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Corvallis
Newspaper.
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Advertising
Medium.
Corvallis, Benton County,- Oregon, Friday, August 3. iiOG.
NO.
Vol. XLIH.
HOP PROSPECT.
Authentic Claims of
Cents Offered.
Fifteen
The Portland Telegram of
Friday night endeavored to dis
credit the report that 15 cent
offers for hops were authentic,
the reason being that the few
bearish hop buyers who make
headquarters in Portland would
not allow themselves to believe
the fact and gave the Telegram
a fill to the eflect that the report
was untrue. Last evening, how
ever, the Telegram had received
new light and admitted that such
offers were heard of.
Yes, indeed, they are heard of
in every direction ia the real hop
center of Oregon Salem where
there is always a strong set of
live, up-to-date hop buyers, who
keep thoroughly informed on
conditions in all parts of the
world and are always ready to
respond to them.
During the past forty-eight
- hours, several buyers here have
made contracts at 15 cents and
more than likely the coming
business week will see offers con
siderably above that figure.
Louis Lahmund & Co. made
some purchases at the figure
named. Joseph Harris took in
600 bales at that price; Klaber
& Wolf have men in the fields
offering 15 cents in any direction
where good hops are to be found;
Krebs Bros, have made several
buys at the same price and they
want several more, so it can be
readily seen that there is no lack
of offers, the only trouble being
'to find growers who will accept
them.
Julius Pincus is author of the
following facts concerning the
salesof v iops" ofYamhiir and
Washington counties: Oscar
Weidner of Portland bought 150
bales of Hatchcroft Brothers at
North Yamhill at 15 cents. The
same firm bought up several
other small lots aggregating 400
bales at 15 cents.
Benj. Schwarz of New York
through his agent,. Jos. Harris,
bought 120,000 pounds of the
Miller and Obye crops at Mc
Minnville and Whiteson at 15
cents. Klaber, Wolf and Netter
bought 250 bales at Forest Grove
at 15 cents.
Growers are not inclined to
sell even at 15 cents and buyers
are taking options at 16 cents,
owing to the unfavorable reports
from England and the conti
nent. In speaking ot the con
ditions in this section, Mr. Pin
cus says:
"I see no reason w!v hops,
will not be selling tor 20 cents
before harvest. The shortage iu
Europe is bouud to bring the
price of Oregon hops up. There
will, nevertheless, be a shortage
of several thousand bales in the
American 1936 crop over the
1905 crop."
This is encouraging- for the
growers, since it came from a
buyer.
In a letter received yesterday
from the secretary of the Sonoma
County Hop Growers' Exchange
at Santa Rosa, Calif., it is learn
ed that hops are being contracted
for at 15 and 15 j4 cents. The
writer goes on to say that Sono
ma county is ouly going to have
a fair crop. Salem Statesman.
About the Bridge.
The following item appeared
in a recent issue of the Albany
Herald with reference to the steel
bridge at that point between the
counties of Benton and Linn:
The Linn county commission
ers' court meets this afternoon for
the August term with a consider
able docket on hand. Among
the matters coming up for con
sideration will be some road
work and bridge construction,
and with the latter it is expected
that some Albany people will ap
pear before the court and point
oat the necessity of relaying the
walk on the steel bridge across
the Willamette river for the use
of pedestrians. The walk after
being in use for years, was last
spring removed and wire fencing
erected so that all travelers across
the bridge, whether on foot or
driving, have to pass over on the
roadway. In case of a runaway
team passing over the bridge
there is no cnance of getting out
of the way and it is feared that
some serious accident will follow
some day if the old walk for
pedestrians is not restored. This
walklwas a part of the bridge
when Linn county took the care
of the structure and people mak
ing use of the bridge daily, think
that it should be kept up as it
was when it became the property
of the countv.
They Have Cleaned Up.
The Congregational church
grounds have been nicely clean
ed and fixed up during the past
few days, adding greatly to the
appearance of the premises and
showing that the people back of
the movement have the right
Spirit and desire to do their best
for their own property and the
improvement ot the city in
general.
This is commendable, and the
example should be followed by
other churches, and not alone by
these, but by every private citi
zen on his own premises, and by
every body of citizens who have
anything to do with the public
buildings and business houses of
the town.
When one has leisure, an ob
servation trip over the city will
pay for the time and trouble that
is spent. Conditions exist in
more than one supposedly well
regulated alley, back yard and
woodshed, shack and shanty that
are . a:.;coostanCjneiiacetOL.te
health of residents of the immed
iate vicinity, and these should
for sanitary reasons,?if not for
the sake ptorder, be overcome.
If anyone thinks these hints
are far-fetched, let him stroll
around town some day, using
eyes and nose for proof, and he
will certainly be convinced that
things are in need of betterment
in many a quarter.
Almost A Wedding.
There was almost a wedding
at the court house Wednesday
afternoon but not quite. He
was wiiling and happy, and her
consent was already given; the
necessary witnesses were on
hand and a friend had been
found to swear that both he and
she were ot age; the clerk was
there with an eye to business,
and pen, ink and the license
blank were on the desk, but
there proceedings were checked.
It developed that she resided in
Linn, and insisted upon claim
ing her residence in that county,
wedding: or no wedding, and af
ter bein informed that the
license must be issued iu the
countv where the lady claimed
her home, the happy piir de
cided to eet a rur aud drive to
Albany to be "tied."
The last seen of them they
were crossing the ferry, bound
for Linn county, somewhat dis
appointed but determined to
launch their bark on the matri
monial sea before sunset Wednes
day evening.
Permanent Club.
There has been consLle'able talis
among the members of the Benton
County Citizen's League of organizing
a Commercial and Social Club with per
manent Quarters nicely furnished for the
benefit of members aDd visiting friends.
A committee was. appointed by the
president of the League pome time ago
to look into the matter, and will be pre
pared to make a report to the League at
oar next regular meeting, which will be
Tuesday. August 7th, at 8 p. m., City
Hall. It is hoped that all the business
men ot Corvallis will turn out at this
meeting and help to make Corvallis
greater city. Corvallis is the largest
town in the state that bas not a commer
cial Club with a permanent home. Do
not forget the date, August 7th. "
B. W, Johxsok, Pres.
Jro. F. Ai&sx .Sec'r.
A BIG ORDER.
Buying
Hardwood Lumber
Frisco Hotel.
for
W. B. Bradbury, the San Fran
cisco capitalist, has been in Cor
vallis this week seeking lumber
of the finest kind obtainable for
the interior finishing of a big hotel
that he is to build in devastated
'Frisco. It will be only three
stories, but elegantly finished.
Mr. Bradbury is a millionaire,
and before the fire, ' owned two
big hotels in the ruined city, one
of which was situated on Veness
Avenue. Mr. Bradbury and wife
were in this hotel when the quake
came and the fire broke around
them. With woman's presence
of mind, Mrs. Bradbury, think
ing the fire might reach them,
packed two or three trunks of val
uables and awaited developments.
xhev came
The fire swept onward and the
soldiers broke in the massive
plate glass windows at the hotel
and ordered the owners to get out
A $350 seal-skin coat hung in the
hall and this Mr. Bradbury at
temped to secure but was told to
get out, and he ,4got," saving
only, his diamonds and the trunks
that his wife had packed. The
soldiers then fired the hotel, to
prevent spread of the flames on
VanNess Avenue; but as the pub
lic knows, to no avail.
This hotel commanded a rental
of $800 per month, and -before
the ashes were cold the site was
rented out by Mr. Bradbury for
500 per month,, so high have
the rates gone since the fire, and
even a higher figure could have
been secured by waiting until the
present.' -. :V-"' '-:
It is to rebuild this destroyed
htxcei that- MirBTafotrfy earae to
Corvallis in search of lumber.
He has placed an order with E.
W. Strong for 27,000 feet of hard
wood , principally white maple,
br the casings, doors, mouldings
and other inside finishings of the
building. The order includes
170 doors, 1 2 inches thick, and
Mr Strong has arranged for the
Buxton planing mill to do the
work of getting the material in
shape and to furnish some of the
wood.
Mr. Bradbury visited Everett,
Wash., where he bargained for
200,000 feet of fir, for which, in
the rough, he paid $15 dollars
per thousand f. o. b. and as this
will cost $20 laid down in Frisco
it is then $8 cheaper on the
thousand than rough lumber can
purchased for in 'Frisco toiay,
so Mr. Bradburv figures that he
has made money by coming to
Corvallis and Everett to deal.
The lumber for the outside of the
hotel will be shipped from Port-
and.
From Lieut. Williams.
A letter from Lieut. Floyd
Williams was received bv Claude
Swann, iu Corvallis, Tuesday.
It was written in Manila, June
23, and stated that the writer and
his wife were getting along finely
and that Lieut. Williams liked
his position very much. It said
that the writer had been as
signed to the command of the
Second Company and would re
main in Manila until ordered to
Hocus, in the northwestern part
of Luzon.
Lieut. Williams asked many
questions concerning OAC affairs,
and said, " All I ask of you :el
lows this year is to beat Eugene
in the annual football game, and
I will be happy."
Mrs. Williams, he said, liked
the countv there even better
than he did, and they were enjoy
ing the situation very well.
In connection with the abov?
letter to the friend in Corvallis,
the following cliDDin? from this
week's Independence Enterprise
will be of further interest:
Clyde Williams is in receipt of
postal card from his brother,
Floyd, dated Manila, Tone . 24,
thattcnd to disprove the report
that the Polk county lieutenant
was killed by the Puijanes on the
island of Leyte. The card states
the writer had been assigned to
the command of the Second Com
pany and he would remain in
Manila until ordered to Hocus in
the northwestern part of Luzon.
If this program were followed
out he could not have been on
the island of Leyte.
Factory For Corvallis
v A Michigan man, now residing
in South Benton, was in Corval
lis this week and during a conver
sation with a friend dropped sev
eral suggestions of general inter
est.
"I don't want to say anything
against your country, for the
Willamette Valley climate cannot
be beaten," said the gentleman in
question. "But," he added,
"you people have-got to have
better returns from your land, or
a man cannot aftord to live here.
"If the people would devote
their time to diversified farming,
they would make dollars where
they now make cents. For in
stance, back in Michigan in the
section where I lived, only in
certain places is the soil adapted
to-gfowing peas, beans and sweet
corn,"" but in these sections they
raise these things entirely. There
is a factory in the nearby town
where they can peas, corn and
beans, and the farmers make all
kinds of monev out of their little
plats of ground.
"Now, if Benton farmers
could be persuaded to let wheat
alone, they could make from $30
to $50 per acre every year out of
their farms, and by establishing
a canning factory for such products
infJCorvallis the ; town,,, would -be
greatly benefited, as well as affor
ding a market for the farmers'
produce. Your" soil here is ad
mirably adapted to pea and bean
culture, and all that is lacking
is for the Willamette Valley farm
er to awaken to his opportunity.
"As for me, l am going back
to Michigan, for I can't make
anything here, raising wheat, and
one can't raise anything else un
til people get awake and establish
a market for other things."
These suggestions are practical,
and every year in Benton sug
gests the wisdom of getting
out of the old rut of continual
wheat raising, and trying diversi
fied farming, which in other
states is pronounced the better
plan by far.
Strips Horse.
The recent electric storm was
an eve-opener for the oldest in
habitant of these parts. While
the storm appeared quite severe
to the unitiated, those who came
from certain eastern centers
would consider it very mild.
However, the thunderbolts of
Jove were guilty of some freak
ish capers. From the following
dispatch sent out from Indepen
dence it seems that a most pec
uliar occurrence took place in
Kings Valley.
Report of lightning freaks dur
ing the electrical storm Saturday
comes from Kings Valley, 15
miles southwest of here. John
Price had harnessed up his
horse preparatory to driving to
town and left it hitched to a
buggy in front of his hon-e.
Lightning struck the bugi?.
completely wrecking it, M-d
stripped the harness from th
horse without killing the aix
mal. Not a spoke was left in th
wheels of the buggy nor a piec
of harness, the bjidle excepted
left ou the horse. Four tele
Dhone poles were also struck ii
f l-i o m neinhknrhnrvl anil TP!
duced to kindling wood-
Miss Nancy Campbell ia making ex
tensive improvement to her comlorta
sle residence property in.tba western
i.art of town. A new foundation has
bean placei under the house,, the trees
have been thinned oat and J the place
generally dMel np od beatified.
You're Sure to Crow
Over iny set oi Shirt Waists Sets like those
now on sale at this store.
Shirt Waist Sets
for July are Jus as goo for Augnst or Septem
ber, or any other month, if bought, here. If
you want what's exquisite, at a modest price,
buy a set. We guarantee they're the greatest
value for tbe sum invested taat can be had
See them and bey a set.
Albert J. Metzger
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Fobs with Safety Attachments, $1.75 and Up.
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