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Corvamjs, Benton County, Oregon, Ttjesoay. March 19. 190T.
No. sr
Investigation
shows that many uooii wat-heg are
apoi ed by tampering. -No mailer how
lilt e yon suppose is i J
yours bstter
Have us repair it
A whoie lot of damage mi be d ne by
those who are not acquainted wiih the
delicate mechanism. We know watches
dndan repair them ax ihev should be
Brinit us yours if H doten't no just
right.
Albert J. Mctzoer
WATCHMAKER
Occidental Building, ... Corvallis
FROM THIS DATE
'Til further noti.- 2 glasses fitted by PRATT, The Optician, will
absolutely fi t a i mteed for one yean anainst breakage
any kind.
We make a specialty of Jap-a-lac,
Sewing Machine and Acme Washers
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0. J. BLACKLEDGE'3 Furniture Store
Corvallis - - - Oregon
SMITH & DAWSON 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 ns on Tnd. Phone and we will
call for same. We keep a full line of Poultry and StOGk
Remedies, Also Chick Grit Shell and Bone, ard Compound, Fruit
Tree Sprav, and Cider.
Corvallis SMITH &. DAWSON Oregon
Next to J. R. Smith & Oo.
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Satisfaction
Mrs. Radir's Will.
The will of the late Mrs. Mar
garet Radir has been filed tor
probate over at the county clerk's
offic . The instrument was ex
ecuted before Judge Holgate Oct
ober 23, 1901 and E. Hlgate
and William Cress are the wit
nesses. After providing for the pay
ment of all h.r debts, the ex
penses of administration and
other bills, Mrs. Radir bequeaths
all her real property to her hus
band, Adam Radir, during his
lifetime. To her daughter, Mary
Graham, she gives 8 acre of
land situated near the Ridir
homestead in Linn county, and
to Eliza P. Smith, another daugh
ter, 1 73 acres, which is the home
stead, with all its improvements,
after the demise, of course, of
Adam Radir.
Four years from the time Mrs.
tnith comes into possession of
he property she is instructed to
pay to anothtr daughter, Mary E
Whitman $1,200 and to a grand
son, Richard Smith, $600.
Two other grand children.
Paul and Vera Radir, son an
daughter of William Radir, rie
ceafed, gt nothing by Mts. R-
Idu's tea;!1, as it is stated thev
SPENCS&'S
lair Imimrator
And Dandruff E sd'cator
urn.1
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Price, - Fifty Cents
Manufactured by
The Vegetable Compound Company
Corvallis, Oregon 0
Starr'ti Bakery has secured the
service of D ok LlewellyD, the
wonderful bread leaker. 89tf
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The Jeweler and Ontictan S.lls the
- Keeping Watch on the Market.
Guaranteed
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nave sufficient ot this world's
goods and that their father re.
ceived financial favors during his
uie time or Mr. and Mrs. Adam
JKadir.
Say Its "Hell.
An illustrious American war
nor is authority for the statement
that "War is Hell," and thete is
war in the Willamette valley
war upon San Jose scale, moss
and other enemies nf n. mn
fruit. a
Hence the odor of brimstone,
wnico is boiled in makino- the
solution with which the trees are
sprayed. JMo sinful soul that
ever went to the lake of fire was
more certain of destruction than
is the hapless scale insect that
falls victim to the lime-sulphur
bath. If man could see this
diminutive insect and under
stand bis language as the shower
ot spray tails on his defenseless
head, beyond a doubt the last
audible despairing crv would be,
"This war is hell."-10regonian.
A team belongix" to Ned Smith and
liiuhtd to a agon created some excite-
rrtt a f aterday morning by running from
tlie v i.i l Uverv stab e to Main street
and Ii- e north to I lie Roulde.i irr.Tcery,!
whrre Mr. IVmldeo caught the n au.l
1rove itipin ba k to the starting piiut.
N dn msge was done.
LOSING MONEY.
On School Books C. A. Gerhard
end Others Agitate Subject.
Retail dealers in school text
bcoks and supplies throughout
the sta.e have started a movemen
to lower the price at which school
supplies are furnished them by
the publishers, says the Albany
Herald. They claim that the
present margin of 12.0 percent
between the price at which the
school books are purchased bv
them and that at which the
books are sold to the school chil
dren, is to small, and there is no
ptofit ; m fact, they assert that
they are in reality losing money
in selling public school books to
tne children of Oregon.
Agitation among the dealers
in school supplies to secure a re
adjustment of toe margin of sup
Dosed profit is being led by Fred
Dawson of this city, Pattou Bros,
of Salem and Mr. Gerhard of
Corvallis.
It is prooosed to confer with
the State Text Book Commission
ome time in the near future
when the plans have been formu
lated to a greater degree, and
urge upon them action of a re
medial nature.
Legislative action has fixed the
price at which dealers shall sell
the books to Oregon school chil
dien, and the publishers who are
furnishing the books to the Ore
gon dealers sell the books to the
retail men tor this established
price and then deduct- this 12.5
per cent from the amount of the
bill. The margin of 12 5 per
cent, the dealers assert, is so small
that it does not suffice to pay the
freight and other expenses of
handling the books by 2.5 per
cent. Dealers say that it costs
them 15 per cent at the least cal
culation to handle the books, and
with this constant loss incurred
they are setting about to remedy
the scale of prices, or else force
the state to seil the books by
refusing to handle them.
"It has been a losing proposi
tion with" every school bsok sel
ler in Oregon since the start,"
said Mr. Dawson, in discussing
the matter, "and we who handle
school books are determined to
remedy the situation if possible.
Patton Bros, of Silem, Mr. Ger
hard of Corvallis, and myself have
been in communication over the
subject for some time, and we are
writing every school bojk dealer
in the, state stating the facts as
we know them to be, and urging
them to unite in a movement to
secure a readjustment of the mar
gin of 12-5 per cent now allowed
us.
"In a short time we will meet
with the State Text Book Com
mission and state to them the
changes we desire. All of those
dealers who have been consulted
on the matter thus far are in fa
vor of asking the Text Book com
mission to fix out margin ot pro
fit at 25 per cent, which would be
in reality only 10 per cent as it
cost 15 per cent to handle the
books. The contention of the
book sellers, if granted, will not
work anv hardship upon the
child who buys the booss, as the
selling price to them will be the
same as always, and it will only
siightly reduce the profit of the
book publishers. The text book
commission has been notified of
our intended action, and Hon. M.
A. Miller, one of tti? commission
has assured me that we will be
accorded a hearing when we are
prepared to submit our proposi
tion."
For Poultry Breeders.
We again suggest that farmer
in Western Oregon try eithei
thousand-headed kale or Swis
chard tor supplying theii hen
with green feed next winter.
Thousand-headed kale
grown like field cabbage and th
seed should be sown at about th
came time as winter cabbage
Sisschrd is a kind of beets
w rich runs to top iaat.-ad ot mak
ing edible roots. It is one of the
best greens for family use and the
chickens are as fond of it as hu
man oeings are when ' it is cook
ed. It is plinted in tie spring
like btets, buta little farther apart
in the rows and the plants should
be thinned so as not to stand c os
er than six or eight inches from
each other in the rows. It will
stand many cuttings in the lat er
part of the summer and through
the fall and it makes some growth
during every warm spell in win
ter. Thousaud-headed kale will
give a much larger amount of
winter feed on a givea area of
land. Agriculturist.
FUNERAL SUNDAY.
Of Mrs. Mary T. Wyatt Another
Pioneer.
Slowly but steadily the ranks of
the old pioneers of Oregon are be
ing decimated by death. One by
one these famliar faces are pass
ing from earthly view to join the
great band cn the other side, and
in a few more years the last ot
these revered pioneers ot Oregon
will have passed on.
One of these noble women was
summoned Thursday. She was
Mrs. Mary Wvatt, widow of the
late Thomas Wyatt, one of the
best known and most highly re
spected women in Benton county.
She was aged 83 years, 11 months
and 14 days, having been born
March 21, 1823 at St. Pancreas,
London, Middlesex England.
Her maiden name was Theodosia
End. In 1836 she emigrated to
New York and on April 18, I838
was united in marraiage to Wil
liam Wyatt.
With her husband Mrs. Wyatt
went to Adams county, Illinois,
where they resided one year go
ing then to Henderson county,
Illinois where they made their
home until the spring of 1847
when the trip to Uregon was
made bv ox team across the
plains. The travelers arrived in
this section in October 1847, ana
settled five miles west of Corval
lis. where the home nas ever
since remained, one of the best
known in all Benton county.
Mrs. Wyatt was converted in
September 1853 and ever there
after remained a noble, conscien
tious and devout christian. She
was the mother of eleven chil
dren, of whom the following five
survive: Mrs. A. J. Williams,
Philomath; J. E. Wyatt and S.
T. Wyatt, Corvallis; Frank
Wyatt and Miss Eva Wyatt,
Philomath, all of whom are hon
ored members of the commun
ities in which they reside.
The funeral of Mrs. Wyatt was
held in the M. E. church at Phil
omath at 11 a. m. Sunday, a
large company of neighbors and
friends being present to show
their respect for the departed.
The interment was in Mt. Union
cemetery.
COMING!
The King of Tramps"
to Cor-
vallis Opera House,
In the Yankee Doodle comedy,
The King of Tramps," which
comes to the opera house March
26th, we are not to see the rum
soaked, husky voiced shambling
hobo invariably seen with attrac
tions of this title. Instead, we
are to meet a "Sunny Jim" al
ways going oat of his way to
spread happiness, always singing
and carrying a light heart, a
a character that good sensible
people can view from the front
with a f eelin ; of interest.
A capable company of f arciers,
singers and dancers surround the
principal characters, and patrons
are assurred of a performance
well worth seeing.
Ira Rowe letnr ed rnndtv fr.m 8
several months' s ay a' a town up the
Columbia. He n ill re-enter OAC.
Zterolf k-p a-
I kind-i of clove
- 1 And grusw -H f
STOLE SPAN OF K0H3E3.
But
Escaped Animals
South of Corvallis.
Found
' Sometime during Thursday
night some one stole a fine pair
of Percheon horses and two sets
of double harness froiii the barn
o Henry .Ueibner, in northern
Benton county, and made off
with them under the friendly
cover ot darkness. 1 he animals
were valued at about $300 each,
while the harness vas compara
tively new, and the theft natural
ly created great excitement in
the vicinity.
; When Mr. Leibner went to the
stable in the morning and discov
ered his loss he immediately noti
fied the Benton count' officers
and Sheriff Burnett kept the tel
ephone hot all day sending mes
sages to all neighboring places in
order that everyone might be en
he lookout. Inquiry sooo show
ed that the thief or thieves had
taken the road to Corvallis but
after tracing them for a few
miles the tiail was lost.
On Corvallis streets the theft
was the principal topic of conver
sation ail day Friday and much
interest in the outcome of the
ass was shown, as horses are al
most like gold these days and the
hardihood of the thief, in trying
to escape with such boodle created
much discussion, besides which,
horse stealing in Benton is an
innovation.
Fr;day afternoon Henrv Ger
hard was plowing on the Off Wil
son place sou'h of Corvallis.' As
he followed the plow around and
around the field he heard the
neigh of iiorses in a densi clump
ot underbrush on the river bank
nearby, and knowing that it was
not an animal that belonged on
the ranch he went to investigate.
Tied to trees were two hungry,
restless horses, each carrying a
double set of harness. Mr. Ger
hard had heard nothing ot any
theft, and he went back to his
work and at quitting time spoke
to Mr. Wilson of his discovery of
the animals in the brush.
John Smith had been to the
Wilson ranch that afternoon and
had related the story of Mr. L?ib-
ner's loss, so Mr. Wilson immed
iately telephoned to Sheriff Bur
nett the information of Mr. Ger
hard's "find." In company with
Roy Raber, Sheriff Burnett left
at once for the Wilson farm and
spent a couple of hours in hiding
near the stolen horses, hoping
the thiet might return, but he
did not. Sheriff Burnett arrived
in Corvallis about ten o'clock
and placed the horses in a livery
barn where they were ted and
cared for until Siturday when
Mr. Liebner came for them.
No trace of the thief has so
far been obtained. How he ex
pected to successfully get away
with or dispose ot the animals
is a mystery. The theory is ad
vanced that the party bad a
slight knowle.-e ot the territory
into which he took the animals.
but that he lost his bearings, tor
he drove into a clump of brush
that he could not get out of save
by retracing his steps, as a steep
bank was on one side, the river
on another and dense Drusn
ahead. About 100 yards away,
however, is a ford where one
might cross the river easily, and
it is probable that this was the
place headed fo: but missed by.
the thief.
Eugene-Cor vallis Canal.
The special committee from
the Commercial Club will soon
m xke a report on the proposed
Eugene-Corvalhs canal, and
survey will ba made during the
month of April.
This canal project was suggest
ed some months ago bv j. H
Boully, an attorney ot Eugene,
and so much interest has bee
shown by the people of this sec
tion that the Eugene Commercial
Club took the matter up for care-
22tfllul and more thorough consider-
i-ion, with the result that a n;sr;
ber of b siness men are actively
it wrtrk endeavoring to find out
just what can be done.
The proposed canal will follow
the line of an existing ditch
which drains (be country from
here to the Long To n River.
The canal will run northwest of
Eugene for about ten miles, wheu
it will strike the Long Tom.
The channel of the Long Tom
will be followed and improve 1
as far as Monroe.
When baats used to run as far
up the Willamette as Eugene
these boats went up the Long
Tom as far as Monroe without
difficulty. Oregonian.
Lovers of Music.
To those who are interested in
the divine art and all intellectual
features, and there is a goodly
number of such in the commun
ity, we desire to say a word re
garding William H. Sherwood.
Sherwood is ' pre-eminent
among the American-born pian
ists. Of this there is no ques
tion. He occupies the same
exalted position among native
born artists that Gottschalk and
Dr. William Mason each occupied
in their day. In fact, he is a
great artist among artists and a
credit to his native land.
All who attend his recital here
next Thursday may do so with
the assurance that they will hear
America's greatest native pian
ist. We are favored here in re
ceiving this visit from Sherwood,
not only in the matter of having
him come here at all, but in se
curing him at a lower admission
than it would cost in Portland.
Hoping that Sherwood will not'
be greated with a small audience,
we remain, Unsolicitedly,
RUTHYN TUKNEY.
Child ' Labor a Curse.
Have you sometimes wondered
how certain articles of ready-made
wearing apparel could be scld as
cheaply as you could buy the
goods and make them yourself?
it you nave, and nave . not al
ready read articles describing the
miserable lives led by child-lab
orers wno slave trom daviigut
until dark for a mere pittance,
making these garments, and thus
waste th lr young lives, you
should secure information on the
subject and give it a thought.
Speaking on this vital subject
n an address bsfore the Chicago
ndustrial exhibition Rev. A. J.
McKelwav says:
"l want to see 'the big stick
at Washington shaken over the
heads pf those who employ
child labr. I want to see this
problem made a national issue
and carried on to the federal
courts.
"Child labor is the curse of
textile trades. It is literally true
that the clothing you have on.
from the stocking on your foot
to the flower on your hat may
have been, and probably was in
some part, the product of child
labor. The time will come
when the American people will
boycott aiticles made by child
labor."
Attention Ranchers!
We are cash buyers of all sizes of veal,
aLd ean net yon more than yon are now
receiving. Express your calves to our
address, and mark your name and ad
dress plainly to insure immediate pay
ment ob shipments.
For references write or call, Aberdeen
Banks, or Corvallis Creamery Co.
West Coast Peoduce Co.,
24tf Aberdeen, Wash.
EarlHawley, an OA.C boy who has
beeu attending college at Suhenectady,
Rew York, arrived in Corval' s, yester
day, and proceeded at once to his home
at Bellefountain, here he n ill remain
tor the present. His plans for the future
were not learned. He was attending the
same electrical school at which Joe Hen
kle, also f Corvalli?, is a student.