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COliVALM?,- -
OREGON.
FRIDAY, FEB. 21, 1399
TWCS71KTII HI VXNIA I.
SKSfifO A'.
Th t.wntit.h biennial session of
t.h (Won Wisl.-iture closed at 7:30 !
p. in. on Saturday last, and what-
mv hu1 or thought of its!
actions of one thing we are certain,
that with of course the usual ex
ceptions, no more honest nor con
scientious body of legislators ever
assembled to make laws for the
state. Many of the things which
it has done, and many of the laws
it has passed will of course meet
jvith adverse criticism, but it is
impossible t" please . everyone.
Laws were passed that do not meet
with our personal approval, but we
recognize the fact that they, meet
the appioval of a majority of honest
men and are content to try them.
Severe criticisms and wholesale
denunciation of legislatures and
their actions seems to be the
fashion 'in Oregon. Such a fashion
is' deserving of condemnation. It
is wholly unmerited and besides
bringing . discredit on the state it
lias the effect of keeping men who
dislike unjust criticism out of legis
latures. ,
The appropriation bill is large,
but it must be remembered that
we are 'a growing state and that
each succeeding bill of that nature
must of necessity be larger than
the one that preceeded ' it. The
needs of the state institutions must
increase with our population. The
state has too many schools in its
charge, but being under its care
they must be provided for. The
unfortunate and the vicious must
increase with population and they
must be cared for. The business
in the executive offices is increasing,
and the state lands and the schoor
fund are constantly requiring great
er. care and attention, and there
seems to be- no possible way to
provide for these things except in
the appropriation Jaill, so it grows
larger as the .state growP'in . wealth
and population, and we see no help
.for it.
...J Many very good 'lews were en
acted at the session just closed.
The registration law which passed
was a crying need of the state. It
will be signed by the governor and
this time it will stand the consth
tutional test. The school laws were
amended in several important par
ticulars, notably the , granting. ,;f
state papers. No one can get a
state certificate now except by
working up to it from the third
grade county certificate, or those
who have taken a five years course
abo.ve the grammar school, in some
; chartered educational institution of
the state, and then only after pass
ing the regular examination.
The method of selecting text
books has also been changed. The
new law provides that the governor
Bhall appoint five text-book com
missioners, and " this takes the
; matter of school books cut of the
. hands of the American Book Co.
that has had a monopoly of the
business for the past fifteen years,
and opens the matter up to compe-
titicn so that we will get good books
cheaper than heretofore.
The assessment laws have been
improved, the land laws of the
state have been codified and im
proved, and the interest on loans
made from the school fund has
. been reduced to 6 per cent.; this
"will apply to old loans as well as
new lifter the interest has been
paid up. ,
Many other usefai and necessary
laws were passed, and although it
has some extravagances to answer
for yet on the whole the 20th bi
ennial session of the legislature of
Oregon has a good record.
ME. ITS WlTtt APPROVAL. -
The new bicycle law meets with
almost universal approval among
the cyclists of this section, so far as
the tax and the use of the funds
arising therefrom is concerned. But
there is one feature of the law that
the wheelmen of Benton county
look upon as most unjust and that
is the exemption clause. So far as
it relates to the counties of Eastern
Oregon and to the eoast counties it
is well enough, but when such
counties as Linn, Lane, Polk, Yam
hill and Washington are exempt
from the force-of such an enactment
then something is wrong. Not
only does such exemption work an
injustice to the wheelmen, of the
counties where the act is in foice
, ut it seriously retards the work of)
progress along these lines. As it
now 13, the Linn county wheehnan
who travels through Benton county
receives the benefit of the improved
paths in the latter county, but
when the Bentonite wheels through
Linn county he gets no return favor.
This applies enuallv to nil the
exempt counties in the Willau.et-te
'valley especially. ft is nmitii.-r ;
manifestation ol the smallness, sel-i
nshness, narrowness and mossiness
the average citizen. One is not
so much surprisad that Linn and
Lane would line up against any
progressive movement, but how
Polk, Yanihiil and Washington
could be wheedled into a position
of this kind is indeed strange.
The wheel is a piece of business
machinery and it has come to stay,
and any reasonable law that will
encourage the betterment of wheel
ing facilities, and especially when
the burden falls equally upon th.-j'
wheelmen while the benefits are
divided with the public, is good,
just, progressive and statesmanlike.
The wheelmen of Benton county
may well feel proud of their position
among the wide-a-wake, intelligent
citizens of the state. It is undoubt
edly to the activity of our wheel-
men as manifested iu their organi
sation last year that we are "with
the moving column of counties in
this great -work of road improve
ment. .
Had the wheelmen of these other
localities been awake tbey 'might
have prevented such a disgraceful
piece of legislation as this exemp
tion clause makes.
Still in one of these counties our
wheelmen have personal knowledge
that their own mossiness is equal
to that of their delegations, to
whom undoubtedly was due the
insertion of the names of the exempt
counties.
What more than local good can
come from making cycle paths in
Benton at one end and Multnomah
nt the other. Had these other
counties done their plain " simple
duty, nothing - more, there could
have been a system of cycle paths
from one ehd of the valley to the
other, of vast benefit to all country
wheelmen alike. These exempt
better wake up, pull the moss off
their backs and get into line with
the progress of the coming century,
The change in the name of this
paper and the increased business
and responsibility which necessarily
go with it came on us a little sooner
than we were prepared for it, and
while part of the force was absent.
It is our intention to make the
Union-Gazette . one of the best
weekly papers in Oregon, , but the
changes will take some time and
we ask our readers to be patient
with us. The newspaper business
is unlike any other in this respect,
it must not get in debt. Its income
is solely through the labor expend
ed in it, and- increased labor does
not always produce increased in
come. In our particular case this
is so, and we will have to go a
little slower than we would like to
on this account. But wait. We
promise you a larger and as goo I
a paper if not better than you ever
got in Benton county, and we won't
be verj' long about it either.
A.
remaps one-nan ot the bills
passed during the session of the
Oregon legislature just closed were!
local bills. When a local measure
comes up for consideration, the
members content themselves with j
the assurance from the members of
vuv iuvjuii biiciu an a o iui legislation
that they want it, after which they
are satisfied with it and vote for it.
Indeed it would be considered a
piece of impertinance to vote
against ; a measure that a certain
delegation wanted for his own
county, unless some strong reason
was presented against it. This was
exactly the case with the Portland
tax collector bill of which the
Oregonian complains so bitterly.
No one was in Salenr working
against it, and the delegation from
Multnomah county wanted il, and
so it passed: and up to chte no one
who voted for it ha Iven presented
with any good reason why he
should have done otherwise.
The one distinguishing peculiari
ty of the bicyclist seems to be his
objection to . tax. Last year his
grievance was tacks on the bicycle
path; this year it. is tax on the
bicycle.
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
I COUlltV records. Annlv in
"The Oregon Unios."
"Letters of Gold in Pictures;
of Silver."
To the Editor: Will you please
publish the following extract from j
President McKinley's address to the i
Home Market Club, of Boston, on j
the 16th inst. I have read nothing j
to equal it. It is a volume of im-:
peiative
TTTVT Ti ITI' rPT. . '
"No imperial designs lurk in; the
American mind. They are alien to
American sentiment, thought and
purpose. Our priceless principles
undergo no change nnder a tropical
sun. They go with the flag; they
are wrought in every one of its
sacred folds and are inextinguish
able in its shining stars.
"Why read ye not the changeless troth,
The free can conquer but to save.?
"If we can benefit these remote
peoples, who will object? If in the
voars of the future thev are estab-
, . Pm-n; nruW ,aw
and liberty, who will regret our
perils and sacrifices who. will not
rejoice in our heroism, and human-
itv? Always perils and always
after them safety; always darkness
and clouds, but always shining
through them the light and sun
shine; always cost and sacrifice, but
always after , them the fruition of
liberty t education and civilization.
"I have no light or knowledge
not common to my ciuntrymen. I
do not prophesy The present is
all-absorbing to me, but I cannot
bound my vision by the blood
stained trenches around Manila,
where every red drop, whether from
the veins of an American s ildier or
a misguided Filipino, is anguish to
my heart; but by the broad range
of future years,-when that group of
islands, tinder the impulse . of the
year just passed, shall have become
the gems and glories of those tropic
al seas, a land of plenty and cf
increasing possibilities, a people re
deemed from savage violence and
habits, devoted to the arts ot peace,
in touch with the commerce and
trade of all nations, enjoying the
blessings of frei douj, of civil and
relieicus liberty. of education ' and.!
of homes, and whose children' an5
children's children shall for : ages
hence bless the American republic
because it 1 emancipated and. re-
jn the patlway of the world's
ueemea ineir lainerjana ana sei
! best civilization.'
No. 4301.
Report of he Condition of
the First National Bank of Corvallis, at
Corvallif, in the State of Oregon, at the
close of business, February 4th, 1899.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts.. '.. 79,682 21
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured... 3 03
U. S. Bonds lo secure circulation 50,000 00
Premiums on U. S. Bonds 2,843 76
Stocks, securities, etc 81.C56 3S
Banking-house, furniture and fixture 20,974 11
Other real e-tate and Mtgs owned 1,859 33
Due from National Banks not Re
serve Agents... 8,67145
Due from State Banks and Bankers .'. 7,130 06
Due from approved reserve agents.... 11,773 82
Cheeks and other i-ash items 1,023 34
Notes of other National Banks '. .. 715 00
Fractional paper currency, nickels,
and cams 57 94
Lawful Money Res. in Bank viz:
Specie $34,453.65
Legal-tender notes ,.., 1,197.00,
Redemption fund with U. S. Treas
' Hrer 5 per cent, of circulation 2,250 00
Total.
..T3W.291 08
LIABILITIES.
capital stock paid in 50,000 00
Surplus fund 4,300 00
Undivided profits, less expenses and
taxes paid .. 1,019 24
National Bank notes outstanding..:. 43,350 00
Due to State Banks and Bankers 423 37
Dividends unpaid , 25 00
Individual deposits subject to check.156,056 43
Demand certi
.iubililies other than those ubove
incates ot deposit
43.917 04
jiulies ol
stated
200 00
Total 1304,291 08
State of Oregon, Coukty of Benton, ss:
I, Walter T. Wiles, cashier of the tbove
named bank, do. solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of niv
knowledge and belief. "
W altek T. WILES, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
17th day of February, 189.9.
Hi. xlOLGATE.
Notary Public.
Correct Attest :
C. E. Modfc,
M. S. Woodcock,
Geo. E. Lilly, .
Directors.
Executor's Sale of: Real Estate."
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, executor of the estate of Peter W.
Mason and Hannah R. Mason, deceassd,
pursnantto an order of the County Court
of the State of Oregon, for Benton County,
made on the 3rd day ot January, 1899, and
of the Hth day of February, 1899, and duly
entered in the journal of said court, will on
the 25th day of March, 1893. between nine
o'clock in the morning and four o'clock in
the afternoon, to-wit, at the hour of twelve
o'clock noon of that day, at the front door
of the court house, in the city of Corvallis;
in Benton county, Oregon, offer for sale at
public auction to the highest bidder, for
cash in hand, all the interest that said
estate has in and to the following described
real estate to-wit:
Lots 5 and 6 in block 3, in the town of
Philontaf!i. n Benton county, State of
Oregon. Als , beginning at the S. E. corner
of the don. land claim, No. 50. T. 12 S., R.
6 W., thence running west on south line of
said claim 71 rods, thence north 105 rods to
the center of Mary's river, thence down
said river with the meanders thereof to the
head of a certain slough, thence on a
straight lice to the mouth of said slough.
thence down said river again with its me-1
anderings to the east line of said don land
claim, thence south on the east line of said
claim to place of beginning, containing 30
acres, in Benton county, Oregon, belonging
to said estate, to pay funeral charges, ex
penses of administration and claims against
said estate, and for distribution of proceeds
under the will of said deceased.
Dated this 23rd day of February, 1899.
JOHN L. AKIN,
E seen tor.
New Stock Of...
Special announcments every week
Until our stock is complete.
Our Clothing
See our new price list
ON GROCERIES.
BARGAINS IN LADSES'S JACKETS AND FINE SHOES.
S. L.
Corvallis, Oregon.
; ...REMEMBER...
Our Annual Reduction Sale .Closes
TUESDAY EVE., FEB. 28.
No duplicates on present
ADVANCE STYLES IN SPRING HATS JUST RECEIVED.
Doctor
MEYERS
&co.
Specialists for Ken
Thsae phyiidans have been
curing weakness ana con
tracted aMmeata since 1861.
Tbey bare the largest and
best equipped medical in
stitution, saw wie iuwh. - .
' tensive practice w ui w.
; KO PT T131 Cared,
f UnfortuBate men wba can
not call should write lor ad
vice ana private vws. -
iT.i. mt.Rir.
CSTABLISHCO IT YEARS, ond cored at home.
An letters eooafideBtialc $o Charge for Consultation.
TOl MARKET ST.,
SAN FBANCtSCO
Elevator Entrance.
NERVITA
Restores VITALITY,
LOST VIGOR
AND MANHOOD
Cures Impotency, Night Emissions and
wasting diseases, all effects ef self-
abuse, or excess and India
c re tion., A nerve tonic and
blood builder. Brings the
pink glow to pale cheeks and
restores the fire of youth.
By mail 50c per box; 6 boxes
for $2.50; with a written guaran
tee to cure or refund the money.
NERVITA MEDICAL GO.
Clinton A Jackson Sts., CHIGACO, ILL.
For sale bj Allen & Woodward, Drug
gists, Corvallis, Oregon.- ?
REMEMBER
THE CiTY SHOE SHOP,
At North main St.
I aim to please my customers.
Carl Zwicker,. , - - Corvallis.
HE HAD A FIT
Because he had his clothes made at
Wrage's shop.
YOU CAN DO LIKEWISE.
He i keeps a complete stock and
will suit yiu with a suit. He also
makes up go ids when purchased
elsewhere. " ;'
If you want the best workman
ship at reasonable prices, call and
see .t.
J, WRAGE.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the under-eio-ned
has been appointed the admin
istrator of the estate of Alice A. Beal,
deceased, hy the county court, of the
state of Oregon, for Benton county. , All
persons having claims against said
e6tate are required to present the same,
properlv verified, to me at my residence
eight miles north of Corvallis, in Benton
county. Oregon, wilhiu six months from
the date hereof.
Dated at Corvallis, Ore., Feb. 15, 1899.
WiixfAM A. Beal,
Administrator of ihe estate of Alice A.
Beal, deceased. : .
l o Yon 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 by enquiring of
T. W. Pilley, the "fixer."'
For Sale.
A litter of thoroughbred Scotch Collie
pups. Will make splendid cattle aud
sheepdogs. Apply to
C. J. Bishop,
Tidewater, Lincoln County, Or.
...Now Arriving.
Still At Cost.
KLINE,
The White House.
prices after this dale.
B. F. JONES,
ATTORNEY- AT -LAW,
. Toledo, Oregon.
Will practice in all tlie courts of the
state. " '
THE FIRST HHTlOHriL BANK
OF
Corvallis, Oregon,
Does a general and conservative hankis
business. '
C. B. Cauthorh. j K. H. Taylok.
CAUTHORN & TAYLOR
DENTISTS. -
Dentistry of evcrylescription done in first
class manner, " and satisfaction guar
anteed.
CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY.
Office over Zierolf 's grocery "store, opposite
the-post office, Corvallis. Oregon.
66
THE RESORT
99
THOS. WHITEMORI, Prop.
W. H. McBrayer atid Old Crow Whis-
fcys, FiritS Wines, Liquors ani Cigars.
Union Laundry .Go.,
POKTLAND, OR.
All white labor work guaranteed.
Basket leaves on Tuesdays and arrives
Saturdays. T. D. Campbell, Agent,
Second-Hattd Store.
G. R. FARRA, M. D.
OfBce corner Second and Jefftr&OH,
over Grahae4 & Wells' drugstore.
Residence on Third stFeet in frrt of
courthouse.
Office hours S to 9 a. ia., and 1 to 2 a:d
7 to 8 p. ra. All calls attesded promptly.
JBj. is,. ZBiE?"5rsoir5r,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
Corvallis, Oregon.
Office iu Zierolf building.
incy
The English and German Expert Specialists.
Five Physicians and Surgeons, all Craduatesjfrom the best Medical Colleges in
the World.
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWSJOF CALIFORNIA FOR $330,000.
ESTABLISHED TWENTY-SIX YEARS.
Apart of theStajT of the English and German Expert Specialists and Dr. Meyers
& Co. will make tligir regular monthly visit to
Corvallis, Monday, February 27
Thy will be at the Occidental Hotel.
- . . .
The staff of the Eugli'-h an German Expert Specialists is composed of five
regs-larly graduated doctors, each a pkrsician who has had many years experience
ia caring all manner of chronic diseases.
During the past quarter of a century the success of this most worthy aial
popular institution has been phenoaienal. Diseases which have baffled the skill of
other physicians and stubbornly refused to yield to ordinary medicines,' methods
and appliances, are quickly subdued and mastered by the English and Certaan Ex
pert Specialists. They have the largest and best ecf-iipped medical institution in'
America. The English and German Expert-Specialists are not only competent and
reliable, but are responsible, being backed by ar-nple capital and ably managed.
HOME CU RES While it is preferable in many instances to see a patient,
the EngPish and German Expert Specialists have cured thousands of persons whom
they have- nev-r seen. If you cannot see the doctors, write the home office for
question list and free advice in regard to your ailment.
Call oil the Doctors whea they come. All ailing people shouid see the
English and German Expert Specialists. A friendly talk, which costs absolutely
nothing, is bound to result in a threat deal of g&d, whether treatment is taken er
uot.
The Enalish and German Expert Specialists
A Stafl ef the Most Eminent Physicians in the Yorlci.' r
Main Office, 731 Market S . HJan Francisco.
Your Life Will Be
One Continual Thanksgiving .
If you' purchase fresh and ehoico GROCERIES,
',, Hie latest lads in NOTIONS and DRESS GOODS,
snbFUntial Hardware and "Tikware, Men's Dress
ft
y
and Heavy Shoes, Feed, and the Staffof Life, al
my store. All niv stock, which is bi?ins; con
stant ly increased, is ' bought lor cash. You get
the benefit. ' , . - ,
Many a man's nieces begins at this store, where ho or hi
wife saves good money on all sorts of purchases. ,. ,
. J. WEED. ':
Whitney Building, Philomath, Oregon. ,
ruitruTruTiuxrLruxfuuvrxjTm
D C A I ITI ETI II CIIKI
a Lad es,' f yu desire a transpasent, clear and fresh complexion,--. -
1 Use Dr. Bourdon's French
2 Arsenic Complexion Wafers. . '
direction for which they are intended,
astounding transformation in personal appearance is brought about by their
steady use.- Possessing the WIZARD'S TOUCH in producing and preserving
beauty of form by surely developing a transparency and pellucid clearness of
complexion, shapely contour of forta, brilliant eyes, soft and rruoeth skin,'
where, by nature, the reverse exists.- Even the COARSFST and MOST RE
PULSIVE Skiu marred-by FRECKLKS, MOTH, BLACKHEADS, PIMPLES,
and VULGAR REDNKSS, YELLOW AND MUDDY skin, and other FACIAL
DISFIGUREMENTS, are permanently removed and a deliciously clear and
refined complexion assured, enhancing a bady's loveliness beyond her most
extravagant expectations.
r , Laaies, oh wan tss ueauiirm,
3 disfjgnrements laay be you can make
3 land by the use of
3 n. n..jA', c..u a
Used by men the results are equally favorable. Priee small box 50 cents.
Large box $i.oo er special order of six large boxes $5 00. Sent to any addrers
uudei plain cover oa receipt of the above amount. Write for Circular, free..
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. . . Franklin Machine Shop and Foundry . . .
AT CORVALLIS,
:
Manufacture and Repair all kinds of machinery. Prices, reasonable. Al.
- Work Guaranteed.
Bring your work now
Are Coming
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their effeet is simply magical. The most S
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THE CASH STORE, j
Coa-val lis, Oregon, p
and save delay Infer.