Gorvallis Times.
Official Vvfet of Ben tea Count.
COBTAIXJB, OBJ5GON,
JUXE 4, 1904.
Democratic Gounty Ticket.
Fr Senator
funderton Avery.
For Sheriff
PL P. lUMtt.
Fr ClerK
Victor P. Hoses.
For Recorder
Horace LocKe.
For Commissioner
Peter RicKard.
For School Superintendent
S. L Pratt.
For Treasurer
W. A. Buchanan.
For Assessor
, - Thmas Daris.
For Surveyor
T. A. Jones
For Coroner
0. J. BlacKledge.
Is Not Merit The Test?
Tn the oresent campaign, the
democrats have manifested a liber-
aliHr of views and purposes with
respect to partisanship that chal
Ipntre consideration. The nominee
for representative on the republican
ticket is a' son in a pioneer family,
of whom it i hoped that he. may
give a good account of himself m
imtinfr against schemes, iobs and
extravagance in the state legislature.
His father, the late Tolbert Carter,
was that sort of a man. He was
honest, and always conserved the
interest of the people who placed
him in office, as his record in the
legislature will abundantly prove.
The democrats has no candidate
for the office of representative, and
in the hope that the younger Carter
would be as true to the people as
was his sire, in the knowledge that
' men and their merits rather than a
party brand is in these times when
state taxes are enormous, the real
and only test of fitness, feeling and
knowing that saved dollars rather
than the trifling question of what
are his party affiliations are the real
and only question involved in can
didates, they placed no man on the
ticket for representative. Does
this act not show a commendable
spirit that appeals to men who are
anxious to save themselves and help
themselves, and which because of
its generous character should cause
men to hesitate to follow blind fol
ly and vote for any . candidate be
cause he wears a particular political
brand ? With state taxes at nearly
$25,000 for little Benton county,
these are times for men to think,
and this political incident of party
' generosity is one well worthy of
Slinking about. Have the demo
crats not shown that they place
men. and the merits of men, above
a mere question of party brand?
The Geary Fee.
In behalf of Lawyer Yates, a
lengthy explanation in "if ' admits
that the fee charged 'for collection
of the Widow Geary insurance
money was $1,075, and an attempt is
tnadeto"explain"it The transaction
is onethat it is impossible to "ex
plain.". By the ; admission, the
people know now, that it cost the
Widow Geary $ 1.075 to get the in
surance money, rightfully due her
by reason of the fact that her hus
band, a soldier of the Union, died
while fighting under the shadow of
Old Glory" in the Philippines. By
the admission they know that this
immense sum went to a gang of
lawyers, and that W. E. Yates is
the man who made the fatal con
tract with Maude Geary, and that the
same W. E. Yates is the man who
did all the negotiating with the
helpless, care-worn and grief-stricken
widow. They know that every
dollar that the life blood ot Wood
bridge Geary earned for his widow
ought to have gone to her, and to
nobody else. He was the son of
an Oregon pioneer, a soldier of the
American Union, . and at - three
o'clock in the afternoon of October
18, 1899, he fell on the field of
battle, mortally wounded, as is
known, at the moment that he fell
Woodbridge Geary was at the head
of his column of mutinous so'diers,
encouraging, persuading and urg
ing them to fight like men ior the
flag of their country. When his re
mains came home, cold in death,
the heart of all Oregon throbbed
with grief, and a great
WHY CAST EIM ASIDE?
Has not Peter Rickard been a
success as a farmer? Was he not
a complete success as a sheriff? Did
any man, living or dead, ever find
fault with his acts ascommissioner
when he served a term in that office
several years ago? If he was a
success then, if through all his life
he has been successful in every un
dertaking, is there any experiment
in electing him to the office of com
missioner, now? Are good county
commissioners so abundant that
Peter Rickard may be turned down
with perfect disregard of his fitness (
and his past? Is not the office of
commissioner one in which every
taxpayer in the county has a direct
and imoortant personal and finan
cial interest? Is not Peter Rick
ard one of those kindly-natured,
conservative, and always level
headed farmers to fit the office of
commissioner perfectly, . and who
would serve in the office with a
conscientious regard to duty that
is the admiration of all men? . In
short, is Peter Rickard the .kind of
a man that the citizens of Benton
county can permit to be cast aside?
IF N0I-WHY1
Has, or has hot, Telt Burnett
been a good sheriff ? Is it not a
fact that he is the only sheriff in
Oregon that collects taxes without
assistance, and is it not a further
fact that in doing so he has been
commented upon favorably by news
papers and people all over Oregon ?
Is not his record and his success as
sheriff and the distinction he has at
tained m the office a matter of per
sonal pride to every citizen of the
county, and does not every citizen
desire to continue to have a sheriff
whose reputation at home and
abroad reflects credit upon them
and upon the county? It is no
small matter that a Benton county
officer should be pointed at by the
citizens of other counties as a model
officer, and the fact must appeal to
people who have pride in their citi
zenship, their homes and their en
vironments. Is it either the time
or the occasion to vote against Telt
Burnett? Is the mere idle question
of what are his party affiliations to
be considered when merit deserves
recognition and an unmatched rec
ord as an official should be reward
ed? In the light of the facts, i
Telt Burnett is to be turned down
then-what incentive will there be in
the future for men elected to office
to surpass other men in the dis
charge of duty? There is not
: man in all Benton but knows deep
down in his heart that the thing,
and the onlv thing to do is to re
memorial
service was held in the uorvaius
opera house in which the virtues of
the dead soldier were extolled in
oration, in poetry and in song. All
this was a magnificent token of the
tribute a beloved country pays to a
hero, a soldier martyr, a brave and
beloved dead. God bless a nation
that honors its dead, and bless a
citizenship that shields and protects
a soldier's widow and a soldier's
orphans. God bless a nation that
remembers the service of its old
soldiers, and pensions them in mem
ory of the service they have endured
in defense of the flag.
But in spite of all this, in spite
of the feelings of a national pride
and hallowed thoughts of a nation's
dead and the natural protection due
a soldier's widow, the next news
that startles Corvallis is the fact
that the, widow of Woodbridge
Geary, had been forced to pay
$1,075 to get the insurance money
that was hers by right, of the life
blood her soldier husband had shed
on a battle field in the Philippines.
Never before in the history of this
community was there recorded an
instance in which a widow or an or
phan had to pay a fee for the col
lection of insurance money. With
such things unheard 01 in the case
of civilian women, what is the feel
ing that comes to men when they
hear that the widow of an . Amen
can soldier is bled of the blood dol
lars that are hers by the right of the
life her husband gave while fight
ing under the starry flag.
In the defense of this indefensible
incident, an attempt is made, in be
half of Lawyer Yates to shift the
responsibility on an Albany attor
ney. What does Mrs. Maude
Gearv have to say about this? In
a letter to a Corvallis business man, 1
written from a Texas town. May)
21st, 1904, Mrs. Geary says: "I
trust and pray that W. E. Yates
may meet his just punishment for
thejway he treated me and my
children; and should he not get it
here, I have one consolation I
know he will in the hereafter."
Does that sound ' like anybody else
than Lawyer Yates was the man
who engineered the $1,075 contract
with the widow ?
In a recent letter to another Cor
vallis friend, after manifesting an
anxletv to "compel Mr. Yates to
disgorge this overcharge, Mrs,
Gearv savs. "Mr. Yates once let
me have $30, but this amount 1
paid back to him within a few days,
as I had money sent me, together
with other effects belonging to my
deceased husband in the Philippines
I have all along believed that I was
imposed upon by Mr. Yates in the
collection of the insurance, ana mat
Mr. Yates took advantage of my
situation; and I would have been
back in Corvallis long bofore this
and had this investigated, but the
continuous illness of my daugnter
Kate, together with her death, has
left me all broken up and entirely
penniless. Of course, any tavors
vou or mv friends in Corvallis are
disposed to do in this matter will be
deeply appreciated, and 11 anyramg
can be accomplished in the way of
getting what is lustly and Honestly
due me, I shall never forget it
Has or has not W, A. Buchanan
always kept the treasurer's office in
the court house? Is . that not s
a good thing to do? If the big fire
proof vault built in the court house
is not for the safe keeping of . val
uable 'books and papers of the
treasurer, then what is it foi? This
one important thing, the citizens of
Benton county know, towit: A vote
for Billy Buchanan is a vote for
the treasurer's books and papers to
be kept in the fire-proof vault at the
court house, a vote for the treasur
er's office to be kept just across the
hall from the clerk's office, and a
vote for a man who always minds
his own business. . All this, they
know by experience.
WBAT1S TEA T SEASON?
Victor Moses is a self-made young
man. If his personal reputation is
flawless, which it is: if his public
record is so excellent that it is
commended always and everywhere
which it is; if he has the complete
confidence of all the' people in Ben
ton county because . " of his merits
and intrinsic worth, which he has;
if his service as county clerk is asgood
if not better than that of any clerk
in any office in any county in Ore
gon, which it has ; been, Victor
Moses, and -Victor Moses alone
made it so. No strong hand was
held at his back, no wealthy
father or friend helped him along
on his way such credit as he is
! entitled to. such personal pride as
he has brought the citizens of Ben
ton county in a well' conducted
clerk's office, such cleanliness of
character and good repute . in his
official work as he has manifested,
all of which is universally conceded
and nowhere denied, Victor Moses
himself, by plodding, painstaking
and sincere effort, has made. Then
is virtue entitled to reward? ' Are
the efforts of i deserving young
man worthy of recognition? Does
the best service a public official can
give in public office merit a just re
ward? Does one term of especially,
deserving service entitle an honest
lad. as a reward of merit ,, and an
incentive to others to be meritorious.
to re-election to ,a ; . second term?
With these unanswerable facts all
admitted, can any Inan point to a
single reason whv Victor Moses
should be turned down next Mon
dav? . .
After election day the Times will
be right here to defend and make
good every statement it has put
forth in this campaign, but the cele
brated "four columns," the only
thing of tht kind in the known
world, will disappear, and all that
will be remembered of it will be
that famous announcement, "The
Gazette or its owners are in nowise
responsible for anything that may
be said in this department."
Has Judge Hamilton reduced
the cost of holding circuit court
in Benton county to about half
what it was before he went on the
bench six years ago? Have his de
cisions stood the test of the su
preme court and given him a repu
tation as a sound jurist equalled by
no other judge in Oregon? Are
the people of Benton county glad
to have a public servant save money
for them and are they proud of the
fact that the judge of their district
is accounted the best jurist on the
circuit bench in the state? The
way to give evidence of their ap
preciation and their pride, is to give
Tudsre Hamilton a testimonial of
votes on election day. What fig
ure does political affiliations cut,
when merit calls for recognition,
when county pride appeals to have
its way, and when saved dollars in
the taxpayer's pocket book point
to Judge Hamilton and say, "Thou
art the man."
Don't Worry
about these little fellows.
They can't fall.
They're boldiog fast to
"It" eaja the $1,075, attorneys
fee for collecting the Geary insur
ance was divided among five at
torneys. What would the widow
and her children received if Yates
bad got a few more lawyers in the
deal?
For Sale.
Team, harness and wagon, new.
' J. J. Cady, College;barn.
' NAPOLEON'S MAGIC TABLE.
Wonderful piCOa of Farattue Whtak
.Was the Prla of the Freaafc
Emperor. ,-J
Napolean'a magic table ia one of
the greatest curiositieB from thai
time of the gTeat emperor, who had it
in. his study at the castle of St. Cloud.
After the death of Napoleon it was
bought in London by Baron Kehau
sen, Swedish ambassador to the court
of St. James at that time. It is now
owned through inheritance by one
of the foremost families of the Swed
ish nobility, says the Strand Maga
zine. Inside the drawer of the table
is pasted an old Blip on which is
printed a description, which in mod
ernized English reads as follows: "The
Emperor Napoleon was highly de
lighted with this extraordinary work
of art. It formed the surface ol one
of the tables in his study, and was
always shown to all foreigners of dis
tinction who visited the imperial
court. It is a painting whose resem
blance to what it represents is the
most elusive ever produced by the
genius of man." One may look at this
strange production of art in differ
ent lights the pieces of money, the
fragments of broken glass, the pen
knife, water and cards retain an
equally illusive , appearance as tha ob
server moves round the table but it
requires a very minute examination
to discover all the truly magical won
ders it possesses." In these times,
when relics of Napoleon I. are eager
ly sought for, the present where
abouts of this masterpiece should eeT
tainly interest all connoisseurs. .
Was not Thomas Jones trained in
surveying in the exacting school of
railroad construction in which an
error in computation or other false
step means dismissal from the ser
vice? Was he not left an orphan
at the age of eight years, andhas
he not earned for himself the en
viable business and professional
reputation that he now enjoys and
which nobody questions or denies ?
Is it not true, or is it a campaign
lie, that during the past two years
he has correctly carefully and suc
cessfully discharged the duties of
surveyor to the perfect satisfaction
of everybody ? Is there one man
who has a harmful word to say or a
single criticism to utter about the
private or official record of Thomas
Tones ? In view of the " vicissitudes
of his early life, in view ot the sin
cere and honest purpose of his pres
ent life, is there any man who says
Thomas Tones does not deserve to
be elected to a second term in the
surveyor's office? If seli-help is
worth anything, if merit is an asset
on this earth, if sincerity and truth
are cardinal virtues that the world
wants to reward, then Thomas
Jones will receive a flood of votes
next Monday.
For Sale.
A first class sewing machine in good
condition.Also a fine walnut diningtable
Inquire at Times office.
Horace Locke is a young man,
endeavoring to make a start in the
world. He is willing to help him
self, as has been abundantly de
monstrated in the phenomenal act
ivity and unceasing effort that has
been manifest in his campaign. By
education and mental endowment,
he is, in every way competent ,for
the office of recorder. The very
manner in which he has pushed his
candidacy for the office. is the best
testimonial in the world that he
would make an excellent official.
He is a pioneer's son with a laud
ible ambition, a determination for
self-help and qualifications and wil
lingness to make a splendid official
Why vote against him?
Call On
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For Groceries and Crockery.
. , Finest line of China and
Cnt Glass to be found in the
City.
Agent for Chase & San
born high grade coffee.
Produce taken in exchange
for groceries. .
Phone 71.
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Grocery.
are very careful in
selecting our Tea's tof
f buy only high grade strictly C
SPURE TEA. And in buying
F coffee we buy only OLD
CROP drinking coffee.
Our Teas that we sell at 25c
, 50c, 60c and 75c a pound and
our coffees that we. sell at 15c
20 25c, 30c and 45c a pound
can not be matched elsewhere
in quality and price. Try them
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PHONE 483, COEYALLIS, OR.
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Pioneer Gun Store...
Fine new stock of GUNS , SPORTING GOODS
FISHING TACKLE, CUTLERY, Etc, . . .
SEWING MACHINE EXTftAS
Stock ol 6 Bodes at Bid Bargain
At Cost
Stoves, Ranges,
Cooking Utensils
Washing Machines
Wringers, Etc.
- Are Tbeing elosed. out at absolute cost.
Commencing now and continuing until sold
out. Come early and secure good selections
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Furniture and Carpet Store.
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Physician and Surgeon.
Office, Boom 14, First National Bank
Bnilding, Corvallis, Or. Office Hours,
10 to 12 a, to., 2 to 4 p. m. .
E, Holgate
ATTORNEY AT LAW
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE
Stenography and typewritine done.
Office in Burnett brick Corvallis, Ore
elect Telt Burnett.