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Vol. XLI.
Gorvallis, Benton County Oregon, Friday, August 5, 1904.
No. 64
JLIS
GAZETTE.
United Brethren Win.
A matter that has been under
litigation for several years in
Benton county was settled, Mon
day in the supreme court of the
state. Several years ago J. L.
Akin became executor of the
Hannah and Peter W. Mason
estate, which estate held his note
for $800 and interest. It sub
sequently developed that Akin
was insolvent. The legal question
as to whether Akin could not be
held for the amount in spite of
his insolvency was the question
to be determined.
Suit was brought by the United
Brethren church, to whom the
estate had been willed, and Mrs.
Margery Davison to determine
the question and af'er passing
through the circuit court, where
Akin lost it was carried to the
supreme court, where Akin lost
again- J. W. Ingle and J. Q.
Rogers were bondsmen for Akin .
The question ithen arose if these
bondsmen could not be held re-
rwn;i hip for thp 1iarilirv aorainst
Akin, the executor in spite of
his insolvency. The Church and
Mrs. Divissoa agaia brouglit
suit, and won in the circuit court
and iu the decision hauded down
Monday won also in the supreme
court. The decision is of local
interest as all parties in the suit
reside within Benton county. It
is also inteistiug as confirming an
important legal principle. The
concluding words of Judge Bean
are as follows: "We are there
fore of the opinion that under
the statute of this state and by
t le great weight of authority,
tie sureties on the official bond of
Akin, as executor of the Mascn
estate, are liable for the amount
of his personal debts to the estate
notwithstanding his insolvency."
The amount to be paid by the
bondsmen including cost of action
aggregates $1500.
It surely is about time to ring
down the curtain on this Crefield
business. The man is either a
cheap knave or a maniac, per
haps some of both. It is fitting
that he should be sent somewhere
well out of sight, where the op
portunity for proselyting is slender.
Albanv Herald.
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Carries the newest, best and
most complete line of
E
OREGON DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
Convention Meets for Two Days
Session in Portland.
The Oregonian of Wednesday
devotes a page to the doings of
the league that is expected to do
so much for our state in the near
future. Three hundred Develop
ment League delegates, represent
ing the best citizens and best in
terests of the state, spent Tues
day at the Marquam Theater in
comsummating the Development
League idea whereby the state's
energies are to concert in the big
forward movement intended to
give Oregon a place among the
great states of the Union.' En
thusiastic delegates filled the
theatre and made their reports,
and in every section the senti
ment was shown to be tremen
dously in support of a co-opera
tive development which will re
sult in effectively tapping the
great storehouses of wealth that
lie untouched.
No more notable gathering was
ever under one roof in the his
tory " of the commonwealth.
Every section of the state was
represented and from expressions
made by delegates it was readily
apparent that the time is ripe for
the great awakening that is to
take place. The delegates left
their farms and their stores and
their offices and their individual
interests to lend a part in assist
ing the interests of the state.
The personnel of the conven
tion is notable. The delegates
are not the class of men given to
effervescence in meaningless
streams of oratory. The tvpical
Development League delegate is
a solid man of the community
from whence he comes and has
its welfare at heart. He has not
traveled many miles during his
busiest season to hear himself
talk, but with the idea that the
interests of the community and
thereby his own interests may be
advanced. Nor are his ideas
selfish, for he has a pride in his
own particular locality and in
his state that is equal or far
greater than his regard for his
personal interests.
One of the first speakers on the
program was E. L. Smith, ot
Hood River, president of the
State Board of Horticulture, who
gave an able discourse on the in
ner secrets of orchard-growing,
dealing particularly with apples.
Mr. Smith was followed imme
diately upon the platform by
Dr. Jas. Withycombe, who read
a paper on "Some Examples of
Actual Results in Agriculture."
This paper was a comprenensive
and instructive statement of what
the state is producing from her
fields.
Tom Richardson took the at
tention of the convention for a
few minutes with some practical
suggestions on advertising coun
ties and helping along the good
work of state development.
Reports of actual work weie re
ceived audi listened to with much
interest.
At the Oregon Experiment
Station last year 18 28 tons of
green alfalfa per acre were se
cured, representing 7.31 tons of
hay, worth $43.86. This season
over five tons of good cured
clover hay were secured, worth
$35. Their report continues:
With the aid of the citizens of
the state, Oregon will become one
of the greatest states in the Union,
great not as Minnesota for her
Figuratively speaking, all eyes
will soon be turned towards Ore
gon. Thousands, tens of thou
sands, hundreds of thousands,
mayhap millions will follow
Lewis and Clark into our beloved
country, while millions more wio
cannot come will eagerly read till
that is written and printed and
listen to all that is said about the
land "Where Rolls the Oregon!"
Yes, even millions will be an
hungered for the story of Oregon,
the most fascinating of all the
histories of our great galaxy of
states. Is our almost universal
somnolence to continue? Are we
to go on as of old and collectively
take another Rip Van Winkle
nap? Are we still to take the
husks and give our sister states
the fruits? Or shall we arouse
ourselves, unitedly gird on our
armor, take Opportunity by the
hand and determine that we will
make the name of Oregon and
her wonderful resources am pos
sibilities known in every hamlet
in the East? How are we going
to do this? That is what we
have met here to determine. I
see before me many men compe
tent to map out a plan of educa
tional advertising; jointly , we
will be able to evolve some plan
or plan whereby we can make
Opportunity captive.
Money must be raised. We
cannot do much on wind. The
man who says Oregon don't need
advertising must be ostracised,
and the pessimist who says Ore
gon is no great shakes, anyway,
must be quickly taken out and
killed! We must begin our cam
paign here and now. We must,
formulate a plan of battle, choose
our captains, name our recruit
ing officers, select our ammuni
tion, locate the sites for our bat
teries, appoint a rendezvous, and
ere the snows of winter come we
should have every hill and valley
east of the Rocky Mountains re
verberating with the story ot the
wonders ot Oregon.
The results of Wednesday's
deliberrtions may be summed up
as follows:
Resolutions were adopted en
dorsing the development of the
Inland Empire by means of a por
tage road around Celilo Rapids;
the improvement of the mouth of
the Columbia River by the re
moval of the bar, improvement
of Coos Bay Harbor, irrigation en
terprises whereby Government aid
is to be secured for the arid lands
of the state.
The report of the plan oi organ
ization contained this resolution;
Resolved, That each city, town
and community organize its own
local league, business club, or
other similar organization, or
select one of its existing clubs or
organizations, which shall become
a member of the State League.
Most impressive was the scene
when, at the end of the conven
tion, the big assemblage of dele
gates pledged themselves as one
man to co-operate actively in the
work of advancing the interests
of their community and thereby
those of the state.
For a Better Water Supply
Working For Fame.
A prominent furniture firm in
Portland have been advertising a
guessing contest for little girls
under fourteen jears of age. The
answers were to be presented in
person, and on the first day over
1500 children brought in their
names and answers. This shows
wheat production, great v.vt as that there is hardly a family a
Illinois lor her com, but great j iiv;ng m the city ot Portland,
. . ZIEROLF . .
for the wealth of her agricultural
land, her immense forests, her
large mineral wealth, her mag
nificent scenery and healthful
climate. It rests with yoa, citi
zens of Oregon, to see that this
is accomplished, and let us hcpe
that each one of you will realize
that this is a duty yon owe your
selves, your state and the Nation.
Brother Bennett, of the Irrigon
Irrigator, furnished the spread
eagle fireworks of the meeting.
It was a great speech, and a credit
to the speaker. He said in part:
who have children, who are not
tcdav interested in the Furniture
House of Tull& Gibbs. The
public can be best reached through
the columns of the newspapers of
your town, and it is worth some
thing when every person natur
ally associates ybur name with
any mention of .the business in
which you are engaged. This
is what the last month's adver
tising has done for the firm of
Tnll&Gibbsin Portland. It is
a lesson for all business men in
the state.
Corvallis citizens may yet see
the dav when the snows of Mary's
Peak will furnish their water sup
ply. Not but that the water now
in use is not good, for other cities
are glad to get it, but this water
would be farsnperior, clean, cold
and in immeasurable qnantities.
It lies jut to the west of this city
and can be had at a very moder
ate expense, and in a very short
time.
There are three feasible sources
of supply, any one of which will
give ample satisfaction. The
first is the south fork of Mary's
River which empties into the
main river about a halt a mile
above Philomath This stream
of main stream furnishes power
for Arch Homing's saw-mill, sup
plies water for a seven mile flume
that floats down 20,000 feet of
lumber every day and there is
enough water remaining in the
bed of the stream to repeat the
process threefold. This water is
so cold that small boys cannoi
swim in it, which is saying a good
deal.
There is enough water going
to waste at the Benton County
Lumber Company's Mill at Phil
omath to irrigate several thous
and acres of farm land. Take a
trip up along this flume and no-,
tice the pretty, luxuriant gardens.
The dwellers along the way have
a two-inch hole in the flume and
plug it. At night the plug is re
moved, and by means of troughs
and little ditches, the water runs
all night. The water from the
flume is clean, with the excep
tion t of the- saw-dust which could
easily be screened out and utiliz
ed. . Another source of supply is
Wood's Creek,' which runs into
Mary's river about a half a mile
above the mouth of the south fork.
This stream is also sufficient for
all necessary needs, but is not as
available as the first named sup
ply. The third source of supply is
the north fork of Mary's River,
which, with a suitable dam, can
be made to yield results of untold
value. When it comes to a ques
tion of power, the system would
be very inexpensive as the fall is
sufficient to dispense with ma
chinery, and, when once put in,
will practically run itself.
Air. Gates one of the most
practical engineers of the north
west considers the project feasi
ble and the cost of the enterprise
would p ly for itself in a very few
years. Mr. Gates has just com
pleted a fine new water system
for Dallas and number among his
undertakings some of the best
water systems in Oregon.
There is sufficient idle money
in the different depositories of the
city to finance the proposition,
indeed it would be considered a
wide awake proposition by some
men a fine opportunity tor invest
ment with good subiantial ground
for complete returns.
Good News For The Carriers
By an order issued by the post
offioe department today, all rural
carriers appointed prior to June
30, 1904, who were entitled to
the maximum pay of $600 under
the rules governing the establish
ing of routes at that lime, shall
receive a maximum of $720
under a readjustment. A stand
ard rule gives twenty-four miles
as the maximum of a route.
Real Estate Transfers.
J R Wyatt to Sarah H Schiffler
25 acres near Albany ; $10.
"B B Barnes and wife .to J W
Holman, 21 acres east of Wells;
$500.
C C Huff and wife to G H Nash,
So acres south of Corvallis;
$2,600. .
J H Simpson et al to A R and
C H Woodcock, qcd 524 acres
north of Corvallis; $250.
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I7e don't want to hurry you
But you must come early if you wish to secure some
bargains at our great summer reduction sale.
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WASH GOODS and
SUMMER DRESS GOODS
. AT COST.
10 per cent reduction on table linen and napkins.
10 per cent reduction on lace curtains and scrims.
10 per cent reduction on calicos, percales and ging-harr.
10 per cent reduction on all 50c mixed-wove dress goo:!
10 per cent reduction on cretons,,silkaline and draper
10 per cent reduction on towels and towelings.
Bargains in odds and ends ribbons and laces.
20 per cent reduction on embroderies and dress tri
mings.
Otker bargains on the remnant counter,
We pay the top price for country produce.
F. L.
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We want yon to hurry in
and see our store under its pi'esent management. A glam
our windows will convince you that we have something ex .
ordinarily fine inside. We are headquarters for .
Furniture, Carpets, Matting, Wall Paper, etc..
Give us a chance to show you our Iai'ge line of goods. If :
are not now ready to buy, when you are you will know whc
to get
Honest Goods at Honest Prices,
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CORVALLIS OREGON
THE LEADING FURNITURE HOUSE."
N. B. Mail orders will receive prompt attention-
onalli$Tce&llork$.
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Will deliver fee every day frcm 7. toll o'clock., t
Sm all orders must fce in fev 8o'eFcelc
This sp&& re&orved for
Tha Gorv&sii Saw MMI
Watch for as? Import&mS
noun go me tit.
ADAMS BROS., .SSSSfiSgg
"Will furnish estmates on anything.' in the building line.
All kin t of picket and wovea fence to crcer. South Main St., GorvaUis
J. E.HENKLE ,
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES.
PRODUCE 1 BOUGHT and SOU.
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