Vol. XLIV.
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, Tuesday. August' 6, 190T.
NO. 60
SFEK'CER'S
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Corvallis, Oregon fit
FOB
GRAHAM
SUMMER TIME
THE TIME
FOR JEWELRY.
I We Have for Men We Have for Ladies
,Cuff Links for the'Shirtwaist Shirtwaist Sets, Collar Pins
Tie Clasps for the Four-in-hand "Beauty Pins," Brooches
I Silk Fobs with 'Safety Chains'! Bracelets,
i 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.
j PRATT, The Jeweler and Optician.
FOR h FULL LIME OE
Campers' Supplies, Tents
and Hammocks go to
O. J. BLACKLEDGE.
When You Buy Grczscnes
At This Sioro
All our goods are guaranteed ta
comply with the
Pure Food Lzw
We have the best and nothing but
the best. 2
We Yaist Your Business
For Business Advertise
Children la Pain
Never cry as do children who are suf
fering from hunger. Such is the cause
of all bebiep who cry and are treated for
sickness, when they really are suffering
from hunger. This is cnsf d from thei1
food not being afsimilsted but devonred
by worms. .A few doses of White's
Cream Vermifuge will caufe them to
cease cryine and begin to thiive at on',e
Give it a trial. Sold b Graham &
Wortham.
The Gazette
for Job Work.
Your
iTijre ana it win
look '
hogar.
Chi-iic
the water
Rosewood or Ma-
your bathroom and
will have no effect
upon it.
Take up volt old carpets and
Chi-Namel the floors and they
will look like Oak or Walnut.
Chi-Namel every room and or
nament in the house and it will
make them as good as new, and
a joy forever.
Easily Applied. Quickly Dried.
Manufactured only by
The Ohio Varnish Co.
Cleveland, Ohio,
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HIS
HECK.
And Died Six Hours Later A
Deplorable Accident.
A friendly wrestling mach
cost Russell McHargue his life,
Friday night.
The accident occurred at the
George Linderman ranch north
of town at 6 'clock Friday eve
mng. The threshing machine
had broken down and members
of the crew amused themselves
as best they could. As is usual
with young bos, some engaged
in wrestling, and of these young
McHargae was one. No one will
ever kn mst exactly how it
happened, but in some manner
the lad was thrown by his mate
sustaining what is commonly call
ed a broken neck He was paralyz
ed from tbeshoulders down butre
tained his sense uatil death claim
ed him at midnight.
Russell McHargue was 17 years of
age and his home was at Browns
ville. The parents arrived Sat
urday afternoon to take charge of
the remains which had been
conveyed to the Wilkins and
Boee undertaking parlors.
The funeral occurred at Browns
ville Sunday afternoon, the re
mains having been taken there
on the 6 o'clock train Satuiday
evening by relatives who arrived
during the afternoon. Much
sympathy is felt for those bereav
ed. Work In Progress.
Stephen Carver, president cf
the proposed Corvallis and Alsea
River railroad, has been in Cor
vallis the past few days looking
after, business matters for the
company, preparatory to the be
ginning of work on the line to
Beueiountam. Mr. Carver was
busily engaged, Thursday, in the
search for -10 teams to : begin
work yesterday on the grade. As
the country to . be traversed is
practicaly level, it will be an
easy task to throw up the grade.
The actual work on the line
was to begin yesterday. The
survey for a number of miles has
been completed and the right of
way secured for a considerable
distance.
Rails enough to lay six or
seven miles of track have arrived
and will be laid this summer.
Mr. Carver expected to start
surveyors out from Eugene,
Thursday, on the Eugene-Si-
uslaw railroad. The surveying
will be done by Simon Klovdahl
who superintended the work on
the new Benton road. It is Mr.
Carver's intention to begin grad
ing on the Eugene-Siuslaw road
this fall but the work of laying
the tract: will not be undertaken
until spring.
Oregon to Enter Team,
The result obtained by mem
bers of the Oregon National
at the third annual rifle competi
tion held near Koseburg insure
a state's team being sent to Port
Clinton, Ohio, tc compete for trie
national trophv, according to the
Portland Journal. This meet
will heid from August iq to
S-pteinber I, the goverment pay
,11 four-fifths of the expense in-
currea. x ne team wm consist
ot 18 ot the best shots in the state
and from the army and navy.
TbeOiegon National Guard was
represented at the national meet
iu 19 6 7, last year having high
er average than 23 of the compet
itors. The records made by the men
are elating and they f;el satisfied
they wiil capture not only the
first prize, but others also. All
but two of the companies in Ore
m . :ll .
gon were represented at Rose
burg. Private B. F. Shields,
Company D. made a perfect score
Qt 50 points in rapid firing. Lieu
tenant George E. Huck hit the
bullseye 49 times out of 50 at
1,000 yards' range.
Captain Scott, in charge of the
men at Roseburg, telephoned
BROKE
this morning to Adjutant-General
W. E Finzer. statins that in a
skirmish run made this morning
the men made an average ot 63
per man, which is an exception
arlly fine record.
Monroe Items.
L,. N. Edwards delivered the
first new wheat of the season at
the Monroe mills, Friday, r The
wheat is of superior quality.
Miss Rose Ingram gave a birth
day party to Miss Edith Frances,
Tuesday evening, 28ult. A very
enjoyable evening was spent.
Assessor Davis was in town,
Friday, from Corvallis.
Clifford Ralls' threshing outfit
passed through town, Friday eve
ning, bound for the Ben Porter
place.
Mrs. Read will move to Harris-
burg soon to remain permanently.
Charles Beard and wife made a
business trip to Corvallis last Fri
day on their "bikes."
Geo. Winters of Philomath is
sub-workman in the Monroe
creamery.
Jim Barclay says he has hay in.
the field yet that was cut before
the Fourth.
HAPPILY MARRIED.
Saturday Afternoon Will Reside
in Corvallis Starr-Johnson.
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
M. T. Starr on Ninth street was
the scene of a pretty wedding
Saturday aite:noon at 2 130, when
their only son, Miles Starr J.,
was united to Miss Anna John
son, of Silverton. About 47
relatives and friends witnessed
the ceremonv which was perform
ed by Rev M. M. Waltz of Belle
fountain. ,
The rooms were beautifully
decorated with Oregon grape and
roses and the bridal party occupi
ed positions under a large arch
while the impressive words were
spoken.
The bride was very prettily
attired in white silk batiste and
carried a bouquet of roses-.
Mrs. Jerman of Brownsville, sis
ter of the bride, was matron of
honor and Mr. Jerman officiated
as best man. ine weaaing
march was played by Mrs. M. M.
Waltz.
After congratulations light re
freshments were served and a
social hour enjoyed by the com
pany. Many handsome and use
ful presents were bestowed upon
the young couple.
The bride is a stranger in this
city but an amiable young lady.
The groom is the only son in one
of Corvallis' highly respected
families, and his many friends
extend good wishes and congrat
uiations.
Mr. and Mrs. Starr will go to
house keeping at once in the
second house west of the George
Fuller residence in the western
part of town.
Opening Notice.
We beg to inform the public
that after long waiting we are at
last established in our new
bank building and are duly open
ed for business. We are pre
pared to handle your account and
care for your wants in keeping
with safe and conservative bank
ing methods and most respect
fully solicit at least a portion of
your business. Step in and allow
us to show you through our new
home and don't overlook the fact
that we are desirous of serving
you by accepting and caring fori
yoar depo. its, issuing you ex
change on all principal cities,
and making you a loan when
your wa its require it.
Yours anxious to please,
B3NT0N County National Bank
Of Corvallis, By JOHN F. ALLEN,
Cashier.
AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE.
Horse Mired in Quicksand but
Driver was Brave.
Mrs. Tom Horning, a sister-in-law
of E. B. Horning of this
city, had an exciting experience
over on the beach a few days ago,
which is related in a coast paper
as follows:
Mrs. Horning was alone in the
buggy at the time and driving
near the surf so the horse would
have a harder and smoother road
to travel on.
When near Spencer Creek the
animal sterped its hind feet into
a quick-sand hole and sank down
the fore feet and body resting
on firm ground. Mrs. Horning
got out of the buggy and urged
the horse to extricate itself, but
it appeared to be unable to do so.
The tide was rushing in and Mrs.
Horning realized that what was
done would have to be done
quickly as the waves were al
ready reaching the horse. With
all her efforts she could not in
duce the horse to get on its feet
or get it loosened from the buggy.
In self preservation she started
shoreward, but on looking; back
to the helpless beast she resolved
to make one more effort. She
waded back and whipped it with
the lines; just then an incoming
wave struck the horse and either
frightened it or buoyed it up so
that it gained its feet and lost no
time in making for dry land.
Mrs. Horning was now in the
water up to her waist and thinks
that she would have been swept
off her feet if she had not caught
hold of the buggy and clung to it
until she got out of the reach of
the waves.
She has no desire to drive on
the beach again.
Loafers Amid Work.
The scaicitv of labor is a con
stant theme, yet the county, and
especially the city, is full of idle
men. It is impossible, say the
iruit-growers of the Inland Em
pire, to get men to pick the fruit;
it is impossible, say fuel dealers,
to get men to cut cord-wood; it is
impossible, say railroad contract-
ors, to get a iuu suppiy ci
graders. The same plaint is
heard all along the line, says the
Oregonian editorially. With
harvest just at har,d, followed by
hoppicking and fruit-gathering
and the varied demands that the
Fall season makes upon labor,
the situation is serious. The
conclusion is irresistible that a
large class of labor has been
catered to and coaxed and coddl
ed in order to keep it in the har
ness at all, or, perhaps, for politi
cal reasons, that it has become so
big with self-conceit as to be, for
all practical purposes, worthless.
This does not refer to the intel
ligent, conscientious working
man, who goes to his daily -labor
cheerfully and receives its wage
(and a good wage it is or prosper
ity would be a misleading term)
thankful for the strength and op
portunity to earn it. It refers to
the idle class, aggrieved at, they
know not what, who plod along
th" highways taking toll from
orchards gardens and poultry
yard?, ostensibly looking for
work; or who hang in squads
around headquarters in the city,
wherr labor agitators rail at capit
al and its enterprises and incites
to strikes and violence.
These men are idle, first, be
cause they do not want to work
and second, because when by
chance one is coaxed ino the ac
ceptance of a job, at fruit pick
ins or other employment for
which there is a pressing de
mand, he proves so utteily worth
less that his employer is glad to
pay him cfF and let h m go, after
brief trial. It is this phase of
the labor problem, more than at
anv and all others, that makes
its sol u' ion, upon any known
hypothesis, so hopeless.
CAT BROUGHT FORTUNE
First Cat Taken to Dawson Sold
For More Than $1,000
Dick - Williams, a prominent
ODerator in the Tonopah distric t,
who claims to be the first man to
bring a cat into Yukon, i? telling
for the benefit of those interested
in the prospective Alaska-Yukon
Pacific Exposition mauv tales of
the early days. As the Exposit
ion hopes to reproduce many
famous scenes and cabins of
the stiring days of 1897-189S
Williams' stories are of interest
and assistance.
"The cat that made me fam
ous" said William?, "like many
famous men, had a humble pedi
gree. I picked her up in an alley
in Seattle between First and
Second Avenue one night in Au
gust 1897. Next day I went
north. I brought the cat along
for company as it was my first
trip, and I had no thought then
of making a profit of it. Daw
sou was a mighty homeless place
the winter ot 1897-1898. I ar
rived on one of the last boats that
fall and to my astonishment
hundreds came to see the cat and
offer after offer to purchase it
poured in. The camps were lively
enough, but its lonesomeness
consisted in the absence of home
touches, an absence which my
cat seemed to supply. I fiually
had to sell pussy as my money
ran out, and I got over a thous
and dollars for her. I do not be
lieve that a homeless cat ever sold
for so much before in all history.
The next summer they brought
in a boat load of cats that the
miners egerJy bought, and from
that time on the price of cats de
creased and their number grew.
Bids Wanted.
On or before the 10th of August, bids
will be received by the undersigned for
the erection of a three-room school house
according to plans and specifications in
h ands of the clerk, the school board re
serving the right to reject all bids. By
order of school board.
64-65 J. H. Edwards,
Clerk of Dist. 23, Monroe, Oregon.
Card of Thanks.
Through this piper we the under
signed wish to partly thank our kind
f riends and neighbors for their aid and
s jroyathy through the illness and death
of our father.
W. H. Franklin, Mt. Vernon, Wash.
C. R. Franklin, Anacortes, Wash.
It. B. Franklin, Corvallis, Oregon.
Notice.
John Meeker wishes to announce that
his son, Milo Meeker, is not and never
has been a partner of his in business, re
ports to the contrary notwithstanding.
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H'hy Fret and Worry
When your child has a severe cold?
You need not fear pneumonia or other
pulmonary disease?. Keep supplied with
Ballard's Horehound Syrup a positive
cure for Colds, Coughs, Whooping Cough
and Bronchitis.
Mrs. Hall of Sioux Falls, S. D., writes:
"I have used yocr wonderful Ballard's
Horehound Syrup on my children for five
years. Its results have been wonderful.'
Sold by Graham & Wortham.
Hello Central!
Where is No. 9? Why, call Ind. 2.31
or office at Allen's drug store, which
stands for John Lenger, and he wil' at
tend your wants. 3Stf
Don't Be Blue
And lose all interest when help is
within reach. Herbine will make that
livfr perform its duties properly.
J. B. Vaughn, Elba, Ala., writes: "Be
ini? a constant sufferer from constipation
and a disordered liver, I hav3 found
Herbine to be the best medicine for theso
troubles on the market. I have used it
constantly. I believe it to be the best
medicine of its kind, and I wish all tuf.
ferers from these troubles to know the
tood Herbine has done me." Sold by
Graham & Wortham.
Robert Herron of Irish BenJ was a
passenger for Newpoit, 'Saturday, for h'.M
outing. ..