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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1906)
fHE CQRVALLfS BA2ETTE Published Tuesdays and Fridays by Gazstts PcBLisnixG Company. The subs cription price of the Gazette for several yars has leeu. and remains. $2 iwr annum, or 5 per cent discount if paid in -1va-f DID RIGHT. After much investigation the council saw fit at the meeting of that body Monday vening to grant to A. Welch a thirty-year franchise for the equipment, operation and maintenance of an electric ligrht and power plant in the City of Corvallis. The Ga zette prints in this issue the or dinance complete. There are a fev who are in clined to the belief that the city acted unwise ly in this matter and we hear of the value of fran chises granted in other cities large cities such as Chicago and New York. In such cities a franchise granted at the present time without compensation to the city granting it would be a bad bargain for said city. But there was a time in the history of all large cities when franchises were practically worthless and had those cities not welcomed, nay, invited, capital to establish busi nesses within their limits we should never have heard of jsay, New York or Chicago. That those who secured fran- cmses in tnese cities years ago have grown fat there is no deny ing, nor on the other hand, can we deny that these concerns were factors in the creation of those cities. Take the matter of the tran chise just granted by our council and ask yourself if there is any man in this city who could or would do for Corvallis what Mr. Welch promises? To say the least, any of our home capitalists would have demanded an ex elusive franchise. They might have been willing to pay a little something for it, bat they would have required protection.1 Not so with Mr. Welch and his com pany they have no exclusive privileges. They have little more than assurance that they will not be ordered to pull down their poles and wires. If any body desires to compete with Mr. Welch all they are obliged to do is to get permission from the council. This assures a fair deal for the city. Taking a broad view of the matter it seems that the city has made a good bargain. At any rate, we will have to grow some before we can sell our franchises at New York prices. MAYOR JOHNSON'S MESSAGE. Conditions "of the City Financial ly and Otherwise, To the Honorable President and Members of the Common Council of the City of Corvallis; Gentlemen: It is a duty en cumbent upon the mayor by a provision ot our charter to com m urn cite dv message to your honorable body annual!', such recommendations as with shall appe. bet t to him as bein interests of our I for the cowmon- wealth from ' ana our citizen.-, and inferences gathered from our charter, and conside 2 the date ot transfer from one ad mini.straticn to its successor, as well as that the close of the fiscal year, from a. city standpoint, Jn:'-' ist. I have looked upon our regular meeting in June as the proper time for the submis sion of this annual message and in keeoing therewith did submit at or.r regular meeting in June last suca a message tor your 'consideration which coutained quite; a complete financial state ment or our city's affairs, as well as some recommendations which at the time occurred to me that if carried out wovsla tend to the betterment of conditions general ly; so it will not ix .nv intention at this time to make further specific recommendations, . or enter into a second detailed state ment of our financial condition, but will instead give you this in- way and in round figures. Financial : - I may say that ray June figures were in the maia correct, except that my estimate of taxes still due upon the 1905 roll appears to have been about $230 hieh for the general fund and about $100 high for the street fund, cs I found oar receipt- rom this source since our June meeting has been, general lurid $668 85 and street fund $266.75. and I am this day informed by our county, treasurer that the total still due us is but $170. So allowing that theie will eventually be a sufficient amount collected from back taxes of pre vious years to cover the final delinquencies for 1905, this will give us an additional amount for the general fund of about $121.50. - and tor the street tund About $48.50, or a total of $790.35 for the general fund and $315.3"; for the street, as against $ 1,000 and $400 respectively as estimated. My estimates of re ceipts otherwise have been fully maintained except as to fines which for the past seven months have been but 3515, with possibly 10 more yet to be collected, while my estimate for the full year was from this source $100; this is in part accounted for by reason ot tne tact$ that onr district attorney has been quite active in the prosecution of crime during the past tew months and perhaps some cases may have been brought as state cases which have heretofore come under city supervision; but in turn we have no doubt escaped more or less expense in connection with some of these prosecutions; and all things considered I think we are to be congratulated upon tne showing made during the past year from the stamw-omt o troublesome violations of law, ex cept, of course, the matter of the dealings of the so called club which seems to have been quite ably handled by our district at torney. I find our total issue o warrants on the general fund since June 5, last, including the bill presented at this meeting to have been $2,632.98, in which is included an extraordinary ex pense for repairing the break in the Jefferson street sewer ot $i8c;.6;. but taking the total as an average which shows for the seven months an average month ly expense of $373, which beiug maintained throughout the year will make a total ot $4,470, and as we are to be reimbursed by the county for one-half of three arc lights paid for regularly by us, tnis win Dring our total ex penses from the general fund slightly under $4,400 as against my estimate of $4,600 at the be ginning of the year, and as such estimate was made with the view of keeping our incidental ex penses down to the lowest pos sible figure, knowing it to be al most impossible to reduce further our fixed charges for salaries. lights and water, therefore, I congratulate you, gentlemen, up on this good showing, and when it is considered that the revenues have been decreased by at least the $2,000, formerally received in licenses from saloons, and some additional by reason of the infractions of the law being less under the new system, hence our receipts being reduced trom fines, as shown by a comparison of the present year with former years, and the" fact that we are able to keep our expenses within our in come as our present average here shown, if maintained would indi cate without in the least increas ing our taxes. I contend, entitle you to the congratulations of our entire people. I find our receipts from taxes will be somewhat less for the coming year thau was re ceived during last year, made so by reason of a general reduction ot values in our assessment for 1905 over that of 1904, and this will but compel us to, if passible, still further reduce our expendi tures somewhat. I may say with regard to our street fund that we have kept strictly within the receipts during the past year, that is, frotn Jan. 1, 1905 tajan 1, iQOo, tne receipts were in round figures $1,716, while our total warrant issue on this fund was but $1,467.49, including the bills presented ac this meeting, thus showing a reduction of about $250 in the outstanding warrant indebtedness as against the street fund since January, i, 190 And as a summsry I may f a general isav tnat onr total receipts in tne general fund for the entire year of 1905 were, in round figures, i $5,563, and out total disburse ments, as per warrants issued, in cluding the. bills presented at this meeting, were $5,524.61. How- ever, included in said amount e the following items charge able to 1904", to wit: city hall roofing, $454; fire extinguishers and fire alarm system, $250; and a lumber bill of $171.08, which when taken into consideration together with the expense of re pairing the Jefferson street sewer, (amount $185 65) it will be seen our general fund expenses have been kept down quite well throughout the whole of 1905. Warrants have been- drawn on the sewer fund amounting to $585, all of which have been piirt. Public Health: 1 find by in quiry of our physicians that aside mm a lew cases of tvpliid fever prevailing at present that the general health of our city is re markably good, and our death rate for the past year has been exceedingly low, so we should be thankful for this. I, too, feel that you -are to be congratulated upon the progress made during the past year along the line of improvement of the heretofore very bad condition of our walks and trust that this may be continued, with a vengeance, until all our present dilapidated walks may be replaced and many be built where needed, and just here I again wish to refer you to my former recommendations re garding a cement sidewalk dis trict and also do most earnestly recommend to your careful and earnest consideration the matters heretofore carefully considered and favorably passed upon by our Citizens' League, which I understand has been submitted to you at this meeting for your con sideration. I am glad to inform you that the members of our water commission as well as their engineer and the contractor hav ing the contract for the pir5e line and laying out side" of the city all inform me that the work is now progressing nicely and it is to be hoped that before the close of the present year that we will have in full operation a complete and successful mountain water system, accommodating every nook and corner of our city, and one which will prove to be the pride of our entire citizenship, whether they were for, or agaiust, municipal ownership in the out set. We have a beautiful city, made so largely by the hand ot nature; and we will most surely be recreant to the doing of the duties imposed upon us by virtue of having accepted the offices to which we have been elected if we fail in the least in advancing every possible and proper measure for its further beautification and betterment generally. With best wishes for a prosper ous and happy year to you, each ana an, Dotn omciauy ana per sonally, I am, Very respectfully yours, A. J. Johnson, Mayor. This 8th day of January 1906 Work of R. F. D. Postmaster Johnson recently completed his report of the ser vice of the R. Fi D. for the quarter ending December 31, 1905, with the following result: R. F. D.--N0. 1 shows that in letters, parcels, papers, packages, etc., 13,056 deliveries were made; of the same there were collected 2,196, making a total of 1 q, 252 parcels handled. There wre 30 applications ior money orders to the amount of $39.69. Oa R. F. D. No. 2 there were delivered 12,457 letters, papers, parcels, etc., and the Fame, col lected, 2,048, making the total handled foot up to 14.506. There were 75 applications for money orders to the value of $45-20. Letters, papers, packages, etc., on Route 3 were delivered to the number of 13,036 aHd collected to the number of 5,669,, making the total handled 18,704. On this route during the quarter just ended there were 66 applications tor money orders to the amount of $109.85. Letters, papers, etc., delivered on Koute 4, numbered 11,497, while of the same there were col lected 1,841. making" the total handled during the quarter 13, 338. On thi5 route dnring the i quarter there were 51 applications for money orders amounting to The grand total for all four of our routes in letters, papers, etc., delivered during . the - Quarter is 50,046, while on.all four routes there were collected for the same in letters, papers, etc., x 1,7 5. The total of applications for money orders on all four routes numbered 222 amounting to $233.08. ; This is certainly a splendid showing and Mr. Johnson says that the business done by the carriers is about 10 per cent of the business ot the office. Woman's Work. One of the important depart ments of the Home Mission So ciety in the M. E. church, South, is that of Rescue Work. They own a . well equipped home in Dallas, Texas, where unfortun ate girls are given a home for two years; if necessary, longer. During this time they must con form to rules which in every way tend to make them useful, christian women. They are taught sewing by an experienced dressmaker till, if, necessary, they could earn their living sew ing. They are given a thorough course in housework, sewing, and a certain time in the laundry, preparing meals, and keeping the balance of the house in or der. , Where needed, they must take a common school education, and some part of every day is spent in systematic study of the Bible In twelve years 800 girlshave come to this home and only one left through disobedience. Many have found christian homes, oth ers have married, and some have 22is. GEM CIGAR STORE All first-class cigars and tobacco; whist and pool rooms. treated like JACK MILNE O. O. Hfomtand. CORVALLB3 STEAM LAUNDRY 'Patronize Homo industry Outmldo Order Solicited. All Work: Guaranteed. artcine at Fisher's Hall Full term $5.00. All leesons private; night, 7:30 to 10; lessons every afternoon, following named uancps: Waltz, Two-btep, Schottische, Ihree-stepand Five-Step. The latest dances taught all dancers at the rate of 50 cents a lesson. The hall and every facility may be had for all parties of a social and private nature. Orchestra music furnished for all occasions. For PROF. C RAYMOND, INSTRUCTOR a new Satisfaction guaranteed or your money refunded Sold by A. K. R.uss The only exciusive mens fur nishing house in Coryallis Imperfect Digestion. Means less nutrition and in conse quence lees vitality. When the liv6r fails to secrete bile, the blood becomes loaded with bilious properties, the di gestion becomes impaired and the bowels constipated. Herbine will rectify this ; it gives tone to the stomach, liver and kidneys, strengthens the ' appetite, clears and improves the complexion, in fuses new life and vigor to the whole Bystera. 50 cents a bottle. Sold bv Uraham & Wortham. 1 -THE DANGER TO THE CHILD T.v ia taa.1 tr t.ViA finp.lcA TnnT r & h MTm less one, but there is danger that menaces every cniid's lite 11 tne motner is aeu eient in womanly health and functional vitalit.v. .- . Thousands of women have borne their sufferings and kept their troubles to themselves from motives of delicacy and feahla childhood has iaid for it. Dr. Pierce, forty years ago, consulted Nctiure. and found that she had Drovlded remedies in abundance for the cure of woman's neculiar ailments and weak nesses. He found that non-alcoholic clveerie extracts of Golden Seal root. Blue Cohosh root, Unicorn root, Black Cohosh root and Lady's Slipper root, combined in just the right proportions, gave such surprising results that this com nou nd soon became a standard fa vorite of his in the treatment of such cases. In a T.Lile time the demand for it became so great that he determined to put it up and provide for its general sale r . 1 .1 ': i.'i 1 j : J4. ..1,1 SO inub tne muiutuura ueeujug it cuuiu readily supply themselves. T'ais is now known all over the civil !zed world as Dr. Pierce's Favorite fYe- cription, and its unparalleled record of hundreds of thousands of cures, in the last forty years, justifies all that can be said of it. It is non-alcoholic, non-narcotic. It is safe and reliable for any woman, of any age ana in any conaiuon, to iise. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets only one or two a day will regulate and cleanse and invigorate a four, Daa btomacn, tor pid Liver, or sluggish Bowels. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser will be sent free, paper-bound, for 21 one-cent stamps, or ciotn-oouna ior si stamps. Over 1000 pages ana illustrated Address Dr. E. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. been received into their own families to begin life anew. The women who have charsre of the home are refined and cultured and love these girls well enough Lto give their lives m serving them. STEAMER POMONA For Portland and way points, leaves Corvallis Monday, Wednesday and Fri dav at 6 a. m. Albany 7 a. m. Fare to Portland, $1.75; round trip 3 00. H. A. Hoffman, Agt, 103-10 . Every customer a prince. ' Four do?s north of postofBce Ioid. Phone 130. Cham. B lake lee. CORVALLIS, OREGON. sc positively no spectators; classes every 2 till 5. A complete term consists of the further information inquire at the Hall of Another Good Man Gone Wrong. He neglected to take Fole3''s Kidney (lure at the first signs of kidnev trouble. hoping it would wear away, and h was soon a victim of Bright's disease. 'There is dangc- in delay, bnt if Foley's Kidney Cure is taken at once the symptoms will disappear, the kidneys are strengthened and you are soon sound and well. A. R Bass, of Morgantown, lnd., had to get up ten or twelve times in the night, and had a severe backache and pains in the kidneys and was cured by Foley's Kid ney Cure. Sold by Graham & Wortham, Cheap Sunday Rates Between Portland and Willamette Valley Points. Low round tiip rates have been placed in 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. Rate to or from Cor vallis, $3.00 Call on Southern Pacific Co's Agents for particulars. lOltf Pleasant and. Most Efiective. T. J. Chambers, Ed. Vindicator, Liberty, Texas, writes Deo 25, lo02: "With pleasure and unsolicited by you, I bear testimony to the curative power of Ballard's Horehound Syrup. I have used it in my family and can cheer fully affirm it is the most effective and best remedy for coughs and colds I have ever used." Sold by Graham & Worth-am. J200I SHERIFF'S SALS. - KoUce is hereby given that by virtue ot warrant issued uui ot the county court ot the state ot Oregon tor the county of Ben ion, bearing the seal of said court, to the sheriff of said county directed and delivered, and bearing date October 27, 1905, com- -man din 5 the said sheriff to collect the taxes shown, to t delinquent on the tax roll . ior the year lu-, . charged to said delin quents thereon, and if necessary to sell the everal articles oi personal or parcels oi real property upon which such taxes are levied, as set forth in said tax list. - Said delinquent taxpayers, the amount of taxes, and the amount ot penalties and the several parcels oi real property are - de scribed as follows, to-wit : - . ' -Giesler, Albert Southwest quarter of . the southeast quarter or section ie, , township 11, range 7. 40 acres.... 1.45 Franklin, R. B.---Northeast quarter of section 16, township 12, range 7, 160 acres 14.60 Crandall, Calvin Beginning 16.08 . chains east or tne soutnwest corner ot donation land claim of J. Has kins, claim No. 71, township 10, range 4 west; run thence north 20.95 chains, east 23.92 chains, south 20.95 chains, west 23.92 chains to beginning, except 20 acres sold, 30 acres . .. . 16.44 Krimble, J. East half of the south east quarter ot section 7, township 11, range 5 west, 80 acres 3.6S Hogue, C. C. Begining at a point which is west ii.Zi chains irom tne southeast corner of claim No. 71, . - township 10, range 4 west; run ning, 9 acres 3.25 Evans, Chas. South half of the south east Quarter of section 8, township 14. range 8 west 5.68 Smith, Sewell C Northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 8, township 15, range 8 west, 40 acres ' 3.65 Smith, Lilla Northwest quarter of section 12, township 13, range 7 west, 160 acres 19.40 Whitehead, R. R. Southeast quarter . of the southeast quarter oi section 29, township 13, range 7 west, 40 acres 2.45 Clem, Chas. Beginning 21.20 chains south and 24.50 chains east oi tne northwest corner of section 5, south 14.28 chains, west 7 chains, north 14.28 chains to beginning, in section 5, township 15, range 5 west, 10 acres 2.28 Elzy, Geo. Northwest quarter, about 80 acres being - in uenton county, section 10, township 15, range 6 west, 80 acres 3.65 Nye, E. V. and A. C. Lots 1, 2 and 3 and tne nortnwest quarter oi iuo southeast quarter of section 33, east quarter of the southwest quar- . ter of section 33, township 14, range ' 6 west; northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 4, township 15, range 6 west, 240 acres 16.71 Price, L. N. Lots 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7, section 34, townsnip Xi, range o west, 128 acres 9.12 Thomas, Charles Northeast quarter of the northeast quarter oi section 12. townshiD 15. ranee 6, 40 acres. 1.80 Trout, O. 'E. East half of the south east quarter ot section sz, xownsmp 14, range 6, 80 acres 5.82 Jackson, T. A. South half of lot) 5, section 31, township 14, range west, 19 acres - v v. 2-54 Kriens, Wm. (Heirs) The north half of the following: Beginning at the southeast corner of donation land claim No. 57, township 12, range 6 west; run thence north 43 chains, thence west on the north boundary of said claim 18.60 chains, south 43 cnains, ease xo.ou cumo w UcS"- ning, 40 acres The Associated Banking & Trust Co. Northeast quarter of the northwest quarter; northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 19. township x2, range 6 west, 80 n0Km fv T.nt 7. hlock 2. Dixon's 3.50 3.65 i 1st addition, Corvallis 17.31 Lawrence, John W. Beginning at a point on the half section line of sec tion 25, township 14, range 5 west, 26 rod3 north of the south boundary of said section where said line in tersects a slough ; run thence in northwesterly direction down said slough to a point where said slough, empties into another slough; thence up last mentioned slough in an east erly direction to where said last slough crosses said half section line; thence south on said line to beginning, 12 acres, section 25, township 14. range 5 west l.od Maher, E. A. East half of section 36, township 12, range 7 west. 320 acres la.rfo Clodfelter, Cora E. West half of the southeast quarter of section 26, township 14, range 7 west, 80 acres -. .od And on Friday, the 19th day of January, 1906, at the hour of 1 o'clock p. m. of said day, at the sheriff's office in the court house in the City of Corvallis, Benton county, state of Oregon, I will sell the above de scribed property at public sale to the per son or persons who will bid the amount ot taxes, costs and penalties accrued against each piece or parcel of real property and take a certificate at the lowest rate of in terest, for cash, subject to redemption, to satisfy said warrant, cost, ruing Sheriff of Benton County, Oregon. Dated December 21, 1905. Notice of Final Settlement. Notice is herebv given that the undersigned administrator of the estate of B. B. Barnes, deceased, tas filed in the County Court of Benton County, Oregon, his final account as administrator of said est te, and that Mon day, the 5th day f February, 1906, at the hour of ten o'clock A. M., has been fixed by said Court as the time for hearing of ob. iections to said report and the settlement thereof K.F.BARNES, Administrator of the, Etate of B. B. Barnes, I Dated January 2, 1906. Country tchocl district teachers can be Bum lied with u.onthly re port jsards by the Gazette. Write 81tf your wants. The Original. Foley & Co., of Chicago, originated and lung Honev ani Tar as a threat remedy, and on account of the great merit and popularity of Foley a Honey and Tar many imitations are offered for the eenuine. Ask for Foley's Honey and Tar and refuse any substitute offered 1 1 .i as no other preparation win give me same satisfaction. It is mildly laxative. It contains no opiates and is safest for children aod dalicate persons. Sold by Graham & Wortham. Calling cards popular styles m cards and type at tho Gaaf tte office. 80tf Railroad Lands for Lease. Lands of the Oregon and California Railroad Company, in Oregon, will be leased for fhe year 19CC, &ubject to can cellation of lease in the event of the sale of the land during the term of the lease. Owners of farms and ranches adjoining railroad lands should file their applica tions not later than February 1, 1906, after which date applications from others will also be considered. Address: Chaeles W. Ebehlein, Acting Land Agent, 1035 Merchants Exchange, San Francisco, Cal. 4-11 74 a?