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About The daily gazette-times. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1909)
VOL. I. NO. 94 CORVALLIS BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, "AUGUST 20, 1909 PRICE FIVE CENTS nPTHF fn mwm ry uui.il ui iiil i nu i u , uiuuui lulu ui ; - THE GOUNGIlS PAVING COMMITTEE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN VISIT WILLAMETTE VALLEY CITIES INVESTIGATE PHASES OF STREET PAVING. AND TALKS OF QUALtn AND .GQST OF DIFFERENT KIND OF PAVING Crashed Rock Work at Dallas Looks' Good forx Residence Street The Bitulithic, Asphalt and Hassam Look; Good and - Are. Good but .Each Has its Drawback Committee Will Make Full Report and Recommendations at a Later Date Committee Tendered Courteous Consideration. That bitulithic pavement is a good pavement with certain mem nas certain au vantages anu some shortcomings; that Hassam and bad where it is bad is the expressed conclusion of the Coun- s investigating committee. ; In other words, Mayor Watters,' land Ckrancilmen Skelton, Osburn and Johnson visited Dallas, Sa- em, Oregon City and Portland from Monday until Wednesday night, went into all the details of paving, and are reserving their pfficial opinion until such a time as they deem it advantageous to bive it to the public. They dis- overed that in order to get a quare deal from the bidders it s necessary to exercise some cau Perpetual Help ; will re-open on September 7th. By means of the new 'addition and the remodeling of the building the school is now equipped with ' all modern im provements, and with a corps of competent teachers may be de pended upon to do thorough work both in the grades and high school course. For particulars apply to Sister Superior, 225' West Ninth St., Albany, Oregon. 8-19 to 9-19.- 75 E NEXT MONDAY SAN ! WILL LOCATE HERE HAS NO MORE USE FOR WINDS, j LIGHTNING AND HAIL. WILLAMETTE BRINGS HEALTH ion. Some Generalization. This morning Mayor Watters onsented'to give some general lif ormation that will be of inter- st, but at no time did he give tidication of a preference for any ertain kind of pavement. He hereby stated facts as he found hem. The trip north was made Mr. Watters' auto, the party rst driving to Dallas. Here. hey investigated streets maae crushed rock, this .costing bout $1.70 to $1.75 a cubic yard his was regarded asfairlysatis factory for residence streets. alaceTIieater Friday and Saturday CARVER AND OLIVER Present their comedy playlet "HENPECKED" The one best yet EW MOTION PICTURES The Lost Invitation' lA. humorous story in which a judge Idted to a fancy masquerade ball de fies to go as a tramp. .After, donning costume he loses his purse and invi-. fcion on the street which' is found by feenuine hobo, who uses the card and s the time of his life, at the ball. The jdge is arrested for fraud and at the lition house manages to unravel the rigle. He goes to his home and later esents himself at the ball in evening ithes, which puts an end to "Weary illie's" fun. " The Tragedy of Meudon" -'-" Is a French story full of dramatic in test. A mother-in-law becomes in tely jealous of her son's wife which tlousy finally ends in the murder of b voung woman. The son is accused, b mother confesses, and the son is tjrieved as he is about to ascend- the hffold. Special Attractions at The Star Tomorrow (Saturday) Nighty. - At Salem they visited a. crush ed rock-toad in strenuous use the past six., years.;,: It .was in fair condition. They, visited the bitu lithic plant here and spent some time with the city officials and the contractors.'" . - r f At Oregon they ran into vitri fied brick paving, but found this very 'unsatisfactory so passed it up. It is the oppinion that brick is a failure in a . wet country. At Portland. ; At Portland the committee went into minutest detail. They saw all kind of pavements,' talk ed with various engineers and spent considerable time quizzing the teamsters who spend most of their time on ' the streets. Mayor Simon and other city, of ficials also rendered every ser vice possible, and the committee JfeelsCthat it is in possession of all the information obtainable from the various sources that would look at paving from differ ent standpoints. The Cost and Other Facts. -As said before, the committee believes it better to withhold its opinion until later. They found that at Portland bitulithic , pave ments costs $2. 2b per square yard; asphalt, $2.25 a square yd. Asphalt street requires a brick or concrete gutter which costs from $2.00 to $3.50 per square yard. Hassam paving is being laid for $1.90 per square yard. No gutter is required for bituli thic or Hassam. The committee found that asphalt cracks, that" bitulithic being soft always causes up hill pull, and both are objected to by teamsters for various reasons. Both present smooth and beauti ful surfaces. ' Hassam has solid base and is extremely hard, which is also objected to by teamsters. 1 Asphalt has concrete base, with top dressing. Bitulithic has crushed rock base, with binding and top dressing. Hassam has crushed rock base rolled down, covered with mix tur e of sand and cement, then with stone and cement, and fin ishing surface , - Guarantee Pavement The bitulithic and hassam peo ple will guarantee and keep in 1 repair ten years for one cent per cubic yard. Asphalt people guar antee five years. Corvallis can lay paving about as cheaply as Portland, providing crushed rock can be laid down here at a satisfactory price. This is believed to be possible. The Council's committee will make a report at the council meeting next Monday night. Eastern College People to jbe Enter-.- tained at Waldo Hall. The party of Agricultural Col lege presidents and Directors of Experiment Station due here next Monday will number from 50 to 75. They will be cared for at Waldo Hall, the ladies of the city furnishing bed -equipment for about 30 rooms.' They will be given supper and breakfast there, Dean Greer and city ladies serving. An informal reception will be- given Monday evening at either tne parlors or Waldo mil. or the r Commercial Club rooms. Arrangements have been chang ed two or three times, and this is the latest. . There will be no further . change. Those :, who are asked are, urged to furnish one of the rooms at Waldo Hall for Monday night. WORK ABOU AT T INTAKE COM TE 3200 Feet of Additional Pipe Line For Water System. i , F. Goudy Sees Benton County and Concludes that this Section Looks Good to Him Likes Corvallis Be cause It is White Man's Town. , ' 'No more wind and hail storms, howling winters and steaming Kansas summers forme," says J.-jEV Goudy, who is now spend ing some time with J. W. Handy while looking for a location on the oast. Mr. Goudy and family cam from Mineola, Kansas, sev- eratl days ago, and after being shown over Corvallis and Benton county they have about decided to locate here. " From the time thejt got as far west as the inter- mountain region, Mrs. Goudy's heath began to improve and' the pas few days in Corvallis has convinced them this is about what thejt are looking for. Mr. Goudy finds that he can sleep like a log and-eat like a threshing machine hand. These visitors and the Handy family will go to Seattle next week and immediately after their return will .make a definite decision whether they will re main here or look a little further. - Likes Willamette ' 'I like this section very much, " said Mr. Goudy to the Gazette Times man. "The first day I was here I walked around over the town, saw nothing but your big school, looked at the mountains just back of the city and came to the conclusion that Corvallis was not worth while. It looked to me like a little town set down be tween some hills and with noth ing to keep it up. "After Stevenson took us out for a 35-mile ride in his auto, I found the mountains far away and magnificent valley land covered with good crops stretching everywhere. Corvallis has as much to back it as any town could want I was fooled about those mountains. "One thing I like about this town is the fact that it is a white man's town. I notice that the laborers, clerks and storekeepers are white men, not Japs, chinks and niggers. That looks good to trie and will go far in helping many easterners to decide where to locate. Schools, church spires and the class of laborers count for everything in a city, and your place is lacking nothing in either respect. Sold Out in Kansas "Yes, I've sold out in Kansas," said Mr. Goudy. "I had a quar ter section, and sold for $37 an acre. ; I got this land for about $150. I went to Kansas from Iowa 23 years ago. . Kansas is a good .: state, all right, but I'm tired of the wind, and we have a great deal of hail there, usually right at harvest time. Our crops are frequently threshed for us and pounded into the ground. My wife thought we could afford to quitto we started out to seethe coast. It looks good to me, so I guess we will stay." m I PEOPLE T 'TO WN KNOW A LETTER INDICATING INQUIRIES MADE BY EASTERNERS. NEBRASKAN IS VERY EXPLICIT Will Come West With $2000 and Want 1 to Know What to do With It to Get Rich Quick A Line-up on What Easterners Desire to Know. Newport Property. Sixty choice lots more or less in New port, Oregon, (one of the most health ful and popular summer and winter re sorts, near the terminal of the Southern Pacific Railway, at the Pacific Ocean) for sale or will exchange for other good property. Property near Corvallis pre? f erred. Address M. S. Woodcock, Corvallis, Oregon. thurs. tf The following is one of many like kind received and is pre sented as a sample of the ques tions easterners are asking. Lincoln, Nebr., Aug. 10, 1909. Mr. N. R. Moore, Editor Gazette-Times, Corvallis, -Oreeon. Dear Sir: Myself and two or three of my friends have a severe attack of the Western fever and there seems to be no signs of recovery. We have been getting informa tion regarding several sections of the West, but after reading your talks about Benton county, have come to the conclusion that your portion of Oregon must be the "promised land flowing with milk and honey, " that dollars grow on trees there and all the settler has to do is to pick them off and roll in luxury. But to get down to business. Do you think it advisable for a man of small means to come to your country and get hold of a piece of land? What I contem plate doing is giving up a position here as accountant of the Uni versity , of Nebraska which is (Continued oni page tfhree) Three thousand two hundred feet of new pipe line to connect the right fork of Rock Creek with the local water system is now practically completed. . A little carpenter work at the intake is all that is necessary to com plete the job. This new section of pipe was laid through rock, lava and mud, about 125 feet of the work offering much difficulty. While the work was being done the Commission had the workmen cover a portion of the old. pipe line to a greater depth in order to preserve the mountain temper ature of the water. It is said that water from the right fork is as cold as ice and clear as crystal. Sister's Academy . Opens Sept. 7th f-f The Academy of Our Lady of A GREAT FAIR. The primary object in organizing the Portland Fair and Livestock Exposition was to foster and advance the livestock interests of Oregon and also of the JNortnwest. witn tnis ooject in view the business men of Oregon got "to gether and formed such an organization. Among the promoters are Portland's and Oregon's prominent bankers wholesale and retail merchants, Through their untiring efforts Portland has one of the best equipped fair plants on tne pacmc coast. $zuu.uuu.uu were spent in securing this plant and today it is the talk of Pacific coast. The race track is a regulation mile track, laid out and built on the best plans obtainable. It is considered the fastest track on the coast was demon strated last year when Ray O'Light paced to the coast's three-year-old ire cord of 2,08 1-4. We announce the first showing of Fall, 1909, Ladies' Suits LaVOGUE BRAND 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 NEMO CORSETS
