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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
.sHAN1Y-RoAI FOLKS"
The People Who Live on the Grea
Rivers of the West.

The People Who Live on the Great
Rivers of the West.
One cannot travel along any of the
larger interior waterways, either by
steamboat or rail, without catching
sight of the water denizens' queer ark
like habitations Contemptuous refer
ences to them as ''shanty-boat folks
are to be seen in the newspapers of all
river towns, and heard in the conver-
sation of all river-bank dwellers, and
no State watered by the Mississippi,
the Ohio, the Missouri, or any Of their
larger branches, is ever clear of them.
Steamboat men say they number from
10000 to 10000; some of the more in
telligent water folk themselves place
the total at from $4,000 to $4,000 at
east, while all agree that, instead of
becoming fewer, they are increasing as
The years roll round. This, notwith-
standing the adverse ordinances of cer-
;ain municipalities, and the repressive
)ut entirely imperative statutes of two
,r three States. It is forbidden any
shanty-boat man to "tie up'' within the
boundaries of the municipalities refer
led to, excepting in cases of dire emer-
gency; the States In question prohibit
The existence of "shanty-boat folks" at
all.
Dry land supports no corresponding
class. In truth, they cannot be treated
properly as single class, for they are
split up into almost as many subdivi-
sions as those who live on shore. Ere
4uently these subdivisions are not
sharply defined, however, and, indeed,
it would not be easy to draw an exact
line, separating river from land dwell
ers in all cases. But, in some respects,
the water folk are unit. They return
he contempt of the ''shore people, with
interest. Without exception. they are
infatuated with 'the river" as they
broadly term the entire system, and, nc
natter how much they may differ
among themselves, they hang together
when in trouble with outsiders. They
.all themselves "the river people," and
sniff disdainfully when that title is ap.
@lied to steamboat men, roustabouts, or
wen the raftsmen who pilot great fields
If timber and logs down the mighty
streams.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
LING CHEZ. ~
Oriental pastime that Brings Out the
Highest FoEn of Executioner's Art.


Highest FoEm of Executioner's Art
Executing is favorite amusement IN
China, and the ceremony of ling chez
is the height. of the executioner's art.
First, the criminal is bound to cross
and, as the wretch with bulging eye
balls looks upon the scene in horror,
the gentleman upon whom develops the
principal work advances with drawn
sword. Possibly the offense was light
oneN or 1t may be that the wretch mas
obtained partial remission, in Whlch
case he will have the felicity OF being
Killed in eight strokes instead or TWEEN
ty-four-or possibly seventy-two. AT
Wh1sks off one oil the eyebroWs-so
neatly as scarcely to draw blood. Hey,
presto! Off comes the other. With llgh'
horizontal sweep he slashes shoulder
clean from the body, performing like
operation on the other side moment
later. Then the breasts are similarly
treated, and with a lunge forward
quick as fabricated lightning the exc
cutioner plunges his weapon into the
victims heart. After that all that re-
mains is to decapitate the lifeless and
maybe still quivering body land the exc
cution is complete.
This is the lightest form of ling chez
When, however, full ling chez is per-
formed it is heightened business, and
the various operations Of the execu-
toner are watched as keenly by the on
lockers as is a great actor in a new
part on a first night. He rises to the
occasion feeling that much is required
of him. When he has removed the
breasts as in the first method he has
still a long and expert carving opera
ton before him till the moment when
he shall dispatch the wretch; each fore
arm, then each upper arm, then slash
from each thigh, followed by dexterous
slashes at each calf, and finally after
the heart has been pierced, the hands
feet and other parts all come under
distinct operations.
Minor offenders guilty of rebellion OF
murder may get let off with strangula
tion. Crucifixion takes place, but the
victim is left to die with string tie6
tightly around his throat.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Refractory.

Mrs. Peterkin-Without exception,
you are the most obstinate, perverse
man I ever saw.
Peterkin-What have 1 done now?
Mrs. Peterkin-Why, have had that
new cough mixture in the house a
month and you haven't once caught
cold.-Harper's Bazaar.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Sanitary Telephoninp,

In Vienna telephone booths are fur.
nished with napkins bearing the in.
scription. "Wipe, If you please" The
napkins are changed frequently, and
this undoubtedly serves to keep the
mouthpiece of the transmitters in good
sanitary condition.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Her Simile.

Professor-"Observ this interesting
photograph Of the solar corona, Miss
Myrtilla."
Miss Myrtilla-"Oh, yes; isn't it fun
ny. 1t looks just like ragged bate!
caks."-Indianapolis Journal
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Probability as to ''Papa's'' Return

PrObab1nty as 10 'F'apa's" RETURN.
''Is your father going to be back
soon?" asked the stranger
81 dunno" answered the small boy
in leather clothes who stood at the door
of Crimson Gulch dwelling. Pap
has purity good hoss, but so has some
of the folks on the vigilance committee.
I reckon I'd figger on pap's gettin' home
in about twenty minutes, or never
Washington Star, 4
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
lllalslll4lllllllll,l Aa444aalA-
Woman.

Woman.
"Billy never tells funny story when
his wife is around"
"Does she contradict himT
mo; but If he doesn't begin the story
correctly in every minute particular
she takes 1t away from him, tells 1t
accurately in small details and leaves
Dut the point
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
snn Does the Cooking,

An inventor in India has constructed
an apparatus for cooking by the heat
of the sun. 1t consists of box made
of wood and lined with rejecting mir
rors, at the bottom of the box being
small copper boiler, covered with
glass to retain the heat Of the rays
concentrated by mirrors upon the boil
er. In this contrivance any sort Of
food may be quickly cooked.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10

He-Fve just been dancing with Miss
Sharp. She was talking about you.
She dndignantly)--Was she? The
nasty, spiteful thing!-Judy.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
His Prospects Good.

"Do you think he can support YOU
in good style after you are married,
dear? I hear he is worth nothing"
81 know Harold isn't rich, mamma,
but he has his life insured for $4,000,
and 1 could get along quite comforta-
bly on that."-Chicago Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
For ResunDtiou.

Tramp-Gimme dime, mister?
Philanthropist suspiciously)-You've
been drinking, haven't you?
Tramp (meekly)-Yes, sir, and I'm
broke. I want the dime to resume bus
mess with ct the old stand.-Detroit
Free Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
What If Woo

Teacher (after some explanation)-
Now, children, what is an epidemic?
Bright Scholar-It's where everybody
gets sick and we don't have to go to
school for ever so long.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
The Next Question.

Excuse me, sir" said the census
enumerator, briskly, after the name
and age had been duly recorded, 'but
what is your occupation?'
Il am poet"
"But what do you do for living?
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10

"In America, am told. they have
buildings twenty stories high
what bliss to lean out of the win
dow and smoke pipe fifteen stories
long"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Hia Guesa at 1t.

"What does it mean, Tommy" the
Sunday school teacher asked, where
it says they rent their clothes?'"
II suppose they couldn't afford to buy
them" replied Tommy.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Merely q Hint

He (as the clock strikes 12)-This is
the hour that graveyards yawn.
She-Well, they have my sympathy.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
MINES AND MINING
Consul McCook Says Alaska Is DeS-
tined to be Wonderful
Mining Camp.

"Alaska is destined to be wonderful
mining country" says United States
Consul McCook, at Dawson, in letter
to the state department. The Tanana
district, he says, is creating ii stir and
is dividing honors with the kyokuk
conutry. In the Tanana region the
miners claim they can get 10 to 80
cents worth of pay dirt to the pan,
and this in summer digging, with only
two or three feet to bedrock, is equiva-
lent to 81 a pan where one has to 60
20 feet to bedrock.
'The great necessity now in Alaska, "
says Consul McCook, sis good roads,
good camps and the prospecting of COM
paratively unknown sections.'
Great dissatisfaction was expressed
at Dawson City this spring after the
wash up, he says, by miners who
worked for men who had leased mining
claims from the owners. The lay men
sign contracts to work SO many feet of
the claim during the season, to receive
so per cent of the gold coming out of
the claims, and the lessee agreeing that
all men working the property will be
employed under written contract by
which they promise not to hold the
claim in any way liable for their wages.
1t has turned out i'll hundreds of cases
that the cost of working the claims has
taken more than so per cent of the out
put, the lessees' share. Thus the men
employed on the claims have been de-
prived of their wages. Lay men on
rich claims, says Consul McCook, can
do very we'll, but the majority of the
claims cannot be worked on this basis
at the current rate of wages.
f. C. Senkel, gold commissioner OF
Yukon territory. has information that
Canada is to introduce radical reforms
in tine KIondike. The royalty system
is to be done away with altogether and
government assay Office is to be estab-
lished at Dawson and compulsory fee
of per cent charged for assaying gold
and exchanging for drafts. The pei
cent must be paid on all gold taken from
the country, whether the government
assay office be patronized OF not.
Lucky Queen Hill.
A rich strike has just been made by
Corliss & Rush, on Lucky Queen hill,
about 10 miles from Grants Pass, Or
1t Is on the Double Eagle claim, which
was purchased last year for very low
figure. The strike is in the nature o.
a very. rich seam, one to two inche:
thick, with body of quartz on eithe1
side. The gold is all through the
seam, which is easily pounded up, anG
runs $40 to $15 to the pan.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10

'Where are you trekking, my pretty
mafdY' ..- :.
ITO yonder kopje, sir" she said.
'Could I 60 with you, my pretty
maidY'
'You could if you yeldt that way" she
said.
New York Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Quite Proper.

'That girl accepts rings from men
she doesn't know"
How can she?'
HAS to. She's a telephone GIRL
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Extra.

Here, waiter, why are you charging
me $3 for this pigeon?
"It was no ordinary pigeon, SIR"
"What?"
at had been tanned, SIR"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
"Sparking Buggy"

A carriage dealer in Linn County,
Kansas, announces that "courting is
made easy by the use of the celebrated
new sparkling buggy" for the sale OF
which he is sole agent in that locality.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
May in Time,

She-They've got a new girl at Hi
rams.
He-Is that so? Can she cook any
better than the last one they had?
She-Well, hardly. This one is only
about "a hours ld.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Concerning the Sum mer Girl.

Jack-Well, whatever the summer
girl may be, there is one thing she is
not.
Will-Whats that?
Jack-She is not contagious?
Will-How do you mean?
Jack-You can't catch her.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
No AdYanfaRe.

Young Bride (ecstatically)-I can nev-
er begin to tell you all the exquisite de-
lights of married life. Now, every
night, after dinner, my husband sings
to me.
Old Maid-My teakettle does the
same thing.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Needed a Light.

"What did the census man ask you,
Larkin?' said Bunting.
"He asked me if had match about
my clothes"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
North Notes.


Denny pheasants are becoming plen
tiful in Rouge River valley.
klamath Indians have sold IS horses
to a government buyer at prices from
$25 to $40 per head.
A panther that had been killing
goats was shot last Sunday by William
Templeton, of Crown Point, Or.
Fire is destroying much valuable
timber in the mountains west of Enter
prise, Or. The fire started about a
week ago.
A Chinese vegetable peddler at Spo-
kane cut off his queue to convince skep-
tical persons that he was not a Boxer,
but Christian.
An exceptionally large fruit crop is
assured this season in the Rogue River
valley. One farm will yield from 30
to so car loads of apples.
Walla Walla's outlook for fruit
fair is good. It's soliciting committee
got-$ 900 from business men in three
hours, and promises of much more.
Charlie Linn, a boy at Salt cleek,
in Polk county, Or, has caught 163
digger squirrels with a steel trap since
last March. He gets cent each TO,
their scalps.
Salmon have commenced to make
their appearance in the Wallowa river
below town, and soon Chief Joseph
gang of Indians will be here catching
and drying them for winter use.
The creamery at Chehalis, Wash >,
turned out 10000 poaunds of butter
and 500 pounds of cheese during June
The Bee-Nugget estimates that with
the Toledo, Browning, Centralia and
smaller creameries in operation Lewis
county's diary product will reach $75,.
900 to $80,O00 per year.
John Bennett, logger, was fatally
injured in North River valley recently,
by being hit in the back of the head
with a grab iron, which was pulled
out of log and struck with great force
He died the day after the accident.
The Sunset Telephone Company's
failure to reach a settlement of tle
strike of its employees, with consequent
poor service to patrons, has led many
business houses at Seattle to order their
phones removed and to employ bicycle
messengers. Resolutions adopted indi'
cate that the business men are not
pleased with the company's course, but
side with the. girls who are out.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
vessels I'm Chinese Ports,

During the year 1898, 52,661 vessels,
of 34,233 $50 tons, entered and cleared
Chinese ports. OF these vessels, 743,
Of 239, ,152 tons, were American.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Compelled to Show OF,

"Mrs. Blimmerton, next door, is hav-
ing her parlors and halls papered."
"Good; now she'll have to give re-
ception or a luncheon or a tea"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
The Price of Envy.

Mamma-Why don't you eat your ap-
pie, Tommy?
TOMMY am waiting till Jimmy
Post comes. 1t wouldn't taste half as
good if there was nobody to see me.
eat it.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Any Language

GaZzum-What! You are going to
the Paris exposition alone? Why, you
can't speak a word Of French!
Singletree-No; but 1 can spend
money.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
The Usual Cry,

"Are you going to spend the summer
In town, Hilkins?'
Il expect to. My wife will do all the
spending out of town that l can af-
ford" d."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
An Error Corrected.

Clara with thoughts of an empty
pew)-You weren't out Sunday, were
you, Fred?
Fred Gmpulsively)-Yes, 1 was-three
tfmes-struck out twice and fled out
to Casey at third.-Boston Courier.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10

"Do you think, professor, that bumps
on a mans head indicate anything as
to his character?"
"As to his wife's character, I should
say"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Noteworthy,

City Editor-How did that deaf and
dumb wedding come off?
Reporter-Very quietly.-Philadel-
phia North American.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Unprogressive.

Kassock-Rev. Stiggers has lost the
chance of being very famous man.
Knaver-In what way?
"He resigned the pastorate instaed
of undergoing a trial for heresy.''-
Life.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10

A great deal is said by the elderly
women returning from wedding to
the effect that "she is happy noyh but
Just Waity'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Accommod

Tramp-Madam, won't you please
give me an ole pair Of yer husbands
shoes?
Madam-What size do you wear?
Tramp-Anything from four up
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10

"Kind lady" he inquired as he in
spected the staff Of a great daily jour.
nal, what Is your work In this journal.
istic establishments
Il write the 'Reveries of Bachelor,
kind sir" she replied sweetly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
~A THE COMIC PAPERS.

Pleasant Incidents Occurring the
World Over Sayings that Are Cheer
full to Old or Young-Funny selec-
tions that Everybody Will Enjoy.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Hard and Soft.

Sbe-She has soft spot in her heart,
il you can only find it.
He-Perhaps, but 1 fear I'd find 1t
hard to find it.-Philadelphia Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Her Instrum ent.

Does Miss Giddy play?" asked Prof.
Dalsegno Of Mr.. Hunker.
ooh, yes. She's playing young Cal
lowhill w."-Detroit Free Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
A1ways the Wav.

'1ndeed, 1 never say anything to my
cleaning"
"Why not?"
eff 1 do she gets sorry for herself,
quits and goes to bed."-Indianapoli
Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Rioh

'They say Jones is making all kinds
of money in Nome now"
"How's that?'
''In the day time he stakes his claim
and in the evening he claims his
stakes.",
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Her Little Joke.
She Knew Her Seq.

Heller beauty quite intoxicates me
She-Perhaps it's her smiles.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Numerous Times,

Little Mike (nursing his aching jaw
-Feyther, did yez iver hov a toot'
pulled?
McLubberty (encoura agingly)-Hun-
dreds av 'em, me by; hundreds av 'em.
Judge.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
PACIFIC COAST TRADE,
Seattle Markets

Ou1OAS, hCW, Nv.
Lettuce, hot house, ST per crate.
Potatoes, new. $16.
Beets, per sack, S5c@$1.
Turnips, per sack, 75c.
Carrots, per sack, $I.00
Parsnips, per sack, 50@75c.
Caulifiower, native, roc.
Cucumbers-20@ @ SOC.
Cabbage, native and California,
&c per pounds.
Tomatoes-$1. SO.
Butter-Creamery.2 24c: Eastern 22c;
dairy, LOG lsc; ranch, lac pound.
Eggs-24c.
Cheese-l2c.
Poultry-l4c; dressed. 14@15c;
spring, $3.50.
Hay-Puget Sound timothy, $11.00
@12.OO; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $1,000.
Corn-Whole, s2s. 90; cracked, $a5;
feed meal, $25.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton,
$40.
Flour-Patent, per barrel, $3. so;
blended straights, $3.25; California,
1926; buckwheat -four, $500; gra.
ham, per barrel, $500; whole wheat
-four, So. 90; rye -four, $3.sO@4.oo.
Millstuffs-Bran, per ton, $12.00;
shorts, per ton, $14.00.
Feed-Chopped feed, $1,000 per tom
middlings, per ton, $40; oil cake meal,
per ton, $4,000.
Fresh Meats-Choice dressed beel
steers, price INC; cows, &c; mutton
IN; pork, Sc; trimmed, &c; veal, 90
lie.
Hams-Large, 13c; small, 13A;
breakfast bacon, l2c; dry salt sides,
SIC.
Portland Market.
Wheat-Walla Walla. 55@ SIC
Valley, 54c; Bluestem, 58c per bushel
Flour-Best grades, $500; graham.
| 81. 60; superfne, $s.lO per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, SEC; choice
gray, SAC per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $14.0O@15.OO;
brewing, $1,000 per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, $3.50 ton; mid
dlings, $50; shorts, $l4; chop, $l5 pei
| ton.
Hay-Timcthy, S1O@l1; clover,$7@ a
$50; Oregon wild hay, $6@7 per ton
Butter-Fancy creamery, 45@50c
store, 271ac.
Eggs-17c per dozen.
Cheese-Oregon full cream, 13c
Young America. 14c; new cheese 10t
per pound.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $4,000
$50 per dozen; hens, $500; springs
81. SOC 400; geese, $4,000 100 for old
$4.50@6.50; ducks, $3.00@4.00 pei
dozen; turkeys, live, 16@17c PEI
pound. $3.50
Potatoes-4O@ q 5Oc per sack; sweets
2@2Ac per pounu. ..
yegetables-Beets, 81; turnips, 75c
per sack; garlic, &c per pound; cab
bage, l nc per pound; parsnips, 81
onions, 1 1ac per pound; carrots, 81.
Hops-2@sc per pound.
Wool-Valley, 15@16c per pound
Eastern Oregon, 10 Ice; mohair, q
per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wether
and ewes, SIC; dressed mutton, z
71ac per pound; lambs, $40. @7~
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, $500
light and feeders, $3.50; dressed
$5.00@6.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, $4,000 30
cows, $3.50 400; dressed beef, 6H q
| TIC per pound.
| veal-Large, 61a@7Ac; small. 50
I812c per pound.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
It Touched Her.

Excited lady (at the telephone)-I
want my husband, please, at once.
Voice from the exchange)-Number,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10

Polly-Makes you think of what?
Dolly-Wouldn't it be lovely thing
II they would make perpetuated orange
blossoms?
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10

''To outmaneuver the enemy means
what. ma?'
ITO outnumber them, my boy"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10

"Please play something more, profess
sor.''
with pleasure. But it is II o'clock.
What will the people in the next fat
think?'
'Oh, don't consider them. They poi
soned our dog yesterday"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Electric Line for Republic.

A petition is before the council of
Republic, Wash, to grant the Republic
Gold Mining Company franchise for
the laying of track and the running Of
steam, electric or horse cars through
that city, the erecting of poles and the
transmission :of electricity for lighting
purposes for the municipality and for
power. Should the franchise be grant
ed, the tramway system will be built
first. The route for the tramway has
been surveyed. From this line, which
will be about three miles long, branch
lines will run through the cross streets.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
Getting Eve

Excited Lady (snappishly)-Only the
fourth, you impudent thing.-Tid-B Bits.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10

A Lesson from South Africa.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-10
A Death1ess BIossom Needed,

Dolly-That perpetuated palm makes
me think