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2 THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1890. IUDD (TORT FftWAT HOBilWa BT CJBAIG &? OONOVBR, soescnrPTtoft RATta PerYjy - Sue Montfls, ....... - - Three Months, . . , .., .... 8njrle Copies PdWear'fwhen not ritf irf advance.... $2 00 1 00 75 Go . 2 50 The spring of 1&90 is here. , ' Hurbah . ior the council. They have a las taken up the sewerage question.' A number of the sidewalks in Cor Tallis have some- bad holes in them. They should be repaired. ' Dost talk sarcastically, about the street car line- It is going to be built and you will have wasted your "gab." . County republican ; primaries on April 5th. i Let all republicans attend. It is necessary to select honest, capable men as delegates to the county con vention on the 9th. ' Fre$ traders often laugh at the idea of the- farmer of the Pacific coast re quiring protection for his products. But the fact remains that apples have been brought to San Francisco from New Zealand, and now the arrival of a cargo of onions from Australia has depressed the markets of the Pacific coasi, ana uregon producers wnu nave been holding off for fancy prices find . themselves disappointed. The farmer must have adequate protection for his , a i tection against the people who eat onions, the tariff will be a decided success.- Spokane Review. ' Five years ago the Spokane Review was a weekly newspaper. To-day the Review newspaper is easily worth $100,000, and the proprietors would perhaps refuse that amount for it. In addition to this the proprietor ef the Review purchased a building site less than a year ago for $30,000, and this ground would no doubt be regarded as cheap at $90,000, This Review has commenced the erec tion of a building for itself eleven stories in height. The main structure will have six stories and a basement, surmounted by a tower with five ad ditional stories making it 152 feet high. On one street the frontage will be sixty-eight feet and on another 148. IX will' Be of pressed brick with terra eotta trimmings. How's that? The Gazette is in its twenty seventh vol ume andno building. Corvallis is thirty years old and over; Spokane is about ten. That city has 20,000 pop ulation; Corvallis -has 2,700. If it is true, as it is reported, that an unreconstructed rebel professor in the State university at Eugene City, who draws about $1,800 of the state's money esch year, recently told his class that the South would have whin ed the North but for the help of the Dutch and Irish soldiers, and if it is . it!. '' iv. a (rue niiit mu same pruiessor urgeu members of his class to pay no atten tion to the Grand Army veterans at the recent encampment there, and slightingly avoided them himself if ! these things are true, this professor should be summarily dismissed from his position. This school is partly sup-, ported, by a direct tax, imposed by a legislature that had much respect for the Grand Army. The state should support such a school, but a big ma jority of the people, of this state has no sympathy with any man who would j insult or even slight the Grand Army. Politics has no place in any State uni versity, and especially politics of that kind in the Oregon State university. Statesman. THE COMING CENSUS TAKING. -'- The actual work of taking the eleventh decennial census will begin in June. The preliminaries are, however, t quite thoroughly ; organized already, and point to the raosi thorough cen sus system that the United States has yet had. The value of the collection - of statistics on a large scale has ' be- - come so apparent that the mere enu meration of inhabitants has come to . be almost a secondary consideration - compared with the immense outhy of work in other departments. ; One of the benefits i of the census will be the education of the people of the entire country' concerning, the re martnhlfl crmwth- and develonment of the great northwest. People whose thought vans in maclvine-like grooves, ndi who accept information- only from . the highest official sources, which with aJl ibeir circumlocution and. ted. tape are generally several years behind the times,, will almost have their breaths taken away by the cold facts that wift then be exhibited, which they, in a sort of willfully blind and stupid con servatism, have been accustomed to consider as northwestern yarns, saya an exchange. It is hoped that even the postoffice department at Washing ton, will be willing then to consider its own statistics as ratified, and give us proper postal facilities. The census of 1890 will create a vast bureau of most valuable statistics, especially so as many branches of social and vital statistics which were first covered by the census of 1880 will re ceive their first great comparison. This bureau of statistics must also fit itselt to many new branches of indus try. For instance, the census of 1890 will be the first to devote a special de partment to electricity and its depend ent art and industries. The indus trial applications of electrical and magnetic inventions on a large scale, as in the telephones, electric lights and railways, is almost a thing of' the past ten yea s. . " The political results that depend on this census will also be interesting. Not only the congressional representa tives of the states 1 for the next ten years, but their relative strength in the presidential elections of 1892, 1896, and 1900, will probably be governed by it It will doubtless also mark another advance of the center of po litical power westward. ; Besides-the interesting developments to be awaited in the four new states, the peo ple of Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico are confident . that their population will be proved sufficient lor statehood. The subject of congressional appor tionment is also especially interesting. Since the first congress, when a mem ber in the house in the time of Wash ington represented 30,000 people, that body has grown from 65 to 330 mem bers, each member now representing 153,000 population or over. It is evident that some steps will have to be taken to prevent tne house of repre sentatives from being such a bulky and unwieldy body, that, to secure the proper transaction of business, the speaker and chairman of important committes will have to be. invested with almost autocratic powers. If the census of the present year shows a population of 65,000,000, and if the membership of the house should be kept at near its presenr figure, there will be one member for about every 200,000 people, or over six times the ratio of the congress of the last cen tury. But it is likely that the mainten: ance of the house at its present num ber will be resisted by some of the older states on account of a-reduction of their congressional delegates to per mit the increase of those from the newer states where the population has grown faster and in greater proportion. This would really be no hardship on the . older states' as their representa tion then wonuld be in the same pro portion as in the membership of the house were increased, and the newer states got the benefit of the increase, as they would in either case. But it is not human nature to quietly submit to a diminuation of power which is even only apparent and not real. Possibly by that time, however, the Western states will be powerful enough to bring about this right result. ' i . One of the commonest mistakes made, is by people in answering as to their age. You meet a young man who announces, with an in vitation to come an '-smile" with him, that he is "21 years old to day." In nineteen cases out of twenty he is, as a matter of fact, but 20 ears of age. He dates his age from his birthday,' not from it anniversary. I have no doubt that thousands upon thousands of young men have marched to ; the polls Tinder the impression that they had reached the requisite 21 years and were entitled to vote, who were lacking of .citizenship by a year. Globe Democrat. The , national debt ot "France, whic is larger than -7 that of any other country in the world, is in creasing rapidly. An addition of $150,000,000 to it in 1890 is con templated. . ii-Zt WTml waodferfnc cored. Books learned ;3ty?.ZKltn raeTBsfin. Testimonials from all -g!wiltri of the (lobe. Prospectus por J- J Bt rn rirolication to Prof. I 1 S- 4. - - J m I wI & U ton XX The Southern Pacific Co. Have ordered their road extended south from this city to a junction with the main line. This means that the OVERLAND trains will be running into Corvallis the present summer, bringing THOUSANDS of home-seekers, capitalists, and investors here: Corvallis in 1880 had a population of 1,200; she has to-day 2,700; and, by 1891, WILL have 4,000. The Improvements for 1890 Are: Extension of the Southern Pacific Railroad; con struction of Street Railway; building of a large new Flouring Mill; grading and drainage of the city; establish ment of Woolen Mill; erection of another large Dormito ry at the Agricultural College; and, in addition to the above, a large, number of fine business blocks and private residences are contracted for. . ' - With the Southern Pacific and Oregon Pacific railroads now forming a junction here, and the completion of the Corvallis, Brownsville, and Eastern making its terminus here, Corvallis is certain to become a railroad centre of no small importance. - The State Agricultural College Is the most important educational institution in the State, and is located here, bringing hundreds of students from all parts of the state. Corvallis offers to-day greater induce ments to investors than any other point in the Willam ette Valley. . & . $ & , 15 b. $ i i i i t ADDITIOM i i $ $ The most elegant Suburban residence property, joining the city on the Northwest, and within ten minutes' wlk of the new Public School, Court House, and Agricultural College, and filteen minutes from the business centre, offers to-day greater inducements to the investor than any other property now on the market, and E J GIVE 1 REASONS I liere 1 e-i-g-im f solid 1. It is within easy distance of the colleges, schools and business centre. 2. Every lot is high, dry and level. 3. It has perfect natural drainage. ' . 4. The City Park is directly in the centre of the addi tion, 'and will be handsomely improved the present summer. . 5. The Corvallis Street Railway Company have rails . " now on the way for the construction of their road from the post-office to this property, and cars with 5 cent fare will . be running before the eni of May. ' . 6. Because more lots have been sold in the past sixty days than in all other additions combined. - 7. A large number of cottages will be bui't the piesent . season, work having already begun. . " . 8. With every lot purchased the owner receives a tick et entitling him to one chance in the drawing for an ele gant residence and five acres planted in choice fruits im - mediately adjoining the addition. For Above and Many Other Reasons can make MOMET Bv invesUngiiow. Lots 50x100 feet. Prices. $125 for inside, and $150 for corners. Terms: One-fourth cash, balance on installmepts of $10 per month. No interest. Maps and full descriptive matter to be had of TOM" GOX. Manager, feallis, BRANCHES Portland, J. P. Davenport; 4 Washington street; Spokane Falls Elliot Co., Main and Stevens street; Astoria Wingate & Stone; Seattle S. L. Hen derson 216 Ash Street; Centralia, Woodham & Spragtie.
