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About Corvallis daily gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon) 1909-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1909)
VOL. I. NO. 9 CORVALLIS, BENTON COUN1Y, OHEGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1903 PRICE FIVE CENTS PROMINENT SALEM JOURNALIST PAYS SPECIAL VISIT TO 0. A. G ELECTRIC LIN TO GOllEST CORVALLIS AND ALSEA "4 '-' lr - - ? COLONEL E. HOFER INVESTIGATES PRESENT COMDSTiOMS Veteran All-around Worker for the Development cf Oregon Approves Ap propriation for Proper Equipment at the College and Says he is Convinced that it Would be a Serious Blunder to Invoke the Referendum. Col. E. Hofer, the Salem journalist and all-around worker for the develop ment of Oregon, was m tne city yesrer pay and spent the better part of the day at the Agricultural College. He takes conservative views about expend itures of public money and was one of a committee of the State Grange at Eu gene last year that was charged with bringing in a report on how to secure for the Institutions of Hierher Education without levying so high a di rect tax on the property of the people. 'I am convinced taking the Referen- to increase his emoluments when he was a candidate he would have denied the slanderous accusation with heat and in dignation. - The appropriations for high er education do not explain why every county in the state has its taxes raised twenty to fifty per cent every year. When vou examine this you will find it is the salary grabs and perpetual multi plication of offices, boards, commissions and grafts like the scalp bounty, the ex positions, fairs and wagon road grants. Let us strike down the grafts but not our most cherished educational institu tions. - Hum on tVio institution in this citv would sprinns blunder." said CoL Hofer "I was most agreeably surprised at "T do not believe a straw should be .the siS"9 of progress I saw in Corvallis laid in the way of the proper equipment That wide parking-will make your city - t. nrpsent It will have to be eauinned a beauty spot of the Willamette valley.- some time and the sooner the better. Get rid f yur Antiquated charter that As I read statistics the demand for this teongs to the middle ages, when one Vinri nf pmatinn has mit.irrrtwn thp. mossbank in the middle 01 a block could plant. In three years the attendance ( hold up any improvement. has run up from 833 to 1355, and no ma- j "We have broken up those Silurian cor.' tenal increase in the facilities tor hand- ditions at Salem, and order several ling the students at all in keeping with blocks of hard surface paving at each the growth, While the attendance has meeting of the city council that costs increased about 70 per cent, the number from $7,000 to 810.000 a block. We are ' of instructors has been increased from ' aigo paving residence streets by the mile , 40 to 66 in all departments, not counting with macadam.; Your city is right where " music or student teachers. : f or the hie : y?e were two or three years ago. "We of me 1 dO not See hCW I raSldent iterr Trofo Aninrr ovoTTrrtiintr in a -ii-ilp Ma : handles the institution 'as well as he a dollar was turned loose,but it went Jsnc2 TJa Vtcia. rflmriiron all nhpiam rvf i j r i i. 'll j-cin.. i J j wx- J --- e . llgllli W11CIC il Ot-0.ilCU. UC(UUb VI L11CLL PROJECT CONSIDERED AT MEETING HELD HEBE UST HISHT Prominent Delegations From Philomath and Alsea Valley Meet Corvallis Com mercial Club and the Proposition Takes Definite Shape By the Appointment of Committee to Look up Right of Way and Oilier Necessary Preliminaries. LOCKING DOWN YUKON AVENUE. One of the most traveled highways : the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Ex position will be the street to which has-been given the name of Yukon Avenue. Yukon Avenue makes its way! across the exposition grounds from west to east, and the ends are represented by Klondike Circle near the entrance, and Nome Circle on which fronts the classic Forestry build ing. It crosses the roaring Cascades oni oriental bridges of handsome design, snd from its central part the buildings of Hawaii and Alaska, backed by the enormous federal structure, are directly to the north. J.ust to. the west of Klondike Circle the Pay Streak winds in a general direction from north to south, and at 5the eastern end the land gives way precipitously to the shores of Lake Washington. It is on this beau tiful shore of the lake the natural ampith.eatre is located, and nature has so quaintly formed this delightful spot; that small -effort has been re quired of man to transform it into as perfect an exhibition place as is possible. Its curving, sloping sides complete a semi-circle, and from its tiers of towering seats 30,000 spectatorsmay witness the entertainments with no possibilities of occupying a single undesirable seat. A wonderful variety of architectural display is shown by the many -buildings through which Yukon Avenue passes, and during its course the .visitor passes from man-made monuments through parts of magnificent forests whose grandeur has never been .marred by the destructive craft -of Mammon's disciples. From every sifie the line of horizon is defined .by mountains whose lines are delineated' in perpetual snow, and stretch ing away as far as the eye can travel refet the waters of Puget Sound. The project to connect Corvallis with j the Alsea Valley and Philomath country by the construction and operation of an electric line through Benton county has at last taken definite shape and every effort will be made to push it to com pletion. Yesterday two prominent delegations, consisting of W. H. Malone, M. Hay den and J. W. Buster, from Alsea, and O. V. White, Robert Gellatly, E. A. Miller and A. L. Rainwater, from Philo math,' came to this city and met the Corvallis Commercial Club at a special meeting last night to consider the prop osition and determine the best plan to put it in effect. There was a large attendance at the meeting and the greatest interest was taken in the project, everybody present cons true- being most favorable to the tion of such a line. President A. J. Johnson has appoint ed a committee consisting of V. E. Watters, A. P. Johnson, A. L. Stevenl son, Walter K. Taylor and Robert John son to take up the matter of securing the necessary right of way and to ar range all other preliminaries. The Alsea delegation remained over until today and the Philomath repre sentatives came in again this afternoon for a conference with the committee which will be held late today. Marion Hayden, of Alsea, states that there is the greatest enthusiasm all" along the proposed line over the project as all the country people f eel sure that such a road will be a wonderful factor in the development of the county. UN IMPOSING FUNERAL Tribute ' to Memory ' of L. B. Geer the ; Late college work done in purely agricultural lines by over nine hundred (900) per cent while students in engineering in creased only fifty (50) per cent. "The government statistics show that the O. A. C. has 55 more students in attendance than Washington Agricul tural College, while the college in our Bister state gets three dollars where our college gets one. Pullman college got $224,820 more last year than the Corvallis college with less students. .'I used to think our high taxes wereJ due to large educational appropriations, but I have changed my mind. The high state taxes are due to the numberless grafts and commissions and useless offi cers that are foisted upon the people at each session of the legislature that re- turn the people nothing. These grafts are established and never repealed and continue to pile up. Two-thirds of the legislative session was spent creating new offices and raising salaries of men already in office and yet if one of those officials had been charged with a design rut and shake some of the dollars out of dead property that is enhanced in value by every move you make and a whole lot of it will, never find its way back. Large expenditures for streets and sew ers will alone employ labor, distribute wealth and build up your city. Corval lis has a great future if progressive. It is as well located as Salem, Albany or Eugene. It has as good railroad facili ties, water transportation and a hospit able, enterprising class of people. It has a great big real state and orchard boom on and the country will make the. city." ' Track Team Leaves Director Angell and thirteen of OAC's best track men including Capt. Chap man, Wolff, Hall, Scott, Bergman, En berg, Crowe, Blanchard, Howard, Shattuck, Startzoff, Farnsworth, Ham ilton and Brown, left for Pullman Mon day, where they met the strong W. S. C. team yesterday. NEW , Y. Is!. C. S. Eugene Will Begin Work on Handsome New Structure Washington Wins From OAC Team A special from Pullman says that by a score of 82 2-3 to 39 1-3, W. S. C. de feated the OAC track team ' yesterday afternoon. . The State College had an easy time in both, the dashes and the distance runs."- , '-r . - Nelson easily won the 100 "and 220, One of the largest - funeral corteges ever assembled in the vicinity of Salem followed the remains of the late L. B. Geer to the Warren cemetery in the Waldo Hills, Sunday. Regardless of threatening weather, a line of car riages extending a mile in length and carrying hundreds of Odd Fellows and pioneers were in the procession. Mr. Geer was one of the most widely known pioneers of the Northwest. He came across the plains in 1847. His father,- R. C. Geer, served as captain in early Indian wars of Oregon, was identified with some of the earliest un dertakings in Oregon's struggle for statehood, and as n importer and breeder of fine stock and as a student agriculturist and horticulturist, proba bly did as much if not more, than any other individual toward laying the foundation upon which the present State Pair has become such a popular institution. I junior rrom .Will Be Surprise The Junior. Prom promises this yrar . to be far ahead of anything, ever pro vided by a Junior class in the history of the college, says the Baromater. All tne committees are hard at. work and have been for weeks past in making preparations for this big affair. They the "former in 9 4-5 eeinds, ran- in the -say ther decorations will --be on an en- illliliilil 6 r mm - itw- LOOKING ACROSS GEYSER BASIN AT .HORTICULTURAL HALL. No fairer scene can be offered: any place than the outlook from the foot of the Alaska Monument on the grounds of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Ex position. Standing directly in front of the great building of the United States Government, the enormous golden eagle on his towering perch of northern gold keeps watch and guard over the most perfectxpositior city that has ever been, reared. Under his eye are gathered the rarest i collection of man's examples of skill and art ever assembled, and these find shelter in a magnificent group of permanent and temporary buildings, whose architectural design and clever construction exemplify the very highest of man's inventive ability. . At night when the long twilight of the northern latitudes close down. the manifold beauties of the spot show their greatest charm. With the fading of day comes the romancS of evening and the millions of lamps, made brilliant by electricity, flash their rainbow tints over a land, such as fairies might have builded. The rushing, tumbling torrents of the Cas-cades'-pour their enormous volume over a bed covered by electric bulbs, and from the quiet pool of Geyser Basin' are reflected as in a mirror. Electroliers of French design are lavishly scattered beneath the trees, and from their clear rays the fields of flowers are seen in added hues. , The contract for the erection of a $50,000 Y. M. C. A. building for Eugene has been let to W. O. -Heckart, a Eu gene contractor. All the contracts go to Eugene men, whose bids were the lowest, although there was competi tion from Portland and other Valley points. " . j The building, which will be construc ted of brick and be located on Willam ette river, near the corner of Eleventh street, will have a basement and will be three stories high. It will be steam heated, with a double system of boilers. The building will be 72 feet on the front and 122 feet deep. .The Corvallis friends of Mr. 'Heckart will be pleased to learn of his good for tune in securing this big contract. quarter mile run, Tor which he holds the Northwest record, he loafed in or der to let Bartlett, a freshman, win his "W." OAC was strong in the weights. Wolff won the shot-put with a throw of 43 feet 3.1-2 inches and the discus with 114 8 1-2 inches. Cooil easily won the mile in 4:36 1-5, while Johnson, als6 of Pullman, won the half, 2:02. ? OAC took first in the high jump, "shot-put, 120 hurdles and discus. The meet was held in a drizzling rain, which prevented anything sensational. Interscholastic Meet Next Week The Special Silk and Lace Curtain Sale at J. M, Nolan & Son is being continued to the end of the week. Extra Special. Towel Sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday at J. N. Nolan & Son. tirely new order, affording comfort of body as well as pleasure to the eye. they live up to their reputation estab lished at the Junior-Senior part;', as decorators and entertainers, the occa sion will, without doubt, be one superb " in every detail. Already Cole's orches tra, which is to furnish the music for the dancing, is bard at practice on one of the best arranged programs of latest pieces ever filled out. As to the danc ing there will be several feature dances such as the moonlight, twilight and drum solo dances. Aside from these there will be bam dances and perhaps some other new ones. The Prom will take place the night before the regiment leaves for Seattle. As to the price per couple to be charged the decision has not yet been made. 45Tti ANNIVERSARY S ALE 45TH Manager Hanney, of the Interscho lastic meet, is rapidly getting things in condition for the meeting here on the 21st a.nd 22nd of May. About twenty- five high schools have signified their willingness to come and more may do so later on. At first a number of big schools in Eastern Oregon thought they could not come on account of the meet to be held in Pendleton on 'May 21 and 22, but the date has been changed and the teams are sure to be here xm time. Last year some trouble was encoun tered in getting men from the schools who were bona-fide students and ath letes who had been in training for the meet. In some cases "men came who were not athletes at all but were down just for the trip. These evils are eradi cated by sending a set of strict rules governing the entries. All contestants are required to have certificates from the principal -of their school vouching for their ability and standing. They must have vouchers for all expendi tures. . The contestants must be in training at least one month before the meet. These rules and many other minor ones have been sent to all the schools. ' : Over 150 will be in attendance and at least 1200 visitors, are expecced. Barometer. Arnold, the merry-gc-round man, wf s in the city today 'trying to find out whether Benton county wss going to hold any kind of fair this fall. - . ' Forty-five years of square deeding in the city of Corvallis finds this establish ment not only Corvallis LARGEST, but Benton County's GREATEST Store, occupy ing 19,000 sq. ft. of floor space. The oldest established business under one contin ual management in the Willamette Valley. V TO BE WORTHY OF. YOUR PATRONAGE Is this store's aim, and that means mnch. We have set our minds upon making this the biggest May's business in the history of the store and to do this we have deemed it expedient to offer special price inducements in every department. Thous ands of bargains throughout the store for the month of May. MEN'S CLOTHifiG kT ANNIVERSARY SALE PRICES The entire stock of high grade clothing carried by us to be sold during this sale at remark able low prices. . Think of it! The finest, most complete line cf clothing in all Corvallis, includ ing all the new spring and summer styles in Society Brand, Michaels-Stern and Senior College Clothes. Take advantage of these low prices: ', ... Regular -$12.50 Men's Suits, now $ 9.95 Regular $22.50 Men's Suits, now $18.50 15.00 ' " " 11-90 " 25.00 " " 19.75 , 18.00 .20.00 1 1.90 14.25 15.85 30.00 24.85 Half Price for any odd suit or coats and vests in the store EVERY ARTICLE THE ST0BE REDUCED M PEIQ CONTRACT GOODS EXCEPTED Agents . STANDARD PATTERNS FREE A'pattern with sub scription io Designer an.d Fashion P" k. " ' ESTABLISHED 1c CORVALLIS OREGON Post Cards Entire Line Local Views, Oregon Scenes CA AAA t .1. . . . . P ju.wu to cnoose xrom.