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TRAVELERS' GUIDE
Arrival and Departure of Trains
UNION DEPOT, CORVALLIS
R. C XINvrc,' E, Agent
Arrive Southern Pacific , Depart
11:30a m. Passenger- 1:30 p m.
5:40 p.m. - Freight 6:4oa.m.
Qorvallis & Eastern
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8:35 am.
1:20 p m. " west
4:35 p. m " ' east '
8:35 p. m.
Sunday Trains
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Daily except Sunday,
trains dailv.
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2:15 p. m
6 p. m
1:40 p. m
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CORVALLIS POSTOFFICE
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and Holidays, opens 10 a. m., closes 11
a. m.
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ELECTRICITY SUPPLANTING STEAM
The electrificaton of steam
railroads is steadily becoming a
nearer possibility, although the
inventors have yet much to ac
complish before the motor .gen
erally displaces the engine. The
opening wedge comesin the form
of electrification of terminals in
the largest cities, where condi-
tions of heavy passenger traffic
prevail and where the greatest-
objection is made to the smoke
nuisance. Progress along these
lines has been made in New .York
Philadelphia and Baltimore, and
other large cities are likely to
follow in the next few years. -
. The railroads claim that sub
stitution of electricity for steam
out on main lines would involve
prohibitive losses bv maki'ne
3unk of millions of dollars' worth sey lce-r1 W Marsliueid post
of steam locomotives. This, how-i oflice notices have been recieved
ever, is misleading and far from
true, for during the several years
necessarily consumed in chang
ing over, say, a thousand miles
of trunk line, the future would
be taken into consideration. As
fast as the steam locomotives on
one division were released they
would be transferred to other di
visions to take the placeof worn
outs there, and at last there
would be branch lines of their
own, and smaller roads which
would absorb a ' great part of
what motive power remained at
the finish. There would be some
direct-loss, and some indirect,
such as placing on branch lines
heavier and faster locomotives
than the business required; but
the loss from this item would be
only a fraction of the whole.
There would be other millions
of dollars, now invested in loco
motive repair shops, thrown out
of use, but this would bring its
own compensation, for the elec
tric locomotive goes to the shop
only two or three times a ' year
where the- steam locomotive
must be overhauled constantly.
Moreover, the cost of repairs to
the electric machine is insignfi
cant compared to the cost of
maintenance of the steam loco
motives.
The elimination of smoke,
cinaers ana spares wm con
tribute to the comfort and luxury
of long distance travel quite as
much as did the air brake when
it displaced the hand brake.
Remembered
To Their Credit
The proposed Ashland refer
endum of the agricultural college
appropriation was not filed. It
is a vindication of direct legisla
tion that it was not done. A
reef that it it important for the
friends of direct . legislation to
avoid is never to employ it
unintelligently The wisdom of
its use will be the best guarantee
of its permanency.
In the present instance there
was no charge that the appro
priauon was excessive . or
undeserved. On the contrary
tnat mere was lull warrant for
, ;- ...
hj.1 me legislature appropriated,
and even more, was . universally
confessed. Then there is that
perpetual ; truin mat in any
matter of education it is better
to,err in favor of it than against
it. It is-better always to over
give than to undergive when in
struction for the youth of any
land is. involved. Oregon
citizenship has reason to be
deeply interested in a generous
educational policy. The state
is leading the country in
matter governmental. -As Gov
ernor r oik 01 Missouri said m
Portland last week, "Oregon
is leader of the political thought
ol America." It is a position
paramount that it is of impor
auce to maintain, and the surest
factor for its maintainance is to
be wise in employing the forms
we have and be active in school
ing those who are to be citizens
after us. Both these proposi
tions are well met by the non
hling tf the Ashland referen
dum. The Ashland citizen as
a-whole has been wise, a fact
to be remembered to their cred
it. Journal. '
New Mail Route to Coos
While' nothing is known
positively of the arrangement,
it appears that, the mail route
into Coos Bay will be changed
At present the mail goes from
Roseburg over the stage road
to Summer and then bv boat to
MarshfielJ. The road in a . bad
onf aud tiiefe has been - - much
comPialnt regarding the slow
to advertise for bids for carry
ing the mails from Gardiner to
Marshf ield, which would " in
dicate that the mail is to be
sent to Drain, instead of Rose
burg,taken over the stage line
to Gardiner and then overland
to Coos Bay. The advertisement
for bids provides that the trip
must be made in 14 hours. The
stage trip from Drain to Gard
iner, requires about 16 hours.
wasnaTOi m mm
U. of 0. Beaten in Tennis Tournament
by U. of W 1
In the finals of the Northwest
Intercollegiate ' tennis tourna
ment," played on the M. A. A. C.
courts at Portland Saturday af
ternoon, the University of Wash
ington won both the singles and
doubles from the University -oi
Oregon. In the singles a . hard
match was fought by Murray for
Washington and Newland for
Oregon. . Both these men are
former California players. Then
Murray got the whip hand and
by steady and clever playing won
from his opponent. This vic
tory gives him the Northwest
intercollegiate championship. '
In the doubles. Murray and
Moncrief for Washington took
away another victory from the
Oregon men. This victory was
more easily won than the sing
les. Harrv Stein and Charles
McC. Snow defended the Oregon
side of the net, but were unable
to-cops witlt the stronger team
from Washington. Alfchono-h
-J e
M urray had played the set in
the singles' he was obliged to
take part again in the doubles
ou account of the disability of
Van Kuran, who came over from
Seattle to enter the doubles
Van Kuran was afflicted with
blood poisoning in his right
hand upon his arrival in Port
land, as the result of a blister,
and disqualified. The tourna
ment war played in connection
with the Latz cup tournament,
and a large crowd was present
New Depot at Klamath.
Advices have beeu received
from the office of the chief end-
neer of the Southern Pacific that
the plans, for the depot for Kla
math Falls are uow practical! v
comp!eted.:,v It is estimated that
the structure will cost $15,000
1 he walls are to be of rubble
with dressed stone caps. The
roof will be of slate. There 'will
be two large waiting rooms, a
baggage room and an open court.
The floors in the waiting rooms
will be of tile. High wainscoting
of the same material will also be
used. Some time ago the Cham
ber of Commerce sent a com
munication to the officials of the
railroad company setting forth
that it was the wish of the people
of Klamath Falls that a depot of
attractive character be built and
the city was willing to aid in
paying for the structure. The
officials refused to consider the
matter of a contribution
Grants Pass Cleans Up.
. Clean-upday was well observ
ed in Grants Pass Saturday and
every man and child had some
thing to do and did it before the
afternoon came around. All the
alleys, plazas, back door yards
and street enrbings were gone
over, and as a result of the unit
ed effort six men- with six teams
have been busy for three days
hauling off the old tin cans, bar
rels, boxes, broken glass and
various other articles tnat have
accumulated in alleys backrooms
and streets. ; The whole citv now
appears as fresh and neat as a
well-kept lawn.
First Tram To Klamath. '
Klamath . Falls was deserted
last Thursday when uearlv the
entire population turned out to
meet the first train. A demon
stration was given by a band of
school children. Two hundred
people from the city met the
train at Ady, many x old timets
and Indians t being among the
crowd. All the stores were clos
ed and the schools suspended
The train was welcomed at the
depot by 1500 people.
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Character Study cf Julia Ward Howe, an Optimist at Ninety,
Young In Ker Principles and Sympathies, Lover of
the New Light and Demoted to All Causes
For Betterment of the Race.
By JAMES A. EDGEHTON. !
HE Battle Hymn of the Eepub-!
public- will ever remain one of
.v. U, Ua-
tion.
iu n are couioineu tue
highes'
sentiments of the heart-lore ;
of -ou
ntry. religion, liberty and the
militaut spirit of righteousness. IiB-
, . "
u-e little more thau doggerel, "The Bat-
;le Uyuin" is poeti'y. Its "words are
X'culiarly apt and tilled with the spirit
:f the crucial hour that brought them
'orth. , Even its 'music belongs peculiar
ly to the civil war period, its air, "John
firown's Body." having been a favorite
iu the northern armies. "The Battle
HyuiV" sounds with - the tramp of
maix-tii'.ig feet. It has a Puritan fervor
n nd devotion. It is a crusader's chaut.
a s'.mk to -the prod of battles.
Jnlla Ward Howe, the author of ttiis
Anieriean "Marseillaise," will be ninety
years old on 'May 2i, which has caused
everybody that has written about her-
-very un.al'.antly to call her "the grand
old woman" of America. Grand old
men ; may L,e all right, although that
phrase U mildewed, but to talk of
grand old women Is carrying the an
tique 3dea too far. Mrs. Howe may
have lived, on the earth ninety years,
but she is not old. In her principles
and sympathies she is yopng, Is abreast
of the best thought of the day, is pro
gressive, . loves the new light, is in
tune with the music of the present and
hears the call of the future. Such a
soul belies all the ideas of age. The
THREE MILESTONES IN THE
secret of it all is that she lives in her
spirit, which has eternal youth. She
is as ready to espouse the cause of the
hour now as she was sixty years ago,
when helping her husband edit an anti
slavery paper in Boston.
A Famous Quartet.
The present best knows Mrs: Howe
by ber song, but it may be that the
future will prize her most for her work
in behalf of the emancipation of wom
en. Since the civil war she has thrown
her- heart into the cause of higher edu
cation, for her sex, of equal rights be
fore the law, of female suffrage and
of the general movement for the en
lightenment and upliftment of woman
kind. She formed one of that celebrat
ed, quartet of which the other mem
bers were Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Frances E. Willard.
She has outlived them all and is here
to see the proud day when suffragettes
are storming every capital and are go
ing to jail in order that their daugh
ters may go to the ballot box.
Ninety years and practically all of
it filled with work for humanity! Be
fore the death of Uer husband, Samuel
Gridley Howe, she helped him In his
work for the freeing of Greece, for the
liberation of Poland, for the bringing
of freedom In France during the July
revolution, for the assistance of the
blind, for the freeing of the slave and
for the other causes that this unselfish
and noble man "espoused. At one time,
while laboring for the Poles, Dr. Howe
teas thrown Into prison In Prussia. In
his efforts in behalf of the blind he
educated Laura Bridgman, the deaf,
dumb and blind girl, who was more
famous then than Helen Keller Is now.
After the death of her husband,
which . occurred In 1876, Mrs. Howe
continued his philanthropic work, turn
ing. ; her attention especially to the
peace movement, prison reform and
all phases of the woman's cause.
When she became active In the cru
sade for her sex in 1869 there were
scarcely any woman's colleges, and
these few were sllmly attended; equal
suffrage had hardly been heard of,
ampion
and as for ,aw- th wprB hv mon 'f
men and for men. .Today; thanks' to
ner efforts and those of her colleagues.
jand js dotted wi(.n WOmelj.s co.
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fra!r( ,, tIlp snTln,.turs J thf1 mnro
mmt Hrn w mQt, ,
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I the world than anybody else, the rights
of the sex are being more fully recog
nized in the laws, and the new woman
is capturing the world. The woman's
club has come to stay, and man, proud
man, dressed not in a little brief au
hority, but in an apron, is staying
home, washing the dishes and minding
the baby. No wonder Mrs. Howe is
an optimist; no wonder she has Jived
so long, just to enjoy the novel sensa
tion. Any one who has maneuvered
the lord of creation into a position
where he is yelling for mercy, as at
present, is entitled to take a roseate
view and to Jive to be a hundred.
Fame Buns In the Family.
Julia Ward Howe was born in New
York city.. Her father was a banker
and grandson of two colonial govern
ors of Rhode Island. Her brother was
Sam Ward, who was well known a
half century ago. In fact, Mrs. Howe
is related to so many distinguished
people that her family1 tree looks like
a leaf torn out of a biographical dic
tionary. Two of her daughters, Laura
E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott,
are popular writers; ner son is a pro
fessor in Columbia; her nephew, the
late F. ' Marion Crawford, was a fa
LIFE OF JTTLIA WARD HOWE.
mous novelist. She has been an intimate
friend of nearly all the great writers
on both sides of the Atlantic during
the last seventy years. Of them all
she regards- Emerson as the greatest,
a verdict which in itself reveals her
spirituality and advancement.
Three events in the career of Mrs,
Howe are typical and illuminating,
The first occurred In 18G1 In the city
of Washington. She had gone" there
with her husband, who did much to
aid the Union in its struggle for life,
On arriving in the city the tender sus
ceptibilities of her nature were
wrought upon by the siprht of the araij
and tlK loii;; lines of ta ',. She had
known John Brown in life, and. bring
an ' accomplished singer, something
wrought upon her while passing the
marching columns to pour forth in her
rich contralto voice the air of "John
Brown's Body." The soldiers took it
up, and soon it was rolling along .the
ranks. A friend was so touched by
the incident hat he asked Mrs. Howe
to write more worthy words to the
music, and she promised to do so. A
morning or two later she arose while
it was still dark with "The Battle
Hymn of the Republic" forming itself
in her mind and then and there, with
no light but the gray drawn, wrote it
practically as it stands today.
The second incident occurred years
later in Constantinople. Mrs. Howe
had lectured in one of the American
colleges near the city and as she was
driven down the great hill on which
the college stood was suddenly trans
fixed to hear her own song wafted
after her In ber Journey, an event with
all the more poetic significance since
the late democratic uprising in Turkey.
-, The third event occurred in' Boston
at the time the Italian societies were
celebrating the discovery of America
by Columbus. They were electrified to
have a sweet faced and white haired
American woman arise and address
them in their own tongue. It was
Julia Ward Howe, at home In all lands
and devoted to all causes that mean
I the betterment of the lace.
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Dealer in Hats, Shoes, Ready-to-Wear
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CORVALLIS,
OREGON
Blackledjre & Everett
Successors to Henkle & Blakledge
FUNERAL DIRECTORS and LICENSED EMBALMERS
Carry a complete line of coffins and
caskets in all colors and sizes; also
ladies' men's and children's burial
robes. Calls attended to day and
night. Lady assistant EMBALMING FOR
SHIPPING A SPECIALTY. Call at Blackledge's
furniture store Both phones.
ATTORNEYS
I. F. YATES, ATTORNE Y-AT-L A W.
Office Rooms 3, 4, 1st Natl Bank Bldg.
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PHYSICIANS
G. R FARRA, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND
Surgeon. Office in Burnett Block,
over Harris' Store. Residence corner
Seventh and Madison. Office hours:
8 to 9 a. m.; 1 to 2 p. m. Phones:
Office, 2128, Residen'ce, 404.
J. B. MORRIS. M. "D, PHYSICIAN
and Surgeon. Corner Third and Mon
roe Streets, Corvallis, Oregon. Office
hours: 9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 4 p m ; 7 to
8 p. m. Phone in both office ani resi
dence.. W.T. ROWLEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN
and Surgeon. Special attention given
to the Eye. Noee and Throau Office
in Johnson Bide. Ind. 'phone at of
fice and tesidence.
UNDERTAKERS
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or and Licensed Embalmer. Suc
cessor to Boves & Bauer Corvallis,
Oregon. Ind. Phone 45. Bell Phone
241, Lady attendant when desired.
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