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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1906)
AW JL1L Leading Corvallis Newspaper. Best Vol. XXIH. Corvallis, Benton Couivty, Oregon, Friday, November 23. 1906. No. s6 BECAUSE IT IS THANKSGIVING. People Think of Charity and Here is a Worthy Causa. A litt e over 21 years ago a few " r representative citizens saw V greit need of some or ganiz tioti for the care and pro tection of dependent children and also to aid children who had com mitted tneir first offense against the law. rience the organization of boys' an'l girls' Aid Society of Oiegon. At that time it was a chaiita'.le organization depend ent entirely upon the generosity of the public for its support. Since that time, howeve:, it has grown rapidly and its work has commended itself to the charit able public and to the state offici als, and today it is not only assisted by private subscriptions but by state and county appro priations. It is, however, con ducted on a very economical basis and its total expenditares each year do not exceed $10,000. Its methods are to place de pendent and neglected children in family homes where thev will receives a parent s care ana at tention. and in order to insure this, visitors are kept on the roid the entire time, and besides which at this time there is organ ized at many of the county seats an advisory board composed of representative citizens who as sist the society in its work of aid and supervision over its wards placed out in homes. In this couuty Prof. G. W. Deuman is the president and Mrs J. H. Har ris is secretary." From January 1st to Novem ber 1st, 1906, a period of ten months, the society has received 326 children, or an average of about 32 per month. These children were received from the following counties: B.ker, Ben ton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Crook, Douglas, Grant Lane, Marion, Multnomah, Umatilla, Union, Wasco, Washington, Wallowa and Yamhill. Many of the children com mitted have sad histories, and if ihere is any worthy cause for charity the boys' and girls' Aid Society should certainly appeal to every person who has the wel fare of little children at heart. The public schools throughout the state have heretofore been of great assistance and it is sincerely hoped that they will do their best this year. In addition to this, any person who will send a trifle in money, provisions, vegetables, or in fact anything and every thing that would be useful in a household, will receive the gratitude of the management. The railroad and steamboat compaines running into Portland carry all donations at Thanks giving time free of charge if ad dressed to the boys' and girls' Aid Society, Portland, Ore. Those who wish to snd money, or lend their aid in anyway should apply to the -Corvallis advisory board members mention ed above. It certainly is a worthy cause and one in which Benton county is directly interested, since some of the inmates of the home were taken there from this county and given a home, care and protection in an hour of need. Dan Kelly Has It. l he world's record as a sprin ter is awarded to Dan T. Kelly, the modest young athlete of Eu gene. The story ot the final de cision is related in the press dis patches this week, and is as fol lows: "Champion Sprinter of the World" is the proud title that Dan J. Kelly, Oregon's great athlete, can now claim. The long-looked-for decision is given by the Amatuer Athletic Union, and the decision make Kelly champion of the world in the 100-yard dash. His great run was made at Spokane on Jane 23 in a track meet between Seattle, Spokane and Portland. Kelly ran under the colors of tht Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. Arthur Duffy's record o! nine and tbree-fiftbs seconds was expunged by the union, It having been proved that Duffy was a professional at the time he made his record. This leaves Kelly undisputed champion of the world. Kelly is attending college at the University of Oregon. He is only. 22 years of age and com menced his athletic career at Baker City high school, and later attended Columbia University of Portland where he first showed signs of future greatness in the athletic world. Kelly 'is 1 quiet, studious Tel- low and immensely popular among his college associates. After his record breaking dash at Spokane he had many offers to go o pastern colleges, but uas 5 decided to finish his course at Eugene. He will appear on the track again in the spring. GAVE VOBTHLESS CHECKS. Then Failed to Meet Contract Peculiar Affair. Ike all the rest of mankind, hop growers have their troubles. Sometimes it is lice, mould, scarcity of pickers, a light crop and a lighter price, and occasion ally it is in the form of a bunco buyer who fails to meet his pro mise at the time of delivery. In the case in questian it is the lat ter, and a pretty state of affairs has resulted from the refusal of the buyer to receive the product for which be bargained. The trouble is at Buena Vista in the well known hop belt where dozens ot Corvallis fami lies go every season to assist in gathering the harvest, and no doubt many a bale of the hops involved were gathered by Cor vallisites. The story is told in the Polkcounty papers as follows: Several hop growers residing in the vicinity of Buena Vista are having trouble in the matter of delivering their hops to Phil Niece, a Woodburn hop dealer, who contracted for the hops sev eral day? ago, and claims to be representing ioreigu dealers. The growers interested are W. J. Steele, R. J. Steele, Thos. Pomeroy and W. Bilyeu. The hops were contracted tor by Niec and checks tendered given upon the Bank of California or Port land. The entire crop of the gentlemen named was contracted for and delivery was to be made L T TT-. 1 at iuc Diiem vista ware nouse. The hops were delivered and placed in the warehouse but when it came to cashing the checks tendered trouble com menced. Niece instructed his local representative not to receive the hops. Attachment proceedings com menced to enforce the collec tion of the checks and it was found that there was no injthe Bank of California money behind the checks. The hops are stored in the Buena Vista warehouse and are in possible danger from floods un less removed, and altogether the growers arc having a pretty hard time of i Attorney Jones is looking after their interests and will exhaust every means at his command in seeing that they get a square deal, and before the case is settled fully the grand jury may be called upon for a little service unless adjustment is made otherwise. yne 01 tne neatest and most unique advertisements seen, in ... Corvallis in the way of Thanks giving designs, is a turkey made of linen towels in the J, M. Nolan 4c ben clothing store. A red napkin furnishes the necessary color about the head, and the red borders on the towels is cleverlv displayed in the huge fan-like tail. The entire device is suffi ciently "cute" to catch the .eyes 01 ail who pass the window. S3L1ZTHJN3 DOING. In the Bis Agricultural Fair Money and Prizes Coming In. A subject that is much dis cussed and that has "awakened the keenest interest of the busi ness men and general public is that of the school children's agri cultural fair that is planned for next August in this city. As has been stated in these columns before, it is proposed to hold the fair the week before hop picking; the exhibitors are to be the school children of the county, and seeds are to be furnished them free, from' which vegetables and other products are to be grown for exhibition at the fair. Besides three or four grand prizes there will be many 'hand- some and useiui prizes ior in dividual winners, and these are being put up by the business men of the town. . Already there is $700 in sight, cash, and more coming in each day, while the prizes are well worth the effort of any boy or girl in the county. The list up to the present date is as follows: Musical instruments to the value of $25, N. A. Fisher. $20 cash or five barrels of flour, Corvallis Flouring Mills. $25, Registered Shropshire ewe, E. D. Baker. Agricultural implements or household utensils, $12, R. M. Wade & Co. Parlor stove and Overland wa gon, $15 5, J. R. Smith. Two pocket knives, $4, Ear nest Veal. Saw, square, hammer, embroi dery scissors and .shears, $6 R. H. Hu?ton. '-'A Con Gerhard, $19 in stock. Suits, hats, skirts,, $15, S Kline. ls, J. M. Nolan & Son, $17, one pair of shoes and one suit. Suit, dress and $5 in grocery department, $15, F. L. Miller. Toilet and shaving sets, $6.50. Dishes, $6, A. Hodes. Two silver watches, $11, A. J. Metzger. Two gold filled chains, $10, E. W. S. Pratt. One watch and chain, $6, D. E. Matthews. Suits, shoes, shirts, $11, A. K. Russ. Bamboo fishing pale, and ball and bit, $4 50, M. M. Long. Rug, pictures and table, $16 -50, Hollenberg & Cady. Chairs, commode, $11, O. Rogoway. Music cabinet, chairs, writing desk. 10.50, O. J. Blackledge. Suit of cloths and dress pat tern, $11, J. H. Harris. : Photographs, $g, W. S. Gard ner. - Jockey saddle and riding bridle, $10, Grant Elgin. One pair shoes and umbrella, $4, Wellsher & Gray. Ice cream for a free social for 1500 children, 40, Corvallis Creamery Co. by H. W. Kau pisch, manager. As soon as possible a complete list of prizes, . together with full particulars concerning each con test, will be published in the Gazette for the benefit of all who may be interested in the big fair. It Was Poison. The question is settled as 10 the cause of Mrs. Creffield's sud den death in Seattle. The Port land Journal ot Tuesday night says: " The coroner's physicians who analyzed the stomach of Mrs. Maud Hurt-Creffield. the widow of the late Edmund Joshua" Creffield, the Holy Roller leader, reported this atternoon that enough poison was found in the stomach of the dead woman to kill several persons. It is there fore evident that the woman was either murdered or committed suicide, probably the latter. Mrs. Creffield was the daughter of O. V. Hurt of Corvallis. At the time of her death she was in prison with Esther Mitchell. both charged with the murder of Esther's brother, George Mitch ell, who was killed by his sister in revenge for the murder . of Creffield. She died suddenly about midnight last Friday night supposedly from heart disease. She was buried yesterday beside the body of her dead husband. Esther Mitchell, who attended, exhibited the first sign of emo tion she had shown since her crime, and it was believed that th" hypnotic spell under which Esther had been held by the elder woman was broken. Suicide was threatened by both women when first arrested and a close watch kept over them to prevent them from carryiug out their threats. Both expressed their desire to die frequently. Lately, however, officials have been off their guard by the chan ged demeanor of the women which is believed now to have only been a ruse to secure the poison. ' ' How the poison was smuggled in is a mystery. It is believed, however, that Esther Mitchell is in the secret. The closest kind of a watch is being kept upon her to prevent her following in the footsteps of her friend the tor. men- HER FUNERAL. Mrs. Maud Creffield at Rest The Services Were Private. The funeral of the late Maud Hurt-Creffield was held in Seat tle Monday. The services were attended by none save the mem- -bers of the tamily who were in the city. Mrs. Creffield was 25 years of age and resided for many years in Corvallis. The Oregon ian gives the following concern ing the funeral: 'For the first time since the unexpected death of Mrs. Cref field, Esther Mitchell this morn ing broke down and wept like a child at the bier ot the widow of the leader of the notorious Holy Rollers. The funeral was held at the Conney Watson Company's chapel for Mrs. Creffield. It was at the end of this service, when a handful of friends and relatives of the dead woman were asked to take their final leave, that Esther Mitchell stepped to the casket and bowing, wept. Behind Esther Mitchell were O. V. Hurt, father of Maud Creffield, Mae Hurt, her sister, Frank Hurt, her brother, and Mrs. Frank Hurt. In another part of the room were Attorneys W. H. Morris and S. M. Shipley, who represented George Mitchell at his trial, for the killing of Joshua Creffield, and AUorney Holzheimer, attorney for Esther Mitchell. There was no music and few flowers. . "Coroner Carroll has not yet received a report of the chemical analysis of the contents of Mrs. Creffield's stomach, and the ex amination will not be completed until this evening. Hurt an nounced that the funeral services for Mrs. Creffield would be sirict ly private, and expressed himself as being very thankful that the morbidlv curious public were not allowed to see the body. Among the jollw events of tb -week was an afetrnoon given Wedneed v by Mrs E. W. S. Pratt, who proved I tself a recourceful and altogether chafuing hostess. There was a program whic1; in cluded a comic solo bv Mrs. Piatt; in strumental solo, Miss Mina Yates; v -' due , Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Taylor; i --strum-ntal Bolo, Miss Darby; ci - -v dial tue. Misses Laura Pratt andL " Hill; a comic "stunt"' by Mrs A. ! Wiikins an 1 a ".eading" contest by J' J. B. Home' and Mrs Tartr,who first blindfolded ami then" required i sit on the florr a "I feed each othf crackers. The program kept the co p any cocvuised wi h laughter, and those present declare the event to hae been the most e ijo a-le of all the:r experi ences. Th roo were prettily decorated with chrysanthemums, and an appetiz ing luncheon was served at five o'clock. AVut 25 ladies enjoyed the occasion. "ADMIRE" but half expresses it. We have some things recently opened op jou'll jo in ecBtaciea over, For an out and out eu perit r line of Newest Style Jewelry you can find it here. We invito yon to call and see some choice ihirgp just re cived. Prices are not high. Small tears in e of pr fit content 110 Albert J. Metzger WATCHMAKER Ocidrrfsl Erilr'irp, CflTP.JliS 0. J. BIACKLEDQE'S Furnitisre Stre Corvallis - - - Oregon GOME IN..... And see our large new line of pocket knives, razors, scissors, etc. A. large line of footballs and all kinds of sport ing goods always on hand. Umbrellas covered and repaired. .... GUN HOD E S Tha nalinAtfti 1 110 wwiiiivhivi pi.W.jfY McClure's Magazine $1.00 worm s worrc - C. A. Gerhard Book store SEEING IS BELIEVING Then come in and see my line of Sporting Goods and be con vinced that it is the best and most complete line ever brought to your city, consisting of Guns and Ammunition, Fishing Tackle, Base-ball Goods, Bicycles and Sundries, Pocket Knives, Razors, Sewing Machine Supplies, etc Gasoline and Dry Cells for sale. Agent for the Olds Gasoline Engines and Automobiles P-"!S and Bicycles For Rent First-class Repair Shop. M. M. LONG, ' Ind. Phone 126 Residence 324 CORVALLIS, Look in Our Window - For the correct thing in the jewelry line. We have a fine of jewelry and silverware that is astonishing in its grace and beauty and magnificent in its size and completeness. Engraving nicely done in the latest ribbon script styles. Repairing that is guaranteed and prices that are in keeping with the class of work done. E. W. S. PRATT. Jeweler and Optician There is no Season. Why your baby should be thin, and retful during the night. Worms are the cHuse of tl in, sickly -bdbiee. It is natural that a ben 1 thy baby should be fat and sleep ell If your baby does not retain its food, d'n't experiment with colic cures and ot pr medicine, but try a bot tle of White 'it Cieam Vermifuge, and von will con see yoor baby have color and laugh as it afaeeld. Sold by Graham & WortkejB. SPENCER'S Hair fivigora! or And Dandruff Er tester 1 3m 1 s-s 3 ' O S E a o x: 9 i 1 n 1 t n rr -r r3 1 Price, - fmy certs Manufactures! ty The Vegefafele Ccrnpetsnsf Cent? CciV'iis, Oregon orris iHairs I Z3S C1 rtfl - 90.UU OREGON. All kinds of grasa seed for Bale at Zierolf's Timothy, clover and orchard grass seed. 74 tf CASTOR I A, For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of ff&&i