1 ' ... I THE BAILY GAZETTE-TIMES . ; ; r : : ; " " "" " ' : - 1. . VOL: I. NO. 127 CORVALUS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1909 PJUCE FIVE CENTS HFAVV RFnifiTRA- mK? ees' .IflHNNY MfiKS" AT 0. A. .C. TOTAL OF 800 ENROLLED IN PAST THREE DAYS, r INCREASE SIXTEEN PER GENT Prospect of Attendance of 1600 During Year Professors Glad the Big Rash is Orer Agricultural Depart ment Shows Big Increase. , The total registration at O. A. . at this time is 800. This is -an increase of about sixteen per , ent over the registration at the corresponding time last year, and indicates a probable attend of 1600 or more for the year 190910. Further registration will be fairly rapid ' during the next month and then will be grad ual, until the number probably reaches 1500 or 1600. Last year -200 or more were registered after the holiday vacation. The college : authorties are highly pleased at the showing thus far, and have little' doub t that the indication will . be met with in realization. A very ti f . A- l i- Z I I TIO tion m the agricultural courses are somewhat , heavier than USUal. ;';'V'V Registration is an extremely hard part of the year's work and the various professors are well . riigh overjoyed when the rush is over. Practically every student wants ; advice and in each instance some new and . difficult problem is put up to the professor. He works over , time trying to solve these 'and lies awake o'nights juggling with these Chinese puzzles. How ever, class work has now begun i and a new set of problems are introduced, but these .are worked in the same old way and cause little difficulty. The authorities expect to have .-" ' a successful year. While the' central building will not be in use before the latter part of the year, the work is so arranged that it is possible to handle the students with treasonable con venience. .The new Armory will be in readiness by the . time it is neededand with a largely increased teaching force, which includes some very , able neonle. the prospect is fairly satisfactory. COLLEGE FOLK Open Season's -Work , at College Next Saturday. Afternoon. The ".College Folk" club will 'hold its first meeting of the sea son' at "the "O. A. C. fac ulty , room, .Administration '.building, next - Saturday. iThe season's work will have to s-do with study of "The Modern Drama,' and on' Saturday; time will be devoted to the - German drama. The program will be as follows:,-! - - 4 m "The Sunken BelT-outline of the play by Mrs. F. Berchtold. Criticisims from the magazines, Mrs. Knopf, , ' Discussion of Hauptmann and plays. '; '' ";. . ' The College Folk club is limit ed, in . its : membership to : the ladies of the college" and wives of the S acuity ! embers. Mrs. W. J. Kerr is president, Mrs. G. V. Skelfbn vice : president, Mrs. Hyslop secretary, Mrs.. Scudder treasurer; Mrs. .Gardner, Mrs. Dryden and Mrs. Fulton direct ors, ihe ladies held fairly suc cessful meetings last, year and hope great things for the com ing season. -vr ' . . ; Monmouth has , found the way to keep a town on the move up ward, t That is home manufac turing. They make demand for labor and; labor is what makes town lots and country acres valu able. E IN CITY SCHOOLS First Day's Enrollment is Very Large .Compared With Last Year. The city schools enrolled 671 pupils yesterday, an increase of 114 over the number enrolled the first day last year. In the ninth grade, or first year of High School, it was expected that about forty would register. In stead, Jl boys and girls put in their appearance for this work. The enrollment is considered re markably heavy, and as anindica- tion of the growth of the city is indisputable. The Large enrollment compli cated matters more and more and it was determined yesterdav to delay opening until Monday, Oct. 4 By that time the North School will be ready, and the of ficials will have been able to de termine where the children shall attend. ' DOES NOT WANT CHINK OR JAP Local Farmer Says We Should Produce Vegetables Ourselves. Editor Gazette-Times: With your kind permission, may I say a few words in regard to the reply to the "wail of the House keeper?" . Oregon soil is by no means de ficient in fertility, . sufficient to grow the best of vegetables. fruit, even without irrigation as a general thing.' This season however,' is an - exceptionally dry one. Vegetable growing is also a business that requires con siderable labor and close atten uon to '"aetaus,'.' which many farmers, are unwilling or unable, for lack of time, to give. J However, none of us are long- mg -for the Chink orJaD herei either with or without irrigation So it is up to us to make good in the way of produce ourselves Yours m the interest of the farmers, E. G. S. ; Efforts on Rogue, river are be ing made, to establish electric ex- penments with a view to - seeing if, plants and fruits j can not be made to work overtime -with or. tificial light; ianiifdojso at a rate which will prove commercially GREA INGBEAS profitable. VVIIIIIII II1UI1U WAS ALL OF IT AND, WAS ENOUGH TO SATISFY LARGE AUDIENCE. I LITTLE MUSIC; LITTLE BEAUTY imet Place and the Girl Draws Big Crowd and Pleases, Simply: Because Robert Pitkin Was Good Enough, to Make Up For AD Lapses. - . There was no "time, " "place" nor girl" it was all "HaDPv Johnny Hicks." True, there . r was some music, of a kind, wo- men. of a' kind, and sd-callexi principals on the boards, but all this was purely incidental. Happy Johnny was ever the bulls-eye, the center of- every situation worth ; while, and Johnny was there with the goods. He handed his Corvallis audience last night a choicer ar ray of slang than is taught at any college, and left the impres sion that he is probably the original "discover" or inventor of. slangology Peary and Cook to the contrary notwithstand- iug. - ujr actual count, X-lCKlh, as AHappy --Johnny ri furhishta 262 guffaws, 23 smiles .and ,un- imited enjoyment to the entire audience If he was the whole show the audience wasl none the oser. '.,". Jessie Houston, the girl. 'is guilty of the crime of being homely and she can't sing. Continued on page two STYLE IS THE PROMINENT iilP ; ("?" M 5 J WALX-OVER SHOES FOR MEN BELL 'PHONE GO. READY TO SCRAP PROPOSES TO DEMONSTRATE THE SYSTEM HERE IS WORTH WHILE. 300 PHONES FREE OF CHARGE Local .Manager O'Neil Given Authority to Do Things, and is Sent 300 Phones and Told to Get Busy Has Signed Up Large Number. The Bell Telephone Co., asleep here the past two years, has awakened from its Rip Van Winkle lethargy and proposes to get very busy in the shortest length of time. Local Manager James O'Neil, who took charge here almost two months ago, made certain recommendations recently, and this morning re ceived word to install 300 'phones immediately. , Not only that, but he was notified that the 300 'phones are now en route to this city, and that the company ex pects him to use them promptly. James O'Neil is Irish, v One wouldn't expect that ) from the name, of course, but when one iooks at Jimmie's- hair and hears that gentle trill of the R's, a vis ion of Erin's flag comes before the mind's eye. . That's neither here nor. there except as an in troduction to the statement that O'Neil intends' to fulfill the ex pectations of his company.'; Jim my comes from a race of fight ers,, and as he is in the enemy's country, he must fight. And he Customers Who Come to This Store Get Style and Quality STEIN-BLOCH CLOTHING Profit by This: We declare boldly that our values at $15, $20 and , $22.50 are un paralleled. .This is about the story: We have a large assort ment of styles, patterns and col orings. All materials Worsteds, serges, cheviots, silk mixtures, tweeds and Venetians; every style and model; every size. Val ues that are the result of our best efforts to give the very best val ues. .. We are showing the latest fall overcoats. They are ready for your choosing. Prices from $10 to $25. i ... r A SAFE PLACE TO TRADE is lighting, alreadv. He wants to get those 300 'phones into ac tion and at this minute he is out using all his Irish logic to con vince the Corvallis '; people that they should let him install those 'phones free of chae6k. The Bell company , claims that it has in Corvallis a telephone system unequaled in any town in the Willamette ' valley. ' Two or three years ago it had a good system, but the poorest of poor office service. Today they claim j to have the latest switchboard and most perfect office service but the public doesn't know it To acquaint them with the fact. i-the Bell company proposes to in- stall 3QQ 'phones free of charge, (Continued on Page Two) FIRE IN FIRST NATIONAL BLOG. No Real Damage Done Building Except By Water ' A fire in the First. National Bank building created a little excitement at about 7:45 last night, but no damage ' was done other than by water. . In some unexplainable way, personal effects in Dr. Mentor Howard's dental rooms caught fire. The blaze Was " re and might easily have been put out by a chemical, but an .alarm was turned in, the fire depart ment made a hurried run, and a stream of water was turned into the room. The lower floor suffered the most, for that three inches of water on the second floor soaked through. -- FEATURE OF ALL PRES. R. S. KIEL JUST INSTALLED NfeW PRESIDENT AT COLLEGE OF PHILOMATH. CEREMONY AND BIG BANQUET Excellent Program of Vocal and lns trumental' Music School Recently Restored to Be Opened TomorroWt Philomath People Pleased. " Philomath, Sept 28. - (Wire less message over leased line) R. S. Kindel, president-elect of the College of Philomath, was in augurated last night with' elab orate ceremonies. " The inaugural was held in Barclay Hall, and was conducted by Bishop Barclay, in whose honor the fine new build ing has been named. ' The cere mony and program was very in teresting and attended by a large number of Philomath's best citi zens."' "'' ' ' ''" "' Prof. L. B. Baldwin presided, and the following program was rendered: " Solo, instrumental. .'Miss Mane Cathey Prayer.'.. ...... '...A. R. Laudy, Salem Duet, instruinentalv..-r-.-:i.. - - .......Miss Merryman, Mrs. Burns Inaugural Address.... Bishop Barclay Response.. Pres. R. S. Kindel Vocal Trio ....... Miss Bogle, Mrs. Burns, Mrs. Pugsley Piano Solos....... . . . .Miss Cathey Hon. Grant Corby, of Salem, who was to have delivered an ad dress, failed to put in his appear ance. Continued on page two. THIS STORE GORDON HATS COLORS AND STYLES FOR MEN : ' r7 -