VOL I. NO. 196
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1909
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ANNEXATIONISTS
liY WIN TODAY
FAIR VOTE BEING CAST AND OUT
SIDERS ARE FOR
GOOD PROSPECTS AT 3:30
Checkers At City Hall Found Awkard
Condition About Noon, but the Situ
ation Was Relieved a Little Later.
No Big Majority For
At 3:30 votes cast at the city
council chamber numbered 200.
At that , time it was considered
by those who had ybeen checking:
up that the anti-annexationists
naa a uzue tne Dest oi tne argu
ment However, it was corisid-
red that the heavy vote against
the proposition was in, while
those in favor were yet to come.
And those who claim to know
4-v4. : i.: i j.
aay niat mere is wj quesuuu uut
that the' main city will vote in
majority. The opposition invari
ably votes early, and it would
vote late if it could, but it is an
ticipated that the many -friends
- of the proposed annexation will
occupy J;hejater hours this time.
At Kennedy's store, the vot
ing place of the peopJe in the
district it is proposed to annex,
the total number of votes cast at
3:30 was 53. Checkers there
say the vote so far is in favor of
annexation. There is a total of
from 75 to 100 votes in the dis
trict. The polls close at 7
o'clock?
TO
5 HIP TOIRROW
BAPTIST
: Snnday School at 10 a. m. ; Preaching
by the pastor at 11 a. m., subject, "The
Imitation and the Real." In the eve
ning at 7:30 the pastor will give tne
third sermon of a series of sermons.
The subject for Sunday eve will be
"Jesusr "Attitude Toward Sin.'?, These
sermons are interesting and helpful to
all who. hear them as is shown by our
increasing crowds. Everybody wel
come. B. Y. P. U. at 6:30 p. m.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
Regular Sunday services Jwill be held
at the Congregational Church, corner
Third and Jefferson streets, at 11 al m.
tomorrow. The School for Bible
Study convenes at 10-a. m. and the De
votional Hour of the C. E. at 6:30 p.
m. A warm welcome awaits all who
enter this church for worship. -
EPISCOPAL
The, Church of the Good Samaritan
(Episcopal), Dec. 1 the Fourth Sun
day in Advent. Sunday School, 10 a.
m. ; Litany, Sermon and Holy Com
munion, 11 a. m. ; Young Men's Bible
Class at 6:30 p. m. ; Evening Service
and Sermon at 7:30. Morning topic,
"Christ in Judgment;' evening topics
No. 4 in "The Road to Bethlehem." All
have voice in united worship. " '
UNITED EVANGELICAL
; Evangelical church, corner of Ninth
and Harrison streets. Regular services
next Sunday at 11 a. m. and:30 p. m.
Morning subject, "Pentecost;" evening
subject, 'Why Are Not the. People
Saved?' Sunday School at 10 a. m.r;
K. L. C'. E. at 6:30 p. m. All are wel
come at these services. ,
- v -.' PRESBYTERIAN
Preaching at the Presbyterian church
WHERE
W
Sunday morning by the pastor, J. R.
N. Bell. Morning topic, "Christ's
Divinity, Without Miracles." Evening
sermon by Prof. Joseph Emery. Sun
day School at 10 a. m. ; C. E. Society
at 6:30 p.m. -Bible Study Thursday
evening at 7:30.. At the evening ser
vice there will be special music. Miss
Gertrude McBee will sing a . soprano
solo, and Prof. Herman Tartar will sing
a baritone solo. Strangers and every
body else invited. Come and bring
your friends, with you. Seats free and
courteous ushers. '
, SHEPARD HALL
The Y. M. and Y. W.t l will hold
a joint meeting in Shepard Hall in the
afternoon at 2:30.x Subject, "Giving
A Christmas Lesson;" leader, Miss
Alice Shepard. Mrs. Gaskins will sing
and there will be other special music.
All are cordially invited.
M. E. CHURCH SOUTH
Rev. Joseph Emery, formerly a mem
ber of the O. A. C. faculty, will preach
at the 11 a. m. service in the M. E.
Church South.
OVER AT ALSEA
The home of D. J. Mitchell at
Alsea, with all effects, was burn-1
ed yesterday' morning about 8
o'clockl- Nothing was saved and
the youngest child, who had not
been aroused from slumber, was
carried out in its night clothes.
The fire caught from a defective
flue Shd the whole top of the
building was inflames before the
fire was discoveredThe men of
the family " had goneoff fovorkT
and help, when it might have
served a good purpose, was un
available. T The loss to the Mitch
ell family was complete: A purse
was raised by sympathetic neigh
bors, and the familvwaa installed
at Mr. Thompson's temporarily.
D. J. Mitchell is the man who
traded a second-hahd store here
to Goodman Bros, for the Alsea
ranch. , The family lived here
for some time and made manv
friends who regret the misfortune
that has come to them.
IS NOT A
Love, pathos, - treachery and
retribution, with a final happy
outcome, are the main elements
of "In Wyoming," a breezy,
idealic comedy drama of the
Northwest,, which will appear at
the opera house. Dec. 22. The
story is said to be one of absorb
ing interest, interupted by a
large first-class company, and
mounted with realistic -stag
settings and elaborate costomes.
The play is in four acts, and
comprises a bright, sunny sum
mer" on a ranch near " Casper,
Wyoming. According to local
people who saw the show here
last year the play is free from
exaggerated and impossible non
sense, such as abounds only too
often, m western plays. There
is so much good, in "In Wyom
ing'' that no one wonders at the
extraordinary success which the
piece has injoyed. It is all clean
and wholesome, Its atmosphere
is refreshing and there is noth
ing suggestive m the story i
in
unfolds. .
: According to the Republican, Georgi
Mercer, of this county, recalls the ap
pearance of Halley's comet in 1835
He says the comet was very beautiful,
reaching almost across the heavens
It
was quite awe-jnspiring. This is
the
comet that will be seen in all its
about next May and June. :
glory
HOME
BURNS
MELODRAMA
JOB'S ADDITION UN ENTERS PRO
: TEST AGAINST! DEFAMATORY TALK
SAYS NORTHWEST SECTION HAS BEEN UNJUSTLY AND UNFAIRLY
MALIGNED AND SHE TELLS WHY SHE THINKS SO
ALSO PRAISES SCHOOL BOARD FOR PROVIDING BUILDING
Woman Claims that Northwest Additions Are Not Worse than lOther Sections;
Says that Any Delinquency that May be There Remains Only Because
They Can Not Get What they .WanU- Giyes Past and Present History of
things Affecting Wellf are of the Additions. , -
Gazette-Times: ' ; .'
4 Poor, long-suffering Job's Ad
dition and vicinity has received
anothbr rap. "Patience" will
cease to be a virtue if it has to
bear much morel In the G.-T.
of Dec 14 we are told that the
.people of Northwest . Corvallis
should see to it that existing con
ditions are changed. Does that
mean that we should assume 'the
cost of sewerage, or endeavor to
make the other part . of town
help us, as we had to help it?
We are soon to vote on extend
ing the city limits. But why
should the city ' embrace more
territory, while it cannot, take
care of what it already has. Are
MTihterests bemglookedafter
in the council? One has but to
walkalong these streets at night,
to know that the lighting, is in
adequate. And for drainagd we
have a deep open ditch that
is a danger to Jimb, if not to
life. "And the Dassaere of water
through the ditch is obstructed
by telephone poles set in it.
The ditch should have been tiled:
but that idea was ridiculed. -. In
other parts where tile had tlone
very effectual work it was broken
by setting; poles. This part is
now under water part of the
time; but who is to blame for it?
The City Attorney was appealed
to, but the answer was that.
atore Will Remain Open Evenings From . Saturday the 18th Until Christmas j
MEN'S OVERCOATS
Every Man's Overcoat
Reduced this week. SEE
nothing could be done under the
old charter.
; '. Not the Only Bad Spot. '
Who can say, after looking the
town over, that water standing
on the ground, and m pools, is a
condition confined to the district
in question? As to filth and
open toilets how about the
basements down town into which
filth unmentionable backed up
from an overtaxed sewer? We
have all heard of the boy who
heroically saved a city from , in
undation. Has the story not a
parallel in the case of the man
who bravely tried to stem the
rush of water while he called "for
a gunny sack to fill the space?
-Are these "incidents fact or
fiction? . If the former, is not
such conditions as much a menapA
topBlic TiealfhalgtiItff
tms mstrictr it germs are look
ing for a breeding place, they
can surely find it in such places,
and "there are others, '.' if one
looks for them. Before this
northwest Corvallis- haa heen
credited with being an unhealth-
tul locality, but I question if it
is any more so than other parts
of town. If most of the sickness
were confined to this part the
town would not need a hosnital.
It is true that we have had some
cases of a contagious character,
but most of them originated else
where; As a parent, I am in
favor of any measures that will
further the well, being ' of the
children but, as a resident, f pro
test against uniust discrimina
tion. : "If a house be divided
Christmas Sale of
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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....
15.00 Suits, Sale Price.,..
17.50 Suits, Sale Price. , u
30.00 Suits,'Sale Price. . ..
Space will not permit us to quote more prices, but Every Suit and
Coat in our Large Second Floor Department is Reduced.
in the House
THEM.
A SAFE PLACE TO TRADE
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against itself, that house can not
stand. '; . We know that one
member of the body .; Cannot be
seriously injured without affect
ing the entire system, to a cer
tain extent. By the same pro
cess of reasoning, one part of a
town cannot be repeatedly
slandered and abused and the
result not be felt by the re
mainder. But if this infected
district be not desired as part of
the town, I shouldn't wonder if
we could contrive to exist by
ourselyesjwe have grocery stores,
a meat market, churches, and
there is talk of a drygoods and
drug store. ' . . -'
Proud of Job's.
Instead of having anything to
be ashamed of, we are proud of
northwest Corvallis, and I, for
one, wish to thank the directors
for giving us a school where it
was greatly needed. We have
long been accused of being kick
ers. Even strangers coming to
Corvallis have been told not to
pay any attention to anything
coming from Job's Addition, as
we were only a lot of Ignorant
knockers. If any one happens
to disapprove of certain things
he is told to "get out" if he is
not satisfied. What a silly, child
ish way of looking at it. Where
would be our boasted United
States if there . had been no
kickers in history? The . affairs
of a city are supposed to be con
ducted in the interests" of the
people as a whole, not to please
a few kindrftd spirits who, of
course, have no cause for com
plaint' when everything comes
theirway.,. :
: " : -A Few Kicks.
One kick we have is the
scarcity of water stands. " We
have a good hose house,' and peo
ple to respond in a moment to
the" call of the bell, but the men
have to go too far for water. As
to extending the city limits:
While the main feature of the
proposal is alright,' the citi
zens of the outlying district
should not be criticised too sev-
f erely if they object to paying
city taxes on farms. 'But on
the other hand, if we knew that
the section would, in time, have
sewer connections, the main
sewer could be made to meet the
future need and as the cost of
....$10.75
.... 11.95
13.95
23.85
tr j-5 .. ' . I .
SATURDAY SPECIAL
Beautiful water colored Landscape,
many different subjects. Price 19 cents
each. SEE WINDOW DISPLAY. :
WHERE NEW PEO
PLE COME FROM
FIGURES SHOWING FROM WHERE
CORVALLIS GETS INCREASE
MOST FROM OREGON TOWNS
Very Interesting Figures Obtained By
Supt. Kirk of City Schools Next '
To Oregon, Washington Contributes
Most to Our Growth .
From .figures obtained . by
Supt. Kirk, of the city schools,
those who are intent on boosting
for Corvallis may make deduc
tions of more than passing in
terest. On cards given students
to fill out, one of the questions
asked was "Where did you at
tend school last? Of 113 new
students who answered, the
showing was as follows:
Oregon, outside of Benton :
County... 59
Benton County outside of Cor
vallis.. 17
Washington. . ...... s . . 8
Idaho 4
Montana
4
4
4
3
?2
2
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas New Jersey
Canada
i i -
N. Dakota
iiiiittti.i
California
Iowa ....
Wisconsin
Illinois . . .
Total.... H3
It will be noticed that more
than 67 per cent of the new-
students came from some point
in Oregon. It might be figured
from this that other towns by
advertising for easterners have
landed them but were unable to
hold them long in the face of the
reputation for desirability Cor
vallis enjoys throughout Oregon.
They would argue from this that
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