Vol. XLIV.
Ringing the Bell
T a jovoni oiH'fpion. esneria'lv if it's th
riifhr kii'rf of a h-ie, a nnv to nVio-atp a
fairy finyP' tf n It lirotM h hinbdnv. en
pnKPntent r-r a wedding. In rnr snierh
diaplxy f
JEWELRY
everyone rjir firri a pni'flMp yU. E;rpPt
plain 8nc y d pnHteir rtin onHp.
Wftlrhp, re reck c.flir- nr the
latent fnT'Cy in l la.-r Let hp c'eliyht
yon ith f hr w i? v nf on mp rl jnw elry
stork and tnpt ion with the wonderful
ly low pm-pR
Albert J. ftfctzeer
WATCHMAKER
Occidental Bni1'iini. - - "Wvnllin
.
LADIES' SPFIRG PFffMBTEKTS in the latest st?1e and t atterrs. Back Cembs, Shirt
WaiHt Seta, Meek Pisttin'ers, Bract-let. Cuff Pin. Collar Hiw, Neck Clani. in fact, any or- n
namcnt that the LaUie nuiH wi anri at pricea that will both interest and please you. ' "
At FRATT'S, Tho etreer mnd Oattalan
"The Most Comfortable PlaXS'
in the House,"
Waaoc
PORCH SHADES
FROM THIS D ATE
'Til farther notice all glasses 6tted by PRATT, The Optician, will be
absolutely guar inieetl for one year against breakage of
any kind.
Brands of
BREAKFAST FOODS
We Carry
RUT YOU S'AXT TO
' FLMES
This food is put up in one pound packages and sold for
IS cents
a package at
IIGBES GROCERY
The Life Insurance
Mr.dille Imp started the public to think
ing. The wonderful success that hue
met Ballard's Horehomid Syrrp in its
crnea le on Concha, Influenza, Bronchitis
and all Pulmonary troubles has starred
the public to thinking of this wonderful
preparation. Thev are all iimne it. Join
the procession and down with aieknees.
Price 25c, 50' and $1.00. Sold by Gra
ham & Wortham.
Do You liove
Yonr baby ? Yon wonder wht he
criea. Buy a bottle of - White's Cream
Vermifuge and, tie will . never crj . Most
babiea have worms, apd the mothers
dou't know it,. Whjte'a Cream: Vermis
fuge rids the cbild of worms and cltans
ont iU system in a pleasant way.. Every
mother should keeps bottle of this medi
cine ia the boose. With it, fear need
never enter her miad. Pries 25c Sold
by Graham ft Wortham.
SFEKCEF.'S
Hair Invlgcratcr
And Dandruff Erettcsfcr
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Price, - Fifty cents
Manufactured by
The Vegetable Ccrrrcinri Ccmpeny
Corvallis, Oregon 9t
Starr's Bsltevv hip per-nred the
service of Dirk Llewellyn, the
wonderful bread riakfr 89tf
.J
BLACK LEDGE
Is Always Up-to-Balo
See his line of Porch
Shades and Porch
Hammocks
TRY THE LATEST
Call for Warrants.
There is money on band with the City
Treasurer to pay all endorsed warrants in
general fund, up to and including Dec.
1st, 1903. Iuterest will stop on same
from this date. May 6, I9O7.
Grant Elgin,
39-42 City Treasurer.
Notice For Publication.
Department of the Interior,
Laud Oliioe at Portland, Oregon,
Notice is hereby given that George A. Luk-
wiu t ijcumju vvum;, Oregon, oas . 11 le-l
notic e of nis intention to make 6not commuta
tion moot in support of his claim, vii: Homer
stead Entry No. 157SS made Sept 16. 1905. for
the SEJ NKl and K M SE Sen. 21 and. NKl HEi
See. 2S. Township 10 S, Ranee 5 W, and that said
pruui wm oe awn oeiore tne1-Clerk of Ben to i
County, at Corvallis, Oregon, on June 17, 1907.,
He names the following witnesses to prove
his oonQDBQus residence upon. and cultivation
of the land, viz: R. E. L. Brown of Corvallis,
Oregon; Exra Harris of Corvallis, Oragon ; John
(iovler of Corvallts, Oregon: John Olson Oi
Corvallis, Oregoa.
amtnanoa b.vbxsskk.
HUNTING RAILROAD LANDS.
Many Towns Sending Seekers
The Outlook Uncertain
There is considerable discus
sion just now of the probabilit
of the railroad lands throughout
this section being put ' on ' the
market. It seems that prospect
ive buyers are plentiful and that
there are those who even con
template looking up the exact
location of ctrtian tracts of which
they desire tc become possessed
and to go all the way to San
Francisco to tender to the rail
road company the price of the
land, which it is reported will
probably be sold at $2.50 per
acre.
While the railroad compauy
will not be in position tor some
time to accept such money, even
if the lands are placed on tale,
it is figured by some that it such
a tender is made in advance a
prior claim to certain tracts will
thus be established, atd when
the real buying time arrives 'tbe
early birds will get the worms."
It was reported that a party of
100 was to leav Eugene Satur
day for San Francisco with the
object in view of making a prof
fer of the price of certain par
cels of land with the idea of thus
securing a claim in advance on
Ihe destred tracts, and quite a
number of persons have also been
passing through this city recent
ly, bound for coast points for the
purpose of selecting 160-acre
tracts on which to make applica
tion. The Eugene Guard of Satur
day throws more light on the
subject in an article which says.
There is considerable exci e
ment here over the prospective
sale of the splendid timber lands
now held by the Southern Paci
fic which were originally offered
to the Oregon and California
Company. Several attorneys
have been at work lately on the
legal questions involved and it
seems to be the common opinion
that these lands will be sold tor
$2- 50 per acre, and that those
who make the first offer to buy
will be the ones to whom the
land will be sold. It is this be
lief that took A. C. Woodcock
and S. D. Allen, attorneys for
two different bodies of men, to
San Francisco this week with
about 300 applications which will
be filed with the Southern Paci
fic Company and a tender of the
purchase price will be mad .
The most common plan is for
the intending purchaser to pay
the cruisers a specified sum, us
ually $5o for location. It the
title passes to the appl'caut then
the one putting the applicant on
to the land will receive an addi
tional fee whea the title is re
ceived. Other agreements which
are modifications of this one are
made by different locators.
It is not possible to tell how
much of this land is timbered
and how much is not, but even a
low estimate would make the
holdings of immense value. The
total, knd remaining irom the
I original iana grant ana still in
possession ot the Southern Paci
fic are a utile less tnan 500,000
acres, with an assessed value of
Facts About Us.
"The average man corues verv
near being an idiot in ' taking
care of himself. You have seei
him wearit.fr a fur cap on his
bead while bis shoes let in tht
snow and water. He wears ar
overcoat on his back and nothing
but a tbin shirt over his chest
He ; is mighty careful aboa
freezing 'his fingers while; in
throat is exposed to , blizzirds,
aud he is often ailing or , think
be js, v Nature.-wants to keet
him going but . she can't. ? H
drinks whiskey-and that clott
the valves; he drinks - beer -ant :
thit clogs the wheels; he pour:
down lemonade, ginger, ale, but
t r male, ice water, tea, coffee,
and what not, and then wonders
why the fires under the-rboileTS
do not burn. If vou should take
an ox and , put - him through a
like performance he'd be dead in
a year. 5 "
"The simplest, plainest laws
of health are outraged every hour
in the day by the average man.
Did Adam smoke? ' Did Eve
wear corsets? ---- Did Solomon
ehew tobacco? Did Ruth chew
sum? Did the children of Israel
make for a beer garden after
crossin-- the Red Sea? Did Re
becca eat gum droos and ice
cream and call tor soda water?
Adam was the first and was made
Derfect from head to heel; How
long would be remain so after
eating a mince pie just before g o
ing to bed? Suppose he had
slept in a bed room five by seven
with the windows down, the
doors shut and two dogs under
the bed? Suppose Eve had laced
herself up in a corset, put on
tight shoes, sat up at all hours cf
the night eating her fill of thrash
and sizzled her hair? When you
come to look at the way a man
misbehaves himself, yon can oply
wonder that be lived to get
here." Ex.
Their Entertainment.
For several weeks Corvallisites
have been much mystified by the
constant reference that has been
made through the papers to "Too
much soda in the biscuit" and
when Friday evening arrived a
large crowd gathered at the
opera house to satisfy their curi
osity.
The occasion was the W. C.
T. U. entertainmeat, given by
home talent, and the program
shpwed that much time and care
had been spent in preparing for
the event. Some of the best lo
cal talent bad been secured and
everyone enjoyed the various
numbers which were heartily
appreciated and applauded. The
complete program was as tollows:
Quartette "Greeting to Spring''. ..Strauss
"Gossipitis" (original) Mrs. Sleethe oi
Portland .
Vocal solo ..Dr. Cathey
"Tom's Little Star" Miss Marcella Keed
Character Ske ch Miss Lena Wilson
Solo "King of the Plains" Key. Haud-
saker
Selection Ladies' Chorus
Reading "A. Gray Sleeve". Miss Laura
Pratt
Trio "Forget-me-not" Kotoli
Lecture "Too Muca Soda in the Bis
cuit" Dr. J. R. N. Bell
Real Estate Transfers.
R A Clark to A and B Tonge-
land, lot 126, bik 31, Philomath
10.
I N Winkle to Florence Bryan
land s cf Corvallis; $2500.
David Bullis to Bessie M Hess
lots 1 and 2, blk 15, Jobs Add to
Corvallts; $850.
T CSpirkman to T P Wilson,
lot 1, blk 13, Co Add Corvallis;
$850.
Henry Ambler to City of Phil
omath, part ot lot 57, in blk 19,
Philomath; $400.
N H Looney to A C Leisy,
i6 a s of Summit; $300.
Nettie Glassford to Chester A
Taylor and wf, 1 lot Avery's
2nd Add Corvallis; $250.
M G W:lbe:m to E McLennan,
120 a near Monroe; $2000.
S E Yonng to E A Horton,
lots 5 and 6, blk 2, N B and P
Avery's Add Corvallis; jjSr.
S E Young to Roy Hollen-
berg, lots 9 and 10, blk ir, N B
and P Avery's Add Corvallis;
$1.
G A Robins n to E A Horton.
lots 7 and 8, bik 2, N B and P
Aver's Aad Corvallis; $500.
Chas R dgeTS to Hat tie Boul
1 , lot i t, blk 1,' Chase's 2nd
Add Cbrvallis: $2oo.: ' 1
, . . ' . : -
FM Lennan: to R , R.Irwin,
lots 567 ind 8 in-iilk 3, Chase's
Aid C01 va.lis; $10. ,---..' -' t
H R Nerhbss to C L Fitchard,
undivided 4 of ccs a a of Philc
I -
math; fx.
GOING TO ALASKA.
Prof. Shaw Will Collect Speci
mens in Far North.
Prof. W. T. Shaw, formerly
of OAC but now with the Wash
ington State Col ege at Pullman,
is to spend the summer ia Alas
ka, and adispitch from that city
says:
Professor W. T. Snaw ot the
state cjllfge department of zool
ogy has een employed by the
college antnorities to sptnd two
mon'hs in Alaska dating the
coming vacation, co'ltcting
specimens of northern biids and
mammals for the college mus
eum. Immediately after com
mencement Professor Shaw will
proceed to Seattle, and thence to
Sitka, Alaska, which place, he
will make his headquarters while
collecting specimens. TLe pro
fessor expects to secure certain
specimens of birds from the
rocky islands which are scatter
ed along the sea coast near Sit
ka. Having completed his col
lection of birds, he will visit the
Kadiak Islands, if time remains,
where he'hopes to secire a Ka
diak bear. These bears are re
puted to be the largest and fier
cest of Alaska's wild animals.
A peculiarity of the collection
will exist in the fact that the
birds, well known in the tem
perate climes by their plumage,
are entirely different in plumage
when living in their northern
habitat during the summer
mouths. For instance, the loon
has an unconspicuous slate-colored
plumage in the winter, but
when found in AUska during
the warm season, its plumage is
of a metallic bluish black, strik
ingly marked with white. Most
birds who change their habitats
from north to soi.th at different
seasons of the year exhibit more
or less a corresponding change ot
plumage. In arranging his
specimens, Prof. Shaw will at
tempt," by comparison, to show
this peculiarity.
Her Great Plan.
How much better this old
world would .be were people of
great wealth all of a kind! One
of the grandest characters that is
known today among women of
wealth, is Miss Helen Gould, of
which the following appears in
a neighboring paper:
Miss Helen M. Gould is the
hitherto : unknown philanthro
pist, who purchased 100,000
acies of land near Greeley, Col.,
at a cost of $350,000, to be sub
divided into homes for poor per
sons from New York tenements.
Another $ 100,000 will be spent
for farm implements, seed and
fencing. Beneficiaries will be
allowed to make easy payments,
if they are diligent, but the shift
less Will be weeded out. There
will be a - corps of agricultural
and sanitary instructors, a library
and reading , room, and pleasure
grounds. ; There will be no re
quirements as to religion. D dry
ing and poultry raising will re
v e ve most attention at the start,
and general farming and fruit
raising will fellow.
"OLD ARKAriSAVV."
Wednesday Night in This City
See It.
Another one of these delight
ful Raymond productions, "Old
Arkansaw" will be the attraction
at the opera bouse tomorrow eve
ning. This attraction has all
the elements of success. A
strong and interesting story well
told., An abundance of mirth
provoking scenes. --;. A line of
clever-specialities. A company
pf unusual merit. , A j. wealth of
beaujiftLscenfry a nn effects., In
fact, 'a production complete even
to the smallest detail.
Seats now on sale. Prices 35,
50 and 75a
WHAT THEY VOTED ON.
At Yesterday's City Election -The
Candidates.
Yesterday was citv election in
Corvallis and all day the streets
were filled with men who dis
cussed the good and bad points
of the Candidates and figured on
what the Tesult was to be. The
voting was not over at the Ga
zette press hour last night.
The race for mayor was made
by George E. Lilly and F. L.
Miller; for police judge, J. P"re l
Ydtes; for chief of police, J. D.
Wells, J. W. Ligle and Lincoln
Chambers; for city treasurer,
Grant Elgin.
Councilman in first ward,
I. D. Bodine; to fill vacanrv
caused by resignation ot S. W.
Holmes, A. P. Johnson; second
ward, O. J. Blackledge, C. L.
i.eckart; third ward, A. B. Cotd
ley; to fill vacancies made by re
signations of Lincoln Chambers
and Frank Francisco in third
ward, James Harper, J. E. Fow
ells and A. P. Minor.
The following charter amend
ments were voteu on yesterday,
having been submitted to the
voters by the comruou council:
An amendment to the charter
of the City of Corvallis providing
for the calling and holding of
special elections ia said City of
Corvallis for voting upon charter
amendments or new or supple
mental charter acts referred to
the legal voters of sail city by
the common council.
An act authorizing the Corval
lis Water Commission to pur
chase, construct or otherwise ac
quire a pumping station or to
purchase or condemn the pump
ing plant or other works or fran
chises of the Corvallis Water
Company; to extend the city wa
ter system and purchase or con
demn water rights and to issue
e bonds cf said city tor such
purposes not exceeding $5,000
in amount. '
An act authorizing "The Wa
ter Commissioa" ot the City of
Corvallis to purchase or acquire
by the right of eminent domain
the lands comprising the water
shed of that portion of Rock
Creek above the intake of the
water works of the City of Cor
vallis and for the pui pose of ac
quiring the same to issue the
bonds of said city not exceeding
$20,000 in amount.
An amendment to the "Cor
vallis Water B,ll" making the
water c mtnittee elective at.er
January 1st, 1908, providing for
fixing the terjjs of effice of the
members of said committee taeii
n office by lot, and repealing the
provisions of said act requiring
that no mors than five of said
committee shall belong to the
same political party.
Their New Mill.
August Fischer and J. C. Ham-
mel returned the last of the week
from a busiuess trip to Waldport,
where they are largely lnteiested
in a recently organized concern
known as the Waldport Lumber
Corrpany. J. C. Hammel is
president and general manager;
will F. Keady, secretary; A. B.
Lundeman, treasurer and store
keeper, and August Fischer, vice
prestdent. Organization was per
fected only a tew days ago.
The firm has secured a saw
mill and about 40,000,000 feet of
timber at Waldport, the timber
having been owned previously
by August and Fred Fischer and
Mr. Keady. J. C. Hammel tad
Mr. Keadv will, "it is understood,
assume charge ot the plant. Mr.
Hammel has had much exper
ienct along this line, which will
enable him to take an active part
in operating the plantv. .The
product from, the ,,, mill will be
shipped to San Francisco.
Miss Mattie J., Lee, who spent the
winter with relatives in Winlock, Wash,,
has returned to Polk county to remain
for the present. She ia well, known ia
CVirvallia vham mt ana ttmA aha wa a
Iteaea in ths pubUe school.