DAILY
GAZETTMIMES
VOL. I. NO. 101
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1909
PRICE FIVE CENTS
M; CH PAVING
WILL BE DONE
SEVERAL PETITIONS IN AND OTH
ERS ARE EXPECTED.
FIFTH STREETERS HAVE FEVER
If Present Plans of Enthusiastic Peti
- doners Go Through About 65 Blocks
of Paving Will BexLaid This Fall
and Early Spring.
The people on Fifth street are
said to be afflicted with paving
fever. A petition for paving of
that street from one end to .the
other, a distance of about ten or
twelve blocks, is said to be cir
culating and those in favor are
confident the required number of
signatures - will be obtained.
'Fifth street has long beeg, the
most acceptable residence street,
but recently other sections have
shown a disposition to capture
the' laurels." It will require
street paving and curbs to keep
Fifth in line; and "this the T ag
gressively progressive people
there hope to .;aeconiplish.v The
follows:
Washington street from Sec
ond to Union station, five blocks.
Second . street, full length,
nine blocks.
Jelf erson street to city limits
west, fifteen blocks.
Monroe street to city - limits
west, sixteen to eighteen blocks.
-'. Fifth street; full length, ten
blocks.
' The latter two have not yet
been petitioned for, but a major
ity for the Monroe street paving
is already assured, and there is
reason to believe that the Fifth
street project will go through all
right. It is not ; wholly improb
able that Madison street, to the
College, will come in line, a
. distance of nine blocks. This
would make a total of 65 blocks
of paving for Corvallis.
: Begin About Oct. 1.
If everything goes smoothly,
and without ajhitch, street paving
can begin in Corvallis about
October; 1st. The extent of
paving that can be done after
that time depends wholly on
weather conditions. It is figured
that once work is begun, Second
street could be finished in about
three weeks. Sometimes i t rains
heavily the latter part of Sep
tember and then holds off until
December. If that should be
fhe case this year, two or three
streets might be finished. V
The city council meets tonight
to go into the paving matter a
little further. A consulting
engineer is considered advisable
and this matter will be taken up
tonight
TEMPERANCE AT
THE OPERA HOUSE
There will be no preaching
service at any of the churches in
this city Sunday ; morning or
evening, with the exception of
the Catholic. A Union service
will be held at the Opera house
both morning and evening, Mr.
J. R. Knodell speaking there at
11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Mr. Knodell
is superintendent of the State
Anti-Saloon League and in the
morning will speak on ."The
Three , Great Questions for
Temperance People;" In the
evening on "The Oregon Tem
perance Man's Yell." The
public has a cordial invitation.
Roman Catholic
Owing to the absence of
Father Gabriel at Newport
Sunday, Father Demier will of
ficiate at St. Mary's Roman
Catholic church. Mass at 10:30
a. m. Evening Service at 7:30.
DETAIL OF AL
Y FATALITY
Of the fatal accident to the
Peacock boys near Albany,
which was chronicled in yester
day's Gazette-Times, the Albany
Herald gives the following de
tails: .'"'.I
"Asa was digging a new well
along side of an old which had
been tiled, and had reached the
depth of about 28 feet, when the
tiling of the old well broke loose
and the sandy soil caved in, cov
ering him with 12 feet of dirt.
His father, Wm. Peacock; who
was running the windlass at the
time, saw his son buried alive,
and at once called the other son,
place, to his assistance. William
lowered himself into the well
and in his endeavor' to unearth
his brother, had not gotten .out
more than two buckets full of
dirt when the other side of the
well caved in and covered him
up with four feet of dirt.
"Word was at once sent to town
and Dr. Davis and a large num
ber of people were soon busy in
their endeavor to reach the bur
ied men, but William had been
dead three minutes, ' the doctor
stated, when they reached him.
Work of taking the caved in soil
out of the well continued ; for
hours, a brother, Al Peacock,
staying at the post until 12:30
this morning, when the body at
the. bottom was reached. It
stood in an erect position, - arms
extended upwards, but crushed
against the sides of the well."
The Democrat says: "Both of
the young men were married,
Will having one child. He was
the oldest member of Mr. Pea
cock's large family. They re
sided at North Albany adjoining
the C. & E. track, where Wil
liam was just completing a new
residence, preparatory to moving
into it in a few days. Splendid
young men, liked by everybody,
faithful and prosperous, their
death has cast has a gloom over
the neighborhood where they re
sided. ' William was aged 34 and
Asa 29 years." ".
HOP PICKERS GET
MORE MONEY NOW
Big Krebs Yard at Independence Says
Price of Hops Warrants Raise.
Wages of hop pickers at the big
Krebs hopyard at Independence were
raised this morning from 50 to 60 cents
a
a box, according to the announcement
made by Conrad Krebs last night. V He
says he believes this advantage is justi
fied by the higher market price of hops
Continued on page two
BIG TREES IN
ALSEA COUNTRY
FOURTEEN FEET IN DIAMETER NOT
AN UNCOMMON SIZE.
PICTURE OF FALLEN MONARCH
Alsea Citizens Form Human Chain of
Three Links and Let J. B. Horner
Photograph Them For Benefit of
Benton County Readers.
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Contrary to appearances, this
is not a picture of men trying to
climb Mt. Hood or the north pole;
this is a picture, of Jim Spencer,
John Buster and Joseph Fendall,
of the Alsea country, trying to
give Gazette-Times readers some
idea of the size of a fallen tree
lying within 200 yards of -the
stage ; road from Philomath to
Alsea.
This tree is a yellow fir. 14
feet eight, inches in diameter.
and is a fair sample of the tim
ber to be found in the "Alsea
country. The men named above
have posed as a human - chain of
three links, with Mr. Buster
standing on a bank three feet
above the lower side Of a section
of the wooden Colossus. One
man who was raised in the Alsea
valley believes the tree was al
ready big when the crusaders
drove the infidels out . of Jerusa
lem, while others who have
counted the yearly growths on
big tr.ees say it is as old as the
Christian era, which indicates
that the tree is probably from
1200 to 2000 years old. .:
John Buster said: "If a cross
cut saw could be found long en
ough to cut the tree in two, I
would like to have a section for
warded to the A.-Y.-P. exposi
tion to show the nation what
Oregon can da" :
James Spencer, who has lived
in this vicinty 50 years, thinks:
Trees like this one, so big that
they can fall across a gulch with
out breaking into pieces, may be
fittingly called 'giants of the
forest" . , ;. -. ; r? ; 1 i ' : .
If the tree were in California,
a tunnel- could be dug through
it big enough to accommodate a
stage coach, and then advertise
the locality that produces "the
tree. -
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WAIL OF THE
HOUSEKEEPER
DOWNTRODDEN WOMEN HAVE A
V CHAMPION TO SPEAK.
WANTS VEGETABLES AT DOOR
Housewife Says Great Opportunity For
-Truck Gardeners Exists Here, and
She Ridicules Corvallis' Delivery
System in Great Shape.
Editor Gazette-Times:
. Accompanying ; this you will
find an article on" a subject of
more than passing interest 1 to
housewives. If .you use it, my
identity must be kept a profound
secret as I do not court notoriety.
Mrs. .
"Starving, and in the midst of
plenty! Well, probably it isn't
quite so bad as that, but one
thing is certain-there is no dan
ger of any one, , contracting the
''vegetarian ... habit", in Corvallis,
where vegetables and : fruit are
fairly plentiful, -but hard -to get;
io -Jo-- sure -1- Uiean..ple&tiul
where the ones here come' from,
Southern Oregon, Portland, or
somewhere else, according to the
groceryman's authority.
., The local boosters have failed
to elaborate on the wonderful
opportunity that awaits the truck
tarmer in Corvallis. To the man
with an eye to business it is sim
ply a get rich quick scheme. Cor
vallis is one of the rare towns of
the coast where the Chinese gar
dener is conspicuous by his ab
sence, and in this instance it is
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KLIIIE'S FORE
GOOD GOODS AND PROMPT SERVICE
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We carry the largest and best line of Staple and Fancy Groceries in the cityr
TEAS AND COFFEES OUR SPECIALTY
Agents for BARERIZED BARRINGTON HALL COFFEE
VAN DUZER'S FLAVORING EXTRACT (None Better)
MONOPOLE CANNED GOODS (Strictly High Grade.)
f Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Always In Stock
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FRUITS
Bananas
Oranges
Lemons
Peaches
Pears ;
Apples -
Grapes
Watermelons
Cantaloupes
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just that much to her misfortune,
for he is a faithful farmer, at
tends strictly to business and
serves the people well. Think
what it means to the farmer or
market man here to have no com
petition'in that line.
The writer has traveled around
considerably and has kept house
in fully half a dozen states but
never has she seen as poor ac
comodations for the housewife
and, by-the-way, when this arti
cle is thoroughly digested she is
going to show up (providing the
editor will give her space) the
imposition that is being practiced
on the faithful housekeerjer in
the "System of Delivery" carried
on by the merchants of this
place, where groceries, hardware,
piano house supplies and under
taking goods, are all sent out to
gether and one is as apt to find a
coffin nail in the sugar as a tooth
pick. Continued on page two
BRINGSJETURNS
One hundred and fifty dollars
an acre net for prunes is not so
bad. This is what Postmaster
B. W. Johnson will realize from
about three acres of trees west
of Corvallis. His prunes are be
ing harvested by W-. 'N. Sayre,
who is also packing about twenty
Prune Company's orchard north
of Corvallis. From the. Johnson
orchard he will get about 1000
bushels.
The point of particular inter
est in the Johnson deal is that
his prunes will be very fine.
According to Mr. Sayre, who
has been buying in Idaho for
several1 years, Mr. Johnson's or
chard is in ideal condition, com
paring favorably with the best
of them. His very superior fruit
is the result of the care given
his orchard. -
FOR-
LOOK AT OUR LIST
CULTIVATION
FOOD
VEGETABLES
Carrots
Turnips -Beets
Green Beans, Corn, Onions
.Cabbage
Cucumbers
Summer Squash
Pie Pumpkins
Fresh Tomatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Potatoes and Onions
Call or Phone Your Orders Direct Connectio
C. 8 E. TRAIN
WRECKED FRIDAY
TWO FREIGHT CARS OF MIXED
TRAIN JUMP THE TRACK.
NO ONE ON TRAIN INJURED
Trucks Beneath Car Go Wrong and
Ditch Train Two Coaches of Pas
sengers Jolted a Little But No Incon
venience or Injury Reported.
The Yaquina bay train due
here at 5:30 yesterday evening
landed in Corvallis last night at
12:30, theresult of a wreck near
Elk City. The morning train
bound for Newport was ditched
four miles east of Elk City. Of
a train composed of five freight
cars and two choaches contain
ing 11 passengers; two of the
freight cars loaded with wood
Were demolished, and a third ;
freight car was damaged badly.
One of the passengers, A.' S.
Wells,: oi Portland, said the pas
sengers received . scarcely . any
sheck, and were surprised : when
told the extent of the damage.
, Vv jlj3ck., Was ; tnounc , to
have . been - caused by the gear,
under- one ,,of the cars getting
out of order, as the ties for some
distance were-gouged badly.
Seared With a Hot Iron, '
Or scalded by overturned kettle cut
with a knife bruised by slammed door
injured by gun or in any other way-,
the thing needed ..at once is Bucklen'a
Arnica Salve to subdue inflammation
and kill the germs. It's earth's supreme
healer, infallible for Boils, Ulcers,
Fever Sores, Eczema and iles. 25c at
all druggists.
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