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Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-08
Apples and Pears.

Contrary to general belief, apples are
very plentiful. There is any amount o.
good eating stock on hand, and the price,
$1.50 box, while little steep, does moi
interfere with sales.
Only fancy Baldwins bring $1.5O, plen-
ty of other grades are to be had, at vary
ing prices, down to rs cents for peddlers
stock, which is not very desirable.
OF course there are vicinities where ap:
pies are scarce and in some districts even
those few that are found contain worms
or scab. But taking the state as whole
in the Willamette valley we haye apples
in plenty to do us. In Corvallis there
are plenty at the price they demand.
Most of the apples reaching Portland
come from Southern Oregon points,
Douglas county sending in many car
loads. Nearby valley points have no
apples this year, the crop either being
tooIwormy, or else failure. Many VAL
ley farmers did not pick their apples this
year.
Pears are plentiful. Various varieties
are offered. and at varying prices. Win
ter Nellis is the kind most generally es-
teemed at this seaeon, and good, sound
Winter Nellis pears can be purchased
for $1.75, though some dealers ara asking
a quarter or 80 more.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-08
Cougars Versus Deer.

eCougars are doing more to decimate
the deer population of this state than all
the sportesmen combined" declared an
old hunter this morning. "Dur1ng the
month of September found the carcases
of five deer which had been killed by
these animals. The cougar, after catch
ing its victim, gorges itself on the blood
and than covers the body, just as cat
covers mouse. Should the cougar fail
to secure another meal about eating time
it will return to the concealed carcass and
feast on it.
Besides cougars, bears are very de-
structive. Not wild animals alone are
prey to these wanderers; the farmers are
sufferers as well. Bears or cougars fire.
quently swoop down on hogpen and
carry off or kill pig, and calves and
young stock are not safe,
I'm my opinion high bounty should
be placed on these beasts and sportsmen
permitted to hunt them down with dogs.
The reason dogs are not used at present
akfaer and run nm d0wn ihstea{0f a
cougar, and huntlng deer with dogs is
strictly prohibited by the game law."
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-08
Mrs. Anna waggoner.

On Wednesday, the 29th, the remains
OF Mrs. Anna .Waggoner, of Monroe,
were laid to rest in the Bellfountain cem-
etery, in the presence of large number
of sorrowing friends and relatives OF
the deceased.
The death of Mrs. Waggoner was the
result of the ravages of tumor of the
stomach, with which Mrs. Waggoner
has been suffering since 1897.
Mrs. Waggoner was an early Oregon
pioneer. She was native of Illinois,
having lived with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wigle in Adams county, of that
state, until 1852; the young girl then
five years of age, crossed the plains with
tie family and arrived in Oregon, Linn
county, the same year. In 1865, Miss
Wigle was married to Mr., Thomas Wag-
goner. The two settled on farm near
Monroe and have resided in that com
munitv in peace and quietude until the
time of the death of Mrs. Waggoner.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-08
TO AVERT OUR DANGER.
Assistant United States Engineer Ogden
Inspecting the Revetment.

Assistant United States Engineer Ogden
Inspecting the Revetment.
D. B. Ogden, assistant United States
engineer, left for Corvallis to inspect the
work being done by the government
snagboat Mathloma, says the Telegram.
The work consists of 800 feet of revet-
ment which is being built to keep Cor
Wallis from being left an inland town.
just above Corvallis, the river makes q
sharp bend to the west toward Corvallis,
and as soon as the city is passed turns
sharply to oward the east, leaving PEN
insula opposite the city. In time of
high water it is the tendency of the bulk
of the stream to flow across the penin-
sula instead of around it, and if the gov
ernment engineers had not interposed,
it would have been a question of but
short time only until the river would
cut through here and left Corvallis out
in the cold. In addition, it would have
spoiled the river channel by spreading
out over greater space.
This was one of the earliest works un-
dertaken by the government, and is one
of the most necessary. There is fall of
200 feet in the Willamette between Eu-
gene and Corvallis, which is four times
as great as the fall in the whole distance
between Corvallis and Portland. It is
necessary in order to keep the channel
from spreading out, not to allow the
river to become any shorter, as the fall
for given distance would thus be in
creased.
The watchman on duty ut the Yam
hill locks at Lafayette sent in report
yesterday of the stage of the water in
Yamhill. The greatest height that has
been reached since the government work
was begun there was attained last Fri
day. when S41a feet above low water was
recorded. This placed the water Is feet
above the tops of the lock walls.
The Yamhill is very erratic stream,
and rises and falls with great rapidity.
After heavy general rain the stream
begins to rise almost Immediately, and
in short time overflows its banks, if
rain has been sufficient, The rise is
rapid until within few feet of the crest,
when it slackens and proceeds leisurely
to the top. The descent is just as rapid.
The highest point which the river is
known to have attained was about 60
feet, once in the winter of 1890-91, and
once previously in the SOS.
The recent rise was of great benefit to
owners Of wheat in McMinnville, as it
the Gypsy and Modoc to make
several trips there, and the boats brought
out full cargoes each time.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-08
The Sunset Limited.

The Sunset Limited, the Southern
Pacifcs famous train of the Sunset route,
will commence its service for the winter
season on Friday, December 18th. The
schedule for this year is considered
rather superior to any previous season,
afording as it will opportunity for favor
able view of points of interest along the
line, and making agreeable connections
at New Orleans with limited trains OF
other lines to and from the important
centers of the east. The train will leave
San Francisco at 5 p m on Tuesdays and
Fridays, passing Los Angeles about
z O'Clock the following morning, thus
giving daylight view of the orange belt
of Southern California. Its connections
at Ell Paso with through cars of the
Texas & Pacific for st Louis, will place
California passengers in that city from
10 to IL hours ahead of all other lines.
The trip from Houston to New Orleans,
through the interesting plantations and
bayous of Southern Louisiana, will also
be bv daylight, and the arrival in the
Gulf city just in time to connect with
the fast trains for Washington, New
York, Cincinnati, Chicago and other
points. The Sunset Limited equipment
and service is up to it's well-known high
standard. It is worthy of remark that
the distance OF 1900 miles from San
Francisco to New York is traversed by
the SuHset Limited in ia hours, only -
hours longer than by the fastest trains
through Chicago distance of $500 miles.
The Sunset is an ideal winter route, the
traveller not being subject to any of the
discomforts incident to inclement wealth
er conditions of the more Northern
routes"
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-08
A PRETTY WEDDING.
Mr.. Richard Kiaer and Miss Louise Fischer
We're Married Wednesday.

Mr.. Richard Kiaer and Miss Louise Fischer
We're Married Wednesday.
A beautiful home wedding in which
two well known Corvallis young people
were united as one, transpired at the
Fischer home in this city, at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
The contracting parties were Mr..
Richard Kiger and Miss Louise Fischer.
The Wedding was a unique one, the
rooms being beautifully decorated for the
occasion with evergreens and vines.
The shades being drawn the rooms were
lighted and the ceremony was performed
by Rev. P. s.. Knight, of the Congrega.
tional church, ''by moonlight" None
but the immediate families of the bride
and groom were present to witness the
ceremony. After the words which united
| the happy couple we're pronounced by
the minister, the entire party gathered
around the dining table where sump-
tuous dinner was prepared.
Mr.. and Mrs, Kiger departed on the
20 train for Astoria, where they will
spend their honeymoon, after which
they will return and take up their resi-
dence on the Kiger farm north of Cor
wallis.
Mr.. Kiger is son of Reuben Kiger
and native of Benton county. His
manly character, and open-hearted, gen.
erous nature have made him numerous
and enduring friends. Young, prosper
Gus and of diligent habits, his future is
most promising. His bride is the eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. III. F. Fischer
Her many accomplishments have made
her an ornament te Corvallis society, and
her happy disposition has added to its
charms.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-08

Christmas shopping is made easy when
you have large and varied stock to Sc
lect from. We carry complete line of
diamonds, watches, chains, rings, en-
blem pins, buttons, and charms, solid
silver ware and silver plate ware. Silver
novelties &. We buy for cash and give
our customers the benefit of the extra
discount, you are invited to call when in
Albany and see our display.
F. M. French,
The Jeweler,
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-08
Letter List.

The letters remaining in the Corvallis
Post-ofice for the week ending Dec. 2,
1899.
Mrs Ell Anderson James, Henry
George Armstrong w V Acocks
Mrs Martha Kltehing John Berrie
Mrs Sarah Lambard John Cort
Frank Moar Ruben Robenson
Miss. Mary Rutherford J ] Gale
Mrs Sarah Eccleston 3 Richards :.
eMrs G E Sahiefl flin1slE j HaHersley
EMnaI Ira EaYloEdsDd Will lHeilmafR Ii
E E HiteaedtonG e7sd oj stosqza bnR
B. W. JOHNSON P, M.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-08
Best Writer Route

For sunshine, flowers and oranges take
the Sunset Route via Los Angeles to all
points East. Tourist excursion cars and
chair cars to Ell Paso, Fort Worth, Kan
sas City, Chicago, Cincinnati, Houst on,
New Orleans and Washington, D. C.
For rates, guides and information ad-
dress
G. Fl. Markham, G. P. A.
Portland, Or.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-08
To Subscribers.

Subscribers to the UNIoN-GAzErrE will
observe that the date opposite their re-
spective names, in addressing the paper
to them, indicates the time ofexpiration:s
They sah S saeh sJi4 4c99hfsar c99a H. YS s j sremit-
ting to this Office the amount to coYef
their respective subscriptione.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-08
Union-Gazette.
New Kid Cloves
FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1899.

New Kid Cloves
Nearly 300 pairs of new kid gloves for
ladies just added to our stock. Our
lines at 81 90, 81 25 and 81 30 are very
strong. We have, also fine ASSERT
ment of colors at 81 IS, and black at
81 90; two clasp with self, black and
contrast stitching.
Plaid Skirts
Another lot just placed on sale. A line
at $S 90 and another at So 90 are ex-
ceptionally neat aud good value.
1c CAPES
OOlI AND JACKETS
This department is now nearer COM
plete than ever. We would like to
show the stock.
S, e. Young & Son.
Albany, Oregon.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-08

thus form an association. COMMITTEES
of two were appointed from each repre-.
sentative of the football, track, basket.
ball and indoor baseball enthusiasts. to
meet and formulate constitution and
plan for organization. This is the man
ner in which large institutions carry or
athletics and will surely be an i'm
provement over the system followed
heretofore The committee have not yet
reported.
The strong 'southeaster" that blew
from the sea during the nights of las
Friday and Saturday and came sweeping
through the mountain canyons down
through the valley and all Western Ore.
gon, was an uncommon thing fo,
Webfoot. According to calculations made
at the college the wind blew as high as
46 miles an hour, velocity that does no
compare probably with the hurricane O
the east, yet it was quite breeze for the
Corvallisite. 1t blew strong enough to
satisfy even those of "windiest" nature
and none would be disappointed to have
such breezes remain in their natiy.
domains.
The OAC eleven is ene of the best tina
ever represented the college, and he
overwhelming defeat is not the result o
Eer own weakness, but of U of O.:
strength. Hall, Goodrich and Harding
behind the line did splendid work with
the ball and the forwards Elgir
Thurston and Walters are men that raEi
with the best players in the state. The
team as whole worked well on the Of
fensive and poorly on the defensive, the
mostlnoticeable..weak points being the enc
positions. AlthoughS struggling sagainst
certain defeat the coffege men played
the entire game without murmnr, anc
they played clean, gentlemanly football
all through.-Eugene Guard.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-08

Sunday was good day for duck hunt
ing and as result many of our local
sportsmen were out wading through the
surrounding swamps in search of the
web-footed birds. The heavy rains
caused an overflow that is not desirable
on the part OF hunters, and as result
many of the spots where the sportsmen
usually rove were completely inundated.
Floods coming from overhead never i'm
pede the duck. hunter, but to have such
underfoot, always serves to make his
success less sure. Snipe abound in the
swamps now, too, and the few who are
expert enough with the gun to bring
down these wary birds. find rich. pleasure
! in hunting them.
The Corvallis Grange has approved
the following resolution which was
adopted by the National Grange at its
last meeting: "We are not opposed to
associations of interests which merely
lessen the cost of production, but we are
decidedly opposed to the misuse of the
power which large combinations of cap
ital give for the purpose of destroying
competition, controlling production, and
arbitrarily debating prices of commodi-
ties. We are opposed to all corpora
tions or trusts which control the source
of supply, and like the Standard Oil
company reach out their arms and en-
brace all competition. Special favors are
granted them by railroads, thus enabling
them to under-selI aud force to the wall
smaller dealers who might otherwise
compete with them. = It must be made
E5mnessihie ion soseaifed trnstss.e aoenm-
ulate' millions, by ssffifng watteafed stock, aa
without adding to the wealth of the coun-
try -
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-08-04

builded better than they knew. The
record of valOr in battle was too glo-
rious to fall into obscurity and its he
roes were the ones to perpetuate It.
A year ago or more it would not have
been unfriendly to predict that the rec
ords of 1S6l-5 might be broken before
the century closed and the idols of the
period overthrown. The Hobsons
Funstons and rough riders burst like
meteors upon the horizon of popular
acclaim. Having been predicted. with
expectation at high pitch, it was in
evitable that they be hailed as end Of
the century heroes whose like had new
err been seen before. TO the Grand
Army the deeds of the Spanish wal
are glorious not alone in themselves,
but because they show that valor Is
not dead. Much is said of degeneracy
in these times, but the old soldier
knows for n fact that the boys will
preserve what their fathers won, and
no passing veteran can ask for more
than that.
Funston's lightning leap to the front
rank Of war heroes is only another in
stance of the tribute awaiting real
courage. His recognition was swift
and his reward immediate. One of the
most distinguished Grand Army vet
Grams waited two years for what Funs.
ton got in week or two, the star of n
brlgadler general. And that soldier
was none other than the present army
commander, Nelson A. Miles. There was
no career in the whole army so glo-
rious in great deeds MS Miles yet not
until he won fame on the plains did he
become popular hero.
General Ayers heroic deed at the
battle of Rienzl rested in the record
only to be unearthed by G. A. II. com
rades when his courage was attacked.
Sherldan's own account Cf it makes
Alger hero of the lion hearted stamp.
He says that the situation was most
critical when he sent Alger with two
companies Of sabers for the desperate
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-08-04

Chas. ;. Gleed, attorney for a con-
trolling minority of stock in the
Santa Fe railroad corporation. is a
State University man.
William Harvey Brown, who was
in the fight in Matabele land in
Africa, and whose book on South
Africa Is creating discussion in the
East, is State University man.
w. Y. Morgan, the state printer
elect of Kansas, is State University
man.
Jack Schall, editor of the Troy
Chief and ex-State Senator Chas f.
Scott, editor OF the lola REGISTER,
the most forceful paper in Kansas,
are University men.
Webster Davis, assistant secretary
of the Interior at Washington is a
state University man.
General Fred Funston IL a State
University man.
Professor Vernon l.. Kellogg, of
Leland stamford, Jr., university, is
Cldle I University man.
Captain K. l.. GLASGOW of company
"A' Twentieth Kansas volunteers, is
a State University man, of the gene
ration that ran with Funston.
Frank p. MacLennan, owner of the
State Journal the paper with more
circulation than any other Kansas
paper, is State University man.
Edward c. Little, a gallant soldier
and a fearless citizen, who is as fair
fighter as Kansas ever saw, a scholar
and a gentleman for all his enemies,
is Kansas State University man.
Frank Altman, the best Lutheran
preacher in Kansas, is a State Uni
versity man, and is one of several
hundred rafting good Kansas preach
ers, who came from the State Uni
versity.
And go it goes: State University
men are found in active careers
standing up for the honest thing
wherever the battle lie waging. They
are swimming the BagBag, and fight
ing the devil, and standing up in tenn
perance meetings, and sitting in
editorial chairs, and preaching from
pulpits. Wherever it takes courage
the Kansas university is producing
the A No. brand of the article. The
University teaches grit and puts iron
in its boys. They are fighting the
Lords fight and not rolling up their
eyes in piety, declaring sanctification
on the streets and from the house
tops. But they are accomplishing
results, and that in this vain world of
rlnning to and fro without purpose
Is what eternally and everlastingly
knocks.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-08-04
lola Is THE BEST
A Man who went West Hunt
ING for a Boom Fails to
Find it.

Writing to Mr.. j. H. Henderson
from Baker City, oregon, Mr.. f. f..
Davis, who left lola some weeks ago
and has travelled extensively since
through the northwest, says;
Z 81 will say in regard to this section
that it is very much overIated in all
respects. 1t is having a big "wind
boom" | am glad l came up here,
for am satisfied that l will not want
to come again, and l will keep some
of my good friends from taking
a wild goose chase. haven't seen a
town in my travels in Colorado, Wy
oming, Idaho and Oregon that can be-
gin to line up with lola and a few
months will find yours truly back
there.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-08-04
TRIBUTE TO KANSANS
What a Montana Soldier has
to Say Of the Twentieth.
from the Manila Freedom Nav II, 1899.

From the Manila Freedom May II, 1929.
la recent issue of your valued pa
per your scribe at the front referred
in choice phrases to the friendship
existing between the Kansas and
Montana regiments. AS q member of
the latter organization | can vouch
for the genuineness Of this statement,
and feel safe in saying it has been one
of the most pleasant episodes in the
long and arduous campaign in when
both regiments fought side by side.
This is no mere sentiment, hut 1t is u
fact attested by numerous small act1
which show that the boys OF these
two commands have genuine at
tachment for each other. Almost
from the beginning of the trouble
with our Filipino foes, who even now
are watching us from the jungle but
a short distance away, Kansas and
MoAtaha have faced the enemy to-
gether; they have shared the same
dangers of the field and the march,
aud have endured the came hardships
They have thus come to feel mutual
dependency, it has ripeued into the
most cordial. good fellowship. Mon
taua's record speaks for itself, but we
are all, regardless of rank, proud to
be mentioned in connection with that
terrible fighting machine which
comes from the prairie state of Kansas
and glad to see that the services of
gallant Colonel Funston has been re.
warded by promotion
We we'll remember the Twentieth
Kansas, as IL marched through the
streets of San Francisco on its way to
Camp Merritt from the dock, now al
most year ago; and what an uncouth
assemblage it was at that time. They
had just come from state which had
long suffered from the rule of be-
whiskered Populists and agrarian
cranks, and the boys were without
shoes or clothing or proper equip
.nenls, but beneath their tattered gar
ments, there beat the bravest of hui
man hearts, and upon their faces was
that look which told that the sons of
sires which had frowned upon the
principles of secession would never
falter at the word of command. We
expect a race of warriors to come from
a state which produces cyclones and
sockless statesmen. Kansas, and in
deed not only Kansas, but the whole
nation, is proud Of the superb organi-
cation and glories in it's achievements
not only at Caloocan alone, nor Calum
pit, nor at Apalit, but always in their
place, wherever their services were
most needed. MONTANA.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-08-04

years of combat-tore down the stan
dard of Pegram's Virginia artillery
The old school heroes met foemen
worthy of their steel.
Soldiers who study valor by the rec.
ords rather than newspaper accounts
knew that the army had hero in
Colonel Harry Egbert before his mar
tyrdom in the Philippines. lie more
than any one man led the assault on
Fan Juan hill. for his regiment attack
ed the blockhouse two hours ahead of
the column which finally went up. And
he was under fire all day, till shot
down in the final charge. 1t was to
inspire valor in his men that he rode
fearlessly at the head of the line when
killed at Manila. For a model Egbert
might have taken the brave General
Lyle, who, amid the whirlwind of
disaster which swallowed up Sheri.
out to those around him: 1--WE can die
but once. Now Is the time, gentlemen
Let us charge"
Or perhaps Egbert emulated the Con.
federate hero of Gettysburg, the fiery
Armistead, who inspired the last squirt
Of Pickett's charge by leaping the
stone wall, with all the flags of his
brigade around him. Sprnging upon
Union gun he began sabering the men
behind it and was finally shot down by
cool hand, in the distance, his blood
the marker for Confederate high tide
at Gettysburg. But this was always
Armisteads way of leading n charge.
1t detracts nothing from the glory Of
Hobson and his crew to have it known
that scores of officers and hundreds Of
sailors We're pleading for n chance to
go into the channel and sink the Merri-
mac. Hobson's deed will live beside
those of Gushing and Ellet. How long
depends upon the frequency of naval
conflicts. But the ordeals of Cushing
and Ellct were for hours instead of mo.
ments, and both died from the expos