Leading
Corvallis
Newspaper.
Besi
Advertising
Medium.
Vol. X1IJLV
Corvaixis, Benton Countv, Oregon, Friday. September 19(T.
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BELT BUCKLES, BACK COMBS and
BRACELETS. ..Alt Styles and Prices
PRATT, The Jeweler and Optician.
UNDERTAKING FIRM
Chester Henkle and 0. J. Blackledge have put in over
the latter's Furniture Store a new stock of Uudertaking
Goods. Mr. Henkle has perfected himself in this line of
work at theiestablishment of J. P. Finley & Son of Port
lane, and is prepared to do everything1 pertaining to this
business.
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When You Buy Groceries
At This Store
All our goods are guaranteed to
comply with the I
Pure Food Law
We have the best
the best.
We. Want Your Business
If It's a Reputation
yni are alter. White's Cram Yermi
!oi l as a world wide Jreputation as the
beat of all oim tfeatroyf rs, and for its
tonic influence cn weak and untiilty
children. It improves their digestion
a"d assimilation of their food, strength
ens their nervous 1 system and restores
them to health and vitrnr natural to a
child.. If yon wants healthy, brpy
child get a bott'e of 'hite't Cream Ver
mifuge. Sold by Grabam & Wortham.
The Gazette
for Job Work.
and overheating process of
Canned Goods
B..t an Grows
in quality as any preserves.
and nothing but
AN ALLEY EPISODE.
Water in Plenty but Horses Suf
fer With Thirst.
Two women from the country
were standing in an alley in Cor
vallis, holding a team of horses
and talking, a few days ago.
They had come in alone from
their homes, and had put their
horses in an empty barn belong
ing to an acquaintance. There
was no place there, however, to
water the thirsty animals that
had traveled probably eight or
ten miles through the heat and
dust.
The writer accidentally over
heard the conversation which
was something like this: Said
one ladv, "I do wish I knew
where I could water these poor
horses. It will be dreadful to
have to drive them home with
out watering them, but there is
no place that I know of except
that one faucet and you can't
drive horses up to drink there."
"Yes, there is a place to water
horses some where here in town,
for I heard it talked of once : bu.t
the Lord only knows where it
is," was the answer of the second
party, after which they moved
on up the alley, still talking.
1 his is no fairy Jale nor is it a
dream, but a fact, and a signifi
cant one that should catch the
attention of more than one
thoughtful reader.
With Corvallis already pro
vided with one of the best moun
tain water systems on the coast
and an inexhaustible supply cf
pure cold water, is it not indeed a
deplorable state ot affairs that
horses must be driven to town
and home again to the country
without a drop of water to relieve
their thirst? Surely a few dol
lars might be invested in a plain
wooden trough, centrally located,
where animals could be driven
up and given a cool, refreshing
drink after a hot, dusty drive.
If men must do without foun
tains of bronze and cups of silver
and still frequent the one
lone faucet with its donated cup
of tin, at least let Corvallis pro
vide a place and a supply of
water for the dumb animal , that
cannot speak for itself. If not
fountains, then give us troughs.
King of Freaks.
- While we are not all freaks
we nearly all have a few freak
ish ways and seem "queer" to
our' fellow beings from their view
Doint. But the most decided
freak" heard ot recently (out
side those at Chicago University)
is James R. .Tinsley of Taney
county, Wisconsin, of whom the
fo lowing story is told:
He attracted attention first
through the . names he gave his
children his son Itt and his
daughters, Nothing, Something
and Eighty-one the last named
in honor of the year of her birth.
Three years before free rural
mail delivery was established,
Tinslev, who lived across a big
creek from the pos'effice, trained
a duck to cross the stream daily,
iO to the postoffice and, after the
mail had been tied on its back,
swira home. -
After rural free delivery was
installed and the mail brought to
tae door of the Tinsley home,
the duck continued to go to the
general store and return each day
with a paper. This led its mast
er to suspect " something, so the
following day he quietly took a
position outside of the store,
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where he could watch the duck
when it entered. The bird came,
walked in and sat down on. the
floor near the proprietor, where,
after a short time, it arose and
left a new white egg in its place.
Then the proprietor tied an old
paper on its back and started it
home. -
Tinsley found that this had
been going on for over a year
and the eggs that should have
been his were taken by another.
He filed suit in the Taney county
circuit court to recover the value
of 30 dozen duck eggs that he
claims should have been his.
Prospects Bright.
With prospects that have never
been brighter or more prosperous
in the history of the institution
for a successful college year, Wil
lamette University will open its
doors September 24th for regular
work, says the Oregopian. The
number on the roster of the uni
versity last year 1 was 567, while
present prospects show thai there
will.be an increase of not less than
25 per cent, so that it is certain
that there will be nearly 700 stu
dents to uphold the honor of the
"cardinal and gold." This in
crease is a long step forward to
ward the goal at which the uni
versity is aiming 1000 studeuts.
This year marks the 64th mile
stone that "Old Willamette"
b as passed. The college of medi
cine opens September 16, the
college of law September 30, the
college of theology October 1, the
college of liberal arts September
24. The college of music will
occupy its new home on the cam
pus and the old Lausanne Hall
will be used exclusively as a dor
mitory for girls.
All the chairs have been filled
for the year and show some new
faces. Professor Edwin Sher
wood, of Ohio, will fill the chair
of Latin and Greek. Professor
Sherwood is a Ph. D. from Leip
sic, Germany. C. O. Boyer suc
ceeds J. T. Matthews as dean of
the college of liberal arts, while
C. I. McNary fills the deanship
of the college of law, which was
vacated by John Reynolds upon
his going to Portland to continue
his law work.
C. & E. Offices Change.
The offices of the auditing de
partment of the Corvallis & East
ern railroad will be removed this
week from Albany aDd in the
future the work of this depart
ment, will be done at Sin Fran
cisco. A few months ago coincident
wtth the transfer of the Astoiia
& Columbia railroad to the Hill
interests, the auditing offices of
the Corvallis & Eastern, which
had been previously at Astoria,
were moved to Albany.
The removal ot the C. & E.
auditing department to San
Francisco is believed to be a re
sult of Harriman's taking over
the C. & E. It is said that the
offices will be in the same build
ing with the Southern Pacific
general offices in San Francisco.
Tuesday's Heraid. r
General Robert E. Lee
Was the ere a test general the world baa
ever known. Ballard's Snow Liniment
ia tbe greatest liniaent. Q lick.y cares
sit pains, it is within tbe reach of ail.
T. W. Pointer, of HeniDStead. Texas.
writes: "This is to certify that Ballard's
Know Liniment has been used la my
household for years, and has been found
to be an 'excellent- Liniment for Rheu
matic paina. I am never without it,"
Sold by Graham & Wortham.
BACK TO THE "GRJND."
Of School Life Teachers and Pu
pils Prepare ior Opening.
The Corvallis public school
opens a week from next Monday,
beptember 23rd, and the event is
looked forward to with as many
different sensations as there are
pupils and teachers interested, to
say nothing of the parents who
are as much concerned as the
rest.
There are manv mothers who
are glad when school opens and
the children are set to work for
a-jotber nine months. The sum
mer, to many, is a trying time,
as there seems to be nothing to
keep .he hands and brains of the
little folks busy, and the result is
a restlessness that almost distracts
the parents. Children them
selves, as a rule, enjoy school life
and are glad when it is time for
the new "fall clothes," new
Looks and other school supplies,
loci'" - tally, there will be a
considerable item of expense for
Corvallis parents this month for
new books, as nearly all of those
formerly in use are to be discard
ed and new ores adopted. This
is in accordance with the de
mands of the State Text Book
Comrrission, and while it is, no
doubt for the benefit of the pu
pils in general it will in many
cases be quite a burdei for the
pa.ents to meet, especially if
there be several children in the
family to be supplied with the
late books.
Another interesting item al
ways in connection with the
ope ing of school is, who the
teachers are to be, and while the
g ades a-e not yet assigned the
comp'ete list ot teachers has been
secured and is as follows:
A. N. Fulkerson, principal;
Mrs. A. N. Fulke.sen, primary;
Misses Lena Tartar, Olive Mal
low, Frances Belknap, Anna
Linigren, Ada Finley, Kate
Tadlock, Josephine Fullerton,
Maud Mattley, Margaret Fo wells
and lva Stevenson of Tangent.
The following list of books and
prices has been secured from C.
A. Gerhard for the benefit of the
Gazette readers who will have to
meet the situation between now
and a week from Monday, in or
der that their children may keep
step in the march of educational
progress that is being taken up
throughout the land. The books
to be used in the common schools
of Oregon for the six years end
ingjuue, 1913, and the retail
price of each is as follows:
Book price
Wheeler's Graded Primer 25
Wheeler's First Eeader 25
Whpeler'B Second Reader 35
.Wheeier's Third Reader 45
Cyr's Fourth Reader 50
Uyi's Fifth Reader 60
Raed's Word Lessons 25
Buehler and H. Mod. En(r. Lessons 40
Baebler Mod. English Grain -6q
Smith's Primary Arithmetic 35
Smith's Practical Arithmetic 65
Natural Introd, Geog 55
Natural School Geog 1 15
Krohn's First Book Hygiene 30
Krobn's Grad. Lpss. Pbys. and Hy. 5O
Thomas' Elena. History TJ. S 60
Douh's History TJ. S 1 03
Agriculture for Begiuaere ' 70
He Explains It.
The Oregon Development
League recently requested W. Kl
Newell, of Gaston, president oi
the State Board ot Horticulture,
to answer the question, "Why
Oregon excels in fruit?" in ioo
wards, says the Oregenian. Mr.
Newell replied that he could an
swer the question very easy in
several pages, but succeeded in
limiting his reply to the stipulated
100 words, as follows:
. "O.egon excels in fruit because
her apples are the acknowledged
.standard of ihe world, bringing
bigheJt prices from the trade oJ
New York, London, Paris and
Berlin. Her pears, cherries, dried
prunes acd strawberries have a
national reputation, unequaled
by the fruit of any other section
of the .UHited States. Why?
Because nature has .given her a
oi . containing the necessary
plant food and a climate without
extremes, with moisture and sun
shine which tend to produce fruit
of beautiful color, firm texture
and unrivaled flavor, and tier peo
ple have the intelligence to tate
advantage of these conditions."
THOUGHT JAP WAR WAS ON.
But it was Only a House Warm
ing How Long Acted.
Millard M. Long and bride
were the victims ot a very happy
surprise, Tuesday evening, at
their home on Eighth and Jack
son streets.
While busied about the even
ing work Mr. and Mrs. Long
heard a long and terrific peal at
the door bell, and thinking it
might be Japs on the warpath, a
strikers' riot or a fire. Millard ad-
vYid his preUy bride to hide be
hind the kitchen door while he
marched boldly forward to "do or
die" i 1 her defense.
He cautiously opened the front
door a half inch, and beholding
the smiling countenance of hand
some Floyd Huff decided to admit
the intruder, remarking cordially,
"That's just like you, old man,"
meaning the awful ringing of the
bell. But as Huff walked into the
house 20 more silent forms loomed
up out ot the darkness and filed in
behind him. It is the firm belief
of all that Mr. Long was on the
point of bolting for the back door,
but happening to notice a familiar
face or two he braced up, and
finding that the crowd was made
up of the Christian Endeavorers
of the Congregational church, a
soe'ety of which he is ihe es
teemed president, he drew a deep
breatb, smiled a little bilious
smile and said weakly, "I guess
you had better sit down." Then,
fivding it was not the Japs, he
weut to call Mrs. Long.
The remainder ot the evening
passed in a delightful social way
with games, music and conversa
tion, and in disposing of b quan
tity of ice cream and cake which
had been provided in advance by
the guests. During the evening
Rev. Albert Monosmitb, on be
half of the company, presented
the host and hostess with a hand
some silver salad set as a slight
token of the warm regard in
which they are held by their
friends.
After several hours of merri
ment the guests departed for their
homes, pronouncing the occasion
one ot the happiest of the season.
Additional Locals.
Caleb Dans and F. L. LaVaney left
yesterday tor aa elk hunt in the monn-
tains. Tom Yidito and Pat Stewart are
to start today on a similar errand. There
will be quite a party of tbe hunters and
it is the inteiition to procure the services
of a mountaineer who will pilot the
crowd to an elk pasture where game
abounds.
An ex-ellent halftone of Dr. James
Withycombe, who is to be associate judge -at
the Portland borse show, November
7, 8 and 9, appeared in Wednesday's'
Telegram.
A special service for tbe old people wif
be held at tbe Christian Church next Sun
day morning. Any elderly person who
needs a meaas of conveyance will be pro
vided if the pastor is notified Independ
ent phone 502. Tbe subject of tbe even
ing discourse will be "The Power of
God." Special muBic.
Prof. Breidwell was to leave yesterday
for Clackamas county on a hunting trip.
He has relatives there ith whom hp will
visit.
An Ounce of Prevention
Is worth a pound of cure. There are '
many sufferers, Consumptives who are
hopeless of getting w-11 who, if they
had taken care of themselves, would now
be well, A congh is the foundation of
Consumption. Ballard's Horehound
Syrup will cure that cough. Mrs. S ,
Great Falls, Montana, writes: "I bve
used Ballard's Horehound Syrup in my
family for years. My children never
suffer with coughs." Sold by Graham &
Wortham. - " , .