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About Oregon union. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1899)
OREO UNION Pi blisiiei) Every Friday at ..OKVALLIS. - OfiEGON. FRIDAY. JAN. 27, 1898. We have rec eiyed copies of the most important bills now pending before the! legislature. Parties wishing to see them may do so by calling at the UXKJN office. SEEMS INEVITABLE. Will Benton's Boundaries be as in 1890 Seems a Mere Matter of Time. The rush of hills has discontinu ed and the weeding out process has begun. In the senate there are over 160 bills read a second time and referred to committees so that the senate committees have all their spare time occupied. Many, very many, of these referred bills will find their grave in . the com mittee room and never be heard of again. This to an outsider may seem a very frivolous way of doing business, but the people in this as in many other of their grievances are solely to blame. They insist on their representatives introducing foolish and , impossible measures, that if passed would defeat the very object sought for, and so they are introduced, the representative fulfills his promise, and the bills lie quietly sleeping in the com inittee r.toin grave yard. The bill to increase the number of judges of the supreme court which passed the house was defeated in the sen ate as was expected. In fact bills are frequently passed in the house with the expectation that thry will be defeated "in the senate, and this for obvious reasons. A printed invitation was sent by mail here on Thursday last invit ing the legislature to visit Corvallis and was presented and accepted in the house. It seemed to be father less for a time and fell rather flat, as no provision had been made for transportation. Senator Daly went to Portland on Friday and through the kindness of Mr. R. Kohler of the Southern Pacific secured a special train to convey the mem bars to Corvallis. He introduced a viaing for a committee irom botn houses to take charge of the excur sion and name a day for it. At ( U ! i a?ln.w ilia rfl n lina " r I Unan name3, but it will probably be Wednesday next. The way the members are talking now a good crowd may be expected and the citizens of Corvallis will have an opportunity to show their hospi tality. Petitions from the Lower Alsea country and from Corvallis numer ously signed have been presented here praying for the division of Lincoln county and to attach th. south end to Benton county. This would be a serious wrong to the north end of Lincoln couuty and no earthly benefit to Benton, but on the contrary a very great incon venience and expense, and so the parties having the matter in charge were told that such a measure would not be allowed to go through the senate. This seemed to settle the matter at least for the time be ing, but efforts -ilong that line will be continued, and the final solu tion to the matter will be Benton county as it wa? in 1890. It seeirfs inevitable. A most bitter fight is be ing made from ambush on the Daly educational bill, especially the text book clause, and at this writing there is no surety as to the result une singular iaci is mac ior tne past two days only, letters have been pouring in on members from their county superintendents beg ging them to defeat the Daly bill What is singular about it is that these remonstrances should have been held back until the day they expected the bill to come up for a third reading and that they should come m such a swarm and all at once. There is someone at head quarters somewhere engineering this opposition, without a doubt These letters give no reasons why the Daly bill should be defeated, and my opinion is that the bill will pass , The LaGrande sugar beet bounty will come up again soon and will, I think, be defeated. There is a bill which has passed the house appropriating $25,000 for fish hatcheries, which I think will be defeated in the senate. There are many other house bills creat ing log inspectors, wheat inspectors, and various other offices, but they are all doomed in the senate. SELECTION' OF TEXTBOOKS. The efforts of those who antag onize the Daly law seem to he directed mainly against that feature of the hill concerning who shall constitute the text hook commis- i , :sion and the manner of selecting the text books. We publish those sections of the bill touching these points, that our readers may better understand dis cussions of them: "In the month of January, in I the year one thousand nine hun dred and one, and in the month of January every four years thereafter, the governor shall appoint, from different sections of the state, a state board of five text book com-, missioners, who shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified. The governor shall fill all vacancies in such board. "In the month of Februaiy, in the year one thousand nine hundred and one, and in the month of Feb ruary every six years thereafter, the slate superintendent of public instruction shall, under the di rection of the state board of educa tion issue a circular, and mail a copy of the same to all the leading school-book publishers in the United States. Such circulars shall contain the following: 1. The name and postoffice ad dress of eac i member of the state boar.l of textbook commissioners. 2. The time ami place of meet ing of the slate board of textbook commissioners to adopt textbooks. 8. The general form of bid to be followed by publishers in submit ting textbooks for adoption. 4. The general form of contract to be entered into between the state board of education in .behalf of the state, and a publisher whose book or books may be adopted. 5. The branches of study in cluded in the state course of studies, for schools of all grades. 6. The provisions of this Act re lating to the adoption of textbooks. 7. Such additional facts and in formation as may be deemed ex pedient. "Tho state i oard of textbook commissioners shall meet at the state capitol on the second Monday in July, in the year one thousand second Monday m July every six years thereafter, and continue in session .. for not less than fifteen days, -exclusive of Sundays and other holidays, in a room to be designated by the state board of education. Four members shall constitute a quorum. They shall immediately organize by electing a chairman from among their num ber, and a competent person as secretary. No person holding any office under the state, or any count', shill be elected secretary. . "When organized, as provided in this act, the state board of text commissioners shall adopt text books for use in all the public schools of this state for six years. The sessions of the board 6hall be public and the vote upon the selec-tio-i of each textbook shall be viva voce and the vote of each member shall be recorded in the minutes of the board. The adoption shall in clude textbooks for all brauches of study specified in the state course of studies for schools of all grades, and no others. At least three votes 6hall be necessary to a choice of any textbook. "The proposals of each publisher hall be submitted to the board in writing not later than the first day of the session of the board and shall contain the full title of each text book proposed to be furnished by him, the date of copv right, the price at which it can be exchanged up to the thirty-first of December, inclusive, of the year of adoption for the t?orresponding textbooks then in use in the common schools, the introductory price, at which it will be sold to the patrons of t!'c schools of this state up to the thirty first day of December, inclusive, of the year of adoption, and the retail price tne'-eatter during the period of adoption, and the proposal snail further contain an ofler to furnish to the said patrons the textbooks described, or any one of them at price3, and m higher, than con tained in the proposal, during the period of six years from their adop tion, and to comply with the other requirements of this act. "The said board may adopt or reject any textbook or all textbooks contained in any proposal, or if the price of any textbook in ail the proposals shall be considered by the 1 board unreasonably hish or fh book not suitable, the board mavl " o reject such textbook and thereafter , at th3 same or a subsequent session receive new proposal;? for such hook and adopt it in the same manner s ! above provided. No publisher shall hrtve the right to have his proposal as to any textbook- considered un- j less he shall have delivered to each member of the bnar I one copy ofj such textbook, at least sixty days before the meeting of the board, free of cost. "Each member of the state board of textbook commissioners, and the secretary elected by them, shall be paid one hundr.-d dollars for at tendance at each meeting required in this act, and a further sum suffi cient to cover all actual traveling expenses incurred in attending such meeting. Any claim for com pensation made under the provisions of this act shall be audited by the secretary of state, and paid out of any funds in the hands of the state treasurer not otherwise appropri ated." Our private opinion publicly ex pressed is that the book trust is be hind the Daly bill, and knowing that public opinion is against them aie masquerading as enemies of the bill. Albany People's Press. We reprint the above, not because it is worthy of lespect, nor to amuse those who have a keen sense of humor, but to show the nature and ciliber of the opposition to Mr. Daly in his splendid fight against the book trust in the interest of the people. It is merely a "prtva'e opinion" born of a disordered in tellect, backed- by no effort nt ar guinent and lacking even a glim mer of reason. Such an opinion was 'to be expected, however; from a paper, which, a few months ago, solemnly declared that Hobson sank the Merrimac in Santiago harbor "to cover a gigantic bteal on the part of the government." A committee of the legislative assembly has been investigating the school biok question and has decided to recommend a bill for an act placing the select on of text books in the hand3 of a committee appointed by the governor, instead of giving the county school super intendents such authority. The object is to secure a ysteta-of text-- jiiooJ muGU cheaper thanupwnjL:., aking the control of the text-book question out of the hands of the American Book Company which has a monopoly contract till 1901. The American Book Co. is fighting the measure very vigorously. The chairman ot the committee and the acti 'e opponent of the book trust is John D. Daly, senator from Ben ton and Lincoln, than whom there is no better, or more conssientious man to undertake this task, in the state of Oregon. Junction City Times. "The good mei. do lives after them,' said Shakespeare but that does not apply to old pioneers like Harrison II. Kincaid, whose petty shortcomings are moro than over ba'anced by good service rendered the people. Capital Journal. Bet ter wipe the dust off your Shake speare, and look it over again Neighbor Hofer. Corvallis Union. There is truth in ' our revised Shakespeare. Evil in the light of metaphysics is not only self destructive but non-existent. The good alcne survives. The many good things Harry Kincaid did will survive all the evil that can be said. Good is the only reality. But we don't expect the highest truth to be understood or appreci ated by all. Capital Journal. We accept the apology. The Great McEwan. McEwan, the hypnotist, lias secured the opera house in this city for a season, beginning January 30th. McEwan has appeared in all the leading cities of America, and exchanges near at home speak in glowing terms of his wonderful ability. The Vancouver "Province" among other things says of him : The great McEwan closed his Van couver engagement last night with an entertainment that from a point of inter- est and compdv avcpIIptI tnu rf K;a . : ' : "J i,,c vious periormances. rue subjects, fit teen in nnm'er, went throunh the most. laughable kinds of antics and the tele phone test waj a wonderful success. The theatre was crowded as it has been every night McEwan has held the boards, and those in the audience were more than satisfied with what they saw." Teachers' Notice. In order to facilitate matters with the State Board of Examiners, Sup't J. H. Ackerman requests all applications for state diplomas and state certificates to be made at the regular quarterly exatnina- uons- lne nexz examination occurs T71 1 o innr. reuruary o, is. G. W. Dknman, County Sup't. 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. AliL SALES STRICTLY FOR CASH S. L. Corvallis, Oregon. 'They fit the feet as nature intended " Introduction of the famous "JANNESS MILLEfT Hygienic Slios for Women ! WE have secured the "exclusive agen cy" for the famous "Janness Miller" Hygienic . shoes for Women. These shoes are now being introduced throughout the United States, and are the finest, most comfortable, durable and graceful Shoes made. Made of specially tanned "Velvetta" kid, which is as soft and fine as its name implies. Cut on scientific anatomical principles and fit the feet as nature intended. We unhesitatingly recommend them and guarantee them to give perfect satis faction. Only to be had of us in the city. . Buttynand laced, jjq NOLAN & CALLAHAN. Levying Tribute. That school patrons of Benton county may get some idea of the manner in which their pocket books are being filched by the book company which is now using every trrck known to its cun ning representatives to continue the graft, we publish the prices of text books in use in schools of Indiana and also the price paid for similar books in Oregon: Text Book Oregon, Indiana. Readers. First rrrr-.-. $.2ft.... $ .10 Second 40. 15 Third 55 25 Fourth 80 30 Fifth 1.00. 40 Geography Elementary G5 30 Complete. 1.25 75 In this state a mental arithmetic is used, the price of which is 23 cenis, and a written arithmetic for which we pay 65 cents. Tho Indiana schools use an elemeniarp arithmetic costinj 35 cents and a complete arithmetic the price of which is 45 cents. The difference in the price of text books in Idaho or Washington is such that the parent in Oregon who started his child to school with a set of new books last fall, paid the'American Book Co. a bonus of $1.50 for the privilege of doing so. 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 counts' records. Apply in writing to "The Oregon Union." KLI the White House pera House One week con m ncing HOW, JPSBY itl) The ( ire.it Up-to-dale Hyptnotist, assts'.ed by '.MISS 'GRACE MANARD America's most wonderful cata!epii cal fubject. Admission, 25 and 35 cents. . Reserved seats on sale at Gerhar.i's. Aew and Select Harness Supplies. J. M. Caiheron carries the largest and best selection of robes in the state of Oregcc, outside of Portland. They have just-received a very largo invoice direct from the factory, and the low prices at which they sell them will astonish you. The prices range from 50 cents upwarJ. They have a full line of saddles and harness, and other supplies in their line, either bought for cash or manufacturer in their own establishment. The prices cannot be beat, and the quality thej guarantee. For Sale. 260-acre stock farm adjoining an un limited outrange on the west, and good schools, churches and the Belknap settle ment 011 the east. Also 130 acre farm, good cultivating land. Address M. S. Woodcock, Administrator, Corvallis, Oregon. IE. IR,. ZBZRX-SOIISr, ATTORNEY -AT- LAW Corvallis, Oregon. Office in Zierolf building. C. B. Cauthokn. K. H. Taylok. CAUTHORN & TAYLOR DENTISTS. Dentistry of every description done in first class manner, and satisfaction guar anteed. CBGWN AND BRIDGE W03K A SPECIALTY. Office over Zierolf 's grocery store, opposite ine post oince. uorvaius. uregon. i rade marks Designs Copyrights Ac. quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive ipeciol notice, without charge, In the Scientific JTtttericati. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Targe8t cir culation of any aclentlflc journal. Terms. 3 a year: four months, 11. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co.36,BrMd,n New York Branch Office. 635 F SU Washington, D. C. Teachers' Examination. Anrnna aendlnir a aketcb and deseriDtinn mm Notice is hereby given that for the purpose of making an examination of all persons who may offer themselves as candidates for teachers of the schools of this county, the superintendent thereof will hold a public examination in his office at Corvallis, Benton county, Ore gon, on Wednesday, February 8th, at the hour of 1 o'clock p.m. All tppli cants not present at the beginning will not be permitted to enter the examina tions. Strangers must furnish the super intendent with recommendations as to their goo.l character before they w ill be entitled to take the examinations. G. AV. Denmax, School Sapt. Benton Co., Oregon. Dated this 27th day of January, 189!). 50 YEARS' VKI, EXPERIENCE ilMII (rie: T 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 o collect dust, or besmear the various parts. Dust-proof Bearings. A WHEEL THAT WILL WEAR. G. 7X. St R. H. WOODCOCK, AGENTS. TH9. Newport, Yaquina Bay, FORMERLY THE . BAY VIEW H0BSE, Villbe conducted in first-class style at reasonable rates, by tho present proprietor. The house will be open all sum mer, and special rates will be made for invalids and other wanting to spend the summer months at the seat-ide. . MRS. NELLIE CAMPBELL. F. Clkrk Dealer . . in FURNITURE, CARPETS, Wallpaper, Bedding, Rugs, Picture Frames, Etc. FRONT STREET CORVAI I . . . Franklin Machine AT CORVALLIS, Manufacture and ltepair all kinds Work Bring your work now REMEMBER THE CITY SHOE SHOP, At IVoi'tli .HaluNi. I aim to lease my customers. Carl Zwicker, - - Corvallis. THE FIRST MIL OF Corvallis, Oregon, Does a general anil conservative li..ikins business. YAQUINA ROUTE CORV LLIS & EASTERN RAILROAD Connecting at YAQUINA v i I -.1 . YAQUINA BAY STEAMSHIP COMPANY STEAMERS Grace Dollar erm Navarro First-class in every respect. Cine of the above steamers in due to nail from Yaquina about even live dnvs SPLENDID PASSENGER ACCOM MODATIONS. Sl ortest route between vallev ooints and San Francisco. Fare: Albany and points west to San Francisco Cabin.... $io 00 ltouim trip , .; 17 00 For sailing days apply to Edwin Stone, II. L. Walden, Manager. T. F. & P. A. H. H. Cronise, Agent, Corvallis. The Union, $1 a Year I. "sir" Shop and Foundry . . . of machinery. Guaranteed. Prices, reasonable. All and save delay later. B. F. JONES, ATTORNEY-AT--LAW, Toledo, Oregon. Will, practice in all the courts of the state. SOUTR111 EAST SGiitiisri! Pacific , Bsoie. Express Trains leavs Portland Daily SOUTH I NOT 6:30 p. m. Lv Portland 9:40 r. m. Ar Corvallis i;15 . m. Ar San Francisco Ai I 9:o0 A.J Lv b:U0A. Lr ' 8:00 p.M. The above trains stop at all stations between Portland and Salem, Turner, Marlon, Alban fangent, ShedUs, Halsey, Harrihburg, jUMCtion City, Eugene, Cottage Grove, Drniur OakUmc. and all stations from Koseburg to Ashland, in elusive. ROSE BURG MAIL DAILY 8:30 a. M. I Lv Portland 12;23 p.m. Lv Albany 5:20 p. m. Ar Kosehnrg Ar I 4:9a p. . Lv 12:. p. m Lv ; r-.W a. H LOCAL PASSENOEIt TRAIN DAILY (B E P r M U N D A V . 8:10 A. M. Lv Albunv 9:00 a. 31 4;o0 p. m. 5:40 P. M Ar Lebrnon Lv Albany Ar Tebauon Ar I 10::Xa. m Lv :?o a.. Ar I , :0." v. m. Lv I li;W p. M. Bininc; Cnrs on Ogdeu Route. Pullman Buffet Sleepers ..... AND Second class Sleep ng Cars, . Attached to all through tmin-. West Side Division, Between Portland and tVrvtillik. Mail Train Daily (Except Spnday). 7:30 a. m. I 11:55 P. M. Lv I'orrland Ar Corvallis Ar I Lv 5:60 p. h 1:2.1 p. m. At Albany and Corvallis comu ct with iraiiM of Oregon Contrul & Eastern lainoal. -Express Train Daily (Except Sunday. 4 :50 p..m7 fEv Poi tlaVfd - a r i .. . " 7:80 p. M. Ar McMinville I v .',; 7" 8:30 P. M. Ar Independence Lv (,4;50 a. ill THROUGH TICKETS To all points East ' nd South. Rebate tickets on sale between Portland Si c ramento and San Francisco. Not rates, sleeper88 Bec01,d-clasi. Including For tickets and information rejrardins ratev maps, etc., ca;l on company's agent. A k siti ner at Corvallis. . v K- Mil R. KOEHLER Ihinm. E. P. KOGEKS, Asst. 5. F. Oregon. P. Agt. Portland. For Sale. A litter of thoroughbred Scotch Colli pups. 'Will make splendid cattie and sheep dogs. Apply to ,. . t . C. J. Bishop, Iidewater, Lincoln County, Or,