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About The Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1894)
1? 1 II hi THE GAZETTE JOB BOOMS M r GAZETTE, 8t ATioyBKY STOBE la well stocked with,a lull line pf Blank Books, lVegal Blank, ' Jnka, Plain and Fancy Box Papers, Pens, FencUs, Tablets, and All Kinds of Writing. Materials. are headquarter! for all kind of COMMERCIAL PRINTING- LtttM-Budi, Hots-Budi, SSl-EttAs, SUitmeati, Innbps aai Sods Piintlsc cf AS EaSi. BT J. J. FLETT, OUR ARTISTIC PRINTER. VOL. XXXI. 1 COKYALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FBIDAY, MAY 5, 1894. N0.4H7 I II OlST EVERY WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY WE.3WILL SELL ONE LINE At Greatly Reduced Prices. Saturday, May g .A.T .TS3 61. xm m 9, asss STOCK'S CASH STORED A.1H0DES , the Lending Dealer in all Kinds of Staple and AHOY (iROCERIES. JPine Teas a Specialty. Coffees and Spices Ground Free of Charge. Choice Line of Pipes, Tobacco, Smokers' Artb es, Etc. Highest price paid for country produce WALLIS NASH, A?TY AT' LA IV, CORVALLIS, - OREGON. 'JEW Will practice in all the Courts of the State, and in the U. S. Court. FINE Gedai Shingles LUMBER, Etc., For Sale Cheap, nr to exchange for Oats, Wheat. Hay and Potatoes. Farm Produce bought ami gold, or hau dUd on ciKtimuiaion. G. M. POWERS, Commis. Merchant, Salem, Or. Tired and un Sown. Ol W. K. Ks. Co.. 315 Front etreet, ftfUimi, Oregon. Dear Sin: I was osasUstely worn oat from overwork ; cmM at sleep at night, and felt that I was approaching a serious condition; bat, tluuikg to Dr. Grant's Sarsaparilla and ttrape Soot, I am almost an entire Mir p 1 soo. as I never felt so well in my Hfs; and it was the cheapest doctor's bill I rer bad, as I only took five bot ties. I cheetfally recommend it to all eaUeted. respectfully, MISS EMMA LEE, ctiwet, Portlaod, Oregon. Xopsf and Heart Disease. ' Gtmtiemtn : For two years I was af flicted with Dropsy and Heart Disease, and amy sufferings were terrible. I com tuaaced taking Dr. Grant's Sarsaparilla and Grape Root, and by degrees my pain seemed to leave my. After taking nine hot ties I was restored to my former hsalth, and now feel as though I never bad been ill. Yoars truly, JOHN CTJRRIN, Spokane, Washington. Price SO cents. Six bottles $2.60.- For Sale by Corvallis Druggists. F LOVES. TINGS. unnicliffe Bros HAVE OPENED THE Gity Machine Shops At the South End of Main Street and are prepared to do all kinds of Repairing in Iron or Steel, Valve on Steam Enrfnes correctly int. Chilled Plows ground. Work Guaranteed. Charges Reasonable. J. RED YATES, attorney at Law. Deput y Priecutiig Atto OFFICE In Zieroirs Building, Corvallis Or, JOS. H. WILSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office Over Poittafflce, Corvallis, Or. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE STATE AND Federal Courts. .Special attention given to probate matters. Notary Public. Conveyancing. A CARD. PIANOFORTE LESSON WGIFFORD NASH IS NOW PKE pared to receive a limited number of pupils. Terms and hours cau be learned on application, either personally, or by letter ia the Corvallis post office. FA11BA & WILSON. Physicians, Surgeons and Ac coucheurs. 49" Offiice up-stairs in Farra and Allen's Brick. Ofiice hours from 8 to 9 a. M., and from 1 to 2 and 7 to 8 P. M. Calls promptly attended to at all hours; either day or night. ONE DAY CURE. Minister of tne Gospel SEVEtfTY-THREE YEARS OLD. Covwcu. Vaixbt, Idaho, December 1, 1893. O. W. R. Mwj. Co., 315 Front street, cor. Clay, Portland, Oregon. Dear SU : About two month a ago yoar salesman, while traveling through this valley JUmaA me, aa old man seventy-throe yaars ol age, alnaost dead with buttaea caaswd from a fall ; and I feel that I am In doty bound to testify that the half bottle ol " Hattee's Congo Oil " given to ine by your agent and two others that I after words bought, have helped me to such an extent that I am almost able to Walk, and I must say it is a great remedy. Be ing very thankful for the relief it has given me and hoping for yoar success, I remain yoars, REV. A. MORRISON. Price 50c. anil Sim Mb. For Sale by Corvallis Druggists. HATTEES BRIEF LOCALS. See Nolan's all-wool spring sbits at $8-5i fio.oo, and $12.00. Rev. W. A. Smick, of Roseburg, will be in town over Sunday. For copying, oddities, honest mate rials and honest work, call on N. R Adams. Voglecan fit your eyes with a beautiful pair of lenses and choice of frames from 25 cents to 17.50. Try them. Miss Bertha Davis returned this week from Brownsville, where she has been vis. iting relatives for several weeks. Pres. J. M. Bloss returned yesterday from a Loyal Legion of Honor banquet given in Portland Wednesday evening. Prof. David Rosebrook andfwife return ed home yesterday after a week's absence at the Bay, where the professor had been filling some musical engagements. Caleb Davis, Sr., leaves next week as a commissioner to the Presbyterian general assembly which convenes in Saratoga, New York, on the 16th inst Dr. Rogers, Boston, Mass., will lecture in the college chapel Friday evening, May 4th, on "The Course of the Tides." The lecture will be illustrated by models. All citizens interested in advanced thought are cordially invited to be pres ent ; Of a Church of England minister cured of a dirtrossing- rash, by Ayer'a Sarsaparilla. Mr. Richard Biiiks, the well-known Druggist, 207 McGill st., Montreal, P. Q., says: I have Fold Ayer's Family Medicines for 40 years, and have heard nothing but good said of them. I know of many Wonderful Cures performed by Arer's Sarsaparilla, one in particular being that of a little daughter of a Church of England minis ter. The child was literally covered from head to foot with a red and ex ceedingly troublesome rash, from which she bad suffered for two or three years, in epite of the host medical treatment available. Her father was in great distress about the case, and, at ray recommendation, at last began to ad minister Ayer's Sarsaparilla. two bot tle of wbit-h effected a complete cure, much to her relief and her fathers delight. I am sure, were he here to-day, lie would testify in the strongest terms an to' the merits of Ayer's Sarsaparilla Prepared by Ir. J. C. Ayer &Co., Lowell, Mau. Cures others, will cure you Diabetes Cured! Wonderful Work. A Hew Being Created! Dear Sirs? If yon eonld see the writer of this letter and note the wonderful change that has been effected ia his ease by taking Dr. Grant! Kidney aad Liver Cure, you would certainly be artowxhed. I was a most wretched sufferer tor three years, trying all kinds of medicine and getting no relief. The flow of urine was very" excessive. I was very constipated and also covered with carbuneles, and felt at war with myself and the world at large; but, thanks to your wonderful medicine, I felt as though I was a new being, and I consider a wonderful cure has been effected in my case. With my best wishes for yoar further success, I remain ' Yours respectfully, - ' A. McDONALD, Ashland, Wis. For Sale by Corvallis Druggists. A "Y" Social. Last Tuesday evening the Young Wo men's Christian Temperance Union held one of their pleasant socials at the G. A. R. hall, some seventy-five young people being in attendance, and a very pleasant evening was spent A carefully selected and interesting program was rendered, the whole being interspersed with inter esting and enjoyable games, some of which were quite novel. As is tne cus tom at these socials a most delicious repast was served at 10 o clock. This union is in a flourishing condition, hav ing now some sixty members, and is con stantly increasing in numbers and effi ciency. Their socials are always looked forward to with happy expectation, and those expectations are always fully realized. Sandstone at Chitwood. M. T. Whitney believes that he is on the high road to prosperity. While in Corvallis Wednesday he was exhibiting some specimens of sandstone taken from a ledge near his home at Chitwood, that is said to be equal in quality and superior in color to that now being quarried at Pioneer. Mr. Whitney believes that there is an inexhaustible supply of it, and is in hopes of getting a syndicate nterested in the enterprise. If he is successful in getting the quarry opened the business will be of incalculable bene fit to the city of Chitwood and residents of the county generally. The Pioneer quarry company it is claimed are at pres ent unable to fill their orders although they are employing twenty men. If this be true it is an evidence that the stone is in demand and that there will be plenty of business for another company in the same line. The Fruit but Slightly Injured. Mr. Bray, father-in-law of E VV. Had- ley, and a horticulturist of many years experience, called on the Gazetts yes terday mo-nMie, with several clusters of fruit blossoms selected from the most un sheltered portions of town, and their ap pearance evidences no harm has resulted from the frost of Tuesday night Mr. Bray says that he has investigated the matter very thoroughly in and about Cor vallis, and is satisfied that fruit in this immediate locality is not injured in the least, with the single exception of straw berries that may have sustained a loss of not to exceed four per cent He is of the opinion, however, that in less favored sections like those lying along the river bottoms, the loss has been quite severe. Many persons who have not given the matter thorough investigation are claim ing that much harm has resulted, but if they will examine the blooms carefully it will be seen that they bear no indica tions of frost, and as the trees are unusu ally full of blooms this year, we may ex pect a bountiful fruit crop. Hard Times Prices. Joseph Caskey and John Ottersteadt mish to announce that they are doing all kinds of blacksmithing at reduced prices to meet the scarcity of money. In con nection with their business an agricult ural impliment depot has been opened where all kinds of farming tools may be purchased at prices that are absolutely astonishing for their cheapness. These gentlemen are both experienced mechan ics, and are prepared to do all kinds of repairing in either wood or iron. They are prompt and painstaking with their work and deserve to be liberally patron ized. By one chance in a thousand the life of Harvy Sargent was saved one day last week. He was en gaged in harrowing a field just north of town with a team of three horses, two of which were colls. An accident happened to the double-trees and, laying the lines down, Mr. Sargent wa". in the act of re pairing it when the team became scared and dashed across the field with their driver mixed up in the teeth. Alter rolling him over sev eral times he miraculously escaped with his life, although a harrow tooth had entered his thigh, besides causing numerous other painful in juries to his person. "VV. B. Willoughby and Oscar Hodgins, of Baker City, are in town and intend going into busi ness here. From Mr. Willoughby it is learned that times in Baker are unusually brisk and money is plentiful. The mines in that vicin ity are running in full blast, and the several hundred men employed in them are receiving their wages regularly each week. In an agri cultural section like this we notice the bard times more than in a min ing district, because our products are 6tored in the warehouses await ing a higher price and the money that would otherwise be in circu lation is on that account withheld. Lumber.1-The large, fine stock of lumber at the Corvallis saw Mills is offered ior sale at low prices and oh easy terms. Remember this lumber is all seasoned. Don't buy inferior green lumber, but call, ev erybody and satisfy yourselves that we will give both quality and price. . W. T. PEET. POLITICS IN THE PULPIT. Under the Guise of a Lecture A Capaign Speech is Made. This, like other communities, has its regular circle of fanatical advocates, who lose no opportuni ty of worming their particular tem pe;ance, religious or moral views into the political arena, with the evident view of hoisting their ban ners on high and driving men in under it as it" to reform existing wrongs by machinery. It has been generally supposed that the mis sion ol a minister was to preach the gospel, visit the sick, and 60 on, but one of the fraternity of Corvallis has actually entered the political arena evidently in hopes of gaining some cheap sensational notoriety by hurling abuse at the olJ political parlies and slurring other church denominations from his pulpit 'on Sunday evening. And, too, his unwarranted attack upon the legal profession is a di rect stab at the very fundamental principles of good government. His remarks are flavored with a tinge oi anarchy, and the coarse stories he tells from the rostrum would be far more appropriate if told in a bar-room. If he has not intermeddled ho has certainly reached out to the very limit of propriety and expediency in his attempts to dictate the policy of a people that were here before he came. This beardless yout h should see that in the moral and religious vineyard plenty of opportunities are afforded for a display of his ver sidle talents, without becoming a campaign orato.r. The cau did facts do not warrant such sweeping assertions as were made' by the young divine last Sunday night. To say that there has been no violation of law in Oregon, and that there is no need for reform would be folly. To be able to make such a statement as a fact, would indeed be a heavenly thought; but such a condition would mark the end of all religious and political sects, would silence all pulpit and temperance ministra tions; in fact would cut oil forever quite an army of agitators iu the moral vineyard, because their oc cupation would be gone, the mil lenium would be here and Corval lis and Oregon would be um it" with the balance of a redeemed world. A New Trade For Corvallis. An effort is being made by the owners of the schooner Ban- dorille, to run the vessel in con junction with the Oregon Pa cific from Yaquina to the coast wise points as far south as Coos bay. The Bandorille, formerly the George II. Chance, Capt. J. J. Winant master, has been engaged in the coasting trade for some time between Portland and Yaquina, Alsea, Siuslaw and Coos bays. Forty-eight hours are consumed in the trip trom Portland to Yaquina; besides this there is the expense of dockage, etc., which the mana gers are in hopes can- be reduced by handling the freight trom Port land to this place by river steam ers, and thence to Yaquina by rail. Mr. J. Williams, agent of the Ban dorille, at Portland, was here last Saturday in conference witli Re ceiver Clark, and it is learned that the scheme is about consummated. Last Friday the Oregon Pacific carried a large cargo of local freight for Marshfield, Bandon, and Myr tle Point including two carloads of McMinnville flour, and another from the Benton County mills to be reshipped at Yaquina for the above points by the Bandorille. It is to be hoped that the arrange ments spoken of can be effected. It will increase the business of the road and open up a new market for flour manufactured in Corvallis and as these places are growing in commercial importance it will be a good thing for all concerned to build up this trade and retain it The Times man again tries to misconstrue our criticism on the resolution of the democratic eon vention relative to lady clerks. It is useless to spend time on such a man. Our readers all understand, for we made it quite plain that we did not object to any economy which it is possible to practice in regard to the number of clerks em ployed at the legislature. That he may not have the cheek to mis state our remarks again, we inform him again that the resolution he defends is contemptable, not be cause it advises tii-at fewer clerks be employed, for it does not, but because it intimates that to em ploy ladies is immoral and scan dalous. . Random Shots. For men's and boy's shoes go to Nolan's. For home cooking go to the Dehnonico. If yon are a lover of good coffee, try the Delmonico. C. II. Gleim returned from Port land Tuesday whither he went on a short visit to his wife and family. Judge E. D. Shaftuck, of Port land, will preside at the May term of the circuit court for. Lincoln county in the pi tee of Judge Ful Ierlon. The remains of the infant daugh ter, 18 days old, of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Webber were laid to rest in the Odd Fellows cemetery Wednes day afternoon. Uncle Billy Wright informs us that he has disposed of two tons of horse radish this season. If men generally would show the same in dustrious disposition an army of beggars would not now be march ing to Washington demanding food and greenbacks. The Leader says that George Humphrey, deputy U. S. marshal, was over at the Silefz last week armed with a warrant lor the ar rest of Joe Morrison, a white man living with an Indian wife, charged with selling liquor to Antone Sel sic, an Indian living on the reser vation. Charles Nickell, of the Jackson ville Times, has purchased the Cottrell cylinder press which was formerly used in printing tne Ben ton Leader, and had it shipped to Jacksonville. It is said that Char ley intends using it in the publica tion of democratic campaign litera ture which will be pregnant with matter intended to boom his candi dacy for secretary of state. The Hon. R. G. Horr. late mem ber of congress from Michigan, and at present the assistant editor of the New York Tribune, will ad dress the voters of Corvallis and vicinity on the political issues of the day at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, May 16th. Mr. Horr is an exceptionally bright and able speaker, and the republican state central committee were indeed for tunate in securing his services for this campaign. "Si Perkins" travels in his own car, and when he came to Corval lis last Saturday the people were surfeited with the show business good and bad, principally the lat ter, and were in no condition to receive a traveling troupe. Nev ertheless, a very good audience greeted the company. Si Perkins" was certainly written for Mr. Bur ton who plays the title rol and it is brim full of burner from begin ning to end. The music was alone worth the price of admission, par ticularly good was the opening selection. UA Trip to Coney Is land." G. IL Holcombe with his traps and drums was a whole show by himself, and G. G. Vance did some ver3' clever work as a cornet soloist, most of whose solos were played through his bump cover. Toledo Republican Club. The Toledo republican club held an enthusiastic meeting last Mon day evening. Following an excel lent musical program, furnished by the band and orchestra, the audi ence of about two hundred Jislen ed attentively to an able and neat ly worded address by George Wag goner Jr., who had little to say on the tariff, but went tor the "pops" with fiery invective. He stated that from the beginning of the world, everything starts from the east, and takes its course westward and that populism was 110 excep tion to the rule. After exhausting itself in several states it had slow ly, and with weary feet, wended its way to "where rolls the Oregon." We greet it in our new state more with reverence due a last survivor, than with the surprise produced by a new comer. Continuing, he said money could not be produced without labor which would be sought after by the world, and tak en in exchange for the goodly pro ducts of the earth, which are only acquired by toil and labor. After more music the coming Honorable John Daly, of Benton and Lincoln, spoke for thirty minutes with ease and grace, proving to his audience that he was an orator with a long head, as well aa a wicked quill driver. Mr. Daly should meet every body in the twq counties, as they will be unwilling to vote against him after making his ac quaintance. Go to the Delmonico for the best meal in the city. STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Chief Taylor's Excellent Work. Pertinent Suggestions. In these times of everlasting: dispute over the proposed or actual expenditure of city, moneys, it is a' pleasure to look upon the excel lent work being put in upon the streets, and hear the universal com mendations passed upon it. There is one essential of a solid and double roadway, whether for rail or vehicle, that must be present above all others, and that is effi cient drainage. This is true of any kind of soil, and is especially true of alluvial soils that abound iti this section of the valley. Gravel bal last without provisions for drain age has time and agaiu proven a failure. The older residents of Corvallis and its envirous can ten tify to the thousands of tons of good rock gravel that have been dumped year by year upon our undrained streets aud roads, in the vain effort to secure a solid drive way. With each winter's tain the subsoil, uuder the action of ttu standing water that the inadequate ditches could not carry off, has speedily worked up iu the hap of mud, to the surface; and absorb ed at ouce the sand and fravir and. the hard cash of the city or county treasury that went to th payment of it. It was a fortunate day that saw the selection of our present ener getic and intelligent chief of police, and the citizens of Corvallis havsr watched with much appreciation the systematic aud logical way im. which he has attacked the iUm problem. The deep dltchtt last fall showed their value the unceasing ralai bf the wintsttt and for the first time in its history the city has preseuted the appear ance of something better than a swamp. Following on the surface ditching, the city road machine and roller have got in their good work, with the result that we have some stretches of street that will com pare favorably with any in the f-tate for grade and finish. To make this good work lasting it is absolutely necessary that the center, at least, of these newly graded streets shall receive a coat ing of gravel. It is 'true that the thorough rolling to which the sur face is being subjecled whilst the soil is yet moist, will keep the streets firm and prevent the fear ful accumulation of dust which made life a burden last year; bi if we are to keep these streets up to grade, and preserve the shapely contour or cross-section which Mr. Taylor has given them, they ouht to have a liberal coating of gravel before the winter rains Bet in. The cost of putting down suffi cient gravel to preserve the pres ent work would be slight. If a width of eighteen feet in the cen ter of the street were graveled, the material being laid six inches deep in the center of the street, and tapering to the edges, it would take about seventeen yards to the hundred lineal feet. This at 75 cents per yard would require an outlay of $12.75. There is an old saying that "it is folly to spoil the ship for a lew cents' worth of tar;" and certainly if the excellent work already accomplished be allowed to' go to pieced for the want of a few dollars' further expenditure, we shall be guilty of the above folly. Poor Pape! He hears that the Benton county republican cam paign committee are in possession of a "sack ' and that large bills are being floated by its members; that the Gazette has had a divy, and he is now jealous of our imaginary good fortune. He claims that he is now, and for some time past, has been devoting his entire time, jm 1 f a t. ti: tion ot a paper soieiy in me inter- est 01 me uemocracy, auu cues uib recent attacks on us as a sample of his good work. Unless fund are forthcoming from the demo 1 .t it. .1 j cratic candidates to enable the News to maintain its position in the journalistic field, it is said that he threatens the party with deser tion. For the good of the republi- can party we woum suggest in case he concludes to desert the democracy, bag and baggage, that a journalist of his ability might immortalize himself if he would only edit a populist paper, or he could cover himself with glory in publishing the "War Cry" tor the salvation army. Another invoice of new 'spring suits, linen dusters and white vesta opened this week at Nolan's. .