Corvallis Times
CORVALLIS, OREGON,
FRIDAY EVENING JULY 3, J 906.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Sixty five thousand dollars "for
a public building" at Baker City,
$50,000 for another at Eugene, and
$15,000 for "fixing upthe grounds"
of the "public building" at Salem
are among the appropriations of the
late congress, the aggregates of
which total nearly $900,000,000. It
is probable that every other state in
the nation got proportionate dona
tions "for public buildings," and
therein is the token of an abuse
that approaches the scandalous.
Baker City's sole use for a "public
building" is to house its post office,
and $15,000 or $20,000 should have
been ample for the purpose. Sixty
five thousand, however, is the sum
that town gets, and the wonder is
that it had not been $100,000 since
that is the more usual sum. At
Salem the Si.s.ooo "for grounds"
is merely for adornment of a spot
that has already cost the govern
ment $110,000. It is all very nice,
and the towns are not to be blamed
for getting these buildings if they
can. but its all costly and all wrong
The scheme is one by which sen
ators and congressmen perpetuate
themselves in office. The "public
building" appropriation is the out
ward sign that they are "doing
something' ' for their state. Every
dollar of the enormous sum spent in
this abuse has to be collected from
the people, and it is largely because
of such extravagences that the mil
lions of the lowly have to toil their
lives away without getting ahead
in the world.
The revolting story of Creffield
ism as practiced in Corvallis by its
nasty founder, has been told on the
witness stand at Seattle by Victor
Hurt, who of all that have suffered
is best prepared, by nature and by
experience to tell the hideous tale
as it is. If, after the recital, the
Seattle jury holds Mitchell guilty of
a crime berore the law, then, where
and when and how, are men like
Mitchell, Hurt and the others to
get redress from damnable villians
like Creffield.
From the standpoint of law en.
forcement, Torn Word's defeat in
Portland is a public calamity. His
complete and feaikss discharge cf
his official duty as prescribed by his
official oath was a notable example
of civic virtue, and for a reward he
is rejected for a second term. No
matter how good a man Mr. Stev
eus may be or how fair his prom
ises, good government was on trial
in Tom Word, and he ought to
have been triumphantly re elected.
The constant stream of humanity
seeking Mountain water at all
hours of the day at the hydrant
near Graham & Wells drug store,
tells the story eloquently of the
need of two or three public foun
tains on Main street. If the people
are thirsty, as the action shows
them to be, how about the horses
driven about the streets and coming
in from the country ? Let those
who doubt the theory, watch the
present drinking place for half an
hour, one of these hot days. Who
will contribute the fountains? Will
they not be the better appreciated,
and the more in line with eternal
fitness, if provided by some of our
wealthier citizens?
If all accounts be true, it will be
easy for Stanford White to keep
himself Thawed out, "over' there."
It must be an advantage to Mr.
Roosevelt not to have to keep his
eye on Oregon any longer.
. Notice to Contractors.
6ealed bids win bo received at the office of the
secretary of the State Agricultural College at
Oorrallis, Or., until 4 P. M. July 11., 1906. by the
board of regents of the State Agricultural Col
lege, for the erection and completion of a girl's
dormitory building, according to plans and spe
cifications prepared by Charles H Burggrat,
architect, Albany, Or. All bids must be accom
panied by a certified check of $500 as a guaran
tee that in the event the contract is awarded
the contractor shall furnish an approved bond
equal to 75 per cent of the amount of the con
tract within ten days after the awarding of the
contract. All bids must be made out upon
blanks for the same: furnished upon applica
tion to the secretary of the college or the archi
tect. Plans and specifications may be seen at
the office of T. H. Crawford, Corvallis, the Ore
gonian, or the architect, alter July 2, 1906. The
board reserves the right to reject any or all bids
J. K. Weatherford, J. T. Apperson, John D. Daly.
MANY WANT IT.-
Ianitorship at the Court House
Eight Applications Al
ready Filed, r-
Eight applications for the janitor-
ship the court house, have already
been filed with the county clerk.
The office as well as that of the
county ferryman is appointive by
the commissioner's court. The
court stands two republican and
one democratic, and the large crop
of candidates is republican. Those
who have already filed applications
are, W. A. Hansell, C. F. Hotch
kiss, Ben Martin, Willis Vidito,
Scott King' A. G. Allen, H. H.
Glassford, Martin. In addi
tion to the above, six others are
said to be active candidates for the
place, alihough their applications
have not yet reached the clerk's
office. The pay of the position is
$50 per month. The present en
cumbent is John D. Wells.
For the position of county ferry
man, there are said to be two can
didates, Henry Stone and Charles
Felton.
At Any Cost.
A darkey preacher was lost in
the happy selection of his text,
which he repeated in vigorous ac
cents of pleading.
"Oh, bredren, at de las' daydere's
gwine to be sheep and dere's gwine
to be goats. Who's gwine to be
de sheep, and who's gwine to be
goats? Tret's all try to be like de
liT white lambs, bredren. Shall
we be de goats sisters? Naw, we's
gwine to be de sheep. Who's
gwine to be de sheep, bredren, and
who's gwine to be de goats? Tak'
care ob youh souls sisters: tak' care
ob youh souls. Remember dere's
gwine to be sheep an' goats. Who's
gwine to be sheep and who's gwine
to be de goats ?
Just then a solitary Irishman who
had been sitting in the back of the
church, listening attentatively, rose
and said :
"Oi'li be the go3t. Go on; tell
us the joke, Elder. Oi'll be the
coat!"
TWO NAMES.
In a new Relation Joined in
a Law Partnership Mc
Fadden & Bryson.
A la w partnership has been form,
ed by Judge McFadden auJ E. R
Eryson, with McFadiii n &
Bryscn 1
astnenrm name. I ne combination
makes one of tha strongest law
firms in the Willamette Valley,
both men bringing to the partner
ship specialties in the practice that
will be h:ghly advantageous to the
associated arrangement. Judge
McFadden has baen - a successful
practitioner in the courts of Benton.
Polk, Linn, and Lane county since
1876, a period of 30 years. . As a
criminal lawyer and as an advo
cata generally, he has few peers in
the state. Incidentally too, the
Times takes this occasion to add,
that Judge McFadden is a man of
clean moral qualities, of lofty pur
poses and pure character, a type of
the best citizenship of the republic
whose private and public acts ' are
of a character that have no occas
ion to shrink when the searchlight
uf truth is turned on: Mr. Bryson
the junior member of the firm, is a
son of John Bryson with whom
Judge McFadden was informally
associated in practice in hundreds
of cases until Judge Bryson' s death
a few years ago. The younger
JJryson has many of the traits and
characteristics of his revered
parent, who was known through
out Oregon as one of its soundest
lawyers. Though not generally
known, it is nevertheless a fact,
that city lawyers do not in general
cases, court legal battles with the
best law firms in the- country. The
country practitioners of. the better
class are better equipped for all
round work and are adversaries
for whose talents and work the city
practitioners have a very high res- j
pect. These facts will apply with
special effect to the new law firm
of McFadden & Bryson.
The new partnership began July !
ist. For the present each member
will occupy his own office, but lat
er on they expect to occupy quart
ers especially provided for them in
the new Johnson building, to go up
at the corner north across the street
from the Occidental.
A. Bargain. .
163 acres known as the Cauthorn
place on Peak road must be sold at
once. ' 30 acres in crop. House of
5 rooms, new barn, 50 x 60 ft. 30
acres of heavy timber, balance pas
ture, running water on place. This
is a bargain at $1,600.
. Ambler & Watters, agents.
MAN OF LEISURE NOW.
Turned Clerk's Office Over to
Mr. Vincent Victor
Moses His Record.
Victor Moses is now a person
of elegant leisure, having retired
yesterday from the county clerk's
office. He served six years as
deputy clerk under Mr. Watters
and four years as county clerk.
During the time he was in the of
fice, first and last, he ' attended to
over i, 000 applications for public
lands, such as homesteads and
timber land claims, and never had
a single set of papers returned for
correction, a record seldom equall
ed. His official act also in secur
ing a return to Alsea settlers of
filing fees that had been paid 20
years before into the Roseburgland
office, which fees, after a long
search of the records and along and
tedious correspondence by Mr.
Moses, were returned to the settlers
is well remembered history, and
work that has given Victor Moses
enduring reputation as a thorough
and most , capable public official-
Mr. Moses expects to take a brief
vacation before engaging in what
ever avocation the future is to have
in store for him.
The clerk's office was turned ov
er to Mr. Vincent by Mr. Moses
yesterday morning. The deputy
in the office is Captain Crawford.
FOR CITY FOUNTAINS.
Mountain Water Should be
Within Reach of Strangers
in Corvallis.
The Mountain water system is
now completed, and in operation.
Mountain water is the best asset of
Corvallis in bidding for home seek
ers to locate in our town. The
clear cold water from this mountain
stream on Marys Peak is one of the
things the visitor in town, when
brought in contact with it, will
commend, not only here, but other
where. This means that for rea
sons of advertising as well as for
humanitarian reasons, there should
be public drinking fountains where
our own people and where our
neighboring farmers and the strang
er within our gates will have our
splendid water, ever convenient for
use. There should be such a foun
tain in the court house park. There
should be such a fountain on the
public school grounds. The col
lege authorities should provide and
maintain one on the college grounds.
At two or three points on the chief
business street ot the town foun
tains should be placed. Some of
them should not only provide water
for human beings, but for the teams
that are driven about the streets.
Such a place would be of infinite
convenience to the farmers who
come to Corvallis to do business.
Even as much as people love good
pure water, so do horses, and like
wise the dogs. Such fountains of
all designs are provided in the mar
ket. They cost from $ 60 upward,
very nice and very durable ones be
ing available for $150. Of course
the cost of the more beautiful and
elaborate ones runs into the thous
ands of dollats.
There ought to be no trouble in
finding means for adorning Corval
lis with these fountains. Perhaps
our wealthier residents will put up
some of them at their own expense.
No more fitting gift to- our town
could be made, and none that would
be so deeply appreciated or of tnote
lasting benefit. If the people join
in an agitation for these fountains,
the fountains will be provided.
For Sale
A male Poland China pig one
year old. Can be seen at my place
two miles south of this city.
Samuel Whitesides.
The Farmers.
Rates offered by us are $1.00 per
year where the farmer uses his own
telephone. Farmers not owning
telephones can purchase from us at
$8.50 each, or $5.00 per year where
we furnish the telephone. ,. .
You can be connected with 200,
000 Local and L,ong Distance Tele
phones. Further information at any of our
offices.
. Pacific States Telephone & Tele-
graph Co.
Farmers.
that expect to sell their Vetch seed,
please drop me a card stating how much
they expect to have. I buy and sell all
the year round.
L. L. Brooks.
M. M. I,ong has received a late
improved rubber carriage tire setter
and is prepared to do all kinds of
rubber tire work.
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Annual Mid-Summer
Sale is Now on
'And for 30 days we will offer the entire stock of dry
goods, boots and shoes, clothing etc at extra special pri
ces. Space will not permit us to quote prices on every
article. But following are a few to give you an idea of
some of the special bargains.
MENS CLOTHING
Extra Special
$12 5o Suits at $10 00
14 00 do il jo
15 00 do 12 00
' 16 5o do 13 20
18 00 do 14 40
BOYS SUITS
Extra Special
f2 50 Boys suit at f 1 95
3 00 do 2 25
3 50 do 2 85
4 00 do 3 10
4 5o do 345
Summer Dress Goods worth 15c, 20c, and 25c, reduced to 10c
at F. L. MILLER'S CSr-
P. S. When you see it in our Ad, its so.
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SUMMER SCHOOL
Monmouth State Normal School.
June 27 to Aug. 7th and Aug. 13 to Sept. 7th. First six weeks devoted
to special preparation for County and State Exams. Last four weeks a
continuation of Normal instruction and special attention to Piimary Me
thods with model pupil classes.
Faculty of over Twenty Instructors
Regular Mormal Faculty assisted by noted college and public school educators.
Tuition 1st Term $7.50 2od $5.
For catalog, summer school cicular or other information write Pres. E. D. Bessler,
Monmouth, Oregon.
The 4th of July
Will soon be here. Have you bjught that suit yet?
If not it will pay you to look our stock over. We can
save you money as we are closing out all summer suits
at 20 per cent discount.
We also carry a complete line of Mens Furnish
at prices that are right.
A. K. RUSS
Corvallis, Oregon.
Hand Cream Separators.
Hand Cream Seperators sold on $5 months pay
ments. Several different makes. Write vourirname
and address below and send to Independence Creamery
Independence, Oregon; for particulars and information
about the dairy industry. -Name
......:..., Address
Remember
Blackledge
I We have just received 45 Mai
lable Iron Beds, all prices, frdrn
$2 90 up. One thousand yards
Matting, just in. New wall
Paper just received. . Lower
than any house in Benton county
The new J folding Go-Carts are
here
JAP-A-LAC;
For Fl if U rk, e -.3 ;
We don't have time to change our ads every week, but
we sell goods to beat the band.
Dont buy until you see our large stock of House Furnish
ing Goods 4 rooms full. Acme Washer.
Remember Blackledge is Here
LADIES DRESS SKIRTS
Extra Special
$3 00 Ladies Skirts at i 75
3 50 do 2 eo
4 5 do 2 75
5 5o do 3 50
6 5 do 4 50
LADIES SHIRTWAISTS
Extra Special
$ 75 Ladies waists at $ 40
1 25 do 80
1 5 do 1 00
2 00 - do 1 25
Odd lot of waists worth $1, 1.50 and
1.75 at 25c
is Here
WILLAMETTE VALLEY
Banking Company
.Cobvallis, Oregon. .
Responsibility, $100,000
Deals in Foreign and Domestic
Exchange.
Boys County, City and School
Warrants.
Principal Correspondents.
SAJf FRANCISCO V
PORTLAND I Xhe Hfc 0
SEATTLE r California
KAOOHA I
NEW YORK Messrs. J. IP. Uornn & Co.
CHICAGO National Bank of The Repnto
Ho. LONDON, ENG. N 91 Rothschilds ft Bona '
CANADA. UnloD Rank of Canada
Sunday Excursion
on the
Corvallis & Eastern Railroad
To Newport and Return.
Sunday excursions will leave Albany at
7:30, Corvallis 8, Philomath 8:12, Wren
8:30, Blodget 8:50, Summit 9:05, Nash
ville 9:25. Eddyville 10, Morrison io:2l,
Elk CUy 10:30, Toledo 10:55 a. m.
Euery Jurjday duripr; tl? 5u1lmer
raii? or Sl?ii)
Season or 3-day tickets good going of re
turning on Sunday excursions from all
points. Fare for round trip:
Albany, Corvallis, Philomath $1 5O
Philomath to Chitwood 1 00
Morrison to Storrs 75
Toledo, Mill 4 and Oysterville 50
Numerous attractions, including band
concert, turf bathing, life saving drills,
boating, fishing and gathering pretty
water agate.
B. A. CATHEY
Physician & Surgeon
Office, room 14, BanK Bldg. Hoursi
lO to 12 and 2 to 4.
Phone, office 83. Residence 351.
Corvallis, Oregon.
H. S. PERNOT, ;
Physician & Surgeon
Office over postoiEca. Residence Cor.
Fifth and Jefferson streets. Hours 10 to
12 a. m., 1 to 4 p. m. Orders may be ,
ert at uranam & - nam's drug store.
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D. E. E. JACKSON
(Veterinary Surgeon
(
Ofi5.ce Winegar & Snows Barn
O&ce Phone Ind 328
" Bell 441
Resident " Ind 389
J. FRED STATES
ATTORXn i-AT-LAW.
Zirof Poiding.
Only Set Abstract Books m Benton County
Northern Pacific.
2 Daily Trains 2
Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Paul
and the East.
2 Trains Daily 2
Denver, Lincoln, Omaha Kan
sas City St. Louis and East,
Four dally trains between Portland and Seattle
Pullman First-class sleeping cars, Pullman
Tourist sleeping cars, Diuing cars night and day.
Observation and Parlor cars.
The regular Yellowstone Park Bute via. Liv
ingston and Gardiner, Mont., the government
official entrance to the Park.
Park season. June 1st to September 20th.
See Europe It you will but see America Irst.
Start right See Yellowstone National Park
Nature's greatest wonderland.
Wonderland The famous Northern Pacific
book can be had tor the asking or six cents by
mail.
The Route ot the "North Coart Lsmlted'-the
Only Electric Lighted Modern Train from Port-.
land to the East. V
The ticket office at Portland Is at 255 Morrison
street, corner Third; A, D. Carlton, Assistant
General Passenger Agent, Portland, Or.
BIDS WANTED.
Notice is hereby given that the clerk
of school district No. 9 Benton county,
will receive bids to paint the old school
building: roof, one coat, and body of
building, two coats, work and materials
to be first class. Give cost of labor, also
contract price for labor and materials.
The board reserves the right to reject
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any uiu tui uius, ana no Dia will oe re
ceived after 9 a. m. July iOth. Specifi
cations can be seen at the office of Clerk.
Buchanan, in the Court house.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed by the connty court of
the state ot Oregon for the county of Benton, ad
ministrator ot toe estate of William Seckler, de
ceased. All persons having claims against said
estate are hereby required to present the same
to me properly verified, nsby law required, at
the office of J. F. Yates, Corvallis, Oregon, with
in six months from the date hereof, '
Sated this 19th day ot June, 1906.
ANNIE SECKLER,
Administrator of the estate of William Seckler,
Deceased.
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