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Gorvallis Tiniest OSdal Paper of Bentm Ouatr. OOKTAIXI8, OBEOOK, NOT S, 19M. COMMITTEE AT WORK. On Flan for Mountain Water Private and Public Ownership Considered. For four mortal hours a commit tee wrestled with the mountain water question Wednesday evening, and Thursday evening took an other turn at the proposition. , The offer of the local Water Company to install a mountain water system was the matter under consideration. The committee consisted of a com mittee of five from the City council and an equal number, from the Citizen's' League. Among those present were P. Avery, J. M. Cameron. A.J.Johnson, S.L.Kline, Dr. Harper, E. R. Brvson and E E. Wilson. At the meeting Thurs day evening, City Engineer Skel ton was in the line-up. A complete agreement was reached ag to what the policy should be with reference to the matter in hand,, and if . the council itself adopts the ideas of the committee there will be a basis up-J on which to proceed for future ne gotiations. iJ- S3 . . ' ; i - i, Two important facts, . with re ference to a mountain water system are resultant from the meetings. . The first is, that the , committee favors a plan for extending finan cial credit, to private personal; cor porations, for the construction f a system, provided satisfactory terms can be negotiated in behalf of .the city,". and,; the .city's interests be properly safeguarded., ' This '' plan of. "constructing . the system is pre ferred over public ownership, .and it is the idea that such an arrange ment be -effected,- if possible. - The second important -agreement reached is, that : if all efforts at negotiation with private parties fail, then the committee is iavora ble to the idea of the city itself building the plant. There are those on the committee who object to tne latter plan. They believe - that city management , of. such enterprises is not as satisfactory as in the case of private individuals. They believe expenditures and lack of econpmy in detail , management would .be... more prevalent under public than under private manage ment. These members of the eomfitittee however; ' believe that as V last resort, city ownership might be resorted - to, and that the benefits to inure would justify the experiment. Real Estate Transfers Clara A. Burkhart and husband to Lincoln Chambers, lot 12 block 17, Job's addition, $40. United States to W. J. Hender son, patent to 98 acres near . Wren J. C Turrell and husband to Benton county, one acre at the west end of the Albany bridge, $60. J. L" Underwood and wife to A J. Handy, 3 lots block 2, Chase' addition, $1900. , .'-.' ' Philomath College to Emmet VanCleve, lots 147 and 39, Brown addition, $125.' M. P. Newton and wife to Em met VanCleve, part of lot 98 block 30, Philomath, $100. 5 John Keesee to Wm. Knotts one half interest in part of claim, $300. E. E. Brimner to J, C. Carpenter small tract in Monroe, $350. Sarah Elgin to F. E. Edwards, .29 of one acre in block 2 Wells & McElroy's addition, $100. Bell V. Thompson and husband to Charles Collins and wife, land near Albany, 1500. Wanted. Girl to do general small family. P. O. housework in box 280. Supervisors Claims. Lewis Wentz Superv'r no H M Flemming " " E M Dodele " C H Skaggs ' A CaJwalader JR Fehler J E Baoton ' " E N Starr " " " DB Farley " Doke Gray " 5$ 22 50 2 10 oo 6 8 9 "ii 13 14 15 1 21 have 40 to ' 5 00 12 50 20 00 3 03 23 75 5 00 5 00 32 50 been J O Wilson - " The above claims filed with the county clerk, and notice is herebv giverk that the same will be allowed at the Nov ember iooa term of -the county court xuolees objections - thereto be filed. Published by ordtr of court. Dated Oct 22nd, 1904. , Victor P. Moses, ' County Clerk. AFRAID OF IT. What a Dry Linn and Wet . Benton " Might Mean Saloon, at West. - end Albany Bridge. ; Editor Corvallis Times: -.. - In the issue of your paper of Oct. 29 you give directions as to the working of ballots on the pro hibition question and the issue ot today -discusses the merits of the question. There is a point which has not been touched upon and it is one which anects tne taxpayers of the county. If Linn county goes prohibition and Benton county does not, there, is every reason to believe that the saloon element of Albany will set up shops just across the bridge in Benton county. As part of the corporate limits of Albany extend beyond the. Benton county end of the bridge rfor a quarter of a mile' it is not impossi ble that Albany might; in the case supposed, license saloons in the Benton county portion of Albany. That would be sharp practice but it is difficult to see how it could be prevented. In that case Albany would get the license money and Benton county might have to foot the , bills for court cases arising from saloon brawls within her coun ty limits. That is to say, - Albany! would dance and tsenton county taxpayers would pay the fiddler. In any event saloons on this edge of Benton county would be run for the benefit of Albany while the penalties for having saloons would fall on Benton. , county. . It is no torious that saloons which are run in sparsely settled communities just outside . of the corporate limits of adjoining cities are practically un controlled. ; They generally con stitute a sort of "HeHalf Acre," ! and the crimes which they are re sponsible for are not only;, horrible from a civilized standpoint, ( but they cost the taxpayers for assault, and murder trials, often to the tune of thousands of dollars, - Not even the revenue derived in Corvallis. from license money would; offset increased taxes. This phase of the question is not -concerning the merits of prohibition. '- It is purely a matter of dollars' and cents., . If the - possibilities of the case as I have suggested it are correct, . then it would be better "for every voter in Benton County who likes an occasional "nip" - to vote for prohi bition and ship in his beer by the case and .his whiskey by? the jug, and -pay his wife the saloonkeepers profits, ... if I he: feels like it, rather than run the risk of paying extra taxes so that Albany can have sa loons just across the bridge. ; Linn county .voted for Local Option in June by over 600 majority and will very , likely ,vote , prohibition next Tuesday. Benton county will do as her voters please, of course, but this feature of the matter is worthy of attention. : r::?-i . George A. Thacher. November 2, 1904. SPENCER CHESLEY. Marriage of Two Popular Young Peo , pie of Benton. -; . Parties who ' attended the wed ding of Ir. John M. Spencer and Miss 'Mamie Chesley, atthehome of the bride's patents at Westwood, Friday, report ! a most enjoyable time., The groom is a, brother of Mrs. Seely, of this city, and son of Mr. ' and Mrs. James Spencer, pioneer residents of Alsea. 1 1 The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Chesley. Both the contract ing parties are members of estima ble families, are entirely worthy of their parentage. Their future resi dence is to be on a homestead in Alsea. where, dnnritless thttv nriT1 ! maintain the industry for which they have attracted "notice, 'and eventually realize their high hopes, Decorations of the Chesley home upon the wedding morning were of variegated ivy, autumn leaves and wnite cnrysantnemums, . and an arch of similar decorations suspend ed a floral bell of white crysanthe- j mums. At 11:45 the bridal couple! entered the room to. the strains of the Wedding March, rendered by Miss Ethel Chesley. ; A simple but beautiful and impressive ceremony was performed by Bishop Castle, of Philomath. After the usual con gratulatory period, the guests.num bering 50, were seated to a mag nificent dinner. The festivities of the occasion merged into a dancing parts, which disbanded in the early hours of the following day. .... Best line of mattings in this city to be found at Blackledgea furni ture store. - ' - s . Wants Your Business. "All hands on deck, Stand to the wheel,.'.' . I am meeting aD the trains 'day and night, and if you have-any baggage please call phone 251 or at Headquarters at .Allen's ?rog store, John Lenger. JOHN HENRY WRITES. Dips his Pen in Gall, and Spares None Hia View of Option. . v Editor Times: We desire to sub mit a few thoughts on the pending Question of local option or rather prohibition m Benton county. It is not a question of what "con ditions exist m Kansas. California, Texas or any other state, but how it will affect Benton county. and the City of Corvallis: 1 st. They say there win. be more drunkeness under local option than under present conditions. The argument is not reasonable, for if they believed it, all liquor men would-be for local option, in stead of generally against rfc- If the man who -advances this stock in trade delusion believed he-was tell ing the truth, you would hear him change his mind and whoop it vup for prohibition. " v 2nd. "Anti-optiomsfs say intox icants that would otherwise be, sold in saloons, will, under local pro hibition, be sold in drug stores. If that be true, what then? Can an intoxicated man go to a drug store now and get liquor ? Could he do it -then? Can a minor get liquor at a drug store? Could he do it then? Neither now nor then, could either get a drop of intoxi cants at a drug store, because drug gists dare hot take the chances in volved in such transactions. If, therefore, option is to transfer '' the business to the drug store, tha would be a help for boys and drunk ards. . .: ' ' ;; -v ' 3rd.' And last they : say it is none of the country peoples busi ness ho w the cities have to " raise revenue and they should s not be given a voice in the matter. This may be true over in Lincoln or down in Marion or Multnomah; but it is not true in Benton. - t Seven -eighths of the- inmates of penitentiaries and a large percent age of the inmates ot : the asylums. jails, reform schools, c and poor farms, are there because of drink, and these places have to be main tained by public taxes, of which the farmer pays his share. The trials, examinations " and" ' proceed ings by which the inmates are sent to these institutions, are paid for by public taxes; of which, the farmer pays his share. ": Yet, it ; is the towns and cities alone "that - get - a' revenue from the "-sale of- intoxi cants. Why is it that the matter is none of the farmers' business? , Besides, the zounty court of Batv- ton county .bought a half interest in this question when they contributed- recently - to a-v-m o n u ment. ' ' fv. : -; . ..- , . In this the court did its duty but how is if with the city -of Corvallis. Heir laws provide ' that a , ' saloon man who sells liquor to a' minor shall forfeit bis license, After the dreadful tragedy enacted' inCor, vallis, last April two of her saloon men appeared in open court and en tered a plea of guilty to the charge of selling1 a -minor the booze . which cost him his1 life : and'7 recorded fin Benton's history' one of ' the sadd est pages it has been her misfortune to have written. . Did the city authorities ' do their duty? ; .;' Was. .the law sustained? Noi ; But why . not? Will some one" in authority? at- Corvallis answer. 1 ' v-; -' f ' : : We can imagine we hear some staid' old city father shyly answer, ' 'No 1' .We did ; not revoke their license! but we did better; than that we fined 'em fifty dollars ' apiece and paid our half of the" monu: mnt fund and had money, left) see!"-'"' .;-.. ? A large per cent of the voters of the county who drink liquors " and do not' deny it, are in favor Of local option and will Vote for-, it ; They realize that at least $40,000 of their money annually goes ." over the counter of Corvallis' . four saloons, and that after the paltry sum . of ?2,ooo is deducted for license, there remains the jneat sum of $38,000 balauceTagatnst them. These men are anxious to remove this monster that is sapping their hard earned money and casting a blighting in- a 1 m V .11 mm nuence aDout tneir cmiaren. laiE ing with these men gives us hope. But now we meet some good , old Methodist , Baptist or Presbyterian and as we broach 1 the subject"- he begins to shake his head and ques tion the advisability of depriving men of their rights, etc," and finally winds up with the alleged fact that ' they help pay taxes.'' " Of course he does not want to, be deprived of his "rights.'! ''. ,. - . . . x Now in conclusion, let us" say ev ery person in Benton Icounty is in terested in Corvallis and her wel fare. . , We want to see her , prosper beyond" measure. But gentlemen of Corvallis and Especially those of the Citizens League, what are you going to do about this matter Nov. 8th? - ' '..," . . The blood of. dead victims is cry ing out to you from the very dust of your streets for vengeance. Their blood is upon your . streets and upon the hands of every - man who favors the retention of ' the U agencies of corruption who are res ponsible for these . blots : on your history. ", "They are responsible for the deeds and you stand responsible for them. Will- you wash your hands and purge your streets v of these occurrences or will you con tinue to shoulder x-the responsi bility? The country people are willing to help you.;- Will yon do your duty? 1 Is the question of - - John Henry. . Alsea, Ore. , Nov.:i,-1904. THEIR GUESSES. On the Result Interess in the tionLaw Former Votes. Op- i T There is a great deal of guessing around town asJo how the county will go , on ' option next Tuesday. The " issue attracts far more atten tion than does the question of who is to be elected president " of the United Stages on that day.. There are many more people who believe that option wiljl carry than there are of those who believe to the con trary. It is recalled that when the question of V straight ' prohibition was submitted to a vote of the peo ple of Oregon Several years ago, tie majority for it in Benton was over ! 500. . That was before the county was' divided. '; It is argued that conitidons have so changed that a greater per cent of people are now favorable to prohibition than there were then. ' It is also recalled that the majority for (the option law in the June election was 381, with 200 persons not voting. Anti-optionists argue that all of those who voted for the law will not vote to put it into effect In Benton.- -' 1 Optionists argue, on the" contrary, that no one who voted Tor the law in June will vote against it now;1 but that many who' voted against it in June will vote " now for-it.? -How well each side" is informed will be seen next Tuesday: ; ' : Keports irom Lmn cmnty are to the effect that the measure is ex pected to carry there by a big vote and mat tne same will oe true in Lane, l he majority in Linn in June was about 600." It - is ' like wise claimed that Marion will also vote to put the option7 law into ef fect, though this is denied by anti optionists. - ' The optionists seem to be far more active in the contest than is the other side. -'This1 is shown in the fight each side has made in the columns of the TiMes. , Recently the paper opened its columns to the discussion , The optionists "seized the opportunity and; a shower of articles arguing for banishment of the traffic in intoxicants was pour ed in, while but a single ' article has been contributed on the other side. The number of articles offer ed on the prohibition side was so great that in the present issue two are hot printed because of lack of space.' As to the Army Canteen. Every- since the abolishment f the army c&nteen some of its friends in and put ; of the army, have been busy foisting ' upon : the ' innocent public supposed facts relating to a great injury done" the morals of the rnry by 'such' retrioyal. . The liq uor trusts have flooded the country with "boiler ; plate" matter protraying the ; awful ; cal amities insisted upon the army and nation by such . unwise legislation as the canteen's . abolishment in volved. . ' -::" f But notwithstanding, these state ments sent broadcast : have ' been. met one by one, by reliable proof- that they are unfounded and there for' unwarranted. " " ; That the facts really show that the army and nation is really profit ed by the measure. Let no one be deceived " by : any statement of that kind. G. H. Febse. TRADE fel 1.1 4ABIC . GLOVES; In Black,' "Wliite aM Colors Price $1.50, Every pair 'gu aranteed, -1' For sale by , i Nolan & Callahan. For Sile. Pour fine Berkshire cows with four to six young pigs each. To be seen at my farm a mile ' and a half southwest of Corvallis. ' ' '"Samuel Whiteside, RFDNo 2, Corvallis. 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Residence on the corner of Madison and Seventh. Tele phone at residence, 104. All caUa attended projajrt. Schorl b oks and school supplies of all kindr .-,t Graham & Wells. B. A. CATHEY : Physician. & Surgeon ' Office room 14, BanK Bldg. Hours: . . IO tolC and 2 to 4. - - j Phone, office 83. Residence 351. Corvallis, : : , Oregon. , . ; . I am Here : For quick at; J bare delivery. Call on Johs. Leugor, Phonps 483 or 306. V