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Corvaijis, ik'kn Coir.N-iA, Orin, Tuesday, April, t50. lOOT.
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fives ligation
bows that many good wat-h- are
spoiled by tampering. fJo matter ho
little you suppose is tie ma ter with
yours better
Havo us repair it.
A whoie lot of damtige can be done by
those who are not acquainted with the
delicate mechanism. We know watches
and ean repair them as thev should he
Bring us yours if it doesn't go just
Albert J. Hietzger
WATCHMAKER
Occidental Building, - Oorvallis
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1 LADIES' SPRING GF'KAIPENTS in the Tatet styles and i at terns. Back Ceii;bs, Shiit
Wairit tie's, stotk lUcn(i rs, iir-tc let. Cuff Pins, Collar Fins, Neck ChaiDs, in fact, any or
nament that the iuli- . -ii'il w'w'i ana at priees that will both interest, and please jou.
II At PRATT'S, The Jeweler and Optician
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'She can see him, but he can't see her"
PORCH SHADES
SMITH DAAVSOX Pl"" 209
Pay the Highest Cash Price
For Poultry. Pressed VV-hI and Dressed Pork. Parties in or close to
town ha in. poultry or veal to pell, call ns on Tnd. Phone and we wi'l
ri'l for Kiune. .V"e k'p a full line of Poultry antJ StOGk
RomotJies. ANo Chirk Grit Shell and Bone, aid Com pound, Fruit
Tree Sithv, hiiI Oider.
Corvaliis SMITH &
Next to J. R.
will sell ths CHARTER OAK RANGE
during ths month of April at a
SPECIAL LOW PRICE
Come in and get full particulars. The Charter Oak
and Toledo are without doubt, note or comment
the very best ranges on the market for the money.
Fifty-four years before the public gives the Char
ter Oak; a recommendation the equal if not the su
perior to any other steel range.
Our Spring stock cf Go-Carts are a Dandy Lot
We can ssEI them from
$2.75 to $13.25
HOLIEMBERG S C AD Y
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CORVALUS STEAM LAUNDRY. .
Patfonlxa Homo Industry
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And Dantfruff Eretilcatcr
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Price, Fifty Cents
Manufactured by
The Vegetable Compound Company
Corvallls, Oregon 91
Starr's Bakery has secured the
service of D'ck Llewellyn, the
wonderful bread rtiaker. 89tf
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is Always Up-io-Eate
See his line of Porch
Shades and Porch
Hammocks
Jzist Received
DAWSON
Smith & Oo.
Oregon
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iCORVALLtS,
BELIEVES IN CREFFIELD.
And His Return Esther Mitchell
at Stellicoom.
Old time friends and acquaint
ances of Esther Mitchell in and
about Corvalhs will be interested
in a Seattle dispatch to the Sa
lem Statesman, which says:
Still believing that some day
Ci.effield. the Oregon Holv Rol
ler who was killed in Seattle
last July, by George Mitchell,
will return, Esther Mitchrll is
spending her days in the West
ern Washington Asylum for the
insane at Stellicoom. She still
clings to old beliefs and ideal ,
and believes that she did right
when she shot and killed her
brother, George.
The country air and simple
life have succeeded in restoring
to her face the color that was
paled by her long incarcera
tion in the countv jail after she
committed the crime. Her phy
sical health is almost perfect.
She has won the admiration ot
those in charge at that institu
tion by her willingness to do
minor tasks iu the women's ward
and her cheerful disposition has
made her a favorite among the
mote rational inmates of the asy
lum, who num -er mare than a
thousand.
The officials at the asylum
have no fear that the girl slayer
will attempt to escape, and u
guard is placed ovrr 1 her, with
the exception of locking her room
at night. She,is permitted to
ronn about the grounds with the
other inmates, and her treatment
is fir different from what she
would receive were she an in
mate of the women's ward in the
penitentiary.
The Reservoir Question.
The reservoir of the mountain
water sysUm was thoroughly
cleaned Friday. Nothing wis
found therein of an abjectionable
nature but a lot of boulders as
large as a man's head, which had
been thrown in by boys who evi
dently had nothing of more im
portance than mischief to occupy
their time.
There is considerable discus
sion just now of the proposition
of covering the reservoir entirely.
as a means of protection. Some
advocate the plan of placing a
high, tigtit fence around it,
while others declare that a house
should be built entirely over the
ressrvoir and that the doors
should be kept securely locked,
the superintendent o have
charge of the keys.
To an ordinarv observer, at
least, the latter plan would seem
much the better, since no fence
that could be built would prove
too high for mischievious boys to
scale, if his desire to see the
other side were strong, nor would
it prevent him from pitching
boulders over, to hear them
''souse."
A house, on the other hand, or
the frame work and general hull
of a house, with doors securely
locked, would prevent all danger
both from visitors to the spot,
as well as to them, since it would
be no difficult matter for acci
dents to betall parties who might
venture to far in their pleasurable
investigations about the prem
ises.
At any rate, it is a matte: of
"the greatest good to the great
est number" and personal ideas,
unless based on solid logic,
should not stand in the wav of
providing protection both to the
reservoir and against possible ac
cidents. Don't Put Oft
For tomorrow what you ca3 do today.
If you put oif buying a bottle of Ballard's
Snow Liniment, when that pain come
oa you won't have any. buy a bottle to
day. A positive care for ttneiimatism.
Burns, Cute- Sprains, Contracted Mus
cles, etc. T. S. Graham, Prairie, Grove.
Ark., writes: "1 wish to thank you fo
tbe good results I received from Saow
Liniment. It positive! cored me ol
Rueamattan after others had failed. Sol
by Grabaam A Worth,
Why They Come.
J. E. Johnson of North Dako
ta has written a little poem that
tells the story of western immi
gration in eloquent language,
and tells why Oregon real estate
and Oregon homes are in de
mand. The story is so iamiliar
to all former Easterners now loc
ated here that memory turns to
eastern scenes when they read:
We are going to Oregon,
Pretty tooa.
1 1 We are going out to stay,
If there's room.
We are tired of tie plains,'
With their snow blockaded trains,
So we're going where it rains,
Pretty soon.
North Dakota was a-booaiirig hers
Last year.
Whei the 8?lds of (lis were blooming
Far and near.
But the grain unthreshed lies low,
'Neath a dozen feet of snow,
O'er it here.
In Oregon the flowers are blooming,
Now I know.
And the pleasure buats are sailing,
To and fro.
While here the rabbits browse
Oa the tree, tops with the g-ouse,
Aud play tag above our house,
On the snow.
Shall we evr8"e the coming
Of tue spring?
Shalt w ever live, to hear the
R hbin sing?
With our fences, grain and barn
All burnd tin to knep ns warm,
We di n't think the prairie farm
Is just the thing.
Now it isn't such a pleasant
PUce to stay
Wher it's winter from Outobjr
Until Mav.
Where the winds uncasing blow.
Where the air if filled with snow,
And it's thirty five balow
Every day.
Resolutions.
Almighty Gjd, the Supreme
Ruler of the Universe, in his love
and wisdom, has deemed it best
to take from us, to his home be
yond the skies, our beloed bro
ther Oscar Healey.
In view of the. loss sustaiaed,
by his departure, by the Corvaliis.
CampN). 6)29 of the W. of
A. bv his earnest friends, and
still heavier the severe loss sus
tained by his sorrowing wife and
children, to whom he was the
nearest and the dearest and most
precious, be it
Resolved, Tb.it w. teiderly
condole and extend to his be
reaved wi.e and children, in this
dark hour ot trial and affliction,
our warmest sympathy; that we
commend them to the loving
F-tther tor comfort, strength and
help to sustain them in this the
hour of need who always looks
with a pitying eye upon the wi
dow and the fatherless, and does
all things for the best,
Resolved, That it is only a
just and fitting tribute to the
memory ot our Esteemed Neigh
bor, to say, in regretting his re
moval from among us, we mourn
for one who was ever faithful to
the task imposed upon him; who
was ever a faithful, true, devoted
and loyal member of on r great
order, fidelity to duty being his
motto; who was an honest, up
right, honored citizen i good
man; a kind, thoughtful hus
band, a loving and attentive fa
ther, Resolved, That while we
deeply mourn with them who
knew him best, and loved him
most, we share with them the
bright hope that heaven gives to
the faithful soldier; that the Good
Shephard hoids ;n store for those
who do his bidding, his will
the hope' of that reunion in t'aat
better world where sorrows are
unknown, where heartaches are
forgotten, where there are no
more pirtin's, and bliss inerrable
forbids all tears.
Rsolvd, That this heart
felt testimoay of our svmptthy,
our sorrow, o jr love, O'lr esteem,
be forwarded to his sorrowing
wife, and be published in the
press of our city
Geo D. Denman,
J M. Howard.
O. J. Blackledge,
Committee.
GIRL WON IT.
inter-state Oratorical Contest
Miss Fern liealy.
The inter-state oratorical con
test oetween the Washington
State College, the Whitman col
lege and the Oregon Agricultural
college was won in this city, Fri
day evening by Mtss Fern Healey
of W. S. C. Her subject was
"Supply and Demand," aud her
prize is $50 worth of books of
her own selection. Second place
was given to Walter C. Eelis, of
Whitman. The subject of his
oration was "The Curse of Afri
ca," and while the markings
were very close between the two,
he was given second position o er
M. V. Weatherford, the bright
young orator of OAC, whose ora
tion, "Patiiotism Par Excel
lence," was of a high order and
splendidly delivered.
The judges on composition
and thought were: Prof. I. C.
Carsons, U. of O. ; Prof. W. D.
Briggs, Stanford; Prof. F. M.
Pedl ford, University of Wash
ington; delivery, President P. L,.
Campbell, U. of O.; Hon. A. M.
Crawford, Salem; Judge h. T.
Harris, Eugene.
While the decision is univers
ally regretted by ail friends of
OAC, ttiere is no complaint nor
criticism to be offered, nor has
the high opinion of Mr. Weath
erford's oration aud ability been
ia the least lessened by his fail
ure to secure either first or second
position. Hj did splendidly and
merits all the praise that has been
generously bestowed upon him
since the contest.
The orations were al! of a high
order and the visitors who carried
off first and second honors cer
tainly deserve great credit.
The contest was well attended
and plenty of enthusiasm was
manifested.
The complete program of the
evening was as follows: selection,
college orchestra; solo, A. G. Bo
quet; oration, "Patriotism Par
Excellence," M. V. Weather
ford; selection, doable quartette;
oration. "Supply and Demand,"
Miss F-rn Healey; solo, Miss
EJna Alien; oration, ''The Curse
of Africa," WilterC. E;lls; soio,
O Glenn Crawford; selection,
college orchestra. .
Murray & Mack.
The first real musical comedy
ever given in Corvaliis will be
tha attraction at the opera house
Tuesday May 7th, when Murray
& Mack heading the largest ag
gregation of musical comedy
artists brought to the coast. It
is big because it contains the
best Irish team of singing and
dancing comedians in the coun
try, and they are ise enough to
surround themselves with the
most clever performers the thea
trical market affords. Forty
people are carried for the pro
duction and most of them are
girls. A chorus that is a chorus,
and comedians that are come
eians, the entire entertainment
is clean and original.
Seat sale will open next Satur
day morning.
For the Weal of Oregon.
There are but few to question
the efficiency of farmers' insti
tutes as conducted in Oregon by
the State Agricultural College.
Tae institutes are the subject of
a vigorous defense just now by
several of the agricultural papers
of the state. The Pacific Home
stead is one, and the Rural Spirit
another, that speaks approving
ly of the value of the institute
work.
Tne very conception ot an in
stitute is the most conspicuous
recommendation. It is a gath
ering of farm rs for discussion of
farm methods, Tbe fandamen
tal in all progress is agitation.
There never was, nor never will
be, a reform without a reformer.
Civilization is the outcome o'
cussion and comparison. A wis
man often learns truiri from aa
ignorant one. Wnen farmer-
meet and agitate with referenc-
to their vocation there is as sure
to be extension of horizon and
growth of ideas for many or all
of them as that death follows life.
If with them at such meetings
there are exioerts and scientists
who discuss and suggest methods
and who answer q ie-tioi)s and
elucidate problems, a certain re
sult is enlarged views for the
farmers, and minds started on a
career of investigations and ex
periments. To deny that this is
true is to controvert human na
ture and to discredit the whole
idea of an attempt to educate
so :iety at large. It is equivalent
to declaring that the agricultural
population i . beyoud the reach
or influence of educative process.
There are ,000 farms in Ore
gon. I arty-tour institutes were
attended during the past year by
io,3 jo, of whom obviously the
greater portion were farmers and
members of their families. The
theme in each instance was bet
ter livestock, better dairy me
thods, "lore conservation of fer
tility, of the soil, better larm
metliods, more cover, mote
veich, more alfal a and less soil-
exhausting wheat, and other
topics incident to enlightened
aad scientific a jriculture. Can
it be pos ible that such ga her-
ing', heid uuder such auspices
and involving suc'i discussions,
are without benefit? 0 1 the
contrary, of whtt infinite value
must these institutes be t a
state as yet developed agricultur
ally, horticuliurally aud in other
lines to but a petty fraction of its
enormous possibilities? Oregon
Journal Eiitorial.
New Pest Appears.
With the budding of the fruit
trees a new bug has been discov
ered by the farmers, and as its
presence has been shown to be
harmful to the fruit trees infest
ed, radical measures have been
taken to eradicate it. It is some
thing of of a fly in appearance
brown in color, and with a long,
succor-like bill with which it
sucks the sap from the unopened
leave buds and also destroys the
open flower upou currant and
gooseberry bushes. Spraving
has been fund effective in driv
iug the fly away but as sooa as
the odor of spraying has passed
away in the air, the bus return-
in great num oers. Uae Irequent
disadvantage to the frequent use
of the spray, however, is tbe fact
that the chemicals used in it are
found hurtful to the fully blown
flower. Another reason given
by the farmer is, that all this sea
son the fruit blossoms are full of
wotking honey bees that would
be' killed by the spray.
The bug, while not unlike the
rose bug that has pierced the
roses to the heart during the past
two years is a distinct specimen
not seen here betore. lis rava
ges were first seen on the pear
blossoms, and horticulturists fear
that in addition to its sap-sucking
proclivities it may have de
posited an egg which will later
develod into a vorm, in the
growing fruit. Ex.
CORVALUS
HOUSE
ONE NIGHT,
TUESDAY, MAY 7TH
The Banner Musical Offering of the
Season. The famous Comedian?,
Murray & Maotc
And their Musical Plav,
Around the Town
Everything new bat the title.
A chorus that is a chorus.
Comedians that are comedians.
Guaranteed a good show.
40 People Mostly Girls
Seat sale opens Saturday morning.
Prices 35c to $1.00.