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About The daily gazette-times. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1921 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1909)
3 - ! at 4 ? v ' Jl THE ladies of Corvallis and vicinity are cordially invited to visit the new home of The Elite in the Whiteside Building, on North Second Street, opposite the Palace Theater, and see the beauti ful line of Newest Millinery and the splendid showing of Ladies' Furnishings which have been secured for the Fall trade. . I The cozy "Resi Room" is for the convenience of all and The Elite desires shoppers to take advantage of it while down town. J Come in and get acquainted. GOVERNING COMMISSION Idea Spreading In the Cities of the Middle West. STRICT BUSINESS PROPOSAL. L. & G. B. ANDERSON FALL SUITS NOW READY T We offer you ; . ; ALFRED BENJAMIN & CO.'S Clothes. For all wool quality, for . style, for excellence of , tailoring ; and correctness of fit, there's . nothing to match them. 2 Sl!tiflV?lfltJW j)Siffli50lft'lffff THE SECOND ANNUAL For land Fair Oregon's ; Biggest Show ! Sept. 20-25 1909 Admission 50 cts. 6 Horse Races Daily National Live Stock Exhibits r Balloon Racing Chariot Racing Fascinating Midway Attractions FIREWORKS will be the rriost gorgeous and " magnificent rotechnic display ever seen on this Coast. This will interest whole family. v REDUCED RATES ON ALL ROADS py- the f 1 (GRADUATES CAN BE POUND EVERYWHERE POINTING TOP M . VSpi f i THIS SCHOOL AS THE REASON FOR THEIRREMARKABLE SUCCESS J :VWW Facts Wprth Noting , 1 J n I 1 L Enrollment of students past year 468. - , All graduates placed In good positions. . Filled but 50 per cent applications for office help. Reputation for thorough and personal Instruction. 'Safe and refining Influences. T Send for new Folder and Success Stories. SECURED FOR STUDENTS WHEN COMPETENT WITHOUT CHARGE 1 'iS Good Results In Kansas City, Kan. St Joseph, Mo.,' to Adopt ti.e Plan as Closely as Possible More Iowa Towns Follow Des Moines' Example. The forces which are at work in the middle west for a more eCicient and representative government ' than '-. hus been found possible under the old sys tem of ward representation are gain ing ground rapidly. In no' section of the country has the "muck raking" of recent years borne greater fruit than in the middle west, and in no section is the science of municipal government receiving such close popular attention. The middle west is always ready to' adopt progressive ideas. The people have come to have a distrust of ipro fessional politicians.,. They do - their own thinking, and education in polit ical science has shown them the fault in the old system of government. - ' Thus it is that the middle west is taking to the commission form of gov ernment. More' than a dozen cities are now operating under it, and the success that has attended its operation has inspired an agitation for its adop tion in many others. " - Politics Eliminated. Briefly, the commission form of gov ernment is designed to eliminate par tisanship in municipal affairs ' and to operate a municipal government as a business proposition.' . It substitutes for an unwieldly legislative body and numerous elective officials with ft ''di vided' .responsibility a board, usually of five men, in whom is centered the appointive power of all subordinates and1 the responsibility foT .the proper conduct of the "municipality's affairs. The "recall" is a feature of all char ters. : Politics is eliminated toy provid ing for candidacy by petition for' the primaries in which the two highest candidates for each oftire, regardless of party, become tbe opponents at the final .election. .Thus: it might be that all of the candidates would be mem bers of one political party. The result so far. has been without exception ia any city a government ou business lines in Which efficiency counts and where every. dollar spent brines a return of 100 cents uin - service. , - There isn't anything in that kind of govern menf for the ' politicians,' and naturally - the professional politicians are the chief opponents; of . the com mission form. . In one or two instances where , commission government has been proposed the politicians have de feated it. : Theirs has been only a tem porary advantage, however, for ulti mately the protagonists of the commis sion form have won. . Change In Kansas City, Kan. a notable and recent instance of this was in Kansas City, Kan., a city' of 110.000 people and now the largest city which has adopted the new form. Fol lowing, the passage of the law by the Kansas legislature providing for com mission government in cities, Kansas City. Kan., .voted on the question. The politicians, who had misruled the city, for years and saddled upon it a stag-: gering debt, fought the commission; fopn from every angle. They labeled it "silk stocking" government "and de clared it un-American, nonfepresenta-; tive and extravagant and asserted'that it would permit the successful candi dates to build up a self, perpetuating machine the people never could get rid of. Sowell is the city governed that it has attracted attention. For years the city stdd still. r Now it shows a gain in population' of 3,000 in two years, several ' new ' manufacturing " plants have been started, and so much public , and private improvement Is under way that the city 'has been forced to adver tise abroad for laborers. In the second election under' commission government the politicians put up a ticket, but didn't get enough votes to count. ' '" lh Iowa the" new "Idea is spreading also. ' Des Moines, of "course, - was the first city" 'ia adopt the new form. Its first annual report, issued a few weeks ago, showed a highly efficient adminis tration which in one year made a saving over the old government of $225,000 and at the same time gave better .service. Keoknk and Cedar Rapids have, since adopted : the - Des Moines plan, and several other cities in the state probably will within thenext . year. :.'-'; -J-: '" In Other States. Colorado Springs ' recently held its first . election under a new charter which provides for commission govern ment. The plan there is,' in many of its features, a distinct advance over the older form o commission govern- ment In Houston, Galveston, -Dallas and Fort Worth, Tex. St. Joseph, Mo., a city of 125,000 people, will vote in September on a new charter which, while it does not exactly provide It, gets as "iiear 'to 'commission govem--ment as the laws of Missouri will per mit. The new; charter will abolish the present council, made up of ward rep-, resentatives, and will substitute for it a body of . five councilmen elected at large. . The number 'of elective 'officers is reduced, and authority Is centered in" the mayor. . . ; .. '".' Oklahoma, has provided for commis sion governmeht in' its," cities, and in' several , of ithem ftn agitation Is now under " way ' for the ' adoption of the plan. Kansas City ' Cor.' New'- York Post " ,. ' " ' - J - The partnershig of JohnsoiTand John son, owners of. the Toggery; Corvallis, Oregon, has been this day dissolved, R. C. llerron having acquired. the in terests of J. C. Johnson and B.' W. Johnson in the business, which will be hereafter conducted by C. V. Johnson and R. C. Herron, under the firm name of: Johnson. & jHerron. i ?.Tne latter firm assumes and the liabilities of the business. :V ' ? ' ' ,' U '. i . Johnson & Johnson. ; i ' ' "' Johnson & Hereon " Corvallis, Ore., Sept, 1, 1909 9-3-10t DISSQLUT1Q fJ NOTICE Sisterfs cdemy Opens Sept 7th The Academy of Our Lady of. 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. REST - -ROMP- -RECnPEMTE At the Seashore NEWPORT :. .... , ' ' ) Is a delightful resort and a happy combination of pleas ure ground possibilities. An ideal climate diversion of recreation perfect bathing boating fishings riding driv ing, and exploring, make Newport a most charming and popular play ground. 1 ' .'a- Southern Pacific Co. SpeciaJ Summer Elxcursion Rate to Newport of ' .'.iJ.;;;;''.'vr"'r'':; From CORVALLIS, OREGON - Ask for our booklet ' 'Outings in Oregon. " R. C. LINVLLLE, Agent, CORVALLIS, ORE. WM. M'MURRAY, General Passenger Agent , Portland, Oregon JJ GEO. W. DENINIAN Attorney at Law CORVALLIS, OREGON Office in Fischer building, over Graham & Wortham drug store KILLTHE COUGH I AND CURE the LUHCS WITHPiIlHGlS Couchsc iOLDSU m AM& ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES 50a$I.OO TRIAL BOTTIEF REE 6UAMATD SATSFACTORV fL Off MONEV REFUNDED. "THE SCHOOL OF QUALITY" Tenth and Morrison, Portland, Oregon 3 3 A. P. Armstrong, LL.B., Principal Old in years, new in methods, admittedly the high-standard ' commercial school of the Northwest. Open all tbe 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 Denmanship department. ' Write for illustrated catalogue. Gazette Times Biggest and Best Paper in the Willamette Valley 7--.F) f,i: State Fair S ALE M Forty-eighth Annual Exhibition Will Be Greater Than Ever $35,000 in Premiums and Purses September 13,514, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1909 Grand Showing of Live Stock Racing Program Complete Reduced Rates On All Railroads 1 COME AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS W. F. MATLOCK, - President F. A. WELCH, ' Secretary.