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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1906)
Leading Corvallis Newspaper. Best Advertising Medium. Vol. XLffl. Corvallis. Benton Couivtv, Oiteoc x Fin da y. August lO. 1906. A FEW SUGGESTIONS. Are You Guilty as Charged? Things that Count. As has been said a thousand times, the world is made up ot little things and it is the little thingsthat count, yet there are dozens of people who ignore the fact in ways that are decidedly annoying to their fellows. For instance, the person who helps himself to a peach, a plum, an apple, a handful of dried fruit or other edible every time he happens in a grocery store, for gets that stealing a little thing is just as bad principle as steal ing a man's purse, and that it counts up in expense to the gro cer when the habit is practiced by dozens of people in the course of a .week. Some individuals even carry their nerve so far as to step behind the counter and take candy or nuts from the show case or even open the - peanut roaster in a confectionery store and proceed to grab a handful of nuts, all ot which, in common reason, must be aggravating in the extreme to proprietors of the establishments, who are in no position to object to the practice ,for fear of offending customers. These same people would not think of going into a dry goods store and walking off with a necktie, a pair of shoes or a shirt waist, yet where is the dif ference in principle? . Both acts are petty thievery, one fully as detestable as the other. Another of the "little things" is the trespassing on the rights of others and making oneself a bore to a whole neighborhood. When a hair-brained youth, with a surplus of enthusiasm but total lack of ability sits up late at night blowing- ear splitting blasts on a cheap . horn, keeping nervous people in a state border ing on frenzy and starting a com munity howl among restless bab ies and noisome dogs, it is time that the law took a hand to abate the nuisance. Fortunately, Corvallis is free trom the latter during the sum mer months, but with the return of the college students such dis turbances are frequent in all parts of town. These, and many other appar ently trifling matters might be profitably pondered by many a careless, thoughtless person. It may be added that these suggestions originated in the mind of the writer, and are not set forth at the solicitation of any one else. Wedded at Oakland. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cooper were in Corvallis Wednesday, the guests of Dr. and Mrs. G. R. Farra. It was not known among Corvallis friends that there was a Mrs. Cooper until the happy couple arrived. The wedding occurred at Oak land, Saturday afternoon, Aug ust 4th, at 4 p. 111., at St, John's Episcopal church, the bride be ing Miss Louise Cooper, a niece of Mrs. Farra, who has made her home in this city for some time, at the Farra home. The groom, Kenneth Cooper, is the popular OAC football man, well known throughout the state. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper were en route to The Dalles, where they will remain for a short time with relatives. They will then return to San Francisco, where Mr. Cooper will enter the employ of his father-in-law. Both young people are held in high esteem in Corvallis, and con gratulations and good wishes are extended by their many friends. Not a Bumper Crop. That there will be a good crop of hops, barring the possibility of damage from tain at picking time, is evident. But a bumper crop can 00 longer be predicted. A. rain within the past week wo old have added several thous- and bales to the Oregon out put, but the unbroken dry spel is showing on the laterals, which are not as rank as at this time last year. Where you could scarcely see between two rows last vear, a view may be had be neath the foliage on horseback tnis year. Growers are now ordering their tickets and almost without ex ception they pick by the box this year. The price talked is 50 cents. Pickers are now listing tor the different yards. A few have already arrived and pitched their tents and will enjoy an outing until picking begins A family of eight arrived from Sacramento and are camping at the D. R.Cooper yard. Inde pendence Westside. The Errors in Type. strange "mix-ups" occur in the printing office sometimes, the following list being not exagger atea in trie least, as sucn errors are frequently made: Some of these tricks of type have immortalized themselve s, as for instance, that of the item stating that - a locomotive had 'cut a cow into calves," and another informing the public that the army was 'in want of con secrated beef and desecrated vege tables;" and still another gigan tic headline which should have read, "The British Lion Shaking His Mane," dazzled readers with the alluring spectacle of ' "The British Lion Skating in Maine." A book entitled "Humor ot Bulls and Blunders," gives a luscious. list of. .these . flashesof genius, one of which was a New York society..;.; journal's '. strange story of a ball at the White House. The unfortunate repor ter, all unconscious that he was to be led like, a lamb to the slaughter, had written: "Mrs. Nestor wore nothing , itj the na ture of a dress that was remark able," but trie demon of the printing-house was loose that night, and next morning New York was horrified to see that, "Mrs. Nestor wore nothing in the nature of a dress. That was remarkable." Again, in the New York World's report of a political meeting the word shouts was. so ludicrously misprinted as to make the blunder famous. It read: "The snouts of ten thousand ucuiuwiaia iub i u t an. A Kansas paper reported a speech in which St. John, the prohibition candidate tor Presi dent, said: 'To get" drutik is follv." But the printer got it, "To get drunk is jollv." There are others just as good that have never been printed that is but once and one of these was the substitution of 4 coffee" and "beer" for the words "coffin" and "bier" which ap peared in the New York World m an elaborate account of a great Masonic funeral. A writer for a religious paper in Springfield, Mass , once printed "fiery rum" for "fiery ruin." In the "make-up" of papers, too, there is any amount of op portunity for the demon of the composing-room to queer things after his own evil devices. For instance, a New Haven, paper announced that "the large cast iron wheel, revolving 900 times a .minute, exploded in ithat city yesterday, after a long and pain ful illness. Deceased was a prominent 23rd degree Mason," and again, that "John Fadden, a well known florist, and real es state broker of Newport, Rhode Island, died in Wardner Rns sel's sugar mill at Crystal Lake, Illinois, on Saturday, doing $3000 damage to the building and injuring several workmen severly." At least there is this to be said for type blunders : They add to the none too large fund of the world's merriment. - - - - HAVING THEIR TROUBLES. The Whlthorne-Broders-Gerhard Party, on the March. A letter to the Gazette from Tommy - Whttehorn. dated at Marshfield on the 5th, is of gen eral interest in Coivallis. where the writer is a "hale fellow well met" with the boys. The party, composed of Thomas Whitehorn, Billy Broders and Henry Ger hard, left Corvallis a couple of weeks ago on their vacation trip, and as the letter shows, thev have had trials as well as pleas ures on the way. .Mr. White' horn says: : . , ; 'I suppose you and the ; bys think we are lost, but we manag ed to get this far without" dim age to man or beast. ' As you told us, it is a hard trip, crossing the river being the worst, on ac count of poor accommodations. "We made Monroe the first night, Horton's mill the next day and the day after reached Triangular Lake where we stop ped for a while and fished, get ting about fifty small trout. "The next day we drove down the creek and at noon caught 30 good sized trout. Driving a few miles farther we came to "Bear Creek,, where we- camped, and next morning Broders ' and ; I went up the creek about two miles and I caught about 30 nne trout, but broke mv pole twice in wrestling with thehhy beauties. I wish some of the boys could go fishing on that creek. "Our next drive brought us to lviapietoui wnere we cam pea, taking a scow next morningrfbl? Florence, paying: JSzJor .the trt& .There was opposition3 there. which made it cheaper. In. get ting aboard the scow .we forgot our neck. yoke and could not buy fine in .Florence as tne black smith's baby had died and he would not make us one. so we got the boat to bring ours from Mapleton. "At .Barrett s landing we camped with one of the Barrett boys, a halt-breed, drove 29 miles along the coast, spending two nignts. Here we dug and ate clams to our heart's content. we. bougnt bread trom a squaw, but having good appetites it tasted first rate. We got . a scow to take us two miles down the beach on the Utnpqua, pay- ng 5. Cheap, wasn't it.' . "We drQve from there-toTen Mile creek and camped, but find ing no fish, we went on to Jar vis' Landing next. day. Caught perch for breakfast, and next day got a scow to take us across to EniDire City, one mile, for which we paid $5 cheaper still, and independent as . "I am afraid if we havetocros5 many more rivers or bavs at these prices, Gerhard will have heart failure. "Have vou ever been out with the Dutch? They eat all the time. I have tried to founder them on fish but all I can do is to fill them up, and in an hour or two they are ready tor more. We have to have potatoes four times a day for Henry, so it is fish and spuds all the time. "Marshfield is the best town over this way. Empire - is al most deserted. North Bend is run by one man and if the saw mill shuts down there is nothing left. Property is very high. They think, the railroad will make all these towns large. "We will start tomorrow Monday for Coquiile and Ban don, then on to Grants Pats. We expect to be in the latter place in ten or twelve days. Henry has gone up . Coos River. Broders and I thought we might want to go to church, as this is Sunday, so we did not go. "Tell Spencer and all the bovs that we are still alive." N. E. Feakin and family arrived in Corvallia, Monday, from MinoDg Wisconsin, to make their ' home i Vbia atyi They cam ' on the rer An ,J a. T 1 , n All secretary ot the Benton county Citi zene League, and Mr. Feakin states that so far he has found conditions exactly ab represented by Mr. Al'en and is well pleased with the coun try. He secured employment the same evening that he. arrived, and like a public spirited citizwi, hand ed in a subscription at once to his local paper. This ia the sort of people that aie wanted in our town and couuty, and they are certain to meet with a warm welcome. An Experiment in Driving. a iair-naired youtn woo re A r . m m sides in Southern Benton, was seen riding one of his carriage horses home Sunday evening and leading the other, with no buggv insight, and when accosted bv a friend he smiled feebly but offer ed no explanation. The young man drives a swell rie, with a pair of prancing bays, and his forlorn appearance Sunday even ing created much speculation for a time among his friends. 1 he matter, however, became clear as Corvallis mountain water when earlv Monday morn ing an elderly gentleman was in this city, telling how, on the previous evening, his daughter's air haired aamirer had let his team run away and smash up said elderly gentleman's barn yard gate. - The gentleman declared his intention of buying a keg of nails at a local hardware and charging them up to the reckless youth with the pink-and-white complexion; bur when it was brought to the old gentleman's mind that the lad had smashed up his own buggy as well as the gate, the irate father decided to idropbmalter'-jJ. . . Just ;now the runaway occurred hasDot been explained, but it js suspected that the young mat) was trying the ... experiment of driving with his teeth. He Resides in Corvallis. "He wanted a city beautiful, A city that should be fair; A city where smoke should never roll In billows upon the air. He wanted a city where art should be, A city ot splendid halls. Where culture's touch should appear ' tipon " ; ..The battlements and walls. "He-called for a city beautiful, - He shouted it dy by day: He wanted a city where noise was not, Where the spirit of art should sway , He wanted a city that should be fair, . Where tilth might never be seen. He forgot, in spite of the zeal he had. To keep his backyard clean." Denver Post. Painting the old p:hool Imildini; is in progress, and the indication? are that the building n ill present a very handtome appearance when the task is completed A party of CorvHlIistt.es picknicked at Sulphur Springs, Wednesday. n I had a jo'ly time. Wading, and disposing of a delicious lunch were fentnrpH of enjoy ment. The pernounel of th.-i partvwas: Misses Olive Mallow, Ethel Wattets Lillian Earnest, Inez Johnson, and Lulu and Lei a Wtlls. SPENCER'S Hair giwlgerator - And Dandruff Eradlcator 3 S 1 5. a m 3 Trail tirt Mcutanl. Fiis3 - Fifty Cant - r aauf Mturvd by Tkt Vtaiafei Cempound Company CcrvaBs, OrajM 9t uuuiuituuauoD 01 joqd r. Alien .. ifrjn I - A PIONEER'S PASSES. Burial of Mrs. Drury Hodges Crossed the Plains. Alter a lingering illness, Mrs. Drury Hodges died at the fam ily home at Wells, in northern cenion, August 4m, aged 77 years and one day. The luneral occurred from the residence at 1 p. tn., Mor.d iv, and was one of the laroest held in that vicinity in many vears. The services were conducted bv Rev. T. T. Vincent, and inter ment was in the Palestine ceme tery. About forty vehicles were in the procession that followed the remains to their last -.resting place. . - Mahala Fickle was born Aug. 3rd, 1829, in Missouri, and mar ried Drurv Hodges April 27. 1847- Th ey started to Oregon Mav 3, 1847, and after crossing the plains with an ox team thev ar rived in the Willamette valley, September . 27, 1847. They owned the old donation claim where the North Palestine church now stands, and for, many . years have resided near Wells. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hodges, of whom nine are liviner. tour bovs and five girls. Deceased lived a devoted christian life, having , been a member of4the Baptist church for 40 years, and she died rejoicing in her faith. Prof. E. R. Lake and . son, Verne, reached home yesterday from California, where they, have spent the summer. They recently visife'dgfcbe ' Yosemite V 1 ley, otn-ot the ioet 'beaniifot'-epoiB on ii 00 Ds m Xi-As rJH:e-rife; ttrr. ; k:..i-iHu &?s.,s85-' Franklin Iron works corvallis, or. THE GEM CIGAR STORE All first-class cigirs and tobacco; whist and pool rooms. Every customer treated like a prince. JACK MILNE -FOR A FINE Guns, Fishing Tackle, Baseball Goods Go to Gun Modes' We Carry the Famous Bristol Fishing Rod B.C. Hlmtnnd. Chmm. GORVALEJS STEAM LAUNDRY. JPatronUo Homo Industry Omtmldm. Omdmrm SolloMmd. All Wmt Ot Dr. B. A. Cattiey expects to leave 1! e first of the week with his family for an outing at Cascaaia. . . W. A. Wells has added another Wock to his real estate holdings by a re cent purchase in the western part of Jobs additioo. . There will be Bible school and prea h. ing service at the Presbyterian chun h next Sunday. The sermon will be by T. T. Vincent. Mrs. L. ML McReynolds and chitdren expect to leave the first of the week for Portland, to join Mr. " M-'Reynotds and take up their residence. Mrs. Maud Johnson and Miss Linnie Rundlett, of Kings Vallev, are guests at the A. J. Johnson home. The former is a sister-ii -!aw of Mr. Johnson. 5 You're Sure to Grow Over -my set of Shirt Waists Sets like ti o-e now on sale at this store. " - . Shirt Waist Sets for July are just as good for August 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 ' v&Itie for the sum investe'd . that pan be had See tnem ana buy a set. , -" Albert J. Metzger " WATCHMAKER " Occidental Building, - : - - Corvallis fa ran dost You to Buy a Franlzhn From the Stock Now on Hand Fiiet come, first, served. We only have a few at this price. If you want a high grade BBler, now ie your chance. Order today. Four doois north of postoffice Ind. Phone 130. .LINE OF Bakmslea. ICORVALUS, ; OKEBONm InQDJD