THE COKVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1890.
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A STATE senator and two representa
tives are to be elected ia Benton
county at the coming el&tion. Have
you a cjjoice?
Did you notice that advertisement
of "Proposals for Railroad Ties?" It
rtieans that the extension of the west
side on to Junction from this city is a
thing of the near future.
The phonograph is expected - to do
some wonderful things, but when it
is made to preach a preacher's funeral
sermon with his own voice and language
it has entered a domain in which
it will never be popular.
Hurrah for the Southern Pacific!
Hooray for Corvallis, the board of
trade and the west side. It will not
be many months before the; Pullmans
will be going through this city from
San Francisco to Portland and vice
versa. Let'em rolL
A new after-effect of la grippe has
made its appearance in Europe. The
patient sinks into a lethargic sleep
from which all efforts to awaken him
are vain. The old world doctors are
much puzzled over this new conse
quence of the disease.
It ought to be laid down in law that
no person is eligible to holding a city,
county,-or state office, who cannot do
Lis own work or keep his own books.
There are some instances where per
sons not able to do such have been
dominated and elected.
It is whispered that Albert Pygal is
a "dark horse" for the nomination of
sheriff on the republican ticket. He
is young, energetic, and capable to hold
just such a position. He was for a
number of years marshal of Corvallis.
Here's luck to you, Al.
Albany papers, have you heard
from the Southern Pacific company
concerning the "west side" extension of
their road?' If you have don't say any
thing because, you know, it wouldn't
do, you know, to give Corvallis any
thing in the way of "a favorable com
ment, yo know.
The republican state central com.
raittee, at its meeting on the 5th inst.,
in Portland, recommended that all
primaries be held on Saturday, April
5th, 1890, and the county conventions
on Wednesday, April 9th, unless
otherwise ordered by the proper county
eentral committee.
'EXTRA VAOANCE" IN COUNTY
AFFAIRS. -
A prominent republican of .Benton
county not long since, made the re
mark that "the main issue in the com
ing election would be that of economy
in the government of our county's af
fairs." There need be very little at
tention given to such a remark for it
ia plain to be seen that he alluded to
the new court house building, hinting,
of course, that great extravagance was
shown in ita erection. Only one of
the three members composing the
county court, at the time the project
of the new edifice was being discussed
and who finally orderei its construc
tion, is now holding office the pres.-
ent judge; two new commissioners
having been elected in 1888. As the
judge, E. Holgate, is a democrat, one
would naturally construe the above
remark of . the prominent republican
in a manner something like this: As
the country vote was opposed to the
extravagance so will they be opposed
to the re-election of Holgate, and
thus will a republican be chosen, and
so on.
It is to be hoped that in the
coming county republican convention
there will be enough intelligent ones
among the delegates to nominate a
candidate for county judge who will in
the fulfillment of his official duties, if
elected, do equally as well in the future
as Judge Holgate has in the past
Wherein there 'is room to complain
of a too free use of money in con
ducting the governmental affairs qf
Benton county for the past few years,
most eople of common sense have
yet failed to discover. The greatest
feeling of pride that a Bentonite has
just now is when he can turn a visitor's
eyes on the fine "capitol" of his county,
It is not a pile of extravagance it is
something that has been needed for
the past ten years; it is here, and it
would be a very foolish idea to use it
as a means of electing a republican
judge." Letting politics be a secondary
consideration, it might well be said
that Judge Holgate deserves a re-election
as a sort of honor for the good he
has done Benton county and Corvallis,
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
To the partisan cry of the democratic
editors that "the farmers of the west
are all bankrupt," and that "farms are
mortgaged for more than they are
worth," the Chicago Inter-Ocean re
torts that "farmers are not mortgaged
half as deeply, as three-fourths of the
newspapers making the out-cry."
Congress has a bill before it to re
model the face of the silver dollar with
a view to its artistic improvement
The b;ll should pass. The eagle on
the dollar has always been an abomina
tion. It looks as though it had spent
its days in a dime museum and just
had been awakened by a blow on the
back with a stuffed club. San Jose
Mercury.
A Eugene paper says the name of
R. S. Bean is mentioned as a probable
candidate for judge of the supreme
court, on the republican state ticket.
Corvallis has a man, in the person of
Hon. John Kelsay, who would fill the
position as supreme judge most ad
mirably, and it is hoped he will be
called upon to accept the nomination.
He is a staunch republican, an early
pioneer of Oregon, an able lawyer, and
is deserving of the office.
About as able and honorable a. man
as there is in Benton county is W. E.
Yates, the present superintendent of the
Corvallis public schools. Although
not a professed lawyer it is understood
fhpt he is well read in Blackstone and
ether legal authorities and, taking
things into consideration, it would be
well for' the county republican con
vention to consider his name as a nomi
nee for county judge on their ticket.
Whether Mr. Yates would accept such
a position has not yet been ascertained,
but a no more capable person for the
place can le selected.
"I want the tariff lowered on every
thing but sugar," spys the Louisiana
democrat.
"And I want it lowered on every
thing but rice," says the democratic
rice grower.
"I want the tariff lowered on every
thing but iron," says the democratic
iron manufacturer.
"I want it lowered on everything
but wool," says the Texas wool grower,
"We want the taritt lowered on
sugar, rice, iron and wool," shouted
the democratic party in grand chorus.
And yet the people delude them
selves by saying there is "peace and
harmony" in the democratic free trade
camps. Houston (Tex.) Tribune.
The aggregate amount of the im.
ports on wooleD good;: by all the coun
tries of the world, excluding the United
States, does not exceed $90,000,000
per annum. The value of woolen
goods manufactured in the United
States is pearly $300,000,000 . a year,
and the imports are over $50,000,000
more. In other words, if all the for
eign markets could be captured that are
open to anylwdy they would be wotth
only $90,000,000 a year, while the
own home market is worth nearly
$400,000,000. What stupid fools the
manufacturers would be if, in order to
wfh "the open markets of the world,"
worth $90,000,000, they should sur
render to foreigners their own, worth
nearly, $400,000,000, or more than
four times as much.
J. W. Hines, at a nationalist club
meeting in San Jose, Cal., not long
since, made a few brief remarks on the
new organization and question and
among them Le expostulates like this:
"The cause of nationalism comes to
us to save men not only from poverty
but -from dishonesty. Under the
present system when a man steals a
little he is a thief; when ; he steals a
great deal he is made a senator." If
such is the case, just see how many
thieves there will be in Oiegon soon
after the coming June election. It
is really too bad that such a beautiful
room as the senate chamber in Ore
gon's capital at Salem should be termed
a den for thieves. . , . ' N"
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"With the opening of the Spring of 1890, they expect to do a big business, and parties
having property to place on the market will find it to their interest to call on them before giving
it to any other firm to dispose of ------ . .
They are perfectly reliable, and furnish the best of reference. They offer for sale
The Largest List of Property
Of any other firm in this section of the valley and at terms to suit purchasers. They also de
sire to announce that they have have NOT or are HOT GOING to be " ' ' '
Swallowed Up
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' By any other Real Estate Agency, Company, or Corporation, but will strive, as in the past, to
hold their well-earned reputation as the leading real estate firm in Corvallis. In
CITY AND COUNTRY PROPERTY
We have a fine large list of lots. Every lot level, high and dry, some in the center and oth
ers in the edge of the city. Prices low and terms easy.
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We, being old residents and well acquainted with the peeple' throughout Benton coanty, are
enabled to obtain a large list of choice bargains. Remember; We have the largest list of any., -
HSJCain Street. Corvallis. Oregon.
BENTON COUNTY.
OFFEBS tecs
Greatest Inducements
s TO
Investors,
Benton county has an area of about twelve
hundred square miles, and extends through
from the Willamette river to the Pacific ocean.
The coast mountains traverse the county north
and south through, the, middle, thus giving it
widely diversified characteristics. On the
western slope there are a number of Bmall
valleys that are considerably improved. Chief
among these is the Alsea valley, in the south
western part of the county, which is trout
fifteen miles lung and four miles wide, and is
well adapted to general farming, fruit growing,
dairying and stock raising. There are located
in this valley two grist mills, two salmon can
neries, and several small lumber and shingle
mills. - Coasting vessels 1 ascend the river a
number of miles and. ply a lucrative trade. .
The Yaquiua valley, further north, is a similar
the railroad, which runs down- the valley to
the bay. Yaquina is a town of about four
hundred inhabitants, situated on the bay of
the same name at the mouth of the liver, and
its shipping facilities as the. terminus of the
Oregon Pacific railway on tide water make it
an important place. It has the best harbor
on the coast between San Francisco and the
Columbia river, and the nearest harbor to the
Willamette river. - The ' government is im
proving this harbor to meet-the "growing de
mands of . commerce." ; The" railyay company
has a line of steamers plying between Yaquiua
and San Francisco, and coasting 'vessels do
more or less business there. The only bank in
the county outside of Corvallis is located there.
A few miles down the beach is the Seal Rock
summer resort, which is well patronized every
season and is rapidly gaining in popularity.
Newport is an incorporated town about the
same size as Yaquiua. It is a few miles nearer
the ocean and is quite widely known 'ns a sum
mer resort." The Siletz Indian riser vat ion
takes in a small portion of the northeastern
part of the county. The western slope of
Benton county is not so well 6ettled as that
portion in the Willamette valley, but it con
tains many choice tracts of farming land aud
vast forests of valuable timber.
In the Willamette valley portion of the
county there are several sub-valleys, separated
by low hills that are not too "rough for culti
vation. In the i.nrthern part of the county
are Blodget'a and King's valleys, drained by
the Luckiamute river. The King's valley
settlement is the larger of the two, and in
cludes a considerable area of well-developed "
country. " The - Mary's river valley is the
largest in the county and comprises the
country, about Corvallis and extending west
ward into the mountains fifteen or twenty
miles distant. - Then the Long Tom country
occupies an important portion of the south
eastern corner ot the county. All theso small
valleys are merely portions of the rich Willam
ette valley, the divisions between them beiug
somewhat imperfectly defined watersheds
trending from the mountains to the river.
On the Willamette slope the forests decrease
as the river is approached. The mountains
are, for the most part, heavily timbered with
white fir, cedar and yew, a"J down the slopes
are in iple, ash, oak, alder and balm. Nearly
all localities of medium altitude bear a light
growth of oak and maple. All the creek
bottoms have ash, alder and balm. This entire
list of wood is suitable for manufacturing
purposes, such as lumber, furniture, woodeu
ware, etc.
Benton county has by no means reached a
state of full development. Its agricultural
resources, which are chief, are susceptible of
great growth, and it needs many more people
than it now has to till the soil. - - The land f
very productive., No section .of . tbe west ex
cels this county in the abundance aud variety
of its farm products. The climate is mild and
healthful, with the same pleasant features that
characterize the climate of the Willamette
valley in general. The summers are dry and
moist and extremes of temperature are un
known. The climate of the portion west of
the mountains is a little more moist than in the
valley, and vegitation is green there the entire
year. Sometimes there is snow in the valley
for a veiy brief time in winter.7 .During nearly
half a century that Benton county has been
cultivated there has not been a single failure of
crops and the ordinary : yields are' proverbially
Jarge. All the common grains, vegetables and
fruits are raised, and even the . more sensitive
grapes and peaches are successfully grown.
The fruit interests could easily be quadi upled
by the establishment of curing facilities.
There are large quantities of cultivable land
still unoccupied on both sides'of the mountains,
bnt the western slope has' fewer settlers than
the eastern, because it is a newer section and
has not the modern conveniences of the valley
For grazing purposes, the foothills of the
mountains contain the choicest lands; but for
cultivation the more level surface down in the
valley is preferred, and such farms may be ob
tained in good locations near market for from
$15.00 to $50.00 per acre. .. Improved farms, of
course, cost more than the wild .lands. Many
of the land ' holders now ' own .hundreds of
acres more than they can use, and they are
now manifesting a'desire to cat op these large
tracts and dispose of the surplus land to immi
grants seeking homes in the west. This sec
tion has superior attraction for home seekers,
and it is that class of people more than any
other that is becoming interested in Benton
county.