THE DM GAZETTE-TIMES
Published every evening except Sun
flay. Office: 232 Second street. Cor
Vallis, Oregon.
PHONE, 4184
'. Entered as second-clasg matter July 2, 1909, at
tilt postoffiee at Corvallis, Oregon, under act of
March 3, 1879. '
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prises. River joins deep water
navigation. This, brings popu
lation. Enterprises established
giving rise' to suburbs - that
would make small towns in - the
interior do not attract as much
mention in the Portland press as
a street fight As an instance
hardly any mention has been
made of a new sawmill larger
than any m Eastern Oregon. In
proportion tojad vantages, interior
and smaller coast towns charge
more for real estate than m the
vicinity of Portland. There is
a better opportunity in a larsre
city to dodge taxation on build
ings and machinery. AH these
points count. ' .
Entered as second-class matter August 5, 1909,
t the postoffiee at Corvallis, Oregon, under act of
March 8, 1879.
In ordering changes of address, sub
scribers should always give old as well as
new address.
N. R. MOORE ..... Editor
CHAS. L. SPRINGER, Business Mgr.
Coos Bay is to be advertised
in the East with moving " picture
machines. Good idea-
Unfortunately for the develop
ment of many localities in Ore
gon, the land owners are slow to
reach out. , Do our tax laws en
courage them too much in their
indifference to progress?
Woodburn wants to be a
county seat The public-spirited
citizens 01 tnat town re
cently raised $21,000 bonus
to induce the buildinsr of
an electric line. Some empty
buildings in Woodburn indicate
that closer connections are need
ed. It is not right that a few
men should have to come ; for
wad with bonus monev for nnh-
Iic improvements that benefit
land in" proportion to value
throughout a town like Wood
burn. There should be some
way to get the mossback and
absentee owners of lots and
acres benefited to come forward.
A trolley line between Pendle
ton and Pilot Rock is a cer
tainty, and . the people owning
land in Albee are anxious to be
hooked up with it and not left to
one side.
Medford expects considerable
improvement in values of busi
ness lots from the completion of
a railroad now under construc
tion to Butte Falls.
The more rapidly the holders of I
large tracts break up their holdings-and
encourage the home
seeker the better social and fi
nancial development will follow.
Where we already have railroads
Would not the development be
more rapid if the idle acres were
given over to small farm homes?
And would not n svsttam vf tviqV
j -1 v. Ajictn. j
ing it unprofitable to hold land
out of use m the hope of profit
ing thereby be beneficial to the
entire state?
Railroads serving this territory
are preparing estimates of
travel during the colonist period.
September 15 to October 15.
They expect no less than 60,000
new settlers for the Pacific
Northwest during the 30 days
the low one-way rates are in ef
fect. Extra equipment is being
assembled by the various lines
to handle the heavy traffic ex
pected and the passenger agents
believe they will have all they
can do to care for the flood of
new-comers. Inquiry at the
Eastern ticket offices is reported
to be wide and the westbound
trains bearing the vanguard of
this great colonist
heavily loaded. During - this
week the travel is expected tn bo
at its height and will undoubt
edly be heavy. -, ' ; .
REV. NICKLE
NEW M. E. PASTOR
Cottage Grove Man to Succeed Rev.
Leech in Local Church. '
GRAND -OPENING
ft,
The Oregonian was wrong in
saying that A. R. McLean, of
Grants Pass, would take ' charge
of the Corvallis M. E. pastorate.
Instead, W. F. - Nickle, of Cot
tage Grove, will take Rev.
Leech's pulpit. Rev Nickle
will preach his first sermons in
Corvallis next Sunday morning
and evening. He is said to be a
man of commanding appearance
and a good talker, one of, the best
in the conference.
Rev. Leech will go to Grants
Pass next week, preaching his
first sermon there Sundav. Oct
2. .His daughters will remain in
Corvallis and continue then
studies at O. A. C. The Grants
Pass church is said to be. one of
the largest and most prosperous
churches of the denomination
outside" of Portland, and while
the city is little, if any. in ad
vance of Corvallis, the change is
counted a step upward for Mr.
Leech
ASH
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AND
SPENDS
165,000 ON PAVING
Cost Runs From $6,25 to $7 a Foot,
But Citizens Are Keen for it
Stanfield is the new irrigation
town, in Umatilla county. Oven
a mile of concrete sidewalk has
been laid, merchants are doing:
business in tents waiting for !
me completion of concrete build
ings, over one hundred men are
employed in.the town proper and
about seventy-five on the storage
reservoir dam. Leborers are re
ported as scarce at $2.50 a day.
Water. Capital and lahrw Vi
increased land values around
Stanfield from $2.50 an acre to
$250. ,
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Portland's union stock
m tne fenmsula packing house
district were opened during the
past week and now this rftv
which is to be the livestock cen
ter of the Northwest, offers the
most modern and complete stock
yards m the country. v . Hundreds
of business men of the city at
tended the opening,' and ell
were forced to admire the per
rect arrangement for handling
livestock that have been pro
vided. The big union yards will
have a strong influence in de
veloping the livestock industrv
throughout this territory.
Some farmers are opposed to
the new agitation started by the
Grange for better and more
beautiful school , houses and
grounds for fear it will' make'
. taxes higher. Of course where
the farmer! permits assessm-a t 1
impose upon them it will, for,
assessors seem prone to err ,
against the man who cultivates
and improves. But if the farm
er is growing wiser, and there'
are positive indications that he!
is, then the assessor will be call
ed upon to obtain the additional
funds' necessary to make ; the
country schoolhouse attractive
from.: the vast values" of land
held idle all over Oregon. They
can do it easily enough. - ' 1
According to the records of
tne Government Forestry Ser
vice and the State Board of For
estry, Oregon has been remark
ably fortunate this summer in
escaping the usual heavy toll
taken by forest fires. , The sea
son has been marked bv less de
struction of timber than any in
the past decade.' Fires this year
have been few and widely sepa
rated while losses have been
small.' This is thomrht to Re
partly due to an aroused nnhlie
interest in preventing;, forest
nres and a largely increased
force of fire wardens through
out the forests this season.
Some of the K people in the in
terior of the state eannot under
stand why Portland grows so
rayidly. Water transportation
attracts manufacturing enter-
Portknd Fair and
Show
For the Portland Fair and Live Stock
Show held in .Portland Sept 20th. to
25, inclusive' the .C. & E. and S. J. will
sell round trip tickets on Sept. 23rd.
and 24th., only, good to return not
later than Sept. 27th, for $3.50. Chil
dren between 5 and -12 years .old half
fare. ? Passengers,-can : go either via
Albany or west sidh direct returning
same way as going.
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The cost of the bitulithic street
paving job now under way in
Ashland by the Warren Construc
tor; Company, has been ; esti
mated at $65,000 in round nu
mbers. The city will pay $15,000
of this amount for its proportion
for street intersections and citv
property, leaving the remainder
to be assessed to abutting prop-
ertyholders, the cost per front
footage in the paved district
running from $6.25 to' over $7.
The lowest cost is on Fourth
street where the width of ; the
pavement is only 36 ..feet. The
Main street paved area is wider
and Lthe expense consequently
greater. - A board of viewers has
been oppointed and is now en
gaged in apportioning the cost of
the work to the various owners
abutting:
The contracted ' inh Ja
.jw V-1X
along, though it is doubtful if it.
can be fully ' completed at the
expiration of the period named
in the contract, October 1. : It is
likely that this particular im
provement coveriner most nf h
business district is only a starter
m the hne of street improvement
work, for adjacent districts hav
ing an object lesson of what such
permanent street improvements
mean, are already' getting anx-
ous tor the improvement and
petitioning the - city f authorities
to have the bitulithic spread oer
a wide area. There is an ae-ita.
tion among propertyholders of
the Boulevard, a hundred-foot
wide street along which is nl.
ready one of the finest residential
sections of Ashland, for the pave
ment . :
iit it
MILLINERY
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PARLORS t v v
? WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22
it. Pte.Hate and lihe'lkfest creatio ui millin-:
ery novelties be on display. YoV ire most .cor-"
dually mvfte&all. arid see our ' . ' ! ' f '
toef h0 off Readgeaf ,
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Extra salespeople will be on hand to attend to your
wants. No matter if not ready to buy now, will take
pleasure in having you visit our store.
L. & GL B.
ANDERSON
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Oregon has contributed eiVht
millions to the reclamation funds
- Avviumauvu 1U11U9 wjvx u, ui
of the general government andff0110118 at the north pole. The
gets back but three. The expen
diture of the missing five millions
in Oregon would create fifty in
land values. , -
Walkover shoes for men, at Kline's.
9-20-tf
For Sale
Fine residence property in center of
city. Inquire 112 N-8th-St.
take the affirmative Re
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"I do not feel that it is con
sistent at this time to give in
tormation of what I-observed of
PEARY VS. COOK
The Cannadian government
today checkmated Commander
Peary, and involuntarily aided
Dr. Cook in the controversy over
priority of discovery of the north
pole. It was learned today that
the real reason for Commander
Peary's 'stay , at Battle Harbor,
Labrador,, is not to make repairs
to the Roosevelt but in the hope
that Dr. "Cook will arrive at'New
York and -be interviewed, thus
permitting Peary to get further
details of his claims, and make
I
issue IS has Cook been tn 'the
pole?"
Continuing, he said:
"Now, I do not propose to
answer that or produce proof
until there is a properly author
ized statement from Dr. Cook
placed before reliable and dis
interested parties." .
Peary claims that his fast
traveling was due to a new sledge
tnat he invented, and intimated
that as Cook did not have this
kind of conveyance .he could not
nave covered the space in the
tune claimed.
REQUEST FOR BIDS
W.C.T.U.
Delegates
"' (Continued! front page one.. )
The Road to Success
Has many obstructions, hut.
desperate as Door health. Rnniwa.
day demands health, but Electric Bit
ters is the greatest health builder the
world has ever known. It enmnpla
feet action of stomach, liver, kidneys,
uoweis, purines and enriches the blood,
and tones" and invigorates the whole
system. Vigorous body and keen brain
follow their use. .You can't afford to
slight Electric Bitters if weak, run
down or sickly. Onlv50c. "fiimranwi
Dy au druggists.
further denials
The Canadian government:
however, sent the cable shin
Tyram, with 18 American and
Canadian newpaper men aboard.
and these were able to force
Peary to talk first.' . -
The chief of the department nf
the numerous interviews with
Peary is that the commander
largely based.his statement that
it is possible to make fake ob
servations of alleged north pole
geographical conditions - is Ques
tioned by scientists here. Peary
declares that he intends to main
tain the negative side of .Dr.
Cook's exploit'" arid riiake Cook
ine union will meet everv
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 in the
Keadmg rooms on Second street
A committee to prepare a pro
gram for the meetings of the
year was appointed. It is ex
pected that the meetings will be
of much interest
Mrs. Harford addressed a good
sized , -audience in the M. E.
church Sunday evening.
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Make Kline's your resting place when
down town. Ladies' rest room second
floor. - ; I 9-20-tf
. Phonographs and all the newest re
cords at Heater & Harrington's. ; -
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' WANTED Expert girl for general
housework. Phone 4266.. tfjj
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c Letter List
The following letters remain uncalled
for in the Corvallis Ore. -P. O.. for the
week ended Sept. 18, 1909: y
Mrs. W. E. Burgett. C. E. Hamilton.
Mrs. L.W. Mulvany, Smith and Rodi
man, Miss Cora Wold.
. B. W. Johnson, Postmaster
Sealed proposals to furnish supplies,
required by the Oregon Agricultural
College, for four months endintr TWm
ber31, 1909, will be received at the
Business Office of the eollege until nooa
Saturday, September 25th. The rie-ht
is reserved to reject any or all bids, or
to accept or rejeot any part of a bid.
Envelopes should be inscribed "TVi
posals to Furnish Supplies." Goods of
Oregon manufacture or Droduction wil
be given preference, other things equal.
All goods must be deliverer! at
dormitories as ordered by the respec
tive stewards.
Lists will be furnished on application!
at the Buiness Office.
W. Horace Kerr,
Clerk.
Corvallis, Oregon.
September 20, 1909, 9-20-6t
NEW IRRIGATION
BOOK "FREE
"Well Irrigation for Small Farms'
is a publication just issued by the Gen
eral Passenger Department of the Ore
gon Railway and Navigation Co., and
Southern Pacific lines in Oregon.
The booklet sets forth in a practical
concise way the possibilities for Drofifr
of inexpensive irrigation, and should
be in the hands of every farmer in
Oregon.
Copies may be obtained free on appli
cation to Wm. McMurray, General
Passenger Agent, O. R. & N. and S..
tr. unes in Oregon, Portland, Ore.
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Sunday Excursions
to Newport
The C. & E. Railroad will run regular-
excursions to Newport every Sunday
until' further -notice, leaving. Corvallis.
at the same time as heretofore: Far&
for round trip, $1.50. ,
9-9-tf ' , . R. C. Linviixe, Agent.
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