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Did you notice that there was not
a drunken man" on the streets dur
ing the republican convention
last Monday?
The house lias passed a resolu
tion for an investigation of the
charges against the census bureau
ly the census committee.
That was a strong ticket the
republicans put outlast Monday.
Every man on it should receive
the full support of the party.
Prince Bismark celebrated his
,77th birthday on April 1st, ''all
fool's day," The Prince is no
body's fool if he was born on a
"fool's day."
Belknap and Stearns for repre
sentatives are a strong pair for the
democrats to draw to, and they
will be hard men to beat at the
next election.
The republicans of Benton
county have placed a good ticket
in the field. The next thing to do
is to get in and work for every
man on the ticket.
The republican convention put
a ticket in the field last Monday
to elect, not to trade on. Every
man on it will make a strong fight
.- Anrincr IliA n m nn l cri .
The democrats will hold their
convention next week. Then will
begin the political fight. The re
publicans will give them a rocky
tviad r finv.kl f Ilia VDfir
.. Tnu ATMti-ilisft cilia KdQTV
shnt into the democratic ranks
last Monday by nominating one of
r the strongest and best tickets ever
I-, rait before the neoDle of Benton
4.
county.
Every man placed in nomina
tion by the republican convention
t last Mondav will make faithful
JSftleV IIUIIUIHUXQ ovi V Villa V uuu
pie What do the people say
about it?
Now is the time ior republicans
to. begin active work for their
party. Benton county is closely
divided and you' cannot expect to
gain the victory without working
to that end.
Captain Robertson is fairly "in
it" now. He is thinking seriously
.'" 'of advancing the price of his Ya
quina lots since he has received
'"'the" nomination for assessor on the
. republican ticket.
. .Wonder what our democratic
''brethren think of Jolly for sheriff.
.,.He:WiIl lead them a "Jolly" hard
' fight from now on until next June.
:,7lhen what a "Jofly" majority he
will roll up at the polls
The prevailing opinion of all
since the meeting of the conven
tion' last Monday is that the next
county clerk of Benton county
will be B. W. Wilson, the noninee
on the republican ticket. Well,
'"Bush" is a faithful servant of the
people.
, :;A. Benton county production, a
Benton county man, born and
raised in Benton county, Prof.
Gragg, -of Monroe, is the man who
, was selected by the republicans
"to go into the battle -for county
school superintendent. What do
?you think of him ?
The new office of recorder will
be created in Benton county this
year. The republicans have se
lected an excellent and popular
young man as a candidate for the
position. N. S. Linville is especi
ally qualified lor this important
office and should be elected.
Even nature herself smiled upon
. the republicans last Monday. Did
you notice what a beautiful day it
was, and how the suns radiant rays
danced in merry glee, as much as
to say, "Unto thee shall be given,"
but from the democrats, "Shall be
taken even that which he hath."
Vr The Newport Times pays Hon.
Benaell, one of -Newport's
leading citizens, the following
merited tribute in its last issue:
Mr. Bensell has been a wheel
liorse in the republican party of
Oregoh for over twenty years. He
lias ever worked zealously for the
welfare of the partyv. He has been
chosen to several important po
sitions in the party and has always
proved true to his colors. His
long 3'earsof constant party work
have given him a wide acquaintance
With (Irpirnn nniitifa ann flrom-m'a
luential men and his influence
side of the county.
vote he cast.
AD VERTISE OBEGOX.
"Oregon on wheels," as the
moving exhibition is called, has
done some good. Thousands of
people - have visited the railroad
car 'and "examined with interest
our fruits, cereals, minerals and
other productions. Many people
have thus been impelled to acquire
more im formation about Oregon
with a view of settling here. But
to reap the best results a perman
ent Oregon agency is required,
something like that which re
presented Calilornia for sometime
in Chicago. There in a public
throughlare was a miniature ex
hibition of California!! products.
It was in charge of an intelligent,
praclial farmer, who had an abund
ance of documents and was ready
besides to give the varied informa
tion which visitors sought.
The Oregon display could be
made fully as attractive for pros
pective settlers as that of our sister
state. The salmon industry would
in itself make an attractive exhibi
tion. It would show what Oregon
enterprise has accomplished, and
how well adapted the state is for
industries of the largest kind. The
vegetables and fruits of Clatsop,
Multnomah, Clackamas, Marion
and other well developed counties
would be attractive to young farm
ers in quest of homesteads, while
the silver, copper and lead of
Josephine, J ackson, Baker counties
and other mineral regions would
arrest the attention of miners and
manufacturers. The paper, flour
and woolen goods made nt Oregon
City would likewise add to the in
dustrial fame of Oregon, and im
press favorably business men and
capitalists.
It would pay the state to estab
lish this Oregon exhibition in New
York or in Chicago during the in
terval between this and the open
ing ot the world's fair, which will
overshadow all displays, large or
small. But it the state can do
nothing, the business men of Ore
gon should entertain seriously
the proposal. "Oregon on Wheels"
will soon cease to roll. It will not
do to have the good work stop
there. Oregon must be advertised.
She cannot wisely allow other
states to monopolize public atten
tion in this era of migration.
Statesman.
Hill's efforts to work up
large boom m the south by speech-
making and otherwise do not ap
pear to have prospered overmuch.
The truth is that the country at
large has formed a prettv just esti
mate of Hill's qualifications and
capabilities. Outside of New York,
as well as in it, he is known as a
shrewd and unscrupulous schemer
and wire-puller. Nobody ques
tions his smartness, and few peo
pie are not aware that he is devoid
alike of convictions and principles.
He is for Hill first, last and all the
time. A truly patriotic or large-
minded impulse or. idea never
entered his mind. The men whom
he has rallied to his support dis
trust if they do not hate him; and
despite the action of the Albany
midwinter convention it will cause
no surprise if the New York dele
gation to Chicago, after a perfunc
tory vote for Hill, cast their in
fluence and votes in favor of
another man. N. Y. Tribune.
That was a fine looking and in
telligent bodv of men that as
sembled at the court house last
Mondav. Thev were renresenra
tive men of Benton county. They
came to Corvallis to attend a bus
iness meeting, and the meeting
was conducted in a business like
manner and on business nrincinlps
XT Mr
There was no wranslins over this
or that rule of order or candidate.
Harmony seemed to rule the dav
There was plenty of good material
to select from and the convention.
after considering well the merits
of each candinate, placed in nomi
nation men, who, in their iudc
meat, would carry the ffreatesf.
strength and were qualified to fill
the offices for which they were
nominated and men who will meet
the general approval of the peo
pie of Benton county.
The house has passed the Chi
nese exclusion bill ; yeas 179, nays
42. 1 he bill absolutely prohibits
any Chinese, whether or not sub
jects of China ( excepting di
plomatic and consular officers and
servants) from entering the United
States, and Chinese who may here
after leave the United States are
prohibited from returning to this
country. It makes liable to arrest
any Chinese entering the United
States or found unlawfully therein,
and provides for their punishment
by imprisonment not exceeding
five years and subsequent removal
to the country whence they came,
provided that when they come by
way of contiguous foreign treritory
they be returned to China; with
a proviso that the secretary of the
treasury will admit Chinese other
than laborers or artisans to tem
porarily visit the United States
under such rules as he may prescribe.
THE VALLEY TOWNS.
The Portland Oracle published
by E. O. Norton speaks a volume
of truth in the following: "The
towns up the Willamette valley
are all fairly prosperous, and some
of them are going ahead with great
spirit and enterprise. This is
especially the case of Salem, Cor
vallis, Albany, Lebanon, Wood
burn and Eugene City. These
cities deserve their prosperity, too.
Their citizens are enterprising.
public spirited men, willing to con
tribute aid to every enterprise
which will benefit their towns.
In this respect we have no hesita
tion in saying that, in proportion
to population and wealth, these
valley towns have far more public
spirit than the city of Portland.
In manufactories especially these
valley towns have more capital in
vested, in proportion to wealth
and population, than Portland.
And strangers looking for homes
can rely on these towns to grow
right along, for the enterprise
which has built them up this far
will continue to push them right
along, and make investments in
their lots and properties- a good
thing to have."
Exchanges throughout the val
ley contain accounts of the farmers
waging war on the orchard pests
Trees are being scraped and
sprayed with a solution that is
said to be sure death to the pests.
More work of this kind has been
done this spring than ever before
in the Willamette Valley. Every
year brings further proofs of the
great benefits of the state agricul
tural college, to the farmer and
horticulturist. Three years ago
war against the destructive fruit
pests was hardly thought of. Orch
ards were considered unprofitable,
allowed to care lor themselves, the
moss covered trees, the home of
insect pests were fast going to de
cay. The efficient and unceasing
work of an able corps of scientific
educators at the agriculture college
together with the many farmers,
institutes held in all parts of the
state under the auspices of this
institution has caused a great
awakening among our granger
friends in all agricultural pursuits,
especially that of fruit raising.
During the past three years many
thousands of acres of land in the
Willamette valley, have been set
to fruit, and from the present pros
pects in five years more the whole
valley will be one vast orchard.
Fruit land has enhanced in value
from one hundred to three hundred
per cent. And the reputation of
Oregon fruits is known all over
the land, it commands a premium
in-all the markets of the world.
This condition of affairs is due to
a great extent to the efforts of the
instructors at the agricultural col
lege to place all agricultural pur
suits on a higher and more scien
tific basis, and the many bulletins
giving the results of various ex
periments, and the vast amount of
scientific literature that has been
spread broad-cast over the state
by this institution free to all with
out money and without price.
Tornadoes and . cyclones have
been on another tear this week in
Kansas and Nebraska and the mid
dle states, causing great loss of
life and destruction of property.
While our eastern friends are sui-
fering from the death of their dear
ones and the loss of all their world
ly posses sions by the destroying
elements, we people of the great
"Webfoot" state can sit in our
homes and look out upon the green
fields of growing grain and listen to
the gentle patter of the rain with a
feeling of safety and contentment.
Our crops never fail; the dreaded
cyclone is unknown here. When
the harvest comes we reap as. we
have sown. We can only extend
a hand of sympathy to our eastern
friends, and an invitation to
them to gather their shattered for
tunes together and come to Ore
gon, the land of "milk and honey"
and "big red apples," when they
will be received with open arms.
The subject of opening the
World's fair on Sunday is still be
ing agitated in the newspapers
throughout the country and strong
influence is brought to bear on the
commissioners by the advocates of
both sides. The strongest argu
meat for keeping the gates open is
that the crowds of idlers will be
driven into the saloons if the fair be
closed on the Sabbath. As the sa
loons of Chicago run the city gov
ernment, they are not expected to
respect the Sunday law and so it
would probably be just as well to
keep the fair open seven days in
the week. This would permit
those to go to church who wanted
to and thoes who preferred the fair
might go there. There is little or
no. use trying to enforce Sunday
laws in such cities as Chicago or
New. York and any attempt to do
so will be treated with contempt
by the slum element who hold the
balance of power. One day's rest
in seven would be a good thing for
the community if there was a
sentiment strong enough to enforce
it, but there isn't ia Chicago.
NOTES FOREWOMEN.
. Senator Edwards' bill giving to
women the right to vote for school
commissioners passed the senate
last week. The vote was twenty
five to one.
The legislature of New Jersey
introduced a bill to close the state
exhibit, and requested the closing
ot the Columbian Exposition gates
on Sunday. There were but three
votes against the bill. This is the
fifth state that has responded to
our women's earnest plea.
The senator from South Dakota
who so fitly answered the plea ot
our own respected senator for
license in Alaska deserves a vote
of thanks from all W. C. T. U. cir
cles. We wish we had more men
with as much stamina.
The womans college, of Balti
more, Md., is fully established and
will confer the degree of Bachelor
of Arts on its first
class next June.
graduating
It has become a law in Michi
gan that at least one chair in the
state university shall be occupied
by a .lady. Another step in the
right direction. Uncle Sam and
Aunt Columbia your girls are be
ginning to walk. They may out
strip your boys if they don't let
liquor alone. A "steady" woman
is better any day than an intoxi
cated man.
The W. C. T. U. has reached
Alaska and we hope that it will
keep out Irish license. I here is a
W. C. T. U. in Sitka, Alaska.
The local option adopted by the
Iowa senate was defeated in the
house. Prohibition is still the law.
E. M. S.
Democratic Congressman Bryan
of Nebraska, in his recent -speech
derided the bounty on sugar which
the republicans provided in the
McKiuley law to save the Lousiana
planters from ruin. The beet
sugar bulletin issued from the
Nebraska university, on the first
of March, shows that the average
cost of producing sugar beets in
the Lancaster county experiments,
was in one series $32.75 per acre.
The yield averaged 31.50 tons, and
the cost of production was there
fore but a trifle in excess of $1 per
ton. The industry promises well
in Nebraska. Napoleon Bona
parte encouraged the establish
ment of the beet sugar industries
which to-day flourish in France
and Germany, when other nations
laughed at it; but nobody laughs
to day at Napoleon's prescience and
its results. Perhaps some day
Nebraska will laugh at Congress
man Bryan.
In speaking of Hill's chances for
the presidential nomination a
prominent democrat of Corvallis
made the following remark to a
friend the other day: "I have
voted the straight democratic
ticket for th1 past t wenty years
without a scratch, but if David
Boodle Hill rec?ives the nomina
tion I will have to switch, for he
a more bitter pill than I can swal
low." It seems that he is not the
only man here that cannot bear
the lash, for he further says: "I
have yet to find but one man in
the whole city of Corvallis who is
a supporter of Hill." That soli
tary supporter of Hill for president
is no doubt consoling himself on
the empty promise ot some fat
office in case of Hill's election.
There will be somebody here to
drop a tear of sympathy for the
Hill of all Hills after the volcanic
eruption occurs.
If any one doubts that this is a
"billion dollar country" let him
cast his eyes over the figures rep
rese'nting the value of our exports
during the year ending February
28, 1892, and be convinced. Ta
bles show that the grand aggregate
of these amounted to $999,779,771,
falling but . $220,229 below the
billion-dollar line. The imports
for the same period amounted in
value to $171,037,537.'-' The ex
port of gold and silver amounted
to $110,452,066, an excess of
$45,729,919 over Ilia imports dur
ing the twelve months. Oppo
nents of the McKiuley law will
have to look elsewhere lor figures
to support, the alleged '-facts" with
which they propose to confound
the republican party in the presi
dential campaign. The official
records of the business ' transac
tions of the nation will not furnish
them. Oregonian,
"We have no sympathy with any
person who begrudges ' the prohis
all the fun they can get put of the
state campaign they have opened.
But we have serious doubts about
the fun being worth $1000. the
sum they raised lor state campaign
expenses- Think how mu"-h flour
for the destitute that $1000 would
buy. Statesman.
D. C. Hose . for treasurer is a
good selection. He is one of the
honest business men of Corvallis. i
Honest men are the kind of men
the people want to handle their
funds. No reflection upon the
honesty of the present incum
bent of the same office.
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As usual, the republicans are
in the lead in holdina; their con
vention and nominating their can
didates for the respective county
offices. It is the duty of every
republican in the county to see
that these candidates are kept in
the lead and elected. Faithful
work will do it.
A WARNING DONT USE BIG WORDS,
In promulgating esoteric cogitations or
articulating superficial sentimentalities and
philosophical or psychological observations,
beware of platitudinous ponderosity. Let
year statements possess a clarified concise
ness, compacted comprehensiblcness, coale-
scent consistency and a concentrated cog'
ency. Eschew all conglomentions of flatulent
garrulity, jejune babblement and asinine af
fectations. In trying to impress upon others
the superiority of the Wisconsin Central
Lines, and why you and so many others use
this thoroughfare from St. Paul and Min
neapolis and Duluth and Ashland to Mil
waukee, Chicago and points east and south.
it is not necessary to use jawbreakers. Let
your extemporaneous descanting3 and .un
premeditated expatiatioDS have intelligibil
ity and veracious vivacity, without rhodo
montade or thrasonical bombast. Sedulously
avoid all polysyllabic profundity, psittace
ous vacuity, ventriloqual verbosity and van-
diloquent vapidity, shun double cntendres,
prurient jocosity and pestiferous profanity,
ohscurent or apparent. In other word?.
talk plainly, naturally, sensibly, and truth
fully say the Wisconsin Central Lines is
the route, and that ends it.
This office has been favored with a com
plete catalogue and price list of the Ever
jreen Nurseries, of Evergreen, Wis. This
nursery 13 well known throughout the west,
having been many years established. The
proprietor, Mr. Geo. Pinney, has probably
distributed more evergreens and forest trees
through this state than . any other man in
the country. Although he raises and sells
millions of forest trees annually, his spe
cialty is evergreens. He plants hundreds of
pounds of the seeds every year, and now
has nearly three hundred varieties on his
lists, fully equalling the largest nurseries
in Europe, which supply the nurseries and
parks of royalty. Of course, having such a
large trade and growing them in such large
quautities, he is able to give better prices
for the same quality of trees than any other
nurseryman in tin; country. It is well
worth the while of any person to send for
his lists.
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H. a. DAVIS,
Attorney and Counselor at Lawf
CORVALLIS, :
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A full stock constantly on
hand at all prices from t JO up.
Write for cath discunots aad
installment terms. Bicycles
and Typewriters taken in ex
change. BRANCH ST0EES :
Salem, Ob., ' Sitokaki
asd Tacoma, Wash.
EACH YEAR.
Massachusetts Law.