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Vol. XL.IV.
COKVAIJIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. MARCH 1. 190T.
No. SO
Inves tigalion
ibotrs that many jioO'i watches are
spoiled by tampering. No matter how
little you suppose is tte di t
yours better
Have us ieaa!f it.
A whoie lot of damn!" 'n U done by
those who are not acquainted with the
deiii ate mechanism. We know watches
ond i an repair them as ihev should he
Brine us yours if it dot-xn't go just
right.
Albert J. fMzger
WATCHMAKER
Occidental Building, ... Corvallis
FROMTIIISDATE
'til further Ncjti all irlaeses fitted by PRATT, The Optician, will be
absolutely Quzr "siteed for one yosf against breakage of
any kind
We make a specialty of Jap-a-lac,
gewiug Machine and Acme Washers
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0. J. BLACKLEDSE'S Furnitiire Storg
Corvallis - - - Oregon
SMITH & DAWSON Pl""" 209
Pay the Highest Cash Price
For Poultry. Dressed "Veal and Dressed Pork. Parties in or close to
town having poultry or veal to sell, call us on Tnd. Phone and we will
m'l for ssme. We keep a full line of Poultry and Stock
Remedies. Also Chick Grit Shell and Bone, ard Compound, Fruit
Tree iray, and Cider.
Corvallis SMITH &
Next, to J. R.
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Satisfaction
GUINEA HENS.
They Would Be Popular If Theli
Value Were Better Understood.
In runny localities the guinea hen Is
considered as a kind of a novelty or
nuisance ahont the place. It does not
seem to be thoroughly well understood
that the eggs of the guinea ben are
highly valued by bakers for cake mak
ing and that the young guinea fowl
will bring the highest price of any
broiler upon the market, says the
Feather. If more attention were given
to the selection of the breeding stock,
preventing too close inbreeding and
providing a separate house away from
the chickens for the guinea fowls, their
cultivation might become more general
and profitable. Guinea hens may be
taught to live almost the same as
chicken hens. The trouble experienced
from keeping guinea fowls in buildings
or poultry houses is the overpowering
Influence of mites and lice upon them.
They are much more easily destroyed
by lice and mites than the chickens.
The young of the guinea hen scarcely
exist at nil when once attacked by lice
or mltos, which quickly destroy them.
Guinea hens live out in the open,
build their nests or select their nests
under an old stump, a stone or in some
out of the way place. When once they
locate their nest and lay a few eggs
therein they continually remain about
the locality, and it is not difficult for
this reason to locate their nests and
take from .thTjvmrt of the pjrjs. These
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or the guinea hens themselves. When
either of these are permitted to hatch
the young guineas it is well to confine
the mother and young as soon as the
young are hatched and keep them near
at hand, where they can be looked after
and properly fed and cared for a short
time until the young guineas become of
a size that enables them to follow the
mother about. ,
Chemistry, Practical and Theoretical.
"Young gentlemen," said the lec
turer in chemistry, "coal exposed to
the elements loses 10 per cent of its
weight and heating power. This is
due to the action of the alkali con
stituents of"
"But whnt if there is a dog sleep
ing near the coal, professor r
"None of your levity, young man.
This is a serious matter."
"That's what father thought
when 72 per cent of his coal pile dis
appeared during three nights of ex
posure. Then he asked my advice
as a student of chemistry, and I told
him to buy a dog. He bought a dog
with bay window teeth and the
stringhalt in his upper lip, and now
wo don t lose 1 per cent of our coal
a month. That's the kind of a prac
tical chemist I am. Now go on with
your theorv."
Work to the
Office.
OAS MUST WIM.
Championship of the World
Stake Monday Night.
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Next Monday night there will
be an exciting time at the college
armory. The Crescent ; Five
basketbaU team, champions of
the world, will be here and go
np against the OAC team, which
now has the title of Uudeteated
Champions. '
The Crescent Five won the
championship of the United
States last year, and have been
undefeated this year. They are
making a tour of the United
States and Canada and are now
considering a proposition of ex
tending their trip to Hawaii. ;
Every player on the team is con
sidered a star.
The O AC boys are not wast
ing a moment's time. Besides
their regular practice "Did"
Trine has given them light prac
tice of nights during the week,
rounding them into perfect shape
lor the trying ordeal.
This game will without a doubt
be the fastest and most interest
ing game ever played oa the Pa
cific coast and Northwest. And
there promises to be the largest
crowd to witness it in the history
of OAC. An excursion will be
run from Albany and is expected
to bring between two and three
hundred people to cheer the OAC
boys.
Manager McCallister savs the
team that defeats those boys will
have to go some. We are not
figuring on being, defeated and
we do not expect to be.
It is not necessary to go into
detail in giving tbe record of
each individual player on the
team. Every one of them are
stars. Now citizens, students
and friends of the old OAC, come
out and see for yourselves which
star shines the brighter, the
Eastern or the Western.
The game will be called at
8:io. Doors ooen at 7. Con
cert bv cadet band.
Feb. 22nd, 1857 Feb. 22nd, 1907.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. B.
F. Seely was the scene of a nap
py family reunion in honor of the
fiftieth anniversary of their mar
riage. Four generations were repre
sented at me banquet, tdat was
served early in the afternoon. A
little child of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Oberer was the youngest guest.
Several beautitul and appropriate
presents were given the "honored
ones."
Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Seely, Mrs. Betty
Williams of Washington ' Co.. ;
Miss Marie Alien ct Alsea; G. A.
Seely, wife and children of Cor
vallis; E. G. Williams and wife
of Portland ; T-S. Creson, wife
and children of Corvallis; Mrs. F.
J. Oberer and children of Falls
City; J. C. Woods and wife of
Corvallis; Mrs. W. Hadley and
Mrs. W. Davis of Portland: Mr. I
and Mrs. W. M. Crees of Corval
lis. The last named couple are
old "tried, and found true friends,
of Mr. and Mrs. Seely.
In the evening the young peo
ple of the family rendered an ex
cellent program oi songs and
recitations, that proved to be one
of the most enjoyable features ot
the occasion, and one that appeal
ed most strongly to the hearts of
Mr. and Mrs. Seely.
On Tuesday evening Mr. and
Mrs. Crees informally entertained
Mr. and Mrs. Seely and their
children. Light refreshments
were served and "the hours sped
all too quickly" in social inter
course. Mr. and Mrs. Seely were
married in Iowa, Feb. 22, 1857.
The next year they moved u
Wisconsin. Mr. Seely eelisted
in Company M, Third Wisconsin
Volunteer Cavalry, and sere
almost tour years. While in ser
vice, he was wounded, and h
still suffering from the injury thai
has almost incapacitated him
from manual labor.
They moved to Kansas from
Wisconsin, and thence to Oregoa
about 1888. They resided tor
some years in Alsea.
f It is a pleasure to greet this
couple, who, while wearing the
crown ot many winters, are lin
ing a life of youth and Summer
time, and who have endeared
themselves to their friends by
their kindness, cheeriness and
sterling worth.
We wish for them a happy re
union oa their diamond anniver
sary.
Read the LessOn.
Reverting to the lower grade
work, Mr. Inglis witnessed an
impressive scene which convin
ced him of the wholesomeness
of Hawaiian school life. He de
scribes it in this graphic lang
uage:
Out upon the lawn marched
the children, two by two, just as
precise and orderly as you can
hod them at home. With the
ea"se that comes of 1 jng practice
the classes marched and counter
manded until all were drawn up
into a compact array facing a
large American flag that was
dancing in the northeast trade
wind forty feet above their heads.
Surely this was the most curious,
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most aiverse regiment ever
drawn up under that banner
tiny Hawaians, Americans, Brit
ons, Germans, Portuguese,
Scandinavians, Japanese, Chi
nese, Por'o Ricans, and Heaven
knows what e'se.
" "''Attention !' ' Mrs. "Fri- zer com
manded. The little regiment stood last,
arms at side , shoulders back,
chests out, heads up, and every
eye fixed upon the red, whi e and
blue emblem that waved protect-
ingly over them.
"Salute!" was the principal's
next command.
Every right hand was raised,
forefinger extended, and the six
hundred and fourteen fresh,
childish vcic:s chanted as one
voice :
''We give our heads and our
hearts to God and our country !
One country! One language!
One fiag !"
Tne last six words were shot
out with a lorce that was explo
sive. The tone, the gesture, the
gazs fixed reverently upou the
flig, told their story ot loyal fer
vor. And it was apparent that
the salute was given as spontan
eously and enthusiastically by
the Japanese as by any of the
other children. There were
hundreds of them in the throng,
and ; their voice? rang out as
clearly as any of them, their
hands were raised in unison.
The coldest clod of a man who
.sees the children perform this act
ot reverence must feel a tighten
ing at the throat, and it is even
more affecting to see these young
atoms from all the world actually
being fused in the crucible from
which they shall issue piesently
as good American citizens.
Laughter.
To laugh long and hearty; to
tingle with intense excitment; to
sit spell'uound with rapt atten
tion; to have the tears well up in
his eyes in heartfelt sympathy,
are some of the expressions of the
emo'ions that make lite worth the
living. This is the kind ot en
joyment you get when you see
the production of "A Cowboy's
Girl." At the opera house Sat
urday niht, March 2nd.
To Trevcni Bovrel' Vrbnwr
It has been said that if dry wheat
brau is used as a covering for the
floor of a feed box and if nothing but
a dry grain ration is fed to the young
chicks and pure water and grit are set
near by for them it will prevent bow
el trouble. In addition to these, some
use stale bread ground small in a cof
fee mill and some fine ground chop.
Tills is a meal made of equal parts of
oats and corn ground fine with the
oat husks sifted out and fed In the
bran. These are said to be the safest
remedies against this trouble In poul
try in hot climates.
VETOED BY GOVERN 3.1.
Pare Food and Voting Machine
Bills Given Quietus.
A dispatch from Salem under
date of February 26,. enumerates
bills vetoed by Gov. Chamber
lain. Thev are as follows:
S. B. 198, Beach's voting ma
chine bill, was knocked into a
cock hat. It provides no ma
chine costing over $coo shall he
considered, in his veto message
on this bill the Governor says:
1 am forced to the conclusion
that there are no machines that
might cost more than Soo which
could not be considered because
of that limitation, even if one of
them might do the work of two
at the lowet once. It smacks
of an effort to legislate in the in
terest ot one or more establish
ments with low-priced machines.
and I cannot give it my assent.
The officers named in the bill
are just as competent to decide
as to the price as they are to de
cide as to the quality, and how
ever meritorious the bill may be
it ought to be defeated unless it
vests the authorities with abso
lute freedom to do what is best
for the state .after models have
been submitted aud the bids are
all considered." .
H. B. 293, by Beals, created
the office of dairy and cheese
Inspector. This was vetoed be
cause the governor holds the
duties imposed by it should be
performed by the present dairy
and food commissioner and fur
ther because the appointive pow
er is not left to the executive.
Kay's bill. S. B. r:7. which
provides for the garnishment of
wages ot state employes, was dis
approved for two reasons. First,
because the state has not con
sented to become a defendant in
actions against its employes, and,
therefore, the bill would be in
operative; and second, the Gov
ernor savs the bill is not in line
with a sound public policy. He
says the business man ought to
know the credit and standing ot
those to whom he extends credit
without harrassiner the emDloves
of the state with the matter.
H. B. No. 40. by Northup.
amending the code relating to
the redemption of property, was
vetoed because there were two
bills bearing on the same sub
ject.
H. B. 21. bv Tackson. orovid-
ing a closed season for salmon on
the Umpqua, was vetoed for the
reason that it was covered by the
present statute.
S. B. 77. bv Hodson amend-
ii'
atory relating to the sale of wa
ter under tne uarey act, was
vetoed on the cround of coinoli-
O -
cations that were feared from its
enactment.
The p-overnor also vetoed the
Johnson road law, and the pure
tood law ot the same senator.
The governor is usinp- his veto
power seemingly without fear or
iavor.
In Union is Streugth.
In January of the present year,
Lhe retail merchants and grocers
of Oregon met in Portland and
perfected a state organization.
By some oversight Corvallis was
not represented. Mr. C. C. Mer
rick, the state secretary, spoke to
S. L. Kline as to the possibility
of a local organization being
formed in Corvallis. Mr. Kline
realized the value of commercial
benefits to be derived from such a
union, and with the hearty co
operation of our business men has
pushed this move until a city or
ganization, in the near future.
has become an assured fact.
The importance of such an or
ganization is apparent to every
business man, and great credit is
due Mr. Kline for his untiring
efforts to bring about this union.
The following mtrchacts ard
business men have, signified their
willingness to join a Retail Gro
cers' and Merchants' Association.
S. L. Kline & Son, J. R. Smith
& Co., Welcher & Bertnan, R.
M. Wade & Co., Intjle & Tozier,
Graham & Wortham, Hollftiberg
&Cadv, Corv.i lis Meat Com
pany, E. B. Horning. City Meat
Marka, C. C. Bni.t-?r, J. M.
Nolan & Son, W. T. and C. E.
Small, Herkle & Davis, Graham
& Wells. J. H. Harris, P. M.
Zierolf, R. H. Huston, Miles
Starr, R. L. Taylor. Herbert
Hodes, M. M. Lou?. Grant E'-
gin, V. P. Moses, Thatcher &
Johnson, F. L. Miller, L,. A
Boulden, A. K. Russ, Hout &
Jones, Allen & Woodward, H.
C. Mangas, Miltoi & Pinkerton.
Woman's Relief Corps Social.
One of the most enjoyable so
cials of the season was given last
Saturday evening, by the ladies
of the W. R. C.
The program was as follows:
All joined in singing Amsrica.
Rev. Hurd gave a short sketch
of the life and work of Washing
ton; duet, Mesdames.,Blackledge
and Farmer. T. T. Vincent gave
an excellent talk cn Lincoln, fol
lowed by a solo by Mabel Hubler.
Rev. Feese reviewed the lite of
McKinley. Patriotic solo, Mr.
White; recitation on McKinley,
Master Kale; recitation, "Hats
Off," EUa Felkin accompanied
by a flig drill by six little girls;
reading, Mrs. Thcrp; Loyal solo,
Blanche Hammel; recitation,
"How Betsy Ross Made the Flag,'
Besie Hubler; solo, Janet Black
ledjje; recitition, "Washington,"
Kitty Kyle; recitation, Josie
Holmes; duet, Florence and Har
ry Djwliog; nationals anthem by
all.
The informal social hour, that
followed the program, was much
enjoyed, and many words of ap
preciation were heard in favor of
the efforts of these loyal women
to entourage patriotism and loy
alty in the hearts of the young,
as well as their kindness to the
old veterans, who are Hearing the
"last roll call."
They have assisted materially
in furnishing the Old Soldiers'
Home at Roseburg, and are ever
ready to aid any worthy call for
help.
Facts of the Case.
Considerable hot air has been
generated concerning the pioneer
bassetball team ot Whitman
college that they are the Cham-
pions of the Inland Fmpire, and
that a game with OAC would
give them the championship of
the Northwest.
When manager McCallister
was asked why OAC did not play
Waitman while out on the tour.
he said: "We tried to arrange a
game with the Whitman team
but they were not inclin-d to
giv us a game, as they were not
in the best ot ?hape. But we de
feated Pendleton high school by
a score of 63 to g, aud Pendleton
high school defeated Whitman
14 to 13. So you can see by
these scores that tbe Northwest
championship is not likely to be
snatched away from OAC even
though we should succeed in ar
ranging a game with Whitman
to be played on OAC floor."
A Cowboy's Girl.
Sparkling and bright as pure
water, as entertaining and inter
esting as a letter from home,
more instructive than an entire
college faculty, and as funny as a
fanny page of a Sunday paper,
?.s the concensus of opinion of
both press and public as regards
the new play, "A Cowboy's
Girl," to be seen at the opera
house tomorrow night. Seats
now selling.
LETTER LIST.
The following letters remain uncalled
for in the Corvallis postotfk-e, for the
week ending Feb 23, 13J7:
Henry Cooper, Minnie Dedman, Al
bert Ewens, Ben Crout, Jack Hamer,
Etwin Demon, Mrs Benjamin Tharp, E
G White.
B. W. Johnsos, PM.