VOL. I NO. 15
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1909
PRICE FIVE CENTS
iTERSGHOLASTIG
TRACK MEET
THIRD ANNUAL EVENT TO BE HELD
SATURDAY, MAY 22.
0HBER THE HOSPICES OF BSC
Thirty-five High Schools From all Parts
of the State Will Send Teams to Con
test in the Greatest Athletic Event
. Ever Held Here.
Saturday will witness the greatest
athletic contest ever held in the North
west, the event being the third annual
inter-scholastic track meet which comes
off on Athletic Field uuder the direction
of OAC.
Entries from thirty-five i,High School
teams have thus far been scheduled and
. it iB expected that there will be thous
ands of people here to witness the vari
ous events which include all the track
sports now indulged in.
This bringing together here of so
many of the coming athletic stars of
the state is certain to add to the im
portance of OAC,, as it will give the
visitors an excellent impression of the
great college and its practical work and
be the means of inducing hundereds of
the young men to enter the institution
when their high school days are over,
and it is just such students as these
that the college wants; ybung men who
have the stamina to undergo a thorough
course of study and with the grit to
stick to whatever calling they may en
ter and to make a success of it.
,, Th -entire- day.wiJ.-be .given ;jjp to.
field sports, the preliminaries to come
off in the morning and the finals in the
afternoon. ;';
To show their loyalty to OAC and
heir appreciation of having this great
athletic meet held here, the people of
Corvallis should see that the places of
business and residences are appropriate
ly decorated with flags, bunting and
college colors in honor of the event.
Pa Gets Ready
To Take the Kids
. "Circus Day" is so universally wel
corned by the average being called hu
man that it has come to be treated as a
holiday in whatsoever place a big show
pitches its tent. Corvallis is not im
mune from the circus fever, and es
pecially when the popular Sells-FIoto
circus visits here, in which event the
keys of the 'city are practically turned
over to the show. Without casting any
reflections upon the merits of other
shows, it can be said the Sells-Floto
show always gives the very best satis
faction. A few days more and this big
circus will have arrived on its special
trains, and its city of white tents will
spring up. Its magnificent street pa
rade will traverse the principal streets
of Corvallis, the galloping music of its
several bands and calliopes will be
heard, and the children, the youth and
other people will spend the day with
their circus friends. Among . the big
acts to be seen with the Sells-Floto cir
cus this year are the Riding Rooneys
Marie Meers, Bartik Troupe, the Nel
son Family, Flora Bedini, clever and ar
tistic; the Elliott Troupe, unapproach
able aerial stars; Royal Equines, Genaro
and.Theo and a big ensemble of feature
circus novelties. Get ready to take the
kids, Friday, May 21. '
Dalles Cherriss at A. Y. P. E.
The annual cherry fair will not be
held in The 'Dalles this year. Instead
The Dalles Business Men's Association
has arranged to exhibit 1000 boxes of
cherries in the Oregon State building at
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in
Seattle. All of the details have been
settled, and June 24 and 25 have been
selected as the dates on which to dis
play the famous Royal' Ann and other
variety of cherries grown there. : The
fair management has granted"" the re
quest to change "The Dalles Day"
June .25, and a large delegation
boosters from that city is expected
attend on that date.
Miss Laura Waggoner went to Salem
. today to visit friends.
SESSION LIS M ROT
Big Volume of Business Transacted by
The Legislature.
The 1909 session laws of the Oregon
Legislature were ready for distribution
today. The volume will contain five con
stitutional amendments, viz., giving the
Legislature the authority to fix the lo
cation of state institutions; changing the
time of .election from June to Novem
ber; adding a new section providing for
the recall ; providing for proportion
al representation; taking the power of
finding indictment away from district
attorneys.
Among the laws of general impor
tance may be mentioned the new insur
ance code, the water law and tax code,
All three of these measures carried
the emergency clauses and are now in
force effect- The insurance code mod
ifies the stringent regulations of the
old law and has already resulted in the
admission of a large ntmber of new
companies.
The water, law creates aboard of con
trol, divides the state into water dis
tricts, provides for 'hearing testimony
and making surveys in contested cases,
fixes a fee system based on the
amount of water to be appropriated,
and provides a comprehensive system
for the regulation, control, distribution
and use of water. This law is copied
from the Wyoming law, which has been
in force for 18 years and has given sat
isfaction. The tax code creates a board of liax
commission, which is to have general
supervision of the system of taxation
and collection of public taxes, dues and
revenues throughout the state.
Nearly 150 appropriation bills were
passed, representing a total of over
$3,328,000, and many of these measures
are of paramount importance, providing
as they do for new state . institutions,
creating new agricultural districts, re
location and enlargment of state in-,
stitutions and many other matters of
statewide interest. Appropriation of
$25,000 is made for the revision of the
code. A comprehensive game code was
enacted.- Several JbilLaffecting the saW
mon industry were passed. The cor
rupt practices act was passed by the
Legislature, after having been initiated.
Some important school laws werepass-
ed.including . one providing for six
months school in every district in the
state. The dairy bill provides for the
aspointment of three inspectors of dai
ries. A large addition is made to the
crimminal procedure of the state. Im
portant amendments are 1 made to the
labor laws of the state, one of which
limits the hours of labor of females and
otherwise enlarges the scope of the
measure. There is considerable new
legislation under the head of roads and
highways. . Secret societies are pro
hibited in high and public schools.
An institution for the treatment of
tuberculosis will be established by the
state. " '
All laws passed by the regular session
not already in eff et through the oper
ation of the emergency clause will be
in force on and' after the morniner of
May 22. The enactments of the special
secession do not become effective until
June 17, with the exception of the asy
lum appropriation bill,the Supreme
Court appropraition bill and the bill
creating the board of higher cirricula.
which carry the emergency clause"
The other bills passed by the special
session include a bill approprating$7500
for the expenses of the session: an
amendment to the bill requiring fire
escapes on hotels: an act requiring the
doors of public buildings to open out
ward; codifying the code; to rembuse
Ceorge H. Small; to appropraite money
for Eastern Oregon Agriculture Ex
periment Station; for the protection of
ducks; to prohibit night hunting of
deer; to prohibit hunting with flash
lights; for the protection of elk.
Union Memorial Service.
J. Schrack and W. IL' Howell, the
committee appointed by Ellsworth Post
G. A. R. to arrange for the annual
memorial service, announce that it will
be held this year Sunday, May 23, at
eight o'clock p. m. at the opera house.
The members of the Post will assemble
at headquarters in Odd Fellows' nail
and promptly at 7:45 p. m. will march
in a. body to the opera house, where
Rev. H. - H. Hubbell will preach the
sermon.. The music will be under the
direction of Prof. Gaskins. A cordial
invitation is extended to all to attend
this service. ." '.. . .
Milton Morgan, of lone, Morrow
county, visited his son Ira, an OAC stu
dent, yesterday.- Mr; Morgan is over
from Eastern Oregon as a delegate to
the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at Al-
bady. . "--
ORANGE ::
HAS APPEARED
JUNIOR ANNUAL NOW READY FOR
DISTRIBUTION . .
PUBLICATION IS EXCELLENT
Book Contains Over 400 Pages and
1000 Cuts It Is Handsomely Bound
' in Black and Gold and Filled to
Overflowing With College Matter.
The excellent review of the . Orange
annual in this week's Barometer is so
thoroughly descriptive of the publica
tion just issued that it is herewith re
produced: "The '10 Orange which every student
in college has been anticipating for the
last month, some with , pleasure ; and
some with fear, has at last put in its
appearance and a creditable one it . is
too. The book is a 404-page volume
bound in stiff black leather with the
title printed in gold. There are 382
pages of reading matter and cuts. The
cuts number over a thousand and are
exceptionally good, some of them being
as clear as photographs. Taken as a
whole they present a better appearance
than anything we have ever seen here. 1
"After a short review of the year the
different departments of the college are
taken up and quite fully discussed -: and
illustrated and then the schools - are
treated likewise. The usual class pic
tures with individual write-ups are fol-
lowed'by an excellent bunch of plates
depicting " the military department.
1 he company pictures are rather poor
which is largely due to the fact that
they.jw-ere taken late m the season and
had, to be reproduced in Portland mstead
of the place where all the others were
made.
"Societies, Dramatics, Music, Ath
letics, Oratory, Debate and Publica
tions are all given their place and in a
very artistic manner.
"The last is the Josh . department
which contains some good hits and rath
er funny things but lacks some of the
real wit and humor that should be
characteristic of the whole book; The
writer of this may be-somewhat biased
on account of his being connected with
last year's annual but the above opin
ion is also that of several others, but
these we must overlook.
"Good poetry is in abundance and
the stories are fine. The play by John
Melhase, '08, is excellent and the gen
eral tone-of all the material is a credit
to the staff. Of course, mistakes will
creep in under the most watchful eye
and the Orange has its share, some of
which are very disappointing both to
the management and others.
The 'j0 Orange depicits college life
as nothing else can, it gives a history
of the institution as" no other publica
tion does and reflects on OAC a credit
of great proportions. The neatly bound
book, its excellent cuts, good literature
tasteful arrangement of departments
and pictures and its general appearance
gives it a place in the literary world of
the coast that has never before be'en
filled.
"Editor Ewart, his staff and the Jun
ior class deserve much praise for put
ting out a Volume that reflects so cred
itably on the college. The enterprise
has been a success financially as well as
otherwise. .They published 1200 vol
umes of the largest book ever put out
by a Junior class in the Northwest.
The Fourth at Eugene
The Eugene Merchants' Protective
Association has decided hold a cele
bration in Eugene on July 5, also a race
meet on Saturday. July 3, and open-air
religious services in the park, with sac
red band music,on Sunday, July 4.
meeting of the association will be held
Monday night; at which time commitees
will be appointed to make arrangements
for the exercises. The city of Spring
field will also celebrate - the' day -and
several country communities have sig
nified theis intention of holding cele
brations. . . . .-
Oregon City Selects Booster.
S. P. Davis of that city, has bet n
elected booster- and secretary of the
publicity department of the Commei cial
Club of Oregon City, and will probacy
assume his new duties at once. Mr.
Davis was chcsen at a rr.eeting of vthe
commitee on publicity, last evening,
ROFESSOR DRYOEN'S PUPILS
Over One Thousand Belong to Poul
try Association.
Over 1000 of the boys and girls of
Portland have received the first lesson
the course on "Poultry Husbandry,
written especially for the Portland Jun
ior Poultry Association by Professor
Dryden, the poultry expert of the Ore
gon Agricultural College.
-ilnterestjn the association is intense
among the boys and girls of the city,
and nearly 200 have, already enrolled for
the contest that is to be held. The as
sociation will hold its first meeting on
Fjfiday evening next May 21, at the
M. C, A. auditorium-, when Dr.
Jajmes Withycombe, head of the U. S.
xjeriment station at Corvallis, will be
the principal speaker. Dr. Withycombe
will give the boys and girls of the as
sociation a chance to ask questions.
He is probably the best posted mem-
"be.of the O. A. C. faculty on general
farming, and can discuss all branches.
Besides the 200 enrolled members who
wil be present at this meeting, the boys
and girls of the city generally are in
vited, as well as their school teachers,
and their parents. It is probable a
number of the poultry fanciers will also
want to hear Dr. Withycombe, so the
bos and girls should be on hand early.
lAns under way for the organizing of
the enrolled members of the association
in'district groups for discussion, and
the; executive secretary will soon send
an outline of the plan to all the mem
bers. The city will be divided into about
fiv districts for the purpose, with from
20 to 50 members la each group.
Each will elect officers and hold regular
meetings.
Orchard From a Forest.
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from the primitive forest to a field
of. 50 acres planted to thrifty pear trees,
apple trees and Tokay grapes is a task
that has just been accomplished by W.
B. Sherman,'" of Grants Pass, within
five weeks. Just a little over a month
aga this same 50-acre tract of land was
studded with jine, fir and underbrush,
Tt?v tJfeffiKffKSJiS
have increased! this property hree3old
in value. The tract of land in question
lies up the river near Tokay Heights,
and is within plain view of the town.
New Odd Fellows' Temple.
Eugene Odd Fellows dedicated their
new $30,000 five-story building Monday.
The building was erected by Spencer
Butte Lodge, No. 9, I. O. O. F. The
program at the hall consisted of an ad
dress by Grand Master Hostetler; short
talks by members of the local order and
music. The principal address of the
evening was by Judge George H. Bur
nett. Mrs. Ruth Clark, of Pendleton, is here
visiting at the home of her brother,
O. W. Beckwith.
Read the Daily Gazette for all news.
Wednesday
Ladies tan oxfords, Darby, Premier and Ideal lasts,
medium toe, Blucher cut, plain and large ribbon lace,
Goodyear welt, one pattern has fancy tip and punching,
one plain Russia calf and one is chocolate vici kid.
They are taken frcm our regular stock of trade mark shoes, regular $3.00
special
NO
A
SAFE
PLACE
TO
TRADE
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IN GRAND SESSION
ALBANY IS ENTERTAINING HUN
DREDS OF DELEGATES
CQiEH BEGAN TUESDAY
Grand Encampment Concluded its Work
and Elected John M. Williams of Eu
gene Grand Patriarch Rebekah
Assembly Conferred Degree on 182
The Grand Encampment of Oregon L
O. O. F. held its thirty-fifth annual
session in Albany yesterday and com
pleted its work late yesterday after
noon. The Rebekah Assembly of Ore
gon met in the twenty-third annual ses
sion yesterday morning and will com
plete its work today. Eight hundred
delegates are there.
All of the officers of , the Grand En
campment elected last year were pres
ent except Grand High Priest R. Rob
ertson, of Roseberg, who died during
the past year; and Grand Outside Sen
tinel J. S. Lawrance, of Coquille.
The Rebekah Assembly met in the A.
O. U. W. hall and the entire forenoon
was consumed in conferring The Grand
Assembly degree upon a class of 182
members, by far the largest class ever
initiated into the urana AssemDiy oi
Oregon. All of the Grand Assembly
officers were present except Grand Out
side Guard Mrs. Nellie Bernitt, of
Marshfield.
John M. . Williams, of . Eugene, was
elected Grand Patriarch of the Grand
Encampment for the ensuing year, and
E. J. Seely, of Albany, the retiring
Grand Patriarch, was chosen Grand
two'. years
Th? Department Council of Oregon
Patriarchs Militant met in first annual
convention in the I. O. O. F. temple
last night and elected officers. .
Twenty-two cantons of the order hav
ing been formed in the state, a brigade
organization of Patriarchs Militant was
formed last night and officers to serve
permanently were chosen.
The evening was devoted to competi
tive drillwork in the Rebekah degrees
before a big crowd in the Eik's temple,
The contesting teams were those of Eu-
gene and St. Johns.
Eugene is making a hard fight for the
liu sessions ana is oemg opposed oy j
Hood River and The Dalles.
The Commercial Club will hold an ad
journed meeting tonight and every
member is urged to be present as there
is important business to be transacted.
33ES
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LEPHONE ORDERS FILLED
ESTABLISHED
Ml G. OEFEATS HI 0.
Washington State Wins Northwest De
bating Championship
Washington State College last night
won the debating championship of the
Northwest by defeating the Oregori
Agriculture College at Pullman, the
judges deciding two to one for the Pull
man school. The question was: Re
solved, That all cities of the North
west with a population'of 50.000 or
more should adopt the commission
form of goverment patterned after the
Des Moines system."
Washington State College supported
'the affirmative. Tha State College
was represented by J. T. Longfellow,
L. F. Harrison andDanv T. Murdock:
the Oregon school by J. W. Darling,
R. ,E. Kerr, S. A. Wilson. Judges were
Professor Meir, of Spokane, and Prc
fessorHulme and Vaughn.of the Uni
versity of Idaho, at Moscow. The col
lege chapel was crowded.
Fine
oostmg
For Corvallis
The John F. Allen Co. has today let
the contract for laying 15,000 feet of
cement sidewalk and curbing in the new
Park Terrace addition to Corvallis.
This shows a great enterprising spirit
on their part, and also the confidence
they have in the rapid growth of this
city. They are sparing no expense in
making . this the most beautiful resi
dence section in Corvallis, and when an
electric railway is buiit out Monroe
street past this part of the city, circling
the foothills and thence around the Col
lege property, the location will be ideal;
for the view of the foothills and the -snowcapped
peaks are ever in sight,
while the busy city nestles at the foot
of College Hill.
Mellon & Gendron will do the work on
account of their facilities for handling
such a large contract, they being able
-with the mixing machine to rush the
work through before the hot weather
It is to be hoped ' that all new acfdir
tions being laid out about the city will
take pattern after Park Terrace, with
its wide streets, cement walks, ten-foot
parking to the curb, beautiful tree
planting, and. in this way show a true
, public spirit in trying to make a more
j beautiful city.
! Coffee Club Changes Date.
i Thg Coffee CIub which wag to have
ha,d ifcs regular meetmg this month on
! the lagt MoI5daV) May 31, has changed
the date tQ Monday May, 24, so as not
' tion day exercises. All
S requested to take notice
and to be present at the
Monday.
members are
of the change;
meeting next
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