VOL. I. NO. 94
CORVALLIS BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, "AUGUST 20, 1909
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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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.-
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NEXT MONDAY
SAN
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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."
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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.
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