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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-11

with the lantern-RelIben Gedges-step-
ping forward; give US your handv'
He was holding ont his own. when
sprang up, set the pistol close to his chest
and fired. His scream mingled with the
roar of it, and dropping the lantern. he
threw up his hands and tumbled in a
heap At the same moment out went the
light, and the other rascals. dropping De-
ma, rrn'd to run, crying. "Sold-sold.
But behind them came now a shout
from Billy, and a crashing blow that
almost severed Black Dicks arm at the
shoulder; and at the same instant l was
on Master Toys cellar, and had him
down in the dust Kneelins on his chest,
with my sword point at his throat, / had
leisure to glance at Billy, who in the
dark seem'd to be sitting on the head OF
his disabled victim And then felt a
touch on my shoulder, and dear face
peerd into mine.
rs it Jack-iny sweet JackY
'''ro be sure" said | land if You but
reach out your hand, l will kiss it, for
all thar I'm busy with this rogue"
Nay. Jack. I'll kiss thee on the cheek
so! Dear lad, | am so frightened, and
yet coul. laugh for joy
But nov l caught the sound of gallop-
inS on the road above, and shouts, and
then more galloping; and down came "A
troop of hOrsemen that were like to have
ridden over us, had l not shouted Justify,
who in the fiend's name is hertT'
shouted the foremost. pulling IN his horse
with a scramble.
Honest men and rebels together" l
answered; but light the lantern that
You will find handy by, and you shall
know one from tother'
BY the time twas found and lit, there
was dozen of Colonel John Digby' 5
dragoons about us: aud before the t~'2
villains were bound, comes A-.h dozen
more, Leading in Captain Settle, that had
taken to his heels at the first blow and
climb'd ii hin. all lied as he was, and
was caught Il his endeavor to Chamber
on Molly's back. 81 he and Black Dick
and Jeremy Toy were strapp'd up; but
Reuben Gedges we left on the road for a
corpse.
But as We were ready TO start, and l
was holding Della steady on Molly
back, up comes Billy and bawls in my
ear:
There's second horse, if wanted,
that | spied tether'd under hedge youn-
der'--and he pointed to the field where
we had first found Captain Settle-"in
color a sad black. an harness'd like as if
he came from a cart"
| lookd at the captain, who in the
light of the lantern blink'd again. Thou
bloody yillainy" muttered l, for now l
read the tragedy of the wagon beside the
road, and knew how Master Settle had
PROVIDED a horse for his own escape.
But hereupon the word was given. and
we started up the hill, walking by De
las stirrup and listening to her talk as
if we had never been parted-yet with
tenderer joy, having by loss of it
learn'd to appraise nay happiness Alright.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-11
CHAPTER xxty

The great gate stood open. drove
straight into tie bright-lit yard. shouting
Delias-where is DehaT
Here" cah'd a voiee: and from
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-09-08
Mrs. Mary Clearinghouse.

Some time back Mrs. Mary
Clearinghouse suffered a stroke Of
paralysis from which it is thought
she never fully recovered. This,
together with old age is suppos-
ed to have caused her death,
Sunday, in the forenoon at her
home about a mile from Monroe.
She was aged 7o years at the
time of death.
Mrs. Clearinghouse is reputed
to have been one of the wealth
lest people in her section during
life--her possessions consisted
mainly of large tracts of land.
She was one of Benton's early
pioneers. She had one daughter,
Mrs. Fannie Starr, who survives
her, and who was with her when
she died.
The fune1al was from the resi-
dence and the services were con-
Quoted by Rev. M. M. Waltz.
Interment was made at Monroe
cemetery.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-09-08
To Search for Son.

Hon. G. B. Crosno, of Toledo.
collector Of customs at Yaeuina
Bay, passed through Corvallis.
Wednesday, enroute to Grants
Pass. He recently received word
to the effect that his son had been
lost in the mountains of that
section for some days.
The son had been working
there for some time in the
capacity of a timber cruiser and
is reputed to be a good noun
taineer. Mr.. Crosno was not
alarmed that his son had lost his
way, but feared he had met with
some serious accident. Immedi-
ately after reaching Grants Pass,
Mr.. Crosno intended to form a
searching party and seour the
mountains for his son.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-09-08

rs
Prof. I. NJ. Glenn, Of the U. Of O.
Eugene, visited Corvallis friends
during the week.
Miss Effie Brown, of Dallas, has
accepted a position as saleslady at
the establishment of F. L. Miller.
Will somebody have the kind
ness to define the difference between
diplomacy and horse-trading? .
Jaspar Hayden and Agnes Cath
cart, both Of Alsea, were married
Wednesday. Rev. S. N. Wood per-
formed the ceremony.
There will be no services in the
First Methodist church next Sun
day, but the following Sabbath they
will worship at the Congregational
church.
There was not a large audience
out to hear the Evolutionary recital
given Tuesday evening in the M
E. church, South, by Misses Nina
and Ethel Young, but those in at
tendance speak highly Of theil
work.
Services at the Christian Church
next Sunday will be as follows
Sunday school at 10 a. M; preach
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-09-08
In HIS GRAVE.
Funeral of Late Clyde Tharp-
Further Details of the
Accident.

An immense throng of people
attended the funeral of the late
Clyde T harp which occurred al
3 O'Clock Saturday afternoon, the
services being conducted at the
Bellfountain cemetery, where the
remains were inferred. There
was no sermon, but short, i'm.
pressive addresses were made by
Rev. and Mrs. E. H. Belknap
and Rev. M. M. Waltz. A choir
composed of Mrs. M. M. Waltz,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Edwards,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Belknap,
Mrs. Clinton Reese, Wilbur
Starr, Mrs. Bane and Miss Alice
Edwards rendered several beauti-
full selections.
There were many choice floral
pieces, the grave being complete
| ly hidden from view by roses and
other cut flowers. The Grange
members were present in body,
and by them the grave was lined
with white cloth and the casket
covered with fir boughs, both
colors emblematic of the order.
Mr.. Tharp was bora Is years
ago within half a mile of the
spot where, on last Friday he
met his death. Direct informa-
tion from the neighborhood gives
further details of the tragic oc-
currence. It seems that Mr..
Tharp had just left the gravel pit
with his wagon loaded, and had
started down a steep hill, when
the man digging in the pit heard
Tharp's horses running away.
Following at run. the man
found Tharp nearly buried in
gravel, and mashed and blood
stained almost beyond semblance
to human being. Gravel was in
the eyes, nose and mouth, and
the left side of the body was SO
crushed that the heart and lung
were nearly torn away.
The front end-gate to the
wagon was found to be out, and
by some it is thought that the
end-gate broke and that the
gravel began falling, taking Mr..
Tharp with it and Tightening
the horses into run. Just how
the terrible affair began will,
however, probably remain a
mystery.
The parents, the wife and one
child, three years old, are the
immediate survivors. There is
universal sympathy for the
bereaved ones.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-09-08

ing at Il, subject, "Seeing God.'
7. ?. s. G. E. at 6:30; preaching
at 7:3O, subject, SIN Christ.
Blackledge, leading wall pape,
dealer. 3Ot.
There will be services at Ply
mouth at three o'clock.
DIR. M. M. Davis and family are
home from the bay where they
passed pleasant summer.
Largest line of mat ting in coun.
ty at Blackledges. 3Oti
License to we'd was issued at the
court house yesterday to Chas. NJ
Woodruff and Miss Mabel J. Cooper
W. M. Griggs and wife expect to
leave in about ten days for Laurel,
Neb. They are selling their house.
hold effects.
Get your wood-oak or fir OF
T. A. Kline. 1t will keep you
warm this winter. 72tf
Accompanied by her SOD, Ken
meth, Mrs. Laura Ireland, of Bell
ingham, Wash is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. F. Berchtold. Mrs. Ire
land is graduate of OAC, being
the only surviving member of the
class OF '87.
For Sale--One 3-piece bedroom
suite, cupboard, 1 dining table, 1
small cook stove with reservoir
all new and cheap. w. M. Griggs,
near G & E Crossing. 74-5
Thomas Stacy and Miss Gather
inc Hanson were welded in Albany
Wednesday, and drove to this city
that evening. Mr.. Stacy holds a
position with J. R. Smith g. Co., of
this city. The young people occupy
the W. P. Miner residence on River
street.
Baptist Church-Sunday school
and usual services on Sunday.
Morning subject, Lest we forget"
evening, Harvest Thoughts"
Hearty welcome for all.
The Fall term in the Corvallis
Business College will open Septem-
Der 25th. English, Business, Short
hand and Typewriting will be given
with Penmanship. Address I. E.
Richardson, President, Albany,
Oregon. "a
Presbyterian Church, NJ. S.
Bush pastor. Bible school at 1C:OO
a. m.;; Worship 11:00 a. M, sub
jeet, THE Almond Blossom and
the Cross" G. E. meeting at $50;
Evening service at 7:30, subject,
The Blessed Avenues to God"
Note change of time In evening
service.
Don't forget that we are head
quarters for Graphophones and
Records. We have Just received a
new lot of Columbia Disc and Cy
Under Records. Also a lot of the
American Blue Records-the best
made. Graham & Wells. 7Otf
Miss Anita Harkins, now of
Loomis, Wash, is expected to ar
rive in Corvallis, tomorrow. She is
a granddaughter of Mrs. c. F.
Grefftz and for many years lived
with the latter in this city. but is
now with her father at Loomis.
She will visit friends here until
Monday.
Mrs. E. J. Taylor and family
arrived in Corvallis, yesterday
afternoon from Hollister. California.
They will occupy the Presbyterian
manse. Mrs. Taylor was here last
spring and her ability as vocalist
was recognized during her visit here.
She intends devoting her time to
teaching vocal music.
To Paint or not Paint? is the
question many house owners are
now puzzling over. Very likely if
you knew the very low prices at
which we are selling high grade
paints and oils you would decide 10
paint. We have everything you
need for any painting joo, large or
small. Graham & Wells. 7Osf
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-09-08
Attacked BY a Mob.

and beaten, in labor riot, until cover
ed with sores, Chicago street car con-
ductor applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve,
and was soon sound and we'll. 81 use it
in my family" writes G. J. Welch, of
Tekonsha, Mich, land find it perfect" I"
Simply great for cuts and burns. Only
25c at Allen & WoodHard's drug store.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-09-08

Our Ladies, Misses and Chill
drens CIoa ks, Jackets and Rain
Coats have arrived. Latest New
York styles. Call and see.
72-5 j. M. NOLAN & SON
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-09-08
Additional Local.

See Blackledge for furniture, etc.
26
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-16
should he Made Three Stories.

Birmingham Ledger.
 After looking at the plans for the enlargement of the capitol The Ledger Is disposed to think that the plan se- with the original building than the second and third plans. It is charged that the Supreme Court did not want three floors in the wing they claim as theirs. This makes the plan discord. and it should be made three stories. like the old capitol The walls are high enough, and there need be only this change. which will not lessen the space allotted to the court.
 The Supreme Court took charge of the matter, as it had technical right to do, but in SD doing 1t took the matter out of the hands of the commission. That is not right, but what is the com delay until after the legislature meets. It will probably yield.
 It is a funny situation. The law gave the Supreme Court judges a vote with the commission in the wing in tended for the court. There being missioners, they took the matter out of the hands of the commission and over ruled it. In other words the gentle men who were provided with votes that they might have voice in the arrange ment of their court room and offices, took the whole matter In charge and left the commission "out doors"
 That, however, does not affect the ar chtecture of the building. The plan accepted by the Supreme Court and put upon the commission is in harmony with the architecture of the main building, with its classic straight lines If it were made three stories or sim tie objection from the people of the State
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-16
A Panama Canal Problem.
Brooklyn Eagle. .'--

BrOOkiyn EaSle
 River vex the constructors of the Pan anna Canal. In ordinary seasons, the river is barely navigable to small dug ndeea 9a n dry ssasom tSs bed may serve as a promenade, if one is careful to avoid the holes where the pools form. But in the wet season. minutes. this singular river becomes 2 raging. uncontrolled power. foreefui. overwhelming. sweeping everything of sediment which is deposited. on the lower reaches. Uncontrolled, this riv-- CT, at such times. will fill in the canal @ as fas penfs psues of ress s kes ao oe cur on the occasion of any severe trop- ical shower, just as 1t is reported 1t did a few weeks ago. wipins out the work of six months in twenty min- utes.
 The control of this river and its d. version into a new course Is the great Panama Canal problem. The plans of dam of eightyfive feet level and di- version of course to the PaGihc. at the enormous cost of $36,O00.oOe Ameri- can engineers have doubted whether the canal would be adequately protect ed if these French plans were execut- ed Something more than control IS water for the use of the canal in the dry season. Within the past year new surveys have been completed by Amer lean engineers and the announcement Is now made that the floods can be con- trolled and storage of water secured by a dam at an elevation of 1S5 feet
 Credulity is not strained In a con templatton of such huge dam. It is not beyond engineering possibilities. It follows. of course, that holder which is to resist the weight and tha power thereof of at least 1so feet depth of water must be of Gibraltar like construction. Therefore. credulity is strained when an attempt Is made to accept the accompanying statement that the new plan can be executed at an approximate saving of $21 1.00O.0O0 from the French estimate. Doubts must arise, If not as to the means by which control can be accomplished. then as to the expense.
 In the meantime 1t Is beginning to dawn on the public mind that the cost of the Panama Canal Is likely to far exceed the most generous estimate. These new plans for controlling the Chagres River will doubtless he laid before the international board of con suiting engineers when organized The judgment of that board IS to this riv- CT. and as to the other question-the necessity of stone retaining walls through all the cuts-will be awaited with unusual interest. In its determi- nation will. proba bly, be found the an- swer to the new question: Will the canal cost s250 100000 or $1.00o.0 .000.- 900?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-16
THE cnAaRrs nIvrn OBSTACLE.

THE CHAGREs RIvDR OBSTACLE.
 In another place on this page will be found an article from The Brooklyn Eagle relating to another of the ob- stacles which seem to be accommodating In the way of canal building at Pan anna. The Chagres River rises East of the canal route as now contemplated, crossing that route and emptying into the Caribbean Sea at Chasres. Like all mountain rivers its overhows are sudden and violent, and. a. stated in The Eagle article. would be a constant menace to the canal and to its naviga- tion.
 To build a dam which will control that river and divert it's waters into the Gulf of Panama Is the project con- tsmplated now. according to the ar- ticle quoted. Nobody but an experi- enced engineer can even form an ap- proximate idea of what 1t means to construct a safe dam 1s5 feet high. The pressure of water against such a dam will be almost incalculable. and The Eagle well says that it must be of Gi- braltar-like construction. Nothing but the rock of Gibraltar could be safely depended on to withstand the weight that will be against it when the river is at it's highest. And if. after the dam and the canal are completed. the dam should give way and precipitate many billions of cubic feet of water into the canal no one can even guess at the damage that would ensue.
 As to the cost of such a dam and other work in connection with 1t there seems to be a strange difference of Judgment or opinion. If French engt- neers decided that the cost of an eighty foot dam would be $3s,800,000. 1t is hard to conceive that American engineers can build an 1S0-foot dam for $s.000,- 900. In short, the Americans calculate to do more than double the work at one-fourth the cost. We well remem- Der the charges of gross mismanage- ment connected with the De Lesseps scheme, but it Is hard to conceive that the French engineers 50 greatly over- estimated the cost of the Chagres dam as the figures given would indicate.
 This is one of the difnculties in the oath of the canal builders, and 1t seems to be one about which very little has heretofore been said. It is evident that this obstacle must be overcome before the canal can be a success, and we think that the expenses and dificu!ties of the project have not yet been esti- mated. much as has been written on the subject.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-16
SUNDAY, JULY 1e, IDo5.
A JUST DECISION.

The New York Times gives some de- tails of a case recently decided by the Supreme Court of North Carolina which is of interest to the lot owners in all towns and cities of the country. The case came up from Asheville' where MT. Brown sued the Electric Lighting Company for damages for cutting down a shade tree standing on the outer edge of his walk. The jury in the lower court gave him a verdict for $499, and The Times continues:
 Of course the case was appealed. but the Judgment of the State supreme cour as Sy The that Wse the city had the power, under Its char ter, to control streets and sidewalks and to remove Instructions when nee. essary, 1t did not. when it condemned land for highway purposes, acquire title to the land. but merely right of way over it.. so that the plaintiff was thority given the city to permit the erection of poles and wires over the street merely authorized the city to grant franchises subject to the rights of abutting property owners. and an electric light company appropriatins any rights of such owner must make compensation. It therefore followed
 
 sidewalk could not be cut down by an electric company without compensating the owner Before the company could acquire the right to cut tree 1t must show that such cutting was necessary, the mere convenience of removing the tree in erecting poles and wires not being enough to Justify 1t in making the removal.
 This Is & thoroughly common sense decision, and we repeat that 1t Is of interest to every owner of lot in any city. It is a decision which should be repeated by every court in the Union. The idea is entirely too prevalent that because the authorities of a city have the power to regulate and police streets and sidewalks for purposes of drain age, sanitation and improvements. that 1t also has a right to despoil the prop srty of individuals by cutting down ol mutilating shade trees. or that 1t car give corporations the power to do so The citizen himself has some rights 1T North Carolina which the city car neither take from him nor authoriz' others to do it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-16
A REAL OLD ONE.


 There Is in New York Russian who has recently celebrated his one hun dredth birthday. He gives lot of ad- vice about how to live, winding up with when you reach the age of ninety do as you please" Now we call that real nice in tn cold boy. and we presume he speaks from experience. We must be regular and temperate in diet, sleep, habits and most other things for ninety years. then take the bridle of and pull the throttle wide open. The presump- tion Is that a man who has held him. self in for such long period Is entitled to have his fling for few years, or else we are to suppose that at ninety he has so fortified himself that he can defy disease and the doctors.
 But there Is one thing about this case that rather upsets us. because 1t seems to negative his own rules. That is the fact, as detailed by The Indianapolis Star, that for nearly all of his life he has been drunk and smoked heavily. Even yet he hits the booze' at rate that is positively sinful and gets away with several big. black cigars and box of Russian cigarettes every day. Thus is the mans life more or less Of a paradox. and we would not dare to attempt a reconciliation of its anomai- ous phases. The spectacle of a hard drinker and tobacco 'fiend rounding out a hundred years and still hale and hearty is one that must be explained by the W. c. T. U. and the bon vivants. each in their own way"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-16
Cetter< to tbe Gdftor
No AlteFnatea.

Editor The Advertiser:
 I don't know why the primary cleo ton must take up the business of un- dertaker.
 For one, I shall vote for no alter nate United States Senator, as 1 value decency. If there be 2 q, eandiaa,s ndim.rr TOT ed help him do his duty in appointing a Senator. let him tell out in public what other duties of the once he would shirk If he could am puzzled to know how we ,s shall all That's all we, the voters, have to do the primary does the balance
 The primary candidate as things now stand has only to hunt up the space filler in the morning gazette. put his hls book and behold a candidate before the primary!
 There Is small chance in the present machinery for the voter with opinions to cultivate.
 Let us try to concoct some scheme by which the voters may determine who shall go before the primary and all the troubled waters will subside;
 JJnterrified.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-16
< Possible Anomaly.

selma lllllPS.
 Something of the attitude in which the judges of the Supreme Court have placed themselves in the capitol inn provemcnt matter can be seen by sup posing not improbable case. If the commission should feel itself bound to go to work upon the building according to the Lockwood plans and some of the thousands of citizens who think those plans discreditable to the State should appeal tn the courts to stop the work the appellate court of the State would be disqualified from hearing an appeal II is pretty certain that some such ac- ton would be promptly taken If work was ever commenced under the plans adopted The people feel that their delegated authority has wholly miscar- ried in this matter and they will not quietly submit to what they feel to be unwarranted action of the judges. There seems to be a disposition to let the matter drift along for the present without further action, but that course Is objec ectionable in the extreme. The people desire the capitol improvements made. their representatives have mada