AZETT
VOL. XLV.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 17. 1908.
KO. CO.
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FOB PAINTING AND PAPERING SEE
W. E. Paul, Ind. 488. 41U
ATTORNEYS
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Office up stafrs in Zierolf Building
Only set of abstracts in Benton County
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ub, Oregon.
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UNDERTAKERS
BDVEE & BAUER, FUNERAL Di
rectors and Licensed Embalmers.
Successors to S. N. Wilkins, Corvallis,
. Oregon. Iud. Phone 45. Bell Phone
241. 8otf
HENKLE & BLACKLEDGE, UNDER
takers and licensed embaimets, South
Main St., Corvallis, Or.
BANKING.
THE FIRSl NATIONAL BANK Of
Corvallis, Oregon, transacts a genera;
conservative banking business. Loans
money on approved security. Draft
bought and told ani money transferred
to tue principal cities of the United
States, Europe and foreign countries.
HOMES FOR SALE
WILL SELL LOTS IN CORVALLIS,
Oregon, on instalment plan and as
sist purchasers to build homes on then,
if uesired. Address First Natioua
Bank, Corvallis. Or.
WILL SELL MY LOTS IN NEWPORT.
Or., for spot cash, balance instal
ments, and help parties to build homes
thereon, it desired. Address M. S.
Woodcock, Cc-vailie. O..
Administrator's Notice.
Notice la hereby given that the undersigned has
been duly appointed by the Uouuty Court ol lUe
Mate ot uregon tor the County ot Bcntun as ad
ministrator ul the estate 01 Man ha Kit-hols oe
ceased, and thai he has duly qualified as such ad
ministrator. All persons huviug claims auaiust
aaid decedrnt are nerby notified to present the
sajiie, uuly verified, to me at mv residence in
Corvallis. in Denton County. Oregon, within six
month, ut the date ot this notice.
iated at Corvallis, Oregon, this 9th day of Ad.
ril, ikoS. r
..... R-J- Nichols.
Administrator otfthe estate of Martha Nichols,
deceased.
UOATS ADy person wanting to
buy or take Care of some fine goals
while they eat up their brush may
'phone or call UDon VVm. H. Savagr,
Oorvullif, Oregon. 26U
Notice for Publication.
United Sutes Land Office.
Roseburg, Oregon, April S, l'JOS.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions ot the act of CoDgrets oijuneg,
1ST, entitled "An act for the sale of timber lauds
inlha Suites of California, Oregon, Nevada and
Washing-ton Territory," as extended to all the
foblic Laud States by act of August 4, IS9J, Earl
V. rUwief of Corvallis, aouu'y of Kenton, Mate of
Oregon, did on February 19, Iwus tile in this
omcc turn sworn statement. No. H, lor the pur
chase of the South west qjartcr of Section o. 10
ill TowiisMp No. 14 Siutn, Kaove Nil 7 West, and
will offer proof to show that ahe land sought is
more valuable forlu timber or stone than lor
agricultural purposes, aud to establish his chum
to said laud before the County Clerk of Benton
ouuty at Corralhs, Oregou, on Wednesday, the
i!h day of August. llWS.
He name as witnesses: Sam Bowen of A! flea,
Oregon; S. N. Warned ot Alsea. oregou; L. H.
Ilawley of Corvaitia, Oragcu; rt ilfcun Warneld ot
Alaea, Oraroo.
Any and all person alaiming adversely the above
deeucibed lands are vquerud ao file their ciaiiua hi
tias otiiae on or baioec said, likh day 01 Augun,
- 0-tW Bkxj&mis t,. Eddv, R-gister. - -
Requiscat in Pace.
Here lies a poor woman who al
ways was busy,
She lived under pressure that
rendered her dizzy;
bhe belonged to ten clubs and
read Browning by sight,
Showed at luncheons and teas,
and would vote if she might;
She served on a school board
with courage and zeal,
She golfed and she kodaked and
rode on a wheel;
She read Tolstoi and Ibsen, knew
microbes by name,
She approved of Delsarte, was a
"Daughter" and "Dame;"
Her children went in for the top
education,
Her husband went seaward for
nervous prostration ;
One day on her tablets she found
an hour free
The shock was too great, and she.
ciei instantlee! Ex.
Ice Made in Home Kitchen.
The problem of producing ice
in small quantities quickly and
cheaply has apparently been
solved by a French inventor,
who has perfected a machine
whith is cheap, simple of opera
tion, practically everlasting and
thoroughly practical. It may be
operated by a belt connected
with a steam engine, or a small
electric motor, or by hand cranks.
The invention is a rotative
compression and automatic ma
chine, regulating itself to all
speeds, whatever may be the
temperature of condensing wa
ter used. The important feature
is a cylinder in which the chem
icals are sealed the latter not
requiring renewal and lasting as
long as the machine itself and
which, revolving in water, pro
duce the ice. . - It can also pro,
duce cold air.
The Germans have also a new
freezing device especially adapt
ed to household and field hospi
tal use. It is very simple and
could be manufactured for about
$1. It consists merely of a
double-wall tin vessel with a ca
pacity of five gallons. The hol
low space between 4he two walls
is about an inch across. By the
gradual admission of carbonic
acid into this hollow space
through an opening at the bot:
tom and from there to the ves
sel proper through a cross arm
tube, it is claimed that water may
be converted into ice in the space
of 60 seconds, and that meats,
fruits and beverages, such as!
beer or wine, may be chilled or
frozen in a few seconds. This
effect is produced by the sudden
great reduction of temperature
caused by the rapid expansion
of the carbonic acid, which is
admitted from an ordinary car
bonic acid reservoir.
FOR CHICKEN LICE
The Best Louse-killer on the Market
The following ingredients, properly combined, form
the best known remedy for lice on chickens. It is applied
by dusting cn the feathers, and also placing in a box where
the fowls may dust themselves with it:
Naphtha
Sulphur
" Tobacco Dust
Lime
" Bran or Shorts
The above will be put up to order at Graham & Wells
Drug Store. 55 tf
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OREGON CHERRY PIES
A New York Pie Factory Buying
Royal Annes by the Carload.
Two new elements have enter
ed into the local cherry market,
says a Salem dispatch. ' The
Holmes Canning Company jof
Portland has commenced buy
ing in competition with the local
cannery and a lai ge pie factory
in New York City is buying tons
of Salem cherries for its use.
The entrjr of the Holmes, Can
ning company into this field dis
credits the old story that Oregon
canneries agreed not to invade
each other's territory.
The New York pie factory is
.said to be the largest institution
of the kind in the world. It
makes nothing but pies and sup
plies this staple article of Ameri
can trade to all cities within
reach of the metropolis. Thous
ands of pies are made every day.
The colnpany has arranged with
Tillson & Co. of this city to pack
Oregon Royal Anne cherries in
barrels. 1 he cherries are stem
med and then pitted, an auto
matic pitting machinebeing used
for that purpose. : A ton and
a half of cherries can be pitted
by one machine in lOIiburs. .
The pitted cherries are packed
in syrup in 50-gallon barrels and
will be shipped to the pie factory
in carload lots. As the pie man
ufacturers use immense quanti
ties of fruit they can use a bar
rel of cherries before the fruit
will spoil after the barrel is op
ened. The factory could use
several barrels of cherries a day
if the fruit were to be had. Next
year arrangements will be made
to supply the New York pie fac
tory with larger quantities of
the Oregon fruit and an effort
will -be-maxJe toindUee thman-J
ufacturers to prick into the cov
er of the pie the words "Oregon
Cherry Pie."
A-Y-P EXPOSITION.
Uncle Sam Will Take Part An
Appropriation Made.
Now that the United States
government has made a $600,
000 appropriation for participa
tion in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition the work of creating
the .1909 fair has been given an
impetus. While there has never
been any doubt in the minds of
the management as to the suc
cess of the exposition and as to
its being ready on time, the gov
ernment's action has stimulated
morenterest in the fair through-,
out the country. .
During the past week applica
tions for concessions and exhibit
space have been pouring into
the offices in the Administration
building. The construction work
WIW &
BUSINESS COLLEGE
WASHINGTON AND TENTH STREETS
- PORTLAND. OREGON
FOR CATALOG
You in a Good Position
has gone ahead without any ces
sation and there are nine build
ings finished or under construc
tion:--.-
The government architects
are: working on the plans for
Uncle Sam's buildings and just
as-soon as the designs are finish
ed, construction will be started.
Of the total appropriation $250,
000 will be spent in the build
ings. Besides the main govern
ment building, , there will be
structures for Hawaii, Alaska,
the Philippines and the fisheries
industry. The remaining $350,
000 will be expended for exhibits
as follows: Government, $200,
000; Alaska, $100,000; Hawaii,
$25,000; Philippines, $25,000.
SPIRITUALISTS IN CAMP
At' New Era Large Attendance
-, and Interesting Speakers. .
The 1908 session of the Spirit
ualist camp meeting at New Era
opened Sunday with an eloquent
address by Harrison D. Barrett,
ex-president of the National As
sociation. It was one of the fin
est efforts of this gifted speaker.
Art instructive and entertaining
lecture by W. J. Colville follow
ed,, and Henry E. Howes, of
London, England, gave a short
but interesting talk upon "The
Law of Friendship." Psychic
demonstrations -by Mr. Howes
and Mrs. Finnican closed the
exercises of the day.
-iNext Sunday Messrs. Colville
and Howes will occupy the ros
trum. The music is. of a high order,
both vocal and .instrumental,
and the camp is well filled, the
attendance beinglafger than ever
before in its history,
i There, will be a literary and
niteical niertairj meju Wpiu. the
evening of July 21st, and Wo
man's day on July 23rd. Every
day is full of interest nature
study, choral drill, conference,
circles, games, dancing and a
stearr. merry-go-round for the
young people.
And air this under the grand
old trees, in one of "God's first
temples."
A NEEDED LAW.
Cows and Horses Must not Graze
on the Streets.
An ordinance passed by the
city council this week prohibits
the staking out of horses or cat
tle upon the public streets of
this city, under a penalty of from
$5 to $50 fine or imprisonment.
This is a wise regulation and
has long been needed. A great
deal of damage has been done
in the past to gardens, lawns
and sidewalks, owing to this
practice. Corvallis has grown
to a size where she is authorized
to put on metropolitan airs, to
some extent at least, and this is
a standing regulation in all the
cities.
There are some other ordi
nances needed and they must
come soon; for instance provid
ing for inspection of milk, but
ter, meats and vegetables, elec
cric wiring, etc. If we are going
to have a sure enough city, give
us all the trimmings.
Corvallis' growth the past two
years, in both the business and
residence sections, has been re
markable, and there is talk of
paving Main street and making
other needed inprovements. In
case all plans are carried out,
Corvallis bids fair to become one
of the prettiest and neatest of
Willamette Valley cities.
Many a man is lonesome just
because other people are 'particu-i
lar "about their associates.
The beoi tiurtis reducing ?t?.
apitiil, sifter'i vilutiiig the. ci.j.i
jf everybody else.
Many a rri? n who imagines he
is world famous is unknown, to
the-1 eople in the next house. -
French proveib says that a fool
who is silent pas. es for wise. -
A MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
Origin of tho Doleful Messages From
the Baker.
A story told by Dr. Robertson
Nicoll in the British Wekly of the
man who saw in a dream his ovrd
epitaph written upon a tombstone
recalls the shocks and thrills which
the good people of Reading expert
enced when that-v Berkshire town
was younger. Mysterious messages
were conveyed to the townspeople,
inscribed upon their bread. One
old lady found upon the bottom of
jjer loaf a death's head and cross
bones. So terrified was she at what
she regarded as a terrible omen that
she took to her bed and died. An
other person found on his bread the
words "Died Sept. 20," with the
year fortunately missing, while to
a third came the word "Resurgam."
This latter cryptic message was sub
mitted to a wise man, who inferred
that nothing occult -was implied,
but that it was the baker's way of
politely intimating that bread might
rise in price. These and like mys
teries threw the whole town into a
panic. .
Light came unexpectedly. The
first step carried the investigators
to the hallowed acre about St. Giles'
church; the second led them to a
baker's oven. Alterations at the
church .had necessitated the nemo v
al of several large 'tombstones of a
date too ancient to admit of their
being claimed by kinsfolk 1 of the
dead. Now, the church warden at
the time was the town's chief baker,
and he looked with longing upon
those fine flat stones, for his oven
sadly needed a new bottom. The
desire to possess them grew irresist
ibly .upon him, and, winking at
scruples and parochial duty, he at
last carried the treasures at dead of
night to his bakehouse. There they
were built into the oven. But,, as
murder will out, so will graven me
morials of the dead. The stones
were accidentally fixed with their
inscription upward to print their
story Jipon the bread which the un
juparpateward baked and
sold. ' ' "" "r'. -
Where Everything Grows.
The tuberose flourishes amazingly
in- the open air in the Transvaal
with but the smallest attention and
cultivation. The bulbs shoot up
their three or four foot stems, each
bearing very sweet smelling flowers
in an incredibly short space of time.
In Pretoria roses are prolific in
fact, most of the streets are bound
ed by rose hedges throughout their
length and they bloom with a frail,
pink monthly rose blossom for
three-quarters of the year. In pub
lic places, such as the park, the pro
fusion of roses, lilies, carnations and
tuberoses is bewilderingly beauti
ful. - Uhe wild orchids of Swaziland
are famous. They are of at least
twenty different kinds. They are
extremely curious, and with a little
care and extra heat they can be inr
duced to develop into very wonder
ful plants. Everything grows in
the Transvaal if the trouble is taken
to plant it.
Birds as Ventriloquists.
Many birds form their .sounds
without opening their bills. The
pigeon is a well known instance of
this. Its cooing can be distinctly
heard, although it does not open its
bill. The call is formed internally
in the throat and chest and is
rendered audible only by resonance.
Similar ways may be observed in
many birds and other animals. The
clear, loud call of the cuckoo, ac
cording to one naturalist, is the
resonance of a note formed in the
bird. The whirring of the snipe,
which betrays the approach of the
bird to the hunter, is an act of ven
triloquism. Even the nightingale
has certain notes which are pro
duced internally and which are au
dible while the bill is closed.
An Ugly Toad.
. All toads are accounted ugly, but
the most hideous of all perhaps is
that of Surinam, with its flat and
triangular head, unusually short
neck and specially flat body. Its
eyes are very small and are of an
olive . tir.t, spotted with red. Yet
the parental instincts of these crea
ture" are as kind in their way as
tho'--e of the most beautiful animals
in- creation. The female in dee
course having laid her-eggs, the
male toad picks them up and de
posits them on her horny back,
when shf. immediately starts for
the nearest marsh and immerses
herself and the embryotic brood in
the semi-liquid mud, where she re
trains until they are hatched.
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How the Inventor cf the King Drag
Discovered His Method.
J). Ward Kins of Maitkiad. Mo, In
ventor of the Kins method of road
dragging, has a ttuwy wliivh practice
has demonstrated to fce correct. It is
that all clay and g;nubo romta .Should
be dragged with a light dr;:g after each
rain or wet spell. The drag smooths
down the rough places and tills up the
ruts. When the sun dries up the road
it leaves a roadbed as smooth and per
fect as a city street.
The discovery of this method and tha
more Important discovery of Mr. King
were largely accidental. Years ago ho
lived on a small but well Improved
farm near Maitland. lie was not par
ticularly interested in the gj.d road
movement as a national or state issue,
but' the four miles of road from hia
farm to Maitland were of great interest
to him, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The road was of that soft, sticUyi
red clay that in wet weather clings to
the wagon wheels in great lumps and
dry weather is as hard as a roeS and'
almost as injurious to wag:)n tires.
Passing wagons in wet weather would
dig deep ruts, and when the ro.id dried
up the ruts would .remain. At best the
road was very poor. Many times when
wheat was selling at a good price and'
Mr. King had many bushels of it the
road would be so bad that he could
not haul it to the market, and wheu
the road finally became passable the
market would be low again. -
After many experiments he con
structed a small, light drag, using two
old timbers connected with light strips,
and began to drag the road in front of,
his residence. After each rain he
would run the drag over it, and wher
the sun came out and the road dried'
up it was in perfect condition. When'
he began to drag the road many , of his
neighbors told other neighbors that
King was crazy. Others told King
himself that he was crazy. Other
who did not say anything believed he
was crazy. But the experiments proved!
that King's method was successful,!
and he extended his operations until!
he was dragging all the road in front
of his farm. His neighbors took it up,:
and in a few months the road from hia
farm to Maitland was as good as anyi
In Missouri. I
George B. Ellis, secretary of the stata
board of agriculture, heard of Mr
King's good roads methods and invited!
him to speak- at the farmers', institute)
in his neighborhood. He accepted, andj
being an enthusiast on the subject, hoi
made several converts. He was en-i
gaged for a series of lectures and ha
turned over his farm to others and Im
devoting all of his time to preaching
the gospel of good roads. Good roadsi
meetings have been held in various
parts of Missouri and hundreds of con-
verts have been made. After every)
rain in Missouri hundreds of farmers
drag the roads in front of their farms,,'
and the number of these volunteer,
road workers is increasing every week4
Odorless and Dustless Roads.
Consul T. H. Norton, writing to tha
state department from Chemnitz, Ger-;
many, says that a Saxon firm has in-i
troduced a road binding composition!
which has been tried on the macadam
ized streets of Leipzig and other places
with much success. The material ia
thus described: j
It is a mixture of the heavier resid-'
ual oils obtained in the distillation 06
coal tar with high boiling hydrocar
bons. The method of mixing apparent-
ly involves a certain degree of chem-i
leal combination, in which phenol and'
similar constituents play a role. The
manufactured material is prepared fori
use by heating in iron caldrons, iden-
tical with those used for asphalt, to
temperatures ranging from 212 to 24S'
degrees F. (100 to 120 C). It is then
sprayed evenly over the surface of w
roadway with a special form of ap
paratus and under such high pressure;
that the fluid mass penetrates to a cer
tain distance into the upper layer ofj
dust or dirt. The result is the forma
tion of a compact lustrous black coat-;
Ing which meets the demands of heavy
traffic and is not disintegrated Into,
dust particles. A marked advantage ofj
the new process over the methods hith-j
erto employed for the same purposei
and based upon the use of ordinary
tar is the total absence of odor after
the application. J
A Great Undertaking. '
To promote the building of improved
roads in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah,;
Montana, Idaho, New Mexico and Ari
zona and make accessible the wonder
ful natural scenery throughout the ter
ritory along the eastern base of tho
Rocky mountains the Rocky Mountain
Highway association has been Incor
porated at Denver by Gerald Hughes,
Harold Kouutz and Charles A. John
son. Membership in the organisation;
is open to any one interested in the
good roads -movement, and it is report
ed that already a large number of
prominent Cc'.TPdo r-if!i'er;." have sig
nified their iuieutiou 01 juliiin. Tha
money for . carrying out the plans of
the associativ will be derived through
private subscriptions and through str.t ;
and municipal aid. It is hoped that
through the efforts of this association
there will eventually be constructed a
chain of good roads joining all points
of interest throughout this section. j
ROAD DRAGGING.