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The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-25

FOR SALE mill and timber, sawmill
j. and SO acres fine timber for sale, Easy
|, terms. Inquire B. F. Totten. R. 2
:, Corvallis, Oregon.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-25
Bonanza

will grow Klamath Falls has grown; that million
dollars paid wages government laporers will be spent
in Bonanza that 900 tributary Banonza will be
brought under irrigation and farmed in small holdings
Bonanza has other important resources.--vast pine
forests empire Of farming and grazing lands; great
springs Of pure water. ID
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-25
WANTED.

GIRL WANTED at Cauthorn
Hall to assist in dining room
AMI kitchen. Apply at the hall.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-25

Every body come out to the
M. W. A. Box Social at the Odd
Fellows Hall on Sat. Evening Jan.
26 OF. Given by the M. w. A..
lodge.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-25

NOTICE. will pay the highest Mark
etprice in cash for Poultry, hogs,
veal calves etc. ct Bolden's grocery
store corner Second & Monroe streets
opposite Corvallis Hotel. Your cash
is always ready and a square deal
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-25
The Upper klamath Project

Of which Bonanza is the Metropolis. The govern
ment has announced that work the Upper Project will
begin possible in the Spring Of 1907
This that
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-25

FOR SALE. A windmill, tower and
25oo gallon redwood tank. Inquire
at Corvallis sawmill.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-25
Bovine Addition

practically Bonanza The original townsite consists
but few blocks.
The Bonanza Improvement Company
Owns Bovine Addition, much Of the original townsite
and $500 of farming land surrounding the To
raise money for important improvements it offering lots
for short time at very low prices.
F. H. Thompson, the eompanys agentwill visit Cory.
als in few days
Bonanza Improvement Company
Roy Hamaker, Vice President
Fl. L. Holgate, Secretary
klamath Falls, Oregon.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-25
For SALE.

FOR SALE good flock of sheep, los
ewes 90 yearlings the rest are and
years old price is S5,75 per head. c..
Minatti. Ind. phone, Alsea, Oregon.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-25
THE GREAT KLAMATH BASIN

THE GREAT KLAMATH BASIN
Of Southern Oregon and Northern California
Is country of wonderful resources being rapid
y developed by the irrigation system and by
railroad building
The Klamath Reclamation Project,
Undertaken by the United States involves the cx-
penditure about Five Million Dollars It comprises
distinct systems the Lower Project building of which
Klamath Falls is the distributing point, and
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-25

WOOD .for sale by Corvallis
Transfer Company. Independent
Phone. 1894.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-25

TT must have been frightful"
said Mrs. Bossim to her h usband,
who was in the San Francisco
earthquake. Tell me what was
your first thought when you were
awakened in your room at the ho-
; tel aud heard the alarm"
My first thought was cf you, /"
answered Mr.. Bossim
How noble!'
Yes, First thug I knew a
vase off the mantle, caught, me or
the ear; then chair whirled in my
direction, and then jumped to ths
middle of the room four or five
books and a framed picture struck
Eme all at once"
Even after. saying that. he affect
ed to wonder what made her st
angry the remainder Of the evening
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21
MORAL WAVE, SWEEPING
OVER RACING TRACKS
Jockey Club Would Discountenance Entry
Gamblers and Bookmakerss,, Horses.
Have Caused Much Scandal
Entry Of
DlScOuntenancc
Scandal,

discovered at the Hotel Belmont, living
in .luXurious apartments. This boy
receives a saiafy 6f s$o1 a week as IA
and in winning and losing mounts his.
income cannot. amount to over 500
week. Still his suite and main
itenance at. New Works. latest hotel
patace aggregate much more than
that amount per week. Now, where
does he get it?2 The only missing link
in the chain of evidence was the alb
senca of some strutting bookmaker
down in the corridor awaiting Mr..
Jockeys first morning appearance.
Then some more and some more. Nh.
Stceplechase Rider can buy more wine
when he thinks no one is looking than
e snortn m.k days. T The local papers made
much of the incident.
AS {: result the gaze of all race
goers Is upon the effete rider every
time he is astride just now. VI course
we all remember of the gigantic ring
which engineered the first past the
post races at New Orleans. La, five
years ago The way Ellison, Penn, Me-
| I.eod, Brazil, rounded sup. things is his
, tory, which VIII remain green in7mem-
DRY as long as the present genera
1 ton of racing people remains on the
upper side Of this mundane sphere.
/ It was a braZen piece Of turf trick
cry to be sure; but hear " hat man
who went all through that winters
campaign at New Orleans, La, has t.
! say about the steeplechase situation
here in the East at the present stime!
How the New York people can sub
/ !nt to the ilimdanming they are re.
| cciving at the hands Of these stceple-
4 chase pirates is passing strange.
4 went through the trouble at New Or
i leans some years ago and L speak bJ
!, the card when i Fay that the great
u est scheme of turf triclSery ever know,
. to the turf is being perpetrated II
a connection with the jumping race:
! about New, York" According to on.
current story, three of the foremos
!. Jockeys, a steeplechase owner, q train
er and a well-known plungcr, ar
banded together and they are enrich
ing themselves al the public loss b.
) putting up occasional "shoo in trick
cry In hurting ra2ing more than al
:, the reformers put together and un
/, less 1t is checked within the next yea
a scandal which Will shake the tur
/, structure to Its foundation may de
vclop.
The trouble seems to be with TIL
!. Ehalf-hearted administration of incom
potent stewards. These stewards ar
/, complimentary They are members o
t the National Hunt and Steeplechas
& Association and Gare often selected te
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21
DAVID GREY.

minutes before a race, the regular
stewards of the nat racing having no
Jurisdlction over the jumping races /
There is no system or carnestness mi
their work. with the result that the
frecbootcrs run rough-shod over them.
y notorious fact is seen In an Incl
dent early this year at Aqueduct.
where not a single steward viewed Il
steeplechase contest There was none
at the track to preside.
The sight of Young Corbett and
Abe" Attell down at Brighton Beach
this week trying to beat the horses
recalls the fact OF the betting ring
having cngulfed many pusilistic for
time within the last half century.
III viii be remembered that John C..
Heenan lost all the money he made
in his fights with Morrissey. Sayers,
King and other prize ring stalwarts o.
the day in the booths at Epson Downs.
Still that is going back some Within
modern times many champion of the
prize ring has been deuce In the
betting ring. Take. for instance,
lack McAuliffe. the greatest light
weight in lighting history, and the one
Iclear-cut champion to retire with full
hcnors.
sin his day and time McAuline earn
| ed upward OF 100000 About one
eighth of this came from actual fight
l w
| his enormous earning capacity on the
boards with the King of the Turf"
| Though n high liver, at least $780,
/ 900 of McAuliffes fortune went to the
| call of tho race-horse. his famous
poolroom at Coney Island costing him
/ 100000 in 1900. No pugilist, past or
present, ever made the enormous
| money McAuliffe ground out fifteen
tsyears ago. Jim" JeffrIes's one dissi-s
la,x,
to be sure, the frugal "Jeems" is even
here too chary to plunge beyond 500.
/ Smart as philadelphia Jack" O'Brien
may be. he once fell for the ponies.
1 During the time the famous Dan
Smith" sold tips to the gullible race,
i going public C'Brien used to pay SIS
a day for the tips which he had wired
over to Philadelphia SO that he might.
|play them in q handbook at the
4 Bingham House 1t Is said O'I3rienlost
4 all the profits of his first trip to Eng.
4 land in one month. to the hand book,
Il sum amounting to over $4,000
However. YOU couldn't get him to
Il pay on first past the post bird now.
/, I#"rerry" McGovern tossed off $4,000
Tin four years on buying the cam
J, paigning race horses. In his fights
[ with McGovern, Britt, Nelson and
IIanlon. not to say anything OF his
III 'LbNatlithl slut IL liici iiIit' Nv
n champion Young Corbett earned at
/, least 100000. He Is now at the
; Brighton Beach race-t track in a. pillar
/, to post sort of a condition. His
money has gone, hut he still believes
/, he can beat the horses and that some
t day the break" will come his way
4 and with 1t moro gold and more fame.
lOf all the puGilistic victims of the
> racc-trnak Young Corbett Isl the
: foremost. Ills fortune is Eith the
3 fboolsmakers. and he Is even. now drib-
I bling off the final dollars of his
g share of the money his recent fight
1 with "Iiid" Sullivan, at Baltimore.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21
Yacht Event Scheduled.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 2o.-Another
important yachting event, besides the
race for the Perpetual Challenge Cup,
is likely to take place in August A
three-cornercd match between the
sIoops Discovery (Corinthian Yacht
cub. Ncva (San Francisco Yacht Club
and the Nalkyrie (South Coast Yacht
Cub, has been suggested, the contest
to be sailed on Sunday, August 4th. the
day after the cup race
The annual regatta of the San Fran
cisco Yacht Club is on the calendar
for July 2lst, but viii be postponed or
account of the race around the Farallor
Islands, which Is scheduled to, be, hello
on the goth tIhe directors of the San
salito Club have been talking the mat
ter over, and Will probably set the dat,
OF the regatta to August 4th.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21
Md. brought him. John I. Sullivan is

Md, brought him. John L. Sullivan Is
an exception. He never liked TO bet
on the horses Three weeks ago he
visited Sheepshead Bay to see Peter
Pan run, his first visit to the races
since the day Henry of Navarro Won
the Suburban Handicap. Peter Maher
is another inveterate race-track
gambler A good money maker In his
day, he lost "hls", through backing
AS shots. Maher was n Down and
Out Club" member around the New
Orleans, La, tracks last winter.
George Gardner, conqueror Of Root
Carter and other good middleWeights
of few years back, sunk his all-in-.
all on the race-track. After his re-
tircment consequent upon a defeat at
Bob" FItzslmmons's hands, Gardner
had $4,000. He bought four two-year-
ods at Memphis Tenn, for SIG, 900.
None of them ever developed to even
selling platter capacity, leaving the
Tighter with but four culls and q
depleted bank roll. He also lost heav-
lily at the spring meeting Of 1904 at
montgomery Park, Memphis Tenn,
where he closed out $4,000 more,
"Errankie"s O'Neil and HIS father, Jim"
| O'Nell, did mot do any too we'll with
| their racing venture out on the Pa
,cinc coast last winter, according to
reports one hears around the SPORT
ling resorts. In the great crowd
/ which saw Peter Pan outgame Mes
Carter in the Brighton Handicap Of
4 last saturday Young CorbettS was
! there withia losing bet to Montgom-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21
DY j, S, A. MACDONALD.

.
NEW YORK, july 2ot-7Af,, "A moral
wave" is sweeping over the turf at the |
present time. ! do not mean that the
l"reformers" are on the warpath, but
ra TIL er that the governors of the sport |
Of racing here in the East are moving 4
toward several changes in turf ethics
on their own initiative. For instance,
the Jockey Club has intimated to the
racing secretaries of the several rae
ling associations under Its jurisdiction
| to circumference the entry to 1905
stakes and handcaps and bookmals
| ers. This indeed tisfa stepln the right
direction. In the West d movement
in Kentucky is afoot for debarring
(, bookmakcrs from racing horses. In
the Middle West the fact of men like
Rome Respess, ED Alvey and Fred
| Cook carrying on a booking enterprise
I While at the same time racing their
| of scandal, for disgruntled race goers
will always talk after a bad day,
VIII eth err circumstances justify them or
not. The same obtains in this local
lily. and it isprestlnied that under the
general caption of professional gam
pliers" the booknakers will be includ-
ed. In fact. 1t is pretty well under
stood that the day of the "bookmaker-
/ owner" has about waned. No book
maker will be permitted to own d.
4 rectly or indirectly any interest in
/ race-horses within the near future.
i Such is the talk In this section at the
Ipresent time.
4 Behind the Jockey Club manifesto Is
d story OF unsatisfactory racing on the
part of one of the prime equine fa-
@lNoritcs of the last twenty years. This
refers to Roseben. The horse is owned
by Day" Johnson, one of the best
, known gamblers and professional race
track money operators in the world.
4 Since the time Johnson promoted the
! Ocean Casino at Long Branch, N. j..
, away back in the early days of rae
i ing at Monmouth Park, he has been
! more or less a horn In the side of the
: Jockey Club. His spectacular betting
land his 5closcness to certain big book
. ing interests and intimacy with GER
tain star racc-ridcrs stood as a night
mare before the turf solons. But the
cap and climax came on the opening
day at Brighton Beach. That was OF
a Monday The previous Saturday, al
Shcepshead Bay Roseben picked III
liO pounds and stopped TO a walk t,
Dreamer. Roscben stood at / to s
Then on the next Monday at Brighton
Beach the horse was asked to take III
the same impose of ld0 pounds and t
\ meet SO high II class mare as Jane
r. keene's Suffrage. Naturally Rose
ben stood at as good as to /. r,
the dismay, and disgust CT almos
everybody Roseben just tin cans nom
an easy winner In the fast time of Ia
for the three-puartfrs Of n mile. |
WAS shocking form rcyeTsal; In
(. wlat makes II more emphatic IL tn
fact OF some one having backed Rose
ben3at the last moment from cIglrls Il
II 10 D, or course everybody IS won
dering whether or not the locke
Clubs neg rolling ig MT 81 Johnson
OF course there arc many book maker
-, an ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21

cry. A friend turned to me and said:
TT seems that professional ball play
ers and champion pugilists fa'l for
the bookmakers easier than any 9TH
Ter class of individuals. They say Abe
Attell, the featherwelght champion,
is game horse player, but take II
from mo that where Attell would he
betting his last dollar Young Corbett
would be wagering his life on ia
yorite." Eli
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21

citation on account of the Jamestown
Exposition being on, as the counter
attractions offered by the latter are
too strong to admit of opposition. Mr..
Wren, however, thinks that the Nor
folk Horse Show and Fair Association
Will again be much in evidence in 1908
with a spring race meeting, the usual
fail, and race meeting combined in the
summer, while All up-to date horse
show one fully in Keeping with those
of previous years, will be held in the
fail.
Scott Quinton, who now makes his
headquarters at Fredericksburg, Va.
whertslargc smauufa turing Interests
occupy his time, is the owner of sew
eral nice saddle horses, VIII ch are rid
den by himself and Mrs Quinton, q
special favorite of the latter being the
handsome flve-year-old ch cstnut mare
Indian Flower, thoroughbred daughter
OF Tammany and Marlgold, by ST
Blaise. While in training Indian
Glover won at Pimlico, where she ran
five furlongs in one minute, the track
record there. During former years
when Quinton campaigned' Favonia,
2:15: Tacomis, Gossip, Jr.. and other
good trotters and PAGERS, he was one
of the best known and most successful
followers of the harness racers; but
while engaged in other lines more re-
Gently. his interest in the old calling
has seemingly never ahatcd.
The Virginia bred steeplcchaser
Jimmy Lane, chestnut gelding, z, By
His Grace. dam Anna Page. by Hay.
ton Beach. 1t was handicap affair
nd tl,n of Hts C,rnca had ljttlf
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21
VETERAN BASEBALL MEN
FALL TO MINOR LEAGUES

III NEW YORK, July 2o,-Two veterans OF
the baseball diamond in the major
leagues, Lave Cross and Jake Beckley.
have passed along intoYthe minor league
ranks and they are likely to be Joined by
a third, Tommy Corcoran who has Just
been released by the New York Nationals.
All three of these men have been stars
in the major ranks for twenty years or
more, but they have at length been forced
to give way to young blood.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21
nasebn1i l,anguaRe.

4 The following Is an extract from
an account Of baseball game in Kan
isas: "Bracken singled, Hunt got hit In
the basement. Suringer walked and
Snyder took ono III the stats RUSS
hit was ticketcd for a slap against the
fenSe, when Dustmhn stabbed It WITH
his left hand" Which again ro,ninds
us that Ibasebal! would be a dull game
If 1t were written up 80 that every
body could understand Just what hap
peneda -'Vashington Post. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21

President c. O. Wren, of the Nor
FOLK Horse Show and Fair Association,
Norfolk. Va is authority for the
statement that neither fair, race
meeting or horse show will be held
there this year, as usual, by his asso-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21

Blue Ridge Stud Thoroughbred
,sYcarlings Make Very Fair
Average at Sale.
GREEN BRlT,iE1s' STABLE
Prince NJ. Son OF Sidney Prince.
No Horse Show All Norfolk
IFS. Year.

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ans aH sdnfeu
yesrl.l7s ;.om tsegs STUD.
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sseeess a4i 10 az i''iF
prices lu.qd throae1o On endne
which tatt> Rls, ~ tase 9', sis- V'pion
Com an, addSehs. 9hotRSlend BAY
New York The twenty two head Of
ing ali Average of uifle over $3.50.
Ch { bS Fssnre OF le:ho@ne
Marciancsl ~. NtHy .i.,5.$ iIuu
81. q by i4s5w i.s - lei>--t sieens Of
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W. .. SCu.lS -. ,..... - ..s. 30
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s. OF bl. I. b Matercress--Tus-
canite; i. h.,niel ~. sa.......... $500
3, T. by ress-Andriss, ~
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Oh. I; by Golden daNim-Dina-
wick; ". q. Scutly ..... .#..., 500
Oh, c. by Observation-Disclosures w
Garth ...s.... .,......,.... 1000
Ch {. BY kswick-Nerdict:
A. j. Joyner ..a.s..,.... Leu
B. f. by caleb-Betrie Bramble:
f. L, Carnan .,.,.. $3.50, SOC
Br c, bE Golden MaXim-Auntie
Mum; j. Carroll .............. 425
B. &. BIS Golden MaXim-Miss
Laudelnan; a. Miller ........E.. l,luU
CHI. f. by Golden MaXm-Mary -
Stuart. 7. Welsh OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 100
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21

The thoroughbred horses owned by
che Green Brothers, Dun, John and
Fielding, of Fredericksburg, Va, are
now quartered at the Fair Grounds
track, near town, and reported as
doing we'll Those in training include
knight of Weston. chestnut gelding, 3,
by knight, dam Virbo, by ALBANIA; Re-
becca Cohen, chestnut filly, 3, by Isl
dor, dam Archeress by Potomac; De-
lude, bay filly, 4, by His l1ighness, dam
Charm, by Potomac; Yesterday, brown
|, mare, I, by Judge MOTION, dam Miss
II Mansfield, by Blythcwood. and the bay
4!filly, Miss Alphine. one year old, by
+ Alphine, dam Miss Metcalf, by Arding-
4 ton That good steepiecbase horse, Es-
sex, the big and handsome bay gedlng,
by Judge Morrow, dam Mimosa, is un-
der lease 10 Dion Kerr, of Warrenton,
& Va, for whom he IS winning races this
season. Among the brood mares owned
by the Messrs. Green are: Miss Met
calf. a brown. T. by imp. A.rdington.
dam Anna Page, Jimmie Lanes dam.
4 by Hayden Edwards; Matte g., bay,
/. 9. by Trojan. dam Annie Page, with
sia bay flly. at her side by Aloha, and
Abred back, and Mamie Ordway. a
sichestnut. II, by Ordway, dam Anna
Page, who was bred this season to
Hampshire, son Of Hanover.
" f.
Prince NJ, the -year-old chestnut
gelding that won at Baltimore and
trotted to record of 2:29A, is the
first Virginia bred performer to enter
the list of standard speed in 1907. He
was bred by George 7. Mapp, of Kcllar,
Va, his present owner and sired by
Sidney Prince. 2;21A, dam Annie NJ,
by Ham Diston, son of Walker Nor
rill. PRINCE 81. has more speed by quite
"a margin. than has record indicates as
the chestnut geiding is credited with
the ability to shade 2:20 three times
without much effort on half-mjlc
track. Sidney Prince is the leading sire
OF speed in Virginia. and among others
OF his get that have won money and
taken new records already this season
q pre- the big chestnut gclding ZacA
EPl6A, and Nettie May, 2:2lA, while
+ Princine. n2:15A, tho fast mare owned
by the Crahtrees. is fast rounding into
{orm. Princine is now in McIienry's
fands, for whom she worked miles In
better than 2:10 last season with quar-
ters in 80 second and under.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-15
BAZAAR an GAINESVILLE.
Que Given. for the Bcncilt OF the Gem
etcry AssOciatlOn Great Success.


lspecIalto Ths Tines Disoatch.l
GAINESVILLE. VA. December Ia
The bazaar held here this week for
the benefit of the Clarksvllle Cemetery
Association has proven a great sue
cess both financially and socially, The
net profit to the association was $40.
The attendance was good throughout
and every feature was we'll patronized.
The promoters deserve credit and
praise for theft untirlng efforts In this
good cause. and theg5perfect harmony
that prevailed among them was noted
with pleasure.
The prize for guessing the name of
the briIe doll was tie between little
Misses Lucinda Sizemore. Ruth Vest
Matte Wilkinson and Bessie Hester.
This was decided by drawing straws.
the faVoredyo one being Miss Sizcmore,
who was delighted to- be the recipient
or the lovely doll. The prize of two
dozen American Beauty roses was
awarded to Miss Leila Lyon as tht
most popularSynung lady8in town. with
a vote of l951 a gainst $50 for second
best candidate.
The hall looked like a verltatle fairy
land. with all kinds Of "fakirs" inter-
csted in the work selling their wares.
The edibles for the occasion We're al
we'll prepared and greatly enjoyed.
Pretty French maids to serve the
Viands made them the more appetizing.
and the young men took advanta ge of
the situation by frequently tipping