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The daily sentinel., 1904-01-08

London. Jan. S.-None of the spec
ial cablegrams from Toxic printed in
this mornings papers is able to give
the contents of Russia's reply but all
concur in believing it to be unsatis-
factory.
According to the Standard Toxic
correspondent, an increasing number
of steamships are reuuisitioned daily
as transports.
The correspondent of the Daily
Mail at Toxic reports upon the auth
ority of the newspaper Chuo that one
Japanese has been murdered near Port
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-08

Nothing equals a really good
photograph for Christmas
present and when you think
of how many you can make
for the price of a dozen
photos when can you get
such value for your Christ
mas money as at the picture
shop of Photographer Dean.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-08
The Russian
Proposals
Unsatisfactory

Toxic. Jan. s.-The attitude of
Japan toward the response of Russia
is still underlined. Premier Katsura,
the minister of foreign affairs, the
minister of war. the minister of fin
ance and the minister of naval affairs
held a council yesterday afternoon.
1t was decided on a course of proceed
ure 1t is manifest that the Russian
proposals are unsatisfactory. 1t is
believed that Russia will make con-
cessions in one direction and impose
new conditions i'll another The
Japanese nation is deeply stirred.
Public sentiment favors the abandon
ment of negotiations believing them
to be useless and urges a resort to
arms.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-08

Port Arthur. Jan. I. via Che Foo.
Several warships left at midnight
to reinforce cruisers sent for the pur-
pose of intercepting a squadron of
four ironclads. which. it is said. is
now approaching Korea to stop six
Japanese coal laden ships from Japan
destined for Port Arthur and to can
eel their charter to Russian firm.
There is normal movement of
troops in both directions on the rail
way The Port Arthur defenses are
complete and the authorities are con-
fident.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-08

Paris. Jan. cit is firmly believ-
ed here thct America is destined to
bacome involved in the crisis i'll the
Far East. Dispatches to hand show
that the American minister at Seoul
is in an exceeding delicate position.
1t is reported here thas he has defied
the Korean government by landing
marines after having been refused
permission. This is regarded as IA
direct violation of treaty rights, and
requires an explanation.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-08

Vienna, Jan "A dispatch from
Fiume says that Japanese officer has
arrived there and has approved the
torpedoes which were ordered from a
local factory for immediate shipment.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-08

Fine Table Linens are made
Special Offering during the remain
der of this week. Rich, lustrous
snowy=white, all pure linen table da=
mask-We made quick purchase of
them, in Mill Ends lengths they're
all ?, D. or yards long just right
you will notice for the average table
prices are much less than you
might confidently expect to pay for
inferior goods. We have divided
them into four lots at 42, SO, rs, LOO
the yard-there are many patterns
in each lot from which to make
choice the quick purchaser will get
the prettiest ones Get the Habit Il
buy quickly.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-08
WAL CHES.

For the Boy or Girl-There is no
sense in buying them cheap watch.
There is no economy in the lack of
quality. We could sell you a watch
for one dollar and make money-but
loose friends.
When you make present of a
watch or buy one for your own use,
get a good one 1t will establish your
reputation for punctuality-keep you
from useless waste of time and
patience and increase your apprecia-
tion of the great value of time
Good Time. You can get a good
watch here for teu or twelve dollars
Complete in Twenty Year Gold
Filled Case. Warranted to keep
good time.
The daily sentinel., 1904-01-08

Arthur and that four others have
been injured.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
: RE' 81 1Czn III 80
y.III' \ 4
.HSsIz .PaTkk

Ko1sj Northern PacificSma prsy-
jemnoSd % wliadcxy,1tc, q mote do
starr,c.,sIyc wssysthkliim, kkt66rrzsyI xNt,iies
sdxili, samiersaia xwiedsi6, lub j Z
.iinteresowsniv Yellowstone parkk1u,
Wielkiego paLoramicEnego oDrszu
parku. 20 dxieko sztuxii Jest q
calesdlugie ! SO cali sxeroikIles lest
robionly v pletnastu kolorach. Wy.
kazuje wy}4cznie fotografle psrkku,
lokacye hotel6w, irogi, jeziora,,,
CORY wszystkis fsyognomie par
ku. Ono dale nsjlepsza styczno6d i
del Y reglonie jest cennym obra-
ZEN j mapa v polaczeniu. Obra.
mowany Jest oxdob4stak samo akl
po1ytkiem ijest st6sownY osobliwle
dla szk6k. klas j csYtelni.
Ten panoramiczny obras bedsie
roxeslania II rurkach oxo-
10 IS Czerwca, j poslany bedzie pod
kazdym adresem przez q. N. Gle.
Lam, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent St. Paul, Mimi, pc odebra-
min 35 cent6w. Zamowienie odbie
r sie terax, ! mog4 byd poslaue do
Mr.. A. M Cleland. albo do kt6re.
go eeheralnego dystryktowego q.
genta kolejl Northern Pacific v
wiekszYch miastach, albo do lokal-
nych agent6w v terytoryum Nor
thern Pacific.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
nieokre6lonern

&aIRs6Wn,iie1 nieokl.rle5llgol1nllgelrlr1ln1l
|jest Wrali'e sln, jake kew '''''l luliie
IA Wi,dzzul c " VI q olbrra ~
|przez Eelnl1rlyka Ha amor Ali,
zatytu1l.ow,alnry. IN cie' ,1ilEl
krzyzia" II the Shadow Shade Of
the C;ross'' W znpest}nlie
cieemr1nlle,j galeryi, zW 7ll[, Z
~ciemno6ci wylania pie cud-
ME odmalowana postaf Chry-
stusa, otoczona aureola 6wiar
tia ksiezycowego. 20 mad ]
Pc "a figura widac ciemny
olbrzymi krzyz i patrzacy
wwid id sic, czuje ze Jest v
.ogrodzie Gethsemane.
w ko6cu warta zobacze1,ia
Jest rewia amerykahl.skiej
.floty, z}ozonej 2 % model.
Przedstawiaja one okreta:
Texas, Massachusetts, o.
'lympia, iowa, Maine, Missou-
ri, Indiana, Alabama, Illinois,
Columbia, Brooklyn, New
York i New Orleans; dalej
4odzie torpedowe, podWodne
it'd. Program obejmuje roz-
matte 6wiczenia, a take j
potyczke morska.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
Figiel kwestarza.

Figiel kwestarza.
Mn6stwo " naszym kraju
krazy anegdot, " kt6rych
,bohaterami sa kwestarze. Lu-
die ci, " obyczajowej kro-
nice prowincyonalnej wcale
pokazna odgrywaja role. Kt6z
to z mas ME widzial, bedac
W Galicyi, braciszk6w MALE
zacych do r6znych zakon6w,
uwijajacych sic pieszo Tub
ma w6zkach pc dworach "a
mozniejszych i pc chatach
wiejskich we wszystkich po-
rach roku,- kwestujac ola
klasztoru, co sic da. W Pru-.
sach, Rosyi i Francyi juz
tego widziec ME MONA, bo
rzady znios1y k~lasztory, vice
naturalnie i kwestarze zagi-
nell ~niepowrotnie.
Ot6z niedaleko granicy
pruskiej W kr6lestwie .znaj-,
DUE sic miasteczko Zuromin,
W kt6rem pred dawnemi
.laty byl klasztor CO.. Refor-
m1at6w. Klasztor ten byl bar
do bogaty j wslawil sic
zrecznoscia i %dowcipem swych
kwestarzy.
Razu pewnego dw6ch bra
cisZk0W z ZurOmlncklegO
klasztoru, wyszlo kwestowac
owoce, sill vice piechota.
=Owiec ieszcze ME mieli, sill
vice przez las sami. Na dro-
DE W leslie patrza: stoi. ME-
wielki w6zek chlopski "a
,przezony " iednego konia.
CHOP porzu,'cil konioWi tro-
che siana, a sam poszedl "
|glab lasu, ably narznae sobie
|ialowcu ma biczyska.
- Sluchaj, powiada jeden
Il braciszk6W do drugiego
|Wyprzaz tego konia, zestaw
|chomonto j uzdeczke, wl67
koniowi postronek v pysk,
siadaj IA niego j JEDI dc
Iklasztoru, ia sic tn zaprzege
konia. Go tez chloI
wv dwie minuty wszystke
Ibylo ;z;lr ',p' bic Jeden kw we
starry "a chlloopskkim konliu'
Iodjech1aa.la is'.5' drug Wlozyl a a
siebie ohomoonto, na szyl'
zarzucil1s su,izldeczke. stal PREY
Idyszlu mad u sianem, zalozyW
Nv w,pl,rlz.,l6t.d1. pIo1 's,1l e q
czyE
PSI 3 goeadllz .il CHOP Wra'
Lea ElasulI do !. furrm ll','a P b
NY prrzypp 81 u IA ais.
--zsll!',ll| sdlja abel GO % ielst t9'
sS8ss##SSSsaSSR sssMssEssssg@ SaSa4sasSSS
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11

1'PE|rzyeelhio,sddlli b ,lil'' A ipa ~
s8.I,..-I Braciiszs,te,kls .1l hab t'i'1'ill'
.p ll1 dyszllul nad lllIl sianem Y
q, IlI'sl t "a kasz-
tankal w iimr1iie aOjjca syna !
Dluchs 6Wietego Amen men Jezus
Maya! co to to- Jest
= Mech bedzie %pochwalo-
AZ yezusI C5hElrlysttaulse!!
- N~aWiekiwiek6W Amen.
~ ~odpowia.d]Ia Rs e1'l,rlnn
Czy nj sic v 6lipiach zmieni-
10, cry co, toe to przez urazy
.braciszek stoi v miejscu me-
go konia.
TAX, moi Bracie, Bog
"a ciezki grzech, q kar'e
~przemienil mnie v kolnia, q
le dis w1a5nie v tel godzinfi'e
sic skohczyla j napo-
wr6t laska Boska p%rzywr6cl-
mnie do pierwotnego sta
nu ale moi bracie, jezell.
to ia ci zaciaggne ten
do VS., DO juzci ty temu
ME winien, re ia "a grzechy
s:woje wlaSnie byl koniem.
@ iuz tego to tam ME
prosze jegomosci,
toe ia tam i w6z potrafie zap
chac, do wsi nledaleko, q w6-
EEK lekki. mo, MECH JUL je-
bedzie laskaw i da-
rule mi, re tam czesto gesto
biczyskiem skropnalem, DO
49, -=fEr.- :. ~ E- 49, q 49,
to prawdziwie powie-
dziawszy, to braciszek dobro-
byl troche j leniwy.
/ to m6wiac, sk}oni1 sic
CHOP czapka braciszkowi 90
kolan.
CHOP tedy zapchal w6z do
wsi, a kwestarz machnal do
klasztoru.
w tydzieh pc tenn zdarze-
niu W Zurominie byl jar
mark. Zakonnicy kazai wy
prowadzi6 owego, ch1opskie-
90 konia ma jarmark, mai
prod ola tego czy go tez po-
INA, a powt6re ably zwr6cic
go .wla6cicielowi, DO ME mieli
zamiaru biednego
ch1opa ~krzywdzic. Wyprowa-
dzono tedy konia ma jarmark.
ujrzal go n~atychmiast
i naturalnie poznal. Zoczy} go.
natychmiast i naturalnie po-
FACIAL go obchodzit 2
przypatrywac sic, a
wreszcie, gdy upatrzyl st6-
sowna chwile, przyblizyl sic
koniowi do ucha:
A co tam zn6W jego-
zbroil, re go znowu "
konia przemienili? Q, juz to-
s=#e-,Eais c@&gsSg .IEEEa-- EE%EEE EFEE[-
raz ME kupie, ME glupim!
I r~zeczywiScie Mkt go
przekonac ME m6gl, ze to
.byl tart tylko. M laden spo-
sob ME chcial j ME przyjal.
tSko6czylo sic vice, ze przeor
zaplacil got6wka, 9
konia zatrzymal do uzytkul
kiasztornego.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
'WystaWa| N WI SCI. Louis.

i#3235s ~ $500 - a1sS s| SvsN - $3.50 S
W7I'ys,tt,a1W'lall' ||.l'l'I 1l;'t. 4 l,o 'lli''. jet %
" peal]hnnyymln bieeggu. On Ccludoywnln,e
palace, m%raal @ Us 4 u. J, ! ].
cone po gruntach, cieszas olkko
j daja olbrzyn1ia niebywalaal
sposobno5c zobaczeuia rzeczy
jake sic ME latwo zobaczy6
moze. Czlowgiek ME dzief e-
den, AMI diva ale tygodnie
Gale chetnieby tam speddzii}t. !
-zawsze znalazl cos nowego.
Bedac jednak ma wystawie,
ME powinno sic opu6cic zwsie-
dzenia iednej z gl6wnych
cze6ci wystawy t. ~. Pike.
Ma wystawie ~przedeWszyst'
klein uderza swa olbrzymia1
wysoko6cia nMlyn dyabelski"
czyli t. wv. Kodo Ferris'a.
Bylo ono ozdoba wystawy v
Chicago, jak jest ozdoba tu-
tejszej, j ME MONA sobie wy
obrazic cudowniejszego widor
ku, jaki przedstawia sic 2
okien wagon6w, gdy z wolnia,
majestatycznie podnosza sic
W gore, al do wysoko6ci 264
stop. Ma kole zawieszonych
jest SO wagon6w, z kt6rych
kazdy mie6ci po so os6b, tax
vice gdy wszystkie wagony
So pe1ne, 2.160 os6b Cd razu
jedzie. Nieopisane wrazenie
czyni przejazdzka TAXA, a
trivia oko}o 35 minut. Me
%zapomnijcie przejechac sic.
Drugim, nadzwyczaj zaj-
mujacym j nieokreSlenie
przyjemne wrazenie czynia-
Gym, jest budynek Pod j
Mad Morzem," under and
Over the Sea). Wsiadasz ma
okret. p~odwodny j p}yniesz
z ogromna szybkoScia, pod
woda, a pred oczyma pre-
suwa sic Gala panorama pod
morskiego i podwodnego ~
cia.> w ko6cu statek dobija
do brzegui wysiadasz " Pa
ryzu, gdzie znowu wsiadaassz
ma maszyne latajaca i zaczy-
nasz n~adpowietrzna podr6z 2
.powrotem, mad Alpy, Berlin,
Londyn, mad Ocean Atlantyc-
XII, gdzie okret n~adpowietrz-
ny W srodek bury i>w koh-
Gu ladujesz W st. Louis, ma
dachu budynku Under and
Over the Sea-" Cudowne.
Olbrzymie czyni ma widzu
wrazenie elektryczna ruchli-
wa panorama, przedstawiaja-
ca ,Zatopienie Galveston" a
kt6ra zawiera sic " przeslicz-
pym budynku $50 stop d1u-
GIN a 800 glebokim j pred
stawia katastrofe, W kt6rej
zginelo przesz}o 5000 ludzi.
Widzisz miasto, jak,ile4lm bylo
pred zatopieniem. Ma Guys
tenn niebie zaczynaja zbieeraaft
sic czarne chmury, wic cher
zaczyna da6 n. j Z kazda Sc
kunda siilaa ego w Y rs's1a'
Deszcz leje strumii'e E'llli Wo-
.da " zatoce dotyc]hc',zas| spo'
.kdojna, zaczy1n1saa ..s sic u bur:zyc,
podnosic wyzej iWyzej, stra'
5l So 1.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
exkursyjne do je.
mora Washington (st. Peter.
Eagle Lake lub Kasota.

Sprzedawane beda przes kolejj
Northwestern pc cenach znt4.onnyycch
prxez sezon latowy : Winony v
pi9tki j soboty do Kansas q $40
do st. Peter "a &4.l5 do. EagleLake
"a So q, s tyk,et zwrotny dobry
do powrotu,a a do przysslego wtor
|ku do Kasota q S. SIS, do So
Peter q So e5, do Eaglee Lake e
$6 .o0, q iyklet zwrotnlyy codsienllni {
! ograniozeniem trzydxlestu d ll1i
oxasn do powigrotu. kowienle czar-
nyeh okuni j szcsupak6W ~ tyym
pieknym jesiorze Jest oseobliiwie do
bre Ola rybakdw ! dostateczEnyyIm11
xapasem ll6deki Y. 4 na zaadtalalliiles.
Modne hotele islnne sprxyiiemno--
dciwsdiu4 jjeasiora, sjachteml ppalrrtoy.
Wymsdodsny1m1 dc prrzzyjjesmrlnllossaoi,.
blii3izsxAs rytajcieag ent6'lN
lkoleisC hiicago / North-W Western
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
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The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-16

Rev. Father Springer is visit
ing M.Minnville friends this week.
Mrs. r. H. Huston and daugh
ter arrived yesterday from Gail
fornia.
With less than one-third of
this years tax money applied, the
Indebtedness of the city, February
2oth. was s22 se7.
AT a meeting Monday night.
tie city council took the initiative
for opening streets through prop
erty owned by Mrs. Murray be-
tween Jobs and Wilkins additions.
The street committee was author
lied to employ an engineer to pre-
pare a plan of the streets prepara-
tory to beginning condemnation
proceedings.
-The 25-acre Rufus Mason tract
near Phi1omath has been sold by
Amber and Waters to Samuel Dix
on for$ooo Mr. Dixon expects to build
on the property in the near future.
The same firm has sold the George
Irvine home in Phi1omath to Mrs
Jennie Leonard, for $3.50. Mrs.
Leonard arrived recently from Nor
ton, Kansas.
Rev. R D. Snyder. of Neb.
will lecture in the Congregational
church on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday evenings of this week.
Subject tonight: 'The 9Th Won
der of the World The wit. wis.
dom and eloquence of Mr.. Snyder
n this lecture will interest and en-
tertain the young as well as the ole
Other subjects announced later. Ad
mission tree.
Charles L. Mosher a newspape,
and magazine writer of some prom
inence. died at the home of hi
mother in Portland recently. Char
ley at one time conducted a news
paper in Corvallis and will be re
membered by the older residents
He.was a son of L. F. Mosher, ex
Judge of this Judicial district, and
grandson of Cen Lane.
i Ten inches more rain has falle,
since September last than fell dur
ing the entire 12 months of 1903
For the period the total up to Mon
day evening was 1865 inches. Fo
the entire months of 1902, tn
amount was 34.oo. The rainfal
for the current month up to Monda
evening was SIS inches.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-16
MIDNIGHT CLOSING.
For Saloons not Open Till six
m-New Ordinance.

A new ordinance compels Cor
wallis saloons to close at midnig ht.
and to remain closed until six a.
m. the following morning. The
ordinance was passed by the coun-
Gil at meeting Monday evening.
Both On its final passage. and on
the vote for suspension OF the rules
SO that it might be passed at the
meeting at which it was introduced,
the councilmen voted unanimously
for the measure. Those present
were, Avery. Rose, Porter. Crees,
Cameron, Hodes, Henkle and Col
bert. The full text of the new or
dinance is as follows:
Section t.-The keeper or keep
ers Of all bar rooms, tipping houses.
and drinking shops within the cor
porate limits Of the City of Cor
Wallis. shall close said bar rooms,
tipping houses and drinking shops
at (12) twelve 6 clock midnight and
keep them closed until (6) six
O. clock a. m. and allow no person
or persons to remain in said bar
room, tippling house or drinking
shop during said hours.
Section 2.-No keeper or keepers
| of any bar room. tipping house OF
drinking shop shall sell or in any
manner dispose of any wines. spir'
itous or malt liquor between the
hours of (r2) twelve o'clock mid
night and CO. six O'Clock a, m.
Section 3.-Any person violating
any of the provisions of this ordin
ance shall upon conviction before
the police court be, fined no
less than twenty dollars nor NOR
than $1oo, or be imprisoned in tn.
city Jail not less than (1o) ten day
or more than so days or both a
the discretion of the court.
Section 4.-None of the provis
ions of this ordinance shall in an,
manner conflict with Section (43
forty three of ordinance number g
! nine of said city. or to any ordin
ance now in force in regard to th
sale or disposal Of wines. spiritou
or malt liquor on the first day {
the week commonly called Sunday
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-16
o. A. C. LOST.
To Dallas College Team-Concluding
Game of Basket Ball

Game of Basket Ball
The OAC team lost to Dallas
College men in a game Of basket
ball in the Armory Friday night,
by score Of II to IS. A few
minutes before the end of the last
half. the score stood tied at IA for
each side, bat field goal thrown
at an opportune moment by Dallas,
won the game for the visitors.
Interest ran very high from the
beginning to the end of the contest.
Six hundred to 700 people were on
lockers, IS partisans from Dallas
being present to cheer for the Wis
iting players. The Agrics led from
the beginning, and with two bask.
cts and three points scored on fouls,
had record of seven points to
their credit when the first half end.
ed. The Dallas men had four, all
secured on fouls.
At the opening Of the second
half, the visitors secured three bask.
cts in rapid succession. lifting thei,
score to 10. Fouls were called rap
idly by the referee for Dallas ano
by the umpire for the Agrics, but
the former were unable to make
baskets on them. Swan threw two
in succession, raising the OAC
score to nine, when Dallas raised
its score to II with another field
goal. Rinehart lifted OAC to II
with a goal from the field, ane
Dallas went to ID on a similar play
Swan got a basket on a foul anc
Steiwer tied the score at "a with &
goal from the field. The play wa.
swift and furious. and the crowd il
the gallery was flushed and cage
with excitement. Dallas finally
got another field goal, making the
visitors score IS. and then a foul
for each side made the final record
read IS for OAC, and II for Dal
las. This game is the last of til,
season.
In the interest of good. sport. :
revision of the rules in which out
side officials should preside over tn
play is feature that ought to b.
provided for before another season
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-16
SELLING PROPERTY,
And Buying it-FArms and Corvallis
Lots Change Hands.


The following real estate trans
fers have been filed for record:
John Smith and WI. to c. c.
Galloway, IT interest in $50 acres
near Wells, 500.
J. c. McElroy to Bette E.
Humphrey an interest in 24o acres
near Monroe, $1,000.
F. S. Stark and WI. to Mary Dy-
er, SO acres in Kings Valley, $Ioo.
Louise J. Fisk to A. R. Brown,
22 acres near Philomath, $II5o. 8
Jessie P. Friend and hus' to A.
R. Brown. d55 acres, 500.
Elias Keeney and wife to Asa L.
Peacock, IL acres near Albany
$1oo.
O.C. R. R. Co. to W. S. Humphrey
40 acres near Philomath, $I6o.
J. B. Goodman and wife to J. L.
Underwood, lots in Chase's add.
$233.
, w. c. Keeton to William L.
Cauthorn, a. acres near Wells,
$500.
Lincoln Chambers and wife to
G. S. Dodele IT acres in Kings
Valley, So, 500.
W. E. Boldly and wife to John
Falk 2! acres near Albany, 500.
John Pimm and VT. to F. T.
Rugg land near Philomath, S., 900
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-16
IN CORVALLIS NOW.
Edward Rosendorf-Tbe Remains Ar
rived Yesterday-Funeral Today.

In the little front parlor of the
family home in this city, lie the
mortal rensains of the late Edward
Rosendorf. The mother who left
a week ago last Friday to hurry to
the bedside of her son in Philade1-
phia, arrived with the casket at
noon yesterday. The cadet battal-
ion, the college band, and many
friends awaited the arrival at the
station and accompanied the re-
mains to the bereaved home. The
funeral is to occur at ago today
from the residence.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-16
TRYING TO ORGANIZE.
Rural Phone System-Farmers Active
Meeting Held-The Plan.

The rural telephone uovement
has taken deep root in Corvallis. |
Twenty Eve farmers from til. ad.
jacent country were enthusiastic
participants in meeting in the
county court room Monday after
noon. The spirit of the meeting
was belligerentiy and enthusiastic
ally for rural phones, to be built,
owned and maintained by farmers
and business men. 1t looks very
much just now as if something is
certain to result from the move
meut.
The meeting was arranged for
by the committee appointed last
week by the Citizens League, to
which the rural telephone matter
was referred. The committed is,
County Judge Waters. q. H. Dav-
is and j. R. Smith. Am ong the
farmers present were, George Linz
derman, Robert Wiley, the Harris
brothers, the Lockes, and many
! others to the northward of Cor
wallis, where the construction of a
rural line is actually in progress.
! There the poles are out and some
of them set for a connection with
the Dallas line at the Ed Wiles
place. In few more days the
poles will be set as far as Mountain
View school house. The line is to
come into Corvallis, and the Citi-
zen's League committee is endeavor-
ing to make arrangements for con-
nections for it in this city.
In addition to those present, the
meeting heard reports from other
portions of Benton. J. H. Edwards
and DR.. Bennett from the south
end of the county are. interested in
movement for connections with
Corvallis from that section. The
committee also reported to the
meeting that there is desire for a
line from Kings Valley via Philo-
math into Corvallis. and that agi-
tation is going on in the territory
interested.
At the meeting. the whole field
: was canvassed, and preliminary
plans were undertaken to place the
matter on a business basis. A
joint stock company involving ali
the interests that are to combine
is proposed. The general idea now
is to give people. both in and ou1
5 of Corvallis, opportunity to buy
their own phones and build, equil
and maintain their own lines, con
$ ducting the business on mutua
t basis, perhaps through the medium
> of an incorporated company, Civ
= ing profit to nobody and involvin,
t no expense save for operatives for
: central Office and for line repair an
d maintainance. 1t is a further we
:, developed idea to put the stock a
!. actual estimated expense to thos
who go in at first. but to charge
:. larger sum to those who come in al
+ terward If this line is followed
s il, will be to the interest of all t
: become initial subscribers to th
q system.
: For the purpose of organizatio
s. another meeting is to be held in th
o county judges Office next Saturda
l. afternoon. Meantime. committee
u have been appointed for "a furthe
canvass of the situation. The:
q committees are: Permanent o
: ganization. Z. H. Davis, E., M,
II Lehman and J. R. Smith; to ca,
,. vass in Corvallis for subscriber
f q, H. Davis, Robert johnson an
1t J. R. Smith; Bellfourtain commi
e tee. ]. II. Edwards, DR.. Benne
. and M. M. Waltz; Soap Creel
= George Linderman, w. Locke an
q Ben Harris; Philon,ath, J. !
AieHkie'
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-16
To the Voters of Benton County:

To the Voters of Benton County:
Acceding to the wishes of a large
number of patrons and friends of our
public schools, submit my name to the
voters of Benton county for the office of
county school superintendent.
Very Respectfully,
S. I. Pratt.
Philomath, Oregon, Mar. Z, 1904.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-16

Wells, Windmills and Pumps.
am now prepared to do all kinds of
we'll, windmill and pump work. See me
before you have your work done. Send
orders to Simpsons Hardware store.
A. N. Harlan.