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About The daily gazette-times. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1921 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1909)
THE DAILY GAZETTE - TIMES "DitWliaVtck otromr ovonmrr twoortt Klin- flay. Office: 232 Second street, Cor tlliB, Oregon. PHONE, 4184 Entered as Becond-cl&ss matter July 2. 1909, at tt poetoffice at Corvallis, Oregon, under act of March. 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY Delivered by earner, per week f .15 Delivered by carrier, per month - .50 By mull, one year, in advance 5.00 By mail, six months, in advance 3.50 By mail, one month, in advance...- .50 N. R. MOORE . . . . . Editor CHAS. L SPRINGER, Business Mgr. "BIG HEAD" BEEF MATTER The Gazette-Times considers the "big head" beef matter Closed until the officials have passed upon the case in question. Attorney Bryson has said that the purported butchering and Bale of "big head" beef will be investigated and there - is evi dence that this invegtigation is now going on. The continued publication of idle rumor and gossip about this matter would accomplish no good purpose and only make the day's meat ration less palatable. In a compara tively short time the public wil have access to the facts as sifted by men having no purpose other than to arrive at the exact data in the matter. . Space is given to a letter from Wren only because of the fact that it comes from a man who in former publications has given -evidence that he believes al - other men are cowards and that most newspapers are afraid to tell the truth. Mr. Pickens' let ter adds nothing to what has been stated heretofore and, con Sidering the fact that there is no longer excuse of agitation, the letter is not wholly opportune, However, to not publish it would give Mr. Pickens and others as narrow as himself evidence that their conclusipns in regard to men and newspapers have some foundation. "This class of men imagines that the failure of others to take up every con scienceless screed that comes to hand is proof of their . cowardice and culpability. In this instance Mr. Piokens has hit upon some thing of vital importance to the public, and the public may wel .thank him for- it, but no well balanced man, with naught but good intentions ever meets vital situations in this way. He goes to the proper official first, and not to the public press; else he he goes to both at the same time, When the officials refuse or neg lect to at, then the press may f be properly resorted to. The Gazette-Times is in possession of information at this time leaving no doubt that the strength of the eause Mr. Pickens represents would have been "served much better by giving the District At torney the opportunity to inves tigate before the beef matter was given to the public This evidence will be forthcoming a the investigation. WHO'S AT FAULT? The man who 'wrote glorious thinsrs of . Eue-ene. nublished another column, wrote of Cor Vallis, also, and told only weeds, bad streets and . worse walks. Was that his fault or the fault of-the people of Cor Vallis? i Eugene is beautiful to day, not so much -because her ; citizens have spent huge sums money 7 in' beautification, v but rather because men and women have been making an intelligent, concerted and effective cam fiaisrn for civic improvement -in yards and parkings, for cleanli ness, flowers, uniform planting of trees, etc. They have given effort rather than money, and Corvallis can be made beautiful with little money. With cement walks, which are a necessity, and "curbs which may be added at little cost, Corvallis can. be made as beautiful as Eugene simply by giving a little effo'rt to the planting of trees, lawns and flowers. And . every man will live happier for lending a hand to make HIS city a real city beautiful. ' ;' THE RIGHT MOVE It is exactly right and proper that Benton county should be represented at the Albany Apple Fair. It makes no difference whether the county wins first. second or third prize, or whether it takes any prize at all, if fairly creditable apples from Benton are on display there. The peo ple who are there will be able to detect little vital difference be tween the various displays, for all apples . will be of size and beauty fit for kings. However; Albany's interests ; are our own, and vica versa, so each of . these two cities should be glad to ' join heartily in the effort of the other. - The coming fair will be good for Albany, good for the Willamette valley, and.it will re suit in great good to Benton county, which is just now mak ing an f effort ; horticultural! The County Court will be com mended for extending reason able aid in this matter. THE SPOILERS A play that will touch your heart. Read what the papers say- 'Everyman, woman and child from New York to Nome should see "The Spoileers." n' "It's a lot of things summed up in one word-Immense, New York World. "The Spoilers" as presented by Henry McRae's clever com pany is the most intensely . in teresting play we have ever witnessed in our city. It appeals especially to the people of the West "-Seattle Times. - The company and scenic equip ment is said to be far above the average road production. The date here is next Saturday night, Which for You Most folks get disgusted with the kind of Hosiery that wont stand wear the kind that soon shows holes and needs darning. If you want the kind that gives long, satisfactory wear all the time, wear : ARMOR PLATE HOSIERY It costs no more than the kind you've been wearing and will give twice the service. ""--'-- . ' MERIT WAISTS For Children In sizes 2 to 13 years.". Tubular elastic straps. - KNIT, not v woven, ' relieve strain on buttons; gives with every motion of the body. ' Sold at 25c by dealers everywhere. ' ' Our Price, 15c Says Eugene Is a Hummer (Continued from page one ) - saint of these rest houses, and no body but a tired farmer's wife, with a couple of little children hanging to her skirts on - a hot day, can realize how great . a blessing they are. ' ' Eugene is one of the . busiest places in Oregon, and one of the most progressive and enterpris ing. It is situated about mid way between the Washington and California boundaries and is the seat of Lane county, which is as big as some of the eastern states, being 120 miles long and 50 miles wide, and covered with what they tell me here is the heaviest "stand" of timber in all the world. Eugene is a city of homes; it has about 10,000 people who live in comfortable cottages with well-kept yards and shade trees and flowers, which give it a very attractive appearance The inhabitants are firmly con vinced it is the finest place out side of Paradise. ,; sThere are five miles of asphaltum . pavements and concrete ' sidewalks; the business blocks are as ' imposing as those of a large pity The high school is the largest and finest in the state outside of Portland, and had nearly 500 students last year. There are nve other school buildings, a $50,000 Y. M. C. A. building and a $100,000 hotel is now in course of erection. It has been a "dry' county for four years, and the law is strictly enforced. The saloon question is brought 4ip annually, but the majority in favor of prohibition, has increas ed at each successive election. Many of the "earlier "settlers came from the southern states and when the civil war broke out in 1861 the people r of :i Lane county seceded from the United States and organized what was called "the Long Tom Confeder acy," because the leader of the movement bore "that nickname. TRESPASSERS. As two of my registered sheep were shot and killed by hunters last year, and recently two of my best ewes were torn up by hunting dogs, I haye therefore given strict orders to my men employed to gather evidence to prosecute all tres passers with gun or dog found on my premises, and particularly to shoot and kill all dogs found on the farms. So' that no one may be taken by surprise, I publish this notice. , ; Fifty dollars reward is hereby of fered for the arrest and conviction un der section 36 on page 419 of the ses sion laws of 1909, of any person found trespassing by hunting with gun or dogs on my farms. ' -Twenty dollars reward is also of fered for the arrest and conviction of any person for tearing down, cutting, destroying or defacing this notice, post ed on my farms Sept. 30, 1909. 9-30-D&W-tf ; M. S. Woodcock. INSTANT RELIEF FROM ITCH The Itch Gone, the Skin Soothed and '- Refreshed Immediately. Instant relief from that itch A few. drops of a ; soothing liquid And the itch is gone as if by magic. . Just a drop or two on the skin and no more of that torturing, endless, nerve racking pain. Can you imagine how it wi feel that itching agony swept away m a moment? You can know, the relief if you just try the simple remedy sim plest of external liquid remedies oil of wintergreen as compound ed in D. D, D. Prescription. - We positively know that it al leviates the itch immediately we vouch for this r and guarantee it for.we hayecseen it used in too many cases," and "the" cures that follow, as far as we know seem to be permanent Allen & Woodward.- ., EVERY KIND OF UBBE FOR MAN AND CHILD OIL GAPES FOR v BOYS oWrshoes rubber FATE OF A FALLEN FIGHTER, John R. Walsh of Chicago Sentenced - : to Federal Prison. ' Unless the supreme court of the United States Intervenes, John B. Walsh, former railroad builder, bank er and' politician ' of Chicago, . must serve five years in the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth. The United States, circuit court of appeals has -so decided in the case , of the convicted millionaire. '; J '"S ,-;i'"' '; .. Walsh was found guilty of the mis appropriatioh of the funds of the Chi cago National bank on Jan. 23, '1908. twenty months ago.- The verdict came at the crisis of a career spectacular in its rise. Walsh had achieved recogni tion as a railroad builder and banker after starting as a. newsboy in Ran dolph street. ' He was a newsboy who became a multimillionaire, a power in politics, a ruler of men. one of the greatest finan cial characters in the country, whose influence was felt through city, county, state ah'd even national politics, and he fell because he had won enemies; because his creed of trampling upon all who opposed him finally added to the ranks of his enemies until they were too powerful for him to fight against Then they overthrew him, and the mil lions vanished. . His downfall ' came when he used the funds of the Chicago National bank, controlled by him, to put through a railroad deal by which he "expected to gain personally, according to the Jury's verdict. That was the point upon which the whole trial turned whether "Walsh was acting for the good of his banks or for the good of himself. CORVALLIS OPERA HOUSE ONE NIGHT SATURDAY "THE SPOILERS" By Rex IT'S REAL, IT'S , , HUMAN PRICES . .25c - ,50c 75c .V" $1.00 Seats on sale Thursday, October 21, at v Graham & WOMAN . - ;l. AND GIRLS boots SLICKERS EVERYTHING NEW BUT SIN. Hell Will Be Such a Bore, Says Rev. . Mr. Crane of Chicago.' "The worst thing about bell is that It wDl be such a bore." - This was one of the statements made by the Rev. Dr. Frank Crane In a re cent lecture in Chicago. . , ' "Thereare new styles in everything but sin.' he said. ."Men are getting drunk now on Clark street just as Noah did on Ararat. The Tenderloin district of Chicago is about tbe,same as that which we see In the ruins of. Pompeii. Harry Thaw killed his man very much as Hagen killed Siegfried. We have steam cars, telephones, patent washers, radiators and rubber wheels, but we sin just like the antedilu vians." ' CALLED BY THE SPIRITS. Unable to Meet Thetft In Life Believer ' Kills Himself. ; Believing that death would bring him face to face with the spirits where he conld talk to them, Henry Hockman, aged fifty-five years,, a leading spirit ualist of Evansville, Ind., committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. ' ' Hockman told friends he had been unable to commune with the spirits in life. Three Lions In Ten Minutes. Mrs. French Sheldon is the greatest of all woman hunters and for her ex plorations in Africa and Asia has been elected a member of the Royal Geo graphical society, the first woman to win this honor. There are few men with her skill with the rifle, and her record as a killer of .big game sur passes that of Colonel Roosevelt. She has shot three lions in ten minutes. OCT. 23 Beach A . PLAY THAT WILL TOUCH YOUR HEART , Worthams. OLD AGE A DISEASE. Much Interest Taken In Metch- nikoff's Discovery. VIEWS OF FAMOUS DOCTORS. Agree lo' Thin.kirrg That LargeHntes- lino IS ivtsi n Cl UONl OCH UT WDMU I JT Maladief Its Removal Impossible Declares Dr." Wyeth of New York. In medical circles throughout Amer ica, especially in the larger cities, pub lication of the discoveries of Professor Elie Metcbnikoff, head "of the Pasteur Institute in Paris,' to the effect that old age constitutes an actual, definite dis ease emanating from the large intes tine, has been received with great in terest " . Professor Metchnikoff In experi ments which he has been conducting for several years has developed the theory that death ie a disease, due to the formation of putrefactive bacteria. These bacteria, whJA produce deadly pons. rorm in tne large intestine,, and their effect is to poison the blood,, causing the, hardening of the, blqptt vesseMvHB. , -i".'- .4' ; it is a wen known meaicai race that hardening of the walls of the blood vessels, the tightening of tiiearteries and other phenomena of old age of tea occur In very young persons as a re- - ai.lt- f9 nnirfaln lnAnA - ' XT sons afflicted with prolonged poisoning: wuu sucu a uieiai as ieaa irequenuy take on the appearance of old age. By analogy Professor Metchnikoff ' concludes that constant absorption of some similar poison is responsible for the early appearance of old age to men. The eminent scientists connect ed with the Pasteur institute and oth er famous European specialists, ac cepting this theory, have set to work: to discover the means of ridding the Intestine of putrefactive bacteria. could Stave Off Death. If an antidote powerful enough to combat the poison germs is found elates are confident that death can be warded off Indefinitely. , "Professor MetchnikofTs discovery 5 may form an epoch In the annals of medical science," said Dr. Raymond: Ij. Ditmars, curator of the Bronx zoo ln New York city. "It's a discovery whicb. scientists have been hammer ing away at for years. I have no doubt that man could live Indefinitely if the large intestine could be cut but safely. But I'm afraid it can hardly be done now. - ' . "It is a striking fact that -animals that have no large intestine live to an advanced age. - Compared withv other animals, old age develops In the human being prematurely. Among the animals that have no large intestine that live to an extremely old age are birds. They " preserve their youthful agility and spryness to the end of their long span.. 1 am told that some of the Chinese sacred cranes without, the large intestine live to be 1,000 years old. Turtles, too, whose intes tine is greatly abbreviated, live very much longer than man." The "Mother" of Old Age. Dr. Peter J. Gibbons of New York, a well known physician, was enthusias- "The large intestine can truly be called the mother of old age," he said.. "Nearly all the troubles that afflict the human race today come from that one source the putrefaction of the large intestine. Uric acid is a great, trouble today, which has its seat in the large intestine. The great trouble is indican, which produces intestinal, fermentation and causes destruction, of the large intestine. If we could do away with the large intestine, we could do away with Brlght's disease,, which is really the most common cause of death today." "There is no doubt that bacteria in the large . intestine cause a great amount of suffering and death," said Dr. John A, Wyeth. one of the lead ing surgeons of New York. "But to say that one could live indefinitely simply by removing the large intes tine is the height of foolishness. I do not believe tnat troiessor metenm koff claims indefinite life through his: discovery. Just now the discovery is: of no practical benefit The operation: to remove' the large intestine is so dangerous that scarcely any one could live through it" - Some New City Mottoes. Chicago started the motto movement with her "I Will." Now there is "On ward, Cleveland," not to mentions "TWiEt Fnr Rnffnln" nr "RnlHmnrp Vnf Business." Mott, N. D., declares "Motfc Is the Soot'1 The Wail of the "Fan." I want to see the Pirates play; I want to see the Tiger crew Beat up Hans Wagner and his help The way they did up old St. Loo But still I do not want to stand Eight hours on the publio street . - And push and fight And kick and bite . And kill myself to get a seat . I do not want to leave my bed ' Before the stars have ceased to shine? : That I may not be forced to spend All morning standing in the line. Nor do I want my neighbor's weight liupiiuiicu 111 ixixs vji. uijr And give up skin From knee to shin And suffer pain to get a seat I want to see the game, or course, If I can keep my self respect. t have no wish to pampered be Upholstered chairs I don't expect A. little room is all I ask, ' ; A little comfort, I repeat, ! ttui 1 won t ngnt And kick and bite And tear my clothes to ret a seat . Detroit JYee Presa