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gan found there. Some one, it was evil
dent, had been imprisoned there and
had tried to batter his way out with an
empty ammunftion-box. Beyond that
there was, at the time, no clue. Later,
various things came to light.
The prisoner, it was learned, had
been taken across the river for moon
light conference with two Canadian
MaSons. Then the earth seems to have
swallowed him, for nothing more was
ever heard or seen of Captain William
Morgan. The Masons maintained that
he had been sent West at his own de-
sire; that he had been paid five hun
dred dollars, and that he was only too
glad to be rid of his creditors in Ba-
tavia. The generally accepted belief
was that he had been murdered and
the body sunk in the lake.
Though there was no legal evidence
that Morgan had been murdered, there
was little difficulty in discovering
many of those who had been instru-
mental in his abduction. Eli Bruce the
sheriff of the county, served twenty
eight months in prison for his share in
the proceedings, and his associates re-
ceived similar sentences. For several
a
issue in New York State.
Echoes of another famous case of kid
naping are still heard. From time to
time it is reported that Charley Ross
has been found at last One after an
other, these stories have been proved
false, and the fate of the boy is today
as great a mystery as it was thirty-two
years ago. Carried off from in front of
his own house by two men when a boy
of four, Charley seemed to vanish COM
pletely. The two kidnapers were shot
few months later while breaking into
house, but the one who knew where
the boy had been concealed died with
out uttering a word. The other was
barely able to gasp out:
Its no use lying now. Mosher and
1 stole Charley Ross from German
town"
He could not then tell where the boy
was. All he moaned was: "Mosher
Knows" and Mosher was already dead.
But sudden disappearances have not
always been Involuntary One of the
most extraordinary cases on record was
t9e deliberate act of a man who ap-
parently had no motive for his act. ex-
cept a morbid curiosity to see what his
wife would do. This story is the basis
of Nathaniel Hawthorne's psychologf-
cal study, "Wakefield."
SUDDENLY CALLED TO HOLLAND.
In the year 17O6 a prosperous London
merchant named Howe told his wife
that he had to go to the Tower on
business. Later in the day she received
a note from him, saying that he had
been called to Holland for a week or
two. For seve lteen years she heard
nothing of hin. Then he came back
to his old life again as quietly as if he
ha7 never left it.
Instead of going to Holland he had
merely gone around the corner and TAX
en- lodgings in the street next to his
own home. -~re he had lived all
these years, doing nothing but waiting
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moon made the night almost as clear
as day.
Five minutes after Oliver had gone
out with his bucket, the guests heard
him shout for help. They rushed to
the back of the house. There they
heard again the cries for help, but
young Lerch himself was nowhere to be
seen. The cries seemed to come from
the air above them.
OLIVER where are your shouted his
father. The answer came from a spot
directly over his head and apparently
about one hundred feet in the air.
It's got me. Help me-"
At this, most of the guests bolted in
terror. The father, the Rev. Mr.. NAL
lalieu, and two others, stood their
ground, however, and after a while the
others crept back. For an hour they
shouted to Oliver and for several min
utes they heard answering shouts, each
time fainter than before, but of Oliver
himself they saw nothing. The cries
were those of person who was being
carried farther and farther away-not
of one who was growing weaker. Moth
ing more was ever known of Oliver
Lerch.
There was not then, nor is there now,
any generally accepted explanation of
young Lerch's appearance. The
boys footprints in the clean snow end
ed about third of the way to the
well and the bucket was lying by the
place where the footprints stopped.
Since there were no other tracks, it
seemed certain both that the boy had
been seized from above and that he
had been carried off through the air.
Some persons thought that hitherto
unknown monster had swooped down
upon him; others that he was the prey
of a number of eagles; and one favor
ite theory was that he had been caught
by the anchor of balloon. There was,
however, no evidence that any balloon
ascension had been made anywhere in
America on that day" " On the other
hand, the theory of the eagles was
somewhat strengthened by the fact
that a number of persons declared that
Lerch had first cried: They've got
mel" not It's got me!'
But the only things certain were that
Lerch was gone and that his cries had
come from the air.
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Some years ago, when the route OF
a railroad to Atlantic City was being
surveyed and the men were driving
stakes through the premises of an old
farmer. he addressed the leader of the
gang as follows:
''Layin' out another railroad?'
surveying for one" was the reply.
Coin threw my barn?"
Don't see how we can avoid it."
wall, now. mister" said the worthy
farmer. Il calkerlate I've got sumthin'
tew say bout that. 1 want you tew
understand that I've got sumthin' else
tew dew besides runnin' out tew open
and shet them doors every time a train
wants to go through"
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A very rich and Socialistic Deputy.
who had rented a property by the sea,
closed his park to pedestrians, and
excluded the public from a part of the
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for occasional glimpses of his wife as
she passed through the street.
After a while he discovered that the
windows of the house across the street
commanded an excellent view of the
dinngroom of his own home. He at
once scraped up an acquaintance with
the owner of the house and for the last
seven or eight years of his voluntary
exile dined there frequently, at the
same time watching his wife at her
solitary meal.
What enjoyment he derived from this
, paStime he never explained, but it took
him seventeen years to decide to return
home. During this time he showed no
interest in the deaths of his two chill
dren and did not even attend their fun
erals.
More romantic, but at the same time
more explicable, is the Oxford tradition
of a student who later became Arch
bishop of York. This youth, a student
of great promise, suddenly vanished
from the halls of Oxford. Immediately
afterward the fame of a certain pirat te
began to spread through the Mediter-
ranean Sea and for several years con-
tinued to increase. His booty, rumor
was also the home of a woman of
great beauty. 4
After a few years the woman was
said to have died, and close on the
heels of this rumor the famous pirate
disappeared from the Mediterranean
and the brilliant student reappeared at
Oxford. Thereafter the student rose
rapidly in the church. as quiet an &C.
clesastic as one could wish to meet
In another celebrated case a learned
scholar also figured. Some two hun
dred years ago, Everhard Feith, dis
tinguished Belgian professor. was Wis
iting in Paris. While walking through
the street one day, a man was seen to
beckon to him from a house. Feith
hesitated a minute. then entered the
door and was never seen again. A
search revealed nothing but an empty
house with absolutely no clue to the
professors fate.
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shore. which he reserved to himself.
What" says one to him; you a
Socialist, to do this!"
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VANISHED INTO SPACE.

Perhaps. however, the most cele-
brated case of the kind in this country
was that of Oliver Morton Lerch, THE
Man Who Disappeared Lerch was
literally removed from the face of the
earth fifteen years ago. leaving nothing
by which his disappearance might be
even partially explained. For years
reward of one thousand dollars was Of
fered for any tidings of the missing
man. but no one ever appeared to
claim the money.
On Christmas Eve. 1889, a party of
about twenty well-to-do farmers and
their families filled the Lerch house,
near South Bend. Indiana. Among the
guests were the Rev. Samuel Mallalieu
a Methodist minister, and a Chicago
lawyer. About half past ten Oliver
Lerch. young man of twenty. was
told by his father to fill a bucket at a
we'll some seventy-five yards to the
rear of the house. Though snow had
been falling heavily during the evening
the sky was now cloudless and a full
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23
IRVINE'S TEAM WINS.
The Score was 6 to 5-Irvine was the
Whole Show.

In a football game on Saturday
the heavy team of the lower end of
Corvallis met a defeat by lrvlne's S
illustrious eleven.
Coach Smith of the upper end,
acted as umpire, and Coach Cooper
OF the lower end, acted as referee.
The stars of the game were Ir-
vine and Harris of the upper end,
and Clyde Starr and Cate of the
lower end.
The lower end was the heaviest
team by all odds.
Much wrangling was done On the
field.
The defeat was surprise to both
elevens.
The game was played by the old
rules, and the halves were IS and
80 minutes.
Good punting was done in the
game by Irvine and Cate.
P. S.-Except the second clause
in the second head, the above Ieac
and all just as it appears, wa:
handed in by two II year olds fo
publication. Sometimes the spiel
about bigger teams seem to have
been written by people no older.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23
SOMETHING NEW FOR CORVALLIS.
Weekly Auction Sales of Livestock
Fasteners Behind the Plan
Some Features.

The Corvallis Livestock Au ctions
is to be new feature in Corvallis.
AS the name implies it is to be an
auction sale of livestock, to occur
every two weeks, later on, every
Saturday. The first sale takes
place week from next Saturday
which will be Saturday, November
3rd.
Snow & Woods are the men be-
hind the enterprise. Mr.. Snow is
proprietor of the Red Front livery
stable. Fred A. Woods is new
arrival, and be is the auction man.
He is an Fastener with large ex-
perience in the business. Ten
years ago he undertook a similar
venture at Akron, Ohio. At the
opening sale $500 was the aggre-
gate of the days business. At the
next sale ST, 200 worth OF property
changed hands. At the end OF foul
years when the bu usiness was sold
and removal to the Coast under
taken for reasons of health, the
sales ran from $4,000 to $1,000.
each Saturday.
| Mr.. Woods is sure there is al
opening in Corvallis for such al
enterprise. 1t will give men wht
have something to sell place t.
quickly and effectively dispose oft
1t will afford a place for the buye
to go for whatever he may want
Cattle, sheep, goats, horses, hogs
or anything else in the line Q
, livestock will be handled. No
will the sales stop with livestock
Any implement from a garden rak
to threshing' machine, or an,
other species of property from
straw stack to a farm will be sold
The first sale will take place
week from next Saturday at on
o'clock p. m. Watch the TIME
for further announcements.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23
ROUGH ON RATS.
In her Tea-Albany Husband Accusee
Of Trying to Poison his Wife.

Of Trying to Poison bis Wife.
Prof. John Fulton has been wit
ness in a sensational case il the Al
bsny circuit court, in which E.
Wagstaff is accused Of trying to
murder his wife. Tue woman sus-
pected her husbands designs last
February She drinks cold tea and
when she took a mouthful after
arising one morning, it was bitter,
She expelled it from her mouth
without swallowing any, The tin
cup in which the tea was contained
was sent to OAC for chemical an
Ealysis and Prof. Fulton found il
heavily charged with arsenic.
Her suspicious thus aroused, the
wife peeked through kitchen
door one morning after that and
saw her husband take a package o.
rough On rats from his pocket and
drop lot of it in her accustome d
cup of cold tea. Later, two girls
at her instance, watched him de
the same thing. achemical analyst:
in each instance showing the pres
epce of the poison. The case is Or
trial. The wife's life is insured il
the husband s. favor for S., 500.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23
STILL BUYING TIMBERLAND.
Over a Hundred Thousand Dollars AL
ready Invested Who the Buy
efS are.

The buying of timber land in
the region west of Monroe is quiet
ly proceeding The fact that a
section was soll by George Houck
for $40, 900 and that the J. w.
Walters mill property has been
purchased by the same parties at
$40, 900 was recently related in the
TINES. Other holdings of timber
have changed hands uLt l the total
investment Of the buyers Is at a
point between SIoo. 900 aud $500, :
900.
The manager of the buying in
terests is Mr.. Buck of Monroe,
Washington. 1t is said that he
is representative of Cleveland. Ohio
people, and that the purchases are
not for speculative, but for actual
operating purposes.
George Houck, who is as familiar
as anybody with the situation.
having dealt himself with the buy
ers, believes that railroad will be
built either to Corvallis or Junction
when the manufacture of the lumb
er begins. He has been authorita
lively told that, though operation:
will not commence until ample
holdings Of timber have been Sc
cured. the industry will have {
pay roll of So 500 to $4,000 pc
week. Mr.. Houck believes tina
the investors are people who woule
+ be interested in developing th'
country in which it will operate
He also thinks Corvallis, if he
people are on the alert, will stane
good show of becoming a depo
for the industry, when it finally
takes permanent root.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23
0. R. N, THE TIME SAVER.
Chicago IL Hours Nearer via this Pom
ular Columbia River Route.

-F1anklin was right when he
said, " Lost time is never found a.
gain. % The O, R. N. in addition
to giving you 200 miles along the
matchless Columbia River, saves
you II hours to Chicago. 1t is the
Short Line to Lewiston.
Short Line to Palouse country
Short Lin e to Spokane,
Short line to the couer d. Alene
country, y
Short Line to Salt Lake City.
Short to Line Denver.
Short Line to Kansas City.
Short Line to Omaha.
Short Line to Chicago.
Short Line to all points east
Three trains east daily, e:12 a.
m. and s:35 pm. The"Chicago-
Portland Special is as fine as the
finest. Every comfort of home.
For particulars ask any agent of
the Southern Pacific Company or
write
Vim. McMurray,
Gen. Pass. Agent
Portland, Oregon
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23
PaImistry, Healing, and Psychology

J.C. Diamond professor of the Port
land school of Psychology and his wife
a graduate of the Wettmer school of
healing. are at the Occidental Hotel.
They intend giving course of lessons
in the differen ut branches of Psychology
such as Concentration, Magnetic gen
GRAFTON, Healing Hypnotism, and Pal
mistry. These branches Will be taught
from purely scientific standpoint p;a,.
tically demonstrating their application
20 every day life and to the cure of dis
ease. Treatments will be given for all
kinds of diseases chronic or acute. They
have had ten years experience and prac
tice and cordially invite you to call. Ex-
PLANTATION and consultation free.
Rooms Fl and ~. Occidental hotel.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23
At Kings Valley.

M L. Frantz has moved to Con.
don's Mill on Peedee.
The Hoskins switch is located in
a vacant house and is nearly. use.
lees.
Henry Plunkett has the typhoid
fever.
The rain here has made every
thing nearly like spring. The hills
are green and grass is good every.
where. The ground is in good con.
dillon to plow.
Mack Max6eld and Eva Papha
we're married last week and a few
Of the boys of the Valley serenaded
them Monday evening.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23

Mr.. J. Mon Foo, an experienced COM
FOUNDER OF Chinese medicines, successor
to the late Hong Wo Tong, of Albany +,
Oregon, is now prepared TO furnish Chi
nese medicine to all. The undersigned
recommends him and guarantees salts
faction.
Call or write HIM at No. III West Sec
ond Street, Albany, Oregon.
Jim Westfall.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed the executor OF the es-
tate of Ann Compton, deceased, by the county
court OF the state of Ore gon, for Benton county,
All persons having Clstms against said estate
are notified to present the same duly verified as
by law required within six months from tbs
date hereof,to the undersigned at the Office Of h
r. Bryson, in the city of Corvallis. Oregon
JAMES j. FLETT,
Executor Of the estate of Ann Compton, Gec'sG
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23


Benton County
Minnie Clegg, Plaintiff
John Arthur Clegg Defendant
To John Arthur Cleog, the aoove named defendant
In the OF of the State of Oregon you are here
by summoned anti required to appear and answer
the complaint of plaintiff in the above entitled suit
in the above entitled Court now on file with the
Clerk of said Court before six weeks from the
date of the first publication of this summons, to-
wit. on or before the 23rd, day of November A. D.
1906.
And you notified that if you fail so to ar pear
and answer the said complaint herein required.
the plaintiff will apply to the above Court for the
relief prayed for in said complaint towit for de
cree OF said Court dssolving and annulling the
riage contract now existing between you and the
plaintiff and awarding to plaintiff the care ana Gus
tody of jessie Clegg, the issue of said marriage,
and for her costs and disbursements herein
This SUNNI ons is published in the Corvall
Times once week for six successive and consecu
tive weeks and in seven issues thereof, beginning
with the ;s issue of October H. 1906 and endnl
with the 'sue of November 23rd, 1906, in pursuance
OF an or der made by the Hon. E. Woodward, Coun
ty Judge of Benton County. State of Oregon, datet
the 18th day of October 1906.
The date of the first publication hereof is Octo
Der 18th, 1896.
MCFADDEN & BRYsoN,
Attorneys for Plaintif.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23

WANTED a salesman. Many
make 500 to $3.50 per month.
Some even more. Stock clean:
grown on Reservation, far from
old orchards. Cash advanced
weekly. Choice of territory, Ad-
dress Washington Company, Top
penish. Washington.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23

People having Second Hand
goods of any kind for sale, drop a
postal to o. Rogoway, Corvallis,
Ore, and he will call.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23

WANTED. 60 tons of clean vetch
seed and oats in car lots. Highest
market price paid. Load at near
est R: R. station. Wanted. clea i
Italian and English Rye grass.
L. L. Brooks.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23

FOR Sale. Five room house and
lot near college grounds. Also,
small house and two lots, fine
location Also carpenter shop,
engine, machinery, etc. and
quantity of dry lumber. Also
patent Russian iron stove drum.
Inquire iii sixth street phone
366.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23

ABOUT fifteen Trowbridge pianos have
been sold and placed in the best homes
iu this vicinity in the last 20 days by
Fisher.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23

Fresh Yaquina Bay oysters at
Zierolfs every Saturday. Leave
orders now.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23
WANTED.

WANTED. Oak legs from 16 to
26 inches in diameter from two
feet long up. Enquire Central
Planning Mills, Corvallis.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE Four-horse steam engine,
good as new. Inquire at Times office.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23
NEW ADS TODAY.

WANTED. A girl to do general
housework. Inquire of Mrs. M.
H. Bauer.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23

WANTED. A woman or girl for general
tousework in a private family. Adj
dress Box "A, Corvallis.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23

If you want clover and grass
seeds 60 to Zierolf's.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23

Phone to Zierolf now, your or
der fresh Yaquina bay oysters next
Saturday.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23
Economy fruit jars at Thatcher
& Johnson's:

CLOTHES CLEANED and pressed az
lowest prices one door soutu of mar
BILE shop on Main street,
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23
Times
Job Printing
is the Best
Summons.

In the Circuit Court of the State Of Oregon fol-
Benton County.
Minnie Clegg, Plaintiff
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23

A new Cecilian piano player, at a.
snap. Fishers Music Store.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23
LOCAL LORE.
For advertisements IN this column the rate
of IS cents per line will be charged.

Mis-. J. A French of Enter
prise is a guest at the J. B. Irvine
nome.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23

OAC men as winners in desperate
| ly fought game. By aggregate
points the account stands, OAC,
81; U. of w., 2o. Against Coach
Norcross' team Of new players, Sc
attic ought to have the opportunity
this year to square the account.
The OAC men leave for Seattle for
the coming game Thursday.
"A number of prominent busi-
ness men of Philomath have been
for some time negotiating with a
Portland capitalist with reference
to establishing bank in Philomath.
The scheme has passed the paper
stage and now the institution is an
| assured fact. James Eyars OF
Portland, whois to be stockhold-
er and cashier of the bank, will
arrive this week and superintend
the installing of the vault and fur
} nishings. The site is the new two
story building recently erected by
Durkee and Caldwell for real es
tate Offices. The owners have va
Gated the rooms and moved into the
! Offices formerly occupied by Ambl
ler & Waters. The capital stocl
; o. the bank excepting the part sub
scribed by Mr.. Evars, is owned BY
business men of Philomath and vi
cinity. The president of the boart
of trustees is A, J. Williams.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-23

FOR SALE OR TRADE. No clean
cheat seed. Phone 81 Mt. View line.
Joseph Bryant.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-30
Underwear
Extreme Right Aisle

Extreme Right Aisle ,a
THHE winter weights now in de-
l. mand. These numbers for
your attention. Il
Just arrived, women's extra
heavy, fiat, fleece-lined pants,
Jaeger color; sizes 80 to En-
A; our price Saturday.. QUO
Women s <<Forest Mills Make''
Is per cent wool, natural or
white, ribbed, vests and pants,
beautifully trimmed and fin
ished; here Sat Cf<nnl
urday, each -.-.. PI.OO
Men 8 all wool indicated scar.
let shirts and drawers; all sizes;
why pay $1.25P. Our O. M
price, Saturday, each. pksVU
We also carry a $3.50 grade.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-30
Hosiery:
First Riqht Aisle.

First Right Aisle. 1
NUMEROUS pairs Of pretty
~ =. hosiery make gift sure
to be appreciated by WON
ankind. We've never had fin
err stock than is being shown by
US right now.
Ladies' imported black cash
mere hose, full regular made,
with high spliced heels, double
soles and toes; regular SOC
stocking; 8 pairs for oE1
ST.; pair ..:...........ooC
LADIES' black cotton hose, silk
feeced, either ribbed or hemmed
tops, full regular made, with
double soles, high spliced 0r
heels and toes; pair 49,. AOI
Children's Xxi ribbed, heavy
: black worsted hose, double knees,
merino heels and toes; a regular
es5c stocking; sizes 6 to o.
10; pair .............% CC