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if - COHMUS GAZETTE PnbKsbed Tuesdays and Fridays by Gazette Publishing Company. The subscription price of tLa Gazette -far everal years has been, and remains, S2 tr annum, or 25 per cent discount if paid in advance - - RATES STIH SENATE. Senator Fulton Holds Floor for Two Hours. The following reprint is from the Washington (D, C) Post, . of Januany 17, and gives a line on Senator Fulton, of Oregon : . Rate legislation held the boards in the Senate yesterday. The question .was brought for ward unexpectedly, and from a sourse that had not been guard ed As soon as the topic was sprung, the Senate sat bolt up right and took notice. Every Senator in the chamber turned in his seat and gave attention to eah speaker in turn with an intensity of interest much like th it manifested by jurors at a .murder trial. The debate was provoked by Mr. Fulton, of Oregon, who made his first appearance, so to sp -ak, before the Senate, and who, by the way, created an ex cellent impression. He offered an amendment to the Dolliver bill, giving the courts power to modify orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission when such orders are confiscatory Mr. Fulton proceeded to explain liis proposition and almost in a twinkling Messrs. Foraker, . Bailey, Spooner and Nelson were at it hammer and tongs. It semed at one time that the whole question was to be opened up . and seriously debated. Mr. Ful ton's speech ' was interrupted so frequently and at such consider able length that he was compell ed to occupy the floor for more than two hours He brought out one of the finest skirmish fights -of which the Senate has yet been the scene on the question . of railroad reform. , Mr-Fulton said that his pro vision is intended 'to prevent the enforcement of unjust decrees, and argued that as the Dolliver bill now stands in case such an , order should be issued, it would be impossible for the commission to change it until after great de lay, with consequent great ex pense. ' - In response to a suggestion by Mr. Clay he contended that the amendment does not confer leg islative i unctions upon thp COUrtS. He said that Only Con- gress had power to fix rates, but that it COUld enact laws delegat- in" the authorif v ' ' I ! . i xie said in response to a ques- tin-r. -P. HT lT 1 iiuui im. ivitoumuer mac I he did not consider the determi- nation nf wW. W5i a rMmn,Ma ,, , aw 11 Biveiie a matter ior legislation, but rather for JUQ1- cial determination. Mr. Foraker also took the view that such action was necessarily a judicial function, and said that COUrtS fixing such rates should have authority to eniom Greater rates than those fixed by them. - ivir. opooner oennea tr.e pre- senc status to be in accordance with decisions of the Supreme Court, that the courts had the right to determine what rate , 'I! . - i was reasonaoie in designated Cases, but that the fixing of rates for the future was tippps- sarily not a judicial function. ,, , j ,, ., "itun anu iur. oaiiey en- glged m a Colloquy about the question of rates, the former contending for the right, Of the uiuri.8 to determine wnat was, a i j. . jj ? , reasonable rate and the latter in dining to the opinion that courts couiu only determine mat certain .cases were unreasonable. Mr. I Fulton confer dd that, th A- c ... J petition and memorialize the eeveaty and termination of th i one Domt m-L.-, ..- ; . ., . . ' i.-M.ji.- , ciuuea tne otner, DUC Mr. bailey j tJUOtea decisions to ' ShOW that J Where COUlts had found rates 'to 1 be confiscatory they had failed to . t, x . . I v.ut,w v. .cvv.. -,i . CHAMPIONS .CAUSE. Demands Open ; Willamette Free Locks. and W edneeday afternoon at Albany, dar ing tne sessions ef the Willamette Vallej Development League, Henry S. West brook, of the O. C. T. Co., made a splen did addrecs in which be made a strong plea for an open river the entire year to Corvallis and tor free locks at Oregon City. From .his speech are pleased to publish the following: The most difficult task which confronts us today is the opening of the . Willamette Eiver to Corvallis and the removal of the lockage tribute at Oregon City,. ' For al- most a natural life time, the people nave borne this burden passively, while it has aoae more man any one tmng, to sap the internal wealth of the country. ' It works in a mistenooB way, in that it transforms every man into an uncon sciou8 collector of its 'ribute. . While we are now considering the question, 'the dollars are clinking over the counters of our business -houses, paying this day's portion of the annual tolL it exacts Ei very patient mad, faithful woman and hopeful child, who, bv chance or choice. have cast their fortunes with the destinies of the Valley, are compelled to pay a portion ot the earnings for their honest toll to the enrichment of the coffers of this benevolent (?) corporation which has even denied the state the proverbial 1-lOofits earnings. VV ith all of its unreasonableness, this lockage of 50 cents per tori would not be so bad if it were exacted from those who p tronize the River. But it is exacted from those who patronize , the rail as well. When we seriously consider this question, we are startled by the lact that every consumer must pay a lockage of 2yi cents per 100 pounds upon his flour, salt ami susjar. The contractor or build er pays 2 cents lockage upon each keg of nails, 6ix cents, upon each barrel of lime and ten cents upon each barrel of cement. The blacksmith pays 5 cents per sack upon his coal ; the foundryman $7.50 upon each car of pig i-on. And every other article of use, ornament or consumption have attached to its pur chase price some proportion of this un just taxation. The producer, commonly called the farmer, is not forgotten, for he pays a lockage of 2 and 1 2 cents upon each sack of oats, wheat, barley or pota ts; land 1-4 cents upon each box of pears or apples ; 4 cents upon each bale of hay: 5 cents upon each bale of hops; ten cents upon each head of hogs or sheep; and 25 cents upon each head of Cittle or horses. We mean by free locks that these amounts will be saved the producers and consumers of the (Valley. To make the expression plain, they mean that the farmer who produces 100 sacks of spuds will be saved $2.50; 100 bales Lof hops, $5 00; loOO bales of hay, $40., or that the people of the Willamette Valley, at the most conservative esti- mate, will be saved not less than$10o,- 000.00 annually, I am not throwing bpquets, but I tave a rose today for your' distinguished fel 1 . lun-iunnsman, iur. vvesigate, and a bunch of violets for the other Albany businessmen, biCiuse it was through their combiued efforts that the question oi .cree locks receivea its nrst genuine . f IT" T I ... n . a recognition in the Valley. To buy or build Free Locke, requires an expenditure too large for any cbarita bly disposed person. The task is of too great a magnitude for any navigable con cern. Our Bteam and electric lines do not need nor want them To procure them by direct taxation would place too preat a burden upon the whole people, a .fcajority of whoni would receive bo bene . ; HP 1 . r li iu inuru. a ucy must come irom ana through our paternal eovernment.be - causa to provide mem at our own sacn fice WOJ,(1 be assuming an injustice to ourselves, ior our national government has opened the rivers and made the Iocka free for the.peopie of other 8tate, and we are just as good, equally as im portant and deserve as much considera tion from our Federal government as any other people under the protecting aegis ot our national flasr. To procura Free Locks there are cer- tftia duties imperatively to be performed. 11 wfl1 be much easir for our congress man xo secure tne necessary appropjia tion if the Department of Commerce and i-ator Das the information . that the Willamette river is important because tne people use it. We must also have representatives who are iot only posi uveiv interested but honestly endeavor msr 10 mate thorn rpo a r,io,r galleries may fool the people at home K .VF C11C bufcit wi.!1 not be misconstrued in the halIs of congress . x . , at f-e, peopIe. have that sover- ws - iifcuiiu beiea meiroMTn representa- tiyes they should look well to this most important qualification, We mnst keep up a ceaseless conflict- must not furl .t,ie battle standard nor nom a single man in reserve until the shouts of victory ring in clarion tones over the ramparts. We must talk, write, dream, shout, preach and teach Frea ocks. uur newspapers should make the onrning isa"e of the campaign ; our commercial and municipal bodies men again; our state legislature resolve and our state oQlcer8 assist to bring the demands of 018 Mow such committees and eonre8SmeB " will give our pressing needs lue consideration. We cacn-t hope tbaccaxpliah so aiaca without an Effort a battle perhaps". n sacrifice. .- The price Of soefwa must.l wayn be raid in advance. The Goddess of Fortune withholds the palm'of victory nntil the price has been paid. - Waterloo was not won sor Wellington's name placed upon the immortal tablets of his tory, until Marshall Ney's Old Gnaid, the phantom of the battlefiild,hadbeen cut asunder and 4t),000j men fell upon "The field of strife whose dews' are blood and whose husbandman is death." . The future, - however, is spanned bv a rainbow of promise The star, of a new age is approaching the zenith of a new epoch in the history of the West. Pro srees will be the watchword ; Develop ment the motto; and Perseyerance the key to the vanlts of succees. ' x la an optomistic mood I caught a glimpse of the future. The Willamette Valley was a. fiell of industry. Farms rose then where - forests , stand vnow. Vineyards purpled the hillsides and fields of waving gold crowned : their oreshf. The villages were transformed into' towns; the towns . into cities; our cities into storm centers 'of IJoomaaerce ami -u!ture. The smoke fromj ar factor ies rose skyward with the' 1 ark and the spires from our churches viedjwith the steeples from our colleges. " Values in creased; taxes decreased yet left the ex chequers of our municipalities overflow ing with funds for public weal.The steam and electric lines checkered the bosom of the Valley with a net-work of steel, while the charmingj'whistle and plaintive exhaust of thejriver messenger of commerce echoed upon an unfettered river from Corvallis to the sea. Can we stretch the canvas upon the easel, take up the brush and paint this picture in reality ? We an. Let ns then turn our faces to the emblazoned heights of wor thy ambition where success sits enthron ed like some fabled god,' and guide our footsteps upon the sands of time, midst the thorns iand the roses, throngh the sunshine and the ehadows, . to the em bellished crest upon which the sunbeams of glory never set," drinking encourage ment and breathing consolation from the immortal words of Penn, "Nopain.no'palmy-to thorns, no throne; No gall, no glory; no cross, nocrown." Survey Plat Approved. We are m reciept or the fol lowing "news" notices from B L. Eddy, register of the United States Land Office at Roseburg, Uregon, which may be of inter est to some of our readears "Notice is hereby given that the approved plat of survev of township No. 28 south, range No. 1 west of Wi.lame.te Metidi- from the Surveyor General for Oregon1; and on Tuesday, the 6th day of March. 1006. at o 'clock a. m., the said township 1 1 j plat will be filed "in this office. and on and after said dav we will h'e prepared to receive applica A. . A. A 1 . i . nuns ior ine entry or tne unap propriated am-! unreserved lands in said township.4' iNote xnis townsmp was . T m t " 1 withdrawn from entry on August 3, 1903. Now follows the sec ond notice: - "Notice is hereby given that the approved supplemental plat ui rtuuinuus. iu sectons 1. 12 ana 13, township No. 30 south; range jxo. 1 west ot Willamette Meridian, Oregon, has been re ceived from the Surveyor Gener al for Oregon, and on Tuesday, tne 5th day ot March, ioo6, at q o'clock a. m., the : said supple mental plat will be filed in thi: omce, and on and after the said day we will 'be prepared to re- ceive applications tor the entry 01 lands in the portions of said township . covered . by said sup plemental plat." i Thethird notice reads 'JSioticois hereby given that the approved plat of survey of township No. 27 south, range io. .1 westot Willamette Meri dian, Oregon, has been received irom the burvevor General for Oregon, and on Tuesday the 6th day iUiiLU, lyuo, at Q o'clock a. m , the said township plat will be u.tu iu mis UUUCC. I. ana on ana alter, said day we will .v tions for the entry of unapprop-kn narea ana . unreserved lands m - - . - I ..u.j,. A three of the above notices are signed by tfenjamin L,. Eddy, Register, and J. H JT - TT - - cuutr, I Receiver. Strictly Business. As has been before mentioned. Prof. A. B. Cordley has been ap pointed by the- countv court as fruit inspector for this cnnntv The power and authority vested! in said inspector will '.ber found stated in another column of this issue. It is worth your time to 26th. After months of prepar carefully consider the provisions ation each of the seven cpntest oi the law rccardiny fruit nest.-, i ants will fntev ih 'arpna . fniiw w . a . . Professor Cordley assures -,us thgt it, "is . his Interrtion to give great attention to the orchards of Benton county. He finds on every hand an - evidence ..of San Jose scale and deplores the fact that people have carelessly al lowed this pest to get sut h, a start of them. All through the coun ty the conditions of the orchards are' much . . the same, while in town things are fully as bad as in the country. ' The professor states . he will vigorously prosecute his duty even, to the point of condemning an entire orchard ; .should the owner fail to regard the law as applied to fruit ' pests. At; pres ent Prof, j Cordley ; has not the time at his disposal that he would like in. order to investigate cer tain orchards, : but - will do what is sossible at present and wilK be pleased to have allNwho are strug gling against the ravages of the fruit p-srr consult him at any time. Just as soon as , college ;s out he will be found in the or chards early and late. Everywhere in this city there is an evidence of the deadly work of pests. So far as the city is concerned it is quite likely that some party will undertake the work of spraying, going from house to house.' ' "In" this way it will not work a hardship dn those who have only 3 few trees, as they will not be .compelled : to outfit for the work. Should any person undertake the' work here in Corvallis it will be done under Prof. Cordley's direction. In all sincerity, let us admonish all to pay attention to these matters and save " not only their fise fruit trees, but trouble for themselves as well. Real Estate Transfers. Abstract ot ,J3enton countv filings for the week ending Janu ary 20, 1906: J. W. Muhngton and wife to M. King and husband, near Albany; $2,200. ax .acres J . . h,. Jtlamilton and wife to Jenna Hamilton, q. c. d. to 64 acres, near Monroe; $600. B. F. Seely and wife to Irene Cresori q. c. d. to 'small tract of , M. Ek and wite to J. T. Cre son et al. 3 lots block F, Corval lis; $3,000. y Irene Creson and husband to M. Ek, small tract of near O AC; faoo. . ' . A. : W. Pugsley and wife to M. bcheiern, 173 acres south of Philomath; $4,500. Martin focheiern and wife to K. W. Pugsley, 2 lots in Philo math; $2,000. Coast li. S. Co. to R..D, Ewing, 160 acres near Blodgett; Ufio John MLennon to Evan Mc- Lennon, 3 lots, block 18 Cor vallis; $1. Spencer Bicknell to Benton, small strip of land for -county roao:. $1 J. P. Mummer and wife to F. T. Rugg, V2 of block 36, Brown's addition to Philomath; $750. Philomath College to N. Castle, Jlot in Brown's addition, Philo math; $350. . . COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE. BEAVER CREEK. AUhough this section of the country was recently visited with heavy rains no damage was done by the surplus water. The new machinery for the Gove aw '1 for haulinsr the machinery from Philo- matb T?a Tl,n,l n ttt:i- were C3rvaUis visitors last Saturday, Several of the Daniels children have nn th -sv na norted to he im..Vovinff www. wvuu iWV MUV HIV A.A J .TV JtC- Charlie Arinatfona retnrnfirl nn Aav last week fmm Cnhnr h. been the guest of his brother bherman Oleason was a visitor on Beaver Creek last Saturaay. Terry Butler has been of late ela hing a willow thicket preparatory to making a goat pasture Contest. What promises to be one of the most interestinp- and sfnrited rnn- tests ever known in the oratorical field of OAC is to held in the Armory this evening, January . : Ve5"deSoia O, C. H lest and. 'tVli GORWALUS STEAM LAUNDRY. x Patronize Home Industry. Outaldo Of dors Solicited. All Work Guaranteed. able to demonstrate that other student interests are alive besides those requiring brawn and muscle".-' . The societies will be in evi dence with their usual display of unlimited , enthusiasm. The speakers in order are: Stella Parsons, Eimer PJ Rawson, Alice It. Edwards, Miles B. Bel den, Mary -C. Danneman, John Withycombe, Mark V. Weather ford. . ' Over-Burdened Women. Many a man sees his wife bend and tug at burdens that strain the back and the heart alike, without any idea of the outrage. Children follow m too quick succession to allow the mother time to recuperate. The womanly organs become displaced, there are debilitatingrdisagree able drains, with the added pain of in flamed or ulcerated parts. In this condi tion the woman bravely tries to carry her household load, afraid to take the rest she needs lest a meal will be late. No - wonder she is pale, weak, .wretched, surly 01 Lemper ana snappisn 01 tongue, sue would be false to nature if she were any thing else.- No persons need help so much as the class of whom this woman Is the type. And for such women no help is so sure, so wonderful, as that given by Dr.' Pierce's Favorite Prescription.. It re stores all the womanly organs to perfect health. It establishes regularity in their functions. It restores the strained and shattered nervous system. It clears up the complexion, rounds out the form and makes life a daily happiness. "-Favorite Prescription" contains no alcohol or .whisky. It is the best medicine for women. JNotmng can be "just as good" as the best. Tell the dealer so if he offers a substitute. " "I wrote to you In 1903, about my case," writes Mrs. Ella W. Robbinson, of Nuttree, Va. "Was then In a bad condition, and your reply was that I probably Inherited the trouble from my mother, and you prescribed Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. About that time I bad an attack of fever and was siclt for auite a while, so failed to get your 'Prescription.' In December following' was married and then my husband bought me two bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Before I began to take it I had bearing-down pains at monthly periods, also dizzy spells. After 1 had taken one bottle I felt better and had no more pains. After taking the second bottle felt better than ever in my life, and in September gave birth to a twelve-pound baby girl. I am very thankful for-your good medicine, and shall tell my-friends what it did for me, and shall recommend it to all who are ataicted. We think it the best medi cine in the world." Not only the Original but the .vSSS. best Little Liver Pills, first put Dr. E. V. Pierce, have been much imitated but never equaled, as thou sands attest. They re purely vegetaoie. being made up bf concentrated and refined medicinal principles, extracted from the roots of American plants. Do not gripe. One or two for stomach corrective, three or tour ior cathartic Four Hundred Babies. St. Vincent's .Infant Asylum, Chicago, suelters homeless waifs awaiting adop tion, and there are nearly 4C0 babies there. Sister Julia writts: "I cannot js ay too much in praise of Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds, croon and whooping cough:" Contains no opiates ana is sate ana sure. Ask tor Folev s noney ana lar and insist on having it, as it is a safe remedy and certain In re sults Keiuse substitutes. Sold by lira ham & Wortham. . Telegraph ers Nedeti.-. Learn Telegraphy v and Railroad Accounting. The actiyity in railroad" construction throughout the Northwest has created a large demand for competent telegraph operators. We teachr telegraphy, thor oughly quickly, and secdre positions for our graduates. . Salary $75 to $90 per mo. Tuition fee low- For terms and particu lars, write," Pacific Telegraph Institute, Pertland, Oregon. ; - 10 17 Itis "the fit of the petticoat that makes the fit of the outer ekirt right or' wrong. . . " - : , TIih petticoat must be a support muat help to drape the outer skirt. Such a pervice is attained in " , - The , ' Pres de Soie iPetticoat .;. the new and better idea in petticoats. An improvement over taffeta silk because Pres de Soie will outlast three garments of that material et" one-third the cost. For sale by V 1 CORVALLIS, OREGON. to iSi new Store when you want to buy anything in our line. . We will put our time Against yours in' showing goods. Everything as represented j or mo'pey refunded. Corvallis' on ly exclusive men's furnishing store. .' . A. K. R.tiss,prop. Another Good Man Gone Wrong. He neglectpd to take Foley's Kidney Cure at the first signs of kidney trouble, hoping it would wear away, and h 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, lnd., had to get np 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 trip rates have been placed in effect between Portland and Willam ette Valley points, in either direction. Tickets will be sold SATUItDAYS 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 Eflective. ; T-. J. Chambers, Ed. Vindicator, Libertr, Texas, writes Dec. 25, lg02: "With pleasure and - unsolicited by yon, I bear testimony to the curative power of Ballard's Horehound Syfup. I have used it in mv famllv and can rhpor. fully aflBrm it is the most effective and Dest remedy for coughs and colds I hav 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 fhe year 1906V subject to can cellation of lease in'', the event of the eale of the land during the term of the . lease. . , - . Owners of farms and ranches ' adjoining railroad lands should file their apnlica- tions not later than February 1. iflnfi after which date ' applications from others will also be considered Address:, Chables W. Ebeblzijj. 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