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CORVALLIS, OREGON. FRIDAY EVENING, MAY gg. 190G.
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WEE3SLT
DOBS IT PAY
Ito INVESTIGATE?
140 YEARS OLD
FOUR MASTERS HERE.
IOWAjWOMAN CELEBRATES
HER BIRTHDAY AT A
GOOD OLD AGE.
When you want anything in the line of
Clothing, come and see our line, get prices.
TWe balance or quality and prices defy
competition. clothing sales has made
big strides in the past few years and this has
justified a big increase in our buying. Never
before has bur store received such a big ship
ment 'as this spring ' we have clothing Nob
by clothing for sale. Investigate.
Has Been an Incessant Smoker
Since a Girl of Eighteen Saw
Washington's Army PaBS
Her Father's Cabin
Other Newe.
1 1 Des Moines, la.. May 14. The
I 1 oldest person in Iowa, and Possibly
f I Perham, a Clinton, la., woman who
I I had lu&t celebrated her 140th birth
day. ,
The blood of three races runs io
her veinB and thisia held responsi
ble for the tenacity with wbioh she
clings to life. . ,, , .. .
, Mrs. Perham has documents to
substantiate ber claim to age and
tslUnow as a girl of 18 sue caw
Washington's troops pass ber fath
er'a cabin, The woman is bent and
feeble, and-ber memory is uncer
tain. She has smoked incessantly
since she was a girl of fourteen an!
declares that 13 what baa prolonged
ber life.
I. H. MAURIS.
Oorvallis, Oregon
Great Line MeR&Fjp&Shoss..
. .. No Prizes gcitle)pi 1 .
Chase & Sanborn Higli Grade
In fact nothine goes with our coffele bat cream, sugar and
SATISFACTION
P. M. ZIEROLF.
Chase & Sanborn ffigh Grade
COFFEE
New Sporting Goods Store.
A new and complete line consisting of
Bicycles, Guns, Ammunition.
Fishing Tackle, Base Ball Supplies,
Knives, Razors, Hammocks. Bicycle Saundries
In fact anything the sportsman need can
be found at my store.
Bicycles and Guns for rent. General Repair Shop.
All Work Guaranteed.
M. M. LONG'S
Ind. Phone 126.
Corvallis, Oregon.
Portland, May 24. Portland Tel
egram: Saloons in Portland- can'
not be closed under the state law,
and to county or state official bag
authority to interfere with the reg
illation of the liquor traffic in this
city. This iB the opinion of City
Attorney McNary, who bases bis
contention on section 72, division
4s, of the city charter, which read
"No provision of the law concern
ing the sale or -disposition of any
spintuouB, vinous, - tormented : or
malt liquors in Muitncmah ctunty
shall apply to the sale or disposition
of the same in the city of Portland,
This clause in the city charter is
Slid to take preeedime iyjr thi
state law which is applicable to all
the counties of the state, because
the charter was passed, by the legis
'at ure after the Suoday closing of
saloons went into effect, and also
because a special law, such as the
chatter, affecting any particular
district, is paramount over a gener
al state law. r - '
. Ci ty Attorney -McJN ary said, yes,
terday that there could be iOCi ques
tion about the meaning of the clause
nd that the. state .Sunday-closing
law could. not. be enforced in this
city by ceonty or state officials He
was of the opinion that this clause
had been inserted in the charter for
the express purpose of giving th
right to the city council to make
such laws as it desired to regulate
the liquor traffic.
"Tbla clause in the charter takes
precedence over a general state law
providing for Sunday closing." said
he, "because it is a special act of
the legislature otrtainmg to a par
ticular district."
Five Carloads of Grangers Vis
ited State College Yesterday.
The spectacle of four past masters
with all the members and officer
of the State Grange sitting on the
platform of the Oregon Agricultur
al College was itnreeed yeeUrday
for the second lime in the history
of that institution. The past mat
ters were G. B. Leedy, of Tigards-
ville: W. M. Hilleary. of Turner;
J. Hayee, of Oregon City: and
Judge B. P.B isof Sl m. These,
witn President Wealherford ot the
board, were the escort of the State
Grange, which was briefly estimat
ed at five car loads.
At the chapel they were met by
President Gatcb. who introduced
Mr. Leedy as the master of ceremo
nies. Austin T. Buxtin. master
elect, Mrs. Clara H. Waldo, over
seer; Mr. Weatheribrd, and Cap
tain Apperson, of Oregon City All
members of the board ot regents,
and officers of the S'ate Grange
addressed the student body, . the
faculty and the visitors.
The principal theme of discussion
was the imperative need of enlarge
ed facilities for earing for young la
dies from abroad so that they may
be under the direction of the Fac
ulty while in college. Since there
promises to be at least fifty more
girls than bitberto this demand at
the hand of the college was empha
sized and urged, especially by the
president of the board. - Promptly
at 6 o'clock P. M , the State Grange
took its leave from; the Oregon town
noted for the largest state schorl,
its many telephones, and its pure
mountain water.
LOW TAXES
AND MORE MONKY FOR THE
SCHOOL CHILDREN OF
THE STATE.
State School Money Not Used Now
by Banks but Drawing Interest
the Governor at Hood
Rier Other News.
HOME-SEEKERS
If you are looking for some real good bargainsin
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special list, or come and see us. We take pleasure in
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showing you over the country.
AMBLER 6c WAITERS
Real Estate, Loan and Insurance
Gorvallis and Philomath, Oregon.
Portland, May 24. Portland
Journal: M. J. R-cbe, general
aeert for the Danver & Rio Grande
road in Portland, who has just re
turned from a trip through the east
ern portion of Oregon declares that
Eastern Oregon is practically solid
for Chamberlain fci governor.
"I was in all the important coon
ties," said Mr. Roche, "and ever -
where I went it was all Chamber
lain talk. Withycombb was hard
ly hea'd of. The counties there
are solid for Chamberlain. They
tell me over there that Witbycombe
hasn't a gbost of a show unless be
can pull more than five thousand
majority out of Multnomah county,
and they declare that is impossible."
English Shire Stallion.
Imported English Shire stalliou
7972 Southill Ranger 18366 will
make the season of 1906 as follows:
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thurs
days at Abbott barn Corvallis, an
days and Saturdays at MonroeFrd
Mondays at Watkin's place 12,
miles south of Corvallis.
Southill Ranger is a beautiful
dark dapple bay, 17 1-4 hands high
and weighs 2150 pounds.
Terms: $20 to insure with foal or
$25 to insure a living colt.
W. C. Belknap,
Manager.
The Jayne Bffl.
Ed. Times: . . . .1
. I would like to say a few words
in legard to the title of the propos
ed amendment to the local option
law. By the way, a misnomer, for
an - amendment, that " radically
changes the first section apdrepeals
all the other seventeen, of the Orig
inal, is hardly an amendment.. But
as to tbe title, An Amendment to
the Local Option Law Giving
Equal Rights to Prohibitionists and
anti-Prohibitionists. ,::
; I hod that by talking to some
that signed the. petition for that
amendment, that the title was ell
they had to go by, not knowing the
real purpose of the proposed law, or
at least not understanding it. Two
or three points I would like to touch
upon,., . . ,.
First Prohibition by precinct.
How can there be equal rights when
one precinct with, say, one hundred
and fifty votes, casts 74 for dry and
76- for, wet, and . the oth
her three precincts vole a large
majority for dry. That one pre'
cinct msy pack a dozen saloons
within its limits, and the other
three be none tbe less bordened by
the expenee end curse ot being a
saloon town notwithstanding its dry
vote, and tne whole county com
pelled to bear the expeuse of all
trials for crime though votinp over
whelmingly for prohibition, all be
cause two little votes in one little
precinct decided wet.
S9cond By repealing all other
important eections or tne law we
find that no officer is authorized to
enforce the law, no specific amount
of fines only maximum amount, no
imprisonment for violation of law,
therefore making the law practical-
lv inoperative, treating minors or
. tiicis not forbidden outside the sa
loon, nothing to prevent druggists
selling liquors except for medicinal
purposes, for it is the only cass in
which a certificate is required; noth
ing to prevent any man from call
ing himself a wholesale dealer
and dispensing liquors as he pleas
es. How are we to protect ourselves
from such a traffis by such a pre
tended amendment? To be an
swered June 4, '06 by no.
A. W. Herbert.
Yellow Dent corn,
Zierolfs.
best of all, at
Distilled water used in Camp
bell's Soda fountain.
Ice and ice cream delivered by
the Corvallis Creamery Co. in large
or small quantities to any part of
the city.
50 Cents Per Setting
For eggs. Best brown Leghorns.
J. B. Irvine, Corvallis.
Hood River, Or., May 23. Gov
ernor Chamberlain spoke an hour
and a half last night in the Knights
of Pythias opera boose in this
city on the issues Involved in the
gubernatorial campaign. He was
well received by bis audience, which
was composed largely ' of republi
cans. The meeting was held under
the auspices of the Hood River
Gearin Club and ita president, Col
onel S. F. Blythe, presided and In
troduced the governor. The hall
was comfortably filled.
The first signal for applansa and
enthusiasm was when Colon-1
Blythe referred to Governor Cham
berlain as a logical - running mate
for Governor Folke or some other
representative of civic reform id tbe
presidential contest in 1908. This
met with the hearty approval of the
crowd.
The governor eaid he wonld like
to meet all tbe people of - Wasco
county, as be had a message to give
to them, lie was through tne Hood
River Valley two years ago to in
spect lands wboa owneers wanted
to borrow money from tbe school
funds. The money was loaned and
the borrowers - were making their
word good.
Governor Chamberlain talked of
his candidacy as a business matter
for business people to consider and
be gave in an unostentatious man
ner a brief account of his steward
ship.
"Four years ago," said he, "j
made promises to you people and. I
desire to show you now these prom
ises have been kept. I promised
that I would undertake to have tbe
state taxes reduced. When I was
inaugurated I procured tax laws ot
other states and began to figure bow
our state taxes migbl be reduced
Among other things! recommended
a tax on inheritances and a tax on
the gross earnings of telephone and
telegraph companies, Pnliman car
comp nies and other corporations
that pay little tax.
"Bills were introduced in the
next legislature covering this, but
only two recommendations, became
laws the one taxing inheritances
and the recommendation taxing cor
porations in proportion to the
capital stock. As a proof of the
wisdom of this, in three years these
laws have brought into the state
treasury for state purposes more
then $589,000, or nearly three times
as much as was collected from these
Indirect sources during the four
years preceding my administration
The state taxes for Wasco county
at the present time are 33 per cent,
lower than in 1902 and lower than
they have been for 15 years, a"
result of the enactment of the two
laws rt ferred to.
"In 19j2 Wasco county paid in
taxes tor state purposes $21,528;
in 1906 it will pay $14,625, making
a reduction of $6,903 in four years,
notwithstanding tbe enormous in
crease in the cost of maintaining
the state government, caused by the
growth and development of the re
sources of the ttate, the increase io
population and cocsequent increase
in state expenses. The increase in
the number of inmates in the peni
tentiary, the insane asylum, the re
form school, the muta school and
other ttate institutions has been
large, yet the state taxes have been
reduced.
"I claim that I have absolutely
carried out the pledges of four years
ago. It is claimed that the legisla
ture did this, but I say to you, if
the legislators had refused to carry
out at least some of theee recom
mendation?, they would all have
been defeated for re-election. If the
legislature had been faithful to its
duty, all of these recommendations
regarding taxation would have been
carried out end your people would
be paying no taxes at all for state
purposes.
"I eay it is right to tax corpora
tions, taking as they do thousands
of dollars out of your county every
year.
"I repeated these recommenda
tions in 1995, but that legislature
also was recreant to its duty. But
the farm e -a oftbe state got together
and formulated laws I had recom
mended and they will be voted 00
in June."
Governor Chamberlain then dis
cussed and explained the manner
of bnJing out the $750,000 of the
irreducible school fund, then nn
lcaned, to the farmers of the state
that the echool children might ob
tain tbe interest. "I found out that
it could be loaned out," sild tbe
governor, "and it was loaned. This
brings into the schools 145x00 lu
interest every year and in four year
had eareed more than $1 60,000. I
have made it a part of my duty to
see that Ibis is loaned out andkeot
loaned out. It has been asserted
that two of the members of tie
board are republicans and that tbey
did this: They were there four
years before and did not loan it, al
though the law reducing the inter
est to 6 per cent, was passed io
1599.
"I mtke no charge against any
one, but suggest as a possible n o
tive for not lending it out before,
that the treasurer can take$7oo,oo
of this money, deposit it j in the
banks of the state and . draw 4 per
cent, interest and place in bis own
pocket about $28,ooo in a year. At
per cent, be would receive $14,-
000, and he would get 7fi03 annu
ally at the low rate of 1 per; cent.
There is not a man in. this, audietjee
who makes $7, 000 a year. I say
this furnishes a possible motive.
MASS MEETING HELD.
Movement to Make Monday
Qeaning-up Day is now on.
. The-movement to clean np Cor
vallis took definite shape at a mass
meeting of citizens at the City Hall
last night, and if plans materialize
everybody in town will take a hand
in the work Monday. The plan
is the same as that employed in
cities and towns all over the conn
try. Whenever tried, the effect in
the way of transformation of., ap
pearances is said to be wonderful.
It is claimed that nobody before
hand can get an adequate concep
tion of the extraordinary change
for the better in appearances thin
can be wrought by the plan in a
single day.
All the details of the day in Cor
vallis have not been worked---out.
A big committee has been appoint
ed aud is busy with arrangements
today. The mass meeting, by
resolution asked Corvallis business
houses to close during Monday
forenoon. A similar resolution re
quested that the public schoolchil
dren be induced to take part in the
movement, the idea being that no
instruction so good could be given
them as one half day devoted to
improving their home town. ' An
army of these little workers engaged
with parents in getting the rubbish
out of sight, it was urged, will be
an object lesson, one that the young
sters will ever remember, and one
that will, when they are the grown
citizens make them interested in
keeping the towns and cities of
their day clean.
The mass meeting named Coun
ty Judge Watters general superin
tendent for Monday, and gave him
the following assistants, 1st ward,
J. H. Harris and Mrs. R. H. Hus
ton; second ward, S. N. Wilkir.s
and Mrs. Sarah Moore; third ward,
Frank Krancisco, Mrs. Rose Selling
and Mrs. M. J. Wells. A new or
dinance by the city council provides
for the cutting of grass on the curb
and to the middle of the street and
has a fine for refusal to do so. The
committees are to completely cover
the city. The ordinance for clean
ing up premises is very strict and
has a heavy penalty. Chief Lane
has given notice to the committee
that any refusal by property own
ers to clean up, will if reported to
him result in prosecution. Teams
are to be provided for hauling
away'the rubbish gathered together
by property owners. A resolution
adoDted at the mass meeting is as
follows:
Whereas, the City Council cf the
City cf Corvallis has set apart and
named Monday, May 28, 1906, as
Cleaning-up day, therefore,
Be it resolved, that in the sense
of this meeting that the business
men of the city be requested to close
their respective places of business
next Monday between the hours of
8 a. m. and 12 m. to the end that
they may join with other enterpris
ing citizens in an effort to clean up
and beautify the city.