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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1904)
J CORVA lfjMi JL JL Ma Vol. XLI. Corallis, Benton County, Oregon, Tuesdya, February 23, 1904. No 18. Published every Tuesday and Friday by the GAZETTE PUBLISHING COMPANY. 0. A. Dearing, Editor and Business Manager '- EDITORIAL COMMENT. What Russia should be praying for is for more roubles and less troubles. Then she'll hit it to a t . ogfc McMinnville public schools had a holiday on Friday, to show off their pair work. N They had arranged the school work which will be sent to the St. Louis Fair for a display and invited the patrons of the school to come in and examine it. The schools were well attended, and the exhibition gave satisfaction to both pupils and visitors. Where are our candidates- for state senator? Isn't the office worth having? We hear very lit tle about this nomination. We need a great brainy man for this position, one that will be a credit to the county, and it is time that he should come for ward and make himself known. Don't let it go by delault, and then put up the first noneaty that has the assurance to put himself forward for the place. We want the place filled by a man who can fill it with credit. tS Toledo has risen to the dignity of an organ ized fire department, and has purchased a hose car riage with 550 feet of hose. They are now put ting up a two-story building to house their 'appar atus and furnish a hall for the meetings of the company. We suggest the districting of the city on the plan pursued in Corvalhs, as shown in the diagram on this page. The fire . boys of Toledo are entering into the spirit of the enterprise with vim, and have already planned a dance to be held on the' evening of the 2 2d to raise funds for pur chasing the necessary equipment. Success to them. The good Governor of Mississippi puts forth the claim that education has made the negro worse in every way than he was in the palmy days of old, under theanpient regime of slavery and ignor ance. It looks as if some one had been working a little game on the Governor, and surreptitiously educating some of his white constituents. An inci dent occurred recently that renders this view prob able. A white man and a negro got into an alter cation with the result that the white man was killed. Possibly the climate of that malarial state has made him lazy, and he was a little slow "on the draw." We uns cant tell how it happened, but the white man got the worst of it. He died. Then the neighboring white men demonstrated the superiority of their race and color,by burning at the stake,- not only the negro, but his wife. Truly education is the one thing unnecessary in the pecu liar civilization of Mississippi. v jfr jfa While discussing the questions of Civic Im provement and better roads we must not forget the first great essential in road making, the material from which the road is made. That requires an unlimited quantity of broken rock. The thought of broken rock always suggests convict labor in preparing it. This leads to less crime. When a criminal has been treated to a few weeks of rock breaking he is not anxious to return to the job. Consequently, he improves his morals or leaves the town. This is an advantage to the community, whichever way he decides. The moral is to start a rock pile, then make some good roads. Good roads make a better people, contented and happy. Trade will be better and money more plentiful. Bad roads make men mad so mad. It hurts the city merchants who have goods to sell. It hurts the farmer who cannot get his goods to market when the prices are best. The rock pile is the essential starter towards good roads and prosperity. Shall we have it? A very important subject confronts the farmers of Benton county, and it is one that must have immediate attention. It is the preservation of the chittim trees. Unless some means are taken for the protection of the smaller trees and the planting of additional trees, the time is not far distant when they will be utterly annihilated. During the ex citement last year many small trees were cut down that should have been allowed to mature. The quantity and value of the bark increases with the age of the tree, and as the bulk of the cascara bark of commerce must come from Oregon and Wash ington, the importance of this matter may be readily foreseen. Cascara. bark is now being used, more and more extensively, in medicine, and although it is to be found in many states, it is only in Oregon and Washington that it is produced in such prolific quantity. The trees do best, and are found in largest quantity, on the banks of lakes, river bottoms and swampy lands. A farmer with an eye to his childrens future welfare, will not fail to utilize these wate places on his farm, if such What is the matter with our farmers in Ore gon ? The Homestead says that six: hundred thousand dozen eggs were shipped into Portland, Oregon, from the East during 1903, all of which were consumecfin that city. , Remember that Port land also consumed many thousand . dozen eggs besides, which were produced on the Pacinc slope.' Oregon farmers should have sold every one of those eggs, from their own farms, and shipped as many more to Idaho and San Francisco. Poor old Elijah is getting it good and hard in the antipodes. He held a meeting in Sydney, N. S. W., and a howling mob of jooo chased him from the hall. He' escaped in a cab, and the mob followed him to the hotel, where he was forced to seek liberty by sneaking out of the back door. Rowdy scenes have characterized all his meetings so far held in that countrv. Even his stolen mil-, i:l t- a. a. u : " tttuj.i t.: j:. J liuua uuuui piuieut. mm. vv uciuer ills auunuis were too sensible to take any stock in his peculiar creed, or, what is more probable, he has antagon ized the tenets of their own peculiar superstitions, is not stated. Truly the lot of the elect is hard in this unappreciative world, and their paths are rough and thorny. But the lot of a proDhet who has no honor in his own country, and cannot even find it in a far country is too hard for human nature to bear. We advise Lige to try Russia. Perhaps the fervor of his zeal might even melt the ice in Lake Baikal, and open communication on the Trans-Siberian railway. If he could do this he could plunge his arm into the imperial treasury up to the elbow, and the Czar would not say him nay. If he couldn't there is the possibility that he might be sent to the Siberian mines for the rest of his useless life. Let us live in hope. To fix the location of the fire districts in the mind, and to avoid all future confusion, we pub lish below a diagram, showing location, number and number of taps to be sounded. Cut it out for future reference: he Latest WAR NEW! Ships Turned Back A dispatch from the Island of Perem, dated February 20, says that a squadron of warships passed there at- midnight, bound for Suez. It is believed to be the Russian squadron recently "at IJibutil, French Somaliiand. It is announced from Pans that this squadron has been or dered to return to Cronstadt. First Land Battle DISTRICT 4 Taps 1 1 1 1 m H in DISTRICT 5 Taps 1 1 1 1 1 FOURTH STREET CITY HALL DISTRICT 3 Taps III O CO t Q DISTRICT 2 Taps II A special Port Arthur dispatch says the Japanese fleet was ob served February 18 cruising off that port. WILLAMETTE RIVER OUR BRAINY CONTEMPORARIES. thert- l"ht will Corvallis seems to be doomed. She gets rid "Holy Rollers" only to be menaced by the "psy chical medium' ' andl ' 'photo medium. ' ' Old PI uto himself .must be about due. Eugene Register. ft General Alexandrovisky has announced from St Petersburg that Russia has abandoned her first intention to participate in the St. Louis fair. All rightsky, Alexandrovisky; the fair will be held just the samesky. Eugene Register. The democratic head of Roseburg affairs has a wonderful imagination as to the eternal fitness of things. The flag over the City Hall is at half mast and turned upside down and the ghost of Marcus A. Hanna is grinning at the democratic conception "of Old Glory at half mast. Plain-dealer. Russia's attitude toward Japan puts one in mind of the little verse by Alfred Knight: Of all detestible mortals Whoever have come my way Is he who prays and prays and prays, And then goes forth to prey. Bohemia Nugget. Rev. G. T. Nealof the "Church of God in Port land," endeavored to cure a woman of smallpox by prayer. The woman is dead. The preacher re fused to be vacinated and is held in quarantine. When he gets well he should be restrained long enough to beat into his head if he possesses enough mentality to receive it the information that the laws of nature are fixed and immutable; that dis ease is due to violation of physical law, and that the age of miracles has passed by, no spiritual aencv can b brought into plav to reverse the , w,t. tt'"- 'lviiv nVr-tiea' law, nor to A dispatch from Port Arthur February 20 says the first land encounter occurred yesterday. A picket of Cossacks attacked a small detachment of Tapanese troops on Corean territory. The Cossacks captured some Japanese prisoners, on whom they found maps and papers. The collision was presumably between recon noitering parties. A general en gagement is not anticipated im mediately. Investing Port Arthur Corea Russia's Friend Reports from Northern Corea say the Coreans are showing a decidedly friendly attitude to the Russians. Railroad Still Intact The , Manchurian railroad is conveying troops without diffi culty to the various points of concentration. Chinene Pirates at Work Native reports say that Chi nese pirates, since the outbreak of hostilities, have been display ing such activity in - Eastern Asiatic waters as to almost par alyze the coasting trade. Wheat $1.12 inStLouis The May wheat option sold to day in the St. Louis grain pit on change at $1, and the assembled traders and the lookers-on cheered when that price was bid. - Con siderable wheat was sold at that price. This is the first time on the presented van ce in wheat that the speculative option has sold in the St. , Louis market at $1. CaslT wheat reached that price t-nro weeks ago and is now $1.12 Reductions tor February GROCERIES Look our list over, see the reductions and save money while i rains. . D G Sugar, 100 lbs. $ 5 65 22 lbs A & L Rolled Oats 1 00 Padlock brandy Peaches, 35c cans 25 Palo Alto brand Peaches, 25c cans 20 y Extra Standard Corn, two cans. 25 f - " . " Tomatoes, two 3-Ib. cans 25 Corned Bef, 20c. cans, 3 for 50 Dried Beef, 20c. cans, 3 for. 50 3 Cans Fancy Sardines in oil 25 1 lb. Seeded Raisins in bulk 10 2 l-lb. Packages Seeded Raisins 25 7 Bars Daisy Laundry Soap 25 x6 Bars Silk Laundry Soap 25 4 Packages A & L Soda "25 2 lbs. 15c. Coffee. 25 3 lbs. 2Qc, Coffee 25 3 lbs. 46c. Coffee 1 00 "Young America" full Cream Cheese 17 1 lUften you see it in. our ad if$ $o. DISHES, One set decorated Cups and Saucers 50 " " " Dinner Plates ...... 50 " " " Soup Plates 50 " " " Breakfast Plates 40 1 " " Pie Plates 40 j Tor tfte momi) of February only. T. L miller. me want your produce , THE . . PIONEER BAKERY H. 17. HALL A fresh and complete line of candies, nuts and fruits kept constantly on hand. Our bread is always fresh. We carry a complete line of smokers' necessities Main Street THE LARGEST PAPER IN BENTON COUNTY, AND THE. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. THE OORVALLI GAZETTE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 PER YEAR, WHEN PAID STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. or t -i -'r.
