The Weekly Gazette-Times from Corvallis, Oregon • 3

THE WOODMEN. THE SILVER CLP. THE CREAMERY. GIVES UP ITS DEAD. LOCAL LORE.

Bowman and Uuderwood are painting the residence of L. G. Kline There is to be a meeting of fanners interested in starting a creamery. A If Mrs. L.

A. Kitchen, of Wells, gave birth to a ten-pound girl June 5th. Prof. Emerlck, of the Philomath college, paid the Times office a visit Monday Arthur Rochester, of Elk City, passed through Corvallis Monday en route for Portland. Dr.

Fitzpatrick and wife end W. J. Fitzpatrlck, wife' and child, are registered at the" Ocean house, Newport They are regaling themselves with some Pacific ozone Eddie Stock came up on the boat Saturday night for a short visit with old-timo friends. Ed's friends are legion in Corvallis and he had a merry time while here. He went back to Sa- Jem Monday.

i Mrs. Adlard, mother of the valedictorian of this vear'B public school graduating class, arrived Sunday morning, and is the guest of her sister Mrs. W. A. Buchanan.

Mrs. Adlard is a resident of Gilliam county, and will remain two or three weeks. Saturday the Ruth brought up a car load of machinery for the new 'flour mill at Liverpool. The machinery was made by the Case Man ufactur- Jog company of Columbus, Ohio, and is the very best The Ruth made a special trip up river with it Sunday. A gentleman, of tonsorial persuasion, who resides in Philomath, advertises in his local sheet to ut hair for 5 cents.

1 Sow, Spencer does not do quite such a cheap class of work bis work is the very best and prices are 'j as low as possible for the work he does. Give him your patronage and satisfy yourself. Work will commence at once on the new Methodist church near the Barkley Bchool house in the Monroe district. Four teams were down from Monroe last Saturday and loaded with Tock to be used in the basement of the structure. The rock was taken from the Witham place near the Catholic cemetery.

Last Saturday there was a picnic at Riddled Grove, Polk county, and buite a number from this vicinity were in attendance. It has become a custom with the people thereabouts to bold a pic-nic at this grove annually, and speaking, music, both vocal and instrumental, basket dinners, are I the usual factors that figure in the eervance of the day, Toledo Leader: A kind of election aftermath was held yesterday be-. tween Frank Parker, of Yaquina, and Abe McFadden, in which the former tried to exercise his pugilistic art upon the anatomy of the latter. He failed Kto get any perious blows in, however, and the finale was a fine of $10 and trimmings in the Recorder's court for Mr. Parker, i The board of public school direc tors met last Friday evening and se- lected the following list of teachers for the ensuing school term: S.

'I, Pratt, Miss Lettie Wicks, 7th grade; Mies Guesle Turney, 6th grade; Mrs. May Helms, 5th grade; Miss Clara Duncan, 4th grade; Miss Fair Prospect That the Enterprise Will Yet Materialize. After all the discouragements, it seems now quite possible that Qe-r vallis is to have a creamery, and that before the fall raius set in a life-sized and first class of the sort will be in full operation. This does not mean, however, that all the difficulties jthat originally stood in the way of establishing the enterprise have been' overcome, or that anything at all is yet It means that if certain arrange, ments can be perfected in the way of raisin about: a quarter of a thousand do lura additional subscriptions of 'stock, and the guaran-" tee. of the milk of 200 for a starter, that the creamery will certainly become a realty, and that the butter product from it will -be thrown on the market before the swallows homeward 1 The revivification of the creamery scbeme has not been the work of a moment or a miracle.

In fct, when the business was apparently dropped several weeks those behind the movement had not given up in despair. While the storms and roar'" of the election campaign was attracting everybody's -attention, several persons were at work quietly getting subscriptions to stock, and several neighboring farmers were talked into taking an intt-rest in the-schet'rw. The spectacle of M. W. Smith his milk through Corvallis to Albany a dozen miles away arid there disposing of it at a profit, was an effective argument, and little batches of stock were disposed of until Saturday the total had been swelled to nearly $800.

Bnt the act that makes the success of the. scheme an easy and simple matter is the generous offer of Mr. George Taylor. It is as follows: He proposes if. the milk from 200 cowb can be guaranteed the creamery when it is- tfeady 1 to begin business, and if'.

$1,000 in stock is taken by the--citizens of Corvaliis and vicinity, he will subscribe theresVbf the stock necessary to place the enterprise on its feet and pot it in motion. -It is now be lieved that the whole amount of capital required to erect a building, equip it with modern machinery and conveniences will be about $2,500, requiring from Mr. Taylor a subscription of stock amounting to about $1,500. Mr. Taylor's proposition is the outgrowth of his entire confidence in the creamery scheme as a business investment.

Twenty 'A years ago he landed in Benton county, with $100 in his pocket. He went in debt for a farm, and for a long time the interest on his debts, cost him a round one dollar per day His entire attention was- paid to dairying, a bushel of grain having never been sold by hi off of hi: farm. He was successful to a de cree that convinces him that the proposed enterprise cannot meet with failure. "The scheme'' upon which the enterprise will be conducted, if it is finally achieved, was explained in the Times a few weeks jigo. Stockholders are guaranteed eight per cent interest on their money.

the expenses of running the factory will be paid out of the receipts, and the balance will be divided among those who furnish the milk. In short, the whole business will be on the co-operative is the one in "Vogue at the Albany creamery, and said to be the most sati'actory and most popular plan wherever both have been tried. A meeting of the movers in the undertaking was held Monday night, i Details were discussed, committees were appointed to secure a guaranty of the required. 200 "cows, and to jjpen op a correspondence relative to the cost of the necessary machinery. If these committees meet'with success, it is possible that a creamery may be in operation By September 1st, if not at an earner aate.

we snail see what we shall see. Tea Cents Each. McCleme'8, Metropolitan's, Cosmopolitans, and all leading journals, only JUtor-at Gearhard's. Wool! Wool! Wool! We pay highest cash rate for WooL Can supply sacks and twine'; are prepared to handle chlulm bark. 8.

L. Klixk. l'lc-Mc Dioner. The ladies of the Maccabees will serve dinner ice cream on the picnic grounds June 11. Dinner 25 cents; ice cream 10 cents.

Your -patronage Is solicited. 1 Dr; Lowe, the ontklsn. is now and bas been in Yrcka, for some time giving Dr. C. L.

Gregory instructions in fitting glasses. This la why be was delayed In returning here He will arrive here at bis regular' time. 4t your eyes need help wait for biin. Eugene Cot it Two Northwest Records Broken. The students of the A.

C. had the steamers, Hoag and Elmore, chartered to carry students and citizens to Salem; last Saturday. The cause of the excursion was an liver collegiate field Day uipet, in which O. A. C.

students A large crowd left here early in the morning on each' boat, -and on the way down, the river amused themselves in various ways; music, Arriving at Saietn they repaired to the fair ground where. the exercises took place. college teams contesting were: University of Oregon; Oregon agricultural college, of Corvallis; Pacific college', of Pacific university; of -sForest drove; Oregon state normal school, of Monmouth, end' Willamette university, of Salem; Besides the championshi p-of the state for a year, the winning college 'was to awarded a large silver cup, superb ly eugraved, ana each point was vigorously contested. Northwest reiords were broken in two The 2'20 yard dash record was lowered to 0:23 2 5, by Colvig, of the Oregon "agricultural college, and the 230 yard run to 0:53, by Coleman, of the University of Ore gon. The University of Oregon was the winner." The summary of points standin? gives: University of Oregon, ,49 WiJlsinsette uni versity, 25; Oregon' agricultuVal cojh ge, 21: Pacific university, Monmouth state normal school, 0.

The competitive, drill between the Oregon agricultural cadetff and companies B. and I. O. N. of Salem, was easily won by the college boys.

Scored on a maximum of 40 credits, they were marked 31 and the guards 15. This greatly encouraged and Corvallis proud; proud of the boys themselves as well as the coljege they represent. There is how sbljjetalk of a competitive drill berwelu the O. A. C.

cadets and a company of militia in Portland. In the mile run Brady Burnett of the 0. A. C. was an easy winner in four minutesj 58 3-5 seconds.

It if ill be remembered that Brady recently won a fine gold medal on a mile run in Portland against a large number olcphtestants. Brady ran in the half-mile race and while some Corvallisite? say he was the winner, others say it was easily a draw. However, it was given to Bishop of Eugene. Bodihe, of the Ot A. the event of throwing the hammer by casting it 103 feet and 3 inches.

It was only after many appeals, that the man who measured 1 this dis tance couid be made to realize that 103 feet was not "about 96 or 97 feet." Strange wasn't it? This little thing created some distrust on the part of the O. A. C. boys, bu perhaps they were mistnken in their surmises. Thb 220-vard dash was won by Colvig, of the X).

A. C. in 23 2 5 seconds. The party from here started home about 8 o'clock in the even ing and arrived here about daylight Sunday, morning, tjrfid and, worn out, but all glatf they partici pated in the pleasures of the trip, Philomath College Commencement. The annual commencement of Philomath college begins next Saturday night when Bishop J.

S. Mills, Ph. D. will deliver a lecture in the college chapel on Socioligy, to be followed by lectures on the same subject by the same fp aker on the Monday and Tuesday evenings 1 following. On Sunday at 11 a.

Rev. George D. Needy, A. M. of Eugene, will delivei the baccalaureate sermon, and at eight o'clock in the evening the annual sermon will be preached by.

Rev. H. J. Zercher of Corvallis. The exercises by the graduating class occur at ten a.

m. on Wednes day June 17, and will donsist of seven orations to be delivered by graduates and with music both instrumental and vocal. If the weather per mits, th programme, will be rendered at the camp ground -one-fourth of a mile west of Philomath. Hodes Hall's 10c. lunches can't be excelled.

Card of Thanks. We tiie relatives of the late James Baird desire to 'extend to those who so faithfully labored 1o secure the body, even at the risk of their own lives, and also to the kind friends who helped to lighten our burdens during the weary days of watching, bursincere thanks for the many services -V Mrs. Adelia Baird jk Rhoda Favvvkb Charles Bairi.t Desmond. All kinds of confectionery at Hodes Hull's, 'V Dr. Price's cream Baking; Powder World' Fair rllgneit Award.

TbeBody of Young Baird Found in The Willamette. The body- of James Baird, who -was drowned near Monroe two weeks ago, was recovered last Friday and buried Saturday Ever since the drowning parties have been draggiug the river, using giant powder, and resorting to every means possible in order to locate the body. Charley Baird, a brother ot the drowned man, found the body about half a mile below where the accident occurred at though in the water nine days the remains were in a fine state of preservation. The remains were found in about eight feet of water, and had not yet risen to the surface, due, perhaps to the slow progress of the work of decomposition. Near the body were found the wagon and the wagon seat, washed -away by the treacherous waters the night of the accident.

In the persistent search the entire neighborhood bore a hand, and there was never at any time a lack of searchers. Although but a few hours notice could be gi ven of the success of the search, a large number of relatives and friends followed the remains to their last resting place. The funeral will be preached some time, during the present month by Rev. Skaggs of Junction. 1 The -ac -ident that deprived young Baird of his life happened at a ford on the Willamette just east of Monroe, between 10 and 11 o'clock on the night of May 27th.

With Lee Ingram; young Baird had been on an island shearing sheep. They utarted to cross the tord, ana in a tew minutes found themselves in swimming water. A struggle followed" that was of short duration, managed to reach the shore, but Baird sank beneath The team managed, in eomewayTfO" extricate themselves from the wagon and escaped. Baird wat of age, and was un married. 1 ANOTHER PIONEER.

Death in Grant County of Mrs. Harvey Young, Once of Benton. The death of Mrs. Harvey Young, mother of Mrs. 0 W.

Houck of Benton county, marks the end of a career schooled to hardships of pioneer life in and marked by numerous and frequent changes of residence. Mrs. Young died on the 22nd of May at Caleb, in Grant county, Oregon. Returning from Canyon City where she had been eubpeened as a witness in a murder case, the deceased contracted a severe cold that developed into pneumonia and in two days resulted in her death. Eleanor Weddle, was born ia Virginia on the 12th of March 1814.

With her parents she moved to Indiana when nine years old. At the age of 17 Bhe married to Harvey Young and shortly after- wards with her husband, moved to Missouri. In 1849 they were caught in the tide of western immi-gratipn and on Christmas day of that same year landed in Portland, The following spring she arid her husband moved to Polk county locating near, what is now. Lewisyille. Twice during the next winter the high water carried off nearly everything the family possessed and as soon as able to do so, Mr.

Young gave away his claim and took a donation land claim three miles south of Corvallis. a 1 nn xiwre luey iiveu uuui low, posing oi the claim they moved to Lane county where they resided until 1871, and Mis. Young moved to Grant county, and eleven years later went to Montana. Xhe following year her' husband died and Mrs. Young, with one of her sons, returned to pregon and lived in Malheur county.

The uexii year sua aim nci run ua wr iu Alsea valley foflriff lat-er's. health, but finding no relief returned to Eastern Oregon whera she was siding at the time of her death. Mrs. Young was the mother of thirteen children, seven of whom survive These are Mrs Georgo W. Houck of Benton county; Mrs.

Gagb of Polk county; Mrs Boone of Lincoln conntv Mrs. Skellon of Linn county, and Mrs'; Younger, A R. Young and P. B. Young of Grant eounty.

Hats! Latest styles the Variety store. and cheap at Mrs. DeYing, Middk-burg, writes. I have used One 1 Minute Cough Cure for nix years, both for nijb'lf and chlldtvnuiid I consider It thfejfliiickeft acting andmfstaiitifucni tory Coiwh Cute, I have ever uajftil.l-Grahara A. Wooter, a prominent citizen of Osaeo, nfter Huffcrlng excruciatingly from piles for twonty yettre, wan cured ina-Bliort Wi by using DeWltt's Witch Hazel KuNTyP absolute cure for all skin dlKenrtes.

Mora of this preparation Is used than all others combined. OfHlinm Walla. Impressive Exercises Held at Crystal Lake, Sunday." According-to arrangement Woodmen of the World conducw-d their unveiling ceremonies at Crvsul Lake Cemetery at 2:30 p. ni. Sunday last.

The Bifade, under the directions of E. Horner, master of ceremoniesj was formed at, their hall as follows: H. and L. Band. Officers of' the Camp, bearing bannt-rs and Relatives.

Neighbor' and ladies of the circle followed by a great company of citizens. In this order they marched, to solemn music, to the cemetery, where they formed at the head of the in' the form of a wedge, there the following programme was carried out in jawv perfect order and great to those participating: a by -the bandi- 2. Musicvquartette. 3. Address, Consul D.

A. Os-bum. i 4. Flaring of streamer at the foot of the grave by clerk, J. 11.

Hughes. 5 Decorating of, the grave by committee. 6. Music, quartette. 7.

Reading poem, D. A. Ostium b. Removal ot. veil.

9. Dedicatim of monument officers. by 10. Oration, Rev. F.

A. Powell 11. Camp honors in memory of the deceased neighbor, 12. Consuls address jo the neighbors. Music, band.

14. Camp honors to relatives. The procession was then formed in same order as goinr and marched to the residence of the relatives, where, after the band bad played a beautiful and expressive. dirge, the order was counter-marched to their hall. Taking altogether this was one of the most beautiful and im pressive ceremonies that has ever been conducted in our midst.

The occasion was in fulfilment of the vows and obligations of the Woodmen of the World. They had erected a beautiful monument to the memory of their honored, de ceased neighbor, John W. Skipton, and on mpart tor the service with Hheir beautiful ceremony unveiled it. Such occasions as this are not forgotten neither are they barren of good results. May the banner of Woodcraffr-ever float in the air and their power and influence ior good continue until that time to which hope looks forward with ardent joy when sorrows and death shall have vanished and oil mankind become a part of the great and good time that is to come.

IN THE COUNTY C0JURT. Aid for Destitute Persons and View crs for Proposed New Roads. That. William Boyd, living near Summit, was liable to at any time, that hid wife and child were destitute and were in great need of assistance was fet forth in a petition presented to the county court at its regular session Wednesday and Thursday by II. Underbill, L.

M. Mattoou and others. Said petition asked the court for county aid in behalf of the suffering family, and it was ordered that the sum 'of $10 per month be paid for their relief until further action pf the court, A letter "from R. G. Myers of Al-sea stated that at, hit home were John Bradley and family, that the children of the latter were sick and destitute and in need of county assistance.

It was ordered that a warrant for $10 be drawn arid applied to their relief. r-- In the matter of delinquent taxes, the sheriff was ordered to add and collect a l-enalty of two per cent on all delinquent taxes remaining unpaid oq the 1895 roll' after June 12th. The sheriff was also ordered to collect said penalty of two per cent at the same time that he collected the taxes to which such penalty was to be added. The bill of Assessor Alexander for fifty dollars for compiling an assessor's book was rejected. The V.

D. Barclay and others to build a road across Muddy swamp in road district number 26 wa laid over. B. M. Jolly, A.

H. Buckingbaoi and. James Edwards were appointed viewers and George Mercer was appointed surveyor to view the pre fosed road, known as the- Wallis lawk ferry fond, beginning at the Wallis Hawk ferry landing, and they we- ordered to submit the report of their proceedings, together with fijflt and survey on or before the third day of the next session of the county court. The BBme viewers and the some surveyor were appointed to make Fimilar reports of the Samuel Doidge road, also proposed to be opened in Benton county. at the court bouse Saturday June 20, at two m.

Reinemberthe date and be on hand. J. L. Thomas, machinist and engineer. AH kinds machinery repaired on short notice.

Can be found at the shop of William Porter, next to the Maple Shade saloon. Gearnard went to Eugene Yesterday arrange about a' business enterprise which he contemplates embarking in. Leo will likely be gone a couple of weeks this trip. Farmers in town' yesterday wore broad smiles as they saw the big rain drops 'fall. '-'The showers made circus-going dampish, but they furnished nectar for the newly sown grain.

Sunday morning Mrs, J. Lam-hereon, mother of Robt. Lamberson, had a very dangerous attack of She is well along in years and her condition is alarming. Dr. Pernot is attending her.

Charley Garden, a Canadian boy well known here, purchased a ticket of William Hartless yesterday, which ei.uilea him to transportatlolll over the, Canadian R. to Canada. Mr: Garden is not certain whether he will return to Oregon or not. The 'ease of the water company versus tne city to enforce fulfillment of contract did not come for a hearing at- the adjourned term of court last month. As ir, stands at present the company has filed its and the attorneys for the city have filed a demurrer setting forth that the matter urged in the complaint does not constitute sufficient groudds tor action.

There is to be another adjourned session of Judge Fullertou's court on the 24th day of July, but whether the case will come up then, ot it will go over until the November term is not known. RANSOM A. BELKNAP. Death of an Old Pioneer. Ransom A.

Belknap, one of the pioneers of Benton county, died at bis residence two miles west of Monroe last Saturday, at the ripe old age Of 75 months and 16 days. The remains were interred Sunday in the family cemetery, Mr. Belknap was born in Hart coun ty, Kentucky, December 16. 1820., but when only eight years of age he was taken by bis parents to Licking county, Ohio, where they remained eight years. The family then removed to Van Buren Iowa, where they remained a like period.

He married in-Van Buren county, Iowa, Septein ber 29, 4842, Miss Mahala Starr, and on April 17,1847, Mr. Belknap, with his wife and two also the families of Samuel Starr and L. D. Gilbert, started across the plains, with ox-teams, arriving here the following November. After passing some time' In Marysville (now Corvallis) Belknap took up his claim on the place which now bears his name about two and a half miles west of Monroe, and where he resided until the' day of his death, a prominent figure in Benton eounty, and a shining light in Method ism.

A wife and six children -are the survivors. The latter Webster Belknap, of Spokane, Washington, Ed and Frauk Belknap, both ministers, in the M. E. church, Mrs'. Robert Kyle, Anderson, Mrs.

Lizzie Anderson, and Mre. Angle Anderson, i The uneral occurred from Simpson's chapel, Monroe, at 3 o'clock Sunday, and the services tVere conducted by Rev, S. L. The Circus. It was small boys' day yesterday.

The circus was in town, and the i ouths from the country and the youths from town viewed the moving of the paraphernalia with the same excited interest and did odd jobs for tickets of admission with the same zeal as did their fathers before them. The show was Bond brothers circus, and it arrived by boats, after being stuck on a sand bar in the Willamette long enough to fail to reach Albany in time to give a performance there with the result it is said; tbat a claim tor $1,000 or more damages is to be exacted when that time or settle ment rolls round. At Corvallis two performances were given, both of which apparently gave entire satisfaction, in spite of the fact the 16 cages of wild animals that con stituted the chief portion of the me-, nagerie were left at Salem through in7 ability of the to get them up the rivter. Notice. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will receive sealed bids for the painting of the public school buildings in school district No.

Nine, Ren-ton county, Oregon, said bids to be accompanied by. a statement of the colors proposed to be used and of the price for painting with one, and with two coats. The roof of the main the outbuildings and the enclo sure td reeeive two coats. The right to reject any and all bids Is reserved. No bids will be receivd after 8 o'clock June 12, Dated this 5th day of June, 18.

W. A. BlHAXANr Clerk of school district number The Ladies of tiie Maccabees will serve dinner on the pio-nlc grounds tomorrow, at 25 cents a meal. Tour patronage Is solicited. For the latest Delineators, Harper's Weeklies and sporting journals, go to Geirhard's.

-f Ice cream at Hodes Hall's. Gertrude Vaughn, 3rd grade; Miss Alice Horning, 2nd grade; and Miss Mary Newton, 1st grade. Toledo Leader: A general free fight was one of the features of the election at' Little Elk last Monday. iIt started over the warmth of some political discussion, and from the re ports given in of the matter it must have been a regular Donnybrook fair for-a while. Nobody was seriously injured; but a couple of the residents of that precinct will- wear mourning ever their eyes for a' time." r-Ed a painter who has made a specialty of painting smoke -stacks for years in different parts of I the United States, painted two smoke stacks for the Electric Light company last Saturday.

One stack was 60 feet high and the other 50 and the work was done in a skilful coianner. It is likely he will be employed to paint some more before he leaves town. It requires considerable ''savvy" to paint a Jofty smokestack. A fall from the roof of M. O.

Hart's new house to the ground, six teen or seventeen feet below, was what overtook John Jones Friday. Mr. Jones was carrying -shingles on the roof when the thing happened. He was picked up apparently more dead than alive, and taken to his rooms in Mrs. Powers' bouse where he and bis wife reside.

It turned out, however, that no bones were broken, and Mon day morning he was so far as to be able to be around. --The race course a mile or so south of town has been put in good condi- fc tipn and horsemerarrcoFdlally invited to come forward and help make the project a success. The track is good and it will cost but; little to keep it so, thus affording an excellent opportunity for a person interested in equine cultivation. Oregon used to "have the best horses on the Pacific coast and her horses were famed for speed and endurance far and now, don't forlack of a little push and energy allow "moss" to become a fix- ture on the legs of the Oregon horse. Here is a joke, from the Toledo Leader, on Jim Booth: "Jas.

Booth was elected justice of the peace of Yaoulna precinct last Monday, but he has not yet got the office, T. W. County Clerk Jones; setting forth, in the nature of an affidavit, that Mr. Booth was not a citizen of the United States, Mr. Booth will have to thow citjzens papers, or declare that rp was-a natural born citizen of this great republic.

Mr. Booth has been voting for' yeats and has held offices of profit and honor, among which was the poetofflce at Yaqulna.".