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The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-07
NEARLY SIXTY YEARS AGO.
He Wrote About Oregon in Verse
And Here is his Handiwork.

pOSCQ dud WlltlCh JduudlS 1000,
Medders Vanderpool in a descrip-
ton of the Willamette valley to his
friends and relatives IN Missouri.
Medders Vanderpool was a sur
veyor, surveying many of the old
donation claims in Polk and Ben
ton counties. He was born in Ash
county, North Carolina 10 January
1898, and died in August, 1896, at
Sodaville, Linn county. He cross
ed the plains with OK team in 1916
locating on his old donation claim
at Parker station, Polk county.
The willamette Valley.
AS handsome a valley as ever was
made,
Lies between the Coast noun
tains and lofty Cascades.
Spotted and fringed with majestic
frs,
And bold flowing rivers abound
everywhere.
Adorned with ranges of grassy oak
hills,
With spring and brook and MUIR
muring rills,
With spreading oak trees of limited
stature.
Resembling an orchard but plant
ed by nature.
The seasons are mild, the atmos-
phere pure.
The health of all living abound
everywhere.
Each season with blessings infalli.
bly, sure,
Respond to their calling through
out the whole year. gsssF.
Of the first in rotation Is spring Of
the year,
When millions offourishing how-
ers appear.
The lily, the rose, the violet blue,
And ten thousand more OF every
hue.
! Willamette is now with calico
crowned;
She's spread a new carpet a Il ov-
er the ground.
The groves all resound with songs
of the birds.
And the hills echo with rejoicing
herds.
The next comes on is healthy
cool summer;
| Which passes off sweetly with
scarcely murmur;
Famed with the breeZes of noun
tain pure air,
Giving to each creature its por-
ton to share.
When fall of the year makes it's
approach
The noise of the herds don't
echo so much.
The leaves are now fading on de
ciduous trees.
| Tall evergreens merrily flaming
the breeze.
The first of November WI en- winter
is near.
The drizzly south rains are sure
| to appear.
When millions of geese, bra ats,
ducks and cranes,
Flock in from the north soon aft
ter it rains.
Which feed on green wheat and
glass of the dales,
And roost about water along the
ash swa,ls;
What's meant by the swails is the
| broad spread drains,
! Which empty the water that's
i made by the rains.
Through the whole winter the ma
tive birIs sing,
And the grass as .reen as the
middle OF spring.
, Tho sometimes we have short
spell of snow,
Then csmes a thaw and a great
overflow.
Aud all the low lands of inunda
ton
Float off the fence of many plant
: alton
$ Sometimes it happens thatvery high
r water
Surround swine and cattle and
make them its slaughter.
Perhaps some might say keep uch
in the dark,
Its speaks for itself by the high
. water mark.
Tho very high water seldom oc-
ours
Its happened but once in several
e years.
Let's tell of The bad as we'll as the
good,
And have it in order and we'll
understood,
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-07

NOTICE. The Corvallis Brick &
Tile Works will not receive orders
for brick until orders already in
are filled.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-07
NEW ADS TODAY.

LOST. Between Main street and pabl' C
school. chiljs eye glasses. Finder
please leave same at A Hodes, grocery.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-07
FrSa!e.

FrSa'e.
We Will sell in Corvallis at auction to
the highest bidder, December IS, 1866.
100 head Of Srotchwool ewes. that will
bring lambs in January. in lots TO suit
purchaser. LOCKE BROS.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-07

Fine line of shoes, and rubber boots
at Moses.
9l1..I
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-07

FOR SALE. ;. Newly finished
E room house and barn and two
lots with fire garden and frnit.
Close in very cheap on easy
terms. Phone Ind. I4e.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-07

All kinds of Xmas presents at Moses
store.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-07
WANTED.

WANTED. Men to cut 900 cords
of wood by Mike l. grand. For
information apply at VIM. Brcders.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-07

OAK WOOD For S ,le. To arrive
on cars in a few days and will be
sold cheap it ordered in time to
be delivered from car. Independ-
ent phone 1e5 Frank Francisco
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-07
Times
Job Printing
is the Best

Rogoway's Second Hand Store.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-12-07

A CARLOAD of dry oak will soor
arrive. Frank Francisco.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13
The Love Of Jesus.

What is 1t in Jesus that 20 draws
men; that wins their allegiance away
from every other master; that makes
them willing to leave all for his sake
and follow him through peril and
sacrifice, even to death?
Is it his wonderful teaching9 "Never
man spake like this man."
Is 1t his power as revealed in his
kindness to sufferers? His friendship
was unlike any friendship. The most
malignant scrutiny could find no fault
in him.
10 1t the perfect beauty of his
character? None nor all Of these will
account for the wonderful attraction
of Jesus.
Love is the secret. He came into the
world to reveal the love OF God--he was
the love Of God IN human flesh. His
life was all love.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13
The Reason.

He [aftsr marriage)-I don't know
why you are not as considerate of my
comfort as you used to be Of your
fathers.
She-Why, my dear, I am.
He-How do you make that out?
When I come into the house / have to
hpnt around for my slippers and every
thing else I happen to want, but when
/ used to court you, and your father
would come in fron town, you would
Fush ahopt gathering up his things,
wheel his easy chair up to the fire,
warm his slippers, and get him both q
head rest and 2 foot rest, so that oil he
had to do was to drop right down and
be comfortable,
she-oh, that was only so he'd go to
sleep sooner.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

Deep plowing is by all means advis-
able for . year or two preceding the
planting Of in orchard. The turning
under of green mapnres apd the grow.
ing Of hoed crops is advisable on rich
land or new land which needs snbdu-
ing. Corn is good crop to plant. 1t
is the best index crop known for bring.
ing out the inequalities Of the land. 1t
will show the poor spots which need
extra fertility and frequently will de-
velop the gravel spots which need
humps. The best thing, however, to
Immediately precede the planting is
some crop like Irish potatoes, or garden
vegetables of some kind. SUCH crops
bring the soil into practically y garden
condition, for with them deep plowing
high manuring and fertilizipg and
thorough cultivation are commonly
practiced. Subsoiling is to be highly
recommended on all lands underlaid
by more or less stiff subsoil. This
should he done when necessary the
fall preceding the planting of the trees.
Denver Field and Farm.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13
RELIGIOUS,
Keep Open Heart.

No deathless song have to sing
To please the critics of today;
No message deep aud wise bring
To cheer the toiler by the way.
One little word have for all
The small, the great, to keep md con:
Whatever good your lives befall,
Keep open heart, and "pass it on.n
Pass on the kindly word and true,
The timely aid that guessed your
need
Asks more than gratitude of you--
Graves immortality indeed.
Then while your heart Is warmed and
fed,
Your soul uplifted breathed upon,
That brothers deed more light may
shed,
Give it new life, and "pass it on"
Pass on the pleasant look and tone,
The smile that cheered you ere you
knew;
Give to the friend who grieves alone
The joy that someone gave to you.
Give Of the good that crowns your life,
The faith you feed your heart upon;
1t is but loaned you for the strife,
Give God his own, and "pass 1t on"
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13


More and more ~ we grow we ap-
preciate the finer traits that ase in
human nature. Men going out into
life never forget the mother who stays
1t home, and who has presented to
them q nature with reason dominant,
with q high moral sense, with refined
and sweet affections with taste, with
patience, with Eentleness, with self
hacrifice, and with disinterestedness.
4 man may go through all the world,
ne may run through every stage Of
belief and dnbelief, ne may destroy his
fineness in every respect, but there will
be one picture that he cannot efiace.
Living or dying. there will arise before
him like a morning star the beauty Of
that remembered goodness which be
called tmother."
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13
EFFORTS to introduce the parcels
post in the United States have al

EFFORTS to introduce the parcels
post in the United States have al
ways been defeated by the influence
of the Express Companies whose
most notable representative is Sem
ator Platt OF New York. At present
packages over four pounds in
weight will not be accepted by the
mail service at merchandise rates
though it was said by John Wana-
maker when he was Post Master
General that the government could
carry parcels at one twelfth the
cost now charged by the express
companies and make profit on it.
There are thirty FIVE foreign coun-
tries in the Parcels Post Union and
in that business last year Germany
made profit Of over $4,000, 900,
while the profits of England on the
four billion packages carried by the
Parcels post amounted to $ra, a,ooo,-
BOO. These are figures to convence
the people that a parcels post in
this countay is as much Of an eco
nomical necessity as the regulation
Of railroad rates by the Government.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13
Took His Advise,

The following story is told of Scotch
minister;
A mong his congregation was shoe
maker whom, on his PASTORAL visits,
he always found in the very best
humor and spirits. One day, however,
the clergyman was deeply grieved to
find his parishioner in an extremely
despondent mood, aud begged to know
the reason.
"Weel, sir,n answered the shoe
maker. sadly, ''ye see, there's rival
shoemaker started RIGHT opposite me,
an ma trades already beginnin' iae
leaye me.
"Tut, tut, john" exclaimed the
minister, soothingly, "you shouldn't
allow yourself to 60 down like that.
Be man and meet your troubles like
man. And, above all, John, trust in
Providence and all will come right
A few weeks later the minister paid
the shoemaker further visit and was
delighted to find him as CHEEKY and
humorous as ever.
'Now, john" said the minister,
"didn't tell you all would come right
If you trusted in Providence?"
faye, sir" responded John, cheerily,
eye did that, an took yer advice" I"
Then after pause he added, signifi-
cantly: 'sThe ither shoemaker's deid." /"
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

A BENNINGTON, Kentucky, Judge
has sentenced an inveterate drunk
ard to 60 to bed and remain there
for one week AID has instructed his
family to keep watch oyer him and
report any disposition of the man
to leave his bed. This may have
been meant as q punishment for
the man but it looks more as if it
were designed for the punishment
of the family.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13
RANCH AMP HOUSEHOLD.

The reasonable application Of good
common sense Is the most certain way
to succeed with al branches OF poultry
growing. Too much coddling aud
fancy ways are not best for success.
Manage them hike chickens and as
chickens should be handled and all
will go well with them. II handled
like hothouse plants, less success will
be attained. Keep poultry as it should
be kept, not along the fancy lines that
are followed with delicate house pets.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

If you arc entitled to the premiums
The Star IL ofieriDg-Toledo Blade and
Rural Home-and are not receiving
them notify ns. These papers have
been paid for and you are entitled to
them. As they are sent direct to yop
form the offices where they are pub
lished we have no way Of knowing
whether'you are receiving them ornot
except you inform US. :"
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

A woman cannot work at dressmak-
ing, tailoring or any other sedentary
employment without enfeebling her
constitution, impairing her eyesight
and bringing on a complication of COM
plants; but she can sweep, cook, wash
and do the duties of well-ordered
house, with modern arrangements, and
grow healthier every year, gaid Harriet
Beecher Stowe. The times when all
women were healthy were the times
when all women did housework part
of the day.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

The headgate to the main ditch rum
ming from the Rentz reservoir broke
Monday night letting the water out of
the reservoir. 1t Is impossible to make
the necessary repairs until the reservoir
runs nsarly dry. The water has been
shut out Of the reservoir aud 1t is ex-
pected that the repairs can be made
the beginning of next week aud the
reservoir filed again this spring.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

Our advises are that Mrs. George
Bauer and Mr.. William Roessler were
married at Mancos last night and the
event was followed by feasting and
dancing. Mrs. Bauer is well known as
. pioneer citizen of Montezuma county
and the groom is member of the
mercantile Arm Of Roessler Bros
Wednesdays Durango Democrat.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

WHEY the coal operators and the
miners cannot agree they have the
privilege of discussing the situation
together and of soliciting the assis-'
tancd Of an Arbitration committee.
But when the coal operators fix a
price for coal the consumer has no
such privileges. He pays the price
or he goes without coal.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

Mrs. Ed Parsons left for London,
England, Monday to visit her old
home. She was accompanied by Mrs.
Morrison of Cortez. Il
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

AFTER only seven years Of Amer
ican influence in Cuba the men are
rapidly adopting the fashion of
shaving off their whiskers. There
is still hopes for Kansas.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

.'Why did yqp invite Brogden to
spend Sunday with you? 1t nearly
broke his heart when Jennie HaFllins
married you" -.
IT know it. I thought II Bregden
came up and saw how Jennie and her
mother rule things in the house over
which am supposed to preside, he'd
herather pleased with himself after all.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

w. H. Brumley. Jr., was Durango
passenger on Wednesdays train:
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

Mrs. Frank Pyle and the Misses
Cleaver and Dorothy Pyle drove out to
J. NJ. Brumley's home yesterday,
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

The 5-month-old child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. w, w. Belmear is quite sick.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Orniston, who
were called here by the sickness and
death of Mr.. Ormiston's father, re-
turned to their home in Mancos Sun
day.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

Frank Knight and family returned
yesterday from four-months' visit in
England,
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

Misses Mona Myler and May Dun
ham returned from Durango, where
they had been attending school,
yesterday.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

Stock-taking every day is a great aid
to advancement. Stop and add your
self up at the close Of each day and see
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

In some parts Of the West millet
seed y grown IN large quantities. Fine
crops 9f 1t can be grdwn in localities
in which corn has not been introduced,
and the fact should npt be lost sight Of
that II milIet seed is ground and fed, 1t
may be made t9 serve largely the same
uses as corn. It would not be quite
correct to SPY that pound for pound the
food 4 quite as valuable as corn, bpt II
Is net much less valuable. II feeding
It to cattle, mixed with brahd OF
ground oets, or both, the proportion
fed viii depend on the object sought,
much more millet being fed when beel
is wanted than when seeking growth 81
milk. To young animals as calves and
milch cows, the aim should be to make
the meal compose not more than one.
third Of the millet mixture.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

II you haye anything to carry over. II
you have nothing but ciphers To carry
over, something Is wrong somewhere.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

Violet never had SUCH . streak of
luck. He fell in love in Rome, pro-
posed In Naples, and bought the fling
in London.
Dalsy-Did your luck end there?
Niolet-Oh, no! Coming oyer onsthe
steamer be won enough from papa for
us to get married on.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

Parsnips and Irish potatoes may be
combined for Q dinner vegetable. Boil
some parsnips in slighly salted water
and when nearly done take them Off
and slice in circles. Place q layer in
u baking dish and then upon this a
layer of thinly sliced partially boiled
Irish potatoes. Continue the process
until the pan is full, pepper slightly
and add several good-sized Jumps OF
butter. Partly fill the dish with cream,
or milk and bake until brown and
both vegetables are well done.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13

IBut19rIbe for THE DoLoREs srAx.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13
RIO aRANnn soUTHH1N a.l

Read down the left column and upfhe right
Both trains take dinner at Dolores. Regular
freight trains do not carry passengers.
W. l.. Miller. Agent.
The Dolores star., 1906-04-13
BORROWED WIT.

Hewitt-That fellow sayed me from
bankruptcy.
Jewett-How was that?
Hewitt-He married the girl I was
engaged to.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-06
WOODBRIDGE. A WONDER.

The action of the officials of the town of Woodbridge in collecting the entire assessed amount of the military com mutation tax has excited the wonder, despair and admiration of the other towns of Connecticut How did Wood- bridge execute this trick? What is the secret of this miracle working?
 The military commutation tax has long perplexed the administrative off, eials of Connecticut towns. It Is a working theory that only fraction of the tax is collectable. Schemes to en- force payment has proved futile. Al large numbe rof men liable to the tax throw the collectors bill into the waste basket. Thousands of persons who or dinarily are good citizens have incurred the habit of sidestepping this tax. The matter comes before the legislature at nearly every session. Difficulties of col lection are so many and so great that bills are frequently introduced into the general assembly abolishing the tax and substituting some other revenue producing device in it's place.
 But, curiously enough, just as the whole state was about to give up try ing to solve the problem of collecting the tax, woodbridge reads the riddle. The other towns would like to hire & show window and invite Woodbridge to give a publis demonstration of how it collected the uneollectible, achieved the impossible and successfully clutch ed at rainbows. Meanwhile we hasten to congratulate Woodbridge on it's unique achievement in twentieth cen- tury high finence.--Hartford Times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-06
EXAMINATION FOR CLERKS.
Nineteen Applicants Took Paper Las
 Night.

Nineteen Applicants Took Paper Last
 Night.
 The civil service board held an ex- amination in the aldermanic chamber last night for candidates for appoint- ment to clerkships in grade c in the city service, The examination was oc- casioned by the resignation of Clerk Joseph w, Kent of Tax Collector An. thony's office. Mir Kent goes into business. The clerks in grade c jn- clude all of those who draw a salary of $500 or less per annum.
 The examination lasted from & until Il o'clock. It was quite long, but in the opinion of thoIse capable to iudre it was very fair. Nineteen persons took the examination. Of these two were women. The names are: Francis Wade, Joseph McGovern, Ioren7o Griffing, Edward Broden, Bert .Tobn- son, Miss Hadden, Miss Crowley. Har- old Metzger, Frank Riley, AIbert Cowles, John Burke, T. F. McC3nvern John Riley, AloysiuIs O'Brien, Edward Fancher, Owen Wrinn, Edward r,lark Thomas Kehoe, William Euerle
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-06
HOME FOR THE FRlENDLESS
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE oR-
 GANIZATION YESTERDAY

Mist of officers Elected for the Ensuing Year-RepOrts Submitted--Needs of Importance of This Benevolent Insti- tuition.
 The annual meeting of the Home for the Friendless was held yesterday aft ernoon at o'clock at the chapel of the United church. The following of ticers were elected:
 Mrs. Charles E. Graves, president.
 Mrs. Leslie MouIthrop, first vice president.
 Mrs. John M. Greist. second vice president.
 Mrs. Frederick Kingsbury, jr, third vice president
 Mrs. Timothy Cowles, treasurer.
 Mrs. S. Ellen Bartlett, secretary.
 Mrs. Grace Brown SauD5bury, corre- spending secretary.
 The various reports of the officers were submitted, and the officers are anxious to increase the funds Df the organization as it depends for 40 per cent. of its expenses are contributions by the generous public. One of the great needs of the home is house mother or nurse as there are forty four old ladies who need the tender care of an efficient nurse, The home has the use of bed at Grace hospital and half years use of bed at the New Haven hospital. If some gener- ous or interested party would best5w the funds necessary for the other half year it would be confering a great blessing on many of the aged ones
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-06
AUCTION SAIE
s7 Church Street.

I will sell the furnishings of MT. Charles H. Webb's residence, St Roman Terrace, Wednesday, 10 a. m. Very fine high cost goods consisting in part of Oriental Rugs, Teakwood Cabinets and Tables, Rosewood and Mahogany Par Tor Furniture, Chickering Upright Pi- ano, Mahogany Dining Table and Chairs, Screens, Rosewood Desk, Rose wood Cheval Mirror, Rosewood and Ma hogany Chamber Suites, Rosewood Chioffniere, Hair Mattress, Draperies China, Cut Glass, Andirons and Fire Sets, Tables, Chairs, Rockers, Iron Bed steads, Bureaus, Bric-aBrac, Bronzes, Waverly Novels, Antique Pieces, con sisting of Tall Clock. Carved Old Eng lish Oak Cupboard Sideboard, Side Ta- bles, Bedsteads, Carved Tables, Sofa, etc. Finest goods offered at auction in this city for a number of years Sell kitchen at 10 a. m, Third foor 10;S0 second floor, 11S0 first floor, 1 D. m. Take Whitney avenue cars to Lawrence street. R. B. Mallory Auctioneer.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-06

whose sands of life are near run out and whose declining days are made comfortable by the home There was a member of the home who died yes terday at the hospital.
 Many measures were discussed for the benefit of the home among them house committee, upon which future action will be taken.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-06
THE LATE MRS. NEWTON

The body of Mrs, Emma Harrison Newton, wife of Charles R, Newton of Ansonia, arrived in Branford yesterday and funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2:SO o'clock from the rest dence of Mrs. Lydia Andrews in Mon towese street. The deceased died Mon day noon after lingering illness from consumption. She was we'll known in Branford, where she resided previous to her marriage to MT. Newton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-06
DIED SUDDENLY.

News of the sudden death of Mrs. Morse, wife of the steamftter at the M. I. F. Go, Branford. has been re- celved there. She was at her home in Worcester, and was taken ill Saturday, She was alone with her two sons, and fell in a faint They tried to revive her, and then called in a neighbor, who summoned doctor, and she was dead when he arrived, heart failure being the cause.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-06
TUFTs TEAM CHALLENGE.

The Tufts foOthball team would like to arrange game with the Monarchs of Fair Haven to be played next Sun day at Tufts lot, Allingtown, Manager William Bland of the Tufts, will be at the Union office at o'clock Thursday afternoon to meet the Monarehs's man. ager for arrangements, if the challenge is accepted.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-06
PHI BETA KAPPA

An informal reception to the mem bers of the Phi Beta Kappa society was given by Secretary and Mrs. Stokes at their home, 73 Elm street, at o'clock last evening. Previous to this at z o'clock, 8 regular business meeting will be held in the soclety's room in White hal1
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-06
MR. TNssENpENs HEA1lTH.

Bridgeport, Dec. 5.-State Attorney Samuel Fessenden occupied his old time place in the criminal superior court at the opening of the December term yes terday afternoon, though he has by no means fully recovered from his long ill., ness