THU CORVALLtS GAZETTE, FKIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1891. 2 ISSUER VEKY FRIDAY MORS1NO BY SUBSCRIPTION RATtS Per Year - W 00 Six Months 1 00 Three Months 75 Single Copies 6 IS'er Year (when not paid in advance). 2 SO Charles A. Danna evidently doesn't regard Cleveland as "in it" whatever the rest of the demo eratic party may think about it. The officials do a great deal of work on the upper river with their mouths ami still only one boat is able to run to Salem. States man. Oregon wheat can't be beat, and a combined harvester and thresher that cuts and sacks the wheat, k one of the sights in an 800-acre Union grain field. The democratic nominees for governor of Ohio and Iowa are both trying to straddle the silver plank in the democratic platform; but come to think ot it, that is nothing new; democratic candi dates have always done the same. The New York Sun favors the annexation of Cuba, and the Sun is by no means alone. That Cuba will sooner or later become the property of the United States we have always believed. The only ,. question to be determined is to how to acquire it. New Yorkers are again dis cussing ways and means of raising the money to build the Grant monument. Did it ever occur to these gentlemen, many of whom are wealthy, that the quickest way to raise the money would be to contribute it themselves. Senator Mitchell has received a letter from the chairman of the re publican state central committee of Ohio, inviting him to partici pate in the campaign in the Buck eye state. The chairman says: ."We are to have a hard fight, and the enemy are already at work." Cleveland isn't to make any speeches in the Ohio campaign this year; not if he knows himself, and he thinks he does. This will be a great disappointment to the repub licans, as the presence of the king of the free traders in Ohio would have added a thousand or two to ifcKinley's majority. The lowering clouds of last week fiave drifted into the remote no where, the sun shines brightly in a clear sky, the earth is no longer wet with the untimely rains, the farmers anxious looks have de parted, brightness and glory fill all the summer day, and the natural proper Oregon is again with us. The underhanded attacks made upon Mr. Blaine by misrepresent ing his health have proven to be boomerangs in more than one sense. Experience is the only thing that will teach some people. The fellow who once picks up a piece of white hot iron will hardly Tepeat the experiment willingly. We have been asked if this paper lias a candidate for the presidency. We have no- hesitation in saying that it has. Our choice is the man upon whom a majority of. the delegates to th next national con vention shall agree as the proper man to lead the party to victory. We trust that this explanation will be sufficiently explicits The New York correspondent of the Inter Ocean asserts that the most serious complaints are heard about the bond market. It is difficult to sell even the .best class of bonds, and almost as difficult to secure loans on; them. It would appear from this that there is not such a large supply of money in the country as the gold men would Rave us believe, and perhaps when the cinch occasioned by the ox port of gold becomes tighter some f them will be able to see some Tiriue in silver- The income tax plank of the Ohio democratic platform was, in the language of its author, Hon. G. W. Houk, of Dayton, inserted because it would "capture lots of farmers votes." Mr. Houk will probably discover in the near fu ture that Ohio farmers are not so green as he and his democratic col leagues supposed them to be. The Italian government in de clining to take any official part in our Columbian Exposition is only carrying out the policy it has fol lowed for some years in regard to international expositions, but it does not follow that Italy will be unrepresented at the big show. The Italian government has al ready let it be understood that it will do all that it can to encourage its citizens to make private ex hibits and present indications are that Italian interests will be large ly represented at the fair. Secretary Foster deserves cred it for having refused to allow the sons of tsvo prominent treasury de partment officials to be appointed private secretaries to their fathers. The practice among officials of placing members of their immedi ate families upon the government pay rolls is at best a bad one, and should be entirely abolished as far as republicans are concerned. It has been the cause of more than one scandal. We tip our hat to the man who dares to do right, even thougli he thereby offends some of his friends. MORTGAGE FACTS. A preliminary statement of the real estate mortgages of the coun try has been issued by the census office, and it overthrows at one blow the whole edifice of false hood told about our mortgaged in debtedness. There are about 2, 250,000 mortgages on farms and homes in the entire country. The Alliance orators of the West have been declaring that there are 9, 000,000 of them. The census knocks off three out of every four claimed. The total is only one fourth of the nine million. Furthermore, the total amount of the mortgages is $2,565,000,000 which is not over one-third of the total actual value of the property mortgaged. That is, on an aver age the men who have borrowed money on their farms or houses owe one third of their value and own the other two-thirds. Is their condition so terrible as the overdrawn pictures that have been made thereof? And it is to be remembered that the total value of all- these mortgages, large as it is, does not cover over 8 per cent, of the total value of real estate in the entire Union. With 92 per cent, free from debt, the country is not in danger of going to the dogs because ot mortgages. There is another important fact in this connection. About two thirds of the total of these mort gages was on the purchase of real estate; that is, it was not money borrowed on the security of the land because of financial troubles. They paid one-third of the pur chase money down and mortgaged the property for the two-thirds; and, better than all, they are steadily paying off their debt. They are honest men, and do not require the nation's currency to be debased in purchasing power in order to allow them to cheat their creditors out of part of the money they honestly owe. OUR NAVY. The Naval Annual, an English publication compiled by v Lord Brassey, shows this year that the United States and Spain lead all other nations in the swiftness of their war vessels, and that we rank first with England and Italy in the strength of vessel armors. Eng land leads in tonnage and ship building, and France in the num ber of vessels available for war. The United States ranks third in tonnage and ranks second with France in the number of ships un-, der construction. 1 Oh yes, the McKinley tariff law is destroying our foreign com merce, and this is the way it is do ing it: A statement recently is sued by the bureau of statistics of the treasury department shows that our foreign commerce for the year ending June 30th, was the largest in our history, amounting to $1,729,330,896; it also shows that under the first nine months of the McKinley tariff law we imported merchandise to the value of $630, 206,005, while for the same period in the year before our imports amounted to only $598,869,909; also that under the McKinley law the goods admitted free of duty amounted to $295,963,662 against $208,983,873 for the same period in the year before. How the democratic lies by which they secured control of the house ot representatives last year are going home to roost. OREGON WEATHER REPORT, FOR WESTERN OREGON, FOR WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1891. WEATHER. The temperature has been from 2 to 5 degrees a day below the average for the week. On Tues day and Wednesday thunder storms were quite general and rain fell, especially in the Wil lamette valley and along the coast; rain also fell on Thursday and Fri day, while to-day is clearing weather and warmer. The rain fall was heaviest in Multnomah and Columbia counties and grad ually decreased to the south, es pecially south of Marion county; south of the Calapooia mountains less than .15 of an inch of rain fell; in a few sections hail fell on the 5 th. CROPS. The rain did no material dam age to the wheat crop; much of the fall wheat was cut and in shock, ready for the thresher, and about all the damage done was the delay which will crowd fall wheat threshing and spring wheat cutting close together. There are a few reports of wheat having fal len, but this is practically nothing. A continuation of the rain would have caused the wheat to sprout; but the clearing weather was most timely. Threshed wheat in Polk and Yamhill counties has been averaging from 25 to 40 bushels per acre; oats also yielded well. In some sections plowing for sum mer-fallowing is in progress. The rains were of great benefit to root crops, gardens, pasturage, young orchards and had a tendency to destroy and cause a cessation of the ravages made by the hop louse and codlin moth. The four days of rain was most unusual for this season of the year, but fortunately no damage was done and good results are expected from it. BAD ECZEMA ON BABY Head one Solid Sore. Itchlner Awfnl. Had to Tlo His Hands to Cradle. Cared by Cntlctua. Our little boy broke out on his head with a bad form of eczema, when be was four months old. 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Intiamation, -and Weak rets, the J Cctituaa Anti-Pain Plastib, Portland, Oregon. A. F. Armstrong, Prln. Branch School : Capital Bus. College, Salem, Oregon. Same courses of study, same rates of tuition. Business. Shorthand, Typewriting. Penmanship, and English Departments 43In session throughout the year. Students admit ted at any time. Catalogue from either school, free. isTATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Tenders may be sent to the undersigned for the following quantities of stove wood in 4 ft. lengths: Ash or maple 60 cords, fir 20 cords. To be delivered where direct ed by the janitor and properly piled. Wood to be of good quality and to be delivered by Sept. 1, 1891. Wallis Nash, Secretary. Corvalhs, July 20, 1891. OVER 1200 BICYCLES Kept in Stock by A. W. GUMP $ CO. 115 East Third St., DAYTON, OHIO. AGENTS FOR THE Hi! i jem? m. m Celebrated American Ramblers, The American Light Ramblers and American Ideal Ramblers. Champions, Light Chamaions. Over 400 Second Hand Machines in Stock. Send for Prices and save Money. Bicycles, Guns and Typewriters taken in Exchange. WHY? Does Superior Because they are Superior in Quality, Finish and Op eration to any other stove in this market, and the firebacks are guaranteed for fifteen years, and the prices are also the lowest. Made in all sizes and sorts. Here We x Are ! With a Full Line of m f m p If A J j It 3 fir wJmmw T m AND VALISES, $ ill - AJNT) ?3L -gJf J .AJSHD When You G.o to the Bay, or Springs, Call and Buy a Traveling Companion, and don't forget to Inspect Prices M SHU fioo"D& The Short Season Compels us to Offer Unprecedented Bargains in underwear, Coats and Vests and Summer Suits. S. L. Kline, The White House, Corvallis, Or. The State Agricultural College. Opens September 18, '91. Course of study arranged expressly to meet the needs of the farming and mechani cal interests of the state. Large, Como diona and well-ventilated buildings. The college is located in a cultivated and Chris tian community, and one of the healthiest in the state. MILITARY TRAINING. Expenses need not exceed $150 for the entire session. Two or more free schlorships from every County. Write for catalogue to B. L. ARNOLD, Pres., Corvallis, Or. DENTISTRY. J. B.WELLS, D. D. S., (Successor to N. B. Avery.) Ether administered for painless extractio11 of teeth. Office over the First Nationa Bank. PIONEER BAKERY! AND RESTAURANT August Schloeman, Prop., Meals at all hours. Fresh Bread Every Morning Delivered Free before Breakfast. I DAILY The following varieties: American Home Made, German Milk Bread, French and Rye Breaa, also fresh cakes, pies, buns, etc. Wedding &Fancya kes A Specialty. Special attention paid to orders from abroau. o:Z m6 sell so many Stoves? VALISES, fllfDCC Congha, Cold. Influew. BrandiHts. bUnjLO Hoarssneif, Whooping Cough, Croup, Sort Throat, Asthma,and every affection of the Throat. Lunaa and Chaat-inclndiiiflr r.nnaMinMlAa Speedy and permanent. Gamine signed"!. Btttti." A. HODES, PROPRIETOR OF THE Rorvalus Bakery And Dealer in Choice Staple and Fancy Groceries. PURE W1NESMD LIQUORS. Fresh Bread, Cakes, Pies, Crackers, Etc. , kept constantly on hand. Corvallis, - - Oregon- EAST AND SOUTH VIA Southern Pacific Route Shasta Line. .Express Trains Leave Portland Daily. SOUTH. Lv Portland 7:00 p. m. Lv Albany 10:23 p. ui, Ar Han Frisco 8:15 a.m. NOItTH Lt San Frisco 0:00 pm Lr Albany 0:22 am Ar Portland 9:35 a m - - I J omwiilia I J 1 1 1 llj of KoBeburg, Last Portland, Oregon City, Wood burn, Salem, Albany, Tangent, Shedds. Ualsey, Har risburg, Junction City, Irving, Kugene. Rosebnrg Mail Daily. Lv Portland. ...8:00 a. m. I LvRo8eburg....6:20 a. n Lv Albany 12:20 p. m. Lv AlbJfty 12:00 m Ar Roseburg. . . .6:40 p m Ar Portland . . . ,:U0 p m Albany Local Daily Except Sunday. lravk: arritb: Portland 5:00 p. m. I Albany 9:00 p. m Albany 5:00 a m. Portland 9:00 . n Lebanon . Branch. AbnVH tmillfl RtAlk Atllv a.. frwIlAurinrv iL 2:36 pm...Lv... Albany Ar...9:25p m 3:25 p m. . Ar. . .Lebanon. ..Lv. . .8:40 p m 7:30 a m. .Lv. . . Albany. ... Ar. . .4:26 pin 8:22 a m. .Ar. . .Lebanon. ..Lv . ..3:40 p n Pullman Buffett Sleepers: TOURIST SLEEPING CARS, For accommodation of second-class passengers, attached to Express Trains. Vict Sidt DMaioa. BETWEEN PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS. Hail Trail. Daily Zxctpt Ssaby. LKAVB. I ARRIVa. Portland 7:30a.m. Corvallis...... 12:10 p-i Corvallis 12:55 p.m. Portland 5:30 p. xa At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains of the Oregon Pacific Railroad. Zzpresi Train. Sally Except Snadjy. LBAVB. Portland 4:40 p. m. McMinnville. . . .6:45 a. m. ARRIVE. McMinnville... 7:25 p. m Portland 8:20a. m THROUGH TICKETS to all points South and East. For tickets and full information regarding rates, maps etc., call on company's agent at Corvallis. E. P ROGERS. Asst. O. F. & P. Agent. R. KOEHLERManairer. THE Yaquiha Route. Oregon Pacific Ra ilroad T. E. Hogg, Receiver, and Oregon Development Co.'s STEAMSHIP LINE. 235 Miles Shorter; 20 Honrs Less time than by any other ronte. First class through passenger and freight line front Portland all points in the Willameite valley to and from San Francisco, CaL TIM,3CHEDULE (except Sundays.) Leaves' ilRany 1:00 p. m I Leaves Yaqnina6:45 a. ro Leave Coivallisl:40 p IP. I Leave Corvallis 10:35 " Arrive Yaauina 5:30 p. m Arrive Albany 11:10 a. m. Oregon & California trains connect at Albany and Corvallis. The above trains connect at Yaquina with the Oregon Development Co.'s line ot steamships b. tween Yaquina and San Francisco. Frm Yaqalna. Steam8hio "Willamette Valley," Aug. 4tb, 13th, 22nd, 31st. Frm oSan FranclsC. Steamship "Willamette Valley," July 31st, Aug. 9th, 18th, 26th. Tills Company reserve the right to chang sailing dats without notico. N. li. Passengers from Portland and all Willamette valley points can make close connection wfth the trains of the Yaquina route at Albany or Corvallis, and if destined to San Francisco should arrange to arrive at Yaqnina the evening before date of sailing. Passenger and freight rates always the lowest. For information apply to D. W. Cummins, freight and ticket agent, ' Corval lis, or to C. C. HOGUE, Gen. F. and P. Agent, Oregon Pa cine Railroad Co., Corvallis, Or. W. R WEBSTER. Gen. F. and P. Agent. Oregon Develop ment Co., 304 Montgomery St., S. F., CaL Free)Readihg)Rqom j) 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