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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1908)
Tiif COITOS GAZETTE Published Tuesdays and Fridays by Gazette Publishing Company. Thj Sobs'-ription price of the Gazette lor several years has been, and remains ft per annum, or 25 per cent, discount if paid in advam-e. This paoer will be continued until all arearatres re paiL NOT FALSE. N oticing an article in our last issue, 'Ms it a tax?" The Orego nian calls our reasoning "falla cious" because, "First, no ac count is taken of the improved methods which have completely revolutionized the manufacture" of nails. Had the Oresjonian read more carefully it would have found this paragraph which we repro duce : "When our tariff is sharply on the lines of protection it excludes the foreign manufacturers from our markets and gives them to our own manufacturers who eagerly enter into competion to supply them. The American workmen is employed, his scale of wages is maintained and com petition forces economy of pro duction and the lowest scale of prices. This it has invariably done or tended to do." In 1882 we did not manufacture steel nails. Our market was sup plied by importation. The rate of duty was 1 cent a pound, and we paid 8 1-3 cents per pound for them. In 1884 the duty was made 4 cents a pound and within five years we produced 4,000,000 kegs annually and sold them for less than 2 cents per pound. These are facts. Do they prove that duty in a tax ? WHOSE THE BLAME? Men who would scorn any sug gestion to neglect their domestic and social duties habitually neg lect their civic duties. They hold to certain political principles and policies and adhere to that party which represents the3e. They may even go to the polls on elec tion day and vote for the nom inees of their party. They do not usually attend the primary election even though they may have a direct voice in selecting candidates. They believe in po litical action through the agency of parties and party organization, but they desire it to be distinctly understood they are not partisan. Thousands of men might justly regard this as fairly descriptive of themselves. Besides these are many men who say : "Poli tics is too dirty a thing ; I will have none of it." We do not hesitate to class men who wholly neglect and those who are indifferent to their civic du ties as "undesirable citizens." No man can habitually refuse or neglect to meet his civic obliga tions and be a good citizen any more than he may refuse to meet his pecuniary obligations and be an honest man. It is the duty of every man to inform himself as to the scope, meaning and value of our social and political institu tions ; how they are secured and perpetuated by organic laws or written constitutions ; how these institutions and the provisions of these constitutions may be best promoted by legislation, educa tion or hy whatever means. Since ours is representative government the good citizen must look closely to the fitness of the men whom he would delegate to do those things which, as a rule, he may not do himself. Natu rally and rightfully he will look to his own party for those men. He has no right to expect to find them in an adverse party, a party pursuing policies which he does not approve- Just here the good citizen finds he must be a partisan. He should do all he morally, legally and ra tionally may do to advance his party's principles. To this end he must stand up within his party and demand that none but good, upright, intelligent and patriotic men be selected to represent him and his party before the people. He must refuse to support any unfit man even though such man seem to be the choiceof the par ty. This does not mean that our good citizen must support a nominee of an adverse party. He cannot do so, for, however fit and good a man personally the opposite party's nominee may be he is po litically unfit. ' Whatever, then, be the party affiliations of our good citizen he must, while he believes in the principles of his party, adhere to it and fight for party purity while standing within the party lines. Republicans and demo crats alike must seek to reform their respective parties from within. This is partisanship, of course, but it is the kind which is neces sary to good citizenship. It is necessary to intelligent and safe government through the agency of party. No good citizen shou Id stand aside and permit the self seeking, immoral and corrupt ele ment to come into control of his party. We take it that the masses, the American people are honest and patriotic. It follows that the majority of men in each party is composed of honest, patriotic men who owe it to themselves, to their party and to the whole peo ple to see that no unfit man is elevated to a place of honor, power or trust in the conduct of civic affairs. We feel wholly certain that if all men did their duty we should soon see the last of "dirty poli tics." Possibly we expect too much. It may be men will not become the sort of partisans they should become. It is possible good, upright men will continue to give their suffrage to unfit men. If so we must expect that smooth demagogues, self-seeking charla tans, besotted debauchees shall continue to find easy access to places of honor, power ahd trust. This may be humiliating to the pure, moral and righteous men of all parties, but whose is the blame ? COME TO AGREEMENT. Republicans should come to some common "modus vivendi" as to Statement No. 1. They might unite in opposing it to the uttermost because it is in direct opposition to the Constitution of the United States. Unable to agree to this they might find a common ground in eiving the statement the force of pledging members of the legisla ture to support only the choice of their respective party's nominee for U. S- Senator. This is open to the objection that it conflicts with the provis ions of the Federal constitution which each member is sworn to support. Whatever course may be pur sued republicans should come into, harmonious action on this as well as on all other questions. Surely they cannot be blind to the pur poses of the democratic leaders . Surely republicans should now refuse to aid any scheme to elect democrats to the most important positions. It is charged that opposition to Statement No. 1 is based on op position to the Primary Election Law. This is false. Statement No. 1 is not related to the primary election law. The Statement might be cast into the waste basket and the primary law with all its purposes and provisions would remain intact and in force as before. The objections to the Statement are laid against the Statement itself. The people of Oregon are competent through their legislature to enact a pri mary election law, but they are not competent to annul one jot or tittle of the Constitution of the United States. But it is not our present pur pose to present the objections which lie against this statement. We wish only to induce republi cans to cease wrangling over it and, if possible, agree on an ac ceptable construction of it. Republicans might easily ac cept that const ruction which binds to party nominees only. Since the legislation that suggested the statement was by a republican legislature and republicans are fully competent to fix the intent ' of the statement. The above in ; dicated construction wa3 believed I to be the correct one until a few ambitious men saw how it might be worked for their own selfish ends, and so it is just now being j worked to the limit. We must confess we do not un derstand just how. a man can be a republican, or a democrat either for that matter, and look to the opposing party for a representa tive of his principles in the U. S. Senate. . LETTER LIST. The following letters remain uncalled, for in the Corvallis postotfice, for the week ending Feb. I, JL908: Pawl Deitrieh, 8am Hartley, ; Miss Greta Kitchen, Thomas Larmont, Miss Sophie Spencer, Dorotby Da&ring (pack age B. W. Jomreow, P. M. THEIR CONVENTION. Occurred in Corvallis Saturday. School Officers Held Meeting. The first School Officers' Con vention held in Benton county has passed into history. It was one of the most enthusiastic and interesting meetings that has been held in our county by Supt. Den man. The interest of the school officers was a compliment to them. Each subject was dis cussed with - much enthusiasm. Many of the officers present took part and others asked questions. The officers were all satisfied and went boose feeling that their first convention was a success. This success was due to the interest taken by them. With such a pro fitable meeting as a beginning in this new departure of school affairs there is promise of g. eater things for the future. The following is the program : Introductory remarks by Supt. Denman ; address Supt. J. H. Ackertnan, "Relation of School Board to the School," W. F. Caldwell, T. B. Williamson. "The Best Method of Raising and Distributing School Money," i general discussion was entered into in which many participates ; "Teachers Salaries from Teach ers' Standpoint" Mrs, IdaB. Cal lahan. Teachers' Salaries from Directors standpoint, Rev. J. R N. Bell. "Should the County Treasurer be ex-officio treasurer of the school districts of the county?" Mrs. M. H. Whitby. The discussions were lively and full of interesting suggestions. Among those not on the program participating in them were Robert Gellatley, H. J. Reese, H. A. I Oleman, Wm. Parks, G. A. Pet erson, A. M. Mann, W. H. Dean. The convention perfected a permanent organization by adopt ing a set of by-laws and electing the following officers: President, C. L. Tallman, of District No. 8, Vice President, W. F. Cald well, Philomath; Secretary, Rob ert Gellatly; Treasurer. W. H. Dean. The executive committee consists of the President, Vice Piesident, Secretary and County Superintendent. During the noon hour lunch was served in the circuit court room. Mr. F. h. Miller, chair man of the Corvallis board, be ing the chief cook and bottle washer. Mr. Miller showed him self tobe not only a first class cook, but one of, excellent judg ment. Real Estate Transfers. List of transfers for the week ending February 1st, 1908: Heirs of B. B. Barnes to F. J. Kuls, 84 48 acres near Albany, $4, 600. Hattie Duncan and husband to Titus Ranney, 1 acre at Summit, $550- M. Weaver and husband to O. J. Blackledge, undivided 1-2 of north 1-2 ot lot 2, in diock 9, Corvallis$io 00. J. B. Irvine and wite to A. Whiting, lots 1 and 2, block 2 Avery and Wells addition, Cor vallis, $1,200. F. L. Holmes to Fred W. Holmes, 85 acies near Albany $10 CO. F. L. Holmes to F. W. Holmes 20 acies near Albanv, $10 00. 1 Anne M. Armstrong to J. P. Sloan, 25 acres x Oak -, Ridge, $1,100. . . Anne M. Armstrong to C. W. Kliller, 25 acres Oak Ridge $1,000. :- Hiram Parker to Max Winkler ( 80 acres near Summit, $1,000. . B. Bartlett to Turner Wooley, 10 acres near: Monroe, $325. Georgia A. Kaador to Laura A. Eddy, undivided 1-6 interest in lots in Corvallis $400. Sohn Senger and wife to Ona Senger west 1-2 of lot 12, block 38 Moore & Newhouse's- addition Corvallis $10 00. Oria C Senger to Anna M. Osborn, west 1-2 of lot 12, block 38 Moore' & Newhouse's addition to Corvallis, $10. Miranda Abbey to Isabella Henkle, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, block 20, Corvallis, $2,500. M. J. Wells and husband to E. A. and B. E. Prather, lot 3, block 1 Chase's 2d addition to Corvallis $250. E. A. and B. E. Prather to Evan McLennan, lots 1, 2, 3, block 1, Chase's 2d addition to Corvallis $1 00. Tonight at Opera House. Harry C. Lewis and Marjorie Lake with a merry company in the exquisite musical play, "The $10,000 Beauty," will be the at traction at the opera house to night. It will be a gathering of graceful girls, gorgeously gown ed, and a hilarious sufficiency of prose, music and songs. The comedians will cure the blues, the girls will captivate you and the new songs will make you whistle. The Seattle Times of January 27th has the followiag to say of tnis company: 'The Lewis & Lake Company played to capacity houses at the Lyric theatre at both the after noon and night performances, yesterday. They have a larger company of singing and dancing I girls than ever before, new come- 1 v j 1 c t aians, songs anu original iuu. iu the matter of scenery, no expense has been spared and the many beautiful costumes are nicely brought out by the pretty stage settings. Marjorie Lake was charming as usual in her stun ning costumes. Celia Mavis, with her songs and clever acting, shared the applause. Frank Har lington, Fred" C. Cutter and Sol Carter, as character comedians, kept the crowds in roars of laugh ter." GASOLINE ENGINE IRRIGATION, SPRAYIING AND PUMPING MACHINERY Fairbanks-Morse Gasoline Engines for pnmpiDg, epraving, sawing, grindiBg. Outfits complete. Fairbanks Scales, for weighing. Fairbanks-Morse Dynamos and motors for power and light. Fairbanks-Morse Windmills and Tow ers. Fairbanks-Morse Grinders, Feed Chop, pers, Well Pomps. All first quality itoodi at lowest prices. Always in stock. Liberal terms. Prompt reply to inquiries and quick shipments. Write for catalogue and prices. J. R. SMITH & CO., Agents Corvallis, Oregon. Fairbanks, Morse & Co. Portland, Oregon. Dr. M. Markel Magnetic Healer Electrical and Hydro Therapeutics HERB DOCTOR! A Graduate of N. Y. Institute ot Science, Rochester, N. Y., and also a graduate of the great Healer and Catholic Pnest, Dr. Kneipe, of Beiren, Ger. Hehas been connected for several years with some of the best Sanitariums in the U. S., viz: Seventh Day Adventist Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich. ; Hot Springs Sanitarium, Hunter, Montana; World s CoUege of Tberapeuti.-s and North Dakota Sanitarium, Fargo, N. D. . Treats ail Chronic Diseases. Asthma, Dyspepsia, Constipation, all Nervous Troubles, Poor Circulation, Paralysis, Tumors, and all Female Complaints, Rheu matistn, Insomnia, Piles, Catarrh ot the Head Throat, Stomach or Bowels, Weak or Sore Eyes Stiff Joints, Sore Knees, Lumbago, Dizziness, Milk l.eg, Kidney Troubles, an 3 many other diseases yield readily to these treatments. I guarantee the best results. Warts, Mcles and Marks Removed by Electricity I wi"h all people suffering from any complaint would call on me. Will also treat at the home if required. . Call or phone to the Doctor at Mrs. Mamie Clark's residence, corner 3rd and 1 w i-M few TREE TO ALU QiORcx Suppers Society dinto t imported japake5e with Purchases of vcossee. FOR SALE BY Thatchdr & Johnson Co., Agents. Growth of Refinement Will End N Now Declining Use. Words and phrases which are am ply sufficient lor the understanding are often altogether inadequate for the expression of the feelings. The result of this mental dissatisfaction with the communication of mere knowledge is most conspicuously il lustrated in the wide prevalence of profanity. Into the discussion of this prac tice its moral and religious aspect does not enter at all. It is purelv from the linguistic side that it is here to be considered". So looked at, its existence and the extent of the indulgence in it bear out the truth of the principle just announced. Whatever intel lectual justification there may be for profanity is based upon the fact that men are aiming to state strong ly what they feel strongly. The habit is in consequence sub ject to the general law governing intensives. To a very great extent the practice of swearing is specially characteristic of a rude and imper fect civilization. With the advance of culture profanity declines. It declines not so much because men become peculiarly sensitive to its vieiousness, but they do to its ineffectiveness. The growth of re finement both in the individual and in the community tends more to its disuse than all the exhortations of moralists or the rebukes of divines. Much must always be allowed in the case of particular persons for the influence of early training and association. Exceptions are, there fore, too numerous to lay down any positive rule. Still it is safe to say in general that a man's intellectual development is largely determined by the extent of his indulgence in profanity. No one, indeed, doubts its wide prevalence at the present time. But compared to the practice of the past it has been steadily, even 11 siowiy, diminishing for centuries. This does not prove that men are better morally or intellectually than they were. It does show, however, that there exists now a higher average of cul tivation which renders the habit dis tasteful to increasingly large num bers. Harper's. i Adams streets. AS OTHERS THINK. Everybody in Corvallis Has a Right to His Own Opinion. VVhi'e everyone has a right to his own opinion, yet it is wise to always consider what others think and profit by their ex perience. Nothing makes lite so miserable, or in terferea to widely with the 'usefulness of the average American, aa indigestion,' and it is well for us to eive fair considera tion to what others think about this re- -markable affliction. ' Graham A Wells are positive that in Mi-o-na stomach' tablets they have an absolute cure for indigestion and the many disagreeable symptoms that follow this disease, such as distress after eating, coated tongue, bad taste in the moaih, dizziness, flatulence, nervousness and debility. Their action in selling Mi-o-na on a guarantee to refund the money unless it cures, shows plainly their belief in the value of this remedy. Ihey take all the risk, .and there will be no charge what ever for Mi-o na unless you are satisfied that it has relieved ycu ef indigestion. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given uiat tne undersigned has iricu tXA vii tuuii coiutoa lenun cuuiity, Oregon ber nuai account aa auunuialntirix 01 tUe wutlv 01 c H. Lee, uccwmu, auu ibat iiouaaj, une 'MUi any 01 February, iirut, at tile rjouroA.il o'clock. 111 me loreuoou 01 ewua a. iia beeu nxtxl ana appointed by tuiu Court aa uie unc auu tue county .Muiae' utnee in urn vuuui court uuuw m lAirvaiu iu saiu cuuuty auu tmuj a Uie iti tor fce&raig oojectiuu, u auy, mi aiu acuouut vud tiic acUciueut unroot. ui pciaonii tutor toteo. mia uettirmg to object tbmetu an uollncu CO turn tucu- objections tuerwto iu wilting WHa uio ttwrk. 01 saiu tOuri ana appear at iu tunc tumk piaoe. .tiU A Jj. 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