OREOOH union
Published Every Friday at
CORVALLIS. - - OREGON.
FRIDAY. JAN. 13. 1898.
AT THE LEGISLATURE-
Our Correspondent at Salem
Predicts a Clean and
Economical Session.
The present legislative session
met in better condition to do busi
ness than any legislative body
since 1893. The absence of the
excitement, confusion aud partisan
spirit which accompanies a senator
ial contest is very noticeable. There
is no apparent party division in
either branch of the legislature,
and fusionists and republicans vote
for or against every measure solely
on their judgment. I think this
is very noticeable and peculiar to
this legislature for I never saw such
harmony before among parties that
were bo widely divergent at the
polls. This augurs well for the
enactment of wise legislation and I
predict now that the f late will get
it Tliora arm inanv cnnd hills a1-
.v. v, ""-"J 6-
ready presented and many more
talked of, and the only danger to
be apprehended is over legislation;
we are apt to do too much of it.
Up to the afternoon session of
Tuesday, the time of the session
was occupied with organization and
'the inauguration of the governor,
which event took place Tuesday
forenoon. The houses met in joint
session and the platform was oc
cupied by the incoming and retiring
officers and the judges of the
supreme court. Governor Lord's
retiring message was a masterpiece,
and Governor Geer's inaugural is
very highly spokeu of. At. the
afternoon session 27 bills were in
troduced in the senate and the
balance of the time until adjourn
ment was occupied in the discussion
of the everlasting clerk business,
and then it was only settled tem
porarily for it is sure to bob up
again before the end of th session.
They have gone through exactly
the same experience in the house.
Most of their time on Tuesday was
occupied debating the clerk propo
sition and it is still unsettled.
-E)5eT8are valWWP feuessef "u AWi
the number of bills that will be
introduced at this session and
they range from 200 to 500. I
think midway between these figures
will be about the number.
l ne new state omcers are occupy
ing their quarters and have fallen
into line as if they were always
there. They are a fine eet of men
and start out well, but it is the
home stretch that counts, and let
us hope it may count well for all of
them.
' SOLDIERS, AND SOLDIKRS.
Again we want to say that we are
proud of the Corvallis boys at
Manila. No old women or cry
babies among them. They are sol
diis. Possessed of all the mili
tary qualities that distinguish a
true supporter of the flag from
those vain carpet knights whose
courage sits lightly on their finger
tips, and whose idle hours are oc
cupied in long drawn out bemoan
ings of their fate. Of all the let
ters that have reached Corvallis
from her volunters in the Phil
ippines, not one has contained a
whimpering clause. Brady Burnett,
writing to his parents under date of
November 28th, says: "Our life
here is not disagreeable. We have
drill about one hour each morning,
and dress parade in the evening
three times a week, so that about
all we' have to do is to eat and
sleep. We have to get up about j
5:30 but I do not mind that. Our
fare is very good. We have fresh
meat from Australia. Sickness is
exaggerated in the reports you re
ceive. All of the Corvallis boys
that I have seen look well."
George Clark doesn't seem to be
sulking in hit tent, either. He in
serts the following paragraph in a
ujfcwrr mj mo granumomer, wnioa ment of new road district trom territory
gives rise to a suspicion that the boys ' now in districts 19, 30 and 37 was con
are not faring verv badly after all: ' tinued-
'Yesterday was Thanksgiving andL A f,?Tof tten?onef'"
. 6 B . I court will be held January 20th for the
we were invited to a banquet given ! pipose of fixing the county tax levy
oy jo. I6ia Minnesota, and all
had a splendid time. We had
chicken soup, three kinds of salad,
olives and baked salmon, roast tur-
key and dressing, apple jelly, cran-
berry sauce, sweet potatoes, mashed I
potatoes, lattice, onion pickles, !
, , . ' y , '
picklea, pies, biscuits, tea and a
great variety of other drinks, and
after all, the bill of fare is not
much more than half enumerated. '
a i?;n:. i, t - v j
K orchestra furnished (
music. ,
The foil twing extract from a let
ter to Brigadier-General Beebe,
from Drj Cardwell, chief surgeon
U. S. V., bears out the reports of
our boys and throws some light on
the situation generally. After pre
facing his statement with the assur-
i ance that he "is still 'one of those
volunteer surgeons,' and therefore
mav ye acquitted of any vhite
washing proclivities" he says: "As
to the trials and discomforts we
have had? thsy have been very
many, and some of them tried
men's souls, but inasmuch as we
have never been in the habit ol
sending our foraging parties to
gather up all the loose islands in
sight before, and could not reason
ably be expected to have an intui
tive knowledge of just what would
occur, and just what would be
needed most, I fail to see any very
essential points where things could
have been bettered by the exercise
of 'ordinary care and discretion,'
and that is all the great American
people allow themselves to demand
by law; it is more than they have
been willing to pay for in the army,
lo, these many years, and I 'am
sure is all they had a right to ex
pect when we started out.
"But many of the hysterical let
ters which have been appearing in
the Oregonians which we are now
receiving, are a very 'sten:h in the
nostrils.' Some of them are true,
and simply show that somebody is
playing the 'baby act.' Others
are wholly untrue, while some,
those that do the most harm, in
that they stir up our wives an i
mothers and sweethearts because
they think we are suffering out
here are simply exaggerated, but
exaggerated with a genius that was
meant for better things.
""Most of them which get such
headings as 'Sick Soldiers Cry for
Aid in Manila Until Exhausted,'
'Starvation Amidst Plenty, Person
al Experiences cf a Eugene Boy,'
etc., etc., come perilously near the
'official misstatement' spoken of in
the regulations.
"No man has lacked the essen
tials to his well being. No man
has been 'neglected," sick or well,
in the proper acceptation of that
terra.
"In the hospitals there was no
f sentimentality. There was no time
u W'JiAtrir. Wdling.' - here- w
no 'dainty touch femininity' visible
anywhere, but no man is dead who
would have been ali.e under other
circumstances, except perhaps from
this one cause. Milk milk for
diet in typhoid. And in this mat
ter you cannot help us. Nobody
can help us. The milk is not here
and cannot be sent here."
Senator Daly's bill providing for
a commission of five to select text
books will pass. The effort to de
tach Portland from the rest of the
state in so far as school district
government is concerned will fail of
accomplishment. The American
Book Company has been so extor
tionate in its charges that even
some of the county, school superin
tendents blush when detected
among the opposition to Senator
Daly's bill. Clackamas County In
dependent. The movement started in the
O. A. C. to establish a joint county
fair for Benton and Linn counties,
alternating the place of holding it
between the counties, promises to
be successful. If established it will
be purely a fair for the purpose of
showing the products and resources
of the counties. Express-Advance.
County Court.
At the last meeting of the county court
the following business was transacted :
Petition of G. Harding for a bridge was
continued until the February term.
The venine of 200 jurors, to serve
during the current year, was drawn.
Reports of all road supei visors were
laid over until the February term.
The bond of Assessor Asa Alexander
was approved. The bond is for $5,000,
and the names of Sol King, T. White
horn and John McGee appear as sureties.
Petition of G. W. Parker for establish-
Aew and Select Harness Supplies.
J. M. Cameron carries the largest and
i best selection of robes in the state of
Oregon, outside of Portland. They have
)uet received a ver.v large invoice direct
5 and tb,, lo7 ?rjcea at
which they sell them will astonish vou.
The prices range from 50 cents upwar J.
They have a full line of saddles and
harness, and other supplies in their line,
?ithr. bought tor cash or manufactured
,n "eir own establishment. The prices
cannot )e and the qualityPthey
guarantee.
Sugar Beets.
The remarkable opportunities for the
extension of profitable agricultural in
dustries in this country through the me
dium of the sugar beet are duly sot
forth in a farmers' bulletin on the sub
ject by H. VV. Wiley. Experience has
shown that the 'sugar beet reaches its
highest development in north temperate
latitudes. As a result of years of care
ful experimentation, it may be said that
as far as temperature alone is concerned
the sugar beet attains its greatest per
fection in a zone of varying width,
through the center of which passes the
isothermal line of 70 degrees F. for
the months of June, July and August.
This zone for this country is shown in
the accompanying map from the bulle
tin here quoted. ,
This isothermal line, for the United
States, begins near the city of New York
and passes up the Hudson river to Al-
THE SUGA
bany; thence, turning westward, it runs
near Syracuse and passes in a south
westerly direction, touching the shore
of Lake Erie near Sandusky, O. ; turn
ing then in a northwesterly direction,
it enters Michigan and reaches its high
est point in that state near Lansing;
then going in a southwesterly direction,
it enters the state of Indiana near South
Bend, passes through Hichigau City;
then in a northwesterly course continues
through the cities of Chicago and Madi
son, reaching its highest point near St
Paul; thence it extends in a southwest
erly direction until it enters the state
of South Dakota, where it turns again
northwest and reaches its highest point
in Dakota just above the forty-fifth par
allel of latitude, where it crosses the
Missouri river. The isothermal line then
turns almost due south, following very
closely the one hundred and first degree
of longitude until it leaves the state of
Nebraska near the northeast corner of
Colorado. Passing in a southwesterly
direction through Colorado, It reaches,
at Pueblo, almost to the one hundred
and fifth degree of west longitude,
whence it passes in a slightly south
easterly direction into New Mexico,
turns to the west and crosses the one
hundred and fifth degree of longitude
at about the thirty-second degree of lat
itude; then turning westward, it passes
in a very irregular line through the
states of California, Oregon and Wash
ington.
Extending a distance t 100 mile
-aa-id-e tstMr- isothermal line is a
belt which for the present may be re
garded as the theoretical beet sugar area
of the United States. There are many
localities lying outside of this belt in
which the sugar beet will thrive, but
this will be due to some exceptional
qualities of the climate or soil and not
to any favorable ' influence of a higher
or lower temperature. A mean temper
ature of -70 degrees F. in the summer,
however, must not be regarded as the
only element of temperature which is
to be taken into consideration. In those
localities where the winters come early
and are of unusual severity will be
found greater difficulties in the produc
tion of sugar from the sugar beet than
in those localities where the winters
are light and mild, although the mean
summer temperature of both localities
may be represented by 70 degrees F,
As an illustration of this difficulty may
be cited northern Nebraska and South
Dakota, where the winters are of great
severity, and southern California, where
there is scarcely any winter at all.
The mean summer temperature of
these localities is about the same, but
the continuation of a semisummer tem
perature through the winter in southern
California greatly favors the growth
and manufacture of the beets, in north
ern Nebraska and South Dakota the
beets, which are to be manufactured
during the winter time, have to be pro
tected by expensive silos. In southern
California and other places similarly
situated the beets can be protected with
out any covering or at most with only a
slight covering of leaves or straw. The
season for planting in a mild climate is
also longer. For instance, in southern
California planting can commence as
early as January and continue till Juiie,
thus giving a beet crop coming contin
uously into maturity from the 1st of
August to the 1st of December. In oth
er localities the planting must be ac
complished iu a short time, say from
the 10th of May till the 1st of June.
Before the first of these dates the
ground will be too cold for planting,
and after the second the season will be
so late as to prevent the maturity of
the beets before frost. When the field is
properly plowed and STtbsoiled in the
late autumn, the farmer will be able to
take advantage of the first favorable op
portunity in the spring to prepare the
surface of the soil and plant the seed.
Lo Vou Need Help!
Anyone wishing a competent man to
do light, work in the nature of cleaning
yard, trimming vines and hedges, etc,
can secure such service hy enquiring of
T. W. Dilley. the "fixer."
Wanted.
To employ a young person, skilled in
shorthand and typewriting, good pen
man, accurate in figures, with careful
habits, able to glean information, from
county records. Apply in writing to
"The Oregon Union."
IE. JEL. BRYSOH,
ATTORNEY - AT-LAW
Corvallis, Oregon.
Office In Zierolf bnildlug.
CLOSING-OUT SALE.
OF CLOTHING.
I have decided to retire form the Clothing business
and will sell our immense stockof
MEN'S and BOYS'
SUITS and
EXTRA PANTS AT COST
also LADIES' FINE SHOES and
JACKETS.
As we have decided to close out these lines, we will force the sale
of the entire lot till all are sold.
... ALL SALES STRICTLY FOR CASH ...
S. L.
Corvallis, Oregon.
A Daring Spy.
Perhaps the most thrilling expe
rience remembered by any of the
veterans is the following, told by
Alexander Munson, now a member
of Governor Andrew post and for
merly of a Maine regiment.
The hero of the incident was Cap
tain Craiger of an Iowa battery. He
had been led by the love of danger
and excitement into scout and spy
duty. The experience in question
was brief, but so charged with peril
and - nerve tension that in a few
short hours he seemed to have lived
days and needed a long sleep after
it, as though he had been awake for
a week. In a single afternoon he
left his own camp and rode into the
enemy's country, passing two pick
ets, killed a guard, listened to a
council of war in the rebel general's
tent, fought his way back through
the pickets, who now knew his mis
sion, set off the signal agreed upon,
and rode to safety on his unusually
fleet horse.
The first pkket he met on his way
out was misled by supposing him to
b a spy of their own returning
with information, and from them
he got what sounded like the coun-
atiW Xnot, as hediscov-
, ne attempted
with uto pass the sentry near the
tent of the general. The sentry pull
ed trigger on him, but the cap snap
ped on the musket, there was a
hand to hand scuffle not 100 yards
from the camp, and the sentrj was
stabbed fo the heart Clad in the
sentry's uniform, under cover of
the night, he heard from the very
lips of the general and his council
the eecret he was in search of that
the enemy would mass on the left
wing to meet the attack of tomor
row sauntered carelessly about
when the council was dispersed, and
then mounted his superb gray and
was off. It was a perilous ride, for
every picket he had passed in the
afternoon fired -on liim as he rode
through, and it was indeed a charm
ed life that escaped the bullets.
The last picket he had to pass was
numerous and met him with a vol
ley, followed up with a sharp attack
with sabers and revolvers. Shoot
ing, stabbing, slashing and swearing
like a fiend, wounded and wound
ing, he fought his way through
them and then fled onward, reeling
in his saddle with excitement and
loss of blood until, arrived at the
hollow stump where his rockets
were concealed, he set them both
off, thus giving the desired inform
ation to his own commander. Then,
emptying his revolver at his near
est pursuer, ho again rode away,
unharmed further by the shots
which followed him like hail. What
added to the bravery of this deed
was the fact that he knowingly
went'out to replace a scOut who had
beiskilled the night before on the
very same mission. Boston Herald.
Plow points are often improperly
sharpened. Some blacksmiths slope the
plowshare all the way to the edge, like
a cultivator shovel. An Orange Jadd
Farmer correspondent says: "A point
so sharpened will always give trouble,
running too deep, and if the ground is
very hard the paint will soon round up,
the plow refusing ample penetration
unless the ground is rather soft In
working the steel, it is better to heat it
slowly. In tempering, heat to a cherry
red and dip in water. When taken out,
if a blue color, immerse again, and that
will toughen it If the plow is rusty, it
is a good plan to oil the share often
with kerosene. In painting ironwork,
an excellent paint is made of graphite
mixed with linseed oil. The color is
black, the paint sticks well and forms a
fine coating for tin roofs. Farmers
should paint the sbeetiron work on their
binders and other machinery. "
Tiiere is a missionary in Lambeth,
London, so solicitous for' the wel
fare of the inmates of the work
house that he insists on entering the
laundry and praying with the pau
pers while they are busy over the
washtub. The authorities object to
this proceeding on the ground that
it interferes with discipline, but the
missionary maintains that he has
Biblical grounds for his action, for
does not the Scripture say, "Wash
and pray," or something very like
til
KLINE,
The White House.
Farjm Devices.
Homemade Contrivances For Leveling and
SmouTliiiiB the SoU.
For smoothing ground for onions and
other crops where the surface must be
made level, it is claimed that there is
nothing equal to the drag pictured in
the illustration here reproduced from
The Prairie Farmer. To make one, take
four 2 by 4 or 3 by 4 joists, 8 feet long.
Lay them on the floor 3 feet apart and
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GROUND LEVKLER.
nail on a board 7 inches wide and 1 inch
thick. Lay over this another board, and
so on until the joists are covered. Nail
a board to tbe end cf the joist and put
a heavy staple in each eud to draw it
by. Draw it over tho ground so that the
edge of each board will act as a scraper
and carry the dirt along to fill in small
hollows or knock off the ridges. If
drawn the opposite way, it merely
smooths the surface without leveling
3EET BELT.
it. If the drag is not heavy enough, a
few stones may be put on to weight it
In going to the field hitch to the reverse
end so as not to wear off tbe edges of
the board. . .
Many people sow their grain and cov
er it with the harrow simply. A good
brush and a rough roller ought to fol
low the harrowing, but much better
than the simple harrowing (which
leaves the land in ridges to-dry out rap
idly), is an arrangement like that illus
trated in the second cut and also repro
duced from the authority already
quoted.
A heavy, wide plank is attached tc
the rear of the harrow. The ridges are
DEVICE FOR SMOOTHING SOIL.
thus leveled and any lumps that may
have been left are pulverized. But, best
of all, the soil is pressed down over the
seed, causing it to sprout more rapidly
and giving it a better chance to get hold
of the ground with its roots.
C. ii. Cauthokn. ! K. H. Taylor.
CAUTHORN & TAYLOR
DENTISTS.
Dentistry of every description done in first
class manner, " and satisfaction guar
anteed. CBOWS MD BRIDGE WORK k SPECIALTY.
Office over Zierolf 's grocery store, opposiie
ihe fot office, Corvallis.' Oregon.
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OF WHEELS.
For Durability, Ease of Running, Beauty of
Finish, Strength of Construction, and
Graceful Proportions,
THE WHITE
Is the ideal Wheel. No oil cups 6 collect
dust, or besmear the various parts.
Dust-proof Bearings.
A WHEEL THAT WILL
WEAR."
G. K. St R. H. WOODCOCK,
ACENTS.
BtflGGg H(DHSE,
Newport, Yaquina Bay,
FORMERLY THE -BAY VIEW HeaSE,
Will be conducted in first-class style at reasonable rates
by the present proprietor. The house will be open all sum
mer, and special rates will be made for invalids and others
wanting to spend the summer months at the seaside.
MRS. NELLIE CAMPBELL.
F. G. Clkrk
Dealer
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Wallpaper, Bedding, Rugs,
Picture Frames, Etc. -
FRONT STREET
. . . Iranian Machine Shop and Foundry ;
AT CORVALLIS,
tanufacture and Repair all kinds of machinery. Prices, reasonable. Al
Work Guaranteed.
Bring your work now and save delay later.
REMEMBER
THE CITY SHOE SHOP,
At .Xurlli ;laln Kf.
I aim to ;ilease my customers.
Carl Zwickor, - " - Corvallis.
TflEFiaSTIflTIOPLBIi
OF
Corvallis, Oregon, j
Does a general anil conscrvaiiyo bnkiaffj
business.
YAQUINA ROUTE
CORVALLIS k EASTERN
RAILROAD
Connecting at YAQUINA v. ill: lie
YAQUINA BAY STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
STEAMERS
Grace Dollar u Navarro
First-class in. every respect. One of
the above steamers is due to sail
from Yaquina about every live
davg "
SPLENDID PASSEIIGEK ACCOM
MODATIONS. Shortest route between valler uoints
and San Fiancisco.
j Fare: Albany and points west to
I San Fraucisoo
Cabin ..$10 00
Bound trip 17 00
For sailing davs appiy to
Edwin Stone,
, H. L. Walden, Manager.
T. F. & P. A.
H. H. Cbonise, Ageut, Corvallis.
The Union, $la Ynr
FURNITURE, CARPETS,
CORVALLIS.
B F. JONES,
ATT0RM4T -LAW,
Toledo, Oregon.
Will practice in all the courts of the
state. -
SOUTH hi EAST
Mm Sic Borne.
SE51a.,srf;B. Slain. e
Express Trains leavs Portland Daily
SOUTH
I
! 6:30
p. M. Lv Portland At i 9.i3 a.m
r. M. 1 Ar Corvallis Lv b:00j h
a. m. Ar Sap Francisco Lr I 8 00 r m
9:40
3:15
The above trains stop at all stations betweei.
Portland aud Salem, Turner, Marlon, Albanj
langeut, Shedds, Hulsey, Harritburg, junction
City, Engeue, Cottage Grove, Dralur Jak'anc1..
and all stations from Roseburg to Ashlmd. ir
elusive.
ROSEBURG SIAIL DAILY
8:30 A. M. I Lv Ponlaud
12;5 p.m. Lv Albany
5:20 p. M. Ar Rosebure
Ar I 4:S0 p. i.
Lv ' I'.'-.-HI u u
Lv ; 7:30 a. M
LOCAL PASSENGER TRAIN DAILY f Rr, ElT BlINni v"
8:10 A. M. j Lv Albany Ar I XO hOa u
9:00 a. m. Ar Lebrnon Lv ' S J1
4;60 p. m. Lv Albany Ar i , :0ft ' i
5:40 P. M. I Ar Lebanon Lt :00p'ii
Ein,ner tors on O&deis Hon in.
Pullman Buffet' Sleepers
AND......
Second class Sleep: ng Cars,
Attached to all through Train".
West Side Division,
Between Portland and Corvallin.
Mail Tkaim Daily (Except Sunda y).
7:30 a. M. I Lv Portland
11:65 p. m. I Ar Corvallis
Ar
5:50 p. iT
Lv
l-'M P. M.
At Albany and Corvallis connect with ira'na
of Oregon Contral & Eastern Kailroad!
EXPRESS IRAtK DAILY fExCKTT SCKDAYl.
4 :J0 p, m.
Lv Portland
7:30 p. M.
Ar McMinville
Ar Independence
ArS;2TA. u
l.v 5:40 a. a.
I-v 14:50 a. M.
8:80 p. M.
THROUGH TICKETS
To all points East and South.
Rebate tickets on sale between 1'ortl.md .
ramento and an Francisco. Krt S , '
fimpclass .ad , secoud-cl'&S;
f5 tickets and information reeardinir raw
R. KOEHLER. Manager.
. H0rUo.
For Sale.
epdor Apply ?rntI11 CaU,e and
rr i . C. J. Bishop,
licewater, Linco'n County, Ur.