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Caap'-i Z nolc f Bruce visited lu
Cot v,h, Kn i '
Wilbur S arr of Bellefountain
-viit-d C.irvallis relatives Thursday
-and Kr'day.
Ci-treac-) Fifar left Friday for
Portland, after a two days' business
Tifii: in ins city.
The annual Thanksgiving dance
occurs a( th? armory Wedneaday
to:u , row-night.
Mr. Thrift ca'e over from
Alai.y Fr day for a visit with the
Mc 'rnkey family in this city.
The Presbyterian ladie0 are to
hind a tea at the borne of Mrs.
John Spangler tommonow after
noo .
The two daughters of T. M.Ccon
at Bellefouutgin who have ueen
with typhoid fever are now con
valescent. The OAC second football team
pl'iyed the Monmouth Normal at
Monmouth Friday evening winning
by the score of 5 to 0.
Two hundred barrels oi cement
arrived the last of the week from
Portland to be used by A. Snook in
ite new building at OAC
-Dr G. R. Farra,- M. M. DavL-,
and B. VV. Johneon have been up
pointed appraisers in the estate of
Dr. C. II. Lee, deceased.
L. A. Peek, one of thi South irn
Benton rurul carriers, is confined at
1 cuie with illness, and his place :s
being filled by Norman Miller.
Reuben Patty, at one time a
baker in this cuy, was among the
Eugene people who witnessed the
OAC U. O. game here Saturday.
gEarl Rinehart of the class of '04,
OAC, came from The Dallas the last
oi i he week to witness the football
game Saturday and visit old friends.
Jack Kilpack of Portland visited
old friwi.is in this city the last if
the week, wnile here as manager of
the Mi,nt,.ifciit.-Goodnough concert
-rsompany.
A chicken dinner if to be given
at S;mpfon's chapel on Thanks
giving day by the ladies cf the M.
E. c'nu:ch. Preparations are being
made for a big time.
Miss Helen Steiwer of Jefferson
was among the out of town gues s
who attend. d the ' - A.C-U. of O.
football game Saturday. She was
the gueht if Miss Mabel Witry
combe. Saturday morning the OAC
freshmen and Sophomores had a
practice game of football on OAC
field, in preparation for a big game
that they intend to play in the
near future.
Harry Waggoaer arrived home
Friday from Coburg where he has
been employed for Bometime. He
met with an injury to his limb
while working in a logging camp,
and is still on crutches.
The extremely wet weather that
has pie vailed this fal. his materi
ally interfered with farm' n opera
tions. Farmers in from Southern
Benton report that not more than
half ;r two-thuds the usual acreage
has so far been seedtand the ground
is still too wet to ad - it of work
being done.
One of the most unique "football"
windows in town Saturday wae at
Wellsher and Gray's. The window
seat v as laid off in regulation foot
ball field square, miniature goal
post wers in place, and 22 tiny
flaxen haired dolls held down the
positions usually occupied by the
gridiron warriors at the beginning
of a game.
Benton county has been heard cf
in Indiana. A gentleman of that
state writes the Gazette for a
sample c py, and says; "Have you
board of trade or some enterpris
ing real estate de.ilrs that could
furnish some literature or info ma
tion on the resources of Benton
county? Several Indiana families
wish to come to Oregon and want
some knowledge of the county. The
county paper usually gives a good
idea of 'he county."
Because of tha affair nt having
been properly advertised the Mou-teilh-GooJnough
recital at the
PresVy terian church Thursday night,
was not very largely attended
aitnougu tne attraction wag one
that should have been met by a
crowded house. Mr. Goodnough is
too well known in this vicinity as
an artist of rare ability to need
coram ndation, and those cf his
old friends who heard him play
Thurs lay night state that he has
improved very much since he left
this city. Mr. Monteith, as a bari
tone solist, is a success, possessing
a voice of great strength and s Apt
ness. Should the young men
decide to give another recital in
this city at some future date, and
let the fact be made known in
time, they will undoubtedly be
in at by as large an audience as such
an entertainment merits.
Fred Eing of Portland spent
Sunday with Corvallis friends.
M. C. Starr of Bailefountain has
leased his placa for a year to the
Wilhelms. ,
Ben Elgin of Carlton was an
over Sunday visitor in Corval.is
with relatives.
Miss Etizibeth Saipi cf The
Dalles was an over-Sunday guest in
Corvallis. She f jroaerly attendid
OAC.
Miss Minnie Buxton of Portland
has been the guest of Corvallis rela
tives since Saturday. She leaves
for her home tomorrow and her
father, Ed Buxton, wih go with her
to spend Thanksgiving.
Walter Humphreys of Belle
fountain gave a very enjoyable
party at his home Friday eveniug,
a large number of young people
oeing present. Games and r fresh
ments were features of entertain
ment. L'itle ary Miller was operated
on late eslerday alternoon fw
appendicitis. Dr. Cathey operated,
assisted by Dr Pernot. The little
Siirl has been id about two weeks.
She is sister of Ernes:
Miller,
Uuion.
operator for the
Karl Steiwer of the c'as ; f '04,
OAC, woo hus been appointed to a
lieutenancy in thfl Pniilipiutj o,m
etab.ulary ria.s Ocen ii! Corvallis the
past few dAyf-. Ha sails for the
inland a week from oext Friday
D-.cember 7th. t-a&l
The lower floor of the opera
house was filed with people Satur
day evening to witness the moving
picture show given by French & Co.
Tne views of ruined San Francisco
were good and the comic films were
enjoyable. The production as a
whole was worth the money and
everyone seemed to eDjoy it.
The new cable for the Corvallis
gravel ferry has arrived It is 500
feet in length. 7-8 plow steel trans
mission, avd weighs about 600
pounds. The cab e is made especi
ally for ferry purposes, being of
very great streugth and superior
wearing quality. It was ordered
by R. H. Huston and is to be put
up as soon as p esible.
Mr . Charles flout gae an "after
noon" Saturday to 20 lady friends,
and a delightful time is reported.
Each lady vas given a mother
?oose rhyme which she was required
to illustrate, and some of the
pictures produced were truly re
markable. The rooms were tasitly
decorated with chrysanthemums,
and at five o'clock dainty refresh
ments were served.
The girls' basketball team played
the State Normal at Monmouth,
Friday night. The score was 8 to 4
in favor of Corvallis. Miss Mary
Sutherland acted as chaperone for
the local team and all speak in
the highest praise of the treatment
accoded tli6m. A reception was
given, and a program was rendered
in the chapel, Mr. Reynolds, cap
tain of OAC giving a talk during
the evening.
Ambrose Cain was brought to
Corvallis Friday afternoon from
Salem in charge of Deputy Sheriff
Wells and will be held to appear in
the circuit court which convened
yesterday. The lad stole $25 from
the Bird Ricka.d home near Mo -roe,
and went t: Salem wh'ie h9
was traced by the officers' and
brought back to this citv as stated.
He is but 17 years of age, and
when taken in custody had but 15
cents ct the etoien money lett on
his person.
The frame is now up and work
is beig rushed on the fine new
nan mat tne uaa j? euows are
building at Belk-fomtain The
structure stands iust across the
road east of Simpson's chapei, and
whn completad will be very sightly
In tne lower room there will be a
store, and upstairs the Odd Fellows
will have a largj hall with all
modern equipments. The work is
i. charge , of J. W. Walters. S
far the store room has not been
leased.
1 There was a special meeting of
the missionery society at the
Presbyterian church Saturday even
ing, with a program that includ
ed special music by the choir,
paper by Mrs. M. S. Bush, vocal
duet by the Misses McGinois, and
an address on" Missionery Work i
Corea" by Rav. Bush. Mrs. Hor..er
was to deliver an add: ess but at the
last moment was unable to be
present. The meeting, however
was very enjoyable.
A retired miner, who worked
35 years in Wales and who now
resides in Woming Valley, in
Pennsylvania, savs that while
superintending the loading o
cars with hard coal he discover
edthe perfect print of a boo
or shoe on a bright chunk o
coal mined i.Soo feet below the
earth's surface. The piece; o
coal is now in the Royal mu
seum, London.
STILL "BUYIHS TIMBER.
In southern Benton What the
People Say f It.
Several inousand acres of
choice land in Southern Benton
has, according to report, already
been purchased Dy a big eastern
company through the agent, Mr.
Buck, and oilier tracts are being
taken as rapdly as the deals can
oe made. No one on the outside
knows exactly how many acres
have been purchased already.
This is the statement of a
prominent tarmer from the Belle
lountain neighborhqod, in Cor
vallis the last of the week. By
ron Woolndge of the same local
ity is engaged as timber cru'iser
tor the big company, and the re
port is that J. W. Waters, who
recently sold out his big milling
interests fur $40,000 is to some
extent interested as a stock hold
er in the concern.
It seems teat this company
has given out the promise that in
due course ot time taey will put
in a plant that will furnish em
ployment for 300 men. This is
to be located, according to the
general belief, either at Junction
Citv or Corvallis, probably at the
latter place, where the surplus or
waste lumber would meet a ready
demand as wood.
Mr. Buck, the company's re
presentative, spends a good por
tion of his time in the Southern
Benton territory, investigating
the' various tracts of timber that
are offered for saie.
Tne people of Bellefountain
and vicinity are intensely inter
ested in the maneuvers of the
easterners, and are looking for
ward to a time when they will
thus be placed in touch with the
outside world. Railroad facili
ties have long been denied them,
but with the prospect held out by
the big company it is only a mat-
ter of time, in their opinion, un
til all this will be changed, and
Bellefountain transformed into a
thriving little city.
Open River.
Continued from first page
the League in full is as follows:
Whereas, the principles of toll
taking as once applied to toll
roads, - toll bridges, and other
orms of locomotion and transpor-
tation is a relic of primitive civ-
ilization and in the main has
ong since been discarded along
with the flail, the grain cradle
and kindred implements; and,
Whereas, toll taking as applied !
to water ways is even more out-
worn in principle, and wholly
out;of harmony with the progress
and requirements of the age; and,
Whereas a toll taking estab-
ishment is maintained at the
Willamette Falls at Oregon City
in the form of a canal and locks
on which a toll of fifty cents per
ton is taken on all freight that
pvpw nn(TPr r
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everv head of cattle or other
domestic animal; and.
Whereas, the said fifty cents
r I
per ton differential in the lockage
charge on the river enables the
railroads traversing the Willam-
ette region to and htty cents per
ton to freight thev carrv to or
from Willamette Valley points;
and,
Whereas, the said lockage fee
by reason of the differential it af-
fords, the railroads add from
$roo,ooo to$2oo,ooo every year
to the transportation cost ot the
Willamette region; and.
Whereas, tne said lockage fee
takes one and one-half cents from
the sale of every bushel of wheat
exported from the region and is
in effect a toll of 2 cents on
every sact ot potatoes, 2 y2 cents
on every sack of sugar, 2 cents
on every sack ot salt, 4 cents on
every bale of hay, 5 ' cents' on
t-.1rt
every oaie or nops, 5 cents on
every barrel of flower, with pro
puruonaie exactions on every
other article shipped in ox ship
ped out ot the Willamette ba?in.
a section of country . 200 miles
long and 50 to 75 miles wide and
supporting a thickly settled citi
zenship; and,
TTT1
vv uereas, government engi
1 i .
uccis uave reported mat a new
and modern canal and
locks can
be built by the general govern
ment at the said Willamette Falls Hogs, dressed -at
a cost not to exceed S500. 000 Veal, -
a sum that would be saved to the
people of the territory by reason
of lowered freight rates within
three to five years; therefore be it
" Resolved, . that the Benton
County Citizens' League of Cor
vallis, being the commercial
body of th city, hereby petitions
the congress of the United States
at its coming session to appro
priate such sum as may be nec
essary to purchase the present
locks and canal at the Willam
ette Falls, or to build a new canal
and locks there, to be maintained
and operated under the direction
of the general government with
provision for freight to be allow
ed to pass through such canal
locks without charge by which
the said Willamette shall become
a free and open river to the great
advantage and benefit of a vast,
rich anu populous territory, and
for tne granting of this petition
your petitioner will ever pray.
CORVALLIS LYCEUM COURSE.
What the Second Entertainment
Will Be.
Reno B- Melbourn the "Wizard
ot Electricity" will appear in an j
evening of marvelous experi
ments entitled ''In the Year
2000."
This prophecy was prepared
with the personal assistance of
NicelaTesla, Lord Kelvin, Sig
nor Marconf, Sir William Crooks
and other noted scientists, and
the Tacoma Ledger says of it:
Mr. Melbourn's experiments are
numerous, quickly done, and
stunning in their import. The
dreams of humanity are made
realities before the eyes of the
audience, and nothing seems to
longer remain on the list of im
possibilities. At times when Mr.
Melbourn becomes warmed up to
the marvelousness of his theme
he disDlavs an eloauence which
holda hi an(lience enthralled."
Opera house Sat. Dec 1. Box
office opens for benefit of season
ticket holders, Friday Nov.
50, 8
a. m.
lie is Dead.
A. J. L. Cator who was acci
dentally shot in the ankle a week
ago last Wednesday by a 33-cali-
bre rifle, at the family home
sontnwest ot oorvauis, aiea m
this city at y:lo yesterday morn-
ing, despite the best efforts of
thp attending? nhvsician and the
lovinsr care and attention of fam-
;i OT1fq fr;andc.
, miU uA hM flt fwn
rT p ,
u C1U lul " V
mouth chapel, the services to be.
conducted by Rev. G. H. Feese,
and interment will be in Newton
cemetery.
Mr. Cator was born in England
September 6, 1850, and was 56
years and 2 months of age. He
pamp f n United ctates in
n fc Wakefield Kan.
he hunted buff alo f or nine years,
I , , . .... 1 ..1 1.
and later operated a cattie rancn
on the Palo Duro creek and inj
the Pan Handle country.
August 15, 1882, Mr. Cator was
married at Dodge City, Kansas,
to Miss Jennie Ludlow and in
1892 the family came to this city
locating in a couple of months on
the ranch at Oak Ridge where
the accident occurred that result
ed in Mr. Cator's death. De-
ceased had been ailing, however,
for two years, ever since he met
with severe injuries in a run-
away accident, The morning of
the shooting he was obliged to
wait several hours until a physi
cian could arrive from Corvallis,
but in spite'of all he seemed to
be doing well until Friday, when
spasms and lockjaw developed
aid death ended tne struggle yesterday
morning. Mr. Cator was an upright,
honorable gentleman and his death is
mourned by many.
The immediate survivors are the wi
dow and four ch ldren. Bertie P., Ar
thur L, and Oabaldston Cater, and
Mabel Cator-Conger.
Market Report.
Eggs
nor rlnvon
35C
60c,
25c.
50c.
- 9c.
- 7c.
- 58c.
Batter, creamery per roll
countrv per lb.
potatoes, per bushel
- Spring chickens, live
Wheat - - - -
' Oats - - - - -
r83
A replenishing stock of the most popular late fall
style jast received some rather startling in their sudden
. departure from the old lines. , . 'w
r
There's a coat for everybody, in the choice we offer
from ths short jacket to the elaborate Empire wrap for
evening.
Each is sold on the
"a If
label which answers all your
style. Today is the day for
Lstablished
The Pas pie's Slors
SHE
When You Sss
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aimer
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Sole Agent
Corvallis . . Oregon
Chas. Blahesiee.
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For Sale. 30,000 acres of land
in Lincoln aud B9nton Counties,
Oregon, along the C..& E. R. R.,
known as Road Landa, now owned
by an Eastern , Company. For
prices and terms, call or address,
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