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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1906)
Leading Corvallis Newspaper. Best Adverti its Kediun,. Vol. XXJXI. CtoRVALus. Benton County, Oregon, day, August 31. 1906. INO. -T A LONG JOURNEY. And No Deer Nor Bear-But Plenty of Trout. . Not a sign of deer nor bear did the Pernot-Keady-Trine-Horn- ing hunting party see on their 200-mile trip to Southern Oregon, and return, but they ate fish un til the mere mention ot trout now almost sours their appetites. They fished in the Deschutes, in Clear Lake. Crescent Lake and in the Willamette near Cascadia, and everywhere caught all and more than they could devour. At many of the lakes people were catching trout by the barrel, to salt down for winter use. E. B. Horning, who traversed the same territory sixteen years ago, states that he would not have recognized the Southern Oregon country, so great has been the improvement. There are now fiae farms everywhere, with fields of waving grain, and a gen eral air of progressiveness and thrift. There is much wild land in that country, and out on Crane Prairie, one lone rancher is using 20,000 acres as pasture land. Last winter he kept 200 head of stock on the range, and 500 head of cows could be kept on the hay produced on one field this year. He pays 12 A- cents per head lor each cow that he pastures, and about the same ..amount per acre for use of the other land. In one corner of this immense tract this farmer was putting up 400 tons of wild hay. When the country is eventually thrown open for settlement these people who are living on or near the land will ot course be in on the ground floor to secure fine farms. The nearest railroad now to this tract is Shaniko, probably xoo miles distant. In the vicinity of Odell Lake the Corvallis party slopped at the home of Charles Graves, whose daughter, now Mrs. Maud Graves Ringo, is a former popular OAC student, graduating in this year's class. She is at. present at her father's home, and treated the Corvallis men to a pitcher ot thick cream, which they describe as "simply immense." They were also given a paii of milk, which they huug to the roof of their covered wagon, and next morninsr there was ice frozen on top of the pail. So cold was the weather there that ice froze in the Graves kitchen that night, and one of the Corvallis men declared his in tention return home next day, as he too bad nearly frozen dur ing the night. Joseph Ringo is out with one of the surveying parties that is at work on the S.P. extension which begins at Natron. The S. P. has three surveying parties in the field, one in Harney and two in Klamath counties, and everything is on the move. At Rossland the travelers ran across Joseph Bogue, a brother of William Bogue, of this city. The former is a prosperous mer chant of that place. The return trip to Corvallis occupied nine days, the party ar riving here Monday afternoon. The report that W. O. Trine was ill on the "journey was an error, as all were well and had a splen did time. Walked From Mary's Peak. Three of the girls who went on the trip to Mary's Peak the last of the week walked almost the entire distance back to Cor vallis. They were Misses Mary and Alice Jones and Florence Adams, and it was not their in tention to make the trip on foot, but they started down the moun tain ahead of the pack team, and kept on, thinking the team would soon overtake them. . After they had started it was decided to hold back the team until the cool of the evening, which was done. The three girls finally reached Philomath, where they rested '. " f . three hours waiting for their con-! veyance, but the latter did not! arrive and the pedestrians started for Corvallis. Three miles out from Philomath they were met by Ross Adams with a rig and brought on into town. The trip covered a distance of 16 miles, but the young ladies said thev were less fatigued than they, would have been had they ridden in the wagon. They had a fine time on the trip, although the'smoke was too dense to permit a good view be ing obtained from the summit of the peak. On the trip up, one party failed to make the right turn after night fell, and got lost in the dark, spending the night near the in take, without blankets or food. This, however, was as nothing compared to the doings of another party on the way home, for in broad day light these "leaders" became bewildered and after traveling up a mountain that seemed to be set on edge, it was so steep,' and tearing their way through fern ten feet high, they found themselves about four miles from nowhere in particular, and entirely out of sight of the right road. This part of the story has not been "aired" bv those concerned, but the "parties of the first part" have requested the publica tion and here is given the correct version. . ; . Besides those who who were mentioned in the last issue of the Gazette, the party contained $he following: Misses Mary . and Alice Jones, Ethel Linnville and Maud. McBee, and Messrs. Merril Hammel and Cyrus Harlan. : IT IS COMPLETED. The "Benton Connty Assessment - - Roll The Figures. There are certain men who usually have predictions to offer as to what the assessment will be in the various counties, and this year, as usual, such statements have been made. As usual, too, these men, who constitute thetrr-r selves an authority, have hit it in some cases and missed, it in others, and Benton county is one of the "misses." The valuation in Benton is higher this year than ever be fore, bnt in spite of this fact the estimate of these prophets is away in advance t even the higher valuation mentioned. The fact was evidently overlooked by these guessers that Benton is the next smallest county in the state, the smallest being Mult nomah. The complete list of figures on the assessment role is as fol lows, as handed us by Assessor T. H. Davis: - Number of acres of tillable land, 63, 506; value. $1,460,880. Number of acres of non-tillable land. 306,086, value. $1,165,760. Value of improvements on land, $332, 765. Value of town lots, $241,630. Value of improvements on town lots, $319,035. Number of miles R. R. bed, telephone and telegraph lines, 39 j; value, $245," 820. Value of rolling; stock, $13,125; mer chandise, $137,635. Value of farm implements ' $52,183; money, $13,830. Notes and accounts, $90,850. Number of shares of stock, 700 ; value, $28,500. Value household furniture, $73,990. Number of hort.es and mules, 2,431 : value, $108,360. Number of cattle, 7,573 value, $84, 930. Number of sheep and goats, 25,250 ; value, $46,205. Number of swine, 2,193; value. $4,915. Total value of a'l propsrtv, $4,515,420. For Sale. Twenty head of horses and mules aged from 2 to 4 years. Four miles south west of Albany on the Oakville road. Route 3, Albany, Or. ' 72-4 B. L. Taylok. But your harvesting outfits vat Nolan's. Complete stock at,. Bot tom prices. " ' 62-72 If J NEW FIELD. . . And Flattering Prospects Aneaa For W. Q. Emery.; W. G. Emery, the widely- known and popular photographer who for a number of years ha? "made faces," handsome -and otherwise, for the Corvallis public leaves this morning for Salem, from where he goes to Portland and Vancouver and thence to Spokane to attend the convention ot the Pacific Northwest Photog raphers' Assnciation which will be held in that city September 5th to 8th inclusive, and of which association he holds the office of secretary-treasurer. Last year Mr. Emery made a speech before the convention that has been widely copied and re printed in photographic maga zines in this country, as well as iin several abroad. Commenting on the speech, one1, magazine writer says: "If there is any doubt in your mind as to the ability of the country photographer to impart instruction in a humorous and pleasing manner get the Monthly Review published by the Photo grapaers' Association of Califor-; nia and read the paper by Mr. W. G. Emery , of Corvallis, Ore. There is nothing small about him and his keen remarks about what conventions have done for him and will do for others could not be improved upon." Mr. Emery will address th e convention again this year, giv ing practical illustrations of the points in his work that are touch ed upon in his remarks. : Mr. Emery has been attending the annual, convention of the Photographeis for the past three yearsv :. At the, first eon ventibti at Salem, Ore.,' a child study of little Lois Gould exhibited by him was awarded the honor of being selected as one of 25 Photos t form the official exhibit of the Association. Two years ago at Tacotna a Sepia Carbon study of Mr. Abbot was selected as one ot 10 studies to be sent to the Art exhibit at the St. Louis World's Fair. Again last year at a joint convention of. the California Association and the Association of the Pacific Northwest; Mr. Emery's work attracted much at tention. A school . eirl study of Helen Lwi was'one of 12 pho tos to receive the prized honor of beiriir selected for the Souvenir report of the convention. Com menting on Mr. Etnery's display, Fayette J Chite, the well known art-critic ot San Francisco, and editor of "Camera Cratt," had this to say in the Monthly Review for Nov., iqos: ' "Mr. Etnery claims to be only a .country photoarapner, out his work shows a wonderful ver satility and a thorough mastery of the details of the profession. Every specimen in his exhibit was a gem, " His work this year, for the Spokane Convention consists ot the following selections: Madonna study of Miss Pansy Peters, Gray Carbon; Character study o "Happy" McMaines, Brown Carbon; The Summer Girl, Claire Holgate, Sea Green Carbon; An Oregon Pioneer of Joseph Yates, Brown Carbon; a Violin study of Miss Marion Chappell, Sepia Carbon; Child Study of little child of T.L.Reed of Wren, Sepia Carbon. The others are all of Corvallis. While a resident of this city Mr. Emery was elected to a three year term in the city council ; was prominent as captain of the local Gun Club; filled the various chairs in the K of P lodge, ann all in all, is considered a hale, "good fellow.' ' He will locate in Vancouver, where an elegant studio is being fitted up in a - new brick. 80 by loo, now nearing completion. ' Only the . best- wishes follow "Billy" to his new field of labor. a ' Too Much Johnson. Bob Johnson is contemplating a change of name. ?He may de cide on Smith, Brown or Jones in order to get something out of the ordinary, as he declares that Johnson is too common. His trouble arose over a letter that came this week. It was from some prospective prune pickers. Now let it be borne in mind that there are other Corval is jonnsons wno own prune ? - T 1 orchards besides Robert, who is manager ot tne biggest prune orchard in the world the Ben ton orchard near Granger. The letter read something like this: "Mr. Robert Johnson, Dear Sir: We want to pick prunes for Mr. Johnson, but we mean for B. W. Johnson or A. J. Johnson, for the big orchard is too far from where we live. Mr. Johnson will you please hire us, and tell Mr. Johnson that we want to pick in his orchard if it is nearer town than the Robert Johnson orchard? Please have Mr. Johnson write us which one he is, A. J. or B. W., and Mr. ohnson, please notify us how much you pay a box for pick ing." Robert hasn't slept any since the letter came, trying to figure out which one of the boys he is and in what position he stands to the other flock of Johnsons re ferred to in the letter. BECAUSE OF THE "D0RG." A Corvallis Sportsman Missed Rare Chance to Shoots - v The trouble all came about through the idiotic antics of the t&miaonest-sort -rf llvridogf one witHbut pedigree," antece dent nor personal record , to re commend him, and his behavior on this occasion has branded him as the most ordinary of curs. ' It is against, the law to .chase deer with dogs, and being aware of the fact, the Corvallis hunter referred to procured a strap and a snap, and attached the dog to his belt. Then the bunt began. The hunter was Dr. Cathey, who spent last week at Cascadia, where he started out, arm ed with his trusty Savage, while Collie Cathey, with eye alert, and ready Winchester, also took part in the sport. Suddenly, as the Corvallis men prowled in the mountain wilderness, a fine deer sprang out of the brish and dart ed off. Up came the doctor's IS wage, and just at that moment the yel low dog saw the game. As the doctor brought his rifle to posi tion, the worthies" cur exper ienced a fit of the wildest enthu- - w 1 1 stasm. Me lungea ana Dancea, he pawed the air and howled, he yanked this way and that, he ran around and around, twisted ano turned, and at every jerk he al most upset the Corvallis pill man who tugged frantically at the strap and tried to quiet the yelp ing canine. All the while Collie Cathey was pumping lead at the fleeing deer, the shots deafening the al most distracted hunter whose troubles were already more than he could bear. Just as the deer had about reached the summit of the monr tain, and the doctor and the doy had stood still long enough t. catch their breath, a second dt t leaped into the open and a se ond ki-yi and a terrific lunge rhe excited puo broke the snap. and the doctor was a free man! Two shots rang out one fron 1 1 he Winchester, another fron he Swage, and the deer fell." Waether the ytllow canine was disptch24 l.H'er by the ag gravated ow.ier . was not learned, lut as D ctor Cahy is a gentle nan f equable temper, it is pre umed the V'orneryV cur is still live1; rIt.i:5af-to predict, ho w--yerrthat no doe will ever again 'Ji lf. J.ullt it.. J Ijels oufor-deer r You're Sure to Crow Over my set of Shirt JWalsts Sets'like those now on sale at this store. Shirt Waist Sets for July are just as good for Augnst or Septem ber, or any other month. If bought, here. If yOU W8Ilt What's exmiiKite lit H mrtrioat buy a set. We guarantee they're the greatest value for the sum invested ti.at can be had See them and bey a set. Albert J. Metzger WATCHMAKER Occidental Building, - - - Corvallis $100 Bs AES It Will Cost I 11 , , -'"" 7 " f?t, tlSSi Franklin Iron Works CORVALLIS, OR. FOR A FINE Guns. Fishing Tackle, Baseball Goods Go to Gun H odes' ' We Carry the Famous Bristol Fishing Rod STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AT MONMOUTH 0, In time-pieces is a necessity with the average person. A watch that keeps perfect time is a boon to anyone and should be repaired and over hauled at least once every 18 months, and by skilled workmen only. If j'our watch needs repairing or regulating take it to E. - S. PB ATT, Jeweler and Optician Estimates on Work Cheerfully Given and Satisfaction Guaranteed. THE GEM CIGAR STORE JA.11 first-class cigirs and tobacco; whist and pool rooms. Every customer treated like a prince. JACK i:ue SPEKCER'S Hair invigprator And Dandruff Ersdlcator a II a I i & 2 I js i s?-. -iv. ) up Z S i-i s. S o .1 l o sr 3 o ? o a Trait lark rsgistorsi. - Price, - Fifty Cents Manufactured by The Vegetable Compound Company ' Corvallis, Oregon 9t You to Buy a BmBBB From the Stoekl Now on Hand ; pyJirEt- coaie, first Served ' .We only have a few at this price. ; If you want a high- grade Baler, now. is your. s i chance. Order today. wm LINE OF BEGINS its 25th year September 26, 1906. Three full courses of study. Higher course recognizee! in Wash ington and other states. Thd best and shortest way to a state and life paper. Additiona' wok in both general an(j epecjj methods; also school management for graded and ungraded schools will be given this coming year. Longer terms, higher wages and bet ter opportunities nie open to Normal Graduates. School directors appreciate the superior ability of Monmouth grad uates, and the demand far exceeds the supplv. Catalogue containing full in formatiou will be sent on application. Correspondence invited. Address, J. B.V.BUTLER, Registrar Four doois north of postoffice Ind. Phone 130.. ,
