CQRVALIiS
GAZETTE.
Vol. XLI.
Corvallis, Benton Cotjnty, Oregon, Friday, April 8, 1904-.
Na 31.
The four columns below are
published by the Republican
Central Committee of Benton
County, Oregon. ' .
Edited by GEO. L. PAUL.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
COUNTY.
Senator
W. E. YATES, of Corvallis
Representative
VI KG II, CARTER, of Soap Creek
Sheriff
J. M. CAMERON, of Corvallis
Clerk-
RICHARD SCOTT, of Willamette
Rcorder
T. T. VINCENT, of Kings Valley
Commissioner
L. H. HAWLEY, of Dusty
School Puperintndeni
Q. W. DENMAN, of Corvallis
Treasurer
W. P. LAFFERTY, of Corvallis
A ss ess o r
GEO. COOPER, of Philomath
Surveyor
T. M. READ, of Wren
Coroner
S. N. WILKINS, of Corvallis
THE PLATFORM.
Resolved, The we favor the permanent
betterment of every highway in Benton
county, without regard to the political com
plexion of the section to which it leads
or through which it paseea
Resolved, That we favor the liberal but
intelligent exenditure of public money for
road improvement, under competent super
vision, and limited to the employment of
such methods as will provide good roads
without imposing unnecessary burden on
the taxpayers.
Resolved, Th it we favor an administra
tion of county affairs which will render un
necessary a gradual increase of the taxpay
ers' burden from year to year at a time
when the county is free from debt, and there
is no demand for heavy expenditure of
county funds.
Resolved, That we favor an equal and
mniform system of taxation as prescribed by
the constitution and laws of this state, and
condemn in most severe terms a policy
which discriminates in favor ot one indi
vidual and (gainst another.
Resolved, That we favor the strict atten
tion of every county officer to his duties pre
scribed for him by law, and the faithful
observance of the obligations Imposed by
his oath of office. Adopted by the Benton
county Republican convention, March 31,
1904.
SILVER OR GOLD?
The managers of William R.
Hearst's campaign for the Demo
cratic nomination for president,
are sparing no efforts to capfure
every delegation from the Wesl
to the St. Louis convention.
Two of Mr. Hearst's emissaries
have been in Oregon for some
time seeking endorsement for
their candidate in the form of
resolutions passed by county con
ventions, instructing their dele
gates to the Democratic state con
vention for Hearst.
That the Benton county Demo
cratic convention was expected
to pass such a resolution is evi
denced bv a telegram received
from the San Francisco Exami
ner, by its representative in Cor
vallis, last Saturday evenitfg just
after the convention adjourned.
The Examiner wished to secure
this resolution.
But the nomination ot Mr.
Avery, a gold Democrat, for state
senator from Benton county ren
dered impossible a compliance
with Mr. Hearst's request for a
resolution endorsing his candi
dacy for president. The next
best thing was done, however, as
the following dispatch, from Cor
vallis, which appeared in last
Sunday's Examiner will show:
'A canvass of the members
the state delegation shows "that
each heartily favors William
Randolph Hearst as the next
presidential nominee of the Demo
cratic party, and the delegation
as a whole will support him at
the state convention. The dele
gates to this convention are:
Matt Wilhelm, W. S. McFad
den, Robert Johnson, Wade Ma
lone, John Smith and Virgil
Watters."
Here we have a convention
nominating a gold Democrat to
run at the head of its county
ticket, and electing delegates to
the party's state convention who
"heartily favor" the nomination
of a silver Democrat for president.
So fat no one has risen to claim
the credit for this cute bit of
political maneuvering, but refer
ence to the minutes of last Sat-
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W. S. McFadden was chairman
of the committee on resolutions,
W. S. McFadden nominated Mr.
Averv for state senator, and W
S. McFadden is a member of
the delegation which "heaitily
favors" the nomination of W. R.
Hearst.
DOUBLY OBLIGATED.
While it is the duty of every
Republican in Benton county
actively to support the ticket
nominated by his party conven
tion in this city last week, the
delegates who sat in that conven
tion are under special obligations.
They owe a duty to their consti
tuents and to the gentlemen whose
names they placed upon the ticket
Their responsibility did not end
with the adiourmng of the con
vention. The commission they
accepted at the primaries imposed
obligations which hold until the
polls close on election day next
June. As the delegates have a
right to expect and demand that
every man, honored with a nom
ination at their hands, shall show
his appreciation by striving by
every honorable means to be elect
ed, so in turn do their constitu
ents hold the delegates responsi
ble for the fate of the ticket they
helped to nominate.
Every aspirant for a nomina
tion had equal opportunity in
open convention. There was no
slate. No machine or ring dic
tated what names should appear
upon the ticket. No list of can
didates could have been named
that would so nearly have repre
sented all sections of the county
or been more generally accepta
ble. The delegate who fails loyally
to support and vote for everv
nominee of the convention, has a
narrow sense of the obligation he
assumed when he accepted his
credentials.
MENU IN MARION.
Under the caption "Bits for
Breakfast," the Salem Statesman
dishes up this savory morsel. The
people of Marion must have strong
stomachs if a relish like this does
not steal away their appetite for
morning meal:
"This paragrapher would like
to chip in just a word or two in
regard to the heated condition of
"Republican" and "Old Repub
lican in regard to the treatment
ot Mr. Hermann and Mr. Harris
by the delegates of their party in
Marion county, and the publica
tion of the news thereof by the
Statesman. It is this. The intol
erance of three or four "Old Re
publicans" in Marion county has
largely brought about the result
that is so vociferously and hlub
beringly howled aboat them.
These three or four "Oldjlepub
licans" have for years acted as if
they owned Mr. Hermann, and
when he has visited here they
have caged him up and hedged
him about, so that no one else
could get near the throne, until
the thing became nauseating to
the paint of puking to all the
young Republicans, and the mid
dle aged ones, and a goodly share
of the old ones. In fact, in street
parlance "it would vomit a snipe"
That is what is the matter.- Or
at least that is a part of what is
the matter. The men who have
been kept at a distance by these
three or four "Old Republicans"
have turned to some one who is
not owned, bottled up, caged and
labeled by them. Mr. Harris
seemed to be the man. All this
thing was not poor Hermann's
fault. It was the fault of these
three or four "Old Republicans."
If they had kept out of sight,
and out of print, and not exhibit
ed and flaunted and smeared on
and tubbed in their "Oldness"
and their ownership, the result
would have been different. - For
bearance sometimes ceases to be
a virtue, and this is a case of that
kind. If these 'old' ' ones would
even now keep out of sight, and
out of print, and not flaunt their
oldness, m other words their stale
ness, it would better the chances
for Mr. Hermann.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS.
The Republican State Conven
tion which meets in Portland,
Thursday, April 14th, will trans
act the following business:
Nominate one man for supreme
Judge.
Nominate one man for Dairy
and Food Commissioner.
Nominate four men for - Presi
dential electors.
Nominate ten men for Circuit
Judges and ten for District Attor
neys.
Nominate seven men for Joint
State Senators and 12 for Joint
Representatives.
Elect four delegates to Nation
al Convention.
The Congressional Conventions
which convene on Wednesday,
April 13th, will each nominate
one Representative for congress,
and elect two delegates to the
national convention.
GEO. W. DENMAN.
Every School Boy and Girl in the
County Knows Him and
Likes Him.
The subject of the following
sketch needs no introduction to
the people of Benton county for
it is doubtful if there is another
person so well known to every
man, woman and child in this
county as Geo. W. Denman.
This brief synopsis of his work in
behalf of our schools and their
patrons will be of interest to
every one:
Born in Missouri in 187 1, he
came to Independence, Oregon,
when seven years of age. and has
been a resident of this state 26
years,' 16 of which he spent in
Corvallis. He received his edu-
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GEO. W. DENMAN.
cation at Independence and Cor
vallis uader the tutorship of such
able and prominent instructors
as Prof. Frank Rigler, of Port
land, ex-Supt. W. E. Yates, ex
Supt. R. F. Robinson, of Port
land, ex-Presidents B. L,. Arnold
and John Bloss of O. A. C.
On completing his common
school education he assisted his
father who followed his trade of
stone mason, plasterer and brick
layer. After helping his father for a
number of years he entered the
Oregon Apricultural College in
1899, graduating therefrom in
1893 with the degree of B. S.
While attending college he was
compelled to work evenings and
Saturdays to pay expenses. By
close application and untiring
efforts he completed in four years
the B. S. course with honor to
himself and credit to his parents.
After graduating from the college
he began teaching, in which he
was unusuallv successful, having
taught for six successive terms in
District No. 93, in which place
he was still teaching when elected
to the office he . now so efficiently
fills.
As county school superinten
dent his record has never been
equaled by any other superinten
dent of our county. He has de
voted his entire time and atten
tion to building up the educa
tional system of Benton county
until it is second to none in the
state. He was the first superin
tendent to attempt grading the
conntry schools of the county
Through this scheme the pupils
of the country schools were en
abled to graduate in their home
district and receive a graduation
diploma which admitted the
bearer into the O. A. C. without
further examination. This filled
a long felt want and has saved
the citizens of our county many
dollars.
The idea, conceived by him, of
holding parents' meetings iu the
various districts of the county has
been the means of arousing an
interest and enthusiasm never be
fore experienced in this or any
other county in the state. Where
possible, these meetings are held
in conjunction with the Grange
and the result has been most
satisfactory to that organization
and the schools. Numerous
county superintendents through
out the state are adopting this
plan inaugurated by Superinten
dent Denman and consider it the
best method ever devised to im
prove the conditions of the counT
try schools. One ot these meet
ings is held in Benton county
every month.
Superintendent Denman held
the first school officers conven
tion or institute ever conducted
in the county.
To improve and make more
regular the attendance in the
schools of the county he arranged
monthly contests between the
various districts. rne district
having the highest per cent of
attendance each month was pre
sented with a banner purchased
by Superintendent Denman out
of his private purse. When a
school had won the, banner three
times it received a nicely-framed
county roll of honor. Each
pupil who was neither tardy not
absent for three consecutive
months received a certificate of
perfect attendance.
He also instituted the union
picnic plan and each year holds
them all over the county. At
these gatherings he pays out of
his own private funds many dol
lars for prices' and the like.
While the law only compels
the county superintendent to
visit the schools once a year, he
has made two visits every year,
spending on an average two hours
in each school.
The educational exhibit, show
ing the work of the schools of
this county, which will be dis
played at the St. Xouis Exposi
tion and Lewis and Clark Fair,
was prepared by Superintendent
Denman assisted by the Grange,
and the showing made was a
high testimonial to the energy of
Benton's school superintendent
and the efficiency of her schools.
Several months ago Superin
tendent Denman began the pub
lication of the Benton County
School Journal, a 12-page paper
devoted to the interests of the
schools of this county. It has a
monthly circulation of 900 copies
and its subscription price is but
25-cents per year. Its value to
school patrons justifies the vast
amount of work required of Mr.
Denman to issue it each month.
Not only is Benton county's
superintendent popular at home,
but his worth is appreciated in
all sections of the state. He is
secretary of the Department of
Superintendents of Oregon, and
responded to the address of wel
come on behalf of the teachers of
this state at the State Teachers'
Association, held in Eugene in
1902. -
Since his appointment as Dep
uty Master of the State Grange
for Benton county he has held a
number of Grange rallys in this
county; an innovation which has
proved both valuable and popu
lar.' .
WASH
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"andiVoiles
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
newBo$ieryanaUnderwcar
DOMESTICS
New Table Linen and Napkins
New Muslins and Sheetings
New Towels and Towling
New Curtains and Scrims
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HATHAWAY BROS.,
OPPOSITE R. M. WADE'S. SOUTH MAIN ST., CORVALLIS.
Carriage Building
Horseshoeing General Blacksmithing
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Horseless Carriages,
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Made so strong and fiiifshod so
nBew Prices so low and styles so
IV! Nyl'L swell;
JSl. MuImP jiil ts " any wonder that the blamed
wtIIL ikv things sell?
Y MriBL- SUCH A BUSINESS,.
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y Will furnish estimates on anything in the building line.
All kinds of picket and wvea fence to order. South Main St., Corvallis.
THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR
CORVALLIS LUMBER
COMPANY.
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GOODS
FOR ANNOUNCEMENT.