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About The daily gazette-times. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1909)
THE WEEKLY GftZETTE-TlMES Published Every Friday ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, in advance Six moths, in advance.. , ...$2.oo I.OO In ordering changes of address, sub scribers should always give old as well as new address. THE DAILY GAZETTE-TIMES Published every evening except Sun day. Office: 259-263 Jefferson street, corner Third street, and 232 Second treet, Corvallis, Oregon. PHONES, 210 4184 sitfe as to provide for the needs, of the city for fifty or one hun dred years to come. It is the in tent to lay out a system of parks and driveways, group the public buildings on the city square, and develope civic beauty along broad lines. No town that ex pects to reach a population of 2,000 or 15,000 can afford to do ess than this. Whatever Cor vallis does should be done in a big and broad way; if it can't be done that way, it were better let alone until such a time as the op portunity offers. . Entered at the postoffice at Corvallis, Oregon, as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY Delivered by carrier, per week $ -15 Delivered by carrier, per month...- .50 By mail, one vear, in advance - 5 By mail, six months, in advance...- 2 5 By mail, one month, in advance .50 N. R. MOORE . . . . . Editor CHAS. L. SPRINGER, Business Mgr. UNCLE JOHN'S GREAT RACE. According to tables in the newspapers, Mr. Rockfeller's re cent gift of $10,000,000 to the General Education Fund brought the total of his benefactions up to and beyond a $112,000,000, This does not include ' his early contributions to Sunday-school and missionary objects, but only what he has done in 'com para tively recent years since he realy began to throw money a round. Out of the $115,000,000, $63,000,000 have gone to , the . General Education Fund and $27,000,000 to the. University of Chicago and the Rush Medical School. How is Uncle John getting a- long in his work of disburse ment? . Is he getting ahead . or dropping behind? . . - . - The most encouraging sign for him is this dropping of $10,000, 000 at a whack into the. General Education Fund. We suppose in the considerable period covered by the $112,000,000 his income has gained on him. We suppose it is $25,000,000 or thereabouts a year. He cannot keep ahead . of such an allowance of money as that by retail processes. He must be a wholesaler or give up, Realizing that, he seems to have established the General Educa tion Fund as his wholesale de partment. ' Sad to say, Uncle John and Andy the Laird seem to have lot of fun with their money. ' It is enough to disgust all the phil osophers of all times down to Theodore Roosevelt, who writes in the Outlook "Giva Me Neither Poverty Nor Riches," to see the disgraceful amount of enjoy ment those two gray old birds get out of their unconscionable heaps of dross. , The Best On Earth. On Rock Creek 'neath Mary's Peak, In a cozy little palace lived in style and worked awhile For the city of Corvallis. For months I toiled, my hands I soiled, I burrowed in the ground; We dug a ditch from whence we pitched The boulders big and round. We dug the clay and roots away, We brought the water down From Rock Creek's bed, the foun tain head We piped it into town. From Crystal Springs this pipe line brings The purest water ever No use to look for purer brook, You'll never fiind it! Never! G. G. Booco, Corvallis, Aug. 20, '09. A PRIZE FOR BREVITY. A Lima, Ohio, man has made some sort of proposition to fur nish Albany with gas. In de tailing the news to the Oregon ian, the Albany Correspondent says; . 'Such an industry, is badlv needed here, leading members of the Commercial Club say, for the purpose of generating gas for cooking purposes and also .to furnish competition in city light- A 11 ing. AiDany people are now paying 15 cents per 1000 kilowatt hours for electric lights, ' while energy which is generated in the same plant in this city is transported by cables 12 miles to Corvallis and sold to the people of that city for 10 cents per 1000 kilowatt hours. Corvallis hot only gets lights one-third cheaper than Albany gets lights produced in same plant, but the buildings o.f the ' Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis are lighted WALLOWA COUNTY AGGIES UNITE Former Students of the Oregon Agri cultural College Enjoy Social Meeting at Lake. ' 'At Yale, ' replied Presiden Hadley to a visiting clergyman who asked how long it was his custom to preach, "there is a fix ed belief that no conversions are made after the first half hour.' It is a good thing to know when to stop talking, either in the pulpit or on the platform, It is easier to bore than to please, as most audiences will testify, The wonder is that so many public speakers are so slow of observation. A good rule might be that long-winded orators who delight in their own voices should be condemned to sit at one another's feet and endure thephysicial trials they inflict Upon others-. Perhaps then thej would learn - to practice self restraint as an act of mercy. Brevity is rarer than wit, for the professional humorist in public is likely to be tempted to length by applause. The plan to beautify Eugene is bo far-reaching and comprehen- Wallowa Sun; Former students of the Oregon Agricultural , Col lege to the number of 15 met at Wallowa lake Friday night, en joyed a short program and a so cial time together, and organized the Wallowa county O- A. C. club. The officers chosen were A. E. Tulley, of Wallowa, presi dent; S. L. Burnaugh, of Enter prise, corresponding . secretary Ada Lay, of Joseph, recording secretary and treasurer. The club is to meet at the lake on July. 15 of each year. Following a fine supper Friday night, this program of toasts were responded to, Ada Lay act ihg as toastmistress: ' 'Welcome, ' Ada Lay: "Response," IS. L. Burnaugh; "My Alma Mater,' A. E. Tully; "O. A. C.'s Pros pects," S. A. Brown; "What About the Outsider," J. R. Stu- ber; "Organization of County O, A. C. Club," G. L. .Weaver "Goodnight," toastmistress. Following is a list of those in attendance: Students, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Tulley, S. L. Bur naugh, S. A. Brown, Lee Calvin. Fay and Annis Wade, Ada Lay, Merrill Groshong, J. R. Stuber, Guy L.. Weaver, Roy HcCully, Homer Hayes, Cora Berland, Jen nie Berland. .: Visitors, - Master Kenneth Tulley, Effie and Sadie Houck, Sylvia Graves, Mr;, and Mrs. G. R. Lay, Mr. and Mrs. H Hambleton. 'Twas a Glorious Victory. . There's rejoicing in Fedora, Term. man's life has been saved, and now Dr. King's New Discovery is the talk of the town for curing C. V. Pepper of deadly lung hemorrhages. "I could not work nor get about," he writes, "and the doctors did me no good, but, after using Dr. King's New Discovery three weeks, I feel like a new man, and can do good work again." For weak, sore pr dis eased lungs, Coughs and Colds, Hemor rhages.. Hay Fever, LaGrippe, Asthma or any Bronchial affection it stands un rivaled. r Price 50c and $1. Trial Bottle free. Sold and guaranteed by all drug gists. ' " - , - Read the Gazette-Tunes, news all the time. "All the ORVALLIS GETS BEST OF BARGAIN ights Here Cost Much Less Than in Albany, The Hub City. from the Albany plant for 2i cents per 1000 kilowatt hours. Albany thus pays six times as much for light as does the Oregon Agricultural, which re ceives its power from the Al bany plant. Fine Tract For Sub-division The best tract of land in or around Corvallis to be sub-divided into small tracts. - A chance to make a biff thine within the next six months. See A. L. Stevenson. 8-3-tf. Real Estate Man. Bids Wanted. Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the erection of the new church building for the First Presbyterian Church of Corvallis, by the Board of Trustees, up to 6 o'clock p. m. Monday, August 23, 1909, accord ing to plans and specifications which can be seen at the office of the archi tect, E. E. McClaran, Portland, or at the omce of Virgil E. W atters in Cor vallis. A certified check made payable to First Presbyterian Church of Cor vallis, of five (5) per cent of amount must accompany each bid. Board re serves the right to reject any or all bids. A. J. Johnson. Chairman Board of Trustees. 8-16-6 L4 K ' DR. 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