THE CORVALUS GAZETTE.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1903.
To cover th cost of setting arnl dis
tributinz the tvte in soch matters, a
charge of fifty venta will be mot for
each "Card of Thanks," and fiv- -ents
per line for each set of "Re. .union of
L'ondoleuce appearing in theue columns.
at
. LOCAL NEWS.
Keitb Brown tpent Smduy
Newport.
Norm Lilly' thresher began
Operations at hia place yesterday
morning.
Mrs. John Burnett ani Mrs. Can
on are home from their outine at
Cascadia.
Miss Bertie Grier in home again
after a verv pleasant visit with
friends in Albany.
Mrs W. A. Wells went to Lfons
on u tid av night's xcursion train
for a viit with frimds.
A. W. Black hurnwn u Port
land, Sunday, on a bui ngs trip,
He expects to return today.
Hod Tickets, consecutively rum
bered, can be had at the Gazette
office for 13.00 per tnou!ant.
Misses Mse Mangos and Maudie
Whitaker wet to Newport, Satur
day, for a few days at the coast.
Sixty boppickers are wanted for
the Davidson hop yard. Leave or
ders at Starr's confectionery store
Frank Groves arrived Sunday
from "Bremerton, Wash, for a sho,t
visit with his parents in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Craven
went to Dallas Sunday for a tew
davs viit with Mr. Craven's par
ents.
Prof. I. M. Glen, who has been
visitins with relatives in this city,
went to Newport on Saturday's
C. & E. , ..: ,
Mrs. F. P. Sheasgreen and' Misses
Adelaide Greffoz and May Gerhard
were passengers to Newport on the
C. & E., Saturday.
The Rev. W. G. Taylor D. D., of
Indianapolis,- Ind., will preach at
the B&ptist church next Suuday,
Aug. 23rd, at 11 a m.
W. H. Leeh came up from Port
land, yesterda7, en route for New
port. " He will visit with friends in
this city for a couple of days before
going to the coast.
A. L. .Chitwood and family, of
Lincoln county, are visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gray.
Mr. Chitwood expects to leave for
lome today. ;
4
Miss Nettie Spenoer is nor. in
Boston where she is taking a course
in the Harvard university eutnmer
school. She has been teaching
school in a city in North Carolina.
Merril Moores, one of the crack
sprinters of the track team at the
O A C this season, passed through
Cervallif, Saturday, en- romte for
Newport from his ho ne at Oregon
City. ' - " y
Between 800 and 900 persons en
joyed the excursion - to Newport
Sunday. The train carrying them
ran in two sections. This was the
largest excursion of the present
season, but the average daily pas
senger list westward is much
larger than any previous year.
E. H. Bennett, of Portland, visit
ed last week with friends in Cerval
lis and vicinity. Mi. Bennett was
formerly principal of the Corvallis
public schools, and a nusaber of his
eld pupils still reside in this city
and hold him in fond remembrance.
Mrs. Martin and son, Harold,
who left Corvallis a couple of years
ago to take up their residence in
Zion City, near Chicago, founded by
Dowey, are still at that place. Mrs.
Martin is a clerk in a large da
partment store, and Harold has
employment in a bank.'
Miss Anna Stout, formerly a stu
dent at O. A. C, has completed a
course in a school for trained nur? ei
at Washington, D. C, since leaving
Corvallis. She is new at her home
at Lyons, Or., but will go to Salem
shortly to accept a position as purse
in the sanitarium in that city.
Clarence Vidito spent a portion
of last week in Alsea Valley on
business. He reports the finest
crop of oats and wheat in the valley
this saason that has ever been grown
there. Oats in some instances will
go 75 bushels to the acre, while
wheat will yield 40 buehels.
Mr. B. Loggan died at hie home at
Philomath, Sunday, August 16th,
at the age of 83 years. Funeral
services at the Methodist church in
Philomath - this morning at 9:30
o'clock, and interment will be made
at Mt. Union cemetery. Mr. Log-
gan's wife died at Philomath the
29th of last month. These good
old people were the parents of Dr.
R. O. Loggan.
Director H. N. Stoudemeyer and
his famous Chemawa Indian band
of 23 members, passed through
Corvallis, Saturday, en route to
Newport, where the band will dis
course music during the Indian
School Institute, which will be held
at that place August 17 to 24, in
clusive. Mr. Stoudenryer, or
MTex"' as he is familiarly called,
formerly directed the Marine Band
of this city. He is a brilliant cor
uetist and thorough musician.
Small A Son use only
water in their lemonade.
Reports from Northern Benton
state that harvesting is on in lull
blast in that section. The yield id
excellent and the quality first
class. 'Harry Beard, 'lorriterly leader of
the ' Cadet band at the College,
passed through Corvallis, Saturday,
with the Chemawa band. He is
cornotist with that organization.
Fred Hersig is building a barn
on the piece ot . property near the
College he recently purchased from
Mrs. Al. E. Lee, and wi.l shortly
begin the erection of a neat resi
dence. B. Cady was in Corvallis yester
day on business.' Mr. Cady has a
large hop yard near Albany, and he
is highly pleased with the pros
pects for a large yield and first
class quality of hops. , ,
Miss Bertha Thrasher underwent
a eurgical cjKsrutiou ui uu Oak. at. J,
Calif , hospital, last Thursday. A
letter froui her nurse to her parents
in this city states tnat the opera
tion was altogether successful and
that Miss Bertha is rapidly ncov
ering strength.
Mr. and Mrs. JJ. W. Johnson,
Mr and Mrs. Thoa. Callahan, Dr.
and Mrs. Charles Lee and Professor
Cordley left Saturday for their an
nual outing at Beaver Creek, near
Newport. They will be absent un
til September 3rd.
The body of Mrs. W. A. Cjx,
who recently died at her home in
Portland, was buried at Browns- i
ville last week. Mrs. Cox resided
in Corvallis fot a number of years
with her family, and her many
friends here will be grieved to hear
of her demise.
Mrs. Ainslie is very seriously' ill
at the home1 of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Smith, in this city.
Drs. Per not, Farra and Cathey haye
been called in for consultation, and
Dr. MacKenzie was summoned from
Portland. He was expected to ar
rive last evening at 6 o'clock.
The Gazette would not inten
tionally withhold from a man one
bit of credit that is l is due. For
this reason we hasten to correct a
a local that appeared in these co'
umns a short time ago. It should
have read as follows: Born to Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Gray, in this citv.
August 10th, a eon; weight, 11
pounds.
W. A". Dempsey, of the Oregon
and Washington Lumber Co.. of
Portland, was in Corvallis, Sunday,
on business. While here be made
a contract with the local sawmill
for a quantity of piling for foreign
shipment. Mr. Dempeey hes just
returned from a business trip that
took him through a numt er of the
islands in the Philippii e group
and a portion of China and Japan.
A. E. Bell, who came to Corvallis
recently from Nebraska, has pur
chased the Thomas Barnes house
and 21 acres of land on College
Hill for $1,200. Mr. Bell did not
intend to buy property just yet.
but he was renting the Barnes place
svbject to sale and a buyer put in
an appearance. Houses to rent are
very scarce in Corvallis, and Mr.
Bell saw it was a case of buy or
haye no place to move into.
Prof. S. 1. Pratt will Win his
fourth year as principal of the
Philomath public school, when that
institution opens the 28th of Sep
tember. Hi assistants will be C.
G. Springer, Mrs. -Winnie M.
Springer and Mrs. Jennie Pratt.
The successful operation of the
ninth grade adopted last year and
the settlement in the community of
several families, insure an appreci
able increase over, last year's at
tendance, which reached 180.
N. W. Leadbetter, who graduated
from the O A C in the class of '01,
has just been appointed agent for
the International Correspondence
School of Scranton, Pa., vice G. W.
Ake, of Canton, Ohio, who resigned
recently at the earnest request o'
his parents, who reside in the last-
named place. Mr. Leadbetter will
ho constantly on the road and he
will have the Pacifio Northwest for
his territory Ho will pat Corval
lis monthly visits. After graduating
from the O A C, Mr. Leadbetter
took a course in the Pennsylvania
school, and he showed such aptitude
and ability that Asst. Supt. Hall,
whose offices are in Seattle, ured
him to accept the position made va
cant by the resignation of Mr. Ake.
In a recent address concerning
the Oregon Agricultural Col leg and
its work, Dr. James Withtcnmbe
took occasion to pay thin deserved
tribute to the personal pride and
unselfish interest the citizens of
Benton county have always taken
in this splendid institution: "In
dealing with the history of our. Ag
ricultural College we should not
overlook the magnanimous spirit of
the citizens of Benton oou-ity shown
ia its behalf. To place our colic??
upon a . solid foundation and to take
it from under the domination of a
sectarian organization, the public
spirited citizens of Benton county
subset i bed nearly $30,000. What
other community has done so much
for a public institution of this state?
Bat while the citizens of Benton
county have done so much to foster
this institution of learning they
fully recognize that the institution
is as muci the citizens of the re
motest county of the stale a? it ic
theirs."
filtered' THAT POLITICAL "REPORT."
The Times Appears As Counsel For the
County Coart, and Tries te Figure Its
Client Ont of a Hole.
In its last issue the Corvallis
Times appears as counsel for the
county court, defendant before the
people on the charge of publish
ing a political document under
the guise of an official leport,
admits its "client is guilty, but
urges extenuating circumstances.
The Times says in effect: The
"report" just published by or
der of the county court is intend
ed to pimuade taxpayers of Ben
ton county that ihey are wrong
when they say that during Judge
Woodward's administration the
county was- practically out of
debt. Taxpayers, who arc of
this belief and who are protest
ing because the county tax levy
is night r than it has been for
yeais, must be led to believe that
they are mistaken, for such a
condition f a lairs is prejudicial
to the political piospects of the
prts-nt court. '
In saying this the Times ad
mits the Gazette's contention
that "the repoit is of no value
aside from the benefit the court
hopes may accrue to it politi
cally," and, therefore, it .was is
sued solely for political purposes.
If, as the Gazette stated in
its issue of August nth, "the
court leels that some explanation
in the Times's
about $4,000.
The Times, in its role as coun
sel in the matter of the Benton
County Court vs. Taxpayers, in
dulges in a fantastic form of ar
gument - by which a man can
prove a horse-chestnut to . be h
cnestnut horse. . It construes
"outstanding warrant indebted
ness" as "actual indebtedness,"
and otherwise juggles with terms
. o "
in a manner calculated to con
fuse one not entirely familiar
with the records, and the con
struction that has " been placed
upon the the terms used
.
"
It undertakes to teach the Ga
zette the meaning of the term
"net indebtedness," as used by
ex-County Clerk Watters in the
county's financial exhibits. The
Gazette has used the term "net
indebtedness" to show the figures
arrived at after subtracting" to
tal cash resources" from "total
liabilities." This was the meth
od pursued by Clerk Watters dur
ing Judge Woodward's adminis
tration. . ..
Let us quote from the record.
In Book No. 6, page 189:
"Total, Liabilities $40 383 16'
"Total Cash .Resources.... 3.8U9 05"
own figures of THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING. j 6SSS6SS6SSS3SSi
is necessary in order to 'square' it
self with taxpayers who are not
satisfied with the way matters are
being conducted, and who are
protesting because the county tax
levy is higher than it has been
for years:" taxpayers have no ob
jection so long as the court con
fines itself to facts and avoids
misleading statements, if it pays
for its political literature out of
its own pocket. But objection
is made when the court foists a
political document onto the peo
ple, and , pays for it out of" the
funds in the county treasury.
There was no occasion for put
ting ,the county to the expense
of having the clerk compile this
"report" The law requires
that a statement of the county's
financial condition shall be com
piled semi-annually and publish
ed so that taxpayers may know
the county's financial condition.
Such a. report is due the aoth of
next oepiemDer, a mue more
than a month hence.
Judge Woodward never found
it necessary to get out a special
report in order to convince tax
payers that the county was get
ting out of debt. Taxpayers
were satisfied with his manage
ment, and they saw by the semi
annual reports of the democratic
county treasurer, sheriff and
clerk that the county's debt was
being lowered. They also knew
that the tax levy for county pur
poses was growing smaller.
-In
addition to the material and
official evidence that the county
wai in excellent financial condi
tion, the city papers commented
upon the fact editorially as an
inducement to settlers to come to
this county. The Times an
nounced "the important fact that
Benton county is practically out
of debt." Taxpayers knew this
was true then, they know it now,
and no juggling with figures can
confuse them at this or any other
time. ,
The statements made in the
Gazette's editorial of August
nth, under the caption 'tf A Po
litical Document" are .self -evident
and seed no argument to
support' them. The Time ad-
mits them, but offers as arr ex
cuse that the utterances of the
Gazette regarding the finan
cial condition of the county just
prior to the time when Judge
Woodward went into office and
at various periods during his ad
ministration, as shown by the
semi-annual reports of the coun
ty officers "have been widely
accepted, " The Gazette ap
preciates the compliment. It
feels that it deserves the confi
dence of the people of this
county, for it has always tried to
be truthful and conscientious in
all its utterances.
".
In its issue of March 18, 1903,
the Times said: "When the
present administration took up
the reins of county government
last July (1902), the amount of
warrants outstanding was $18,
542.82. Included in these were
a few warrants for which a call
had keen made, reducing the ag
gregate, in a small amount."
In its last issue the Times said
"The amount of the debt when
County Judge Walters succeeded
to office (July, 1902) was $22,
966.90." Here's a discrepancy
"Net lDdebtedness...:..$36,57i 11'
Throughout a Judge Wood
wards administration Clerk Wat
ters used the term "net indebted
ness' '. to express me figures so
found. With this precedent es
tablished by Clerk Watters,
what authority has the Times for
saying, "the 'net indebtedness'
as used in exhibits are the figures
arrived at after deducting all es
timated county resources from
the 'outstanding indebtedness' "?
.
The Times pretends to be at a
loss to know how the Gazette
found the "netx indebtedness"
of the county to oe $51,519.83 in
the April preceding Judge Wood
ward's entrance upon the duties
of county judge. We will gladly
contribute this bit of instruction
in the hope that the jTitnes may
have a better understanding of
this matter which it has essayed
to discuss. : , ,
Let us refer to the financial
exhibit for t-March 31,11898, and
apply the method ' used by " Clerk
Watters in computing "net in
debtedness" during Judge Wood
ward's administration!' We find
Total LialiTTitles .:.r.........$o8,226 59
Total Cash Resourcee.......A....i 6,706 76
Net Indebtedness .......'.$51,519 83
It is true Clerk .Watters in
cluded in his report in April pre
ceding Judge Woodward's term,
all the unpaid taxes that had
been accumulating for years, and
every mother's son of . an item
that could be construed as a re
source, subtracted these from the
total liabilities and called the re
sult "net indebtedness.!' But he
changed his method when Mr.
Woodward became judge and
"not indebtedness" was total lia
bilities minus actual cash in the
hands of the treasurer and sheriff
applicable to the payment qf
state taxes and county warrants.
iWas there something political in
this manoeuvre on the part of
Clerk Watters?
Here is
something
an
of
item that shows
the improvement
made in the county's financial
condition in the four years from
March 3 r, ' 1898, to March 31,
.1902. On the former date the
estimated accrued interest 'on out
standing county warrants was
$6,774.38. On March 31, 1902,
the estimated accrued interest on
outstanding county warrants was
$100. ' .' '
''- -c-r
; According 7 to this - 'report"
compiled by Clerk Moses, for
which the court ordered that he
be paid $10, the actual indebted
ness at the beginning of Judge
Watters administration was $22,
966.90, and the the expenses of
the county during his first year
of . office were $27,481.50. If
we accept this statement to be
correct, Judge 11 Watters must
have raised revenue, equal to the
total of these sums in order to
Cancel them. .That is, he must
have raised $50,448.41. Where
did he get this money? His levy
of 15 mills on a tax roll of
$2,507,105 would yield,1 allow
ing the court the benefit of com
plete collection of taxes and re
bate, . $37,606.57. Taking the
figures of this report and com
paring them with facts, we find
paid off
that the present court pa
$12,842.14 of "indebted
with hot air.
ness'
For Sale.
A neat and feomtortable 5-room cottage
with IK lota,' three blocks north of col
lege. Oftll on or a'Jdrea. -
V. C. SCHBTBEB.
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Chipman Celebrate
the Fiftieth Anniversary ot their
Weddins Day.
. In these days of domestic in
felicity and frequent recourse lo
the divorce courts, jt is a id a-
ure to be able to announce tl. t -a
couple have: lived in wedlock lor.
50 years. It is doubly pleasing
to state that : their married life
has. b.en so happy that the fifiietn
anniversary of its beginning can
be made the occasion of a joyful j
celebration, in which hosts of
friends esteem it an honor to be
permitted to take part. Such a
pleasure is ours, and such an cc
casioa was celebrated at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. S. Chipman in
this city, last Friday night.
On August 14, 1853, Seymour
Chipman led J Miss Prudence
Maxon to the altar at Strawberry
Point, Clayton county, Iowa.
He was a youth of 20, and she
was two years his junior. The
young couple had scarcely ended
their hotieymoon when the great
war of the rebellion began, and
Mr. Chipman . went to. the front
in defense of the Union. Hap
pily this dread season ended, and
the couple were again united.
They have met life's vicissitudes
and pleasures together, . and are
now happy and contented, sur-,
rounded by their friends and en
joying tne ccmpanionsnip 01
their children.
To Mr. and Mr. Chipman, two
sons and tnree daugnters were
born. Of these, Mrs. F. L.
Miller is the youngest, ner age
being 41 years. Besides these
children, Mr. and Mrs. Chipman
have 23 grandchildren and one
great-grand-child, all living. At
Friday night s reception their
son, Clarence, and Mrs. b. L,.
Miller, of this city, and Mrs.
Simpson, of Portland, were pres
ent. The oldest son, Charles, is
in California, and the oldest
daughter resides at Gilmore City,
Iowa. v;
During the hours of the re
ception, from 3 to 10 p. m., over.
150 guests were entertained by
Mr. and Mrs. Chipman. The
home was tastily decorated with
plants and vines, and festoons of
bunting hung from the branches
of the trees on the lawn. Chi
nese lanterns were liberally dis
tributed and these threw a mel-
ow light , over the many tables
where lunch was served toall
guests. ; - -
Mr. Chipman met his mends
at the door and' received them
with a hearty handshake . and
word of welcome. They . passed
into the parlor, where Mrs. Chip-.
"THE GORDON HAT"
is
HERE
Our fl-.il line of Hats is now . here aud on riis
i T n? are all styles and shapes, in
Loiu foi. uud stiff hats the newest novelties
for the swell dressers and neat staple shapes
lor the man that just wants to look nice.
They are all one price.
S3.00
If you want a cheap hat we have them, they start at
75c.
We also wish to call your attention to our
Neckwear Department we have the most
complete line of neckwear ever in Corvallis. - '
We have the exclusive sale of the "Du Barry"
bow, all colors and sizes, also four-in-hands,
plain and shield tecks, band and shield bows, .
cravats, and in fact everything in Neckwear
, All prices.
3o X4o
KLINE
man, as active and ngnr. 01 neart
as a girl of sixteen, made known
her pleasure at their presence.
Here all registered, and after par
taking of the contents of the
punch bowl, presided pver by
Mrs. Clarence Chipman, passed
out onto the lawn where they
were served with lunch.
Mr. and Mrs. Chipman were
the recipients of many handsome
presents. The Shriners, of
which Masonic body Mr. Chip
man is a member, presented him
and his wife with a beautiful
loving cup. Upon it was in
scribed the names of the donors,
S. L Kline, H. W. Hall, W. E.
Yates, S. I. Hayes, Rev. Mac
Lean. S. N. Wilkins, T. H.
Crawford, Capt. Harding and J.
B. Horner. The presentation
speech was made by Mr. Craw
ford. , Mr. and Mrs. ; Chipman
made fitting response and each
Noble drank to their health from
the loving cup. V -
Letter List.
For the- week ending Aug. 15, 1903.
PereoLS calling for these letters ,, will
please state date on which they were ad
vertised. They will be charged at the
ate of one cent each: -
Mrs. Delbert Bradstet, Mrs. J. H. Mc
Dearmid, John Duffey, A. J. Ervin, J.
E. Gould, J. H.. Johnson. Leopold Levy,
Emma Malkey, Burt Morrison, Mrs.
Margaret Pickard, Fred Stephens, M.
Steastrom, Frances Taylor, "Wm. "Wade,
Estel Wilson.
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