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"HE CQRVALUS Published Tuesdays and Fridays by Gazette Publishing Company. The snbscriptlon price of the Gazette for several years has been, and remains, 2 per annum, or 25 per cent, discount if paid in advance. . Judge Harris A Candidate. On the 12th day of January last Judge L- T. Harris filed notice of his intention of being j a candidate for nomination on the republican ticket for the of fice of judge of the second judi cial district. His filing was made with the secretary of state. The second judicial district embraces the counties of Curry, Coos, Douglas, Lane, Benton and Lincoln. The legislature of 1905 passed a law providing for an additional judge for the sec ond judicial district, so that this district now has two judges, J. W. Hamilton and L. T. Harris. Judge Harris was appointed by the governor and his term ex pires this year. Judge Hamilton wiil be in office for four years yet. There seems to be an impres sion among many that this dis trict has been divided, but such is not the case. Since Judge Harris took his seat the work was divided to the mutual satis faction of himself and Judge Hamilton. By this division, the latter, who resides in Roseburg, presides in the counties of Coos, Curry and Douglas, while Judge Harris, whose home is in Eu gene, presides in Lane, Benton and Lincoln counties. In this connection it may be stated that while Judge Harris holds court in the last three counties men- tionpd the voters of the entire district will ballot on the office .jude-e Harris was born in Al bany, Linn County, this state. He graduated from the Univer sity of Oretron in 1893: in 1896 ha graduated from the Law De partment of the University of Michigan. He was admitted to the Oregon bar in 1896. In the fall of 1896 he was appointed de puty district prosecuting attor ney for Lane county, andas such participated in the trial of many important criminal cases, nota bly the Branton murder case. He was elected on the republi can ticket as representative from Lane county and served as a member of the legislature of 1901. In 1902 he was re-elected to the legislature and was elect ed speaker of the house for the session of 1903. He was re elected speaker of the house for the special session held in the fall of 1903. Since his appointment as judge of this district he has but inten sified the confidence reposed in him as a judge and as a man. In his manner he is kindly and affable approachable by all. His legal learning is too well re cognized to require any com ment. Irrespective of party, we all like Judge Harris. FBEE LOCKS AND RIVER. (Continued from first paye.) V .-.,.. v.-f nil know that th Southern ra -Mi- is a b -T.ew'ent association, it could not rvasr.n th'.v t.e expected t make a do nation ;f flit r:Jes of 50 centa per ton for tha beiUMit of the pro.iucer?. Such a coura wom'.I only swvil its freight capa ciiK3 mi-1 involve too mu;h of the gen e oas spirit f a mere raIr iid company. We can not expect the railroad to do morv fjr the people than a private indi v 'i'vil would uader like conditions. Be side? o'lr legislature lias not made tha S. Y. R. E. Co. a $300,000 donation out of your state treasury. The Oregon City Lock Co. is th-3 bsufioiary of your cash in the first instance anl it now insists ou its tolling exactions. 3b spontaneous ast of generosity on the part of our legis latare has benefitted the railroad com pany. It is supposed to y&y c&sb for all of it3 privileges . Why should the S. P. j act differently from what we would under like conditions. The open river " lr mted by the Creature of our own . : t-h v.ron Our leg islature fixed and forge i the chains at the locks It is not profitable to enquire further "Who struck Biliie Patterson?" We all know he was 6truck hard or the lockage charges in the hands of the inexorable i toll collector would now be out of com mission. We have reached a" point that if we are to have an open river and public and general development it mnst come largely from the individual and from our individual efforts. Reasonably common every-day intelligence can now see and read the past it, is now an open . book known to alL 'Oar most sacred rights have been sacrificed by those whom we supposed would protect our s interest b. The general government, the Btate, i;i a word, the Commonality, have been mule and victimized bv our public servants to such an extent and in so many divers ways, that in desperation the people, oh the theory of the iniative, are assuming to make their own laws. . The beloved Absalom, for his own overt acts, was deserted in the honr of battle by his long eared hybrid and left suspended by his flowing locks to the limb of a spreading oak; while we, with out actual shortage j by our individual acts, are ignominiously held up in the air by the slack of our breeches, veritable objects of misplaced confidence. My comparison is imperfect not even classi cal; but it fittingly represents the posi tion in which we have been left by legis lative misrepresentation, and that in the face of an open river. Mr. Westgate, who has just preceded me has playfully informed you that I came from a country that was ' high and dry" That is true. One thing, how ever, you have always noted is, that where it is high and "dry" the climatic conditions are invariably good, while where it is "low and wet," miasmatic in fluences oft times lurk. Therefore if my atmospheric surroundings- make me wander widely from my subject, you will of course excuse all departures. As a creature of the beautiful the Wil lamette, is at least, grand and open, Nature extorts no toll, her gifts to man are gratuitously given for free use. Years ago, when Sam Simpson rode the tripod of the Corvallis Gazette, with a tired body, but a vigorous brain, he sought and found the balmy communio i with nature and nature's God as the curative of his iils. The vexations in cident to making a success of a country paper seemed a veritable burden to him. He turned his back to his office to reach some vantage point where peace and quietude reigned trinmphant. There he viewed the silent flow of Mary's river as it entered the bosom of the Willamette to his left. He saw the Coast range to the westward, with its shadowy color ings of forest and the green snardlof table land, while the billowly white caps banki up one upon the other as huge.embattlements over its crest. To the eastward in bold relief ran the beau tiful Cascades with her minarets of snow piercing the horizon. Over yonder, due east, the Ttree Sisters, clad in tapestries of , purest white, with clasped hands greeted him ; while to the north Mt. Hood loomed up gradually as the chief center of nature's panorama of glory. The nightmare of press work is now far off in dreamland ; while the soothing sea breeza is wafted through the gap at the foot of Mary's peak, fanning his brow with its life-aiving powers. His heart Is touched-his spirit thrilled in the awe of his surroundings. He floats himself on the mossy bank of the river imd there pictured m the living water before his eyes is sees nature in shadow duplicated. The rythm of the running stream-the eddies in ever chang ing prisms as they flit beneath the sun light "calling to the sea" stir his soul. The wand of the Muse touches him and he sings in verse the song immortal: "Onward evfer, lovely river, softly call' ing to the sea; Time that scars us, maims and mars us, Leaves no track or trace on thee.' To the poet it was the open river call ing to the sea to us a closed river call icg for toll. It is not our province to deal with the things of beauty, nor wing ourselves on imagination. We are confronted with malUrs wholly material--that are to do with developmentin short, home building, and the Willamette river as one of the factors for the up-building of the state. Our worthy president brother lioier, has advanced some thoughts on home-builders and his ideas on inducements on the part of the state to msirringeable persona within his per- vie w are largely on new lines. To abolish the stipend of $3 00 for a marriage li ceDse; to annul tne poll tax on the head of every man who has sufficient ambition to start a "pareut plant" with a few child ren to allow homesteaders a conimutal tion of time, or a nxeci number ot acres for every child born in lawful wedlock, is new and novel. If it is feasible for the state to offer bounty lor a coyote scaip, wnv not a bonus on each child? To some, Presi dent Hofer's theories might smack too much of commercialism and be prone to furnish a new incentive for propagating the I uman family. Race suiciJleis cer tainlv a blight. Whatever tends to the multiplication of the right class of men and women is for the betterment of the state. Still, the old line of work on broad American principles with the in junction of High Heaven "to nultiply and replenish tha earth," is probably a a sufficient reminder of duty, particularly to those' who entertain respect for the commands of Providence. Under the old established system, the world has made some little progress, and for the State to enter the field offering a bonus for babes seems too much o? a departure for con servative men. Many are not asking or ' expectingfany royalty from the' State for a duty self imposed, although honestly and faithfully performed.- 'lo make a aepartnre'at this late day would establish inequality and some would be compelled to exact tribute from tne state treasury for past does. That we need onr popu lation quadrupled is a recognized fact. The urgent need of tke day ismen; who will work and dig in whatever channel of life they are placed. . Onr, state is yet new and we are expec.ed to advance. I hope to get back to the river after while. It is a known fact that Adam and Eve were placed in tne Garden of Eden with peremptory instructions to till and tend that garden. They were placed there as live, wide awake, up-to-date horticultur ists. It was simply a matter ot getting in and digging. The paternal govern ment only furnished the ground plant as a base for actnal work to our remote an cestors. Fig leaves with them were np to date. We are greviously suffering today fom the iniquities of misrepresentation. Look and dam swindlers Wagon road and other like grants are now of long stauding. For the time being we must view the open river in oou temptation, with the handicap at the Looks. Dis gusting though it be. we are forced to accept the present conditions as they exist no other course is left except to get in and dig as individuals for an open river standing tog-tuer units inde pendent of locality. From Albany to Corvallis the Half Meon bend at low water is a problem to solve. If that w.ere overcome 12 to 15 miles mce of navigable water would be a certainty. East river, a few miles south of Corvallis is another menace to the upper river that it seems could be remedied.- Some of the sources of the river we can within ourselves make open. All along the west side of the river and ex. tending from a tew miles south ofJCor vallis into Lane county are numerous live water . lakes. For at least four months of each jrear immediately adjoin ing these lakes we behold parched lands and brown fields. Cannot these lakes as well as the river be tapped or utilized for the benefit of man in 'some practical way? Why not garde as of lucious fruits green fields and riches in alfalfa and grain instead of the sear autumnal tints? These lakes were intended by the Cre ator for something more than Dreeding pastures for mosquitos. . If reduced to use as they should be the waste places in mid-summer would bloom as the rose. I know nothing oi irrigation. The gen eral goverement after due investigation is expending millions on irrigation pro jects. tVhynot a little individual irri gation by those who own those lakes? Is the tfme not ripe for at least opening up the sources of the, river. Are the chains at the locks fixed for all times? Now, to extricate ourselves from the position in wnich we have been placed by those who misrepresented us it is urged that we must assume the garb of paternalism and implore and be seech earnestly the general government to come and rescue and free us from our 8elf-iruuosed .chains. How bitter, the humiliation in tho face of our state sovereignty ! What are we to do in our present condition? Shall we attempt to parallel the locks wif h others on the part of the state or shall we purchase from the corporation the locks which in right and equity belong to us? If it is a mat ter of purchase shall the corporation fix the figure we are to pay or shall'' we in voxe condemnation proceedings to as certain the value? Shall we employ the government to step in and take the ini tiative? From what source are we to seek and obtain relief? In this . con nection we are to remember that the hands of the United States government are fairly well occupied with vital inter ests to the people, rate bills, trusts, etc., and we may have to rely upon ourselves directly if relief is to come in an al lopathic form. No corporation has the right to exact toll upon what nature created for the benefit of the whole community. It is up to us to free these locks, to loosen the shackles of the incubus that now holds the valley. Is Western Oregon forever to be held in servitude and her people for all time to become degraded as menial subjects of this toll collector? We boast of our state and our rich in heritance, yet by our own acts and short comings we have permitted God's high way to be cornered 'and held for toll purpose., and ouisjlves toll payers! Year by year we go on tolerating these exactions, lost to the fact that the inex orable toll collector stands knocking at the door of every farmer in the valley and every home with itching hand ex tended for the annual tribute of $100,000 at least. If this annual tribute that is exacted and paid to the lock corporation were diverted to the development of Western Oregon in the channels of home building and reclaiming the waste places to the use of man, it would smack of progressive Americanism. As it is it means slavery in abject form, without gloss or varnish. Is this drain on our resources ever to stop? When are we to take possession of the free river that the Almighty never intended as a "snap" and "pick up" for corporative toll collector, but as a heritage of the state and xts people? Chemwa giris ve. OAC girls, game at'Armory Friday night. Thomas Whitehorn and J. M. Porter went to Portland Sunday on hnsJ?',rps Inn to i gone aoout a week. Fulton on Rates. Following is an excerpt from ' the i speech of Senator Fulton recently made before the senate on the matter of rail road rate regnlationi':' Now, it will be said that the' bill to which I have offered this amendment will correct that defect in the law. . So it will, because it authorizes the commis sion not only to inquire whether, or not the rate being charged is unjust or un reasonable, but to condemn it in case it finds it to be so. and to substitute in stead what it deeun to be a just and reasonable maximum rate, asd to that extent the Dolliver bill is a great im provement oyer the present law. But we must keep in mind the fact that the power of congress to make rates or to authoiize a commission so to do is not without limitations. . Congress can re quire that rates shall be just and reason able, but "just and reasonable" means just and reasonable as to the carrier as well as to the shipper. Indeed, it is probablv not far from correct to say that just and reasonable tariff rates are such charges or raws as will yield a sufficient return under ordiuarily good business management of the property of the car rier to defray expenses and cost of operation, provide maintenance and a reasonable return on the iovestment. Should the commission make a rate or rates that would fall short of such result, they would undoubtedly be held by the courts to be confiscatory and enforce ment restrained. Ic is, therefore, to the situation that will result under this bill in such if- -: " : desire par ticularly tqinvite attention.. As I have said, in that it authorizes the Commission to substitute a reasonable for an unreasonable rate, the Dolliver gbill cures a defect existing in the present law ; but even under that bill, if it shall become a law, we may at any time have this condition; the claim may be made before the Commission that a given rate is uureasonaole. The Commission in quires into it and determines that it is unreasonable and substitutes what it deems to be a reasonable rate.- The matter is taken into court, and the court holds that the rate substituted by the Commission is unjust and unreasonable being t'X low, being confiscatory, and it enjoins the enforcement of that rate, result would be that under such circum stances the old rate of the carrier, how ever unjust or unreasonable, would be re vived and again got into force. There would be no remedy until the Commis sion had pulled itself together again, taken the matter under , consideration further, made another guess at what the proper rate should be, and put that rate in force; it might also be subjected in turn to the scrutiny of judicial review and long delay and additional expense ensue. - Now, it seems to me that everyone will agree that it would be at once in the interest of the carrier, in the interest of the shipper, and in the interest of the public alike if, at the time the court holds the rate put in force by the Com mission to be confiscatory, it might go a step further , and determine" then and there what a reasonable and just rate would be for the services in question. No. 4301. Report Of The Condition Of the First National Bank of Corvallis, at Corvallis, in the State of Oregon, at the close of business, January 29,. 1906. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts $163,453 24 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 1,936 43 U. S. Bonds tosecure circulation 60,000 00 U. S. Bonds on hand - luu 00 37.655 89 21,790 3S 2,937 44 63,921 16 25,970 19 63,970 20 1,437 01 1,625 00 155 53 37,118 00 1,185 00 Bonds, securities, etc Banking-house, furniture and fixtures Other real estate owned Due from National Banks-not reserve Due from State Banks and Bankers Due from approved reserve agents Checks and other cash items Notes of other National Banks Fractional paper currency, nickels, and cents Lawful Money Res. is Bank, viz: Specie Legal-tender notes Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer 5 per cent, of Circulation 2,500 00 ToUl- $475,655 47 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $50,000 00 surplus fund 1O.C0O 00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid 848 56 National Bank notes outstanding 48,900 00 Due to other National Banks 443 40 Due to State Banks and Bankers 2,839 89 Dividends Unpaid 100 00 Individual deposits subject to oheck307,390 41 Demand certificates of deposit. 40,6(3 18 Certilied cheeks 532 00 633 '75 Reserve i for Taxes Liabilities other than above suspense Liabilities othei than above contingent- those stated those stated 11,384 28 2,419 CO Total. -$475,655 47 State of Oregon, County of Benton ssi I. Geo. E. Lillv. Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear Hint the above statement is true to the best ofjtny knG'wledge and belief. Geo. E. Lilly, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this ir dav of February. iQOb. E. E. Wilson, Notary Public. Correct Attest: j. W. Foster, M. S. Woodcock, Walter T. Wiles, Directors. LETTER LIST. The following letters remain uncalled for in the Corvaliis postoffice, for the week ending Feb. 3, 1906: E A. Allen, M C Beach, Mrs H P Duna, N J Hendricksen, Eoger Harvey, O A Hyland, F N Henline, Mrs Mary C Rose, Martin Rose, Miss Maud Thomas, Frank " Williams, Walter Williams. Foreign Christ Schroder. B. W. Johnson, P. M. To Get A Bell. There is to be a basket social with an interesting musical and literary program at. Beaver Creek school house February 10 at 7:30 p. m. Tms social is jjiven for the purpose of raising the shekels to purchase large bell for the s:hool.' We have one of the best buildings of any rural district in Benton - countv. and the tutils have helped to purchase a large flag this winter and now w:ar determined to have the bell. if All are cordially invited and will be made welcome. -The; address of welcome will be delivered by Phillip Schwei zer, a pupil of the eighth rade. G. A. Peterson, . Teacher. ANY FOOL Knows enough to carry an umbrella wheh it rains, but the wise one is he who carries one when it Is only cloud v. Tiy man wn. send for a docto when he get& bed-fast, but thn wiser one is he who adopts proper precau tionary, preven tive and, curative measures when first, appear the Ills which, if un checked and un cured, grow into serious illness. Impaired diges tion and nutri tion are general ly the forerunners of a nervous or functional break-down. Nature has provided remedies most abundantly for all such conditions in our native medicinal plants. With the use of . chemically pure glycerine, of proper strength and at a proper sustained temp erature, Dr. Pierce extracts from Golden Seal root, Queen's root, Stone root, Black Cherry bark, Bloodroot and Mandrake root, medicinal principles which, when combined in just the right proportions, constitute his widely famed "Golden Med ical Discovery.'' It restores the tone of the stomach, the activity of the liver and the steadiness of the nerves, pouring vitality into the blood till the once sick and debilitated one is so renewed in health, strength and power that he can resume his work, whatever it is, with vigor and elasticity. All medical authorities, of whatever school, agree that Hydrastis, or Golden Seal one of the essential roots in the make-up of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is of very great value as a pure tonic, and as an alterative valuable in chronic affections of the stomach, in testines and bladder. JCv-j. Not only the Oricrlnat but tho best Littie Liver Pills, .first put keWa. up over 40 years ago, by old Dr. B. V. Pierce, have been much Imitated but never equaled, as thou sands attest. They're purely vegetable, beinff made up of concentrated and refined medicinal principles, extracted from the roots ot American plants. Do not gripe. One or two for stomach corrective, three or tour for cathartic. Tbe Yellow Fever Germ Has recently been discovered. "It oears a close resemblance to the malaria germ. To free the system of disease germs, the most effective remedy is Dr. King' New Life Pills. Guaranteed to cure all diseases due to malaria poison and constipation. 25c. at llen & Wood ward's drug store. SEWER NOTICE rnTStCorvallis, Or.. Jan. 20, lOOSl Notice is hereby given that the undersigned have been appointed viewers by the common council of the city of Corvallis to estimate the proportionate share of the cost of the sewer t be cohstrncted by the city of Corvallis un'lor and by virtue f Ordinance No 189 through the middle ot blocks numbered 14-15 and 16 N. B. and P., Avery's addition to the city of Corval lis to be assessed to the several owners of the property benefitted thereby. The district be le flrted by the said sewer Is all ot lots 1, 2, 3, 4. 5. 6, 7, 8 aud 9 of block 14 'and all of blocks 15 and 16 in N. B., and P. Avery's addition to tne city of Corvallis. That said viewers will meet at-the office of the Police Judge of the city of Corvallis on the 6th day of February, 1906, at the hour of 7 o'clock P. St., lor the purpose of estimating the respect ive share of the cost to be paid by the property owners in ennstrueting paid sewer, and all par sens interested ana owners of said property may appear before the viewers to be heard in the matter of making said estimates. fAT.EB DAVTB, J. W. C EAWFOBD, w. a. uvillis. - SO YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights &c. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain onr opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica tions strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents Bent free. Oldest aceney for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. recelvs special notice, without charge, in tho A handsomely liluEtraied weekly. Largest cir culation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year ; four months, L Sold by ail newsdealers. Frightfully Burned. Chas. W. Moore, a machinist, of Ford City, Pa, had his hand frightfnlly burued in an electrical furnace. Hepp plied Bucklen's Arnica Salve with the usual result: "a quick and perfect cure." Greatest healer on earth for burns, wounds, sores, eczema and piles. 25c. at Allen & Woodward, druggists. , Telegraph ers Needed. ; Learn Telegraphy' and Railroad Accounting. The activity in " railroad construction 1 throughout the Northwest has created a large denaDd for competent telegraph operators. We teach telegraphy, trior-, oughly qu'ckly, and secure positions for our graduates. Salary $75 to $90 per mo Tuition fee low. For terms and particu lars, write, Pacific Telegraph Iustitnt Portland, Oregon. - Cultivation of Endeavor to Please Will Aid Everyone, at Hofhe . or Abroad. . - There is nothing that people ap preciate more than being served by'those who really enjoy accom modating -them, says Success. What a comfort, at a strange ho tel, especially, to be served by those who seem anxious to please us, who seem to take real pleas ure in making us feel at home and ' comfortable! There is no qual ity which will help youth along moW rapidly than the cultivation of this desire to please, to accom modate. It appeals to everybody; it creates a good impression. A surly impudent Pullman por ter often destroys the pleasure of a whole journey on a train. An impudent; clerk in a hotel office can make everybody in the house uncomfortable, and such service is dear even if it could be had foi nothing. It is noticeable that a boy who always tries to help wherever he can and to make everybody com fortable, who is accommodating in everything, is very popular; and, other things being equal, most likely to be promoted. Siberian Dress Reformer. 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