VOL. I. NO. 16
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY ,20 1909,
HER OF
OLYMPIC WEDS
FORREST SMITHSON MARRIES MISS
CATHERINE TRACY.
QUIET SERVICE AT SEATTLE
World's Champion Hurdler and Pride
of OAC Takes Unto Himself a Wife
Much to the Surprise of His Friends
in Oregon.
Forrest Smithson, champion hurdler
of the world, and Miss Katherine Tracy,
of New York City, were married quiet
ly Tuesday afternoon at 'Seattle, as the
result of a romance that began two
years ago, when " Smithson was ta stu
dent at Yale. The wedding -was prac
tically secret, as the only witness, be
sides the officiating minister. Dr. M.
A. Matthews, was Brailey Gish, the
well-known Broadway High School ath
lete. Gish was best man.
The wedding took place at the resi
dence of Dr. Matthews, the Manse, at
3:30 o'clock and was followed by a din
ner with covers laid for three, the new
ly wedded couple and Mr. Gish.
Smithson and his bride left for Port
land the same evening :
Miss Tracy's relatives live in New
York City and it is said that none knew
of her approaching wedding to the
handsome young athlete who has carried
off many honors for Yale in the track
meets. She is heiress to a considerable
- fortune. :
smithson sprang into prominence as
a member of the track -team of Oregon
Droad jumper and hurdler. From OAC
he went to Yale and soon became recog
nized as a world-champion hurdler.
Last summer he won the - 110-meter
hurdle event at the Olympic games,
making a new record of 15 seconds flat,
whirh stands not onlv as the world's
mark for this distance, but .also is the
fastest time ever made over the more
generally run distance of 110 yards,
He appeared in Seattle a few days ago
at the Armory track meet and was the
star in the two events in which he ran
The announcement of Forrest Smith
son's marriage came as a surprise to
most of his Portland and QAC friends.
Smithson s athletic prowess has ever
made him an attraction with the fair
sex and. he is reputed to .have had a
large number of affairs de oeur.
A Portland friend of Smithson said
Miss Tracy was one of his jnost ardent
.admirers in New York and was one of
the large crowd that saw the Oregon
athletes off on their cross-country trip
to Portland. That the friendship has
ripened into love and now into matri-
- mony is one of the .surprises Smithson
has been fond of preparing for his
friends.' . ' '
Smithson was last seen .publicly in
Portland at the Columbia University
track meet whfen he broke the world's
50-yard .high hurdles records, ' He was
later reported as breaking the same
record in Seattle. At the Olympic
games at London he made a very envi
able record and returned to Portland
with Kelly and Gilbert to be honored
. by the whole city.
Clean Up Help Wanted,
This" Is Junior
Flunk Day
Today is Junior "Flunk Day" out at
the college. The entire Junior class is
staying, out of school, and the result is
that the college walks are being much
improved. The male section of the
class was seen early this morning mak
ing their way to the campus with picks,
shovels, hoes and rakes, and by ten
o'clock the grass on the edge of the
walks had been trimmed off and raked
into piles ready to be hauled off. Many
other improvements could be noted, al
so, and the wortc done Dy the juniors
today is most commendable.
Usually the class has gone on a pic
nic and studies have been seriously in
terfered with, so that the faculty put
a veto on absence, but the Juniors d
termined to flunk, according to " the
time-honored custom, only they are
putting the day off to some practical
use. ' ; ,' : "
During the day the class enjoyed a
straw ride, four large hay wagons be
ing pressed into service to haul the lads
and lasses around the city. They made
a jolly party and were cheered all along
the route. '
ORB FOR
CLEAN UP DAY
THE LADIES AUXILIARY DOING
NOBLY
Union Memorial Service. -
J. Schrack and W. H. 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 and of the
Women's Relief Corps will assemble
at headquarters in Odd Fellows' hall
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.
Sells-Floto Show
EVERYBODY SHOULD ASSIST
Open Letter from Booster Waggoner
Calling on the People of CorvaKis to
Rally in Aid of the Good Cause fcr
a Clean City.
Insurance
! Promptly Paid
TTROV
- Mrs. R. C. Wills was most agreeably
surprised this morning by receiving a
visit from J. W. Day, of Portland, and
George E. Schaefer, of Salem, who, as
representatives of the New York Life
Insurance Company, called and gave
her a check for $3674.10, in payment of
file policy and accrued dividends which
her late husband held in that substan
tial company.
The extra $674.10 was the greatest
surprise of all, Mrs. Wills only expect
ing to face value of the policy, $3000,
but the company, with that strict care
of its patron's interest, for which it is
noted, figured up what the policy had
earned while Mr. Wills was carrying it
and promptly paid the full amount.
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ADVERTISING
BOOSTER WAGGONER IS SENDIKG
OUT GOOD LITERATURE
The committee appointed by the La
dies? Auxiliary to canvass the city on
behalf of the plan to make Saturday,
, May 22, a general clean up day is meet
ing wita the statement that it is diffi
cult to obtain help to do the necessary
work. This is an opportunity for per
sons who are unemployed and" for the
students who want work to get it and
all who will help are requested to com
municate at once with Mrs. E. R. Bry
son, 242 North Seventh street, phone
186, and they will be given employment.
In this connection it is also thought that
permanent places can be secured for
quite a number of capable young men
to care for .lawns during the summer.
Vibration.
Natures own remedy. 'The demand
is still great. It has absolutely cured
, a bad case of appendicitis without an
operation. Also many other ills. See
demonstrator, 220 Third street, phone
234 5-20-lt-D-W.
The Sells-Floto shows which appear
here May 21, are not affiliated in any
way with the circus trust. -It is an in
dependent show, and the only large en
terprise of this kind -which is not ton
trolled by the "association interests".
Tie Sells-Floto show goes where it will;
stays as many dsys as it likes and ar
ranges its route without consulting any
one outside the management ' of this
great enterprise.
The Sells-Floto show stHl gives a
street parade. It will enter no agree
ment with other shows -by which this
feature of circus day is eliminated. A
street parade is a part of a circus ticket.
The Sells-Floto show cares not if
other shows make the same cities in
which it appears. Its performance dif
fers so widely from the usual circus per
formance that it does not consider the
present day show as real opposition.
Its features are many and the first
prize Armour hors'es a great card.
There are no queer-thrillers which hold
the attention of the spectators for five
seconds, then leave the crowd disgruntl
ed and disappointed. The bill setting
forth the glories and Jeatures of this
unparalleled aggregation of traveling
acts and stupendous congress of all that
is greatest and best in the world of the
sawdust arena, state that this year the
show is greater and grander than ever
and that many entirely new as well as
the best of last year's acts will be seen,
The Sells-Floto circus will undoubtedly
be accorded a large patronage here.
A Patriotic Song.
When the G. A. R. encampment meets
here in June the veterans will hear a
song that will awaken memories ot
years long passed.
The song referred to has been written
by Prof. Z. M. Parvin, one of the lead
ing musicians in Portland, and for a long
time the professor of music at Will
amette University. It is entitled,
"Back to the Days of Abraham, "and
words and music are both inspiring.
Prof. Parvin will be here during the
encampment and will supply all who
mav want copies of the song at the
low price of 10 cents. . .
It begins to look as if we were
really going to have a clean up day next
Saturday. The Ladies' Auxiliary Chip
has been at work in earnest canvassing
the town for the sale of clean up. tags
and already the old trash is being gath
ered into neat piles ready for the wag
ons. " - Vi--
It is not anticipated that there will te
any difficulty in cleaning the residence
portion of the city of trash about the
yards but we notice : in passing; about
many old chunks of wood, planks, parts
of wagons, broken hay racks etc, lying
in the streets and alleys. Iftheownere
of such things intend to use them for
fire wood, they should be immediately
sawed and put in the woodshed or at
any rate somewhere out of sight. ,
Mahv of the business houses . have
bundled out such old traps J on ihe
streets intersecting Main street, and
they are unsightly in the extreme.
Men who have subscribed liberally to
the fund for a Greater Corvaliis,- allow
such things as obstruct and litter .f the
streets to remain along side ; their busi
ness houses, r , Won't " they ;:' please
straighten things , up -a little before
next Saturday" -in!'
If such old poles, racks and crates are
not to be made use of will citizens not
gather them together so the wagons
can haul them away. A lot of decayed
telegraph poles are lying about the
streets. If they are not removed be
fore "Clean Up Day" the City author
ities should use the power vested in
them and see that such things do not
longer remain an eyesore to all passers
I such officers as have the power
and "whose duty it is to act in this mat
teT we say, it is not the writer of these
lines who is speaking to . you, but it is
the ladies of Corvaliis,; supported in
their present efforts hj every gentle
man in our city. If you do not do your
duty in this matter after such a call
you will hardly have the temerity to
feel at ease on next election day for all
will remember your neglect of duty.
This is a battle in which the ladies are
attacking that which opposes our prog
ress and is preventing us from taking
our place with sister cities. They are
in dead earnest and must win. Let us
do our part and we will have a grand
victory and no one will feel, defeat.
G. B. Waggoner.
Art Exhibit Coming.
May 26, the Art Department of OAC
expects to have an exhibit of about 100
pictures here from the League Exhibit
of Art Treasures from Fort Scott, Kan
sas. These pictures will be on exhibi
tion here one week following their ar
rival and every one will have an oppor
tunity to see them. They will be hung
in the rooms of the art department and
not at Shepard HallSvhere the Chicago
exhibit was displayed.- It is not very
often that such works are seen here
and everyone who does not see them
will miss a rare treat Barometer.
Four Score years
of Useful Life
FACTS IN CONDENSED FORM
Fine Folder and Pamphlet Now Being
Mailed to Hundreds of Inquirers in
J the East Who Have Signified Their
Intentions of Coming Here. ' ' ' ,
Newspaper Man
For Governor
President Taft has honored another
newspaper man when he nominated
Walter E. Clark, Washington corres
pondent of the Seatle Post-Intelligencer,
a member of the New York Sun Bureau,
to be Governor of Alaska. Governor W.
B. Hoggatt resigned, to take effect
October 1; in order that he might devote
more attention, to his business interests
in Alaska. " Soon after March 4, he in
formed -the President -that he intended
to retire before the close of his term
and asked that his successor be selected.
. At a Cabinet meeting last week Mr.
Clark was chosen by the President upon
the advice of several members of his
Cabinet who knew Mr. Clark intimately
Mr. Clark has the erputation of being
better informed upon Alaskan affairs
than any man outside the territory and
it it because of this knowledge and his
demonstrated ability that he was nom
inated.
Regarding Clark "s appoointment as
Governor of Alaska, the statement was
made at the White House that " the
action was taken on account of the im
portance of getting a special consider
ation for Alaska with a view to bring
ing together conflicting interests and
permitting the natural industrial de
velopment of the country.
The Daily Gazette, 50c per month. .
- During the past few days, George A.
Waggoner, the official publicity man of
Corvaliis, has been busily engaged in
the work of mailing descriptive adver
tising matter to a host of Eastern in
quirers whose names have been secured
partly from the Southem Pacific adver
tising department at Portland and part
ly by a personal canvass among the re
cent new comers for the names of those
whom they know are talking of coming
to the coast.
Two thousand names in all have been
secured and already eight hundred ans
wering letters have been mailed. In
each letter a pamphlet and a folder,
brimful of facts about Corvaliis and
Benton county have been enclosed.
This folder has four pages of -i closely
printed matter and is certain to attra;
considerable attention to this section of
country, the information being retiabL
and so arranged as to be easily read.
The pamphlet contains twelve pages
of the best condensed matter that could
be compiled. It is neatly printed, well
bound and ranks as a little gem in the
publicity line, being a brief compendium
of iust that sort of. information which
intending settlers are anxious for.
In preparing' this pamphlet Mr. Wag
goner has shown that he understands
the art of advertising, the highest aim
of .which is to attract and hold the at
tention of the public from start to fin
ish. a result which certainly has been
attained in this first publicity effort,
and which will be fully carried out
the descriptive matter for future circu
lation.
New Depot For McMinnville. .
The new depot, the necessity of which
the citizens of McMinnville have been
so long and persisently urging upon the
Southern Pacific officials, now seem as
sured. General Superintendent L. R
Fields, accompanied by the division en-:
gineer, was met at the depot by the
business men of the city, and plans
were submitted by the former for a new
$10,000 passenger and freight depot to
be erected there within the next few
months. The new building will be lo
cated on or near the present site, but
the track will be placed on the opposite
or east side so as to obviate the neces
sity of crossing the track in .order to
reach the depot. -
Read the Daily Gazette for all news.
Conference Tennis Tournament
The Conference tennis, tournamen
which will be played tomorrow and
Saturday on the Multnomah courts in
Portland between OAC; U. of 0.;U.
of W; Idaho, Whitman and, Washington
State College, promises to be an excit
ing contest. OAC will be represented
in the singles by Standish and in the
doubles by Mansfield and Boullan. The
men are putting in - some good practice
work and hope to make a creditable
showing. ,
The sessions of the various branches
of the Odd Fellows Lodge in session at
Albany during the past few days has
been a complete surprise to all friends
across the river. The hall and various
lodge rooms were taxed to their utmost
capacity and if a man was bow-legged
he was so crowded he couldn't give the
signs. Many a merry widow hat .. was
punched into two-story proportions anc
the committee in charge ot the accom
modation bureau stored the wayfarin
men away like sardines in a box. In
stead of the expected 800 some 2000
people landed on the scene thus show
ing that the order is growing some and
that the membership have an eye to du
siness. The Albany people hustled in
tine shape to entertain their mends,
Bowersox is a member of the reception
committee and a wireless telegram last
nisrht at 9:30 located mm 2 m les this
side of Lebanon - hunting for bsds for
his friends. , . , ,
On May twenty-first, Dr. L. V. Flint
will round out eighty years of earthly
life. For about half a century he has
been a spiritualist, and to him this be
lief has been all that stands for right
and justice, kindliness and charity; that
principal should never give way for
present benefits; that it was living the
life that told. That his failing powers
at present are due simply to the disso
lution of a ripe old age, and not to. dis
ease, is a beautiful tribute to the living.
He has been a vegetarian for more
than fifteen years, uses no tobacco,
wines, drug, tea or coffee anfl now, at
eighty, can carry a philosophical argu
ment to its conclusion, and attend to
his financial affairs. All honor to a
noble life," of -which twenty-three years
have been spent in Benton county.
Dr. Flint was born in Cayuga county,
New York. In the early days of the
California gold excitement he came out
to the camps and struck it rich, return
ing East to resume his practice. Years
after, when obliged to take a long rest
from overwork, his inclinations again
turned to the Coast and he has since
made this section his permanent home.
Program for Saturday.
The program for the Interscholastic
Track meet Saturday will be as follows:
8 a. m. Automobile parade of the high
school athletes through the town, and
over the college grounds.
9. a. m. to 12 m. Preliminary events.
2:30 p. m. Finals. -
6 to 8:30 p. m. Banpuet at Waldo
Hall.
8:30 to 11:59 p. m. Dance given by
OAC student body.
The Engineering
Journal Staff
Treat For Odd Fellows.
To accommodate the large number of j
Odd Fellows now in grand session at t
Albany, the Corvaliis & Eastern R. R.
has arranged to run a special excursion
to Yaquina and Newport tomorrow,
May 21,. to " give these visitors an op
portunity to see old ocean. This train
will leave Albany 7:30 a. m., Corvaliis
8 a. m,, and returning leave Yaquina 6
p.m., the ticket rates for the round
trip being $1.50.
The Northwest Journal of Engineer
ing, one ot the ongntest puDiicauons:
i i .- A -i l j.i . ! . . : : . IWbk.
dents, now has a new staff, an election ' ."
having been held last week at which
R. L. Davidson was chosen editor, A.
B. Abendroth, manager and V. P. 'Gia
nella, assistant manager.
These young men are well fitted for
the positions and it is their intention to
make the Journal as good a class publi-
; cation as it is possible to do. Plans for
I the coming year's work have been out-
lined and the entire class will take a
j personal interest in the success of the
I Journal.
; Dr. J. B. Patterson, who was for
several years director of athletics at
OAC, is now practicing his profession
in Missouri. He has just been elected
1 3 an important position in one of the
leading " New York City hospitals and
will soon remove there to take up his
work. Dr. Patterson was one of the
first to suggest the building of a Y. M.
C. A. hall at OAC.
Our 45th Annua! Glearance Sale ends
May 29th. Juit one week more for you to
secure unequaled bargains
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