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A question of vital import-'-.
ancels now before the city coun-
f cil in regard to widening the
; sidewalk on either side of 2d
: street some four feet. As a prop
erty owner and tax-payer on this
'- street I feel it will be a serious
: mistake, as the walk is plenty
' wide enough for all purposes ; a
fact which will be patent to ev
eryone when the street is paved.
If we continue to grow demand
will be made for car franchise on
this street and there is nothing
more detss table than a little nar
. row street with a car line in the
center of it. Give this matter
careful consideration before tak
ing action that will surely be re
gretted and a serious detriment
; to property interests on the
. street.
A Property Owner."
College View Hotel, between
Depot and College Elmore Ho
tel, opposite Court House. $1
per day ; $5.50 per week; $20 per
"month. 84-92
Real Estate Transfers.
Heirs of John McGee, deceased, 5-6 of
land south of Corvallis; $1. .. .
F J McGee to P Avery, 43.68 acres south
- of Corvallis; (10.
G H White to Ross Hansen et al, 160
acres south of Philomath; $10.
AC Miller to Hollis King, 180 acres
sear Wren; $1.
JSS Powell to Chas A Pernot, 160
acres south of Philomath; $1500.
Henry Johnson to J O Brown et al, 40
acres near Albany; (2400.
John Brumfield to C P Kempin, lot 7
block 13 Jobs addition to Corv ; (1000.
C A Ingle to M Tillery, lots 7, 8, 9, blk
'F" Avery's add., Corvallis; i.
Hortense Davis 10 John Bier, block 10
and part blk. 9,. Wells & McElroy's add ,
Corvallis; $10.'
United States to Ray Robinson, 80 ac.
res west of Philomath.
George Peek to George Peters, 20 acres
in Alsea; $1.
R S Irwin to Hubert Hodes, lots 1 and
2 blk 39, Louisa Irwin's add., Corv.; $10.
C A Vidito to C M Vidito, parcel of land
in Corvallis; f 10.
C M Vidito to J R Barclay, parcel of
land in Corvallis; $1250.
I, S Jones to I, S, Phillips, lots 150 and
I55 blk 38, Brown's add.. Philomath;
$too.
A H Limbocker to R W Skallerud et
el, t lots blk 1, Wilkin's addition to Cor
vallis; $10.
United States to Peter Hagey, 160 acres
in Alsea.
Peter Hagey to G E Banton, 160 acres
in Alsea; (400
M M Long to Livonia Locke, lots 6 and
7 blk 9, S B & P Avery's addition to Cor
vallis; io.
- J H Scott to A Hilbert, 1 acre near Al
bany; $1.
M H Bauer to W A Jolly, lot 7 and N
lot 8 blk 14, County add., Corv.; $10.
Martha Hummer to Geo A Bennett, lot
78 blk 23, Philomath; I550.
United States to Joseph Lester, 158 80
acres in Alsea.
McCauley Porter to Mrs Lou Armstrong
lots 11 and 12 blk "G," Avery's addition,
Corvallis; (10.
DRIED SWAMP MUCK?
Ita Benefit In Chemical Fertilizers Is
Greatly Exaggerated.
The practice of using dried mack
nd peat in mixing chemical fertilizers
puts up a problem which farmers ought
to understand. Thousands of tons of
auch muck are used sold as "muck
tankage." We learn of one case where
a. man started growlngcelery in a
of drying and -pnlverbrtna; the soil of
that swamp and selling It to teftPlaot
dealera. This has brought him a for
tune. Some samples of this dried peat
are said to contain nearly 8 per cent
of nitrogen: others carry less. Thin ni
trogen Is In aa Inert form and Is of
little value as a plant food. Experi
ments In- Illinois showed that such nl- mg
trogen waa worth about one-half cent;
a pound aa compared with that in dried j
tlllser manufacturer who sells this
muck mixed with other chemicals un
dertakes to charge 18 cents a pound
for It when you buy it. Forexample,
take a brand of fertilizer which Is
guaranteed to contain In' each ton 16
pounds of nitrogen. 160 pounds avail
able phosphoric acid and 100 pounds of j
porasn. jr wouia oe possiDie to supply ;
the potash and phosphoric acid In 200
.pounds of muriate and "1.200 pounds :
of acid phosphate. Then by nsing X00,
pounds of cottonseed meal and - BOO
pounds of dried muck they could pro
vide more nitrogen than they guriran
teed. The object of using the cotton
seed meal Is to color the muck and
thus prevent. If possible, the chemist
from detecting It. But see what a nice
game this Is! The muck furnishes
ten or twelve pounds of nitrogen, which
gives the fertilizer a valuation of from
$1.50 to $2, but which costs perhaps
20 cents. A farmer might use such a
fertilizer off his wheat this fall. The
potash and phosphoric acid may help,
but' it Is doubtful If his grandchildren
will see any benefit from the nitrogen
In the muck.
The excuse given for using the muck
Is that it makes a good filler and dries
out the other chemicals. No serious objection-
can be made to its use as a
filler, but the .nitrogen It contains
should not be valued In the fertilizer,
for It is not worth the price. ' It is near
ly impossible to detect the muck when
cottonseed meal la used with It The
best way to avoid It is to refuse to buy
low grade fertilizers or those very low
in nitrogen. It is Impossible to use
large quantities of muck In fertilizers
containing 4 per cent or more of nitro
gen, because materials containing more,
nitrogen must be used in order to reach
a high per cent -. Ton are most likely
to find the muck In the mixtures with
about 1 per cent of nitrogen. It does
not pay to bay them. Buy the higher
grade mixtures and use an equal value
in dollars per acre and you will be bet
ter otf. We believe that farmers are
paying millions of hard earned dollars
uselessly for this peat nitrogen, many
of them already having -swamps on
their own farms. The chemists must
find some way to detect this peat nitro
gen, and then we shall work for a law
compelling the manufacturer to state
that he uses it and that it Is not valued
the same as other forms. '
ry LOTHES OR PUMPKINS a good deal depends on the
W way they're cut, whether they'll satisfy your taste
or scare you out of a year's growth
Our. -;'V';V. - -.---fe
Hart Schaffiier & Marx
clothes aro' cut right; they're de
signed right; they're tailored right;
and they're made of all- wool fabrics;
always.'
You ought to see what we're do
ing in clothes; the new patterns,
colors, models; the smartest clothes
made; Hart Schaffner & Marx made
them lor us. x
New English Potato. '
The Magnum Bonum potatoes shown
herewith were exhibited at a recent fair
at the American institute In New York.
Dr. W. H. Jordan, director of the New
MAGNUM BONUM POTATO.
York experiment station, says: "At the
station in our variety tests of potatoes
In 1895 Magnum Bonum, the aeed of
which was imported . from England,
was tested. The variety is still grown
by the firm from whom we purchased
our seed, and in its 1907 catalogue 1
find the following: 'Magnum Bonum.
Introduced by us in 1876, proved to be
the premier of all disease resisting va
rieties. There is scarcely a parish in
the United Kingdom where Magnum
Bonum Is not known as an enormous
cropper of good quality, almost free
from disease.' The yield at the New
York station of the Magnum Bonum
was from 150 to 160 bushels per acre,
while with some other varieties we se-
$3000
To Give For
FOOT BALL
The above statement is absolutely true. We mean that we will
give away THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH! With
each cash purchase of 120 or more we will give you an order to
Physical Director Angell of 0. A. C, who will issue ticket to
Portland and return, also admittance to big game of foot ball
between O. A. C. and U. of O., Saturday, November 21st.
This offer tolds good until Nov. 18. We can assure you of
High-class Merchandise at consistent prices. Our stock of
Ladies' and Men's Ready-to-Wear Apparel is one of the most
complete in the city. We are making a special feature of all
Ready-to-Wear Apparel. Take advantage of this opportunity to
secure your New-Fall Suit at a big saving. . . "
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This Store is the home of
HartSchaffner & Marx Clothes
$20.00 to 35.00
OTHER MAKES, 12.50 TO $18.50
cured a ylelcTof befween 300anf 400
bushels. No English varieties yielded
well in comparison with our best Amer
ican varieties.?'
... Home Garden Hints.
Strawberry plants are now making
a substantial growth showing. - Keep
out . the weeds, hoe frequently. -and in
early fall plants, will be thrifty to set
In a new bed. -
It Is none too early to manure a piece
heavily for rhubarb. Then cultivate it
once a week W so to incorporate -the
manure thoroughly through the soil:
Bhubarb Is a voracious feeder and re
quires a large quantity of manure 'if
best results are to be obtained: One
plant highly fertilized will 'yield' a-surprising,
quantity of stalks. i -;
Currant cuttings of the new wood
are easily, made and if done in early
fall ought to be well rooted so-as to
be transplanted In spring. ' In 'some
towns there is never an oversupply of
currants, while if around 10 cents per
quart can be realized for them they
pay well. The large currants are most
profitable, such as the cherry. ' " '
The asparagus bed ought to have a
good coating of manure before winter
and then be well cultivate! in.
Pick the pears shortly before they
ripen. . , ? ' "
GARDEN NOTES.
where they have, fo stand, preferably
In a shaded or partially shaded border.
Late tomatoes are having a good
time, the warm, eryv weather suiting
) them well if the plants are kept right
at the. roots and well cultivated. The
early plants are getting well set with
fruit, and as this begins to swell freely
the plants may be fed and watered a
little more liberally. Keep a sharp
lookout for the side shoots and pinch
them out regularly, as they take the
strength away from the flower and
fruit clusters. As the stems grow se
cure them to stakes or wires, which
ever Is most convenient, so they will
not be blown about by high winds.
' Cucumbers outside are beginning to
fruit, and the vines must not suffer
for lack of nutriment. Continue to
pinch the points of the shoots of the
young plants where they have not a
sufficient number of vines, and as .the
fruits develop cut them when quite
young. A few cucumbers left to go
to seed will take more out of the vines
than a large crop cut as soon as ready.
Where shallots are fully grown they
may be pulled and laid In the sun to
dry, but let them have another week
or two If not ready. Continue to feed
the. onions as long as they are grow
ing and draw out at once any attacked
by maggot or mildew.
Miller
Seme Late Summer Work Apt .to. Ba
N eg I acted.
The most Important point now in the
culture of good vegetables of any kind
Is to see that they keep growing freely.
Good quality Is always absent from
vegetables that are stunted and grow
Blowly during hot weather. , They are
tough' and stringy instead of ; . tender
wben'codked, while salads are' never
crisp and nice under the circumstances.
One of the plants that need a great
deal of water Is celery. The -young
plants should now be growing . freely;7
and happy is the grower who, has a
good -water suppiy and can run the
hose into the trenches at will and keep
the roots always moist. Celery, with
the roots In a cool, moist soil, is inde
pendent of the weather and. no mitter
how hot the sun. it will grow rapidly
the leaves soon spreading.; out :' aild
forming a fine shade for the roots.
Where this convenience is not at hand
and watering by hand has to be .re
sorted to, the job is herculean if much
celery is grown, but It must; be at
tended to until' the plants are strong
enough to take care of themselves.
The grower who uses plenty of de
cayed manure in his trenches, as we
advise, will be reaping, the benefit
now in the healthy, strong growth of
the plants. .
Potatoes need a lot of cultivating
now, and until Anally banked up they
must be kept hoed frequently. ' The
potato bug is never so destructive . in
plots well cultivated, though of course
spraying should be followed up for
these and for fungoid diseases. As the
early rows are lifted,- late cabbage and
coleworts may be planted or. in locali
ties favorable for their growth. Savoy
cabbages and the various kales for
winter , nse. There is still time even
for , leeks, though those transplanted
now will not be so large as those put
.oat earlier.
very, useful for . soups and .flavoring.
Where good lettuces, are desired, thin
the. rows early and again when the
thinnings are large enough., for nse.
They will not do as well now transplanted-
unless very carefully. looked
after, and it is ..best to." aowUhlnly
the tree Is used as cattle food, and a
nut it bears is a fairly good substitute
for conee. From the pith of the tree
corks are made. O v
EFFECT OF CLOTHES.
Women Uplifted or Degraded
Beauty or Ugliness of Apparel.
The simple deduction from all this !
that properly gowned aU women would
be "perfect" ladles L e, good and
docile and obedient.
The conquering spirit of clothes
who can deny it in the face of th
following pathetic little anecdote?
by! It is said that a box of old clothes-
; which had been sent in charity to a
That clothes have a tremendous in-!'8, poverty stricken home whefo
fiuence on the feminine i 'nd has al-' a Ilta Sir' ,ay verT 111 contained
ways been acknowledged, but it has na,f wornout pair of colored,- berlb
remained for the ultra modern esperi-' doned dancing slippers. These caught
ments to Drove that this influence is a ! tne sick cnnu s rancy, ana sne lmme-
vital one and can be turned to account UteIy began to take an Interest ini
in reforming the criminal 'and insane, i living. v
. The Door demented creatures who fill I With the one Idea In her mind that
our insane asylums are compelled to j wnen sne t well she could wear those-
AUTO POWER IN FARMING.
The Ingenious Device of a Connecticut
. . " Farmer.
An enterprising farmer, E. C. Belden
of Suffolk. Conn., uses his automobile
to drive farm machinery. The illustra
tion shows the auto in position and
connected with one of the farm ma
chines. He uses it quite extensively
for driving a wood saw.
The wheels are blocked to keep the
machine steady, using sticks of wood
pr making small holes in the. ground.
into which the wheels are set To
connect with the machine Mr.- Belden
.made ah extension for the crank shaft.
The extension has a flange with holes
for .cap screws,, which are-threaded
-Into the- hub of the balance wheel, the
wear the institution's "wrapper," a
hideous garment which would destroy
the beauty of a goddess.
Several writers who have been tak-
ing up the subject lately are maintain
ing that if the insane women were al
lowed to wear pretty clothes the ef
fect upon them would be quieting and
helpful. '
The wrapper takes away their self
respect and makes them feel that they
look hopelessly ugly, and they do not
care how they behave when they have
It on.
On the other hand, when some of
them have been "dressed up" they
have immediately shown a tendency to
have better manners and behave quiet
ly with a decorum entirely foreign to
them in their ugly garments.
Of course these experiments have
not been made on the violently insane.
A French magazine recently publish
ed a long article claiming that experi
ments had been made in a certain re
formatory for women which went to
prove that the worst type of women
criminals can be controlled by the
power of clothes.
The rules of this Institution provide
that the inmates shall dress according
to their behavior. This means from
prison stripes for the sulky a,nd un
manageable to house gowns of lace
for those who prove themselves wor
thy to wear them decorously and with
appropriate manners. .
The article goes on to say that no
prisoner ever wears the stripes longer
than the first week. Immediately she
begins to feel the degradation of them
and aspires to be the best dressed wo
man In the prison.
slippers on the street the poor little
bit of femininity conquered her malady.
' AUTO POWKB ON THK TAKM.
balance wheel being on the end of the
crank shaft in this type of automobile.
Other styles of autos might' require
different methods of connection.
The machine as arranged makes a
very convenient addition to the farm
equipment, being available either tor
travel or for' farm power or for a
combination when work is to be done
in locations some distance from the
farm. : ' .'
Most Useful Tree.
.The carnahuba palm of Brazil la said
to be the world's most useful tree. It
They . will. however, be gives : to the people of that country
everything from drugs, to cattle ieea.
Its roots make a valuable medicine a
blood purifier. Its timber takes a high
polish and is in demand by cabinet
makers. The sap becomes wine or vin
egar, according to the way it is pre
pared, and .sugar and starch may also
be made-from-the sap Thefmit;of
It is interesting to note to how great
an extent Governor Hughes is comr
manding the support of Democrats is
New York State. Springfield Kepubll
can.
Anyway, Mr. Taft never tried to
steal Mr. Bryan's government owner
ship raiment. Omaha Bse.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the matter of the es'ate of Precious
Sbedd, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
concerned that the undersigned has been
dnly appointed exeeulor of the last w 11
and tatament of Precious Sbedd, de
ceased, by the county court of the State
of Ogon for Benton vuniy. ah per
sons having claims against said estate of
Precious Sbedd, deceased, are hereby re
quired to present the same, with the
proper vouchers, dnly verified, a by law
required, within six months trom the
date hereof, to the undersigned at hie
residence four miles west of Monroe, Ore
gon, or at the law office of hi. h. Wilson
io Corvallis, Oregon,
Dated -this October 9th, I9O8.
. JSSSB L. C aTOW,
Executor of the last wi! and testament
of Precious Shedd, deceased. 84-X.04
Albany Apple Fair
Albany, Ore. Nov. 10th to 12th
inc., 1908. For the above occa
sion the Corvallis & Eastern
Railroad Company will sell round
trip tickets on November 10, 11
These women are shut off from the . . V ' ,9 ,T -, c rn
world and see no one but their fellow and including Nov. ldth, for 50
criminals, and vet they remain con-' cents for the round trip. Chil-
tented, many of them, for years be
cause they are allowed to dress accord
ing, to their satisfaction..
dren half fare of the above.
E. C. Linville, Agent.
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