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DAILY GAZETTE-TIME VOL. I. NO. 81 CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1909 . - PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 1 - W - I - . I J . .: " WILL INVESTIGATE COST OF PAVING COUNCIL WILL PROTECT CITY BY t,VU"vii nub ' v.vi vi i . GETTING PROPER INFORMATION; COMMITTEE TO WE REPORT Members of Council Will Go to Port land, Make Letter Inquiry Also, And Then Make Recommendations to the Council Text of Resolution. The Corvallis city council does not propose to be grafted when it begins street improvement. At the Tuesday night session the councilmen declared in favor of exercising every care and pre caution necessary to protect this public, should street work be de cided on. The statement was made that first-class cement walk costs as low as 11 cents a foot in some other cities and that street paving is secured for $2 ' per square yard. . It was pointed out that Mayor Simon, of Portland, believes a combine has been bilk ing that city, and that he is now engaged in an. effort to change things a little. The Corvallis council proposes to . profit by , Portland's fxperiericjidhppes, to'get'the advantage of Mayor Simon's investigation. The f ol lowing resolution was adapted Tuesday night f ' ;; "Be it resolved by the council of the city of Corvallis that the Street Committee in conjunction ; with the Mayor and City Engi neer be and they are hereby in structed to prepare and report to the council general plans and specifications for hard surface pavement for streets, including plans and specifications for as many different kinds of pave ments as they may deem advis able, with reports as to the prob able cost thereof, and their rela tive merits. "That they be instructed and authorized at the expense of the city to go to Portland, Oregon, and inspect different kinds of pavements in use there, and that they report to the council the name of some competent civil en gineer to consult with the city engineer thereon. , "That they further report a general plan for street improve-' ment within the city for the asr sistance of the council with a recommendation as to what streets should be paved." Messrs. Skelton, Osburn and Johnson make up the Street Com mittee, and to this committee are added Mayor Watters and Eniri- T t m, " ueer roner. mese gentlemen or the larger portion of them, will visit Portland at an early date, and letter inquiry of .officials in other cities on the coast and else where is now being made. The public may rest assured when any extensive work is be gun the city officials will have all . 1 n . . . I the information necessary to in sure them a square deal. " I - WANT TO CUT UP LANE AND DOUGLAS People Would Make Two or Three New Counties By Slicing These. , Proposals to carve up Oregon into new states and create new : counties is becoming quite a fad. Following on the heels of the suggestion to make a new state I -Pwty Qrti-if VkA-w-n r-MAMM-n I mm m a mam a. liiik - ' -h I . . - . I ' " i . from Southern Oretron and Northern California ; and call it Siskiyou, comes the plan of the Siuslaw River Improvement Club to make a new county from pieces of Lane and Douglas- '' At Cottage Grove there is agita tion for a new county of Nesmith "T V T county uesum and the Smslaw county proposi tions may be submitted to the voters of the state at the next general election. . . - ; t If the Siuslaw proposition is adopted, Florence . will be the county seat , The proposed county takes all the sea coast of both Lane and Douglas, - leaving them inland counties, The sea coast for the new county will be 48 miles in length, ( and it will extend inland approximately 35 miles, using the summit of the Coast Range as a natural bound ary. This proposed line crosses the Umpqua River west of ' Elk- ton. From Douglas $2. 500. 000 of taxable property would be taken and from Lane $3,000,- 000. As the eastern boundary line of the proposed Siuslaw county is the same as the west ern boundary of the proposed Nesmith county, the promoters to the counties-to-be are ex pected to help each other. Y COLONISTS WILL COME WEST THIS FALL Railroad Magnate Perdicts a Grand Rush to the Northwest ; After an absence of nearly two months in Chicago and Washington,, William McMurray, general passenger agent of "the O. R. & N. and Southern Pacific lines in Oregon, returned last night. Mr. McMurray was m attendance upon a business meeting of the - general passen ger agents of the : Harnman lines. 'The most important thiner decided upon in Chicago was the placing in effect of colonist rates," said Mr. McMurray last night "These rates, which will be identical with those of last Spring, "will become effec tive September 15 and continue until October 15 "It is the belief of the passen ger traffic men that during the 31 days the rates will be in force the colonist travel will exceed every previous colonist rate period of 60 days. We expect to carry more passengers hold ing colonist tickets this Fall than ever before. The advertis ing given the West bv the Seattle exnnsitirm ' nnr? ho prominence given Oregon by community literature will reap their reward in an influx of homeseekers- the like of which has never seen in the North- t WCOU - A Great School The Portland Business College, an institution that merit has brought a wonderful growth in , . C tIie past Iew years'. advertises m 4-1 - ji mi 1 J the Gazette-Times such -advantages as it possesses. The col lege has for its motto, "The School of Quality" and has the reputation of living up to the ful lest meaning of that phrase. Any interested in a practical educa tion will do well to send for a catalogue of the school mentioned. It is a beautiful specimen of the printer's art, i and contains full information about, the several courses of study, besides a num ber of specimens of penmanship, samples of business forms, etc. " It may be had for the asking. TAKES WHACK AT GAZETTE -TIMES . , A W. A. TAYLOR SAYS OREGON EX HIBIT BEST AT SEATTLE S : . -'.-,-'?:.:.-gv SAYS EDITOR IS POOR JUDGE Marion County Man at Oregon Build- ing Indignant at Our Expression ."in Regard to Oregon's Showing. He Hasn't Seen Other Exhibits. 1: W. A. Taylor, who represents Marion county at the Oregon building, A-Y-P-E., writes the Salem Statesman a letter in which he offers rather caustic criti cism of the Gazette-Times' atti tude in regard to the Oregon ex hibit In a preliminary way he pats himself on the back for his self-confessed ability to "hold his own" in "scraps" with doubt ing Thomases who make inquiry, and then says: - V -1 I noticed that tVio Pvmollio Gazette-Times save the Orpcnn exhibit a black eye. "- This is the nrst Knock we nave heard and if it had come from any other source we would have considered it to he serious, but coming from the source it did we give it small con sideration: ' . A rniintv that Visa nothincr to exhibit shnnirl nnf the first to kick. If Benton eount would put something on exhibi tion and do less kiekinir she wnnlrl get better results. We have hundreds of Oregon people into the Oregon building everv dav. and thev tell ns t is the best exhibition on the grounds and in my opinion the people are better iudffes of the eTrhihifinn than the editor of the Corvallis1 Gazette-Times. " ; ; ' The Oreeon comrtiissihri in to be comDlimented for the cnrsmd display of Oregon products and tney nave done themselves proud and the state great credit Ore gon will rean bier results from this exposition. " " 5. .Mr. Taylor has said no word that would seem to demand an apology from the editor . of this paper. In a previous paragraph he admits that he has not seen the other exhibits and he basis his judgment on what he says Oregon people have told him. The writer saw the other exhibits several times, : and found his judgment was not at variance with expressions of several Oregonians who had viewed the various exhibits. The editor of this paper said that while the Oregon exhibit is not discredit able, there is nothing about it to arouse particular 'enthusiasm. It is not put up as attractlvelv as it might have been, and the exhibit generally is not as good as could have been obtained. Too much money . was out into the building and into the wond erful scroll work in the dome which few people see. The glass and finishing touches that make other exhibits beautiful are not there. While some in dividual exhibits attract atten tion and much .favorable con sideration, the magnificent effect that would make an Ore gonian strut like a peacock is not there W. A. Taylor to the contrary notwithstanding. The Marion county man's communi cation makes a noise like a stand-in with the Oregon commission." Mr. Taylor . might do better by viewing the other exhibits and pointing to features in which Oregon excels. - As for Benton countv "havinc nothing to exhibit, " the Marion county man may recall the fact that in 1907 and 1908, at the state fair held in his own beauti ful city of Salem, the Benton county general exhibit of grains, grasses, vegetables and fruits. won the blue ribbon and, $300 cash prize. - The grains and grasses from these prize exhibits are now in the Oregon building, but not to Benton county's cred it, tor they are worked into that beautiful scroll work Benton County" spelled in corn with a dozen sprigs, of grass be neath is ridiculous and the same maybe said of the other counties put up in that shape. Benton county should have had a fine exhibit 1 at the Oregon building and should have put up the money for it. This paper, and prominent citizens generally, argued for it, but the money was not forthcoming. ExceDtinor Salem cherries and Hood River apples, there would have been no competition. Oregon is the garden spot of the earth alright, but the Ga zette-Times will give any com petent judge a good hat if, after visiting the Washington. Cali fornia or even the Canadian building, he will say that for general effect and as an adver tising medium , the Oregon ex hibit is the best on the grounds. f Swearing Costs Albany Democrat: Sig Miller. of, Crabtree. was fined . $R and costs, for using profane and ob- i scene language on the nublic ; highway at Crabtree, ' Wednes day. The complaint was entered by Postmaster W. J. Turnridsre. It is said that the two men jrot into an argument which ended in the use of profane language by Miller. The case was tried at the court house Wednesday morn ing before Justice of the Peace Swan; who fined Miller $5 and costs amounting to about $39. We announce the first showing of Fall, 1909, Ladies' Suits LaVOGUE 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 STANDARD PATTERNS ALL IN FAVOR OF E PEOPLE AGREED THAT MUCH SHOULD BE DONE. WANT SEWERS AND PAVING Another Says Get Rid of the Shacks; Mr. Whitesides Pleads for Sewers, While Others Say Pave Main Street as Quickly as Possible. The sentiment as expressed by the average person interviewed is strongly in favor of improve ments. All do not agree as to just what improvements should come first, but one and all are heartily in favor of this city be ing made into a good-looking, healthful and comfortable city at the earliest date possible. The people who talked for Gazette-: Times readers yesterday and the day before were enthusiastic for improvements ' of some sort and those who talk today do not sing any other song. They say: Capt. CEAWFORD-Evenwith the new charter, hot air will not build a town. The first thing is for the council tor: exhibit 'some good, common-, horse : sense, and mature a definite plan so it won't run away with itself. A. P. JOHNSON'-Improvement of the main street should always be the first move in putting any town into the right shape. If the business part of a town does not show up well, no one ever gets a good impression. We can't tear down the buildings, but un sightly walks that belong to a V MENTS past age can be replaced with modern walks. COMMISSIONER SMITH I voted against the charter, but I'm not kicking because it Dulled through. . I do not believe any one should vote on such matters unless they are property-holders and I resent that so much that I voted against the charter. I hoDe it will prove a good thing. Per- sonally, I am in favor of improve ments and will be glad to see as much of it done as the peopie can stand without being burdened. SAMUEL WHITESIDE - Of the three, sewers, walks and paving, sewers are surely the most important. I think it is a matter of life and death to the people of the western part of town that we should build them Walks we are making about as fast as the walk builders can lay them. Paving should be left to the men who have to pay for this improvement. Let the majority of any block or street say. You may remember it was taxation -without the consent of the taxed that brought on the Revolutionary war. Meantime, let's paddle slowly. The new charter is a fine thing but it has not made us all rich. There is an old saying, 'Pay as you go or don't go. " J. R. N. BELL I regard paving, sewers, sidewalks and condemnation of old shacks on Main street to be an absolute necessity if Corvallis is to grow as it should. If the council con demns the shacks I'll have to pull down two, but I'll be glad to do it when the others have to r; TAXPAYER bufriot a voter-" I know a firm that is moving from a building to a shack right now to escape paying higher rent. What will some of the renters do if the shacks are torn down? More than likely they will 'move into a shack on some other street and still be in competition with the Main street brick buildings. Continued on page two. BRAND NEMO CORSETS . v -