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Corvaijis, Ibton County, Oregon, Tuesday. rua jy 26. 190T.
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Investigation
shows that maoy joo.i watches are
spoi ed by taniperinif. No matter how
little you suppose is ti e ni t
yours better 4
Havo us repair It.
A whoie lot of damage can be done by
those who are not acquainted with the
delicate mechanism. We know watches
anil i an repair them an they should be
Brini( us yours if it duetm't eo just
riitht. ,
Albert J. Metzger
WATCHMAKER
Occidental Building, - - - Corvallis
FROM THIS D ATE
'Til further uo'iV- all classes fitted by PRATT, The Optician, will be
absolutely guar mteed for one yean against breakage of
any kin A
We handle
line Reed Rockers
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0. J. BLACKLEDGE'S FurnitureStore
Corvallis - - - Oregon
SMITH & DAWSON M Ph"" 09
Pay the Highest Cash Price
For Ponltrv. Dressed Veal and Dressed Pork. Parties in or close to
town having poultry or veal to sell, call us on Tnd. Phone ani we wiH
i'h'1 for same. We keep a full line of Poultry and Stock
RomodiOSm Also Chick Grit Shell and Bone, ,ard Compound, Fruit
Tree Sprav, ami Cider.
Corvallis SMITH &. DAWSON Oregon
Next to J. R. Smith & Co.
Best Time -
Satisfaction
Value of Sprinters.
The gray matter of man con
ceives many peculiar ideas. The
Baker City Herald credits Repre
sentative Farrell of Multnomah
county of placing- a value of
$125,000 on Dan Kelly, the not
ed ioo-yard man. The claim is
made that Kelly is worth that
to the state of Oregon.
The Herald goes ou to state
that Baker has the first and only
legitimate claim on Kelly. Ia
'other wo ids, if there is a chance
to possess anything of the value
ot $125,000, be it man or beast,
by simply putting in a claim
Baker proposes to estimate her
self just so many dollars richer.
According to this process ot
figuring Benton wuld be many
thousand dollars wealthier thau
shows by the assessment books.
But so far we are not ready to be
taxed m OAC's athletes, al
though we are all very proud of
them and glory in their achieve
ments. Baker may be willing to
pay taxes on Kelly, who can say
Following is what the Herald
says:
It is estimated by Represent!
tive Farrell, of Multnomah, that
Dan Kelly is worth $125,000 to
the state. This is the view ot
Multnomah couutv. which wishes
l make the fast sprinter its pro
SPENCERS
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Price, - Fifty Cents
Manufactured by
The Vegetable Compound Company
Corvallis, Oregon 91
Starr's Bakery ban secured the
aervice of D ck Llewellyn, the
wonderful bread maker.
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The JeweFer and Qgtiaian S lis the-
Keeping Watch on the Market.
Guaranteed
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tege and Baker county will havs
to get busy or it will lose its
honors in that connection. Kelly
holds the world's record and Ba
ker county should not overlook
the valve that young man is to
this community. He is the bes
advertisement that we have had
for maoy moons. Dan is good
natured and does not miud in the
least being made an advertise
ment, for his home town and
county, and i; is up to Baker to
get busy and use him.
Portland has a habit of claim
ing every famous athlete turned
out in the state. The Mult
nomah Club does not hesitate for
a minute to capture every fast
man that comes its way." Din
Kelly is a Baker high school ath
lete and is not ashamed of it. He
is ready to stick with Biker, and
it is up to this place to stick with
him. Whoop it it!
' Tfce 'Oia Time "Pip."
Fip Is just one symptom in disease.
It is just a dry tongue. Never try to
remove the dry covering of the tongue.
Better hunt the real trouble and cure
that. A "piPPJ" tongue is seen iu
bronchitis, pneumonia in fact, in all
diseases of the air passages, says a
writer in American Toultry Advocate.
One fc:ing I am sure of that is, that
boiled potato skins never produce trou
ble. I see no reason to think that there
Is drying quality enough in these skins
wbeu fed raw to give the looks of
P- ... - ...
SHOCKING!
Corvallis Fojver Wire Gives
FrankCresswell 10,000 Volts.
The following account of what
did happen and what might have
bappentd a Benton county boy is
given in the Albany ricrald ot
Saturday:
Lving senseless on the very
edge of the high pier which sup
ports the Benton county end of the
Albany steel bridge, Frank Cres
ell, the fifteen year old son of
John Cresswell, was found yester
dav afternoon by Linemen Kyle
and Coon of the Hjtne Telephont
Company.
So close to the edge of the
pier was the seemingly inanimate
form of the youth, that the
slightest movement would have
precipitated him to the earth, 30
feet below, where he would un
doubtedly have been killed
Ten thousand volts from the
powerful electric current of the
Willamette Valley Company's
wires to Corvallis, had passed
through young Creswell's body
as he was standing on ton of the
iron pier preparatory to descenn
ing to the ground. The ycuth
was alone at the time and the
exact circumstances are not yet
known except as he related them
last night to the . physician in
charge, at St, Mary's hospital.
According to the story of Cres
well, he bad started to climb
down the pier of the bridge to
the ground, intending to reach
the top of the pier and then slide
down one of the steel supports to
the bridge, and his feet were
resting on the pier. TJ secure
his balance he had hold of the
bridge. Reaching almost invol
untarily and without thought of
the coosequeaces, his left hand
grasped the wire of the Willam
ette Valley Company, that con
ducts the electricity to Corvallis,
and the entire 10,000 volts passed
through his body. He sank im
mediately to the pier, where be
lay unconscious until found.
The electricity passed through
the left arm and entered tne pier
through his right foot. So pow
erful was the current the boy'
Lett hand where he grasped the
wire was fea fully burned, so that
when his" clutch was loosened
from the 'atal wire, the flash ad
hered to the wire. The sole ot
Creswell's shoe was burned com
pletely off by the electricity, and
he will lose the toes of his right
foot .
Dr. Wallace, the attending
physician, stated last nijht that
while the boys condition was
serious, his system having receiv
ed a terrible shock, it is believ
ed he will recover. Young Cres
well lives with his parents, Air.
and Mis. John Cresswell, a short
distance from the Benton county
end of the Albany steel bridge.
A coincident related in connec
tion with the finding of Cress
well by Mr. Coun, is that not
long ago Mr. Conn saved Cres
well from drowning.
Cross -Corn try Run.
The cross-country rnn between
the various classmen of OAC oc
curred Friday. The men had
been in training for a month and
made a splendid showing. The
course is four miles long and over
every character of ground. There
is a gold medal prize for fi.sl
place in the final tryout. From
the shape the bovs are getting in
it is an assured fact that "Dad"
Trine will have a strong aggte
gation for the track events this
spring. The entries were as fol
lows:
Seniors Spires, Brodie, Foste
and Blue. Spires first and Bro
die second; time, 27 minutes flat
Juniors --Hod" DeVolt, Win
niford and Hayes. DeVolt fir.s
and Brodie second; time 24:41.
Sophomore Totten, Oviatt,
Brown, and Howard. Totten
ist; time, 24:54; Oviatt 2nd; tim
24:56.
Freshmen Cross. Johnson,
John Kelly, Smith, Hailey, Lock-
wood, Keady, and Button. Cross
1st, Johnson and. and KeUy 3rd;
lime, 24 minute?.
This is an exceptionally good
showing. From these men some
fast quarter, half and mjle men
should be easy or selection. The
final tryont between the winners
of this event will occur in about
a month.
Married in Baker.
A kind friend of ours has
written us a brief account of the
wedding of Miss Ethel Linviile,
of this city, and Mr. W. H.
Weeks of LGrande. The ac
count is as follows:
A wedding of much interest to
the people of Corvallis occurred at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L
Patterson, Baker City, Ore.,
Wednesday, Feb. 20th at 5 p. m.,
when Miss Ethel Linviile, of Cor
vallis, and Mr. W. H. Weeks, of
LaGrande, were united ia mar
riage by the Rev. M. S. Bush.
Alter the ceremony an elegant
wedding supper was served.
B.ith the bride and groom are
former OAC students. Mrs
Weeks has many accomplish
ments and is highly respected by
a host ot friends. Mr. Weeks
has an exce lent position as tore
man of the creamery in La-
Giande, at which place they will
make their.home.
As Fam iliarly Known.
Ia every community there are
found individuals who, for some
known or unknown reason, are
given "nicknames." Often some
peculiarity of speech or gait may
cause a man to carry some perti
nent cognomen to his grave.
Some men become so accus
tomed to answering to a "nick
name" that it would be surpris
if they did not forget their bap
tismal name. Nor is this custom
applied exclusively to any section
of the country or to any particu
lar class. In this respect at least
the plebeian fares as well as the
patrician. See how it goes wit 11
our TJuited States Senators.
Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts,
used to be spoken of as "The
Scholar," but since the telephone
incident at the lastsessisn certain
irrevent Senators have named
him "Central." Mr. Crane,
Lodge's colleague, is "Slender
William," and Knox of the Key
stone State, with whom he is on
very intimate terms is called
"Little Phil." Mr. Knox and
Mr. Crane are about the same
size, and although their seats are
far apart, they are almost insep
arable companions. Probably
after March 4 they will arrange
to secure adjoining seats.
Neither one weighs much over
100 pounds.
Mr. Cullom. of Illinois, is
"TJacle Abe," because of his al
leged resemblance to Mr. Lin
coln. Mr. Gallinger, of New
Hampshire, is called "Mayor"
on account ot nis position as
chairman of the District commit
tee. Some Senators also address
him as "Doc." as he is a medi
cal graduate.
Mr. Beveridge, of Indiana, fig
ures as tne "Boy Orator" ana
"The Wasp of the Wabash."
Mr. Allison is known as "Soft
Pedal."
Mr. Carter, of .Montana, is
known as "Uncle Sam" by rea
son of his whiskers. Mr. Clark,
his colleague, is "The Copper
King" and "Croesus." He is
said to be the richest man in the
Senate. Mr. Money, ot Missis
sippi, who said the other day
that he waa probably the poorest
member ot the Senate, is referred
to as "The Discoverer." His
middle name is De Soto.
Mr. Pettus, the oldest member
of the Senate, is "Old Confucius.'
Many Senators believe that he is
even wiser than the Chinese phu
osopher of that name.
Smoot, of Utah, is "The
Apostle;" Blackburn- of Ken-
ucky, "Thunder Joe."
APPORTIONMENT BILL
Provides for Thirty Senators for
State of Oregon.
Thursday the house passed the
apportionment bill, fixing the
number of senators in the state
legislative , assembly, which re
peals all former acts in conflict
with the law. There was con
siderable doubt existing among
the members as to the exact sig
nificance of the bill, and Jonrs of
Lincoln and Polk moved an in
definite postponement of the bill,
which was voted down, and the
bill was put to a vote. Seven
members declared themselves
against it as follows: Connell,
Campbell, Huntley, Jones of
Lincoln and Polk, McCallon,
Jones of Clackamas, and Carter.
The provisions of the bill are as
follows:
Section 1. That on and af
ter the first Monday in Tuns,
1908, the senate of this state
shall consist of thirty members.
Section 2. The ratio for the
apportionment ef this state into
senatorial districts shall be one
senator for every 1,484. white
population, or fraction thereof,
exceeding one-half, in each sen
atorial district.
Section 3. The county of
Marion shall constitute the
First senatorial district, and shall
be entitled to two senators.
"The county of Linn shall con
stitute the Second senatorial dis
trict, and shall be entitled to one
senator.
The county ot Line shall
constitute the Third senatorial
district, and shall be entitled to
one senator.
'The county of Douglas shall
constitute the Fourth senatorial
district, and shall be entitled to
one senator.
"The county ot Jackson shall
constitute the Fifth senatorial
dictrict and shall be entitled to
one senator.
'The counties of Line, Djug-
as and Josephine shall constitute
the Sixth senatorial district, and
shall be entitled to one senator
jointly.
"The counties of Coos and
Curry shall constitute the Sev
enth senatorial district, and shall
be entitled to one senator joint-
ly.
"The counties ot Benton, Lin
coln and Tillamook shall consti
tute the Eighth senatorial dis
trict, and shall be entitied to one
senator jointly.
The county 01 Polk shail con
stitute the Ninth senatorial dis
trict, and shall be entitled to one
senator.
The county of Yamhill shtll
constitute the Tenth senatorial
district and shall be entitled to
one senator.
The county of Washington
shall constitute the Eleventh sen
atorial district, and shall be en
titled to one senator.
The county of Clackamas shall
constitute the Twelfth senatator
ial district, and shall be entitled
to one senator.
'The county of Multnomah
shall constitute the Thirteenth
senatorial district, and shall be
entitled to seven senators.
"The counties of Columbia,
Multnomah and Clackamas con
stitute the Fourteeth senatoual
district, and shall be entitled to
one senator jointly.
'The county of Clatsop shall
constitute the Fifteenth senatorial
district, and shall be entitled to
one senator.
The county of Wasco shall
constitute the Sixteenth senator
ial district, and shall be entitled
to one senator.
"The counties of Crook, Clack
amas and Lake shall constitute
the Seventeenth senatorial dist
rict, and shall be entitled to one
senator jointly.
"The counties ot Gilliam,
Sherman and Wheeler shail con
stitute the Eighteenth senatorial
district, and shall be entitled to
onesenator jointly .
"The counties of Mirrow,
Umatilla and Unio-i shall oo-i-ntute
the Nineteenth senatoriAt
district, and shll be en:itled to
one senator jointly.
"The countv of Umatilla shall"
constitute the Twentieth senato--ial
district, and shull be entitle.!
to one senator.
"The counties of Union anrf
Wallowa shall corsti?ue the
Twenty-first senatorial district,,
and shall be entitled to one sena
tor jointly. '
The counties of Grant. Mal
heur and Harney shall constitute
the Twenty-sec nd senatorial
district, and shall be entitled to
one senator jointly.
The county of Baker shall
constitute the Twenty-third sena
torial district, and shall be enti
tled to one senator.
"Section 4. Senators holdirjsr
over, representing districts com
posed ot more than one county.
shall, when the districts have
been changed, by this act, be
considered senators of the dist
ricts created by this act, in which
they reside.
"Section 5. All acts and"
parts of acts in conflict herewith,,
are hereby "repealed."
WASHINGTON'S BiHTHDAY.
A the First Methodist Church
Patriotic Program.
Last Friday evening a very
fine patriotic program was ren
dered under the auspices of the
Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the First Methodist
church. Quite a number of per
sons were present in colonial
style, making a very pretty con
trast to the ordinary dress of to
day. Noted characters of the
revolutionary times were well
represented.
Mrs. G. B. Smith was Hilda,
the prophetess.
Mrs. T. Wellsher represented
Columbia, and J. L. Underwood
m ide a typical Uncle Sim-
Prof. Cu minings and wife were
an ideal Lrorge and JVUrina.
Washington.
Mr. Stevenson, of the firm of
Robinson & Stevenson, represent
ed John Adams, but some got
him mixed up with Napoleon.
Mr. Palmer represented the
Frenchman as if he had been
born and reared in France.
Mr. Bergaman was Benjamin
Franklin and Mr. Keeny the-
Englishman upon whose virtues
the sun never set.
The program consisted ot pa
triotic recitations and old-fashioned
songs.
Refreshments were served nr.
the dining room of the church.
A large crowd enjoyed the
occasion.
Nettie the News Girl."
(Daily Journal, Monday, Fdb. 4)
Those w ho are fond of melo-
orama, will hna just wnat :ney
want at the Empiie this we k,
for "Nettie the News Girl" is a
thriller among the leaders. It
was presented to crowded bouses
at both the matinee and evening
performances yesterday.
"Nettie the JNews lim" is ex
citing, thrilling and romantic,
and has plenty of fresh, amusingr
comedy and new and up-to-date
specialities. There is an abund
ance of plot, counter-plot, hero
ism, laughter and tears. It con
tains all the elements that the
most exacting lover of melo
diama could demand. '
Miss Isabelle Lowe, iu the
title part, is an industrious and
dashing soubretee who makes a
decided hit. She receives good
support by a really capable com
pany, and there is no donbt about
the audiences' approval ot their
work.
There are several elaborate
stage settings iu the piece, which
are interestingly realistic. "Nettie
the News Girl" will be the bill
at the Empire all week, and will
undoubtedly give - eminent salis-
I faction."