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About The daily gazette-times. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1921 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1909)
. THE DAILY GAZETTE-TIMES VDLL NO.192 CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TO 1909 ' PRICE FIVE CENTS y finnUII I If) IIIIIITIV exalted the rich, the powerful III rtHTI I 'ft ft I f ft ft I i v 1 3oaftTi -will 4-Z .. j. 1 - - . ' ' : I lillhVAl I In WAN In M t MM H SI m D SrK!asinR MimR PAD THE BIG FIGHT PROMINENT CITIZENS ORGANIZE TO GO AFTER IT WILL OFFER $115,000 PURSE Have Already Posted Forfeit and Will Send Two Men To Land the Scrap Believed that the Fight Will be a .Great Advertisement. Citizens of Corvallis want the Jeffries-Johnson prize fight. This morning a company capitalized at $125,000 was' organized and it was decided to send Messrs Pun derson Avery and Peter Rickard to San Francisco to confer with Coffroth, Tex Rickard 'and the other moguls in regard to getting the fight for this city. They are authorized to offer "$115,000 for the fight, the same to take place in the new college armory here, . which will seat 20,000 people. A $50,000 forfeit is now on deposit at the Benton County National Bank'. .-, . The incorporators of the com rfPany areiiyiersozLAryyJeter , Bickard, Wm. Bogue. Neil New house, David Osburn, A. L. Stevenson x and J. R. N. Bell. Either man; with 'the possible exception of the latter who is now building a residence, is am ply, able to guarantee the full amount, of the offer to be made f or the'fight. Two of the incor porators are members of the city council and it is expected that these can prevent any Puritanic uprising against the supposed immorality of a prize fight. How ever, even now there is a hint that City Attorney Bryson is to be consulted. These men mean business. All are royal sports ready to take a chance and they have the ; moral support of a very large number in this city who for- some time have been denied any greater ex citement than drinking soda wa ter and flipping;; tiddly-winks. The Rickard, automobile was shipped this morning, and Messrs Rickard and Avery will leave Monday for San Francisco. Fol lowing the signing of a contract, they expect to tour California in the . car which has preceded them. 'S DUTY TO At the Baptist church last night Pastor Bassf ord preached the second sermon of the series on 'The Religion of Jesus. He spoke of Man's duty to Man in a manner that greatly interested a ' full house. In-the course of his remarks, he deplored the wide spread racial prejudice here and abroad and the bitter class spirit which still prevails in our: -large cities, in spite of our social pro gress and christian civilization. Butjie affirimed that conditions today, deplorable as they appear to us, are infinitely better than those which existed in Palestine , in the days of the Christ Into a A,r;i;u t.i i i civilization that - revered and mm ml HI A II mflli exalted the rich, the. powerful and the successful to high heaven and condemned the poor and un fortunate to the lowest hell, Jesus introduced a spirit that was radical, and revolutionized human values. He insisted by teaching and example upon the brotherhood of man and the worth of the individual soul, al together apart from its social status, and the necessity of kind ness, sympathy and justice be tween.man and man in all their relations. Christ spoke of the worth of childhood, of kindness to the alien and of mercy for the poor and fallen. He saw at least potential, good in every man, consequently he believed man was worth serving and even dying for, and showed this by his personal attitude toward' his fellows and his life of self sacri ficing devotion in their behalf. BLOW-OUT NEXT Chicken Dinner and Bazaar at Danne- man House Tomorrow Tomorrow from 11:30 to 2 and 5:30 to 7 o'clock is the great time for the Presbyterians and their friends. The- much - talked- of chicken dinner for 35 cents will be served at noon, and a lunch eon will ' be servecTiri theeve- ning. The ladies of the" church need the money and as every body must eat at noon and in the evening,, why should 'they not eat at the Danneman house, cor ner of .Third and Madison streets? The ladies guarantee a genuinely first-class meal. The Bazaar, Also And at the same place all dav the Presbyterian Bazaar will be open. The ladies have been making Christmas gifts for a year past. They have a large number of useful gifts that are beautiful and inexpensive; you may find just what you are looking, for. The ladies offer gowns for men . and women, dressing sacques, footwarmers, all sorts of. bags, handkerchiefs, drawn work, aprons of all kinds, coathangers, " sofa pillows, com forts, in fact everything of this nature. ( Go and take a look and be sure and eat there at noon . and in the evening. WEEK .11 Willamette Valley Co to Samuel Whiteside et al lots I, 2, 3, 4, bl 1 Dixon's First Add Corvallis $1000. Garrett C Covalt to C P Peebler and wife 5 acres near Albany $850. . H L Bush to E E Wilson lot 4 bl 16 west Corvallis $10. . W I Price to Corvallis & Alsea Rail way Co right of way near Alpine $180. Clauee I Starr to Corvallis & Alsea River Railway Co right of way near Monroe $174.20. ' f Z H Davis and Geo W Henkle Trus tees to W P Lafferty lot 19 and north 1-2 lot 11 bl 5 Corvallis $4000. TE Cornelius to P W Waters 120 acres northwest of Corvallis and erty in Marion and Multnomah counties 10. ' . Mary A Hemphill to W A Wells 1-2 of lot 11 bl 4 Corvallis $10. Mary A Hemphill to J W Foster north 1-2 lot 12 bl 4 Corvallis $10. . John McCready to Corvallis Lumber MfgCo 160 acres near Bellefountain $10. vieo.uerungeretai to same Mill prop- wns. m : v PRESBYTERIAN TRANSFERS ENDING DEC IIUIIIII UUIIUUI I 7 . I I 111! Ifll II IIUI IS PRECAUTIONARY STEP TO PRE VENT SPREAD OF DISEASE ' SHOULD REMOVE THE CAUSE Dr. Pernot Says Unsanitary Conditions, Poor Drainage, and Filth, Keeps Alive Diphtheria Germs -Worse Gondition Each Year. Owing to a tendency toward diphtheria in the northwest part of the city, the North school was fumigated last night, as a pre cautionary measure. Dr. Per not, health officer, when asked in regard to the matter, .; said that he does not anticipate an epidemic, though' he intends :to take action as ' if an epidemic were imminent. He goes on the assumption ' that prevention ; is better than cure, and - the diphtheria germ is a treacherous little beast Speaking of diphtheria inl Cor vallis, Dr. Pernot said that for several years there has,'' been nwre4rdessi diphtheria!! tlU northwest part of town, and there is an increase each vear. The diphtheria germ thrives ' in filth and becomes prolific in un sanitary conditions. Soil mois ture, inperf ect drainage, dirt and filth keep diphtheria germs alive and when there is a dis position to colds and throat troubles (after snows and con tinuous rains in winter) the germ takes hold of the individ ual. The Northwest part of the city being of a clay soil, all filth and moisture remains close to the surface" The lack of 'drain age and sewer facilities "results to greater disadvantage there than elsewhere, hence the pre valence of diphtheria in the dis trict north of Monroe and west of 9th -street Diphtheria is very hard to stamp out, i and ATTEND OUR FUMIGATED Men's Blanket Bath Robes New. Designs, with cord and tassel at the neck and girdle at waist Special Values $4.50 to qeatn will continue -to claim its yearly toll in districts offering conditions favorable to the re tention, of the germs. 3r- Pernot says ; that every thing A within reason is being done to prevent- spread of the difficulty. The half dozen , re cent cases have been carefully confined, and all members of the families, All houses have been properly fumigated. There was no,, suspicion of ererms: in tli North school building, but it was deemed worth while to fumigate, anyway. . It "would seem to be tjie business of the northwestern people who care for the lives of the children to remedy the con ditions that result in freauent ilkiess and occasional death. ' t It is of some interest to observe that disease reaches homes far from the conditions that created it or, fostered it. In the Dresent instance, one case of diphtheria is said to be high on the hill back , of the college. And as long there is diphtheria in the clty.it is liable to drift to any section. - All people in everv section must necessarily be in terested in removing bad con dition s from each section. One well developed case in school might easily result in a dozen or a half hundred deaths. fW section can never afford to hold against another where the Dublic health is concerned. ) A great many inquiries are cominir to the Commercial Club these days and Mr. Bowen Lester is doinsr his best ta furnish the information. Someof them ask for literature, but until the South ern Facihc gives us the three magnifi cent booklets now on the press, there is little literature to send, other than the "conductor's booklet" a reallv fine thing of its kind recently sent here in a 5,000 lot.' The large booklets will be here in a verv short tima unA fmm prospectuses sent it is certain that they will be finer than any communitv book lets -ever turned out. Mr. Lester an- H swered a Pennsvlvania man's innnirw 1 some time, ago and is just now in re ceipt of a letter saviner he will Corvallis. The easterner said he hart written to various Commercial clubs and from here received the most Dronrot. the most courteous reply and the great est amount of the kind of information he desired. Red Cross Stamps at Graham & tf Wells'. INQUIRIES CDMJNG GREAT TOY SALE TODAY ON SECOND FLOOR Great Sale Men's Overcoats All This Week We will have the greatest sale of Men's Overcoats ever held in this city. This is an opportunity to buy a Xmas Overcoat at a very low price. $10.00 Overcoat, Sale Price. ......$ 7.85 " 1 . 12. 50 Overcoat, Sale Price ....... 9.75 ;. 15.00 Overcoat, Sale Price.......' 11.50 20.00 Overcoat, Sale Price. ... 15.10 25.00 Overcoat, Sale ; You should see these to Every Overcoat in the House See Window 'Display $6.00 ' I Will. IIIUIIU I If 11 AT OREGON! E. M." NOT AFRAID OF THE DEVIL HIMSELF A BLOW AT THE SOLAR PLEXUS Local Man Measures Words With Ore gorian Writer and - Thus Far is at No Disadvantage - Battle. Prob ably Due to End Shortly. Editor Gazette-Times: The present writer recently gave the Oregonian a dose of its own medicine for swearing at him, and it evidently does not like it, for it charges back that the writer used an indecent . quota tion from Shakespeare. It is not here proposed to defend Shakes peare for he needs no defense; and neither is it proposed to con tinue this back-yard billings gate any longer, whether the t Oregonian does it or not. What the writer started out with was the weakness of the Oregonian in advocating things that; are against public morality and against-the public welfare; as, for example, the violation of the solemn pledge of our legisla tive representatives to vote for the people's choice for U. S. senator. The Journal is also inimical to Statement No. One, the primary, the initiative and referendum, and is even now strenuously working for nomina tion of public officers by an "assembly" which is nothing but the old discredited con system where a slate is prepared by political bosses and the agents of corporate interests who have private axes of their own to grind and this although expressly against the letter of our statutes. Does the Oregonian believe in the sovereignty of the people, or m the .sovereignty of the corpor ate interests and the' politicians? Price. ...... 19.75 appreciate their real worth. Reduced. ' As a matter of fact, does it not regard the former as-mere; hew ers of wood, clerks, and clod hoppers and continually decry and carp at - the really excellent ' laws which they have passed in spite of the latter, and which has placed our state in the fore front of political progress and purity, yet, for the enactment of which it calls our commonwealth "the fool of the family?" Does -it not long for a return to the" old system in which the people had not a word to say about choosing officials or enacting : laws, and where political pull; money, bribery, trickery and dishonor ran riot to the great injury of the public welfare? And does it not seem astonish ing that otherwise excellent citi zens should patronize such a journal and read it with appar ent relish and approval? The writer is willing to admit that the Oregonian editorials are generally brilliantly expressed and are in many instances well directed; as, for example, those against the present tariff system which builds up enormous for tunes at ,the positive pole of so ciety and poverty and misery at the negative pole. But the Ore gonian is like the republican party. It was at first strictly honest and patriotic, but ha' been in power so long that all the thieves, grafters, and public pap-sucking parasites' have ' be come attached to, and a part of, it until before long it will either. be disrupted or dragged to the " bottom. And so with the Ore gonian; it has been associated with evil communications so long that its manners are utterly cor rupted. , The writer is one of the com mon people and dearly loves and respects them. There is no party or class that can keep pub lic policy so pure as the whole body politic. It may make an occasional mistake, but all of the people will not make mistakes all of the time. The writer has. seen self-constituted lords and autocrats drive honest, industri-' ous citizens out of the homes which their own hands had built, as if they were infectious ver min, to make room for grouse and deer, and he hates the svs- . tem eternally and absolutely. (Continued on page two) House Coats I I Men's House Coats of double-faced Vi cuna cloth, well tailored. Special Values at $4.00 to $6.50