VOL. XLY.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 1, 1908.
NO. 67.
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BANKING.
THE FIR.-S1 JSATIOMAL BAJJK Oi
Corvallis, Oregon, transacts a genera,
conservative banking business. .Loan,
money on approved security. JJraiu
bought and sold ani money translerrec
to tue principal cities ot the Uuitec
Stales, Europe and foreign countries.
HOMES FOR SALE
WE HAVE SEVERAL PARTIES who
are looking for homestad locations
or relinquishments, also some good
timber claims. If you know of any
good homesteads or timber claims it
will pay you to write us. Address
liliNA KliAlvlV i;UMPAY, 225
railing Building, Portland, Oregon.
WILL SELL LOTS IN CORVALLIS,
Oregon, on instalment plan and as
sis t purchasers to build hoiiies on then,
if ueaired. Address First National
Bank. Corvallis. Or.
WLLL SELL MY LOTS IN NEWPORT,
Or., for spot cash, balance instal
ments, and help parties to build hornet
thereon, it desired. Address Al. b.
VA od ock. Ck.-vailie. O .
Administrator's Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has
been duly appointed by the County Court ol the
btate ol Oregon tor the County of Benton as ad
ministrator of the estate ot Martha Nichols, de
ceased, and that he has duly qualified as such ad
ministrator. AU persous having claims against
aid decednt are hereby notified to present the
: sauie, uuly verified, to me at my resideuce in
' Con allis. in Benton County, Oregon, withiusix
month, of the date of this notice.
Dated at Corvallis, Oregon, this 9th day of Ap
ril, ioS.
R. J. Nichols,
Administrator ul,thc estate of Martha Mchols,
deceased. 33M
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64-4t-fri.
PiONEER FIDDLERS' DAY
Novel Feature to be Held at The
' Oaks, Portland.
John W. Simpson, the father
of "Gene is from Arkansaw and
is a fiddler. Joseph Yates is
from Arkansaw and is also a
fiddler. ': These two often take
their instruments to some re
tired spot .-where family criti
cism will . not interrupt and
spend a pleasant hour in play
ing such , good old time airs as
Arkansaw . Traveler, Virginia
Heel, Soldier's J ov, Gal on a Log,
Fishers Horn Pipe &c. Not
long since Fiddler John commu
nicated to his friend Joseph that
an advertiser .ent had ap
peared in , the Oregonian of a
Pioneer Fiddlers lie-union to be
held at theOaks at Portland and
proposed " that they should ,gp.
Joseph got busy. He called on
his friend Gordon V. Skelton, I
(also from Arkansaw) who found
in the Oregonian files the adver
tisement. He hied to the office
of his son Joseph F who is a
lawyer. He there pledged the
stenographer to secrecy and dic
tated a letter answering that ad
vertisement. The letter was writ
ten on letter heads of the attor
ney. A few days ago the attorney
received thefollowing letter from
the manager of the Oaks :
Portland, Or., Aug. 6, 1908.
Mr. Jos. Yates, Zierolf Build
ing, Corvallis, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of the 3rd ad
dressed to The Oregonian, rela
tive to pioneer fiddlers, has been
refeired to me. I recently in
serted an advertisement calling
for the names of pioneer fiddlers
and thank yon for your interest. !
In answer to several suggestions,
1 am planning a reunion day to
take place in the near iuture in
which I would like to have as
many as possible of old time
performers on this inrtrument
to attend and get acquainted,
and incidentally to have a short
program in which each fiddler
will play his favorite selections.
lhe audience shall be the judge
of which they like the best and
it is probable that we shall award
each one who attends and parti
cipates, a beautifully engraved
medal commenorating the Pio
neer Fiddlers' Day in The Oaks.
If you are a fiddler will you
kindly drop us a line and indi
cate whether vou will attend, if
notified in time, and if you will
enter the friendly contest and do
what you can to make the con
test a success. If 'ou know of
any others who are likely to be
interested, I would be obliged
for their names, I have received
from various sources about fif
teen names of fiddlers who live
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WASHINGTON AND
PORTLAND.
WRITE
The School that Placet
Science in Surgery.
Mending a broken arm with a
nail is the extraordinary feat in
surgery which has just -been
performed successfully by Har
lem hospital surgeons. It was a
plan resorted to after the usual
methods had failed, and when
the case seemed to be hopeless
Now the limb operated upon is
as sound as it ever was.
Charles Nelson. 15 years old,
was injured in a car wreck. He
sustained a severe fracture-,
which caused one bone to lap
over another. He was taken to
the Harlem hospital and the
limb placed in a splint, but the
bones did not set. Thereupon
the surgeons resolved upon the
novel method of treatment. The
lad was put under the influence
of ether, and an incision was
made in the arm just above the
wrist joint. ,What is called the
shaft of the bone was pried open
and the two overlapping bones
were set -together. Meanwhile a
steel nail about an inch and a
half long had been carefully
sterilized and medicated. A vice
of cotton and other material
was made for the arm, and with
an ordinary hammer, the . nail
was driven into the arm, pierc
ing both bones, in much the
same fashion as two boards
would be fastened together. The
splints were then removed.
Nelson returned to the hospi
tal yesterday, and it was found
that his arm was as strong as it
had been before the accident. A
few minutes later the boy was
playing ball in the street. Tele
gram. A man on a bicycle carrying
a Winchester rifle, a knife, car
tridge beltand other war-like par
aphernalia, attracted consider
able attention on Main street
Syturday afternoon. He rode up
to a lunch counter and after look
ing all about the street as though
expecting someone, he went in.
Whether the stranger was "Al
kali Pete", "Cucumber Ben", or
some other wild and wooly char
actor, or only a tourist returning
from a vacation is not known.
If the latter, he certainly en
joyed the notice he attracted.
in this community and would
like to get more.
I thank you for your interest
in this matter and trust that we
shall have your co-operation in
our efforts to provide a little en
tertainment out of the ordinary
for the pioneer fiddlers at the
park. Yours ery truly,
D. C. Freeman,
Manager.
As they do not wish their fam
ily to know about the letter ( r
their plans for fear of interfer
ence, those reading this item are
requested not to mention it.
to order at Graham
&' Wells I
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TENTH STREETS
OREGON
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You in a Good PositionO
WORE TENNIS SHOES
And Cracked Corvallis Safe Stol
en W heel Recovered
The Story.
Corvallisites ". awoke Friday
morning to find that a bold, bad
burglar had been busy during
the previous night and had en
tered the Jack Milne cigar store
and billiard hall, cracking the
safe and getting away with over
$100 in money. Entrance was
made through the back-door' of
the establishment, a skeleton
key being us,ed. The combina
tion lock on the safe was then
broken off with a hammer and
the money taken. There was
$97 in gold and silver and a sack
of small change, making some
thing over $100 in all. Checks
m another compartment of the
safe were not molested, the bur
glar evidently being "wise" to
his work. The safe is a small
one and was badly used up but
can be repaired.
During the first few hours it
looked as though no trace of the
burglar could be found, save his
tracks made by tennis shoes, but
Chief Wells has made a clever
start at unravelling the mystery
and knows pretty well who the
guilty party is, although it may
be lmDOSsible to catch him.
The tracks led to the old
Horning blacksmith shop, which
was entered and a chisel, screw
driver and a couple of punches
taken, several of these being
found later. 1 hence the fellow
went to the river bank and back
to the rear of Hotel Corvallis,
going up the alley then to the
cigar store, where he did his
work. The tracks again led
novifewagc&Ja.tl
home'near the saw mill, where
a new bicycle belonging to Jes
sie' Sheff stood on the front
porch. The wheel evidently ap
peald to the burglar, for he took
it and rode on. He was a poor
rider and his "wobbly" track
was easily followed down the Al
bany road.
Nearby towns were notified of
the burglary and officers asked
to be on the lookout for the
wheel, with the result that Fri
day afternoon Chief Wells re
ceived a 'phone from Albany
that a wheel had been found
near the oil tank along the C. &(
E., and it was believed to be the
stolen article. Mr. Wells and
Travis McDevitt went to Albany
on the evening train and found
the bicycle to be the one stolen
in this city. Being left as it was
not far from the depot, the sup
position is that the rider board
ed the train out of Albany that
day, although no one could be
found who had seen him.
All evidences lead to the be
lief that the man who worked on
the safe in Albany recently in
the railroad office, the one who
made a sensational raid on sev
eral Philomath business houses
last week, and the man who en
tered the Mrs. Anna Mills resi-
HfmrA in t.nia nir.w d fflw rlatrs ncrn
rp r.ri tho .BamA nPrson I
Tennis Vop wpt-a won, hv the
party in all these burglaries and
a suspicious looking character,
wearing tennis shoes, was seen
in Corvallis, Thursday, and was
in the Milne cigar store, being
noticed at the time by Mr. Milne,
who said nothing about it, how
ever, at the time. Travis Mc
Devitt and otheis also saw the
fellow, although no one knows
who he is nor from whence he
came.
Mill Improvements.
Property is changing hands so
rapidly in Corvallis that it keeps
even a newspaper man jumping
to keep up with the procession.
The Cor.al.is taw iniii ch.-iieu
nands iour Uuies during th pasi
year at an advanced price, and
now comes the good news that
the new proprietors are prepar
ing to enlarge and greatly im
prove the property.
The new proprietors are Dr.
PASSING OF HUGH HERRON.
Revered Pioneer of Irish Bend.
Funeral Held Sunday.
His Life.
Death entered a happy home
m southern .BentOn, Friday
morning at 5:30 o'clock, and
claimed the widely known and
universally esteemed old pioneer,
Hugh Herron, who had been a
sufferer .since last March with
cancer of the stomach. The
news reached Corvallis a few
hqurs later, and many an eye
was wet and all hearts were
touched when it became known
that the end had come.
The funeral was held at Mc-
Farland's chapel, near Monroe,
at 11 o'cl ck Sunday forenoon,
the services being conducted by
Kev. C. L. McCausland of the
M. E. church, South, of this city.
There was a very large attend
ance at the funeral, neighbors
and. friends coming for manv
miles to pay their last - respects
and mingletheir tears with those
who mourn a husband, father
and old friend. The services
were most impressive, and a
mixed choir rendered beautiful
music.
Hugh Herron was ' born in
County Down, Ireland, in Sep
tember, 1839. He was the
youngest of a family of eight
children, six boys and two girls,
and his father died when he was
a small boy. In 1850 the family
came to America, settling first
in Ohio' but going later to Illi
nois. In 1862 Hugh Herron
crossed the plains to Oregon,
coming directly to Benton coun
ty, where he purchased 320 acres
of land, 15 miles south of the
PJ$se- Wpity! pf JftoraUiassiJ a
t o f r t - ' . 7 . a ' - a
xobo ne was married, to Miss
Nicy H. Winn, at Monroe, and
the young people took up their
residence on the homestead at
Irish Bend. Mr. Herron added
to his holdings year by year, be
ing a careful business man and
a good manager, until at the
time of his demise he owned
800 acres of Bentoi county's
choicest soil.
Throughout the entire course
of his life Hugh Herron was
known far and near not only as
a public-spirited, progressive
citizen, but also as a high-minded,
honorable, moral man, one
of Nature's noblemen, of whom
no evil was ever spoken. Few
men live as blameless a life as
did this grand old gentleman, of
whom his sons say "He was al
most a perfect man." In his
passing the family's loss is be
yond compare, while the neigh
borhood, county and state loses
one of its best and most desir
able citizens.
The immediate survivors are
the widow and the following
children: Emery Herron, South
Bend, Wash.; Robert, who lives
on a part of the old home place;
Clayton, who occupies the old
home ;f Mrs. C. A. Bushhcll, of
Seattle, Wash., and Miss Mar
garet who is with her mother at
the Robert Herron home
An
is de
other daughter, Lizzie,
ceased.
The sympathy of the commu
nity and of all Corvallis .is ex
tended those who mourn.
T. W. Harris and H. C. Mahon,
of Eugene, and Glenn Bassett,
superintendent of the Booth
Kelly mill at Springfield. . The
owners intend to increase the
capacity of the mill from 30,000
to50,000 feet per day. The mill
is now running on full time, the
river is full of logs and inside of
the next ten davs there will be
no more delay in building on
account of lumber.
We welcome the new propri
etors as business men and sin
cerely hope their investment
may not only prove profitable
to them but a blessing, to the
town. .
There will he a band concert
on Main street,' Thursday night,
to which everyone is invited.
WHAT THEY DID
At Big Meeting Working on the
Plans for All-Benton School
Fair The Committee.
There was an enthusiastic
meeting, .Friday evening, of the
general committee
of the All.
l . . w .
Benton school fain at which
time other committees were ap
pointed and the work given a
new impetus. ) The committee
on sports reported that the med
als had arrived and were on dis
play and that the baseballs suits
were on the way; the committee
on music also stated that the
band had agreed to furnish the
music for three days for il25.
It was decided that a Benton
county booth should be a feature
of the fair, with Frank Groves
in charge.
Roy Heater was appointed a
committee of one to confer with
President Kerr in regard to an
OAC booth, and it is probable
that such a booth will be an in
teresting feature.
Prof. Mack will look after the
school"' children's parade, and
this will no doubt be a great suc
cess. A. J. Johnson, A. K. Russ, A.
P. Johnson, Tommy Nolan and
E. E. Wilson will see to it that
there is a business men's parade
that will reflect credit on the
business part of the city.
Robert Johnson will attend to
getting out large posters, suitable
to the occasion, S. L. Henderson
will be the treasurer of the fair,
and J. H. Harris will
for the use of grounds.
Special rates on the railroads
are hoped for, and the president
and secretary of the Commercial
Club"! will "have this matter in
hand. -
It is planned to have a Cor
vallis booth, to be managed un
der the auspices of the Coffee
Club.
N. H. Moore will look after
the publicity features of the fair,
W. H. Savage will be grand
marshal and R. C. Kiger, George
Brown, Tommy Fawcett and
Julian McFadden were appoint
ed to look after the stock parade.
From the foregoing announce
ments it will readily be seen that
things are moving some as re
gards the fair, and that it will
undoubtedly be the biggest and
best event ever pulled off in
Corvallis.
Clean up the Grass.
As we pass around the city
and see the dead grass and the
weeds, we are impressed with the
idea that it would be wise for
every property owner to take a
little morning exercise. It would
not only greatly improve the
general appearance of the city
but might save a disastrous fire.
The grass is so dry that a
lighted match, carelessly thrown
down, would start a blaze almost
anywhere.
We all have a sense of pride
in the beauty of our homes and
why not in our home town? We
have cleaned up about four tons
of trash that has accumulated
around the Gazette office for the
past fifty years and we feel that
we have a right to offer a little
friendly advice to our neighbors.
Strangers are now coming in,
looking for homes, and there is
nothing that detracts from the
beauty and grandeur of the sur
roundings so much as old dry
grass and weeds in the streets.
Pull down the old garden rake
I and go to work, and when you
have finished the job in fine
style you will feel like patting
yourself on the back and punch
ing your neighbor if he don't do
likewise. Get all the pleasure
you c,an out of life, and the only
way to do it is to clean up.
Sol Smith Russell's great suc
cess, "A Poor Relation," will bo
the attraction at the opera housa
next Thursday night.