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About Corvallis daily gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon) 1909-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1909)
0 JdL. I. , .3" CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY,! OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1909 VOL. L NO. 2 PUCE FIVE CENTS FRIENDLY ALUMNI OF UNIVERSITY PORTLAND ASSOCIATION VOICES ITS SUPPORT OF OAC. OPPOSEDTQ THE REFERENDUM several trips around the Puget Sound country at the close of the ceremonies and the gathering, while largely west- will take on a national importance. No special event during the whole period of the A-Y-P Exposition will be more attractive than the performances of the Iola Team, and the new armory, seating 5,000 people, will properly ac commodate f!h attraction. The Exposi tion officials and the Pythian committee are working hand in hand, for the big gathering of lodgemen will help the Fair, and the Exposition will be a big attraction for the Pythians. Boosters Go Strong Recclutions Passed by Graduate: of U. of 0. in Favor of the Appro To Eugene COLLEGE STARTS POULTRY OURS E LESSONS IN THE INDUSTRY GIVEN BY MAIL. FREE INSTRUCTION OFFERED The Booster meeting at Eugene Tues- priaiicn Granted by Last Legislature day was attended by a large delegation ot rooters irom (Jorvailis. ine ingie to the College at Corvallis. Disapproval of the efforts to call a referendum on the appropriation of the State Agricultural College was voiced at a meeting last night of the Portland . Association of the University of Oregon Alumni. The following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, the present session of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, made a reasonable and proper aDnropriation for betterments at the 'vOregon Agricultural College, and - Whereas, referendum petitions are in circulation against the bill providing f of said appropriation, and -' Whereas, if invoked, said referendum would seriously cripple the effective work of development of the Oregon Agricultural College for a period of two years; therefore, be it Resolved, by the Portland Association of University of Oregon Alumni, that we believe that said referendum move' ment is ill-advised and not in keeping with the best interests of the State of Oregon; and, be it further Resolved, that we will give the said appropriation bill our hearty support ..at the polls, should said Referendum petitions be filed. The Eugene Commercial Club also . passed a strong resolution yesterday in opposition to the proposed referendum against the Oregon Agricultural College. The club "goes on record as opposin; , said referendum, and will use all honor able means to prevent the invoking of said referendum and favors all neces sary appropriations for the maintenance of said college. . PHHIAN WEEK AT A-Y-P Iola Knight Rank Team to be at the Seattle Exposition. rooters and Blackledge autos were secured for the occasion and at an early hour halted in front of the Blackledge store. The passengers were G. A. Robinson, Dave Osborn, A. P. Johnson, Frank Groves, A. B'. Cordley, John Ingle,' J. .M., No lan, and. Thad Eiackledgel Judging from the mariner in which they left "the city the Eugene people will know it when they arrive. Booster Waggoner A. J. Johnson "and Mrs. Johnson went down Monday evening in order to occupy a front setitatthe.gr and jubilee. LEY IS FAVORED Will Probably Get Desired Rivers and Harbors Aappointment. It is very ' likely that Representative Hawley of Oregon will be appointed to the vacancy on the rivers and harbors committee left by Representative Jones of Washington, when the latter went to the Senate. The Speaker has made no promises with respect to this or other committee assignments as yet, but he has let it be known that his friends will be taken care of, and Representative Hawley is listed among the friends of the Speaker. . . In fact, Mr. Hawley, vet-si rice he entered the House, has been a party man "and acted with the majority of the Republicans. " Fortu nately for him he stood by the party when the party was in dire need of loy al supporters. , : It is Mr. Hawley'sone ambition to go on the rivers and harbors committee, and he has acquainted the Speaker with his desire. Having grown steadily in popularity, Mr. nawiey Has many friends among the influential members of the House, and these friends are helping him in his fight for a place on the rivers and harbors committee. Professor James Dryden of OAC Seeks to Interest the People of Oregon in Chicken Breeding and Will Begin Coarse of Practical Stndy. team picked up one in the same inning, but the club scored two more in the sisth on a bad error by Catcher Moore and game was called with the visitors three scores in the lead. . Knudson pitched a steady game and kept the hits well scattered. Keene of OAC walked several men and while he allowed a few clean hits, the loss of the game was due to poor support offered him. The visitors said they had to catch a train and could not finish the game. As the college boys were just getting into playing trim the result might have been different had the nine innings been played out. CITY ELECTION Fine Banquet ! Good Business Professor James Dryden, head of the department of husbandry, has just issued his first bulletin to "Breeders of Chickens." It is a small eight-page pamphlet in the form of a reading les son, and contains questions and blanks for answering for those who care to take up the course. As something of interest and instruction to poultry breeders, it has never had an equal in this state. Professor Dryden first shows what a wonderful industry the poultry business is, then takes up the different sides of actual poultry raising. He says: "The. money value of the wheat crop in the United States last year was less than the products of the hens. These prod uctspoultry and eggs were estimated by Government officials as worth over $600,000,000 in 1908. The poultry prod ucts of Oregon last year were worth enough to pay all the appropriations made by the last Legislature for two years." . . He then takes up the classes of poul try and shows which is the best for egg breeding, for meat -breeding, ' general purposes,' etc. ; shows which is the most profitable from' the money standpoint. gives a description of the different varieties of breeds and some general advice as to the selecting of chickens.. The bulletin is gotten out through the department of college extension,' and any one wishing to enroll in the course may do so free of charge by sending in their name at once. - The members of the Christian church of Corvallis enjoyed Monday evening around the festal board and in the en thusiasm of music and speeches, plans 1 - -. xor enlargement ana many improve ments were made. For the past two or three years the church has had under consideration the necessary enlargement of the building and the improvement of the property. A new roof will be put oni, building replastered; new approach es built.; large addition to the south and an extension to the west; with the necessary new furniture and equipment. Those present at the banquet and busi ness meeting responded liberaily to meet this expense. MONDAY, MAY 17 OFFICIAL NOTICE TO VOTERS HAS BEEN ISSUED. Y IMPORTANT OFFICES Police Judge Denman Has Prepared a Call for the Ccming TVmnicipal Elec tion and Specified the Various Offi cers to be Voted for. the many civic improvements which the new charter will provide for. As yet there have not been any steps taken to hold a primary election, but it is expected . that this will be done in time and a representative ticket select ed to present to the voters. Corvallis has a host of experienced, capable and progressive men eminently fitted to manage its municipal affairs and it is just such men as these who should be - willing to give the city, the benefit of their services. Housemoving is going on in various parts of the city, the old residences making way for handsome homes. The Lane house has been moved from the old site to the Alex Campbell lots back of the J. S. Booth nlace. ; Plans have just been made public by the Washington Domain of the Knights of Pythias to bring to Seattle this sum mer the famous Iola Knight Rank Team of Dayton, Ohio, with its spectacle per formances of the drama of Damon and Pythias, the founding of the Knights of Pythias order at the ancient city of Syracuse, special drills and musical fea tures, and secret work of the order. The team will give three performances in the new armory there, on July 6 and 7, and one on July 8 for Pythians only Pythian Week at the Alaska-Yukon- Pacific Exposition is July 5-14, and the Seattle reception committee expects 25,000 members of the lodge as visitors during tha"t period. The cost of bringing the Iola Team, with its carloads of scenery and electri cal effects, to the Coast will be $ 15,000, which the Knights of Pythias will raise by the sale of tickets to their own members throughout the West. Grand Chancellor Otto A. Case, of Washing ton, has already received orders amount ing to $8,000, and states that there will be no trouble in raising the entire sum. There will also be $1000 m cash prizes for a competitive drill of Uniform Rank Companies from all parts of the West, which will be held on the Exposition Grounds. . Excursions by special trains will run to Seattle from many parts of the west during Pythian Week at the Fair. One from Montana, another from California and a third from the Yakima Valley have already been arranged. Others will go from Spokane, Portland, Bel- lingham and other large cities in the Northwest. The Wenatchee Valley . will probably send an excursion, too. Supreme Chancellor Henry P. Brown, of Cleburne, Texas, will attend the gathering of Pythians in Seattle, and has promised to make the Independence Day address at the Exposition Grounds, Mr. Brown is an orator of national rep utation, and will deliver his famous ad dress entitled "The American Flag. The Supreme Chancellor and other high omciais oi tne oraer win be taken on PIONEER OF FIFTY-TWO Henry Johnson, of Benton County, has Passed Over the Great Divide. In the death of Henry Johnson, an other pioneer resident of this vicinity and one of 'the makers of Oregon his tory has passed away. Henry Johnson died at St. Mary's Hospital, Sunday, April 25, 1909, at the old age of 86 years and 10 days. He was born Georgia, April 16, 1823. In 1852 he came- to Oregon and set tled in the Willamette valley, making his home in Benton county. He leaves a wife, Mariana Johnson, and a num ber of children: Mrs. Addie Magers, Mrs. Lydia Collins, Mrs. Maude Wil liams, Alfred, John, Samuel and Robert L. Johnson. The funeral, services were held from the Fortmiller undertaking parlors in Albany at 10 o'clock a. m. and from the South Palestine church in Benton coun ty at 11 a. m. on Tuesday. Albany Herald. - BASEBALL AND TRACK DATES Good Sport Ahead for the Wearers of - . the Orange. . Baseball May 7-8, W. S. C. at Corvallis. May 15th, U. of O. at Eugene. May 29th, U. of O. at Corvallis. May 31st, Multnomah at Portland. Track May 17th, U. of I. at Corvallis. May 28th, U. of O. at Corvallis. June 4th, Conference at Seattle. . Co-Eds Play Basketball. There was a lively time at the College Armory last Friday evening, the cause of the excitement being a double game of basketball between the co-eds class teams. When the scores were finally footed up it was found that the Fresh men had beaten, the Sophomores by 18 to 4, and that the Seniors had piled up 27 safe counts to three made by the Juniors. . ' FARMERS ARE BENEFITTED President Kerr Reviews Good Work of the Agricultural College. V In his address on "The Agricultural College and the New 'Education, " 4e livered last Friday riisrht in Temple Beth Israel, Portland, Dr. W. J. Kerr, president of the Oregon Agricultural College, dwelt upon the influence these institutions have exerted, not only upon the industrial pursuits, Dut upon the older educational institutions them selves. Dr. Kerr reviewed the act of Congress of 1862 under which the agri cultural ' colleges were established and pointed out the factthat anyone of sev eral discoveries that have been made and applied by their investigators have saved to the farmers of the country many times the appropriation made for the colleges. "At the, time of the passage of this act, " said Dr. Kerr, "the institutions of this country were maintained pri marily, if not almost exclusively, for the few. Only the people of wealth, comparatively, could enjoy the advan tages of higher learning. - The people came to "feel that in order to perpetuate the free institutions of the country it was necessary to extend its advantages to the mass of the people. The pur poses, therefore, in view in the -estab lishment of these institutions, were two-fold. First, the extension -of the advantages of education to more of the people; second, to give to the people who are engaged in the industrial pur suits the opportunity to receive techni cal training that should prepare them for efficient service in the vocations they were to follow." The official call for the coming mu nicipal election has been issued by Po lice Judge George W. Denman, the date being fixed for Monday, May 17, and the City Hall as the polling place. There will be chosen at this election a mayor, . two members of the water commission, a police judge, city treas urer, one councilman in the first ward, two in the second and one in the third. H. Savage, S. L. Robinson, and the clerks AV -L, Stevenson and Harper Mecklin. The election will be one of the most important ever held in Corvallis, as up on the incoming administration will de-.j volve the arduous task of carrying oct The judges will be .W. Hanqcrson and Geo. A. Rain Is Needed In the Valley Less rain fell here 'the past month than during the month of April since a Government rainfall record has been maintained. The total for the month", as recorded, was only .56 of an inch. Never before at this time of year was rain needed so badly in the Central Willamette Valley. Spring grain is al ready suffering from lack of moisture, and if rain does not come scon the damage, to Spring-sown, crops of all kinds will be material. Last week a shower throughout the eastern part of the county relieved the situation some what or the farmers near the foothills, but here in the central part of the Val ley the rain was hardly heavy enough to laythe dust and its eifect on grain was not noticeable. Cyrus Boswick, of Southern Oregon, has bought the William Feels farm con sisting of 160 acres lying 1 mile south of. Blodgett and will take immediate possession, his car of stock having al ready been shipped. He expects to run a fruit and dairy farm. SALE 45TH f ft B h ta ' 1909. 1 n LaVOGUE SUITS, COATS FOR WQfEM! Regular $12 50 Suits, Now 14.60 " ' " 18.00 " " 20.00 " 22.50, " " 25.00 " 30.00 " " 35.00 " , " $ 9.95 11.25 14.25 15.85 IS. 50 19.75 24.85 29.sO Efl'S CLOTHING AT AnnSvsrssry Sale Priees j Regular $12.50 Men's Suits, now $ 9.95 15.00 18.00 20,00 22.50 25.C0 30.00 11.90 14.25 15.85 18.50 19.75 24.85 WE HAVE NEVER FAILED v . To Make Good Every Promise MWWWB w 1 -f II II MMt. ONLY SIX INNINGS Multnomah Had to Call the Game to .", Catch a Train. Multnomah Athletic Club's baseball team, took a poorly "played .six-inning contest from .the OAC nine - Friday aft ternoon by a score of 9 to 6. The game was. replete with errors on the part of both teams. The college team held the visitors to a close score until the fifth inning, when Austin pounded out a two bagger and two men scored. The local BARGAINS IN THE DRESS GOODS Right at the time when you want them most we reduce the prices of our high grade dress goods com prising broadcloths, Panamas, henriettas, wool taffe tas, French serges, etc., at the remarkable reductions: Regular 50c Dress Goods, now 39 C " 60c " " " G7c 75c " " " 39c " $1.00 " " " 78c 1.25 " " " 98c 1.50 " " " SLID " ' 1.75 - " " 1.42 " 2.00 " " " 1.68 on all silks, including the much Special prices wanted Pongees. 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