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About Corvallis daily gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon) 1909-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1909)
CORVALLIS DAILY GAZETTE Published every evening except Sun day. Office: 259-263 Jefferson street, corner Third street, Corvallis, Oregon. PI1CNS - 210 ail remittances payable to the COR.VAI, lis Gazette. . In ordering changes of address, sub scribers should always give old as well as new address. 9 ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY ' Delivered by carrier, per week $ 15 Delivered by carrier, per month .50 Hy mail, one vear, in advance 5 00 Hy mail, six months, in advance 2 50 Ev mail, one month, in advance 50 CORVALLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE Published Every Friday Entered at the postoffice at Corvallis, Oregon, as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, in a'lvance JS2.00 isix moths, in auvance CKAS. . SPRINGER, Editor and Publisher. TRAVELERS' GUIDE Arrival and Departure of Trains UNION DEPOT, CORVALLIS R. C. LINVIL1 E, Agent Arrive 11:30 a 5:40 p Southern Pacific TJepart m. Passener 1:300. m m. Freight 6:4o a. m. Corvallis c"c Eastern II a. m. 8:35 a in. 1:20 p m. 4:35 p. ra 8:35 p. m. passenger east ii:i5 a m 6:30 a m. 2:15 p. m 6 p. m " west " east a Sunday Trains 1:40 p. m 1:15 p. m. Daily except Sunday, trains dailv. 11:15 a. m All other CORVALLIS POSTOFFICE Opens 8 a. m , closes 6 p. m. and holidays, opens 10 a. m., 4. m. Sundays closes 11 Mails Open From 7, 10 a.m, 12 m. 10 a m, 2, 5 p m 7, 10 a m, 12 m 10 a hi, 5 p m Mails Clise For Portland 5:30, 10:30 am, 12m 5:30 n m Albany 5:30, 10:30 a m, f;30 p m Washington and 10:3f n m, 12:30 Eastern states a:.w p m California a and 10:30 a m, 5 points South p m Philiimath and points West 12:30 p m Monroe 1:30, 5:30 pm McMinville and We'-tside points 12:15 p m Mill City and way ro.nts 5:30 a m Philomath and Alsea 8 5 a m Monroe itage 2pm Philomath stage 9am 11:30 a m 10 am 12 m 10 a m 5pm HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. History repeats itself. Some few years ago, the people of Western Oregon united to abate a nuisance. That nuisance was standing timber. It stood frowning menace to the develop "ment of agricultural lands. It :?tood in path of progress. It had no value. The torch was "applied and thousands of acres were cleared' of timber by de vastatins: flames. While this tragedy in Oregon was being en acted, the mills hummed and the axmen swung his relentless ax in the Middle West. ' Wis consin, Minnesota and Michigan rapidly saw the transformation of forests primeval to denuded hills. Those who saw (had seen) this change lifted their vision and looked for other forests to conquer and westward their jour iiey started. Their "ap'propria tion of the heritage of the Oreg on pioneer was rapid. The Gov ern merit's timbered domain pass ed to Eastern owners, who knew its value. The settlers who spent their lives in the silence of this forest vast saw ro value and it went to those who saw mighty forests disappear in oth r states. History repeats itself. Again page number one isturned. Capital witnesses the congested centers of population cry aloud for land and sees the -Govern ment making its last gift of homes of the people. It recog nizes an enhancing value. Ev . ery acre must go to work, and the cultivation of the soil will infringe on the sandy waste of the desert. They know these things. Those who have lived here have accustomed themsel ves in the belief that thev could have all of the land that they could patrol and see no value ex cept possibly the expense to in close it with a fence.. They will get nothing.. The agricultural lands will go just like ; the tim ber lands have gone. On every land there is the evidence. Near ly every day Eastern companies are acquiring thousands of acres. The harvest is theirs. Surely. listory repeats. Blue Mountain Ejagle. ANCIENT CONCRETE WORK. Lest this modern age should forget that concrete for building purposes is not a new material, the following account of its use n ages long gone by is publish ed: In describing the extent to which concrete was employed in the construction of many of their more important structures by the Romans, a writer states that in all of th,e work he hal examined the marks of the wood forms are at all timesjdiscernable and especially is this so in the corridor of the house of Augus tus 011 the Palatine, where the grain of the wood can be clearly seen. These walls are some 24 feet above the ground level, and th ough the construction of the forms seems to have been care- essly done, the result is none the less interesting. Here is a splendid opportunity to see con crete and to leisurely inspect it from every point of vantage. Above these concrete founda tions rose the Palace of Augus tus, formed of those stupendous walls and vaults of brick which here, as elsewhere in Rome, thrust their arches through the air with such poise and precis ion that they are to this day the admiration of every beholder and gave to the Romans their proud position among ,the mas ter builders of the world. The structure of brick above these concrete walls has succumbed to the. ravage's of time and to the hand of the destroyer, but the concrete remains without a crack or a fracture that could be dis covered by careful examination Its adhesion is perfect, and that there has not been the slightest disintegration uf even the outside surface is attested by the fact that the grain of the forms may still be seen in the concrete, though its imprint was made over two 2000 years ago. borne recent excavations at the Arch-of Titus have disclosed the fact that this structure rest: entirely upon a monolithic base of concrete, . approximately 45 feet long, 20-feet wide and 12 feet deep. This foundation was poured into wooden frames ex actly as we do it now, and when the concrete had set these wood en forms were removed. Directly in front of the ruins of the Temple of Julius is a large concrete base in which also the vertical marks of the wooden forms can be clearly seen. The excavations here do not permit a view of this entire structure but enough of it appears to give a fair idea of its state of' preser vation, which is perfect. There is not a crack or fracture in it and though located in a part of the Forum, it shows', no effect from the moisture to which it has been subject for so many centuries. Selection of School Lands Representation Hamer, of Idaho, has introduced a bill in Congress permitting the Western States to make immediate selection of School land3 in satisfaction of grants from the Fedearl Government inside forest reserves. He says that Idaho, is entitled to 800,000 acres, has been uneble to make its full selections because the remaing desirable lands are tied up in reserves, and a similar situation exists in other states, He will press his bill at the next session. Daily Gazette 50 cents a month. t REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Record of Last Week's Business at Auditor's Office Anna M. Osburn to A. L. Stevenson,' Lot 12 blo6k 3 County Add., Corvallis, $10.00 Caleb E. Merritt to D. C. Ecker, Lot 11 block 6, Dixon's Add., Corvallis, 10.00. - V- .: Avery Applewhite to Willis Vidito, undivided 1-6 of Lots 1, 2, 5, 6, block 25 and 1.58 acres in Corvallis, $10.00. Ernest Applewhite to Willis Vidito, undivided 1-6 of Lots 1, 2, 5, 6, block 25 and 1.58 acres in Corvallis, $10.00. Laura A. Eddy to Willis Vidito, un divided 3 6 of Lots 1, 2, 5, 6, block 25 and 1.58 acres in Corvallis, $10.00. V- B. L. Eddy (Executor) to Willis Vid ito, Lots 1, 2, 5, 6, block 25 and L58 acres in Corvallis, $3000. M. A. Shough et al toG. A. Whoting, Lot 9 block 14, Corvallis, $10.00. F. R. Posey to Adelie Needhanv Lots j 1 and 2, block 3, F; A. Helm's Add."; f Corvallis, $10,00. A. E. Bell to O. J. Olson, Lot 9, Em ery & Kent's Add., Corvallis, $250.00' Martha A. Worthington to W. M Fink, 11 3-4 acres south of Philomath $300.00. D. C. Ecker to Caleb E. Merritt parcel of land near Corvallis, $2800. A. E. Bell to F. E. Stephens, - Lots' 10, 11, 12, Emery & Kent's Add., Cor vallis, $465. Newton Rust to Jessie T. Cook, 80 acres in Alsea Valley, $575. Willamette Valley Land & Stock Co.-- to C. L. McKenna, 1057 acres near Airlie, $15,000. J. A. Creswell to Erne I. Rvder.' 5 acres near Albany. $10. "--.--I Marshall C. Miller to School Dist. Now 9, block 29, Job's Add., Corvallis $2000. Mellie E. Huff to W. H. Dixon, Lot 10, block 2, F. A. Helm's Add., Cor-1 vallis, and parcel of land south of Cor-1 vallis, $10. G. W. Cummings to J. A. Kerr, part of N 1-2 of block 13, Wells & McElroy's Add., Corvallis, $2800. F. J. Metty & wife to C. C. Bryant & wife, 41.8S acres hear Albany, $10. Mrs. P. O. Wilson to Louise F. Kiger; Lots 5 and 6, block 29, Avery's 2nd Add. Corvallis, $3000. Caroline Schirmer to Ida V. Wilson, Lot 5 block 16 Wilkins' Add., Corvallis, $600. United States to Corvallis and Ya- q'jjna Bay Wagon Road Company, 600 acres m Benton and Lincoln counties. . G. W. Cummings to Walter . Patter son, part of block 13, . Wells & McEl roy's Add.,' Corvallis, $1. John Goos to Jessie S. Flint, block 27 and Lots 5, 6, 7 in block 14, Avery & Wells' Add., Corvallis. $10. f F. G. Davis and wife to MaggieWie gand, Lots 9, 10, 12, block 2 Dixon's Add., Corvallis, $10. ; IBS. Pi WILMS PASSES Settled in Oregon in 1847 After Hard Trip Across Plains. Mrs. M. Wilkins, one -of the best known pioneer women of Western Ore gon, and wife of the late M. Wilkins, who died in 1904,passed away at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Clara Wilkins, near Coburg, at 7 o'clock last night. . , ; Mrs. Wilkins, who was better known as "Grandma" Wilkins, was born in Arkansas in 1827, but her parents mov ed to Missouri when she was only four months old. Here she lived until 1844J, when she was married to M. Wilkins. The wedding took place in a little, log schoolhouse on the Piatt River and their wedding journey was made on horseback through the snow to their hew home at Fort Leavensworth. In 1847 they began their journey over land to Oregon. Their party consisted of 90 wsgons, and the trip across the plains was f aught with many difficulties but in the whole journey only two deaths occurred. Mr. Wilkins was taken sick while the party was crossing the Blue Mountains and Mrs Wilkins drove the team on until it gave out. Then they abandoned the wagons and, using their one remaining horse as a pack animal and walking themselves, they .pushed on to the Cascades. On October l,after a journey of five months, tney reacnea isutte creek, m Clackamas County, about 25 miles from uregon city, iney seuiea here in a og cabin until 1848, when they moved to the old home place about 10 miles north of Eugene, near Cofcurg, . ' Mr. Wilkins was ' a member of the State Legislature in 1862, and was for many years president of the Oregon Agricultural Assocation. . Albany's New High School. Work will soon begin on the erection of the new $50,000 High School building in Albany. The School Board is now advertising for bids for the work. . The new building will stand on the block bounded by Third, Fourth, Railroad and Jackson streets. ' Hay Baler Will rent on the shares for the sea son's run, a Hay Baler. Address M. S. Woodcock, Corvallis, Oregon. 67D4.Wtf. SPOILING A ROMANCt ; tiy M. QUAD. Copyright, 1909, by T. C. McClure. Miss Hattie Cowper, daughter of a farmer, had arrived at the age of thirty-five, and no one, not even her mother had suspected her of romance. She had cooked and washed and baked and put tip pickles and made her own dresses and seemed -content. Evei: when Zed Green, hired man to her fa ther, had fallen ill love with her and asked her to be his'n she had success fully concealed any evidence that il was other than the humdrum program of existence and had replied that she guessed she would have him, and that settled the matter for awhile. Zed didn't want to marry for a year or two, and Hattie was content. At least no one suspected her of discontent, and yet romance was fairly bubbling in her soul. She wanted to be abduct ed; she wanted to elope; she wanted to be lost in the sugar bush and found by a cavalier. - She kept hoping and expecting and sewing carpet rags and helping her mother make pickled lily, and time ran On, and one evening Zed announced that he was ready to marry. Then. an idea came to her like a flash of light ning, and after turning it over in her mind for five minutes she answered:' "Zed, I will never, never marry you unless we have some romance about it." : "Do yen rrean going to the circus or something r f that kind?" he asked, r "No. I don't. I mean that I don't ,proposo to stand up in the parlor and be mnrried by a justice of the peace." , "Well, what do you want?" "I want to run away to get mar- ' ricd." ; "Shoo! I don't see the need of that when everybody's willing." "But I do. I want folks to have something to talk about, and I want something to think of afterward." "I'm willing to do all 1 can, Hattie. Seems kinder foolish to me, but if you look at it 'tother way it's all right. It's to be what they call an elopement. eh?" "Yes." "All right. I never eloped, but I guess we can manage it somehow. This is Thursday. Shall we bring it off next Tuesday night?" 'ine date suited the . young woman. and next morning both got lip to act rather queerly. They were absent minded and preoccupied and had so little I say to each other that before the day was over Mrs. Cowper said to het husband: "Henry, I'm afraid Hattie is coming down with some sickness or other, or else she's got some awful thing on her mind. I have never seen her so quiet. Once she put her arms around me and asked me to forgive her, and when 1 asked for what she ran away. What d'yev'spose ails her?" , "Can't tell, but Zeke has also been acting up and astonishing me. This afternoon as we was hoeins; corn side and side he suddenly stopped and look ed at me and almost shouted: 'No; will not give her up! I will defy you to the end!' When I asked him what be meant by such durned nouseSsa he actually chanked his teeth." It was that romance was bubbling, and by the following Tuesday Zed had made himself believe that a stern fa ther had stepped between him and the objeet of his love and would brutally blast his future, and Hattie composed a note to be left behind for her moth er asking forgiveness and saying that it . almost broke her heart to do the thing contemplated. The fanner's bedtime was 9 o'clock. By 10 he and his good wife were snor ing. Even the cat slept. Not so with Hattie and Zed, however. The young woman sat in her room, dressed for the elopement and feeling thrills of ro mance, and Zed had made a sneak for the barn to hitch up a horse and wagon. At 11 o'clock the rig was driven to the front gate, and Zed jumped down and hid beside the rosebush. Three minutes later Hattie was with him. There . were whispers and hand squeezes, and the elopement had start ed. It Jiad progressed just forty rods when there came a flash of lightnin; At fifty rods the thunder bellowed. At a hundred the rain began to fall, Zed had been crafty, but he hadn't no ticed the , gathering storm. Romance and a-soaking shower do not go well together but there must be no turning back. There was an old open shed in a field a mile away, and as the . rain began to fall Zed put on the gad to reach its shelter. The old horse- fell down three times and had to be helped up again each time before the shed was reached, but they drove under it at last. Just as they did so a flash of lightning showed an old bull at the rear end. He had also got in out of the wet, and, being the first comer, he naturally resented any intrusion. He got up and began to paw and paw and bellow, and when the brave lover got down to shoo him forth he charged the wagon and broke one wheel off and scattered the horse around. This brought about a pretty plain conversa tion between Hattie and Zed. "Zed Green, I'm going home," finally declared the girl. You are the biggest fool on earth, and nothing could in duce me to marry you!" And the romance seeking girl as she stepped' forth into the still pouring rain to slosh her way homeward through the puddles couldn't help but hear the retort: "I know of another fool just as big, and I'm glad I've found her out!" There was no marriage till six months later, and then Zed and Hattie clasped hands and stood up before a justice of the peace and were married for a idollar. Zed didn't even walk aroundkbe yard for a wedding tour. JEWEL STUDDED MANTEL Feature of Unique Los Angeles Home and Cost About $3,000. Studded with precious st.-.nes, a man tel in the new home of George W. Haight at Los Angeles gives to the residence the distinction of being the only one of its kind in the world. The stones .range from the costly diamond to the comparatively cheap turquoise and are valued, at about $8,000. In all there are 4,500 of them. Mr. Haight has been planning his home for several years. He wanted it to be unique and has succeeded. Act ing as his own architect, he has a dwelling unlike any to be found in Los Angeles, but it is to the mantel that has been given the most of his time. Without the jewels it would be con sidered a sight worth seeing, but with the hundreds of gems dazzlins from their beds of cement which hold them in place it is a picture that can scarce ly be realized. ' Included in the jewel array are dia monds, garnets, amethysts, blood stones, emeralds, agates, nearls. rubies. sardonyx, sapphires, opals, topaz, tur quoise and scores of other specimens. A Los Angeles jeweler gathered the stones, being two years in making the collection. The mantel is made of elinker bricks, being nine feet high and seven feet wide. The fireplace is arch ed with bricks that were melted to gether in the kiln, the effect being very pretty. Each brick in the mantel contains not less than half a dozen of the pre cious stones, and the mantelpiece, which is made of cement, contains the diamonds. Another feature of the man tel is the hearthstone. Where brass tacks are usually found Mr. Haight has opal heads for the tacks. Just how he is going to keep people from crushing or otherwise marring their beauty Mr. Haight does not know, but says the stones will shine so brightly that he does not expect any one to wander on to them. That the stones will appeal to the unscrupulous was shown the first night that the house was left unoccu pied. One hundred and eighty stones had been cemented to the bricks, and the following morning not one of them was to be found. Since that time Mr. Haight has had two guards in the house day and night. In the near future Mr. Haight will formally open his home with a big re ception. To each guest he will give his blrthstone as a souvenir of the event. Already, his friends are trying to twist the month of their birth to April, which carries with it the dia mond, the most coveted of all stones. ELIOT ON HAPPINESS. All Have Equal Chance, Harvard's Ex President Tells Missouri Graduates. Charles W. Eliot former president of Harvard university, who delivered the principal address at the commence ment exercises of the University" of Missouri the other day, said in part: "The most valuable element in a feasible equality is equality before the law and all agents of the law, and this element is precious .just because it tends to make the pursuit of happiness free and secure. The American de mocracy. Which should make the pur- suit of happiness free and secure to all, is far from having accomplished this result. "It can do so, however, without seek ing to establish among men a monoto nous, tiresome and unnatural equality, for happiness is fortunately a state of mind quite independent of condition as regards wealth or the habitual oc cupation and of mental gifts. It is a product of health, servieeableness, loy alty, security, amiability and a good standing among one's fellows. . "In a democracy all sorts and condi tions of men should be equally free and secure in the pursuit of such hap piness, but all experience proves that the humble, quiet, wholesome people whose simple, dutiful lives will not long be remembered have as good a chance as anybody to win It." To Preserve Johnson Tailor Shop. The tailor shop in which Andrew Johnson labored at Greenville, Tenn.. before he became president of the United States is to be preserved by the Andrew Johnson Memorial associa tion. The shop will probably be moved to the .'nh'oii National cemetery at Greenville. Uncle Sam to John Bull. Say, John, i What's the scare That's sent you tip in the air? What's shoved a shiver Into your Jiver And turned it white In a single nisht? Are you afraid that Kaiser Bill Will load with sauerkraut Those Kruppitudinous guns of his And simply blow you out. Or do you fear He'll soak you full of beer And when he's got you soused he'll come And put Britannia on the bum? Aw, gee! j Wake up, J. B.! What do you care If he tries to throw a scare Right into your midst? g; Haven't you got the stuff To call his bluff? You may not want to fight. But, by Jingo, if you do "You've got the ships, ' You've got the men And got the money, too. ' t Or you can get It, ' Which is just the same : In this little game. Say, John, it makes me weary To see you do the skeery When Europe puts it up against the Uuelph, And the way your whole darn nation Chews the rag of trepidation Almost makes me want to swat you one myself. What? Great Scott! What's that noise you're making? It's mighty like a sqveal. Vas its los mit Honnis? Is he ausgesplel? - W, J. Lampton in New York Time. Contractors and Builders - 4 4 .J cu-ndation work, sidewalk and curbin a specialty Manufacturers ofcemeit " blocks, puain and fancy cement brick, porch columns, cement flues, jardi nieres, etc. Dealers in cement, plaster and lime. first and Adams Sts. Corvallis, - Phane 2318 Oregon Everything new and up to date. Rigs furnished on short notice. Call and give us a trial. Cor. Madison and 3d L. F.GRAY, - Manager Itney's & Colbert We Make Concrete blocks ot all kinds. Concrete bricks, fancy and plain, Concrete tile and steps, Concrete window sills and caps. We Sell High grade Cement and Lime in any quantity. Phone Ind. 318 1 413 Second Street South CORVALLIS - - OREGON 20 Per Cent DISCOUNT In order to clean up our sprskg suits We will give 20 per cent discount until all are sold A. K. RUSS Dealer in all Men's Furnishings CORVALLIS, - - OREGON Blrtckledjre & Everett . Successors to Henkie & Blackledge FUNERAL DIRECTORS and LICENSES EM3ALMEF.S 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 dav and night. Lady assistant. EMBALMING FOR SHIPPISG A SPECIALTY. Call at Blackledge's furniture store Both phones. ATTORNEYS r. F. YATES, ATTORNE Y-AT-L A W. Office Rooms 3, 4, 1st Natl Bank Bldg. Only set of abstracts in Benton Oonntv PHYSIC1 ANS G. E. 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, 2 1 28, Residence, 404. J. B. MORRIS, M. D , PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Corner Third .and Mon roe Streets, Corvallis, Oregon. Office hours: 9 to 12 a. m.; I to 4 p. m.; 7 to 8 p, m. Phone in both office ani resi dence. VV. T. ROWLEY,' M. V., PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Special attention given to the Eve. Noee and Throau Office in Johnson Rldtr. Ind. 'phone at of fice and lesidence. jjj UNDERTAKERS M. S. BOVEE. FUNERAL D1RECT or and Licensed Emhtlmer. Suc cessor to Bovfte & Bauer Corvallis, Oregon. Iod. Phone 4s. Bell Phone 241. Lady attendant when desired. PHOTOGRAPHERS PICKEL'S STUDIO, 430 SECOND Street Phone 4209. 2ND-HAND GOODS GOODMAN'S SECOND-HAND STORE Cash paid, for household goods.' 424 i Second Street." Phone 4325. . - CSk iiy Stables