THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FKIDAY, JUNE 1G, . 1&9S'
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STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
The question of street improve
ment is always a live one in a live
town. It is constantly before a
citys council and is a subject of
never-ending complexity from va
rious causes. Almost all intelli
gent citizens recognize the advan
tages of good streets, but too many
of them want somebody else to
pay for the improvements.
Under the provisions oi the
charter of the city of Corvallis
adopted in 1S91, no street im
provements could be ordered by
the council and paid for by a tax
upon the adjacent property with
out the consent of. one-half the
owners of the property affected;
indeed, the consent of two thirds
of the property-owners was im
portant. Through the efforts of a
few public spirited persons the
necessary signatures were obtained
to a petition for the grading and
graveling of Second street and a
portion of Madison and the cost
was duly assessed against the
property affected. It was thought
that the excellent manner in
which this work was performed
would induce others to petition for
street improvements, but these ex
pectations were not met. The coun
cil then, recognizing the import
ance of improving Monroe street,
authorized work lo the amount of
$1900 which was paid for out of
the general fund, the property on
such street paying only its propor
tiou with all other property within
the city. This seemed an injus
tice to those who had just paid lor
the expensive improvements on
Second and-Madison streets, the
iormer of which was more benifit
to the city as a whole than the
improvement of any other street
could be. At that time, however,
there appeared to be no other way
of placing Monroe street in good
condition for winter travel, as the
property-owners refused to present
the necessary petition.
At the last session ot the legisla
ture the charter was amended so
that two-thirds of the members of
the council could order street
work and assess the cost against
the property directly benefited
The council does not apperantly
recognize this fact and have order
ed a vast amount ot grading, all of
which is to be paid for out of the
eeneral fund. There are now six
teams and as many men at work
on streets here and there and this
expense is to be borne by all the
tax-payers without regard to whose
property is affected. The work
which is being done on Monroe
street or College avenue from the
Oi P. track to the intersection o
the first county roaa runing in
from the north might, with consis
tency, be charged to tli3 general
fund because it is a mam avenue
leading to the city and the expense
would fall too heavily on the three
or four persons who own the ad
jacent acre property within the
incorporation. The section ot road
"or street in question is all within
the incorporation and not merely
the north halt ot it as some per
sons suppose. Except one lot west
of the O. P. track the land on the
south side of the road is college
property and not within the incor
poration
Two blocks north, Van Buren
street has been graded through
town lots from Second street to
.the western city limits, or to an
intersection with the county roai
already mentioned. This last is
, not an important improvement,
since Monroe street or College ave
nue would accommodate the coun
try travel from the northwest.
Two blocks north of Van Baren,
Tyler street has been giadedhom
Second to the Polk county road.
This could not from any reason
able standpoint be considered an
especially important improvement
but still it has bsen paid for out of
the general fund.
The present sysiem of street
work certainly will not meet the
approval of those who' foot the
bills. The plan is a poor one, and
.- while no jobbery is charged, the
system is certanly open lo it. The
council now has the power and
when it seems expedient to grade a
street let it hare the work done and
assess the ..adjacent property to;
nny fnr it...
THE WOOL TRADE.
Oh account of the altitude of
the present admhmtartion in res
pect to duties on wool, the trade
iu that commodity is greatly
deinorlized. and the condition of
this market affects Oregon perhaps
more than any other one element
of the tariff question.
tiou. Secretary
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umu.uo is ICJ.IHCH in uic inniijjiorainauon asuie re puoiiyan can-
Commercial Bulletin (protection)
of May 27th and the Boston Her
ald (democratic) of May 20th to
have stated that';free wool" would
be in operation within six months
oi the calling ot the special session.
The same issue of the latter jour-
nal says, "A few steps more and
the entire domestic market will
be down to free wool. It is at
this basis that manufacturers and
dealers must buy wool or they
cannot afford to touch it. Manu
facturers are already proceeding
with the idea of wool as low as it
can be bought abroad, landed here,
minus the duty."
There seems little ground upon
which to base any hope for favor-
ble reaction in prices. The con
clusions of most sellers are that,
with prices gravitating to free
wool values, the shipments which
are first in the market and firsL
sold will net better figures than
ter shipments.
In an interview with one of the
local wool dealers we obtained
some facts which show a discour
aging loss to the wool interests of
the county in consequence of the
threatened legislation affecting
that product. For the four years
preceding 1893 the prices paid on
June 10th for wool by the dealer
in Corvallis were as follows: In
1SS9, 20 cents; 1890, 21 cents;
1891, 20$ cents, 1892, IS cents,!
making au average of 20 cents for
the period of republican admin
istration. This year on June lOLh
the same dealer is paying 1-i cents
which is all the market warrants.
The decline from the average price
of the past four years is G cents.
It may be seen from the dealer's
books that a certain farmer who
has been selling yearly about
1500 pounds of wool, will this year
sustain a loss of $90 on his aver
age yearly income. Another
farmer's income from wool will be
$180 less than usual; another
$72; another $51; another $0G, and
so on. It is estimated that this
year 75,000 pounds of wool will
be produced in this county, and
the unsettled condition ot the
market will cause a loss of $1,500
to our wool-growers. About the
same precentage of loss will apply
to the entire wool product of the
state.
lo what extent the present
tariff schedules will be changed, if
at all, by the democrats cannot
now. be foretold with certanity,
but its first action will be in the
direction of placing raw materials
on the free list. The threatened
change is depressing all trades,
and the McKinley act, so far as it
relates lo American wool, is practi
cally and in effect repealed now.
Tua political light at .Washing
ton among the Oregon democrats
goes bravely on. Murphy and
Markley were supposed to hold an
impregnable position near the ap
pointing power, but another faction
of the party, under the leadership
of Fred Floed, made an assault
upon the Murphy-Markley breast
work', and captured the special
Indian agency lor Col. Lane. This
broke the power behind the throne,
and the Oregon straight-outs tak
ing courage from t lie success of
the advanced, guard are hurrying
to the front. Col. Bob Miller is
now in command of a detachment
well in the fore-front of battle and
after all he may be able to capture
a more valuable prize thati a bit
of coid turkey. The battle is now
progressing with fury within the
lines of intrenchiaents.
Later advices from the seat oi
war announce that llarrity, chair
man of the national central com
mittee Iwid com
to tne relief ol
th
Murphy-Markley forces, that
the district attorneyship had fallen
to Murphy and that he had there
upon retired from the field and re
turned to Oregon. Markley, how
ever, has lost the Marshalship to
Henry U Grady, and JF Black cf
Ilalsey, will become collector of
customs at Portland. Both the
latter had been recommended by
Ei03dandMuler;.
McKINLEY RENOMINATED.
On June 8th, at Columbus, Mc
Kinley was renominated for gov
ernor of Ohio. With superb elo
quence he received the laurels of
success, a ' presage, perhaps, of
higher honors to coir.e. The
great protectionist was in magnifi-j
cent form, and in accent ins- theiul
.. 4. ,. "
rep
didate for governor oi Ohio, vir
tually outlined the declaration of
principles by which lie may be
judged as a candidate for the
presidency. In opening his ad
dress of acceptance he said that
the nomination is both an honor
ana one which, imposed a uuty.
He might forego the honor, but
could not refuse the duty. Con
tinuing, he challenged the demo
cratic party to battle on both
slate and national issues. lie re
viewed at length the financial
situation, pointing out that Cleve
land first fixed the $100,000,000
gold reserve as the lowest safe
limit, and, having ejected the
danger signal, curiously enough
was the first to haul it down.
Was it to be wondered at that
people were distrustful, especially
in view of the fact that the ad
ministration had put forth no line
of financial policy? If to day the
president would announce that
there would be no change in the
industrial legislation of the
country and the financial situation
would be met and solved on the
standard of financial honor and
national good faith established by
the republican party, confidence
would at once be restored. Cleve
land says the Sherman silver bill
is the cause of tiie depression,
but does not convene congress to
repeal it. Is this because he
thinks further financial distress
necessary to couvinco his party of
the necessity of such financial
legislation?
If
so, democratic
ascendency will prove a costly j
lesson. While waiting for demo-
crats to carry out the declarations
in their platform on the tariff, the
country's business is paralyzed
because of uncertainty. If they
do as they promised they will re
vise the tarifi on a British free
trade basis, striking at many 'in
dustries, making profitless capital,
and throwing thousands. of Ameri
can . orkingmen out of employ
ment. If the expectation of
what the democrats would do has
destroyed conlidence, what will
I ho full realization do? But the
party is divided into factions for
and against the administration
and is split asunder on the tariff
and currency issues, poorly pre
pared' to grapple with the gravity
of the situation- With a gold
president and a silver congrass
what can be done? A do
nothing policy must be the result.
The only direction to look for le
lief is to the republican party.
The speaker then took up the
pension frauds question, saying he
did not object to striking unworthy
pensioners from the rolls, but de-
MENTAL
EKERGYg
ARSAPARILLA
S. P. SsriTn, of Towanda, Pa.,
whose constitution was completely
broken down, is cured by Aycr'a
Sarsaparilla. Ho writes:
" For eiglit years, I was, most of tho
time, a grant sufferer from constipa
tion, JUlacy trouMo, and indiges
tion, so that my constitution seemed
to bo completely broken down. I was
induced to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla, a'nd
took jearly seven bottles, sth such
excellent results that my stomach,
bowels, and kidneys are in perfect con
dition, and, in all'their functions, as
regular as clcck-work. At the time
I began taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla, my
weigiit was only 129 pounds; I now can
brag of 15!) pounds, and was never in so
good health. . If you could see me be
fore and after using, you would want
me for a traveling advertisement.
I believe thi.3 preparation of Sarsaparilla
to be the best in the market to-day."
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Maea.
Cures others,will cure you
WILL V
'CLEAR'! d f LONG I
SKIN I LIFEl
si PI pel
li J few fill STRONG i
1
ALSO " KEjpwjf FO HIT This "ad" sent to us-Trttha request for Catalogue is good lb P
clared the rulin
of the
me enor svoub
interior would result in
I'strikiii'r from tho r
1
pension rons
thousands of worthy dependent
soldiers. The speaker concluded J
vilh an eulogy on the republican
party and its legislation.
The Ohio platform indorses the
national republican platform of
1892 and the administration of
President Harrison; favors pro
tection to American labor and in
dustries and reciprocity; protests
against free wool; declares the
tariff laws should protect the pro
ducts of the farm as well as the
factory; demands the enactment
of laws to restrict immigration;
condemns as unfriendly and un
just the policjr of the present ad
ministration toward pensioners;
denounces the avowed purposes
of the democrats to repeal the
bank tax.
Tor many years Ford's theater
building, in Washington, in which
Lincoln was assassinated, has been
owned and used by the gover
ment, first as an army museum,
and later by the records and pens
ion division of the surgeon-general's
office. On the 9th inst. the
building collapsed when it con
tained near 500 employes of the
government, 25 of whom were kill
ed outright and many others severe
ly injured. The building had been
condemned years before but the
immediate cause of the tragedy
was an excavation being made un
derneath for the reception of an
electric light piant. A rather
notable coincidence is the fact that
the structure fell on the fnnural
day of Edwin Booth, brother of
Lincoln s assassin
IvoSECURG found she could not
raise the SW5,(X)0 subsidy asked tor
the Coos Bay railroad on condition
ot its Ueinr built into that city.
ihe .Uoseourg peopie sent a com
mittee to San Francisco to raise
$25,000 of it. The newspapers
there advised that this amount be
subscribed, and wholesale mer
chants and others give assurance
that it will be. San Francisco is
waking up'to her situation. She
sees that she must go down in her
pockets to l'ftain her commercial
supremaney. It behoves Portland
to keep her weather eye peeled.
Salem Statesman.
The people of Crook county
are agitating the question of con
structing a wagon road from
Prineville west to connect with
the Oregon Pacific railroad, and
have written to county Judge
Duncan to see if the people of
Linn county will aid such a pro
ject. There is a great district and
large trade over there awaiting
for an outlet to Albany.. That
portion of eastern Oregon cannot
remain much longer without rail
connection, and we hope it will be
the Oregon Pacific fo first enter
that region. Herald.
oeaoFui .PSORIASIS
Covering Entire Body vrfth White
Scales. Suffering Fearful.
Cured by Cuticura.
My disease (psoriasis) first broke out on my left
cheek, spreading across my nose, and almost cov
ering my lace, it ran into my eyes, and tiie
physician was afraid I rould lose my eyesight
altogether. It spread all over my head, and my
nair an ieu ontv u:iiu 1 ivas
entirely bald-beaded; it tlitu
broke oat on my arms and
shoulders, until my arms vera
Just one sore. It covered my
entire body, my face, head,
end shoulders bcinx the worst.
The white scabs fell constantly
from my head, shoulders, end
arms: the skin would thichen
and be red and very itcby,
ana wouiu cracic anu Dieeu
it scratched. After spending
many hundreds of dollars, I
was pronounced incurable. I
heard of the Cttticuha Hemedies, and after using
two bcltles Cuticura Hesolvent, I could see a
chnr.ee; and after I had taken four bottles, 1 was
almost cured ; and when I had used pix bottle" of
C.'lticcka Resolvent, one box of CuncuKA.and
ob cp.ke of C'UTicurtA SoAr, I was cured of the
druidf ul disease from which I bad suffered for 6ve
yn ivs. I cannot express with a pen what I suffered
Itcl'ore nainr t he Ukmeihes. They saved my life, and
l.K-cl it my'duty to recommend them. Sly hair ia
restored as pood as ever, and so is my eyeaitrbt.
21L-.S. iiOSA KELLY, KockweU City, Iowa.
CistScura Resolvent
Tho new Elood Purifier, Internally (to cleanse
th? bUx.d of all impurities and poisonous elements),
cud C'UTicurtA, t'ua great Skin Cure, and Cuticuka
Soap, an equiite Mn Beautiflcr, externally (to
clear tbe skin and scalp and restore the hair), have
cured thousands of cased wbero the shedding of
c.-;.l. s measured a quart daily, tho skin cracked,
bleeding, burning, and itching almost beyond
CDdunr rice, hair lifeless or all gone, suffering terri
ble What other remedies have mado such cures?
Bold everywhere. Price, Cdticutia, 60c. ; Soap,
2'ic.; Kssolvest, (1. Prepared by the Potter
Davo aito Chemical Cokporatiok, lioston.
j&9-8end for "How to Curo Skin IMseascs," CI
pages, 60 illustrations, and 100 testimonials.
Pf CSPLES, black-beads, red, rough, chapped, and
a ill oily skin cured by Cuticuoa Boap.
IT STOPS THE PMJ,
Back ache, kidney Dalns. weakness.
rheumatism, and muscular pains re
lieved In one mlnufe by tba Cutl-
nra ABU-jfaui i'mM:r.-?oq,
And Inspect tlie TsTev Goods being displayed, by
"While competion is blinking its fiyes and wondering whit ivw're aoir.j; to slimy next, we
be leaae to nit h m the putiiie tltat we
THE FINEST LINE OF FANCY &
ALSO A FULL LINE OF SMOKERS AKTICLilS.
RSfciES&'SEr?, wo have no Competitors
IN FINE TEAS, COFFEE, AND SPICES.
A.U goods warranted to be us represented. Wholesale and. Retail.
THE PIONEER BAKERY
Until further notice will be
SUCCESSORS TO
It willl be our aim to keep on hand on a supply of VKIIY SUPERTOlt GOODS nuuly
kept by tirat ul;iss bakers. It is our purpose to give our patrons
Good Clean Food and as ranch of it as we can for the Money.
"LIVE' AND LET LIVE," SHALL BE OUR MOTTO.
3"Ye are going; to try and run this business riynt, or not ;t all. "We aik the people
for their patronage anVl assure thorn that we will give them full value for thc-i; money.
X3 XJLjL
STOVES,
Plumbing and Tin
THi
M AN OF AOTURERS OF
Screen Boors and Windows
Step Ladders, Painters' Extension Ladder?,
Ladders' of any Desired Description,
Trellises, Flower Stands,
PLYING BUIOHMim CLOTHES LINES, ETC.,
ironing Boards, Ciotiu's Hacks, Kitchen Safes, Cupboards,
Taides, Flour Bins, Etc., Etc.
FEPJC
FeO&STS
Can Furnish Ticket Fence all Complete. AJ1 ki..ds of Job
Work Solicited. Factory in the Addition.
W. T. HOFFMAN, Manager.
1
About
Don't "Wait for the Wagon
BUT
Buy a Bicycle ot Standard Make and Ride
when you gt ready; Join the noise
less procession and get there.
Get to your p ace of V- ':; Gt home to dinner, and get
baekagaic; Get to the theatre; Get to (hurchj-get
anywhere, and get there first.
Ye are Afrents for a line of Ladies'. Gents'. Hoys' and Girls' wheels
embodying all the acknowledged features of meril, in which we may
mention the
Imperial, Falcon, Wynnewood, Multnomah, &c.
If you think of purchasing a wheel give us a call. We ean suit
you as to price and quality.
GONOVER & KEADY,
Gazette Building. Corvallis, Oregon.
hi. ml i.i'wq
AH Roads Lead to Chicago.
THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE &ST. PAUL
' LEADS THE VAN. . ;
I , r- ; ' ',.
Excursion Rates to the World's Fair.
pave on nana, ani eonstanuy ai rmii"
STAPLE GROCERIES IN THE CITY
under the management of
SCIILOEMAN & HALL
PLUWIBIMG
- Work a Specialty.
CORVALLB
by the TOUSAIO-
that Wheel ? ..
g.?LO. f 03 A CASE IT WILL NOT CURE, tl ' J
An nsrreeable Laxative and N ERVB TONIC.
Sold by BrutririgiaorEent by mall. 25c., 50c,
and S-1-00 per package. Samples tree.
Wft "Eleffc Tbe Fnvorite TOOTH P0TO38
M3J IIUffortheTcetaaEdBreath.SBo.
tor suie by T. Graham.
ALoEilT BROWN ELL (Successor to Hyman
j & ti'OKMcll) Frojiriotor.
; Crni m'l PA Zulu SBOTOD cne-half
nib sor.bffest cf tie City.
I wnnM :uH tli j attention of my friends to t,h faot
that 1 mn Letter prepared than ever before to furnish
everj tiling in the .)i..pe of
FRUIT. SHADE AND
i ORNAMENTAL TREES,
j Small Fruit Vines, etc.,
i At cither wholesale or retail.
My tif k w fiivt-: lass, fruarantccd true to name ana
F::h': t'U'.ni IS.-KCT I'KSTS and my pn;ea low.
Conic uud s-ee l.ie or write for free price list to
BEOWELL,
Benton. County
iliri!
a .
MILLS
AND
ASH MQ J 00H feOTORY,
w- p- M ARTYN, Proprietor.
Doors and Sash kept in stock or mad to
order. Mouldings of all kinds in pine ot
cedar. All orders will receive prompt at.
Tention. I guarantee all my .work to bo
first-class. West of S. P. depot, Corvallis,
Oregon. 8-8-tf.
i3enton County
teixeici c:o.
Complete Set of Abstracts of BentM
County.
Cs:;:ya::i2g I FerfcctinT Titles a Spssialtj.
.Money to Loan on Improved City
arid Country Propertj.
Proprietors.
Ji :i;'..uijJl til st
MAIN ST
COKVALLIS.
.!. M. Ai':'! iiiTi:.M. n.,
rr'M-we lli Street.
:i. L I I -K.Wi", il li . resilience 4th street, tw
u.iora notlUof Oper utiuM.
- A'Whito & Pornot,
-
Cin-v iiilis, Oregon,
OHioviovcr J. D. Clark's hard
r.a store, and at 11. Graham's
. store. Ilo-rs: S to 12 a. m.t
1::0 to 5. and 7 to 8:30 p. m.
A. F. PETERSON,
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER.
Sve:irtl attention yiven to job work, stair laiHfnff,
5l"ri ai'J oii ;e t'.tt htrr- Knepin on liar.! a ciKit liti
oi I'-oiii :tnj r; -turo KioiiMiiiK. I am prepared to fit!
oinon f;r n! (if picture i'ranifca with neatueM
arn- 'wfi.it.,. r fin inaction nMiiiiie-!. Give di
ca! .iizc bliup t.vo blocks on til west ot pu'olio
)K UO A.
EAST MD SOUXH
VIA
THE SHASTA ROUT
OF THE
Southern Pacific Company.
Express Trains Leave Portland Daily.
fiOl'TIX. JTORTH.
Lr I'ort.lard 7:00p.m.Lv San Frisco 7:00 pa
Lv Alliiii v 10:-2:S i. in. Lv Albany. 4:23 aA
Ar Sm Frisco 8:l.'ia.m. j Ar Vortland 7:35 ami
Abnvo trains stop only at fallowing stations orUl
of R burjr, Kast Portland, Oregon City, Wod
burn, S!em, Albany, Tangent, Shedds, Halsey, Hal",
risburg, Junction City, Irving, Eugene.
Hoseburg Mail Daily.
Lv Portland 8::iu a. ni. I Lv Hoseburg.. .7:00 . m
Lv Albany. ...12:45 p. m. I Lv Albany 12:30 p. m
Ar Keburg 5:60 p ni Ar Portland 4:30 p. n
All any Local Daily Except Sunday.
leave:
Portland 5:00 p. .m.
Albany 0:30 a. m.
arrive:
I Allan; 9:00 p.
Portland 10:30 a.ja
Lebanon Branch.
8:10 a m. ..Lv. . .Albany Ar. ..3:25 p n
9:00 am.. Ar. . .Lebann. .Lv. . .2:39 p m
1:20. p m. . Lv. .. Albany. ...Ar.. 16.21 rid
2:09 a m. .Ar. . .Lebanon . ..Lv . ..9:30 a m
DINING CARS ON OGDEN ROUTE.
Pullman Buffet Sleepers
SECOXD CLASS SLEEPING CARS,
Attached to all through trains.
Ws S:J9 Division.
BETWEEN POKTLASD AND CORVALLIS.
Kill Trait. . l : ; Exeopt Sasliy.
LKAVH. ARRIVE
Portland 7:30a.m. Corvallis 12:10 p. at
Corvallis 12:55 p.m. Portland 6:30 p. m
At All any and Corvallis connect with trains of tint
Oregon Pacific hailruad.
Ezjrest Train. Eiily Eiwpt Suaaay.
' LKAVK. " ARRIVE.
Portland 4:40 p. m. McMinnville... 7:26p. a
McMiimville 5:4fa.m. Portland 8:20 .
v THROUGH TICKETS .
To all points in the Eastern States, Canada
ami Europe can be obtained at lowest rates
from A. K. Milner, agent, Corvallis.
E. P ROGERS, Asst. O. V. P Agta,
R. KOEHLJiP. Manwer. PortlandOregDn"