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Vol. XXJI. Corvaijlis Benton County, Oreoon,4, Tuesday, ITebrtjaiiy 28, 1905. N3. 19 FOUNDRY NO MORE. Machinery to be Taken Away Building and Lots to , be Sold. W. H. Franklin, of Mt. Ver non, Wash., was here a greater part of last week. Mr. Frank lin was a resident of Corvallis for several year before going to Mt. Vernon, and while in this city was one of the proprietors of what is known as the Frank lin Foundry. ; ' ' v ' Mr. Franklin has been making arrangements to tnove the machin ery of the foundry to Anacortes," where a portion of the machinery will be placed in the electric light plant. Charles Franklin, ' ;a brother of W. H. Franklin, is at Anacortes and has an interest in the light plant. The foundry building and the lots on which it is located are to be sold and the owner has been trying to dispose of them, so that he may close out all of his interests . in Cor vallis. " According to Mr. ; Franklin,, he has prospered since going to Mt. Vernon. This is a town of about 2500 inhabitants and is ' situated ' on the Skagit river about nine miles from iis mouth, .-Mt. Ver non is about 65 miles north of Seattle and the Great Northern railway passes through the place. River steamers ply the stream and do considerable business. The old Elwood, well known in Corvallis as she used to .be oper ated on the Willamette, was ' destroyed on the Skagit river not far from Mt. Vernon during the past season. " '. ' The erstwhile Corvallisite says that the. lumbering: interests of that section are of great magni- " tude. Vast cedar forests are al most in the, lap J of Mt" Vernon on one side " while in another direction -is' to j be seen a-i most fertile valley extending along the river:.- Sawmills are . every. where and their Output is'a great factor in the general prosperity of that region. , A peculiar thing is noticeable there in regard to the cedar forests; there seems, to have been a very heavy growth of trees centuries ago and these giants of the forest njust have been leveled. to earth "by some sort of violence. The. ground is covered in places with monster cedars and irom the tops of these fallen trees others have- taken- root and now the forest of the present in large degree stands yooted o the trunks ot trees of a by-gone age. The cedars of the younger gene ation are several feet in diameter. Some of the trees that were razed to earth centuries ago are being loep-ed. but it mieht better be said that thev are being mined, as they have to be partially dug from the ground. . Part- ot the timber country is very rough and broken. . The valley lying along the river is about fifteen miles wide to thirty miles long, and it is ex ceedingly fertile. Immense crops of timothy hay are produced and .' pay well. Oats, too, are; raised in large quantities in some in stances 200 bushels are reported trom an acre; Tne larger crops are reported from the low lands, but the uplands are also good for oat crops; the latter lands pro duce about per cent as much as is produced in the bottom, bu tne oat is ot a hner quality and not so stalky. Seme of the bottom lands have to be diked , and for the accomplishment of this a tax of $i.2? per acre is levied. ; The weather, Mr. Franklin . . says, is not very severe. During the recent s cold snap the ther mometer was down to zero for ?a short period. Ice farmed to tnicicness or aDOut - an . men and . n.naiT a Tin QirariYtor . woe trmnrt h " ivi a short time. The roads were - frozen so stiff that a fairly . wel loaded wagon would not - break - through the crust. It is said to be a hard country m which to build roads. It does not rain so much there as in the Willamette Valley. From what Mr. Franklin says, things are on the move up there and much money is in circula tion. The country is' develop ing: rapidly and its f uttire tooks bright. ; : ' Something Will Be Done. Ot late there has been consid erable complaint about the con dition of cross-walks near, the A. D. Lembrocker corner. - This is almost on a line between the two railroad depbtsi and is crossed a great deal by the city draymen and ; others. The . walk became badly cut in time and on the south side a great deep hole was made, and to shun this teamsters began crossing the walk in vari ous places and at unheard-of an gles. '. -. :V; This was certainly a, sad state of affairs, but the authorities were loath to take action in the matter as it was supposed to be on. the property of the. Southern Pacific Co.;: This company has a number of blocks adjacent the depot building and it is geoerai- y understood that no streets tra verse them. This being the pre- auins: opinion, tne street, com- m 1 ttee and others were loath to take any stgps toward improvements. We are reliably informed that number of Southern Pacific of ficials were to arrive yesterday by pecial car on the West Side in prder to get in touch with affairs along the line. According to our informant, while these ! officials are here there will be a meeting between them and the city au- thoritiesand the matter of whose property is crossed by the walk and whose duty it is to make the necessary improvements will be discussed. ' ' -, - ' . -. This is very gratifying and it is putting it mildly to insinuate that the tune is now ripe , for . a6r tiori. In conclusion, it imay be stated that as the matter has stood heretofore no blame could be "at? tached to anybody;' distressing as the condition has beenij Soon it will be difierent and this bad place- fixed up in good shape. all things unsightly anrt unclean. One ot the most important improvements the society has on hand is beautifying the grounds at the C. & E. depot. The officials of this road are heartily in sympathy with the aims of the society and it is expected that some time this week the com pany will bring a number of car loads ot suitable earth,. sand, or gravel, for use o( the society in the improvements Contemplated. When this arttves' the village Improvement Society will do the rest. It is hoped to have every thing in readiness to plant shrubs, etc., by April ist. The society members are doing good work, and doing it gratis. They, deserve, every' .encourage ment at the hands of the people ; assistance that is not merely go6a will and purely- sentimental, but something .material.,. Successful Institute. COOD ROADS. Will it be Rainy? Damp, weather seems to be a traditional ieature or our presi dential inaugurations a ieature that seems to be- so muqli a, part of our presidential 5 inaugurations that it has passed into tradition, says Everybody's Magazine , for March: Ever since inaugurations have been held ont-of-doors tire elements have seemed to conspire to rob the ceremonies of a part of their impressiveness. The early part of March is- inevitably a rainy season in Washington, and the majority of the Presidents have looked out over a waving sea of umbrellas as they delivered their inaugural addresses,. There have been many movements to change the date of this ceremony to a more clement season, - as an appalling list of deaths is invari ably consequent upon the enforc ed or voluntary exposure, but it is doubtful if the time-honored arrangement will ever be altered. ; The local teachers' institute and parents' meeting ; arranged by " Supt- Denman last Saturday brought a goodly number, of teachers and parents together The program began" wish a 6-sainute singing exercise- by all ' present,- with Miss Edna I'inley as acconipauisc. . Prof I. E. Richardson, of Corvallis Business College, took up' the subject 'Methods in Arithmetic. ;. He believed in insist ing on a complete statement being made and a full process. He said, work slight ingly done had better never be done. : If tbe child is thoroughly taught to give. complete analysis, it will save review work. If, after a class has gone over a given subject, and cannot pars the necessary examination for promotion, it Is the fault of the method used. . : Prof. S. W. Holmes gave an interest ing talk oa "School Organization; How, What?" He said": In graded schools the first thing on beginning is to have a meeting with the' Board. A teacher should always go to the. school house a day or so before school begins to arrange things for work; lay out plans so as to put children to work at once ; examine records so a proper classification, can be made ; insist on having orders" obeyed the first day ; adapt conditions to course of study and program. . ; - , i . , ? ' ''Defective English Instruction in the Grades''- was. presented in. an effective manner-by- Prof,; Ti- A. ? Hayes, .City Supt. of Albany. . He said, the. aim to day is to learn rules Kid Bluff- pupils so that . .the examinations can. be .1 passed., Text books should be followed. ' Pupils should do the work and not the teachers, Use stories for language work. If the outlines in text books do not fit condi tions change so it-with-r" , i Prof. A. N. Fulkerson, of Philomath gave a practical talk on "School Punish men's" He said punishments should have a definite end. Always reach the mental attitude of .child. Tbe. tendency today is not to- whip. : The teacher lay ing down such a rule ia in danger of losing control. - Prof. I. E. Richardson interested all in his 'Rapid Calculations." ' He gave examples and rules whereby short work could be done. One of the most interesting talks of tte day was given by Rev. E. F. Green. His subject was ''Literature in the Home" It was replete in valuable suggestions, It is regreted thai more of our parents could not have heard it, The Corvallis public school , pupils furnished some excellent recitations Mr. Whitney, agent for Edison phono graphs, records and supplies, in Gor vallis, entertained all with a number of selections. The next parents meeting will be held in Phi omath on the third or fourth Saturdav in March. , A Comprehensive Bulletin on the Subject of Public Highways. "Tendencies in Recent Ameri can Road Legislation" is the title of the new bulletin prepared by the Department of ' Economics and Sociology of the State -University. The author shows that satisfactory progress in the build ing and maintenance . of good roads requires first of all an ap preciation of what- good - roads mean for the wellfare of the peo ple and then the development of such an organization of their resources- as- will- furnish road - im provement money and brains. People must realize what they jiave at stake in VSi difference be tweeri, good roads add bad roads and then . eet. such a system of laws as will induce the largest measure , of effective . effort in building good roads. ; s ; Professor Young points out the conditions that led to the most re markably a wakening of the peo ple of this county during the past fifteen years to the interests they have ; at , - stake in their public roads. . A great national move ment has been organized. ; The support of the general govern ment in its office of Public Road Inquiries has been enlisted. This agency under Hon; Martin Dodge is rapidly extending its work.' It is o.tsseminatiHg most helpful lit erature on road construction and road laws, vit is ' testing free of charge road ..material, and has built sample obiect , lesson roads in nearly every state. The very effective National Good Roads Association is supported by about half a dozen kindred, national or ganizations. Every state proba blj and many sections of counties are organized to promote the cause ot good roads. , It is clear that laws that emin- ate from a movement ot such spirit and- earnestness have signii icance and are valuable ad models. Having shown that the basis of our good road mdvement lies in the far-reaching importance' to a people or their roads and point ed, put the fact that in the long run good , roads were not a' whit harder on the pocketbook ot the farmer than are bad, roads, . Prof. Young goes carefully into, the laws that have been; the outcome ofj this movement.. He, gives tab ular digests showing the! provis ions in the laws of the different states and territories bearing up on -characteristic features as they were in 1889 secondly, the changes made in 1895; thirdly those made! between tuat d ite and 1904. Since the meeting of the first cost of pt-i nianent roads is the crucial part of the . road problem, that system of road law is best which .secures the most equitable distribution of the burden of the road improvement. State aid with state supervision has been adopted by nearly one third of the states as the solution of cost. Through- this state aid -very satis factory results have been attain edi New! Jersey,. Massachusetts, Connetticut and New York -have given this policy thorough tests. and are rapidly- increasing their state appropriations. ,f Among; the other new leatures in road laws that the bulletin notes, are more serviceable classifications of. roads ; pTovisisons lor skilled superin tendence in the location j construc tion and, continuous repair; of roads; substitution of the money tax for the labor tax and the rapid increase of the .rates pf taxation for road purposes; , work done un der cqntracts publicly let; recourse to1 bppd issues; utilization of con vict labor in constructing' rbads and preparing road material; pro tection ot roads through favoring Use of . Wide '; tires ; corivertiou of toll roads into public roads. . - The phenominally rapid devel opment of the sentiment in favor of the national aid for road im provement is noted and the "ton ing up"' effect on state systems that such aid would undoubtedly have. .. "'.'c ' ' Reduction in Fare.' Commencing Nov. 7, rates between Corvallis and Portland, via C. & E. Albany, and S. P. will be reduced to $2,60, same as West Side rnte. Tickets, on sale by C. & . agent aid all onices in Portland. . I NOTICE. The sale of mens' and boys' Htiitu and. overcoats is still on at S. L. Kline's. It will pay you buy thiemonth. ? Home Savings Bank. . The First National Bank of Corvallis. Oregon, has been in possession for the last ten years of the small home savings banks , the same as advertised through-' out tbe Willamette Valley.: The cuato--mere of this bank can obtain these banks, and take them home at any time, by call ing for them. . Whon a system of savings is adopted eatisfaotory and successful to tfm customs er, the officers of tbe First National Bausr will be pleased to inform yon how you can. readily own. your, own borne, and: proceed along lines of financial jtrosperi-. ty. finally gaining a competency for the future. ' - - ' ".-::..' istf.' For Sale. Thoroughbred Barred Plymouth Rock cockerels at $1.0 J each. Call on F. R.1 Barnes at Granger, South of Station or address Corvallis R. F. D. No. 1. Wedded Yesterday. ' Yesterday morning at 11 a m. , at the home of the groom in this city, occurred the wedding of J ames L . Osburn and Anna Beach The jceremony was witnessed by only a few close friends of the contracting parties, and Rev. Mi S. -.Bush, of i the Presbyterian church; was the, officiating clergy man. . .- - .-,:'-"-;'- -: After the ceremony the bride and grpom, attended by their friends, partook of a wedding breakfast -i at z Hotel Corvallis. They took the . West Side train for Portland where . they will pass a . brief honeymoon. They will then return to this city and take up their-residence in Mr Osburn's home, one - block north of the court i house, The bride and groom, are well-known residents of this city and a host of friends wish them every hap-piness. " A complete line of. Bicycle sun dries and Cutlery on hand all the time. D. & A. Agonizing Burns. are instantly relieved and perfectly heal ed by Bncklens Arnica Salve.. B. Riv. enback, Norfolk, , Va. writes: "I burnt my knee dreadfully; that it blistered all . over. Bucklen's Arnica Salve stopped ' the pain and healed it without ft scar." Also heals all wounds and Pores.' At Allen & Woodward. : SIGNS OF FAILING VISION. When your eyes tire in reading, when you frown or partly close the eyes when ; looking at an . object wheik thines "swim" or become dim after being' leaked at for some -time; when tbe ejea ache, smart'i or water ; or when you have pain in the eyeball,' orbit, temples or forehead. ; - - r ' -rv-.. All tbe conditions, are curable by prop er classes, sack as we will furtitek von after a scientific examination. ; ... MATTHEWS, The Optician, Room 12, over First National.Bank New Photograph Studio. I am now -ready, to do photographic work for the public. , My, etudio is upi stairs in my new cement .building. , Oal and see me, yon will be. welcome, . . , 12-18 . ' B. R. THOMPSON. Red and white clover. , timothy, . orchard and other glasses, at Zieiolf'8. - Deserve Encouragement. The ' Village Improvement Society at their meeting, Friday evening, discussed many things of interest and importance to our citizens. There was unusual warmth shown by some of those present in the - advocacy of a eeneral movement, toward clean ing and beautifying the town. Something is going to happen if no heed is paid to the matter of straightening up affairs generally. We are informed that . certain members ot - the society expect to confer with the city council at its next meeting and see "what steps -that body is disposed to take in furthering the desires-' of the society and others "who may sympathize with ft crusade against Failed.- AW efforts have failed to find a better remedy for coughs, colds and lung trou ble than Foleys Honey and Tar. . It slops the' qough, heals the lungs and pre vents'eerious results from a cold. . J. N. Patterson. Nashua, ,Iowa, writes: ., "Last winter I had a bad cold on my lungs and tried at least half a dozen- advertised coueh medicines and had treatment from two physicians without getting any bet.- egt. A ftiend recommended Foley's Honey and Tar and twoithirds of a bot tle cured me.. I .consider- it the g-tatest cough and lung medicine -in the wo Id. For sale by Graham & Wortha m , ; r Poisons In Food. 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