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CorMis Incite. Issued Every Friday Horning hj Ths Gazette Publishing Co. n W .inUMCrtM fK.Hton.lM eat M5r, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Pur Tear,... f2 00 ttix Months 1 00 Tftrea Months 75 fringe U-ipifW, .-. 05 P6r Year, (wlieu nut paid in advance) 2 00 CORVALLIS, OUF.GON', SEP. 2S, 1S94. UNFAIR ANH MISLEADING. The report of the Committee of One Hundred regarding the American Book Company, which appeared in fast Sun day's Oregouian, shows unmistakable evidence of partiality and unfairness. To an unbiased person it would seem that rival book publishers had dictated the windy document, and that the defendant, the American Book Company, had been convicted without a hearing, for nowhere in the report has it been permitted to speak in its own behalf. This committee is a self constituted organization that for some months has posed before the public as a friend of economy and good govern ment Yet, at this time, following upon two years of panic and business depres sion, these misnamed friends of retrench ment and reform make a scathing de nunciation of the American Book Com pany, which of its own volition caused a reduction of ten per cent in the price of school books during the past year, and ' now the committee clamors loudly for a ohange in books whereby the school pa trons of Oregon will be put to an unnec essary outlay of at least a quarter of a million of dollars. There does not seem to be a semblance of an excuse for the tirade of abuse that breaks out against the so-called trust, which, besides containing elemehts of hatred and dislike, is preg nant with misleading statements. The report indicates that the company secures its business through corruption and fraud, and attempts to smirch the character of Mr. Edwards, the company's Portland manager, by means of a well calculated scheme to connect him with attempting to bribe L H. Leach, a mem ber of the Washington board of educa tion. . The report fails to state, however, that Mr. Leach appeared before the com mittee and absolutely denied the state ment. It handles Harrington's speller in a most vigorous manner, just because it ' is old. The book has been in use since iSSo, and is only one of several spellers published by the American Book Compa ny. This book is in use in Oregon only in the schools of Portland, and was selec ted by the instructors of that city; and it is altogether improbable that so capable a corps of teachers, as Portland is known to have, would select such a poor book as this Committee of One Hundred would have it appear to be. Outside of the . metropolis, Watson's speller is used ex clusively in the schools of the state, and gives general satisfaction. The company also has other spellers which cau be fur nished about as cheaply as the two al- T'tatryjnentionea, it tne people want them. In the selection of text books it is the public that say which book is best suited to the needs of the schools of Ore gon, and not the American Book Compa ny, as many are inclined to believe. This lengthy statement also says that the private schools of Oregon are using only 20 c 25 per cent of the American Book Company's publications, which of itself is untrue. An investigation of the subject discloses the fact that not less than 6o per cent of the publications used at the Agricultural College are furnished by the American Book Company. The report states, "The American Book Company has many excellent books, chiefly confined to the academic and Higher grades. It is very weak in the lower grades and mathematics." Any one familiar with the circumstances at all, knows this statement to be incorrect Ginn & Co.'s publications, especially those on mathematics, are used to a far greater extent in advanced grades of Col leges and academies, than in primary work. By reversing the above statement, if would come more nearly stating the truth. ' Nowhere in this voluminous report is the attorney for Ginn & Co., or the other various rival publishing concerns referred to. The pi esident of this sub-committee, Thomas N. Strong, is an attorney. Be ing such, is it not reasonable to suppose that he is the paid attorney of rival pub lishing houses, and that his report, to say the least, might be biased in their fa vor ? If this be the case, and the Ga zette believes it is, the Committee of One Hundred is in petty business. "For ways that are dark" they are certainly en titled to take first place. Tf the books used in the schools of this .state during the past six years "fairly Bristle with mistakes and inaccuracies," why in the name of common sense has it taken until now to discover the fact? If the school superintendents and board of education have been bought like sheep, &a& the people hoodwinked, as the hon orable Committee of One Hundred would insinuate, -why has it taken so long to find the matter out? A more flagrant in sult ras never jjiven the residents of a state, than the insinuation that our school system is a veritable school machine, run And operated in the interest of the Amer ican Book Company. It is very fair to presume that the school superitendents and others connected with the educa tional interests of Oregon are quite as en lightened, fully as . capable, and just as free from corrupton as such persons are in other states. If there is so little vir tue left among the educators of Oregon, that they have become the pliant tools of the American Book Company, subservent at all times to the will of their master. the intelligence must come from some other source than the Committee of One Hundred, before the good people of this tate will give it credence. The Gazette want the schools of the state to be supplied with the best and most practical text books, and at the least possible expense. The American Book Company has already made a vol untary reduction of ten per cent in the price of all books furnished the' public schools in Oregon, and another similar reduction will be made by the action of the poard of edcation who furnish sched ules for the guidance of bidders who wish to compete iu the coming contest for fur nishing books during the next six years. With possibly one or two exceptions, the books now in use have given general sat isfaction. A change will cost not less than 1250,000. Some of the state papers that seem to be illy informed, are advo cating a change. The principal objection urged against the present system is, that the books are furnished by a "soulless corporation." How much better off will they be on that score if a change is voted? Books will still be furnished by a corpor ation. RIVER IMPROVEMENTS. Now that we have an appropriation ot $8,000 for improvements on the Willam ette at this place, every citizen should interest himself in seeing that it is ex pended in the most judicious manner. While it is true that the matter is in the hands of government engineers, stroug public sentiment will aid them materially in determining upon the most practical course to pursue in the expenditure of the money. As already urged by the Gazette, the only permanent way of remedying this constant and increasing danger'; to navigation is to dredge out the old channel from the lower end of Alexander Island to Fischer's mill, build a wing dam at the mouth of East river and force the volume of water through the old river bed. The talk of reconstructing the old revetment is the silliest twaddle. No structure built of piling can withstand the terrible force of the current in the big bend just east of town, where what is left of the old revetment now stands. It never did any good and the money so foolishly ex pended might just as well have been dumped into the river in the first place. We see the thief approaching that will rob us of our commerce; let us bar the door before the horse is stolen. It is an actual, pressing and material dan ger and not merely a fancied possible calamity. The former work done under the supervision of the U. S. engineers is wholly inadexuate to the purpose. Ev ery high water increases the danger and also increases the work necessary to be done to change the channel. It is stated that the engineers intend reconstructing the old work. This will be as useless as it is foolish. Nothing but a solid stone wall will deter the water from rushing on in its fury if an attempt is made to re strain it at the point where the old revet ment stands. We want a new channel and we want it now. There is no use to monkey with the old revetment. The people will rebel against such a lav ish waste of their money. No adequate remedy for the pending danger can be had except by opening up the old chan nel across the bottom above Fischer's mill. Can there be any more "Cleveland worship?" New York Tribune. Well, you would have supposed there couldn't be any more Baal worship after Elijah's business at Mount Carmel, but the blamed Israelites kept on worshiping Baal until they were completely cleaned out and done for. Springfield Union. The St Louis Republic says that to call a man "as good as old wheat" now adays is to put him below par. Corn is king. IvOCAI, brevities. Mrs. Zephin Job returned home this week from the state fair, where she cap tured the first premium for fancy needle work. Harry Samuels, now employed in Pos son's seed store in Portland, whiled away a few hours with old friends in Corvallis last Sunday. David B. Hill received the nomination for governor at the hands of the New York democratic state convention last Wednesday by acclamation. Although the result was a great victory for Tam many Hall, Spencer & Case waited on their customers without interruption. Tonight the masonic fraternity of this city are to have a reception and banquet In addition to the' grand officers of the state, visitors are expected from Indepen dence, Yaquina, Albany and Monroe. The collation will be served at the Occidental, where covers have been ordered for 100 guests. Last week the Gazette mentioned the death of Myron Smith's father and in this issue we are called upon to chronicle the death of his aged mother, who, with her son, resided near this city. She has been an invalid for some years and since her husband's death, had prayed for relief from her sorrow, which came in death on Wednesday afternoon. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. M. Bur lingame and the remains were interred in . Crystal Lake cemetery on Thursday. Probably the most accurate and at the same time the most rapid stenographer ever employed in this section of the state is Mrs. Phoebe Woodford. Since school opened, she has been requested by a number of her pupils to organize a short hand class and she met with so much en couragement in the matter that she has agreed to meet all person interested in this work at the college- chapel next Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at which time and place, arrangement for the or ganizatlonof the class will be com pleted. , AS INTERESTING SIGHT. A Visit to Hugh Finley's Prune Orchard and Dryer How the Crop is Cared For. Probably the most interesting sijnt to be seen in Oregon at this season of the year is a dryer in operation. At least thia is the opinion of a Gazette: representative, who, iu company with Jesse Spencer, XV. II. Hartless, M. Schmidt, Kobert Johnson and F. L. Milller visited tlie Hof:h Fiuley orchard and dryer last Sunday. The work is iu charjjo of Henry M. Stone, who has seventeen assistauts. Ten men are em ployed in picking the fruit and receive five cents per buehel for their services. The other seven are kept busy about the dryer and are paid at the rate of 1.50 per day. The fruit is packed in boxes and hauled to the dryer, where it is run through a grader. This machine is operated by foot power and sorts the prunes into four grades. The first or smallest grade is unused for drying. As this operation is performed, the fruit is dipped into a solution of hot lye, which fives the prunes a good cleansing and also cracks the skiu. After the hot bath, the fruit is given a thorough rinsing in cold water and placed on the trays. Tiie dryers are the Kertz patent and Mr. Stone says they are giviue; perfect satisfac faction. They are bnilt in a cylinder shape and set on a foundation of brick. Each irjer contains 210 trays and each tray holds one-half bushel of green fruit. The trays set one above the other and are turned by means of an endless chain. As the dryer revolves and passes an opening or dour in the cylinder, each tier of trays is raised sufficiently to admit a tray of green fruit which is placed at the bottom of the tier. This process takes place every hour and a half. 10 to 18 hoars are required iu'eur ing the Petite prune, while it takes 24 hours to dry the Italians. By the time the fruit is cured, the dryer has made fifteen revolutions, thus bringing the trays of cured fruit to the top ot the evaporator, where it is taken out and emptied iuto a large bin. The temperature iu each dryer is kept at 180 degrees. The heat is generated by the use of ash wood from a furnace under the brick foundation of each dryer. The combined capacity of the two dryers is 200 bushels every 24 hours or 4,000 pounds of cured f ru it. The Petite prunes are averaging about three bushels to the tree, while the Italians will yield only about three pecks to the tree. The total crop from 1,000 trees will be between 3,000 and 3,500 busheis. This will make in the neighborhood of 70,000 pounds of dried fruit. The outlook for a market this fall is not at all flattering, al though Mr. Stone has an offer of 4J cents for Petites and 6 cents for Italians. Mr. Finley's r-rchard presented one of the grandest sights ever witnessed. The Petite and Hungarian trees were loaded with large luscious fruit and in many instances the weight has been so great that the trees are broken to the ground and not a few of them are entirely ruined. Last July Mr. Finley discovered that the trees were overloaded and pruned them back, but for all that he has suffered considerable loss bv reason of the excessive yield. This trouble is largely due, however, to the fact that the first few years the trees were not pruued back sutfi ciently and the top has grown out of pro portion to the trunk. The orchard was found in a excellent state of cultivation, free from weeds, which evidenced much hard and patient toil. Mr. Finley is of the opinion that prunes can be profitably grown for three cents per pound. If this be true he will have a handsome profit ou his crop this year. The choicest fruit property in Benton county is the 15 acre orchard owned by Messrs. J. H. and J. W. Herron, adjoin ing the farm of Mr. Finley. The trees are now five years old; they are in a perfect state of cultivation and evidence unmistak able signs of thrift and scientific care. Aside from 400 Early Crawford peach trees the fifteen acres are planted about equally to Italian and Petite prunes. Two or three years ago borers began working on' the peach trees and were raising sad havoc among them wheu one of the boys read in the Examiner that a mixture of lime and salt placed about the roots of the trees would exterminate the pests. The recipe had the desired effect, so far as the borers were concerned, but several hundred trees were lost by the operation. The boys will have about 300 bushels of prunes this year which .they have arranged with Henry Stone to dry for them. They also raised several bushels of choice peaches this sea son, which sold for $2.50 per bushel. Im mediately adjoining this orchard, the boys own 15 acres of ten year old prunes. Superintendent Holm and Prof. George Denman made a trip over into the Alsea country last week for the purpose of organiz ing a school district. They left a petition for signatures and arranged other necessary preliminaries. At present there are' 27 pupils in the district that are denied school privileges on account of being seven miles away from the school building, and it is for such persons that the new district is to be organized. Mr. Holm says the people of Alsea are still enjoying a good deal of fun about the shoes which President BIoss left in the river last spring, while over there on a fishing trip. It seems that the shoes have darned up the stream to such an extent that it has caused a hindrance to navigation, and an appropriation of several thousand dollars will be reqnired to remove the obstruction. Perhaps some of our readers would like to know in what respect Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is better than any other. We will tell you. When this remedy is taken as soon as cold has been contracted, and before it has become settled in the system, it will counteract the effect of the cold and greatly lessen its severity, and is the only remedy that will do this. It acts in perfect harmony with nature and aids nature in relieving the lungs, opening the secretions, liquefying the mucou3 and causing its expulsion from the air cells of the lungs and restoring the sys tem to a strong and healthy condition. No other remedy in the market possesses these properties. No other will cure a cold so quickly. For sale by Graham & Wells. Don't forget the magnificent premium offer of the Gabtte. IMPRE39ION9 OF A STRANGER. Mr. Editor: If I do not intrude on your time, space and patience, allow me to give you an idea of my impression on coming to Corvallis. I might say, the longer I stay the better I like it, but that does not express my sentiment, therefore, I will say that I have had the honor of having been a nephew of Uncle Sam since 1343, and have seen, since I crossed the Atlautic, many states, cities and towns; seen much splendor, and heard tongues of many nationalities, and, during the last two years, hive travel ed in the deserts in America and Mexico, and, coming now to the pleasant, quiet city of Corvallis, with its splendid forest-like nooks scattered here und there, all over the town; the beautiful and romantic situation of the town site; its many bicycles coming and going; the comfortable residecces and homes; the fine business houses aud certain ly very accomodating business men and w;- men, all combine to give one a very favor able and pleasant impression. - I feel like one tossed about on the wild seas, finding, after many years of adven tures aud strands, at last a harbor of safety, where one will be free from all harm, the elements, and other possible destruction that may befall mankind. The people, as far as I have been able to observe, the society in which we live, shape, to a certain extent, the general character of the inhabitants, and there seems to be a pleasant and quiet dis position characterizing this people, and one feels like making this his home. It is also noticeable to the observer, that Corvallis has had its share of the calamities arising from business depression, that have visited all countries, all lands and all locali ties. The street car of Corvallis shows evidence of hard times, standing as it does on the corner of Madison and Main streets, idle and alone. And here, I feel like offer ing a suggestion, and that is for the town to own and operate the street car for the public at cost, and if nothing more could be done, to run in the afternoon, and should this prove impracticable, to hold the insti tution for a better time to came. But, to tear up the track now built would be a pity, and prove a great drawback to the town. Why not, rather, continue the line west to, or past, the Agricultural College, and then north to connect with the old line ? Carl Zwicker. A3 OTHERS SEE TTS. Jerry Nnnan, of the Grants Pass Courier, was down here last week, and after return ing home wrote the following for his paper, concerning car city: Corvallis, the oldest town in Oregon, was the first state capital, and now, hidden in its dense maple foliage, is more like an old country town than any on the Pacific coast. The town citizens, by vote a few years ago, decided to keep its cows off the streets and ever siuce then grass has been allowed to grow at will in all its thoroughfares. Yard fences which-the cows used to keep in good repair are now allowed to rot and fall away to ruin. Open gates, taking up half the sidewalk as they swing lazily out iu their way, show that there is nothing now to fence against, and the people have no incen tive to keep things in repair. The broad maples which the cows used to keep trimmed up as far as they could reach, now protrude from above and make you dodge their branchts as you walk underneath. Alto gether, the people here do not look upon the banishment of the town cow as an uumixed blessing. The departure of the gentle bo vine has certainly not tended toward mak ing Corvallis a fcity of sprucy-looking homes. Benton county, of which Corvallis is the county seat, is $50,000 in debt, but her tax able property runs up into three or four millions and she has a $100,000 court house. severaljgood bridgss and many graded couu ty roads to shew for it. Taxes last year in Corvallis were 23 mills for state, county, city aud school, and the property was as sessed at about one-half its cost value. There is no bonded indebtedness of the city. though it has a $12,000 city hall which was paid for in warrants. A bonding agitation is now in progress. The town hns no sewer system, though several of the hotels are con nected with the river by sewers of their own and yet Corvallis is about as healthy a town as there is in the world. PWYING IN ENGLAND. Mrs. W. T. Hoffman is in receipt of a letter from her daughter, Maude, now play ing in England with the talented actor, Mr. Wilson Barrett, in which she intimates that neither the country nor climate, nor the customs and mannerisms of English peo ple are according to her liking. She has traveled considerably and visited many points of historical interest, but prefers American soil, American people and Amer ican customs to anything she has found during her stay in Great Britain. She, however, expresses herself as being de lighted with London, where she made many pleasant acquaintances through let ters of introduction furnished by friends in this country. This week the company are playing in Nottingham; next week they play at Birmingham, and the week follow ing in Bristol. During the first three weeks of November, the company are billed at Liverpool, after which they sail for New York, when they open an eight weeks en gagement at the Madison Square theatre. In the play, "Hamlet," Miss Hoffman takes the role of the Queen. Of her work in this difficult part, the Halifax Courier has the following, "Miss Maude Hoffman showed convin cingly that she knows how to carry herself like a queen, while the personality lost none of its suavity and richness in her hands. When visibly writhing under the invectives of Hamlet, and do longer able to submit to his insults, the actress, like Ophelia when her wits were flow n, rose to heighths of passion that to many of her hearers, must have teemed of unexpected strength." "During my service in the army I con traded chronic diarrhoBa," says A. E. Bend ing, of Halsey, Oregon. "Since then I have used a great amount of medicine, but when I tound any that would give me relief they would injure my stomach, until Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was brought to my notice. I used it and will say it is the only remedy that gave me permanent relief and no bad results follow." For sale by Graham & Wells. MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED Already Enrolled at the Agri cultural College for the Coming Year's Work. The opening of the college for '94-95, ba proved a very agreeable surprise to those in terested in its work. It was expected thai due to hard times there would not be as many students this year as in the past, but these gloomy predictions have proved falla cious, the enrollment now showing an in crease of 15 over last year, at this time. Another interesting fact is, that the increase is all in the higher classes, showing that the intellectual grade of the students is higher this year than ever before. The representa tives from the various counties of the state are as follows: BENTON. Sadie Friendly, Emma Warrior, Lulu Lind sey, Minnie Wilson, Mary Smith, Mac Hemphill, Herbert Friendly, Cara Wilson, Mabel Johnson, Mabel Davis, Frank Groves, ' Alice Buchanan, Kate Buchanan, Edith Lil ly, Percy Lee, Addie Bristow, Dennis Stov all, Gertrude Cauthorn, Arthur Henkle, Clara Newhouse, Mary Henderson, Rosalie Greffoz, Minnie Cooper, Chaa. Small, Edna M. Groves, Richard Graham, Elmer Shipley, Alva Newton, Eugene Weber, E. J. Newton, Milton Wyatt, A. J. Tharp, E. J. Hufford, Mattie Right, Winnie Avery, Bessie .Dates man, Georgia Hartless, Edith Gibson, Colis ta Murray, Eva Kyle, Lay ton Plummer, Lola Wilkins, Mamie Rowland, Arthur Buchanan, Lewis E. Cooper, Georgia Apple white, Estel Maddux, George Clark, Marion Johnson, Clyde Phillips, Etta Campbell, Lant Mulkey, Lulu Thornton, Bertha Lin ville, Mildred Linville, D. W. Mnnn, F. M. Wood, F. C. Waller, Chas. Porter, Gertie Mackay, Bessie Barker, Minnie Hodes, J. C. Smith, Emma Campbell, Earl Branderberry, Claude Carhlc, Willie Schmidt, Elsie Long, Edna Finley, Mary Headrick, Mamie Mil ner, Helen Holgate, Bruce Burnett, Clara Duncan, Lulu Brown, W. F. Holman, John F. Allen, lart Spangler, Ollie Armstrong, Ray Rogers, Rose Nicholas, Roscoe Bryson. LINN. Kate McCune, Amelia McCune, Otis Taylor, Joseph T. Bethune, Horace McBride, A. D. Morrison, Fred Schmeer, Victor Moses, Clyde C. Snyder, D. H. Bodine, Em ma Beach, D. P. Adamson, Arthur Wood, Minnie E. Hale, Lulu Brandon, Frank Ward, Dorothea Nash, Ida Ward, Dora P. Porter, Guy Porter, W, D. Porter. Charles Jeoks, Olive Jenks, Josie Moses, S. R. Archibald, J. E. Adamson. KT.AMATU. A. C. Lewis, L O. Stearns. , MULTNOMAH. Terna Keady, J. G. McCune, W. F. Rea dy, Mary Stout. BAKER. R. A. Cartwright, Chas. Chandler, Anna Hannah, J. B. Masters. YAMHILL. A. B Kidder, W. H. Becker, W. C. Wil liams, Frank Feudale, S. P. Smith. MARION. Inez Cooley, C. R. Porter, Jennie Thorn, bury, Don Ray, Frank Crawford, Ralph W. Terrell, Chas. .Meyers. UNION. Katie L. Wright, II. M. Cooper, Charles Owsley, H. W. Smith, P. E. Alger. WASHINGTON. E. D. Goodwin, O. B. Gates, J. H. Gault, A. F. Buxton. JACKSON. Theo Beall, Lee Beall. LANE. Charles Whitsett, Delpheina Hennel, W. J. Gilstrap. H. W. Veach, Geo. Lea, Ollie Hamilton, J. R. Coolep. HALHDER. J. D. G, Denman, L. A. JohnBnn: LINCOLN. W. W. Riggs, R. H. Howell, Louise Lou enberger, Ed. W. SHinpsun. JOSEPHINE. L. W. Oren. POLK. Will Collins. Herbert J. Elliot, Clyde Henry. COLUMBIA. W. B. Daggett, Fred C. Caples. CLACKAMAS. Ida. M. Sawtell. Lake Casto, Augusta Casto, L. B. Andrews, Levy Rusk, Louie Barnett. TILLAMOOK. E. R. Doughty, Lester M. Leland. DOUGLAS. Kittie Emmett, Lena Willis, Effie Willis, Esther Simmons. . WASCO. Aubert Leavens, Sidney Trask, H. W. Kelly. GILLIAM. F. E. Edwards. CLATSOP. Edward C. Young. coos. G. Stemler, W. Abernethy, E. Aberne- thy, R, F. Golden, Geo. Weaver, Win. Mc- Knight, Lowry Owen, H. Dimmick, Fanny Getty, Geo. Getty, John Wilder, Thomas Dimmick, M. O. Stemler. WALLOWA. L. W. Powers. UMATILLA. J. A. Stansberry. CALIFORNIA., STATE. Mary A. Simpson. WASHINGTON, STATE. George Korthauer, Clement Wilkins. Boys' Caps Freel With each pair of our Boys' "Never Rip" School Shoes we give a Navy Blue Cloth Cadet Cap, free. NOLAN'S. Headquarters for Clothing, Corvallis, Oregon. For Sale. A small fruit farm of two and one-half acres, located one and one-half miles from postoffice or three-fourths of a mile from the college, for sale cheap. Improvements con sist of new house of three rooms, and a barn. For particulars inquire of Thomas Eglin, A WARM BATH WITH (Mciira Soap And a single application of CUTI CURA, the great skin cure, will afford instant relief, permit rest and sleep, and point to a speedy, economical, and permanent cure of the most distressing of itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, and crusted skin and scalp diseases, after phy sicians, hospitals, and all else fail. Cuticura Remedies Exert a peculiar, purifying action on the skin, and through it upon the blood. In the treatment of distressing humors they are speedy, permanent, and economical, and in their action are pure, sweet, gentle, and effective. Mothers and chil dren are their warmest friends. Sold throughout the world. Pottbs Drug and Chkm. Corp., Sole Props., Boston. JS5T "All about Baby's Skin, Scalp, and Hair," mailed tree. If tired, aching, nervous moth ers knew the comfort, strength, and vitality in Cntlcnra Plasters, they would never be without them. In every way the sweetest and best. lioolj anil What yon can do now in buying T HE. 3E3 S3 IS. A full Line of Fruit Trees FREE OF PESTS, Number 1 in Quality, and at Hard Times Prices at The Tangent Prune Nursery, CONSISTING OF Apple, Pear, Cherry, Prune, Plum, Peaches, Vines, Shrubs, Etc. The Lowest Prices ever known. Remem ber, I will give the planter the tree agent's profit. Prices on application. Send me a list of your wants. Correspondent solic ited. Direct to M. L. FORSTER, TauL'cnt, Oregon. 0"D"R New Fall IS NOW ARRIVING. Wo will Soon bo able to Show you The Largest Stock of GENTS' FINE CLOTHING Ever brought to the City. We also havo a Laie Stock of Gents' - Furnishing - Goods, HATS, BOOTS, AUD SHOES. Try a pair of Crown's Bumble Bee Shoes. No other Better. We make a specialty of TAILOR-K1ADE CLOTHSWC. Four Complete Lines to select from. A Goood Pit Guaranteed iu every respect. Don't forget the place. At MILLER S CLOTHIHS STORE CORVALLIS, OREGON. A As a Premium with the Corvallis Gazette is The Best Offer Ever Made By Any Oregon Weekly. This is a bona fide proposition, and is open until November 1st. All you have to do is to send $2 to the Gazette Publishing Company and you will receive the Gazette and Weekly Oregosian each for one year. Don't miss the opportunity. The offer is open to all. GAZETTE PUBLISHING COMPANY. 2inbraces : : A large quantity of new material has recently been added, and the best styles of all kinds of Job Printing is done at rates to correspond with the present business depression. Patrons may rely - upon receiving than can- be obtained elsewhere 0.1. 6. STUDENTS, ATTENTION! OF STATIONERY DIRECT From Eastern Mills. Eettei 'Tablets, Hote fablets, gcbool tablets, Special 9.K.G. Tablets College BKS rjrarciinj Instruments, Papers, pencils, Inls, Squares Trianes, Quri?esf Qtc. GRAH&rT&WELLS Pharmacists, Stationers & Booksellers, Corvallis, Oregon. pianoforte Leggoqg. V. GIFFORD NASH, For one year a student of the Leipzig Conservatory, and for two and one half years a student of Prof. Martin Krause, also in Leipzij, i? now prepared to take piano students. Studio Cor. of Jefferson and Eighth, Corvallis. For terms apply by letter or peronal application. NOTICE. The undorsiimed, having pnreljased the enliro interest of Frank Conover in the Corvallis Uazktte, wilt hereafter continue its publication, assuming all liabilities of same from and after the 8th day of .Sep-ten-ltor. 1S!M, and to whom all subscriptions should hereafter be paid. We shall furnish the Oazettk to all subscribers for the time their subscriptions hive been paid in advance GAZETTE PUBLISHING COMPANY, B. W. Jounson, Manager. Corvallis, Or., Sepi. 8, 1804. Stock 1 better satisfaction here in this part of the State,