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CORVALUS,: BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, DEO. 29, 1908.
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One-tlalf Price Until January the 1st
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Dress Goods, Flannelette, Etc., accumulated and these we place on sale this
week, until January 1st, at special prices. Come early ; no reserve.
Our Entire Line
Of Youths' Long Panto SratyWe are closing out at
ONE-iiXtF PRICE
Oregon Views, New Year's Cards, Tinseled Cards, Corvallis and . O. A. C, Comics, ,Air
Brush, SILK EMBOSSED, ALL GO AT ONE CENT EACH. ALL NEW SUBJECTS.' ,
BEGINNING JAN. 1, 1909, OUR 89TH SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE
PURE FOOD DEPARTMENT
Our Pure Food Department offers from now until December 31, "End
of the Year Prices" on a number of articles.
Honest Weight, Fresh Goods, Lowest Prices.
Everything Guaranteed.
SEE WINDOW DISPLAY
Corn, Red Cross Brand, Extra Standard Quality, Regular 15c, Special 10c can or $1 per Doz..
Tomatoes, Red Cross Brand, Extra Standard Quality, Regular 10c, Special-3 for 25c
Jellies, Long's Pure Goods, Regular 10c, Special 3 for 25c
Cluster Raisins, New Crop, Fancy Boxes, Regulas 25c, Special. 20c
Table Fruit, San Lorando Brand, Fancy Quality, Large Cans, Special 15c Can.
, Fancy King Apples, Special Repack, per box, 75c
Choice Blend Roast Coffee, Regular 20c, Special, per pound, 16c -
Direct Private Line Telephone In the Department: Main 80
Mail orders carefully
filled. '
Local and Long Distance
Phones. Private Lines.
Ind. Main 21 1 S
Bell Main 151 ':
A SAFE PLACE TO TRADE
Established 864
Ladies' rest room 2nd
floor. Free telephone , and
stationery. Easy chairs;
steam heat.
Make " your appoint
ments and meet your
'friends here.
GOOD
ROADS
CONSTRUCTION
OAC to Give Practi
cal Instruction.
ADAPTED TO FARMERS NEEDS
Course of Six Lectures Will
Be Given to Help Better
Rural Conditions.
At the recent sessions of Presi
dent Roosevelt's Country Life
Commission in Portland, no sub
jeet received more consideration
than .did country roads, nd
throughout the discussions, the
opinion was repeatedly expressed
by the farmers and others pres
ent, that one of the most essen
tial requirements for better ru
ral conditions is better public
highways.
Realizing the fundamental im
Dortance of this subject, the
Oregon Agricultural College of
fers a four weeks' couise in sur
veying and road construction
The course will be adapted to
the needs of farmers and road
officials. The work will be di
vested, as far as possible, of all
technicalities and. may be taken
by any one with a good working
knowledge of arithmetic. The
course will consist of about six
to eight lectures, accompani
by - mimeograph nbtesv on -the
simple problems of land and
drainage surveying, such - as
measuring and computing areas
checking descriptions, surveying
and "establishing grades for
drains, "etc. The instruction
will be confined to such prob
ilems as may be solved by the
methods of arithmetic but which
!covr a wide range of useful ap
plication oa the farm. The U
S. system of land surveys wil
be carefully considered together
with suck practical information
m,ithe same as every land owner
iwught to have.
I The instruction in the class
room wall be supplemented by
'practical work in the field where
the student wiJl construct and
use such simple instruments as
may be necessary. Two hours
per week.
The course in Road Construe
tion will follow in a general way
Baker s-"Roads and Pavements.'
'Other authorities, including the
3iteratuine supplied by the Office
f Road Inquiry of the Depart
jsnent'of Agriculture and various
state publications, will be freely
arawn upon and used.
Earth, gravel and broken stone
iwads will eaeh be studied.
Drainage and its importance to
highway construction, including
methods of drainage, ..carrying
capacity of tile, manner of lay
ing tile drains, determining
proper grades for drains, etc.,
will be.xarefully studied The
effect of grade upon traffic for
different kinds of road, the effect
of rise and fall, crown, rolling,
manner of applying the road
surfacing material, etc., will all
be considered. Also methods of
repair and maintenance will be
given due consideration. Every
effort will be made to make this
course practical and useful. Two
hours per week.
All students registered for the
above course will be entitled to
take such work as may be de
sired in the other short courses.
Also short course students in
the other courses may take all
or any part of the above describ
ed work if desired.
HOT
IN
a
CAUSES
DEATH
A
Mrs. J. G. Morris Ac-
cidentally Killed.
MAIN ARTERY WAS SEVERED
Wife of Well Known ' Black
smith Meets Tragic End in
Her Home Last Sunday.
B. F. Baker spent the Christ
Mrs. J. G. Morris, wife of the
well known Corvallis blacksmith,
was accidentally shot at the fam
ily home out on the Mountain
View road shortly after noon last
Sunday and bled to death before
surgical aid could reach her.
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111a irai'iu uuuiueuii who tut)
result of leaving a loaded gun
lying around, tnougn just now
it was discharged none of the
grief-stricken family seem to
know. Mr. Morris and his 11-
year old son, Joe, had been out
hunting Sunday morning and
when they returned the gun,
from which the ' cartridge had
not been removed, was left lying
on a table in. the living roomr-
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one brushiner asrainst it the-
weapon was accidentally dis
charged and Mrs. Morris, who
was, at the time, standing direct-
W in front of the - muzzle, re
ceived thesjull charge at , sJUatti
range in her right leg near the
groin, the shot completely sev
ering the main artery. Before
surgical aid. could reach her tne
unfortunate woman had lost so
much blood that it was impos
sible to save her life, although
Doctors Pernot and Johnson,
who were summoned, did every-
r
Mrs. Morris was a woman
about 45 years old, universally
liked by her neighbors, a loving
wife and a devoted mother. The
bereaved husband and children
hajve the sympathy of all in the
terrible blow that has fallen up
on them.
mi i i .:n
ine iunerai services wm uo
held today, Tuesday, Rev. Father
Butler officiating, interment to
be in the Roman Catholic ceme-"
tery.
SHATTERED BY SHOT
Philomath Boy Has Arm Bad
ly Injured.
Alfred Jones, the fourteen'-
Philomath, while out hunting'
Saturday with his father, had
his arm terribly shattered by the
accidental discharge of the lat
ter's gun, the charge tearing the
flesh from the boy's wrist and
badly splintering the bone of
his arm between the elbow and
shoulder.
The lad was following closely
behind his father at the time,
each carrying their loaded guns
over their shoulders, when it ia
fill nnOKPfl that. a. .n.'ir onrVit
.Ti" - tiuiv
trigger of Mr. Jones' gun, caus
ing its accidental discharge and
inflicting upon the boy a very
serious wound.
Mr. lones at once carried his
son home and summoned surgi
cal aid, and while the little fel
low was badly injured there are ,
hopes of saving his arm from ,
amputation. , ,
LETTER LIST
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x xie lunuwiug iciiers remain
uncalled for , in the Corvallis
postoffice for the week ending
Dec. 26, 1908:
Mrs. Anna E. Marple, Mrs.
Maud Mann, Miss Luta Thomp
son. Jackson White.
Newport.
" B. W. -Johnson PM. j
mas holidays with his family at