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About Corvallis daily gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon) 1909-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1909)
CORVALLIS DAILY GAZETTE Published every evening except Sun day. Office:. 259-263 Jefferson street, corner Third street, Corvallis, Oregon. PHONE - - 210 Address all communications and make , all remittances payable to the-Corvallis Gazette. - In ordering changes of address, sub scribers should always give old as well as new address. . . , .. ,r integral self-governing commun ity inside the empire. Out of the black waste ol the 'English Boer War a nation has got itself born. j, ; At Bloemfontein the South African National Convention signed the dfaft-amended con stitution on May 11, which,, af ter a little further detail, pro jects the united community into being. At the imperial confer ence of 1911, South 'Africa will 5 J as a new national unit, "in the they can get no market, if some consumers complain ' they can get no supplies, if the consumers n the city feel they are being.) robbed by the prices charged, we are surely getting on the verge of a question of fundamen tal moment to all the people of this section of the state.- It is a SUBSCRIPTION RATES Wdah,v r. Delivered by carrier, per week. .....$ Delivered by carrier, per month... By mail, six months, in advance...- a 50 ; Hall of Our Thousand Years By 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 advance 2.00 Six moths, in advance. , i.oo CHAS. L. SPRINGER, Editor and Publisher. WASTE ON THE FARM. It would be well for the coun try if several millions of our fel low citizens could see the econo mic situation as clearly and ap preciate it as sanely as- does George T. Powell, who declares that "the most urgent problem before our Nation today is not the tarriff but the preparation of the great wastefulness in agri cultural methods that occurs everywhere in the United States, and the dissemination of scienti fic information that shall lead to soil restoration and improve ment." The proposition is ir refutable, savs the New York Sun. ."Responsible authorites have estimated the aipount of the food bill of the American people at a little rare than--$12,000,000,000 a vear.. That both the first cost in the Hall of the Five Free Na tions that are peers among their peers." The new constitution for the four states now to become prov inces provides for a Governor General, with an Executive Coun cil, a Senate of 32 elected mem bers and 8 nominated members, and an Assembly of 121 mem bers, elected by the lour prov inces in proportion to their white population. Proportional representation (that is, representation of the minority in each district) is grant ed in elections to the Senate, but not in those to the House of Assembly. , 1 he laws 01 the new .union will be made in Cape Town; its administration will be conduct ed in Pretoria. To the Cape Town Legislature will come 51 Assemblymen from Cape Colony, 36 from Transvaal, 17 from Or ange River Colony, and 17 from Natal. . Ine problem or Karrirs and colored people is evaded in the constitution. Collier.s for June 12. .'': day, and will be a formal procession in question, too, that deserves study honor of his majesty, , King Lambert, because it ought to be settled on a better basis. The poor con-; sumer is being plueked on every side and for everything that he. s forced to use in his household, t is rapidly reachiug ; a stage- where even a plain living ia costing him more than he can. afford to spend. $. To a degree this is due to the' combination which arbitrarily fix prices without reference tS cost of production or reasonable profits. We propose to go into this matter and see what can be made of it. Telegram. HIGH COST OF LIVING. Cherry Fair At Salem Numerous parades will be a feature of the Fourth Annual Oregon Cherry Fair and Carnival, to be held, in Salem, July 8, 9 and 10. The first, parade will be at 10 A. M. on July 8. the ODenihe:- OVELTY IN PABOLES What Kansas Penitentiary Pris oners Must Do to Get Out. AGREE TO ATTEND CHURCH. Best Water System Known ant-.. , . ' ;oa.i? 'iri Ai on ' y the articles on -the list' "could be and should be materially reduc ed there can be no question. As the Sun has asseverated and , as Mr. Powell declares, very few of our farmers have even a vague notion df the cost of their prod ucts. The makers Of farm im plements, of clothing, hats, shoes furniture and oiher articles that farmers buy, know to the frac tion of a cent the cost of their merchandise. There J are and there can be no wasteful or hap hazard methods in manufactur ing or in the commercial busi ness. The inevitable penalty of indifference to cost in those lines is failure. Except in rare in stances no other methods are followed on the farm. In that industry it is not the producer upon whom the penalty falls. The consumer pays for the waste indifference and ignorance of the producer. ';.. ' Because of sundry legends handed, down from generation to generation there is a" general belief that a farmer's life is of arduous and poorly requited toil. Much of that talk is utter nonsense. The average farmer works no harder today than the average man inany other line of industry. His reward Is' deter mined chiefly by the intelligence which he applies to his opera tions -v - ;.'.' -.,.-;"'?" ANOTHER UNCLE SAM. One more great, free, self-go v- i erning unit in the British Em pire has sprung, full-fashioned, into being. It is the Union - of South Africa, and is made up of the four colonies of Transvaal, Orange River, Natal , and? Cape Colony. This large area and population will rank f with the Dominion of Canada, the Com monwe aith of Australia and the Dminio n of New Zealand, as a The advice "to family men to get a piece of land and from raise such stuff as will lecsfflne c st ot 11, as ""sood-if indeed, on that. In each work men willi find-not only profit but pleasure and health as well. ' But to those who are devoting their energies to farming for a living, paricularly in the near by farming districts how about them? Some of those who de vote all their-time and energy to the production of some spec ialty undoubtedly make money, but do all of them, even those reasonably near a good market, realize what they, should from their products? There is a great lack -is this state in the method of . distribu tion, and by this we do not mean railway transportation alone. Men who run logging camps complain that they have much trouble, oftentimes find it impos sible, to get vegetable supplies even in sections where there is a great deal of farming being done. On the other hand, farm ers within twenty or thirty miles of Portland complain that they find it impossible to dispose of rnucn ot , tneir -fruit and vege tables and at a living price. On the other hand, those who have to pay for fruit and vegetables are forced to pay prices which seem exorbitant in a country where they' are' so J easily "and therefore should, ,be so cheaply grown. ' The method of distribu tion does not seem to be beyond criticism, but the cost of getting the article from the producer, to the "consumer is entirely . too great . There are too many mid die men, each absorbing consid erable profit. 'so that by the time the product reaches the consum er's table it - really costs him much more than he should be called upon to pay. ; - We do not know of any, sub ject more worthy of careful study than this. It is easy to raise farm and garden produce here'. But if many raisers complain The , Corvallis Water Commission has always taken a keen interest in every- thing having a tendency to better the service and give the people the best and purest water on the coast. r They have carefully handled the funds eri-, trusted to their keeping and the citi zens have been pleased with the result. Owing to the rapid growth and develop ment of the city mains have been extended, new additions added to thfe- town and it now becomes necessary to increase the water supply. The Com' mission have wisely acted along this line and work commenced this morning on an additional reservoir to hold 500,000 gallons of water, Work will be pushed as rapidly as possible so as to complete the job while good weather lasts. Ex tensive Improvements are also being made at the intake in the mountain which will require about four wejfe more time and when all is -completed we will be the best w ;red town on the coast and the -envy of our more un fortunate neighbors who have had so muchrjjvaie and expense along this who will be impersonated by Judge Galloway. Gorgeously attired heralds, and all the pomp and circnmstance of European court, will attend this inital parade, f ' ; Automobile and industrial parades will follow during the three days' fair and on Saturday evening the carnival will close with a comic parade that is expected to be the most elaborate ever seen in the Capital City. This will be a masked parade. On Friday evening, the second day of the fair, there will be water sports and a brilliant parade on the Willamette River, in which canoes and launches, illuminated with fireworks and gaily decorated, will take part. Balloon races and ascens ions and numerous - other carnival features will be seen during the fair. The general cherry fair committee, which has the fair in charge, has an nounced that premiums will be given to the value of about $1000. A special sterling silver cup, valued at $150, and donated by Marion County, will be given for the best display of cherries, commercial pack, by any eountry, association or grower, to consist of not less than three varieties and not less than 30 ten pound boxes. This cup must be won three times by the same county, association or grower before becoming the property of the winner. Yamhill County won this cup iast-year, Marion County is barred from competition for this cup. The second prize for a county exhibit is a silver cup valued at $30. , The third prize for a county exhibit is a $20 cup, and the fourth prize, $10. Superintendents Are In Session Booster Meeting Tomorrow Night All subscribers to the booster fund are urgently requested', to meet at the Commercial Club rooms Wednesday evening, June 30, at eight o'clock for the purpose of discussing the proposed advertising proposition which the pub licity committee - has under considera tion ,.'..-'. '- . W. B. Wells, the general agent of the advertising department of the Har- riman lines Homeseekers' Bureau, will be present at this meeting and will ex plain in detail the plan which has been presented. As this is a matter in which every subscriber is personally interested, it is hoped that all will be present. Resolutions of Respect Whereas-our highly esteemed asso ciate, Mrs. F. L. Miller, has been re moved from our midst, and , . Whereas we feel keenly her loss as an .indefatigable worker in the upbuild ing of our church and our choir, of which she was so long a helpful, cheer ful member, and Whereas we wish to express to the bereft husband and family assurance of our sincere sympathy in this hour of trial; therefore, be it - Resolved, - - That the members of the choir of the Presbyterian Church of Corvallis hereby extend to the sorrow ing ones our heartfelt regret and sym pathy and . an expression of our deep appreciation of the efficient services of the departed as a tireless, willing asso ciate in our work, and be it further Resolved, That a copy of these reso lutions be sent to Mr. Miller and also a copy be furnished the several papers for publication. .'- Respectfully submitted, C- E. Bradley, - Mrs. Ella Taylor, . v - : Essie Bell. Real Estate Transfers A. L. Richardson to R. P. Killebrew & Wf. 40 acres near Blodgett $10.00 C. H. Decker & Wf . to P. G. Decker, undivided 1-2 of 40 acres near Monroe $10.00 T I " Martha J. Ewing to Joel & A. A. Friend, Sl-2 of Lot 71 Bl. 20 Philomath $1000. a. oeu 10 leon jstani,- is acres near Corvallis $10.00 ; Win. Xnotts to John W." Simpson, 20 acres' North 61 Corvaljjl $10.00 . . D. B. Farley .to freeman. S." C. Willson 11.197 acres near Monroe $ioo.oo- . Daily Gazette 50 cents a month. ' v"Tnff '-'third annual convention of County School . Superintendents con vened in the office of State Superinten dent Ackerman Monday morning, and will be in session today. Twenty-five subjects of greater or less importance to the conduct of the public schools of the state are Up for discussion, and it is expected that at least 28 of the - 34 County .Superintendents of the state will be in attdance. ' The visitors will be entertained with an; automobile ride in and about the city this evening by-the Salem Board of Trade, and they expect to finishtheir work in tame attend the reception in their honor at Albany tonight, ' -where the State Teachers.' Associaion is in session, Also Prayer Meeting and Sunday School Once Each Week Require ment the Idea of Governor Stubbs. Change In Tone of Appeals From Convicts. ',-.,-.. Governor Stubbs of Kansas has es tablished a new requirement in the paroling and pardoning of prisoners In the state penitentiary. Hereafter when a convict is liberated on parole or by absolute pardon he must stipu late' In writing that he will regularly attend church. Sunday school and prayer meeting once each week. If the prisoner is pardoned the governor will have no recourse if the agreement Is violated, but a paroled prisoner could be returned to the penitentiary The parole law of Kansas provides that a convict must agree to keep away from bad associates, seek em ployment and lead a moral life. 'I have added church going and Sunday school service to the list,' Governor Stubbs said, "because It i the kind of influence which ought to surround every man or woman who comes out of a state penitentiary. I shall insist upon this agreement from every prisoner paroled, no matter how exemplary has been his conduct in the penitentiary." . Governor Stubbs does not believe much in the innocence of men or wom en who get into the penitentiaries of the country. He entertains high opin ions of courts and juries that try and convict tbem. and he does not believe a srovernor should set aside their judg ments. -The governor's attitude has become known In the state penitentiary, and the letters which are being received at the executive office in Topeka from convicts are of a different tenor from those that came during the late Hoch administration. Governor Stubbs must also be convinced that a man is peni tent before he will grant a parole or pardon, even If the Judge, the jury and the prosecuting attorney who convict ed him petition for the man's, release. He says penitence is one of the world's greatest virtues. ' In the Kansas institution, - where more than 1.000 prisoners are Incar cerated, he says there are many who are contrite and penitent and who would-make good and useful citizens if released. - These are the men who will O AC Students Take Long Tramp A Monday's special from Burrs Oregon says that Frank Gowan and Frank Thompson, two Harney County students of Oregon Agricultural College arrived home Friday afternoon after walking the entire distance as a matter of pleasure and physical exer cise. , They left Corvallis on the morn ing of June 16 and arrived in Burns at 4 o'clock P. M. June 25. They came by Lebanon and the Sweet Home route and had nice weather all the way. Mr, Gowan is a. son of ex-Senator A. W, Gowan and Mr. Thompson is a son of Grant Thompson, a prominent farm er and stockman. . Thompson won a cup while at school in a wrestling match with an Albany team, Mass Meeting At Courthouse before There will be a general mass meeting at the courthouse tonight to discuss the park curbing, it being the desire of the city council to secure as unanimous an expression of public opinion on. this subject as can be obtained taking any definite action. ...This is a meeting for everybody and it is lioped that there will be a large attendence of property owners and that all who are interested will state their views either for or against the wide curbing, or to settle upon - some j width that will be satisfactory to the majority. v ; " - , '- Let everybody turn out tonight and fsay what they think about the matter. , ' ; Good Bill At Palace i The opening vaudeville bill at, The Palace Theater last night was a good one. The moving pictures are excellent, the singing of Miss Lulu Spangler is up to the high standard always main tained by that lady, and the vaudeville artists are top-notclurs. The sketch put -: on - last s night, , entitled ? "The Hired Man,'.' was . very- funny and abounded with good jokes; and singing. Large - crowds greeted the : bill last night and all -were very well pleased, Daily Gazette 50 cents per month. receive favors from Governor Stubbs. but those who write telling of their iuuocem,e"do" not " receive " much con sideration unless they possess the pen itent spirit. - '' ' v '' ; Governor Stubbs wonders if his experience-Is similar to that of other executives throughout the country. If he were to believe all the letters writ ten to him by convicts not less than 90 per cent of the men in ,the peni tentiary are absolutely innocent, and the other 10 per cent are only partially guilty. Occasionally the governor receives a letter from a convict who doesn't pre tend to be innocent. One of this kind which came in the mails a few days ago contained a sharp fling at former Governor Hoch. who, it has been re ported, pardoned the murderer Arnold because be wrote a sentimental poem. The convict's name is withheld by Governor Stubbs. but his letter lol lows: . Juuging from what I have read, from conversations held witn inmates or mis penitentiary, I have arrived at the con clusion that 1 am the only guilty scamp In this place. 1 can't plead innocence, 1 can t write a classical poem, and 1 have no "flowers blooming in the conservatory of. my eouI." You have no Idea how lone some this leaves me. Better kick me out of here lest i corrupt the morals ot this institution. This letter is written in a remark ably fine hand While.the letter is re freshing in that it is different irom hundreds of others- received from the same institution, it is likely that before he grants any favors to this convict the governor will recommend that be begin the cultivation of "flowers in the consnrr-itory of his so til. This expression las been used iu jest many times since it was first uttered by former Governor Hoch before the grad uating classes of the State university, but Governor Stubbs believes in the idea It conveys. ' Ordinarily the convicts write that their -morals, which were good when thev went into the penitentiary, are being corrupted by the many criminals around them and that they want to get out where they-can lead useful lives. Some of these who have heard of Governor Stubbs requirement as to church going have written him that they desire to be released so that they may have the advantages of church and Sunday school work. . to which they offer to devote the remainder of their lives." One of these offered to join any church the governor would suggest. The executive Is an old fash ioned Quaker, but he will not use his power In behalf of that sect. ; The first parole to contain the new church going condition was issued re cently. Charles Glass was serving a sentence for robbing a schoolhouse in Stafford county. His father died, and the friends of the family asked Gov ernor Stubbs by wire to parole blm so he could attend the, funeraL The governor granted' the parole, but not until he' had conferred with the warden by long distance telephone and learned that Glass had earned his release by good behavior. Topeka (Kan.) - Cor. New York Sun. - - ' FERIL IN MISSION'S SYSTEM. Elsie Sigel Tragedy Attributed to Prac tice of Our Girls Teaching Chinese. TWt.ir'nW thu GFVtuin nf m 11- sions in .New iorks cnmatown in having American girls teach Chinese men is directly responsible for the death of Elsie Siirel. grunddauchter of General Franz Sijtel. whose body was recently found in the room of William Leon. Miss Helen V. Clark, director of the Helen K. Clark mission in New York, one of the landing missionaries in the metropolis, denounced the plan as a source of moral corruption both to the Chinese and to many of . the young women who teach them. Miss Clark has an intimate knowledge of conditions among the Chinese. " "Imagine our -Young Women's Chris tian association fitted out with a corps of young and, for the most part, at tractive girls as teachers." said she. "with a teacher to each pupil, for the purpose of teaching some special sub ject like English. Imagine a daily and intimate association such as that sys tem would lead to going on for month, after month and even year after year and imagine the reputation the asso- -elation - would have In a short time under those conditions. The case in our Chinese missions, with their large majority of women teachers. Is sim ilar, except that It Is rendered infinite ly, worse and more dangerous on ac count of the traditional ideas, a hun dred generations old, held by the Chi-' nese regarding women. - , "In Chna any social intercourse be tween the sexes Is a thing unheard of. Take a young Chinese and suddenly throw him Into daily and intimate con tact with ah attractive American girl and consider the effect, as I have done to my sorrow for many years. The Chinese reverence learning, and in point of education most of them are mere children beside our girls. As soon as the first shock of being allowed to so much as speak to a woman is over they nwuken to another concep tion of ; women, and they almost fall down and worship those girls as su perior beings. There follows the ap parently harmless flirtation, the jilting of the man or the possible lowering of hia t i .fin f ! i n r.4 A inapi..- nrstmaTi ii vr some indiscretion on the part of the girl or. as happens in more cases than I care to think of, some terrible trag edy, of which the death of Elsie Sigel . is an example. "I believe that the death of Elsie Sigel was one of those results. The organizations that allow this thing to go on and the parents who allow their . uuuguiers lo ue untwu xuui iuis Hor rible net of temptation are the ones who are to blame for the scores of heartbreaking tragedies of which I have been the witness and the number of which is daily growing. To me one of the most shocking of all the de-. ; velopments of this recent tragedy was thiv riml'-inf those hundreds of com promising letters written to Leon by white girls from" all over tne country. If anything could show the results of this pernicious system, that fact does it with terrible clearness. The time has come when something should be done." '. - ' ELEVATORS ON BATTLESHIPS. i . . . Officers on New Vessels Wilt Thus Avoid , Delays Between Decks. United States battleships are to be , equipped hereafter with passenger ele vators for the convenience of the offi cers. The new vessels now building the Florida. Utah. North Dakota and Delaware each will have three auto matic electric cars capable of lifting 500 pounds apiece. They are being installed between the lower hanging grating in the fire room and the gun deck, and it Is estimated they will make the trip In about fif teen seconds. They are to be operated by a system of push buttons. It is be lieved that the Innovation will be found of great advantage in making the gun deck more quickly accessible to officers who have gone below in per formance of their duties. . LAUNCHES IN INDIAN FUNERAL Traditional Canoe Is Supplanted by tho Modern Motorboat. An Indian funeral on Lake Michigan the other day in which power launches were substituted for canoes marked a striking departure from the customs of Michigan's legendary literature, says a Traverse City (Mich.) dispatch. Down to the present time Indians of this region have clung tenaciously to the canoe of the Hiawatha period. But at the recent funeral of Joseph Corn stalk the traditional canoe was con spicuous by its absence. Fully 100 Indians escorted the body of the wiae ly known red man from his late home on Beaver island to the cemetery on Garden Island, two and one-half miles to the north, but all the company trav eled in modern power launches. Anaesthetical Marvel. -A wonderful anaesthetic nas Deen . discovered by a surgeon at Bucharest Roumania. , It , is a combination of strychnine and storalno. The patient does not lose mental consciousness. It is injected in the spine for operations below the waist and in the neck for operations above. Kr. BannyryalL the discoverer, has taken some of It to London. . London Fashion Edict. The "last hint" In the realm of re ception and evening gowns In London is to have the skirt caught up some four or five Inches on the right side) at the hem. thereby revealing a trans parent underskirt festooned with di minutive roses. This the latest com mand means lovely skirts and shoes sans reproche..-