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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
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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
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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
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was reasonaoie in designated
Cases, but that the fixing of
rates for the future was tippps-
sarily not a judicial function.
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"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.-, ..- ; . ., . .
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A three of the above notices
are signed by tfenjamin L,. Eddy,
Register, and J.
H JT - TT
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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
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Ve5"deSoia
O, C. H lest and.
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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
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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.
Aeting Land Agent, 1035 Merchants
Come
Clothing
ExcfcaDge, San Francisco, Cal. - 4-11