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mi CHARTER KIAY WIN OUT -A 1 ' "-' CHANCES DECIDEDLY IN FAVOR i- AT THREE O'CLOCK. 300 VOTES .WILL BE - CAST Few Job's . Addition People Had Voted at Time of Going to Press. The . Friends of Charter Have Hope of Good Majorityf or Document. OLD TIMER DEM Thomas J. 'Blair, of Salem, to Buried at Corvallis Tomorrow. Be BIG FELLOWS WILL E TO CITY Cum : At three o'clock 190 votes hid been cast for or against the pro posed city charter. While there 3 no way of getting an accurate line-up on the ; vote, men about the voting ; place during the day say that up to three o'clock the prospect .was that the charter would carry by a large majority. In fact, no opposition seemed to manifest itself during the morn ing and more than a few were enthusiastically for. Common Tumor locates the greater opposi tion to the new charter in . Job's addition, and at 3 o'clock few of these people had voted. How- but if it isn't there is ample time for them to roll up their, entire .strength. - -T ": w-sA'-Resotution." Mayor Watters, the city coun very anxious that the charter be , accepted, formulated the follow ing resolution and the same was passed by the city council Satur day night: - "Resolved, By the Common Council of the city of Corvallis, Oregon, that it stands pledged as follows: That in the event of the adoption of the proposed new Jcharterat the election to be held in said city August 2nd, 1909, j i j ? j i ir i xnai any provision xnereoi mat may be deemed objectionable and " not to the best interests of said city, that we, as the Common Council of said city, will, upon any petition presented and signed by 15 per cent of the qualified voters of said city, re-submit any such objectionable provisions to the voters of said city at a spec ial election for rejection or for confirmation as may be deter mined at such special election, 300 Votes Today inis resolution was printed in -circular form and scattered about the city yesterday and today and what bearing it will have is a ' matter of conjecture. Some say it was a mistake, others say it is a needed assurance. It is expected that the entire vote will not exceed 300. At the recent city election 596 votes were cast. At the election at "which the proposed new charter was turned down the full num ber of votes were cast, that be ing the state year. The majority against the charter was 45. H. H. Glassford, Roy Raber and E. D. Horgan, as judges. and C. E. Peterson and E. D. : Hendricks, as clerks, are tend ing to the business end of the election and frankly admit they are open to bribes of any sort . cigars, pie, ice cream, root beer . or anything else. They have to have something to keep them awake. The Gazette-Times 50c per month. Thomas J. Blair died at Salem yesterday, at the age of 78 years. The remains will be brought to. Corvallis ; for burial tomorrow (Tuesday) arriving on the train from. Albany about, 1 o'clock. The Masonic order,- of which ; he was an old and honored member, will have charge "of the services. The funeral cortege will go direct from the train to the Masonic cemetery where Dr. Bell will make a few remarks. T. J. - Blair was a citizen of Corvallis for years, up until about 20 "years ago, wnen ne removed to .Pendle ton, where he has made his resi dence most ot the time since. Old friends and acquaintances are invited to attend the funeral. An -members of the lodge and visiting Masons are requested, to meet at the Temple tomorrow, Tuesday afternoon, at one o'clock sharp to meet, the body of the de ceased brother at the train and then proceed to the Masonic ceme tery where the .committal service will be said. TWEOTY CURS OF PRUNES Big Orchard North of Corvallis Will Ship That Many After August 20. 'A . . - -,V -. yim. Sayre, purchaser of the EASTERN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE pJim6S n,.the. 0rchaT north ui viuivauis, is nere making ar rangements preliminary to pack ing" He expects to begin pick ing jiot later than August 20, and i estimates that the orchard con tains from fifteen to twenty -cars of prunes. About fifty pickers will? be required and more than tnaf number of packers. Mr. . Mart a About &3V easterners Will tome on a Special Train August 20 and Take a SayVe is planning to do the pack- Lookat the College ; and Country Bad Happening. A terrible tragedy or accident occured in the Josephine County caves yesterday when Frank Ellis,, a Grants Pass druggist, was shot and skilled. Just how the accident happened it is 1 im possible to tell,, as the. telephone line was notT working, ana the station nearest the caves has been abandoned by the messen ger to take in the Coroner, Deputy Sheriff and Dr. J. C. Smith, who left in automobiles or the scene of the tragedy. First word was that Ellis had been foully dealt with, but this theory is scouted by lis friends, who think he was accidently shot, being mistaken for a wild animal. Ellis and his wife, ac companied by Arthur Vinyard and bride, made up a party with two other women, who eft that city last Tuesday for a camping and hunting trip at the caves. The telephone operator at Provolt, a midway station,, says that, so far as she can learn Ellis was shot in the third room which is about 400 or 500 feet from the entrance and on the upper floor. The party who called the Coroner reported that three persons were at the mouth of the caves when Ellis and his wife went in, and thai the supposition is some persons inside fired the fatal shot. Ellis' parents resident Dallas, Or. He was zl years old and was married about three months, Corvallis will entertain a body of very distinguished citizens on August 20th. y About 250 dele gates to the annual convention of the. Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations will come down from. Portland to see" the college at this place,, and arrangements have been;.made for ' them to remain over nignt. 'he . distinguished , gentlemen; with their wives, will come on a special train, arriving here dur ing the afternoon of Friday, the 20th. They will be given supper, bed and breakf ast, and will leave Corvallis some time during the morning of August 21. ,", ' This "honor comes to us as a re- Hops Bring 21c PRESIDENTS AND ASSOCIATES. 0 REMAIN HERE OVER NIGHT THAT EXCURSION TO THE COAST BIG CROWD AND THE CUSTOM ARY INCONVENIENCES. TRAINS BUCK NEAR SUMMIT Will be Entertained inr this City. ingjin the building adjoining the orvams creamery, liirlsorwo me who desire employment for a .month after the 20th might do welj to call on Mr. Sayre person ally, or by 'phone, at the Hotel Corvallis, immediately. About Gaskins. The Excursion as Viewed by One of Sweet Disposition Naturally , All Excursions Give Public Any thing but Square Deal. When a man doesn't get lost in -such a gathering as that of the National Educational Associ tion at' Denver, he is of some significance.' The following in Denver correspondence to Mu sical America, New York's fore most musical monthly, is very complimentary, and self-explanatory: v ;.. " ." ' "'William Frederic Gaskins, di rector of the School of Music at Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, Ore., is in Denver, taking ciiltr lacanna TrvVn C' XfJWttv suit of the Agricultural College Gaskins will later proceed to being located here. Those in at tendance at the Portland conven tion will be the heads of Eastern agricultural colleges and experi ment stations and these are anxi ous to view the college here. That desire is made keener by -the fact that President W. j. Kerr," as New York and continue his stud ied - there. under- john Jjenms Mehan, completing his course with Mr. Wilcox on his Westward home trip. : Mr. Gaskins," "who is a teacher of fine abilities and a 'broad-gauge man generally, has ! engine pushing first more than doubled the attendance grade. The Sunday excursion to New port was a hummer. The diary of a passenger shows: Twenty minutes late in starting from Corvallis. bame old rush lor seats; none to spare. .'. Same old cattle cars,' dirty and springless. Same "smart alecks" who drink booze in the car vestibules. Late at Yaquina. Half -hour wait at Yaquina for second section. Same old mile-an-hour rate across the bay. Same old extremely hazardous and : dangerous crowding of boats. " 4:30 and 5:30, on boat again. Usual senseless crowding. At Yaquina again crazy rush for train. , . . Same old hunt for seats. - ,V- x First section stalled at Summit grade.' - ' - Half -hour wait for return of section over This is the history of all excur sions on the (J. & and every other road in the U. S. ; Though the excursions pay more clear profit than any other trains runt the public is ever given the poor- . est service on these. The excur sion trains are always made up of cast-off cars, are sent out pulled bv engines not capable of doing the work, are invariably late I starting and returning, and few are the excursions that, do not have a break-down or accident of some sort. But the public likes the excur sionsbecause they cost little money. Excursionists ,are, as a rule, a class of people willing to put up with air sorts of incon veniences, and they are given plenty of them to put up with. The Sunday, excursion to New port may be commended for two things the fact that there was plenty of water on the train both going and coming, and that offi cials kept rowdies from becoming obnoxious at any time. Most ex cursions do not provide sufficient water and frequently drunken rows and shooting scrapes are plentiful: The C. & E. people, have determined to break up all rowdyism on excursions and are doing it The two trains to Newport Sunday carried about 500 people. One hundred and ten went from Corvallis. The day at the beach was a beautiful one, the sun shining brightly and the wind be ing noted for its absence. 1 ' J i.1 A? 1 T vice-president oi me nauonai as- . .ha rwo1i;; 0w rt V AVol nlK.- 1 9 soaation, knows, and is personal- first:year of h!s directorship, and hour and a half late. w' Tr J 1 v t - it seems that he will make it the1! But everybody had a fine day . j . a . . ioremost musical insuiuuon oi ax ine Deacn ana were giaa xo gei to-date millinery ana iurnishmsf es m',ttJT """T . r Oregon in a short time." I home, evenjat 12 o'clock. tabiishments in the state, itsBuuauuiauu ouppicuicnuii unco New Wrinkle. The Elite Millinery plans a very commendable new feature for. Corval lis. When moved into their new Btora room on north Main, the Whiteside building, a rest room with various con veniences will be provided. Easy chairs, writing desks, paper and read ing matter will be provided. It is in tended to offer the ladies a long-needed place where they may spend a few minutes in rest while in the city shop ping. The Andersons say they propose to give Corvallis one oi the most up- also meeting at Portland at this time, came across the continent to hold their convention. In their trip down the valley in their special, furnished by the Portland Commercial Club, the distinguished people will be stopped at but two other places- Dundee and Salem. The club hopes to show the vis itors proper courtesies upon their arrival here. The people will be expected to care for them, and the club will probably arrange some public affair. The oppor tunity to make an impression is a great one, as these people come from as many different sections fas there are delegates, and these are the men who will talk upon their return. We announce the first showing of Fall, 1909, Ladies' Suits aVOGUE BRAND Twenty-one cents was offered, for crop of 500 bales of Independence hops yesterday by Julius Pincus and there is reason to believe another dealer made an offer of the same price. Offers of 21 cents were also made during the day in Yakima and in Sonoma. These bids definitely fixed the market for the day at the 21-cent level, but so strong was the feeling that dealers late in the day had their agents out trying to get op tions at 22 1-2 cents. '. There has been free bidding in sev eral parts of the state at 20 cents since the middle of the week and some con tracts were made at this figure. Among them were contracts made by ; Klaber, Wolf & Netter with D. P. Taylor, of Independence, for50,000 pounds; with E. M. Y6ung, Independence, for 20,000 pounds, - and with ; Harry --Losey, of Airlie, for 15,000 pounds. Julius Pincus A. K. Russ and family have gone to Seattle to take in the - fair. A. C. White is taking care of the store. The Rural Carriers' convention end ed Saturday evening with the election of H. M. Cummings, a local man, to the state presidency. This is a splen did honor worthily bestowed. . Wanted Hay And Oats Wanted Five to ten carloads of good cheet hay and two carloads of oats. F. Oi B. cars, any station on C. & E. road. - Write price" to me. R. N. War- nock, Liveryman, Toledo, Oregon. "- . ; - ,: 7-29-lt-d-2t-w You can secure the newest designs of the foremost style creators The new est and freshest fashions that are of fered anywhere. You will find them remarkably moderate in price. SEE WINDOW DISPLAY paid 20 cents to W." W. Percival, Inde pendence, for 40.000 pounds. - The pressing desire of buyers to get contracts is shown by', the fact that ! many of the stipulations in such agree ment are now being ignored, and dealers are ottering to contract with growers and not specify quality, freedom from mold or other particulars. - STANDARD PATTERNS NEMO CORSETS