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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1906)
JAPANESE SEQUEL The People are Poor Farmers and Need Education. Japan has yet to learn agri cultme, says Dr. David Star Jordon in the Pacific Monthly of January. The tourist in Japan gees from Tokyo to Kvoto, then to Kobe or Nagasaki. He knows the Japan ot the swarming vil lages, the dainty rice fields, the green tea gardens, the pictur espue attitudinizing, the hand painted landscape. He sees, or thinks he sees, that Japan is crowded, vastly - overcrowded, everv toot of land worked to the utmost, no room for expansion or extension of anv form of agri cuitare. But this is an optical illusion. In fact, barely half of the arable land of Japan is cul tivated; 13 per cent of the whole territory. Great tracts in the north fit for wheat, rye, oats, barley, potatoes, hay, are almost wholly unused covered with swamp grasses, logs and wo ids. Japan has no roods, no horses, no cows, no sheep, no goats, no hogs, no butter, no cheese, no orchards, no vineyards, no fruit, no cabbages, turnips, carrots scarcely anything to show in agriculture save rice, tea, lac quer, taro and silk. Nothing iri1 domestic animals save a few bodi less chicken, half-starved dogs, and soul-weary vegetarian cats. Everything in agriculture is in the style of two thousand years ago. It is wholly unspecialized. Nothing is worked to the fullest modern economic advantage. Of course these matters are chang ing from day to day, and a sweeping statement is no longer true. There is now and then a horse, a cow, an apple tree, a field of varied grains. The agri cultural stations of the govern ment are doing their best to accustom Japan to the successful methods of othercountries. But the population of Japan could be doubled, without crowding, if every resource were developed. Japan must spend far more for education. Rapid as her pro gress has been, it needs exten tion'in the direction of individ ualism and democracy. She must educate men as men not as part of a group or a caste. Real democracy must replace what is still left of feudal com munism. Japan must break down caste absolutely aud for ever if she learns to make the best of whatever of varied talent mav arise among her people. The strong men born in the nobility alone can never maki a great nation. They may make an efficient bureaucracy, nothing better. It takes all the force there is for a nation to do her part among other strong nations. As things are in Japan, the trade or profession is greater than the man. He is known by his cloths and his " badges. The student is all student, he can do nothing but study; the warrior is all warrior, he knows nothing but fighting; the jinrikisha man is all legs; the iarmer.is all farmer. His clothing was fash ioned for him two thousand years before he was born, and he can never change it. He is chained to his caste and can not get out of it whatever his fitness for other or higher things. Foe all these reasons, personal ambition has little play in Japan, and there is less power of adaptibility to new condition than there should be, however great this power may seem, as compared with that shown in India or China. ' DilleyThe Fixer." T. W. Dilley, for many years a business man of this city, but who is now in California, writes the Gazette from Oroville under date of January 23, as follows: I have been out for a walk. Everything is O. K. . , Town has 3,000 inhabitants. Oranges, gold dredgers, gamblers and fancy women everywhere. The place was incorporated three weeks ago. The streets are muddy, al though the wagon roads are good. The place where I room is with a good family and they have half a block of oranges. I can eat all I want; free. - You can see piles of oranges, lemons, apricots and figs in the streets and throw ed out in the alleys. There are persimmons, peaches, pears and prunes here, but no apples. Bananas do not do well as there is too much frost. It is my be lief that we can raise oranges in Corvallis by covering them when it freezes. . I am going to send a few seed home soon. I was offered a job selling stereopticons at 40 cents on the dollar, but I am not looking for such a situation. I went out and witnessed a steam shovel operated. It is a wonder. This shovel is making a cut for the new railroad which goes through the mountains from Ogden, Utah, to Marysville and San Francisco, Calif. A dredger is about the size of a church, with an endless chain belt of buckets larger than a road scraper, all fastened together which goes down In the gravel and brings up dirt and rocks and then empties it into sluice boxes with waterand quicksilver in1 the riffles to catch th"1 gold.. A dred ger costs from $100,000 to $150, 000'. The reason this city incorpor ated was because the dredger company was buying up all the orchards and working them and by incorporating they could Stop such things as that. This coun try is being torn up-side down," leaving the large gravel on top and turning a paradise into a desert. When you digest this dose place it in the waste basket. DlLLEY. John Withycorn.be Wins. Friday evening the local ora torical contest was held in the Armory at the college to de termine who should have the honor of representing OAC at the inter-collegiate oratorical con test to be held in Albany in March. As is usual on these oc casions, there was in evidence a large crowd . of professors, stu dents, and citizens from almost everywhere. The speakers appeared in the following order: Stella Parsons, Elmer P. Rawsou, Alice E. Ed wards, Miles B. Belden, Mary C. Danneman, John Withycombe and M. V. Weatherford, John Withycombe won first prize, a gold medal and $15 in cash. His subject was, "The Voice of 1776." To him will fall the glory of upholding the honor of OAC in Albany in March. The second prize, a gold medal and $5 in cash, was won by Mark Weatherford. His subject was, "A Mighty Nation." Miss Stella Parsons won third prize, a silver medal and $25 in cash, her subject being "An Idel Citi zen." All contestants for places made efforts creditable to them selves and their institution. The judges of composition were: Prof. C. C. Poling, of Dallas, Judge H. H. Hewitt, of Albany, and Justice of the Su preme;Court Thomas G. Hailey, of Salem. The judges of oratory, were: Miss Gertrude M. Johnson, ot Philomath, Pres. A. F. Camp bell, of Eugene, and Attorney L- L. .Swan, of Albany. Verdict of Jury. Mention was made in our last issue of the accidental death of John Goldson, of Eane county, and a cousin of Henry Wortham and a nephew of James E. Lewis, of this city, Since then the coroner of that county has held an inquest and some further in formation was brought to light as set forth Jby the Eugene Register, as follows: The coroner's jury impanelled by Justice Harpole to inquire in to the death of . John Goldson which occurred Sunday, last evening rendered , a verdict that death was due to the accidental discharge of his gun. For several days all sorts of wild stories came in from the neighborhood of Smithfield, but it seems pretty well established, and the coroner's verdict con firms it, that John Goldson was shot by the bullet from his own gun after he had wounded the cougar. The marks on the gun are near the. forearm, and look like the teeth marks of a cougar, and some of the wood of the stock is crushed. v The story of the accident that seems to be best established is in deed a remarkable one. Goldson went into the canyon after tell ing his companions not to follow. After he had fired two shots he shouted and the others started to run toward him. He shouted severel times, but ceased before the hunters reached him. When the cougar was shot in the tree it fell on the side of the log toward the hunters, and 15 feef from where the body of Goldson lay. The explanation that is now made is that the wounded cougar struck Goldson to the ground, stunning him. The animal then siezed the gun and in shak ing it in the brush surrounding the spor, caused its discharge, as the trigger was set light for tar get shooting, and the bullet by one chance in a thousand, took effect in Mr. Goidson's body. History of Plant. Not until the year 1888 did Corvallis grant a franchise for the establishment of an electric light plant in this city. E. E. Hurd, 'then a resident ot this city, was the man to whom the franchise was granted. Mr. Hurd is now in Southern Ore gon. In 1889 Mr. Hurd brought the first dynamo to this city and started the installation of the plant. After all was in readiness he found that he did not have power enough to light the city properly. About this time J. M. Porter purchased a half in terest in the plant and it was moved to quarters where the dy namos are still operated. About 1890 the company incorporated as th Electric Eight and Power Company, of Corvallis. Shortly after the incorporation Mr. Porter purchased Mr. Hurd's interest in the plant and for a period of some fifteen years he has presided over the electric light business of this city. The gentleman who bought Mr. Port er out. last week is A. Welch, who recently acquired a fran chise of this city whereby he can provide those who may desire it with electric power. In the franchise granted him and his company he ould have furnished the city light at the expiration of of Mr. Porter's franchise in 191 3. As it now stands, Mr. Welch and his company are already provid ing Corvallis with her light, al though Mr. Porter and his old force are still managing the busi ness and will be for some time yet. There seems to have beeu some little apprehension on the part of a few of our citizens that the company now owning our local light plant was none other than the financial octopus, the Standard Oil Co. Should such have proved the case we should really have been in a bad fix for for not only could the Standard Oil people govern the price of kerosene, but also control oui electric "juice." On this score, gentlemen, there seems to be nothing to fear, as there is no evidence that the Standard Oil people have a finger in the pie. Some little'time ago when negotiations were started for the Corvallis plant Mr Welch gave his personal check for jSijOOO to Mr. Porter to bind the bargain. .The eheck was on Eadd & Bush, bankers of Salem, Oreg. :. When the final payment was made Mr. Welch gave Mi. Porter a draft for $17,000 on Rhodes, Sinkler & Butcher. Real Estate Transfers. Abstract of Benton county fil ings for the week ending Jan. 27, 1906: E. W. Strong to Eliza Bunker, 80 acres, northwest of Corvallis ; $1. : T - : Mabel Page and husband to J. Farnham, lot in Job's addition; $37-5-. Ella Tyler and husband to E. A. Martin, 53 acres, south of Corvallis about 10 miles; $3,000. E. M. Howell to C. M. Ged dings, 280 acres, sec. 15, . t. 11, 7 w.; $2,304.75. Emil Eiebe and wife to E. E. Wilson, 2 acres, near OAC; $1,500. ,: . Peter Rickard and wife to Slemmens et. al, q. c. d. to 38 acres, t. 13, 6 w.; $200. United States to Charles A. Baldwin, patent to" 160 acres, near Summit. Samuel McEain to Philomath College, .lots 7 and 8, Philomath; $800. ' Samuel McEain to Philomath College, 60 acres of land near J Philomath; $1000. j George W. HowWd to Melissa Howard, 2 lots in Corvallis; $1. - J. T. Anderson and wife to C. I. Starr, 4 acres adjoining Cor vallis; $10. Sarah E. Millet to "V. E. Caves, 160 acres in Kings Val ley; $500. E. A. Castle to Frank A. Dunn, gsH acres, near Philo math; $3,500. How to Avoid Pneumonia. We have never heard of a single in stance of a cold resulting in pneumonia or other lung trouble when Foley's Honey and Tar has been taken. It not only stops the cough, bnt healf and strengthens the lungs. Ask for Foley's Honey and Tar and refuse any substitute offered. Dr. C. J. Bishop, of Agnew, Mich., writes: "I have used Foley's Honey and Tar in three very severe cases of pneumonia with good results in every case." Bold by . jraham & Worth am. Have your job printing done at the Gazette office. The Original. Foley & Co., of Chicago, originated Honey and Tar as a throat aud lung remedy, and on account of the great merit and popularity of Foley's Honey and Tar many imitations are offered for the genuine. Ask for Foley's Honey and Tar aud refuse any substitute offered as no other preparation will give the same satisfaction. It is mildly laxative It contains no opiates and is safest for. children and delicate persons. Sold by Graham & Wortham. Notice. The Philomath Mills will be prepared to furnish pin's and brackets for tele graph and telephone works after Jan uary 25, 1906. Inquire of M. Ek at mills. - 9t T Take The Gazette for all the local news. OABPIITS! The most liberal reduction ever offered on HALF V ROLLS and E3MNANTS now on at our store This is to make room for our lar ;3 spring stock that is soon to arrive. If you need floor cov ering of any description, now is your opportunity. Come early while you can get choice of patterns. Remember we have wall-paper at 7 1-2 cents per double roll. INVESTIGATE shows that many good watches are spoiled by tampering. No matter how little you suppose i3 the matter with yours better HAVE US REPAIR IT. A whole lot of damage can be done by those who are not acquainted with the delicate mechanism. We know watches and can repair them as they should be. 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