GAZETT
VOL. I. NO. 26
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1909
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PRESIDENT TAFT PRESSES ELECTRIC KEY AT WASHINGTON
made up of one thousand regular troops,
two batteries of mountain and coast
artillery, two companies of cavalry, bat
talions of marines and blue jaeketsfrom
the navy and two companies of marines
and sailors from the Japanese Cruisers
Aso and Soya.: These were drawn up
in parade rest just back of the ampi
theater, ' : v. . J . -.
The formal programme opened with
the playing of Americana, by Innes Band
at 11:30; this was followed by the Invo
cation by;; Bishop O'Dea whjch. -'"'was
brought to a close at the exact minute
deliver-' under
Impressive Ceremonies Mark the Grand Event . and a Quarter, of a Million
People Join in the Great DemonstrationCannon Roar, Bells Ring,
Whistles Scream and Flags Wave in Honor of the Formal
Opening of the Exposition at Seattle Today. -"' ,
Seattle, Wash., June 1,. (Special.) .
Promptly at twelve o'clock, neon, to
day, President.'William H.Taft pressed
an electric key in the capital at Wash
ington," and the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition was formally opened to the
guests from every part of the world.
The opening exeic'ses were conduct
ed in the presence of a quarter of a mil
lion people. These impressive ceremon
ies were held in the immense natural
ampitheater on the' shores of Lake
Washington. The enormous ; crowd
stood silent and awed as the' solemn
words of Invocation were uttered by
theRight Reverend Bishop Edward J.
O'DeaBishop of Seattle. Not a flag
or strip of bunting fluttered from the
thousand flag staffs and domes; the en
tire exposition city awaited with sup
pressed eagerness the touch of .the Pres
ident's hand.
With the first stroke of the bell an
nouncing the arrival of high noon, the
deep sounding whistle from the Univer
sity Power House taken from the Rus
sian gunboat that announced the trans
fnvnf AloVa tn thp Tlnii-.eH States? $ears
ago, gave response to the flash from '
Washington, and every wheel of the
exposition machinery was set in motion.
It was the signal for general pande
monium; from every whistle, bell and
.siren of the great msnfacturies and
steamers the sound was taken up, and
the"gfeat throng-gave-mit to its- with
held enthusi am. Fromthe top of a
giant flag staff two hundred and fifty
feet in height, the largest American
flag ever made, broke loose and the ex
position city was buried in a cloud of
flags, banners and gayly colored bunt
iug. Over the blue waters of Elliot Bay
came the thundering salute of twenty
one guns from ships of the American
Navy, and re-echoing thus rang back
the answering reply from the grim muz
zles of the guns of the Mikado.
The programme marking the most
important happening of general inter
est ever held in the Northwest, was
particularly elaborate and interesting.
Its commencement was announced by
the firiug of the National salute from
the guns of a mountain battery station
ed on the ground, and this was the sig
nal for the movement of the military
' inarch to the general review. This was
best work of the League students.
This collection of paintings will be on
exhibition each morning and after three
o'clock in the afternoon.: The public is
cordially invited to visit tne exhibit
and very reasonable prices will be made
on the pictures to those desiring to pur
chase any of them. .v .7.
The exhibit will be seen at only one
other place on the coast. .. ;
THE DALLAS-SALEM . ROAD
Contractors Are Now Laying' Tract
and Will Rush Work
Tracklaying was begun last week
on the railroad extension :: between
Dallas and Salem. The - crossing at
the Southern Pacific tract had-been
completed on Saturday, which per
mitted the work to. be carried on
without delay. Many loads of ties
were hauled from the mill yard by
team and distributed along the grade;
soon to be followed by the , track" steel
gang and the construction train
of twelve. '-' ' ". ' .
The address of welcome wa?
ed by Director General L A. Nadeaui
and following this- the march, Gloria j
Washington, the offical exposition " wal i
rendered .for, the first time ip . public. :
Futher addresses . were made by Hon.
Sir James Bryce, British Embassador
to the United States,' Hon. Jas. J. HilL
President of the Great Northern Rail
way Company Congressman Rhoden
berg and after these,- President of the
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, J
E. Chilberg- turned the exposition over
to the people of the city and state. -The
Benediction was pronounced by
Right Reverend Fredrick W.: Keator,
.With the laying of the - tract
way, all of the supplies
A magnificent display of daylight fire
works followed the throwing open of
now
will
hereafter fee taken to the front by
train, at Flatcars especially equipped
for the moving of the steel . have been
provided, and the manual labor connect
ed with the handling of the neavy rails
will be reduced to the minimum; A
large force of men is employed, and
the . construction " will be carried ' on
with all possible speed consistent jwith
thorough work. .,'"-:' C-JJ
: The grading gang that .commenced
work on the .Dallas end . of the line a
few weeks, ago has reached & point
about midway between. Derry andEblaf
The heavy cut on the Thieisen f arm
Bishop of Olympia, and closed the cere- only one of .its kind between Dallas
monies oi opening.
and Eola, has been completed, ana
the; graders are pushing steadily on
towards the crossing of -the LaCreole
COMRADES COMING
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GRAND ARMY DELEGATES ARE BE-
GINNING TO ARRIVE.
CITY IS DECORATED IN HONOR
away and an old camp-kettle, all typ
ical of the days of '61-'65.
The veterans will find a warm and
hearty welcome awaiting them, it being
the wish of every person in Corvallis
that the visitors shall carry away with
them pleasant memories of the hospita
ble reception accorded them at the en
campment. .. .
GAVE OP THE'GHOST
Kincaid's Paper Dies After Forty
Five Years Struggle.
PLENTY OF PRUNES
THIS SEASO
ORCHARDS IN WILLAMETTE VAL
LEY ARE LOADED.
Appropriate Measures Taken to Insure
the Veterans and all Visitors to the
G. A. R. Encampment a Hospitable
Welcome Interesting Exercises.
Already the comrades of the Grand
Army and their noble associates, the
Women's Relief Corps, together with
the families and friends of delegates,
are beginning to arrive for the twenty
eighth annual eucampment, Department
of Oregon G. A. R. , which will meet
here in regular convention tomorrow !
for a three days' session. -
From present indications there will
lae several hundred people in attendance
H'.R. Kincaid's "Oregon State Jour
nal" suspended publication last Thurs
day more than 45 years without missing
a single issue- Mr, Kincald states
that the paper has never been a money
maker, and that it has been a loss to
him during the greater part of the
life of the paper.
. In a closing editorial he explains
that he continued the paper under such
unfavorable conditions because he
believed he was "contributing to the
enlightenment, entertainment and
happiness of humaniy," The paper
may resume publication later.
Kincaid was formerly Secretary of
State, and a well-known politician.
Boom At Central Point
Central Point, Oregon, is enjoying an
industrial boom that bids fair to
continue throughout the Summer.
Fifteen new residences, several of
and they, will all be given a hospitable4-Which are as fine as any in the valley,
welcome, many of the residents having
offered their homes for the entertain
ment of the visitors.
The ladies of the Corvallis. Commer
cial Club will give a reception to the
visiting ladies tomorrow afternoon at
the . club rooms, and the OAC cadets
will muster on the campus at 11 o'clock
are under construction: many others
are contemplated. - A substantial brick
business block is rapidly nearing
pletion, and three other large brick and
stone .business blocks are under con
struction. Contracts will be let this
! this week for the erection of two
. additional business blocks, The entire
FROST DAMAGES CROP LITTLE
Lands in All This Section Are Ideal For
the Culture of Prunes and Growers
Are Now Taking f Advantage of the
Experience of Early Raisers.
'i?r-iiB-the morning and give an exhibition j business district now has
ttefairHnd this was continued the veterans, how -the boys sidewalk,.
out tne atternoon. witn the close oi
the programme, luncheon was served
to distinguished guests and was attend
ed by many prominent ladies and gen
tlemen, guests ol the exposition man
agement. This evening an official ban
quet will be tendered visiting dignitar
ies at which short addresses will be de
livered by the Governor of Washington,
the Mayor of Seatle, visiting governors
and a number of distinguished visitors.
The opening of the Alaska Yukon
Pacific Exposition was worthy of the
occasion. The presenting of a world's
fair, complete and finished was some
thing remarkable in exposition history,
and wjien the fair presented and justifi
ed the claims of its builders, and made
good the expectations of being tne most
beautiful exposition ever built, the nat
ural enthusiasm of the boundless North
west had sufficient cause for liberal ex
penditure. ' .
STUDENT BODY OFFICERS
Result of Annual Election Held at OAC
Last Week.
OAC Loses To
Multnomah
The annual student body elections
held last Thursday resulted in the choice
of R. L. Davidson, of Union, for presi
dent of the student body association; S.
A. Wilson, of Portland, for editor of
the Oregon Agricultural College Baro
meter; F. D. Marsh, of Portland, presi
dent of oratory and debate, and Harry
Asbahr, of Cornelius, Wash., president
-of the athletic board. Over 500 votes
were cast. ..
Other officers elected are: First vice
president, Minnie Diven, of Vale; sec
ond vice-president, W. C. Keck, off
Hammond; third vice-president, Jack
Weatherford; secretary, Mattie Wells,
of Corvallis; manager of the Barometer,
A; M. Weatherford, of Dayton, Wash.;
secretary of oratory and debate, Iva
McGinnis, of Corvallis; treasurer, Harry
Asbahr, of Cornelius, Wash. ; members
of the athletic board, M. A. McCall, L.
C. Rulifson and K. ii. Kiley; manager
of the football team, Carl Wolff, of
Portland; manager of the basketball
. team, Ted Reid; manager of the track
team, LeRoy Breithaup; manager of
the baseball team, V. P. Gianella; yell
leader, L. A. Duckworth.
Many Buildings At Hillsboro
Hillsboro is enjoying another building
boonj that bids fair to eclipse the pro
gress of last year, when 100 new homes
were built. Nearly all of the homes
now under construction are of the bet
ter order, and carpenters are all em
ployed. Small piece work has to wait
its turn.
Head the Daily Gazette for all news.
T. W. Brunk farm. The LaCi-eola
bridge will soon be finished, as will also
the trestles between Salem and Eola.
The grading gang on the Salem-Eola
division is making good progress, and
it is expected that this work will' be
finished in ample time to permit the
tracklayers to proceed without interrup
tion after they have reached Eola.
The last spike in the passing track at
Gilliam's station, between Dallas and
Falls City, was driven last week.
This track is nearly one-half m2e in
lengthy snd the operation of the
regular passenger trains will no longer
be interfered with by the long logging
trains from Black Rock.
General Manager Louis Gerlinger.Jr.,
and Chief Engineer S. B. Taylor
have all of the construction work
under their personal supervision, and
the 14-mile extension between .Dallas
and Salem will be rushed to an early
completion, so .that regular train
service between Black Rock and the
Capital City may be established before
the Fall rains begin. Observer.
By a score of 5 to 3 Multnomah Ath
letic Club ball-tossers won the second
game of the season from OAC team
yesterday on the Multnomah Club field.
The OAC boys were desirous of retali
ating for the defeat the clubmen ad
ministered to them earlier in the season
at Corvallis, but the final score w
wrong end to, although two Multnomah
pitchers had to be used and the cadets
put up the stiff est kind of a game.
The game was largely a pitchers' bat
tle, in which Keene, the OAC slabster
slightly excelled the Multnomah pair.
Morris replaced De Keff e at the beginn
ing of the seventh and won the game,
His offerings were .somewhat of a puz
zle to every body except Keck, who
furnished the feature of the game by
securing three hits out of five times at
bat. Stamp Stott, the Multnomah
backstop, also weilded a heavy stick.
Bocock knocked s two-bagger into the
south end of the grandstand in the sixth
inning. Horton played aggressive
game for OAC. . .
Art Exhibit At
. Mechanical Hal!
are educated in tactics and the manual
in these modern times. j
The city is handsomely decorated in '
honor of the occasion and all the busi
ness houses and depot and most of the :
residences have a fine display of na- '
tionaT colors and bunting. .1
Many of the stores have also prepared
special features in keeping with the
event. Kline's windows present a bril
liant scene of red, white and blue, with
"Father Abraham" in the center.
Henkle & Davis are showing an old
Colt's revolver that Mr. Davis' father
brought out over the plains with him
in '64, and a curiosity in the shape of a
grape shot, that was dug out of a tree
on the Antietam battle field, by George
Neikirk, of Philomath.
The most unique and effective deco
ration is the abandoned camp fixed up
by O. J. Blackledge. The scene repre
sents a background of trees, a disman
led cannon, muskets and sabres thrown
concrete
and the frame buildings
along the main street- are being re
moved", and will be replaced by modern
structures. Construction of a complete
system of waterworks under way.
The City Council at its last regular
meeting took the initial step for the
issuance of waterworks bonds in the
sum of $22,000. The city now has
$350,000 worth of taxable property
Indications are for a record-breaking
crop of prunes in the Willamette Val
ley. While growers have been greatly
worried by the frosts and dry weather,
it appears to be the general opinion
that the crop has not been injured. W.
C. Tillson. of W. C. Tillson & Co.. Sa
lem, discussing the outlook for the crop,
said:
"I look for a very heavy crop and low
prices. The trees are loaded with more
fruit than the branches will support '
when it reaches maturity. The fruit
will be small. The cold weather did notf
hurt Willamette Valley prunes, and so
far the dry weather has done no dam
age. I was in Southern Oregon last
week and in some places in that section
the crop will not be much over 25 per
cent. It seems to be the opinion down
there that the frost has done the dam
age." H. S. Gile; of the" Willamette Vahey
Prune Company, is of the - opinion that
prunes have not as yet been hurt by the
dry "weather, but that unless there is
considerable moisture from now on the
fruit will fall early and will be small.
Mr. Gile states that estimates of the
Southern Oregon- crop range from 25 to
60 per cent.
During: the past decade it has been
and no indebtedness and it is believed I
but little difficulty will be experienced j practically demonstrated that the land
in floating the bonds. 1 m the Willamette Valley is among the
I very best known for the production of
Letter List. j highclass prunes. The original growers
The following letters remain uncalled ' in this section passed through severe
Reception
To Ladies
for in the Corvallis, Oregon, postoffice
for the week ending May 29, 1909:
Frank Bradley, Herod Burkley, J. M.
Blon, E. R. Cole, W. H. Marvin, F. A.
Miller, Miss F. Macbeath, B. M. Smith,
Bert Thayer.
B. W. Johnson, P. M.
Daily Gazette 50 cents a month.
experiences and suffered some losses,
because they didn't kuow how. All
were confident that the country had
great merit for prune growing, but the
business had to be learned,
Mr. and Mrs. John Patrick, of Grant's
Pass, came in yesterday and will make
Corvallis their future home.
The ladies of the Corvallis Commer
cial Club have made -ell arrangements
to give the visiting .ladies of the G. A.
R. encampment an informal reception
at the Club rooms tomorrow, Wednes
day, afternoon from four to six o'clock.
The occasion promises to be a most
enjoyable one and everything possible
-will be done to make the visitors feel
at home here.
Those having the reception in charge
desire that all the lady members of the
club be present to assist in entertaining
the visitors and to extend to them the
most cordial greeting and welcome. ', .. .
. Big Deal Closed.
Another big deal was closed, last
week, it having leaked cat tqday among
friends in the real estate circle that one
of the leading real estate men of Cor-
vallis, J. H. Musgrave, made a flying
trip to Portland last Saturday to close
a deal, but on his return it was learned
that Mr. Musgrave had closed a matri
monial deal with Mrs. Bird Cochrori, of
Omaha, Nebraska, Rev. Foulkes being
the soul binder of the transaction. They
were cordially received Sunday evening
by the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Musgrave, and friends wishing
them success and happiness all along
life's journey.
The graduates of the eighth , grade
will assemble tomorrow afternoon at
four o'clock for their class meeting.
Saturday, June 12, they meet at 2:30 p.
m. at the school house for - the class
all gems, having been selected from the ; picture which will then be taken.
Every home should raise a flag for the G. A. R.
Encampment. We are showing a complete line of flags
and hunting for decoration.
There is now on display in Room 30,
Mechanical Hall, OAC, the finest art
exhibit ever brought to this city, the
collection consisting of 100 choice water
colors from the Art Students' League
of Chicago. . ' . -
The subjects cover a wide range of
landscapes and still life scenes and are
Large American Flags, fast colors, full
number of stars, for exterior decorating and
flagjpoles. .
Size 4x 6, $1.00.
5x 8, 1.75
6x10, 2.50
Printed Silk Flags, fast colors, printed on
fine Jap silk, black ebonized staff, gold spear
point tips.
Size 5x 9, $ .15
8x12, .25
16x24, .60
24x36, 1.00
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AGENTS
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