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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-12-08
WHAT is IT?

The following, which seems to be the
minutes of some sort of secret organiza.
tion, was found and handed the editor of
The GAZETTE on Wednesday evening, and
in order that it may reach its proper owner
ship we reproduce it herewith. The pur-
pose of the organization is unknown, but
from the high standing of the official board
below there is no doubt but that "the so
ciety's' aim is considerably elevated. Who
can enlighten an interested public on the
subject?
The society held an important meeting
Saturday evening in their lodge room, Vice
President Wallace in the chair. Several
new members We're received. The proposed
change in the ritual was discussed, but the
members evidently being opposed to it
ON the ground of being SO familiar with
the ''old work." the matter was dropped.
The election of officers resulted as follows
President, Ed Northup; vice-president, l..
A. Helm; secretary, B. W. Johnson; treas.
urer, Ira Nelson; chancellor, III. L. Hol-
gate; medical examiner, DIR. Fl. Allen; press
agent, Robt. johnson; board of honorary
members, VIM. Hairless, JOS Ripley, Sam.
uel Wyatt; initiate degree (college), Joe C.
Smith, Robert Ray, Howard Williams
|commissary committee, jesse Wylie, H.
Rogers, T. Black.
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NOTICE AND DEMAND.

In the matter of the county funds now in
the hands of J. R. Bryson, assignee of Ham
ilton, Job s. Co., insolvent debtors, the
county court issued the following:
''It is therefore ordered and adjudged that
M. P. Burnett, the said county treasurer OF
Benton county be, and he is hereby instruct
ed to demand of and from the said J. r.
Bryson as assignee of the said Hamilton,
Job s. Co., the payment and delivery of
the said sum of Sll ,057 SO, the county money
of said Benton county as aforesaid. And
notice is hereby given to the said j. r. Bry-
son that Benton county hereby demands OF
and from you as assignee of said sum of S1l, :
o57.S6, and you are hereby requested to de
liver and pay over to the said NJ. P. Burnett
for the said Benton county the said Sill ,O57.s6
the said county money, and you are hereby
further notified that Benton county claims
the U. S. gold and silver coins now i'll your
hands as such assignee of Hamilton. Job &
Co., to the amount of $11 ,057.87, as the same
is trust fund belonging to said Benton coun-
ty, and it is not subject to be distributed in
payment of the general debts of some in
solvent debtors. 1t is further ordered that
the sheriff of Benton county serve a certified
copy of this order upon j. r Bryson, as
signee of said Hamilton, Job & Co.
w. S. HUFFoRD, Judge,
F. J. CHAMBERS, Com.
2. RICHARD, Com.
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A COMPARISON.

Times are extremely hard in Kansas a.
will be seen by the following extracts from
letter received by Miss Ona Hathaway
some time ago from her brother. He says:
eve want you to continue to like the place.
for YOU must not for moment ever think
Of returning to Kansas to live. It Is by far
worse than when you left here. Thirty
counties of the state got no crop this year
and in those counties many people are desti-
tute of anything to winter on. The Sec
tion where the drought has been the most
severe is not confined to the western coun-
ties, but all through the state. The farmers
have called upon the governor for seed
wheat and upon learning that they were in
need of 300, 900 bushels, their request for
aid was unanswered as he only had fund
of about 800, 600 for the purpose which was
Inadequate" An enumeration of his pos
sessions figures up cost purchase price) Of
about 81, 800, and the letter says he would
be glad to take $500 for it all. Another
letter says that it would not be possible to
realize five cents on the dollar for anything
they might put on the market. Oregon il
now experiencing some "hard times, a.
they are called. yet there is no comparison
between the conditions here and in many
portions Of the country. Surely this i .
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-12-08
A HERALD OF THE INFANT YEAR,

Clip the last thirty years or more from the
century, and the segment will represent the
term OF the unbounded popularity of Hostel.
ter's Stomach Bitters. The opening of the
year 1894 will be signalized by the appear
ance of fresh Almanac OF the Bitters, in
which the uses, derivation and action of this
world famous medicine will be lucidly set
forth. Everybody should read it. The cal
ender and astronomical calculations, to be
found in this brochure are always astonish-
ingly accurate, and the statistics, illustra
tions, humor and other reading matter rich
in interest and full of profit. The Hostetter
Company, of Pittsburgh, Pa, publish it
themselves. They employ more than sixty
hands in the mechanical work, and more
than eleven months in the year are con.
sumed in it's preparation. 1t cad be obtained
without cost, of all druggists and country
dealers, and is printed in English; German
Frnch, Welsh, Norwegian, Swedish; Hol-
land, Bohemian and Spanish.
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A CHANGE.

The date approaches when many of our
citizens are anticipating change. Bust
ness men contemplate making changes in
their methods of business transactions
Young men hope to realize change of con-
dition by uniting their fortunes with one of
the fairer sex and in future enjoy the bles-
sings of married life. In order to be sue
cessful in the matrimonial campaign it will
be quite necessary to present neat and at
tractive appearance, one of the principal re-
quirements being well-dressed head. At
Spencer's tonsorial parlors are workmen
fully competent to administer to your wants
in keeping with the styles of the latest
fashions.
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REMINISCENT.

When j. ]. Farquar, of Roseburg, was il
Corvallis last week he expressed desire t.
view the engine known as 'tBig Six" for
merly owned by this city. Mr.. Farqua
was surprised and also pleased on being in
formed that the city had disposed of the
machine to the veteran volunteer iremen oi
San Francisco; that it had been fixed up in
fine style and was paraded by the volunteers
on every occasion. Mr.. Farquar stated
that he felt an interest in the old machine
from the fact that he was a member of
Monumental Engine Company, of San Fran
cisco when the engine was in the hands IF
that organization. Mr.. F. further said:
''In 1859 Sacramento purchased for
Young America Engine Co. No. 6, of that
city. new engine which it was supposed
would be able to do better work than any
other machine i'll the country. Monu-
mentals took different view of the matter,
and decided to take their engine and at
tend grand firemen's celebration given at
Sacramento, and test tine merits of the en-
gines. About eighty Monumentals chart
cred the steamer New World for three days,
for So, 500, to convey us and ''Big SIX to
the capital city, where we were received
with much enthusiasm. Monumentals
bers of the company being originally fl ON
Baltimore, so we knew we'll how to receive
as well as extend hospitality. The events
of that expedition forms page of my life
to which 1 always revert with pleasure.
The sacramento boys seemed to want to
give us all the pleasure possible, because
they confidently expected that the follow
ing day would be our last;-that they
would wipe us off the face of the earth, so
to speak. A magnificent parade came on
the next day, and to companion and my
self was accorded the honor of leading the
procession. Well, to make the story short,
we at length came down on the brakes of
"Big Six" and she answered our efforts mag.
nifcently. Her work was a great sur.
prise to the capital city boys, and, in fact
to all, including ourselves. On that day she
threw water 229 feet, beating the record up
to that time. and I have no knowledge of
that record having been equaled since.
Young America saw at once that they stood
no chance against this work but they had
the courage to do their best. [ do not re-
member what the result of their efforts was,
out think they did not throw within
thirty or forty feet of our mark"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-12-08
KLINE'S BUSY BIG STORE
THE CHURCHES.

Services at the First Evangelical church
will be held next Sunday at p. m. in the
Southern Methodist chapel. A kind invi.
tation is extended to all. T. L. Weaver,
pastor.
Services at the Presbyterian church as us.
ual Sabbath morning and evening Preach
ing by the pastor. Sunday school at 10 a.
m. Endeavor societies at and $50 p. m.
Services of song in the new singing book al
1880 p. m. A five minute sermon to the
children in the morning. A welcome to all
Preaching in the Congregational church
on Sunday by the pastor at ii a. m. and 7:3(
D. m. Morning subject, "Despondency and
Rescue" Evening subject, ''The Power o
Love-" Sunday school at 10 a. M; Y. P
s. S. E. at $50 p. m. Everybody invited
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COLLEGE NOTES.

| President Bloss was unable to attend te
his duties at the college last Monday and
| Tuesday ON account of slight touch of Ia
grippe.
We are informed that Mr.. l. d. Pike,
| who left school short time ago on account
of sickness, is greatly improved in health
but will not return to school this year. Mr..
| Pike has many friends who hope that next
year he will again be one of our number.
The contestants from the Websterian and
Ciceronian literary societies have been Sc.
lected and the time of the contest has been
set for the third Friday in January which
is the 10Th. Those selected are as follows
IwEBSTERIAN. CICERONIAE.
r: 3: ssyssst B1ysss Debate Ss'iEs @' F. k:sa, faa
G4aHaisa HOLMAN os nia'id Hsnten ainsi1's
Defamation: a. I. Buxton, Rob- Golden.
Reading: Lillian Hamilton, Ina Barclay.
1t will be remembered that the Webster
ians won the first contest and the Ciceron-
ians, who now hold the medal, won the Sec
ond. This will be the third and under the
circumstances promises to be very close in
deed.
From special observation it has been
found that students who purchase their
stationery, pens, ink, etc, at THE GAZETTE
stationery store always seem to be fully sat-
istied with their bargains. The reason of
this is that Conover & Kitson carry the
most complete line of stationery in the
city, and any one, no matter how particular
he may be about his writing material, will
surely find something to suit. A large in
voice of writing material and Christmas
cards has just been received to which special
attention is called.
En.-(pointing at picture on the walD
'The woman marry must be just like that
one."
INA.-"Oh! that's my picture. that's my
picture!" (Scene.)
few days ago we were surprised to see
large blisters on several of the boys faces. |
Upon inquiry it was learned that they |
had found a receipt tor preventing the |
growth of beard. They had gone over to
the laboratory and prepared some of the
magic" which was applied to the cheeks
just where the whiskers are not wanted to
grow, and then went home with smile of
satisfaction upon their faces. Oh, what a
difference In the morning! During the small
hours the stuff had gotten in its work with
the results above mentioned. This little
story brings to mind the old saw, ''Don't
monkey with the mysterious.
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OFFICERS ELECTED.

On Monday night Valley Lodge, K. of P,
held an election of officers which resulted in
placing j Fred Yates in the Chancellor
Commanders chair, and the following other
selections: Chas. Murphy, V. c.; Moses
Craig, p; Bowen Lester, M. of W.; A. w.
Rose, M of E.; ]. G. Tunniclife, M. of F. !;
Geo. E. Fish, K. of R. and s.; Jesse Spen-
three years.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-12-08

Last week THE GAZETTE announced
the death by suicide of L. D. Jones, of
Monmouth. Since then Mr.. Jones has
been heard from by letter, indicating that
he is quite a. lively corpse. The informa-
ton was taken from some of our ex-
changes-which one we do not remember.
E. r. Grefoz' jewelry emporium is well
stocked with a handsome lot of gems.
such as diamonds, emeralds, agates, opals
and other precious stones, all suitable for
an appropriate Christmas present.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

NJ Office is herby given that the under
IN signed has been duly appointed ad-
ministrator of the estate OF B. L. Harris,
deceased, by the county court of the state OF
Oregon for the county of Benton. All per-
sons having claims against said estate are
required to present the same to me at my
office in Philomath, Oregon within six
months from the date of this notice.
Dated at Philo-iath, Oregon, December
4th, 1898. A. j. WILLIAMS,
Administrator of the estate of B. T. Har
ris, deceased.
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PRIZES FOR THE CHRISTMAS BALL

For the best sustained lady character, a
lady's handsome toilet case, valued at 81. So;
for the best sustained gentleman character
an elegant toilet case, value 81; for the
finest lady's costume, beautiful gauze fan,
value SIS; for finest gentleman costume, a
handsome silk muffier, value So. so. These
prizes are now on exhibition in the show
window at Stocks cash store. A prize will
also be given for the most original costume
for both ladies and gentlemen, the latter
however, will not be made public until the
night of the ball.
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LETTER LIST.

Following is the list of letters remaining
in the Corvallis postofice, unclaimed Dec.
6, 1893. When calling for same, please
say advertised.
Mrs Mary Burch Dell Davis
Mrs, J, Drummond Col Haulkins
E. M. johnson John Mann
Master Mcmillan Samuel W. Perkins
J, Ii. Sharp Chas. w. Talbot
Daniel J. Walker.
C. E. Moor, P M.
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CARD OF THANKS.

Please allow US, through the columns of
The GAZETTE, to thank the neighbors and
friends who so kindly and tenderly assisted
us during the sickness and death OF our dear
one. For the beautiful flowers that cheered
her through her many days of suffering, and
the innumerable acts of kindness at the last.
Also the choir for the sweet music rendered.
Hoping they may be long spared the same
sorrow. Mr.. AND MRS. l.. w. TAFT.
FANNY A. TAFT,
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"In buying cough medicine for child
rem" says Fl. A. Walker, prominent drug
gist of Ogden, Utah, ''never be afraid to buy
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. There is no
danger from it and relief is always sure to
follow. I particularly recommend Cham
berlain's because / have found it to be safe
and reliable. 1t is intended especially for
colds, Group and whooping cough. Fifty cent
bottles for sale by Graham & Wells.
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A PIONEER OF '46.

Harrison Linville, who came to Oregon
in 1916 and has since been resident of
Polk and Benton counties, died at the
residence of his son, w. S., in this city
last night between and o'clock, aged
80 years, months and IS days.
w. S. Linville and family accompanied
the remains to Buena Vista where the
interment will occur today.
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THE o. P. SALE.

From the best information obtainable uI
to the hour of going to press we are led te
believe that the Oregon Pacific railroad
property will be sold by Sheriff Osburn in
this city on the 18th of the month Every
indication points that way and there is
much activity in railroad circles concern
ing the matter
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r AIDES. ATTENTION. A gentleman of good
habits and in prime of life, with business ability
and good trade, owning property in Corvallis, de-
sires to make acquaintance of a lady not over 35
wears of age Must be Industrious of good disposition,
n lover OF home and have some means of her own.
Object stated in correspondence No objections to
widows. Correspondence strictly confidential No
trifers Address "H. H." }" GAZETTE office
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Gs so and $40, Genuine Confederate Bill $, only
sDe). /. Ave cents each; $50 and 300 bills 10 cents
each and Soc shnplasters 10 cents each; u and
81 bills rs cents each. Sent securely sealed on re-
ceipt of price. Address CHAs d. BARKER, 80 b. For
syth st., Atlanta, Ga.
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WANTED.

The return of the black, white and tan
English setter to the owner by the persons
who coaxed him away some time ago
w. T. PEHT.
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FOR RENT.

800. acre farm; ITO acres in cultivation,
balance enclosed pasture; good buildings,
orchard, etc. M, S. WooDCocK.
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First-class cedar shingles, 81. Is per M at
F. J. Oberer's River Front planning mill.
The morning call., 1893-01-16
READY WITH HIS PROvERB.
1t Was Apt and True, but Surprised
the Teacher.
g. Louis RepubII


''She was bright young Yankee school
marm," said Thompson H. Herndon. "She
came highly recommended to prosperous
and aristocratic neighborhood not far from
Little Rock few months ago, aud was not
long in building up good school. Time
wore on, and her pupils advanced wonder
fully in their studies. She conceived the
idea q few weeks ago Of giving an exhibit
ton of her most proficient class, and invited
all the Deighbors to come to the little school
house on Friday evening that they might
see and hear for themselves the progress
that had been made by her teachings.
There was a good crowd present. She
had all the little girls and the little boys TO
stand up. She questioned this one about
one thing and another about something else.
Their answers were gratifying to the pretty
teacher and to the parents of the children.
Now, she.said tO.them toward tho close,
i want each of you to repeat SEINE old pro-
verb
''Said Johnnie: All is not gold that gilt
ters.'
livery good.' said she, very good
|" BE virtuous and you'll be happy said
Jimmie.
That's splendid. Why, you boys re-
mind me so much of school once taught in
Boston responded the fair teacher.
1.-The germ of am btion Is the chrysalis
Of WISDOM said Willie.
"And so on down the class she went until
she got to Peck Smith. He wasn't very
bright and she intended to skip him, but he
seemed anxious to say something. and she
asked him II he knew any old proyerb. He
did:
coons,' was his answer.
''Peck's father grabbed him up ioyfully.
and before be left paid years tuition for
Peck In advance.
The morning call., 1893-01-16
THE OLYMPIAN GAMES.
Elaborate Preparations for thu
Roman Festival.


Speaking of the coming Olympic festival
next April, regarding which considerable
interest has been manifested. President w.
Greer Harrison of the Olympic Club said
yesterday:
81 don't think the public fully understand
the scale on which this undertaking is pro-
posed to be run.
Take the athletic exhibition alone.
''It will be held in the main gymnasium
of the new Post-street clubhouse. which
will be totally transformed tor the occa-
sion.
1.-The leading idea followed will he that
OF the Coliseum of Rome, and the arrange
ment for the circus will be as realistic as
possible.
"All round tiers of seats will arise from
the circular arena in the middle. and these
will be divided into convenient sections.
1.-The place of honor will be occupied by
the presiding Cesar of the day, and close
by him will be seated bevies of matrons and
maidens in Roman costume Possibly the
vestal maidens, VINO cut such a figure in
Roman games, may be separately repre-
scented.
"The contestants will enter in the order
of triumph (or victorious march. such as
celebrated the return to Rome IF a Roman
emperor or consul and in every way the r0-
mantle features of those bygone days will be
revived.
1.-The arena will be encircled by running
water conveyed in conduits. although the
Sanguinary con tests of the old days will not
be repeated and the water will merely aid
in carrying out the historical realism"
The morning call., 1893-01-16
MR.. FIGONE'S FIND.
An Event of interest in the Latin
Quarter.

Some days ago HE GALL was favored
with the following quaint note Of invita-
lion:
+. FigOne requests the pleasure or your presence
INAUGURATION or HIS WINDMILL,
On Sunday January IS, 1898, at 80 p. NJ, at his
residence 1917 Jasper place, Of OF Union, between
Dupont and Stockton.
San Francisco. Jan. 9, 1893.
There was nothing in this invitation TO
convey the slightest idea of the scene which
awaited a reporter when he dropped in at
AN Jasper place yesterday afternoon.
The rain was falling fast at the time, and
the little alley which leads up to he Figone
winery. for such it Is. was almost deserted.
But every window commanding a view of
the scene of the proposed celebration was
coupled by ladies Of tie Latin colony, who
pointed gleefully at the Italian and Amer
lean flags waving above the tank.
1t was just such an outfit as is seen all
over the peninsula 10 connection with mar
ket gardens and irrigating fumes. but the
| EigOne well has another cause for existence.
Mr.. FiGOne manufactures wine on the
premises and incidentally consumes cOn-
siderable water. He has long paid tribute
TO Spring Valley TO what he considers an
| exacting extent. and when he discovered
| that his premises were located on the site
| Of an old pioneer well he WAS not long in
| ssmDling the product.
1t sparkled clear in the glass as 1t was
| handed around Yesterday. The well is only
| "a feet deep and IS therefore only a surface
we'll and not of the artesian type. There
| are many such wells in the older settled
parts Of the city, but most Of them have
| long been CT osed from the obvious risk of
contamination by seepage Of sewage mat
| ter. The water Of surface wells is nearly
always clear and sparkling and the niirates
| due to the oxidation Of ammoniacal matter
DO not betray their presence TO The eye or
taste.
AS Mr. Figone wants the water chiefly
for his horses and for washing purposes
| he is not concerned about its quality, and
his chief anxiety may reasonably be whether
the supply will hold out in the dry season.
Anyhow as the afternoon ran on and the
weather improved many well-known mem
bers Of the Italian colony paid their re-
| spects to Mr.. FigoBe and congratulated him
on his discovery. A lunch was spread and
some OF the best product Of The Fig0ne vint-
age was sampled with most satisfactory
results while band of music enlivened mat
| tiers outside
The morning call., 1893-01-16
BALL AND GOAL.
The Wolfe Tone Rangers Elect a
Captain and Vice. Captain,

The Wolfe Tone Rangers Elect a
Captain and Vice-Captain.
The Wolf Tone Rangers, the latest ad-
dition to the Association of Gaelic Football
Teams, held very enthusiastic meeting
yesterday afternoon.
Captain G. j. Downing, a famous Irish
athlete, and an ex.member of the Young Ire
land football team of Butte City, Montana.
was elected captain, wit h L. Kelleher Of
the Fermoy Hurting Club as vice-captain.
Several prominent athletes were present
and signed the clubs roll, including John
OGrady, an ex-member of the Laune
Rangers, c. Learv of the DR.. Crokes, ID.
Corcoran of the Fleetwood Rangers, James
Proctor, an ex-member of the BootIe Celtics
Of Liverpool. England, and Jeremiah Brooks
OF Iramore, Ireland, late Of the Allantics OF
Atlanta City, n. J.
Secretary Lynch reported the new club In
tinurshing condition. The club starts
out well-equipped for active football prac-
tice, one of lis members, DR.. M. ID.
Murphy, having been appointed at yester-
days meeting consulting surgeon for the
treatment OF members acciden tally hurt at
football practice
The club intends to prepare itself by
faithful practice on the field to carry off the
blue ribbon of Gaelic football during the
coming summer. it being decided at yester-
days meeting TO challenge the winner OF
the pennant at the expiration of the Sched-
ule OF games for that trophy.