VOL. I. NO. 45 CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, CEEGCN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1909 PRICE FIVE CENTS GRANGE DEFENDS 1CIPE OF L PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY STRONG IN SUPPORT. DENOUNCE CLUB RESOLUTIONS Pomona Grange Starts Fight in Defense of Initiative and Referendum and Will Prepare Memorial to People of tie State to Uphold It. The "progressive" Republicans, as distinguished from the "reactionaries,", will also uphold the initiative and refer endum. - The progressives, admitting that the initiative has been overworked and has been subjected to frauds and forgeries in the manner of -securing signatures, are opposed to abolishing the law. Given Another Chance. . SMALLER GUT OF Midshipmen Barrett,"-of r Hillsboro, and Roesch, of Pendleton, Oregon, who recently failed in mathematical exami nation at Annapolis Naval Academy, and who are now on the annual cruise, will, through the efforts Of Representa tives Hawley and Ellis, be given an other mathematical examination when they return to the academy in Septem ber. If they pass this their "standing will not be impaired. Governor Benson Will Attend. War over the initiative and referen dum is brewing in Oregon, and the first outcropping came with the carefully Drepared set of - resolutions introduced by J. W. Campbell at the Sellwood Re- publican Club, .The first to jump to ! the defense of the law is Multnomah district, Pomona Grange, which held a session last week at Lents, and, with 200 people in attendance, passed reso lutions denouncing the action of the Sellwood club in the following language: "Resolved, That we denounce the .. resolutions adopted by the Sellwood Re publican Club aimed at the initiative and referendum law, and reaffirm our support and defense of this law, believ ing -the action of the club part of a scheme to destroy the law; therefore be it : .,;' ' "Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to prepare a' suit-' " able memorial to the people of the state in defense of the law and against the attack made upon it. " These resolutions were suggested by J. J. Johnson, state lecturer,, and the V, committee. . appointed to prepare the TOettoriaf' 'tx-ih&tyiotfst tomx&Sti: : J. Johnson, Ray Gill and H. A. DarnalL When they have prepared their state ment it is to be given to the newspapers of the state for publication. In discussing the initiative and refer endum and the attack made by the club at Sellwood, the state lecturer of theGrange declared that the Patrons of Husbandry stand for the initiative and referendum if they stand for any thing at all. ,- The Sellwood resolutions were stigmatized as part of a deep-laid plot to destroy the law. The principle of the law is one of the principles of the Grange. Old-line politicians are delighted with the action of the Sellwood Club, for they are opposed to the initiative and referendum, the direct primary and a few other of the new political ideas of Oregon. The chief defenders of the law will be the State Grange, a strong or ganization, which has the votes and can be depended on to . fight back just as hard as the ward club politicians. Governor Benson has accepted an in- vitation to attend the exercises at the ' laving of the cornerstone of the new Odd Fellows' hall in McMinnville Satur ; dav. Judee George H. Burnett, ; of ! Salem, will deliver the address. ' Another Trust Has "Busted" LUMBER PANIC CAUSED BIG REDUCTION IN OUTPUT OREGON RANKS AS EIGHTH The bishop advocated better salaries for the clergy. "Nine hundred dollars i a year' and no house," he said, "is I about the wages of a skilled mechanic, ! but no parish will be r content for its I pastor . to live or dress as does a me chanic. Parishes should see to it that in these days, when the cost of living has increased 37 per cent over ten years ago, that an adequate increase 'should he made to the nastor's salarv. Rallv g round your clergyman, encourage him, -. fvd .ray for him. .-.He is God's ambassador to you and. to your children; sympath ize, with him, give . him of your loyal support, and remember that in the min istry, as in other fields of service, "the iaborer is worthy of his hire. " INDEPENDENCE Washington Leads All Other States in the Industry With Louisana Second-Total-was 33,239,369,000 Feet Mostly Yellow Pine.' The Pacific Cascara Company, better known in the local bark trade as the "Cascara Trust," has gone out of busi ness. Internal dissensions in the com pany are said ;to have caused the trou ble, says the Jutland Oregonian. . The Pacific Cascara Company was or ganized last year by half a dozen Ore' gon and Washington -dealers in this bark for the - avowed purpose .of hand ling cascara on.a large scale. Merchants outside the combination", declared its purpose was to keep down the produc tion of the commodity so that the mem bers, all of whom were carrying'1 large stocks, could dispose of their ' holdings at a profit. The , weak' point . in the schenie,. howeverwas lieact thajfc the; company could exercise no control over the small' independent bark dealers in the Northwest, and these independents were enabled to dictate the price at which the cascara was bought, and at the same time the Eastern demand, 'while the big company was keeping its stock off the market. Some of the members of the company, it is said, finding they had to pay good prices for new bark and being restricted by the rules of the concern from dis posing of their supplies as they wanted to, undertook to conduct selling opera tions on a private scale. This led to a disruption of the whole scheme and at a meeting recently it was decided to disband the company and go out of business, which was done. Peeling is under way now in the coast districts, and a considerable quantity of new bark is finding its way to market, for which buyers are paying five cents a pound. The total peel will probably be of the average size. The Eastern and foreign demand continues slow. A ROAD TO LOVE A story of love and adventure in Central America. A young American engineer is sent to Central America to build an electric road and is prevented surveying over the plantation of a wealthy planter. The engineer goes to the planter's home to plead his cause. While there he meets the planter's daughter and her suitor, an army officer. The engineer's visit proves fruitless and he determines to push the work after night, but is discovered. The daughter, in her father's absence, goes armed to prevent the work. She is surprised to find the engineer, for whom she has conceived a liking, in charge. But duty forbids sentiment, and she tries to be very masterful in her opposition. . They parley, and the daughter, while trying lo be firm, is not obstinate. She invites the engineer to lunch with her. Her father and. the officer return and find them eating. She is sent to the house while the engineer and his workmen quietly depart. The officer shoots the engineer and fires the brush. The daughter rescues the engineer and takes him home. He loses his mind and she finishes his work for him. They walk out to view the works and his mind returns. He has not only got the road through but has won the planter's daughter. WHA7 'DRINK DID A powerful moral lesson in Biograph pictures ' This is a most interesting subject with a strong moral. It shows how easy it is for a man to fall into intemperance through the thoughtless invi tation of his friends. One drink starts him on the downward' path, making A veritable brute, of him; failing to realize his loathsome sinister condition until during a saloon brawl he is the cause ofhe death of his own child. Three different subjects of talk pic hires and 2000 feet of regular pictures at the Palace Friday and Saturday During the year 1908 31,231 sawmills in the United States manufactured 32,- 239,369,009 feet of ' lumber, according to a preliminary report just issued by the Bureau of the Census. These mills also cut 12,106; 483,000 shingles and 2, 986,684,000 lath. Lumber manufactu ring, like every other industry, felt the effects of the business depression which began in October, 1907. , Conse quently the production in 1908 was below that for the previous year.. In 1907 the cut of 28,850 sawmills was 40,- 256,124,000. feet, the highest production . ever recorded. Notwithstanding, there fore, that in 1908 reports were received from 8 per cent more mills than in 1907 the decrease in lumber cut reported by them was slightly over 17 per cent, 't v : . Washington, as for several years past, still ranks first among the ' states in lumber production, its cut in.1908 being 2,915,928,000 feet . a decrease of 22.8 per cent from the cut in 1907. ' Nearly all' the lumber manufactured in Wash ington is-Douglas - fir, the market -for which 'was ' seriously affected, by. the - Louisiana ranks second, with 2,722. 421,000 feet; a decrease of 250,000,000 feet, or 8.4 per cent from the cut in 1907. ' Louisiana is first in the produc tion of both yellow pine and cypress Cypress is a particularly useful and valuable wood, and apparently the manufacturers of it did not suffer severely from dull times as did the manufacturers of yellow pine and Douglas fir. . Mississippi was the third state in lumber production in 1908, with a total of 1,S61,016,000 feet a decrease of 11 per cent from the cut in 1907. ' ' - Arkansas ranked fourth, with 1.656,- 991,000 feet a decrease of nearly 17 per cent, and Wisconsin fifth, with !, 613,315,000 feet against 2,003,289,000 feet in 1907. In Texas, where the lumber industry is confined almost exclusively to yellow pine,' the falling off was very heavy. The total cut ot the state m 1908 was ,624,008,000 feet a decrease of 31.6 per cent in 1907. Eight other states , manufactured more, than 1.000.000,000 feet each of lumDer last year, in the order Ot im portancc they were: Michigan, Oregon, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ala bama, North Carolina and Maine, other states which reported more than i;000, 000,000 feet each in 1907, went just be low that figure in 1908. End of Episcopal Convention t . Newt From Newport FROM EXCHANGES The Bummer tourists residing in cottages at Seal Rocks, ten miles below fiere, had a shock Sunday morning when they discovered a number of tents resembling v" a circus pitched in their scenic landscape. The intruders were members of the United States Engineer Corps in command of Lieutenant Hav- den. U. S.- A., who are surveying the Coast for: a war map. When assured by the soldiers that war had not been declared they were much relieved and swapped stories with the engineers, who lately were stationed in Cuba, Ex-GovernOr Lord, 'Mrs. '.Breyman; Squire Farror, J. O, Baker, of Salem, and Professor Hawthorne. 6f the University of Oregon are the regular visitors to that quiet resort. An enthu siastic meeting of the local "Board of School : Directors was held Tuesday when T. C. Holleck was elected chair man to succeed S. G. : Irvin. Dr. Min- thorn and H. D. Blakely being retained. The citizens of Newport want the city to be a place for homes as well as for tourists, and in consequence, have built up a thorough educational system. " To the present courses hi the ' high school, namely, scientific, classical and com mercial, have been added a department of manual training and school of music. ft EXERG SES BIG DOINGS PLANNED FOR JULY FIFTH s . PLENTY QF PLEASING FEATURES Corvallis Will Have the Greatest Cele bration This Year of Any City in the Valley Committees Preparing Pro gram Full of Entertainment. Drain Normal -1 Is Utilized With an - abandoned state normal school on their hands the plucky people of Prain have decided to open a first class high school. They have engaged Prof, A. J. Garland and Mrs. Garland to conduct the school, with a ' full four year high school course of study. Men like N. D. Cool, W. C. Edwards and J. W. Spaulding as directors, Ira W. Wimberly as clerk, are ot the never- say-die kind who will win out under most circumstances. They have a val uable plant for educational purposes and it is commendable to give that part of the state the advantage of some thing besides the "eighth-grader" that in future will be Oregon's main reliance for supplying school teachers. Mr. and Mrs. Myer, of JAlbany, were the guests of Phillip Phile yesterday. Corvallis is going to celebrate the Nation's birthday this year in good old' fashioned style. That means speeches, music by the band and the sweetest singers in town, a parade that will as- tonish eyerybody by its attractive fea tures, all kinds of sports and plenty of fireworks. Of course there will be lots of noise, The Fourth wouldn't be genuinely cele brated without it, but nobody minds that, and if they do, what's the differ ence?- American patriotism must have an escape valve once a year at least and now is the time to make noise like being glad that there is such an anniversary as Independence day The committees are doing their ut most to fix up a program that will be one long round of excitement from the- boom of the sunrise gun to the flash of the last rocket and they deserve a lot of credit for the thought and time they are giving to please the people. The parade is going to be a wonder. Beside the magnificent float, with the Goddess of Liberty, : and long fine" of decorated vehicles and autos, -there will "Bell Iongcavalcade"bi'hbrs6bii2kriders both ladies and men, the entire.country to be represented and a handsome prize given for the best troop. Get ready to celebrate and "make a day of it that will long be remembered. of Agriculture in response to a recent recommendation on behalf of the ship pers of apples, pears, ' peaches, prunes, grapes and other fruits grown in Ore- , gon: Your esteemed favor of the 10th in stant is at hand, requesting that a com petent man be assigned to Oregon for the purpose of teaching the people of that state how to ship various kinds of perishable fruits. This department is carrying on extensive investigations along this line in different parts of this country and it has been our desire for some time to extend the work in the extreme Northwest, but up to this time we have not been able to do so. G. Harold Powell, who is in charge of the fruit transportation and storage investi gations, is . planning to take a trip to Washington and Oregon during the present summer in order to become ac quainted with the problems of this na ture that need developing in those states. It is Mr. Powell's intention to visit Oregon on this trip. It will not be possible to carry on definite investigations in the Northwest during the present summer, but I can assure you that our investigations will be extended to that section just as soon as it can be done. Government Slights Oregon Under a river and harbor resolution that passed the House Monday, Oregon will derive no benefit. In view of the ruling of the Controller in regard to the Coos Bay appropriation secured through Representative Hawley, the unexpended bal ance . of the old Coos" Bay appropria tion remains available for use without futher Congressional action. The engineers have recently reported that the balance of the appropriation for the Columbia River below Tongue Point, amounting to $24,257, is not needed, so that- amount will go back in to the treasury on July 1. .Laid to Rest Excursion to Newport. The Corvallis & Eastern will run an excursion to Newport Sunday, June 27. Train leaves Corvallis at 8 a. m., arriv ing at Yaquina at noon. Train leaves Yaquina for return at 6 p. m., arriving at Corvallis at 9 :50 " p. m. - Fare 1.50 for round trip. 6-23-4t : R. C. Linville, Agent. Fruit Shippers Given Hints Representative Hawley has received the following letter from the Secretary This afternoon at two o'clock the last sad tribute of respect was paid to the memory of Mrs. Vidella F. Miller, be loved wife of F. L. Miller, at the fam ily home on North Fifth street, and at the conclusion of the touching service, conducted by Rev. J. R. N. Bell, the c asset was Dome to crystal i.uk e ceme tery and tenderly committed to the grave while the solemn and impressive burial service of the Order of the East ern Star was said as all that was mortal was peacefully laid to rest. The floral offerings were many and beautiful, all conveying a silent, yet fragrant tribute to the dear departed and emblematic of the bright beyond to which the spirit had wended its flight. Sadie E. Wright, who has been vis iting at the George B. Keady home will leave for the Seattle Exposition Friday. She will be accompanied on the trip by Miss Edith Keady. The twenty-first Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Church was brought to an end Sunday. Bishop Chas. Scad- ding; delivering his annual address at Trinity Church, congratulated the con vention on having attained its majority and then briefly reviewed the work ac complished by the church during the past 21 years. V Bishop Scadding did not think the church had kept pace with the commer cial prosperity of the state, and urged his people to renew personal consecra tion and effort. He referred hopefully to the work of St. Helen's Hall, the church for girls, and by the good work being done by the Good Samaritan Hos pital. While this is a church hospital, it is no wise, limited in its rules of ser vice to Episcopalians, he said, - but reaches out to all the suffering and needy, irrespective of their ; religion. l ne demands upon the .hospital are greater than it can well meet, and the bishop strongly advocated the building of a city hospital. "Our policy as a church must be one of optimistic aggressiveness," he said, "and I charge every layman and clergy man' to renew his efforts in the confi dence of a certain faith." 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