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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1904)
3 Woodcoci I 9 CORVALLI!?. B15-VTON CoUrrY, OREGON, TUESDAY, DeCEMBEK SlBSTANrL PROGRESS MADE Many New Buildings Put Up Dur ing the Year 1904. Now that the year is drawing to a close, a resume of the build ing activities of the year is not out of place. There is nothing which denotes 'the progress, growth and prosperity of a town more than the number of busi ness houses and residences built during the year. r In this line Corvallis has shown unusual activities not of the boom , vari ety but of a steady, substant;al growth hat will compare javo -ably with any city in the Wil lamette Valley. During the year, upwards Jof forty new residences have bten constructed in the city. A large portion of these have been ele gant two-story buildings costing on an 'average of $1,000 to $2,ooo each. Besides this, there has been many new additions and improvements made to older residences, and along with these have been blocks of new side walks constructed, and also many new sewers put in. This speaks well for the progressiveness of Corvallis citizens. It is plain to see that the year 1904 has been a record-breaker in the way of building improve ments, and it is said by old-time residenters that Corvallis has picked up more and nonae to the front faster during the past 12 months than ever before during the same length of time. It may not at once be apparent to those who have been living in town for the last few years in fact, as a usual thing the old residenters are the" last to take notice and realize such a change; but it is the constant remark of former citizens who have been away for a ear or more and re turn either on a visit or to re side, that the town has made vast improvements along all lines. Not only is the improvement noticeable in the residence dis tricts, but also on the business; streets. Almost tvery mercan tile house in town has made some change in the building, such as new and larger glass fronts, paint-1 ing, calsomining, etc. Altogeth-j er Corvallis has done herself! proud this year in the way of forging to the 'front; and it is; thought the same activity along j the line of improvements and! building will continue during several ears to come. Such as this is what attracts the homeseeker, and as many thousand people from all parts of the United States will visit Ore gon during the Centennial next year, and many of these will come to Corvallis it behoves the city residents to coutinue along the lines of progress already so well inaugurated. Good Money in Poultry. From the way turkeys, geese, ducks aud chickens have been coming into the Corvallis market for the prist week, it seems that Benton county is a great place for poultry raising. At any rate there is certainly as much poultry raised for the maiket in this county as anv other county in the state, and there seems to be considerable money in the busi ness. One fact has been proven, and that is that poultry raising is becoming each year a greater in dustry in this section of the state and there is perhaps no better ocality for raising fowls success fully, in the state. There are families in this county who make almost their entire living from poultry raising, and it only re quires a small plot of ground, if properly managed, to raise sev eral hundred fowls on. During the last ten days the firm of Smith &Boulden, poultry buyers, has bought for the Christ mas trade, turkeys, 3, 441 pounds geese, i,5S6 pounds and chickens 1000 pounds. The greater num ber of these have been dressed and shipped to outside - points, the most of them going to Port land, although many pounds were consumed by Corvallis people. Even this large amount has not been enough, to supply the de mand, and by last Saturday morning they were entirely out of turkeys and gtese, and were compelled to send a man out on horseback to try and find enough fowl to supply later orders. The price paid for turkeys by this firm has rua all the way from 15 to 19 cents per pound, but the average has been abuut 17 cents. Tbis represents a total paid the farmers tor Christmas turkeys of about $585.00. For geese the price has been 8 cents per pound,- live weight, and at this rate $126.78 was paid by this firm for the webfooted fowl, and for chickens the. sum reach ed about $80. Of course the above figures are only the showing of one Corvallis firm, but they were selected be cause they are the only ones who deal exclusively in poultry. This is a very good showing for the poultry industry of Benton coun ty and as the supply is not enough to fill the demand it is encouraging to those who are thinkfng of taking up this busi- ness. Prize Awards to Oregon. "The prizes coming to Oregon from the Louisiana Purchase Ex position at St. Louis were great er in number, than those awarded to any other state in compalsion to the amount of money th it the exhibit cost. The following is the list of prizes awarded in each department. Department of Agricultural (which includes one gold medal for dairy) 1 grand prize, 43 gold medals, 56 silver, 22 bronze. Department of Horticulture 2 grand prizes, 7 gold medals, 84 silver, 34 bronze. Department of Fish and Game 4 gold medals, 9 silver, 1 bronze. Department of Mining 2 gold medals, 1 silver, 10 bronze. (Petition pending for grand prize) Department of Education, groups one and twe 1 gold medal. 3 silver, 2 bronze. Department of Livestock Eighty-six head of sheep sent bv Baldwin Sheep & Land Co. won 31 premiums, divided as follows: Rambouiller, 18; Lelaine, 7; Spanish," 6. Oregon exhibited the heaviest and heaviest shear ing Spanish ram ever seen in this or any other country, but was refused a prize, as the judges called him a treak. The value of the exhibit was about $12, ooOi Chas. E- Ladd received on a herd of 12 Shorthorn cattle, 21 first prizes; 1 second, 1 third; 2 fiurth and 2 fifth prizes. Win. Riddle of Polk county was awarded second prize($ioo) on five head of Kent sheep, and 2 firsts and 1 fourth on four Angora goats. The total number of prizes, outside of the stock, was: Grand prizes, 3; gold medals, 67; silver medals, 150; bronze 71. Real Estate Transfers. W H Foster and wife, 22 acres near Albany, $2,100. W H Malone and wife to Hope Grange, one-half acre in Alsea; $25. Geo. A. Bennett to W F Cald well; part farm lot 2, Philomath; $400. United States to F M Huddle- son, patent, 260 acres in Aisea. Jennie Fish and husband to G A Covell, lots 5 aud 6 block 2, Chase's Add; $250. Jennie Fish and husband to J K Handy, lot 4, block 2, Chaic'a Add; $125. C M Dexter and wife to Henry Ambler; 80 acres south of Philo math; $2,500. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE, Articles of general interest will be pub lished in tbis department as the personal opinion of the writers. It is understood that the paper is not held responsible for any opinion bre expressed. Control Transportation Corpora tions. What, question can be more important and pressing for action aud redress than the unjust treat ment of the whole people by the transportation corporations? These corporations have betn created by law and they operate under charters which are inter preted by corporations to have the force of letters of marque and re prisal as though our people were alien enemie to be plundered by sea and land as mercilessly as though a state of war actually existed in every state in the Union. This is not a question of public policy but a question of private right, no corporation chartered under the laws of any state shall be permitted to practice fraud or extortion upon the people of the United States with impunity. It may certainly be expected that a Republican congress will consider the effect of granting chartered franchises by states to corporations which trespass upon the private right of every citizen in this Republic, such investi gations must be conducted with that candor and justice which be longs to the' high character of that body. ' . It would seem to be the duty of congress to examine the char ters of transportation corpora tions and ascertain with the most scrupulous good faith what the real facts are with a most solici tous desire to prevent the occult piracy perpetrated by transporta tion corporations under cover of charters issued by state govern ment. Congress has power under the constitution to provide for the general welfare, aud it state gov ern men is have chartered a spe cies of pirates who prey upon the commercial rights ot citizens 01 the United States, it is manifest ly the dntv of that distinguished body to intervene m the exercise of its ample poweis in the prem ises and "revoke such charters by penal s-tuute which our courts can enforce. Congress has utterly failed so far to give adtquate relief to the people in the matter of unjust rates of transportation, and there is incontrovei table evidence which shows that it will ever fail to govern unruly transportation cor porations by any of the methods applied under the recommenda tions of the President. Congress must either provide for the surrender of the charters of corporations which wilfully violate the laws of the govern ment ci inter-state commerce or build a double-tracked railroad trom ocean to ocean and estab lish rates of transportation which shall be just to all the people, or both. There can be no question4 as to the efficiency ot these remt dies for unruly corporations, they interfere with no vested rights whatever. Corporations must be con-j trolled. They are the creatures ot the law, and the law must control them either directly or indirectly. All attempts to con trol corporations by exDiess statutes, have most iguominiou ly failed, aud it is a reproach 10 our party' which has irresistible power to do justice to all Citi zens. Further tampering with the gioss offenses of transportation corporations will be resented in ihv; .Uvj. . in oxalic manner by rrvcrv iwiui means in the hands of the people without regard to party affiliations. The time has come for action, for the rugged, manly and couragions action ot statesmen, every state in the Union is in a condition of thral dom, this yoke will be broken, j No corporation candidate wi j receive my vote. I" shall sup-j port nominees who have thej courage to stand by the enfo:ce- mentoflawfor the government of transportation corporation5?, state and federal. One ' has but to put his ear to the ground to hear the tramp of the legions who are loyal to law and not to corporations, legions who put their trust in God and not in corporation princes. They are coming ! comino and will continue to come, until righteous laws are enacted, obeyed and vindicated. M. L. Adams. . - Rare Specimen of Whale. J. G. Ciawford, of Albany, who has a large collection of curio and archeological specimens, has just secured the skull of the curi ous specimen of whale which was washed ashore at Yaquina Bay last winter. Coming as it does from a soet ies of whale now almost extinct and one whose ex act classification has not yet been definately determineo, the skull is a rare and valuable specimen and one which the Smithsonian Institution is very desirous of ob taining for scientific purposes. The body of this whale, small in size, washed ashore on the south beach at Newport, near the Ya quina lifesaving station, Febru ary 15, 1904. Having many peculiarities, the animal imme diately attracted attention, and scientists who examined it pro nounced it of a variety perhaps never found on the Pacific Coast before and were unable to de termine its exact species. It seem to be a connecting link be tween the narwhale and porpoise and in common parlance would probably be known as a 'sea hog." The specimen in ques tion has a body 17 feet long; its pectoral fins were 10 feet in length and its dorsal fin three feet; and the flukes of its tail were each 10 feet long. The animal had a blow ho.e and lat eral tail like a whale; its dorsal fins were like those of a porpoise and it had ears like a hog. As soon as the description of the animal became current in the uewspapers, the Smithsonian In stitute heard of it and desired to investigate the species. Recent ly Dr. F. W. True, head curator of the department of bio'ogy of the United Stares National Mu seum (Smithsonian Institution), at Washington, D. C, wrote to Mr. Crawford, of Albany, to find out if he could stcuie the skull of the animal for investigation. In his letter Dr. True says: 4 'It is a matter of considerable im portance from a scientific view point, as the beaked whales of the west coist are rot at all well known," and he i.d i's that ti e institution is v 1 y desirous of j learning what this queer ppeci-j men of whaic really was and j wnat were its peculiarities. Mr. Crawford has at last secured the skull of the animal. He in tends to keep the skull but has taken a number of pictures ot it, and will send them to the Smith sonian Institution for the de- isired investigation. Telegram. Mr. Crawford is an uncle of J. H. Simpson and Mrs. M. S. Woodcock, of this city and is widely known in this part of the country. More Improvements. E W St'.)' e IwiS been overhau1 ipc H c,nr-vi!l he last few djf, and rrkig s;rue new in-piove-iin'e a ' rg 'thTS a new trfck and carr . Thu upk car risorf int h-si i -i is ouuh a lifts? 1 tikf on a Kiev brf v fore. M ? largest i r a. 1- r faw log thai to handle be- k tr.if ot;e of tW t quir-p! d miiJs in iif tiy, srd dof-i-Hf says he in vnty improvement kf-fj. up with his ?h;s parf a grat b necf'Sfarv rapidly growing trade. NEW Holiday mas Holiday Handkerchiefs Holiday Linens and Laces ' Holiday Gloves Holiday Bags hjoliday Novelties Ladies Holiday Belts New Holiday Pillowtops Ladies' Holiday Neckwear North Star Woolen Mill Blankets MAKE A USEFUL CHRISTMAS GIFT F. For Good Work and owest Rates i.a ysing, Steam Cleaning, Repairing and Pressing ... go . to ... Jack Dye One Door South of Berry's Bicycle Shop . . . Independent Phone ... s cf Albany, Or., removed to 350 Alder st., Portland, Or. Write for prices, save money. Special attention to Mail Orders Qessgimn, the Perfect Piano PSssyer. srents ml Drypowder Fire Extinuisher It is a tin tute containing 3j lbs. of a diy powder, like sand. Tl.row a small handful t,n a fire, and it puts it out in wo eecords. - It is the cheapest thing in the way of Fire Insurance ever invented. Call and ee one at the Ccrvallis Gazette cflice. Agents 1 L. MILLER, Wor Music House Wante Wouldn't you be glad if you could get a responeible Fire Insurance Company to insure your buildings for $3 00 per year? That is just wbat you do v hen you buy one of those handy lire fightere, adopted by the U. S. Government kI Wanted Goods 1904 Bob ks