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The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-10-01
TWO SMALL BOYS
And Fish Stories They Told-How
One Little Fellow Had to Sur
render,

Two small boys told fish stories
the other day. Neither liked to be
outdone by the other, and each
came to the scratch line as often as
he could. five seen them ketch
lots of trout, two feet long in the
river" said the first. "That's
nuthin'; we ketch lots of 'em in the
lake three feet long," said number
two, without batting an eye. Gee
Whiz! that's nuthin," triumphant
1y declared number one; 81 know
boy over at Big Elk who ketchesfsh
so big that he has to spear them to
get 'em out of the water" Shucks
that's nuthin"' replied number
two, Cup in the lake we spear
trout so big we can't get 'em
out"
That was too much for number.
one. He couldn't get up to the
scratch line any more. His jaw
fell, and he stood, dumb. Number
two saw his advantage, and follow
ed it up. Yves, and up in the
lake" he said "there is a sea horse
sixty feet long, and I've. seen it..
And if you go about that lake it
will eat you up"
That settled it. Number one
was efectually put out of business,
and he knew it. He hoisted the
white flag on the mainmast. ''1'm
sleepy" he said, LESS go to bed.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-10-01
Call and See!

My book cases and writing decks COM
bined, from s. to SIS per piece. Also a
lot of other furniture, all new. Must
close out within three weeks. All kinds
of woodwork msde and repaired. Shod
and storeroom opposite Farmers Hotel
August Weitman,
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-10-01
Trespass Notice.

Ali persons are hereby notified not to
trespass by hunting or otherwise, on the
lands of the undersigned in Wells, Ben.
ton county.
E. F. WiJes.
w. T. Wiles.
John Writsman,
John Smith,
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
Chas B. Spencer & Co.

but isreported as better at the pres ent
writing
The NJ p people are holding a cries
of meetings at the Friends church
and services are also being held at
the school house by Holiness minis.
ter from Kansas City.
! too, wish ourcorrespondents would
in referring TO people, give initials or
in some way designate them so we
would know when our friends are re-
ferred to. For instance, in last weeks
items, was the note that Mr. and Mrs
Woodard had lost a little one by
death. Was it our old time friends,
MIR and Mrs Allen Woodard. or some
one else 10y the name of w, uda rd? As
it is Il common name we were left in
doubt.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
SPRING BRANCH.

FRANK JACKSON. Correspondent.
April miss Pearl Hubbard is re
ported to be dangerously i'll since she
has reached her home in Tennessee.
Mr. and Mrs Tackler will start next
week for an extended visit to Pennsyl-
yania. They will be gone for some
tiue.
Mr Bubis is putting up hay barn
for Mr. Wisner
Rev Ruby succeeded in killing al
little wild duck last week after shoot
ing it three times He is very much
ela'ed over it. as he says he has beer
trying to kin one for over ten years.
Dannie Bird won the first prize for
the best scholarship and Miss Belle
IDelgarno won second prize. The first
gets two months schooling free aud
the second gets one month schooling
at Business College at Pittsburg.
There will be a basket supper at the
Rock Creek schoolhouse this Satur-
day night gotler up by the missionary
ladies. There will also be quilts and
other things to sell. Every body in
general is expected to come and ladies
with baskets in particular
The drillers struck quite bit of gas
again Sunday. They took the drill
out and let it: blow of for while aud
then went on drilling again. They
are getting along pretty fast. The
shale crumbled in on them and they
had to stop for while aud clean it out
last week
Miss Virginia Dodds closed a sue
cessful term of school at Spring
Branch Thursday. A nice program
had been prepared and the families of
the district went in and took plenty of
nicnacs and had big dinner and en-
joyed the exercises.
Its good time to dehorn cattle.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
PLEASANT VALLEY HILL.
MISS OsnoNN. Corrnsnnndent

April Spring weather once more.
Grandma Cay i, visiting her daugh-
ten and old ueigboor. i'm the valley
this week.
George Sloan has % hired hand.
We understand that he came rom
Iowa with the man who bought tie
WIN Mckinley farm.
Eb Baird has bought che Backow
farm.
Jno Beahm and Lon Foster traded
horses Monday
Homer Rush has bought new horse
to replace the one that died few
weeks ago.
Mr. Flynn is gardening with Irva
Barnardthis summer on the river on
lrva's farm.
Mr. Shockey bought a stack of hay
of f Baird
Mat Beahm has new garden
fence
Nellie Beuhm is on the sick list.
Mrs Maggie BaSley is having thir-
ty-dye yards of carpet wove this
spring
Grandma Osborn set steel trap in
hen $ nest to catch something that
was taking the eggs. The old hen got
TO the nest first IN the morning and got
her bill in the trap and had TO be
killed. The egg thief is still at
large.
May Fisher is staying with her sister
Nellie again this week.
The Valley school will close Tues
day, April 5, as there was two days
lost at Thanksgiving time. Everyone
that has good things to eat are in
vited to bring them to the dinner and
the school will entertain you after the
dinner is served.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
STONY POINT.
l. NJ. BnANpENBuRG. Correspond

l. NJ BRANDENBURG, Correspondent.
The snow we had Saturday made
some of the farmers wish they had not
sowed their lax and planted corn so
soon.
Sunday school was organized at
Rocklow last Sunday. Mr. Mendell
was elected superintendent. The hour
was set for 10 O'Clock a m. Every body
come.
Mrs Lucinda Recknor and son AL
bert spent Sunday at S D Branden-
burg's.
Ollie Baldwin spent Sunday at
home.
Ivy Brandenburg is staying with her
brother Melvin and wife this week.
Bro Monroe and family have moved
out from Bronson on the Fred Ireland
place.
Last Wednesday night S d Branden-
burg left his sheep out in the pasture
over night and the dogs made raid
on them, killing three lambs and
crippling two old sheep. That shows
the necessity of dog tax.
Mrs Grace Brandenburg was on the
sick list last week.
Wallace Hale, wife and little Audra
spent Wednesday evening at Mr.
Brandenburg's
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
BETHEL.
LEILA CUNNINGHAM, Correspondent.


April 2--Last Sunday being Mrs
Elwood Walkers birthday, about
thirty of her friends went in with we'll
filed baskets and SURPRISED her. "A
splendid time is reported by all pres
ent.
Charley Klauman of lola, visited
Charley Tredway and other friends in
this vicinity last week.
There was a party at Mr. Hamilton s
last Friday evening, quite number
were present, and good time is re-
ported.
John Tredway and sister Edna Wis
tied our school, last Friday, and also
attended the party at Mr. Hamiltons'
in the evening.
Mrs Maxwell from Moran visited
her daughter, Mrs Lindsey, last week.
Anna Stout, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs Henderson, went to her
home in Weir City, last week.
Mrs Lindsey is able to be out again
after her severe illness.
Mesdames Straudsburg and Lines
from La Harpe visited A Cunning
hams, Friday
Middle Laver. is taking music les
sons from Miss Myrtle MaXson of
Prairie Hall.
Our school closed last Friday. Mr.
'Tredway has taught very successful
term of school He left for Emporia
Saturday where we wish him success
in his school work.
Quite number from here attended
Easter exercises at Maple Grove, Sun
day afternoon.
Miss Ida Baker, who is attending
High School, spent last Saturday and
Sunday with home folks.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
SOUTH LOGAN.
A. e. swARrzMAN, Correspondent


March 30-Died March 25, 1902 at 7
O'Clock p m in Chanute OF typhoid
pneumonia, Charles Young in the Goth
year of his age, the only son of John
and Lavina Young. 1t has not fallen
to our lot before to report so sad a
thing as this death. A young man
whom to know was to honor and
esteem, an upright Christian man in
the best sense of the word, taken from
his family in the first flush of man
hood. No one but themselves know
what he was TO the invalid mother and
crippled sister, none but themselves
know the weight of the cross laid upon
them. The remains were inferred in
Swede Center cemetery at four o'clock
the day following. 1t is hard TO un-
derstand why so much sorrow should
fall on one poor family, but they have
the heartfelt sympathy Of the entire
community.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
COUNTY NEWS

Mrs Johnson Correspondent

MIS- johnson Correspondent
March 25-Mrs e A Lair of lola is
visiting Mrs Cary Roush.
Andrew Johnson was calling i'm this
vicinity Tuesday.
Lu Roush has moved on the farm he
has rented.
Abe Townsend was the FIRST to finish
planting potatoes. He planted thirteen
acres.
John Slack called at O Heath S
Friday and purchased seed potatoes.
There we're a great many callers in
the Horse Shoe rBend this last week
getting seed corn and potatoes.
b Townsend has home grown green
onions large enough to market He
also sold greens last week in lola at
ST. .40 per bushel.
The little schoolmates of Ethel Cas-
tator gathered at her home the 23rd
to remind her it was her 1lth birthday.
She was very pleasantly surprised
and received several loving reminders
of the day. Those present were Susie
and Ethel Townsend, Laura and Lena
Kramer, Gertie and Goldie Hildebrant.
Bertha Sordau, Pansy Johnson and
Dimple Boush.
Mrs Sordan and Hester Castator
callei on Mrs G Wilson Sunday.
Fred Kramer and wife visited Mrs
Mortimore across the river Sunday.
a Townsend and wife expect to 20 to
Burlington Friday 20 attend the sale
of her fathers personal property.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
SANONRuRG.

Mrs. o. d. COURTNEY. Correspondent.
March 24-Willie Richardson and
Hosie Bragier have pneumonia fever.
Mrs Miller and children and Mrs
Eynon Smith expect to start to OKLA
ihoma to visit relatives the latter part
of this week.
DR. and Mrs Courtney, Mrs Snod-
grass and children all of Leanna vis-
ited relatives in Savonburg last week.
Freda Miller is quite i'll at present
writing.
Easter exercises will be held at both
churches Sunday.
This weeks items.
April Perry HUFF has bought the
C Lacey residence property on East
street.
Dr. j Courtney has bought the post
Office building, formerly owned by Joe
Lacey.
DR. Lefty Morgan of Kimball was in
Sayonburg few days this week.
10 Wyman made business trip to
Paola and other points this week
II A Richardson was in lola Tues
day.
This cold spell is rather hard on
garden sass"
A p Gibson of Leanna was in town
Monday.
Ed Wittsell has been employed by
Captain A p Gibson and will remove
with his family to Mr. Gibson's farm
near Leanna.
Mrs Sol Michael has been quite i'll
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
LA GRANDE.

Mrs p j Readc. correspondent
March 3l-Our assessor, Mr. Huff.
man, has been making calls sthe past
week.
Clara Harris visited her sister Mrs
Hanna in lola a few days last week
The Easter services were we'll rem
dered at Wesley Chapel Sunday.
The amount of collection was 81 SO.
We are sorry to say Jack Myers
lost another horse, making four in the
last two weeks. Coming as it does in
putting in the crop makes it doubly
hard.
Mel Berkehiser and wife and sister
Gene of lola are spending few days
this week with their mother, Mrs
Fowler.
After severe spell of sickness
Leonard Stout is able to be up.
Our school closed las: Wednesday
Miss Ireland made many warm
friends while here.
Mr. Kirk is drilling a we'll.
Pearl Deweese visited Jessie Nelson
Friday.
Mrs J Matthews has returned from
Hamilton, Kansas, where she was
called by telegram announcing the
death of her mother, Mrs Smith
Holland Stith spent Sunday with his
mother, Mrs Burris.
LaGrande people were disappointed
by Rev Frame not preaching for them
Sunday.
Arch Morrison's 5 hand that was hurt
in a corn shelter some time ago is get
ting along nicely.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
pEER GREEK
Perry Newton, Correspondent

March 3l--Carlyle got credit for
what we wrote last week, however. we
will write again if the printer will
| promise not TO do so again.
Tomorrow is April FOOLS day and
we are already somewhat fooled
10y being SO late with our work, but
Saturday when IL showed so hard 't
seemed as if we were % little ahead o.
spring. especially with some garden
made and % few oats mp.
Good Prai~e Dell ] guess you
are ahead ON lettuce but you surely
had to cut close To- the ground TO get
a bite this early.
An interesting program was rem
dered at Pleasant Valley Sunday
evening, but the applause was little
too boisterous from The back of the
house
E w Boulson got caught with sew
eral acres of flax soweG but not har-
rowed before the snow storm
Frank Delp sold his wheat on the
Rowley place for dollar an acre and
he says If fertilizer has to he sown
with wheat he $ out of the wheat bus
iness tor good. 1t is said chinlz bugs
will not bother where fertilizer has
been sowu aud it must be so. at least
if the bugs have any pespect for their
sense OF smell.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
NEOSHO FALLS.
Mrs Geo Malcom Correspond,

April /. E Odell of lola was visit
ing friends last week.
Mrs McGinns Isl expected home
soon.
j Waters brother from Edna, Kans.
visited him last week.
Mrs Geo Fender visited her parents
r O Small and wife, at Colony last
week.
Mr. Draper and family of Piquavisit-
ed the family of S NJ Morgan a few
days this week.
Geo Goshertt is home on a visit
from the territory
The fishermen are vending their way
to the banks of the Neosho and
lakes.
Mrs Geo Garhett returned from
Leavenworth where she has been visit
ing several weeks.
Lon Wright went to Ft. Scott Sun
day eve. Heis employed in the Champ
ion Harvester Co.
Mrs Anna Truslor of Yates Center
visited Miss Fry and attended the
Cantata.
WHackman of Dunlap visited home
folks Wednesday. Will was on his
way to st. Paul. MINI, where he has
employment.
Rev. Breed pastor of the Presbyter-
ian church at.Le Roy was the guest
of Rev Thomas and family Friday and
Saturday.
Miss Myrtle Trout started Monday
for Emporia where she attends the
Normal.
Mrs Phillips of Oklahoma is visit
ing the family of DIR Inge
Col. Woodward and Miss Anna are
planning an outing for pleasure
soon.
Drs. Wolfe & iWolfe, dentists o
Parsons willlcommence work in DR. T.
d Jones's Office March 81 and will do
W ork one week.
Saturday the 20 it rained and snow
ed, at night we had frost and ice, but
we hope it will not damage the fruit,
as up to this time the prospect was
fine.
The cemetery association meets at
@ 5 Woodward's today April to
attend to important business.
The play at the opera house Tues
day last, was we'll attended and fair
ly good success.
According to the old adagewe win
have snow for seven Sundays instead
of rain.
Miss Lula Reynolds received a
handsome present from her brother in
San Francisco, Cal, thursday ~ it
being her sixteenth birthday. A lovely
purse, So gold piece and souvenir
spoon with the Cliff house engraved
in the bowl.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
CARLYLE.
e. W. LrmAsTER, Correspo


March 26-Oats are all sowed as far
as we know, some fax has been sowed
potatoes planted garden made and
some plowing for corn, so the farmers
are busy these days
Mrs Sophia Stinson closed sue
cessful term of school at Deer Creek
last Friday. An exhibition was given
at night assisted by the young people
of the neighborhood.
Albert Arnold is working for w S
Dickerson.
VIM Vezie is in Kansas City buying
cattle to feed. They expect to feed
about 400 this spring. He has sent
down 300 at this time.
Rev w Wilson of Lone Elm came
over Monday to see about some busi-
ness matters.
Sunday was the SIND birthday of
Grandma Adams. Her children pre-
sented her with fine rocking chair.
r B Arnold has rented the Cum
mings farm and will tend it in connec-
ton with the county farm.
Oscar Foust has failed to secure a
tenant for his farm.
Bennie Wright has moved back on
to his farm.
Report of Carlyle school, District
No. 2, for month ending March I.
1902. Names of those neither absent
nor tardy during the month Mamie
Snodgrass, Olive, Anna and Ella
Vezie, Robert and John Eckler, Lora
and Bessie Wilkinson, Fred, Mary,
John, Bessie and Pearl Mealy, Claude
and Chauncey Sawyer. Honor roll.
grammar grade: Mamie Snodgrass,
and Olive and Anna Vezie. Tnterme-
diate grade; John and Fred Mealy
and Ella Vezie. Primary grade: Bes-
sic and Pearl Mealy and Bessie Wilk-
inson Number enrolled, %: average
daily attendance, 10; cases of tardi-
ness, 0; visitors; Mrs. Stinson, Alice
Ryker, Lille Ruby, Alva Green, Lynn
Lucy Arnold, Esther and Harold Stin-
son, Addie Delph, Charlie Mays and
Lucy Jones, Deer Creek. Mr. and
Mrs w S Dickerson, Mrs VIM Vezie
Maude Vezie and Roy Snedgrass,
Carlyle; Fay Snodgrass, lola, and
Ray Seorcy, Silver Leaf. Annie
Vezie passed in the common school
examination. John Mealy received
writing prize for most Improvement in
writing and Olive Vezie for best writ
ing.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
He Nent His Leg.

Twelve years ago J. w. Sullivan Of
Hartford, Conn, Scratched his leg
with rusty wire. Inflammation and
blood poisoning set in, For two years
he suffered intensely Then the best
doctors urged amputation, "but," he
writes, 81 used one bottle of Electric
Bitters and II boxes of Bucklen 5
Arnica Salve and my leg was sound
and we'll as ever" For eruptions,
eczema, letter, salt rheum, sores and
all blood disorders Electric Bitters
has no trivial on earrh. Try them,
Evans Bros. will guarantee satisfac.
tion or refund money. Only SOC.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
ReadAllof This
You Never Know the Moment When
This Information May PrOveOf
Infinite Value

1t is worth considerable to any citi-
zen in lola to know the value and use
of medicine, for if there is 40 oc-
casion to employ it, in the meantime,
!rail humanity issubjected to so many
influences and unforeseen contingent
cies that the wisest are totally unable
to gauge the future. Know then that
Doan's Ointmentwill cure any case of
hemorrhoids, commonly known as
piles, or any disease of the cuticle or
skin, generally termed eczema.
Rev. 1. E. Martin, Baptist Clergy
man, of 622 No. Sycamore ST., says;
Eczema or some irritation of the
skinappeared on my ankle some two
or three years ago and it has annoyed
me in measure ever since, exhaust
ed all my knowledge of salves and
ointments generally used in suchcases,
but / received little if .any permanent
benefit. 1t struck me if Doan's Oint-
ment performed half what it promised
it might at least help so swent to c.
b. Spencer q Co.'s drug store for "a
sample box, 1t did me more good
than anything | everused. Itrelieved
after an application or TWO. From the
results obtained / am only two pleas
ed to endorse the preparation so that
others may know what to do if at all
annoyed with the ailments which
Doan's Ointment lis guaranteed to
cure. "
For sale by all dealers, price 80
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y,
Remember the ame--Doan s--and
take no other.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
MORAN.
s. n. L. Bassett. Correspondent.

Mrs. Il L. Bassett, Correspondent
March 3l---M L Lacey was iu lola
last Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs G Lyen and son re-
TUNED to Chanute last week Wednes-
day.
Maude Warner Is recovering from an
attack of pneumonia
VIII Strong has been quite in but
is cuuvalesceut
Mrs Lucy Jewell was called to lola
Wednesday but returned TO spend
Easter at home
Mr. Meredith went to LaHarpe We'd
nesday but returned to Dr Jewell's the
same day.
Mrs McGlashan aud Mrs Barton
spent last week Wednesday in lola.
George Ross was at home a few
days last week. He returned to OF
tawa Thursday.
Easter was observed in our churches
by special services that were interest.
ing and we'll rendered.
The Moores are snugly settled in
their new home on Cedar street. The
Office of the Moran Telephone Ex-
change is located in one of the front
rooms. The new exchange will be q
great convenience to our people.
Rev G b Null and family take with
them to their new home i'm Suawn the
best wishes of their many friends in
Moran.
Rev + w Fem, the new NJ E pastor,
is already much at home here There
is cordial sympathy between him
and his people so IL is hoped tha. his
labors here viii be greatly blessed.
A d jennings of Toronto has pur-
chased the hardware stock formerly
owned by ) c Warner and is carrying
on business at the old stand. He has
rented the Lambeth residence in the
northwest part of town.
Mr. and Mrs = McGlashan, Miss
Floy and Mrs Barton and several of
j c 'Strong's family went to lola
Monday to attend the Richards-Jones
wedding. w T Strong's illness made it
impossiblefort that branch of the family
to be represented.
Miss Lucy A Eastwood entered into
rest last week Tuesday. The funeral
was held at the NJ p church on We'd
nesday afternoon where a large circle
of friends gathered to pay loving
tribute to the memory of an excep-
tionally good woman. Hers had been
a long, useful life, and with JOY she
responded to the call of the Master,
Come up higher" The bereaved
family have the sympathy of all their
friends.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
DISTRICT Mo. SO.
MARY MooRn. Correspondent. /.

MANI hOOhH, correspondent.
March 3l-Frank Moore and family
went to Humboldt last Thursday.
NJ Swanson died at his sons, Joe
Swanson's, March 27.
Andrew Westein, John Walquist.
Mrs Libbey and son Arthur attended
the wreck sale at Humboldtlast Thurs
day. e..
Mrs Chas Gibson returned home
last Wednesday after a visit of three
weeks with her parents at Indepen-
dence.
Several of the young folks of this
vicinity attended the ball at Savon.
burg last Thursday night,
Mrs Bennett and Myrtle Randolph
visited with Mrs Burhite of Humb ldt
last Thursday.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
Retter Thnn Pills.

The question has been asked, I'm
what way are Chamberlain Stomach
* Liver Tablets superior to pills."
Our answer is; They are easier and
more pleasant to take, more mild and
gentle in effect and more reliable as
they can always be depended upon,
Then they cleanse and invigorate the
stomach and leave the bowels in a
natural condition, while pills are
more harsh in effect and their use is
often followed by constipation. For
sale by w. L. Crabb & Co. and Camp
bell 81 Burrell.
The Iola register., 1902-04-04
SILVER LEAF
Mrs Wenzel, Correspondent

WTa W VHAUIi correspondent,
March 2S We were sorry to hear of
Grandma Morriss death.
Russell Frank and Fred Eastwood
spent last Sabbathwith their Grandma
Strickland near Diamond.
Mrs VIM Null has sold the old home
place for fifty dollars per acre, We
have not understood the purchaser
name as yet,
Mr. and Mrs A Montg went
to LaHarpe on business trip tod ay
MIR Wenzel sowed alfalfa today.
Mr. Charlie Eastwood his rented the
Logan farm