THE COBVALLiS GAZETTE Published Tuesdays and Fridays by Gazette Publishing Company. The subscription price of the Gazette for several years has been, and remains, $2"per annum, or 25 per cent discount if paid in advance. , MAY GET THRASHED. President Cipriano Castro, of Venezuela, from now on has to exercise care if he does not pre cipitate a war. From what is gathered in the way of data few people' will be found who would not agree that ' erratic president is deserving of at least a person al experience at the whipping post. But the unfortunate part of the matter is that he should possess the power to drag thous ands of his countrymen Into a war that would cost a great sac rifice of life and devastate the country. The causes that may culminate in a war between Venezuela and France are many and are not all of recent date. For years the actions of the Venezuelan gov- h have been such as to create the suspicion that they were not backed' up by good faith so far as other nations, their representatives and sub jects were concerned; During the past year the friction between France and Venezuela has waxed hotter and hotter and several times during this period France has muttered the probability of a declaration of war against Venezuela.' On account of the Monroe docrine as upheld by the United States our government has been more or less worried regarding the out rageous actions of Castro and on several occasions has administer ed "soothing syrup" to that bumptious president. But things are now in about the last stages and the booming of the first gun may occur at any time. Recently M. Taigny, French charge at LaGuayra, had occasion to visit one of his own country's warships which chanced to be lying in that harbor. At the end of that visit he was not permitted to place his foot on terra firma He was practically expelled rom the boundaries of Venezuela. This was an insult to France as she was at that very time accord ing Venezuela's representative in Paris the greatest courtesy. French affairs have been placed in the hands of Mr. Russell, re presentative of the United States. From recent actions of Castro the inference is made that Mr. Russell may be insulted and like wise the country he represents In such event it is quite probable that "Uncle Sam:' will tell the garcon to unleash the "dog 'o war." Or it may be that this government will man her guns The outlook is not pleasant.. STABILITY. Stability in all things is light, ana matters we iooic upon as right, is an example of charac ter of the highest type. If you have stability you have charac ter. "If you're right then go ahead." Fix the matter of right firmly in your mind and hammer away. Be consistant in your stability. For a government to be stable it must be composed of a stable people. This character denotes a high standard in a peo pie or a nation. if we make our government and its policies stable we are certain to command the respect of other nations. But in the past some of our policies have been studded with instability, notably the matter of a tariff schedule. It certainly seems i time that this conntry f ormulat ed some plan which would render our rates of tr.riff more stable, cease the endkis; and provoking tinkering that has been our past history. On this subject the Sasinaw Courier says: President Roosevelt's message statement that "there is more need of stability than of the at tempt to attain an ideal perfec tionin the methods of raising revenues," is an utterance based upon practical experience. . The ; President's further delaration in I immediate com ection with his j argument in opposition to unnec essary tariff tinkering that ' the hock and strain to the business world certain to attend- any ser ious change in these matters renders such change inadvisable except for grave reasons, should be accepted as. conclusive in that direction. , There are as many eloquent reasons in opposi tion to any change ' in . tariff schedules just at this time as i there are working men in the United States. resident Roose velt's plea for stability in tariff matters will find . favor not only with the great body of his own party who are protectionists in theory and through principle, but will be approved by every practical man who has in mind the best good of the people of our entire country." The Matter of Subsidy. In the United States direct aid from the government to the farmer has not been looked upon with favor, being opposed in a general way to a democratic form of government. There are some exceptions to this rule, however, shown in the bounties paid for raising sugar beets and other kindred state legislation. Indi rect assistance has been given to the farmer almost from the be ginning. The builders of good roads, grants to railways, the work of the agricultural depart ment and many other forms of encouragement are part and par cel of the American system of government. The reclamation, of the arid lands of the west comes nearer being direct assistance in de velopment of the land itself than anything so lar accomplished. This, in turn, however, like the Victorian legislation, can not be regarded as benevolent to wards any particular class of peo ple, for it is a straight business propositcn of unquestionable value not only to" the immediate community but to the nation as a whole. Likewise, there is no possiblity of loss even in the or iginal investiment but gather the promise of a tangible profit in the conduct of the work. s Loans to farmers would, un doubtedly, be opposed in the United States oa the ground that it was class legislation designed to benefit those engaged in a single industry, but in the case of Victoria, her only possibility of growth, increased population and prosperity lies in securing the reclamation of at least part of the vast area which is still a wil derness. It certainly suggests itself as a most wise form of sub sidy. Bonuses t o manufactureres, shipowners, etc., are assistance given to people who in turn are actually dependent upon those ERED Hiram W. HoIIaday, the Dying in His Office HIS DAUGHTER SUSPECTED OF THE CHIME Circumstantial Evidence Points Strongly to Her Guilt Her Strange Conduct at Hearing Before the Coroner Mystery Baffles the Police Young Lawyer's Brilliant Coup Kidnaping and Pursuit Across the Seas as Told by Burton E.Stev- enson in The HoIIaday Case, the New Story of Mystery Which We Shall Begin to Pub lish in a Few Days. Get the First - ' Chapter and You Will Find It Easy Going Afterward. I had never seen Mr. Royce, oar Junior, bo deeply shaken, bo visibly dis tracted, as he was when he buret In upon us a moment later, a newspaper in Ms hand. Mr. Graham, startled by the noise of his entrance, wheeled around from his desk and stared at hi in astonishment. 1 From The Eoliaday Case. - who till the . land for v all their , business.. Therefore, if assistance j is to be given in but one direc tion, it would "seem the . most statesmanlike course to build up the foundation of commerce first and then, if resources permitted, devote attention to improving tbe super-structure. Maxwell's Talisman. . - DIRECT PRIMARY LAW. Provisions Made Clear to Those Who Will Ballot. Within less than three-months there will be. ' a direct primary election for the nomination of candidates for the coming election in June. April 20 is when the new law will have? its premier general testj and it is but little understood. To the rank and file ot voters this ignorance is not confined, but extends even to some who are directly - interested in politics. ; ' - ,-. r ,': An interesting ; synopsis of some of the provisions 01 the new law are furnished by "J. H. S." in the Telegram, 'as follows: Section 1 declares the purpose of the law aud says that - when ever its provisions are of doubt ful or uncertain meaning or not sufficient in directions and de tails, the general laws of Oregon, and especially ' the election and registration laws and the customs, practice, nse a -rms t er - under, shall be followed in the construction and operation of the law. . 1 Section 2 provides that a pri mary nominating" election shall r held 45 days fore any elec- ion except special lections to rill vacancies, Pres'ii ntial elec tions and municipal elections in cities and towns having less than z o i nil - hi rants to nominate candidates for United States Sena tor and all elective state, district, county, precinct, city, ward and all other officers, including dele gates to a constitutional conven tion, in case one is called. These .re all to be voted on at the elrc ion following. County centr committeemen of the Republi can and Democratic parties an to be elected at the primaries. Section 3 provides that elec tion precincts, polling places and the services of judges and clerks of election shall be ibe same provided , for under the genera election law. Section 4 requires the County Clerk to send out printed notices of a primary elect'on 30 CUys in advance" and requires the judges of election to vost them. Section 5 changes the old law with respect to the time of open ing the polls and fixes the hour at noon and provides for writing the voter's party number in a poll-book headed with the name of each party. Section 6 makes the direct pri mary law applicable to cities an towns of 2000 inhabitants and de fines the duties of citv clerks, re corders and auditors to be the same as those of the countv clerks in the primary elections. It pro vides that in cities holding their AT HIS DES; Aged Millionaire, Found by His Secretary. elections concurrently " with the general - state elections the city auditor4 clerk or recorder, as the case may be, shall prepare, certi fy and deliver a-list of all candi dates for city offices to the county clerk 15 days before the election, and requires him ,to ; post them and place their names s on the primary, ballot, along .with the candidates for .county offices. It proyides that all cities which do not held elections - concurrently with the stated the primary elec tion shall be held 30 days before the general election. This sec tion also confers power upon the legislative and executive author ities of the municipalities ; to es tablish voting - precincts and wards and appoint " judges and clerks of election, - where the elections are' not held at the same time as the state elections. Seciion 7 provides for counting the number of persons' voting at in- iirunai r-, counting the votes of each party seperately, placing the party vote in seperate bunches and making the returns dulv sealed and certified to. Section 8 declares the purpose ot tae la- to be that of giving each participating - party a separ ate primary election, , conducted as to the' individual parties as nearlv as practicable the same as at the general biennial, elections in June. COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE. OAK GROVE. James Crabtree, of Palestine, " was through this part Fridaj canvassing for a new volume which he claims has a good deal of merit. . F. V. Lawner. of Albany, was visiting friends here and at Palestine the fore part of the week. Many of oar people intend going to he i- S.im Jone's "lecturo Saturday,' , the 26th of January, when he will speak in Albany. . - ' - S. P. Lawrenson has been on the sick list for several days past. Mr. Shultz, of Albany, and Ed. Wiles passed through here Tuesday with 8 head of fine beef steers. They came from the Wile' farm and. were in prime condition for this time of the year. Revs. Elmore and Douglas .have been holding a series of meetings at " North Palestine church for the past 10 days. There has been good attendance consider- in g the inclement weather, Grant McElhiney has been over on the Santiam trapping for the last two months; he reports business good and in a nourishing condition along the far- famed river. - : Bill Bail y, the W. J. Bryan of Fir G ove, has oeea laid up for some time with throat trouble. We suspect the troubla is that William orates'too much while defending great questions at the debating society at Fir Gove. George Beamis, one of Oak Grove's pioneer citizens, has been on the sick list for the past few days. Mr. Beam is getting well along in years and cannot stand the hardships of life "as he could in tines of yore. Many good horses are being secured by dealers' from Benton county farmers. Hecter Bros, sold a nice span of blacks a . few days back. They weighed S552 pounds and brought $550. They go to Seattle. The same buyer also bought the Al. Da Armord coach horee, paying $200 for him. W. L. Canthorn, who has been laid up mst of the winter with rheumatism, is reported no better. He is at present with his daughter, Mrs. Eyans, of Park' er, Polk county, who is caring for him. Fred Glaze, one of our Oak Grove boys, and a former student of the busi ness department of Albany College, has been promoted from the local office of the Wells Fargo Express Company to the Portland Office of that company. Sue cess awaits the young man who is will ing to "get there Eli." Prof. Leatherman, one of Oak Grove's fruit men, has been disposing of some of his apples of late. He sent two loads to WLl 3 1 PJ30RE FOR OUR GREAT H3ID WlfJTER SALE D. O. H lost and. CORVALUS STEAM LAUNDRY. Patronize Homo Industry. Oufmldo Orders Solicited. Ail Work Guaranteed. market this week, receiving a good price for the same. Barney Cady, who met- with a street car accident last fall while attending the Lewis & Clark Fair, has discarded his crutches and manages to get along with out them. He hasn't been able to do any manual labor since early in, Septem ber, 1905. - MrJ. Altermatt and daughter, Bess Gan She Save Them ? Manv a noor mother who feels that those she 1 1 .1 A "V . . cious are gradu ally supping away irom ner over the terrible precipice of disease, would he thank ful; to know what Doctor Pierce's wonderful "Golden Medical Discovery" has done to restore thousands of weak and wasted chil dren to complete rounded, rosy, healthy, activity ana 1110. ; . "Five years ago this last fall I was taken down with a fever and was very bad for several months." writes Mrs. Henrietta Bell, of Diamond. Ohio. She continues: "Finally recovered from the fever, then my lungs became very baa. me aoctor saia 1 naa consumption, and that he had done all he ronld for me. and he did not think that I could get well. My case was a very danger ous one. Became very weak, naa nignt sweats, also a very bad cough, night amd day. At times would spit blood. Ifelt as though my time on earth would be short. Requested mv husband to eret me a bottle of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and perhaps it would help me. Before 1 had taken one bottle my cough was almost gone. The next to' disappear were the night-sweats. I am almost, sum that if it had not been for your medicine I would not have been here to-day." If mothers will only write to Dr. Pierce concerning the ailments of their family he will send them sound and valuable advice in a plain sealed envelope, and without any charge whatever. His remarkably wide experience has qualified him to deal with diseases which baffle the local prac titioner. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf falo, .N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con stipation. One little "Pellet" is a gentle laxative, and two a mild cathartic. spent the fore part of the week yisiting friends in Linn county, near their home. Peter Karsten disposed of several head of beef cattle this week to local butchers. Beef is 'rather low, but if a fellow has a few to sell it will go Borne toward paying taxes. - Eev. Pewtherer, of Polk county, is nelping in the meetings at Palestine, So far there has been four conversions, and the meetings will continue for some time yet. Last Mondav, Kola Neis, of Aloany, bought ot M. V.Leeper 260 bales of hops, the entire crop grown on his Spring Hill yard. The price paid was not given . They will be shipped to New York at once. Four Hundred Babies. St. Vincent's Infant Asylum. Chicago, shelters homeless waifs awaiting adop tion, and there are nearly 400 babies there. Sister Julia writes: "I cannot say too much in praise of Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds, croup and whoaping cough." Contains no opiates and is safe and sure. Ask for Foley's Honey and Tar and insist on having it, as it is a eafe remedy and certain in re sults. Refuse substitutes. Sold by Gra ham & Worth am. 1 r.-tst It 13 the fit of the petticoat that make3 the fit of tbe outer ekirt right or wrong. ' Tk. H 1 t . t . ! a muat help to drape the"outer skirt. buch a service is attained in The Pres de Soie Petticoat the new and better idea in petticoats. An improvement over taffeta silk bacause Pres de Soie will outlast three garments of that material at one-third the cost." For sale by . Chmm. Blakamh CORYALUS, OREGON. Come to She new Store when you want to buy anything in our line. We vrill put our time against yours in showing goods. Everything as represented) or money refunded. Corvallis' on ly exclusive men's furnishing store. A. K. RussProp. Another Good Man Gone Wrong. He neglected to take Feley's Kidney Cure at the first signs of kidney trouble, hoping it would wear away, and he was soon a victim of Bright's disease. There is danger 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, Ind., had to get up ten or twelve times in the night, and bad a severe backache and pains in the kidneys &nd was cured by Foley's Kid ney Cure. Sold by Graham & Wortham. Cheap Sunday Rates Between Portland and Willamette y alley Points. 'Low round trip 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, '83.00 Call on Southern Pacific Co's Agents for particulars. lOltf Pleasant and Mest Effective. T. J. Chambers, Ed. Vindicator, Libertv, Texas, writes Dec. 25, I9O2 : "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. - , Railroad Lands for Lease. Lands of the Oregon and California Railroad Company, in, Oregon, will be leased for ffie year 190P, " subject 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. V ' Address : " ChelEs W. Ebeblein, Acting' Land Agent, 1035 Merchants Exchange, San Francisco, Cal. : 4-11 Clothing