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About Corvallis daily gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon) 1909-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1909)
VOL. I. NO 40 CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1909 PRICE FiVE CENTS WHY OLD FARMER COUNTY SCHOOLS CENTRAL ECLIPSE OF SUN TODAY CIM1BEC0I SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTIOI LANDSCAPE ARTIST (A THROUGH LINE CHANGED HSS1I1 SHOW PROGRESS TO BEAUTiFY OAC THOUGHT COLLEGE EDUCATION A HIGH AVERAGES MADE BY ALL USELESS EXPENSE. THE GRADUATES OPifill ALTERED BY RESULTS S'JPT. MACK . HAKES REPORT He Had About Decided not to Allow Many Districts in Benton Give Evidence His Son to Finish Course at OAC That the Public School Pupils Have When the Practical Results of the Been Well Taught, There Being 138 Boy's Studies Changed His Views. I Graduates During 1908 and 1909 OLD SOL WILL PARTIALLY HIDE HIS FACE 5HAG0WWILL APPEAR 3:43:07 Peculiar Effect of This Eclipse Will be the Shadow in Center of Sun With Vivid Circle of Light on the Outer Circumference. One of the students at OAC, from Superintendent of Schools H. L. Mack one of the central counties of the state, has been busily engaged during the when he first entered college, had the past few days in making up the aver- greatest difficulty m getting the Con- ages of the graduates m the various sent of his father to leave the farm for districts in the county, there haying a college course, the old farmer lookine been 138 of these in the eighth and upon such an education as a useless ex- ninth grades during 1908 and 1909. pense and a positive waste of time, so that he grudgingly advanced the money for the boy to enter the institution here. The young fellow took the mechanical course and while working in the black smith shop made a chain, such as is in common use on the farm, with hooks, swivel and all the necessary attachments. When he had completed three years of his course his father decided that the returns did not justify the expenditure and declared that such foolishness should not continue any longer. The lad had taken home the chain he made while here and, shortly after the prejudiced parent had issued his decree ; that the boy should not waste his time , by going another year to graduate, he came across this particular specimen of blacksmithing. After a careful examination he said "Whose chain is that? . I never saw it arounu nere peiore. ' t "Mine," replied the boy. " : "Where did you get it?" the father asked. "I made it in the shop at the Oregon Agricultural College," was the answer, You did" exclaimed the old man. "You made that chain yourself.? Honor bright, my boy, you made it, hooks, swivel and all?" "I did, father," earnestly replied the .young ieuow, "-ana not only tnar, cut many other things in iron and wood r-t (- I haua ti .it- . k. ..ii . . - . i . -1 ... f time at college as you suppose, but have been iearning how to do things ; that would be a help to you, and I- do t . want to go back for thjs last .year and try to improve upon what I have al ready been taught, so that I .can be- . ..come a practical mechanic" "Look here Jim," was the guiek re sponse of the old man, "I've changed .my ndnd; changed it mighty quick, too. You ran go back and stay as long as you want to. That's the best chain I . ever saw and I'm proud of you .my boy, . and I won't say. another word ..against that college if that's what they teach the boys to do." - Jim came hack and was graduated yestesaay wiin .m,gn nonors as jsl me- . -chanical engineer. He left .last night for his home and it is quite certain that there .was a proud father there to wel- .come him. The list this year is as follows: DISTRICT NO. NAME OP GRADUATE 6 . Myrtle Curry ' 12 Howard Sheldon - 18 v Mabel Tompkins 20 Charles Keeley 21 ' Naomi Meek 25 Frank Zarodsky 27 Nella Shipley 34 Clara Luther Eva Creswell Ouida Waymire Hayden Risley Elmer Harder , 72 Mary Davidson 81 Alice Maxfield '. Ruby Yeley Corvallis Mildred Starr Tressa Nichols Grace Morgan Everett Moses - Harold Mills Alice Miler . .Neely Lance .. . ""' ' ' Carlene Beck " ' Ralph Fegley Vivian Wellsher Linne Durell Ame Copple - .Merle Germin Cowen Seits George Musgrave" Lydia Burrell Philomath Kathleen Archibald Stella Jones Cecil Stevens , SPECULATION AS TO THE ULTI , MATE TERMINUS BENTON COUNTY WILL PICNIC SESSION HOLD SIM HARBOR IS PROBABLE Carver is Keeping His Plans Quiet . While Going on Steadily With . Con L struction Work Road Will be a - Big Feeder For Corvallis.'' ELLFGOU Hi SIPSON Thursday and Friday, June 24, 25, Fixed as Dates for the Meeting of All Who are Interested in the Work in This County. Governor Going To The Dedication K.. SVs Will Picnic At Falls City The Knights of Pythias are to hold a " picnic at Falls Ciiy June 19. Every thing possible is being done to make it a success. Tie Hubbard Uniform Rank Knights of Phythias will give special drills and marches. This company con sists of 28 men and vill go down from Hubbard in six autos. TJiey are drilled 1 and officered and subject to entry into; the United States Array without' furth er drill and examination. This feature alone will be of great interest. The Chemawa Indian Band will furnish the music There will be a ball game be tween Chemawa and Da33as teams, ad dresses by State Superintendent Acker- . man and W. L. Tooze, and a big basket ; . dinner. .. .. ,. , . Governor Benson, of Oregon, wife and staff, and accompanied wby many prominent citizens of the state will be on the exposition erounds- at Seattle Friday to attend the dedication cere monies incident with the opening of the Oregon state building. Complete plans as announced include a luncheon at noon and reception from 2:30 to 4 in the state building, with open house all day Sat urday. The dedication exercises will occur in the morning at 11. The program of the morning consists of addresses and.music, both orchestral and vocal. The dedication speech will be made by C. E. S. Wood, a Portland attorney, followed by the presentation speech by Governor Benson and address of acceptance by President Chilberg for the exposition. Governor Benson's staff will be there In a body as an escort to the executive. The biggest crowd, however, will not come until Oregon Day, which is sched uled for July 9. College Boys Want Work. A few minutes before four o'clock this afternoon there will be a central eclipse of the sun, which, however, seen locally, will only appear to be a partial eclipse. In points east of Chicago the eclipse will commence just before sun set and the sun will set eclipsed. Promptly at 3:43:07 this afternoon a shadow will appear to flit across the late afternoon brightness of the sun, gradually obscuring it, providing it has not already been obscured by clouds. As the whole shadow cast across the sun will not appear as large as the sun, it will eventually appear in the center, showing the vivid glare of the body at both sides. To observe the phenome non properly, care should be taken that it is only' viewed through an . obscured glass. An ordinary window glass held in the smoke ot a wood or coal nre or over a gas jet, until it is smoked all over, will answer the purpose admirably. To obtain photographs, a "backed" plate will be found to be better than a film. Ordinary black paper should be pasted across the back of the glass plate. This will prevent refraction, ac cording to the beliefs of many photog raphers., . iJut a very Driet exposure should be;given and if care be taken aff excellent photograph should result. ' In observing the eclipse through smoked glass, special care should be taken, according to the opinion of many oculists, not to look for too long a per iod at a time or the eyes of the observ er may later suffer, considerably. South of San Francisco and through parts of Arizona and Texas, no eclipse will be visible, while in Corvallis the eclipse will not entirely pass away for over -an hour and a. half, the far edge of the shadow passing away at 5:14:09. An eclipse of the" sun is caused by the moon appearing to pass between the sun . and earth. The sun being many times farther from the earth than the moon' at certain times the three heaven ly bodies get in line, the moon being between the other two. At such a time .an eclipse of the sun is caused from the point of view of 1 the observer on the earth, while . from the sun the earth would appear to be eclipsed. Oregon Has 41 New Lawyers Forty-one of the class of 45 applicants for admission - to the bar passed a satisfactory examination before the Supreme Court last week, and certificat es of admission to practice have been issued to them. Quite a number of OAC students have stated to George A. vv aggoner, Corval lis' chief booster, that they would like to get work on tne iarms in Benton county during the summer vacation. These bojjs are accustomed to farm work and anyone securing them will be sure to get , intelligent .service. The. vacation lasts Until about .the middle of September and good help should be demand until : tnen. Any larmer ' or orchardist wanting this kind of help will be doing themselves a service and the boys a favor by calling at Allen & Woodward's drug store and leaving their application. Mr. Waggoner says that if any other college boys who are seeking employment will send him their names he will do everything possible to assist them and that there will not be any charges for such service. J. W. Emarksbury, of Halsey, was a Corvallis visitor yesterday. . Considerable speculation is indulged by many persons as to the ultimate ter minus of the Carver road, which is now being constructed from Corvallis in a south-southwesterly direction. The line which is called the Corvallis & Alsea railroad, was started some two years ago and although very little is said about it in the papers, a force of men has been kept steadily at work since that time. Some 20 miles of road have been completed, the main line passing Monroe with a branch extending into that town. Parties residing in that vi cinity inform us that it is now being built toward Blachly, but that it is dif ficult to tell much about where the road will be located, as the surveyors never get far ahead of the construction gang. We are not "on the inside" aa to the plans of Mr. Carver, but it is generally considered that he is on friendly terms with the Southern Pacific and that his road is really a Southern Pacific branch. We have been of the opinion all along that instead of building to the Alsea that the Carver road will be extended down Lake Creek to Siuslaw; and now that it is certain the harbor there will be improved, our opinion that the road will ?jlt: to Florence - is -stronger - than ever. Besides this, JLUgene is making efforts for a road from that place to. Florence and a feasible route has been found from the county seat by the way of upper Lake Creek to . the Siuslaw. Now, if the Carver i road is really a Southern Pacific project, what is more probable or reasonable than, that when terms satisfactory to the company are made, that a branch will be built from Eugene to connect with the Carver road, and one or the other extended to Flor ence? This would give the Southern Pacific a line clear to Portland on the west side of the Willamette, give Eu gene a short route to deep water and direct communication with Florence It would also be more convenient . tor the people of this section than a road only to Eugene would be, as it would' rive them a shorter route to Portland. West. CAMPUS AND COLLEGE GROUNDS TO BE IMPROVED. WORK WILL BEGIN THIS WEEK The Famous Landscape Gardener Who Drew Plans for the Lewis and Clark and A. Y. P. Fair Grounds Secured to Decorate College Property Here. Arrangements are now being made for a rousing Benton County Sunday School convention to be held Thursday J and Friday, June 24. 25, in a manner that will be unique, interesting and en joyable. The first day's session will be held at the Simpson Chapel from 10 to 5 o'clock, with a picnic dinner and then to follow with an entertainment at Bellf ountain. On the second day the delegates and visitors will convene at the Bellfountain picnic ground and continue until four o'clock in the afternoon, a big basket dinner to be served at noon. It is hoped that every Sunday school in Benton county will be represented bv its officers and at least two dele gates from each school. Rev. Charles A. Phipps, State Secre tary, and Mrs. Lucia Addington, State Superintendent of Christian Citizenship, will attend the convention and take a prominent part in the program. The exercises will begin promptly on j time and close in the same manner. ! This rulekwill be strictly observed. All persons who expect to attend the convention are requested to notify Mrs. Lisle, chairman of the entertainment committee, at Simpson Chapel, or Miss Aiice Edwards, the chairman at Bell- fountain. Address either of them at Monroe, R. F. D. 4,' so that proper ar rangements'can be made in advance to welcome and care for all who may at tend. The college has been very fortuate in securing the services of Mr. Olm stead, the most famous landscape gar dener in the United States, to draw up preliminary plans for the future devel opment of the institution. The nature of his work will be to lay out a plan to be followed in relation to the location of college buildings and maintenance and improvement of the campus. He will commence his work today. It was possible to get Mr. Olmstead through his presence at this time in the West. It was this man who designed the Lewis and Clark grounds and also those of the A.-Y.-P. Exposition. The firm of which he is a member is the largest in the country. Other improvements are to take place this summer, such as the supplying of the library with new books, the equip-, ping of departments more fully, the in crease of the faculty by many new members, the construction of new bnild ings and a general re-organization throughout. The contract for the ar mory will be let on June 23rd and the building is to be completed by October 1st. A little later the contract for the Central Administration building will be let. About Christmas time it will be ready for occupancy. Barometer. If You Are Worth $50,000 Don't read this. This will not interest you. If you are a man of moderate means and cannot afford to buy high priced property, "you will be pleased to know that I can sell ycu some choice lots near the college, in a very desirable location, at cheap prices if taken at once. Direct from the owner. Address Lock box No. 114, Corvallis, Ore. 6-18-Ctw Portland Before Valley. An Albany man was recently talking: . with a prominent Portland railroad man, who stated that Mr. Krutschnitt, gen eral traffic manager, stated positively that the Corvallis & Eastern will be ex tended, but before it is done Portland must be satisfied. That city is demand ing the Deschuttes road first, in the in terest of Yortland, and is inimical to the Corvaliis & Eastern route. This is sometimes denied, but is a fact. Port land is afraid of this valley. Albany Democrat. Fred Robinson is very ill with pneu monia at the home of his uncle, A. Whitney. Floyd Rowland went to Portland this morning to have his eyes treated. Mrs. Norman Hayes arrived yester day from Boston, Mass. Dairy Inspectors Are Appointed 'To assist the pure milk cause through out the state Dairy and Food Commis sioner Baily has appointed three deputies under an act of the Legislature creating the positions. The . three inspectors. as they are to be called, are Paul V. Maris, of Multnomah: M. S. Schrock of Marion, and E. W. Catterin, Tillamook. Each is to recieve $1200 year salary from the state plus $800 traveling expenses. Heretofore Mr. Bailey has had but one deputy paid by the state, his laboratory chemist, who now is R. V. Williamson. As special deputies, for inspection of dairies, Mr. Bailey has commissioned up to this time Mr. Maris, whose salary has been paid by local creameries, and Mrs. S. A. Yoakum, of Coos, who has been similarly paid by creameries of that locality. ' - , The office of Dairy and Food Commis sioner has been shorthanded for many years and the work has far .outgrown the old facilities of the state. Mr. Bailey will. at once start a campaign for cleaner dairies. AGENTSn QUEEN QUALITY SE0ES New Oxford Styles 1 AGENTS STANDARD PATTERNS June Styles Here t V - - JEj' -Z II 11 W I i, We are just in receipt of a shipment of all styles off Nemo Corsets, to fit all figures. These corsets are so well known we can not say more for them but "Nemo." Siuslaw. ConiiEsssioners. Governor Benson has appointed I. B. Cushman and.E. P:Waite, of Acme;. P. R. Jackson, and George B. Camp. ot Mapleton, aud T. A. Yost, cf Florence, to compose the Board of Commissioner! for the Port of Siuslaw;- which was cre ated by the act of the last Legislature. The long and short terms of these ap pointees are to be chosen by lat amon them. -. . .- , - jcn SELF-REDUCING ' w RelkxStrap J lzss .ot.fcvery. bty iELr-f?EDUC!NO K405 "reuef Bands lad les il&r J-czt reccivt d, a new let cf tailored svits in fclue, the now summer eoler, Panamas and serge, mads with .lor.g .coats, ti'mmed with ba4tors. Just il.e thing fcr cuting. m mm, eew ran Latest styles in tan oxfords just re ceived. Fifth Avenue last, short vamp, new color of Russia calf and tan vici. $2.50 to $3.50