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Arrival and Departure of Trains
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Daily except Sunday,
trains dailv.
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All other
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and holidays, opens 10 a. m.,
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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.
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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
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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