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.
Prompt
You
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The people trade with us, ijrst,' because they like our way of doing busines; second,
because they admire our broad, liberal policy; and third, because they know we
keep everything in the House-furnishing line and at prices within reach of every
one.
Our hew spring stock of Go-carts will arrive about Feb
them, we will sell those on hand at greatly reduced prices,
for terms.
15th.
. To make room for
Easy payments ask
it
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astern"
cc
Ocean Wave," and
washers always on
Perhaps you don't realize' that many
pain poisons originate in your food, but
some day you'may feel a twinge t f dys
pepsia that will convince you, Dr. King's
New Life Pills are guarantead. . to jcure
all Bicksesa due to poisons of undigested
food or money back. 25 cents at Alien
& Woodward drugstore. Try them.
. .Prompt Service and Courteous Treatment, v
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THE STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY.