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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. .
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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
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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