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The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-16
HE SNAPPED CAKES ON THEM.
How Two Prominent O. A. c. Lads
got Taken in by Portland
Dealer.

1t was a red cake, that is the
frosting was red. Bert Pilkington
and Herman Tartar espied it in a
Portland bake shop. The only
way to make red frosting is by use
of dyes injurious to health. The
boys as attaches of the food com.
missioners Office, were on their
rounds in search of adu!terated
foods. They bought the, red cake.
They tarried and chatted with him
while the proprietor wrapped it. He
asked them sweetly to "call again"
as he handed them the package and
they passed out. They remember
ed his sweetness of manner after
ward.
The boys chuckled as they re-
paired to the food commissioners
office to analyze the frosting on the
red cake. 1t was a clear case and
no mistake. The red coloring
would supply the evidence and the
1awbreaking bake shop man would
have fine to pay.
Two attaches of the commiss
ienef's Office looked blankly into
each others faces when they un-
rolled the package and viewed that
red cake. The Whiiom chuckle
was gone aid sort of a well =
Tll-be-durned' expression was Oh
each physiognomy- The red cake
was was brown one, It hadn't turn
ed brown during the transfer from
the shop 10 tie Office either. The
knowing proprietor was wise tc
their game, as the parlance of the
street would put it. AS he wrapped
up the package, he had deity sub
stituted the brown cake for the red
one, and thereby withheld the evi.
dence they would have used il
prosecuting him. They hurried
back to the shop, but the red cake
was not there. 1t had been pu
carefully out of their reach, ane
the laugh was on the boys.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-16
REDUCED SUMMER EXCURSION
RATES.
Newport, Yaluina Bay, Breitenbush
Hot Springs From All S. P. and
c & E. Points.

On and after Iune /, 1906, the Southern Pacta :
in connection With the Corvallis & Eastern rail-
road, will have on sale round trip tickets from
points on their lines to Newport, Yaquina and
Detroit at low rates, good for return until Octo-
ber 10, 1906.
good going Saturdays and returning Mondays,
are also on sale from all East Side points, Port
land to Eugene, Inclusive, and from all West
side points, enabling people to visit their fam1l
les and spend Sunday at the seaside.
Season tickets from all East Side points, Port
and to Eugt ne, inclusive, and from all wes
Side points, are also on sale to Detroit at very
low rates, with stop-over privileges at Mill City
or any point East, enabling tourists to visit the
santiam and Breitenbush Hot Springs in the
Cascade Mountains, which can be reached in
one day. .
Season tickets good for return from all points
until Oct. 10. Three-day tickets good going Sat-
for Portland and vicinity good for return via.
and vicinity will be good going via the Lebanon
Springfield branch. Baggage on Newport tickets
checked through 10 Newport; on Yaqu1na tick
cts to Yaquina only. Sunday excursions to New
port on the O. " E. will begin June 10th or 18th
and run every Sunday thereafter, leaving Alba
ny at 7:30 a. M; leaving CORVALLIS am.
S. P. trains connect With the G, 4 Esat Albany
and Corvallis for Yaquina and Newport. Trains
on the G, 4 E. for Detroit will leave Albany at
7:5o a. M, enabling tourists to the Hot Springs
~ reach there the same day, Trains from and
to Corvallis connect with all East Siee trains on
the s. P.
Full Information as to rates, time tables, etc.
can be obtained on application to J. C. Mayo
Gen. Pass. Agt. c. & E. R., Albany; A. L. Craig
G. P "A. S. P. Co., Portland, or to any S. P. or O
& E. agent.
Rates from Corvallis to Newport, s5.75;
To Yaquina, 1925 -
Three-day rate from Corvallis to Newport, s.. so
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-16
CARVED THE LETTERS HIGH.
How an Unknown Student Wrote
0. A. c. far up a Rocky Ocean
Cliff,

High up on sheer cliff at the
mouth of the Umpqua river, where
the flying surf is sometimes storm
driven until blown against the
rocky wall, are the familiar letters,
"OAC.' There, where the sea
gulls fly and the monotonous
thunder of the surf never ceases,
the well known letters perenuially
tell the story Of the educational in
stitution at which so many young
people have disported in the founts
of knowledge. It is IS feet from
the ground to where the letters are
boldly carved ih the living rock,
and 1t is a mystery how the intrep-
i'd OAC boy who put them there
was able to reach the vantage
point from where his pocket knife
fashioned the characters he loved.
But there they are, and there they
hold aloft the banner Of the college
and tell in letters that the winter
storms cannot blot out the story
of one of her boys devotion and
loyalty to the Institution. The
point is where the Gardiner road
passes to the beach and in posi-
ton so conspicuous that no passer-
by can fail to read the signi6can
inscription, and to interpre'
to the uppermost the reason
of why 1t is there. DR.. Withyconb b'
saw the monogram on his recen
trip to Coos county and he is anx
|ious to learn the name of the loya
son of OAC who carved the letter
there.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-16
Times
Job Printing
is the Best
BANKING.

The First National Bank of Corval.
lis, Oregon, transacts a general
: conservative banking business
Loans money on approved secu.
rity. Drafts bought and sold and
money transferre dto the principa
cities Of the United States, Eu
rope and foreign countries.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-16
A RAILROAD INCIDENT.
Two Cots in the Baggage Car, and th'
Sequel Thereto Brother and
Sister,.

A strange coincidence trans.
pired on the north bound train at
Independence Friday. H. w.
Murphy Of Corvallis, pioneer and
eminently respectable citizen of
was enroute to Portland, to enter a
hospital for medical treatment. He
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-16
Their Sale.

If you want clover and grass
seeds go to Zierolf's.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-10-16

Leave orders at Zierolfs for fresh
bay oysters for delivery Sat
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
SETTLING VAN DRAM ESTATE.
Property Interests of Former Pendle-
ton People Bcing Adjusted.

A correspondent at Albany says of
the settlement of the estate of Mrs.
Kaspar Van Dram, well known in
Pendleton:
Relatives of Minnie NJ. Van Dram,
whose peculiar death in Portland n
year ago yet forms one of the most
sensational unsolved mysteries in Or
egor's criminal annals, are now en-
gagged in litigation over her property.
Her brother and sister. Mac S. Mon
teith and Minerva l.. Monteith, of
Portland, assert that the relatives of
her husband, the late Kaspar Van
Dram, refuse to give up a share they
had in their sisters property, and
they yesterday filed claims aggregat-
ing s5SS.S0 against the estate in the
county court here.
After Mrs. Van Dram was killed by
drinking from a bottle of ginger ale
in which cyanide of potassium had
been placed her husband, Kaspar
Van Dram, was appointed administra-
tor Of her estate, the proceeds being
held here, as her property is situated
in Linn county. Then came Kaspal
Niii DldH lU6 tDTe-
gon, after a most unusual string OF
troubles beginning with the night hs
was shot down by Joe Young in his
Washington street cafe in Portland
After Kaspar's death, his brother
Chris Van Dram. of Albany, was ap,
pointed administrator de bonis non Of
| Minnie Van Dran's estate.
Mrs. Van Dran's estate consists o.
Albany property which she inherited
from her father. one of the founder
of this city. She also had some money
and notes, the total value of the estat,
being about $4,000.
In their claims presented to til,
court yesterday Mac S. Monteith anC
Minerva l.. Monteith allege that thei
sister. Minnie had collected the rent
from property in which each had {
| one-fourth interest, and that the shar
due each from these rents was sos.
Is. exclusive of expenditures deducted
| They also assert that their dead siste
held in trust funds belonging to thei
joint inheritance of which the shar
each claims is s15S,75, Each pre-
sented claim for S26690, to tn
present administrator of the estate
and he refused to allow them.
The administrator has not yet pre-
sented his side of the matter to tn
court.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11

w. c. Gibbs, a transient man, made
complaint to the police yesterday af-
ternoon that he had fallen among
gamblers in the room over the state
saloon on Main street, during the af-
ternoon and that he had been relieved
Of $40 while engaged in a game Of
poker.
As the complainant was then WILL
ing to offer testimony against the
men he accused a complaint was
made in the recorders court against
John Estes and Jack Miller, two of
those who had operated upon him.
This complaint was sworn to by Gibbs
and the cases against the two gam
blers was set for trial in the police
court this morning. In the mean
time Gibbs was required to give $25
bail to insure his appearance in the
case.
When the appointed time arrived
this forenoon Gibbs did not appear.
and his $25 was declared forfeited by
Judge Fitz Gerald.
In the opinion OF Marshal Gurdane
Gibbs was induced to leave town by
the gamblers, whom he believes re-
paid him for the forfeited bail.
The joint over the State saloon has
been in operation for many months,
and the fact that gambling has been
going on there continuously has been
matter OF common knowledge.
However, the games have been be-
hind closed doors and under their
present instructions the police have
no orders for preventing such opera
tions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
Whose Say-sO Is Best?

With nearly all medicines put up for
sale through druggists, one has to take
the makers say-so alone as TO their cura-
tive value. OF course, such testimony is
not that Of disinterested party and
accordingly Is not 10 be given the same
credit as II written from disinterested
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ever, form single and therefore striking
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the confidence OF invalids does not rest
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several ingredients entering into these
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ical lights as PfSt. Finley Eilinsvood. NJ D..
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
PRATER-TAYLOR WEDDING.
Popular Young People Married a
Rride's Home Last Evening.

Miss Dora 3. Prater, of the Pacific
States Telegraph and Telephone Of
fices in this city, and Gary c. Taylor.
the well known salesman of the Bos-
ten store, were married at the home
OF the brides parents, at 3O4 Logan
street, last evening, Rev. Robert War
ner, OF the NJ. f. church, performing
the ceremony.
Mr.. Taylor has been resident of
Pendleton for about two years, COM
ing here from Abilene, Kan. He Is
permanently employed at the Boston
store and is a capable and popular
young man. Miss Prater has resided
in Pendleton nearly all hire life and
has a large circle of friends.
After the ceremony wedding din
ner was enjoyed by relatives and a
few intimate friends.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
PendIeton Boys With Glce Club.

Pendleton Is well represented In the
University of Oregon Glee club this
year, having three members out of
80 composing the club. The Pendle-
ton boys in the club are Elmer
Storic first tenor; Dean Goodman,
first bass, and Glenn Scott, second
bass. This is the largest number from
any one city and speaks highly for
the musical training given in Pendle-
ton high school from which these
boys graduated last year. The Uni
versity Glee club Will tour eastern
oregon during the Christmas vaca-
ton and will appear one night, at
least. in this city,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
New Frisco Magazine.

Arno Dosch. Rea Irwin and John
Fleming Wilson, all formerly of Port
land, have started the Nameless Mag
azine at San Francisco. The proprie-
tors were formerly engaged in news
paper work on Portland papers, Will
son on the Telegram, Irwin cartoon
ist on the Journal and Dosch editor
of the Pacific Monthly. The Nameles'
Magazine starts out with a breezy
and bouyant spirit and looks like q
winner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
To Bankers Meeting.

A number of Idaho bankers passed
through this morning to the meeting
of the State Bankers association at
Coeur d'Alene City. Among those
who passed through Pendleton were
A. b. Moss, of Payette; a. X. Steun-
enberg, of Caldwell; Frank Coffin, of
the Boise National bank, and f. NJ.
Shelley, of the Weiser National bank.
The party was joined here by Monte
b. Gwinp, treasurer of the association.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
CONSIDERING BRIDGE PLANS.
Nothing Done Toward Building the
Wild Horse Bridges.

At the court house today the coun-
ty commissioners have been consider
ing plans for the bridge that is to be
built across the Umatilla river near
the mouth of Butter creek. The
bridge will have a 62-foot span, and
bids upon both steel and a wooden
structure will be asked for by the
court.
Although the time for the compile
tion of the steel bridges across Wild
Horse near Athena was up September
l, none of the material for the
bridges has yet arrived. Whether or
not the court will demand the pen
atty of s. per day has not been de-
cide6.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
RAIDER Family Reunion.

NJ. A. RAIDER returned last evening
from Walla Walla, where a family re-
union was held on Tuesday on the
occasion of the 10Th birthday of his
father, S. RAIDER. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
A. RAIDER of this city, and C. NJ. Ra-
der and family of Walla Walla. the
only children, were present. S. Ra-
der first came across the plains from
Indiana to Oregon in 1852, remaining
until 1853, when he returned to his
home in the east In 1901 he again
came west, settling in Walla Walla,
where his son C. NJ. RAIDER, the we'll
known attorney, resides.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11

be left vacant that the city might have
trouble establishing its claim to the
same at some time in the future as is
now the case on the opposite side of
the street, where Jesse Failing has
been occupying street property for
years. Also, it was desired to have
the street run full to the river, so
that there will be a proper approach
for a new bridge when it is erected.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
Definitions Wanted,

any Of the following names will con-
fer a favor by communicating with
Steel Points: Bogachiel, Bucyrus, Ca
lava, Chelan, Observation-Disclosures, Ho-
ko, Kalaloch, Kitsut. Kudaka, Mo-
clips, Nodule, Noppish, CHALET, Ozette,
Pitnip, Puliah, Queets, Quillaute, Sc
kou, Shuwah, Skagit, Soleduc, Squam-
ish, Stehekin and Talo.-Steel Points.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
FULL WIDTH OF THE BRIDGE.
Paving Area on North End of Main
VIII Not BE "Sl1imped."

At the NORTH end of Main street the
paving plans have been changed so
as to provide for a full width street
up to the bridge. The original plans
called for merely the paving of the
regular approach to the bridge, and
a small triangular piece of vacant
ground would have been left on the
east side, adjoining the knights Of
Pythias property.
1t was feared that should this strip
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
Ill With TNnllOid.

Several members Of the family OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Fineran are now
i'll with typhoid, a daughter having
been recently taken down with the
disease.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
Inlpr0Nlng Residence.

The repairs to the home Of Con
ductor W. II. Kelsay include a press
ed brick fireplace, the mantel for
which has Just arrived from Portland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
Rented Apartment House

John Nice has rented the apartment
house belonging to Frank Robinson
at 301 South Main street, and will
conduct the same hereafter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
WallOWa County Fair.

Wallowa county will hold a county
fair at Lostine on october II, IS and
10. A racing program is one of the
principal events of the fair.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
Mrs. Wisdom Better.

Mrs Bert Wisdom, who suffered a
relapse from an attack OF typhoid fe-
yer, is somewhat better today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
GIBBS SQUEALED
SAID HE WAS RELIEVED
OF $40 OVER THE STATE.

Scene of Operations the Second Story
Gambling Place on Main Street.
Near Court-Gibbs Made Formal
Complaint. But Forfeited S25 for
His Appearance Against John Estes
and Jack Miller.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11

Assessor c. p. Strain has completed
the summary of the tax roll for this
year. and the same is given in detail
below. The total is trifle under that
of last year, but this is due to the
fact that this year the assessment
was made upon about a one-fourth
valuation basis, whereas in the past
the valuation was close to one-third.
One of the noteworthy features of the
roll this year is the increase in the
number of acres of tillable land. In
1904 there were but 3S5,000 acres of
titled land in the county, and the in
crease of $4,000 acres results from ir-
rigation and the use OF former range
land for farming purposes.
The following is the tax roll sum-
mary:
Value.
No. acres tillable land, 410,-
SST ............ .S5,b4o,oSo
No. acres non-tillable land,
542.379 ..... 616,6S1
. Imp. on decided land. 375,173
No. town lots, 10,564..... 70S,223
INN on town lots 6S9,SS5
| Imp, on land not decided. 5O,S1O
No. miles railroad bed, ETC.,
1,Oos.5s ............... 2,O39, 2S6
Railroad rolling Stock. 11s,O69
Machinery etc. .. 59,105
MERCHANDISE .... 26e,175
Farming implements 900. 1l5,O35
Money .......... 45,2S5
Notes and accounts. .... 29S,420
No. shares of stock, $3.50 :. 1876
Household furniture 900. 9O,25O
No. horses, 1852 ...,, 249,S65
No. cattle, 2s,477 ..... 1879
No sheep. 17O.Os9 ..... 222,5O5
No. swine. 1920 ........ 6,129
Total valuation ....... SO, ,S96, 359
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
TAX ROLL SUMMARY
GIVEN IN DETAIL BELOW
BY ASSESSOR STRAIN.

Thousand Acres of TILED
Land More on the Rolls Than Two
Years Ago, Due to Irrigation, and
Decrease In Open Range-The To-
tai is Slightly Under the Figures of
Year Ago-Table Below Contains
Much Information of Value and In
terest.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-11
Marriage License.

A marriage license was issued
day to Ernest A. Rogers and Lucy
Hansell
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-05
NATURES WARNING
Alaska People Must Recognise and
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The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-05
GUARD II
The Eye Shoull Receive
 Every Consideration

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 Jeweler and Optician.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-05
s41KEFoRD's POSITION

The Juneau Transcript says:
 "A.P. Swineford is in Washington telling the members of congress that Alaska does not want delegate in con- gress but territorial government If we fail to get delegate charge it up to \. P. S."
 The Transcript can be truthfully and effectively answered in five words: It's statement is not true.
 Gov. Swiueford said positively upon his arrival at Washington: "of course I will not oppose 8 delegate in con gress." He said, however, with truth, that Alaska is asking for and entitled to 8 territorial form of government with which delegate in congress goes as an incident and as 8 msttero of course. The position is logical, right and rep resentalive of Alaska We must not place ourselves in position so that con- gressmen, after they shall have given us a delegate in congress, can say, "You've gotten what you want, now do not trouble us any more" We must demand that to which we are entitled and not be satisfied with less.