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The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
THEIR DUCK HUNT.
They Got One Lone Snipe-And it Fell
Dead at the Sight-Corvallis
Hunters.

They were a party of hunters.
The plan was to go down to one of
the Willamette bars late in the
evening and catch the geese and
ducks as they came in at nightfall.
That is a favorite method, and
successful od,-provided there
are geese and ducks.
They had visions of return
home with game bags stuffed and
conditions generally cheerful and
cheering.
There were six in the party.
When they reached the river bar,
eight others were there. All the
fourteen were armed to the teeth,
and eager for the fray.
Think of it---fourteen men,
fourteen guns and two hundred
dogs and bags. What a commo-
ton there would have been if the
geese and the ducks had carried
out their proper number on the
programme.
But, not duck was stirring; not
a goose few. The note of the stray
goose was heard in the dim dis
tance, it is true, but he never got
in sight. Three shots were fred
at the note, but neither hit the
goose.
Finally, one lone jack snipe fit
ted into view. Every one of the
fourteen shotguns belched, one, two,
or three times, until the last man
was reached. Then, the snipe fell,
mortally wounded, but they claim
without a shot in him. The others
say, he dropped dead at the sight
of Wilson.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
For corvains-Fire Department
Wants one-Would Cost Two
Hundred or Less.

The Corvallis Fire Department
have a plan for the establishment
Of FIRE alarm system. The plan
proposes the installation of four
fire alarm boxes connected with a
ringing mechanism on the roof of
the City Hall, the whole cost to be
about 5000 or less. At meeting
Of the department Monday evening
a committee of three was appointed
to confer with the city council and
ask that the city stand the expense.
The Independent Telephone
Company offers to place these
alarm boxes in It's central Office,
and connect up the system so that
when an alarm of fire Is te1ephoned
in, the operator can instantly turn
in the alarm. Tie present fire
bell will be retained but instead of
the rope being used to ring it,
there will be a machine so placed
that the turning in of an alarm by
the operator will set this machinery
in motion. The city is already
divided into four fire districts and
by the use of chart the operator
will know as the cali comes in,
what district the fire is. If from
number three, she steps into box
number three, pulls down a lever,
and instantly the fire bell COM
mences to ring, continuously re-
peating three rings, and keeps this
up until stopped by the operator.
The motive power is to be fur
nished by the telephone company's S
storage battery and Mr.. DeVarney
not only offers to install the plant
free OF charge, but also to furnish
the use of his battery free and have
an employe of his Office look after
the plant without cost to the city.
In this way the city will be get
ting fire alarm system at about
one half the cost of a similar sys-
TEN if operated independently of
the telephone Office, and without
any cost to keep it up. Not only
this but every one of the $50 tele-
phones in town will be in effect a
call box.
The Firemen believe that the
new system would pay for itself, in
less than a ye T.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
Cures Winter Cough.

J. E. Cover, IoI N. Main St., Ottawa
Kan, writes: every fall it has been
my wife's trouble to catch severe cold,
and therefore to cough all winter long.
Last fall I got for her bottle of Hore-
hound Syrup. She used it and has been
able to sleep soundly all night long.
Whenever the cough troubles her, two OF
three doses stops the cough, and she is
able to be up and well.'' 25c, so, $500.
Sold by Graham & Workman.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
A PRIZE WINNER.
It Took Fifth Place at State Fair-Now
to be Seen in Corvallis.

A small part Of the grain and
grass exhibit that won fifth place
at the State Fair has been placed
on exhibition at the real estate of
fee of Waters Gambler on Main
street. The specimens are the fin
est to be had, and make "a credit
able showing for Benton county's
productiveness. Some of the
grasses are as much as seven feet
in length, while the grain is heavy
and the heads of wheat, oats, bar
ley and rye are sight to please the
man whose interests are in the
ranch.
The exhibit includes samples of
wheat, oats, barley, rye grass, clo-
yer, corn, orchard grass, alfalfa,
vetch, pop corn, sweet corn, and
many other specimens from the
field and garden. The samples
were collected especially for Amb-
Ter & Waters, and are not a part
of the Lewis and Clark exhibit
that is to be made from Benton
county.
Beside the grain and grass sup
ply, Amber & Waters have in
their Office one of the finest collec-
tons of photographs to be seen in
this section. At the State Fair it
was said that no other one exhibit
attracted as widespread attention
from all visitors as did this photo
graphic display. Among the
scenes pictured are many of Ben
toms well known farm homes,
dairy herds, fancy chickens, mon
golian pheasants, Corvallis business
houses, Benton orchards. prune or
chards, OAC buildings and grounds
and many others.
The whole exhibit is one that is
worth the while Of anyone to call
and see, although the collection is
not as complete as was the one that
took the prize at Salem.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
WAS A QUIET DAY.
More Interest in Prohibition Than
President-Yesterdays Election.

Yesterdays election was one of
the quietest in the history of Cor
wallis. The hustle and activity
usually incident to such occasions
were conspicuous by their absence,
and instead the prevalent air SEEM
ed one of doze like that of canine
stretched out in the sunshine who
only stirs to snap at some imperti-
nent fly. The man on the bicycle,
flying in hot haste from polling
place to polling place with an air of
nearly all the world resting on his
shoulders was missed and so was
that other one with his hand out
for corruption fund. In former
times the COP. chairman had
scads of money on presidential
election day, but it is supposed
that the box was empty this year.
Oregon has come to be too snugly
and too surely republican to get
campaign Doodle from the national
committee any more. and therein is
woe for such of the brethern as
want pay for their votes. When
ever a state wheels itself into one
political column or the other too
regularly or too strongly it breaks
down profitable industry and in
that it fails to bring into the state
those shekels that the trusts con-
tribute for carrying elections. That
is the only time the trusts ever get
plucked, and it is also the time
when if the voter is wise, he man
ages to keep his state in the doubt
full column. Eight years ago it
was that way and, in a back alley
just before he went to vote, many
an honest old brother held one hand
behind him while a foxy dude with
newly reaped chin and perfumed
hair dropped a piece therein.
But it was different yesterday.
Democrats and republicans walked
to the polls together, almost hand
In hand, with childish simplicity
and never a note of .discord or dis
agreement. 1t was so beautiful to
see them so blithe and trustful that
it gave the serious-faced philoso-
pher who eyed the scene occasion
to remark that the universal broth
erhood Of man was yet to come.
But few people realized from oper-
ations and proceedings that a pres
ident Of the United States was in
process of election. Perhaps it was
because there was general present
iment that the result in the nation
was all one way. If not that, it
might have been because presiden.
tial issues were more or less OBJ
scured by the prohibition issue. On
the latter issue more or less. quiet
work was doue, It too, had gen
era1 presentiment, however, that
the result was to>be all one way,
or a hotter fight would have been
seen. 1t has been understood for
sometime that the anti-prohibi-
zionist side had but little hope of a
triumph, and a certain decadence
of interest naturally intervened.
In the prohibition voting, one
thing was observable. 1t is a thing
to which John Henry made refer
ence in his letter in Saturdays
TIMES. Occasionally members of
the church voted against prohibi-
ton, while numerous drinking
men voted against them. It is
perhaps not surprising. since the
best of men have different estimates
of the conditions that will follow
prohibition, and to what degree
they will be satisfactory.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
Lunch Counter.

Adam ASSET has coffee pot
that cost $65, but it is not the cof-
fee pot but the coffee you make.
Try mine and see if it isn't. I
have all kinds of sandwiches.
I have hot stews, sardines. Health
and Limburger cheese. Also picked
pigs feet and shanks.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09

Wheat valley S6 &r87
Flour 40 to S425 per bill.
Potatoes S IS to 80 per cent
Eggs Oregon. Fl per doz.
Butter IL to taper lb.
Creamery IS to 3oper ID.
Corvallis.
Wheat 80 per bushel.
Oats 40
Flour LIS to 1.25per sack
Butter IS per roll
Creamery 70 per roll
Eggs 271z per doz
Chickens 13per pound
Lard IS per lb
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09

Ooe Of the largest aud newest
lines of wall paper ever shown in
this section has just been placed on
display at Blackledge's furniture
store. Call and ask prices.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09

Ladies, our stock of new dress
goods, trimmings, cloaks, tourist
coats, jackets, furs, seperate
skirts and fine shoes are up to date
in every particular.
Nolan & Callahan.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09

Anything you want, from toys
to dry goods and groceries, dishes
and novelties, at Moses Bros. Call
on them.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
Chicken Fee d.

Cracked corn for chicken feed,
any quantity from one sack to car
load lots. Cheaper than wheat.
We carry a full line Of poultry
supplies. F. L. Miller.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09

Remember the grand opening at
Moses Bros. store, the Arcade, on
the 10Th. Don't miss it.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
VIM. Knots.
Wanted.

Turkeys, chickens, ducks and
geese. Dressed pork. mutton and
veal. At my store in Pbilomath.
F. P. Clark.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
Trespass Notice.

Hunters o. others found tres.
passing on my premises, will be
prosecuted to the full extent of the
laws.
VIM. Knots.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
Wants Your Business.
"All hands on deck,

Stand to the Wheel"
l am meeting all the trains day
and night, and if you have any
baggage please call phone 25I or al
Headquarters al Ailsn's drug
store, John Lenger.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
Horse For Sale,

Saddle or driving horse about
goo or I 900, H. W. Oleman.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09

A fall line of Christmas goods
now on display at Moses Bros.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09

Besk line of mattings in this city
to be found at Blackledges furni.
ture store.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09

The finest line of toys in the city
at Moses Brothers..
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
G. r. FARRA,
Physician & Surgeon,

Office up stairs back of Graham &
Wells drug store. Residence on the
corner of Madison and Seventh. Tele-
phone at residence, Io4.
ALI sa1le at4saded rroErtAV.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
BILLS ALLOWED.
List Of Warrants Ordered Paid at the
November Term.

The following bills were allowed
by the county court at its regular
November term A. D. 1904, towit:
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09

Moses Bros. will welcome you at
their grand opening Nov 10TH.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-09
Wanted.

Girl to do general housework in
small family. P. O. box $50.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-09
Nf.ss-'~aN-'s- lf.s--~1r-ss-'
A Day on the Farm
New York Society Frolc.


might become even more absurd.
For this feature huge wooden tub
in the center of the room, labeled in
large letters, 1.-THE Well" was filled
with water. Two diminutive buckets
from a doll house outfit were brought
out by the hostess. Each player in
turn was obliged to take the buckets,
fill them at the we'll and then run
around the room holding bucket in
either hand. The farmer who spilled
the least water in his progress won
the point.
The egg hunt followed. The eggs
to be searched for were small, oval
bonbons, and were hidden about the
room. Some were red, some white and
some blue. The red egg counted one
point, the white two points and the
blue three. Fifteen minutes were al
lowed for the search, and little baskets
were presented in which to put ones
spoils. At the end of the time allotted
the eggs found by each searcher were
counted. The counting was done not
according to numbers, but according
to color values.
The haymaking contest was herald
ed by the sudden appearance on the
scene of a. toy hay cart rolled in by
the hostess. Some soft, sweet clover
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-09

I can see Il picture painted. l can smell
the drying hay
Where the busy mowers rattle through
the lazy summers day;
l can see the hungry plowboy wading
through the beloved corn
With eXpectant ear to windward, list
ming for the dinner horn:
While unconscious of necessity the flu
ture or of fate,
/ make wondrous childish Journeys as
swing upon the gate.
Strange how back among the many rec
objections of the past
Memory will grope and wander till it
brings to us at last
Some poor, foolish. fond remembrance,
seeming hardly worth the while,
a tender passing smile.
Fleeing. gone. and soon forgotten-yet
remembered by and by
With swelling in the bosom and a
di4nming OF the eye.
Now my temples fast are CRAVING and
my eyes have sober grown
With the years of varied happiness and
sorrow | have known:
Still, ! sometimes hear the echo, when
the evening lights are low
And without my darkened easement
ghosty breezes eerie blow,
or the friendly. rusty rattle of the latch
ct as when late
In the hazy, lazy summertime we swung
upon the gate.
Lowell Otus Reese in Lesie's Weekly.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-09

That New York is a big city, which
the stranger seldom learns well, was
quite forcibly impressed upon a GER
tain well-known Californian few
days ago. He was rushing about in
the downtown business district and
suddenly remembered that he wanted
to telegraph to friend whose Offices
are at No. 1876 Broadway. The Califor-
MAN dashed into the nearest telegraph
office, wrote out his dispatch and COW
ering it with the necessary coin
passed it through the wicket to the
receiver. The latter glanced over the
message and smiled.
what is the matter?" asked the
Californian.
"Why,. this is No. 1876 Broadway"
said the receiver, land your man is up
Just two flights of stairs"
The Californian had his nerve with
him. SO he calmly said:
81 know that. Let it go anyhow.
guess can telegraph across the
room IL want to. We do that sort OF
thing frequently in 'Frisco."-New
York Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-09
"You young cub!" he shouted.

around the corner and with puff the
huge machine drew up alongside of
the curb
In another second Dolly had jumped
into it. and with a derisive ''honk" of
the horn the powerful car raced off,
leaving Miss Lydia breathless and the
major inarticulately profane.
"He must have arranged this with
her." spluttered the major, when at
last words came to his relief. Blu.
Miss Lydia was positive in her assur-
ance that there had been no commune
cation. The major had to content
himself with telephoning the police
that his daughter had been abducted.
This had only the result of bringing
two plain clothes men and a dozen re-
porters to the house. 1t was to these
latter that Frank and Dolly owed their
immediate forgiveness.
"Bet they've gone across the river"
volunteered the youngest of the scrib.
blers. "They don't need licenses
across the state line, Ind I'll bet the-
have been married by now. Make a
great headline" he continued, ha-.. to
himself; Automobile Lochinvar;
Young Couple Outwit Stern Parent
He made note on his pad, and the
major burst forth:
Gosh hang it, you young cub!" he
shouted, "I'm no ding -gasted stern par
ent, you flat-headed jackass! knew
they were going to be married. It's
just because l bet 'em a house that
they ran off. l told 'em they couldn't
elope without my going along, and
Carstairs won the house. Now, you
go and put that in your paper, and if
you dare call me stern parent l shall
sue you for libel"
The "honk" of the auto horn sound
ed outside, and the major rushed down
the stoop and across the road to
where Frank was helping Dorothea
Carstairs out of the tonneau.
cts all right" pulled the major, as
the newspaper men came streaming
after him. Don't let 'em know how
you outwitted me and I'll forgive you,
but how did you do it."
And as the newsgatherers raced up
to participate in the sensation they
found Frank and Dolly explaining to
the major the usefulness of Morse
transmission by flag and flash sys-
tems.-M. H. Kerner in Boston Globe.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-09

A New York society woman recent
ly gave clever home entertainment
which she called a day on the farm.
The arrangement of the room was
planned to represent a farm. The
floor had been carefully sanded, the
carpet being removed. Elaborate
furniture had been replaced by chairs
of rustic build. and one corner of the
room was filed by plain wooden
bench, on which shone half dozen
dazzling milk pals. Chickens and
ducks of toy shop variety strutted and
waddled. or rather seemed to do so,
here and there over the sand.
Each guest on entering received a
little program decorated with water
colors. The decorations were minia-
ture scenes sketched in country places,
such as a farmer at the plow, hay
stack with a moon behind it, milk
maid carrying pals.
Each card gave the order of the
evening. which was as follows:
A Day on the Farm.
1. Driving the cows to pasture.
2. Drawing water from the well.
8. Loading the hay wagons.
4. Supper.
Driving the COWS to pasture proved
fascinating bit of nonsense. The
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-09
TRAITS OF PRESIDENT KRUGER.
Poultney Bieelow Writes Of Great
South African Statesman.

TouitUCy 0ISCtOW VIIkSo VI SiS0e
South African Statesman.
Poultney Bigelow, writing before the
Boer war, gave very interesting I'M
preston of ex-President Kruger. 1.-THE
president of the South African Repub-
lic," he wrote, 'is indeed a grand old
savage from one point Of view and q
noble statesman from another. He is
theoretically the first citizen Of the
most democratic community, yet in
practice he surrounds himself with a
tawdry splendor that would shock
many crowned head of Europe.
When I first had the honor of meet
ing this anachronistic phenomenon he
was drinking coffee and throwing out
a cloud of strong tobacco smoke but
a still greater volume of violent Ian
guage, emphasized by the humping Of
his massive fist upon the table. The
room in which he received was crowd
ed With long-haired, full-bearded and
stolid-featured fellow burghers, who
reminded me partly of Russian priests,
partly of Californian miners, and part
ly of certain alleged portraits of the
apostles. l feared that | had unwit-
tingly interrupted cabinet meeting,
but later it turned out that this was
Mr.. Kruger's usual at home When
the president is not at his Office he
delights in nothing so much as enter
tanning his countrymen with coffee,
tobacco and political proverbs. He
harrangues his visitors with the voice
of bull in distress, and they like it.
He governs by personal contact and
spoken parallels, and it is his boast
that he knows personally every citi-
zen of his republic"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-09
Life Work Becinninu.

Starting from nowhere in particu.
lar, rumor has recently gone the
rounds of the newspaper personals u
stating that DR.. Daniel Colt Gilman,
the president of the Carnegie Institu-
ton at Washington, was about to re-
sign his Office. Some of the items
gave age as the cause, some limited
that the scientists health was break
ing down, and some suggested that
DR.. Gilman was to work upon certain
personal experiments of the highest
scientific value. To get at the truth
of it all, reporter called upon him
for little first-hand information.
Resign" was DR.. Gilman's answer.
Certainly not" And after an in.
stant's pause he added: "Joseph LIE
Comte, my old colleague at the Uni
versity of California, was asked just
such a question as you have put to
me, on his eightieth birthday. His
reply will do for mine. He. SAID:
why should l resign? have Just
begun my LIES work. New YorS
Times. ~
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-09
Bizarre Advertisements.

In order to justify his calling, the
up-to-date "ad" and sign writer must
needs deviate from traditional lines.
In booklet prepared by member
of this cult for New York firm this
fashionable intelligence is vouchsafed
Proclamation for retail haberdash-
ers-Suggestions to aid mere man.
We are students of style. Swell era
watts for the smart set-Neckdress for
every season and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
in formal and informal day and even
ing wear. We cater to shops adapted
to cultured trade-patrons who want
to know howl"
Contrast the above with this prosaic
pronunciamento, in evidence over q
store on an uptown corner:
wet goods for gents exclusively:
"Other unique business announce
ments around town include: Joshua
Stiff, mortuarian"; "Dr. lgnatius Ill,
Specialist in Artificial Dentures," and
last, but not least, this contribution
from the Bowery, Just for fun, try
our largest glass of pure rye whisky,
five cents. New York Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-09

COWS were wee Drown creatures be-
longing to the baby's barnyard set.
Each player was given three cows to
drive. The driving had to be done by
suRdry little taps with stick, not by
a long, steady push. The route over
which they were driven was the CEN
ter line of the room. If in her prog
ress any cow fell, the driver was
discharged" The object of the sport
was to see who could in the shortest
time drive his cows to pasture with
out having any of them meet with an
accident.
Drawing water from the well, the
second number on the program, was
no less laughable and could not fail
to embarrass the most self-possessed
competitor. However, as all the farm
ers were subjected to the same labor,
DO one considered it wise to jeer at
the efforts of fellow laborer, as he
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-09
Was Certain There Was One.

"I'll admit" said prominent Phil
adelphia club woman, that club life
has it's lighter side, and here's an in
stance:
mot so very long ago a misguided
man was trying to address our club
upon the topic, The Ideal Woman
BY way of introduction, he asked:
Who among you has ever known the
ideal woman yourself or known any
one who has ever been intimately as
ISOLATED with an ideal woman"
"There was a depressing pause,
which seemed to indicate a distress
ing lack Of perfect woman, nobly
planned
"To render his oratory more effect
i've the speaker repeated the ques-
ton, and the eyes of the audience re-
flected surprise when meek and
badgered looking woman in the rear
lifted hand above a rusty bonnet.
$50 you have known an ideal
woman? questioned the gentleman.
"'No,' faltered the woman; but I
have known one intimately associat-
ed with her, She was my husbands
first wife,"