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Corvallis Times. BY B. F. IRVINE. Official Pltper of Benton County, OOBVAIXIS, OREGON Jill 30, 1903. EXAMINED BRIDGES -New WHY NqT? The steel trust has advanced 10 per cent the wages of ioo.ooo of its employes. Why not? There is criticism of the trust throughout the country, and a congressional campaign is on in the East. Notri- ing so much disarms trust criticism as an advance of wages. Nothing so appeals to the workmen about to vote as increased pay. Nothing so equips and accoutres a bellow ing statesmen on the stump with trust argument as a 10 per cent ad- vance of wages, and a voluntary advance at that. Besides, the advance costs the trust but 4,000,000 per year. True the sura is great to the ordinary man. but it is only a bauble, a trifle to this stupendous steel colossus. The sworn statement made re cently by Manager Schwab in a legal proceeding in which the trust was defendant, declares that the net profits of the trust during its first year, was $98,766,452. What is a beggarly $4,000,000 extra paid to employes, compared to that great sum? Mr Schwab further declared that the corporations net profits for the second year ending in April 1903, would probably exceed $140,000,- 000. Also that its earnings for the first year equalled 13 per cent on common stock, and would equal 14 per cent on the same the second year after paying seven per cent on preferred stock, Further, that or ders now on hand would keep all plants busy until January, 1903. and would aggregate $150,000,000 on which the net profit would be more than $60,000,000. In the face of figures like these, figures that stagger even the imagination, what does the trust care for the tiny $4,060,000 extra per year di vided among 100,000 of its em ployes, especially when the divis ion will be such a power for good for the trust in the coming cam paign? Besides, the trust has a way to get this $4,000,000 back. It sells its products in Europe at one price and in this country at another. It sells to the foreigner for what it can get. and, aided by high tariffs exacts in this country about what it nlp.ises. Figures below taken j ' from a long list secured from New Vork exporters. .show . how and from whom the extra $4,000,000 advance and vastly more will be taken whenever the trust sees fit: American price Tort ign price ANOTHER ADVANCE A nfl Roads in Southern Benton- Bridge Wanted There. County Judge Watters and Com missioners Jolly and Irwin made a trip through Southern Benton the latter part of last week, examining bridges and roads in that section. Thev went to Monroe and thence south almost to the Lane county line, returning via the river road. All bridges of importance on the route were examined with the assistance of R M Gilbert, superin tendent of the Marys river and Kings Valley bridges, who accom panied the party on the trip. In idtoii'ir the- rlraw bridee over the Long Tom was inspected and note taken of its condition. A new ' bridge is wanted over the slough that separates Ingram Island from the mainland of Ben ton county. It is the same bridge for which the people of the island have petitioned ior years. There are -something like a dozen families there. They maintain a school with an attendance of 25 or more. The residents of the island reach the mainland by crossing a slough of the Willamette at a ford. The ford is of a treacherous character, and within the past few years two persons have been drowned there. A man crossing the place recently, n arrow! v escaoed drowning:. On this account the people of the neigh borhood, as well as sympathizers with them on the main land believe that a bridge should be built across the slough. To make the matter easier for the county, the residents of the neighborhood are willing to assist m the construction. They offer to build the bridge if the county will furnish the material. It is es' timated that the material for the bridge will cost $450. The road leading trom uoipn Farley's place to Monroe was exT amined by the members of the court. The overflow oi the Long Tom has almost destroyed the roadwav. In winter time when the Lous- Tom is out of its banks Article Wire n nils keg Wire rooe coil I.eucl 100 lbs Shovels doz Axle Grease lb Washboards dozen Meat c'hor.ders ISarboed wire 100 lb Clocks alarm J.aWn mowere Fruit jars Masons dozen Typewritars Sewlae maehihes iradbuiy piauos Tiu plate 100 lbs. ; 2 25 $i 30 12 00 5 00 0J 2 00 ."0 5 SO v. oi 00 1 70 2 7l) 1 -VI S 0 2 20 CO so i 2: 2 75 ) 5' 100 01 " 00 iO W 17 00 37", 0.) ::M 00 3-5 00 275 00 4 19 3 10 MANY WANT IT In the LocallPrice of Lumber Rough is now Nine Dollars per Thousand. All kinds of lumber advanced in the local market Monday, The ad vance is 50 cents to a dollar per thousand. It is on account of ad vances abroad. The Benton rvviintir T.nmhpr Comranv which, when the demand was duller early in the season made contracts ior abroad, realize from these contracts the prices to which the advance is maae- To sell lumber in the local mark et at less than the net price realiz ed by shipping would be at a dir ect loss, and it is on this account that the compauy has ordered the advance. Under the new schedule, the fol lowing are some of the figures: rough, $9 per thousand: ' flooring, number i, verticie grain, $22; num ber 2, $ 16; sized lumber, $10: rustic, number 1, $20; number2, $16; fin ishing, $16 to $25. ship lap $11. The demand for lumber contin ues far in excess of the supply. The completion of many buildings is de layed by inability to secure lumber, and in a few instances the jcom- mencenient of construction is act ually waiting for the mills to get around to orders. The Benton County Lumber Company recently refused an order for a million feet of lumber ordered ,by a big mill at Mills Citv. in the Cascades, which Vine; fnr more orders than it can turn out. The lumber that the Benton County Company is shipping goes to California. The movement of lumber from Portland over the westside and thence via the Corvallis & Eastern to the eastside and then through to California, seems greater than ever. A special trainload has been pass ing over the line every day, in cluding one last Sunday, all in ad dition to a full quota of cars brought in by each regular freight over the the whole road is under water.. The narrow roadway cannot at such times be seen, and passing vehicles are, in danger or plunging into water far beyond their depth, with consequent menace to human life. Members ot the court are unanim ous in a purpose of changing the road hereafter, thoegh no attempt will be made to do so until ' next 3'ear, on account of lack of time for legal preliminaries. For the tem porary safety of travelers, the pres ent roadway will be marked and re paired for use the coming winter. westside. LUCKY CORVALLISITES Got Three out of Seven Jobs Allotted all Oregon Good pay and Light Duties, Brady Burnett, Henry Allen and Harry Holgate are three of the 780 clerks who are to comprise the per manent census, bureau. They are what is left of the 3,200 clerks who were engaged in the late cen sus work. Their positions are un der the civil service, and are per manent. The appointment of Mr. Allen was secured by Senator bi mon, and the other two by Con gressman Tongue. Adoui one- half the permanent bureau cierss are young women. The hours ot worn are irom nine ... . . r , r a m to 4 p m, witn nan an nounui lunch. The pay of the Corvallis men is $1, 200 per year. The job is what the ordinary toiler would call a snap. There are 27,000 government .clerks in the city of ; Washington. At an averaee o. 1.000 per year, their annual pay aggregates $27,- 000,000 per year. v large pop ulation of the city of Washington maintain themselves by feeding, lodsriue or bv barter with this army of government clerks. A goodly portion of the $27,000,000 that is their flcrp-rep-ate estimated salary, is thus absorbed, for the living of the clerks consumss most of their sal aries. The Corvallis men have been in Washin-Ttoti over two vears. They went therein May, 1900. they habit chiefly with Oregomans, of whom there is in Washington a considerable number. They were unusually fortunate in getting places in the permanent census. The whole state ot Oregon got out seven. Ot the seven, three are from Corvallis. The selection was largely a matter of pull. Each seustor was allotted two selections and each congressman one. Con gressman Tonsne, however, mana ged to secure places for two. NAMED MRS. HAYWARD The Penitentiary Corvallisite Glad he Did'nt Divinity and Petroleum. There is a big crop of candidates for the. superintendency of the pen itentiary tender the administration -elect. Events around the prison of late would seem to make jobs there undesirable. Certain it is, that a Corvallis man who was of fered a position as shop guard by Governor Geer is now glad that he did not accept. He is a wiser and weller man, since at the critical moment he was out of range of the Tracy-Merrill rifles. It is no small comfort to read thas the University of Chicago has got . one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to put into another building for its divinity school. Owinsr to the modification of so cial and business customs, the Christian ministry is vastly more technical than it was when the Savior sent his apostles out to teach the nations. In order to provide aonaratus of instrnction at all ade- mintp tn modern necessities, a di inity school need have the withal. Tr used to be thousrht that God's hkt Pi'ft to man was reason, but . thp rh'sroverv of oetroleum has opened people's eyes some. Life Teacher's Examination. Notice is hereby given that the county superintendent of Benton county will hold the regular examination of appli cants for state and county paper3 at Cor vallis, as follows FOll STATE PAPERS, ' Commencing Wednesday, August 13, at nine o'clock a m, and continuing un til Saturday, August 16, at 4 o'clock. Wednesday Penmanship, history, spelling, algebra, reading, school law. Thursday "Written Antnmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, bookkeeping, physics, civil government. Friday Physiology, geography, men tal arithmetic, composition, physical geography' Saturday Botany, plane geometry, general history, English literature, psychology' FOE COfN'TY PAPERS Commencing Wednesday, August J 3' at nine a m, and continuing until Fri day, Augast 15, at four o'clock. 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade Certificates Wednesday Penmanship, history, orthography, reading. Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of teaching.grammar, school law. Friday Geography, mental arithmet ic, physiology, civil government. Primary Certificates. Wednesday Penmanship, orthography reading and arithmetic. Thursday Art of questioning, theory of teaching, methods, physiology. Dated this 30th dayof July, I902. a W. DEXMAN, County School Supt, As Matron of Alpha Hall for Ensuing Year Other Local News. Mrs C A Wolf, nee Quivey, is out from Alsea on a visit to Cor vallis friends. The Gillespie family left yester day for Alsea on a camping trip. Mrs' Addie Job-, arrived Monday from Cottage Grove and left yes terday with Mrs Waggoner for the seaside. L W Oren has gone to Portland to enter upon his duties in the rail way mail service co which he was recently appointed as a result of competitive examination. The family remains for the present in Corvallis. President Catch -nd President Weatherford he a meeting- in Albany yesrr.viv or consideration of the appoint lunts left tor them to fill at the recent meeting of the board of regents. The matter of the musical department was left nnen frT the nresent. In the mat ter of a matron for Alpha Hall Mrs C E Hayward was named for the place. Over at Baruharts are several paintings in water colors, drawn by n fnrmpr Corvallis woman. HOW in Chicago. The latter is Miss Sarah T Evans, who was at one time a teacher in the Corvallis public schools. She is now studying aft in Chicago. The scenes are mostly from nature, and are ver' good. On the Yaquina train, bound for the seaside, there were 70 . passen gers Monday, and 80 yesterday. ' The world owed John W Mackey much and as he did not know him self within $20,000,000 of- how- much he wTas worth it was not a niggardly paymaster. Joe Hirshberg of Independence was m town Monday, en route from a trip to Newport, He has acres and acres of hops near Inde pendence, and with the prospective 1 , f . i . : . 4.1, illgn prices Oi mis scasuu, is 111 uic swim. -IT'S TRACY. Humble Lines Typical of the Outlaw's Achievements, Past and Prospective. Along the forest paths he went With air alert and eye intent His rifle and his manners meant '.'I'm Tracy." When'er he wanted bite to eat Or cushioned chair to rest his feet He simplv states in accents neat '"'I'm Tracy." In case the whiskers on his face Grew thick enough to slow his pace He got shaved in any place "Did Tracy." If governor Tracy tried to be He'd get one vote quick out of me If I were near enough to see "Twas Tracy." When Tracy dies and goes to well St Peter ought to give him h 1; But he'd back up if Tracy' d yell, It's me." Baker City Herald. . Shingles and all lumber on hand at lumber yard. Posts kinds of dimension the Benton County SECOND GRAND ANNUAL Excursion on the C. & E. R- R. The Corvallis & Eastern will run their second Grand Annual excursion from Albany, Corvallis, Philomath and all points west to Newport ana return an Svnday, August 3rd, 1902. Trains leave Albany at 7 a m, Corvallis, 7:30, Philo math at 7:45, returning leave Newport at 5:20, giving nearly six hours at the beach. ' Grand exhibition drill by the. U S T If C.i-inr. ranr cnv Ka till n or Q tirl rtfTi j it. i: i a v 1 " , " ' . . uuu. ... . . -. attractions will make the event one loDg to be remembered., Fare for the round trip fiom Albany, Corvallis and Philomath, $1.50; points west proportionately. - Edwin Stone, -Manager, S. L Kline Agent for Osborne farm sample mowers andbinders prices for 15 days. machinery, at factory Horses for Sale I will be in Corvallis from Wednesday the 23rd to Saturday 26th. The horses weigh from 1100 to 1G00 pounds. F, A, Hackleman This. Don't Fail to Try Whenever an honest trial is giv en to Electric Bitters for any troub les it is recommended for, a per ma- 11. 1 C nent cure wai - sureiy uo in fected. It never fails to tons the stomach, regulate the kidneys and bowels, stimulate the liver, invig orate the nerves and purify the blood. It's a wonderlul tonic for run-down systems. Electric Bitters positively cures Kidney and Liver troubles. Stomach Disorder &, Nerv ousness, Sleeplessness, Rheumatism, Photographs Wanted. The Lewis & Clark Exposition com pany will havfc need for a large number of photographs to illustrate publication on the Pacific Northwest which will be Issued to advertise the IO05 fair. Do nations of views of landscapes, .cities, mountains, farms, growing crops, forests mines, fisheries, river scenery, seaside resorts, etc. suitable for the halftone process will be appreciated by the com pany Photographer, proiessiouai ana amateur; who desire to make donations, should address their pictures to Henry E Seed, Secretary of the 1905 fair, 246 Washington street, Portland, Oregon. The subiect of the view should be in dorsed on the back of the photograph, also the name of the photographer o that-no mistake will be made. Credit will be given to the photographer in all cases where use is made of his pictures, Photographs are desired from every section of Oregon, None except mose that will make good reproductions are wanted. Summer Goods Coast and Mountain! w Hi Wanted. Parties having a good stock farm to let can find a desirable renter by applying to H W Kaupisch at the Cieamery. It will pay 3'ou to investigate goods and prices at J H Karris You can save money. i -1 1 CV IvurrAfT ManfV- P.O. ousness, oieepiessnera, uucuujououj, j tuiucii ul uito'j Neuralgia, and expel9 Malaria. Sat- j sash, doors, moldings, furniture and isfaction guaranteed by Graham &j eneral finished lumber. Wortham. Only 50 cents. 1 - South Main St. .Corvallis Ore. Bid Discount Ladies Duck Skirts 50c Ladies Storm Rubbers -. 40c Ladies Box Calf Shoes 1 60 Ladies Heavy Kid Shoes 1 60 Ladies Light Kid Shoes 90c All goods sold at a reduction during July ik gH H. HARRIS Manufacturers and Dealers in Roiig!) and Pressed Emitter SWtigfes, taih and Posts A Square Deal for Everybody Yards near Southern Pacific Depot, Corvallis, Oregon Are you going to the Mountains, or Seaside? so, ftk Buy your outing Supplies 4b .us 11 1 ".Mi" MX . m S at Roctes grocery it 1 We carry the best line of provisions . Hams, Bacon, Cheese, Flour, Ufa Pickled, Bottled and Canned Goods ALSO PREPARED GOODS FOR GO 0 T3 -a o 2 . p 5: o No ITeed of Hot Fires These Days . ; Job : Prietieg eeatly done at Corvallis Times