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Vol. XLI.
Corvalus, Benton County, Oregon, Tuesday, March 29, 1904.
No, 28.
VA
mETTE,
Published every Tuesday and Friday by the
GAZETTE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
O. A. Dearing, Editor and Business Manager
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Wanted: An apostle, Crefield prefeired. He
is wanted so badly that the man who brings him
in will get a cool hundred for his trouble.
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Arbor Day comes this year on the 22nd of April.
This is a legal holiday, and should be generally
observed. We suggest that the teachers of the
public schools form a brigade of the bright, active
lads of their classes, and if not possible to do some
tree planting around the school houses, that they
will, at least, clear away the rubbish that is now
scattered all over the campus, and pile it up for a
bonfire. The boys will enjoy the work, andthe
girls will enjoy the bonfire.
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Judge E. O. Potter, of Eugene, is a candidate
for nomination on the Republican ticket for circuit
judge in the second judicial district. He is pos
sessed of splendid legal attainments, and is recog
nized as one of the leading attorneys of this state.
If he receives the nomination, there is every rea
son to believe that Judge Potter will be endorsed at
the polls by the tail vote of his party. As the six
counties comprising this district are Republican
by a large majority, the nomination in the case of
Judge Potter should be equivalent to an election.
He and his family have been highly respected resi
dents of Eugene for a number of years, and he at
one time was judge of Lane county.
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For the first time in years, Republican primaries
were held in Corvallis last Saturday without a
strenuous factional contest over the selection of
delegates to the convention. But one ticket was
placed in the field in each precinct, and the inter
ests of all prospective candidates seem to be fairly
represented. With few exceptions the same har
monious spirit prevailed in the various precincts
throughout the county. Where moire than one
ticket appeared the contest was purely local aud had
no organized movement back of it.
The unanimity of sentiment shown augurs well
for the success of the party at the polls in June.
With a solid front presented to the enemy there is
no reason why every candidate on the Republican
ticket should not be elected. The convention
which meets Thursday has the power to make this
task easy or, difficult. Much depends upon the per
sonnel of the ticket. Of course, all will not be
pleased with the selections made, but the rank and
file of voters is reasonable as a whole and will
put aside personal prejudice to support a com
petent, representative Republican. . This is a duty
they owe to themselves and to the party.
Every aspirant for nomination should use all.
legitimate means to convince delegates of his
strength and fitness. Having presented his case,
if the convention chooses another for the place, he
is bound by. every sense of right to lend the support
of himself and friends to the election of his success
ful opponent. By this means a strong party organ
zation can be built up, and Benton county will be
Republican in fact as well as in name.
land are now engrossed in a spasm ot exaggerated
activity, in which the unbearable woes of the daugh
ters of India are featured as the wrong to be re
dressed, or, what is better, to be obviated.
For several years past in many . of the larger
cities throughout the country the child-wife-of-India
evil has been quite in the center of the stage among
women with missionary predilection. The' horrors
of the system has been painted in lurid colors, in
which, as in such cases generally, there .is doubt
less warrantable suspicion of exagention. Be
this as it mayra couple of wealthy California ladies
have visited India and .returning, have brought the
propaganda or child-wile reform or relief, which
ever term best describes their purpose, to our very
doors. The result is the organization of a local
society, with torrents of talk, which may conclude
touay in an aii-aay session. mere nas oeen no
lack of enthusiasm, no dearth of expressions of
sympathy for the suffering younger sister in the
Hindoo land.
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ah tnis is wen entuga in its way. it gives
employment to ladies who have a burning desire lo
redress the evil, that has somewhat of a borrowed
charm from distance , but t many of us there
comes the conviction that it is extremely impracti
cal and is invested with something that savors
strongly of the hysterical. The impression will
not down that there is a field for such activities
much nearer home a field that has not been
thoroughly exploited by any manner of means. It
is true that conditions exactly similar do net pre
vail, but there is abundant opportunity for intelli
gent and well-directed energv in every large citv in
the United States, where the reward in the form of
improved conditions would furnish ample demon
stration of the truth of the old adage that "charity
begins at home." Portland Telegran.
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TWO DAYS' PROGRAM
Prohibition Ticket.
OUR BRAINY CONTEMPORARIES.
Parents' Meeting and Bellfountain School Will Hold
Interesting Sessions.
A peniente convicted of certain crimes and can
demed to "the way of the cross" has a definite fate
before him. In the hidden inner room of the Hab
itation are stored many crosses, some twenty feet
in length with eight-foot arms. Hither the peni
tente is brought by the companeros, and Brothers
of Light; a cross is strapped to his back with raw
hide thongs that bind his arms almost immovably
and cut deep into the flesh. It drags behind him
him, crunching on the stones, and he leaves the
morada with his fellows, similarly burdened: under
its weight he can just stagger. So they start, the
group of them for the campo santo, where they
will pray and flog themselves before the blood-spattered
cross therein, and after make their way slow
ly on to the next monada and the next, if they can
hold out so long. With them are the Rezadce?,
always praying: the campaneros, scourging them
forward with sickening blows; the piteros, players
ot the flute, whose eerie wail floats over town and
lonely gulch by day and night Everybody's Mag
azine lor April.
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Unquestionably it is commendable for the wo-
conditions as will relieve suffering orin l aay wayjlaattendwice latere it wm excellent. Itu nuke the
ran io uic eicvauon ana nappmess oi we sex.
But with this admitted, it Is demonstrated every
now and again that a crusade along this line, when
its purpose is confined to conditions that obtain s in
foreign lands, degenerates into nothing more than
a fad in which there is a useless waste of energy.
It is manifest that a number of good ladies in Port-
A very interesting program is published below
to take place at Bellfountain on Friday evening,
April 8, and Saturday morning, April 9. The
evening program marks the closing of the Bell
fountain school and the meeting the next morning
is the regular monthly parents' meeting as ar
ranged by Supt. Denman.
There will be no regular evening session. The closing ex
ercises of Belllountain school being substituted for the custo
mary evening's entertainment. The program of the school
is as follows:
Instrumental Music
Welcome Exercise
Recitation Hazel Edwards
Dialogue.
Solo .......Mrs. Waltz
Recitation ...T. .Blanche Dinges
Mother Goose Melodies.
Recitation....! Ralph Banton
Instrumental Music...
Dialogue
Duet Mrs. Edwards and Jesse Benham
Recitation Philena Dodge
Rose Drill
Song Jessie and Lillie Bain
Recitation . Bertha Coon
Guitar Solo Greta Bristow
Dialogue ...
Recitation Velma Buckingham
Solo..... Mrs. Edwards
Concert Recitation Three Boys
Pantomime, "Home, Sweet Home"
Recitation Ray Waltz
Instrumental Music
Dialogue
Song -. ..Quartet
A Hat Sociable will follow the literary program. Admis
sion, 10 cents.
REGULAR PARENTS' MEETING PROGRAM.
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, AT IO A. M.
Singing Institute
"Consolidation of Rural School Districts"
- M. M. Waltz, J. H. Edwards
"Success in Life; What is it, and How to Secure it"...........
E. H. Belknap
"How to Help the Dull Boy" Mary Dunlap, D. V. Gragg
(a) "Teachers Salaries as Compared with that of Others;
(b) Are They Too Low; If so, Why, and Remedy"
J. N. Edwards
"What Can the Teacher Do to Awaken Interest in the In
different School"- Ida Belknap, W. C. Reese
"Parents' Duty at Home".....! Ross Matthews
"Habits in Youth, Signboards to Success or Failure"
T - ..Mrs. Silas Starr
There will be a basket dinner during the noon hoar. All
cordially invited to bring their baskets and join together in
spending a pleasant hoar.
There will be an entertainment of at least fifty minutes
on one of Edison's latest talking machines. This will be given
especially for the children. The latest and best selections will
be given such as bond music, comic songs and stories, whis
tling solos, Uncle Josh's talks, etc.
Everyone is cordially invited to join with the schools and
The county convention of the
Prohibition partv met at th?
courc house on Thursday after
noon last, and transacted a full
day's business. A county cen
tral committee wa- elected, with
Prof. Sheak, of Philomath,' as
chairman. Fifteen delegates to
the state convention were chosen.
The meeting was harmonious,
though lively.
The followine ticket for the
county- election in June, was
p'aced in nomination:
Senator, Rev. E. Green.
ReDiesentaiive, Prof. B. E.
Emerick. . .
Commissioner. A. W. Herbert.
Clerk, E. F. Brvani.
. As-e-sor, Mr. Wertzbaughber.
School Supt., O. V. White.
Sheriff, G. A. Soott.
Recorder, H. C. Horton.
Treasurer, Geo. Bennett.
Surveyor, S. Watkius.
The party, at this" meeting
fmnaily adopted the local option
as a distinct party measure thus
ensuring its defeat.
In the evening an entertain
ment was given at the comt
house, in the interests of ;this
measure. Prof. R. W. Kelsay
made the address. A trio of
male voices furnished the musical
part ot the entertainment, with
Mr. Knox, of the Knox-Kantner
Company as leader. The room
was crowded and everybody en
joyed themselves.
Special Easter Services.
There will be special Easter
services . at the Congregational
church next Sunday. The choir j
has preparaed fine - music with
ercrls'tstra ' accompaniment. An
invitation is extended to all.
MORNING SERVICE.
Solo, There is a Green Hill
Far Away.
Anthem, Ring, O Joyful Bells.
Solo, The Peace of God.
EVENrNG SERVICE.
Solo, Why Seek Ye Here , the
Living?
Anthem, Unto Him Who
Loved Us.
Cornet solo.
Solo, Fear Ye Not to Seek
Jesus.
Anthem, The Shout of Vic
tory. Brief addresses.
A Prophecy.
Strains of music from the Westward,
Floating o'er our city fair,
Seem to tell us, as we listen
That there's harmony in the air.
Madame Rumor deigns to whisper,
That the melody's two-fold,
That the harmony is not only
That of music, but of souls.
And at once the rumor started
That a wedding soon will be,
And a couple, happy couple,
Soon will sail the stormy sea
For the land across the waters,
To the land of Germany,
There to study and to practice
On their course in symphony.
The parents' meeting will be held
at Philomath next Saturday by
Supt. Denman. This meeting in
cludes all the schools of this part of
our county. The morning session
occurs in Philomath College and
begins at 9:45 a. m. The afternoon
session will be held in College of
Philomath. Everyone in this part
of the county interested in our
public schools should attend this
meeting.
coming meeting better If we can. We
throw oar inflnenee in Hsbeha3
if we win all attend
Brio tow ririfafatat
so they can enjoy the entertainment os 4h. phonograph. Iff;
will make tatn laagn and yea feci goad.
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. GEO. W DENMAJ
Benton County School SoperintendenV
Addition Delegates.
. WILLAMETTE
William Parks
Jliihaxd Scott -Q
Thompson' -;
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Horace Underbill
ftobert McFarland
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New Black Dress Goods
NOVELTIES
New Buttons '
New Waist Sets
New Trimmings
New Ornaments
New.. Stock Collars
New Laces
New Ribbons
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New Table Linen and Napkins
New Muslins and Sheetings
New Towels and Towling
New Curtains and Scrims
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