The Weekly Gazette-Times from Corvallis, Oregon • 1

CORVALLIS, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 28 1909 NO. 100 VOL. XXI. A Good Contest Wears Glose Tipples reakers! Program Showing the Story. Pansy The A.

K. Encampment The: county court house was i visited by would-be burglars orthis city next week will be an safe-crackers Thursday 1 1 night. aoor lockwas" broken and the wood-work about the lock badly splintered. This morn-I- ing the back door of the court in the Lead. I- votes is beingLmadeobwork continues4o flow into this office, back and advance subscriptions are.

being paid and it is 'ceTftain that the final count will show a great bunch of votes. However, no one should get it into his head that The Times stands any chance of getting rich on this contest. A total of about 400,000 votes have been cast If these votes had been secured from money paid on job work, it would mean an expenditure of but $800 for job work during the two months the contest has been on. As normal 'job work house was found open, and about 11 o'clock last night Treasurer Buchanan found the front doors on the basement floor standing 1 wide open. The front door gave evidence of having been attack- ed with a chisel.

The court house officials are confident someone with burglarious intent made an at-! tempt to enter the building, and o'clock. It is their opinion that- the- visitor was scared, away before' giving evi-' dence of what he really intended Coming The mysterious Mr. Piffles, Snuffles, Waddles, Twaddles Baffles, orwhateyer it is that Js making the Oregon Daily is being made famous by the Journal, has been captured. A girl landed Mr. Toodles.

marched him to the Jurnal office a.crow that paper estimated at just a few less than 500,000 in 1912, and Mr. Boodles then'and 1 there-confessed that he was indeed the mysterious Rattles. -The captor (beautiful beyond an artist's dream, of course) and the terribly chagrinned Mr. Ski-doodles had their pictures taken; The girl confessed that Gertrude French was her also she was willing to change it As Mr. Snickles paid over the $100 reward he said he felt like her name should be changed to Helen French.

In the meantime the mysterious Mr. Trickles is oozing around in the Portland crowds waiting for some other girl or old ladies Hyde and Reed to capture him. Hereafter he will not wear red whiskers, as the color does not match his- black hair very satisfactorily. Twittleswillbe in Corvallis next Monday. He will stand at the entrance to the postoffice from 10 a.

m. to 4 p. wearing three red peonias in the left lapel of his coat and carrying a basket of eggs on his right arm. Anyone carrying a copy of the next Christmas edition of The Times who steps up to'. Mr.

Frazzles, counts the eggs in the basket and says: "You are the notorious Mr. Whiffles, late of Kalamazoo and Oskosh, enrbute business of The Times is about a very pleasing voice, each month, it will be' seen strated splendidly the result-6f that the contest doesn't mean consistent application, and in so much. Had the 400,000 votes singing twenty-eight numbers been secured on the payment of j'gave an exhibition of 'endurance back or advance subscriptions it that one seldom sees even on the would mean that the candidates part of professionals. Miss' John-had induced but 400 or 500 people son is of slight physique and her At the Armory last night, Queen Inez Johnson, daughter of Mr. aiid.Mrs.At,PJohrisonT gave a recital that, in the light of facts, was remarkable.

Miss Johnson is a student in the School of Musicat U. A. taking voice culture of Prof. W. F.

Gaskins, She began her work, last fall, I witKnnt nn.nnno mri last night sang twenty-eight songs, each as different from the other in style as could be arranged for. It would not be justice to Miss Johnson to that she has a wonderful, voice or that i she sang with the style and beauty of tone possessed by the but she did display aDility to carry through so suc- cessfully program of such; length and variety of songs comes only from knowledge of how to husband all her strength and how to use her voice. Miss Johnson has a talent for work and through the winter has applied herself with delightful success. Those who heard her at the first recital last, fall and then heard her in J.Vll. AWUU UlUV VVU1U readily see the wonderful improvement, and could easily accept the statement of Prof.

Gas-kins that the young lady 1 had made 96 or 98 in her work. Following the program! Prof. Gas-kins spoke glowingly of Miss Johnson's work and said that he was very proud of her. writer heard only a portion of last night's program: but has followed Miss Johnson's work very closely through the year June 5 Will Tell Howser Still Which young lady will be se lected as Eenton county's' official. representative at the Portland Rose Festival? A count of the votes at 6 p.ln., Saturday, June 5, will tell and only that.

2490 votes cast for Miss Pansy Howser keeps her in the lead in The Times congest. Two thousand of these votes are labeled Linn county friends." It may be mentioned here that Miss Howser' picture appearing in the Oregonian this morning show ed her to be a very attractive looking girl. 1 Miss Cleo Johnson remains second, and Miss Vena Rickard, witn iioW additional votes, is ex actly 1000 votes behind her- of 'Monroe," stays up splendidly. Miss Myrtle Spaulding makes a handsome gain. -Though far down the list, 153U votes were cast tor her andhe jumps up a notch or two.

The exact vote is folloVs: Pansy 76890 Cleo Johnson JL.z:J. 72150 Vena Rfckard 71150 Caryl Edwards 53230 Edythe 1.. 24080 26070 Myrtle Spaulding 17260 Carrie Danneman 1701 Mattie Wells 15110 Ora Gibbonswdw 14700 As the dose of tfie contest draws nearer- the votes cast are growing fewer. The friends of the different candidates are la boring under the impression that they can and will fool others by not casting votes in their posses sion. As a consequence the contest is quieter at this time than at any time since the beginning.

However, a strenuous canvas for 11 Minute old 12 America, by audience. Decorations. The Committee in charge of decoration suggests a desire to have all decorations on Second street uniform. Normal expert. decorator, has been engaged and he will furnish to anyjarid every business man FREE OF.

COST a design Qr decorating )iia place of business. Mr Hayes ha3 drawn a number of simple plans that may be carried out at no cost greater than that entailed in rigging up medium decorations. The Decoration committee will' spend a goodly sum of money in making a display on Second street and they want the house decorations itt harmony. Telephone Mr. Hayes he is paid to answer your inquiries and make such suggestions as may be desired.

ifjjglfrom Sheboygan and Saskatche event of greater importance, perhaps. Ihanmost people anticipate. Advices from different parts of the state say that hundreds of veterans and members of the W. R. C.ill be here, and it's certain that the encampment will attract to Corvallis many not particularly interested in the encampment; they will simply return to the city for a visit at this gala time.

The encamp' ment will last three days, begin riing Wednesday, and the com mittees hope to have all things in perfect readiness for the visitors. Plans for their entertain ment, general comfort and pleas- have been perfected and it now remains for these plans to b'e carried The program ar ranged js as follows: PLAGES OF MEETING. G. A. R.

at Opera House Cor. Madi son and 4th Streets, I W. R. C. at M.

E. Church, Cor. Madison and 4th Streets. Ladies G. W.

O. W. Madison and 2nd Streets. ENTERTAINMENT. June 2nd, 11 a.

m. to 12:30 p. m. drill on campus by OAC "Cadets, 2:30 p. m.

encampment convenes. u- June 3. 10:45 sharp, parade." i 11:00 a. m. presentation of Flag to Corvallis High school by W.

R. C. 11:00 to 12:30 p. m. Dress Parade and drill on campus by OAC 8:00 p.

m. campfire. June 4, 8:00 p. m. Ice Cream social.

A silver offering will be made to the G. A. H. by Mrs. Jennie Higgins on behalf of the Wi R.

C. just prior to the joint Installation of officers. ORDER OF BUSINESS TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT. 1 Opening encampment in form. 2 3 4.

6 Rpportof committee on credentials. Calling roll. Report of officers. Appointment of committees. Reception of communications and 7 Report of committees.

8 Unfinished business. 9 New business. 10 Election of officers. 1 11 Selection of place for twenty-ninth annual encampment. 12 Installation of officers.

f- ORDER OF PARADE. 1 OAC cadets, 2 G. A. R. 3 W.

R.C-. 4 Ladies of G. A. R. 5 School children.

LINE OF MARCH. From opera house north to Monroe StreetTEast on Monroe Street to 2nd Street, South on 2nd Street to Adams Street, West on Adams to 7th Street, to public school grounds. At 10:30 the assembly will be sounded and the different" organizations will from as follows: G. A. R.

in front of opera house. W. R. C. on south of M.

E. church. School children on Monroe between 2nd and 3rd Street. RECEPTION PROGRAM 1 Music, OAC Orchestra. 2 Invocation.

3 Address of welcome, by Mayor. 4 Music, male quartet. 5 Response, Dept. Commander, G. A.

R. 6 Response on behalf of W. R. C. js Mrs.

Jaca 7 Music, orchestra. 8 Address, President Ladies. Qf G. A. R.

v. "9 Music, male quartets PROGRAM FOR CAMPUS Dep. Commander presiding. 1 Music, band. 2 Invocation, Dep.

Chaplain. 3 Music, Star Spangled Banner. 4 Address, M. S. Pratt, P.

D. C. -fr-Oration, student public school 6 Music, Solo. 7 Address, Mrs. Higgins, Pres.

W. R.C. 8 Music, Piano Duet 9 Address, jj Bell. 10 Music, 'Tenting on Old Camp Ground. and would offer what encourage- ne uo Cdn uut mP11t thr ia in th a it would be unreasonable to to do.

officials can not understand why anyone I would de sire to break into the court house for, no money is ever kept there. Treasurer Buchanan was at the court house until 11 o'clock and it was just before he left that he found the basement doors open. He also noted that the tront door was in Daa conai tion, but neither circumstance suggested burglarly to him. Mr. Buchanan merely thought someone bad been careless in leaving the doors open.

He shut the basement door and after an el fort managed- to lock the front door, but this- morning jnvesti- cation left no doubt that the court house had been broken in to. They were probably" after Mr. Buchanan's watch (the one returned) or Nnaynap it was someone who thought he could steal that $200 reward the coun ty court has not yet turned over to Chief -Wells, or Solomon, of Portland. If a light or night watch is not kept about the court house some-fellow will go over and steal the foundation or the wall-paper! a Baseball. The lovers of baseball have two opportunities tomorrow.

At O. A. C. field at 9:30 and 2:30 the U. of O.

and O.A. C. teams will for suprem-macy. These will be hard-fought-games. Tonight.

This evening at the city hall, the Coffee Club will render a program and dedicate the' new fountain erected at the corner of Second and Jackson streets! This affair will be a sociaj, and not a 'dance as is the thought of some. It was intended to hold this affair Thursday night, but the meeting of charter commission at the Coffee Club rooms made this impossible. The ladies hope fot a large attendance tonight as they have planned for -a thoroughly delightful time. Special Announcement. Prof.

Otto Herse will sing a solo at the First Congregational church the coming Sunday, May 30, '09. His friends of the Congregational church and in the city will be pleased to learn this fact Rev. Howard N. Smith, of Portland, wUlalso be present at "the Sunday schqpl session and address it as well as the morning audience at 11 a. m.

to pay up their just debts. -j The Times will spend about $450 on the float to be entered atj the Festival and on the expenses of the young lady who- will be selected to represent Benton county. The Times would have to do about a $4,000 business as a direct result of, the contest in order to come out even. So there ned to be no cessation" of effort simply because of any fear The Times is going to get rich off the contest. Senior Party.

Miv and Mrs. J.A. Bexell i 1 Ui. gave a progressive military eu- chre Monday evening in honor of the seniors of A. C.

School of Commerce. The young people I found the game a novel and en joyable one and throughout the evening the guests engaged in a frendly striving for the fort each defended. Military euchre differs from the common game only in the fact thatfirst partners are partners for the evening in carrying to a fort, both represent such flags as each is able to win from opponents engaged in. the like The winning of a game gets a flag which he carries back to his fort and deposits Miss Alice McGinniss proved the most valiant lady soldier and was. awarded a handkerchief, flag-of -truce as it were, while Ivan.

Kerr was thfi most successful- of the men and was awarded a jnecktieV An ampli tude of dainty refreshments were served, and -at a late (or early) hour the guests departed, thanking Prof, and Mrs. Bexell for a very pleasant' evening. The Bexell bungalow, one of. the attractive and cozy homes of the '(Continued on last page.) i- ANDREWS KERH'StBAKERY. Total bofor I i wan to ueioochistan and Kamchatka, how old is Ann," will Pviumg ivir.

me.es th.e, orrect answer. lexpect mm to ao so. in tnat event the captor is to grab the basket of eggs, move backward ten paces and throw the hen fruit at the suspected Mr. Souffle, who will not run if he is indeed the mysterious Mr. Truffle.

This is a bona-fide agreement. Whittles has been secured by The Times at I great expense. In order to get the $500 reward' any gentleman recognizing Mr. Sizzles must have on his person a copy of the proposed new or a picture of Second street as it will look after a fire has removed the old- Bhacks thereon. The only demand of any lady is that she shall wearing her own hair.

On be Will Celebrate. Corvallis will celebrate the Fourth of July. This was determined at a meeting of the Retail Merchants Association the other evening, that body appoint ing H. L. Wmkley, George Kerr and Tom Graham to solicit funds.

These gentlemen have canvassed the business section and they met with a liberal response. Thev found a heartv sentiment favor of the proposed celebra- 1 1 A 1 1 il lion ana wim inia ieeung me day's doings ought to prove a great succcbs. July 4 falls on Sunday' this year, so the celebration will be held Saturday. Just what form Uhto cp.lp.brHtion will takfl ia not determined, but it is probable that the customary red firs will be burned and that some good music, speaking, will, be provided. A pyrotechnical display at night will bo a catur 4-i, parent to the casual listener; who merely listens to enjoy, than it is to her Miss Johnson has a voice that itfHoNarge and she is hardly sufficiently' robust to de velop any great volume, but there is a marked growth even in the size of the voice and glorious results so far 'as ease style, interpretation and a finished and thoroughly acceptable presentation is concerned.

She is, doing splendidly and is to be congratulated on her work. The Times goes into detail thus arlargely for the purpose of drawing a Miss John son had less to begin with than most She had less than most young people of the city, yet by-taking up vocal culture and applying herself she can I now appear Very successfully and give genuine pleasure to any audience. The church choirs in this city show the lack of sing ers, and yet there are countless voices that might be developed by fair application. With the same industry, any can show the splendid results attained by Queen Inez Johnson. But one can't make the showing or get the satisfaction without giving some time to work under an in structor." It's worth the while, and Corvallis and every other town the state need3 young people willing to take a little vocal culture.

Baseball Tomorrow THE TIMES VOTING COUPON This coupon entitles any of the contestants in The Times voting contest to IC Credit them to Address--1 THE VOTING PLACE AT Thla ooupon void aiilcw mi.