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About The daily gazette-times. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1909)
THE DAILY , BAZETTE - TIMES ' Published every evening except Sun day. Office: 259-263 Jefferson street, corner Third street, and 232 Second street, Corvallis, Oregon. PHONES, 210 4184 Entered at the postoffice at Corvallis, Oregon, as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY Delivered by carrier, per week $ 15 Delivered bv carrier, per month 50 By mail, one year, in advance .. 5.00 By mail, six months, in advance...- 2 50 By mail, one month, in advance... .50 THE WEEKLY GAZETTE-TIMES Published Every Friday SUBSCRIPTION RATES, One year, in advance $2.00 Six moths, in advance ..' i.oo In ordering changes of address, sub scribers should always give old as well as new address. N. R. MOORE . . . . - Editor CHAS. L. SPRINGER, Business Mgr. ALL FOR PROGRESS. The sentiment of Corvallis is all in favor of improvements. Some prefer sewers first, others name paving as their first thought, while others demand good walks and removal of old shacks from the business portion of the city. Of many people who have expressed themselves in the Gazette-Times recently, notpne has been what might be called "ultra-conservative;" all express an enthusiastic desire to see this little city assume a forward place in the list of progressive cities. Every man insists that Corvallis should make decided changes of one sort or another for the bet terment of the appearance of the city and increase of comfort for its citizens. - ' All of which is good even better than that. With everyone in favor of improvements, im provements are bound to come, and shortly. Each person can not expect to have his particular wish carried out first, but the sentiment generally is so strong that each person may hope to see his desire carried out before any great lapse of time. ' The only thing necessary to keep such a splendid spirit is for the officials to exercise reasonable care, see that the people get the worth of money spent in improvements and as far as possible take the public into their confidence at all times. Corvallis can be made the most beautiful smaller city in Oregon for less money than it will take to make other towns even pass ingly attractive. Corvallis has no terrific hills to reduce, no great ravines to fill up, and yet has an excellent drainage. It has the mountains at the rear to lend a charming background and the beautiful Willamette to the eastward which can, and sooner or later will, be utilized as an im portant feature of the city's beautification. AlreadjAit has attractive homes and yards and needs now but good sidewalks and substantial, cleanly streets. When the city has two or three parks, a boulevard north and east of the city along the river bank, and Mary's river from the mouth to a point a mile or two toward the source made the at tractive stream it could be, Cor vallis will be a beauty. ' And that time will come within the time of many persons past ' maturity now. Many here today will see Corvallis when the college grounds are the very heart of the . city, and the postoffice a hand some government building locat ed a block or two back from Sec ond street. They will ride on streetcars" circling this city and will take the same cars to some near mountain resort west 01 this city. This resort will be such an apparent necessity before very many years that moneyed men will provide it. And Cor vallis will have a new railroad station (perhaps near the end of Madison street if recent talk may be accepted as a guide.) Corvallis is growing (the de mand for houses is far greater than the supply) and it will con tinue to grow. The spirit that is manifest now will increase rather than lessen, and this spirit will make Corvallis a beautiful city before' many years. Once improvements are well under j way, the people may be relied upon to do the rest. The Cor vallis people are a liberal, a gen erous people, 'filled with pride, a little conservative in instances, but withal a splendid people who enjoy life and believe in having the best . there is. They are aroused now and will not only keep up with the procession, but travel a little ahead. There is a good spirit here. is advertising an auction sale pf his Jersey cow, the same to take place on the 7th of next month. The poorest producer in his herd is one whose milk yielded over 420 pounds of butter fat in a year and the highest cow's re cord in this particular was over 1 596 pounds. It is predicted that there will be some spirited bio ding by persons anxious to be come the owners of such high- class cows. Salem Statesman. CENTRAL BARBER SHOP The largest and best equipped shaving, haircutting and bath parlors in the city. Newly remodeled, four chairs, enameled hot and cold bath rooms. Everything complete and first-class. Service guaranteed. Centrally located, under Benton County National Bank, corner Second and Madison streets. TAYLOR & PRICE, CORVALLIS, ORE. Salem has an ordinance provid ing that the city shall not have more than one saloon for each 1000 inhabitants, taking the last governmental census as a basis. On this ground. Mayor Rodgers has refused to approve the bond of a saloonkeeper to whom the council granted a license in disre gard of the ordinance referred to. Salem was credited with less than 5000 population in 1900, but has almost 15, 000 today. A retired dairyman in one of the Linn county farming sections Carry the .news to Hartog, Thelma Stanley, a six-year-old Eugene girl, recently walked thirty miles one day on the beach at Newport. Albany Democrat. -V When this news re-issues from Eugene, it will be that the ' Stan ley girl walked 60 miles on water. What Eugene people can not do or are not doing is hardly worth attempting. Long live Eugene! ' "THE SCHOOL OF QUALITY" Tenth and Morrison, Portland, Oregon S3 A. P. Armstrong, LL.B., Principal Old in years, new in methods, admittedly the high-standard commercial school of the Northwest. Open all the year. More calls for help than we can meet position certain. - Class and individual instruction. Bookkeeping from written forms and by office practice. Shorthand that excels in every respect. Special penmanship department. Write for illustrated catalogue. -Get Yoi; MEAT -OF- Hubler Bros We have our own special delivery and deliver to any part of the city. Try us and you can't quit It will becomefa habit. Call for the Western Market PHONE'lZSsT223 For Sale Mrs. Genevieve Gaskins went to Portland today to meet her husband, W. F. Gaskins, who is returning from a trip to New York City. ,. Lot, with small house, on College Crest. City water, fruit trees and ber ries. Inquire at 151 Madison street, next door to Postoffice. - 8-4-4t Mrs. Solon Shedd, of Pullman, Wash., came last night to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bell. Mr. Shedd is a geologist at the Washington State Col- WHEN AT SEATTLE STOP AT 910BoylstonAve. Furnished clean, light rooms. Break fast served. Direct car line to Expo sition,. Convenient to retail district. Take the Madison Street Cable Car This house is in charge of Corvallis people FOR RENT, ROOMS For Rent Three furnished rooms, two of them suitable for light house- i keeping; all down stairs; outside rooms. Inquire at 800 Fifth Street CHEW CADILLAC and KING CORN TOBACCO Always Good; not made by the Trust. Sold at JACK MILNE 'S 1 KiaifBsai'ww.'wi SATURDAYS: HOE SALE EXTMORBH ARY Never before such prices as these FOR SATURDAY ONLY Just as regular as August comes around so comes our "One Day Sale" of Meii's, Ladies' and Children's Oxfords, San dals and Pumps. This year will be no exception and to morrow' marks the clearing at the greatest sacrifice. BE ON HAND EARLY TOMORROW Infants' Sandals, sizes 2 to 8, Black and Tan only. Regular Price Saturday $1.00 68c Children's Sandals, sizes 8h to 13, Blaek only. Regular Price Saturday $1. 25 89c SPECIAL LOT Children's Black Oxfords, all sizes, - ' Values to Saturday $2.00 98c General List Low Shoes Regular Price J $1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50 3.50 4.00 Saturday Only $ .78 .89 1.10 139 1.58 1.78 1.98 2.78 3.18 Ladies' Sandals, 2-and 3 strap, mostly small sizes, ; Regular Values to Saturday $3.00 $1.48 Children's Patent Leather and Tan Pumps, Regular Price Saturday $2.25 to $2.50 $1.69 Ladies' Empress Kid Slippers, Regular Price Saturday $1.50 to $2.00 $1.37 20 Per Cent DISCOUNT In order to clean up our SPRiNG SUiTS We will srive 20 per cent discount until all are sold . A. K. RUSS Dealer in all Men's Furnishing CORVALLIS, - - OREGON Backledge & Everett Successors to Henkle & Blarkledge .. FUNERAL DIRECTORS and LICENSED EMBALKERS Carry a complete line of coffins and caskets in all colors and sizes; also ladies' men's and children's burial robes. Calls attended to day and night. Lady assistant. EMBALMING FOR SHIPPING k SPECIALTY. Call at Blackledge's furniture store Both phones. ATTORNEYS J. F. YATES, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office Rooms 3, 4, 1st Natl Bank Bldg. Only set of abstracts in Benton County SPECIAL LOT ODDS AND ENDS This includes all broken lots in Ladies' Tans and Blacks that have been our best sellers this season. You will find the greatest values here if you find your size. SATURDAY ONLY AT $1.57 MEN'S TAN AND BLACK OXFORDS IBB Regular Price Saturday Only $3.00 ' $2.25 - 3.50 , 2.87 . 4.00 ' '. 3.35 5:00 : ... ' ; ; 3.85 . - 6.00 4.65 - , PHYSICIANS G. R. FARRA, M. D., PHYSICIAN ANJ' Surgeon. Office in Burnett Block, over Harris' Store. Residence corner Seventh and Madison. Office hours: 8 to 9 a. m.; 1 to 2 p. m. Phonesr Office, 2128, Residence, 404. J. B. MORRIS, M. D., PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Corner Third and 'Mon roe Streets, Corvallis, Oregon. Office hours: 9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 4 p. m.; 7 to 8 p, m. Phone in both cffice'and residence. W.T. ROWLEY, M. P., PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Special attention given to the Eye. Nop e and Throat. Office in Johnson 'Bldg. Ind. 'phone at of fice and lesidence. UNDERTAKERS M. S. BOVEE, FUNERAL DIRECT or and Licensed Embalmer. Suc cessor to Bovee & Bauer Corvallis,. Oregon. Ind. Phone 45. . Bell Phone 241, Lady attendant when desired. PHOTOGRAPHERS PICKEL'S STUDIO, 43 SECOND Street. Phone 4209. L. L. BROOKS' SEED STORE NEW POTATOES-Get my prices before you buy elsewhere Cabbage, Kale Cauliflower Plant Poultry supplies, stock food, plants and garden seeds Get my prices 127 N. 2d St. Corvallis