Vol. XL.II.
CouvAi-Lit?, Benton County, Oregon, Friday, -January ' 2T, It i
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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. .
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' 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
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