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COR VALLI CoRVAius, Benton County, Oregon, Friday, March 4, 1904. Vol. XLI. Ja . la -. i . 1 -. ri Published every Tuesday and Friday by the GAZETTE PUBLISHING COMPANY. 0. A. Dearing, Editor and Business Manager EDITORIAL COMMENT. Japan has her navy in the straits of Korea, but she has succeeded in putting worse straits than that. Russia's navy in Russia doesn't seem to be making much progress in "wiping Japan off the map." Why doesn't she consult Bryan and have him offer a prize of a hun dred dollars for a plan showing how it can be done? He can get it as easily as he can get that model platform. The Democrats are still remarkably active in national politics, but their activity seem? to be all of a negative character, Nobody seems to be try ing to elect anyone, but everybody is plotting to defeat somebody else. This may be politics but it isn't sense. It is generally customary to elect a man as dele gate to state conventions, and load him down with all kinds of iron-bound instructions. Why not try the plan of electing men of ability and integrity, men with good common sense, and then leave the course to be pursued to their own discretion? 2 t .. Africa is coming to the front with unexpected possibilities. The Abysinians are now termed the Japanese of Africa and are making wonderful prog ress, and show remarkable enterprise in develop ing their country. Might it not be a good plan for our merchants to make strenuous efforts to ex tend their trade into that country? The market is certainly a wide one. 3 5 Oregonians who are complaining rather bitter ly about the unusual rainfall of the last few weeks, have only to turn their eyes to the balmy East for consolation. Compare our mild aud gentle rains with the following state of affairs in New York state. The dispatch is dated March i: The severest snow storm of the season stalled all trains at Utica, N. Y., where the fall was from three to five feet deep. (J1 Isn't it about time for some of our bright young scientists and experimenters to produce a fire proof building material of glass? Something that can be moulded into shapes of artistic beauty, imper vious to water or dampness, fire proof, rat proof, and combining more advantages than any known material now on the market. Use it for walls, roof and fljors; make thick tubes of it and protect the steel girders that brace the frame and hold the building together. Then with a similar substance made very tough and transparent, make furniture and houshold utensils. The field is a broad one. Who will fill it? lt Russia has at last agreed to the note of Secre tary Hay on the subject of preserving the neutral ity of China. She, however, makes three pro visos: That China must herself remain neutral; that the Tapanese government must observe its en gagement on the same subject; that in no case can neutralization be extended to Manchuria. This means something or nothing as events may shape themselves. It China is drawn into the fight to help Japan, then, as the boys phrase it, all bets are off. If Japan drives Russia out of Man churia, she will probably want it herself, and Rus sia will be sorry it was exempted. The anxiety of the treaty powers to keep these two beligerents from dividing and confiscating is natural. They want to do tha themselves. ig August W. Machen, formerly general superin. tendeutof the free delivery postal service; Dr. Geo F. Lorenz, of Toledo, once postmaster of that citv, and Dille'r B. Groff, of Washington, D. C, all of whom were convicted of conspiracy against the government in connection with the supply of Groff fasteners to the postomcef department, were sen tenced on Saturday last by Judge Pritchard to two years' imprisonment in the Moundsville, W. Va., penitentiary and a fine of $10,000 each. As this is but one out of fourteen indictmeuts against Ma chen it looks as it he might take steps to make his residence permanent in that institution. This is also but one gang out of many in which he is connected, and the others will be brought to trial at once. The defendants immediately gave notice of appeal to the court of appeals and were released on $20,000 bonds each. s t Congress has passed the bill ratifying the Pan ama canal treaty by a vote of 66 to 14. That set tles it as an issue in the next election. The next thing to be done is to conplete the di'ch. Four teen miles on the Atiantic side and four on the P-i cific have already been cut and "only need dredging This means some incidental fun for the boys as the ditch is full of alligators. A great lake will be created by damming the Chagres river at Bohio, with a dam 12 feet long and 52 feet above tide water, making a lake of 13,000 acres, over which there will be plain sailing. The Culebra cut has yet over a hundred feet in depth to be cut, or a mass of 50,000,000 cubic metres of rock and earth to be removed. On the Panama side the sea level canal will be eight miles long. It is estimated that eight years will needed to complete the canal, and that 50,000 men will be required for the work. Where shall we get them? At the present state of sanitation on the isth mus this number would not last one-half the term. Some 26,000 lives were sacrificed at the building of the Panama railroad, . thousands perished while the French were building the canal so far. It re mains tor American engineers to so improve the sanitary conditions of the country that the loss of life will be only nominal . Colon is now only a cesspool . But we have the example of New Or leans, of Havana and of Manila to prove' that this is but a simple problem. We predict that in less than ten years the crossing of the isthmus by ships will be an old story, and the State of Panama, then a territory of United States of America, will be considered one of our finest health resorts. Additional Locals. OUR BRAINY CONTEMPORARIES. When you read in your local paper and find items you think should have appeared, missing, re member the makers of the paper regret it more than you do. If you can hand in items occasion ally, your kindness will be appreciated. Yakima Herald. It is useless to plant trees, especially in the or chard, unless they are vigorous, hardy and produc tive of fruit that will keep well and sell well to consumers. The fruit should be of good size, of fair appearance and good quality. In a market apple, appearance is of more importance than qual ity. Fine-looking, large, red apples, and fine, nicely-ripened pears sell better than others of equal size, and possibly superior ouahtv. that do not ap pear so attractive. Agriculturist. Japan, little "heathen" as she is alleged to be, has done more for genuine civilization in the last 50 years than the big Christian nation, Russia, would in 500 years. With hypocrisy in her face she holds the cross as a cloak under which despot ism and barbarism reign supreme. To Japan we cannot credit a perpetual - Siberia, nor a Kisheneff massacre. Russia's methods are alwavs barbaric. Her action in sinking a non-combattant merchant man is an example, and she deserves no sympathy from liberty-loving Americans. Portland Journal. After all has been said in superlative praise of the Japanese naval prowess and tlje opening attack of the torpedo boats at the beginning of the war, there has in realty as yet been no thorough test of the relative efficiency of the war ships of the two powers now at war in the Orient. There has been no stand up test at sea, where shore batteries or torpedo boats could not complicate matters. Ship for ship there has beem no contest which would af ford data for study for the naval experts as was the case at Santiago and Manila during our late war Ashland Tidings. The family of lady-bugs is increasing rapidly in some fruit sections of Washington. Orcbard ists should take every precaution to protect them and see that they do effective work in the destruc tion of the San Jose scale. The bugs are perfectly harmless and do not attack fruit or vegetables. Their mission is one of charity for the fruit grow ers and they delight in killing the little scale bugs of different colors that work in the orchards. There are several forms of the scale found in the orchards of the Northwest. The worst species is known as the San Jose. It arrived in Southern California several years ago, in shipments of Chi nese products. In the past few years it has made great inroads on the orchards of states border ing on California, and in districts using the citrus fruits. It is one of the worst enemies of the fruit grower and has caused the enactment of special laws for the protection of commercial orchards. The lady bug is the worst enemy of the San Jose scale. This little insect mav be found in the or chards and gardens. It is pretty, red and striped bug, with oval back and differing: from all other familiar insects. Those not interested in orcharding -should un derstand the nature of the bugs and protect them for the benefit of their neighbors. - The .resi dents of California fruit sections are perfectly familiar with the bugs and treat them as mends. People m Washington should do the same. Post Intelligencer. , This office received a letter thiV week from a subscriber in New York, and the contents makes up just a little bit vain. It enclosed a draft for $IU back subscription and $1.50 for another vear. The letter ended by saying that ''the Gazette is better than ever before." We have recovered from the above shock and ready for ano her. Next! The Gazette Job office has just finished a neat real estate pamphlet for Ben Feleer of Philomath Last wek we got out a similar one for White & Stone, of (JorvalJis Benton county is well represented in the real estate business and new comers find no difficulty in fiudmg suitable location when thir wants are nlaced in the hands of the above-named parties. The following item was clipped from a Corvallis artule in J ues day's Portland Telegram: Sheriff Burnett received a letter yesterday from Sheriff Ross of Lincoln countv, to look out for a. ruahlv-dressed tramp with a box of jewelry, who when last seen, was headed toward Corvallis. It seems that such a party lias been selling fine jewelry, consisting of rings, brooches, ear rings, etc., at dirlerent places in Lincoln county, and the price asked for the articles was a boat one-half their real value, the supposition is that they were stolen, although no such robbery has been reported. As son as the vender of j welry heard Sheriff Ross was looking for him he disappeared. The Eevjiutioaary War ended, or rather the peace between Uuited States and Great Britain was sign ed, in 1783, more than one hundnd aod twenty years ago. On the pensions rolls last year were still the names of two widows and three daughters of Revolutionary soldiers. Of course, the widows must, when very young, have married very old pensioners. The war of 1812 end ed more than eighty nine years ago. One surviving soldier of it was alive June 30, 1903, and' may be still alive; and 1,500 widows of soldiers ot that war were getting pensions. A pension, like an an nuity, is an excellent mild stimu lant to the constitution and gives its recipient something to live for. "With the Procession, Everybody's Magazine for March. A Corvallis mining company completed its organization Febru ary 29 The company is known as the Twin Rocks Gld Mimne com pany, situated in Douglas county, Bohemia district. Ureeon lhe directors of the company are as follows; Lewis Hartley, Warreu B Hartley, Wallace Hartley, all of Oregon, S. R. May and George B. Spitler of Mt. Zion, Illinois. The officers are o. K. Mays, Mt. Zaon, Illinois, president; Wallace Hart ley, Corvallis, vice president; Geo. B. Spitler, Mt. Zion, Illinois, secre tary and treasurer. The Home office is Corvallis, with branch offices at Mt. Zion. Illinois: and Chamber of Commerce building Portland. Oregon. The company 7 o . - will go to developing as soon as the weather will permit.- line company consists of nine claims with erood " free cold prospects and there is no reason why it should not soon prove to be a dividend- payer with proper management. There are five distinct veins run ning through the property. This is one of the best situated groups in the whole Bohemia district. What Occasioned the Trouble. . "Their engagement .is broken, I un- derstand." "Oh, yes." "What was the reason?" "Why, both were satisfied that they could live on 'bread and cheese and kisses,' but when they got down, to details they discovered that each of them contemplated supplying nothing but the kisses." Chicago Post. Mistake of Punch' Editor. W. S. Gilbert, meeting the editor of Punch one day, remarked as he was leaving him: "By the by, Burnand, I suppose a great number of funny sto ries are sent into your office ?" "O, yes," said Mr. Burnand, "thousands." "Then, my dear fellow, why don't you publish them?" replied Mr. Gilbert, as he put out his hand: to say goodVby. In the Wrens Claaa. "Mrs. Pheedem's boarders seem to be nearly all students who belong to the normal class. "Yes, but she tells me, that their appetites are abnormal." Philadel phia Bulletin. - AAA 4 WASH GOODS New Percales and Calicos New Ginghams and Chambrays New Challies and Cotton Suitings New White Waistings WOOL DRESS GOODS New Mixed Suitings New Scotch Weaves New Etamine and Voiles New Mohairs, Plain and Figured New Black Dress Goods NOVELTIES New Buttons New Waist Sets New Trimmings New Ornaments , . New Stock Collars New Laces New Ribbons newtsBosieryandUnclerwear DOMESTICS New Table Linen and Napkins New Muslins and Sheetings New Towels and Towling New Curtains and Scrims C. miller. me want your prcduce i H. IV. HALL . .THE PIONEER BAKERY A fresh and complete line of candies, nuts and fruits kept constantly on hand. Ourbread is always fresh. We carry a complete line of smokers' necessities Main Street THE LARGEST PAPER INI BENTON COUNTY, AND THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. . THE . CORVALLIS GAZETTE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 PER YEAR, WHEN PAID STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.