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HOUSE FURNISHINGS
A new line of Ingrain Carpets, best patterns and fast colors, per yd, 60c
Ingrain Rugs from $3.75 to .............. .. .$8.50
A good Dresser, 18x40, Plate Glass Mirror, 16x24, only...... . ." .$8.75
Iron Beds, new goods .. -. .. . .' $3.00 and up
SCHULTZ, The Furniture Man
125 SECOND STREET . . - CORVALLIS, OREGON
THE COUNTRY'S NEEDS DISSOLUTION NOTICE
More Farms, Fewer Fighting Ma
chines, Says B. F. Yoakum.
TELLS OF MONEY SQUANDERED
The partnershig of Johnson and John-
son, owners of the Toggery, Corvallis,
Oregon has been this day dissolved.
R. C. Herron havine acouired the in-
i terests of J. C. Johnson and B. W.
Johnson in the business, which will be
hereafter conducted by C. V. Johnson
and R. C. Herron,under the firm name
of Johnson & Herron. The . latter
Chairman of Rock Island-Frisco Rail
road System Declares Money Wast
ed by Government Would .Reclaim; .,.. ot W Kuii:.; L-v-
. cum u UauiUUC&Ul W1C
business.
Much Land and Build Many Homes.
V. E; WATTERS
The Benton County
Heal Estate Agent
Corvallis, Oregon
; 1 Tf yon have anything to buy, .sell or exchange, see us. i ,No padded
. prices. As to our responsibility, and method$ ot doing business, we refer
vou to the business men of Corvallis. Some splendid bargains send for
list. . v - '" '
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GRADUATES CAN BE FOUND EVERTWHERE POINTINGTO
THIS SCHOOL AS THc KtASOfl tVU lHUKKtWAKMBitPUitEsa-i
Facts Worth Noting,
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. ,
Send for new Folder and Success Stories,
SECURED FOR STUDENTS WHEN1
) COMPETENT WITHOUT CHAWiE
raw
Expressing the opinion that the Unit
ed states- government would do better
to encourage the development of more
farms Instead of more battleships. B.
F. Yoaknui, chairman ot tbe executive
committee of the . Rock Island-Frisco
railroad system, recently delivered at
Shawnee, Okla.j before the Farmers'
union of Oklahoma a notable address
on tbe partnership between tbe rail
roads and tbe farmers.;. Be said In
part: v, . ' .
"Tbe farmers and, tbe railroads are
natural partners. Tbe first thing in
quired about by an investor in new
railroad securities Is the character of
the country which tbe road will serve.
If it can be shown that tbe territory to
be served by tbe new railroad is a good
"farming country the greatest trouble-
in finding tbe money to build bas been
overebme. On the other band, tbe first
question a farmer seeking a location
in a new country asks is 'What are
its railroad facilities?
"Tbe things most needed by the
farmer and tbe railroad, but which are
neglected, to the detriment of both, are-
a better acquaintance and closer work
ing relations. These mutual benefits
can be attained through the officers of
the Farmers'-, union, representing the
producers, .and the officers of the rail-
roads, representing tbe carriers, deal
ing directly with each other;
"This Country now needs what our
forefathers used in laying- its founda
tiona lot of old fashioned common
sense.
' Farmer Has Good Judgment.-;
"Good judgment and fair dealing are
found more generally among farmers
than in persons in other occupations.
and when tbey earnestly take bold Of
nnhlic Questions tbey - will occupy a-
place in our political structure that will
make their good judgment and '-f air
conclusions felt more and more. In solv.-.
ihg the relations of the government
and its institutions.. "
"The United States government nine
teen ypars ago commencied tbe -con
struction of the Illinois and Mississippi
canal. Its length is seventy-five miles,
and it has cost to date, with interest
at 3 per cent, over $9,000,000. or $120,-
000 per mile., To maintain this canals
in its present useless condition costs
the country's taxpayers $90,000 a year.
exclusive of interest on the investment.
A freight boat bas never--passed
through it. .
: "1 mention this to illustrate- one un
dertaking of the many which, through
the lack of system or intelligent plan
ning In advance of the construction of
our inland waterways, make up the
$80,000,000 which is referred to by
Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith as
wasted. -. -'.,'.
, "The government has expended ap
proximately $225,000,000 on tbe im
provement of tbe Mississippi river and
its tributaries.: The tonnage bandied
over the waters of The Mississippi last
year was one-third less than It was
twenty years ago.
. Should Make More Farms.;
"The. story of government extrava
gance of this kind is being ' told so
broadly through tbe newspapers that
the masses are beginning to .' realize
that something is wrong.
Johnson & Johnson.
Johnson & Herron
Corvallis, Ore., Sept, 1, 1909 9-3-10t
Sister's Academy ;
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 particularsapply to Sister
Superior, , '225 . West . Math . St.,
Albany, Oregon. 8-19 to 9-19.
GEO. W. DENMAN
Attorney at Law
s CORVALLIS, OREGON
Office in Fischer building ..over Graham
- & Wortham drug store ....
HEST--ROLIP-BECDPERATE
At the Seashore
NEWPORT
j Is a delightful resort and a happy, combination of pleas-,.
?aire ground possibilities. 'An" ideal . climate diversion of
;recreation perfect bathing boating fishing riding driv
: ling, .., and exploring, make Newport a most charming and .
popular, play ground.
Southern Pacific Co.
HAS A
Special Summer Excursion Rate to Newport of
$3.75
From CORVALLIS, OREGON
Ask for our booklet "Outings in Oregon."
R. C. LINVILLE, Agent, CORVALLIS, ORE.
: WM. M'MURRAY, General Passenger Agent
Portland, Oregon
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50 & $1.00
TRIAL BOTCH FREE
GUABANTEEO SATSFACTOJfK
Of? TOMV 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 the year. More
calls for help, than we can meet position certain. Class and
individual instruction. Bookkeeping from written forms and by
office practices Shorthand that excels in every respect. Special
penmanship department. Write for illustrated catalogue.
Gazette
Times
Biggest and Best Paper in the Willamette Valley
THE SECOND ANNUAL
Portland Fair
Oregon's Biggest Show !
Sept. 20-25
1909
Admission 50 cts.
6 Horse Races Daily
National Live Stock Exhibits - -, .
Balloon Racing ..
Chariot Racing
Fascinating Midway Attractions
FIREWORKS will be the most gorgeous and magnificent py
rotechnic disnlav ever seen on this Coast. This will interest the
whole family. . 1 '
REDUCED RATES ON ALL ROADS
Prepares young people for bookkeepers, stenographers, correspon
dents and general office work. The development of the; Northwest
will afford openings for thousands in the next few years. Prepare
now.. Send for catalogue. - " ' ?
W. I. STALEY, Principal ;
9-10
SALEM OREGON
Buy your tickets early for the '
MERCHANTS' EXCURSION
Friday, September 10. Benton County
The same disregard of tbe value of
money would send toe strongest pri
vate business in this country into bank
ruptcy. 4 . proper use of the pruning
knife in a downward revision of ex
penses would bring surprising results.
It is not practicable to itemize where
reductions should be made. . but they
must come. ' The -deficit should be
cared for by reducing expenditures and
not by- raising taxes to increase rev
enues."'. ' '" ' :' . '
'The European nations are teaching
us a lesson. Tbe controversies in Ens-
land, the recent troubles in Spain, tbe
unrest in Russia, the quarreling over
military taxes . in Germany and the
struggle against new taxes In France
should strengthen our faith in the
proposition that It is better to grow
more farm products and make pros
perous' the man who sows and har
vests, than to build more battleshiDS
and new guns.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson re
cently " said that ; the most ; pressing
fneeds of the United States are a great
er proportion' of farmers a, nd more
farming land in cultivation. -
We would better Spend more of tfie
money we burn 'op 4n powder in mak
ing new farms. ; -
Gun's Price Would Make 196 Homes.
"A forty acre farm of irrigated land
will comfortably support a family- of
five." It costs $55,000 to make a twelve
inch gun. Tbe money that goes to pay
for this gun would' reclairb 1.571 acres
of land, providing homes for 196 peo
ple. - vvnen aii ine guns on au the bat I
tlesbips are shot one time the govern-.
ment , blows off , in noise , and . smoke
f loooo.' -- xnts - wouia reclaim , mora
than 4,000 acres of land, giving homes
to more than 500, farmers and their
families. Tbe money consumed In pow
der Is lost to all the future." The farmer
who buys the reclaimed land must pay
tbe government back -tn ten. years, so
it does- not cost the government any
thing to build up the country by help
ing the farmer. We should make more
homes and not so many fighting ma-1
; Oregon
air
SALEM
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
COME AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS
W. F. MATLOCK;
President.
F. A. WELCH,
Secretary.
' Day at Lincoln County Fair
chines." '