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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1906)
fW v JUL Leading Corvallis Newspaper, Best Adverttsitig Medium. Mi. Vol. XXJII. Corvallis. Benton Couxn , Ori: . . Ttjkjsoaw August, SI. liJOG. THE OVERLY CURIOUS. Attend Funerals as a Pastime and Ask Questions That Offend. You find them in every avenue of lite, the people whose bump ot curiosity is abnormally devel oped, who meej you with a ques tion and leave you with a ques tion, while all their conversation is punctuated with interrogation points. These people do not stop at the ordinary affairs and happenings of life, but they pry and question onlsubjects that are not'a particle of their business; if they fail in one question they come at you from another quarter; they ask about your business affairs, the price of your hat, what you paid for your dressgoods, the sort of shoe polish you use, how uch your false teeth cost, what size shoe you wear, if your husband or wife is agreeable to get along with: how much vou spent at the coast, how old you are and of what nationality in short, they pry into your private affairs much as a hungry flea bores for blood when he lands on the hu man anatomy in dog days, and their attack is just about as un comfortable. This is vulgar curiousity, and it is certainly bad enough, but some people go still farther and carry their over-developed nerve even into the sacred presence of the dead, intruding in the hour of deepest heart-anguish, and thrusting themselves to the front at the very brink of the grave. Tne friend or neighbor who goes in a spirit of love and help fulness to offer assistance in the hour of sorrow and death is a boon to humanity and such are not the ones referred to in this article. Rather isit the one who goes to see and to find out, that she may tell her neighbors later just what was done, and how the family acted; what the mourners wore and how long the preacher prayed, who brought flowers and just how the choir performed. Then, at the grave, these curi osity fiends crowd to the very edge of the circle and with eyes that see everything, stare first at one and then at another of those whose hearts are almost breaking. Do you think the picture over drawn? Do you doubt that such people reside in Corvallis, and in every other town on earth, for that matter? Then you are rnis taken, for they are ever present. There are those who never miss a funeral if it is possible to go, and why? Not from love for hu manity, -but from vulgar curios ity, for io'many cases they have nothing in commou with the af flicted family and do not even have a speaking acquaintance with the members, usually be longing to an entirely different class. There seems to be no remedy for the aggravation, uniess some one has the temerity to sometime inform these hangers-on that their presence is offensive in the hour of trouble. What is It? This is a question that is asked by some in regard to a new house that is about completed out on what is known as the Johnson tract ot land, about ten miles southwest of Corvallis. The house is not of the ordi nary sort, but is large and roomy and finished in fine style. It is said that 35,000 shingles will be required to cover the building, which gives some idea of the size. This tract of land was pur chased about a year ago by R. S. Hughes, of Portland. It seems that there are 1,500 or 1,700 acres in the tract, and according to report a wire fence is to be put around the place. In winter it is said that feed will be put out for docks and other wild game and that no hunting will be al lowed, which fact leads to the idea that the intention of the owner -is to maintain a private game preserve, and that the handsome, roomy mansion is to be a modernly-equipped club bouse for the owner and his friends to enjoy during the hunt ing seasons. Mr. Hughes is a man of means. He came up from Portland, Fri day, to visit the place and to at tend to business connected therewith Might Have Been Serious. An accident that might have had a most serious termination occurred on Main street Saturday morning. E. R. Rice and wife, lately from California, were rid ing along in a carraige and when opposite the place where work men were engaged at the task of tearing down the old building occupied by the Centennial Meat Market something frightened the animals and they shied suddenly and broke the carriage tongue. In an instant the mischief was to pay; the frightened horses be gan kicking and attempted to run. Mr. Rice kept his head and did his best to control the excited animals until several by standers went to his assistance. Finally, after quite a struggle, the horses were subjugated with out greater damage than a broken buggy tongue. Mrs. Rie pass ed through the ordeal with the appearance of outward calm, but quitted the carriage at the first favorable opportunity. It was fortunate that the outcome was not more disastrous. Who Will Win? Two Benton county girls are bending every energy these days to the task of securing subscrib ers for the Pacific Northwest, the reward for the largest list be ing a free trip to the Jamestown, Virginia, exposition next May. The contestants are Miss Alda Metcalf and Miss Anna French, who have been endorsed by the Benton County Citizens' League. Miss Gretta Harrington was one of the first to enter the race, but she decided to give it up and her place was taken by Miss Metcalf, who is doing splendidly in spite of her late start. The subscrip tion price of the Pacific North west is 50c per year, or three years for $1. Bach aubscription counts one in the contest, there being no "point" system to the arrangement. One young lady trom each county in Oregon will go on the free trip, and each winner will carrv literature from her own county, and do all in her power to advertise at Jamestown the re sources and attractive features of her particular section of Oregon. It is to the best interests of every farmer, every business man and every loyal citizen to sub scribe for this magazine which is published in the interests of the West exclusively, and to aid in sending a suitable representa tive from Benton county to the big exposition. Card of Thanks. We desire to extend our heart-felt thanks to the neighbors and friends, also Friendship Lodge A. O. U. W., for their very kind assistance and sympathy dur ing the sickness and death of our beloved eon and brother. Tnere will ever be a warm spot in oar hearts for the dear fiiends who have bsen so kind to us in our bereavement. J. Senger, Maky E. Sbxgek, Ivax P. Senger. Ona C. Senger, A. B. Senger, Don't Be Blue And lose all interest when help is with in reach. Her bine will make that liver perform its duties properly. J. B. Vanghn, Elba, Ala,, writes; "Being a constant aunerer from constipation and a disordered liver, I have found Herbine to be the beat medicine, for these trou blee, on the market. I have used it conatantly. I believe it to be the beat medicine of its kind, and I wiah all Bunarera lrom tbea trouble to know the good Herbine haa done me. Sold by Graham a WorUuun. TER31BLS EARTHQUAKE. People Flee While Stricken Burns. City New York, Aug. 17. The city of Valparaiso, the metropo lis of Chili, was destroyed by earthquake last night. Firts immediately burst out in a score of places and are raging un checked among the ruins of the city. Hundreds of people met death in the crumbling buildings and the loss of life is appalling Alon? the narrow strip of shore on which the business part of the seaport was built and upon the steep hillsides where clustered the thousands of villas and homes the devouring flames are stilt consuming the fragments of state ly structures that but yesterday were the pride of Chili. It is a repetition of the San Francisco disaster. Panic reigns among the inhabitants "who are madly flee ing into the hills. The earthquake was felt in all South American cities, and it is feared that many remote towns have suffered , extensively. It was heaviest along the west coast, Valparaiso suffering worst. At Washington the seismograph was violently agitated for -four hours. The tremors were slow, covering from eighteen to forty seconds and finally ceased about midnight, but indicated the sev erest disturbances of the earth's surface since the San Francisco quake. Practically every build ing in Valparaiso was severely damaged, many of the palatial government structures being de molished. The quake , began in the early evening and the shock continued at frequent intervals throughout the night. Cable operations have been interrupted, but are now restored. All night flames raged among the ruins and hundreds of the dead and in jured were burned where they lay pinioned beneath the debris. Burned His Grain. A breeze of excitement swept over the town Saturdav afternoon when a phone message announced that Off Wilson's wheatfield was on fire and that fears were enter tained that the handsome coun try residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson would go up in smoke. A number of men were sent to the scene by August: Fischer, and several others, hurried . out from town, and by hard work the flame were soon under control. Fortunately the Roy Rickard thresher was in operation ib a nearby field, while the Bodine hay' baler was running in another close at' hand. The two crews went to the fire and to their time ly aid is probably due the triumph over the conflagration. In the field that was fired there was a pile of grain, including 105 sacks ot wheat and 30 sacks of oats. The flames swept over these, burning the sacks entirely off, excepting 50 sacks of wheat. The grain was somewhat charred but is not thought to be seriously damaged. , -Besides this a quarter of a mile of fence was consumed by the fire and the straw stack went up in smoke." The damage,-however, was trifling, and the affair cer tainly ended well. ; -The origin of the fire is unknown. Terrible Forest Fire. Many Corvallis " people spent the Fourth this year at Breiten bush and Detroit, but they will never see the same 'scenes again that they saw on that trip. The following trom the Lebanon Cri terion explains: A strip of timber seven miles long and a mile wide, the village of Berry, two logging camps and several mountain cabins have been destroyed by a fierce forest fire which is raging in the . Cas cade Mountains : near the termi nus of the Corvallis & Eastern railroad. The town of Detroit is now safe, and. the railroad bridge across the Breitenbush ha escaped destruction. The flame: aie running eastward on both sides of the North Santiam rivei from ridge to ridgr, , through canyon a mile wide, and a brand ot the big fire is running up tht Breitenbush river. It is the woTst. fire ever experienced in ibat part of the mountains, and nothing butrain can stop it. The fire started Saturday after coon and swept four miles of timber in two hours. Every thing in the station ot Berry, near the mouth of the Breiten bush river was soon destroyed except the big hotel. The build ings burned include a store, some dwelling houses, two old saw mills, not in use, and a bunch of deserted houses and cabins form erly used by a loeeinsr camp. Fanned by a strong wind, the flames ran straisht toward the town of Detroit, the termiaus of the Corvallis & Eastern, and a village of 200 people. The town is surrounded by a large clearing and this saved it, but lor hours smoke was so thick in Detroit that one could net seen twenty eet-j and the citizens had a hard fight for their homes. Another Death. Claud Senger, aged 22 years and 8 months, died at the home of his parents, Mr. "and Mrs. John Senger, in this city, Thursday evening. The young man came home rom Newport a week ago last Friday and was at once confined to his bed. He had been ill two weeks before his return but was able to be about The ailment was at first thought to be typhoid fever, but symptons of uraemia appeared and death resulted from uraemic poisoning. ' s Deceased was born in Browns ville and came to Corvallis with the family three years ago; th e past year, however, he has been at the bay Brief funeral services were held at the residence of the par- ents at 10 ociock oaturaay morn in sr. Rev. C. I. McCaus- l&nd officiating. The remains were then taken to Brownsville tor interment. Claud Senger was an unassum ing young man and had many friends by whom he will be mourned. The immediate survivors are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johu Senger, and three brothers. Real Estate Transfers. Mt Union Cem to S C Dixon, lot 46 in Mt Union cemetery; $12. A A Vincent to R O Vincent, 551 acres acres. Kings Valley; $1. T T Vincent to R O Vincent, 133 acres Kings Valley, $1. F W Jones etal to V E;liot and wife, 118 acres N W Pnilomath; $2300. N Castle and wife to J W Law, lots 14Q and i;6, block 38, Browns Addition to City of Philomath; $360. Mt Union Cem to L W Hill, south of lot in, Mt Union Cem; $7. S H Moore and wife to Ole Paulson, blocks 18 and 23, W lis & McElroys Add Corvallis, t-nd lot 20 College Hill Add Corv i lis; $5500. J E Banlon and wife to W A Whitney, 100 acres in AL. : $1250. Mrs Katie Hanson to J E Po: ' 40 acres near Summit ; $1. Board of Equalization. The Equalization Board of Bentoi uoouty will meet iu the office of tb county clerk of Benton county, at th court house ia Benton county, Oregon, on Monday, the 27ih day of August 1906, for fix ?! from anii date. to cor rect any err r or double aaKaameota on aid roll. T. H. Davib, Aeaeaaor of Benton Conaty. Dated Aarort 3. 190& 6S-7Q A Terrible Accident. Clifford Nye, ot Bellefount&in met with a shocking accident Friday morning, which may yet prove fatal. ivir. in ye is a single man, and nas been employed with the Kyle- Persinger-BeUknap thresher. The machine was at work in the Belknap settlement, and early Aridity morning Mr. Nye was iiitiug on the engine, putting on his shoes. Something caused him to jerk his foot, by which he lost his balance and it II, aiignting on a blunt piece of iron which penetrated the groin :o a depth ot three inches. Dr. Bennett was summoned, and the injured man .was remov ed to the Bradley home, where he is resting comfortably. The physician stated that had the iron gone a halt inch deeper death would have certainly re sulted. - Mr. Nye has a brother residing n the mountains about eight miles southwest of Bellefountain, and as soon as he is able to be moved he will be taken 10 his brother's home. It is thought the injury will not prove serious, unless blood poisoning results, but it is litt'e short of a miracle that the young man was not jcilled. Fat al Accident. Horace B. Gedding, aged 15 years, shot and killed himself at Shotpouch, Saturday morning. With Mrs. Pittman, voung Gedding was in search of the cows that had straved away in the mountains. With a shot gun in one hand he made his way through the underbiush and over logs, until suddenly in drawing the gun over a log there was a deafening report, and the boy fell, the, blood gushing in tor rents from the right side of the neck which had been completely torn away by the load ot shot. Without a word or a struggle the injured lad lay wHere he tell un til death resulted from lo s ot biood. Horace Gedding was living with his brother, his pirents be ing in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The elder Gedding is a laud speculator and recently purchasr cd 5000 or 6000 acres of land be tween Corvallis and Ycquin. The family will move soon t Al- The for Job Work Franklin Iron r ISIOOSs AfB It Will Cost 1 I j x FOR A FINE LINE OF Guns Fishing Tackle. Baseball Good Go to Gun Hodes' We Carry the Famous Bristol Fishing Rod bany to reside. The verdict returned by f ie jury was that death resulted fic .n the accidental discharge ot a gun in the hards of disceased. The remains will be buried at Albany today, the services to he conducted by the Methodist min ister of that city. . You're Sure to Crow Over my set of Shiit Waists Sets like tloe now on sale at this store. Shirt Waist Sets for July are just as goofl for August or Septem ber, or ary other month, if bought, here, if VOU Wnnt whttt'S exouisitp. t. a. mnrlpst n-rit-a buy a set. We guarantee they're the Kveatest value for the sum invested tuat can be had See them and buy a set. Albert J. Metzger WATCHMAKER Occidental BuildiDp, ... Corvallis SPENCER'S Hair Invigorator And Dandruff Eradicator 3 5 s 9 s. S EC sr m 1 " M m m S 3 Si V4 VTHDROT3Y-. " at is L 5 Trait Ivt registwtd. " Price, Fifty Cents ' Manufaeturad by The Vegetable Compound Company Corvallis, Oregon 9t Foley's Kidney Cure You to Buy a Franklm From the Stock Now on Hand First come, first served. We only have a few at this o price. If you want a high grade Baler, now ie your chance. Order today. Works corvallis, or. s