The Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, February 12, 1897, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextCorballis (Samite. lunad Evry Friday Morning by 0ie Gazette Publishing Co. W .MUNCrtN f Editor and Business Manager. CORVALLIS, OREGON, Feb. 12 , 1897. DUTY IS PLAIN. There is some truth in the ob jection that the joint assembly is unusual, undignified and in formal. Senators and represent atives have had some excuse for hesitating before taking part in its proceedings. They can hard ly be blamed for preferring the regular course, but it is definite ly settled now that there will be no other opportunity for settling the senatorial question, and their excuses are no longer valid. It is the extraordinary condi tions forced. upon the legislature that makes necessary extraordi nary action. It is a duty of the legislators to elect a senator. They can only do this now through the present joint assem bly. Its organization, while un usual, is legal, and stern neces sity should sweep away small misgivings. The legislators' present duty lies in the joint assembly and no man should wait upon another. To stay out longer is to imitate and endorse the course of those who refuse to assist in the organization of the house and who are responsible for the present disgraceful condition. - AXIOMS. Were everything that his op ponents charge against Senator Mitchell true and important, it would not justify the disgrace ful and dangerous tactics employ ed to defeat him. There is no sensible defense for those re sponsible for the present deplora ble state of affairs. Senator Mitchell is certainly not to blame for the legislative muddle. He has urged organi zation constantly. He has a right to be a candidate, as has any citizen of the state, and has the right to use every honorable means to secure his election. Mr. Mitchell's withdrawal from the race would not be a so lution of the difficulty. Bourne has enough members behind him to prevent organization upon the lines demanded by some, .and the gratification of his ambition requires that no senator be elect ed. Besides, Mr. Mitchell has no right to withdraw at the be hest of the republican party's enemies. The, "present joint assembly, tinder the existing stale of the two houses is not satisfactory. It cannotAe wholly satisfactory to Senator Mitchell. It is un usual, although the organization does not seem to be illegal. But what else can be done? Unusual plans are necessary to meet un usual conditions. If Oregon is tcrhave two rep resentatives in the national sen ate for the next two years, a sen ator must be elected in the pres ent joint assembly. It is not the duty ot the peo ple's representatives to quibble over technicalities in such an important matter. It is not their duty to gratify personal or political prejudice. It is not necessarily their duty to vote for Senator Mitchell. But it is their duty, as honest, broad-minded citizens, and as representatives of their fellow citizens, to partici pate in the only organization by which a senator can be elected, and help select some good man to work for Oregon's interests in the national senate. SHE STARTSSHE MOVES. Prosperity is not like Topsy. Prosperity does not grow it is made. Prosperity is a product of the brain not or nature. it is chiefly a matter of imagination, ot comparisons. Benton county is prosperous. We have had disasterous busi ness failures. We have suffered from that miracle in this valley, poor crops, and we have felt the blight of low prices. A county debt has crept upon us. Per sonal debts are many and heavy. We have numerous victims of an over-worked boom. But we are prosperous. We are not undone in actuali ties. We are rich in possibili ties. . Benton county voted in - November for prosperity and she is going to have it In fact, she has it , The people of Benton county intend to make their prosperity evident They are going to in vite others to share it They are donning their working clothes and when they get together and begin to dig, they will shovel j - out prosperity in such big, glit tering chunks that our own doubting complainers will be convinced and intelligent, thrifty citizens from less -favored spots will east their lot with us. In E. Woodard, Corvallis has a good, sensible mayor. The ' council exercised wisdom in se Jccting him, PLAYING WITH FIRE. Is the senatorship for sale? Is the securing of a seat in the na tional senate a matter of crimi nal buying and selling? Is no torious corruption in "the legisla ture of Oregon a joke, to be laughed at and forgotten? Is pub lic honor a myth and is patriot ism only a legend? These ques tions confront the citizens of Or egon today. Men know in reason that cor ruption alone maintains the cha otic condition at Salem. It is ap parent to any reasoning mind that that some wrongful scheme, in imical to the interests of the peo ple of the United States, is be hind the desperate game being played at the state capital. A for tune is being spent there and the gamesters are not taking such risks without the prospect of com pensating returns. The charge of corruption is not mere rumor. The statement is made from known facts. The first move in the game is to defeat John H. Mitchell and that is the pres ent contest Now, gentlemen elected to represent the people of of Oregon, take your positions. You will be judged by your acts not by your reasons. Wi 1 1 you aid the corrtiptionists, or will you not? It is dangerous to play with fire. DIFFERENT NOW. Senator Haseltine is quite a little fussy. He attacks the Or egonian because its legislative reporter said he had solicited the chairmanship of the committee on municipal corporations. This statement he seems to think par ticularly injurious, and therefor -he hotly denies it and wants te exclude reporters from the seno ate ' chamber. One thing we have not heard that Senator Haseltine has denied, namely," that he appointed his daughter to the clerkship of his committee one of those positions through which money is drawn in large sums from the state treasury, without real or necessary service rendered for it It is true that Mr. Haseltine has but. followed a custom of family favoritism at the cost of the state; but it would have looked well if so conscientious a man as he is had set an example against the custom. Oregonian. FARMERS AND MECHANICS, Practical Education at the Ore gon Agricultural College. The Oregonian remarks: ''Several scrub papers of Oregon, the Salem , Statesman among them, are printing the statement that 'The Oregonian demanded and received $ 6,000 for support- j McKmley and Hobart Is it possible they expect anybody to believs such a falsehood!" As one of the papers with the monosyllable adjective, the Ga zette is compelled to answer frankly, uNo." Nobody is ex pected to believe such a false hood orlany other falsehood. But people are expected to believe such a trnth and do believe it The Oregonian demanded and received one third , of all the money, handled by the state central committee during the campaign. The election of a republican senator at this time from this state is of national importance. A bill changing the tariff policy of the country, will come before the next congress, which will convene immediately following McKinley's inauguration. The people of Oregon, regardless of politics, are strongly in favor of protection. The national senate is close and the failure to elect i senator from this state may de feat the proposed bill. This consideration alone should out weigh any question of formality.. The Omaha Bee says editori ally, "Senator Mitchell is ap parently to be punished for be iug faithful to the republican party." Do you consider that absurd, brother? You will find it difiicnlt to give a more plausa ble reason for the attempt to de- teat him. 1 HE men who are putting up the money to defeat Mitchell are principally Corbett, Failing and Simon. Take your selection from these, you who are object ing to Mr. Mitchell, for you will find no other real opposing can didates. Bids for Wood. Sealed bids will be received at the of fice of W. E. Yales, secretary, until Sat urday, Feb. 20, 1897, at a o'clock p. t to furnish and deliver at such place up on the Agricultural College premises, as may be designated by H. B. Miller, pres ident, on or before September 1, 1897, woed described as follows: Two hun dred cords oak grub wood, and three hundred cords of body, old-growth fir wood, all of said wood to be four feet long, and not less than four nor more than eight inches in diameter; all' the wood to be sound and. free from knots and roots No payments to be made thereon before Sept 1, 1807. No bids will be received for less than 25 cords. and the right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Dated at Corvallis, Oregon, this Febru ary 6, 1897. . j W. E. Yates, Secretary Board of Regents. Wanted-An Idea Protect Tonr fries: thp. m, hrlnar von wealth. Write JOHN WEDDERBORiJ ft CO, Patent Attor ney a, Washington. D.C for their $1310 pclae OOer find list (it two aoadrel'iaVenUona wanteO. Wh can think of bqeh simple thing to pateat? It is, perhaps, "' not strange that a very large majority of Orego mans are ignorant of the magni tude and scope of the work being accomplished by the Oregon A; ricullural College. - Corvallisites even, hardly realize the greatness of the national institution in their midst. , ' - Hardly a visitor views the ex tensive apparatus, of the college and watches the hundreds of slu dents af work in the various de Dartments, under the direction of able and careful instructors, with out expressing astonishment. Peo ple know in a general way that there is an Agricultural College located here, that it is well at tended, lias a number of profes sors, and they suppose that some thing is being done with Uncle Sam's splendid endowment. There their impressions end. The ex peri me nt station, through its bul let ins and farmers' institutes is belter known. The college is, in fact, worthy of the princely aid extended by the general government. Vigorous complaints against certain fea tures of the management that have warmed local papers recently should not be construed as criti cism of the real college work. ITS EQUIPMENT AND FUNDS. J he college has 185 acres ot land immediately adjoining Cor val I is. The campus contains 35 acres'. This property is easily woi ih $30,000. Tim main college buiMing was erected by citizens of iiv-nton county at a cost of $25,000. This building, the chem ical laboratory and conservatory are in the campus proper. The mechanical hall, ladies' boarding hall and dairy building are in the plaza adjoining. At some distance from these are the barn buildings, and still further stands Cauthorn hall, the young men's club house. These buildings, with I he appa ratus they eontain, represent an outlay of over $100,000. The college receives from the interest on its school land fund about $4,000 per year. The Mor-. rill act provides this year $22,000 from the general government and the experiment station receives $15,000 a year from the provisions of the Hatch act. The teaching force is 22 strong. beside a number of assistants. AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL. The institution is a mechanical college as well as an agricultural college. There .are two courses of study offered, the mechanical and agricultural. Both courses inclnde thorough iii6truciion in the useful sciences. Beside, there is a course in household, economy for young ladies. lhese courses demand practical application, as well as study, and the object is to tit the student for real life, work. MECHANICAL COURSE. Mechanical hall, is a very large building, the original brick build ing, containing the engine room heavier machinery and- black smith shop is two stories and the new addition is three stories. it lias a 40-norse power engine, 50-horse-power boiler, wood and iron working machinery, black smith shop, dynamo, etc. The students taking the median ical course include nine Seniors, fourteen Juniors, thirty Sopho mores and about 45 Freshmen. The Freshmen are instructed in wood work, Mr. W. D. Pritchard, a first-class mechanic, having charge of this branch of the work. The chief idea is to teach the stu dents the use of tools by having them make various articles' from exercise drawings. Turning lathe, band saw, plainer and jig saw are the machines used here. Students are also taught the use of hand tools. The second year class takes up blacks mi thing and-the study ol mechanical drawing. The stu dents make tools from . exercise drawings, learn to temper steel, etc. "Clyde Phillips, a practical blacksmith, has charge of this de partment. :: The third year students: are. oc cupied in the machine shop, work ing in iron and steel. Tliey learn the use of the turning lathe, drill press and haud tools. They work lrom exercise drawings. The Seniors continue their Ju nior year work. TJsuallylhe fourth year class build some machine. The class of 1893 built a dynamo. The following year the Seniors build an S-horse-power engine and last year the class made two wood turning lathes, which are now in use. 15. G. Enimett, a graduate of the college instructs, the third and fourth year classes. The whole mechanical depart ment is under the direct supervir sion of Prof. G. A. Covill. He is well equipped for the work and gives splendid satisfaction. Prof. Covill graduated at .Cor nell University and during the following year was instructor in that institution. Later he accept ed a position as instructor in the mechanical ; department ol the University of Minnesota, and in 1SS9 commenced his successful service with the Oregon Agricul tural College. Owing to Prof. Berchtold's pro motion to the deanship of the fac ulty, the department of physics, heretofore in his charge, was turn ed over to Prof. Covill this year, making necessary the employ ment of Clyde Phillips, as assis tant in blacksmithing. The dynamo, operated by stu dents, furnishes light for the college and boarding halls. Considering the money expend ed and the age of the institution, the mechanical department is well equipped for instruction. It is the intention to increase the efficiency from year to year by the purchase of additional machinery. The description will be contin ued in the next issue. Alsea Jottings. Mr. Guy Seeley and Mr. Pickett made a trip to Corvallis a short time ago. . , '. The farmers are 'wishing for old Sol to show his bright self now, that they may be plowing and s iwing. ' . Mr. Post and Frank Sturges left for French Prairie recently, where they have a job of work during seeding. , . . . '. . . Ii. M. Webster took a load of fine salmon lo Corvalli last week Quite a number are being caught hkM he river now. Ihere is some talk that . Mr. Moses will sell his int rest in the. store to Mr. Malone. Two stores stfem to be one -too many for Al sea. as the trade is limited to loo small country. ' '- Mrs. Alice Vidito left last week for Portland to see her Jittle daughter, Myrtle, who is seriously in with pneumonia. Later Mr Vidito. received a telegram that the little maid was better. The Hayden brothers made : trip to Corvallis last week and re port the roads to be- very bad, strange, duc it must De true, as they are men of their word, but we thought we had all the mud at home. ....j We are told that another land slide has stopped the passage, of teams over the mountain to Cor vallis.' It seems that the elements are determined that Alsea shall- be exiled; It is too bad for our road to be taken so often, besides it is very, discouraging- for our mer chants, who must have goods some way. - Wonders never cease. -The people wondered and just kept wondering why Tom Vidito made sucli a flying trip to Corvallis ihe other day, but they wonder no longer. Un Sunday, Jan. 31, - at the home of the bride's - mother, Mrs. John Sapp, Mr. Thomas Vid ito and Miss Hattie': SaDij- Vere united in the holy bonds of main mony, Justice C. P. Fullertoiiy of AUea, officiating. We join1 the many friends of the happy 'pair in vihiug them a long and happy jiiuniey through life. It will soon be school meetiug day again.- Who will be the next martyrs? We think -?cliooI dhfec tors and school teachers are.-truly martyrs, as they have to try-.,to piease an, ana , are always com plained or not only in Alsea, but nearly every place. We have-had excellent teachers in our schools during ihe last year and we 'are sure they have tried to do good work. W have been informed by some -A the pupils of the dif ferent schools thai, "the teachers are all right, and if we do not learn it is because we are too stu put or loo lazy." So it is flie world over. The teacher may do his best, and if the pup l i not studious, he will not advance Our teachers are generally liked this year. . Old Innocence. "I suffered with bronchitis for nearly five years. My physician 'prescribed for me without produ cing favorable results, and finally "advised me to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I have taken six bot tles of this medicine, and am now Ticklish Things. Coughs are ticklish things. Nowhere does the extravagant saying : " I was ticiued to aeatn, come nearer being true, than in the case of a severe cough. Do you know the feeling? The tickling in the throat, that you writhe under and fight against, until at last you break out in a paroxysm of ; coughing? Why not cure the cough and enjoy unbroken jest? You can do so by using . : v . Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. This testimonial will b? found in full in Ayer's "Curebook" with a hundred others. Free. Address J. C Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. I i i i i ;i o ( i it !! O n Subscribe CATARRH .- . Is a LOCAL DISEASE an it the result of colds and suaaen enmatic onanges. It can be cured bv a nleasant remedy which is applied dl- rectlT Into the IMV-.trD.. Ha. jekjyabsorbed it gives Ely's Cream Balm la acknowledged to be the most thoroneh cure for Nasal Catarrh, Cold ia Head and Hay Fever of all remedies. It onctm and etoaiuiaa tha nuns naflMPM. allays pain and inflammation, heals the ssres, pro tects the membrane from colds, restores the mmm Of taste and smell. Price 50c. at Dme;iaU or by mad. KLrY BKOTOEBSt 66 Warren Street. Hew York. mm ADOPTED RESOtTJTIONS. At tne regular ; meeting , of the city council Monday evening, teniber. of that body, by a rising vote, adopted the following resolutions relative to the tie- ceased mayor, Col. John Kelsav: '3" Whereas, We deem it btt just that a fitting recognition of his worth should be had by this council, therefore be it .- Resolved, That in the death of Co! Join Kelsay, this council has lost au aVe and conscientious presiding officer and safe advisor, the eity au upright and Honorable mayor and the community a gooa citizen. Resolved, That the heart-felt sympa thies of the officers and members of this council be extended to the bereaved fam ily. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of this council aud that a copy be sent to the family of deceased and a copy furnished the. local papers. - . " -, . . fC. H. IwEE, , Committee -j A. W. Rose, IJ-W. Stewart. Notice to Creditors. : Notice is hereby given that the under signed has been appointed administra trix of the estate of Anna V. Holeate. deceased, by the, county court of the state of Oregon for Benton county. All persons having claims against said estate are required to present the same, proper ly verified, to me, at my residence, or at the office of E. Holgate, both in Corval lis, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. , v ;t fj ; : Dated this 12th, day of February, 1897 Helen i,. Hotgatb, ? . - Administratrix. The 66 GAZETTE 99 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. A NEWSY PAPER, and a SUPERIOR ADVERTISING MEDIUM Bright up-to-data editorials; readable and spicily writ ten Local Happenings, together with a review of the news of the World, make the . GAZETTE a model and eagerly sought newspaper. ' Clothing! Clothing! Clothing! Plenty of .suggestions in our Boys' Depart ment for the small fellows. Suits for Sunday Suits for School Knock-about Suits for Rough-and-tumble Boys. Our Prices are the economical parents delight. S L. KLINE'S. THE " " . WHITE HOUSE. via 5 , . ? t t ' t o 0 0 Fancy and Staple GpOOD --A.3STID A TTrLTTm r IDS M B - - 6 m HODESi r ADVERTISING RATES LOW IN COMPARISON WITH SERVICES RENDERED. ' We operate one of the Largest and Best Equipped Job Plants in the State. Our reputation for turning out only first-class work is State wide. . -THE- GAZETTE PUB. CO., I VT f INGEtADAM- - DISCARDED i HE FIG LEAF ,'iOius. - - The merchant tailor has always been and alwayfwiil be 'the authority on fashion creaton of garment that FIT full of tone and dignity. The fact that the CORVALLIS, OREGON. egetablePreparattonfor As similating theTood and Regula ting the Stomachs andBowels of ProinotesT)igestion,Chrful ness and fjsst.Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. Not Narcotic. Btape. cOldSrSAMUELWVSm :" Pumphn Seti' jUxJama - jhmSad. ; HinSd - Gamed Soger .. -. Aocrfect Remedy for Constioa- tion. Sour-Stonh.IHarrhoea, Worms onvui5ions,reveri5iv ness arid Lo ss OF SLEEP. facsimile Signature ot INEWYOBK. mi EXACT SOFT OF WBAPfEB, SEE THAT THE FACSIMILE : ; SIGNATURE . OF- IS ON THE WRAPPER OF EVEBY BOTTLE OE Oastorla is jrat up in one-ska bottles onlr. ' It is not sold in balk. Don't allow anyooa to sell 70a anything else on the plea or promise that it is "just as good" and "will answer every par pose." W8ee that jaa get 0-A-S-T-O-R-I-A, custom make h the standard by which aH fashionable clothing is now measured, is sufficient guarantee for superior "Style Service Satisfaction" exclusive textures not shouted around town by every dealer in "cheap and quick" productions. OUR SPRING AND SUMMER ALBUM OF SAMPLES is now in; come and look through its pages learn our prices then we -know you will Let us take your a measure. F. L. MILLER, CORVALLIS, - - OREGON. The New York jacket Store Is cutting and slashing prices to almost nothing. Bargains ,. We always give, but never such brilliant bargain meteors as now. Ladies Kid Shoes Going at cost Ladies' Blouses at cost. Biggest bargains in Shoes on the Coast To pass these values by is throwing away A Golden Chance. Land for Sale. Land for sale or will trade for improved town property. For particulars, address A Vance, Summit, Benton Co., Or. To Exchange. wtapper. Highly-improved, up-to-date, unen- 1 cumbered . farm of . 160 acres, near Brownsville, for small place near Corval lis. ox 17, Corvallis. . .. 7 : - -Letter List. Following is the list of letters remain ing in the Corvallis postoffice, unclaimed Feb. ia, 1897: f Thos Alderson, Jonathan Brown, Wm Bennett, Henry Briston, R S Bradley. Miss M A Cadding, A T Davis, Chaa Gallagher, J H Long, Miss Hattie Peach, er, James Porter, J S Moore, A E Moore Theo tfoyes,-Mrs Mary T Williams, Miss Clara Zorn. . - Kobt. Johnson, p. m.