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THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, APRIL 11', 1890.
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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