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THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, AUG. 29, 1890.
College Matters.
INCREASED AMOUNT FOR THE EX
PERIMENT STATION.
A bill was recently passed in con
gress increasing the amount for the
agricultural college of each state from
$15,000 to $30,000 per annum, and
$1,000 each ye.ir until the amount
shall be $40,000. This with the sum
appropriated by the state will make
about $48,000 to be expended by the
Oregon Agricultural College during
the ensuing year, and the sum expend
ed by the students will no doubt make
a total of nearly $75,000, the larger
portion of which will be distributed in
Corvallis. This will not only be of
benefit to our city, but will place the
college in such position that the work
of the institution can be carried out
with much greater success this year
than heretofore.
The executive committee met in
Corvallis on last Tuesday and
continued in session all afternoon
and evening, the chief matter of
business was the arrangements for the
young ladies' bearding hall. The
house just vacated by E,. M. Thomp
son and family when they moved into
their new residence has been rented by
the board of regents for this purpose.
It will afford comfortable accommoda
tions for 22 ladies. The board are
now anxious to engage a suitable ma
tron, who will reside there and super
vise the household arrangements.
Among" other things an order was
made for the deposit of all the books
recently purchased by the various de
partments of the College and Station
in one room to which access can be had
by all parties entitled to consult the
books in question. Arrangements were
also made for continuing the weather
records and signal service reports.
Application had been renewed to Gen
eral Greely to establish a regular
United States signal service station at
the Agricultural College but, although
supported by the efforts and influence
of the Oregon delegation at Washing
ton, the application was refused.
The board also arranged for the ex
pending of a considerable amount when
received of the additional $15,000 re
cently appropriated by congress, in
adding to the equipment in tools and
machinery of the mechanics hall.
Corvallis Leads. The fact that
Corvallis is the best shipping point in
the Willamette valley is demonstrated
by the large amount of wheat handled
ly our warehousft men and mill men
and the price paid for it. For several
years past farmers have received from
one to five cents more per bushel for
their wheat at Corvallis than could be
obtained at any other city in the valley.
Possibly competition among dealers
may cut some figure in the matter but
it should be no more so ltere than at
other places, Salem and Albany for
instance, where there is as much if not
more cause for competition than at
Corvallis. At Salem the ruling price
paid for wheat this week is 66 cents.
At Albany, the great railroad center,
only ten miles down the creek, 65
cents is the highest price paid. At
Corvallis last Monday wheat brought
67 cents, Tuesday it jumped to 69
cent then to 70 cents and remained at
69 and 70 cents since, making a differ
ence of four cents per bushel over the
price paid at Salem and five cents mora
than at Albany. It is not only this
year that tanners have received
the highest price for their wheat at
Corvallis but such is the case every sea
on. In 183S and 1889 that article
sold for one and two cents more per
bushel- in this city than at any
other place in the valley. If this
condition of affairs is caused by compe
tition only our grain dealers are
simply paying; the farmer the
ruling market price for his wheat and
it is evident that the grain dealers of
former places are depriving him of his
just dues for no dealer is foolish enough
to pay a higher price for an article
than the market will stand. They are
not in the business for their health. But
such can hardly be the case for the
grain dealers ot Salem and Albany are
no doubt just as honest as those of
Corvallis, and are probably paying all
they can afford to. The cause is no
doubt principally due to the superior
location of Gorvaliis as a shipping
point and the low freight rates thus
obtained by our dealers.
The date of opening the public
schools lias been changed to September
22, owing to the fact that Prof. Mc
Keen the new principal, will not
arrive in Corvallis and be prepared to
assume bis duties before that time. .
AROUSED TO ACTION.
There are periods in the history of
every city by nature healthfully located
when, by long immunity from epidemic
diseases or other causes, the health
officers and the inhabitants become
careless and forgetful of their sanitary
condition, and heedless of the primary
laws which govern the health of cities.
This has been true of Corvallis. Al
though there is no adequate sewerage
system here, still the city's officials
and the citizens could sustain a more
cleanly condition of Corvallis than they
have in recent years. The late report
of the existence of two cases of diph
theria in our midst has aroused the
health committee to a sense of its duty,
and it has ordered a general clean-up.
The committee has been making an
examination of the alleys and other
localities in which filth may have col
lected, and have caused the ditches and
sewers to be flushed in the best man
ner with the means at hand. The
marshal has received emphatic instruc
tions to enforce the sanitary h.ws of
the city, and it 13 hoped that he will
meet with no remonstrance. While
the circcumstances indicate that there
is small occasion for alarm, every pre
caution should be taken. The council
has ordered printed the following per
tinent information for the benefit of
those who wish to disinfect or fumi
grte to prevent the spread of the
disease:
A very important mode of preven
tion consists in disinfection. The ex
periments of Schotte and Gaetner, and
of Strenberg, prove the inefficiency of
small doses of disenfectants in com
mon use. The popular idea, some
times even shared by physicians, thj.t
the faint odor of chloride of lime or of
carbolic acid in a sick room or in a
foul privy is evidence that the place is
disinfected, is entirely erroneous.
Particularly in regard to the latter
agent, it may be stated at once that its
employment for disenfecting purposes
on a large scale is impracticable, both
on account of the expensiveness of the
acid and the enormous quantities re
quired to produce the desired effect.
For in regard to its efficiency it does
not rank very high in comparison with
a great many other articles, as may be
seen from a table of the disinfecting
properties of different chemicals pub
lished by Miquel in the Semaine Medi
cal e.
For practical purposes I know of no
better or simpler rules for disenfecting
than those published by the National
Board of Health. In the Bulletin No.
10, of Septembet 6, 1879, the follow
ing instructions for disenfection were
published: Deodorzers, or substances
which destroy smells, are net disin
fectants, and disinfectantsdo not nec
essarily have an odor.
"Disinfection cannot compensate for
want of cleanliness nor of ventilation.
I. Disinfectants to be employed:
1. Roll-sulphur (brimstone) for
fumigation.
2. Sulphate of iron (copperas) dis
solved in water in the proportion of
one and a half pounds to the gallon;
for soil, sewers, etc.
3. Sulphate of zinc and common
salt, disolved together in water in the
proportion of four ounces sulphate and
two ounces salt to the gallon; for
clothing, bed linen, etc.
Carbolic acid is not included in the
above list, for the following reasons:
It is very difficult to tell the quality of
the commercial article, and the pur
chaser can never be certain of secur
ing it of proper strength; it is expen
sive when of good quality, and exper
ience has shown that it must be em
ployed in comparatively large quanti
ties to be of any use; it is liable by its
strong odor to give a false sense of
security.
II. How to use disinfectants-.'
1. In the sick-room. The most
available agents are fresh air and clean
liness. The clothing, towels, bed
linen, etc., should on removal from the
patient and before they are taken from
the room, be placed in a pail or tub of
zinc solution, boiling hot if possible.
All discharges should be received
in vessels containing copperas solution,
or, when this is impracticable, should
be immediately covered with copperas
solution. All vessels used about the
patient should be cleansed with the
same solution.
Unnecessary furniture especially
that which . is stuffed carpets and
hangings, should, when possible, be
removed at the outset; otherwise they
should remain for subsequent treat
ment. 2. Fumigation with sulphur is the
only practical method for disinfecting
the house. For this purpose the
rooms to be disinfected must be vacat
ed. Heavy clothing, blankets, bed
ding and other articles which cannot
be treated with a zinc solution should
be opened and exposed during fumiga
tion, as directed below. Close the
rooms as tightly as possible, place the
sulphur in iron pans supported upon
bricks placed in wash-tub containing
a little water, set it on fire by hot coals
or with the aid of a spoonful of alco
hol, and allow the room to remain
closed for twenty-four hours. For a
I room ten feet square at least two
pounds of sulphur should be used; for
larger rooms proportionately increased
quantities.
The Cow Gave Him a Parting
Kick. Last Tuesday Geo. E. Smith,
a carpenter living on river street, met
with a peculiar accident. He was re
turning home from his day's work, his
wife saw him coining and started to
meet him but as she came out of the
door she noticed cow in the. yard and
drove hei out, and as the cow went
tli rough the gate Mr. Smith gave her a
gentle tap evidently, intending to assist
the cow in her movements. It was a
brill iant idea, the plan worked admir
ably. The bovine became quite active,
but not in the manner Mr. Smith ex
pected for she suddenly resented the
gross insult by giving her assailant a
parting kick which he will probably
never forget. She let drive with both
feet, tossed him into the air and let
him down, (not as tenderly as a
mother would put a sleeping babe in
its cradle) but he struck the ground
with a dull thud that sounded like the
squash of an over-ripe watermelon,
and the cow vent on her way rejoic
ing. When Mr. Smith collected his
senses and picked himself up, he found
that the .second finger of the right
hand had been fractured and the bone
protruded nearly through the flesh.
Otherwise his injuries were slight.
He had the broken bone set, and now
says the "cows must go" and he will
never again vote for "cows." j
Bkats the Record That the
wheat crop of the Willamette valley is
turning out a much better yield than
was expected a few weeks ago, is
demonstrated by the flattering reports
that come from every section of the
valley. It is not an uncommon thing
for a field of from 50 to 500 acres to
produce an overage yield of from 35
to 40 bushels to' the acre. In some
instances 50 and even 60 bushels have
been reported, but when it conies to
raising 75 bushels of wheat to the acre,
and a dry season at tha.t, it beats the
record, at least so far as- heard from,
but such was the case in the vicinity
of Corvallis. L ist Tuesday Norman
Lilly threshed 50 acres of wheat for
Millard Beach which averaged 45
bushels to the acre, but from a single
acre which had in former years been
used as a garden patch, 75 bushels of
Club wheat was threshed by machine
measure, by weight it will go nearly SO
bushels. The truth of the above
statement can be vouched for, and if
any one can beat it let them speak out.'
The Same "Buzz Saw." Tuesday
was an unfortunate day for E. L.
Strange, of the firm of O'Donald &
Strange, proprietors of the Corvallis
planing mills. Tuesday morning he
started the planing machine to dress
some lumber and by some means the
knuckles of his right hand came in
contact with the blades of the ma
chine thereby causing him to lose a
fair sized piece of flesh but fortunately
this was all. After dressing the
wounded hand he made up his mind
that he would . not quit his job over a
trifling matter like that and went to
work again but this time it was with
the buzz saw. He soon became fa
miliar with either the "buzz'' or the
"saw" and was suddenly aroused to the
fact that the above instrument had
nearly severed one of his fingers and
had started on another. Mr. Strange
had the injured fingers dressed and it
is not probable that lie will have to go
through the process of having them
amputated. He is now taking, a va
cation for the benefit of his health.
Dental Office Re-Opened. E.
H. Taylor wishes to announce to the
public that his dental office in the
Crawford & Farra brick has been re
opened and all work will receive
prompt and careful attention. Mr.
Taylor needs no recommend as a den
tist. All work will be under his spec
ial supervision and. the public are
guaranteed satisfaction.
$20 worth of A. 1 Roger Bros, silver
ware to be given away with Silver
Prize Coffee at A F. Hershner's.
REMOVAL AND OPENING.
We are now engaged in moving to
our new building nearly oppoaite the
old stand. We have eight men em
ployed and expect to complete this in
about three days and follow by open
ing the largest an I most complete
stock in Benton county. In addition
to our already large assortment we
will open nearly 825,000 worth of
new clothing, dry goods, boots, shoes,
groceries and all lines carried by a
first class establishment, This is not
wind and ean be seen- and must be
seen to be appreciated. Our grand
opening will take place in about a
week and due notice will be given of
that event. Meanwhile our patrons
can depend on being served in the
best possible manner with pleasure to
us and profit to themselves, and our
store will be, as before, the head
quarters for bargains. Our opening
day and evening will be an event not
before equalled in this city and we
trust all our friends will attend as
nothing will be' omitted to make this
a most pleasurable event to all attend
ing. To those who buy, we will pre
pare pleasant surprises in prices and
quality. Watch the papers for the
announcement of our opening day and'
evening. S. L. Kline.
Fruit Going this Week. The
value of the fruit trade to the people
of Ashland even now before the young
orchards have coma into general bear
ing may be appreciated from an obser
vation of the shipments of fruit now
being made. Shippers reported yes
terday that that day's shipment
brought $1000 to the town. Think
what it will be when the hundreds of
young orchaids come into full bear
ing. At the pi ices paid for peaches
this season, two to three cents per
pound on the trees, a matured peach
tree, with 200 to 300 pounds of fruit
upon it would yield the grower $4 to
$12 for the crop. This means an in
come of from $400 to $1200 an acre
for the peach orchards. This sounds
marvelous, but a good crop and good
prices show just such returns. Tid
ings. Painful Wound. A very serious
uid painful accident happened to n
8-year-old son of James Q. Hatcher,
in Benton county across the river Sim-
day evening. The boy and his brother
were playing in the yard, and ran
around the house in different direc
tions, meeting at a corner. One of
the boys had a sharp stick in his hand
and when they met it was lowered! so
tint it struck his brother on the top of
his head, inflicting a wound about fonr
inches long. Dr. W. H. Davis sew-ed
up the wound, and the boy is getting
along nicely. Albany Herald.-
The "Wrong Man. Superintend
ent of the penitentiary, Downing, who
was m this city a few days ago, says
the Albany Democrat, on the track,
as he supposed, of John Miller, an
escaped convict, followed him to Leba
non, Sweet Home, and on to Fish
Lake where he overtook him only to
find that he was an escaped lunatic
instead of a convict. He let the luna1
tic severely alone.
MARRIED.
KOBlX.SON'-DYKIt. Id Eugene, Oregon,
August 21, 18!0. at the Hottman House,
l.y Rev. G. A. Biuir, Mr. Frank C. Rob
inson, of Lane county, and Miss Mary A.
Dyer, of Denton county.
WOO D-S A H ALEIt. On Thursday, Aug.
21, 18'JO; at the residence of H. Wooda;
Bloddgetts, Denton county. Mr. Henry
Wood, of Blodgett, and Mias Ida Sahalek,
of Albany; Eld. A. J. Jarnian officiat
ing. DIED.
SUVER. At his home at Suver Station,
Tuesday, August 20", 181)0, Joseph Suver,
aged 75 years.
Deceased was on of Oregon's pioneers,
having settled in Polk county many years
ago where he accumulated a larj-e amount
of valuable land. The town of Suver was
named f"t him, The funeral took place on
Wednesday.
BEK2T3STRY.
r. 13. WELLS, 13. D. S3.
(Successor to N. D. Avery.)
Office over the First National Bank.
John Rickabd.
John Smith.
P. Avert.
Alls Wilson.
Benton County
Figuring Mills
COMPANY,
CORVALLIS, OR.
We now have our large new warehouse
ready for storage of grain, and are prepared
to furnish sacks to those who will favor us
with their patronage, and will pay the high
est market price for grain to those who store
with us. Keep constantly on hand
Flour, Bran and Shorts
in quantities to suit the trade, and respect
fully solicit a trial order, feeling assured
that we can give entire satisfaction in every
res pect.
BKNTON CO. FLOURING MILLS CO.
SUBSCRIBE FOR. THE COR
vallis Gazette, the oldest pa
per i a Benton co. Oneyearj$2.
Slaughtered by
OSBOHN'S
-Fine
Clothing:, Hats,
CAPS, FURNISHING GOODS, &c.
In order to Make Room for the Large Stoek of
Clothing that will Arrive from New York m September,,
I will Slaughter High- Prices for the Next Sixty Days.
Will sell Groods at Astonishingly Low Prices. Goods- marked away
down to suit hard times. Now is the time to buy cheap.
A Nice and Yaluable Present Given to my Customers.
Come and see me before purchasing, as I can give you the best
satisfaction in price and quality.
GEO. M
Corvallis,
Charter : Oak : Ranges I
"With Wire-GS-auze Doors.
SUPERIOR STOVES RANGES
Fire-Backs "Warranted for 15 Years.
Arg-and Stoves and Ranges,
"Ventilated Ovens,
PLUHBINS, ROOFING, REPAIRING,
OREGON
7 189
30th Annual Exhibition
Under the management of the Oregon State
Board, of Agriculture, will be held on
the state fairgrounds near Sa
le ni, commencing on
MONDAY, SEPT. 15th, 1890,-
And Lasting One Week.
OVER $15,000.00
CASH PREMIUMS
Offered for agricultural, stock and me
chanical exhibits, for works of art and fan
cy work and for trial of speed-.
Reduced rates for fare and freight on all
transpoi tatiou lines to and front the fair.
Important improvements have lieeu made
upon the groundo and increased facilities are
offered exhibitors. The'
PiMlUON $ilL BE QPEM
Four Nights During
the week.
A splendid' field of horses entered in the
speed department, and fine exhibitions of
racing will be given each day.
Entries for premiums' close Monday at
7:30 p. m. . Exhibitors are urged to make as
many of their entries on Saturday before
the fair as possible. Goods, ani.nals and
artiles for exhibition must be in their pieces
by 10 p. m. on Monday.
PRICES OF ADMISSION:
Man's day ticket .50c
Woman's day ticket 25c
Man's season ticket... .....$2 50
Woman's season ticket $1 00
Send to the secretary at Portland, Oregon,
for a premium list. D. Bh LOONEY,
President.
J. T. GREGG, Secretary.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Oregon Crrr, Or. )
Jnly 21et, 1890. J
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has tiled notice of his inten
tion to make final pi oof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made
before the County Judge or in his absence
before the County Clerk of Benton county,
at Corvallis, Oregon, on September 8, 1890,
viz:- E. A. Chapman, Homestead intry
No. 5160, for the S. J of N. E. and N,
of the S. E. I of Sec. 10,. Tp. 12 S., R. 7W.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, said land, viz: Richard
Casteel, Marshall Allen, Edgar Allen and
David Garred,. ali of Philomath P. O. , Ben
ton Co. Or, Jv-T. APPERSON,
Register
Free) Remikq) Roof)
Main St., Op. Cameron's Store. .
A quiet room. Good Books:- Current Pa
pers and'- Periodicals. The public invited..
Strangers especially welcome.
Per Order of W. C T. U;
Furnished rooms (up stairs) to rent.
EMORY
aft Mind waadarinff eared. Books leaned
m one reading, xesumonivs xrom all
pratfl ot the globe. Prospectus POST
FBK3, amt on replication to Prof.
A, Loisette, 857 FiftaAvs, 2ew York.
State fm
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Stock of-
Farra's Block, Corvallis, Oregon.
. FISH,
Oregon.
PHYSICIANS-
Gv R. FARRA, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Special attention given to Obstetrics
and diseases of Women and Children.
Office up stair3 in Crawford &: Farm's
brick Office hours, 3 to 9 a. m., apl;
i' to 2 and 7 pi m. i:i3-yi.
Ji JL APPLEWHITE. 11. !.,
residence Norlh fstli Street.
H', S: PERNOR, J. D., rwiilence 4th itreet. two
doors north of Opera House.-
Applewhite fc Pernot,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
Corvallis, Oregon,.
Offices over J. D. Clark's hard
ware store, and at R. Graham's
drugstore. Honrs:" 8 to 12 a. m v
1:30 to 5, and 7 to 8:30 p. m.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Oregon City, Ob., )
July 21, 1890.
Notice is hereby given that the followirg
named settler has filed notice of his inten
tion to make final proof in support of his'
claim) and thatTsaid proof will be made be
fore the county judge or clerk of Benton
county, at Corvallis, Oregon, on September
8. 1890, viz: Wallace Franta, Homestead
Entry No. 5257, for the W. J of N. W.
and Lots 5 and 6 of Sea 30, Tp. 10 S., R.
6, VV.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, said land,- viz: Howard L.
Bush, F. J. Frary, John Skaggs and Wiley
Plunkett, all of King's Valley P. O., Ben
ton county, Oregon.
J. T: APPERSON,
Register.
PROPRIETORS OF
COR V A. JLHiIS
Pmiirao MID
(Successor to . TL. Hutd),
Fa- prepared to Furnish all Kinds of
SASH, D0ORSr BLINDS AND
SCROLL SAWING.
Windows and. Mouldings
At Portland Prices.
6-l3hv
R. li. Taylor,
PROPRIETOR OP THE
Little Mi Box Barber Shop,
Corvallis, Oregon. ,
ggTShaving, hair-cutting, dressing
dying, and shampooing,