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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1906)
Leading Corvallis Newspaper. Best Advcrtissiui Medium. Vol. XULV Couvajjjs, Benton County, Oregon, Friday. January II. 19CJ6. In ves tigs ttaea shows that many gcoi watches are spoiled by tampering. So mutter how little you suppose is the matter v yours better Have us repair Sim A whole lot of damage ran b d.ne by those who are not acquainted wiih the delicate mechanism. We kisu watches andean repair them as thev t-lould he Bring us yours if ii doesn't ao just rinht. Albert J. (iMzger WATCHMAKER Occidental Building, - - - Corvallis For the correct thing in the jewelry line. We have a fine of jewelry and silverware that is astonishing in its grace and beauty and magnificent in its size and completeness. Engraving nicely done in the latest ribbon script styles. Repairing that is guaranteed and prices that are in keeping with the class of work done. E. W- S. PRATT, Jewgle arid Optician D. C. Hleind. CORVA LLIS s STEA kVE LAUNDRY. PatronlzeZHomo Industry I Out aide Orderal Solicited. All 'Work Guaranteed. Wo handle line Heed Rockers 0. J. 5 &fFf! Corvallis - 25 Brands of BREAKFAST FOODS We Carry BUT YOU WANT TO This food is put up in one pound packages and sold for 15 cents a package at HODES GROCERY O A O WHEN YCU BUY AN KJ. A. . ARTICLE Cleaning and Pranstinti AafAM 11 vys to buv a Kd one the crossing Parlors. famous Packard shoe, $3.50. $4.00 Three doors north of Hotel Cor- 5-00; the John B. Stetson vaUis. GivemeacalL har, $4-00 and 00. Sold by Pm Hm SWABB, Proa. A. K. RUSS Hairlnvigorator And Dandruff Srsrifeator o f f I 5 3" 3 E CO o 5 In? Price, Fifty Csnts Manufactured by The Vegetans Csmnond Company Corvallis, Crssn (H Pianos and O 'urs Nf- arid FPCond hand tor ami rent R. N.Whit. Phciip 405. 105-6-7 i Ch aat Blakealea.' COnVALUS. OREGON- Jap - a - lae. A new 573 'S Fisrn.lyrs Stors 1 - - Orson A,.rT.V.A..'. I TRY THE lATKST. CAUSS FOB COMPLAINT. Conditions in Portland Alarming The Fuel Famine. Although the past, week has been a cold one for this section and people in Corvallis have complained not a little of the frostv mornings and chilling breezes, they should really go about with smiling countenances when conditions elsewhere are so much worte. Fancy having novbing but wet slab wood to burn, .these cold days! Portland is in the t rasp of win ter and people aie suffering from lack or luei. ine condition is declared to be i he worst in the history of the city, and the Tele gram says: "In the meantime dealers are doing all within their power to re lieve the shivering condition of the people who from force of cir cumstances are without fuel. Tea rasters are ktpt on thejump from early morning until nigh t, in order that more wood than ever may be delivered. "The classes that suffer most from cold rooms are tenants in j buildings where steam heat is not used. Housekeeping-room, occu-jpant- who have no place to store any great quantity of wood are likelv to be edtiiely out, and ten- g ants of office buildings dependent on the stove in the room are tor j tunate if they have fuel enough to keep them irom freezing. I These people are wearing all the j clothes they can put on and ear nestly hoping that the clerk of the weather bureau will releat or the tuel companies deliver the orders cow several days old. "Green slab wood is the only fuel that can be obtained ' within a reasonable time after it is or dered, but this will not burn without dry wood to go wi h it, aud so there is little use in get ting green slab. "Coal was $13 a ton today, and dry slab 53 a load. Boxwood has advanced to $2 a load, and you have to wait a week at least before yet can get a load of this." Albany Shippers' Meeting. D.astic legislation to remedy car shortage evils was discussed at the 0:eon Shippers' and Producers' Convention, which met in Albany yesterday prepar atory to being submitted to the stite legislature. Among the remedies proposed in a tentative measure which had been drawn up for discussion is a requirement that railroad companies must fur nish cars as soon as ordered or pay the shipper $5 a day per car for every day's delay. This measure also prohibits discrimi j nation as to community or ship ; per and provides for a state rail way commission. The bill was agreed on by re presentatives pf the Portland Chamber of Commerce, of the Portland Board of Trade, and of the Oregon- aud Washington! Lumberman's Association. It was sent to the . local committee by J. N. Teal of Portland. This proposed measure con tains the most drastic provisions of its kind ever advocated in Ore gon. It also contains measures for the protection of the railroad, however, in regard to the proper ordering and loading of cars. In addition to the consideration of this bill, which will be one of the main subjects before the big convention, a resolution will be introduced requesting the legisla ture to call the attention of con gress to the fiilure of the railroad companies to comply with tht land grant law. Contrary to the original con- fffintlAn c . 1 .unuu, icpicscuuuvcs or in railroad companies were invitee to participate in the convention The list of speakers includes Gov ernor George E. Chamberlain, J N.Teal.ahd. J. O. Story; of Port laid; Stephen A. -Lowell, of Pen- no ateioa: senator l h. sinvham I D. E. Yoran, president of the Business Men's League, of Eu gene, and C. J. Howard, presi dent of the Commercial Club of Cottage Grove. For Paved Streets. Initial steps were taken Tues day night at the meeting of the city council toward the paviug of First street when on motion, the city attorney was ordered to pr pare an ordinanc providing for the paving of First street from the west .line of Ferrv street 10 the east line of Washington street, and also Ferry, Broadalbin aod Ellsworth streets from First street to Second street, says the Albany Herald. The matter of paving Al bany's thoroughfares has been discussed by the council .from time to time but no definite act ion has ever been taken until Tuesday night when the, subject was again brought up by Mayor Wallace in his annual message. Mejjja Bartmess of the class of '04 at OAC is very low with typhoid fever in Columbia hospital, ritttburg. He has been there sinue December loth, and at last accounts was only slightly improved Mr. Birtinaas was a popuUr student and his friends hops to hear of his speedy recovery. MEETING AT WELLS. On Saturday Next Week The Program. A big parents' meeting is scheduled to occur at Wells, ten mile, north of Cofvallis, next Saturday, January 19th. It is one of the sc.rC.of meetings that 6 as ma"de Sap t "G7 W7 Denman so successful in his field of labor, as it brings teachers, parents and children together in a social and educational way and creates an interest in school work that no other method has ever succeeded in creating. The program begins at 10:30 a. m. next Satuiday, and will in elude singing by the audienc an address by Sup't Denman c the 4 Trend of Modern Educ tion;" music by the phonograph; address, "Agriculture in Public Schools." by R. N. Williamsou; singing; address, "The Big School Fair; the Parents' Part, The Pupils' Part," Sup't Den man. At noon a basket dinner will bespread ai.d everyone who at tends is supposed to bring a gen erous supply of good things to eat. The literary program for the day will be furnished by districts number three and 32, and it will be well worth hearing. I These meetings have become very popular events among school patrons in Benton county, and the results ; derived are too .far reaching to permit of attempt at explanation. The people are alive fo the benefits t j be secured 1 from sucb Catherines, and the Attendance is such as to attest the populanty of the meetings in all parts of the countv. Played Many Games. After an enjoyable as well as a very successful tour of the north west, the basket ball men reach ed home yesterday. The boys made a record of which any team might j istly ;feel proud, and in which Corvallis feels a universal interest. The tour included games with the following towns with the fol lowing scores: OAC 15 58 5 104 28 68 . 30 . 41 32 41 ... 9 , , .63 . 35 ' .; 53 ,.. 30 ; 70 Vancouver Winlock Centralia Seattle Snohomish' Pendletoa , Weston v Spoka-ia ; Pullmaa ?4: 30 HE TALKS0 C NNIRY. And Says There is Money in It A Visitor. A man in Corvallis this week from a neighhoring part of the county talked of the benefits of a cannery to a community, and commented on the articles that have recently appeared in the Gazette on that subject. This man has a brother in another state who is engaged in this business and the statement of this gentleman is that there is big money in it for those who operate the plant, to say nothing of the benefits that accrue to the town and locality in which the plant is established. "I know something about it. and I tell you there is nothing like it for building up a town," declared this visiter, remarking at the same time that if Corvallis would follow up the agitation begun and not rest until capital ists or others were induced to in vest in such a proposition great things could and would be ac complished for this section. This idea is not new in Cor vallis nor in Benton, but it re mains only an "idea" and until some one puts it into practical use and acts upon it there will be hundreds of bushels of fruit go to waste annually in Benton county that might easily be con verted into cash. While some of the farmers of this section follow the same old lines of wheat raising and do not seek to try the new ideas of farm ing, there are many more who go in for the advanced methods and who would gladly join in a movement for establishment that weuld mean steady employ ment for many persons and help to build up the town and county. Several of the papers in neigh boring towns have in recent weeks touched upon this subject for their sections, and the Ga zette now, as in the past, urges the subject upon the attention ot its readers, believing it to be of the greatest importance to the people hereabouts, both in and out of town, since the benefits to be derived would be for all class es. Merchants Carnival. Striking representations, lauh-. able situations, biiliiant and as tounding electiical displays, dain ty delsarte drills and captivating capers will mark the presentation of the Spectacular Carnival to be given at the opera house next Monday and Tuesday eveuings under the auspices ot the ladies ol the Episcopal church . This one popular entertain ment has been otten rightly called a scene irom wonderland -and with its beauty, color and artistic arrangement creates a scene not soon forgotten by those who at tend. Rehersals are in progress and all concerned are working .hard to make this affair the real social event of the season. Seventy five young ladies and little girls are taking part and a first class production lsj assured No long tiresome waits, always pleasing no matter how exacting the audience and given with a dash and brilliancy that would do credit to professionals. Seat sale opens Saturday morn ing January 12th at Graham & Wortham's drug store and those desiring good seats should get in line early. Admission has been pla ed within reach of all, 25c and 35c. Remember the time and place. Opera house Monday and Tues day evenings, January 14th and I5 sn- 7 Elwood Clark In It.1 ! An Eastern Oregon exchange tells of a big coyote hunt in that section, in which Elwood Clark, a former Corvallis maa partici pated. It says; Dr. Payne of Ontario, together wfth a number of other parties started out with a bi band of dogs to bring in all the yelping, snapping, barking coyotes that 'ord it over the range in this county. They were welcomed early Thursday morning with a challenge from the hills north west of Vale where about twenty coyotes were singing their an nouncement of storm i to come. They little realized that Wess Caveness as chief of the scouting party was rounding up his braves for that momentous event, and that for fifty miles around Wess had secured the best and swift est hounds the county afforded, and that each of these scouts- had the latest repeating army revol vers and ammunition enough to blow the city of Portland into the! sea 100 miles distant. Fully one hundred men offered their services to Wess but oulv luc acict-i iew were etiosea. Every one in that crowd was a marksman ot fame and we pro phecy that they will have stories of the coyotes that in legion lie dead upon the prairies where any peison could follow the course of their travel by the car casses and blood stains that make a plain trail for the entire dis tance of their travels. 1 l r REGENTS' MEETING At OAC Wednesday Nlght- What was Done. The mid-winter meeting of the OAC board of regents was held at the college Wednesday night, beginning at 10 o'clock and clos ing at 1 a. m. Regents present were Weatherford, : Apperson, Keady, Wilson, Buxton, Irvine and Pierce, The formal resignation of Pres ident Gatch was tendered and accepted, to become effective at the close of the school year. He was unanimously invited to the ' chair of civics and economics. It was decided to ask the leg islature for 1;125,000 for new col lege barn, shops and addition to administration building, and ako for a re-appropriation of the $13, 000 for the Eastern Oregon ex periment station, which reverted' to the state treasury after being held up by the referendum, and an additional $3. 000 for the sama station. A report by the executive com mittee showed that operation of the Eastern Oregon Experiment Station for the past 18 months has resulted in a rrofic 0f 1,500. No secretary was elected to fill' the vacancy caused by the resig nation of John D. Daly, but Cap tain Apperson was appointed as temporary secretary. It was agreed that it might be possibles to make exhibits of cer tain branches of college work at the legislature at Salem, that the legislators may gain an idea of what is being done at OAC. A special meeting of the board of regents is to be held in the early spring, probably in March or April. On account of delayed trains the meeting Wednesday could not be held until after night. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Mclntyre and Mr. and Mrs. Will McCullom, young people, who have all attended OAC, are now living in Alberta, Canada, and to Corvallis relatives they write the ther mometer go;s to 3 i bslow zero there although 20 below is the u.sual weather. However, they do not rnind it at all the letter says, but go out sleigh ing and have a fioe time. It is a naw country and the people are very friendly and go in for dances, parties, socials and other amusements. Theas young conplesare Jiving on homesteads which they have taken up. Mrs, Mclatyre was formerly Miss Frankia Caathorn, and Mrs. McCullon was Miss Bertha Henkle, both of this city. azette Office. Thursday Vr.)TavlaiElcYvUtexsZtztt