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The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
DEMAND FOR HOUSES
In Corvallis-It is Greater Than it has
Ever Been Before.


There is agony among real es-
tate men. 1t is the same trouble
that has been on for year Or tw o
past. Corvallis has more people
than houses. A year or two ago
the demand for houses began to be
marked. It was present all last
fall, last winter and this spring.
With the advance of the summer
season and the prospective open
ing of college in September, the call
for habitab1e houses has almost be-
come frantic.
Two real estate men who COM
pared notes On the subject Monday,
declared unanimously that the de-
mand heretofore had never been
anything like what it is at this time.
One of them said that by the open
ing of college it would become a
really serious matter, and that the
fear is that all who apply may not
be accommodated. Even the con-
struction of new dwelling houses,
of which rs or 80 have been built,
since last January, does not seem to
mitigate the condition. The fact
seems to be that the town is grow
ing in population, not only for
school purposes, but Of permanent
character, as it has not grown be-
fore in years.
A man who moved out of a house
the other day got something of a
taste Of the demand for houses. The
process occupied two Or three days
and during that time men were al
most constantly stopping to make
inquiry if the house hewas vacating
could be rented. TO make the
matter worse, even before he left
the house it had been leased for a
three years term, to a tenant pay
ing until the opening Of college
without ever seeing or occupying
it.
There are several vacant houses
in town at the present time, but
real estate men suppose that most
if not all of them are rented to
people who are to occupy them in
the fall.
A feature of the demand is that
rents are somewhat higher than
they were formerly. In several
instances, at least where sewer con-
nections have been made or other
improvements put On, there has
been an advance from $1oo a year
to sI2o. The principal demand is
for better class houses, and it is be-
1ieved that the building of such
houses for rental purposes would
prove profitable investment.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
FILED ARTICLES
Of Incorporation Build a New
Country Church.

Articles of incorporation were
filed with the county clerk Mon
day by the Woodland church of the
United Brethren in Christ. The
incorporators are, A w Pugs1ey,
Wilson Scott, N J Versteeg, M w
Worthington, and J L Henkle.
The incorporators have property of
the value of $500. They are to
build new church on Wilson
SCOTS place, near Henk1e's mill.
The purposes of the incorpora-
tors as declared by the articles of
incorporation, are for the advance
ment of its members socially, NOR
ally and religious1y, and to carry
out the principles of the United
Brethren in Christ, as generally ac-
cepted; the holding of religious
services, the building of houses Of
worship and parsonages to be oc-
cupied by the regularly appointed
pastor of said church, to buy, sell
mortgage and rent real and person
al property, under the rules and
regulations of the general church
of the United Brethren in Christ,
and to do any and all things which
are usually done by such organiza-
tions to carry out their doctrina1
principles.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16

Notice is here by given that there is
money in the treasury to pay all city
warrents drawn on the general fund
and indorsed prior to July IS 1900, In
terest will stop on same on this date.
Dated, Corvallis Oregon. July s f9o2.
William McLagan.
City Treasurer
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
Blue Print Maps.

Blue print maps of any township in
Roseburg Oregon and District, showing
all vacant lands for so cents each. If
you want any information from the . S
Land Office address
TITLE GUARANTEE & LOAN Co
Roseburg, Ore.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
Call for Warrants.

Notice is hereby given that there is
money on hand at the county treasurers
office to pay all orders endorsed and
marked not paid for want of funds up to
and 1nclnding those of March 5th leo2.
Interest will be stopped Oh same from
this date.
Dated Corvallis, July 18th, 1902.
w. A. Buchanan,
Treasurer of Benton County, Oregon.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
Sewing Machines Repaired

By Cair Austin, the White sewing
machine agent, by notifying Stewart &
Sox, Albany, Oregon. Charges reason
b ard work eu1apteed.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
Music Lessons

Mordaunt Goodnough will teach piano
organ and harmony in Corvallis this
summer, Terms
One hour lesson, IS cents
One As minute lesson, so cents
One 80 minute lesson, ,35 cents
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
EXCURSION TO ALBANY
For the Oregon National Guard
EncaWpment

The Cor wallis & Eastern Railroad will
run a special train from Philomath and
Corvallis to Albany on Sunday July Goth
leaving Phi1omath at 900 III. Corvallis
at e;20. Returning in the evening after
dress parade giving all day to attend
drills, parades etc.
Fare for found trip from both points so
cents.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
Wanted.

Parties having good stock farm to let
can find desirable renter by applying
to H w Kaupisch at the Creamery.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
wanted

Second hand type writer. address
Thomas Bilyeu, Corvallis.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16

It will pay you to investigate goods
and prices at H Harris You can save
money.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
For Sale

Thirty three head. of Angora goats
Also a span of mules. Address "B''
Corvallis.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
For Sale

Three good milk cows see
A F HershEer
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
For Sale

A fine Durhrm milk COW, fresh.
Z L Brooks
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16

Nolan & Callahan's great mid-sum-
mer sale begins Saturday, July II.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
Colbert & Gregory Manly. Co.

Sash, doors, holdings, furniture and
enera1 finished lumber.
South Main St. Corvallis Ore.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
Trunks Delivered IS cents

Anywhere within city limits. Trun K
and grip rs cents.
John Lenger
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
Call for Warrants.

Treasurer of Benton County, Greg
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-12-11
BLAlNE'S FEAR OF HORSES.
Would Not Have Been in an Accident
Like That of Roosevelt.

Would Not Have Been in an Accident
Like That of Roosevelt.
Had James G. Blaine been alive and
a member of President Roosevelt's par
ty at Pittstield last week." remarked
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Taylor to-day, 1.-The disaster by which
Craig lost his life would not have oc-
CURED. / don't think l ever met any
one who was in such mortal fear of be-
Maine statesman. He would take abso-
lutely no risks with horses. and required
the most extreme precautions to be OBJ
served before he would submit himself
to carriage ride. l remember many
years ago that Mr.. Blaine was to visit
our city of Milwaukee, and l was in
charge of the arrangements for his re-
ception and entertainment. One of the
prominent liverymen of the town came
to me and offered free of charge the
services Of magnificent team of six
white horses to draw the carriage of
MIR. Blaine. l accepted the offer, and
when the statesman arrived at the de-
put eSCOTlSu lllul 10 tue street WueTt
the team and carriage were waiting.
was about to hand Mr.. Blaine into the
vehicle when he suddenly drew back.
There is no one at the head of those
horses" he said, land | would prefer
that you get some man to guard them
before we proceed l told the driver
what he said, and the latter insisted
that he had absolute control over his
animals; that they were used to bands
/ and other noises, and that there was not
the slightest danger. / repeated this
to Mr.. Blaine, and told him that
| thought he could safely take seat.
But he wouldn't do 1t. L shall not put
my foot into the carriage he said. until
a man is put at the head of each horse
and is made to stay there That ended
it, and we hurried around and got half
a dozen men together and had each
hook on to a bride. Then Mr.. Blaine
got into the carriage and we proceeded
uptown. "-Brooklyn Eagle.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-12-11
(To be continued.)
TESTS OF INTELLIGENCE.

Frenchmen Seeking to Learn the
Reasoning Power of Animals.
A somewhat novel and interesting
class of experiments is to be attempt.
ed by French society created at
Longchamps. The mental powers of
different kinds Of animals are 20 be
tested According to a correspondent
of the London Daily Mail, the tests of
the reasoning powers of these lower
orders of creation are to be entrusted
to as many of the members as possible,
in order to avoid undue personal bias
in judging of results.
The method is as follows: A large
circus or arena is the scene of the in
vestigations, into which the animals
destined to prove their reasoning abll-
tiles are to be introduced Around II
are the seats for four hundred mem
bers, who will watch with French en-
thusasm but scientific self-restraint,
the puzzled fox contriving shifts to
drink out of a deep vessel, and the
thoughtful efforts of the crane to drink
Sup llulH IL SlluIlON OlC. nat, ul
least, was the form which the first
experiment took.
A lion was given some meat shut
up in a box covered with lid and the
spectators watched with breathless in
terest the solution of the question
whether he would raise the lid or crack
the box. He raised the cover, much to
the qualification of the company.
The Longchamps lion was unani-
mously voted to have acted reasonably,
and some monkeys, to which rather
more complicated task was assigned
came out with flying colors.
If the right class of French inquirer
takes up this subject and has the as
sistance of society and stock of
creatures to use in experiments, and
convenient places to make them in
much may be hoped from such an in.
quiry into the reasoning powers of ami
mails
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-12-11

preceded by his women in closed
carriages, several of their sons and
some so great generals and officers of
the army marching on foot, came the
Sultan himself. He was driven slowly
in an open carriage facing forward,
with the minister of war facing oppo-
site. And this is Abdul Hamid III. the
absolute ruler of 25,000,00O people, the
defender of the faith, monarch of the
uky-met-i-seniZe the glorious gov
eminent, variously known elsewhere as
the sick man of Europe and the great
assassin Every splendor of general
and trooper is forgotten; every eye is
fixed on the little, old, round-shoul
dered man in the carriage. A shout
well trained and evidently long-prac-
ticed shout, curiously lacking in fire or
spontaneity-goes up from the troops.
The old man raises his hand in salute.
He wears a red fez; his face is sickly
white, like parchment; the nose is that
of an aged eagle, long, hooked, high
bridged-the Armenian nose, his sub
jects will whisper in contempt. His
eyes, what one sees of them, for he
turns his head neither to the right nor
to the left are deep set and black.
'Those who know him best say that
he has peculiar way of moving his
eyes without moving his head, as If he
were always seeking to look behind
him, to pry out secrets, to surprise
hidden motives His beard is deem blue
black, as are his eyebrows; naturally
they would be gray, but he dyes them,
for the Sultan must never look old. To
his generals he leaves all the pomp and
display of gold lace and tinsel; for him
self he is clad wholly in black, like a
eunuch, without commentator Of any
| kind. The Raven he has been called
and the raven he looks. The Sultan is
not really old-and yet If there is one
impression above another that he gives
it is that of age and great weariness.'
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-12-11
Quite Safe.

The truth Is never more convincing
than when 1t "slips OUT involuntarily
Geenrally at such times it has a pc
culiar charm also, as this incident sug
gests. A tattered and forlorn youns
girl of 10 summers or so entered the
office of real estate man the other
day. Ordinarily he is the politest OF
individuals, but this day he was sc
busy that he did not know which way
to turn. So, with swift glance out OF
the corner Of his eye, he said rather
sharply:
"Well, what do you want?"
"P-p-p-lease, mister, won't you buy
ticket on our cuckoo clock?" replied
the girl, hestatingly.
"Your cuckoo clock? What could ]
do with cuckoo clock even if should
get it?"
sob, you won't get it, mister! Please
buy a ticket"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-12-11
Lofty Indifference.

A young American woman who hap
pened to be out on the street In London
early one morning noticed that the re-
Elected light gave the sun the appear
ance of being in the west. Not know
ing with certainty the points Of the
compass, she asked policeman which
direction was west. He pointed to the
place from which the sunlight seemed
to stream.
"Ah," said the young woman, jocu-
larly, $50 the sun rises in the west in
London?" "As to that" replied the Of
ficer, with great dignity, Il really can't
saw"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-12-11

result of a dramatic happening at the
annual fair at Podkamla, 1t has come to
light that Russian beggars make prac-
tice of mangling and dlsiguring chill
dren in order that they may show them
in public and pocket the aims drawn
from tender-hearted people by the sight
of them.
At the Podkamia fair, in the charge
of an old beggar woman, there was lit
tie girl of about G. whose condition
shocked everyone. She was entirely
blind, she was lame in one leg, one OF
her arms was broken, and her body was
mass of disgusting sores, Money sim
ply poured in on the old bag who had
her In charge, one of those who gave
being shabbily dressed woman.
Handing the little girl some money,
she said Pray my child, for my lost
niece, Kitty!'
IL am Kitty" said the little girl
The bag with her was arrested at
once, and it was soon proved that she
had stolen the child from her aunt's
house at Zarvanic, in Galicia. She took
her to the headquarters of a regular
gang of which she was a member, and
there the child's eyes were put out, one
of her legs and one arm were broken,
and terrible wounds were made on diff.
ferent parts of her body. Then the lit.
tie girl was taken from place to place
in the country, the sight of her never
failing to bring pocketfuls of money to
her abductors.
When the people who were at the Pod.
kama fair heard the story they vowed
that they would lynch every beggar on
the grounds, and it was all the police
could do to keep them from doing so.
Investigation proves that over fifty
cases similar to the one described above
have been detected during the last year
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-12-11
The Usual Way.

One morning Charles Bonaparte, the
celebrated lawyer of Baltimore, was
surprised to learn that the ten-year-
old son of one of his friends desired
to see him. The New York Times tells
the boys errand:
AS the boy walked into the private
office, Mr.. Bonaparte said, Good morn
ing, Charley! What can | do for you
this morning?"
"Well, Mr.. Bonaparte," said Char
ley, IL went out to the country Satur-
day and caught tadpole, but as |
was coming back | lost him on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and" But
here Charley stopped, satisfied that he
had plainly stated his case.
ooh, | see," said Mr.. Bonaparte;
land you want me to sue the railroad,
do you?"
"Yes, sir" replied Charley.
Mr.. Bonaparte smothered smile,
and continued with his most profess
sional manner: "Well, Charley, do you
want return in kind or in value?
81 want my tadpolev said Charley,
with emphasis.
"All right" said the lawyer; that's
settled But now, look here; what am
l to get for my trouble? Suppose
make the railroad give you your tad
pole what will you give meT'
"Why, Mr.. Bonaparte," promptly re-
sponded the boy, 81 thought l would
| Just give you the tadpole."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-12-11
THE POOR OLD SULTAN.
The Turkish Ruler Looks and Acts as
Though lie We're Haunted.

The Turkish Ruler Looks and Acts as
Though lie We're Haunted.
Probably no potentate on earth is so
continuously haunted by the fear of
death as is the Sultan of Turkey. This
is the pen picture given of him by an
American correspondent who recently
saw him in Constantlnople:
II stood on the palace terrace rising
above the little roadway down which
on Friday the Sultan ventures forth to
say his prayers. l saw the extraordi-
nary precautions taken to protect him
the gathering of all his 5000 troops,
the stoppage of traffic by walls of arm
ed men in every roadway leading up
to the palace then the surroundings of
the few hundred yards of roadway
which the Sultan must traverse from
his palace gate to his mosque by rows
of soldiers kneedeep. 1t was n strange,
gorgeous. incongruous spectacle.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-12-11

darkness, and then, feeling more and
more that men who could serve their gum
so well would be terrible adyersaries In
case of boarding, and determined to
spare his men till the schooner was dis
abled, he kept up the artillery duel till
the only guide for laying their guns was
the flash of the encmy's pieces.
BY this time the fire Of the buccaneers
had proved so effective that the sloop's
bulwarks were shattered and her decks
were slippery with blood, while her cap.
tain was Tuning with rage at the unfor,
tunate aim Of his men; for, though the
schooner had evidently been hit again and
again, she seemed to have escaped vital
injury.
Irn ha continual
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-12-11
CHAPTER Y.

The merchants of Bristol sent in a Pc
tition to his majesty the King, saying
that the trade of the port was being
ruined, that their ships were taken, that
the supplies of sugar and tobacco must
run short, and that, while the ladies
would suffer as to their coffee, there
would soon be no snuff graund up for the
Utilization Of the noses of the Kings liege
subjects.
Always the same story-C Commodore
Junk. in command of long, low. fast
sailing schooner, was here, there and ey-
erywhere. Government heard what was
said and replied that five years before
they had sent out ship to capture Com
modore Junk, that there was severe en-
gagement and the captain was taken and
hung, and afterward gibbeted off the port
where his deeds obtained most fame.
TO which the Bristol merchants replied
In further petition that though it was
as the government stated. Commodore
Junk's body had been taken down from
the gibbet soon after 1t was hung up,
that he had come to life again, and that
his deeds were now ten times worse than
before.
Moreover, that somewhere or another
on the western shores of the great Mex
lean gulf, he had a retreat where he lived
In great luxury when ashore: that many
bloody deeds had been done after des-
perate fighting, men being compelled ia
walk the plank or sent adrift Ia small
boats far from land; and that, though
spies had been sent out, no one had been
able to discover the mysterious retreat
even the Indians who had been bribet
to go returning with their heads minu.
their ears, or else with strange tales tina
the buccaneer was under the protection
of the thunder gods, whose home was il
the burning mountains, and that ii wa,
useless to try to destroy him and his crew
Moreover, the men of Bristol said tina
1t was a crying shame that their ship
and cargoes should not have ADEQUATE
protection, seeing wha, deal they pait
to the revenue for the goods they import
ed, and that one of his majesty's ship
ought to be more than n match for al
the thunder gods in Central America, ON,
his majesty's petitioners would ever pray
Then the government concluded that the
must do something, and gave their OF
ders accordingly.
The result was that one day Captai
Humphrey Armstrong walked along th
Mall in his big boots, which creaked loud
ly over the gravel. The yold lace o
his uniform glittered IN \he sunshine
and as he wore his cooked hat all on On
side and rested his left hand upon tn
hilt OF his sword.
The captain was on his way to s
James Square, to keep an appointmer
at Lord Loganstone's, and before Ion
he was in earnest converse with Lad
Jenny Wildersey, his lordship's younge
Slaughter. one Of the most fashionab
peauties Of her day.
"Yps' said the captain, after near
Aalf an hours preliminary conversatio
lit is in the course of duty, and mu
So"
LA said her laayship, with Tsl
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-12-11
New Billiard Cue.

Quite different in many respects from
the ordinary billiard cue is new one
Just patented The parts Of which it is
composed are a support, a cut movable
thereon, a spring latch or trigger and a
movable sleeve, which is arranged upon
the free end of the support, and which
is designed to regulate the effect of
each stroke. There is also another
sleeve at the other end, and between
the two sleeves the cue can slide freely.
After a stroke has been given the
spring causes the cue to recOil and re-
turn to its normal position.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-12-11

oOSEfh D. "ILL' time no letters
were received from him, and after
years of waiting his relatives in this
country believed him dead-a belief
that was firmly established when, in
1890, word came from the United
States consul at Sydney, Australia, that
a man named Gill. together with four
companions, had been ambushed and
killed by bushmen in the interior.
Three years after his reported death
his wife became Mrs. Frank Johnson
of Brooklyn.
Meanwhile Gill was having his chap,
Of being killed by the bushmen he haG
been captured by them and forced int
servitude, doing the most mental worB
and subjected to every indignity. Fol
twelve years he lived in constant hope
OF deliverance, but so close was the
watch upon him and so far had he beer
removed from civilization that hi.
hopes seemed vain. Finally the op
portunity came and Gill succeeded il
making his way to the coast.
He yearned for the home and friend:
from whom he had been absent for six
teen years and sought information re
garding them through detective agen
cy. After some delay he was informed
that his wife was dead. Accepting tn,
report as true. he remarked in Aus
tralia and this second wife and child
survive him. In March Of this yeai
Gill made further inquiry for his people
and with more success. He learned
from the Brooklyn police that members
of his family were still living in thai
city and it was while he was on HE
way to join them that death came. HI
died on shipboard and was buried a.
sea in the straits of Java.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-12-11

Ign. who died re
Gently while home
ward bound from q
life of remarkable
exile in centra!
Australia.
In 1856 Gill left
his wife and two
children and SCI
sail for Australia
to look after some
mining interests
there. After some
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-12-11
CHAPTER XI.

Humphrey Armstrong sat in his cabin
listening to the whirr Of beetle which
had been attracted by the lights, and
down in through the open window, to
make bass to the treble hum of the mos
luitoes which haunted the mouth of the
river where the ship had anchored for
the night.
He had been away five days since the
orders had come out for his return, in
the vain hope that perhaps now he might
It last encounter the buccaneers but. so
AR, he had seen or heard nothing; and
he pirate captain might have dropped
cut of sight, or never existed, on the
evening when the captain searched creek
after creek along the coast, till nightfall,
when. for safety's sake, he had anchored
ut the mouth OF the muddy stream.