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
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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
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COnVALUS.
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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.
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