk
ed about the hay, grain and fruit
crops.
One man stated that out on his
farm a large field of clover
is
standing, ready tor tne mower
and the yield is heavy, but it is
impossible to get into the field to
cut it on account of the soggy
heavy condition of the ground.
last how much the grass will be
damaged is ef course not yet de
termined, but that there will be
damage to some extent seems cer
tain.
Grain, too, it is feared, will be
materially damaged, as wheat
will not fill when the weather
so cold and rainy as it has been
for several weeks, and. hop men
also are anxiously asking what
will happen to their hops, as such
conditions are certain to mean
lice and that in turn means
crop more or less below the
standard.
Taken altogether, the spring
has been unusual, and has caused
some depression in nearly al
lines of business hereabouts.
However, a better prospect for
crops has not been seen in this
section for a number of years
and if sunshine prevails from
now on, there will be an abundant
harvest in spite of the present un
favorable conditions.
The fruit crop will be a prizi
winner, if no mishap befalls it.
although strawberries have
suffered from the rains. So far
they have not been" less" than
five cents per box -? in the
local market, which demonstrates
t the delay in ripening, . due to. the
backward spring. Red raspberries
are just beginning to come into
market in small quantities, and
are selling at four boxes for twen
ty-five cents. Cherries are plenti
ful and an immense crop of
prunes is promised.
A Sa4 Ending
The sad and shocking news
came over the-wires early Friday
morning . that . Harvey - Burns
father ot Archie Burns, ; of this
city, had been suddenly killed at
Los Anceles. Mr. Burns was a
station agent and it is under
stood that in the act of. "sealing)'
the cars he ! was run . over by the
train, his body "being cut in two.:
Orders were sent for the remains
to be embalmed and shipped to
Coi vallis for burial,, and they
are expected to arrive here today.
Mrs. Burns and her son have
spent the past few years in this
citv while the latter has been at
college. He graduated last Wed
nesday, being the honored vale
dictorian of his class, and a fav
orite among the students general
ly.
Deceased was for a time, two
vears ago, agent for the O. R. &
N. in this city, and several years
ago he was the S. P. agent
here. He paid a visit to his fam
ily in Corvallis last fall and Mrs.
Burns and Archie were planning
to go to Los Angeles as soon as
they could make ready after the
close ot college.
For the survivors in their hour
of deep sorrow, there is sincere
and universal sympathy.
A Great Occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Edwards
left Friday for Mayville, Eastern
Oregon, to spend the summer.
They were to have gone a week
ago but were detained by the ill
ness of their little son. They
were to ' have reached the Ed
wards homean time to partici
pate in the. fifth anaual re-union
of the. Rinchart , and . Edwards
families, ; an? event wMcb:.begsu
Sunday aai wilt last, at, least; a
week 'kmiMJ!
interest. ttetfd ,l$ipifr'
eralhufldre ople, ait xelatives,
and a special rate is made by the
railroads to those who go.
The occasion is marked by jolli
ty and merry-making from start to
finish. There- are tents in which
.the families reside, and one im
mense tent serves as the kitchen
and dining room. Cooks are
hired for the week and feasting
is a part of the event. The or
ganization owns its own , dishes
and other paraphernalia, - and
nothing is lacking to make the
happiness of everyone complete.
This year the re-union will be
held on the Edwards farm, it
having occurred in Portland a
year ago.
Among those who will attend
it are Clay, Earl and Carl Rine
hart, . graduates of OAC, and
Philip Rinehart, who attended
college the past year..
A New Enterprise.
Corvallis boasts a new enter
prise under the name of the Cor
vallis Ice and Butter Company,
which opeas its doors to the busi
ness public tomorrow morning.
The plant is housed in the old ice
house, and the promoters are Guy
Seely, B. D. Arnold, John Creson
and others.
New machinery throughout
has been provided and the work
of installing the separator, vats,
churn, pasterizer and other parts
will be completed today. Every
thing is modern and first class.
and there is promise of a good
business for the firm.
Already bids for butter are com
ine in from Portland and else
where, and cream has been en
gaged from Alsea, Kings Valley
and other rural districts. Four
delivery wagons are to be ' oper
ated, gajherinjt
twiceweach 'week and bringine itrMr. Vidito seems to have confi-
bringing
to the plant where it will be con
verted into golden butter balls
yn which the trade mark is to be
Willamette."
The butter-maker for the firm
arrived a. few .;' days ago from
Union. He is Jacob Fieser who
graduated from a Michigan col
lege in 1895 and has ever since
been personally engaged in mak
ing butter, two years being spent
with the Grande Ronde creamery.
Henry Price has been engaged
as cream solicitor tor the hrm,
and has met with good success.
Many Will Attend.
The program has been received
in Corvallis lor the 13th annual
assembly of the Willamette Valley
Chantauqua association, and the
promise held out is that the meet
ing will be the bestin the history
ot the association.
There are poets, orators, musi
cians, athletes, teachers, artists,
men of science and men of skill,
professional entertainers, famous
lecturers, singers of renown and
story . tellers, both men and wc-
men. Captain Jack Crawford,
the Poet-Scout, has a national
reputation: Leoa Harrison is the
most popular Jewish Rabbi in
America: Martha Gielow has
made a fortune with her "Old
Plantation Songs and stories;"
Miss Belle Kearney is called the
Greatest Woman Orator ever pro
duced by the South : Professor
Baumgardt has the knack of
making astronomy popular, and
Mark Beal is a reader ad imper
sonator said to be the peer of any
in America, lo enumerate the
ist ot great lecturers would fill
colums, many ot them illustrated
with stereopticans and all of them
proceeded and followed by sclos
aud orchestral music.
It announces this year a musi
cal program never excelled in
Oregon, including the leading
soloists of the state, and a chorus
of one hundred voices and twenty
one instrumentations inHayden's
Oratorio, "The Creation,?' on
Saturday, July 14, and a second
great evening ot oratorio" from
Mendelssohn on Saturday eve-
ingk' Jnly aij all trader the di
rection of Prof W Gifford Nash.
GREAT THIN3S FOR IT.
Newport by the Sea Has Promise
of Rapid Improvement.
Willis Vidito returned Friday
from a visit to the coast, and ac
cording to ' his statement things
are on the boom at Newport by
the sea.
It appears that an effort has
recently been made by capitalists
to secure the water front at that
place, offering to put in a saw
milPwith a capacity ot 150,000
feet per day if the deal is made.
On the other hand, promoters
of the much discussed : railroad
from Portland to San Francisco,
who are supposed to be 5 backed
by ' Eastern capitalists,; have
urged Newport to hold ( fast to
the water front, which in the
past was promised to the, first
railroad that . should build
through Newport along the
coast. This railroad, they de
clare is a certainty, and they
aver that it will mean more
to Newport than the , sale of the
water front could possibly mean,
with the promised establishment
of the big mill.
The railroaders' claim to have
already secured possession 'of the
coast line from San Francisco to
Eureka, a stretch of probably 250
miles, which would render the
proposed connection with Port
land most feasible and conven
ient. The road promised for the
coast is to be a one per cent
grade and a five per cent curve,
which would mean a possibility
ot great speed in service, when
completed. .'
: Just what occurred at the New
port council meeting, which Mr.
Vidito was . invited ' to attend, is
dence in the railroad, since he
purchased a five, acre tract of
land in Yaqnina' from William
CreeSj immediately upon hisTei
turn. Not content with that, he
proceeded to dispose of certain
property in East Portland trad
ing it. for 1 50 acres iust north of
Yaquina.
While in Newport, Mr. Vidito
states that two large surveying
parties . left there, one beaded
north and he" other south pre
sumably in the iaterest of the
proposed road. ' -
Considerable .property has
changed hands fct Newport this
spring, much building has been
done, side-walks laid and other
improvements made, and the
town is in a very prosperous con
dition. v '. -
They Have Incorporated.
Over at the clerk's office Friday
articles of incorporation were fil
ed by the T. J. Thorp Manufact
uring Company. It is stated in
trie papers that the purposes of
the company are to "developi"
perfect and manufacture and sell
in the markets of the world cer
tain self-propelled agricultural
and commercial machines, and
other corelated devices and appli
ances." The principal place of business
will be Corvallis.
The amount of capital stock is
quoted at $8,000, divided into
stock at $100 per share.
The incorporators are, W. A.
Buchanan, W. P. Lafferty. M. S.
Bush, C. H. Woodcock, F. L.
Kent, F. M. Hopkins, T. J.
Thorp, R. N. Williamson and
R- E. Lafferty.
T. J. Thorp, the inventor, and
W. P. Lafierty are now in Port
land in the interests of these self
propelled machines.
'Frisco's Optimism.
The real San Francbco is her
capacity for service in the com
merce and intercourse of her wide
environment, says W. D. Wood
in the Pacific Monthly fr Jane.
San" Francisco " has lost some of
her - instruments of service,' but
the people whose service have
made her great still live and love
their city, and those who, scatter
ed over a half globe of lands and
j seas, look to her for service, still
! live and love San Francisco more
than ever.
San Francisco's optimism does
not rest on illusions. Neither
does it detract irom the splendid
heroism ot her people in preserv
ing courage and hope in a time of
danger, surprise and bereavement
to admit that her optimism rests
on good grounds. - San Francis
co's optimism is based on fearless
ness and clear-headedness. She
triumphs in her trial because she
has never for a moment lost these
faculties. The world sympa
thises with her in her trial, but
loves her more for her triumph.
The world will be glad, too,-when
it knows the facts, to, congratu
late San Fiancisco upon the
smallness of her apparent catas
trophe, and later to rejoice with
her in her surpassing " restoration.
"Cob" Blair Dead.
Colbert P. Blair, for over fifty
years a resident of Benton coun
ty, where "for thirty years he
served as bailiff of the curcuit
court, is dead: Sunday's Ore
gbnian contained the . details of
his passing, in a dispatch from
Pendleton, as follows:
At the ripe age of 100 years
and five months, Colbert P. Blair
died just before noon today at the
home of his granddaughter, Mrs.
Martha N. Sawtelle, 620 Cosbie
street.
Colbert P. Blair was born in
Raleigh, N. C, December 26,
1807. At the age of 43 he set
tled at Corvallis, Benton county
and lived there tor many years,
coming to Pendleton; about thir
teen years ago. At his death
MfiBlauu eaves abxee- sonsand
a daughter, all ot whom are well
along in years.
T. J. Blair, one son, lives
here, aad serves as bailiff in the
circuit court. John Blair,
another son, lives in Idaho, while
a third son, James H.' Blair, is a
resident ot Southern Oregon.
The daughter is Mrs. Meekle
Trapp, of Philomath. Mrs.
Martha M. Sawtelle, of this city,
the granddaughter of the de
ceased, "while Royal and ',; Mips
Esrna Sawtelle .are great-grandchildren.
Hush Herron of Irish Bend
was
a Corvallis visitor yesteiday.
Mrs Mary Miller,., who has been
ill toca long time, is not improved.
.Tb contract has been, awarded to
Newioo Adams and George Carl
of this city for a fine, large church
that is to' be built immediately at
CrIton.
During the removal of t.he John
son Porter building, the Western
Union telegraph office will be
moved to the T. D. Campbwll bnl
rv, whera it will be located tem
porarily.
Last night, after the GZ9tte press
hour, a surprise partv was to be
given at the home of Misses Libbie
and Lulu ; Rice, by the Epwortb
League of the M- fi. church, in
honor of Miss Mabel Robinson, wbo
leaves today for. Lisbon Nrtb
Dakota.
Marion Moorea of the Pacific
Coast Biecuit company of Portland,
one of the best known drummers
who "make" Corvallis regularly,
has been promoted to a position in
the firm's office, and his place n
the road will be taken by Mr. Liv
ingston. "
At their last meeting the Rebel-;
ah 8 elected officers for the ensuing.'
term as follows; N. G., Miss Lilliar j
Kanney; V. G., Miss Lulu Spang-;
ler: sec'y, Mr?. Maud Hays; finan-1
cial sec'y, Mrsl Emily HenkU;
treasurer, Mrs. Fannie Oren. A :
banquet was a feTureof the even
ing. '
A pftitioi was in circulation yes
terday, and vas signed bv nearly
uli thi outsi .-s8p-pl asking that
the G. A. R n l ff. R. C. encamp
inentt ntxtjrar beheld ifv Curvaihs.
Tne enrjunpnneni. is to,, begin at
Ox nv , P-avtyfyiU)d jt is figured
that 0-xvajfiisrnftV Wmll have the
benefit and r9ura " cf the'eVent
next jear. '
RINGING THE BELL
Is a joyous occasion, especially if it's the right kind
of a belle, a ring to decorate a fairy finger to cele
brate a birthday or a wedding. In our superb dis
play of ,
JEWELRY
jeweled, solitaite diamonds, watches, the' new neck
everyone can find a suitahl o iff. ?Himo ni.;n .ni
'"s me latest tancy Dracelets. Let us de-
liirht you with a showinir of our snnorh auiro
stock, and tempt you with the - wonderfully low
Albert J. Metzgcr
WATCHMAKER
Occidental Building, - - - Oorvallie
Sl . You to Buy a' ' I
In P'fl 9St I Now on Hand., H
Franklin Iron Works corvaujs, or.
-- ..-.w.i -r-. . : .. .
A Specialty
We are making a specially iji the form of the latest and most
up-to-date eye glass mojintiingr,, ever offered to the public.
This eye glass mounting, is J'The Heard" guaranteed to stay on
where others absolutely fail.;
If you care to investigate call at my store any time. j
E. W. S. PRATT, Jeweler and Optician.
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Lady .
Crackers
Fire
Crackers Cannon
Crackers
TOPEDOES
and BOMBS
Rizacfeer; firecracker
Zizz, Boom, Bah,
fiun liodes, Gun tlodes
tluh, Rah, Rah.
SEEING IS BELIEVING
Then come in and see my line of Sporting Goods and be con
vinced that it is the best and most complete line ever brought .
to your city, consisting of Guns and Ammunition, Fishing Tackle,
Base-ball Goods, Bicycles and Sundries, Pocket Knives, Razors,
Sewing Machine Supplies, etc Gasoline and Dry Cells for sale.
Agent for the Olds Gasoline Engines and Automobiles
Guns and Bicycles For Rent. First-class Repair Shop.
M. M. LONG,
Ind. Phons 126 Residence 324
CORVALLIS, - OREGON.
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CQRVALUS STEAM LAUUDRY.
Patrtualxo Hmo Industry.
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Price, - Fifty Cents;
Manufactured by
The Vegetable Compound Company
Corvallis, Oregon 9t
Fiift come, firet Fervid.;
We only have h few at this
grade, Baler, now i your
chance. Order t-'day.
Rockets
Roman
Candles
Mines
TRIANGLES
Etc., Etc.
Chas. Blakmatmm.