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Vol. XXI.
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, Tuesday, ; Marcii 8, 1904.
To.
LLIS
GAZETTE.
Published every Tuesday and Friday by the
, GAZETTE PUBLISHING COMPANY-
O. A. Bearing, Editor and Business Manager
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The Roseburg Plamdealer says the Democrats
of Oregon are getting ready for the funeral; they
have commenced to organize hearse clubs.
The Smoot case is being considered in the U. S.
Senate, and the different phases of the Mormon su
perstition are being threshed over very vigorously
by different senators. After it is all decided what
will it all amount to ? The superstition that is fash
ionable becomes the religion of today; the religion
that is unfashionable becomes ' the superstition
The old earth will keep on revolving; whether
Smoot goes out or stays in.
Here is a good lesson for our temperance
friends. It is said that $625,000,000 were spent in
Germany last year for alcoholic liquor. This is an
average of $35 per head for persons over 15 years
of age. With this as a basis, pur orators who are
to oraie next month at Philomath can draw hor
rible examples enough to drown out all the argu
ments of their opponents. This does not include
beer, and if reports are true, some beer is also con
sumed in Germany.
They had a prize fight over in Jefferson last
week, which some of the school boys attended, and
on Saturday the authorities suspended a number
of the larger boys. Its no punishm;ntto a boy to
keep htm out orscaooL An application of birch,
well laid on, would have been much more eflective.
Until a pupil is old enough to behave properly he
is old enough to be punished, and we think it is
not too late to call these boys back and start them
again on the right track by means of an applica
tion of the good old "oil of hickory." We ought
to know; we went to school ourselves when a
schoolmaster's standard of usefulness was the
strength of his good right arm.
Autnentic war news,' under the circumstances.
is next to impossible. Xet us remember that Ta
pan is fighting for her very existence against a huge
Iv disproportionate foe, and she must equalize mat
ters by taking every advantage and by striking first
blows as so many surprises. Even a line might
contain a hint that would put the enemy, on guard
This is the correct way of looking at- it. People
who cannot wait tor legitimate news can take the
Yellow journals and get full particulars of Japan
ese victories every day, with a Russian victory every
j f rr it ' .
ounaay as a sort 01 -onset, ana men nave the same
contradicted the next week. The little brown men
are keeping busy, and doing the work they started
to do, and when any of this work is completed we
are going to hear the news. Let them alone and
keep our smarties of the press from giving away
the secrets of their movements, or we may hear
that a few of them have been shortened' by a head,
and we be forced to acknowledge that it served
them right.
OUR BRAINY CONTEMPORARIES.
The revolution in New York State is over, and
Senator Thomas C. Piatt is laid on the shelf, never
more to be resurrected. He declares himself too
old and too tired to fight longer, and retires as
gracefully as possible under the circumstances. The
new boss of the Republican party in New York is
Govenor Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. For over a gen
eration Piatt has been the undisputed leader of
the party in his state. Deserted by friends whom
he had supported for years, he found it necessary
to yield the reins of leadership to themasterful grip
of Odell, who is now in absolute control.
It is now up to Odell to carry the State for Re
publicans in the November election. A victory
will pat him in the front rank ot Republican lead
ers, a defeat will crush him and humiliate him be
yond measure. The rule of Piatt has been, it is
claimed, too lenient for the last tew years, and he
has left too much of the detail work of the cam
paigns to his lieutenants, to the detriment of the
party's interests. This must be stopped, and
Odell is the man to make the change. It is con-j
ceded that many changes will be made in the pre
sent officers. Chauncey Depew will not be re-elected
Changes in the Chairmanship of state and county
committees will be made at once. Active work
for the campaign will be inaugurated, and it is the
Govenor's prediction that with good honest well di
rected work New York's 39 electoral votes will be
safe for Theodore Roosevelt in November. So
mote it be.
Kings Valley is no longer to carry off the honors
in developing new use for overdone eggs, she has a
rival in Albany, which has lately worked off a
good stock of these articles in a manner very com
mendable. There appears in an Albany paper of
recent issue says the Telegram a story which re
counts the rotten-egging of a masher by the broth
er and friend of a young woman- who had been
made the victim of the insulting attentions of one
these brainless excrescences. The young lady in
volved took the proper course. An improper pro-
posal followed by an arrangement for a meeting at
9 o'clock on the Albany steel bridge, and in the in
terim there was organized, on the report of the
young woman, a party of male friends, headed by
the brother, who, armed with eggs of last year's
vintage, made things interesting for the vulgarian
when he appeared upon the scene. For a few- min
utes the masher led in a sprinting match, in which
the-work of the stern chasers was effective to the
most satisfactory degree. If there is any being
traveling about in the guise of a full-grown man
whose presence the world could agreeably dispense
with, it is this pin-headed bundle of good clothes
that we know as the "masher." Like other inex
pressible evils, however, his presence has to be tol
erated, but this Albany young woman and the
youthful male friends have shown us how he may
.be made to figure in the creation of a market for
eggs flint have passed their usefulness in other di-
, rectior.s. '
In the Spanish war the impression gained that
torpedo boats were, a failure in respect f the great
expectations- that had existed with reference to
their powers and place in nautical warfare. The
torpedo boats of Japan are certainly doing their
part. As in all things else, it depends a bit upon
whom the enterprise is in charge. Albany Herald.
More significant than all else is the fact that the
United States has commenced this , new century
with over 17,000,000 children in school, over 15,
000,000 of these in the public schools children of
the common people,- of free, law-abiding, self.,re-
specticg, people, looking up to no superiors, and
masters ot their own lives; children well fed, well
housed; well nourished, looking forward with clear
bright eyes through the open pathways of bound
less opportunity in this free tepublic, where the
highest rewards are to be1 won by individual enter
prise and where not wealth, nor birth, nor social
position, but the personal qualities of the man
himself, whether he be rich or poor, are the sole
title to the highest distinction and the greatest
power. -r-Eugene Guard.
VLADIVOSTOK
Fleet shells the City.
Little Damage !
The Farm Journal's recommendation to its read
ers to use a .strong solution of caustic soda as a
remedy for San Jose scale, is meeting with strong
protests from intelligent horticulturists and ento
mologists all over the country. Prof. A. B. Cord
ley, of the Oregon Experiment Station, warned
the readers of this paper in our last issue. In this
issue we republish a letter to the Country Gentle
man by one of its subscribers who used the soda
spray to the great injury of his trees. Fruit grow
ers in Oregon and Washington learned ten years
ago that strong solutions of potash or soda serious
ly damage trees. ' The safe p'an -everywhere, is to
stick to the time-tested and reliable lime, sulphur
and salt mixture,' or its equivalent, the lime, sul
phur and blue vitrol mixture, in fighting the San
Jose scale. Oregon Agriculturist.
'
The manufacturing druggists of the United States
are now mating enorts to secure cne passsge 01 a
law by congress which will remove the ' tax from
alcohol which has been so treated that it cannot be
used for drinking purposes. In Germany the use
of alcohol for heat, light and pawer, has increased
wonderfully within a few years, and has made a
great market for potatoes, the leading article from
which it is made in that country. 1 he manurac
turing druggists are therefore asking the farmers to
co-opera t with them in securing the proposed
change in our laws. It appears certain that the
changes would be to the advantage of the farmer.
Alcohol is made-from farm products such as grain,
potatoes, refuse fruit, etc. The extensive use of
alcohol for manufacturing purposes, heat, power,
etc., would mean increased demand for agricultur
al products. On the other hand a large supply of
cheap alcohol for use in power engines of the gas
oline type would put a check upon the exactions
of the Standard Oil trust. Rural Northwest.
Qf
Power is always dangerous, always despqtic,
and power always exists where concentrated prop
erty rights exist. And enormous wealth can only
exist where some open or concealed monopoly ex
ists. These are the real problems for the children
of the future. And the struggle for office between
such men as Hill and Gorman on the one side, and
Hanna and Piatt on the other, is of no more real
interest to the mass of the people than the struggle
between the houses of York and Lancaster m the
Wars of the Roses. It is a mere strategic, schem
ing cowardly battle for vote and office, not the ear
nest battle for principle. . I have no respect for the
politician who at any time or under any circum
stances cries, "Hush! Do not scare away that
vote !" The principles of politics is as sacred as
the principles of religion," and there is no time
when they ought not to be spoken from the house
top. Better a thousand defeats in a -steady Jbattle
for principle than one victory wdiere the principle
is betrayed and the votes are' gotten bv barter and
deception. C.
for March.
E. S. Wood in the Pacific Monthly
This news is from Russian
sources and can be taken with
the usual grain of salt.
A fleet of five Japanese, battle
snips ana two cruisers appeared
off, Vladivostok at 1:2s Sunday
afternoon and bombarded the
town and shore batteries for 55
minutes.
The fleet approached from the
direction of Askold Island, at the
east entrance of Ussuri Bay, and
about 32 miles southeast of Via
divostok. Entering Ussuri Bay,
the enemy formed a line of bat
tie, put did not approach to a
closer range than a mile and one
third. They directed their fire
against the shore batteries and
the town, but no damage result
ed, as most of their 200 lyddite
shells failed to burst.
The Russian batteries, com
manded by General Vernotez and
Artamonofi did not reply, await
ing a closer approach of the ene
my. The Japanese fire ceased at 2 :20
p. m. and the enemy retired in
the direction of Askold Island.
S i mul taneousl y two torpedo-boat
destroyers appeared near Askold
Island, and two more near Cape
Maidel. The Japanese ships were
covered with ice.
The attack resulted in no loss
to the Russians, but cost the Ja
panese 200,000 rubles ($100,000)
in amunition. Most of the pro
jectiles were six and 12-inch
shells.
The population of Vladivostok
was warned this morning of the
presence on the horizon of a hos
tile fleet and the prospect of at
tack during the day, but it re
mained tranquil. ' ; '
Troops Soon to Meet
WASH GOODS
New Percales and Calicos v
New Ginghams and Chambrays
New Challies and Cotton Suitings .
" ' . New White Waistings
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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
Advices from Vladivostok say
that the 25000 Japanese troops
who landed at Plaksin (on the
eastern coast of northern Corea)
are advancing towards . Musan
(128 miles from Gensan) with the
intention of ultimately reaching
Hunchun (on the left bank of
the Tumen River about 160 miles
west of Vladivostok) and threat
ening: the Russian flank.
In order to checkmate this
move the Russian outpost 1500
strong, which recently crossed
the Tumen, is advancing towards'
Koyroyong, on the Tumen River, j
a' walled city commanding the
trails along which the Japanese
must pass.
The naval mobilization fore
shadowed in these dispatches was
partially decided upon today.
Three eastern provinces of Euro
pean Russia, Vyatka, Perm and
Ufa, are included in the plan, the
purpose stated being the strength
ening of the crews of the Pacific
squadron.
DOMESTICS
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New Muslins and Sheetings
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New Curtains and Scrims
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