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About Corvallis daily gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon) 1909-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1909)
VOL. I. NO. 11 CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1909 PRICE FIVE CENTS SPbED LIGHTNING GROSS CONTINENT FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN IN FOUR DAYS. LINES REDUCE TIE New Train Starts Sunday Through from Portland to New York Without a Chanee and Will Make the Run at Record Breaking Speed. Faster than any previously maintained schedule from the North Pacific Coast to the Atlantic is that to go into effect next Suftday on 'the Union Pacific lines, in connection with the Northwestern and the New York Central lines. Spec ial trains have raced from ocean to ocean in faster time, but no combina tion of railway companies has made the run, day in and day out, in as short a time as will be the case beginning May 16. The passenger may travel from Pa cific tidewater at Portland to New York in less than four 24-hour days, 30 min utes less, to be exact. This schedule includes a stopover of two and one-half hours at Chicago. "This schedule will not be clipped much in our lifetime," said a well in formed passenger man. "People pre fer safe travel to reckless fast travel. Passengers also demand that trains shall maintain regular schedules in preference to making remarkably fast time one day and being behind the time card the next. The schedule to be put in effect Sunday marks a new era in railroading on the American continent." Leaving Portland on Monday morning at 10 a. m., the passenger will arrive in lowing Friday. ' The trip will be made over the O. R. & N., Oregon Short Line, Union Pacific, Chicago & North western and the New York Central. The present Chicago-Portland Special, - now leaving Portland at 9:15 a. m., will get away at 10 instead, reaching Chica go at noon of the third day, instead of 12:30 p. m., as at present. Westbound train No. 7, now No. 1, will leave Chica go at 10 p. m., instead of 6 p. m., as at present,, reaching Portland on the night of the third day at 8 o'clock instead of 8:50, as now. This makes the running ' time between Portland and Chicago 72 hours, a saving of four hours and 50 minutes, westbound, over the present , schedule. This new Chicago-Portland train will have through standard, tourist and chair cars m both directions and will have a tourist car to Kansas City and St. Louis. A section observation car will be run in connnection with the Wabash via Denver and Kansas City. The new schedule to Chicago is very gratifying to the people of the coast and will serve the business interests to a better extent than the present sched ule, saving considerable time on the trip to and from the 'East. Direct through service to New York is bound to be a great advantage to the travel ing public, and it is thought the Chica go train will be well patronized. 1 he ureat iells- Floto Circus OAC Gets Only JOne Holiday Game Multnomah Club is now signed up by contract for Thanksgiving football games until 1913. Manager McMillan, of the M. A. A. C. gridiron squad, an nounced this week that he had signed a contract with the University of Oregon for four years, beginning in 1910. This year's Thanksgiving game there will be with OAC but through a failure to agree it was not made for three years, as was talked of. Instead, Oregon will resume her old relations with Multno mah next year, and appear there in the annual Turkey day struggle. This change in contract after the present year is verified by a special from Eugene which says that the an nual gridiron battle between the Mult nomah Club and the University of Ore gon on Thanksgiving day will be con tinued with the single intermission of the coming Thanksgiving. Bill Hay ward, while acting as football manager, signed a four-year coutract with Mc Millan, manager of football at Multno mah Ciub, some time in February. This contract was ratified by the athletic council of the university in their meet ing in March. For reasons best known to Hayward and the Multnomah Club the contract has been kept secret as far as possible. The Oregon Agricultural College has scheduled the coming Thanksgiving date with the club but the rumor that a longer contract had been signed be tween the two organizations is untrue. The University will play Multnomah next Fall in Eugene during the early part of November. THE THREE LINKS MEET AT ALBANY GRAND LODGE WILL CONVENE THERE NEXT WEEK GIVE ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT Two Hundred Lodges Will Be Repre sented at This Important Session and Drill Contests Will Be a Big Feat- Corvallis Lodges Will Go. n Finishes - Successful Tour BEAVER STATE Benton County School Fair Nothing has yet been said about the Benton County School Fair for this fall and if anything is to be done it istime to get busy. ' The Denman spirit of for mer years in this connection does , not seem to pervade the atmosphere of the present county -superintendent's office and it .might be well for the Business Men's League or the. Commercial Club to take the matter in hand. Under the management of Denman these fairs grew in importance each succeeding year, developing the minds of the chil dren in friendly competition along the lines of fancy work, ornamentation of the home and fancy needle work. The tables at these fairs were filled with choice canned fruits, preserved goods of various kinds, many of which were pre pared by maidens of sweet sixteen and under, and all tending to develop the young.minds along useful lines. The boys asked for a half acre on the side line at the home and produced squashes, pumpkins, corn ana other garden sass that was marvelous to behold. In fact, the display made by these young people was largely transported to the State air at baiem, ana through their no ble efforts many of the ' premiums awarded to Benton county were ob tained. - ' If deemed wise it might be turned into a countyiair, and, in this even,t, go before the next session of the legisla ture and ask for aid to help support it. At the last session Dalles eot $1,800. Monmouth $1,000, Eugene $900 and Scio $1,000. If the public is to be squeezed why not take .our share of the juice. By all means continue the fair. . There are many ways in which the Sells-Floto Consolidated Shows differ from other circuses and' a visit to this monster tented enterprise when it comes to Corvallis, Friday, May 21, will cause people who have been complaining that all shows were alike . to qualify this statement by adding "excepting the Sells-Floto Show." The union of these two large circuses resembles other tented enterprises inas much' as the performance is given under a tent. When it comes to the circus acts themselves it differs widely from other institutions which are heralded as "great" shows. The menaarerie is more than twice as large as that carried by other circuses The only mandrill in captivity is in this department. The only hybrid lion-tiger with the lion's stripes on the tiger'; skin, is another rare feature. - . . A grand street parade is given in ev ery city visited. . And the turn-out of the Armour International Prize Win ' ning Champions is the biggest, feature offered with any circus of the present day. ...... . . ,. . -.. . Many members of the Odd Fellows' and Rebekah lodges in Corvallis are arranging to go to Albany next Tuesday to attend the state conventions of the Grand Lodge of the I. O. O. F., of the Grand Encampment, and of the Grand Kebekah Assemblies, which will meet there on May 18th, and continuing for three days. Local Odd Fellows who are on the program report that there will oe oetween iwu ana louuo visitors m Albany during that time. The committee on preparation of Al bany lodge, 1.-0. 0. F., No. 4, are: J. K. Weatherford, chairman: T. J. Stites, E. J. Seely, A. W. Bowersox, Geo. W." Wright, W. C. Tweedale and L. L. Swann. Sub-committees have been named and the Sty is to be canvassed within a few days to find all the possible accommodations. The residents of thej city will do all within their power to aid these committees when the canvas is made. The presence of these visitors will mean much to Albany and all will take active part in royally entertaining these people. Two hundred lodges are to be represented and it will tax all the accomodations that can be secured. On Tuesday, May 18th' the first day of the big gathering, three hundred and frftyJRebekahs; tion, when good programs and business sessions will be held. Three ' Rebekah lodges are to compete on that day in a drill contest. The same day one hun dred representatives of the Grand En campment will also convene. On the following day the Grand Lodge will meet in the Elks' Hall, 350 repre sentatives being expected. This day is to mark the big event of the session, when the parade will take place. The Grand Lodge, The Rebekahs, the Grand Encampment and 200 of Cantons de partment, joined by lodges of surround ing cities, fifty Cantons coming from Eugene, will form a, ,grand parade, af ter which all will gather in one of the largest buildings available where the visitors will be made welcome by Mayor Wallace, to be responded by Grand Master- Hostettler of The Dalles and other prominent lodge people. Excel lent music will also form a part of the program on this occasion. The OAC Military Band returned to day ijrom their tour of the Valley, play ing the closing engagement at McMinn villelast night to a crowded house. Thje band played at Hillsboro Thurs day fevening, eliciting much favorable comipept from members of the audi enoei The showing there was not, quite so good as at the other points, visited, but ihe solo numbers were decided hits; especially "Carmena," by" Mrs. Gask ins.j: She was called back twice and re sponded with "Matlenatti" and "Swa neefeiver." Her singing was a strong feature of the program on the entire tripj and should the band make another tour her singing would be a popular drawing card. At McMinnville the State Granere was in session, but that did not keep the? town people from attending the concert. The largest house of any on the trip greeted the band there and the enthusiasm was all that could be de sired. ''The entire program was full of snap and the crowd ; was disappointed when the curtain was lowered after the last .number. Last night was the closing concert, but,' by request, the band boys met at the K. of P. hall at 8:30 this morning and serenaded the State Grange. The meeting was a very short one, but there : was something doing every minute. Anybody who is in doubt about the attitude the State Grange has toward OAC would, have had that doubt shat tered this, morning, for the short meet ing fairly shone with friendliness. The Grangers gave yells for OAC and the Grange, and in return the band boys played and also gave the college yell, and nine rahs for the State Grange. ,,' In general, the band concert tour was a success, . and the musicians are all NEWS I SOME HAPPENINGS IN THEJOWNS OF OREGON BAEEZY SUMMARY DISHED OP Busy Readers Provided With Account of Late Doings Throughout the State Special Trains to Albany to Ac commodate Worshipers at Revival Salem At the close of the terms in October the State Normal Schools, both as pub- ' lie and private institutions, will cease. This is the final decision of the execu tive committee of the board of normal school regents which held a special - TIT I 1 . session vv eunesuay noon. Lakeview Secretary Ballinger has been ten dered the resignation of J. N. Watson,' Register of the Lakeyiew Land Office. He resigned on account of ill health. Eugene, ' An unknown highwayman held up Mrs. William Renshaw about 3:45 Thursday afternoon at the Bushneli bridge, about a mile north of Eugene, shooting her driving horse in the breast so that he will die and firing a number of shots at Mrs. Renshaw, one of which well pleased with the outcome of their 1 grazed her head, lhe highwayman is fiT-i- TOTitmv. Th fant. that. i trin now surrounded by a large posse of was made entirely upon the responsi bility of the band alone shows that the organization is a very creditable one. r V - Teachers - Named - For City Schools The Board of Education met last night and appointed the following teach ers to serve during the next year at the Corvallis City schools: L, R. Traver, Principal; Delia Rush, Lena- Tartar, Anna Denman, Anna Lindgren, Delphina Haenel, Lillian Mc- Vicker, Lura Keiser, Florence Adams, Margaret Fowells, Mary Jones, Jose phine Fullerton, Laura Waggoner, Kate Tadlock, Gertrude Strange, Mildred .Buchanan,: Alice Fleming, Tina Doug las and Bessie M. Thorpe. - The State Sues C. & E. Railroad Eighth Grade Examinations. State examination for 8th grade di plomas is now in progress at the public school building. ' The board is composed of County Superintendent Mack, Profs. White and Collins, of Philomath, and Prof. Fulkerson of the public school, There are 150 applicants and 72 were present yesteraay. mere, win oe no scholars trom the public schools.to the college this year owing to the establish ment of the higher grades in the pub lic schools and as this higher grade ex tends to many counties in the state it will have some effect on the enrollment at O. A. C. during the coming year. The State of Oregon, by Attorney- General Crawford, yesterday filed suit in the Circuit Court of . Linn County to recover $10,000 damages from the Cor vallis & Eastern Railroad Company as penalty for the company's failure to obey the order of the State Railroad, Commission and erect a suitable depot building at Lyons, Linn county. Arnold, theinerry-go-round man, was in town Wednesday looking -after the G. A. R. Re-union to be held here. men in the Doris flats next to the Wil lamette River, a mile above Spring field. Pendleton v Rather cool weather has prevailed in this section' since Sunday. The foot hills have been white on several occa sions and 10 inches of snow is reported from Meacham. Albany Special trains will be run to Albany at different, times during the remainder of this month to permit residents of nearby cities to attend the monster re vival services now in progress in the : big tabernacje. Definite arrangements have not yet been completed, but plans are under way. Interestin the big re . vival is growing rapidly, and more than 1500 people gather in the tabernacle every evening.. Weston ' .The District School Board has given notice of a special meeting. May 31 to vote on the proposition of establishing a high school. This action is taken in . view of the State Normal Board's re fusal to permit the use of the state's property at Weston for a normal school supported with private funds. , Ashland Fruitgrowers and gardeners in the Ashland fruit district of the - Rogue River Valley report prospects good for a bumper crop in the "fruit, vegetable and berry line in that district. Trees and vines are loaded and there will be ' much thinning required of peaches and other fruit unless Jack Frost should intervene, which' is not anticipated at this late date. Oregon City The Commercial Club that was re cently organized is out of debt and has money in the bank. The charter will be closed May 15, and it is probable the entrance fee will be increased over the present amount of $25. All busi ness men of Oregon City will be reT quired to pay the maximum fees for membership, whether actual residents of the city or not. C. G. Huntley,' M. D. Lautorette and John Adams have been appointed house committee and will have full charge of the clubrooms. Lebanon Lebanon has decided to have its- strawberry fair, and at the meeting held Monday evening fixed the dates " for the exhibition on June 4 and 5. In connection with the fair will be held a rose festival and horse show. Newport The rhododendrons, for which New port is so famous, are now in full bloom in their wildest luxuriance, and the whole Yaquina Bay is a blaze of floral slendor. For ..the benefit of the many who delight in witnessing this, scene every year an excursion will be given on Sunday" next, May 16, ovef the Corvallis & Eastern from Corvallis . to Newport and return for $1.50. The train will leave Corvallis at 8:00 in the morning and return at 10:00 o'clock in the evening, giving about six hours at Newport. Senator Bourne's Mother Dead A Washington, D. C, Special to Port land says word was received there yes terday of the death of Senator Bourne's mother, at New Bedford, where the Senator has been at her bedside for the last week. Senator Bourne will return to Washington Monday. Mrs. Bourne died at an advanced age, being about 95 years old at the time of her death. She is survived by her son, the Senator, and several daughters. Mrs. Bourne's husband died many years ago. Senator Bourne was summoned to the bedside of his mother a week ago on being advised that the end was near. The Corvallis Business College closed a very successful term today. It will reopen September 25. Rhodedendrojn Excursion to Newport. Sunday, May 16th, 1S09, the C. & E. will run the first excursion to Newport. This will be a through train from Cot tage Grpve and wiineave Corvallis at 8 a. m.,-arriving at JNewport at twelve o'clock noon. Returning, leaves New port at 5:50 p. m., arriving at' Corvallis. at 10 p. m. The fare will be $1.50 for round trip. 5-13-3t R. C. Linville, Agent. Tennis Is Popular. Among the faculty and students en thusiasm is running high over tennis. The college is building three courts, the faculty has just completed two and Cauthorn Hall Club is just finishing its second. The finals for the college cup will be played during commencement week. A tournament is now in pro gress at Cauthorn Hall which promises high competition in finals. The faculty club is just whipping into shape for their grand smash. Director Angell should feel proud of the progress of this sport and can secure, no doubt, excellent material for next year's inter-collegiate contests. In order to create greater enthusiasm, it would be a tine proposi tion to pick the winners of the Faculty and Cauthorn ' Hall for tournament week. This will not only give life to tennis but will aid in preparing a , good brisk week of entertainments. Baro meter. 1864 45TH--ANN1VERSARY SALE-45TH 1909 1 EVERY ARTICLE .IN THE STORE REDUCED U PRICE J CONTRACT GOODS EXCEPTED BUY YOUR SUMMER SUIT HERE ve . ' Anniversary Sale Prices on our entire line. The largest stock to select from. Five of America's leading makes tchobse from. - Fit guaranteed. . $12.50 suits, $9.95; $15 suits, special, $11.90; $18 suits, $14.25; $25 suits, special, $19.75. OUR ENTIRE LINE . : , OF SHIRT WAISTS ALL AT SALE PRICES NO ' RESERVE We offer lawn batiste and lingerie waists, made in the latest style, long sleeves, trimmed in fine val lace and insertion Clarence Starr has bought the Will Horning place, across Mary's river and is now occupying the premises. - C. A. 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