IKE DAILY GAZETTE-TIMES
Published every evening except Sun
day. Office: 232 Second street, - Cor
ValliB, Oregon.
Phone 4184
Entered u second-class matter July 2, 1909. Tat
tfaa pottoffiee. t Corvallia, Oregon, under act of
Karen . 1879.
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N. R. MOORE . . . . . Editor
CHAS. L SPRINGER, Business Mgr.
IT PAYS TO RESOLVE
Though nine-tenths of the
Resolutions are broken within a
week, it is well to make them.
It costs nothing to resolve and
the returns may by very profit
able if but one or two of the
resolutions are held inviolate.
One who will resolve to keep
tighter reign on his temper is
certain to profit if he makes
good, and if he once resolves in
sincerity, that resolution is cer
tain to come to his aid in many
instances, despite the fact that
there will be more or less f re-
quent lapses. The-; even-tempered,
mild-mannered person is
one of this earth's choicest bless
ings. Any person "who will
sincerely resolve to control the
outbursts that cause himself and
his friends many heart-burnings
is some distance on the way to
attaining that ideal.
It is well to resolve to do many
of the kind things one thinks of
doing but seldom does. We are
all good thinkers and mighty
weak' doers. It is easy to think
of doing good things, but it t&
quires effort to accomplish, so
we quit short of the . effort. A
sincere resolution to get busy in
doing kindly acts can result in
nothing but good,
There is not one but who can
profit by making resolution,
though the order is to make
them on New Year's day and
break them the next day. To
keep any good resolution, even
for a day is worth while. If
resolutions are broken they can
be made over again. The be
ginning of the year is a good
time to take inventory of -our
faults and general shortcomings,
note the losses and then resolve
to get a balance on the right
side of the ledger. , ,
THE FARMERS' OPPORTUNITY.-
Every farmer living within ten
miles of Corvallis, who can by
hook or crook get away, from
daily -duties during the coming
six weeks, should attend the O,
A.- C. short courses. Every prep
aration possible has been made
that the short courses shall be
genuinely worth while. No far
mer knows so much that he can
not learn a great at 0. A.. C. in
six weeks, and this opportunity
to get for nothing what others
have to pay a great deal to get,
should not be passed up. Last
year many farmers came from
different sections of the state to
attend the short courses. - Their
carfare was considerable and liv
ing, expenses while here cost
them a fair sum but they con
sidered it worth while. But
'plug" farmers did not come; as
i rule "plus:" farmers do nor
know they are plugs and have no
desire to learn. Not many of
these will attend the short courses?
this year, but the progressive,
wide-awake, up-to-date farmer of
this vicinity will attend. How
ever, the others should get"in
line, freshen up and enter the
progressive class. It will mean
money and no little satisfaction
to them. The cost to them, other
than a little effort to p-et. rm earlv
- C3 -
and come to Corvallis will be very
little. Can any one afford to
pass up this opportunity to hear
first class lectures and splendid
demonstrations ? . Do not dream
about it simply get ready and
come. v
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The Greatest Red Tag Sale Since
This Store Started Begins
SHOULD GET RIGHT.
MAT M01AT 10i
AT 8:30 O'CLOCK
Tremendous Disposition of entire -Stock of Merchandise
From Monday next and continuing for 20 days, this
store will be a literal beehive of activity.
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Not Only the Greatest and Best Sale Yet, But Beyond
All question the best Sale there is going to be this
winter. . .
We Say Most Emphatically That Our Red Tag Sale
' Will eclipse all previous Bargain-giving Records
Every time there is a proposal
to spend money for the public
good, there is always a howl
about "the burden" said im
provement is going to bring.
This is. true of every town and
city on the globe. Doubtless
many of these people are sincere
in their belief, but most 'are
twisted is their mental opera
tions, they are lop-sided. Nine
times out of ten the loudest noise
about the burden is , made by
men; best able to carry their
share. That is true in this city
and it is true of every other city.
And it is a fact that these men
really pay less than their right
ful share, for the reason that
every man's taxes lessens in
proportion as he gets further
away from the poverty that en
Jfbles the assessoito Uaahis
holdings. That old cry of
"burden" comes out at every op
portunity, and never was any
thing more palpably a falsity, a
delusion and a snare. Taxes
can get high and do get high oc-
t jiasionally, but who makes . the
f,fi 'ow? ' Most frequently it is the
.fellow who , has moheyVdut' on
interest, who has enough money.
to sit around and do nothing, the
fellow who has dodged half his
assessment, or,' perchance, . the
I decrepit old man ready to go to
the grave who is still trying to
cling to his money; ' And there
ts another class, the men who
fbuy ground, keep it unimproved
and profit immensely by the im
provement other property owners
and the city in general make.
Talk to these about making an
improvement that costs : them
something and they immediately
begin to howl about the "burden'
Though their ground and trebles
in value through improvements
made by other - people ; and im
provements forced through over
their will, these curmudgeous
continue to kick about improve
ments and have fits about the
burden. It is useless to rail at
this class of people and argument
is wasted. The only point to
this harangue is that the public
should learn to give little heed
to howlers of this sprt; the pub
lic should learn to pick them out
readily, brand them properly and
ignore - their representations.
This New Year is a good time
for those chronically opposed to
get on the right side of the
fence.
20 Per Cent
PI S C O UN T
ON ALL GOODS INCLUDING
ELGIN AND WALTHAM
give the enormous sum of 300,-
000,000 one cent coins.
Patrons who are unwilling to
keep a supply of stamps or
stamped envelopes on hand
should have their boxes equipped
with coin holding receptacles.
The picking up of loose coins
from the boxes results in need
less suffering during the winter
weather, besides it delays the de
livery m the collection of mails
and it frequently results in act
ual money losses to the carriers,
as the coins are sometimes drop
ped in the mud and lost.
If rural patrons will kindly
bear this in mind and co-operate
with the department in this mat
ter. ithlll ta crr&iiffv ort&ramgfal
bWby the carrierShdthe fl
partment.
B. W. Johnson, P. M.
Watch for daily announcements and come i
with the enthusiastic Bargain Spirit.
STORE CLOSE
FRIDAY
AID
SATDRDAY
CUT QUI ! PENNIES
. Patrons on rural deliveries are
kindly, urged and requested to
purchase stamps or stamped en
velopes in reasonable quantities
and avoid the placing of coins in
rural mail boxes - for postage
stamps. '. ' v
From a recent count made by
the post office department, it was
found that carriers on an average !
are collecting 115 one cent
coins each week for postage.
This average applied to all routes
in operation in the country would
Come in and get them while
they last
151 Madison Street,
Side of Postoffice
miih, the Jeweler,
Primrose's Mam
V moth Minstrels
WANTS
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Editor GAzette-Times:
Some time ago the- citizens
voted $30,000 bonds . for a high
school building, and I. think the
most of the people expected to
get a $30,000 tuilding. Instead
of that we have a building, that
cost $18,000, and the building
that we have now is not much
better than the building we had
there. If we had the $30,000
building I think more people
would be satisfied. It seems
like the city wants to have every
thing too cheap, in the way of
improvements. As we have
$1500 premium on the bonds, I
would like to have the board
publish before the public where
the .rest of the $13,500 went to
or is a going.
- A Resident.
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gifted voices have been heard in
grand and comic opera. Mana
ger Primrose evidently believes
in maintaining the high standard
of musical excellence, which has
always characterized the reputa
tion of the Primrose Minstrel
forces. Aside from the splendid
musical features, there will be
offered at the opera house next
Tuesday, Jan. 4th, a number of
specialty acts, which are report
ed to b; widely different from
the usual selections, all of them
tving novelty asjvell as origin-
ality to back their appeal for
cordial approval. Minstrelsy
at its best is the key-note of the
Primrose Show, and a better
tonic for blues could not be found.
The coming of the finest minstrel
organization outside of coon para-
rYallisites to
congratulate themselves that
George Primrose the King Bee
of Minstrelsy has been the one
selected to deliver the goods.
The freeze of the past few
days has injured some of the
grain on the low and wet ground.
Miss Georgia Lowell, of Corval
lis, is visiting with Miss Nora
Arrants during the holidays.
Walter Burnap, of the post of
fice department at Corvallis, vis
ited with J. B. Arrants last Sun
day. Mr. and Mrs. McClure, of
Portland, are visiting their uncle
and aunt near Oak Ridge.
Miss Cox, of Portland, is visit
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Todd. .
The Gazette-Times 50c per month.
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