Corvallis gazette., May 31, 1907, Image 4

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Buying Good
Beef Cattle.
More than one-half the secret in suc
cessful beef production is contained in
the two words "buy right," says J. C.
McLean of the Jpwa experiment sta
tion. Of course that means at the
right price and that exorbitant prices
' cannot be paid if any balance of profit
Is to remain with the farmer at the
end of the transaction. But it means
a great deal more. It means that be
must buy the right kind of stock. And
here is almost the whole secret. If a
man buys the right kind of feeder cat
tle, he very seldom pays a price which
loses him money, but if he does not
buy the right kind of cattle they are a
losing proposition at any price.
The right kind of feeder cattle are
strong in constitution, with a pro
nounced beef form, and tear all the
evidences of quality. The feeder must
be thrifty, lie must always be ready
for his two meals a day and a little
more, he must show vig r, and the
only way in which you can pick out
these nihilities in your prospective pur
chase is by the depth and thickness of
Ids client, the lowness of his flank and
his general vigorous expression as seen
In the eye, the hair and the manner.
Jfelther can you put valuable flesh on
a dairy form. A peaked shoulder, slab
sides, a thlu loin and a prominent
sharp rump and tail head are all dan
ger signals to the buyer of feeders.
A feeder must le deep bodied, thick
chested, wide sprung in his ribs, wide
ANGUS S'TCElt.
la his loin and rump and thick in his
thigh. Cat hams do not belong en a
desirable feeder. In addition, over ail
these parts the animal must be smooth
and neat, compact, but not coarse.
These points a man must have clearly
fixe 1 in his mind before lie even be
gins to look for feeders. If he has, then
he can buy ritfht. If he has not he is
at the mercy of the man who sells.
There is one more point that affects
the sellinrr of our finished animals
which must be considered when buy
ing, and that is uniformity.
Avoid off colors and assorted sizes.
While color cannot be sold over the
block or canned at the packing house,
yet it undoubtedly helps to sell a bunch
of steers. A uniformity of color and
of size pleases the eye and tends to
overcome individual defects. In buy
ing if possible obtain steers of a uni
form age, size and color.
The great Angus steer shown in the
illustration was reserve to the grand
champion at the international at Chi
cago, lie was fed and shown by the
University of Minnesota and sired by
the Imported bull owned by the Ohio
Btate university. His dam was ship
ped to Ohio State university to he bred
again to this bull in hope of securing
similar results.
The Boar to Select.
The boar should have a neat, smooth,
compact body and moderately short,
straight legs, says an authority. Sides
that fit a straight edge from the shoul
der to ham and have great depth and
moderate length, a back that is broad
and straight and deeply fleshed and
well developed hind quarters belong to
the Ideal boar type. He should be se
lected from a large litter of uniform
size and quality, for his progeny is
likely to approximate the average of
the litter of which he is one. His
mother should be a brood sow of tested
qualities as a stickler, for good pigs
cannot be raised if they do not receive
plenty of milk when young. Quality
Is Indicated by a glossy, fine, thick coat.
Clean, hard bone, vigorous constitution
and symmetry of parts sliouKl be al
ways demanded in the breeding boar.
Keep the Best Mares.
Brooders should never sell their best
mare when voting unless they have
one or more fillies bv a first class stal-
lion from her to take her place in the
brood mare ranks. Most brood mares
that nre not nrodnoers of record ner-
formers besiu to deteriorate, or, rather,
depreciate. In selling value after they
are fourteen years old. The small
farmer who raises but one or two a
year should plan to sell his brood
mares before their values begin to de
preciate and replace them with their
best fillies that are from three to five
years old. By continuing along these
lines, says Horse Breeder, the small
breeder will make more money, as a
rule, than by keeping mares uutil they
are past use and have really no mar
ket value.
Feeding Sheep Silf.gr.
A writi-r in the National Stockman
anil 1- armor, replying to me question,
Will it :iy to feed sheep silage? says:
Feeders wdio use sihitre are highly
pleased with results, liuiuimg a s;io
wni v.is ume 1 L.......11 .....v 1
to follow the business for years, or if
sheep an! lamb feeding is discontin
ued sil::ce is continued to be used for
cattle. Within a few miles of the
home of the writer there is a cement
concrete s'!o, 13 by GO. built to help
out in growing hothouse Iambs. This
Is the first winter used, and the owner
has expressed himself to me as wci?
pleased with res-ili.
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Care In This Direction Means PrttU
far tha Dairyman.
Can you never learn "
That your milk wlU turn
TJaleas yea waah your strainer f
And It should be done Immediately.
First hold It in a vertical position and
dash cold water Into It, enough to rinse
out all the foam, hair and whatever
other dirt there may be in it
Next take off the cloth, squeeze out
the milky water and thoroughly wash
by robbing between the hands in a gal
lon or more of warm, not hot, water,
using several waters. When all the
milk is out, and not till then, scald with
hot water. Let it soak in the hot water
for some time. Use no soap.
If washed in this way your strainer
cloth will not thicken and will keep
clean as long as it will last. We have
used one cloth for the past three
months. Always wet the cloth before
using.
In washing the tin part De careful
about the seams. The milk cans and
pails should always be rinsed in cold
or warm water, not hot; then thorough
ly washed in warm water. Rub down
the seams with a stick.
If the bottom of the outside Is dirty
have a pan and a rag that are used for
nothing else and wash the bottom.
Then, using plenty of water in a large
dishpan on a low table or bench, wash
the outside of palls and cans. Wash
the cans carefully. Then scaH the in
side of the vessels with hot water. No
soap or scouring powder is needed.
But if your wife does not like ta wait
breakfast rinse your strainer and leave
it In cold water. Never allow the milk
to dry In It.
The strainer cloth may be made of a
good quality of cheesecloth. A piece
of cloth flour sack two thicknesses
makes a very good one.
The cloth used for washing the milk
things should be used for nothing else.
Rinse and dry it when through with it.
After scalding the milk things put
them where they will drain and keep
clean. It Is not necessary to sun them
out in the dust, says a writer in Farm
Journal. ,
Good Calves Costly.
It .voula be an easy matter to let a
calf run. with its dam for the first six
months of its life, but while the calf
would make a most excellent growth
the practical dairyman realizes that the
calf would cost more than it would be
worth, says a writer in American Ag
riculturist. It requires mpre skill to
raise a dairy calf today than it did a
. score of years ago, for, requiring more
of our cows in the way of milk produc
tion and subjecting them to a forced
system of feeding, the calves are
brought forth under more artificial
conditions and are therefore less vigorous.
Feeding the Milk Maker.
The well bred youngster that is im
properly fed will at maturity be but
little better than a scrub animal. But
if the dam is properly nourished dur
ing the nursing period and the young
animal subsequently fed liberally it
will attain the normal size of its an
cestors and display all the leading
characteristics of the breed to which it
belongs.
A New Yorker's Plan.
J. S. Woodward, the New Yonk
dairyman, has no set way of feeding.
It depends upon the cost of feedstuffs
In the markets, he says. Sometimes I
can buy bran cheaply, sometimes cot
tonseed meal. I watch the market, buy
those feeds that contain the elements
I want an then make up a ration.
Last year I bought a carload of dried
distillers' (not brewers') grains. This
food contains a large percentage of
protein, is very digestible and is cheap.
Keep the Feed Up.
Some men start out in the fall with
excellent feeding rations, says Kim
ball's Dairy Farmer. They bring the
cows in from the pasture and give
them a variety and quality of feed
which cannot help but produce good
milk. These conditions last until the
feed bins begin to get low, then por
tions of the ration are cut out, and the
feeds begin to get smaller. By the time
the holidays are past the bottoms of
some of the bins are in sight. These
men think that economy in feeding
ui . , r i l.jil .1 . , 'l- .
meuus cunmg me
nn exrenl tms 18 true, oui economy .
i production ana scant reeding never go
i nand ln hand- start weI1 ,ln fal1
I nnd keeP tne ration nP untU cows
ore n e Pasture next spring. If you
i must bny, buy. If your cows are good
ones you cannot afford to pinch them
through the winter simply to save a
few dollars. You will lose on this
year's milk and on the flow of future
years. This is especially true if the
cows are young. It would be better to
keep fewer cows and to keep them
right than to try to winter more than
you can feed properly.
The Need of Salt.
When animals are heavily fed on
grain, as In fattening, milk or energy
production, a certain excess of salt is
called for because grains are usually
rather deficient In salt and often rich
in constituents that stimulate the ex-1
j cretion of salt; hence when an animal 1
is well rea on gram salt must De sup-
, plied regularly and in sufficient quan-
tities. Many animal ailments may be
traced to a lacK or salt in tne ration,
, .a lu- ..auuu.ii
j man and Farmer. Watch In the au-
tumn when grain and hay app?ar plen
tiful and feeding is liberal and see if
the veterinarian does not have an ex-
cess of indigestion and colic cases and
4.ti. i : a 1
then talk to him confidentially, and he
will tell you that the odds are that the
farmer saved a cent's worth of salt
and paid a dollar for medicine and
sometimes lost an animal.
APPLE SCAS.
Ham Ha af VaHeua tUpw Imnta a ha
Nebraska Statian.
. Ia acme spray ina testa against apple
cab carried on at the .Nebraska ex
periment station the varieties of apples
ased were Sweet June. Winesap, Maid
en Blush, Jonathan' and Balls Genet
Bordeaux was the solution used. The
Brst two varieties named were young
trees, five and eight years old respec
tively. The other varieties were old
trees. The Maiden Blush and Winesap
were sprayed only once. May 23 for the
former and May 27 for the latter. In
both cases after the blossoms had
fallen and in case of the Winesap even
after the calyx lobes had closed. The
Sweet June, Jonathan and Ralls Genet
were sprayed at different times. The
prevalence of scab on the sprayed and
-.nrprayed trees was first determined
tpproxlmately by simply examining
iTom 100 to 200 fruits per tree. Later,
vvhen the apples were picked, all the
rrnits except in case of Jonathan were
TTamJned and the amount of scab on
" Iff e rent trees determined more accu-
ately.
In Records of the Tests.
In the records of the tests given
xo or three facts stand out with spe
'al prominence. The unsprayed fruit
as very scabby, running from about
1 per cent in case of Jonathan to 80
or cent with Winesap. The first
traying, April 26 and 27, when the
af buds were jnst opening, afforded
o protection to the fruit Trees
prayed late in April and not sprayed
fterward had fully as scabby fruit
s unsprayed trees. The third spray
ng, May 23 and 2S, gave very good re
nlts. Winesap trees sprayed only
nee late in May showed only about 13
er ceat of scabby fruit as against 80
per cent for unsprayed trees, and
vlaiden Blush only 4 per cent of scab
on sprayed as against 65 per cent on
ansprnyed trees. The second spray
ing. May 7 and 9, while beneficial in
practically all cases, was not quite so
effective in controlling scab as the
later spraying. " V-
The Best Results. '
The best results followed two spray-
Z?'-. iV : I you that therlshe trl.pd, ffljj
This is well shown in case of Sweet .,.Wr ffy Voypoa.sSdby
June, where an unsprayed "tree had 7S , :,". ,.g (tlT y-ore of woman's ilA.
per cent of scab, one sprayed May 9 j : & ' ij '
40 per cent, one sprayed May 28 20 The makers of Ihr. Pierce's Favorite Pro
per cent and another sprayed on both fscriptlofc. for the cure of weak, nervous, run
May 9 and 28 only 4 per cent. '--"? .debilitated, pain-racked
f women, knots nyr Una aieaicjne to Le made up
Injuries to Fruit. t of irifr.-e-lionis, every one of which has the
Some of the apples, .notably Jona- L strongest possible indorsement of the leading-
ITniTi ftW ininrpfl fnnsiflemblv hv the
snra'rinjt of May 23. The fruit was
badly rusted on one side. In the worst
cases the injury took the form of one
sided development of the fruits.
Whether the injury was due to an
overdose of the spray, to improperly
made bordeaux, to the green arsenoid
used with the bordeaux br to the ex
treme tenderness of the Jonathan
fcuits, I am unable to say. R. A. Em
erson in Orange Judd Farmer.
FINE COMB HARROW.
An
mpiement That Is Flexible and
- Eaay to Draw.
The harrow herewith illustrated and
originally described by a New Jersey
farmer in an exchange is eight feet
long by four feet wide, with eight
teeth in each beam. The teeth should
be of five-eighths inch steel and put
through not more than two inches.
This makes a fine comb harrow which
habbow m position.
cuts all the top and does not pull up
trash. Each beam is attached to the
pulling bar with a hook and drop link,
Through the middle is an inch rod put
through thimbles, one being slipped
over each beam. This makes the bar-
row-flexible. By withdrawing the inch
rod and unhooking from the pulling
bar it can be sheltered in very small
space.
A bov can handle it. The har-
row is very easy to draw. The beams,
being near the ground, act as levelers,
while the teeth cover and stir the
ground thoroughly.
Water Hemlock or Wild Parsnip.
In Montana this plant is most com
monly known by the name "wild par
snip," and It appears that from the use
of this name a mistaken notion has
arisen that this is identical with the
common parsnip of the garden. A
nr eu nt n!am,in. nf hnth
cattle and sheep have happened In
Montana from eating this species, and
since the term wild parsnip is com-
monly used to designate the cause it
has come to be believed by a large
number of persons that the garden
parsnip when allow to escape .from
Zo ZT
ie readily distinguished. The
. H h
j flowera of garden parsnip are yel
I low, while those of the water hemlock
are white.
Western Yellow Pine,
rj-g western yellow pine is one of
the iargest and most valuable of the
Dmes. it ranges in size from not
oow than sixty feet hign in tne ana
portions of its range to 200 feet in
height and six feet in diameter on the
western slopes of the Sierras. It has a
straight " and symmetrical stem and
!ftsuaiIv a long spirelike crown -which,
' ...
even in fairly dense stands, covers
one.half to one-third of the tree,
Tae neeaies are from six to ten inches
ioa!; and -oaualiy row ,n bundles of
j three.
Convcntioa A Success.
The convention of postmasters
and rural -mail carriers held at
the post-office in Corvallis, Wed
nesday night, was a splendid
meeting and the most successful
of the sort ever held in this sec
tion of Oregon. Many subjects
of interest and benefit to those
interested were discussed, and a
deeper interest will he taken in
the work as a result of this gath
ering. A banquet at Wiley's lunch
room was enjoyed by 48 carriers,
postmasters and their wives and
sweethearts.
A tally-ho party of 21 came
over from Albany.
The occasion was delightful as
well as profitable, and Henry
Cumrriings, president of the
Carriers' Association, is to be
congratulated for the active cart
that was taken by him in making
the convention a complete suc
cess.
Tr-e; ladies of the Precbyterian
churcD will bold their annual Rmb
Fair at the opera house on June 5,
107. ' They will eerve a dinner
and nave an entertainment in the
evbuiug, in couuectiou with the fair.
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Mrs. Amauda Woodcock spent Memor
ial da; in Salem .
. . Fes' Yck?ssS ?
Or. do you open your mouth like s younff
bird a.&1 palp down whatever food or mei
iine maV be cSered you ?
I t it
fcsiMiw.n Intelligent thinking woman.
!n naed ofeiK-f from weakness, nervousness.
pain and suSene. then It means much to
mid
standard authorities of the several
schools of 131-p.cr Ir1?. aro perfectly willing, and
-the formula, or isi ofWredients. of which
it is coTtiyuscd, in plain English, on every
bottle-wi-Dpiier.
ijf 5t tjt Jf fi
The forirml.i of Dr. Tierce's Favorito Pre
scription will bear trio most critical examina
tion of mauled experts, for it contains no
alcohol, narcotics, harmful, or habit-forming
drugs, and no t.gt;nt enters into it that is not
highly recorameudetl by the most advanced
and leading msdical teachers and author
ities of their several schools of practice.
These authorities recommend theinsrredients
of DrTlMcrce'
WiOTll,.!,! ILI J II II ,IJ
a-oriie Prescription for tha
cure of exact :y t h e s u it; e a 1 1 mo nts
tills worRpiameu "medicine is advised.
Ji? 'ir tjff fr
No other medicine for -woman's Ills has any
such professional endorsement as Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescript ion has received. In the un
aualitied recommendation of each of its
several ingredients by scores of leading medi
cal men of all the schools of practice. Is
such an endorsement not worthy of your
Consideration ?
ifr ij 4? it
A booklet of ingredients, with numerous
authorative profssional endorsements by the
leading medical authorities of this country,
will be mailed free lo any one sending name
and address with request for same. Address
Dr. E. V. Pierce, Buffilo. N. Y.
Easy Enough.
A noted mathematician, consider
ed by many a wonder, stopped at a
hotel in a small town in Missouri.
As usual m such places there were
' a number of drummers on hand,
; There was also a meeting of some
j medical men at the place, who used
; the hotel ag headquarters. One of
th doctors thought it would be
, mathema.
. . ?, J . . , ir p..
, tie:an that some of the M. D s had
; concluded to kidnap him and take
; out his nrams to learn now it was
he was so eood in mathematics. He
was then asked by them what he was
j ; tt
"Whv, I shall simply go on without
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brains, lust as you doctors are do -
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ing.
The Three R's.
Sir William Onrtis. "Rart... who was
lord mayor of London in 1795, is
troTiPTnlW f-TPaite.-l with the author-
chir. of t.hfi vonnlar expression. "The
three R's readin', ritin' and rith-
: metic." It was upon the occasion
0f a city dinner at the time when Dr.
, -geji an(j Quaker Lancaster were
; pleadinT in behalf of increased edu-
? facilities for the toor that
; I1,?" f"J a
jesting manner offered the toast
j "The three R's." The phrase caught
the nubllC fancy at once.
He Remembered.
TJnele Johnny Major was an ab-
sentminded southern gentleman.
One day Mose opened the big gate
when his mwter drove to church
and was uncertain whether to close
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the gate or leave it open, so lie crxeu
. -!- t -i-i -1 at "U
out as Lncle jonnny arove tmuui,
"llaa, mus' i shet de pater in
the village church five miles away
T.or -and r-eor-'e were astonished
rrhc-n T-nnl .TohnTiv. halfwav down
..o n . nhntiv ha fwav down
the a:sle. halted with sudden reeol-
WHotv half turned and said. "Yes.
Mose, shut the gate 1
!'
WHO THEY ARE,
Graduates at OAC This Year
.Where They Live.
Another, and the largest class
of graduates ever sent out from
OAC, will receive diplomas on
June xath, when four years of
faithful toil will be rewarded.
Every county in the state but
two is represented in the college
this year, and the following list
will there.ore oe of widespread
interest throughout the state.
The graduates, their place of
residence, and the course they
are taking at college follows:
Agricultural Ralph Allen,
Rickreal; Avery Applewhite,
Tillamook; Samuel Bennett,
Med ford; Robert Brodie, Lents;
Cvril Brownell, Umatilla; Carl
Clark, Barton; Percy Finley,
Corvallis; William Johnson,
James Kelley, Lents; Asa Post,
Davton; Charley Shrack, Tan
gent; Paul Spilluian, Mt. Tabor;
Clarence Vincent, Corvallis;
Darwin Thayer, Ranier.
Household Science Elizabeth
Bell, Beaver City, Nebraska;
Belle Bonney, Woodburn; Paul
ine Davis, Corvallis; Helen Gil
key, Montesano. Wash.; Laura
Keiser, Spiiit Lake, la.; Isabelle
Mallett, Ontario; Madeline Nich
ols, Corvallis; Winnie Parsons,
Albany: Leatha Rickard, Corval
lis. Mechanical Leon Bowser,
Silverton; Claude Swann, Cor
vallis.. Electiical Arthur Barnett,
Portland; William Bell, Beaver
City, Nebraska; J. J. Clark,
Portland; Samuel Graf, LaFay
ette; Del Rov Groves, Portland;
Max Hindrickv Hood River;
James Jones, Ccrvallis, Oliver
Luinm, Dayton; W. T. Martin,
McMinnville; Ralph McNeill,
Portlond; Lewis Metzger,, Gres-.
ham; Leo Rosenstein, Oregon
City; Floyd Rowland. Corvallis;
Royal Selleck, Boyd; Roger Spi
cer, Antelope; Carl Stebinaer,
Portland; Albeit Tedrow, Cor
vallis; Lee Thomas, Huit,
Wash.; Alvan Witzig, Park
place. Pharmacy Arthur Berman,
Corvallis; Lyman Bundy, Mos
cow, Haho; Clinton Dicken,
Mary Elgin, Corvallis; Warren
Fo;sythe, Enterprise; Jesse O
'Neil, La Fayette; Carl Smith,
Carson, Wash. ; Oliver Spires,
Myrtle Point; Linwood Russell,
Baker Oity; Calvin Ingle, Cor
vallis. Mining Fred Miller, Marsh
field ; Paul Jones, Ontario; Jens
Lingaas, Portland; Fred Hofer,
Salem.
Literary Commerce My t tie
Burnap, Corvallis; Cyrus Harlan,
Corvallis; Mark Weatberford,
Olex; Vera Horner, Corvallis;
Adah McDonald, Woodburn;
Bertha Watrous, Olympia,
Wash. ; Harold Wilkins, Corval
lis; Jessie Wilson, Canyon ville;
Nicholas Tartar, Corvallis.
Special course in Chemistry
Hari Singh Chiina, India.
There will b- a sacred concert
given under the direction of Miss
Sheehy in the college armory on
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
Everyone is invited:
A runaway horse with a post tied toa
hitching strap and beating the animal on
i the heela at every jump was an exciting
pectftcle on Mam street about 5:30
, Tuesday evening. The animal was one
1 ' . , .
Ail P. Hammal'a hiah-snirite 1 drivers
and it pulled up the post to which it was
tied in the rear 01 Hotel orvauis, auu
escaped down the street. The frightened
creature soon had the strap between its
! lees, which caused the post to drag on its
' heels, and the horse tore down Main
str. et with the post striking a blow
every time the animal jumped. At the
K. M. Wade hardware store the almost
maddened brute went onto the sidewalk
aad for two blocks never left it. No one
had the hardihood to attempt the capture
of the animal, bnt EOmeoue telephone
to Mr. MetcaU, residing a mile south of
town, and it seems that he succeeded in
neaomg me uurnr imu iuc u v
ranh. The' runaway was one of the
most sensational as well as one of the
most dangerous to pedestrians, that has
ever bsen seen in Corvallis.
When the May has culled ber dowere,
for the Summer waiting long.
a,i th K,..th nr .riv rsp
"
woua Luc
horfcTAta intrt B.nnir.
1 Iu u 7 .fl
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he banners in the street
Ana me marcuing 01 uie mumms uCa-
mg iwimuo i.u .u .,
mg garlands
Tis the Sabbath of the Natioa, 'tis the
floral feast of May !
Ia remembrance of our heroes
We keep Memorial Day. Ex.
Additional Local.
W. g. Paul nt to Portland, Tartar
d, to Tiait until Sunday with' hia aon
and wife. Prof, and Mrs. G Lester P.ul.
J. Hewitt and family moved thia weak
into the residence on door north oi tha
Burnap home on Ninth atreat.
Tha children of tha Sunday School
will give a missionary program at tha
Christian church next 8onday mornings
In the evening the pastor will preach on
"The Division and Dec'ine of the Kiny.
dom of Israel." Special music at each
service.
Many interesting thing are being
planned for the celebration in Corvallis,
among which will be a "wet and a "dry
hose race. Each of the lodges contem
plates hairing a float, and the firemen
will have a hose team ready to partici.
pate in the day 'a snort.
John Young, in charge of quite a crew,
began Wednesday, excavating for a hup,
ment that is to be placed under the First
National Bank. A furnace is to be in.
stalled and the building will be heated
throughout in this manner. Several
men are now employed on the excava
tion work.
A Bouvfinir postal of the Esst Room of
the White House wt s received by the
Gazette reporter yesterday, from Miss
Nora Miller, now visitinir the East with
the Telegram contest party. The in
scription on the postal say, "This is
where I met the President. He gave us
a hearty welcome and congratulated ua
as 'fortunate girls from Oregon. "
Wood haulers are now iuhed with
work in supplying customers with fuel,
as the winter's supply of many families
has been exhausted for several weeks,
and tbey have bad to rely on slab wood
until the rosds would permit hauling to
be done. 'It is declared there will be a
greater shortaa of fuel in Corvallis the
coming fall and v. inter than has ever
been known.
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Tomorrow, Saturday, in Avery's gmve,
1 Ofvors the anraial picnic of the Iowa .
, Association and the event, promises to he
a very enjnvahle one., Speeches will be
'made 'by Rev. J. R. N. Bell, Rev. Hand,
ssker. Rev. .Monosmith and W. J. Kent,
and there will be a musical program and
numerous other features of iterest.
Long tables are to be set undei the trees,
where a feast of good things will be en.
joyed at the noon hour.
Voting places, where ballots may be
cast for goddess of liberty for the cele
brat ion, are to be established ;n th? drug
stores in this city, tomorrow, if the com.
mittee can possibly get details romplet.
ed. Then it will be up to the publie to
elect the prettiest girl to the position of
goddess. A voting place will also he es-
ftablished in Philomath, and Corvallis
will have to look to its laurels lest Phiio .
math elect one of her fair daughters to
the position of honor.
Yesterday was Memo rial day and there
was a fitting observation of the event in
Corvallis. The program as published in
the last iesue of the Gazette was carried
out, and an abundance of beautiful blos
soms made Crystal Lake cemetery a
beautiful place as the rava of sunshine
fell softly over the scene last evening
after the last person bad departed for
home. A large crowd attended the ex
ercises, and from ea'Iy morning until
evening people visited the cemetery,
laden with blossoms for the graves Of
loved ones who have passed on.
John F. Allen, the well known phar
macist, is to be cashier in the new bank
that is to open in the Johnson brick the
first of July. C. 4. Dobell, who arrived
a few days ago from Bla;kfoot, Idaho,
will ba assistant cash ier. Mr. Allen's
position in the drug store will be filled
by Victor Spencer, who begin9 work to
morrow. Mr, Dobell has purchased the.
residence on college hi'.l, formerly owned
and occupied by Prof. Mclveillips, and
has taken possesion with his family.
He made the purchase of E. J. Veal, the
con sideration being about $3000.
Because he said he could not find the
conductor to pav his fare on the excur.
aion train to Yaqnina last Saturday, a
conscience stricken resident of Philomath
yesterday sent George F. Nevins of the
Corvallis & 'Eastern railway a check for
83 cents, the amount of his fare. Thia
is the first time in the history of the
road, according to Mr. Nevins, that any
person has seat the road money for a
fare uncollected, and being such , Auditor
Nevins and Manager Talbot have had
the check with the letter of explanation
framed and hung in the general office
here, as the first contribution to tha
"Conscience Fund." Tuesday' a Herald.
Everything is on the move with the
committee on arrangements for the cele
bration in Corvallis. Many interesting
features are being planned and there wilt
be something doing all day long. John
Iogle bas been appointed marsh all of
the day; G. A. Peterson of near Pbilo.
math will be reader; Mayor George E.
Lilly will be chairman of the day ; Dr.
Bell will b9 chaplain, and Senator W. C.
Hawley will be the orator. These facta
are proof that the committee knows what
it is about, and demonstrates the fact
alsn that the celebration will be a puc
cees. Everybody in Beuton county will
be loyal and attend, while crowds are
certain to come from adjoining towna
that do not celebrate, as well asfrom alt
the rural districts adjacent Coryallis.