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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1907)
LOCAL AD PERSON U Mies Eva Starr was on the sick list the' Utter part of the week. ' Harold Wilkins returned Friday from hie holiday visit to Portland sad Orsgcn City. ' . J. M. Nolan, the merchant, trans acted business in Portland ' the latter part of the week. Miss Imogen Gilt returned Fri day from a visit through the holi days with relatives at Scio. The couoty court was busy, Fri day, selecting the 200jurymen to serve for 1907 in the Benton circuit court. Miss Bertha Thrasher returned to Portland Saturday after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cal Thrasher, in this city. Mayor A. J. Johnson and sons Darrell and filmo arrived home Saturday from a visit with relatives in Kings Valley and Suver. For 'he quarter ending Decem ber 31st, the Benton county court paid out $25 in bounty, scalps, including cats, cougars and bear. Fred Roth and Cyrus MoCormick, both of the '06 class at OAO, arriv el Friday for a visit witL old f ,-ionrU in this city. They are from Sumpter. Mrs. Janet Smith, wh has beei' serbusly ill at the home cf be daughter, Mrs. Vance Taylor, in thi City fur three weeks, is slightly improved. Rev. G. H. GihWs will return from bis visit in Eastern Oregot' the last i f t.jis week and will fii his pnlpit next Sunday , morning and evening. Cal Thrasher and D. C. Roee left yes'.t;rdny for McMinuville to at tend a meetine of the Oregon Fire Rilief Association, of which Mr. Rose is a director. Mi Bes C!eo and Zeta Johnnon arrived home Fiiday evening from a New Year's visit to relatives at Scio. They were accompanied horns by their grandfather, Mr. Young, who will remaia for a visit. The many frienda of Sam T. Thurston will be pained to learn that his health has not improved since he arrived inPhoeriix, Arizona, a few week 4 ag; and that it is fair ed he will not recover. J. C. Lowe who was called to Oklahoma on Christmas day by the serious illness of his mother, reach ed the bedside the evening before death claimed the sufferer. Mr. Lowe is e pected to return to Cor vallis about the 20th. He h s the sympathy of all n his sorrow. . The United Artisans installed officers at their lodge hall Thursday evening with the following result: P. M., H. H. Cronise; M., T. Brien; sup't, Mrs. Frank Cole; insp, Mrs. Scott King; seo'y Miss Eva Starr; treas., Levi Wooster; Sr. con., Mrs R. C. Wills; M. C, Guy Clark; Jr. con., Mrs. T. Brien; field com manders, Scott King and Mrs. Til lie Reed. The Alsea staee driver arrived in Corvallis Thursday with a 16'JO pound load and a six horse team, and even then he had a desperate time in getting over the mountain road. The mud is repotted as something frightful, and as soon a9 the water sinks and the mrjd thick ens and settles somewhat it will be impossible to haul a load over the road. Samual Moore is going into the Paw mill business on a large scale. He has purchased 200 acres of land of Mike Legrande, westof Corvallis, nnd in addition has leased 4C0 acres of P. A. Kline for a term of years. Mr. Moore has purchased a porta ble sa mil. of Lindaey Bros, of Woodburn, and as svon aa it arrives he will take it to the scene of action west of Corval!i8. An orchardist who has recently been traveling through the Willa mette Valley, states that in his opinion the great increase of inter est now shown in fruit growing in the Willamette Valley and the gen eral disposition to clean up and care for orchards will result in making the fruit crop of the Willa mette Valley within a few years worth more than the whole fruit crop of the state ia worth at the present time. New Year's day, just after the olrkQA nf thA fnnthall tramft hAt.wppn the "Corvallis Juniors" and the Brownsville team, a couple of vouths circulated a DaDer anions V - business men on Mam street, stat ing that the OAC boys had lost money on the game and were try- lLg to mate gooa . some Kina hearted parties "dug up" before thev discovered that the names on the list had been forged and that the whole tning was a Doia tase. It is not known how much the youths secured. It is presumed they came from Brownsville as they . i Painter Enoch arrived hone Friday evening from a t.ip ti CalL fornia. , Mrs. Tom Bell has been ill for several days, at her home in this city. S. E. Shannon and family moved Saturday into the house jutt vaca ted by Ed Looney. Miss Edna Spicnr was summoned to Albany Saturday by a message announcing that her sister wss seriously ill with pneumonia. Rev. G. H. Feese delivered a lecture at Philomath college Friday evening, on "The QUet Fellow's Girl. " The .address was warmly received and elicited much praise from those who heard it. Rev. T. S. Handsaker went to Cottage Grove Saturday to begin a revival meeting. Dr. E. C. Sander son of the Eugene Divinity school fills the pulpit in the local church during the pastor's absence. Ed Looney and familv are to leave for Monroe where they will again take up thtir residence. Mr. Looney has for sometime been en gaged as a salesman, in J. H. Har ris dry goods establishment. The city of Independence" is in darkoes3 nosv, according to the Enterprise. iSo street lighting of any sort is in use, became of a disa greement between the city council a ul the Willamette Valley com piny. Mrs. M. Vh S. Bush gav-e an "at home" Friday to about 50 of her fri ndw. The rooms were very pret tily decorated with ivy and fern and light refreshments were served. The afternoon was a very pleasant one for all. Miss Cecil Rowland gave a very erj.iyabie party at her home Fii day evening to about 15 yoDg friends. Games and refreshments, together with asocial time generally made the hours pass very pleasant ly and a good time is reported. Cathey & Haynes, the sign paint ers, were obliged to move their oflice Friday, on account of th cve in of Ihe bank at th O. R. & N. dock near which they were located. They have muvfd to North Vain street, near the Strong saw mill. It is understood that Carl Porter, the genial employe in the Hammel meat market, has tendered' his resignation and will engage in farm ing operations with his brother-in- law, Joha Whiteaker, on the Whit aker farm near Corvallis. Carl has many friends who wish him success. On account of the high water which resulted Friday and Satu- day from the continued downpour of rain, travel from the south was shut off, Saturday, as Mary's river was too high to allow of passengers crossing. Ihe Willamette was out of its banks on the East side and was 30 feet above low water mark Saturday morniDg. The contest in which Miss Alda Metcalf and Miss Anna French participated to secure a free tip to the Jamestown Exposition as repre sentee irom Benton county, closed the night of December 31st. Mies Metcalf won by a majority of 121, her total number of votes being 335 against Miss French's 214. The winners, one farmer's daughter from each couuty in the state, will be taken to the imposition May 1st bv Philip Bates, editor of the Pacific Northwest, for who-e paper the young ladies secured subscriptions during the contest. Both of the Corya'lis girls made a fine shoe ing and did good work, rrtd the most fnendly spirit was manifested between them during the rac? Eugene bids fair to hi ve paved streets w'thin the next year. The City Council has adopted a resolu tion th. t a total of 41 blocks be paved as soon as necessary prelim inaries can be arranged. The city attorney was instructed to prepare th; ordinances under which the pavements will be laid, and the street committee was instructed t ' correspond with the city officials of Portland and other Northwest cities to ascertain the cost of pavement and the beet material to oe used, says a dispatch in the Telegram. The Btreets to be paved embrace the entire business district of the city, and Eleventh street is the thorughfare leading to the uni versity and on which the finest residences are built. The postofBe people do not attempt to state just when they will move into the new building. Owing to the time re quired ia putting the iaside finishing touches to any building, and to the further fact of the trouble that has been on for several days with delayed mails, it seems impossible to say just when the change in location will cccur. Earnest Miller is to occupy a position in the new poetoffice room, with hia telegraph office, ana in aaaitioa will operate a news stand. Ha is now gatting the place in Miss Bartha Watrous has arrived to re-enter OlC. . .. -. . ... - , The city of Philsmath has levied a special city tax- of 12 mills; the city of Albany, 6 mills, and the city of Corvallis, 7 mills. " ! ' ; v Special road tax levies have been ap proved by the Benton county court in the following districts, ' in the amounts given ; District number 2, 5 mills ; num ber, 12 five mills; 13, tea; number 15, four; number IS, two; eighteen, five; 22, seven; 24, three. . , The will of the late John Fisher has been Glad for probate at the clerk's office. The instrument was executed November 13 I9O6, and names Mrs. Lena C. Ray burn as executrix, to serve without bonds. It states that the estimated value of the real property is $6,500, and of the personal property J8000. William Knotts, Richard Kiger and Gus Harding have been named as appraisers. A walk of a coupie of blocks almost any morning will convince any thinking person that Newberg ought to pass an ordinance against spitting on the side walks and enforce it to the letter. Think of a man unloading the contents of a catarrhal throat on the walk, not only for every passer-by to be forced to see, but for women to brush their skirts over. We are aware that the scripture text reads "Let him that is filthy be filthy still," but we suggest that those who insist on fulfilling the text, should take to the woois. Newberg Graphic. When the turpentine and alcohol plant, soon to D9 built oh the ' bank of the Willamette opposite the city, bpgins operation?, cheao fuel in St. Johns will disappear. A'thouah it does not come from headquarters, we have heard it said that the new plant has contracted for and will use all the refuse lumber of the mills, ai d even the sawdust. This means that our people will have to depend on the ranchers bringing ia cord wood from the hills across the river, or else use coal from the mines ia Wyoming. St. Johns Review. A story of the high water that prevail ed the last of the week, is related about town. According to report two young men, ene of whom is said to be named Montgomery, were engaged in cutting wood on Kiger island, and they lived in a "shack" nearby. F.-iday night they retired as usual but in the morning the water was a foot deep under the bed having flooded the place during the night. The young men hastily arose, put their cook stove up on their table and managed to get some breakfast, after which they "Iambered to the roof of their shanty and awaited an opportunity to get out. The day was bitterly cold and they were drenched to the skia, but when a friend remembered them and went in a boai to their rescue he found the boys almost frozen but whistling bavely as they sat on the roof. The water had almost reached the eaves of the house when they left their uncomfortable perch. The frame of the A. J, Johnson build ag is now gain f up, and . the scene is a busy one from early morning until late ia the evening- ' The cold weather of the past few days has made - outside work rather unpleasant, bnt the laboring man has no choice in matters nf this sort. '-. Specie! , school . tax levies have been made by the following districts, in the amounts named: Corvallis, So. 9, 4 mills ; Belief oun tain, 23, 10 mills ; Mon roe, 25,1-2 mill ; Fairmount, 84, 10 mills, Summitt, 36, 3 1-2 millB; Fairmount, 43, 2 mills; south Bellefountain, 50, 2 mills; Southwest Bellefonntaia, ol, 2 mills. Starr's Bakery has secured the services of Dick Llewellyn, the wonderful bread maker. : 89tf Yesterday Prof. . F. D. McLouth of OAC sent East two coyer designs and 20 illustrations, all hiB own work, which are to be used ia a new book that is just coming out. TLe book is of a historical character, and the work required must be of the highest class and is very diffi cult to execute. Prof. McLouth will spend next summer in N;w York City. Ruthyn Turney. will, accept a limited number of pupils on violin. Inquire at Gazette utlioe. 4-tf In Seattle, Saturday, Esther Mitchell was adjudged insane and it. was alto ordered that she should not be removed from ibe state of Wachington. Miss Lou Lewis died at the borne of her half sister, Mrs. Davis, i Philomath Sunday, after an illness of eight days with pneumonia. The icneral occurs to day from the residence and interment will be in Newton cemetery. Deceased made her home in Salem but usually spent the summer in Philomath. She was aged about 60 years. , The second military ball of the present college year is to be held in the armory Friday evening. The "Peerless Orehes tra" of Salem is to furnish music, and a good time is assured all who attend. T. A. Jones was an Albany visitor the last of the week. . Mrs. W. H. Kaupisch was tbe guest of Albany friends Saturday. Lauience Rodgers a popular student at OAC, was sum mo 3d to his home in Astoria, Sanday.by a telegram anuounc jngthat his mother had suffered a stroke of paralysis aud was ver low. City water rent for January is payable by tbe 10th, at office in the City Hall. 5 Notice. The law requires that anyone owning or harboring a dog within the corporate limits of the City of Corvallis, shall. ot or before the first day of January, of each year, pay into the city treasury the sum of one dollar for each male and two dollars for each female dog so owned If the tax is not paid by the time above stated the law makes it incumbent upon the Chief of Police to collect the same. The books are now in my hands and if the tax is not paid at once I shall proceed to collect it according to law. 5-8 W. G. Lane. Chief of Police. D. O. Hlamtand. Chaa. Blakaaleo. CORWA LUS I STEAM LAUNDRY. PatfonixeZHome Industry, SOufmlda OrdanX Solicited. ! All Work '.Guaranteed. - 25 Per Gent 0f ON ALL CHRISTMAS GOODS WATCH AND WAIT FOR KLINE'S GREAT ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE THE TIME WHEN EVERYBODY CAN SAVE MONEY AT THE PEOPLE'S STORE Corvallis, Oregon, Established 1364. - - . - -. t Graham J! In addition to a large and complete stock of Drugs and Medicines we have a fine assortment of holiday goods, such as Choice Perfumes, Toilet Articles, Fine Stationery, Books, Musical Instru ments and Pyrograph Outfits. We also have the famous Edison Phonograph, the wonder of the age, with complete line of records, nothing better for a holiday gift. A call at our store will afford you pleasure and profit. Prompt attention to mail orders. f fa Lb MffiLLER'Sm QmrwmlSam Urm ! 1 ' $ Will begin Wednesday, January 2, 1907. Offering bargains in every depart ment, and as is our custom we will make this one of the bargain events of the year. Space will not permit to quote prices on every article in the BIG STORE, but will remind you that it is a genuine sale, and everything goes at reduced prices Dry Goods 10o Outing Flannel 8io 120 " " lUo 1 Lot of colored dress goods 25c 1 " " " 35c 1 " $100 " " 60p 54-in Navy and Green homespun 45c 54-in Bine ladies cloth .45c IScSilkleen ....10c l2o " ...9c Extra heavy mixed shirting, 20c grade 1 2c 81 Men and Boys CIotMnj $10.00 Mens Suits reduced to $ 7.95 12.50 " " " 10.00 15.00 " " " " 12.00 16 50 " " " 13.20 20.00 " " " " 16.00 2.50 Boys " " " 1.95 3.00 " " " " 2.25 3 50 " " " 2 95 4.50 " " " " 3.45 Youths clothing is also included in tbis sale. 20 Yards of Good Calico $1.00 Extra Special on Table Linen, Napkins were strangers uere. fix to move in.
