The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, February 22, 1907, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextCorvallis Times CORVALLIS, OREGON, I FRIDAY EVENING FEB. 22, 1907. tin, nr-?;ir..-iP.' w.-j.iirr if Railroad Commissioner. I There is one..nian on the rail Toad commission whom all Oregon knows will do " his righteous duty. Perhaps all will, but his four years in a public capacity ' are Oswald West's guarantee of good faith. He has always made good with the ceoole. His administration of ihe office of state land agent as the appointee of Governor Chamberlain has brought him high repute throughout the Northwest. With the executive's good: advice, Mr. West has been the premier in the purification of state land conditions in Oregon. He; drove ' spurious land agents from the temple. There were no records in the office of loss es from school sections, but he sup plied and registered them. The whole land business was in a mess and he broueht order out ' of the chaos. Forged and fraudulent certi ficates had been employed by spec ulators and thousands of acres of lands were in process of illegal seizure. With keen insight, Mr West detested the thieves in their roguery and many of them , were brought to justice. The whole land ystem of the state under the busi ness rules and painstaking care that he applied has-been reduced to systematized conditions wherein the buyer can deal directly; with the state without the aid of so called agents who once hung around the capitol. He his codified the land laws of the state and in a bill pass ed by. the present session .the bars are all up and future thefts of the public domain will be next to im possible. . i .''.;!-:!:'; Mr. West's record as land ragent is a bond as to what (he will do as railroad commissioner. He takes a quick, keen, vigorous mentality in to the commission and . what is equally essential, uncompromising integrity. j ; t ; ' One Veto. Governor Chamberlain S recent veto, in no "sense indicated that he is hostile to juvenile courts. . Even had it been sustained, the juvenile court would have continued under the exisiting law to carry on its ex cellent work. The executive neg ative was a blow aimed at the long list of officialdom that the new bill creates. The state and the country are becoming frenzied for officialism. We must have commissions, boards of controls, inspectors with clerks and stenographers on every , sub ject conceivable and for each, there mast be a salary and an increase of salary There seems absolutely no limit to the string of liveried, sal aried and officialized boards and buncombes that must be set up for the public to support by taxation. Two years ago when the juven ile courts were created it was the ; widely heralded statement that there was-to be no additional cost. But here,' almost before the ink in . the signature to the bill creating it, is dry comes a demand for a long list of clerks, assistant clerks, mast ers of the horse and gentlemen in waiting, all to cost about $15,000 a . year. Included, is an increase of a judge's salary which is violative of a well known constitutional prin ciple. We do not stop at a rea- , sonable limit,'; but suffer ourselves , to be carried on to the nonsensical. ruThose who want, to draw the sal aries importune and entreat for the -7 plans to be i treated; and we sepeat edly and foolishly yield.-. It is at - the general principle of a tax eating 5 time serving official- class, clamor - - ing always for moresalary, more al- 1 lowances, more perquisites and more " officials that-' Governor Chamber - Iain's veto of the juvenile court bill - was directed, and -in ' that sj view there are thousands s- of the same '- mind with "him. - r r I , Had the veto been sustained, the juvenile courts would have contin ued to - fulfilU the very : excellent function that, they have filled since - their establishment. . .:. . - v: Remember Nolan's remnant and rummage sale closes Saturday eve ning at 9 o'lock. ' A DOSE OF PADDING. ". V: . The Staff That News Men Write When - '- They Have Nothing to My.-- - ..A gentleman not a thousand miles from Corvallis 'has incurred the unanimous enmity ; of the Times employes. - To be a little more ex plicit, he is only about thirty-five miles from here, having been called to the capital to " administer spirit ual consolation to ' the' rapidiy-de-clining Oregon legislnture in its expiring " moments, and 11 the final agony is not too long drawn out he may be able to assist in performing the 1 dust-to-dust-service. f The gentleman also has friends in Salem whom he may be expected to com fort, as far as possible, in their bi ennial bereavement; 5 In anticipa tion of a part in the last ' sad rites before departing he sought inspira tion from spiritual sources and de cided that his remarks in the event of his being called upon to make a post-mortem talk, should be ' based upon a passage, in a machine-made confession as follows: "Wehaveleft undone those things which weought to have done; we have done those things which we ought not to have done, and there is no health in us. While the " importance of the gentleman's presence at Salem is fully appreciated by those upon whom devolves the "distinction of purveying the news of thl3 issue of the TiMES.it should be said, not to his credit, that he left here in the early dawn, having given an" tm- fullfilled promise to leave a column of copy with which the force of vo racious compositors might allay the acute pangs of an aboormal Thurs day morning appetite for "stuff." We regret to say that nothing ser ious or , alarming has occurred lo cally, up to date, of ' which an ac count may lie given. Hence, the necessity of a 'space1 filler' is ap parent: .- The situation is a reminder of Dr. Murphy's remark ' some years ago. The doctor once - practiced medicine in Corvallis. He was nomadic in his ' habits. He ad ministered to the ills of Southern Benton for a time, with headquart ers at Monroe, and from there he went to Brownsville. After a few weeks he came back to : Monroe Upon his return a ' friend met him and after exchanging greetings, the latter enquired, "Well, Doctor, how did you find things at Brownsville?" "I assure you, Mr. ' Blank,"'" said the Doctor, "I found it distressing ly Healthy- over there. I r prefer Monroe. - - a - 00, in tne nature oi tnmgs, - one may prosper upon the ills -and mis fortunes of another. If nobody got sick the doctor would go out of business.' If nobody died - the undertaking parlors would be closed newspapers would be deprived of what is a part of their stock in trade and lots of worms would go hun gry. Indeed, there is in death the essence of other life. -' Human itv survives its allotted time through 1.1. - ' - - . mis principle, ana our aeatb in turn feeds the substance which supported our existence. it no body committed crime a good many court omciala would lose their lobs If nobody disagreed there wouldn't be so many fat lawyers, and that would unfortunately, partially close an occupation to some people who are good for nothing else. If every body were as good as they Ough, to be the preacher 'no, he would stay with us and insist upon ' our being still better, and upon a : reg uiar attendance at prayer meeting just tne same. But the phone is jangling. Mavbe somebody wants to tell us that there has been another local train wreck, Possibly Japan has declared - war. No it was only - a little "Born" just a three-liner. -Wallace Benson of Salem," is the guest of his brother for a few days. . ' ly '!:vl FARMERS call at the seed store, have a friendly talk,'' and ' look ; over the different kinds of seed, '", red clover, alsike, alfalfa, " vetch, speltz, beardless barleyr f rape; rye grasses","and " artichokes. For sale or trade, - one ?6 year old "2 horse.- Wanted, : 10 ton vetch - seed; LA -H..I Brooks; ' - 'j V .1 r&ya, If. Si..A7rj5-- ; Mr; j.'Mon Fotx, an experienced cbm ponnder of Chinese medicines, successor o the late Hong -Wo? Tong, of Albany, Oregon, is now prepared to furnish Chi nese medicine to all.-- The undersigned recommends him and guarantees satis faction. Gall or write him at No. 117 West Sec ond Street, Albany, Oregon; ' Jim Westfall. For Rheumatic Sufferers. v The quick relief fromjjain afforded by ap plying Chamberlain's Pain Balm makes it a favorite with sufferers from rheumatism, sciatica, lame back, lumbago, and deep seated and muscular pains. For sale by virsaam a w onnam. FORTY-ONE TO SEVEN; Score of OAC-U. of 0. A Basket Ball " ""'"Game Last Night. Forty-one points to 7 In , favor "of OAC was the score in the basket ball game Thursday"eveningTat the Armory"; between the1, college team and the State University team. .The score is what was generally anti cipated as shown by a large num ber of guesses on the result. The University boys are fiom av erage to good -.individual - players, but the team has not the system necessary to accomplish results against OAC style of play. Com parison of games heretofore played between the College, University and Friendly teams shows that the score is a fair index of the relative strength of the organizations al though one basket allowed U. of O. was a subject of much conten tion, the claim on ; the part of OAC being that : the - basket was thrown after call of time at the close of first half. Fenland . and Johnson did good work for U. of O. and Stev ens on was unerring in securing the single points. : - : On the part of OAC spectacular plays were made by Foster and Reed, both emerging from scrim mages with their guards and shoot ing the basket from near the center ot the field, while Swann earned rounds of applause upon plays rend- eren possible by quick perception of possible advantages. The 4th 01 March is the date of a game in the Armory with a Chicago team claim ing the world championship. .,. The lineup was: . ' O. A,C, U. of O Foster Center . - Stevenson Swann, Reed Forwards Johnson, .' v :-:.--!.' ;: - Ramp Rooper, Bilyeu, Guards, . Penland, : v ; ; Strong, Charman. ASYLUM FOR ESTHER . MITCHELL. Scene in a Sad Drama of Real ' Life. . Esther Mitchell is now: in the Steilacoom asvlum. : ; A Seattle dis patch to the Portland Journal under date ot Feb. 20th says: :j: - - V'Esther Mitchell, who since last July has been confined in the coun- ty jail charged with the murder of her brother, GeoTge - Mitchell, left for the state asylum for the insane at Steilacoom this noon. The com mi tment was signed : by Superior Judge Frater this forenoon immed iately upon the receipt of a remittur from the supreme court conveying formal notification that Judge Frat er's act in calling a lunacy commis sion to investigate the mental con dition of the girl was legal.. As soon as the commitment was signed and delivered to Deputy County Clerk Stickles a : certified copy was made and given to Chief Deputy Sheriff Ed Drew. - A few minutes later Esther Mitchell was informed of the disposition of her case and at once began preparation to leave her cell in the woman's ward of the jail. Mrs.. Kelly, po lice matron, was summoned to , ac company the girl to the asylum. . "Esther Mitchell received the news to go to the asylum . as stoic ally as she has accepted everything that has had to do with her since she shot her brother. ; Before leav ing the ward, she bade the women, who have been her companions goodbye and was in turn made the recipient of many congratulations. "Ever since she has been in jail Esther Mitchell has been an object of sympathy on the, part of women who-have been in her . company. She has never been .intimate ;ith any of them', but her demeanor has been kindly, and all of those .Who came in contact with her, learned to sympathize with the pale, silent. gni, who seemingly : was wrapped up in some mysterious : influence and bore none of the characteristics of .: her s fellow v prisoners women from the slums of the t city,, devoid of any but the very-: basic indica tions of their sex; --: : : """;' , i After leaving the ward the eirl bade cordial farewell to Jailers. Fred. llill and Emil Larsen,- asking; them, to tell the night jailers goodbye for her, and ; .accompanied ! by Police Matron Kelly;- left the building for the -dock where she will t : take - the boat f or Tacoma ; from '.- whence she will make the trip lo the -asylum,'! vims. i" '-'' r ' r- -; -' f ;,J If maQirwif is'f hisViietter half; and vhe has had hk . benefit of two, fan 1 arithmetrical 5 calculation would lead to- the 'conclusion ; that he had acquired the'r whole of -Vhat was" coming to hinr4 in 'this respecti '4 PIANO TUNING up to. Mav 1st. . at special ; prices.: ; -4 Also mask ;. tought in all gradesfof difficulty; Frank A. White, phone. : 405. Corvallis, Ore. BEST BREAD and pastry can obtained at Starr's Bakery;5- be BENTON COUNTY FAIR. ;. SCHOOL, ITo B Helri Aunust 29.-30. 31. 1907. at mrvaiiis, uregon. iouu.uu to - Be Given Awayfor Benefit-- Continued from last week ! a) - First prize, months course '? in penmanship, value $25. 2nd 1 . prize- 3 months course In pen l manship, value $15.' 3rd prize, 2 months course m penman- I ship, value f 10. 4th, prize, 6 ' weeks course ln penmanship", T value $7.50. 5 th prize, 1 ; months course in penmanship, j value $5-by Corvallis,- Albany 3 or Portland Business'. College i of I. E. Richardson. I (b) Colonial Fountain Pen, value $2 by C. A. Gerhard Essay on "Pupils Own Garden - Work f For the Fair,"- ' " " (a) 1. 3 months course in Eng- 1 lish and shorthand-value $30, by I. E. Richardson's Business Colleges. 2. Two years sub- t scription. Benton County Re- view; value $2. - (b) 1. Gold Banded Fountain 1 Pen, value $3.50, O. G. Weed, r Stationery, Philomath. 2. t History, value $3, W. W. Hill ; Philomath. 3. Two years I subscription Benton County ; - : Republican, value $3 ; For best scoring of Shropshire ' Sheep, score cards to be sup- ; plied by Dr. Jas. Withycombe, ; O. A. C , one registered Shrop- ; shire Ewe, value $25, given by! 1 E. D. Baker, Corvallis. :. All specimens must be at Corval lis one week before opening of Fair, except the bread, butter and celery, which must be there two days before Fair, and the flowers one day before. They must - be delivered at building where exhibits are. Each pupil must obtain, and fasten to each specimen, a card furnished by us, with age, name of pupil number of school district, and seeds used. Pupils must be bona fide pupils of public schools of Benton County. The agriculture contest open to all. The apple display open only to boys in either ., (a), or (b lass. - Thel essay, penmanship, drawing, spelling and ciphering open to all. The sewing, preserving of fruits, jellies,! butter, bread, darning, buttonhole,.-hemstitching open only to girls. 5 A room will be set aside,,.which will contain any exhibit? furnished by pri vate citizens in the .vicinity of. Corval lis. Said citizens will not be entitled to compete .for. any of the grand or special-prizes and,' said exhibits must reach Corvallis at the same time as pupil's exhibits. A complete exhibit consists of one watermelon,, ..cabbage,, squash, pump kin, loaf bread, pound butter, rutabaga. two muskmelons, three potatoes,, to matoes, onions, carrots, beets, cucum bers, turnips, celery; five ears each kind corn ; fifty heads wheat and oats ; sheaf of alfalfa not more than 5 inches in diameter; 25 " apples of each va riety. Each specimen must be labeled by pupil with cards furnished by us, properly filled, and same fastened to specimen. The sweet - peas, asters, and nasturtions in sufficient quantity to get general average. . ' The penmanship must be- on paper furnished from this office, selection to be not less than ten lines long, verti cal or slant written either in or out of school. Must reach this office June 15, 1907. . The essay must be on "The Pupil's Own Garden Work for the Fair," not more than 150 words long, on paper 8x10 inches. Give a simple narration of manner of planting, cultivating, time of planting, blossoming, care of plants, results of work, suggestions how to do better next time. Must be in office two weeks before Fair. Drawing (a)" maps of Oregon and county with cities, streams, moun tains, lakes, railroads, educational in stitutions, etc. To be in ink. No extra credit ,; for coloring. On- paper 10x12 inches. , (b) Map of school house and grounds, in ink or pencil. Spelling, old ; fashioned Spelling Down Contest. ; (a) Words in Read Word Lessons to page 90; ,(b) words in first and second readers.- - Ciphering oral and written work. Pupils will take places at. blackboard. A problem will be given, pupils will face to front, at a signal pupils will turn to board. Pupil first writing and reading correct answer will remain at board, while others take seats. This will be continued until only one pupil remains at board. In oral work first pupil announcing - answer . remain standing until beaten; (a) Work in ad dition, subtraction, division, and mul tiplication of common' numbers and decimals and fractions-; .. (b) work in addition and subtraction. Sewing (a) one specimen hand-made work, or a shirt waist, a plain dress skirt, small stitches, firm and even-, (b) Kitchen or girls apron, calico or ! white material, plain, hand - work; ; running, gathering or hemming to be considered.. Darning s stocking .or sock, bole ; to be one lDchvsquare. Hemstitching Linn. handkerchief, 12 -Inches square.1 . Button. Holes For best six button hbles,on"cassimeTe, six inches;square. In-cooking- oner quart- jar- iruit-and- ona . glass , of, ieUy of any and many I iuuus am ucbucu. - Bread (a) jone-Joaf, either vehite,, graham, brosmL-Wr ;One.) loar'-of white or graham bread. To be baked in-single -pans, .thorough baking, form, taste," odor, and" grain to "be" considered. Butter to be wrapped in-rlainvbutter paper; flavor, grain, color, salt and finish to be considered. 2500 packages.-of garden) seeds will be furnished free to pupils by J. J. Butzer, the reliable seed man of Port land; additional packages will be sold for 2c each. jJV These seeds can be ob tained at this office;" if mailed, pupils to pay for postage. Mr. Butzer offers cash prizes as follows: . $lor best display of flowers, $1 .for best display of vegetables, and f 5 extra for best general displays of -alinhings grown from his seeds. We will have 500 packages' of -asters,-sweetr peas, nastur tions; 100 packages cucumbers, squash, pumpkins, cabbage, beets, car- 'rots, corn, onions, rutabaga and celery. Continued' next week. ALL Armor Platelcfosery -- Wecarry- the .: celebrated . Armor r--Plate Hosiery, direct from the millsXZ TrJthemTIf 'thersuir youTtell--'otherTrif not tell ,tis. i-::'!r,mi'- Lingerie Shirt waists We have excellent designs in ready, made lingerie shirt wai3tsr they are right in every particular, and our r ice3 aie as equally attractive. Dress Goods See our line of Dress Goods. Wash Goods", White Goods, Lace and Ta pestry Curtains, etc, all at popular prices. Henkle & Davis. Watches, Clocks Jewelry repair ing promptly and correctly done at Pratts The Jeweler & Optician. Chase & In ;fadrnothin goes with our coffee but erf am, supar and i-w SATISFACTION P. M. ZIEROLF. t . , r Sole agent for Chase & S ahti orn High Grade : COFFEE iJF'rQico. Tliiss Date 'Till further notice ALL glasses fitted by PRATT The the Optician will be ABSOLUTELY. GUARANTEED for ONE YEAR against BREAKAGE of ANY KIND. J. MOSES. DEPARTMENT STORE Philomath - - t - Oregon. - Always up to date and one of the best and neatest arranged stores in Benton County. Our prices are right. , Highest market prices paid for country produce. We have our own special quick delivery wagon for the city. Send in your orders. ; - r . . - - : . - r R. J. MOSES & SON Notice TdTaxbame.1' i I have prepared lists of the taxpayers of ' the county, showing the uamee and amount of taxes due from each taxpayer, and have sent these lists to. (he following places : r Summit precinct At T. Banney'B and J; E. Iforrow's stores. Blodgett precinct At the store of J. A. Wood. Wren precinct At the Wren store. ; Kings Valley At the Hosklns store, Alcorn & Miller store and Jake Chambers' Btore. : 'Soap Creek Precinct At the store of J, A. Carter. ;. i Fatrmoont Precinct At Paul Johnson's resi dence, at F. H. Huehson residence, at D. P. Mlh ler residence, and M. V. Leepor residence. Monroe Precinct At the store of a Wllbelm & Sons, and the store of R. Trenholm, at Bruce Bellfonntaln At the store ot Woodcock' & Taylor, and the store of N- Clem. : , Alsea Precinct At the store of Wade Malone. ' Philomath Precinct At the Philomath State Bank. .j. r-'... ; Tax payers can send in their taxes b y bank check, or money order, and I will return the tax receipt.!....-;. , . .-.- . I have nothing whatever to do with the amonnt of taxes, ana have copied the names and the amounts of taxes as they appear on the tax roll as turned over to me by the clrk. - At- P- BURNETT, Sheriff. No Prizes go with our Sanborn Higb Grade MOSES. Administrator's Sale of R'at Prop 'ertjL In tie Matter of the . .Estate .... of Henry Holroyd, Deceased.' Notice Is hereby given that nnder and in pur suance of an order of sale made by. the county court of the state of Oregon, for Benton county on the 9th day of February A. D. 1807, in the above entitled matter, the undersigned as ad ministrator of the estate ot Henry Holroyd. de-. ceased, will from and after Thursday, the 2 let day of March, 1907. 1. - f ' ; '- t : ' . . proceed to sell at private sale to the highest bid der for cash in hand, subject to the confirma tion of id court, alt the following described real property, to-wit: Lots one (1), two (2). eleven (11) and twelve (12), Block Four (4), Rayburn's Addition to the City of Corvallis, In Benton county, Oregon. Said sale being made for the purpose ot par ing claims against said estate, and sharges and expenses of administration, remaining unpaid. Said sale will be made subject the dewer interest ot Al ice Holroyd, Widow ol Henrv Holroyd. deceas ed, in and to the above described premises. Dated, this February 14, 1937. W. S. McFADDEN, Administrator ot the estate of Henry Holroyd, deceased.