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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07
From the Pilgrim.

From the Pilgrim.
The salary OF the woman buyer 4
often exaggerated. bur as a matter OF
fact II varies very much according to
the department and the demands made
upon IL. Many OF them get $40 a week
or s., 900 n year, and here n there In
one who gets "A salary OF $4,000 and
Sc. 900 n year. Hut while some have large
pay. there are more who hnve not.
There seems To be n tendency TO the
subdivision OF departments. and as n
buyer under these conditions requires
less wide experience, rs well rs less
administrative ability. the pay Is not
as large. For instance. some stores
have "a separate department for corsets.
another for baby clothes u "a third for
underwear; While one firm makes still
another distinction with It's department
OF imported lingerie. On the other hand
one store has all these In one depart
ment with "a woman who n one or the
ablest buyers In her city at It's head
The work OF the regular department
buyer includes not only the supplying
OF stock. but the oversight OF the whole
department. the care Of the stock and
the superintendence OF n help. aud the
latter. where the department IL large.
II an important feature OF the work.
There IL one who has had az
many az eighty girls working under
her at one time. The buyers. as a rule.
cultivate very pleasant relations with
the help. As business women they real
lze that the best OF their lives IN spent
with the girls" because they can SYM
pathize with them I'm the h%ardships OF
store life. they take advantage CT many
opportunities for kindness. The good
buyer has the welfare OF her depart
ment very much nj heart. and this
makes her particular about many
things. IL Is needful. too. hat her help
be well trained. The designing of new
goods IN usually one OF the duties OF
the buyer, as Il In also her work to-
keep informed ON all new styles. II
r. surprising how. eve In the depart
ment OF underwear. there Is so much
change and variety.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07

I've prfc0 " AWE.
From On, Minneapolis Journal
"Hcrc. Togo: come here. sir"
Togo want n cracker?'
"Hurrah! Hurrah. Togo wins. Togo
by a neck"
"Drat that Togoi"
Remarks like the above are already
20 b heard occasionally and soon they
viii DO common. the first I'm application
TO q dog. the C TO n parrot. the
third TO n winning. the fourth to q
losing rae horse.
When Admiral Dewey won the battle
Of Manila bay n million dogs and cats
and horse were named after him. and
Dewey. don't kiss me-" or Come SIT
on my lap, Dewey" or what beautiful
thin legs Dewey has" were sentences
to be heard everywhere. but nov
many OF these animals are dead. and
the remainder are Toe old to get about.
ana thus Dewey. as an animals name.
no longer strikes the ear.
Japan's famous victory n bound TO
make Admiral Togo's name. with Its
martial. staccafo sound. popular among
animals. Part of the price that the
yellow seaman In To pay for his fame
will be the echoing through the world
OF phrases like Dear little Togo" and
Come. drink rot milk. Togo" and
did the bad. bad man kick Togo"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07

The discontentcd man IL often his
own cloud raiser and sunshine ob-
scurcr.
Harsh criticisms OF neighbors gencr-
ally arises from seif-consciousness Of
like defects.
Nothing 80 disturbs the devotions OK
n woman as the fact that her neigh
two.
Marriage Is n failure to people who
are failures.
II In the deepest furrowing I'm soils
and minds that brings about the best
results Of harvests.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07
The Ooeoocoo.

According TO n writer In the Sunset
Magazine the original Indian name OF
the wild turkey was "oocoocoo," which
was the Indian attempt To reproduce
'the notes peculiar to the flock when
summing themselves I'm perfect content
on the river beaches" Our homestead
ed turkey was developed from the
Mexican wild turkey. IL was intro
duced In Europe I'm the 10th century.
where IL received the name OF turkey"
from the notion that q came
from Turkey.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07
Sold at all druggists. zoe per boz.


New York World: President Harper
denies with more or less heat the report
that the doxology In no longer sung at
the University OF Chicago. The report
was crudcly untrue. Everybody knows
that the students version OF the dox
oiogy In stiil the favorite hymn OF thu
university. IL runs In this fashion:
Praise John from whom oil blessings now.
Praise him oil creatures hero below:
Praise him oil OF ye heavily host:
Praise William some. but John the mostt
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07

&C that they will % strike against the
roof and to protect them from rain and
storm n hos comes down from the roof
projecting over the front tho entire length
cf The house. The entrance In made quite
large and IL on one end OF the house. This
IL arranged no that n door may be let
down at night and. II desired. locked. be-
Ing held In place during the day by a wire
and two eye screws. IL designed for fowls
the roosts may be made lower and n por-
ton OF the back side OF the house boarded
up 10 cut OF a portion OF tho ventilation.
The iilustra ton plainly shows the plan
" this house which IL 20 Desirable.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07
pox.er~ That prex.

n fellow ooks to me like a profess
stonal criminal
why. that's Bishop Blotter."
lis that so? Well. anyhow. he's one OF
the powers that pray
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07
The General Inpression.

Puck: PA. what IN q miser?"
"A miser, my son, H. "A man who
won't lend you his money without
good security"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07

Mr.. Holdusc-So: I won't buy you
that new dress.
Mrs. Holdtite-All right then. I'll 20
tn all the temperance meetings I hear
OF. In old clothes. and people Will think
the reason I don't dress m better 10
because you are drinking.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07

The forest reserve system I'm Colorado
now includes near 1.0O0. 600 acres. nearly
double the amount found In any other
state la the union.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07
MOVABLE HOUSE FOR TURKEYS

Following along the line OF
advanced an thcs. columns many times In
favor OF keeping the poultry on the AM.
as late in the fall as possible. the reader
will be interested In the movable poultry
house here described. The runners are
formed by the fastening together OF two
heavy planks ms the ends arc trimmed 80
as TO turn upward n trine. Then a hole IL
bored through the end OF each runner
through which n chain may be slipped TO
bc attached To a whifie-tree so hat when
tho horse IL ttRched the house may be
drawn TO any portion OF the range desired.
The house may bc made any dimensions
desired. six by eight feet or eight by ten
feet. being the average size. When made
for the use OF turkeys only the sides are
Of solid lumber. the backs and ends be-
Irg covered with strong wire netting to
permit free ventilation. The roosts are
placed as high as Is possible for turkeys
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07
A FREE BOX

Send this coupon With your name and I'D.
dress and druggists name who does sUf sell
u lof a free boz OF Mall's Ant-Beleh Waters
90
MULL's GRAPE TONIC CO, Third Ave
Rock Island. III.
Gre Fall <isyeIs and Wyssr PLsisiy
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07
INVESTIGATE HAND SEPARATIONS

When local conditions are such that 10
pays 10 take the mlik to n creamery then
Il may be policy To n the cost OF n hand
separator. but where n has worked on
this plan for n number Of years and COTTON
but little out OF "a the han separator
question ought to interest them. Here
are some OF the advantages Of this ma
chine OF which there are several reliable
makes on the market. There In no vast
ing OF the butter fat as when the separa-
ton r. lone by hans In the old fashioned
way. You get the warm sweet milk to
feed TO swine and poultry instead OF cart
tx home n lot OF mis.ed skim milk from the
creamery as now. The amount OF butter
you can make and sell will not a much
greater return h will be received from
the creamery. We believe that 81 one has
six cows or moro and a lot OF poultry or
swine that the cost OF the machine 2Ill
bo saved In the value OF the sweet milk
for feeding purposes saying nothing a. all
about the Increased value OF the butter
product. Better look into tho matter.
frlcad.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07

In the halter ring. when the horse pulls
back the rope tightcas around tho body
and pulls him back 40 that after n few
trials he gives up the plan. To prevent the
ropo from making h back OF the horse
sore make a soft pad OF several thickness
80 OF new unbieached muslin covered on
the outside with a piece Of denim or any
equally strong. clean material. Make small
straps OF some OF the material and sew 10
tho pad. the rope passing underneath
these loops. The illustration shows the
idea plainly. ngure ! indicating the shap-
ing OF the pad ut the center scam.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-07
CURING LimsER e c

The writer In ono OF The poultrymcn who
does not tcmporiEe with thu disease
known as llmborneck. but cuts on the
heads of the animals when u II discovered
and burics the carcass. Possibly. n we
had a less number OF birds we woul not
take such drastic measures. but We FAN
not AFFORD to take any chances. Usually
limbcrncck In contracted by eating spoiled
meat In which the eggs OF maggots arc
concealed. These are taken into the crop
and they AFFECT the brain 20 that the bird
~staggcrs and twists It's neck. hence the
name. The turpcntine remedy Is a good
ono and were our nocks smaller we would
use u. II consists OF pouring n tablespoon
ful OF turpcntine into the crop and then
Immediately after several tnblcspoonsful
OF water as warm as the fowl can stan
u. Hold the head OF the fowl up and with
the hand work tho crop around as much
ms possible. Then let The fowl eject as
much OF this as II n and then MI tho
crop as full OF warm water as possible.
hold the fowl by the feet. head downward
and work out as muc OF tho contents OF
the crop as possible. Fli the crop again
and n third time II necessary In order that
NIL Of the maRgots and eggs may be eject
ed. The stun that comes from the crop
should be buried so hat no other fowls
can get at Il N thux contract the dis
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30
Notice to Property Owners of Pro
posed Street Improvement.

vo.iae i. !terztsxse r ves ,tat- tlaa. Common
Council i The City of Corvallis viii by virtue
of q resolution PASSED on the u b day of Jul e,
1905, improve the following parts of the fol-4
as near the center as pTa ticable layer of
gravel as follows, one cubic yard to each five
and one-half lineal feet, said gravel to be
spread six feet in width. And that the cost of
squares shall be paid for by the property adj
jacent to and benefited by said Improvement
Van Buren, street from the west side of
18th street westerly to the east side OF county
road leading past the West side OF wilkins
Addition to the City of Corvallis.
Harrison street from the west side of 4th
street westerly to the east side Of railroad
track on 9th street
Madison street from west side of Sth street
westerly to the east side OF railroad track on
9Th street.
south street from the center of 9th street
or road known as the county read leading
from Corvallis to the Polk county line Wester-
ly to the east side of county road leading past
the west side OF Jobs Addition to the City OF
Corvallis.
Oak street from the center of Jefferson
street southerly to the north side of railroad
track leading from Corvallis to Peilomath;
Oak street from the south side OF railroad
track leading from Corvallis to Philomath
southerlv to sthe north side of county road
leading from Corvallis TO PhilDmath.
To the owners of the property adjacent TO
and subject TO assessment for the improve
ment of the above-named parts of the above
| named streets, you are required If you have
any objection to the proposed improvements to
file said objections in writing with the police
judge within twenty days from the 9th day
of June, 1905, said date being the final publica-
tion of this notice.
Given under my ha1d and seal OF the city OF
| Corvallis this 18th day of June, 1905.
E P. GREFFOZ,
Police Judge of the City of Corvallis.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30
SUMMIT.

We are to celebrate the ..4th of July in
an appropriate manner, 7. T. Vincelt
is to deliver the ..oration. z Music by the
band, basket dinner and good time gen
orally. Come Eup ard hear tie easle
scream.
Mrs. Frank Miller was called by phone
to the bedside OF her father at King
Valley, Saturday evening. He is suffer
ing with biilhts disea> e.
Mr.. Eakin, the pur, haser of the Gus .
Winkler ranch, arrived, Thursday, With
his family. Mr..Winkle aud family will
spend the snmmer in Eastern Oregon.
Jesse skasgs, while peeling logs in a
Luekiamuie logging curnp. WAS 50 untel-
tiiila as to receive severe cut in his ley.
His mary II, ends are anSiously v ws.iti1 :
to hear Of IS condition.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30
Reeisfeatiea of Laad Tir,e.

In the Circuit Court of the ssate OF Oregon f,sr
Benton county. =
In the matter of the Application of 5. S.
Train ard ]. r. Whitney. Applicants
and Plaintiffs, to register III : title to the
North half; the Southeast quarter; an
and the North half of the southwest q;a7-
ter of Section q; aud the North half; the
Southeast quarter: and the East half OF
the Southwest quarter of Section So all in
Township 10 South, Range West of the
Willamette Meridian IN Benton County.
Oregon;
j. A Bottger, Sol. King and The Coast Land &
Live Stock Company, corporation, Defendants
To all whom it may concern, Take nctlee:
That on the q day of june a. D., 1905, an ai-.
plicatlon was fled by said S. S. Train and j. Z
Whitney, IN the Circuit Court of Benton County,
Oregon for initial registration of the title OF the
land above described
Now, unless you appear or before the goth day
Of July A. D., 1906 and show cause why such ap
plication shall not be granted, the same will be
taken as confessed and decree will be entered ac
cording to the prayer of the application, and you
will be forever barred from oisputing the same.
fseall
PERCY r. KELLY, VICTOR 2. MOSES,
Applicants Attorney. Clerk.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30
ODD INDUSTRIES OF PARIS.
The Members of the Ragpickers' So
ciety Often Find Rich Prizes
in Their Search.


The ramasser de mutt is the hum
blest member of the ragpieker's'
corporation. He is generally a
laborer out of work, and colIects#
whatever he can find and judges
salable, from scrap Of paper or
an orange peel to dilaTisated
stove. Take old boots, for exanl-
pie, says the Pail Mall Gazette.
However bad, they have market
value, for they always contain i'll
the instep one sound piece that
can serve again, and gener,;3lffs
two or three more at the heel ana
at the back. Old provision tins.
again, are full of money; the lead
soldering can be removed and
melted into cakes while the tin
goes to make children's toys.
There are about 5000 Of this class
Of night birds in Paris. Another
quaint night bird is the "guardiai
angel" The guardian angel" is /:
person attached to the establish
ments of some mastroquets-iow
barkeepers- and certain public
houses for the purpose of LOOKING
litter the safety Of drunken Gus
Soners. He accompanies them
to their homes, defends them il
ease OF need, as often as not has tt
put them in bed, and leaves ttcis
3nly when they are without thp.
each of mischief. He earns abou
50 cents a day. Cases are also OF
.ecord where grateful drunkardS
lave remembered the "ange,0 Il
heir wills. To return the coapli
nent, the Sangel" has inyes4et
:ane of his funds in the purehss.
If a barrow, the object of which
$ but too obvious.
An important night bird is the
member of the guild des pattes
:1louiliees. He deals in tobacco
manufactured from stumps of ci
sars and cigarettes picked up ii.
he street, and holds assizes on The
lace Maubert, the statue Etienne
-2oiet, twice week at three a. NJ
2 these days the square is called
he ".larizet Of wet paws"
The industry is quite remunera
i've on a modest scale, Of course
nd would BE even more Sc H-el.s
!; not for the government, Wllici
fepped in with characteristic
.seed and en- the grounds CT t.:
honopoly it holds proceeded t.
tax the tobacco collected with 81
much painstaking care.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30
SEA SHELLS THAT EXPLODE
small Marine Crusts When Dropped
Go Off with Loud Report-Cause
Of the -shenomenon.

Nature has made many kinds of
sombs in the shape of seed ros
a5ea open With great fforte
ojeets The contcats to a coasi
able distance. There is a SCI.
.-aii witch exploGes with for
3ida5le noise and suggests 4
'efs.tabIc dyr-.Inite bomb.
Not long ago yalng lady wan
ilal.ins On tie s3sore o. ~
le.led up handful OF saeIis fs.
the tide Among t..esill wels
sc shells of a small marine sE.S.:.=
he largest Of which were rot
aofe than {, half inch in diameter.
she dEapped them into her Pocket
and forgot all about them untii
some days afterward she noticed
an nnnleesapt oaar v9'st;,.lls e.,,s.:'
.;.e,s3 iler wardrobe. .On1afsl,.9 l4.5s
ialn Ter pocket one oI5ien
9pped on the floor and exploae .
It'll a sharp noise loud enough
be heard in an adjoining room.
'ae tried another with the same
:.esi1lt. The shells were then ex-
amined by scientist, who found
the mouth of each firmly closed By
| membrane of greater or less
thickness, formed by the drying OF
he animals slime. This had prob
ably occurred soon after removal
rom the moisture Of the beach,
lnd the inhabitants of the shell
yIT tue gases OF dee onpesition
tirely filed theifspace. On
e1efting a little pressure a loud
ex..iosion was produced, the shell
s.agments flying in all directions.
ut of a dozen shells only two
failed to explode. The conditions
n est successful in making the ex-
:}ai.iment seemed to be removal
sEen the beach in hot, dry
weather, which caused the slime
to be exuded in greater quantities
than usual and dried it up rapidly
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30
BANKING.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
Corvallis, Oregon. does general, con-
servative banking business. IL guarded
safely its customers banking business
through the panies of the last two
decades, which merits proper consider
alton. 1t affords banking privileges at
home and abroad. first-class, not ex-
eelled by any institution in the United
States. The mem bers of the Board of
Directors were born and raised in Ben
ton County. except one, and that mem
Der has 'esided IN the county forty-six
years The business history of each
is as an open book before the people of
the county Loans to customers solicit
ed, properly secured. 40tf
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30


81. M. STONE, REAL ESTATE AND
Intelligence office-After AZ years in
Benton aud Linn counties, feel justi-
fed in coming before the home-ssekers
of Oregon, and feel that I am COM
petent to locate all such as wish to
buy homes here, with judgment and
competency. For 27 years was a
bridge builder in Benton, Lane. Polk,
Yamhill and Linn counties. I have
property in the above named counties
to sell, and am thoroughly conyersant
with the same I ask no exclusive
right of sale and unless property is
sold by me I ask no pay. Parties
wishing to employ help or if looking
fer position, will find it q conven-
ience to phone or call at the Office.
Kindness and courtesy extended to all.
Office, South Main street, Corvallis,
Oregon. Office phone. 37s, res. phone
66,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30
OAK GROVE CHIPS.

Lewis Wentz returned. home from
Portland, Saturday.
Major Dodson has secured position
as guard at the Fair
Will Bailey. who has been at work over
in Tiilamook county, returned home last
week.
Mrs. Viola Woods lis spending few
weeks at the Fair and is stopping with
Mrs. Maud Williamson.
E. Glenn and family returned from the
seaside, Friday, where they spent about
three weeks rusticating
John Baily walks no more, he is the
owner of brand new wheel which he
bought, Saturday.
Frank Thorp has the material on the
ground for building new barn. Crops
are so good that he needed more barn
room.
Will Risley, of Alsea, was shaking
hands with old friends in iAlbany, Mon
day. He was on his way home from
Eugene, where he was sent as delegate
to attend the Baptists Association
Barney Cady finished training in his
hop yard, Saturday, and paid of his
hands. His crop looks quite promising
and from present indications he will
have ansabundant harvest
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30
coyETEY coRREsrcErE.cE.
BEAvRR CREEK.

Andrew Ireland went down TO Mon
mouth last Saturday TO work during the
having season.
Mrs. Frank Peterson, of Inavale and
Miss Aana Peter son, of Corvallis, were
visitors in Beaver creek last week.
Miss Mona Ireland gave a birthday
party to her many friends last Wednes-
day evening. A good time is reported
by all.
to the ground last " ednesday night.
The fire is supposed to have been caused
by spark from the engine All the
first-class lnmber was destroyed, amount
ing to some forty thousand feet Ed
Hawkins was alone at the mill and was
unable to check the fire.
George Gates, Charley Armstrong,
George Winters and G. L. Winters were
visitors in Corvallis last Saturday.
Mr.. Ish has sold his dairy COWS and
separator to Jesse Starr, who intends to
go ioto the dairy BUSINESS.
Mr.. currier, OF Inayale, was visitor
at the Pioneers Reunion at Portland a
few days ago.
Dave Rurd is hauling out some boards
that he is using to cover new stock
bara which he is having built.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30
Letter List.

Letters for the following named per
sons remained IN Corvallis post Office un-
called for at close of week ending June
q 1865
Robert Black, Miss Lena NJ. Berry
Lamar Clatfin, Mrs: G. R. Evans, Will
French, Mrs. H. L. Jones. Miss M
johnson, Coster NJ , re, Miss Essie Mil
Ter, Miss Edna Robinson, Miss Beulat
Wheeler, Foreign Gustav Luyutz. -
r. W. JOHNSON, P NJ.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS :.

Fifteen words or less, % cts for three
successive insertions, or so cts per
month; fer all up to and including ten
additional words, Il cent word for each
insertion.
For all advertisements over 25. words,
! C, per word for the first insertion, and
a ct per word for each additional inser-
ton. Nothing inserted for less than %
cents.
Lodge, society and church notices,
other than strictly news matter, will be
charged for.