Vol. XI .IV.
Corvaijjs, Benton County, Oregon, Tuesday. Jui 30. 190T.
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Price, - Fifty Cents
Manufactured by
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-FOR JEWELRY, '' .
We Have for Men , We Have for Ladies
Cuff Links for the Shirtwaist Shirtwaist Sets, Collar Pins
j Tie Clasps for the Four-in-hand "Beauty Pins," Brooches
Silk Fobs with 'Safety Chains' Bracelets
Tie Pins, all Styles and Prices Back Combs, Etc.
In fact any of the little indispensables that a lady needs to
complete her summer costume.
PRATT, The Jeweler and Optician.
FOR A FULL LINE OE
Campers' Supplies, Tents
and Hammocks go to
6. J. BLACKLEDGE.
Yoss '-Tako Mo. Oh&moos
When You Buy Qraceress
At This Star
All our goods are guaranteed to
comply with the
Pure Food Law
We have the best and nothing but
the
We Want Your Business
H&iios 5sooosy
Real Estate Transfers.
Trustees of M. E. church to J.
W. Walters, parcel of laud near
Bellefountain; $60.
Tbos H Cooper to V E Wat
ters, 263.8? acres southwest of
Corvallis; $10. ,
M L Kline to W Vidito, lets 4
and south y2 of lot 3 bl. 6 Dix
on's addition to Corvallis; $1500.
D H Chenev (Administrator)
to J J Houck, 160 acres south of
Philomath; $875.
John Meeker to Roena Meeker,
5.76 acres near Corvallis; i.
SA Tharp ,to F A and FI
Willert, 100 acres near Bellefoun
tain; $4000.
W B Lacy to A Leder, 6 lots
in bl. 16, Avery & Well's , addi
tion to Corvallis; $300.
Mrs. George Nichols of Albany spent
Sunday in thie city with relatives.
Miea Helen Eaber returned home the
last of the week from a visit with friends
in Portland.,
Miss Minnie Phillips has arrived home
from a month's visit in Portland and at
Oysterville.
Abraham Lincoln
Was a man who, against all odds, at
tained the highest honor a man conld
eetin the United States, " Ballard's
Horeourd Pyrup has attained a place
never equalled by any other Tetredy. It
is a sure cure for Coughs, Colds, Bronchi
tis, ' Influenza and all Polmonary die
eapes. Every tnother Fhonld Veep sup
plied with this wonderful cough remedy.
Sold by Graham & Wortham.
The Gazette
for Job Work.
best. .
. AU the World
Knows that Ballard's Snow Liniment
has no superior for Rheumatism,. Stiff
Joints, Vjuts, Sprains, Lumbago, and all
pains. Bay it, try it and you will al
nse it. Anybody who has used Ballard's
Snow Liniment is a living proof of what
it does. All we ask of yon is to get a
t-ial bottle. Price 2oc. 50a and $!U0.
bold ly Graham & vVo'tham.
LETTER LIST.
The following letters remain uncalled
for in the Corvallis pestotfice, for the
week ending Jnly 27, liki": .
William Bennett, Rev A J Folsom, Mrs
Jane Mills, George A Swiggett, D R
Vaughan, A J Wilkinson.
B. W. Johnsok, P M
Your Liver
la out of order. Yon go to hed in a
bad humor and get np with a had taste
in your mouth. Yon weint eomeihint; to
stimulate your liver. Jnst try Heroine,
the liver regulator. A positive enre for
Constipation, Dyspepsia and all liver
complaints. Mrs. F ., Fort Worth,
Texas, writes:
"Have used Herhine in my farailv for
years. Words cao'terpress what I think
about it. Eerybody in my household
is nappy ana well, ana w e owe it to
Heroine." -
Sol.l by Graham & Wortham.
IT IS BUSY.
Sweeping Orders Issued by State
Commission.
A new set of rules bas , been
adopted in regard to depot ac
coinoiuodations on all Oregon
lines, and hereafter the traveling
public will be better cared for
than ever before. Many of the
things about depots will be care
fully looked after, insuring better
service than heretofore afforded.
The Oregouian gives the follow:
ing accoant of the rules:
The older is sweeping in effect,
covering all of the railroads
operating lines in th state. The
regulations, violations of which
are subject to a forfeiture of from
$100 to $1000, follow: '
All passenger .waiting-rooms
and passenger cars used in this
state shall be clean and supplied
with pure drinking water and so
lighted, heated ventilated and
equipped . as to render the occu
pants of the same reasonably
comfortable.
. Suitable toilet-room or build
ing shall be provided and kept
clean at each regular station
where an agent is maintained,
a separate toilet-room or building'
shall , be kept for the use of
women,, which shall be marked as
such and which shall be unlock
ed at all times when, by these
rules, the waiting-room is re
quired to be open. Toilet-rooms
on all cars carrying passengers
shall be kept clean and supplied
with toilet paper.
Waiting-rooms and ticket offi
ces Having an agent snau De
open for the accommodation of
the traveling public at least 30
minutes before the schedule time
of arrival of all passenger trains!
scheduled to stop at such station,
be kept open after the. arrival of
such passenger train for such
length of time as will afford pas
sengers a reasonable opportunity
to transact their business and
leave the station. In the case of
delayed trains, such waiting
rooms shall be kept open until
the actual arrival of such delay
ed trains.
Waiting-rooms at junctions
shall be kept open when neces
sary for the accommodation of
passengers waiting to transfer
from one line to the other. V '
Platforms shall be kept lighted
at night when the waiting-room
is by these -rules required to be
open. . .- ' ' - ".
Why They Married.
An editor sent out a letter to
his male readers, asking for an
swers to the question '"Why I
married." He received the fol
lowing replies:
i Because I did not have the ex-
vnvuv J. uay v nv YY
That's what I have been try-,
ing for eleven years to find out.
I married to get even with her
mether, but never have.
I yearned for company. Now
we .have it all the time.
I thought it would be cheaper
than a breach of promise suit. ,
Because Sarah told me that
five other mea had proposed to
her.
That's' the same fool question
my friends ass me.
I wantel a companion of Jthe
opposite sex. She vis still oppo
site. '" ' ' :r-"' . .". ' :X
- The old man was going ta give
me his foot, so I . took his
daughter's hand.
Because I asked her to have
me and she said she would I
think she got me.
Because I thought she was one
among a thousand now I think
she is a thousand among one
I was lonely and : melancholy
and wanted some one to make
me lively. She makes it very
lively. .
Resolutions of Condolence.
-Whereas, It has pleased the
to remove from the field of her
earthly labors, Mrs. Ella Grugett,
wife of our esteemed neighbor,
A. T Grugett, be it
Resolved, That Mary's Peak
Camp, No. 126, Woodmen of the
World extend its heartfelt sym
pathy to our esteemed nefghbor
in bis great bereavement. May
the Hand that removed his tender
and loving companion extend Its
protection and aid to him and the
motherless child in this their hour
of sorrow and affliction, and be it
further : :: '
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be spread upon the
records of this Camp and a copy
be'transmitted to Neighbor Gru
gett, and a copy to each of the
newspapers of this citv. "
A. K. Russ,
W. L. Sharp, .
C. A. Gould.
JUST AN IDEA.
Something for the Women of Ben
ton Rest Room Needed.
The idea of a "rest room" is
now and then taken up and dis
cussed by some paper in the state,
and the idea is one that should be
given more attention and carried
into action. Corvallis needs such j
a room, aituougn the tree reading
room maintained by the W. C T.
TJ. in a measure answers the pur
pose. But much more is needed. A
room centrally located on Main
street where farmers' wives could
not help but find it is the first
thing to be considered, and this
should be fitted with stove, chairs,
a couch and rockers, besides a
roomy table where, if desired, a
luncheon could be placed for the
children when they become so
tired and fretful that the -woman
from the country, in for a day's
shopping, can scarcely minage
them. Water, wash basins,
toilets and other conveniences
would make such a resort of in
estimable value to womankind in
any town, and especially so to
the farmers' wives who have no
place to go for a rest and to care
for their children and babies when
their trading is done and they are
waiting for the man of the house
to finish his business. ' :
Especially in winter is such a
room needed, for no woman likes
to enter a store and with her little
ones stand about the stove, it
there is one, there to be stared at
by other Customers and made to
feel that she " is in everybody's
way. , Many a woman has had
such humiliating experiences and
many a one dreads the day in
towB, doing her necessary buying,
simply on account of thjs unpleas
ant standing about, "killing
time" while "father" goes here
and there with no thought of be
ing bored himself orin anybody's
way. - 'r;
Only the other day the writer
saw a middle aged lady and little
girl standing iin : a, store door
way. Their gaze traveled anx
iousiy up and down the. street ap
parently in the hope that "father"
would appear with the ,rig to go
home. The day was hot, and
standing in a doorway,, waiting,
is not pleasant. "How much bet
ter for them had there been a
comfortable room nearby where
thev could b;ve gone in off the
street and wa ted and how they
would have praised the town lor
having such a place. -
More business would come to
the town from the female popula
tion if such a room could be es
tabhshed. Or this there is do
dou t, for the i experiment has
been tried and found hishlv fa 1 -
fa'ctorv in many an eastern town
and also in the state of Washing
ton. i '
It world be a iood thine fot
he citv :osbow Mich considera
tion : for its women customers,
and it is ctrtain that the fact
would hi discussed by the women
fir and near, and do much in.ad-
vertising the public spiritedness
of Corvallis. -.
O. B. Connor is b lildiDg an addition to
his residence in Jobs addition.
MINNIE BUXTON'S STORY.
Tells of Terrible Experience nn
Sinking Ship Columbia.
v "This is the Captain speaking
to you; be calm, don't get excit
ed, ladies come right this way
and we'll help you onto the up-,
per deck, whe.e you'll be safe.
It's no use, she's gone!"
"These were among the last
words uttered bv Captain Doran,
of the ill-fated Coulmbia, before
his vessel sank into the Pacific,"
says vMiss Minnie Buxton, a
trained nurse, 188 Sixteenth
street, who was near , Captain
Doi&n when the ship went down.
Miss Buxton was in the water
nearly, three-quarters of an hour.
"His voice was steady and his
manner was calm and reassur
ing," said Miss Buxton. "He
helped several of woman onto
the upper deck and evidently
thought we would be safe there
for a while, until the boats could
take us away. I asked him if he
was the captain when heard his
voice and he toldme he was. He
urged us not to get excited,
and I told , him I was not. A
moment later the vessel lurched a
second time and the captain said:
Its no use; she's gone."
"I was standing on deck and
was carried down into the water
with the sinking ship. How
far I went down or how lonfir I
was beneath the water I have no
idea. , but it seemed as though I
would never get N to the surface.
When I finally arose to the top
there was't a thing in sight. My
like-preserver kept me up well
and with what swimming I could
do, I had no trouble in keeping
my head out ot the water.
"After a while I heard a man
near by, and called out to him it
he .thought we would be saved
He told me to keep cool and
that we would be saved all
right. I told him I was going to
him, and- he warned me not to
hang onto bim. I told him
had a life-preserver on and that
I wasn't going to hang onto him,
but if I went down, I didn'
want to go down alone. Shortly
afterward he told me a lifeboat
was right behind me, and soon
we were picked up. The boat
was No. 3, and carried 28 people
"It seemed days until morning
broke. . About 3 o'clock a wind
started to blow and it was very
disagreeable. I he boat : was
loaded down almost to the water's
edge and every little ' ripple
washed in, so that it was neces
sary to bail out constantly. The
sea became choppy and the wind
blew spray all over us and it
seemed at times as though we
couldn't stand it another minute,
but no one complained. Chailey
Murpney, the cabin " boy, was a
real hero and r too much cannot
be said in his praise. He did
much to keep up our spirits dur
ing those long, dreary hours.
"We didn't go aboard the San
Fedro at all. The crew told us
we were safer where we were and
we all thought so, when she be
gan to wash and the mast broke
and fell into the sea. At last we
were sately taken aboard the
Elder."
Miss Buxton declares she was
not awakened ' by ' the shock of
the collision, and first knew that
something was Wrong when
aroused by her roommates. She
took time to dress almost com
pletely, and her training as a
professional nurse did mnch to
help keep her under control of
herself. Once after leaving her
room she remembered leaving
ber watch, a keepsake of her
mother's, and went back after it.
She had just time to be helped
onto the hurricane deck when the
big steamer shuddered the second
time and plunged to the bottom
of the sea. Telegram.
Our Waste Basket.
People as a rule do not know
how much they have to be
thankful for, and little do many
realize how favored they are
by persons towards whom, doubt
less, they consider themselves in
nowise indebted. A writer in
an exchange touches upon this
subject when he says: - - :
If some day the newspaper man .
should print the contents of
his waste basket there would
probably be a riot. There would
certainly be trouble in many
homes, arrests in some directions,
shot guns in others, trouble all '
around. But the patron never
sees the waste basket. He only
glances at theeautifully printed
pages, complains if one letter 111
fifty is upside down, growls his
diaappointment if one name in
five hundred has happened to go
wrong, kicks because his com
munication, signed "Taxpayer,"
has been condensed into respect
able English, frowns because the
editor didn't take his advice about
publicly warning his neighbor
against throwing more melon in
the alley, and is generally dis
gruntled, notiso much as what he
finds as at what he fails to
find. He kuows his . share of
the waste basket, but if he could
have one look at the contribu
tions made to that receptacle by
his neighbors and friends he
would thank God for the exist
ence of a man with sufficient in
telligence and courage not to print
all that he knows, and to temper
even that which he does print."
DR. KERR'S REMARKS
About Short Course for Teach
ers Is in Portland.
Arangements have been com
pleted for a, summer course in
agriculture at the Oregon Agri
cultural college, beginning Aug
ust 26 and continuing to the 31st
inclusive." The purpose of the
course is to give the teachers of
the state such preparation as they
may need for the use of the agri
cultural book to be introduced
next year in the seventh and
eighth, grade of the public
schools. It is hoped that as many
of the teachers as possible will
avail themselves of this opportun
ity of acquiring a knowledge of
the new subject.
Dr. Kerr, who is in Portland
on business connected with OAC
said of this special course:
"Oregon is one the first states
in the Union to introduce agri
culture into the common schools,
and no means should be spared to
make this work a success from
the beginning. ,
"Very few of the teachers have
received any special training in
scientific agriculture; some, per
haps, are even without experience
on the farm. Then, again, the
text-book adopted, although one
of the best of the kind published,
is prepared for general use, and of
necessity omits many things of
local importance and perhaps
contains other things of no special
value to people here.
"That the agricultural college
may be of as great service as pos
sible in this movement for agri
cultural education, it is fitting
that the magnificent equipment
the insitution has for agricultural
work, and the services of the
J specialist in different subjects of
agriculture should be utilized to
the greatestextent possible in pre
paring teachers for this - new
work. It is for this purpose that
the special Summer course is
established. The work will con
sist 6Y lectures on different sub
jects treated in the text, with
such '.lustrations and demonstra
tions as may be helpful to teach
ers in getting an understanding
of the subject. The professors
will indicate the parts of the text
which may be advantageously
omitted, and will give supple
mentary material to be used by
the teachers in adapting their
work to local conditions." Ore-
Hello Central!
Where is No. 9? Why, call Ind. 251
or office at Allen's drug store, which
stands for John Lenger, and he will at
tend your wants. 38 (