Leading
Corrallis
Newspaper.
Best
Advertising
Medium.
Vol. XLIV.
Corvaixis, Benton County, Oregon, Friday. May U . IGOT.
NO. 46
Ringing the Bell
la jnvoii nrrnsion, especially if it'R th
Tight kind of a hel's. n rirp to riero'atp a
airy finger to cplt-lrte hirthdny. en
gagempnt or a wedding. In our superb
diiplay i.f
JEWELRY
everyone rpr ppd n Mii'pMp gift. R'nps,
plain anc jewehd eritsirp diamonds,
watches, t he new reck chains end thp
latent fBFcy in Vracf htp. Let up 'e!i''ht
yon with a t-htwirg of rmrRiipprh jewelry
stock and tempt you with the wonderful
ly low prices ,
Albert J. Metzcer ;
WATCHMAKER .
Occidental Building, - - - Corval'is
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lAGiCS' SFEiA'G C T Rr AT f A 7S i" the
ji Waist Sets, Stcck Dictf Ti'fT8. Bract lets. Cnff
nament that the I udie mtM vrtfh anri rt prices that- will both interest ai-d please you.
At FFJLJT'S, The Jeweler sirrf CptfcUn
HAVE YOU.
Well, we are not in it,
And sell goods just
The same as before.
O. J. BLACKLEDGE.
FROM THIS D ATE
'Til further notice all glasses 6tted by PRATT, The Optician, will be
absolutely guaranteed for one yean against breakage of
any kind.
Brands cf
BREAKFAST FOODS
We Carry
RUT YOU WANT TO
This food is put up in one pound packages and sold for
fS cents
a package at
KGBES GROCERY
The Life Insurance
Muddle has started the public to think
ing. The wonderful success that Iips
met Ballard's Horehound Svrnp in its
crnea'ie on Coughs, Ii n')nz. Bronchitis
aod all Pulmonary troubles has started
the public to thinking of this wonderful
preparation. Thev aresll using it." Join
the pr.Tcessinn and down with sickness.
Price 25c, 50.i and 1.00. bold bv Gra
ham & Worthaui.
Do You Love
lour baby? You wonder whv he
cries. Buy a bottle of White's Cr'&m I
Vermifuge and he will never cr . Most 1
Dauiea nave worms, and the mothers
don't know it. "White's Cream Ycrmi- ! All kinds of rough ItiQjbfr at mi'l on
fuge rids the child of worms and .-leans ! p A Kline's ranch uf tr.an-o!-,
out its svstem in a plersant wav Fverv ' , , V ? :
mother should keep a bottle of this u.edi- ' 8 ab BOtjd m 4 f' len8tl1 Before buila
cine in the house. With it, fear n1 'i(- see
ever enter her mind. Trice 25c. Sold
by Graham & Wortham.
SPENCER'S
Hair InvEg crater
And DtPdrtff EtttfCEtcr
3 5
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Price, - Fh'fy Cenis
Manufactured by ,
The Vegetable Ccitircund Ccmpspy
CorvaHis, Orson Ot
Starr's Bakery bps pfrtirfd the
ppryieea of D'ok Llewellyn, the
wonderful hresd njsker.
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latest style? and rattcrr. Eaek Oivta, Shi-t H
Pin, Cellar tins, Netfc CI aius, iti fact, any or- j
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HEARD OF
TRY THE IATEST
Notice For Publication.
rerRnm ent of the Interior,
Laud Office at Portland. Oresron.
...... Mav j. 1907.
ISntiee is hereby pvsn that George! H. Luk
enbill of Benton Conntv, OreroD. has filed
POtlOe Ot IliS irMTio,i maL-a ..T
tion pioof ui si pro tof bis eiaim, viz: Home
Btead Kmrv N..157 s made Sept. 16. . for
'h" 't 1 "h" H SEi a"11 XE KEl
proof will be maie before
County, at Corval'.is. Oregon, on June 17 1!M7
tne Cleric of Uentn 1
tie names me tniiowme witnesses to prove
his continuous residenre upon, and cn.tivation
Of the land, viz: R. E. I.. Brown of Corvall-s,
Oreeon; tzra Harris Corvallis. Oregon- John
ovier of Corvallis, Oregon; Jhn Olson of
Corvallis. Oregon.
ALGERNON' S. lKESSFR.
Register.
For Sale.
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Corvallis.
-:.r:.: i"n'P "s-.Ra-e3W.andthati.ail:T am rem nnM A T om J
THEIR LETTERS.
About the AH Benton Fair An
Original Plan.
Much interest is being taken
throughout Benton county in the
school childrens agricultural lair
that occurs h re in August, and
fiom all parts of the county
teachers repor. that their pupils
are actively engaged in growing
vegetables, flowers, and doing
other ttiings to gain them admis
sion to the various contests.
An original plan w?s adopted
by Miss Margaret Fowells, teach
t-r of the second grade in the
Corvallis public school, to stimu
lae an interest in the fair. Be
sides encouraging her pupils to
compete for the prizes, she ha?
them write letters to Sup't Deu
man Celling ot their work in pre
paration for the big fair, and in
order to show what these little
ones are doing, their letters are
published in full:
Corvallis, Or., May 2o,
Dear Mr. Deoman:
'07-
I have planted my sweet
peas and nasturtiums and will
try for a prize at the fir nexc
Avtg"St.
I am seven years old and in
the second B class.
Your friend,
Harrv Adams.
Corvallis, Or., May 20, '07.
Dear Mr. Denrnan:
I am learning to make a hand
kerchief, an apron, . and button
holes for the fair next Augnst.
I am eleven years old.
Your friend,
Mary Bedyner.
Corvallis, Or., May 20, '07.
Dear Mr. Denmas:
I have planted some sweet peas
and will try try for a prize at the
fair next August.
I am learning to sew. I am
making a handkerchief for the
fair.
Your friend,
Gail White.
Corvallis, Or., May 20, '07.
Dear Mr. Denrnan:
I'm learning to sew lor the
fair and will make a handker
chief and aproi. I'm going to
bring mv sewing to school and
mv teacher will hem me.
Your friend,
Grace Bode.
Corvallis, Or., May 20, '07.
Dear Mr. Dnman:
I have planted sweet peas and
nasturtiums, asters and will plant
rutabaga carrots and muskin:l
ons later. I will try for a priz
at the lair next August.
I am eight years old and iu
the second B class.
Your friend,
Pailip Coibett.
Corvallis, Or., May 20. '07.
E Dear Mr. Deatnan:
I am going to plant some nas
turtiums and I am learning to
sew so I can make an apron for
the fair. I will try for a prize
next August.
Your friend,
Clara Harding.
Carvaliis. Or., May 20, '07.
I have planted sweet corn. I".
? growing fine, My nastur
i i tnare not growing. I put
thiui int3 water and then tuey
.vatd not grow.
Your friend f
Wayne Scott.
Corvallis, 0, Mxy 20, '07.
Dr. Mr. Den man ;
I have planted siuie cabbage,
turnips and onions for the lair.
i - " J ' '" "
the sccoad B class.
Your friejd,
Raymond Murphy.
Crvalli', O'., May 23, '07.
Dear Mr. Denman:
I have plaatei asters aril cu
cumbers lor a prixe at the fa;
next Ajg'ist, also I atn iearnin
to make bread.
I am eight vears old and ii
t'i; secjnd B class.
Your friend,
Mildred Porter.
Corvallis, Or., May 20, '07.
Dear Mr. Denman:
I have planted sweet peas and
will try for a prize at the fair
next August,
I am in the second B class.
Your friend,
Florence Gustafson.
Corvallis. Or., May 20, '07.
Dear Mr. Den man.
I ha-e planted sweet peas an!
will try for a priza at the fair
next August.
I am eight years old and in
the second grade.
Your friend,
Rnby Thompson.
Corvallis, Or., May 20, '07.
Dear Mr. Deriinan:
I have planted nasturtiums
and rutabaga and will try tor a
prize at the fair next August. I
am ten years old and I am in the
second B class.
Your fiiend,
Ray Thompson.
Corvallis, Or., May 20, '07.
Dear Mr. Denrnan:
I have planted na-sturtiums,
sweet peas, sweet corn, carrots.
I am seven years old and will
try for a prize at the fair nrxt
August. 1 . . , 4
Your friend,
Frank Hollenberg.
Corvallis, Or., May 20, '07.
Dear Mr. Denrnan:
I am going 10 plant some
asters and wheat for the fair.: ; I
will plant them out at the farm.
We will go to the ' farm for the
summer.
, Your friend,
Lawrence Skipton.
Corvallis, Or.. May 20, '07.
Dear Mr. Denman:
Have planted water melons
and apples and will tiy for a
prize at the fair next August. I
am eleven years old.
Your friend,
Herman Heerzel.
What They Are Doing.
The members ol the W. C. T.
U. desire to express their hearty
thanks to all those who aided
them in their ntertainment giv
en at the opera house for the
benefit of the Free Reading
Room. Everythiug was done so
cheet fully that it is beleived the
participants have ail learned that
"it is more blessed to give than
to receive." They also extend
thanks to the public for liberal
patronage.
The receipts from the enter
tainment amounted to $61 which
gives about 55545 50 to apply on
the debt thus reducing it to less
than $210. There is an aver
age weekly attendance ac the
reading room of 120.
Besides papers and periodicals
pu Wished in Oregon, there is on
the tables the Seattle Mail and
H?rald, California Voice from
San Francisco, Search Light
from Los Angeles, Toledo Biade
from Ohio, Woman's Daily from
St. Louis, and many other per
iodicals from the far Eist. The
ladies are adding new papers and
periodicals as rapidly as their
means will allow.
Several publications have been
donated recently by unknown
friends. May the donors be rich
ly bles-ed. All favors are high
ly appreciated by the sjeiety and
they have every reason 10 be en
couraged a'-d gratified by the
kind words spoken concerning
their eft jr. s to maintain this Free
Reading and R :st Ro m f ?r the
public.
Taeir next regnlir meeting
wili be the first Thursday it:
Juae at 3 o'clock at the R-iding
Rxnn. There ars five Thurs-d-ys
in May and as they meet
on the first and third Thursdays
.11 iking three weeks between the
meetings this time, a tu!l attend
ance is desired.
Mr. aid Mtp. W H. SaAge are
to ri-tur:i today fro.n a two days'
visit in S-l!hiti- w 1 ih -v wnt tn
Upend Memorial Jay.
HIS SPLENDID ADDRESS.
To the Q. A. R.'s Memorial Ser
mon of Rev. Hurd.
There bas been much compli
mentary discussion of the mem
orial sermon delivered Sunday at
the United Evangelical church
by the gifted young pastor, Rev.
C. T. Hurd. Many, however,
were unable to be present Sun
day and for their benefit and for
the edification of the general
public the address is published in
full. Rev. Hurd said:
I count it a great honor to ad
dress you upon this occasion.
Forty-five years ago you stood
side by side, shoulder to shoulder
with your rrothers and neighbors
in the strife for your countrv.
But now, how. d ff rem! The
smoke of the battle has uani.shed,
the voice of the canm n is dumb.
There is no longer a fierce
charge or a repeated . assault not
the ground stiewed with the dead
add dying. Tne sun of A:nerica
rises on no slave and sets on no
master. The North and South
are one today. Ail is peare.
God has granted ou this vision
ere vou hear the drum beat the
last tattoo and over your graves
"taps" are sounded. ; He bas al
lowed you to partake of the jovs
of your victory and has allowed
us to thank yon.
Yet alas! You are . not all
here. It is fast becoming pain
ful to see the veterans of the
sixties try to march with heads
erect and striving to keep step
with the music of the band. Soou
the time will come when the
last soldier will have tottered
past the door, the lat leaf will
have blown from the tree and
they will be gone. 'Twill not
be long.
This year you will decorate the
graves of thirty-seven comrades
that have gone. Next year we
may have to decorate yours.
This year you will lay your trib
ute ol love on one nrw made
grave. He is gone but ia the
bivouac up yonder Comrade
Goodchild is answering to his
name. You will go to Crystal
Lake or to Gad's Acre on yonder
hillside where they lie, each bed
marked with a cold gray slab.
Eight or nine years ago I vis
ited the battlefield ol Gettysburg.
On that famous fi.-ld are 450
monuments erected in memory of
that great conflict. As I looked
at them I said to myself, "what
do they mean?" I walked over
into the National Cemetery where
in the midst of a t'lousand graves
of unknown dead, each marked
by a small square stone,, I asked
again, "what do these mean?"
Gj back with me and stand on
the bank of a river. It is the
J ordoa. There is a heap of stones
put there by Joshua to commem
crate the passage of the Red Sea.
iie reared a monument that in
the generations yet to come, when
thev should say "what mean
these stones?" they might re
member and tear God.
Wh t mean these stones by
vonder river side, in Crystal
Lake?
i'he Civil war is done; the
great armies are disbanded; their
tents have been struck; their
campfires are out; their muster
rolls are laid away. There is
another army which no order can
disband. Yonder in their camp
ing ground, these stones mark
their tents their campfires burn
in our hearts. Time has enrich
ed their meory.
"What mean these stones?"
They mean that in the time of
trial they and you stood the test.
They tell the kind of charac
ter they possessed. They show
their iat-nse love for liberty;
they mean adherence to the
right. They mean that priuci
ples ol justice must prevail in
this land of ours. They fought,
nrst, tor tie unity ot tee nation;
second, for human equality;
third, for their homes and per
sonal liberty. Let not our coun
I try's honor be tramped on to
morrow and the memory of your
deeds will inspire your sons and
neighbors to do as you have
done. That flag shall never trail
in the dust.
They mean that the value of
our present asset-of democracy
and brotherhood rest upon sacri
fice. You couuted life less than
public good. You taught us that
self abandonment is the law ot
true greatness. "Give" is the
source of personal power. Jesus
Christ went to Calvary but death
to him meant a larger life for
mankind.
The men of '61 loved life but
they loved their country more.
Everything good and great has
to be paid for. Life is a toilsome
up-grade. The cross precedes
the crown. Everything has its
cost mark. The world it full ot
little Calvarys for "without the
shedding of blood there is no re
mission." These stones mean a United
Nation, an Emancipated People.
Booker T. Washington whom
some one called the Demostheuese
of the negro race sai l, "You
found me a chattel aud left me a
raw." Bishop Deirick said,
'Yon tuvned our eyes from the
whip of the overseer to the wand
of hope. You turned our feet
from the slave pen to the path ot
freedom. You turned the slave
block into the school house. Yo-i
turned us !rom slaves into Ameri
can citizens." Liberty is the law
of out land.
They mean that we must con
serve and preserve the results of
your victories.
The dend are waiting for us.
Our sacrifice must match theirs
in loyalty, courage and devotion
to prir-ciples ot equality, liberty
and brotherhood that never shall
our fellow men be enslaved again
in this "land of the free and the
home of the brave."
They mean that death has its
forrows, destroys all distinctions
of rank and nature is equally
tender and our love knows no
distinctions. Death is a wonder
ful embalmer. They will not
change. In our memories are
many names. We treasure them
in this consecrated ground and
answer with fliwers "Dead upon
the field of honor."
Comrades of the G. A. R ,
veterans of a half century, may
the Father in heaven smile upon
you ia your declining years and
bless you. Look abroad at'd
when you have exchanged the
last embraces, have tramped in
the last march aud have answer
ed the last bugle call, know that
we will always remember you fur
what vou have done.
The Rose Fair.
The ladies ot the Presbyterian
church will hold a Rose Fair on
Wednesday, June 5th, at the
opera house. Following is the
list ot classes ana premiums:
Class 1 Finest specimen
vases not less than eight named
varieties, 1st $2.50,2 nd $1.50. .j
Class 2 Most artistically ar
ranged dining table decoration,
1st $2. 50, 2nd $1.50.
Class 3 Best collection climb
ers, 1st $1.50, 2nd $1.
Class 4 Most artistically ar-
arranged vase or vases, 1st 75c,
2nd 50c.
Class 5 Best exhibit of wild
flowers by children under 15
years, 1st $1., 2nd 50c.
Class 6 Best bouquet mis
cellaneous cut flowers, 1st 75c,
2nd 50c.
Eitry fee for all classes 10c.
All exhibits must be produc
tion of the exhibitor. The hour
tor receiving exhibits will close
at 3 p. m.
Doors open to the public at 5
p. in.
The ladies will seive a warm
dinner from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m.,
also lunch, ice crea": and cake
in the evening.' An entertain
ment will be given in the eve
ning, 10 cents admission being
charged. 46-47