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2 THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, APRIL 11', 1890. 1KSVK9 KVKRY raiOATt MORXIK9 ST OHAIG &; CONOVEB, SUBSCRIPTION RATLS Ter Yar..r. . .... Sx Months, Three Months .. . Single Copies . . Farvifear (when not paid in advance)... $2 00 1 00 75 5c . 2 50 Who'll be governor? How do you like the ticket? Now for the republican state ticket Have you seen the "new opera House? It is the old one re-modeled it is belter than- a new one; It was a poet who said:. "I am sad dest when I sing," but it was a saw Jos that remarked to the saw- "l am sawdust when you sing." A leading Chinaman in New York, being chafed on his custom of spread ing a splendid feast to Joss, replied with a broad Celestial grin: "China man feedee his .God; " lazr Christian man waitee for his God to feedee him." U13iUnK.A.aUUIItU KAUL UJU1U llio fjW'p out of office. It is nothing when one gets used to it Gladstone, Boulanger, and Cleveland have all experienced . J l T) uic sensation, auu uuvemui rcuuu will shortly be given a chance to de scribe it. Ex. Yes; and likely by a defeat of a few thousand. " Bishop Potter, speaking of the rush of our modern life, savs: "Well nigu everybody in a great city is anv- ing an engine. He is running himself on a schedule, and the demand upon him all the time is to crowd just a lit tle more work or sport or excitement into the day than his nervous machine ry will stand." , Bismarck's capacity for tobacco is fully as wonderful, though not so cele brated, as his capacity for wine, beer, and brandy. Ever since his university days he has been known as a "chain smoker (kettenraucher); that is, smoker who connects his breakfast and his dinner 'with an endless chain of - " i. i ill c 1 1 i . . r the last on9. "Happy man!" Gambet- ta once said of him, "happy man! Beer and smoke agree with him."" Forgery is regarded as an almost unpardonable crime hi China, and the method of punishing forgers is a severe one. He is rolled up in a mat and stood o.mhis head until every dollar obtained by forgery is returned with compound interest. Just what the result is when the money is all spent and the criminal is unable to repay, is not stated. Ex. A law like that wouldn't do any good here in Oregon. Men stand so nearly every day in order to make money, and sometimes their head is in a perfect swim, wondering how they can get another dollar into their vaults. - . THEY DON'T SEE IT. Does it ever strike these croakers who are always bemoaning the "decay of agriculture" and the ruination of mortgage-plastered farms that if "agri culture, followed by a man that attends to his business instead of loafing about the street and organizing reform par ties, does not pay, the money loaners of the. country would hot be lending farmers money on mortgages? No decay ing business can raise money by loan on the security of their doing business. If farming cannot be made to pay, the man is a fool wfk will allow a farmer to unload his worthless land on him. for hard cash. : HOW WITH, "But for the tariff,"' says the free trade oracle, "people could build cheap er houses and buy their own libraries." How much cheaper can the- English buy than, his American cousin? - How many houses does he own? How many libraries has he bought or accumulated in' his home? With what raiment does he clothe himself and , with what deli cacies does he pamper his stomach? There are harder shadows in the an swers to these questions than in any thing that can be extracted from the industrial and economic conditions of America. The . American workman earns wages that enables, him to live in comfort. Ex. THAT "FOOL." '. r Ed. Gazette: Your very pungent criticism of the .Review's remarks upon John Minto brings to- mind the faet hat it is likely the youBg man is strik ing back for having the wind taken out of bia sails, by Mr. Minto when he was here at Salem as oiptaia of the Prohi bition slap, loaded with dcmecratic designs to get cdmplete control of the state government. Mr. Minto met and answered the young man on. several occasions "when he went out among the farmers to speak his piece. The young man's, grandfather would never have spoken so of John Minto. In fact, Gen. Lane', on his last visit to 'Salem, paid Mr. Minto the compliment of say ing that he always read what he (Min to) wrote with interest. You say that Mr. Minto could fill the gubernatorial chair in a more able manner than the past three governors have done. liie statement brines to mind a reminiscence of the only other person or paper within the knowledge of the writer who has treated Mr. Minto with disresject. More than twenty years ago the Uregon state Agricultural society gave a bonus of eighteen hundred dollars to induce the pub lishers of a paper devoted to the farm ing interest on condition that the soci ety select the editor for the first year. Mr. Minto was their choice. Mr. Pennoyer (now governor), then in con trol of the democratic Standard, edito rially said, ;,The directors of the State Agricultural society have elected John Minto to edit the Willamette Farmer. Who is John Minto, and what does .he know except Merino ram?" Three years ago uovernor pennoyer, in nis address of welcome to the Oregon State Grange, used . the U. S. statistics for 1880 to show the farmers the immense difference in the rate ol profits from manufacturing as compared with farm ing, by the relative value of the output from the capital invested. Of course the difference was immense as the fin ished manufactures contained all the raw material sold from the farm, the forest, and. the mine, and really repre sents the nation's earnings for a year. The governor's speech was criticised by :ading democrat in the Statesman over the signature of "Adam," as dem agogueryut it is probable that it was ignorance. At all events the governor used the figures for a year in political speeches, and said "they had not and could not be questioned." In his ad dress Jo the grange in May, 1888, he talked in the same strain as in his ad dress of welcome, and advised farmers to buy their goods in Europe, where they sold their grain. Mr. Minto, at the request of the master of the State Grange, replied to his excellency. I enclose you a copy of the reply. It was immediately published and sent out as a campaign document in defense of American industries. Governor Pennoyer has never used those statis tics since, it is believed. You will see good reason why, when you note that in the list of twenty-four leading man ufacturers the first item, "Flouring and Grist Mill Products," has a home mar ket for the American, miller for jbout five times the value ot the wheat ship ped to Europe. I send you also a copy of the address made on the occasion of the' present-! tion of the full-length portrait of Dr, ohn Mv'Laughlin to the state during the last session of the legislature. The governor's address is a credit to him, j but certainly Mr. Minto need not fear comparison. Senator Cauthorn, of your county, moved the printing of ,000 copies ol them, and in the house the order was made to print it in its journal. . Farmer. Salem, March 29, 1890. NO IMPROVEMENT. An old lady who witnessed a pro duction of "The Merchant of Ven ice" many years ago, went again recently to see the story of Shylock enadSSed upon the stage. Upon her return home she was asked how she liked it. "Wall," said she, "Venice seemed to have been spruced up some since the ; first time I saw it, but" Shylock's just the same mean, ordinary thing he was forty, years age." Harper's magazine. " Squire Massie Bearley,. who lives at Aberdeen, Ky., has tied the marriage knot for 4076 runaway couples in nineteen years. His fees have ranged from "Thank ye" to $50. " . The American eagle is. said to be dying off fast. A late estimate places the entire visible supply in the United States at 300. - a fi kVJd tea ' ' Is... .-. ' - X - J T I-.. T.tv- cf riilA. PlWDOCta POST ..Vnif isnt t t r mlnsi.tiTn il Prof. 3. i Sttii-flta;iJSJ:-r.-iJL-.i.Mr Yurk. 0 IS1 L If I mr n bvu u 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 gammer, bringtng THOUSANDS of home-seekers, capitalists, and investors hers: 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 L890 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 anfither large Dormito ry at the Agricultural College; andr 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 Corvalljs, Brownsville, and Eastern making its terminus here, Corvallis is certain to become a railroad centre of uo small importance. The . Sta te Agricultural College Is the most important educational institution in the Statey. and is located here, bringing hundreds of students from alt parts of the state. Corvallis offers to-day greater induce ments to investors than any other point in the Willam ette Valley. jfThe most elegRnt Suburban residence property, joining the city on the Northwest, and within ten minutes' walk of the new Public School, Court House, aud 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 ' . I JrxGr&A 1 -E-I-G-H-T j t BOlid 1. It is within easy distance of the colleges, schools and business centre. r - " ; - 2.. Every lot is high, dry and level. 1 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 v now on the way for the construction of their road from the post-office to this property, and cars" with 5 cent fare wil . 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 pi esenfc : season, work having already begun. - f . - - ; 8. With every lot purchased the owner receives a tick '- - . et entitling him to one chance in the drawing for an ele-1 , . gant residence and five" acres planted in choice fruits inx . mediately adjoining the addition. " For Above and Many Other Reasons U,caa By investing now. Lots 50x100 feet. Prices. $125 for inside, and $ 150 for corners. Terms: One-fourth cash, balance on installments of $10 per month. No interest. Maps and full descriptive matter to be had of EALBTOW COX, Manager, Gorirallis, oregoi- BRANCHES Portland, J. P. Davenport, 4 Washington street; Spokane Tails Elliot. & Co., Main and Stevens street; Astoria Wingate & Stone; Seattle S LJ Hen dersont 2 16 Ash Street; Centralia, Woodham & Sprague,.
