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VOL. I. NO. 195
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1909
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ILL COLLEGE
BE A BURDEN?
ONE CORVALLiSITE SAYS IT WILL;
DOES NO BELIEVE BRYSON
0 -T SAYS IT WILL NOT BE
State Cannot Force to Do Mors For it
thon It Will Do for Private Citizen;
7, No Expense Necessary What
Secretary Jensen Says.
Editor Gazette-Times :-While
at first the writer of this was
favorably impressed with the
proposed suburban admissions to
the city, upon further investiga
tion it is thought that it might
be a very foolish , thing for the
city to do. - It might be entirely
unobjectionable if only the Col
lege property were left out. 1 But
if that property is brought with
in the city limits, what is to pre
vent the State from compelling
the city to furnish at a very con
siderable expense the same facili
ties of light, sewerage and police
"which the State now furnishes at
its own expense? The, State, and
the city are the real arbitrators
of the case, and the mere say-so
of anybody else is no, guarantee
whatsoever. - --.
; So let the people ! of Corvallis
look well into this - matter before
they vote to take in ; something
that may prove a huge elephant
on their hands. It is too bad that
the whole proposition ixnust be J
- aeieatea T;iroraer to keep out a
part. . But this can be easily
remedied later: while if the mis
take is now made of taking in
something that would be a con
. tinual burden for us to bear, the
action is final and can never
again be corrected. XX.
The editor of this paper is for
annexation and is impelled to
say here that the writer of the
above in this office this morning
said David Osburn, city ' council
map, had told him that to police
the college grounds has cost, is
costing, or will cost (we are not
certain which) $750 a year. In
the presence of this gentleman
Palace heater
Friday and Saturday
Continued success of the
McKenzie Merry Makers
7 In' a clever musical comedy
''Kmgptthe
Philippines',
New Motion Pictures
- "Pippa Passes"
Orthe Song of Conscience.
" The Drunkard's Fate"
A great temperance lesson.
"Papa's Honeymoon"
A trip of exciting incidents.
"Out For the Day"
: This film is a screamer.
At The STAR
Tonight and Tomorrow Night
"The Governor's Daughter"
An absorbing drama of Colonial days,
"Jean Valjean" .
The masterpiece of Victor Hugo's
"L,es Miseraoies."
' 7" The Heart of a Clown" -"
The Wonderful Electro-Magnet'
the editor called Secretary W.
A. Jensen, at the college, and
learned that this statement is
outrageously incorrect so far as
past and present are concerned.
At the present time the college
employs a nightwatchman who
goes on duty at noon and remains
until i2 p.' m. & During the after
noon he does janitor . work, ! and
he also does janitor work part of
the evening, keeping his police
eye open during the ; late hours.
For the whole service the man
is paid $50 a month. He works
nine months a year. . Secretary
Jensen says no other police ser
vices are needed, v-.
Attorney Bryson, in an elabor
ate legal opinion, made it plain
that the state could not force the
city to furnish it light, sewerage,
or police protection, no more than
either bank or the public school
or a private individual could force
such. The city does not have to
furnish one policeman, two po
licemen, nor a policeman at half
time. The city can not be made
to furnish any service there. The
city will. give the college only
such . consideration as is given
the Occidental -Mill, the cream
ery, or either hotel. ;. There can
be no .expense other .than the
city chooses to give.
; But if" there were expense,:
Corvallis, ; the very . existence of
which depends on the $400,000
to $500,000 the college leaves
here each year, could not; afford
to say to O. A. C. "we do hot
want you in our city." . We could
not afford to assume the attitude
of taking alwaysand giving noth-
m&
The payroll at the -'college
is $125,000 a year; 1000 outside
students necessarily : leave $25
each a month, or a total of $225,
000 for the nine months; 'nearly
$100,000 is- spent each year for
buildings; and many, many fam
ilies come here .to live. These
spend from $600 to $1000 each
per year. The, whole total we
receive from the collesre ,is- not
ess than $400,000 each, year,
May we not exercise a little senti
ment in regard to a friend of this
sort? Can we afford to say that
we do not want the college with
in the city limits, when it is al-v
ready in the heart of : the city?
Only a very, very sordid man
will say we should.
Vote ''Yes" at the polls tomor
row. . lne college will not be a
burden from which we can never
recover." The man who said it
ought to be ducked in the river.
W. K. TAYLOR FOR
THE ANNEXATION
Walter K. Taylor, who will
probably be hit . harder by an
nexation than ' any other, is
strictly in favor and thinks the
people opposed are warped in
their mental operations. The
city proposes to take in half his
farm, but he believes' it is best
for all concerned that, the limits
be extended. It means growth
and , prosperty, and health for
the people.north and west of the
city. He can not see how those
people can afford to turn it
down. Mr. Taylor 'v thinks he
will have to pay more than his
share of .taxes, but for a long
time he has been walking over
city walks, riding over city streets
and profiting from a city . built
by other, people and he is now
willing to do even more than
his share. ? This, is exactly the
proper spirit. It' is the only
spirit that will make a good city,
a greater, and more beautiful and
habitable Corvallis. .
L
SEWERS, LIGHTS
BODY WENT ON RECORD LAST
NIGHT, AND WILL MAKE GOOD
PASS STRONG RESOLUTION
Council Says it Will Build Sewers
Next Summer, and Also Favors Ex
tension pf Light and Water Sys
tems A Proper Move.
That they might determine to
vote "yes,' or "no" at the "elec
tion" tomorrow, many promin
ent citizens asked members of
the city . council their
to define atittude in
regard to extension of . sewers,
light service and water 'mains.
That the whole people, those in
side present limits and those in
the district it is proposed to
annex, might have definite
knowledge -.of just .'what the
council intends to do, that body.
in special : session last ' night
passed, the following resoultion:
: "Be it resolved ; that, the coun
cil of the n city of Corvallis here
by commits itself ;tothe building
of main sewers at the genera j
expense'' of the dtyfo" be de
frayed by the . issuance of : the
general bonds of the city) suf
ficient to serve all territory with
in the limits of the city of Cor
vallis or ."determined at
Saturday's ;7 election, dur
ing the ' ensuing 7 summer
as well as the lighting of such
territory. We further commit
ourselves , to. assist in any way
within our power in the exten
sion of the water mains o,the
city to all such territory as "soon
as needed." , - :
David , Osburn voted' against
the resolution and in a type
written statement says he did so
because in his opinion the resol
ution was brought up at' this
time and passed upon simply to
gain votes. 7 He says he is' in
favor of sewers but against this
electioneering. '
The council assumed that at
KLINE'S. THE
GOUNGI
FAVORS
MEN'S OVERCOATS
. : Every Man's Overcoat in the House
Reduced this week. SEE THEM.
this , time people have a right to
know their attitude and so have
gone on record. That ought to
be sufficient for any doubter.
NEGOTIATIONS
CALLED OFF
Prize Fight Company Loses Big Man
4r
and Breaks Up.
("The Jeffries-Johnson fight is
off, so far as Corvallis is con
cerned. Sam Wyatt has drawn
out of the company
and neither
Jess Foster nor John
Rowland
wiU take his place. -Mr. Wyatt
has been reading about the big
cornet, which will be seen at its
bes$ about July, 1910, and he has
a suspicion that that comet will
be & such . interest, and strike
terror to so many souls, that
there will be nothing phenome
nal doing in the prize-fight line.
His";Jvithdrawal from the "com-.
panjr cast a cloud of doubt - over
the Entire bunch with the ex
ception of, A. L. Stevenson and
WmiBogue, but these stalwarts
can hardly carry " the burden
atoned :.- We have it from Dr.
Belt that as he came home from
Eugene the other . night he sold
six Albany sinners front row
tickets at $15 each. Dr. Bell
wouklfar rather collect money"
than give any back but he says
h& will efjwdJ2
and he is really glad there " will
be no fight here. " While he
might have converted a large
number of the toughs who would
come to see the fight he feels
that there - are already here
enough tough hides to keep him
busy 7 for some time to come.
However, if this set back had
not come at this time, another
probably would have come later.
There is a strong suspicion that
the state wquld finally balk at
using the Armory for a prize
fight. The annual football
slaughter may be held there, but
hardly a prize-fight where only
two can suffer injury. This is a
sad, sad, ending to the brilliant
hopes of many royal good fel
lows nere, saaaer tnan tnat, m
fact, but that which can not be
cured must be endured.
PLACE TO BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS
Christmas Sale of
Ladies' Coats and Suits
;; Great Xmas Sale of Ladies' Coats and Suits. Every year there are
many people who confine their gift giving to practical and needed things.
That is why we are making a Great Reduction on our Coats and Suits, so
those who are seeking such gifts may get just what they are looking for
at a greatly reduced price. , Below we quote regular and sale price which
tells the. story better than a whole page of description:
$13.50 Suits, Sale Price.......'. ...$10.75
7 15.00 Suitsi Sale Price............;... 11.95
17.50 Suits, Sale Price.. . . ........ 13.95
' " 30.0Q Suits, Sale Price:. . .1.7. ...... 23.85 ;
: Space will not permit us to quote more prices, but Every Suit and
Coat in our Large Second Floor Department is Reduced. '
. A'SAFE PLACE TO TRADE. , .
A
LOWER TAX LEVY
MAYOR WAITERS SAYS THAT
5 1-2 MILLS IS ENOUGH
NO BORDEN fflOM TAXES
May Recommends that The Levy he
Almost Two Mills Lower than Last
Year ---- Also Recommends that
Improvements be Made. '
At the council meeting last
night. Mayor Watters, handed
m a report and made recom
mendations, xne main sugges
tion was in regard to the tax
levy. .. After presenting figures
showing assessment, income
from fees, and expenses, : he
made it clear that a total levy of
5i mills would be sufficient, 3h
for general purposes and 2 for
street purposes. In case the
western section comes into the
city, the recommendation ; is for
5 mills. He recommended ex
tension of sewers and lights.
. Last year the levy, was 7 mills
on a low valuation.-' The outly
ing jdistrict can, see. that iherVia
no dispostion here to impose a
burden on anyone. In many in
stances last year the people in
the outlying district, with their
road tax and poll tax, paid more
taxes than ' the people in this
city paid. This year the tax is
even lower, but with the higher
valuation it is really about the
same. The people who are op
posed or in favor of annexation
can see just what the-recommendation
is. In Portland the coun
cil imposed a lower tax than was
recommended, and it may' do so
here. - : - 7.
Mayor Watters urged comple
tion of sewer projects that have
been discussed and advised that
the council co-operate in any
way possible in extending water
mains. ' 7
At the meeting Mr. Fuller
recommends
offered to open 13th street be
tween Jackson and Van ISuren
for $360.. He would relinquish a
strip about 40x100 or 200 feet. 7
7 Toilet Cases
Smoking Sets
Cuff Boxes
Collar Boxes
Work Boxes
Handkerchief Boxes
Tie Boxes
Traveling Cases
Military Brushes
Puff and Powder Boxes
Manicure Sets
Photo Albums
Music Rolls, 65c to $6
Post Card Albums, $1 to
. $4
Autograph Albums
Fine Holly Stationery
Pyrographic Wood and
Skins .
; Musical Instruments
: Phonographs and Records
'. Sheet Music
7 Full Line of .
Palmer's Perfumes in
Nice Boxes, 35c to $2.50
Satchet Powders, .10c
AT
Graham & Wells'
Hand Made 7 ""7
Christmas
Novelties
SPECIAL HOLIDAY SALE-
From Now Until Christmas
At Miss Christensen's
Millinery Parlors, -Monroe
and Third Streets
This is an opportunity to secure
something new and novel for Gifts.
The selection is varied and every ar
ticle is a gem. A visit to this dis
play will convince you that you can
find something that will exactly suit
your taste.
Miss J. Armstrong
XMAS
GIFTS
FOR ALL
SATURDAY SPECIAL
- Beautiful water colored Landscape,
many different subjects. Price 19 cents
each.. 15EE WINDOW DISPLAY.