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The Delta independent., 1903-10-09
FOR REFUNDING COUNTY
INDEBTEDNESS"
"A.iArNsT REFuNDISG COUNTY

INDEirrEDNESs''
such ballot TO be driO ! td In n separate ballot
i,ox, provided by the County Commissioners for
that pups anil IN JHrspii shall y,tr IN tie
q'siOlif"r or against r funding County In,iebt.
.'lncss. un.css t.e sai'l person shall have the
u cpssAry ilH.irntiOn Of nn electrr Ms provided
By law aid shall have pa 4 a tax upon property
ass.ssed u, him or her IN tlir said County III
Delta: for the year immt diatrly proceeding the
said rleci I'm.
Pass u by ilie Hoard nf County Commissioners
of Delta County. C,ora,ip, tins 18th dny Of July,
a. ID lgD.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereun,o
sci our Maud. and aiiixtd the seal Of su'd Cuuniy
NJ Del aihe 18th day M July. g. u. I.asJ.
L.. KING,
Clairminn Of the I,oa'd Of County Commissioners
OF tile s,i, bella County.
II. X. FERGUSON.
County Clerk and Ey y-oficIn CrrkOf tho Ihnr,I of
County Commissioners of the said nelta County
tsRAD
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

President Roosevelt is prepar-
ing his message to congress, which
convenes on the first Monday in
December.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

Wilson S. Bissel, postmaster
general, during Cleveland's ad
miuistration, died Tuesday even
ing at his home in Buffalo, n. Y.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

1t is said that Carrie Nation is
to 60 on the stage-will she chop
up the stage.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09
Mayor.
FORM or coCPoN.

On the 2OtIi day Of Observation-Disclosures.
A. d. i9,...... for value received. the Town Of
Delta In The County If Delta and State Of Colo
rtdo Will pay To the bearer. ............. ..".
DOLLARS IN god coin Of the United states Of
Americt Mt the office ofilic Town Treasurer In
said Town or ut the Banking House Of Ko'ii'tzc
Broilicrs In tile City nul State Of New York, u.
A., Mt ti'e optIou Of tl'e holder. being six
months Interest on its water b0l,d NO------
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

There is now available for
national irrigation purposes over
S16,OOO,00O.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

The Denver charter election, it
is said, will be held November 4.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

An effort is being made to or
ganize national Citizens Alliance.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

state Of Colorado.
County of Delta,
La. II. Stockham. Pres of tie above nnmed
bnnk do .olemnly swear that the above State
ment Is true TO The besi of my kno~i.drr ana
belief A. II. STOckHAM. President
Subscribed and sworn To before Inc tbi> inth
day OF April, 1906,
Correct-Attcst: ". .J.GtUNT
y. y. HUNT.
". Is. sIOCKHAM,
Directors.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09
NOTICE.

I am selling the
stock of Bradley 4
Clarke, consisting of
Mems and Boys cloth
ing, Mems, Womens
and Children's shoes
Hats, Furnishing
Goods, Rubber goods,
Dry Goods, etc, at
cost and will continue
the sale until said
stock is disposed of.
GEO. O. GILBERT,
Assignee.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09
REPORT OF The coHOIios
First National Bank Of Delta
RESOURCES.

Al Del,n. In tne Stat. of Colorado nt the close Of
business. April 8. 1908.
The Delta independent., 1903-10-09

X. 4. JOHNSON,
Presiding Ofiicer ofBoard OF Trustees
ATTEST: JAMES T.. BECKLEY.
Town Clerk and Recorlc-.
Signed and approved this 9Th day OF October
d. 10o.
II. A. JOHNSON.
Mayor.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-04
IS R. H. HUSTON NOW.
Mr.. Bogue Withdraws From Well
Known Hardware Firm-The
Business


AS will be seen by a notice pub
1ished elsewhere the well known
firm of Huston & Bogue has been
dissolved by the retirement of Mr..
Bogue. Mr.. Bogue's withdrawal
after a pleasant and profitable con-
nection with the establishment for
Eve years, is for reason of health.
His son Floyd, has been notified by
physicians that change of eli
mate is imperative, and on this ac-
count, the family is to journey into
Southeastern Oregon for anabsence
that at the start is wholly indefinite.
Mr.. Huston who has been identi-
fed with the well known establish
ment for more than a dozen years,
is to continue the business without
a partner. The place for more
than 80 years has been famed in
this section as center for heavy
and shelf hardware, agricultural
implements, stoves and other lines
common to a first class establish
ment of the sort, and with his long
experience and marked business
ability, Mr.. Huston will unques-
tionab1y meet and accommodate
the old and new trade with ali the
ability and sincerity that has always
been characteristic of the place.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-04
Administrators Sale.
Wiley Winkle.

In the Matter of the Estate of L. M. Mattoon,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that under and in pur-
suance to an order of sale made by the County
Court OF the state of Oregon, for Benton County
on the llth day Of June. a. D 1908; in the above
entitled matter the undersigned as admins
tratrix of the Estate of L. NJ, Nation, de-
ceased, will from and after the 18th day OF
July A. D. 1903 proceed tose1I at private sale to
the highest bidder for cash in hand all the es-
tate, right, title and interest which the said de-
ceased had at the time of his death in and to
the following described real property, towit.
The East half of the Northeast Quarter, the
North half of the Southeast quarter and the
Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of
Section Seven; and the Northwest quarter of the
Southwest quarter of Section Eight; and all
that portion of the Northwest quarter of Sec. s,
T, II. S. R. Nv. lying West OF the middle of the
County road from Corvallis TO Yaquna Bay
running through said Section; ell in Township
II South Range West VIII Mer in Benton
County, Oregon, and containining about 259
acres,
Also Lots numbered one(D and twof2l, in
Block No. two(2J in the town of Summityille,
Benton County, Oregon. +
4 Dated this June 10th, 1908,
EMMA A, MATToooN,
Admln1stratrix OF the Estate OF L. M, Mattoon,
deceased, t
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-04
GERTIE BROWN.
Her Funera1-A Pathetic Message il
Last Hours to the Family.

The vicinity of Dusty has been ot
late frequently visited by death
Last Tuesday morning another
visit occurred, this time to the
home of Jesse Brown. The one
selected was the amiab1e and at
tractive Gertrude. The sickle the
grim reaper used was dread diph-
iberia She was i'll only a fortnight
but it was long enough to overcome
her youthful vigor.
She was the daughter of Jesse
and Eh6e Brown. and was born
September 2o, 1886. in the same
house where she died. Nine years
of her life was spent at the Auxil-
iary district school where she was
greatly beloved by her teacher and
playmates. She was one of the
Sunday school teachers at Oak
Ridge and often took part in the
children's day exercises.
During her illness she often
spoke of her friends but none vis-
tied her to comfort her owing to
the nature of her illness which was
believed to be diphtheria. She was
always anxious to attend church
and Sunday school. These pre-
cious truths were comforting to her
in the hours of sickness and gave
her hope in the hour of death.
Her parents, three brothers and
four sisters survive her.
The funeral was held, at the grave
in the Oak Ridge cemetery because
it was considered by physicians un-
safe to hold it in the church. Rev
Carrick spoke comforting words to
the bereaved and then the mortal
remains were peacefully laid to rest
The day before she died, when
no longer able to speak distinctly,
the suffering girl wrote the follow
ing on piece of paper: "Dol1ie,
Mama, Ella, Ida. you Frank don't t
know what am standing, and I
can't talk to you no more, no more.
I would love to see Marian Chap
pe1l and tell her good bye Ev-
erything about me is killing, it is
SO, help, help, quick Frank, send
for the doctor, but never you Frank.
don't you or Papa go and leave
me to die. A FRIEND.
- e.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-04

street about this time in the day !.
It was not long after one o'clock.
He was taking his team to water.
As he passed the child he asked her
if she wasn't afraid of falling in the
river. She smiled and said. mo "
Then she arose and passed up the
slope towards the Gerber house.
The grandfather firmly believes
this child was Garnet. So do many
others. If it was, she travelled a
block southwark or little more, af-
ter leaving her grandfather and
Reed. When last seen by Kemp,
she was going towards Main street.
and had disappeared when he re-
turned from the brink of the river,
after watering his horses.
About that hour in the day a
wagon passed the vicinity, going
north, that several people claim
carried family of gypsies. Mrs.
Gerber says the occupants were
gyps es, Mrs. Smith at the Sargent
house, talked with one of them and
says the same. The reputation of
gypsies as child stealers has sug-
gested to many that possibly 4 Mere
is explanation of the chi1d's dkap-
pearance. They were in covered
wagon and drove three horses
abreast, leading one horse behind
One citizen, connecting their
disappearance with their going,
followed them, found them en-
camped at Albany bridge, but he
did not find the child.
In the river where Garnet disap-
peared, there is a log boom. 1t
extends perhaps third of the way
acrossthe river. A block to the south
ward, J. H. Moore picked cherries
in the Gerber orchard, about the
time Mr.. Mills picked in the Strong
trees. He says he saw a child,
answering very closely the descrip-
ton of Garnet, playing on the boom
considerable distance out from
shore. He noticed her, because he
thought the position a dangerous
one for so small a child. When he
looked short time later for her
she had disappeared. Matte
Strong, picked cherries in her faith
er's orchard at the same time, but
she says she did not see any child
on the log boom.
: Corvallis has had a share of
strange disappearances in the past.
In all the others, there was dark
ness and silencethat goes with it as
a favoring circumstance in the Incl
dent of going, In the case of
little Garnet McCready, aged six,
who slips from under the very eyes
of numeroue persons in the vicinity
and all within a short span of
twenty minutes there is a chapter
as incomprehensible as the best told
tale of romance.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-04
EASTERN JUNE WEATHER.
IT Compares Favorably With Oregon's S
Worst Winter Days

Back East and in fact pretty
much everywhere outside of this
and Washington state, Oregon
winter weather is the object OF
pretended derision in the presence
of Oregonians abroad. In Wash
ington, D. c., the Oregon boys
there have had much of this expert.
ence, but they have effective wea'
pons with which to defend them
selves. Brady Burnett sends the
following extract from the Man
chester N. H. Union of June 25th
as sample of the ammunition with
which his battery is loaded:
"Open CRATES, fire places and
stoves have been in use all theweek
but these have failed to make off.
ces comfortably warm and finally
the steam plants have been put into
commission.
For a summer day Wednesday
was about as cold and cherries as
the s'o1dest inhabitant" had any
memory of. The official tempera-
ture record at the gate house show
ed 4S degrees at s o'clock a. m.,
50 at 7 o'clock 81 at 8 o'clock and
and SIS at II o'clock, where it re-
NAMED through the middle of the
day. Several reports came in from
various parts of the city proper in
dicating lower average than that
near the river, while over at Greggs
Falls the mercury went down to
40 during the night.
The record event of the day.
however, was furry of snow that
came about uoon. There had been
several spatters of a cold dreary
rain and the sky had a threatning
aspect between these incipient
showers, but when the snow pur in
an appearance everyone voted that
the limit had been reached.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-04
To the Public.

have leased my truck for the period
of one year to L. F. Wooster, who will
engage in the truck business. I thank
my patrons for past favors, and bespeak
for my successor liberal patronage.
have taken the Office in the Fisher
brick, over the postofice. formerly oc-
cupied by F. P. Morgan, and shall en-
gage IN tie real estate, renting, loan
and insurance business. shall be glad
to have owners list with me, property
that they have for sale, or houses they
have to rent.
G. A. Robinson,
Corvallis.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-04

The following estrays are at my place
10 miles south of Corvallis: One bay
mare, about 1900 weight; one brown
mare, two white hind feet, about LOCO
pounds, both wild: believed to be brand
ed on left hip. Came to my place three
weeks ago. Owner can have them by
paving for this notice and the pasture
bill.
Wiley Winkle.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-04
NEW DEEDS.
Transfer of Humbert Residence-Sev
5fa eral Small Sales Made.

Transfer of Humbert Residence-Sev
sfs eral Small Sales Made.
New deeds filed for record are, n
M. Newport and wife to J. E. Wal.
dron and others, 90 acres near
Albany, $I:3oo.
Deatrick Miller to I. D. Pitman,
three acres, two miles from Philo-
math, 500.
Sarah Allen to George M. Neik-
irk, 80 acres west of Philomath
ST..
Mary c. ALLEN to George M.
Neikirk, 80 acres west of Philo-
I, math $3.50.
L.G. Price and wife to Cecil A.
Price, one half interest in one half
acre in Kings Valley SIS.
Elizabeth A. Cant and husband
to Z. M. Bennett 10 acres in Philo-
math $500.
T. M Burnett to E. M. Jewett 10
acres in Philomath $500.
G.S. O. Humbert and wife to
Ellen F.. Mundy residence property
near G. & E. depot; $Ia5o.
Lewis G. Gilmore TO A. Bush 100
acres in Alsea 81.
E. E., Overman and wife to B. F.
Brattain, II acres near Philomath,
$1,000.
w. M Anderson and wife to
Thomas Leese. 200 acres south Of
Corvallis, $500.
Emma J Ross and others to ..
II. Newth and wife, seven and a half
acres in Philomath, $3.50.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-04
Proposals for Lumber.

Sealed bids will he received by the un-
dersigned until O'Clock p. m. July 10.
for supplying the City of Corvallis with
lumber for one year from date.
The right to reject any or all bids
is hereby reserved.
june 20, 1908.
E.P. Grefoz.
Police Judge.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-04
For Sale.

Pure bred Jersey COW, 4 years old. also
complete set encyclopedias Brittanica.
Enquire at residence on Jefferson street
corner of Sixth.
Cal Thompson.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-04
For Sale.

Thirty two inch Pitts separator and a
horse power, to be had for 500. Call
on or address,
R. G. Kiger, Corvallis.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-07-10
Novelties for a Fair.

Key and Button Hook Rack-First
you must gid ball, and then around
the middle at regular intervals insert
some brass hooks. A yellow ribbon
and bow tackled on the top with small
tacks will serve to suspend 1t by and
this completes the rack. With the
gilt left from gliding the ball, and a
piece Of bright ribbon. you can make a
Paperweight-Of six of the large
nails Gilt each nail separately, let
them dry, and then tie them securely
togeth1f with piece of ribbon.
Ragballs-Prepare a number of car
pet rag balls with a small gift in the
center of each one. These sell rapidly
and it is amusing to see the buyers
unwinding their balls to discover the
contents, which may prove to be a
thimble, bundle of jackstraws, a
Japanese top, or any little comical con-
ceit.
The same idea might be applied to
the always pleasing popcorn balls;
then the knick-knacks must be first
wrapped in soft paper to protect them
from the candy used in making these
balls. Pleasant mysteries and sur
prises are always popular at fairs and
the more that can be invented the
better.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-07-10
How to PLAY with Pin..

Stick pin-Place a pinchushion on a
table or chair at the far end of the
room and give each player a pin
Each player is blindfolded in turn
and told to stick his pin in the cush.
ion. AS he is bandaged at the end OF
the room most distant from the pin.
cushion, and is not guided in any way
toward the goal this will prove to
be no easy matter.
Pin point-For this game use bas-
ket Of apples, bananas, peanuts or bon.
bons. The starting point is marked
by the bas.:et and the goal by book
or anything that happens to be handy.
See that each person present has a
clean, new pin. Every player has
three minutes in which to get apples
or other trophies out Of the basket
and run around the room with them.
The fruit is. Of course, spsared and
held on the pin. The young person
who in three minutes time lands most
apples at the goal is winner In the
contest.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-07-10

Vacation camping among the boys
is looked forward to for months ahead.
The very thought of flying to the lake.
The woods or the open beach with his
tent, his old clothes and freedom from
restraint is one of enchantment.
Concerning tents, the party have
considerable liberty of choice. A shell
ter tent may be stretched to keep off
the dew, wind or rain, and is merely a
square of canvas, with buttons and
buttonholes at the edges, so that two
or more Of them can be Joined to-
gether Two poles are planted upright
to hold the upper two corners, and
the canvas slopes thence to the
ground, being held in position by pegs.
For ordinary vacation camping the
boys should have a regular tent. The
common tent, with sloping sides, is
about Z feet high in the center, 1-3
feet wide on the ground and 6h to 7
feet long from front to rear. In the
army each tent is intended to shelter
six men. For the general purpose of
camping a wall tent is best. The
side walls are 31s feet high; the ridge
of the roof, S1h feet; the spread on
the ground is 8 feet, and the depth
from front to rear is feet 1t would
actually shelter eight or ten boys, but
pleasure party will not put within it
more than four or five, or perhaps
six. The wall tent is the best gen.
eral, all-around shelter for the camp
ing party
To pitch wall tent properly twelve
large and eighteen small pegs are re-
CURED, and there must be a ridge
pole and two uprights to support it..
Spread the tent upon the ground, the
ridge pole in position. Lay the two
uprights at right angles to, their CEN
tiers touching the ends OF the ridge
pole. From each end of the uprights
take one long step, and to the front
and rear Of that point another long
step. This will fix the places for
driving the four large corner pegs.
Drive the pegs and fasten the cords
to them; plant the uprights perpen-
dicular, raising the ridge pole with
the tent at the same time. Two boys
are required for this purpose. Tie the
door of the tent shut. and then drive
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-07-10

the guy-rope fastenings; two more
may be run from the front upright and
fastened on the sides at the rear.
These ropes give stability to the up.
right poles. An extra piece Of can
vas should be stretched over the tent
roof, projecting beyond the caves and
covering the full length of the tent,
for protection against the rain. It is
usually easy to improvise floor from
the scattered pieces of wood within
reach. A trench must be dug around
the tent to carry off the surface water
in case of rain.
With regard to beds 1t is best, as a
rule. to avoid sleeping on the ground.
A good couch can be made with pile
Of twigs of pine and hemlock, sacks of
leaves or balsam, or even with = rus
tic framework of branches. covered
with the fragrant boughs A regular
mattress sayors too much Of the city
which the camper has left behind. "A
buffalo robe is the best mattress for
one who is roughing it. and blankets
will constitute the bedding.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-07-10
.kI = ZN. IMFREssIoN.
But Not Quite the Kind ct one She
II VI s. " Had lntendAd. 4 .1sl3


But Not Quite tire Kind sf one she
!. Had intended.
q fashionable girl was. upstairs and
! had just turned out her Hight when she.
heard 2 caller ask for her. She made
~ dive for her powder box In the dark
1 and busted her face. and then went to
the parlor and FOUND man upon
whom she was anxious to make an
impression. ,s$ 53 n! 81 5s.gi A q .
) And she did. He was puzzled at her
appearance. but, being q gentleman.
said nothing. She sat and chatted
gracefully and had q delightful even
ing. ~ 4. ,..lf = ,3.Is5,s Isl
AS soon as he had gone she rushed
to the mirror, as every girl does when
her beau leaves. She gave one
scream and went OF into Mysteries.
Instead of putting the pun into the
powder box she had put 1t into the
powdered charcoal used for her teeth.
Springfield Republican.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-07-10
PATENTS.

List OF Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern inventors.
Charles Benedict. Lidgerwood, N.
D., grain elevator: Andrew Carlson,
assignor to F. E. Mailer. St. Paul,
MINI. track gauge: Joseph Darrah,
Rolla, N. D., safety lantern and foot
warmer; Charles shabley, Messing
ton Springs. 8. D.. harrow; Charles
Smith. Hassel, Mont, dam for irrigat-
ing bitches; Gustaf Steinback, Elk
Point. 8. D., cultivator; Oscar Tor
gerson. Napoleon. N. D.. draft equal
izer
Lothrop & johnson, patent lawyers. oil
and 912 Pioneer Press Bldg, st. Paul,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-07-10
PRETTY CIRCUS WOMEN.
They Must Have Good Looks Nova
days az Well as Good Muscles.

They Must Have Good Looks Nova.
days az Well as Good Muscles.
There is new kind of circus girl,
just as there is new chorus girl. The
latest thing in chorus girls is slight
and piquant, and in marked physical
contrast to the opu1ent, stalwart beau
ty who was formerly considered the
only type adapted to stage display.
The new kind of circus girl is strik-
ing principally on account of her in.
creased comeliness. The hard-faced,
dyed-haired rider with her set smile
and CHASTITY little coquettries is q
thing of the past.
The women are nowadays fresher,
pfettier and nearly always better
dressed than they ever were in the
past. Comeliness seems to be regard
ed now as important as their athletic
skill.
One very mediocre acrobat was a
woman called the Beautiful Geral-
dine" who was successful ten years
ago from one end of Europe to the
ether, not because she was skillful in
her work, but because of her supposed
ly great beauty. Yet to-day she would
Eot seem so much above the average
Of looks at the Madison Square Gar.
den.
Their dressing is also more tasteful
IN its colors and the women who this
year ride in habits are in every way
smarter looking than they were in the
past But it is her looks that differen-
tate the present-day circus girl from
her predecessors. She is rapidly be-
coming thing of beauty as well as OF
muscle and daring.-New York Sun.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-07-10

visor instead. This may seem i'm.
possible or foolish, but by experiment.
ing you will find that dividing by two
you will bring the same result as
multiplying by five. providing you
add cipher to the quotient If the divi-
dend be an even number, or five II it
be odd. For instance, If you multiply
2734 by five. the product Is 1860.
What is still easier, divide 2734 by
two, which is done almost ainstantane.
ously. Then tack on your cipher and
you have 1860. Try 1t with large
sums and see how much easier it is.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-07-10
The Whirliqiq.

Cut this whirligig out very care
fully and paste 1t on square bit Of
thin cardboard "a postal card would
do). Let 1t dry. and then cut the
cardboard out round the whirligig. and
with a tiny pin fasten it through the
center to a bit of stick for a handle.
This should be about the thickness
of match and three times as long.
Now take hold of it by the handle
and slowly turn it from left to right
and you will see that it appears to be
whizzing round and round at q ire
mendous rate.
II you paint the white circles very
carefully bright red or a bright blue