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Vol. XL1V.
Cor v ai j if Benton Coijmt, Oregon, v Friday, February 15. lftOT.
No. 16
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investigation
shows that many nuO'i watches are
spoiled by tampering. iSn mutter how
little you suppose is the n
yours better
Have us repair it
A whoie lot of damage d.me by
those who are not acquainted with the
delicate mechanism. We know watches
and au repair them as iht-v nhould tie
Brinn us yours if ic iloepu'l ao just
right.
Albert J. Metzoer
WATCHMAKER
Occidental Building, ... Oorvallis
FROM THIS DATE
'Til further notic all glasses fitted by PRATT, The Optician, will be
absolutely gua tKieed for one year against breakage of
any kind.
REMEMBER
We handle Jap-a-lac A new
line Reed Rockers
0. J. BLACKLEDGE'S Fumlture Store
Corvallis - - - Oregon
SMITH & J3AWSOX lnJ-Ph"" 209
Pay the Highest Cash Price
For Poultry. Dressed Veal and Dressed Pork. Parties in or close to
town having poultry or veal to pell, call ns on Tnd. Phone and we will
V1 for Rfime. We keep a full line of Poultry and Stock
Remedies Also Chick Grit Shell and Bone, uardConi pound. Fruit
Tree Sorav, and Cider.
Corvallis SMITH &. DAWSON Oregon
Next to J. R. Smith & Co.
Best Time -
Satisfaction
Additional Local.
Grant Elgin goes to Portland tomorrow
to spend Sunday with his wifa who has
been in the hos.utal. Mrs. Elgin is
about recovered and it is hoped she may
be able to accompany her husband home
the first of the week . If not, she will
at least be able then to leave the hospital.
Sylva Nichols of Corvallis is in Albany
this week.
J. H. Simpson has been a business
visitor in Albany this week.
And now the wife of one of the Thaw
trial juror has pneumonia and there may
be a mistrial aa a result.
News from the bedside of Sophia Hart
ley received in the afternoon of tbe day
on which the operation was performed,
stated that she had rallied from the an
aesthetic and that everything seemed
favorable for her recovery.
There will be services as nssal at the
Congregational church nest Sunday.
The Christian Endeavor service at 6:30
will ba led by the president, Millard
Long.
Inquiries continue to reach Corvallis
from parties iu the Eist who ha ve their
eyes on Oregon as a future home, and
especially from the Dakotas there are
many letters, according to a local real es
tate man. One of these Dakota seekers
arrived Wednesday evening, his name
being Swansea, and he will ta&e a look
at Benton with a view to locating.
Tbe marriage of William Botolph and
Miss Ethel Hendryx was to occur at the
bride's home in this city last bight after
the Gazette pre.s hoar. The groom is
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Price, - Fifty Cents
Manufactured by
Ths Vegetable Compound Company
Ccrvallls, Oregon 91
Starr'n Bakry has secured the
services of D ck Llewellyn, the
wonderful hread maker. 89tf
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The Jeweler and Ontician S.Us the
Keeping Watch on tbe Market.
Guaranteed
employed in tbe Kline store. The young
people have the good wishes of numer
ous friends.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Bellefonn
tain is one of the liveliest organizations
of the sort in this section, according to a
report from there yesterday. A large
quantity of work islbeing done for the
benefit of the church and about 40 ladies
of the neighborhood have been lending a
helping hand oa the task this week.
A new safe arrived yesterday for the
Independent telephone company and
with the assistance o( a small sized army
of men and boys was taken np the long
fiightof stairs and installed in Mr. Lowe's
office.
In speaking of spring athletics and the
general outlook in that line, yesterday's
Albany Herald says: Reports from Cor
vallis state that the Agriculturalists will
have a string of men ont every night after
school putting in light practice in prepa
ration lor the real training which will
begin shortly. The OAO students have
always put out a very strong track team
and the meets between them and their
rival, the University of Oregon, are al
ways the premier track athletic events of
the state.
Dr. L. G. Altaian of Salem was a Cor
vallis visitor yesterday, on his way home
from a business trip to Summit.
George Plaster and family moved yes-
terday from lb9 Graham house on north
Main street to the dwelling one door
north of the Abbott feed stable.
A handsome new piano was taken to
tbe Norman Lilly hone yesterday after
noon, a present from Mr. Lilly to his
daughters.
JOHNSON EILL WILL PASS.
Practically no Opposition to Ban
ton Senator's Measure.
Salem, Ore., Feb. 12 Sena
tor Johnson's road bill was fa
vorably reported by the House In
committee of the whole this
morning, and will be passed in
the same torm that it was re
ported to tbe house from the sen
ate. Purdy, of Washington, was
chairman or the meeting and af
ter an attempt to so amend tbe
bill as to make compulsory the
employment of convicts in carry
ing out the provisions of the bill
had failed, the measure was
placed on the calendar in regalar
order for thiid reading.
Tbe bill provides for the build
ing and improvement of the main
highways of the state under the
directiion of the state highway
commission and a State Road
Engineer, tf:e expense of the
work to be shared equally by the
state, the county iu which the
improvements are made, and by
the abutting property that de
rives the benefit. The maxi
mum amount to be expended by
the state in behalf of any one
county within tbe state is limit
ed to $20,000. This bill will
pass the house with practically
no opposition.
When the bill was nndef con
sideration in the committee this
morning Newell proposed an
amendment making it compul
sory on the commission to em
ploy convicts in rock quarries at
different poiats within the state.
The amendment tmade available
an appropriation ot $25,000. to
carry its provision into effect,
this amount to revert - to the
state treasury from the first
moneys that are received under
the tax that is provided for in
the bill. The amendment fur
ther required that at least 50 of
the convicts of the state peniten
tiary should be so employed.
Perkins raised objections to the
amendment which he considered
entirely impracticable. He said
it would be- impossible to ship
the convicts into different sec
tions of the state, and recalled
that it had been theJ experience
of other states that had tried the
experiment that it cost more to
recapture the convicts who were
constantty eluding . the guards
than the rock was worth. He said
that the same amendment had
been unanimously defeated in j
the senate aud he teared the
chances of the bill becoming a
law would be seriously interfered
with if the house should insist on
lacking to the bill an amend
tnent that had been offered.
Newell's amendment was de
feated by the vote of 19 to 32.
The bill was then placed on reg
ular order for third reading.
Wednesday's Oregonion.
Made a Good Offer.
At the regular monthly meet
of the Corvallis city council held
this week, a committee from Jobs
addition waited upon the council
and offered to donate a lot in the
western part of town on which to
build a house tor the Jobs addi
tion hose cart, and to erect the
house free of cost provided the
city would pay for the material,
woicn expense snail not exceed
$200. The offer was at once ac
cepted and as soon as material can
be taken to the site the work
will begin
The location for the proposed
house is immediately east of the
Blakeslee prune crier, and the
ground was donated for the pur
pose by Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Biakesiee, which certainly shows
a commendable public spirit on
their part.
The sizt of the building will
be 16x28, 14 feet high. Th
lower floor will be used as
hous: for the hose cart and tht
apparatus and the upstairs for a
firernans' hall. All" the laboi
will be free and for the genera!
benefit af that section ot town.
I Mention has several times been'
i
mt.de in these columns of the or
ganization of an independent fire
company in Jobs addition, the
city having recently agreed to
provide them with a hose cart
and 500 feet of hose with which
fires m the western section of
town will hereafter be fought.
It is a worthy' undertaking on
the part of the citizens and will
give more adequate fire proiec
tion than has heretofore been af
forded..' ""' ' .".1 .
C0MIN3 TO OREGON
Thousands; Will Seek Homes in
the West.
Hon. J. H. Ackerman, superin
tendent of public instruction for
the state of .Oregon, has asked
the Oregon Development League
to supply the details of its work
and especially" the facts relative
to the colonists rates to each and
every one of the county superin
tendents throughout the state of
Oregon. . - -" .
Mr. Ackerman. believes that
the splendid opportunity afforded
the people of the Middle West to
visit almost every point in O: -gon
at the low rate of $25 should
be put before the schools, and
that all teachers in , the state
should not only inform themsel
ves of the facts, but impart those
facts to their students.
There is an absolute hunger
for in'ormation about Oregon
throughout all portions ot the
United States. In addition to
many thousands that have been
coming since . December, . 3,730
inquiries have been added within
the past few days. . Coos Bay is
especially active and the results
are paying them well for their
expense in time, and money.
Corvallis receives more attention
than any other point in the Wil
lamette Valley, while Medtord
leads in Southern Oregon.
Many other points in Oregon
are at work and tbe commercial
and industrial bodies of the state
should get out their very best ad
vertising matter and into the
mails without delay.
The Poitland Commercial Club
addd $2,480 to the fund with
which it is advertisng the state
of Oregon at a dinner last Tues
day night.
The newspapers of the state
are doing a grand work in calling
attention to this opportunity to
increase tbe. population and
wealth of the state, while the
teachers and in some cases the
preachers are making it their
business to interest the citizens
of Oregon in inviting those who
live iu the older sections of the
country to come out and make
their homes in the Beaver State.
Save Fuel Says Teddy.
The fuel situation in the Uni
ted States has finally claimed the
attention of the nation's presi
dent and a dispatch from Wash
ington says:
President Roosevelt has sent
to congress a long message call
ing attention to what he calls the
"urgent need of legislation af
fecting the different phases of
the public land situation in the
United States " He advocates
conservation of coal and other
fuel resources on lands still be
longing to the Government, say
ing that henceforth the nation
should retain Its title in its fuel
resources; urges government con
trol of the Western public land
pastures, with a system of small
grazing fees, etc., and asks for
an approoriacion of $533 030 im
mediately available, in aiiitioa
to present estimates, to aid in
detecting and preventing land
frauds. He contends for a sys
tem of gover imant leases of its
nineral land and for treating
-,he?e faal laaii as pablic utili
ties. -
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CHINA NEW YEAR HERE.
Hw the Chinese Count Thsir
Year Noise to Frighten Devils.
The celebration of China New
Year was- ushered in Moadiv
night in Corvallis. As the shoot
ing of huge fire crackers and the
general din incident to the cele
bration always attracts attention
from the entire white population
and causes much wonder meut as
to . why these things are
done, some light is herewith of
fered on the subject. The Port
land Journal of Tuesday evening
says of tbe season in that city:
With those ear-splitting deton
ations so essential to a successful
observance of the advent of the
new year, Portland's Chinese
population at midnight inaugu
rated the anunal 2 3-d ays' cele
bration of the thirty-third year of
the reign of Kwong Shue, prince
of the sun, moon and stars and
beloved sou of the famous Hong
Gi, whose bones went to mingle
with those of his ancestors in tbe
fatal thirteenth year of his occu
pancy of the throne.
Unlite the Gregonian calendar
the Chinese method of computing
the lapse of time starts upon the
ascendency of an emperor to the
throne. Upon his death, when
a new monarch takes the reigns
of power, the hands of time are
turned back again to one.
With the wierd incantations of
fantastically garbed priests the
cymbals, the squeak of the fid
dles, the burning of incense and
above all the din of the exploding
crackers, the ubiquitous devils
were given such a great fright
last night that, according to the
bespectacled Asiatic seers, the
fomenters of evil have been
scared away for at least another
twelve months.
Feasting is a natural concomi
tant of this season of cheer and
none are so poor but who are
able to afford a flagon of wine
and a varnished cigar. From the
depth ot the sandalwood chests
the celestials have brought forth
their finest raiment and China
town is a riot ot color. Crackers
will be exploded daily from 5 to
8 a. m. and 6 to 9 p. m., through
the dispensation of the city coun
cil. Services are being held in
every joss house and several large
nquets are scheduled during
the week.
COMING.
Tj Corvallis February 22 Every
body is doing.
Just a reminder that ''The
Missouri Girl," the great "Show
Me" play that has made millions
happy trom coast to coast, is
coming this way. It is much
better than the ordinary shows,
has all special scenery and a cast
headed by Miss Sidie Riymoad
and frank f. iarrell. A pro
duction that is guaranteed to be
thoroughly firstclass. 16
Troubles of Mail Clerks.
The railroad mail clerks have
their troubles, like the rest of
humanity, and they are praying
for the time when everyone will
write a plain, legible hand and
direct their letters in a readable
style.
It is believed thit before long
the pos' office department will re
quire that in addressing envelopes
tbe present svstem be reversed
and the state and town given
first and in as prominent writing
or type as it is possible to make
without disfiguring the appear
ance of the envelope too much,
the Dime of the person for whom
the letter is intended being of
secondary importance. The idea
is that less errors would be made
bv the po. tal clerks on the mail
trains and their work be greatly
facilitated as they are compelled
to distribute their mail with
much speed and in many cases
'give it a hurried glance only
it iut t!ie pr j .Kir
sacks.
The naming of farms may
cause slow service in regard to
the delivery of mail. It is the
giving of farms the same name as
pos'offices. The sime or a sim
ilarity of names causes the postal
clerks more bother than any one
thing in the service. As they
are generally compelled to work
at rice-horse speed in the distri-.
billion of mail oq the cars, a .
glance is all tbat can be given.
If -your farm name should be
given the prominence on a letter,
it may be sent to a town of that
name in another state. In , ad
dressing an envelope, the town
and state are the things to give
prominence, the name of the per
son coming secondary for the lo
cal postmasters' consideration.
Ex.
ANNUAL CONVENTION.
Passage of Jones Bill Providei for
Such School Boards.
Annual conventions of district school
boards of the ditfareut counties in the
state are provided for in the bill of which
Jones of Polk and Lincola is the author,
and was passed this wek by the House.
Tne bill carries with it no appropriation,
but a daily allowance of $2 for each dele
gate is stipulated, while the convention is
in session. Provision U made for repre
sentation at suchconven.ioas from each
district iu the state. The .bill reads aa
follows :
the county school supeiintendant
may, at his discretion, hold annually a
school board convention or conventions
for a term of not less than one day for
the discussion of questions pertaining to
the improvement of the public school
system. The ' chairman of the school
board shall be the delegate to the con
vention. If he is unable to attend he
shall appoint a member of his board or
the clerk to lepresent tha district. Each
delegate attending the convention during
the entire session shall bs entitled to re
ceive two dollars oat of the general fuad
of the county. But no such expense
shall be paid until approved by the coun
ty school superintendent. No school
district shall be entitled to compensation
for representation for attendance at more
than one conyention held in tbe county
during any one year."
Beaver Creek Notes.
Mr. Goves and family were
Corvallis visitors last Friday and
Saturday.
Billy Park has just completed a
new ience around his garden
which greatly improves the looks
of his place.
Mr. Keeley and Mr. Harkins
transacted business in Philomath
Friday.
Owing to the high water Mr.
Connor could,not deliver his mail
ast Tuesday.
Sunday school was organized
last Sunday at Beaver Creek at
2 p. m. every Sunday.
Mrs. Nellie Skipton and baMes
are visiting with her parents and
friends on Beaver Creek.
Mrs. Daniels and Mr. and Mrs.
Winters were Philomath visitors
lasc Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. 'Ireland
were visitors at Sodayille last
week.
Markus Henderson began work
for Messrs. Stevens and Ish last
Monday.
There was an entertainment
given at the Beaver Creek school
house Tuesday evening by Prof.
Milton which was very much en
joyed.
There is but little damage re
ported from the high water.
Mr. Ish and Mr. Stevens have
their mill in operation and it
proves quite a success.
Last Friday evening a small
crowd gathered at. Mr. Starr's
and spent a most enjoyable eve
ning. Frank Bennett was a Belle-
fountain visitor Saturday-
Mr. Duffy is again rebuilding
the bridsre the first high water
took out.
Miss Gail Starr is to be at home
next week.
Irvie Starr has gone to work
for S. S. Henkle.
Mrs. Bennett departed Tues
day for McMinnville where she
; ja to visit her sister-in-law.
wh'le thro jfiag