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- .a ti m Leading Corvallis Newspaper. Best Advertising Medium. mywa r WaM Ml u . NO . 53 Vol. XLHL Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon .Tuesday. June 2G. 1906. THEIR WORK COMPLETE. Water Committee Finishes Its - Labors Last Night. Last night, after the Gazette press hour, the water committee was to hold what will probably be its last meeting, and a committee of four was to be appointed to look after the busiaess hereafter. IS) one ot these men were anxious to receive promotion from the regular to this special committee, since all are busy business men who have for months met regular ly once a week, frequently ne glecting: their private business to further that of the water company whico means the city and citizens generally. The big task is now completed and tapping began Saturday. Applications for water are coming in quite well and yesterday an active cemmittee was placed in the field to make a thorough can vass of the town and solicit fur ther applications. Gangs of work men are to be started out in all pyts of town, so that the tapping may be done as rapidly as possi ble, although the demand for connections is something not eas ily handled. Ihe system lust completed is what is known as the gridiron, or circulation system; in other words, the pipes have no "dead ends," but are so arranged that the water flows continually and there is no chance for sediment or impurity as would be the case with "dead end" pipes where stagnation would be possible. A fact worthy of note is that people visiting the intake since the completion of the system say that no diminution of the water supply is observable, either above . or below that point, in spite of the fear that was voiced in cer tain circles that Rock Creek would go dry or be unable to furnish water in sufficient quan tities. This objection is said to be tar fetched when it .is taken into consideration that the intake now taps but one, and nrobably the smaller of two branches of Rock Creek, and that at any time the supply can be increased to twice the- present quantity by tapping the second branch of the creek, which is easily accessible, the intake being located near the forks of the stream so that each can be called into service. Already 699 bills have been paid by the Water Committee, which shows the volume of busi ness that has been transacted. Mr. Miller, in his estimate of the cost ot construction of the main line by contract, was so ac curate that his estimate on the distribution system was accepted, and on his advice the work was let by day's labor, a fact which saved a goodly sum in the ex pense of construction, as the ac tual expenditure by day's labor fell considerably below even Mr. Millers conservative estimate. The list ot expenditures for con struction of the system has been submitted by Floyd Bogue, who has been the assistant engineer, and is a? follows: Amount of warrants issued to June 14, 1906 $61,065 4S Amount due Washington Pipe and Jfcoundry Company 8,192 06 Amount due Crane Companv 424 I" Amount due W. H. Mitchell.. 2.70S 80 Payroll of June 21, 1906 376 20 Tayroll due June 23, 1906 123 00 Bills ordered paid, but war rants not drawn by clerk... Bills payable One man patroling pipe line for 30 days Floyd Bogue'i salary for Jane Engineer's fees due 40 16 274 42 75 00 65 00 rfto 50 Total $74,111 88 Was a Pioneer. Thefnneralof the late Mrs. Ann Compton, who died in Cor vallis Thursday morning, " was held at. Rosebnig., Friday afternoon,- and the Ttmains were' in terred in that ci '.. ,;.,," Hf; j Ma. Ccnapton tame to Oregon ia i-wtmagUifhVaieri Wasco county. During the In dian trouble of 1855 while her husband was with the volunteers, she remained in her home and defended her belongings trom the Indians when others in the neigh borhood had fled for safety to other places, leaving their pos sessions at the mercy of the rea skins and sustaining heavy pro perty losses by so doing. A SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT Recital Friday Night Large Audience. Pleased Mrs. C. B. Marshall has won an unusually high class of testi monials as a refined and artistic performer upon the piano. She, however, sustained her excellent reputation gained elsewhere, by her recital given at the First Methodist church last Friday night, in her first appearance in this city. Not only an artist is she, but the piano is made to breath forth music seldom heard from that instrument. Her range of numbers were suited to the pop ular ear, as a rule the best judge of music. Her interpretation of the mas ters is most comprehensive. One or two numbers allowed a display of skill so dear to the average player. The march bv Hollander and a selected number by request, "Uld Black Joe," appeared to meet with especial favor with the delighted audience. Mrs. C. E. Peterson, always appreciated by a Corvallis aud ience, was in splendid voice and was beautifully supported by a violin obligato by Miss Marian Cbappel. xas surprise or . tne evening was the singing .by Mrs. Harold Strong who appeared in concert in our city for the first time after ari absence .of several years spent in vocal training at Stanford tier voice proved to be as pure and clear as a bell, and in her singing of the beautiful Scotch ballad, "Bonnie Sweet Bessie," ner notes issuea as sweetly as from the throat of a bird. Both Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Harold strong respoaened to enthusiastic calls for encores. On account of being the ac companist for Mrs. Strong, Mrs. Marshall did not repond to the insistent audience for encores. The following program was rendered : Nocturne, Op 37 No 1. Chopin Mrs. C. E. Marshall Come, sweet Morning". . t Elkin Mrs. Harold Strong March, Op 35 No 1 .-...Hollander Mrs. C. B. Marshall "Bonnie, Sweet Bessie" Gilbert - Mrs. Harold Strong (a) "Twas a Lover and His Lass." Ne-in (b) "Good Night" Nevin Piano Solo.. Selected Mrs. C B. Marshall Once in a While" Mrs. 0. E. Peterson Violin Obligato, Miss Marian Chappel Rondeau Brilliante Weber Liszt Mrs. C. B. Marshall They Played Ball. The Corvallis "Business" Men 8; Kline's pretty boys in the pretty suits, 4. Such was the score in Sunday'.- base ball game between the Kline crack team and the pick-up nine of old-time fans, the contest taking place on the flat. . A large and enthusias tic crowd cheered the victors and jeered the defeated. What Kline's men missed in i ' i . . . piaying, nowever, tney made up in unitorms and attractive ap pearance, and thev promise to square accounts next time. The line-up was: KLINE'S Colbert Orner OLD-TIMERS C Bain lb Rennie 2b Shear 3b L,afferty ss Reed If G Whiteside cf Owner rf " Belt Cronise Bilyeu Keady Butolph THE TRIAL ON George H. Mitchell Will Hearing at Seattle. Have Yesterday at nine a. m., in Judge Frater's court at Seattle, the trial of George H. Mitchell was begun and intense interest is taken in the outcome by resi dents of Corvallis and, in lact, throughout Oregon. O. V. Hurt, Ed. Baldwin and J. K. Berry left Saturdav morn ing for Seattle to remain until the trial is ended and the fate de cided of Edmuud Creffield's slay er, young Mitchell, for whom, in this section, there is nothing but sympathy. ? , Js ; Mr. Hurt, Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Berry were served with sub poenas Thursday, but it was or j their own choice that they nude tne trip, desiring in every way possible to aid the man whose act in defense of his sisters' honor has placed him in such a ' pre carious position under the law. As everyone hereabout knows, George Mitchell, after following Joshua Creffield, the self-styled "apostle" of holy roller fame, for several weeks, finally ran across him in Seattle on May, 7th and dehbertately shot him down, stating that the latter had mined Mrs. Burgess Starr and -Miss Esther Mitchell, the sisters of the murderer. in spite ot tne manner in which the deed was committed. cooly, with premeditation and in defiance of law, there has never been a moment-since that every one familiar with the practices and teachings of the dead Joshua has not affirmed that Mitchell did a good deed, and was perfectly justified in slaying one who could scarcely be called a human being because Of his bestial .: nature. 1 ms sympathy lor the young man who valued his sisters' vir tue . and fair name above all thoughts of personal safety, and who avenged their ruin , to the limit, is universal, and there is hope expressed on all sides that he may be cleared, in the trial that is now in progress. The list ot witnesses drawn by the defense is as .follows: , O. V. - Hurt, ' John Catlin, Lewis Hartley, P;ioebe Vander kelle. Mrs. Hiper. Milt Beer, Chas. S.lires, Alpheus Mills, E. R. Bryson, Edwin Baldwin, Geo. VanBrant, John Baldwin, Willis T. Gardner. Dr. F. W. Brooks, Peter View, Wm J. McMillan, Fred Mitchell, Mrs. Burgess Starr, M. P. Burnett, K. Berry, Burgess E. Starr, Henry P. Harris, Mary J, Gra ham, John Manning, J. J. Woods, Henry R. Morris, Mrs. Hager, May Hurt, Glover. The War Ended. It seems from report that there has been a full grown -fight on over at Albany, between the In dependent and Bell telephone companies. W. D. DeVarney, it will be remembered, secured a franchise from the city and had done about $1,000 worth of work, setting poles and digging holes, when about six weeks ago the work was suddenly suspended by an injunction brought by the Bell people to restrain the Indepen dents from further building. The injunction declared that no fran chise had ; been secured bv the latter company. Not only this, but the Bell people, so the report goes, pro ceeded to set their own poles im mediately in front of those of the rival company and to string their wire, thus hindering the Indepen dents in their labor. After a month or more of lost time the injunction has been set aside and work is being prosecu ted by the DeVareny people with all possible speed. They are now putting in an all cable service, so that there will be no cross wires nor other difficulties common to the ordinary systems, tendering tnisoneiar superior to what it would have been if the usual open j wire system had been completed as was intended in the beginning The cable was necessary in order to avoid trouble with the Bell wires which had been out in the way. and the Bell people thus uninten- iionany aereaiea memseives and aided the enemy to a considerable extent. THE NYE CREEK BOOM Things That are Doing There Rent Gone Up. Over Parties returning from New port Saturday brought stories of great changes and vast improve ments that have been wrought at Nye Creek since last year. And along with the improvements has come a new schedule of rental rates tnat is an eye-opener to the old-timer who has frequented the resort for many seasons. Cottages that contain three rooms, one ot which is a bed room about the size of a r.omy band box, now. command a rent al rate of $25 per month. These cottages formerly sold outright for $50. Any old thing in the way of a house is worth $20 per month, and some that are but sparsely furnished are engaged for the next two months at $40 per month, a rate that seems ex orbitant to one who has known Nye Creek in its infancy. ; It is stated that about two thirds of the cottages are now oc cupied, and every , evening1 the boat brings in a few more pleas ure-seekers. j With the usual American eye to ; the almighty dollar, land owners now have platforms bniit which are leased to those desiring floors in jheiiS tents. A rate of ten cents per "day is also charg- ed tor space on which to pitch a tent, with no floor provided. . It is said that there are new houses every where at Nye Creek, and that they are being built on more substantial plans than has been the custom heretofore. Cap italists have, ia fact, built houses especially to meet the demand of summer renters, and these dwell ings bring nearly any rent de manded. Board, it is stated, , is $5 per week at Nye Creek, but over at Newport, there has : been very little change or growth, and rates are about as usual. The boom is, of course, credit ed in large put to the coining coast railroad which has been s widely discussed, and on which the work of surveying is being rushed, a -cording' to the Dirties in from the coast Saturday. Crow Reservation Opened. The opening of the Crow Res ervation commenced in Billings, Montona, Thursday, June 14th. registration having been commen ced on that day. The registra tion is being conducted by Chief Clerk Lewis of the General Land Office and six assistants. Several thousand persons registered Thurs day, Friday and Saturday. Reg istration will continue until June 20th and probably 20,000 people will go to Billings for that pur pose during the last week. After the registration the lands will be disposed of under the drawing system, commencing July 2nd. borne of the choicest land in the famous Yellowstone Ville-. is included ia this land beinj given away by the Government. The land can be irrigated from the Yellowstone and Big Horn, rivers. Companies have beeaor-j griniz?d to Dlace water upon the and as soon as it is settled upon, while the G vernment is building an irrigation canal and has others n conre'tip"ation. The railroads have nude special homeseekers rate frorn a 1 points for this open- n and , people , .are going from all pirts of the TJaited States, , ;Mi Mariraret Snell 'tliiped and fel,,' Friday, in wow ocaiiner. in- juring her hou!dr quite serewly. 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