Vol. XLH.
CkRVALLIS, BENTOX COUNT Y, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 2T, 1905.
THE WATER QUESTION.
Soon to Come Up for Citizens to
Ballot On.
Perhaps at no time in the
history of this city has there been
so important an issue before the
people ot Corvallis as ' at present.
For a town of this size to under
take the installation of a $75,000
water system s no light affair,
especially in the face ot the fact
that we are already in debt more
than $20,000.
As a City we are already in
debt something like $10,000
more than is allowed by our chart
er. ShoulcPtbe bond issue for a
water system ' carry ' Corvallis
citizens will . be pledged to - pay a
debt mf neatly $ 1 00,000. True,
there is a long time allowed in
which to pay this, but it mast be
paid lust the same, l nere is no
design in this article to place the
proposition before the people in
a false light.
. That the city is in need of wa
ter there is no question, nor does
any person attempt to deny the
' truth of this statement. The
question for the voter to decide
is, all things considered, the wis
dom of putting in the present
system as proposed m Mr. Mil
ler's estimate. Men who should
be authority as gocd as any in
this community declare it is not
wise to lay wooden mains with
in the city. They say that for
the main pipe line, where water
runs swiftly, it may answer fair:
ly well, but that where it simply
lies in wooden pipe there is bound
to be an accumulation or a sort
. of slime that is a menace to
health. ." It is also claimed that
where wooden pipe- is asphalt
coated inside and outside, it soon
"dry rots" in the center and will
not last. The statement ismade
--that wood pipe l-not coated ' wrth
"anything will out .last a coated
pipe, as the fibre becomes thorr
oughly wet through and there is
no danger of dry rot. : . ? ' - : ;
f Without any desire , to reflect
upon Mr. Miller in hisv estimate
of the cost or completeness of the'
system it may be pointed out
that a few items of cost are miss-'
ing One of these items ' is ' the
probable cost of . right . of way
wnen astea, during tne mass
meeting of last week,' 1 what' the
right of way was likely to cost
Mr. Miller is quoted as saying he
could not tell, but did not think
it would cost mucn. it, is re
ported that he facetiously added
that it would cost about a cent a
mile. Of course, if he made
this statement, he certainly did
not expect to be taken seriously.
As a matter of fact, it .is . but
natural to presume that this right
of way will cost something. We
are informed that some of - the
farmers along the main pipe line
will give the right of way in ex
change for water privileges.. But
there are water rights located near
the source of our proposed system
and those who control these lights
are not likely to give them away.
It is but natural tnat tne owners
. of these rights plaice a value vp?
off them or else they would not
nave gone to .tne trouoie neces
sary for their acquisition. ; Heneei
one cannot figure that we should
obtain them for nothing.
True, . litigation - might win
these rights for this city,' but this
would cost and out of the pro
posed bond issue f $75,000 there
remains neither surplus for carry
ing on suits nor to meet any exi
gencies that may arise. To incur
a further debt is not desirable
within itself, nor is there author
lty for so doing. ... .
In the light of " past report:
printed in the papers : of this city
regarding the general i healthful
ness ot uorvams one can -scarce'
ly, with tru th, declare that, our
water as it is today and as it has
been for years, has suddenly be
come a menace to public health
None are found bold enough to
declare that the town has not out
grown its present water system
some .- sections oil the; city are
wholly without protection in case
of fire. As a result oi, jBsufficvy.nl
fire protection . it is stated that
our insurance rates are yefy high
and had we a better system they
would be greatly reduced. It is
also claimed that when1 geneially
known throughout jthe country
that Corvallis has a gravity wa:
ter system many people would be
encouraged ' to locate here V and
thus increase our population
within a short time. .-.'It is also
RUMOR OF C. & E. EXTENSION. Portland harbor, and the channel
for that distance is several hun-
Is It to Be Finally an Accom
' pllshed Fact?
At intervals almost since , the
conception of the, road rumors
have been in the air to the effect
that the line now known as the
Corvallis & Eastern R. R. would
do this, that or something else
argued that the general health of in the past our hopes, have been '
residents ot the city" would be raised "skv Irish", on several
benefitted, but this seems a little occasions, only to fall with one'
exaggerated as, Corvallis is, and Qf. those awful thuds., H -i
always - has been; a : healthful A rumor is again on the wings
place .in which to reside. of the wind to the effect that the
There is at present evidence ot line is to be extended across the
cdHsiderable''dif Taken together with the
K-Wm4i time j .5 (Vr arKi drQintst I f- tkf Vnn,'.n u.... :...
the proposition. -There are many receiving; considerable v attention;
phases not touched upon m.V this there mav be romethinc, in thK
article; matters that are common C & E business. The following
talk on the streets, and of vital
importance in summing cup' the
situation. There are honest men
on each " side- of the -.question:
men who meanwell by the city.
The thing tor the voter to do is
to use his faculties and inform
himself before Casting- his ballot
on the 6th. of July.
dred lett wider than the Willam
ette rivtr at Poitland."
In conclusion he said: "Open
mr rivers, deepen our harbors,
puild up the merchant marine and
we will have a safety valve, that
will regulate freight rates in all
manner of transportation."
Now is the time for the whole
people to wake up and give
hearty support to these men who
are trying to bring more prosper
ous times ; to the producers and
consumers of Oregon.
Our. Chicken Men.
Feel Impending Doom.
The feeling of impending doom in the
minds of many victims of Bright's dis
ease and diabetes bas been changed to
thankfulness by the benefit derived from
taking Foley's Kidney Cure. It will
cure incipient Bright's disease and dia
betes and even in worst cases gives com
fort and relief. Slight disorders are
cared in a lew days. "I bad diabetes in
the worst form," writes Marion Lee of
Uunreath,Ind. "I tried eight physicians
withont relief. Only three bottles of
Foley's Kidney Cure, made me a well
man." For rale at Graham & Wortham'e
dm store. : .
Huge. Tatt
Take Interest.
Elmer Dixon," who is superin
tendent ot the poultry .shows in
connection with the Lewis and
Clark Fair, makes the following
statement and at- the same time
issues an invitation to our
poultrymen to enter their birds
for competition:
While fall fairs never have been
and never will be very popular
with poultry, fanciers as a show
season, vet when it comes to ex
positions of national importance,
they excite the ; poultrymen to
their highest enthusiasm..
Aud it is at these great exposi
tions where exhibitors hope to
win " the coveted prizes, .
simply for the. small amount , of
cash that might be obtained ; by
winning, out it is a cnance ot a
ife-ume, ah opportumty "only
present once, in a centurv, and
prizes won at Centennial exposi
tions , are rated tar above any
others, as will be seen in looking '
over the. breeders '' advertising
where' they lay special stress upon
prizes won ; at Chicago Worlds
Fair, the Pan-American, and of
more recent ' dat-' the World's
ColumbiaExpositibn at St. Loui
Now no one , would contend for
one moment that the Lewis ' and
Clark Fair would excel or we
might say equal the foregoing
named expositions, yet ; it comes
in their class and will . have
special features in American his
torv, that places it on an
is lrom the Telegram :
Preparations are being made to
push the-extension of the: Cor
vallis & Eastern Railroad on : to
Malheur county. J, K. Weather-.
ford,' vice-president and general;
counsel for the company, spent 'a
portion of the week at Vale,
through which town the road is
surveyed to pass, and the fact
that the legal representative was
there straightening up matters
pertaining to the work is taken
as indicative that operations will
soon be begun.
The original route mapped out
was over the hills and on through
Malheur Canyon to Ontario,
dividing vale. -This will give
the Corvallis & Eastern a road
through the ceTSter" of the state,
starting from Yaquina Bay, or
'more definitely at Toledo on the
tipper end of that waterway.' The
line now extends only from the
coast to Corvallis through a fertie
section. ' ' . : -' '
All sorts of railroad talk , has
been started with reference to the
future of the company in the
event the line to Ontario is com
pleted as now projected, and it is
said in some quarters ' that the
com oanv will eventually become
a branch of the Gould-' Western
Pacific line, but this- is not credit
ed, even though; it would provide
an excellent outlet for the new
transcontinental interests. "
YaquinaQets Attention.
r
To the people of Beaton county
as much as to the inhabitants of
any other section does the im
portance of keeping open Yaquiua
ooiy appeal. situated as we are
a line of steamers plving to and
from Yaquina would prove of in
estimable value to our people..
Recognizing- the importance of
basis with qther great expositions; any step taken or any movement
in a historical line, and for grand leading to the; development ot
natural scenery certa? nly has had, tnis nar Dor we are pleased . to re
no superior, if ah equal, by anv5 produce the following article from
taat nave preceaea it, ; , i i"c xuicuw jvcjjoii: .
As" to'its livestock -department 1 he opening, ot Yaquina har
and especially in the poultry class bor is one of the questions that;
it makes a strong appeal to breed- win not aown. At tne meeting
ers ot all sections east ot the 01 me wiiiameire vauey uevei-
Rocky mountains, more so than opment Convention, held at Inde
, In the last issue of the 1 Ndrth
rwest Poultry Journal we find the
pllowmg items:-: i :: ,
VWe were .pleased by the receipt
of a visit' from F. L: , Miller; r the
Buff Orpington man of Corvallis.
Mr.. Miller informs us that ' there
Is something 'doing at the - Miller
Thirty Acre Orpington farm.
Despite the fact that he lost 250
chickens and . three ' brooders by
fire a few nights ago, there are
still about two thousand young
Buff Orpingtons and Buff Leg
horns on the iarm, , and incuba
tors still hatching. Mr. Miller
is furthering his plans for at least
6.000 laying hens, not all this
year, but within the next three
year. It is a safe proposition to
say that he will succeed, as ' Mil
ler always does that no matter
what he undertakes.
In our last issue of the North
west poultry Journal we gave the
eep- record of Mr. Bates' hens of
Corvallis. In this issue we give
the egg record ofMr. Morehouse's
hens of Prosper, Oregon. In the
article of Mr. Morehouse, he says,
'Now be fair and give the food
producer a chance." The fault
'lies with the poultrymen, and not
with the papers, that there are
no' records given. It is almost
impossible to get a reliable rec
ord and,, in most' instances, it vou
go to a man or write to him and
ask himhow rnuch be has made
oft of-his chickens;' he' will either
say, ' "Ohf Jthere is nothing in
poultry," orI havejhade a big
thing,'' arid when you 'ask - him
how many eggs he has received,
he can only make a gness at .the
amount sold and the cost of the
feed. We are always; glad to
publish records that we believe
are authentic anef especially when
they go into detail,- showing the
number of eggs obtained, 4 the
number af chickens" sold, th
price at whict ihev are sold and
the cost of the- feed. ' Tin re is
something tangible in a report
like this. - ,
It was a hnge taelu to ondertake the
cure of suclt-abad case of kidnev lig
eafw, hs that f C. F. ,lif r, of Chero
kee, -Iowa, but Electric. Bitters did it.
He" writes: - "My" kidneys were so' far
gone, I could not f-it on a chair without
cushion; and snnereu from dreadful
backache, headache. an i depression
In Elm trie- Bitters,- however, 1 found n
cure, and by : trif m was ; resioreti to per
fect health. I recommend this gn-at
tonic medicine to ali with -weak kid-
nevs, liver or stomach. Guaranteed by
Allen Woodward, druggist; price 50c. ...
Cheap Sunday Rates Between
Portland and Willamette
Valley Points.
Low round trip rales have been placed
n effect between Portland and Willam
ette Valley points, in either direction.
Tickets will be sold;
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS,
and limited to return on or before the
following Monday.
Kate to or From Corvallis, $3.00. -Call
on Southern Pacific Co's Agents
for particulars.
Asthma
Sufferers Should
This.
Know
Foley's Honey and Tar has cured
many rases of asthma that prs con
sidered hopeless. Mis Adolph Btie?ir.g,
701 Third St., Davenport, Iowa, writes:
"A severe cold contracted twelve years
age. was neglected until it finally grew
into anthma. The het medical f-kill
available could not (rive me more than
temporary relief. Foley's Honey and
Tar' was recommended "and oe fifty
cent bottle entirely enred me of asthma
which had been gr wing on me for
twelve years, and if I had laken it at
the start I onld have been saved eais
of Buffering " Graham & Wortham
keep it for sale. .
Correspondents.
.All pastnegotiations for parties to
write matter for publication in the Ga
zette are hereby annulled. ' Those send
ing matter to this -office for publication
are hereby notified that no pay , will be
g'ven by this office for such matter un
less hereafter, agreed upon - and pMce
stated. The Gazette will gladly consider
all matter furnished without charge by
the contributor. - The name of the party
contributing in all rasee to be. signed to
the communication.': For all farther ne
gotiations on this subject, address
Corvallis Gazette.
Corvallis, Or.
Three Physicians Treated
Withont Success.
Him
W. L. Ysnoy, Paducah, Ky writes:
"I had a severe case of Kidney disease
and three of the best physicians in
Kentucky treated me without success.
I then took Foley's Kidney Cure. The
first bottle gave immediate relief, and
three bottles cured me permanently. I
gladly recommend this wonderful rem
edy." For sale by Graham & Wortham.
Gazette Bell hon- No 341.
Summer SchooL
Monmouth
State Normal.
JUNE 26 10 ALU. 4.
TUITION, - - $7.50
All Resources of State Normal School Available.
Board and rom, $3.00 to $4 00 per week. Entire expense
need not exceed $30 00. "Facnltv of eight; . Address -
5 V - E. D. RESSLER,
Monmouth, Oregon. J
1 ijgrolEljfa
any other'' section could do, for
the reason that from, the time of
hoisting the American ? flag upan
this coast to the present day, it
has been a valuable field
for the produce of the
eastern breeders, and while they
pendence, June 13th, the Hon. B.
F. Jones made the principal ad
dress of the occasion, in which he, Signature of
showed the advantages to be de
rived from the opening of our
harbor. '.
The convention ' unanimously
Tor Infants and,.Children.
The. Kind Yon; Haw AIvraf& Bougbt
" Bears the
' If your watch" shows any irregu
larity or gives .other evidence: that
something is wrong with; it, .better
have it . examined by .; a competent
watchmaker. You won't , find, any
more skillful or more experienced
anywhere thari.rightliere.'- We clean and repair all sorts of
watches thoroughly and. quickly and guarantee all bur work as
well as our prices to be right: If your watch ehain is beginning
to show signs of wear, or if you'd like a new chain for any rea
son, we are prepared to supply you with the best gold-filled one
made, at a moderate price. We carry, the Simmons make, the
best know and most - strongly" guaranteed 'chains ever sold.
E. W. S. PRATT, Jeweler and Optician. :
may consider it too far from home adopted a report favoring the - re
for them to exhibit their livestock opening of Yaquina harbor. It
they must remember that it has has seemed passing strange to ns
never been too far from home for that the people of the Willamette (
the breeders of this coast to, send valley and of Lincoln county
for stock; to the extreme east, and should remain so long passive and
also meet them in competition at indifferent while corporations and
their great expositions. . " - '; ?: rival seaport, towns blocked their
They need not be afraid that commerce and bdttled : up their
their honors will be so easily won, harbors. Nature has been geh
that they . will " be practically erous, the- general - government
valueless, but on the oth er hand has been liberal and would con
taking into: consideration the dis- tinue to be so if we but made
tance and the class of stock they practical use of our present op
would meet, in my honest opinion portunities. ' ! f r
tney. woum" oe treasured above p mr.. 1 ones, in answering some
all others. There can be no' mis- of the misrepresentations of .1111
take in exhibitingsat the Lewis friendly papers said: "Yaqaind
and Clark Fair. ' " f : 4 iJav ls navigable , tor steamer
"".We extend a welcome to breed-, such as run on the Columbia azd
ers and fanciers and earnestly re-J Willamette rivers for a distance
quest thatjKuv and each of you- of 24 miles, and for a distance , ol
make an-'entry- and jjoin1: with-us: 6" miles up from the harbor YhV
in making a' memorable event of channel is deep enough to fi.i
v4wAriuy; X ; j any-tveaeei thAtewenicred thel
GREAT REMOVAL SALE
In order to reduce our stock and save moving, we will offer a reduction of 5' per
cent on all goods bought FOR CASH, commencing June '5th and continuing
until removal occurs, or about June 25tn. Quite frequently a merchant offers
a reduction on a special line of goods, but it is not often that a discount is given
everything yon i, jy as will he the case in this Special Removal Sale.
This does not apply to small purchases of less than $1.00. V
Remember the dato, June 5th. --
on
T-nn-'--'---nt,
1 rmrmem&x
17077
The Housc-F urniahorGm
j