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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
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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
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;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..-