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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1905)
Vol. XL.II. CouvAi-Lit?, Benton County, Oregon, Friday, -January ' 2T, It i it), 1 f TO D3EDGE THE V ILLAVlETTt. Bill Introduced in Legislature Providing for an Appropriation , of $25,000 to Open tne River Below Corvallls. Hon. I. L. uornett, represen tative of Linn county, this week introduced a bill in the legisla ture, that has a very flattering prospect of becoming a law, pro viding for an appropriation c f $25,000 by the state to p ly for opening the Willamette river for year-round navigation. ; The dredging of the shallow places between Corvallis and Sa lem is of most urgent necessity, as it would enable the river boats to ply between this city and Port land the year round As it is now, on account of a few shal lows this side of Salem, boats can only reach Corvallis during the winter when the water is high. - The bill is as follows: '.'The bill tor an act creating the board of internal commerce commissioners, defining its duties, directing : and -Authorizing the opening, deepening, dredging and improvemet 6t the Willamette river between Portland, Oregon, and Corvallis, Oregon, and ap propriating $25,000 therefor. "Be it enacted by the people of the state of Oregon: : Section 1 That the governor, tne secretary ot sfate ana tne .; treasurer of the state of Oregon, board of internal commerce com missioatrs, which is hereby cre ated. ; Section 2 That it is the duty of the board of internal commerce commissioners to cause the Wil-; lamette river, between Portland, to be opened, .deepened, , dredged . and otherwise improved to - the end that said river may be easily notrirriKlA . trr - f a" rntrtncoe : rf commerce at all seasons of the year between said points;, aad to file withr the , secretary of state full report of its action under the provisions thereof. V. ' , Section 3. That the members of said board of internal com merce commissioners shall serve without compensation exce,p' their actual expenses inc urred in the pertormance ot tneir-duues as such members thereof. Section 4. That there is here by appropriated out of the general fund of the state of Oregon, the sum of twenty-five thousand dol lars ($2";.ooo) or so much thereof as may be necessary, from' any monies not otherwise apDropri ated, to be expended by said board of internal commerce commis sioners in carrying out the pur poses of this act; and the secre tary of state is. hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the state treasurer lor said sum, or part thereof, - when directed by said board to do so." Wl'erca, - ihe producers .and , shippers of the state, ought t have the benefit ; of . this tax, which if removed would increase the value : of commodity now passing through said locks; and Whereas the Willamette river ought to be open to free naviga tion and this can only be accom plished by government owner ship of the said canal and locks at Oregon Ci!y. " Now therefore, be it resolved by the senate, the - house con curring, that our representatives in congress be and they; hereby are memorializes ; to introduce in congress, and' endeavor by all honorable means to procure the passage of a bill, providing ' for the purchase by the government of the said ; canal and locks of Oregon City, and if the price thereof canuot be agreed upon between the present owners there of, and the government, that an act be passed authorizing the con demnation of said canal and locks or the construction of a . canal and locks on the opposite side of the river from that now construct ed,' and appropriating a sufficient sum ot money for that purpose. COLLEGE JOTTING?. Items of Interest In and Around r - the O. A. C. v Mr. Shepard gave a short talk to the gins of the student body, on the subject of the girls' place in the new student building. Another picture of the OAC cadets was taken - Wednesday at I o'clock p. m. . The one taken before being to test the camera and. the ;distance was not arrang ed properly, v - " President Gatch announced in chapei that the bojs couldhave Tuesdays and Thursdays' for bowling and the - girls -the re mainder of the week. - y The r boys are training every day in the cross-country iuu for the spring tryout. Thisevening the Local Oratori cal contest occurs in the college Armory. Admission 15 cents. - The boys' basket ball team leaves today for Portland, where they have a game tonight. F. L. Big Advance Sale MUSLIN MILLER'S of Women's and Children Is UNDERWEAR - Mahara's Minstrels. The famous Mahara's Operatic Minstrels announced for Febru ary 4th, is a superb combina tion in all the best and most pop ular of opera, travestrv, vaude ville, music, snappy specialties, beautiful coFtumes, funny come dians, novel dances, special scene ryr; brilliant electrical effects,' pretty girls, picturesque essem bles, bewildering drills, and all the latest song hits and many new and original stage novelties. The entire performance is pre sented in a metropolitan organi zation "-of the foremost: colored singers, eoraedian:Tarid specialty artists of their race in- America. More bright music, entertaining vaudevil'e numbers and neatly laughing are crowded into , two and one-half hours of Mahara's Minstrels than would supply half dozen of the average musical farce comedies- To Buy Oregon City Locks. A resolution on the subject of government ownership- of the Oregon City " Locks, as has been agitated by the Gazette and other valley paptrs was introduced by Senator Avery, of this county; and passed by both Houses of the state legislature now in session It is as follows: Whereas, an act was passed by the legislative assembly of the state of Oregon in 1870, appro priating money to the Willamette Falls Canal & Locks company to aid in the construction of a canal and locks in the Willamette river at Oregon City, Oregon, and by the terms of said act the said corporation was ; empowered to charge at the rate of 50 cents, per ton for freight and 10 cents for each and every passenger passing through said locks; and . Whereas, the rate thus per mitted to be charged fixes the amount chargeable against al freight and passengers whether carried by river or. rail, travel ing in either direction along the Willamette nverjand : Oratorical Contest Tonight. The local oratorical contest mentioned in the Gazette of January 13, is to ocur to night (Friday) at the OAC: Arnioiy. Eight orators will engage in iu tellectual combat contesting for the honor of representing OAC in the state contest to be held at Newberg. ' .- . Each college society will have one representative in the try-out tonight, as follows: , Sorosis, L,u- cile Roberts; " Feronian, Louise Gilbert; Ze'tegathean, Ralph Shepard; Amicitian, John Withy combe; Jeffersonian, N. V. Weath erford; Philadelpbian, Hamas Bilyeu; Utopian, Lura Pratt; Pierian,- Edna Smith. Y-. A large audience is expected, and great enthusiasm will pre vail as each of the tight societies will be present in a body to cheer their orator tp victory. An ad mission of 15 - cents will be charged. . . : " . Union Evangelistic Service Continuing the Union Evan gelistic .services now being held in the Baptist church by Rev. Roy Palmer,-D. -D., Rev. W. J. Harsha. p.. D. , of Denver, Colo. under the auspices of the Presvb- terian General Assembly's Gom mittee on evangelistic work will be here next Wednesday Feb.- 1, to conduct a two weeks, series of uuiou services - in the Presbyte riati church. Rev. Drs. Palmer and Harsha come from very sue cesstul meetings in Albany. Rev. Dr .Palmer is well known to the people of Oregon and - wil be ' most welcome to Corvallis LRev.sDfr-Harsha iff a rnin ories utalidn. This fallhe had the honor of holding a series of meet ings in Rey. N. D. Hillis' church Brooklyn, New York. This is the first series of meetings held in that church since the death of Rev, Henry Ward Beechet, D. D. Later at a series -or meetings un der; his direction in Fort Worth, Texas, over five hundred decided for Christ. He is a strong preach er of quiet , spiritual mind, -and not sensational. To know Rev Dr. Harsha is to love him, and we speak for him an earnest hear ing and a hesrty wtlcome. . jl - ' lilflt w too. Only M ttlt ale a jet ajni win, t Many. Tite but (mo h Ob issxtae m jm vtak, ated tke kwn toil m to i Limu, American v Negroes. . There are 9,204, 531 negroes in the United States, including Porto Rico and Hawaii, .Nine tenths of them live in the South one-third of its population. Sevens ty-seven per cent work on 746, 000 farms, of which twenty-one percent are absolutely,: and four per cent partially, owned by negroes." There are 21,000 negro carpenters, 20,000 barbers and nearly as many doctors, 16,000 ministers, 15,000 masons, 12,000 dressmakers, To.oco engineers and firemen, 5.000 shoemakers, 4,000 musicians, 2,000 actors, and showmen, 1. 000 - lawyers (which seems too many). Since 1890 "negro illiteracy has sunk from 57 to 44.5 per cent Statis tics are rather stupid lellows but these look bnght and full of hope. Jefferson Sewer Gives Trouble. R. M. Gilbert has been a't woik with a crew of helpers this week repairing the damage done by the Jefferson street sewer where it empties into the Willamette river. : For; some time this sewer has caused considerable caving at its mouth, it is supposed on account of the sewer being blocked up at some point near the river, caus ing the water to break out higher up and force an outlet of its own Kecently, However, the caving has become greater until it" threat ened to swamp the C. & E. rail road siding and the trestle ap proach to the dock. Mr. Gilbert was hired by the council to tem porarily repair the place,, so that itvwould hold until summer when the water in the river will be lower, enabling a complete inves tigation so that permanent repairs may be made. A pile driver has been in operation and sc sort of trestle work has been built under the dock and railroad track, that is thought will suffice for the present. ' " F. L. Miller, Corvallis; Oregon r On accou nt of the recent establiphr ment of tha Rural Free Delivery t oute from Monroe, the Star route between Inavale and Corw&llia has been discontinued." The poetal department at Washington, D. C 88ks tor bids for carrying the man six days in the week from Corvalii to Inavale? A bond of $1200 is re quired by the government and th- bida for the new route must be rr ceived at Washington, D. CV before Feb. 14., f Further ; particulars can Ha BMiir1 (mm 'PiiDtmosfaaii R W Everybody's Magazine for Feb. Johnson of this city ' ; IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT about our abili'y to serve, you Avell and save you money. . House Pirnishing line. Get our prices on everything in the BEGIN THE NEW YEAR RIGHT . with a new Toledo Range. They are the cheapest and most . durable range on the market. We will be pleased to show you our line of stoyes whether you buy or not Old stoves taken in - in exchange. : ALL FLOOR COVERINGS such as Carpets, Mattings, and Linoleums cut, sewed and laid without extra cost. ' . Pictures framed on short notice, and at very moderate prices. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS for Wall I aper. On' account of having a very large stock to select from, we can suit you, not only in quantity but quality and prices as well. H LLEHBERG-&; GiDT HE STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY