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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-12-22
Bids For Wood.

Notice is hereby given that
sealed proposals for furnishing
wood for the Oregon Agricultu-
raj College for the ensuing Col
lege year, 19O9-10; will be re-
ceived by the undersigned until
Saturday, January 9th. Speci-
fications will be furnished at the
Business Office Of the College.
J. A. BExELL,
l2-1S-4t Financial Secretary
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-12-22
Rev. Evan p. Hughes, pastor /

Rev. Evan P. Hughes, pastor
of the First Congregational
church, while out duck hunting
Fridav, accidentally shot him.
self in the right arm. The
wounded man was brought home
and surgical aid extracted the
shot. While the injury is pain
full Mr.. Hughes is making ligh.
of what might have been a seri-
Gus accident.
The OAC Junior Annual is
now being compiled and will be
one of the finest editions ever
issued, it being expected that
the subject matter and illustra-
tions will fill over $50 pages and
that fully 1900 copies will be
printed, orders having already
been taken for $50. The price
is $2.5 and A. &. E. Abendroth
is booking the orders.
The holiday trade has thus
far been exceptionally good this
season. All the merchants have
displayed as attractive displays
of goods appropriate for gifts
as could be found anywhere,
even in the larger cities and the
stores have been daily crowded
with a happy and prosperous
throng of buyers, all eager TO re-
member their friends and loved
ones at this joyous Christmastide.
AUTO FOR SALE.-$3,5OO.O0
machine for $4,000. 4O-horse
power, top, glass front, lamps,
magnets, gas tanks, A. l tires
and in perfect running order.
Demonstration given in Port
land. The Oregon Co., 305
Wells Fargo Bldg. Portland, Or.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-12-22
DEALING IN DIRT
Lewis Makes Large Sales of
Benton County Land.

Dealing in dirt, especially the
productive sort that has made
Benton county famous for it's
fruit and garden sass, is a hobby
of James L. Lewis, the wide
awake real estate hustler of this
city. Mr.. Lewis is firm be-
lever that there is no better in
vestment on earth than land in
Benton county and he is always
doing his utmost to induce
prospective settlers to have the
same confidence in its crop yield
ing qualities. That he is usually
successful goes without saying,
and of late he has been especial
ly so, for since the big football
game at Portland ON November
21, he has sold $3S,125 worth of
property, and, with the excep-
ton of one small farm, this has
all been Benton county property.
He is now making plans for 1909
and expects to make the coming
year a record breaker in realty
deals. To help him out in this
he has secured a large list of
some OF the very best property
in the country, consisting Of
large and small farms, fruit and
garden tracts, poultry ranches,
res idence lots and business sites.
All his property is conveniently
located and he will be pleased to
show and talk it's merits to any
and all intending buyers. 1922
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-12-22

The annual election of officers
took place at the last meeting of
Ellsworth Relief Corps, the fol-
lowing being chosen: President,
Mrs Ada Farmer; Senior Vice
President, Mrs. Emelin Tharp;
Junior Vice President Mrs.
Eliza beth Russell; Treasurer,
Mrs. Sarah Wilkinson; Assistant
Treasurer, Mrs. Annette Glass
ford; Chaplain, Mrs. J. Lane; S
Guard, Mrs. 3. Huber; Con-,
Mrs. Agnes Young.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-12-22

The trip of the Corvallis Com
mercial Club to Portland at the
time of the OAC-U. of O. game
was a complete success, Virgil
E. Waters, chairman of the
committee on arrangements,
having turned in his report
which shows a net balance of
So after paying all expenses,
which were over $3.50. The at
tendance from here was nearly
three times greater than that
from Eugene.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-12-22
Additional Locals.

A real Christmas bargain il
offered amusement lovers We'd
nesday night, in the production
of the charming Western play,
"In Wyoming" delightful
story of life in that picturesque
state. In every respect, the pro-
duction is upon high-grade lines
and it should receive the most
enthusiastic patronage.
The report of Chief Wells for
the month of November has
been filed and shows that the
peace officer had a busy time,
there being six arrests for viola
ton of the bicycle ordinance,
three for disorderly conduct, two
for drunkenness and one for
peddling without license, besides
three stray COWS and horses tax
en- up.
An attempt was made by some
one, on Wednesday night, to
enter the residence Of George
Cole. At about l O'Clock in the
morning Mr.. Cole heard the
noise at the window and being
an accommodating gentleman
he got up and turned on the
light SO that they might do a
good job. Perhaps the fire in
his eye foretold the warm recep-
ton at hand and further warn
ing was unnecessary. They had |
made their mark on the window
frame and but for the timely
warning George might have been
lined up along the wall, hands in
air, wintry blasts playing around
his nightly attire, and forced to ,
part with all the filthy lucre in
sight. /
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-12-22
REDUCED HOLIDAY RATES
Over s. P. Co. Lines and G. &
E. R. R.

For the holidays the S. P. Co.
will make a round trip rate of
one and one third fare to all
points on S. P. lines. The G. &
E. 4. R. make a rate of one fare
for the round trip. Sale dates
are Dec. 23rd, 24th, 25th, Dec.
31st and January 1st. Final re-
turn limit, January 4th, 1909.
The o. r. & N. will make the
same rate and same sale dates
as the S. P. Ticket Office open
after 3 p. m. for purchase Of tick
cts for use the next day.
R. G. L1Nv1LLE, Agent.
Corvallis, Oregon.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-01-17
NO MORE OLD PEOPLE.

Fifty years ago man OF - was
considered an old man. Many per-
SONS can remember their fathers at
80. or grmdfathcrs who at 50 seemed
older than any living person now.
1t was considered proper for man
Of family TO settle down quietly, to
a-rhcw the yauirics Of life and in a
sober. orderly manner to work and
live as if DE were 20. In these days
it isn't done. partly because there IS
too much zc-t i'm active life and part
lv because for % man 10 act as If he
were old is too often simply shelving
himself. The Young blood is want
cd these days and many men Of 60
are to all intent, and purposes still
young. They keep at the game with
their former cagerness. If they drop
ont they must either weary them
selves BY seeking enjoyment or else
rust away in discomfort.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-01-17

would one day manaclc him, he had
taken VOWS which separated her
from him as surely as The VOWS OF
a priest separate him from all
women.
"Thcv say that passion know, no
VOWS. that a man, sacred word. Civ
on i'm the presence Of his fellow, and
sworn TO before God will snap like
the oycr-wrought string of a violin.
in the hour when the woman OF his
love tempt him. | never was Tempt
ed enough to know. but ! belong to
the same order Jack does and it
seems to me. we take an oath in that
no man would break to win a para
disc.
at is certain that from the mo-
ment she told Jack this. he never
told her that he loved her, could
not even tell her why. lie had to
hear her broken pleading that he
tell her of his love, mad to lear her
tender arms from around his neck.
They had met that day to per-
feet their plans for the future. but
he had to say to her thai they must
give them up, must each 20 their
way and forget.
"Whcn she cried that she could
not forget. that she could never get
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-01-17
AGREED WITH HIM.

Guest (to lonesomc-looking man
on the corncr)-Awf'ly stupid at
fair, don't You think:
NO doubt Of it,"
"No man would ever dream OF
giving miXcd-up thing Of this
sort
That's what ! told my wife"
Have ! met your wife"
"Vcry likely She's the woman
that's giving the party"
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-01-17
SUSPICIOUS.

She-Don't YOU think that Belle
is lucky in marrying a man who
doesn't drink?
He-Oh. don't know. What is
his excuse for not drinking?-Puck.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-01-17

The finest shaving brushes are MAJ.
ufactured from badgers hair, auo
"camel's hair" brushes are turned OILY
in great quantities from squirrels tails
and from the hair that grows inside
the ears of oxen.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-01-17
Bamboo Guitars.

A popular instrument in Madagascar
is the bamboo guitar made from .
bamboo cane six feet long The cavity
serves rs the sounding board. Strings
are cut out between the joints and are
stretched by bridges
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-01-17
Holland Brides.

II is a Holland superstition that a
bride should make her own wedding
garters and that she should make them
of something blue" With such 4 gar
ter the day will not prove rainy nor
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-01-17
Throwing Dice.

Throwing dice is said to have been
originally religious act, In the turn
of the dice was supposed 10y the primi-
tive peoples 10 be the answer Of the
gods TO their prayers. There was no
element of chance involved.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-01-17

The designer of the mJc- of the l9r
tis,ery OF Florence. declared hy N.che
Angelo 10 bc "thc wonder of the $50 .
and NJ to be the gates of pdrld.'
was Ghibcrti. who spent the whole 0.
his life upon them
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-01-17

The thaler. which has ceased To he
recognized as a coin Of the German
realm, began life toward the close Of
the fifteenth century, the actual year
being 1851
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-01-17
Algerian Vineyards.

Algerian vineyards produce more
grapes per acre than those Of any
other country.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-01-17
Women Of Italy

Unlike the men. the women of lHt
are most industrious When their
household duties are done they knit
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-01-17
The Common Prayer Book,

The common prayer book was first
compiled 10y Bishops Cranmer ana Rid
ley in 1910
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04
THE HENS BOARD BILL.

And now the question. what does
it cost to keep a hen for a year," is
being discussed ad minimum. Per-
haps its most humorous aspect is in
the simplicity with which an exact
standard is called for. 1t has about
the same nationality as What is the
size of a piece of chalk?" There is as
much variation in the cost of keep
ing hens under different circum-
stances as there is in the sizes of a
piece of chalk.
On the farm in summer the hens
turned out to hustle for themselves
can be fed for little OF nothing. But
If that regimen is extended into win
ter the hens have habit OF revenging
themselves by emitting to produce the
eggs that repay for the cost of keep
ing. In this respect economy of keep
ing hens distances Ensign Evan Dhu
Maccombich's famous case of teach
ing horse to live without hay. For
long before you get the hens down to
nothing they strike on egg production.
The average American family can
keep two or three hens on it's daily
table waste. On the other hand, he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
IFrom the Phi

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The fellow who is on his uppers
doesn't live high.
It isn't necessary to look down upon
those who look up at US.
1t is possible to be so tall as to be
little short OF ridiculous.
Many man has stubbed his toe In
a frantic effort to put his best foot for
ward.
The more a man thinks Of himself
the less considerable he Is apt to be of
others.
It may be better to have loved and
lost than never to have loved at all, but
1t isn't SO cheap.
II the ambitions Of the average man
could be realized he would have to buy
a larger-sized hat
When a fellow thinks q girl Is an
angel he is apt to pose as a saint. but
they are both disil1usionized before
vey long.
Tommy-"Pop, what IL the difference
between poetry and verse;" Tommy's
Pop-WeII. my son. you can generally
sell verse"
Tho most unpleasant man in the
world Il the ono who wants to talk
about himself when you want to talk
about yourself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04
PROVING RI.

General Tpsky was a Russian. and 30
was General Topsky.
Iney asked their rude assailants II they
BUT their yellow Jap antagonists were
heathen shy on manners
And they used the forts defenses a. q
SO the generals hiked to Russia. where
they called each other gutter,
Liar, knave and scoundrel, till the quarrel
But they settied I up the matter to the pub
lie satisfaction
By shooting up each other In a sangui-
nary action.
Should nature faker say he saw two
APPROPRIATENESS
Both balanced on a saucer's edge, like
And purple kangaroodle come with
song and dance and laughter
And hang its brother by the toe from the
~ very toomost rafter.
Then stand upon q mouse trap and hypno-
tie the keeoer,
While the emu emulates a shad ana dives
down deep and deeper
Then the Great Authority and Faker
And clear the point at issue a. the verbal
bullets rattle.
Should Henry James grow peevish when
= 9. critic says he's worried
BY the involuted sentences through which
his eye has hurried;
That he can't tell from the story, at least
not very clearly,
If the hero's thought thinker or only
thinked It nearly;
II the heroine has Gained herself by the
whenceness of the whyness,
Or the soul within her shrfveled by the
business OF the dryness-
Why. the author and the critic can dis
cuss 1t, breast to muzzle,
Which win prove the style IL Nmpfd-or
misunderstanding puzzle.
New York, American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04
KANSAS COMMENT
RoosEvELrs POPULARITY.


Why does the average American like
Roosevelt? Because he stands for the
interests OF the average American, is
the usual answer. Further light ON
this question is shed Interestingly by
an anonymous writer in the American
power In his commences coupled with
superhuman energy. He IL just an
average American, in his feelings and
thinking. That he gets more than
average results Is due to extraordinary
energy In employing this average abili-
Ing the contribution. He Is a poor
shot. because his eyes are bad and his
hand not especially steady, yet becallsc
OF tireless perseverance as q hunter he
has killed every kind of game to be
found on the plains. He is an engine
We have the spectacle OF q man Of
ordinary abilities who has succeeded
through the simple device of self con-
troll and self discipline OF using every
power he possesses to the utmost
limit. The people like him because
he is like them. They admire and fol-
low him because of his power to do
more and better than they can do. He
is an enlarged reflection of the people,
rather than q prophet leader. His IL
the greatness Of breadth, not height.
There Is no doubt much truth In this
theory. It - supported by his vol
luminous literary work, which while
strong and healthy nowhere arises far
above the commonplace. The Presi-
dents speeches and messages seldom
contain anything the average man does
not know. Their greatness lies In the
way they put life into common but ne
elected truths. His executive efficiency
has not come from remarkable grasp
Of presidential problems SO much as
from a broad knowledge Of the things
to be done, gained through tremendous
activity in keeping posted on the func-
tons Of and developments in the va
rfous departments OF the government.
This view forbids CHASING the presi-
dent as genius unless 1t be a genius
for work. But what inspiration for
the average man there Is in this view.
Geniuses are born. The average man
cannot be inspired by genius to greater
efforts Of his own, for he understands
the futility of aspiring to do what gen.
ius does. Ee cannot by any effort OF
his own add greatly to his intellect or
to his muscular strength; but he can
add indefinitely to the energy employed
in directing the commonplace faculties
with which he is born, and in that way,
perhaps. making the sum total OF his
achievement equal or approximate that
of a genius. Roosevelt, an average
man, has proved this for us.-Leaven-
worth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04
A Japanese wedding Ring.

Mrs. Post Wheeler has what per-
haps no other woman in the United
States has-a Japanese wedding ring.
For Halle Erminie Rives, as she is
known to the literary world, was mar
ried in Japan to Post Wheeler, Sec
rotary of the American Legation Al
though the Episcopal ceremony was
used. she chose the Japanese mar
riage symbol in preference to that Of
her own country. It is a little wider
than the ordinary band and is beau
tifully carved in Oriental design. Be-
tween the chased work are inserted
Japanese characters that read: MY
beloved is mine and I am his" This
is the favorite sentiment for the
Oriental wedding. This sentiment is
repeated several times around the
band-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

"reformer," is going to have plenty Of
opposition to his efforts to secure a
denomination for state senator from
the Thirty-eighth district. w. M
Glenn. editor Of the Tribune-Republi-
can, and one of the most popular men
in that locality. is the latest to an
nounce his candidacy for this nomina-
ton. And the chances are that Mr..
Smith will wake up on the morning
after the primary election and find
that he has been relegated to the
ranks. Mr.. Smith is good deal like
chameleon, in that he can readily
and easily change his hues but is un-
able to hide HIS real identity and the
people in the southwest corner of the
state are not of a class that is easily
fooled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

who buys grain literally at present
retail prices. giving the hens all the
variety they need, may easily ma his
feed bill mounting as high as 81 to
$3.50 per year per biddy. And yet
at these rates the hens must be plead
ed with to keep busy In order to yield
a profit on their keep.
Wherefore the answer to the ques-
ton that is costs from nothing to
$3.50 a year to keep a hen. And the
man who figures out ways and means
to make the cost nearer the higher
figure than the frreducible minimum
is the more likely to get the. hens to
respond with a product that pays
their board with a profit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04
PANEL Boone,s Only Portrait.

There never was but one oil portrait
OF Daniel Boone painted from life, and
that was by Chester Harding, dis
tinguished artist of Boston, who came
to Missouri in June, 1920, and painted
it in the residence of Flanders Gala
way, Boone's son-in-law, where Boone
was then living, near the village of
Marthasville, in Warren county The
Rev. James e. WEIGH, one of the old
est Baptist preachers in the state and
father of Altman WEIGH, attorney gen.
eral Of Missouri during Governor Gam
ble's administration, sat in Boone's
bed behind Boone for him to lean
against while Harding painted the pic
ture, the pioneer being too feeble to
sit alone. Harding's portrait Of Boone
now hangs in the state capitol at
Frankfort, Ky.-Kansas City Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.

[From the Chicago News.1
Eelf-interest and sympathy have
nothing in common.
It is never too late to break your
self OF bad habit.
II you would be happy let the other
fellow do the worrying.
He is truly a shiftless man who Is
too lazy to shift for himself.
There's plenty of room at the top for
the chap who Is not dizzy-pated.
It takes q clever photographer topro-
duce a speaking likeness of dumb
person.
No man would want his wife to act
as do the other woman at whom he
makes eyes.
A woman may not be able to do her
own cooking, but she can at least
roast the kitchen help.
The average man would, rather mind
the baby occasionally than mind his
wife enthusiastically.
A woman thinks she has the worst
Of the bargain unless she can seewhero
ehe got more than her mcneyes worth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04
AYHlWKER .JO1y

1t is pointed out that every town In
the state has q skating rink except
Hope; and Hope has skating
pavilion"
T. p Gordon, OF Armour. lately
Matched It's chickens in an incubator.
All Of them. except three, are ntack.
They present q sight worth seeing.
A disease that is puzzling veterinary
surgeons at Hiawatha has caused a
number Of fine cows to die. The anil
NAL affected travels continually In q
circle.
A man "who travels a great deal
and keeps his eyes OPEN" picked up
some shale near Augusta and now
that town begins to see visions of a
cement factory.
A Riyerdale man who drinks
whisky and reads the Appeal to Rea-
son has made himself SO undesirable
that the officers have required him to
give a peace bond.
Notwithstanding, Mr.. Kant of Nc
Pherson thinks he can be nominated
for register Of deeds at the August
announcement Of his candidacy.
Gas City is not dismayed because
most Of the city officers who We're
elected two years ago have moved
away from the town. The Republi-
cans have decided to put up full city
ticket.
Douglas county is objecting be-
cause Cloud county is claiming that 1t
has the worst Jail in Kansas: "Some
people Just never can be fair to Doug
las county" complains the Lawrence
Journal
A conductor on a Missouri Pacific
train told a passenger at Yates Cen
ter that he had, been on the train Ave
years. Give years?" said the passen-
ger. THAT beats me. Where did you
get on?"
A Pratt man fell from the top Of q
church tower and a1ighted on a key
of nails, spraining his wrist. Men fire.
quently fall from the water wagon,
alighting on "a keg OF nails with
much more serious results.
Professor Pedro c. Meyerelles. who
has been the leader Of the band at
the Soldiers home in Leavenworth for
twenty years, has. resigned. He was
the leader of the band which accom-
panied General Grant on his tour
around the world.
Ottawa is compelled to remain neu-
trail in the acknowledgements quar-
rel. says an exchange printed in that
town, because 1t is only a stones
throw from the university to the Ii
brary building. It is hoped, however,
that the dispute will be settled be-
fore 1t reaches the stone-throwing
stage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Untold wealth. Is property that is
kept on the tax list.
= =
It's hard work for many people to
run across their interiors.
\ \
Is the bridegroom's attendant called
the ''best man. because he is the best
Off?
= \ =
Some folks do not have to practice
what they preach because advice just
naturally flows from them.
n r
There are lots of ar1tidotes for snake
bites but the first thing the average
person does when a snake bites him Is
to yell.