lOCAl AD PERSONAL
Lewis. Edwards and family
Attended the fair last week.
Oliver Beal went to Drain,
Wednesday, to visit old friends.
Prof-and Mrs. Hyslop attend
ed the big fair at Salem Friday.
lyee nenitie is putting in . a
new concrete walk around his
residence. ' '
Sam J. Y erney and wife went
to Portland, Saturday, for a lit
tle visit.
Mrs.-B. A. Cathey and daugh
ter are visiting in the Inavale
neighborhood.- ' . '
J. wyatt ana son took in
the sights at the fair the latter
'part of the week..
Prof, and Mrs. N. Tartar were
visitors at the state fair at Salem
the last of the week.
Captain and Mrs. J. "W. Craw
ford were visitors at the State
Fair at. Salem Friday.
II. C. Montgomery of Bridle
Veil, arrived Friday to take up
the school work at' OAC.
Frank White left Thursday
for Vancouver, Wash., to take a
... position in a music house. .
Mr. Beal and daughter, Maida,
who Jiave been quite ill for some
time, are slowly improving. .
. Mr. and Mrs. A.f J. Bates and
t"litttejaaighter &pfint Friday in
"Salem as visftbrs at'tfie' fair.
Mrs. F. L. Miller was looking
after her husband down at the
Salem Fair, Friday. Hard job.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hout and
daughter, Miss Franke, attended
the State Fair at Salem, Friday.
Miss Stella Payne and W.
Kittridge were in, attendance at
the fair, Thursday and Friday.
The little 4 year old child of
Supt. Mack has been quite sick,
but was reported better on Sat
urday. Mrs. M. M. Long left Saturday
for a visit with friends and rela
tives at Monmouth and Forest
Grove. '
Mr. Templeton and wife, of
Priheville are visiting at the
home of Victor Davis south of
Philomath.
Carl Clark of Portland, form
erly a popular student and grad
uate of OAC, is the guest of Cor-
vallia friends this week.
. .
Prof. J.-B. Horner, accom
panied by his daughter, Miss
Pearl, and" Mrs. Skiptoh, visited
in Salem and Chemawa the last
of the week. " :.
' Mrs. Gifmore. from Astoria,
has come to Corvallis for
school
purposes and rented a
house
trom M. u, JUijler on
Washington streets. .
Gth , and
Mrs. Jennie B. Adams-' arid.
daughters, who went to Cali
fornia last September, came
back" last week -and Miss? Flor
ence will take a position as-j
teacher in the public schools. -
Joe Edwards has been over ia
the Yachaats country -taking the
the wrinkles out of his face by l
lntialing mountain air and -.".living
on a lish diet. No need of
grub steak over in that'eountry.
Dr. Stickney was to have a
paper at the State ' Fair,' Friday,
and had it all ready for business,
-but a $600 patient demanded his
attention over among the fine
horses so they had . to cut him
out. , ,
Thev are having trouble over
near-beer at Eugene, the council
having passed an ordinance pro
hibiting its y sale. 'Twas ever
thus. -The, nearer 3'ou get to
beeVthe more trouble you will
have.
Mrs. Rose Mears left Thurs
day for Portland for a visit with
friends after which she will en
ter the hospital and take a course
of training as a nurse. She is
the daughter of R. N. White of
this city.
A fine set of harness went
out from Amy Cameron's shop
to the- shinghx- .mill south .of
Philomath. Thursday. .A by
stander .remarked-, that it was
the sUckest set lie had .seen, for
many a dav.
Don't forget the meeting at
the Circuit Court room Tuesday
night -Taft Club.;,
A little accident happened to
the cash , register a,t Nolan's last
week, but these good people have
everything, so nicely arranged
that monev . coming in to the
till was well taken care of.
si-
. Charles, Beach has moved
from the up stairs rooms of t the
Be'ach feed store, on "2d street,
to the rear rooms in the old
Temple of Justice buildings on
3rd and Monroe Sts. The front
rooms .will be occupied by Dr.
Morris, as an office. -
Joseph' Henkle, an OAC grad
uate of 1905, and 2 years' stud
ent at Schenectady, N. Y.. has
been spending his vacation
with his parents in this city. . He
has accepted a position with the
Portland Car' and Light Co. and
went to work Monday. '
With 30,000 people in attend
ance at the State Fair on Thurs
day it would indicate that , the
population of Oregon is, grow
ing very fast and that they duly
appreciate " a good fair. -The
weather has been ideal, making
the occasion all that could he
desired. ' K
Herman Hector a former OAC
student who lives near Granger,
was married Sunday to Miss Nel
lie Tavlor, daughter of G. R.
Taylor, of Irish Bend,
happy couple will" spend
honeymoon at Newport,
which they-:.. -wilt ;take up
The
their
after
their
residence in Albanw --
Six families were on the boat
at Lile Washington, Tuesday,
Sept. 8 and all bound for Corval
lis. Four of these families left
us some time ago to stay and
and the others are new recruits
picked up along the. lines by the
prodigals returning home. One
by one they come to partake
of the fatted calf.
Mrs. L. E. Casteel of Yaquina
was an over Sunday visitor in
Corvallis ai the home of her
aunt, Mrs. Mary Barber. She
was en route home from Port
land where she had been visiting
her sister, Mrs. J. E. Coleman,
formerly Miss Sadie Dixon, a
popular Corvallis girl.
F. W. Rowland, of California,
is, visiting his brother, J.;R.
Rowland, of this city. Mr. Row
land is a prominent stockman of
California, having about 1000
head of cattle on his ranch." - He
is also vice president of the
Wascoe bank at Reno, Nevada.
He is very much impressed with
Oregon and her possibilities for
the future."
Mayor George E. Lilly .had
his palatial residence Wired for
light last Thursday and was so
elated over the event that" he
turned on all the lights Thurs
day night and left them burn
ing.. At about 2 o'clock in the
morning the neighbors gathered
to see who was sick. N They
showed him how to turn them
off and all is now running nicely
atthe Lilly residence.
Tha Electric Line from Salem
to Portland has a schedule time
of forty minutes. This will give
you some idea of the good times
-we can have when an electric
belt will, encircle the entire
Willamette Valley. - It will also
have a tendency to impress up
on the S. P. railroad the fact
that the people are determined
to have better transportation
and finer equipments.
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Woodcock
went to Portland Wednesday to
attend the funeral of theyate
Mrs. Margaret Lyle, whowvas
an aunt of Mrs
Woodcock.
She
will be remembered byomeof
our citizens, having visited here
on numerous occasions. 1 , She
was 8S years, 7 months and 25
days old and wag ai Oregon pio.
neer of the fifties. She was laid
to rest in the Riverview Ceme
tery, at Portland.-
Miss Merle Hollister, the main
stay . in . the -typographical de
partment at the Gazette office,
made our hearts glad by. return
in t.O fiOTValllS FVirlnv oroninit
e. . . J r .
ana win .resume ner work in the
office to-morrow morning. She
was accompanied home by Miss
Margaret Fowells and Miss Mae
Webster, the young ladies having
had a glorious visit of four weeks
.with . relatives and friend
Portland and Hood River.
at J
i
' "LosT.--Between Independence
And' Corvallis, a violin ' in .the
case. Finder please . leave, 'at
this office and receive reward-79
R. N. Williamson and family
will occupy the- house on corner
of 3rd and Washington Sts., dur-
. Fob Engk-IoOOO equity! Surf, with
in Portland residence property rwTa., , Prot.ctiofWSid.
for exchange foe ranch near Ditche That Hold Water Make an
CorvaflllS- Box 192. 79-80 Inferior Roadway! ' : r
Misses Vera Means - and Anna ; Tu drainage, says Professor Ira O.
Kenniburg of .Pennsylvania ar?"Baker, f o81 preparation for
I" . ""V , fe, 7
spend the winter with the form-
er's uncle, Dr. Morris, and fam
ily. They expressed .themselves
as highly pleased with Corvallis.'
For ,Exchange.-$6500 equity
in Hood River ranch , for ex
change for ranch near Corvallis.
79-80 Box 192,
' After
Howard
Oct.
will
1st, Dr. Mentor
move his - dental
rooms from the present location I
to new rooms over the First'
.National JsanK, wnere. ne
would j
be pleased to see and
wait upon
his customers.
Our new stock of Pyrography
wood and leather has" just ar
rived. Graham "& Wells.
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The.
Hood River
Armte
P
growers
Association have lUSt
, closed a contract for 80,000, boxes
' of. the glowing crop, and now
-have under discussion the sale
of;, ISO.OOO'-addilioial ' boxes,
j. ins win utj guou news iu uii me
fruit-growing sections of the
Northwest. '
The Civil Service examination
for mail carriers of Corvallis was
conducted at the court house on
Saturday by Mr. Worrell, secre
tary of the Civil Service Board
at Albany. . There were about
13 applicants who were desirous
of serving Uncle Sam in this ca
pacity. It will require about
one month to pass down alone!
the tape line and hence the boys
will be on the anxious seat until
returns colne in.
, : v.-v-' ;
Mr. E. D.Vljunt, who has been
a general utility man at the Ga
zette office for', the past seven
months, has severed his connec-il ,
won witn inis paper ana aner
visiting a daughter in Silverton,
he and his good wife will finally
land in sunny - California to
spend the winter. We are sorry
to lose our good brother as he is
not only a good printet- ih every
branch of : work connected with
the office, but also a pleasant
companion writh whom it-wasT'a
pleasure to "associate. He leaves
us with the best wishes of the
entire Gazette force. -;
Fred Raymond's famous com
edy "The Missouri-Girl" will be
the attraction at the Opera House
Friday night. The fact that this
is the twelth season for this play
is a most conclusive proof that
good, clen, wholesome theatri
cal -productions are always wel
comed and generously patronized
by the theatre-going public. -The
comedy is so closely interwoven
with bits pf pathos and
such sensational incidents as
1 would actually occur in the lives
of such people as exist in "Ihe
Missouri Girl," that the entirety
is a revelation in simplicity and
interest in play building.-
Mr. Raymond has equipped
the play with the best" of acces
sories, and has spared no expense
in making this production one
thoroughly
worthy the patron- 1
age accorded it. Advance sale
ooens Wednesday
Prices 25 to 75 cts.
morning.
The
Public Schools.
15The plubrie'; schools ope
eSed
v-esterday : morning ; and then
streets were litterly lined with,
bright, happy faces looking after
school books and other things
necessary to delve in. the mystery
of ah education., . They come
from the hop fields, the coast,
the.mountains, . the country and
nearly every quarter like a flock
of sheep returning to the. fold.
The rooms will be crowded to
.their fullest capacity and it will
be necessary to exorcise some
degree of patience on the part of
teacher and pupil in getting
ready for-business. The board
baslised every exertion : to pro-
i vide for the wants of our.j'oung
people and we predict a success-
ful year in every department.
HIGHWAY DRAINAGE.
Tiles;
Are Best
For Gravel
or
Stone 'Roads.
- broken stone placed upon an ondrained
; foundation Is almost sure to sink grad
ually, whatever Its thickness, whereas
a thinner layer upon an traderdrained
roadbed will give much better service.
"Roads tiled without gravel are better
than roads graveled 'without tile." -
The road should be underd rained bo
m to keep the water level well below
the road surface. In most localities
this can be accomplished reasonably
well by laying a line of farm tile three
or three and a half feet below the road i
surface along one side of the road-
way- " 13 sometimes claimed that
there ould be a tile, on each side of
Some writers on good rqads advocate
the use of a line of tile unBer the mid
dle of the traveled portion, and some,
advocate &; line on each side of the
wheel way. . The object sought by the.se
tiles is rapid .drainage, and therefore it
is urged that they should.be laid near
the surface.- It is doubtful whether
any Water will reach the tile, since the
I road surface when wet is puddled by
; Baffin wtilnh ninit0 . im..K
J percolatine throueh the soil, and it is
; certain thatdn clay or loam the drain-v
i age thus obtained is of no practical
? value- More tnan one.rarmer nas mea
j
preciable effect.
While a line of tile on. one side of.
the road is usually sufficient, there is
often a great difference as to the side
on which it should be laid. If one side
of the road is higher than the other,
the tile should be- on the high side to
intercept the ground water that - ia
flowing down the slope under the sur
face.
The tile should be laid in the bottom
of the silt ditch below the frost ; line.
Of course the tile should have a uni
form grade and a sufficient fall and an
adequate outlet. The size of the tile
required will depend upon the length
of the line and the grade of the ditch,
but local experience in farm drainage
is likely to be a better guide than any.
general statement that can be made.
Farm drainage is almost certain to
precede road drainage in any particu
lar locality. , .
The side djtches are to receive the
water from the surface of the traveled
.way find should, carry it rapidly and
entirely away from the roadside. They
are usef ul also- to intercept 'and carry
off the . water that would otherwise
flow from the side hiHff upon the road.
Ordinarily they need not be deep and
if possible should, have a broad, flar
ing ' side toward the' traveled way to
prevent accident if a vehicle should be
crowded to the "extreme side' of. the
roadway. The outside bank should be
flat enough to prevent caving. The
proper form of ditch is easily made by
the usual road machine or road grad
er The' side ditch should have a' free
outlet into some stream so as to carry
the water entirely away from the road.
No '.good" road ;can be obtained 'with
side, ditches that hold the water 'until
I" it evaporates. .'
Much . alleged road work is a posi
tive damage for this reason. Piling up
the earth In the middle of the rbad is
perhaps in itself well enough, but leav
ing undralned boles at the side of the
road, probably more than counterbal
ances the benefits' of the embankment.
A road between long artificial ponds is
always inferior and is often impassa
ble. It is cheaper and better to make
a lower embankment and to drain
thoroughly the holes at the side of the
roads. Often the public funds can" be
more wisely used in making ditches in
adjoining private lands than in mak
ing ponds at the' roadside in an at-'
tempt to improve the road by raising
the surface. "
Naw Dust Killing Machine.
Consul General Robert J. "Wynne re
ports that a new tar spraying machine
which the makers Claim will do' away
with the dust nuisance has been tested
0n,6 ad,wav. ln -f,ront ofTtne, Ho-
fore practically the whole of the mu
nicipal engineers, a large number of
county surveyors and suburban engi
neers 'and two .representatives- -appointed
by ' the war office. After the tar
spraying . process a second machine
scattered a' level.-layer of granite grit
and chips upon .the tar. which when
rolled -formed -a road with a '.fine,
smooth surface, durable and dustless.
A tar macadam road made" in this way
costs from 3s. 6d. to 4 shillings (85 to
97 cents) a square yard as against ordi
nary macadam, which costs on an av
erage 2s. 6d. (60 cents) a square yard.
- Useful Trees For Roads.
French roads are commonly border
ed with shad trees. This is believed
to be a protection of the roada against
the effects of ' excessive heat and
drought. Only such trees, however,
are considered useful as have vertical
ly descending roots. The spreading
roots of other, kinds might damage the
road. ..
. Preventive of M ud.
. Liquid asphalt as a dust and mud
preventive is used in preference to all
other materials by the highway au
thorities of the District of Columbia.
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O&S&ON
BUILDERS
Are you doing what yon
: ORKGON NEEDS PEOPLE SetHftw. honest Farmers, Mechanic-Merchant.
Clerks, People with braios, stroa& hands and. a -villiina
heart apiial or no capital. - " . '. -.v- "
1 ne oouioern racmc irO
- (Lines in Oregon)
Is sending tons of Orejroo litsratnre to the East for distribution
through ewry availahls acvnnv. Will you not hlp the ftood work
of building Oregon l sending u the names and addrnoses of
yonr frinds who are likely to be Interested in this Stafe? We
- will be itlad In hor the expensa ! sendine them complete inform
tion about OREGON and its opportunities. -
COLONIST TICKETS will be on ale during SEPTEMBER and
OCTOBER fr m the East to all points in Oregon. The fares
from a.few principal cites. : .
From Denver . $30.00
" Omaha . 30.00
" Kansas City 30.00
" St. Louis . 35.50
" Chicago ,'. 38.00
Tickets Can be Prepaid
Tf vnn wont o hrinsr a friend or relntive to Oregon, Hiioflt the
proper smonnt with any of our agents. The ticket will then be-,
furnished hv telestrnph.
R. C. LINVLLE, Local Agent, Corvallis, Oregon. '
WM. IfcMUKRAY, Gen. Passenger Agent,' Portland, Or.
S Needlework S
We are headquarters for all
kinds of Embroidery Thread,
and Art Linens, Stamped or
Tinted; Pillow Tops, Cen
ter Pieces, Handkerchiefs,
Neckwear, Brush, Shoe and
Laundry Bags. r
Hand-made Bibs with Madiera Em
broidery in many styles at 65c each
; We are Corral lis' Agents for Corticelli Wash f
Embroidery Silks
F. L.
142 Second-Streetr
bull For Sale.
Descended from Grand Coin and Gold
en Glow . imported cow testing 18 Ihe
ontter fat in 7 days with Si-st rjUf. A('
dress,. 31, S. Woodcock, CorvHilis Ore-
"The Most Comfortable
' in the House."
Place
vaaoc
PORCH SHADES
WE HAVE
REFRIGERATORS
OF ALL KINDS
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Jersey
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About where to go f or
Job printing that is
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and all right in price,
besides being : always
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can to 'populate your 'State" ?
From Louisville : $41.70
" Cincinnati 42.20
" Cleveland . 44.75
" New York . 55.00
Miller
Bargain Sale
OF
Dress Goods
AND
Shoes
AT
HENKLE & DAVIS'
Own YourHotne
TUB'
First - National -of
Corvallis
Bank
has some -TO
WM LO TS
Near the State Agricultural College
which you can buy on the INSTALL
MENT PLAN or for cash.
Savo Ton on Twenty Dollar
per month and pay the same on a town
lot. Thereafter BUILD YOUR HOME
on the lot and continue to make these
small monthly payments on the home
and you will soon have it paid for and
have no more rent to pay.
- For information address
IV. Hm SAVAGE
Corvallis, Or
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