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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1905)
Vol. XLH. Corvallis, Bexton County, Oregox, Tuesay, October 31," ISO". YOUNG AMERICA CO. An Old Book Containing Much of Unusual Interest. A few days ago F. P. Sheas green, who, for a long time was chief of Corvallis' fire com pany, presented the book con taining the records of the first engine company organized in this city to Jesse Spencer. For all the book contains something that will be found ' interesting. For instance, on the first page we find the roll of members of "Young America Engine Co. No. i." On the opposite page we find, "Corvallis Fire Depart ment, Engine Company No. i, organized June 18, 1872. Thus, we find that our com pany was organized something more than 33 years ago. The constitution contains articles to the number of twenty. Follow ing the articles comes the ' 'rules of order." Then comes the names of members some active firemen and other contributing members. A glance over the role shows the names of many prominent men who have since been gathered in by the grim reaper. Foremost, we note John Kelsay, John Burnett, B. W. Wilson, It. G. Kline, S. Neu gass, Max Friendly, Thos. Gra ham and others. The minutes of the first meeting are of interest and were written .at the time of its holding. The first item is as ioiiows: . "Pursuant to notice a number of our citizens met at Fisher's Hall, at eight o'dock, p. m., this day (June 18, 1872) for the pur pose of organizing a fire com pany. J. R. Bayley was elected chairman and Wm B. Carter secretary of the meeting." At this meeting the constitu tion and by-laws of Albany Fire Department No. 1 were read and adopted. From this it is known that Albany had a - fire company nrpoinnc tn tlip nroaniraHnn nf the Young America Company in this city. As a minute of the first meeting we find the follow ing interesting item : "On motion of Mr. Wrenn the company proceeded to the elec tion officers for the ensuing year, with the following result: Presi dent, J. R. Baybey unanimious- ly elected, upon which the doctor made very appropriate remarks. Secretary, Wm B. Carter; treas urer, Otto Fox; foreman, George P. Wrenn; 1st assistant foreman, B. W. Wilson: and assistant foreman, F. E. Robinson. On motion 'Corvallis Engine Com pany No. i,' was adopted as the name of the company." At this meeting sixteen mem bers went to work and paid their initiation fee $1 each. Thus, we find that at the end of the first evening the treasurer had on hand funds in the sum of S16. The next meeting of the com pany was held June 22nd, 1872 At this meeting ten more men paid their initiation fees and were placed on the roll. On motion it was made the duty of every fire man to procure a uniform within thirty days and Mr. O. Fox was requested to have, one by next meeting for exhibition. On the fourth meeting of the company we find that a motion was made by George P. Wrenn that all fines be remitted. The motion carried. It is presumed ... that these fines were either the re suit of absence or tardiness. At this meeting Wm B. Carter was granted $5 in payment of notices printed calling meeting for or ganization of the fire company It was paid without reference to the finance committee. An engine must have been ordered, for at the fifth meeting of the company the matter of a reception on the arrival 01 the engine was fully dis cussed and a committee - ap pointed. The following gentte men were named on the com mittee: B. W. Wilson. H. Flick- inger, W. F. Rayburn, S. Neu eass and August Knight. , It was also moved and seconded that the company be assessed to meet the expenses of the reception. " Re ferring to the matter of uniforms, it was decided that "Young America No. 1" be painted on the belts. At the sixth meeting the mat ter of parade and drill was the matter of discussion. Theie were four new names added to the company's roster. At the eighth meeting we find, a com mittee appointed to write a new constitution and by-laws. In the book is a record of this new order of things. There are sixteen articles in the new constitution adopted and twelve in the by laws. It seems that the company was doing things about that time, for at the tenth meeting, held Oct. tober 19, 1872, there was a dis cussion of the fittest way of cele brating the completion of the engine house. "John Burnett moved that Wednesday A NEW DISCOVERY. A Base for Find Perfumery Says Chemist. Nov. 27, be fixed as the time for a Fireman's Ball. Carried." Perhaps it will interest some to know that the office at present used by the Corvallis Gazette was the engine house referred to above. Until about three years ago the past summer quite a high bell tower stood at the rear and connected with this building. In side, the tower was used for hanging hose to dry. In refer ence to the price of tickets to the ball we find the following, indic ative that times were good or else people were more willing then than now to "pay ithe fiddler." "Mr. Neugass moved that the price of tickets be fixed at $5. Mr. Burnett moved to amend by striding out S; and inserting St. Mr. Wrenn moved to amend the amendment by striking out $3 and inserting $4.. Lost. Mr, Burnett's amendment prevailed and the price of tickets was fixed at $3." At a meeting of the company, held Nov. 23, 1872, this com pany on dance arrangements re ported progress. .Notice was given that the engine would be housed at 3 o'clock p. m.t on Wednesday evening, November 27. At this meeting August Knight moved that the ladies be requested to present the banner on the occasion of the housing of the engine and the motion carried., The dance was well patronized tor at the first meetirg held after the dance we,find receipts of the dance reported in the sum of $165. At a meeting held April 5 1873, we find the following; "Resolved, That the insurance companies interested in the pro tection of propsrty in this place be requested to contribute liber ally in assisting the fire depart ment in procuring additional hose for use ot company." The above ar$ a few of the facts relating to the birth and early life of the Corvallis fire com pany. Thev are a chronicle of the most important events of the first year of the company's exist ance as set forth by the records referred to. Several charter members of the company are still in the citv and others are in var ious sections of the union some have gone toj that bourn from whence no traveler ere returned. Peace be to all of them, living or dead. They took upon them selves the task of protecting, voluntarily, both life and proper ty and the work is still going for ward. Almost everything can be turn ed into a source of profit and convenience to man if the latter's ingenuity, patience and perse verance can but get control of some of nature's secrets. One of the latest things we have heard of is the use to which the sage brush of the arid districts is to be put, as the following in the Baker City Democrat will show May 15. N. E. Imbaus, who for years has been the manager tor a French syndicate owning th Flagstaff mine near Baker City, patented a process for ex tracting an oil from sage brush which is used as the basis of commercial perfumeries of high grade. In making this extrac tion a pulp is formed from which paper f good quality $ is made. Mr. Imbaus' letters patent prom ise to be exceedingly valuable and if he puts either one or both products on the market there will be a revolution in commercial circles. Everybody knows that they pay a very high price per once for high grade perfumery and that the products they buy are not all essence of the scent named on the bottle. Only a drop or two of violet, for in stance, is put in an ounce of some base oil to make a bottle of violet perfume. This base oil itself is very rare and valuable and this is what Mr. Imbaus has secured. The commercial world knows that paper of all grades is getting to be a valuable commodity and that the material from which it is made is growing scarcer every year. Wood pulp is becoming a scarce article in the United States on account of theurapid destruc tion of the kind of trees from which it is composed. As a re sult cotninoa news paper has ad vanced at a high percentage dur ing the past two years. The first sheet of paper ever made irom sage brush is now on the attraction will be Mr. E SpofFord's superb production of "A Human Slave," a timely and up-to-date melodrama in four acts, from the pen of William L. Roberts. In these days of many melodrama productions, it is the exception rather than the rule to find anything novel and original in this class of entertainment, but it can be truthfully said ot ."A Human Slave" that it possesses elements so thrilling and so inter woven with intense human in terest, that it is one of the most remarkable dramas of its class ever written. There is no subject more up permost in the public mind at the present time than the great; ethical questions of capital and labor. While "A Human Slave" does not by any pedantic disser tation attempt to define these rights, the story of the play, however, shows the treatment ac corded honest working men by a certain class of employes. One of the greatest scenes ever pro duced on any stage is the rolling mill scene in "A Human Slave." 1 ninnFi 1 in. in nrr -intriitnl disqualifies a watch for work as well h man. If your watch has a fractured t-unnlr-Dance BRiN U IT HERE FC3 REPAIRS In fact, if it has anything .he matter with it, externally or internally, we ran make it" all right again. We repair the finest watch. -a or the simplest clocks. Dnn't throw either away until you have our judgment on it. Albert J. ftletzoer JEWELER Occidental Building, ... - Corvillia George McMillen Drowned. exhibition in the First National Bank in Baker City. This is of a yellowish tinge, but there is a sample in Paris that is pure white and of good quality. Whether the production ot the perfumery oil and the manufac ture of the paper of a by-product shall become a regular industry depends upon whether the cost ot production can be reduced. If the problem can be met and mas tered farmers will be planting sage brush in their irrigated fields. One day last week Judge W. S. McFadden, of this city, was summoned to his farm near Junction because of the unac countable absence of George Mc Millen. The latter was missing and there was considerable anx iety over what had happened, the fear that he was dead being maintained. This theory, alas! was correct, lor the ' man had been drowned. Mr. McMillen was employed by Judge McFad den.. A dispatch from Junction, October 27, throws light on the subject and is as follows: George McMillen was drowned in the Willamette river about one mile above the railroad bridge. Mr. McMillen was working for Judge W. S. McFad den on his farm east of town. Last Tuesday he took a horse and was going to ford a fork of the river to an island, where Mr. McFadden keeps some of his stock during the summer months and drive the stock home. He did not return, and his family became worried, but tbey made ne inquiry about him to their neighbors until yesterday, when McMillen's horse was found in the woods, near the river, with the saddle hanging under the horse's belly. It was thought that he must have drowned, and a search was made for his body PAYING POSITIONS await every young man or young lady who will thO'Gughly qualify in Shorthand, Typewriting, Eookkeeping, and Knglith. Day and Night School - Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 4 p. rn. Five davs a week. Night school meets on to 9:,30. Day school, 9 a. m. to TAKES BUT A SHOKT TIME. CORVALLIS BUSINESS COLLEGE EICHARDSON, I. E. RESIDENT. Are you in the dark? Do your eyes give you constant service without pain ? If not, your eyes are in a condition demanding investigation and correction. Have your eyes examined by E. W. S. PRATT, Jeweler and Optician. Licensed to practice optometry in the state of Oregon. nrua The Eilers Way of Selling, and Why They Can Do It. A few figures that will illustrate what can be done now. Yonr opportunity to get a piano. No home need be without one. A Dead Bird Is a Carcass. In this day and age many won ders are occurring all the time. For instance, in Portland, not long ago, a couple secured a dog license and managed to get married on it. Not long after the mistake was dis covered and the dog license cancell ed. Whether the grooiu got his money on the license refunded or not we do not know, but report has it that the groom finally procured a proper 'license and web properly united in matrimony. Attorney Curl, of Albany, was in CorvalliB, Friday, attending some matters of a legal nature. ' At Albany, Or., a hunter was tried last Monday upon the in dictment of having a Mongolian (Chinese) pheasant in his possess ion during the closed season. A jury acquitted him on the in struction oi the circuit judge that a dead bird is not a pheasant within the meaning of the law, but a carcass. Violators of the present game law in Oregon need not fear punishment unless they are seen to kill such birds, and such witnesses will have to testi ly in court. This means more game law legislation at the next session of the Oregon legislature, it is to be supposed. Will a game law ever be passed that will hold good against all technicalities and poorly drawn indictments? Pacific Hofne- stead. This is drawing the point pretty fine. " However, there is a point, but it about as hard for many people to discern as the famous subject that lor years agi tated the debating societies of the colored people ot the South "What am the butt endob a ram?" were round coming out ot tne water, and after dragging the! river for a few minutes the body was found and brought to the j surface and taken to his home on ; the McFadden - farm. Mr. Mc- j Millen leaves a wiie and three children. tonight is All Malioween eve and if you have nnvthing that you i prize it will be bttter that you put it in a safe place and mount guard over it with a shotgun until the dawning of the morning. A Novel and Original Play. At the Opera House tonight Cut rates on pianos ! You have heard of cut rates on groceries, but cut rates on pianos how is it pos sible, you ask. That's just it. Be fore such a thing could be effected there must have been a coruina tion of verv unusual condkijns. In th first place it meat's buy ing in la""t! quantities geitinu jut of the email way of doing tiiieines-i. It means the ttiig 'Hit ot evwy useless and untiecefsary expense. It means the shipment of pianos without boxes in special earn which saves bi sums on fivuht charges. Thi-n it means the selling of pianos so excellent and satisfaciory that the public, demands them. We have accomplished just these things. We buy for the largest and busi est stores on the Pacific coast, in Portland. Ore . San Fiancisco. Stockton and Oakland, Cal.. Spo kane, Seattle and Walla Walla, Wash., Boise and Lewiston. Idaho. Also Astoria. Salem, Pendleton and Eugene, Ore. We buy the best pianos that money cau secure. It we went all over the wot Id with hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend on pianos, it would he impossible, ab solutely impossible, to gt-t better pianos than we have to spII, simply because we have the bet thac money can buy. Chick etini, Wt-b r. Ivimnail and other splendid makes, over thirty makes in all. We have placed the selling of our pianos in the hands of Prof. Taillan-iier, head of the piano ''e partmentof Corvallis Agricul ural Colieae. Prof. Taillandier's entire reliability and excellent judgment are weU known to the people of this vicinity. Piano buyers will doubtless be glad of the eppo tun ity to consult him in regard to their selection of a piano. He will be more than pleased to give you all information desired and can be seen at his residence on College Hill ou Saturdays and every evening of the week. A tele phone call will bring hiin to your house. lad." 185. EILER'S PIANO HOUSE PROF. G. TAILLANBIER,' Special Representative 5 . I rjuu jTjinnjiJiJTJrinnriJTnjvT.mLrij You will be treated right and made to feel at home when you visit our store xj We have the goods and will be jlad to figure on your bill. Fir, maple, Pacific and quartered oak Bed Room Suits from Wherf you call at our store ask to see those new style Rockers and Dining Chairs. Our All Wire Springs are made expressly for us and are fully warranted. We are constantly receiv ing new goods. See our new line of Matting and Art Squares.