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Oorvallis Times. Official Paper ol Benton County. CORVALLIS, OR MAY 3, 1905. THE WATER INJUNCTION No injunction ought to be brought to restrain the city council from making a preliminary survey and estimates for a mountain water system.. No litigation of any kind ought to be injected . into a move ment which has for its purpose . adequate fire . protection and a best water supply for Corvallis. The subject is one over which there should not be differences and dis tressful contest, but peace, good will and mutual forbearance. No home that is torn with family broils ever attains complete happiness or prosperity. It is handicapped, hindered and hampered so that those who belong to it are not ca pable of best endeavor. ' No com munity that is distracted with bick ering and differences can rise and make the most of opportunity. It cannot be progressive because if one side makes a move, another opposes, controversy arises, and progress is impossible. No town or city that divides into factions or parties, and disputes, controverts and opposes, can, except byf mere . accident, grow and prosper. The proposition to bring moun tain water to Corvallis is of such importance to all its : people that it is almost sacred. More of the : iu- ture wellfare of the town is tied up in the proposition and its success ful accomplishment than can be joined in any other enterprise that the community can it this time un dertake. More good, from the standpoint of finance , , health or comfort would result - from an ade quate and pure water supply than could possibly come from any oth er source. Thus the very import ance, the benefits to be obtained, the good to come to all, are in fluences that would seem to sug gest that peace, riot controversy, that good will, not animadversion, that forbearauce. not - wrangling, should attend effort to promote the system. . This is sufficient reason why the invocation of the law and an attempt to defeat the plan by an injunction, ought not to come ten pass. If there is to be litigation, who is to pay for it, who but all the people of the town. It is they if litigation comes, that will ultim ately pay all the cost, the lawyers fees on both sides, the court costs " and every other expenditure, it not directly, then indirectly, perhaps in water rates that otherwise might have been lower. Since then, harmony and unity not lawsuits and litigation are the means by which public wel fare can best be promoted, all the people of Corvallis ought first - to determine upon such a course, andH , then set about to find the means to accomplish it. And how is it to be done ? . If there are differences over the water question will not an application of common 'sense and a sincere wish to agree, result in un ity? If there is objection to a com- mittee of 10 citizens that elects the commission to operate the plant and also names its own successors in office it is easy for changes to be made so that these objections . can be removed. v. The members of the committee of 10 have neither disposition nor desire to perpetrate themselves in a 1 position where there is all work and no pay, where there is neither honor nor prestige, and where, on the contrary, at the present time, their , motives are im pugned, their purposes questioned and their good intentions doubted. It is likely that it is the view of the committee of io that the - res ponsibility for the future operation of the water plant, if built,' should not be shifted on a few persons, but that it should be shared by all the people of the town, 'and that therefore they would welcome a change whereby 1 the members of , the committee should become elect ive and their terms of service be limited. Before Senator Avery in troduced the water bill in the leg islature he took pains" to ascertain from attorneys at home and - from avwell known lawyer in the legis lature if the method of naming the committee and commission in the future could be changed by the next or any other legislature. Sen ator Avery was opposed to city ownership of water works, but he consented to introduce a bill pro vided the Portland plan be followed and the committee to build the plant be named in the bill author izing sale of bonds. It was on this ground that the members of the council com mittee of five, consent ed to the bill in its present form well knowing, that it was the pur pose to change the plan of select ing the commission after the plant should be constructed. Thus, there is not now, nor has there been any act by anybody nor any plan, purpose or proposition with reference to the water movement that prevents the townsmen, neigh bors and friends of Corvallis from standing together, from acting to gether and for helping each other to bring to the homes of this town pure water for the family, and plenty of it as a defense sgainst fire and the high-priced exactions of in surance companies. bmce then, harmonious action is always the best and since, in the present instance, united v action is easily possible, why not accomplish it? Except in the case of those who have personal and selfish rea sons for injunctions and for secret or open opposition to city owner ship and a new water supply, do not the great interests at stake im pel all to desire a happy solution of possible differences ? Is it not true that the knowledge abroad that pure and best water brought to the town from the mountains would prove a great attraction to home seekers, that it would cause them to buy property and reside in Cor valljs, and that such a course by them would increase the value of every piece of property In the town? Is it not true that if $75.000 . in bonds be issued to build the works that in great part local people will buy the bonds and thereby find a safe investment for their money and that a large per cent of the sum will be spent in ancUabout Cor vallis for material and more especial ly for labor, which will help every' body by giving employment at good wages? Since a city owned works must be so conducted that no profit is to be made of it, but only the expenses and interest be annually paid and the bonds themselves be paid in 43 years, is it not true that a properly conducted publicly-owned water works will surely place water in tne hands of consumers at lowest rates Is it not true that better fire pro tection is needed in Corvallis and that such better protection would lower insurance rates, just as it did in Dallas where the reduction was io to 30 per cent and resulted in such a saving on insurance pre miums mat it pays tne interest on bonds issued ? Is it not vital, from a selfish standpoint for the hundreds of homeowners in town whose houses cannot be reached by a stream of water from a fire hose that there be a better fire protect ion that will relieve them of. the high prices they now pay for insur ance? ' ' . ' ,- '-"-. Is it not true that nothing would do so much to draw students to the college as would the knowledge, widely scattered over Oregon' that Corvallis had the best water to be had in the state, pure mountain water from Mary's Peak snow clad summit? Is it not true that" the water Cor vallis people are daily drinking car ries all the sewage .of the upper Willamette, that it ' reeks with the drainage of a cemetery, and thati day by day, its contamination in creases. Is it not true that the Health Board of the state condemn ed the Willamette except,: when filtered as a source of water supply for domestic use, and is it not true that the best water to be had is none too good for you, for your wives and your children, and that even with it, life is short, strength fleeting and health uncertain ? Is it not true that the chief inter ests that will be served by defeat or delay of the present plan is "the present water, company, and the owner of the electric light plant who sees in the coming of munici-L pal Ownership, a possible V disturb ance of his hold on the long-suffering homes of this city. Since these things are all true, and since all the people know all of them to be true, woma it not be an unwise thing, by injunction xr litigation, by controversy or retusal to be rea sonable, to delay or defeat the movement for giving Corvallis' an adeqr ate supply of pure water? THREE RECORDS BROKEN. In Final Try oat of Athletes Last' Sat ' urday Who the Hen are. Three college records were brok en out on OAC field Saturday. The occasion was the final tryout for places on the track team that Phy sical Director lrine is placing in the field for this season's work on field and track. The broken rec ords are in the high jump, the dls cus and the hammer throw, i The first was by Merrill Moores - who raised the college record an inch, and showed capacity for still furth er raising the notch. Ray Stout threw the discus farther than it has ever been thrown on coilege field before, and Dow Walker did ; the same thing for the 16 pound ham mer. A big crowd watched the contests. : The first meet of the season occurs on OAC field next Saturday, when OAC and Columbia University meet) at which time some of the greatest sprinting will be done that has ever been seen in the Northwest. The events .and places taken in the tryout are as follows. 100 yard dash Williams, Smith son and Graham. Broad jump Moores, Graham; 220 hurdle Smithson, Cathey, Graham Half mile run Greenhaw: Stei- wer, VanCleve. Shot put Walker. Bower, Stout. . Pole vault Swan, Cathey and Burns; Reed. , 220 yard dash Williams, Smith- son, Graham. - - Hammer throw Walker, Abra ham and Bower. Mile run Da volt, Howard and Leonard High jumjH-Moores, Swan.Reed. 120 hurdle Beldon, Cathey and Spires. -. Discus throw Stout, Abraham, Wilkins, ' : For Police Judge. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the office of police iudae subiect to the decision of the voters at the elec Lion 10 ue neia on monaay tne iatn aay Ot Mav. -.' ' "Vnnrs rflsrtwtfnllv. r j House to rent. J.J. Cady. Notice of City Election. Notice is hereby eiven that the annual election of the City of Corvallis will be held on Monday the 15th day of- May, l95, for the purpose of electing the fol lowing officers: . " Mayor. Chief of Police. Police Judge. Treasurer. One Councilman for First Ward. . , Two Conncilmen for Second Ward One Councilman ior Third Ward. The following has been designated as the polling place, Council Chambers, in City Hall, on the southeast corner of Fourth & Madison streets, the polling place will open at 9 o'clock a. m. and re main open continuously until 6 o'clock p. m. The following persons have been ap pointed to conduct said election : Judges Caleb Davis, Joseph Yates, J. W.Craw ford; clerks, C. A. Gould. Grant Elgin, Given Under my hand and seal of the City of Corvallis, this 3rd day of May, 1905. B. P. Greffoz. Police Judge of the city of Corvallis. Notice to Contractors. Notice is hereby eiven that sealed bids will be received by the Sewer Committee until the 8th day of May at 12 o'clock noon for the construction of a sewer through blocks 31 and 32 Avery's Third addition to the city of Corvallis accord. ing to the plans and specifications now on file in the office of police judge. A certified check on a ; responsible bank must accompany each bid. Avery, Alex Kennie, JSd Buxton, - Sewer -Committee. , Ladies skirts all kinds and prices at Moses' Bros. Call and see them. For shoe repairing see Fowells sec ond door west of. Berman grocery. Wanted. Some one to haul 160 cords of wood. Anyone wanting the job call on . G. R. Farra. April 20th, 1905. For Corvallis Water Co. Blackledge sells refrigerators. Broke into His House. S. LeQuinn of Cavendish. Vt.. vs. robbed of hiscustomary health by in va sion 01 enrome constipation. When Dr King's New Life Pills broke into hia house, his trouble was - arrested and now he's entirely cured. :. They're guaranteed to cure. 25c at Allen & Woodward' drag store. v ,, v : For Sale. Good milch cows. m2Q-im - , W. H. Ish, Inavale. Ore. WI LL IT It will pay you to walk a block or two to see and exam ine our exhibit of New Spring and Summer Merchandise for MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN All the fashionable fabrics and shades in the latest pat terns are shown in profusion. They are as heretofore up to the highest standard. A few of our specialties: Royal Worchester Corsets, McGee Petticoats, Pearless Underwear, Derby Kid Gloves, Uts & Dunns ' Ladies ' Fine .Shoes. Ruth Shirt Waists, Gilberts Dress Linings, Broad head Dress Goods, Radium Silks and Skinner Satins. W. ju. Douglas Mens Shoes, Hawes $3 Hat, Crouse & Brandegees Hand Tailored Suits for Men, Extra Good Suits for Boys and Young Men, Dutches Trousers 10c a bution, $1 a rip, Monarch White and Colored Shirts, Hamilton brown Shoe for Men, Women and children, Capps all Wool Mens $10 Suits. : ' , 1 11 i 1 i 11 i 1 1 1 1 m n 1 TIMES PRINTING IS Th You It you take the right road to HoMenberg & Cady's furniture store They everything for House Furnishing. . If you need a stove or range don't forget us. The Charter Oak and Toledo Ranges are fully "warran teed. We are having great success with these ranges. They have all the latest improvements and we sell them with or without resivoirs. We have reduced the price on all our new cook stoves and can sell you a. good stove at a nominal price. Old stoves taken m exchange. Remember we set up these stoves and guarantee satisfaction. HOLLENBERG & C. H. Newth, ; .... Physician and Surgeon ' C. Philomath, Oregon. At Dunn & Thatcher's. - Cracked coin . 1 1.60 per cwt. Granulated shell 1,60 " Granulated bone 1.75 " Crystal Grit 1.60 " And we handle the very best poultry and stock foods. . Indies! If yon once nse Com pressed Yeast, yon will have no other. Ask for it, at Homing's. Yon will find fall line of flooring Ens tic and finishing lumber at the Benton County lumber yards opposite S. P. de pot. Our No. 3 grade of the above can not be beat in price ' V and see. mis-tf PAY MB Can't Go N. a We Sell Refrigerators. t l VIDITO For Bicycles, Ammun ition, Fishing Tackle, Sporting Goods, Etc. ) K Berry, Salesman The Right Prices.. Two Doors South EXTENDING WINT ER RATESJ To Yaquina Bay Which to People Wi ing to Enjoy Natare's Beauties Proye so Popular. The low rates in effect from points i theS. P.Nto Yaquina Bay during winter' which proved so popular with t people wishing to view nature at thl magnificent seaside resort .have be extended during April and tickets w sold on Wednesdays and Saturdays un the last of April good for retnrn at ail time up to May 31st, 1905. The month of April should be a favoj ite one for v.siting the seaside where tlf health-giving breezes of the Pacific wi banish "spring fever' and other ills which flesh is heir." Tickets from all eastside points to a westside points, and vice versa, via tti C & B are also on sale; and on April v. tickets to all westside points will be o sale by the C & E at Albany; and to a: eastside points on the S P by the C 5t J at Corvallis on which baggage can D checked through to destination Full infoimation in regard to rates el can be obtained from any S P orC &1 agent or from W. E. Coman G P A S I Co Portland, or T H Curtis Acting marl ager C&EER Company Albany, 0 AH new wall paper atBlackledge's. H. S. PERNOT, Physician & Surgeon Office over postoffice. Residence Cor Fifth and Jefferson streets. Hours 10 td 12 a. m., 1 to 4 p. m. Orders may. be eft at Graham & w 'ham's drug store J. FRED STATES ATTORNhl-AT-LAW. . First Nat'l Bank Building, G. 11. FARRA, PTiTTfiininn fiii-rcran-n Office np stairs in Burnett Brick idence on the corner of Madison Seventh st. Phone at ho nse and offi The prettiest and best wall you can get for that new house ' ia Whitney's concrete blocks. Wrong CADY. All Fresh Goods. of the Post Office.