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Smyrna times., 1904-01-20
To Cure a Cold In One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. E. w. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 25c,
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20
WILMINGTON WANTS SHIP CANAL NEARER
Suggest Using Elk River from Chesapeake Bay
and Cut into the Christiaua River.

and Cut into the Christiana River.
Since the Board of Trade started to
advocate the inland ship canal project,
citizens throughout the county have
become interested in matters and the
many discussions on the subject have
brought out number of suggestions.
While everyone agrees that from the
building of such a canal Wilmington
would naturally derive some benefit,
yet it seems to be the impression of
some that the benefits would be far
more numerous if it were possible to
get the Delaware terminal nearer Will
mington than Delaware City.
A prominent and we'll known citizen
of rural New Castle county, in talking
on the subject said the canal should
connect with Wilmington. This he
said would not be impossible and
while the route to the Delaware river
would not be as direct, it would be
one that would not necessitate much
excavating through dry land. The
route he suggested was to follow the
Elk river from the Chesapeake Bay to
a point near Elkton and then dig
through what is known as the Chris.
tiana valley to the Christiana river
and along that stream through New.
port to Wilmington. No deep cuts
would be necessary in connecting the
Elk and Christiana rivers.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20
Lee Hen Lee
OPPOSITE THE SMYRNA HOUSE,
SMYRNA, DEL.
S. FL. Staats.
Spring 1904.
EMBROIDERIES.

EMBROIDERIES.
Our new Embroideries, consisting of
Cambria, Nainsook and Swiss Edging
and insertions, have arrived. Much
care was taken in selecting the very
daintiest and prettiest that could be
had at the popular prices. We would
call particular attention to our line of
Beadings and Insertions for under
wear and children's clothes.
REMNANTS
of fine Embroideries. In looking over
our stock we find many remnants both
in narrow and wide Edgings and Inser-
tions, which we have marked at aston
ishingly low prices for quick sales.
WHITE GOODS.
In this line we have the following
materials:
BURLEIGH and EGYPTIAN
LONG CLOTH
FRENCH and SOFT FINISH
LONSDALE CAMBRIA
INDIA LINONS.
4O5 Market St. 4O4 ShipIey St.
WILMINGTON, DEL.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20
Nnrhinn nIors nnnnerous

Than Cutting Corns. The Foot-Ease San
itary Corn Plasters cure by absorption.
Something entirely new. The sanitary oils
and vapors do the work. Sold by all drug
gists 25c or by mail Sample mailed Free.
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20
Closing of Mails.

Going North.-6.55, $50 A. NJ. 800, 500
7.30 p. NJ.
Going South.-s.O5, 11.2O A. NJ. 4.2O,
1902. NJ.
For Clayton and Oxford r. P. O.. and
Clayton, Del, sos A. NJ, and 3.20P.M,
Townsend and Centreville r. P. o. and
Clayton and Chestertown R, P. o. 6.55 AN.
and 3.20 P. NJ.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20

DIR. R. A. Comegys, dentist, success
sor to DIR. johnson, HAZEL building,
Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20

Cosgriff & Reynolds can supply you
with all sizes of the best grades of coal
at bottom prices.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20

The remains of Mr.. John johnson,
formerly one of MilIington's promi-
nent citizens, was taken to st.
Georges, Del, for interment last Mon
day week. Mr.. johnson died at
Crumpton, where he had been ill for
several weeks.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20
SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS.

NoETH 7.15, S.sS, S.5s, A. M ,s45, 5.25, P. M.
SOUTH; $3.50, $50, 11.45, A. M. 4.46, 5. .55, and
7.55P.M.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20

Some pretty calendars have been
issued this year by Lewis M. Price,
giving a gentle reminder that he is
the manufacturer of celebrated phos-
pilates, the Kind that should interest
farmers. Mr.. Price is hustler and
is building up large business. He
will please accept our thanks for his
New Vars compliment.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20

Mr.. Wilmer L. Porter, local super
intendent of the Equitable Life AS
surance Society of United States,
will please accept our thanks for one
of their beautiful. 1904 calendars,
Children at Play" Mr.. Porter rep
resents one of the best life insurance
companies in the world and is writing
thousands of dollars of business.
During the present month he has
written policies for the Equitable al
ready aggregating over $66,OOO ole
man from New York taking out q
policy on his life for $4,000. Mr..
Porter has a good proposition and he
takes pleasure in telling it to his
friends.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20

Draper photograph gallery open
every Wednesday.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20

Raisins, currants, homlny, buck
wheat, cranberries, all new and good
at Cooper's store, Main and Commerce
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20

The compliments of The Shannahan
& Wrightson Hardware Company,
Easton, Nd, has been received at this
Office in a pretty little calendar en-
titled 1.-The Presidents of tie United
States" The picture gives the like
ness of all the presi6 rs and under
the folds of the American flag are
miniature scenes and reminders of
some great events of history.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20
FOR SALE.

SECONDHAND ORGAN in good eondi-
ton, Pelouebet, Pelton & Co., makers.
Sold on easy terms.
Address Box 800,
Clayton, Del.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20
THE OLD
ChineSeLaundrv

have come back again to take
charge of the old Laundry oppo-
site the Smyrna House on Main
street, and am prepared to do good
Laundry Work of all kinds at
short notice. Work furnished in
three days after being left at my
Laundry.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

short Items OF General InterestlG altered
During the Week.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20

Prof. James E. Carroll, of Dover,
superintendent of Kent county schools
is being talked of by the Methodists
of Dover for the Dover district dele
gate to the General Conference of the
NJ. E. Church which meets at Los
Angeles next May. Professor Car
roll will stand as a candidate before
the lay electoral conference, which
will meet in Dover on March 18, and,
it is understood, will have the support
of the Dover representative, Professor
Wesley Webb, who will not be able
to make the transcontinental trip.
Smyrna times., 1904-01-20

Magistrate Wood, of Dover, last
week awarded Anderson Melvin $3.50
damages against farmer Emory Scot
ten for being compelled to carry six
buckets of water day for ten weeks
from an outside we'll, because Scotten
refused to repair pump at a house
owned by Scotten and occupied by
Melvin. The magistrated adjudged
three cents per bucket as fair price
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-06
! THE COMING 4 ASSESSMENT.
Exemptions Allowed This Year-EyerY
. taxpayer Must be Sworn.

The new tax law makes nochan-
ge with reference to the date for
beginning the assessment As for
merly. the assessment of each indi-
qidual has reference to the amount
of property he possessed on the
1st day of March. Accordingly it
is on that date that each taxpayer
is supposed to make an inventory
of his belongings so that he may
properly fllout theassessment blank
supplied by the ASSESSOR Assessor
Bush has provided himself with the
requisite blanks, and is making pre-
liminary preparations for beginning
work March 1st.'
A practice to be observed this
year is that all taxpayers will be
required to make affidavit tothe list
they prepare oftheir property. The
new law leaves the assessor no. al
tentative in the matter. It reads
as follows:
Every assessor shall require any
person liable to be taxed in his
county to furnish him list of his
real estate situated in his county
liable to taxation, and list of all
his personal property liable to tax
alton in this state, and shall require
such person to make oath that to
the best of his knowledge. and be-
lief such list contains a full and true
account Of all his property liable to
be taxed insuch county, and if any
person shall refuse to furnish such
list, and to swear to the same when
required to DO SO by the assessor,
such person shall forfeit and pay to
the assessor. for the use of the coun-
ty, the sum Of $40, which sum may
be recovered by motion in any court
having Jurisdiction of matters of
debt or contract to the amount of
ST."
A fact in connection with the
above is that the supreme court has
held that the assessor is not bound
to accept the list sworn to by the
taxpayer as true assessment. If
the assessor ascertains that the sta
tement does not include all the
property he may add the missing
property, or make up a new list al
together.
In the new law there is provis-
ion for allowing household. ex-
emptions. The amount to be allow
ed is $500 for every householder.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-06
!
SHE AND He.

From Real Life-The Party Teleph one
Line and Tales it Tells.
It was party telephone line 10
a certain neighborhnod in Corvallis
no matter whe'e. This IS what he
and she actually said:
She, [tenderly)-''Is that you
Sam?"
. - Hs : [grufly] Ives, this is
She, [confdentially and tenderer
still well, this is me.''
He-"Yes."
{ She-tAren't you coming I'D to.
night, Sam?'
He-.'No; am going to bed in
about ten N nutes.''
She-"What makes you so cross
with me. Sam?''
He, [6ercely] ]-"Oh, I amt
cross; the fellows are making SO
much noise can't hear"
She, with great tenderness1- l.
"Are you sick, Sam?"
He-"No, I amt sick. I am
going>lo bed now: goodbye,
She-"Good-b-y e, Sam.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-06
ASTRANGR BIRD.
Sent to PortIand-M Mixture ffchina
Pheasant and American Hen.

A bird that attracted the curious
attention Of every body who saw it.
left Corvallis for Portland by Thurs
days express. It is probably the
only bird of its peculiar kind on
earth. Nobody in this town ever
saw another one just like it. I.
is half China pheasant and half
Brown Leghorn chicken. It looked
neither like the pheasant species,
nor yet like its ancestors on the
other side Of the house. Its bill
was big thing, and was neither
a chicken bill nor pheasants, but
was totally unlike both. About its
neck there were green feathers
somewhat like those On a China's S
neck. but after that one slight simi
larity the resemblance was lost.
The feathers on the body were red
dish brown. The head was large,
but was neither a hens head, a
ROSTERS head; nor yet a China.
There was no ring about the neck,
nor no long feathers in the tail.
When the thing strutted, which it
sometimes did, the tail feathers
spread out in very strange fash
ion. The body was longer than
that of a chicken. and in size the
bird was half as large again as a
China cock. The noise the bird
made when frightened or otherwise
was neither hens ,cackle nor a
china cocks crow, but was a daz-
zling mixture of both. It was a
Strange noise, such as no poultry
fancier, nor no pheasant hunter
ever heard.
The parents Of the bird were a
China cock and a Brown leghorn
hen. It was very handsome in ap-
pearance and was admired by all
who saw it.. It was produced on
one Of the farms adjacent to Corval-
lis. and was sent by Sheriff Burnett
as q present to Sheriff Story of Mul
t, omah County.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-06
GOES AFoor
At Some Points-Carriers on R. F. D.
Routes-Extra Paw for Them,

II
Routes-Extra PaY for Them.
The, patrons of R. F. D. Route
number have pledged the carrier
an aggregate of ST 50 per month,
extra pay. There is some talk to
the effect that the amount will be
further increased. as several patrons
willing to assist have not been seen.
At one point of the road the carrier
ties up his team, and takes it afoot,
This is on the Beaver Greek road
fromFern to the school house, dis
tance of a mile and a half. Another
bad stretch of road On the same rot
te is between Browns bridge and
the Hughes corner, where for half
mile travelling is very difficult. A
stretch Of three miles on the same
road between Muddy and the State
road is most Of the time partly COW
cred with water and in a bad condi-
ton. It is said that little work
in the way of drainage would do
much to better conditions. as the
road is ordinarily knot extensively
used. .i
On Route number 3. the worst ct
the road the carrier encounters is in
Linn County, However, from the
French to the Davis place in Ben
ton on the Odd Fellows cemetery
road there is a stretch where the
carrier ties up his team and cuts
across the country afoot to Davis
Those who have contributed to the
extra fund for the carrier On Route
2 are:
Samuel Whitesides. S. K. Brown,
William Eunson, B. F. Totten. w.
H. McBee. Robert Hughes, S. D.
Hughes, J. H. Hughes. Garret
Long, o. G. Buntin, B. Hansen,
c, Boehringer. T. H. Cooper. G,
Newton. c. c. Huff, o. L Dauis,
J. P. G. Henderson, and H..J.
Hall.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-06
ALL TO MEET.
Next Month-Benton County Road Su-
pervisors-To Unite on Plan for
Best Roads.

All the road supervisors of Ben
ton county are to meet in Corvallis
at the March term of the county
court for a discussion of best roads.
An order summoning all the road
officials to attend was made at this
weeks meeting of the county court.
The meeting is to occur on Thurs
day, the second day of the March
term, and per diem is to be paid
the supervisors. The plan is the
same as that followed by the court
last year. Methods of improve
ments and the requirements of each
district are to be discussed and
other information be exchanged, so
that methodical and systematic
action may be secured.
Such meeting last year is be-
1ieved to have brought about most
favorable results. Linn county,
which has hitherto depended upon
a roadmaster. is adopting the same
plan this year, and a meeting of
supervisors was held in that county
last Wednesday, 1t is believed that
ultimately all the counties in the
state will follow the example that
Benton county has set in this par
ticular.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-06
A RAILROADS ASSESSMENT.
Parcels of Land SO Small That the
Assessment is Only Three Cents.

At the sheriff's cfice yesterday
was &C mpleted the annual and ag-
gravating task of preparing a state
ment of the taxes of the Oregon
and California railroad company
The Job is an Intricate and tediou.
one. The company pays tx OF
$2,53o. 1t is PARTLY on tracks but
much is on lands in the, county.
Some of these lands have been sold
and it is stipulated that the buyer
shall pay the tax. This mskes a
aggregation of the lands necessary.
In scme instances the company
owns as small q tract as
one-sixteenth cfa acre, aud on
this, as we'll as on every tract, some
of an acre and 10 on, the extensions
have to be made and the tax COM
ru'ed, In some instances the am.
cunt of the tax 50 carried out IL but
three cests. The largest instance
in the sass thst the company
pays. is $S7. The whole assess
ment covers no less than five Iages
of the big tax roll. All this makes
the preparation of the. stateme
for the company an arduous ana
delicate task. Sheriff Burnett COM
pleted it yesterday morning, and
the statement went to the company
headquarters;at Portland. yesterday.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-06
IS 1T WAR?

The dispatches Of yesterday are
ominous of war in the far East.
The situation is declared to be crit
ical with little or no hope of peace.
If war comes, it will be the ripe
fruit of 800 years of aggression by
Russia in Asia. In 1881 the fur
fhermost limit of Russia was but
BOO miles east of st. Petersburg.
Little by little, and always at a
time when the world was absorbed
with issues otherwhere, the Rus
sian outposts have been thrown
further and further to the eastward
until the Pacific Ocean has been
reached. While France and Eng
land were stormiug the bastians of
Sebastapol in 1865 the magnificent
valley of Amoor was Russianized.
BY intrigue and diplhmacy the czs
has acquired aNtomahawk right to
Manchuria, which japan tore from
China in the recent struggle be-
tween China and Japan. Eastward
and southwark Russia has been
steadily marching by stealth and
cunning, her encroachments having
continued until japan is at last
driven into a corner where she must
fight or. if the onward march OF
the Slav is kept up, be literally
swept from the face of the earth.
In, short. with its banners of cum
ming and conspiracy, the Russian
empire, if permitted to continue its
aggressions. promises to encircle
Asia and enter her own >domin-
ions again at the Bosporus. If
Japan elects to fight and war comes,
her triumph would be a well de-
served check to nation that is
nothing more nor less than gigan-
tic robber of other nations.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-06
WHAT HE SAID
About Webfoot Women-They Like
Rain-Weather Figures for January.

ADoul "cD1UoA WUMCu- 1uCy Llhc
Rain-Weather Figures for January.
For the first time in about three
weeks, it rained in the early, hours
of Thursday m orning. As usual.
the patter of the rain, upon the roof
had "a remarkably exhilarating. eff
ect on nearly all people. The steets
that had been well nigh deserted at
all times during the dry spell, were
crowded with people when business
places opened. Men stood on the
pavements and watched the rain
come down, apparently bathing
their webs and shaking out their
plumage. Ladies shopped and sour
ried about in the showers as they
hadn't done for weeks. You jes
WATCH" said an old timer: ''the
rainier the day in this town, the
more wimnen yell see on the stree
IS; they like the rain jes like duck
likes water. and they haint happy
or healthy if they don't hev it,"
The rainfall for January was
S Sc inchss. It sweIls the total
rainfall for the five months ending
January 31st to22 Sc inches, which
is about the average. The highest
temper atnre during the month was
Sc degrees, on the nth and 18th.
the lowest was 28 degrees, on the
morning of the 1st. There was
fog seven days and frost on IA
mornings. There were nine, clear
days, five part cloudy and II clou-
dy. Tue number of days on which
one-hundreth of an inch of rain fell
was 16. The greatest rainfall in
"a hours during the month was
LA inches.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-06
Law. REQUIRES IT.
Spraying for San Jose Scale Parties
Who Don't do 1t May be Sued.

Information as to the prevalence
of San Jose scale about Corvallis
continues to be received. The OBJ
noxious pest affects not only fruit
trees, but rose bushes and other
ornamental shrubs. In many in
stances the degenerate condition of
the latter is ascribed by housewives
to other causes when as a matter
Of fact it is Scale. Spraying time
is nearly here. and an important
fact in the matter is that the spray
ing, even where shrubs or fruittrees
are not affected results in healthy
vigorous growth. A further fact
is that people whose trees. are sahec-
ted with Scale are liable to be sued
in the courts. Writing in the Ore
gonian E. L. Smith, president of
the State Board of Horticulture
says:
''The San Jose scale is one of the
most dreaded pests the horticultur
ist has to content with, and its
| presence is constant menace not
! only to fruit trees and nurseries,
but to many of our ornamental
trees and shrubs as well, even
among our forest trees it is suited
! with the willow and alder as with
the cherry and the apple.
| There is no public fund that can
be applied for abating this nui-
sance; nor ought there to be, for it
is the plain duty under the law for
every lot and landowner to keep
his premises clean of injurious in
sects. and if he refuses or neglects
to do so. the horticultural commis-
sioner can have ii done and the
expense Of disinfection will be paid
by the county court and a lien
thereby placed upon his property
for the amount SO paid. To make
this plain. I beg to quote as briefly
as possible some Of the provisions
of section 10, horticultural law.
1896. This section after providing
for notice, declares infested trees a
public nuisance and further recites:
1T shall be the duty Of the board
of horticulture. or the members
thereof in whose district said nui-
sance shall exist, or the secretary
under his or their direction to
cause such nuisance to be at once
abated. by destroying said insects
or pests, of their eggs or, larvae or
by treating or disinfecting the in
fected or diseased articles. The
expense thereof shall be a connty
charge and the county court shall
allow and pay the same out of the
general fund Of the county. Any
and all sums SO paid shall. be and
become lien upon the property
and premises from which said nui-
sance shall have been removed or
abated. in pursuance of this act,
and may be recovered by a suit in
equity against such, property or
premises; which suit to foreclose
such liens shall be brought in the
circuit court of the county where
the premises are situated by the
district attorney, in the name and
for the, benefit of the county max
ing such payments HERS.
This course has been pursued
in Union county; the court prom pit
iy paid the bills and liens were
thereby created on the land"
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-06
DR.. G. II. NEWTH,
Physician & Surgeon
Philomath. Oregon.
.IrcH-RINGwoRM.

E. T. Lucas, Wingo, KY. writes. April
25th, 1902: For 10 to IL years I hs d
been afflicted with a ma1ady known as
the itch The itching was most unbear-
able; had tried for years to find relief,
having tried all remedies could hear of,
besides number of doctors. I wish to
stale that one single appHcationof Bal
lard's Snow Liniment cured me COM
.pletely and permanently. Since then I
I have used the 1iuiment on two separate
occasions for ringwerm and it cured COM
ple,ely. 25c, soc and $I.oo.- Sold by
Graham & Workman.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-06
Nineteenth Century Education.


Hurry the baby as fast as you
can,
Hurry him., worry him, make
him man; =
Off with his baby clothes, get
him in pants,
Feed him on brain foods and
make him advance.
Hustle him, soon as he's able to
walk,
Into grammar school, cram
him with talk;
Fill his poor head full of figures
and facts,
Keep on a ja'aming them in till
it cracks.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-06
Notice for Publication,
Timber Land Act June 8, 1873.
United States Land Office,
oregon City, Oregon,

January, 18th 1904.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions Of the act of Congress June
1878, entitled ,.An act for the sale Of timber
lands in the states Of California. Oregon, Ne
yada and washington Territory as extended
to all the Public Land States by act Of August
4. 1892, Barney I. Carey of Falls City, county Of
POLK, state Of Oregon; has this day fled in this
once his sworn statement No 63l1, for the pur-
chase of the Lots & OF Section No 2 in Towr-
ship No 10 s, Range No West, and will offer
proof to show that the land sought is more val
liable for Its timber or stone than for agricul.
turai purposes, and to establish his claim to
said land before Victor p Moses. Clerk Of Ben
ton County, at Corvallis, Oregon, on Wedneday,
the 3Oth day of March. 1904.
He names as, witnesses.
Jacob L, HenkIe of Philomath, Oregon,
John W, Hyde "
Frank Spencer
Mfcnael ffynn '. si'-.s* 81 Pc.
Any and ali persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file
their claims in this office on or before said 30th
day Of March 1904
Algernon s. Dresser.
Register
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-06
For Sale.

Bright cheat and rye grass hay, vetch,
spelts, timothy, and rye grass seeds,
Poland China hogs, Shropshire rams
Good, bright vetch straw, fresh from
the barn, for sale at reasonable prices.
IT. LII Brooks,
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-02-06
Sherifs Sale.

r Sher1H Sale.
On the 18th day of February. 1904, at the
hour of one O'Clock p. m. at the front door of
the Court House, in the City of Corvallis, Ben
ton county, State of Oregon, will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder. for cash
in hand, the following described real estate,
towit: Lot number u, in Block number 8, in
County Addition to the City of Corvallis, in
Benton County, Oregon. Said sale is made
under an execution and order OF sale. in my
hands issued ut of the Circuit Court of the
of Mary H. Whftby, Plaintiff. and against John
M Osburn and William Groves, defendants,
proceeding to foreclose of certain mort
age.
Dated this Jan 16, 1904,
NJ, P. BURNETT,
Sheriff OF Benton County, Oregon,