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Corvallis Times ORVALLIS, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING JULY 31, J906. SAGE. They sought long and they sought eager in the Russell Sage will for a sign of philanthropy, but found it not. He had 80 millions of wealth and was childless, con ditions that suggest gifts to char ity. He had given nothing in life and the world felt sure that he would give something in death. Not so Russell Sage. Throughout his life span of 90 years, he grasp ed, reaehed, clutched for money and goods. The struggling poor, the starving children along his path he did not see, save to wrench and squeeze as many as he could of the nickels from their hands. The struggles of the unfortunate ,and 1 their cries for help he never heard, save to plan for a way to profit out of their misfortunes. To not one of the millions drowning in the floods of misfortune, did he ever throw a life line; to none sinking in the mire of despondency, did he ever stretch out a hand. His heart was a stone to the homeless, his ears deaf to appeal, and his eye blind to want. His counting room was his chapel, his ledger hisliterature a desk his altar, compound interest his treed, and gold his god. Be cause of miserly, grasping, clutch ing stinginess in life, he was as friendless when he died as when he lived. In his passing there is none to do him reverence, none to pay him eulogy, because he did nothing to admire. His life was . wholly wasted, because to its last hour it was spent in clutching for gold, gold he could not take away. His eighty millions could have blessed mankind, himself and his name, but it only brought contempt and ridicule. The single redeeming feature in the incident of Sage is, that his life was so out of harmony with true and real living that it is a monumental lesson of the fallacy and fruitlessness of mere mammon. SENA TORIAL TREASON. An article of striking interest to the American people appears in the August number of the Cotnospoli tan magazine. It is a character ization by David Graham Phillips of Senator Elkins of West Virgin ia, and Senator Knox of Penn sylvania, and in the course of the discussion the record of each is laid bare in a manner that leaves no doubt in the mind of the reader of the terrible reality there is in the socalled "treason f the senate." Elkins began life as a young United States district attorney in New Mexico, where by methods habitual to the frenzied financiers and manipulators he acquired for a pittance immense tracts of valuable land. The manipulations by which he acquired these lands seem to have been similar in kind but on a more dazzling scale than were those incident to the land operations re cently in vogue in Oregon. It was a get-rich quick scheme with the government as the victim and El kins as the beneficiary and with re turns enormously satisfactory to the young Napoleon of high finance. From New Mexfco Elkins went with his illgotten gains to West Virginia, which state he has cor rupted and commercialized to an extent that has made him thirty times a millionaire and his shame, the shame of the state. But he is a power in tbe senate, a right bower of Aldrich and a man whose ma chinations in legislation rob the millions of their substance and de liver it over to the special interests. The cbaracterizition of Senator! itnox is equally incriminating and the whole discussion one to make the ob-eiver wonder why ' treason of tbe senate" is tolerated. A Favorite Remedy For Babies. Its pleasant taste and prompt cures have made Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy a faver ite with ;he mothers of small children. I: quickly cures heir coughs and colds and pre vents any danger of pneumonia or other serious consequences. It not only o;;rio croup, but when given as 60on as the croupy cough appears will prevent the attack. For Sale by Graham & "Wortham, LAUGHED AT THEM Some of the Laws of the City What a Gtizen has to say The Council There is an ordinance on the city statute books requiring that all grass in the street be cut, but the grass is not cut. There is a city ordinance requir ing gates to be so hung that they will not swing across the sidewalk, but the gates swing out and in, ov er the walk just the same as before the ordinance was passed. There is an ordinance prohibit- ing the use of barbed wire along sidewalks, but barbed wire is still used. There is an ordinance of long standing, prohibiting cess pools and requiring water closets to be connected with sewers, but the clos ets are not connected, and no more attention has been paid to the or dinace than if it had never been passed. The matter is mentioned here, not in complaint of any officer or any citizen, but as a matter of news. The condition is pertinent to the new cement sidewalk ordinance since it is not likely, with the other ordinances as a precedent, that any attention will be paid to it. In fact, with so many ordinances in operative, what is the use of the city council holding meetings and passing ordinances at all? Speaking on the subject an influential citizen said yesterday: "The position of the city council is ludicrious, it has gone through the ceremony of passing ordinances enacting each measure with great solemnity, only to see each new law laughed at. The office of council man under present conditions would seem to cut about as much ice, and the influence and author ity of the council as a body carry about as much weight as would the job of a dog pelter of the town of Granger. I have never been a member of the city council but it is my idea that its ordinances should be observed. That however, doesn't seem to be the way it is done in Corvallis, nowadays." WAS PROMOTED. To Second Company of Philip pine Constabulary Lieut. Floyd Williams. On the 24th of June, Lieut. Floyd Williams, formerly of OAC, was appointed to the command of a company of Philippine constabu lary at Manila. The news was con tained in a private letter received this morning from Lieut. Williams. The letter stated that he had just been appointed to the command of the 2nd company, Hocus, then sta tioned at Manila, but that he and his company would be sent to North ern Luzon in about a month. The news renews speculation as to whether or not it was the Oregon boy who was in command of the de tachment of constabulary recently defeated by hostile natives on the island of Leyte. The latter is sev eral hundred miles southeast of Luzon. The only way it could. have turned out that the Lieut. Williams in command of the de feated constabulary is the OAC athlete is that the orders for him and his company to go north must have been changed and the detach ment sent southward to Leyte, which is not impossible, since an outbreak of natives could quickly change programmes. Closely allied with the above in formation is a letter received a few days ago from Mrs. Eloyd Williams who arrived in Manila June 6th. Shortly after her arrival herself and husband were driven about Manila in a carriage by Lieut. Worswick, who was the lieutenant killed at the time the constabulary was defeated. It appears from the letter that Wil liams and Worswick were fast friends. Leyte is a small island immed iately northwest of Sumar and northwest of Mindanao. It is 121 miles long and has a population of 270,000. Its civil government was established in 1901. It yields gold, silver, hemp and other val uable products. vQSimon Ctlfl9 are tbe Cavsse of Many Serious Blscases. .Physicians who have gained a national reputation as analysts of the cause of variou; diseases, claim that if catching cold could b avoided a long list of dangerous ailment would never be heard of. Everyone know., that pneumonia and consumption originate from a cold, and chronic catarrh, bronchitis, and all throat and lung trouble are aggra vated and rendered, more serious by each fresh attack. Do not risk yonr life or take chances when you have a cold. Chamber lain's Cough Eemedy will cure it before these diseases develop. This remedy con tains no opium, morphine or other harmful drug, and has thirty years of reputation back of it, gained by its cures under every condi tion. . For sale" by Graham & Wortham, THE TWO METHODS. Old and New Of Computing State Taxes What a De cision may Mean. It i3 very likely that the supreme court decision with reference to household exemptions will bear good fruit. It has suggested the query if, in the same way, the pres ent method of levying State taxes against the counties is not likewise unconstitutional. Formerly, the method of computing each county's share of the state taxes was accord ing to the property valuation. It is no longer done that way. It is now fixed with the amount of each county's expenditures as a basis of computation. As the aggregate sum ot tbe expenditures, of all the counties is to Benton's expendi tures, so is the whole' sum to be collected for, state taxes to Benton's share of the state taxes. The law was put in operation several years ago. A big jump in the state taxes of all the small counties, and a corresponding de crease in the portions of a few of the big counties resulted. Multno mah county, for instance, with its immense property valuation," with most of its public business adminis tered by the city government and with its comparatively small county administration, does not have ex penditures in the same proportion as is true of a small county. In consequence, it does not pay taxes in as high a ratio compared to its real value as would a small county, where the expenditures are far greater, comparatively speaking, in proportion to the actual wealth. As a result, the taxation for state purposes in Multnomah and a smaller county is not uniform. The constitution contemplates that a dollar of wealth in Multnomah or Marion shall pay the same amount of state taxes as a dollar in Grant county. It never will under the present system, which is discrimi native and prejudicial to small counties, Multnomah . being the beneficiary. State taxes ought to be based on property valuations, and with valuations on the same level in all the counties. That will make the taxes equal and uniform, whereas the present expenditure system makes the tax levy unequal, ununiform - and unconstitutional. The tax commission of three members, provided for by the last legislature is working on the prob lem. Two members have made a report recommending the present system, and one member submits a minority report, opposing it, and favoring the system based on as sessed valuations. 'Delegates to National Encampment. Delegates of the G. A. R. of Or egon and other members planning to attend the National Encampment which meets in Minneapolis, Au gust 13th, will travel together over the Northern Pacific in a special car, which will leave Portland Au gust 10th. It is expected that there will be a considerable party, in c'uding women delegates- to the Woman s Relief Corps. Command er H. Sutcliffe. for the Department of Oregon, will head the delega tion. Arrangements have been made so that the car in which the delegation will travel will be deco rated on tbe outside, so it will be known that it comes from Oregon It was desired to have the Wash ington delegates travel in company with the Oregon party, but they may go separately. Emma T. Kline, Press Cor res. W. R. C. At King's Valley. This week will be a very busy week for the binders. The most of the grain in the valley will ba in the shock by Saturday evening, and from appearance the yield will be the best for several y?ars past. Saturday morning we were vis Hid by a heavy Jthunder etorm. Lightning struck in several places in the valley, John Price had hie horse hitched to his buegy stand ing out in front of his hdiisa and lightning struck the buggy, tore the front end up in great ehape. It took every epoke out of one . wheel, and tbe singular part of it is the horse was net irjared. The ice-cream social giren by the members of the Unit d Evangelical church Saturday evening was well attended. Although the evening wa? cold most of the cream was dis posed of, . Curtis Miller has finished log ging on the Watson place and will move his camp and go to work liame liacK. This ailment is" usually caused by rheuma tism of the muscles and may be cured by applying Chamberlain'," Pain Balm two or three times a day and rubbing the parts' vigorously at each, application. . If this does not afford relief bind on a piece of flannel slightly dampened with Pain Balm, and quick relief is almost sure to follow. For sale by Graham & Wortham. - Northern Pacific. 2 Daily Trains 2 Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Paul and tho East. 2 Trains i Daily 2 Denver, Lincoln, Omaha Kan sas City St. Louis and East, Four dally trains between Portland and Seattle. Pullman Flrot-olaM sleeping can, Pullman Tourist sleeping enra, Dining cara night and day. Observation and Parlor can. The regular Yellowstone Park Bonte via. Liv ingston and Gardiner, Mont.,' tbe government official entrance to the Park. Park season June 1st to September 20th. See Europe If yon will but see America first. Start right See Yellowstone National Park nature's greatest wonderland. Wonderland Th3 famous Northern Pacldo book can be had tor the asking or six cento by mail. f The Route of the "North Ooart Lsmlted" the Only Electric Lighted Modxrn Train from Port land to the East. The ticket office at Portland Is at 255 Morrison street, comer Third; A. D. Carlton, Assistant uenerai passenger Agent, Portland, Or, Teachers' Examination. Notice is hereby given that the superintendent of Benton county, will hold the regular examination of applicants for state and county papers at Corvallis, as follows: For State Papers: Commencing Wednesday. Aug ust 8, at 9 o'clock a. m., and con tinuing until Saturday, August 11, at 4 o'clock p. m. Wednesday Penmanship, history, spelling, physical geography, reading, psychology. Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of reaching, grammar, bookkeeping, physics, civil gov ernment. Friday Physiology, geography, mental arithmetic, composition, algebra. Saturday Botany, plane geometry, general history, English litera ture, schoel law. For County Papers: Commencing Wednesday, Aug ust 8, at 9 o'clock a. m. and con tinuing until Friday, August 10, at 4 o clock p.m. First, Second and Third Grade Certificates. Wednesday Penmanship, history, orthography, reading. Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, physiology. Friday Geography, mental arith metic, school law, civil govern ment. Primary Certificates: Wednesday Penmanship, orthog raphy, arithmetic, reading. Thursday Art of questioning, theory of teaching, ' physiology. Dated at Corvallis, Oregon, July 28, 1906. Geo. W. Denman. County Superintendent. Well Drilling. J. E. Sloper is prepared to sink wells through quick sand and gravel. Rook drilling: a specialty. Inquire of J. R. Smith & Co., or address J. E. Sloper, Corvallis, Oregon. Economy fruit jars at Thatcher & Johnson's. Buy your harvesting outfits at Nolan's. Large stock. Right prices. Ice and ice cream , delivered by the Corvallis Creamery Co. in large or small quantities to any part of the city. G. R. FAKR A, Physician & Surgeoa, ideass 01 : t : : 1 ir " -litis on Seventh u. ? 1 1; .1 . , . i l o fH Fine Platinums and Aristo Plati no Photos at the Corvallis Studio. Barber School. I will open the school about Sept. 1st and will teach everything in the barber trade in eight weeks. Jiasy terms. Write for further information. George W. Plister, Corvallis, Ore. One Dollar Saved Represents Xts Dollars Earned. The average man does not save to esceed ten per cent, of his earnings. He must spend nine dollars in living expenses for- every dollar saved. That being the case he can not be too careful about unnecessary ex penses. Very often a few cents properly in vested, like buying seeds for his garden, will gave several dollars outlay later on. It is the same in buying Chamberlain's' Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It costs but a few cents, mid a bottle of it in the house often saves a doctor's bill of several dollars. For sale by Graham & Wortham. ONLY 1 DOLLAR! The best nickle Alarm Clock in the market at the price. These clocks will be sold at the above price as long as they last. An Al clock for harvesters and campers. E. W. S. PRATT The Jeweler and Optician. Hand Cream Separators. Hand Cream Seperators sold on $5 months pay ments. Several different makes. Write your name and address below and send to Independence Creamery Independence, Oregon; for particulars and information about the dairy industry. Name Address V You may bend, you may twist, You may turn as you will, But the shape and the smartness Will cling to them still. This means Cohn Block ready' made suits. A few Summer Suits left at 20 percent discount to close them out. Sold by . A. K. RUSS Dealer in all Mens Furnishings. Corvallis, Oregon. Ices and Creams! We are now prepared to provide the public with lees Water Ices, creams, Sherberts, and everything in this line. Special Fancy Orders For soeial functions solicited. We cater to the whole public and guarantee tne best at reasonable prices. When you want anything in our line remember us. Our own special free delivery to any part of the city large or small.: Corvallis Creamery Company. Summons. In the circuit court in the state ol Oregon, for .Benton county. Catherine Boehtinger, Plaintiff, 1 vs. Oregon and California Railroad ;Co., and Union Trust Company. .Deft's. To Union Trust Company, the above named de- tenaant: in the name of the state of Oregon you are hereby summoned and required to appearand gnawer the complaint of the plaintiff in the above entitled Miit, in the . above entitled court, now on file In the office of the clerk of said com t on or before the last day of the time prescribed in the order for publica tion ot this summons made by the county judge of Benton county, state of Oregon (which order is hereinafter reterrea to) towlt: August 31 1906, and you are hereby notified that if you tail to appear and answer the said complaint as herein required, for want thoreof the plaintiff win apply to me aDOve enuuea court lor tne re lief demanded in her said complaint, tn-wit: that the defendent O. & C. E. R. Co. make a deed to plaintitt conveying the N. V. quarter of N. W. quarter of Section 29, Township 13 S., K. 6 , in Benton county, Oregon; that defend ant Union Trust Company join in said deed, and that if defendants re! use to make such deed then that the decree of the above entitled conrt sland in lieu thereof. This summons Is published in the Corvallis Times newspaper once a week for six succes sive and consecutive weeks, beginning with the issue July 20, 1906 and ending with the issue of August SI, 1906. in pursuance of the directions contained in an order made by the lion. jf. Woodward, county judge of BeDton county, Oregon, dated July 16, 1903, Pate of first publicatiou hereof is July 20,1300, E. E. -WILSON, Plaintiff's Attorney, WILLAMETTE VALLEY Banking Company Corva.ll.is, Our.KON. Responsibility $100,000 Deals in Foreign and Domestic Exchange. Boys County, City and School Warrants. Principal CcmspsiuUnts. SAN FRAJiClSCO j POlt i-LAND (.The Bank SEATTLE California TAOOA1A NEW msa-JIf srs. J. ?. Morcan Co. UHHlAtiO National Bank rf The Repub lic. LOH1UOS, ENG. N M Rothschilds & Sou CANADA. Unicp ant of Clnnada If you knew the value of Chamberlain's Salve 'you would never wish to be without it. Here are some of the diseases for which it is especially valuable: sore nipples, chapped hands, bums, frost bites, chilblains, chronic sore eyes, itching piles, tetter, salt rheum and eczema. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Graham & Wortham. REDUCED SUMMER EXCURSION RATES. Newport, Yaquina Bay, Breitenbush Hot Springs From All S. P. and C & E. Points. On and after June 1, 1906, the Southern Pacifie, in connection with the Corvallis & Eastern rail road, will have on sale round trip tickets from points on their lines to Newport, Yaquina and Detroit at low rates, good for return until Octo ber 10, 1906. Three-day tickets to Newport and Yaquina, good going Saturdays and returning Mondays, are also on sale from all East Side points, Port land to Eugene, Inclusive, and from all West side points, enabling people to visit their famil ies and spend Sunday at the seaside. ' Secson tickets from all East Side points, Port and to Eugene, inclusive, and from all Wes Side points, are also on sale to Detroit at very low rates, with stop over privileges at Mill City or any point East, enabling tourists to visit, the Santiam and Breitenbush Hot Springs in the Ca?gde Mountains, which can be reached In one day. Season tickets good for return from all points until Oct. 10. Three-day tickets good going Sat urdays and returning Mondays only. Tickets for Portland and vicinity good for return via. the East or West Side. Tickets from Eugene and vicinity will be good going via the Lebanon Springfield branch. Baggage on Newport tickets checked through to Newport ; on Yaquina tick ets to Yaquina only. Sunday excursions to New port on the O. & E. will begin June 10th or 17th and run every Sunday thereafter, leaving Alba ny at 7:30 a. m.; leaving Corvallis 8 a. m ; S. P. trains connect With theO. & E. at Albany and Corvallis for Yaquina and Newport. Trains on the C. & E. for Detroit will leave Albany at 7:30 a. m., enabling tourists to the Hot Springs to reach there the same day, Trains from and to Corvallis connect with all East Side trains on the S. P. Full Information as to r ales, time tables, etc:, can be obtained on application to J. C. Mayo Gen. Pass. Agt. C. & E. K., Albany; A. L. Craig, G. P. A. S. P. Co., Portland, or to any S. P. or 0,- ifeE. agent. . - ; , Rates from Corvallia to Newport, 83.73; To Yaquina, $3.25. Three-day rate from Corvallis to Newport, 2.50. tJooG for 7 Stoiuacli Trouble and Constipation. 1 "Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab. lets have doneme a great deal of good," says C. Towns, of Itat Portage, Ontario, Canada. "Being a mild physio the after eflecU are not unpleasant, and I can recom mend them to all who suffer from storaaci iisorder." For sale by Graham & Wortham'