Gorvallis Times.
Official Paper of Benton Ceutr.
OOBYAIXIB, OBKSOK, NOV IS, 1904.
TBS VERDICT.
Regardless of what may be our
individual opinions as to the merits
and demerits of a dry Cdrvallis, it
is the plain duty of every citizen
for two years to accept Tuesday's
verdict as final and to set about in
good faith to make the operation of
the law as successful as possible.
It is the desire of every citizen to
make of this, a best Corvallis. Men
differed as to which method, a dry
or a wet town, were the better,
but all had steadily in view, a dis-
interested desire for the betterment,
the upbuilding and the fair prog
ress of Corvallis.
Whenever a community differs
in opinion, there is but one way to
settle it, and that is1 by ballot.
When the verdict has been reached
there is but one sane rule to follow,
and that is to let the majority con
trol. We are not wont to believe
it. but it is nearly always true that
when men differ, both are partly
right. A part of the truth nearly
always lies on either side of a pub
lic question. They who
think the other side is whol
ly . wrong and themselves
wholly right, are generally mis
taken. Therefore, in the present
instance, after fifty years of wet, it
is fur, and no more than fair that
there be a sincere - experiment for
two years in a dry Corvallis. If,
as alleged, it will make a better
town, that is what the wet man as
well as the dry man wants. One
will profit as much by the change
as will the other.
, Generally speaking, what is
good for one is good for all, and
vice versa. It is the judgement of
a larger body of people, in fact to
the number of the 156 by which
the town was carried, that the pro
posed dry plan is the better. It is
' only fair that the wet fall in line,
and be as faithful and sincere as the
dry, in an effort to test the law to
its fullest merit, by giving it sup
port, comfort, allegiance and an
honest trial. It is fair for all to
assist to make public sentiment for
the new order, to discourage its
violation and by every means to
endeavor to make it successful.
That is the manly way, the good
citizen'sway, "'and, the only way"
IN THE POOR HOUSEr
Benton County Boy Died There--Buried
by Charity Ney Gird.
Thursday's Oregonian tells the
following story of the last days,
death and burial of Ney Gird, for
a long time a resident of Benton
county: "Ney Gird, once broncho
buster and horsetrainer, who died
at the Poor Farm last ' Sunday
night, was buried yesterday in
Lone Fir Cemetery, the expenses
being metby subscription taken up
among the stablemen at Frazier &
McLeans' stable, where Gird
worked
Gird was only 45 years old at
the time of his death, bat the
strains encountered in his business
broke down his constitution before
his time, and for the last year he
has been sick beyond hope of' re
covery. He was at Good Samarit
an Hospital as long as his money
lasted, and his friends could afford
to keep him there, but finally he
was. sent to the Poor Farm. His
father, bearing the same name,
who is a pioneer of the early '40s,
is an inmate of the Home for the
Aged."
Trespass Notice.
Hunters or others found tres
passing on my premises, will be
prosecuted to the full extent of the
lawe.
Wm. Knotte.
Wanted.
Turkeye, chickens, ducks and
geese. Dressed pork, mutton and
veal. At my store in Philomath.
F. P. Clark.
WantB Your Business.
"All hands on deck,
Stand to the wheel,"
I am meeting all the trains day
ana mgnt, ana 11 you - nave any
baggage please call phone 251 or at
Headquarters at Allen's drug
etore, JohnLenger.
TO SIT IN judgment:
At Coming Term of Court List of
Jurors who are to Serve.
Circuit court convenes on - the
fourth Monday of November. Jur
ors for the term were drawn by the
sheriff and clerk " Wednesday and
areas-follows:
J. F. Mayberry gardenerFairmount
W. R. Dixon Farmer Philomath
J. M. Herron
E. F. Wiles
L: Henderson
C. F. Butler
E. A. Pernot
Paul E. Dodele
W.D.Barclay
W. F, Whitby
V. A. Carter
Peter McKinney
Lincoln Allen
Monroe
Soap Creek
Willamette
Summit
Fairmount
Soap Creek
Monroe;
Willamette
Soap Creek
Fairmount
Kings Valley
Fairmount
Corvallis
Kings Valley
Soap Creek
J. H. Scott
C. P. Fullerton
Lincoln Chambers
E. A. Thurston
H. M. Finley
H. Rickert
D. C. Ecker
W. I. Price
M. D. Hodges .
O. L. McClun
E. Skipton
H. J. Reese
" Monroe
" Fairmount
" Willamette
' Bellfountain
. ' Soap Creek
" Philomath
ff c
" Fairmount
James Bailey
O. V. Hurt
Geo. Harris '
blacksmith Monroe
clerk; Corvallis
millman Wren
C.E. Albin butcher
E. M. Kimball miller
Philomath
Alsea
D. D. Berman grocer Corvallis
Prizes Offered.
. At the recent meeting of the
Village Improvement Association
discussion was had upon the topic
of how can we get the town cleaned
up for 1005. The winter and
spring is the last opportunity . and
in order to encourage our people to
take an active part in putting: the
city on its best foot it was decided
to offer a series of prizes for the
best kept lawns and back yards
during next .spring, summer; and
fall. These prizes will be awarded
upon merit by a disinterested com
mittee. All competing yards and
lawns will be photographed by the
Association s photographer before
and at the time of display.
In the early spring the . Associa
tion will give an entertainment at
which time the public will have an
opportunity to see how the ''other
fellow's" back yard looks' through
the eyes of the camenst.
Awards will be made for
those grounds showing the most
and best improvements in one sea
son, as well as for those permanent
ly improved. The Association de
sires to see Corvallis wear her very
best dress next year. The Associa
tion also wishes to remind our citi
zens that the National Grange will
visit this city the 22nd of this
month, and if we desire to leave a
good impression with these people
we ought to begin yard, alley and
street cleaning at once.
FOR A. WHOLE WEEK.
The Georgia Harper Company
will open Monday night Nov. 14th,
for a week's engagement at the
Opera House. The opening bill
will be "J. lie fower ot Love," a
very strong production which has
never before been played in this
city. Some of the other plays will
be ."Camirie," "The Two Orphans.
"In old Virginia," "Fanchion, the
Cricket," "Woman Against Wom
an" and others.
Miss Harper is supported by a
clean company , and carries a costly
wardrobe. Many of hef gowns
are from Worth, Paris.- Probably
no company in the West carries a
more expensive wardrobe that Miss
Harper.
For Sale.
Ooe four year old filly, one large
mare, one work horse, one yeariin g
colt, two cows, one three and quar
ter inch wagon and one cart. Hav
ing no use tor the above will eell
cheap.
Spencer Bicknell.
Corvallis.
Remember the grand opening at
Moses Bros.' store, the : Arcade, on
the 19th. Dont miss it.
The finest line of toys in the city
at Moses Brothers.
Chicken Feed.
Cracked corn - for chicken feed,
any quantity from one sack to car
load lots. Cheaper than wheat.
We carry a , full line of poultry
supplies. F. L. Miller.
Anything yon want, from toys
to dry goods and groceries, dishes
and novelties, at Moses Bros. Call
on them.
A full line of Christmas goods
now on display at Moses Bros.
A DRY CORVALLIS.
And What the Talk About it is Still
. They Differ Some Experiences, v.
i The result of the election did not
end discussion over the question of
which is the better, a' dry or ; wet
county. ; The outcome of the battle
of ballots has not made wet people
dry, or dry people wet. On the
one side there is claim of more or
less calamity in store for a dry Cor
vallis. People on that side of the
fence say taxes will be higher, that
trade will fall off, and; that condi
tions as to drunkenness will not be
improved. In short,- all the argu
ments us.'d on tbe question Detore
the election found lodgment in
many minds, and the things pre
dicted as sure to come to pass in a
dry town, are now looked for.
Some of the wet expect vacant
houses, vacant business ; buildings.
and a general trimming down, to
a limited extent at least of the pro
fits of business men.-
On the other side, a widely dif
ferent view obtains. They admit
that there will be a somewhat high
er city' tax levy, but assert that
much of the money that now ; goes
over the bar in saloons will go into
the channels of business, for pay
ment of store bills, for purchase of
more supplies; in short that instead
of eoine for intoxicants, much of
the earnines of men will go for
maintainance of better homes and
better fed and better clothed chil
dren. They insist as they did be
fore election that many temperate
minded people will be attracted to
Corvallis because of the absence of
saloons, and that parents in East
ern Oregon, and elsewhere will not
refuse to send their sous to the
Agriculturar College because Cor
vallis is a dry town. They think
on the contrary that parents arboad
will feel freer to send their boys to
college because " of the fact that
Corvallis has voted prououncedly
to be dry. A majority of 156 in
Corvallis, they say, against the
sale hereof intoxicants is a signal
to the state that the town is a safe
place for young boys to be
The most curious thing in the
discussion is the testimony on both
sides as to the effect local prohibi
tion has had in other places. "I
lived once in a town that went dry,
and it was a complete failure," said
a well known man yesterday. "I
lived once in a town that went dry,
and it was a complete success,
said another well ' kriownritizen,
iust across the street shortly after
ward. And so it goes.
There is a lot of sincerity on both
sides, in the opinions now held.
Since the election, a book agent
called at a house in town, and pro
posed to sell his wares. The head
of that house is not for a dry
town, and still entertains an idea
that business is to belax.He turned
sharply to the agent and said:
"You go to Mr. ; he wanted a
dry town: now let him buy your
book.' '.. And the door closed on the
book seller.
. There , is talk to the effect that
a drug store is to be installed in
one of the rooms now occupied by
one of the local saloons. Thomas
Jones has been waiting several
months for a building in which to
open such an establishment, and
rumor is responsible for an uncon
firmed statement' that jin arrange
ment is incubating by which Mr.
Jones will now have a place to do
business.
The fact that Orleans precinct
across the Willamette, went "dry"
is accounted by ."dry " people, and
"wet" ones too, to be a fortunate
thing for the new order of things.
If Orleans precinct had been
wet-minded, a saloon or half a doz-
en of them might have been install
ed just across the river, where the
traffic would have been uncontroll
ed save in such limited - way as
might come from the county auth
orities at Albany; miles distant.
Disorder and distress would cer
tainly have followed that would
have "been a plague to Corvallis.
Orleans, however, went "dry" by
a vote of 72 - to 45,' and probably
the "wet" and "dry" of Corvallis
are. glad of it.
One of; the largest-; and new eat
lines of wall paper ever shown in
this section has just been placed on
display at Blackledge's - furniture
store. Call and ask prices.
Ladies,- our stock of new ; dress'
goods, trimmings, cloaks,-, tomist
coats, jackets, furs, separate
skirts and fine shoes are up to date
in every particular.
Nolan &' Callahan:
Cures Winter Cough.
J. E. Gover, 101 N. Main St., Ottawa
Kan., writes: "Every fall it has been
my wife's trouble to catch a severe cold,
and therefore to cough all winter long.
Last fall I got for her a bottle of Bore
hound Syrup. She used it and has been
able to sleeo Boundlr all night lone.
Whenever the cough troubles her, two -or
three doses stops the cough, and she is
able to be up and well." 25c, 50, $1.00,
Sold by Graham & Wortham, .
THE OFFICIAL COUNT.
Hade Thursday Hany did not go to
the Polls But Little Change in
V . Figures.- '.
Tbe official vote of Benton in
the late election was canvassed
Thursday forenoon, The canvass
ing board was. County Clerk Mos
es, Justice Holgate - and Justice
Waltz of Bellfountain. The total
vote on the republican electors was,
Dimick, 1,106; Fee, 1,107; Hart,
1,103; Howe,. 1,098; democratic,
439; UUlard. 442; Hamilton, 443;
Jeflrey, 436; prohibition, Amos,
131: Butler, 136; Elmore, 134; Mc-
DanieL 135; socialist, Baizee, 71;
Beard, 74; Herrington, 74; Holt, 71
populist. Hill, 13; McMahan, 12
Phelps, 13; Schmitlein, 12.
' The official canvass made but
little "change in the- vote on prohi
bition from that reported in Wed
nesday's Times. The totals were:
for prohibition, 93 r; against, 665;
majority, 266. The majority lor
prohibition in : the 1 four Corvallis
precincts was 156 as follows: num
ber 67;" number 2, 42: number 3,
19; number 4, 28. The majority
in Philomath precinct for prohib&-
tion was 121. The other precincts
that went dry, and the majorities
they gave, are: Soap Creek, 7: Al
sea, 18; Bellfountain," 21; Monroe,
15-
Six precincts went wet. They
and their majorities against- prohi
brtion are, fairmount, - 7: willam
ette, 10; Summit, 19; Kings Valley,
to; Blodgett,-8; Wren, 18. AiJ re
ported by the canvassing board,
for the first time in fonryears,
every detail of the returns came in
from each precinct perfectly correct
Roosevelt's majority in Benton
is about 665. The unexpectedly
large hgures do not so much repre
sent a repuoucan gain, as an apa
thy on the part of the democrats,
The ordinary republican vote is
about 1,000, and that of the demo
crats about 200 less. Demccrats ih
large numbers, convinced that
their, votes would make no differ
enee in the final result, not only in
the county but in the state and na
tion, remained at home in all the
precincts. It has been ascertained
that 35 of them in Monroe precinct
alone did not go to the polls. A
phone message from a well known
republican in Bellfountain says that
5 or 20 democrats there, were at
the polls at various times during
the day, went home without
voting In the Corvallis precincts,
the' same conditions-, prevailed a
number of well known democrats
not voting at all. Local democrats
are not disturbed by : the result
throughout the county, or in Ben
ton. . Many of them are figuring
that a panic is about due, and they
want the other fellow to be in the
saddle when it comes'. Even the
fact that Missouri went republican
is regarded -as a pretty fair joke,
and Jesse Spencer, the foremost
representative in the county of old
fashioned ' Missouri democracy is
full ot good cheer. over the result.
It is estimated that 300 persons
or upwards in the county did not
vote at all. Only 1,766 votes were
cast, and of these a large number
were college students who voted
only on the presidency. This also
swelled tne republican vote, as
effort was made by the leaders to get
out the full vote all oyer the coun
ty, students included, while the
democrats made ho effort whatever.
The student vote accounts in a
large measure for the fact that so
many voters did not express their
preference for and against prohibi
tion. Between the maximum -vote
as expressed on' the presidential
candidates, and the vote on the
question of local prohibition, there
is a difference of 1 66. It is known
that a large per cent of this differ
ence was students and others voting
state tickets onlv. not berrier per
mitted to vote on the prohibition
question because of the local characr
ter of the latter. In one Corvallis
precinct, where nearly 206 votes
were cast, bht six county ; voters
failed to express a preference on
the prohibition question. 1
Notise to Contractors.
Notice is hereby given that seal
ed bids will be received by the sew
er committee until 12 o'clock a. m.
Monday, the 14th day of Novem
ber, 1904, for the construction of a
sewer through block '''14 original
town ot Marysyille, now Corvallis,
according to the plans add speci
fications now on file in the office of
the police judge.
; A certified check of fifty dollars
must accompany each bid.
The right to reject any or all
bids are hereby reserved.
A. Rsrons,
P. Avery,
J. M. Cahskon,
Sewer Committee.
Wanted.
Girl to do general housework .
small family. P. O.. box 280.
Moses Bros, will welcome yon
their grand opening Nov 19th.
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100 Buff Orpington cockrels for
sale. Some very cheap. Why not
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of mixed chickens and double your
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uurvains.
G. R. FARRA;
Physician & Surgeon,
Office np stairs back" of Graham &
Ti7&iio Ama Kt-nre. Residence on the
comer of Madison and Seventh. Tele
phone at residence, 104. ? - - -All
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Physician & Surgeon
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