Corvallis 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.