The Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, January 16, 1896, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text(Knrtallis (S alette. Issued Every Tliur&lay Mormiuf by The Gazette Publishing Co. C. W. JOHNSON, (Editor xnd IB uaiaeaa Uana(er SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Per Tear 42 00 Six iionths, 1 00 Three Month,....... 75 8inyle Copies,... 05 Per Tear, (when not paid in Advance) 2 50 CO RV ALUS. OREGON. JAN. 1G. 1896. PUBLIC WASTE. The state levy for this year has been fixed at 4. 8 mills. The board publishes a list of expend itures which this levy is intended to meet. One cannot glance at the list without being painfnlly impressed with the fact that the state pays out a great deal more money than is necessary. 6, 780 is required for a"ddstional clerical aid iu the office of the secretary of state. Most of this help is required for work for which the secretary personally receives a fee. The secretary" of state should be required to pay for extra help aside from his chief clerk, or else turn the fees into the treasury. The railroad com missioners and clerk receive $io 000. That is money simply thrown away. The State Uni versity receives $30,000 direct appropriation, and for other schools there is appropriated $18 526. Extra pay of . governor, secretary of state and state treas urer call for $4,000. This is clearly an unconstitutional ex penditure. Agricultural boards drain $g, 500 "out of the treasury without much practical returns. Various charity homes and other like institutions, most of them sectarian, receive $34,500. The state has no constitutional right to make such appropriations and has no business to do it There are other items, the real necessity of which it is difficult to deter mine, but the amounts mention ed above, making a total of over$ii3,ooo, should be saved to the state. There is urgent need of reform. The people have about despaired of ever get ting a really economical legisla ture. What is needed above all else is a constitutional conven tion that will draft a constitution -to meet our present wants and requirements one that will hold the legislature and executive offi cers in check. Our present con stitution is practically a nullity. It has been spurned and overrid den so much by the several legis latures that it now has but little effective authority. The growth of the Oregon circulation of San Francisco pa pers is surprising. In Corvallis the combined circulation of the Examiner, Chronicle, and Call nearly equals that of the Orego nian, although their news is two days late. . . The Examiner has the lead with the Call a fair sec ond. The latter paper is rapidly growing in public favor for it furnishes all the news without resorting to sensationalism. The Oregonian recently remarked that "papers like the Oregonian can not possibly have any friends." It is a good thing to have friends in the newspaper business as well as in any other. . Perhaps the Oregonian is right in saying that it is without friends, but it has only itself to blame. If it has alienated support by supreme devotion - to public interest it might still claio the respect of the great mass of citizens of the state. The Oregfcaiian, however, has sought to be a free lance lampooner, but always with an eye to the main chance, and the people have naturally grown tired of it. The little Times, finding re publicans won't read that paper r and that the "unterrified" only " remain on its subscription list through a mistaken notion of party fealty, makes a bid to pop ulists and mugwumps in its issue of the nth instant. That paper objects to the Gazette's inquiry upon what grounds it could urge the voters to support the demo cratic party after it has condemn ed nearly all the leading demo cratic men and - measures. It devotes nearly a column which might have been occupied with something useiul. to answer our short inquiry. The only author ity or precedent cited for that paper's course is the" conduct of Baalam's ass. " This precedent is certainly an illustrious one, and probably should excuse the Times. The brethren will likely consider this sufficient explana tion, especially as Baalam him self seems for some cause to be speechless ''Just' now. THE TIMES FLIES. The Gazette is savagely in formed that the Corvallis Times' political vagaries have the worthy authority of Baalam's ass, and are above criticism. There have been various conjectures as to the real source of the Times' politi cal inspiration and the public will be delighted that the ques tion is now authentically settled. The course of this paper in ac cepting the principle of political economy taught and practiced by Hamilton, Lincoln and Blaine, does not meet with the approba tion of the Corvallis journalistic disciple of asininity. The Times accuses us of being "hidebound" in our republicanism. "Cast the beam," friend Times. Was not your patron saint, Baalam's ass, "hidebound?" The Times boasts of its inde pendent qualities, and sneers at this paper's supposed partizan servility. The Times has a string on its independence. It certainly roasts men and measures across the continent. Any criticism, whether of democrat or republi can, that is nearer home, i3 left for the "poor old GAZETTE." The Times says: "Any news paper or man that falls into the belief that any given political party holds a compiete monopoly of all the virtues on earth or a bill of sale of high heaven, is a fitting candidate for the asylum for the simple." This is very, very true. This paper makes no such claims; has no such belief. it, however, would not support the republican party did it not consider that that party possessed some merit to commend it to pub lic trust. The Times, on the other hand, claims to be a demo cratic paper and whoops it up for the Tiger at every election. It has been filled for the past year with denunciations of democrats and democracy. It has appar ently seen nothing but evil in the public acts of that party's public men, and yet next spring it will begin to bubble and fizz over the glorious democracy of Cleveland, Hill, Gorman and Croker. The Times possesses a very shallow sort of independence. When the springtime comes, gentle Annie, the Times will be found with its independence carefully cached away, and with the stripes of the; tiger all over its little body, lifting its brayful voice for but" one party "and for the candidates of one ticket only. The Salem Statesman is devo ting its rather feeble powers in behalf of the clique of politi cians that are against Hermann. The venom is extracted from its sting by an expose of the occa sioner of its attitude of servility toward the present state adminis tration. Mr. R. J. Hendricks, appointed by Gov. Pennoyer as superintendent of the reform school, still holds his job. Mr. Hendricks, by the way, is prom inently connected with the Statesman. That paper is edited by a de nocrat, while a republi can attache draws his salary from the state. Under these circum stances, thoueh. the position of the Statesman in fawning at the feet of the appointing powers, blots out any little political influ ence it might have had with the people. Its self interest is too apparent. There is no real harm done by the Statesman in taking up the battle of the faded politi cians who are jealous of the hold Hernann has gained upon the people through his fidelity to their interests. The Statesman is a oitiablv weak organ to be entrusted with the duty 01 over turning public ; sentiment, and the men back of the cry against Hermann will never gain much political power. A letter from Judge Fuller ton appears elsewhere. This paper did not intend to insinuate that the circuit judge was inten tionally remiss in looking after the interests of the taxpayers. It seems that he has no control over the witness and juror bills. The judge, however, is responsi ble for the expediting of business, and the time required in deciding jury matters. It is impossible, perhaps, for an onlooker to appre ciate the difficulties in forcing cases to trial, but the court here has seemed to be too lenient with the attorneys who conjure up various pretexts for delay. The court also should open Monday morning at the beginning of each term, as the jurymen and wit nesses are summoned to be in attendance at that time. Th'e last term of court in this county, as the judge says, was necessarily expensive on account of the number and importance of the cases, a matter that he could not possibly be responsible for. Oregon has an auditing board that audits. The bills coming in against the state are closely scru tinized by Gov. Lord and Secre tary of State Kincaid and are allowed, disallowdd, or reduced according to their merits. It is evident that the affairs of the state are administered in a busi ness like manner and that the efforts of the board will result m a material saving to trie tax payers. The Salem Hog is no relative of the English hog. Salem Statesman. - No, indeed. The English hog would be satisfied with South America, but the Salem hog wants the earth. Roseburg Review. The Eng lish hog also has occasional par oxysms of shame. The Kansas City Journal brags that the new world is ahead of the Old World in several respects. It has taken France, for example, four years to accumulate a deficit of $-52,000,000, whereas the Uni ted States has piled up one of $43,000,000 iu 12 months. The battle ship Oregon will soon be ready for service. Will the service be ready for it? Spain is likely to . soon recog nize Cuba as belligerent, even if j Uncle Samuel don't Taxes Increased. Taxpayers are confronted with the ugly fact that the levy for 1896 is to be higher than that of a year ago. At tne last session of the county court the levy for county purposes was fixed at nine mills. Upon a property valuation of 3,076,349 a levy of nine mills will vield $27,686. Last year the levy was eight : mills and the expenses of the county more than exhausted the amount raised, due largely to the unusually expensive term of ; ' Since the j County was divided the COSt of carrying On its affairs has varied from 521,000 to $24,000. To make up the deficiency caused by warrants drawn in payment of the costs of the November term of court and to provide for the expenses of the June election, which will not be less than $1,500, the court, after carefully considering the matter, conclud ed to fix the levy at nine mills. iv-The state levy was fixed by the state board, consisting of the eovernor, secretary 01 state ana 4.1 1 . i.. Tt-.,,... r , 1 . . . 1 -ii ualer the impression that the business was at four and eight tenth mills. d;spak.hed witK littla delay as lllual ttnd To this must be added four and!w;th as litil , d;lav as well could bo under one-halt mills for scnool pur poses, making the total tax on property, outside of the city, eighteen and three-tenths mills. Taxpayers of school district No. 9, Corvallis and vicinity will be called upon for two mills special tax, besides the city tax which will likely be seven mills. The levy for the city will be fixed at a special meeting of the council called for that propose to meet on the 24th inst. However, inquiries from several of the members of that body indicate that the levy ' will be the same as last year. A comparison of this year's levy with the assessment for '95 shows an increase, according to the above estimate, of two and eight-tenths mills tor tne year 1896. The appended gives the items for both table years 1896 9 -; 4-j 4.1 7 2 purpose. l895 County 8 School 4.5 State 3 City 7 Special School a TOTALS 24.5 27-3 Road Supervisors. At last week's session, of the county court road supervisors were appointed in districts numbered as follows: . 1. -Samuel McElmurry. 3. George Beamis. 4. John D. Harris. .. 5. Elmer Bethers. 7. George Linderman. 8. A. 0. Millet. 9. II. B. Blodgett. 10. T. G. Bead. 12. Frank Wyatt. 19. Frank Williams. 20. J. C. Phillips. 7. David Perrin. - 29. M. L. Barnett. 30. John A. Gellatly. 31. Ed. J. Williams. 40. Wm. Spencer. 42. Robert Bradley. 43. J I. Taylor. 48. Eugene Palmer.' 49. Horace Lilly, 52. Geo. Peak. - 58. Wm. H. Rickard. 59. S. N. Warfield. 60. A. Henshaw. Don't miss Nolan & Callahan's great clothing sale. There is money in it for you. City Fathers Meet. The common, council of the city of Corvallis held its regular monthly meeting Monday even ing, all members being present excepting Councilman Stewart Bills to the amount of $313.56 on the general fund, and $33.05 on the street fund were allowed and ordered paid. Xiquor licenseJionds of Emil Etter and Kirk & Woldt were approved and the police judge was instructed to issue license to them. ,' . - '. '' : -. An ordinance was passed amending the ordinance fixing the annual license of the Corval lis opera house at $40, by in creasing the amount to $50 and making It payable quarterly in stead of annually as heretofore. Under the new ordinance the opera house management is given the privelgce of posting bills for the purpose of advertis ing its attractioiisr' An ordinance was also passed to amend the "manner of issuing license. ' ' The amendment reads j as follows: I 4 'Hawkers shall pay a license of $10 per day. Anyone who is a non-resideut,-traveling trader who carries goods about for sale, and actually sells them on the street or in a room or building jn contradistinction to a trader who sells goods at a fixed place of business, aud -who seeks for purchasers either-by outcry or by attracting attention to them as goods for sale by an actual exhi bition or exposure of them, by placards, posters, labels or no- tices, shall be deemed a hawker under this ordinance." . , SSW LSiTOSV. Editor GaZettk: ' I placed tho climax of the play at tho murder My attention has been called to an article of Duncan, and occupied m-jst of his tirno in in thu Gazkttk of recont date in which it is tho discussion of the character Lady Mac s' at-d that the circuit court at tho last term - beth, whom he believed to hare been a small in Benton county allowed extravagant bills'. K'vin a list of lh uin iswd. The only ,bm 'ho circuit jud, audit, and ai- r At. art Ilia hi la itt thai Hiofnnr tinma th i , , , T. i. flxeg tue compunction of these officers, aid .the circuit judge has nothing to do butexam- ing thorn, and if correct, approve them. I ing iu the Corvallis postomce, unclaimed, havo endeavored to examine thso billg and i Jan. 16,1896. allow nothing that U not provided by law. Bates, William M.; Colins, Jas.; Hen If I have allowed any sum to any (t tbeso ! dricksy W. D.: Wooley, J. officers, which the law fails to jrive them, I will cirtainly deduct the over allowance at tho next term, if you will have my attention called to the items. . The bills for witnesses before the grand jury, as well as the bills for witnesses in criminal cases before the ciicuit court, are examined aiid allowed bv the county court. ..j -----r - I am aware that thoTajtt'orm of court in Benton county was an expensive one to the taxpayer, on account of the number and im- P3 tance of the criminal cases : but I am I thecircuaistnncsi- I am anxious that the expense to tha taxpayer be made as light as possible, but under the present system about the only thing tho circuit judge can do to lessen the expense is to hastea the cases to trial as rapidly as bo can. I have no right to object to criticiim and do not wish to do so; but to call your atten tion to the fact that the greater -portion of 1 the expenses of the circuit court are made up of items over which tha' judge ha no con trol. Very respectfully, J. O. ITullvktox. AI.8EA JOTTINGS. Riley Logan and John Whilaker, of Wil lamette, visited our valley Saturday. Tha boys will commence work on the new South road Monday, January 13lb, and will perhaps continue for two months. The new officers of Hops Grange wer in stalled Saturday by Bio. Whitaker. Deep was the disppointment in the heart of Tom Winter, when he found that the grange was not at home to visitors during the dinner hour Saturday, According to indications there will be no lack of material for the conventions to select from, and there is no reason why the repub lican party should not select a good, clean ticket. The list published in the Gazkttk of probable candidates has been studied with considerable interest. Of course, some of the names mentioned will not get further than the primaries, and many new names may be added before the conventions meet. "Gko. Mossback. MST OF SCABBY SHEBP. P. Avery, 200 head: mark, short tail; been dipped threa times. Mrs, A. Smith, 290 head; mark, two smooth crops; been dipped two times.. Ned Smith, 250; mark, horse shoe on rump with tar; ordered dipped twice within twenty days. J. P. Whitaker, 11; mark, crop off right; dipped two times. Mrs. Dick Irwin, 169; mark, slit rightcrop off left; orderod to shear and dip two times in next twenty days. ' Jon Buchanan, 200; mark, crop and slit in left, upper bit in ight; dipped three times. C. W. Nixon, 108- mark; two erons, slit in right; ordered to dip twice in twenty days. Miles Starr, TOpmark, slit in right, upper bit left; dipped two times. ' . Mr. Maude, 110; mark, crop off left; been dipped three times. Isaac Porter, SO) mark, P with tar; dipped once; ordered dipped again in next ten days. Adam Wilhelm, 20; mark, O with tar on hip; been dipbed once; ordered sheared and dipped twice in next twan ty days. George Houck, 160; mark not known ; been dipped twice. Coffee, number and mark not kuown ; been dipped two times. - ; Wes Hinton, number and mark not learn ed; been dipped two times. B. C. Kiqkr. Corvall"i, Jan. 13th, 1896. , Big bargains in mackintoshes and over coats Nolan & Callahan. Too Tiredto Smile Weak, Weary and Worn Dizziness, Impure Blood-Cured by . - HOOd'S. . .'.,"..: Many weak and worn-out women know just what this means. In totally unfit condition tor work, they force themselves through the daily routine of duties, almost too dis "couraged to even look for -relief. But it is to be found in Hood's Sarsaparilla, which makes tha blood pure, builds up the nerves, makes the weak strong and gives Read this : - - . Mrs. 7ai. Sinitb. New York City. cheerful spirit. " I have suffered more than tongue can teU from dizziness and severe pains in my head. "I also felt so low spirited that I often said I wished I was dead. A friend suggested that I try Hood's Sarsaparilla. I gave it a trial and was moro than sur prised to see what a great, change came over me after I had taken the flrst bottle. I felt better right away. I have now taken parllla ores nearly Ave bottles and am happy to say I urn nt.irfilv ririrpf?- I would advise . all SS7 "&?ZSSt Buffering on account of impure blood to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. It will curs." Mna. Wm. Smith, 319 E. S6th St., N. Y. City. Hood's Pi!l3 become the favorite cathartic with everyone who tries them, 23c per hot. . Dr. Chapman's ieetrLra At trio collogo assembly ha'l !nt Wednes day evening, under the aus:ires of the Shakospe;iri'an club, Presilent Chapman, f the State TJiiivrSfv, dlivered an interest ing locture on Shak.::! 'rfi's trast'-dy-drama Macbeth. The lecture c 'iimed an hour in its delivery, and though !- interesting to those unacquainted with the play, tho audi ence was very attentivo. Dr. Chapman determined woman, of nervious tempera ment. Tho speakor failed to give hU opin . jon as to .whether or not it was Banquo's 1 ghost that appeared nt tho banqimt, .Letter List. Following is the list of letters remain Robt. Johnson, P. M. Twenty cases men's shoes j at Nolan & Callahan's. Mt received Big bargains in Callahan's. underwear at Nolan & T2S CHTTRCJEBS. Congregational Church., Sunday School 10 a. in.; preaching 11 a. m. and 7: 'ip. m. Junior Endeavor, 4 p. m.; Senior Endeavor 6:30 p.m.; prayer and conference meeting, Thursday 7:30 p. m. H.J. Zercher, pastor. M. E. Church, South, old college chapel: Preaching at 11 a. in. and at 7 p. m. each Sabbath except the third. Sunday school at 10 a.m., and prayer meeting at 7 p. m. Wednesday evening. The" public is invited to attend. . P. A. Mosks, Pastor. Episcopal Church, corner of 7th and Jef ferson streets: Services every Sunday at 11 a. m., and 7:30 p. m., ana on wcanesany evening at 7:30 p. m. Lay services every 2nd and 4th Sunday of eachjmonth. AH are cordially invited to attend, especially those w.itbout other church home. Christian church: Services every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.; Sunday school at 10 a. m.; Junior Y. P. S. C. E. at 4 p. m., and Senior Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. Choir practice Saturday night." Frank Abram Towell, pastor. Presbyterian church, corner 4th and Jef ferson streets, Rev. E.J. Thompson, D. D., pastor. Sabbbath services: Sunday school at 10 a. m.; public worship, 11 a.m. and 7:30 p. m.; Junior C. E. at 4 p. m.; Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:50 p. m. Thursday: Praise and prayer service, 7:30 p. ui. Ladies' A"d Society, 4th Wednesday of each month at 2 p. m. Ladies' Missionary Socitty, 2nd Wed nesday of each month at 2 p. m. A kind welcome to all. Chief of Police Notice. To all owners of cows, calves, or hors es, you are-hereby notified not to tie any of the above named stock in any way so they can get on either sidewalks or cross walks, on any street in the. corporate limits of the city of Corvallis. By order of chief of police. C. B. WstU ATTENTION. All persons afflicted with warts will do well to call on Dr. J. B. Piero, who has had forty years experience in the business and whs will guarantee all of bis cores to never fail. I therefore say "No cure, no pa;.' For particulars, address J. B. Piern, Alaea Valley, Benton county, Oregon. Enclose eta trip for reply. Wanted. Several trustworthy gentlemen or ladies to trayel in Oregon for established, reliable house. Salary $780 and expenses. Steady position. Enclose reference and self-addressed, stamped envelope.' The Dominion Com pany, Third Floor, Omaha Bidg., Chicago, 111. '- . ' Notice. To the republicans of the second judicial district of Oregon bring Lane, Benton, Douglas, Lincoln, Coos and Curry counties, Gentlemen: Believing my past experience as assessor of Douglas county fits me for the office as a member of the state board of equalization for this district, I respectfully ask that you nominate me for said office, as I will fill the same without fear or favor to the best of my ability if elected. Jas. A. Sterling. Assessor of Douglas County. 1 m, j& AiwiGai? GathoIiGS and the A. P. A. By Patrick Henry Winston. The author of this book is a Protestant in religion, a native born American citizen, and a descendant of the great revolution ary patriot and orator, Patrick Henry, of Virginia. In politics he is a republican, and was United States attorney for the State of Washington under President Harrison. On Sale at Conover'a Bookstore, Corvallis. Price by mail, 25 cents. UP, On the north side of our store room we have placed on this Bargain Counter : : : EVGPphiqg fop Men aijd Bo$. Suits we sold at $20, on the counter for $10. Pants we sold for $3 and $3.50, on the coun ter for $1.00. Shoes we sold for $2.50 and $3.00, are on the counter for $1.50. Fine Woolen Underwear we sold for $3 and $3.50 per suit are on llie counter for $2.10. We have put something of everything m the store on the Bargain Counter. We must get rid of these goods no matter what it costs us. Comts quick aud get a bargain. F. L. MILLER, Corvallis, Oregon. pRST-ciiflss pwnG Unsurpassed in ualitu, Stgle, and . , Finish.; m s -e3 HRn?in?ie Sripotirg. mm c 4 Gazette Notice of Final Settlement. Notice is hereby given, that tho under signed, administrator of tbo estate of Patrick Gillooly, deceased, has filed his final account of his administration of said estate with tho County Clerk of Benton county, Oregon; that the County Court of said County by order has fixed the 7th day of Feb., 1896, at the hour of 10 . e'clock a. m. of said day to hear any and all objections to said final ac count. Dated this 23rd day of Tec., 1895. Horace Undkrhiix, Admistrator of the estate of Patrick Gil looly, deceased. Money to Loan. I have money to loan on improved farm lands in Benton and Linn counties, in any sums of from ?500 up to 810,000", on very fa vorable terms. For particulars and blank applications write to ' C. G. BurkBart, Albany, Oregon. 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