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About The Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1889)
IS8CSD KVIKT FRIDAY XOBMNS BT Managers ami Publishers. SUBSCRIPTION RATfcS Per Year....... Six Months, .. Three Month. Binide Copies.... $2 00 1 00 75 6c Pir Year (when not paid in adranoej... .2S0 CORVALLIS, OR., MARCM29, 1889. John Brigbt, the English statesman, died on Wednesday. Cortallis is on the "verge of a boom." It won't be long. until it will be all over it. . The Capital Journal, of Salem, an evening daily, has enlarged to a 7 colutnn size and now presents a larger and neater appearance. ' j ' John Ericsson, who is just dead, full of years and inventions, .. was tbo modem Archimedes. He was the greatest mechanical engineer the world has produced. Robert T. Lincoln has been ap pointed minister to Great Britain, and G. P. Litchfield special Indian agent for the Pacific coast, with a salary of $2,000 per year and traveling expenses. Last year 6,000 men were killed or wounded while coupling freight cars on the roads in this country. Inven tion has run to passenger-car equip ment almost entirely, and it is time the freight train had some attention. You should make it your business to be present at the county horticultu ral society which meets here to-mor- row in the reading room. - Every (inner should be in attendance, " as subjects pertaining to the greatest in dustry ot farming fruit culture will be discussed. Be on hand, ' if possi ble. - -. - : MORE SEWERAGE NEEDED. ""Eds. Gazette: ... ; Just at this time, : as our beautiful ckv is ' Duttinz on her sprine coat of green, and the buds are warbling their lays to the revivified nature, and the fair goddess herself is doing everything ' in her power to make all things beauti ful, it is proner and right for us ;to look after the defects that art has ere ' ated. and art must rectify. If a man is about to be married, and goes to . tailor for a wedding suit, he will not order an expensive " coat and pants and sav that he will make his old ragged vest answer, because . he can not afford to bur a new one,, but he will select a cheaper coat and trousers ! in order that he may get a new vestf and thus make all things correspond. Bo it should be with us as a city. We have a $75,000 court heuse, a $30,000 college, and we are to have a district school building to cost $20,000,. an electric light plant, and numerous other improvements, that will add . greatly to the beauty and'welfaie of our city, but while , we will have .all these things, is there not one thing TJ!at ' we have not yet acquired that we need more than even these! V" - Our greatest writer and philoso phers have always told ' us, and our poets have sung it in our ears, that good health is to be prized above all other earthly blessings, and I believe that every thinking person accepts it , as an axiom. If such be" , the case, should we not look most carefully after every measure that tends to procure us this blessing? Now, Mr. Editor what I am trying to get at is this. ; We have right ?n our midst, an , evil that is.threatening cur lives and those of our loved ones, and is growing stronger and stronger every day, and if we do' not take it in hand and remove if, it wiil eventually remove us. " "We are saluted by this evil on almost every hand, and it appeals not only to our eyes but to our nostrils. I refer to our lack of proper sewerage, and the cess-pools that are caused therefrom. I bear you say that, "Qh, this is a sub-, ject that we have talked about so often, and we- have had so many communica tions about it already.1 That is just as it should be. You should talk about it, and communications should be written about it in every issue , of your paper, until there has been steps taken to eradicate it If smallpox or yellow jack should appear in ourcity how quick we would be to take ac tive steps to control and wipe it out, and neither labor or means would be spared to accomplish the desired end, and yet we sit idly, with our hands folded, while just as insidious and sure a discase4 if it is a little slower is raising its hydra-head in our midst Typhoid in its various forms greets us on the street corners, and yet we gaae at it in meek.impoten cy and'say r we can do nothing to stop it. "What, busi ness have-we With fihe buildings and electric lights while our gutters fairly reek with filtht Better that our .city should be clothed in everlasting dark ness, and then at Jeasurjesjvouhi not be onendea at tne signt xi is a shame and disgrace to our otherwise beautiful city,- that should. be remedied by some means le , , they , what, they may. .. .-; But when it is taken up, let it be done in a systematic and business-like manner. Let us employ a competent engineer, who will tell us the proper way to lay our drains, and, as ' near as possible, take the course nature i has laid out and not try to make our slops run up hill to the river. ' j This is a subject on which columns could be written arid then not too-much be said, but I will not trespass further on your space, believing that not; too much at a time, . but - frequent doses, witt produce the.,most good. V Thank ing you for your favor in allowing me voice in ...vonr columns. L will - - . . close. : ,. i J. Corvallis, March 28, 188ft. - .j ' HORTICULTURAL MEETING., The Benton. County Horticultural Society will meet in the free reading room in this city at 10 a. m... on next Saturday. ' ' The leading ' subject . for consideration will be an address on Gardening in General," by Judge C. E. Moor -The treatment of in sect pests will also receive some atten tion. ; u-, .. ; .' It is hoped all persons interested ' in this field of work-wiil attend and giv e us the benefit of their, experience . and information. Only a few days ago bur sister county (Linn) organized a local horticultural society in two hours with a membership of twenty, or nearly, and a full-fledged set of officers. The way in which they discussed the subjects before them, and the' vim with ' which they declared war on our insect enemies would do credit to older and better in formed (f) states, ' ' If Benton, county farmers and; fruit growers will lend -' the county hort cultural society, as much energy as was manifested in. the, meeting . at Qakyille there will soon be,'- ample ... reason ' for pride in. thei: fruU interests ..of; our county,;, , ...... . This society can do but kittle, unless it. receives a liberal . support . from ' the masses. A few can do nothiug com paratively. ;We hope the present membership f-a dozen may ere ;long be increased ten row. - . ,,.-.( 1' '" E. R" Lake, sec- mm m iDlilOI V Our County in "Line with th Progressive;. ;:: - -l:r- Movement of tli e Worth west! "HE People of Benton county cannot fail to realize the f8ct that we are on the threshold of a new era in par history, and that the spirit of, lethargy and lack of f.nergy and enterprise that has for years hung lika palt apon our community, is rapidly giv ing away to the progressive movement of the times. In the I ' -,'-",. ., -- - '. .J AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, now -permanently located . here, we. have the most important educational institution in . the state, with ao-income . from the state and na tional governments exceeding that of any other in our state. The' expenditures - the present year, ' as ' authorized, ' will amount . to nearly $75,000. : In onr new court house we have the finest building of the kind in Oregon. -A 5 KEW PUBLIC SCHOOL to be erected the .present season at a cost of $30,000 will still further add to our educational advantages, and prove a strong incentive to new comers to make their homes with us.: Rich in natural resources, our county eannot fail to receive its share of the incoming tide of immi' eration: it remains only, to let our advantages be known, and our share of the influx or weaitn and population is sore. . AS THE COUNTY SEAT. And Natural Center of Trade Business, it be comes Cor vallis to use every effort to' promote the interests of the entire county, as upon the growth and development of the country depends the prosperity of the town. A Board of Trade, composed of business men and leading citizens, is being organized, and the lnnuence of such a boily in advancing the material interests of the community cannpt be otherwise than-bene tie ia. Other towns with, far less advantages than Corvallis are rapidly developing into cities and the entire country surrounding receiving'' the benefiU'bf the increased and, better markets for all kinds of produce. We believe Corvallia and Benton county have wakened from their RIP VAN WINKLE SLEEP and that from this time forward a new stimulus will .be put -in every branch of industry and trade. '-. .. :-' ' ' ' '' '- -We have confidence in the growth and de velopment of our town- and county, 'and to meet the 'demands of increasing business, we shali this season, present, without doubt, the most complete Line of goods in all departments of our business ever attempted in the valley.- .IN STAILE GROCERIES We carry everything classed in this department Sugars of all grades and in any quantities; Cof fees ol every description both Green and Roast; Fine Japan, and China Teas; Rice, Salt, Soap, Beans; choice grades of Syrups, New Orleans Molasses, Pure Extracts and Spices, Pickles, Bams. Breakfast Bacon, Smoked and Salt Fish; etpi, etc; Ooryallis Mills' Flour and Feed. We carry the roost complete line- of Fancy Groce ries and Table Delicacies outside of Portland, among which we mention Messrs. Gordon & Dellworth'a Preserves, - Fruits and Salad dress ings in glass; Richardson & Robin's Potted .Meats Booed .Turkey Chicken, etc.; French Mushrooms, French Peas, Italian Maccaroni, Cross & ' Blackwell's world-famous Pickles, Chow Chow, Picallilla, etc. ; and an enormous assortment of Ketchups, Table Sauce, etc.from the most celebrated manufacturers. Domestic and Tropical Fruits. We deal largely in Fruits, Vegetables, etc., and are receiving by every steamer Oranges, Lem ons, Figs, dates and all vegetables in .the Cali fornia markets. We have made arrangements for a full supply of Oregon fruits the coming season. Crockery, Glass, Wooden ware, Dinner Sets, .Tea Sets, Cups, and Saucers, Bowls, dishes of all kinds; Tumblers, Goblets, Castors, Chamber Sets, Lamps of all kinds! Lanterns, table and Pocket Cutlery, etc A full line of Vases, Mustache Cups, Smokers' Sets, and Fancy Aiticles, suitable for presents. Brooms, Brushes, Washboards, Tubs, etc ' seeds, seeds, seeds, We carry an immense stock of Garden Seeds of all kinds in packages and in bulk; all kinds of grass seeds, flower seeds, etc., onion sets, seed potatoes, etc In the selection of goods, we exercise the greatest care to procure the very best, knowing that an article of inferior quality is dear at any price, and is alike unsatisfactory to both and buyer and seller. We are constantly adding new goods as they are offered in the market, as we are determined to carry the finest as well as the largest stock in our line. The amount of goods we are now shipping to easterners at a distance is larger than at any timo previous Orders received by mail are filled v ith care and promptness, and satisfaction guaranteed iu all cases or money refunded. Come and see us or write for our prices on any goods needed. 7 - ! .... Pbof. Kobk. On last ' Tuesday evening at the chapel of the South Methodist , church, Frof M.j Y. Rork, of Salem, lectured oti'j the ."Law of. Life." A large ' audience was present 'and ' the lecturer, aI though 3t little more plain-spoken in the use of his. language ;j than' most temperance talkers,4 seemed to create a favorable impression among those present. " His ideas,1 that nothing can be done with the great evil of intemperance until people are allowed to and will vote for men who are fearless in making laws to govern such, evils, are very excellent, ' but from ; 'the present condition ' of " things and poli tics it will be quite a ' period - of i time before such. ; instances will , ever take place As long as money; will secure votes just so long will in temperance prevail Mr. Rork has a strong voice and can when neces sary place a good deal of empha sis. on the"; particular points he wishes to" bring ou t. -L , Some, very likely, pronounced him a fanatic or a crank, but let' them lay: all prejudices aside and answer.; this question: - Did he not. state . the true facts about this temperance question, of the present time? ! "' " He is" on deck again with an "excellent display in the line of dress goods oi all styles, corsets, muslin undeewear, . house furnishings, children's: dress ' goods; , and everything else, t His store is simply crowd ed with a stock which is ready to select from, in fact, he has the finest liue in Cor vallis and Benton county. Who has t J. M. ;Nolau, at his store, under the Gazkttk office. ( See his ad. elsewhere ?- A mortgage securing $15,000,000, : from the Oregon Pacific railroad company, to the Farmers- Loan and Trust company, of - New York, was filed in the county recorder's .of fice, at Salem, on Wednesday. It is in tended to cover property deeded by the railroad since the tirgfc mortgage was made some years ago. The De Moss Family conoertists jsrill give one of their musical concerts in the city hall, on next Monday- evening, April . Admission 35. cents, reserved seats 50 cent?. The " De Moss Family. " concertists will give one of their musical concerts in the city hall, on next Monday evening. Ad mission 35 cents, reserved seat, 50 cents.. . i STON ;C.rC. H. The lettering "County Court House," has b0en-finished and 'will soon be . placed over the entrance to the. new building. J. D. ' ClarkV men ' did . the ..'work and it is ' composed of galvanized, . . . ... . i v ....-(..: ... . : iron; -y-- , CHAiiaE. of Owxebotip There is some talk in railroad circles that there is some probability : of the Oregon Pacific purchasing the nar row gauge roatL-Statesman, . 22d. ,, i . .. , , i.. " '- ' , . -,..- i ' .When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla, ' When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became-Miss, she clung to Castoria," f . , When she bad Children, she gave tuem Castoria, X-J. Finlayson, of Philomath, was in the city. Wednesday. , - - - . CRADLE. WEBBER, In Corvallis, ' on Saturday, 'March 3, 1889, t tba-wife of ;. Jacob ' Webber, the tiouer, a daughter. ; LEWIS. At the home jest north of Qor "vallis, on Saturday. Mareh 23, 1889, to . the wife of Hauisn C. Lewis, Jr., a boy. ALTAR. TOMLIINSON-HOLM AN. At Wells, Or., March 23, 18S9, by Rt.v. A. A. McLeod, as the residence of W. Holman. Esq., James Tomlinson and Ella L. Holman, both of Well. WARREN-BRISTOW. At Amity, Yam bill county Oregon, on Tuesday, March - 23, 1889, Claude Warren and' Miss Kate Bristow. Rev. N. Doty officiating. : The bride is a neice- of Prof. Bristow, ol Corvallis, and the groom is favorably known throughout the county. They will take up their residence at Summit, this county. TOMB. AVE Y. In Corvallis, on Sunday, March 25, 1889. Joseph Avery, Bon of Mr. and Mrs. PundersoB Aveiy, aged 13 years. DAVIS. In Beaver Creek settlement, on March 19, 1899, Edna J. Dayis, wife of Edmund L. Davis, and daughter of Jos. Gray, of Beaver Creek, agek 21 years, 4 . mouths and 11 days. . ' People's G OREGOkRAlLWM&HAVIGATiON - f If . 3IAlMtBo CO.- "; "Columbia River Route."- '.Trains for tha East leave Portland at &K?0 a. m. . and 8 p. m. daily. .. . ,: rPTr(T7'Ti,rrC! to and from prinei X XlJLvEi J. O pal poinU in the United States, Canada, and Europe. ELEGANT PULLMAN PALACE CARS Emigrant sleeping cars ran through on Ex- f; ("ess trains to ' ; ' ; OMAHA, " '.; ' " '" ' " A COUNCIL BLUFFS 4 . and ST. PAUL, ; ; Free of Charge and without Change. Close connections at Portlasd ;.for i San X . Francisco aad Puget Sound points, s ":' For further-! particulars : inquire of j any Agant of the Company or A. LV Maxwell, G. P. and T. A. Portland, Oregon. . - : : , A. L. MAXWELL, V i . c t G, P. and T. A. W. H. HOLCOMB :; . (Jku'l. Maitagee. : , FOUND That the best and cheapest pleace vallis to buy all kind of . Cot XHARDWAREX Cutlery, Tools. Iron, Nails,' " "Pumps, Rubber hose. Iron and Lead, ' ... Pipe, Rope, Barb Wire, : STOVES RANGES, Granite ware, Stamped ware. Tin ware, Japanned ware and House Furnishing goods; or to get all kinds of job work ia the lint of sheet metals or plumbing done is at the Hardware and Stove store oi SIGN F THE PADLOCK J. D. CLARK. The appropriation of $37000 for the purchase of an Agricul tural College Farm, and the improvement of the same, has been approved by the Governor. A IBOffiM FOE MY Therefore, in order to meet the constantly increasing demand for goods in my line, I have opened out at the POSTOPPIOB STOISEB- -A LASGEIAND COMPLETE STOCK OP- j'P - OF THE LATEST STYLES. Rare Bargains will also be Found in my Hew Stock of Window Shades, Cornice Poles, Picture - Artist's Materials Etc; Mould, Frames, ". 'My 'Store' will be open from 8 a. m., untill 5 p. m. are cordially invited to call and examine my Stock. The public I will continue to do all kinds of Taper Hanging, .Decorating and House Painting, as in the past. . rocer GRKIT OVERLAND ROUTE! NORTHERN . PACIPia Railroad. Two fast trains daily! No change of cars! Shortest line to Chicago and all point east, via ST. PAUL and MINNEAPOLIS. The Northern Pacific railroad is the only line running Passenger trains, second-clasa-sleepers free of charge), luxurious day coaches, Pullman palace sleeping cars, pal ace dining cars meals 75 cents. " See that your tickets read via the North ern Pacific railroad and avoid change of Leave Portland at 10:40 a. m., and 2 a. m., dailv; arrive ot Minneapolis or St. Paul at 5:05 p. m. third day. " , PACIFIC DIVISION Trains leave Front aud Gt street daily at 11. -05 a, m. and 2 a. m.; arrive at New Tacoma at 6:15 p. m. and 8:30 a. m. connecting with compa ny's boats for all points on Paget Sound. . CHAS. S. FEE, Gen'l Pass. Agent, St. PauL A. D. CHARLTON, Asst. Gen'l Pass. Agent, No. 2, Washtngtott St., Portland, Oregon. fcTDepot, corner First and G streets. IS. JXT-O-T- ICE fiSP"Great Reduction of Prices, I will sell at greatly reduced prices for the next sixty days a fine stock -of the latest and newest designs of solid gold and plated jewelry Now is the time to buy jewelry, if you want great bargains. ,.. , G. W. SMITH, XT o -sw o le f -V
