CORVA jLIS C" jfih A m 1 Vol. XLffl. Corvalos, Benton County, Oregon, Friday. February IB. i h . STATEMENT NO. I. Criticism of Law By an Able Writer. Editor Gazette: Indications are that our primary election law opens the door to graver abuses than any we have yet known. This might have been foreseen since the prime purpose, well concealed, indeed, was to destroy the organization of the dominant party. Nowhere do we see probability of greater mischief being wrought by this law than in the choice of U. S. senators. However ardent ly we may believe these should be elected by the diect vote cf the people the fact remains that it is not the constitutional and legal method of choosing them. It may be said that after all, the people simply nominate sen ators, the legislature does the electing. This is a mere flims subterfuge, proved to be so by pledge No. i, exacted from or voluntarily given by candidates for election to the state legisla ture. Here is a pledge- which the people have no moral right to exact and which, we must be lieve, it is both immoral and cowardly to give, because it cir cumvents and nullifies the plain intent and mandate of the su preme law of the land. The legislator who is required to take a solemn oath to support the constitution of the United States and of the state must either foreswear himself or violate the pledge to which he probably owes his election. If a man is willing to give a public pledge to violate one pro vision of the constitution, the law, may he not be induced, sub resa, by individuals, or by corporations to violate other pro visions? Really is he a safe man to frame laws for a great state? We know at least one republi can, and believe that there are other republicans as well as demo crats who will not, either at the primaries or later, support any candidate for the legislature who has given such a pledge. The trouble is for too long have self-seeking men been foist ed upon the people. The rem edy is in the hands of the peo ple. . Let them elect intelligent, honest, curageous and patriotic men to the legislature. Such men mav be found in every party in every legislative district in the state. Seek them out. They are not passing the hat around, nor making every sort of promise for support. Send . such men to the legislature and they will sup port the fittest available men in the state for the office of U. S senator. This is all we seek, all that the constitution contem plates, and oners no premium to trickery, dishonesty, coward ice and perjury. J. K. Philips. one of the .most tempting and de licious dinners ever enjoyed by the good people living there. It was the general impression that the good housewives were trying not only to surpass all previous efforts, but to surprise even their own husbands, and they did it in a very successful manner. A literary program filled with entertainment was one of the eatures of the day. Each pupil showed marked improvement in this work. The musical se- ections pleased everyone. The band gave some excellent num bers. The two quartets aided materially in increasing the inter est and entertainment- lhe several vocal solos were sung with good voice, feeling and ex pression. The regular work consisted of a short, pointed talk on "The Value of Parents Visiting the School and Teachers Visiting the Home," by Prof. R. R. Miller. Mrs. Horace Underbill read an excellent pper which was filled with practical suggestions on The Parent's D.ity When Trouble Comes into the School." rof. O. V. White gave a fine talk on the "Value of Trained Teachers." His method of handling the subject aroused in tense interest among those pres ent. Supt. Denman gave a short practical talk on "A $4,000- Boy." At the close of the uieet- ng so well pleased were all with the results of the day's work that many solicited Supt. Denman to hold another meeting as soon as possible. FINE SCHOOL AFFAIR. Teachers, Parents, and Pupils Meet at Summit. Summit is rapidly becoming one of the foremost communities in our county in educational matters. Within a short time they have built ne of the best school houses in the country They are rapidly improving the grounds, and when completed no one need regret the time and work thereby expended. Last Saturday thev again dis played their interest and enthusi asm. Superintendent Denman had arranged to hold a parents meeting with them. While the house is large, it failed to seat all attending. The parents came from every part of the western section of the county, even Nash ville being well represented Prof. R. R. Miller had the Sum mit band on hand to lend in spiration to the occasion. The enthusiastic mothers prepared REPORT OF DIRECTOR. Extract From the . Sixteenth An nual Report of OAC. Real Estate Transfers. The sixteenth annual report of the Oregon Agricultural College and Experiment Station has just come from the college presses. It is a very comprehensive report. From it we reprint an excerpt of the report of Dr. James Withy combe, director of the Experi ment Station as follows: GENERAL AGRICULTURE. The endeavors of the agricul tural department were laigely de voted to rotation systems of crop ping, soiling, dairy cows and al falfa investigations. For several seasons the station has secured gratifying results from two gen eral systems of crop rotation; a four year rotation with corn, wheat and two years of clover, and an alternating svstem with vetch and spring grain. For the past three seasons the Station has conducted investiga tions to the feasibility of soiling dairy cows with the result that in 1903 two acres of alfalfa and one acre of crimson clover yielded 95,744 pounds of green forage, or sufficient to feed 10 cows for 127 days. In 1904 two acres of alfalfa and two acres of vetch and winter rye yielded 79,685 pounds of green feed or sufficient to maintain 10 dairy cows 106 days. In addition the two acres of vetch yielded a second crop of fifteen bushels of seed. This year two acres of alfalfa, one acre of vetch and rye and four-fifths of an acre of vetch and winter oats yielded 107,870 pounds of green forage, or sufficient to maintain 10 cows for 14. days. The two acres of alfalfa will yield one and proba bly two more light cuttings this season. An acre 01 tnis land would scarcely furnish sufficient pasturage for one cow for four months. Thus it will be seen that soiling is economy of land. INVESTIGATIONS OF FORAGE PLANTS. Considerable attention has been given to alfalfa and from re suits obtained tuus lar it is evi dent that this forage plant can be successfully grown on large area" of land in the Western portion of the State. Experiments are un der way with the use of lime at the rate of one ton per acre; also with treated seed by means of cultures of bacteria secured from the National Department of Agri culture as against the use of im pregnated soil. The Station has supplied dur ing the past year 4,400 pounds of moculated soil to 21 farmers and has sent out 3 packages of treat ed seed for co-operative work. For several years ah effort has been made to find a good pasture grass, one that would afford some growth duriug the dry season It is found by experiment that the grasses known as Oregon evergreen and Festuca arund inacea are both well adapted t the heavy clay soils of this sec tion and promise to be excellent pasture grasses. Work in the selection of vetch witn a nign protein content is continued, also with the testing of new varieties of forage plants. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. Tn nflrlitirin tn sni'Hndr Trrfri mi l t J i o 1 xuaKSrtrgaie iixiiiuai ieltCr!ments witfl dairy cows and voan uewspayer 1uu.11 ui iiie wunu amounts to 32,500,000,000 pieces, barley, a much less expensive feed than wheat, gave nearly as j good results as wheat. MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS This includes . investigations with corn, clover and vetch sil age, both steamed and unsteamed, j variety tests of various cereals ! and forage plants; systems of ro tation and cultural methods. FARMERS' INSTITUTES. The Station Staff has conduct ed during the past year, 18 in stitutes with an aggregate attend ance of about 5,500 persons. In dividual members of the Staff have also assisted in a number of State and National conventions and local agricultural and horti culture meetings. Five bulletins were issued dur ing the year: No. 82, "The Apple in Oregon;" No. 83. "The Perpetuation of Pure Cul tures for Butter Starters;". No. 84, "Poaltrv Under Confine ment;" No. 85, "Digestibility of Vetch Hay and Corn Silage;" No. 86, "Co-operative Irrigation Investigations with the Office oi Experiment Stations, United States Department of Agricul ture." . Receipts from sales of farm commodities, live stock and dairy products, $1350.26. James Hayes and wife to Peter Herkess, right-of-way for road; $60. M. E. Fruit and husband to John Bier, ij lots, block 6. Cor vail is; $800. Rena Longbottom and hus band to Delilah Reid, q c d claim 39, Kings Valley; $1. R. Oakes and wife to E. L. Oakes, 283 acres, t 14, s r 6 w $1. A. M. Witham f o Elvin With am, land near Corvallis; $913 60. J. G. Avery and wife to Chas Gaylord, 2 lots in Corvallis; 125- Lvdia - Maxfield to State of Oregon, lot 7, sec 10, 1 10 s r, 6 w: Lena Hamilton and husband to E. S. Howard, 64 acres, near Monroe; $650. United States to John Duffy, patent to 160 acres, near Belle fountain. George Tavlor and wife to Noel Wilkinson, small tract of land in Corvallis; $300. L. E. Chenoweth and wife to L. G. Price, 80 acres, near Hos kins; $600. B. W. Harris and wife to C. A. Hopsoa, 83 acres, near Al bany; $2,988. 'Over One-Fourth of World's Xntix First and Second Class Matter Goes Through. United States. of which 8,500,000,000 go through the United States mails, says a writer in Success. We have 75,000 post offices and 500,000 miles of postal routes, with a yearly travel over them amounting to 500, 000,000 miles. The service costs over 150,000,000 a year. The re ceipts are now almost equal to the expenditures, and have doubled in the last ten years. In 1860 the total receipts were ?8,000,000, which was considered an extraor dinary sum. But for ?22,000,000 spent in establishing the rural free delivery, which now serves one-seventh of the population of the United States, the post office would be self-sustaining. SOMETHING NEW 25c. GUARANTEED not to injure anything, no matter now nne. Absolutely tree from Ammonia, Acid, Cyanide of Po" tassium, Poison, or any injurious sub stance. Just the thing to make old jewelry look like new, and it acts like a charm in cleaning precious stones, cut glass ware and silverware. sow BY Albert J. Metzger WATCHMAKER Occidental Building, ... Corvallis ' Is tbe Dantta K&tbilt The statement is sometimes seen since the renaissance of the dahlia to popularity that its tubers are edible. On this point American Gardening printed a note a season or two ago from J. Ai McDowell, City of Mexico, in which he says: "The dahlia, though a native of Mexico and discovered by Humboldt, Is not known as edible, like other flowering roots, such as Tigridias, which are eaten like potatoes, either roasted or boiled." Holdlnar Foliaare Too L.at. A tree should ripen Its wood and Its leaves at the same time and at the normal time. If it holds beyond the proper time, say November, as I have had trees do, it tends to weaken the bads for the next year. I contend that Is what makes the so called tender va rieties of peaches. For fifteen or twen ty years I have noticed that certain va rieties hold their foliage very late In the fall, later than all the restr-W. EL Bkillman, New Jersey. The Roao Bod. It is a mistake to mak any rose bed higher than the adjacent surface, as In hot weather the soil dries out and the plants suffer for want of moisture. If the bed is intended for hybrid perpetu- als it should contain a fair proportion of clay, well mixed with the other soil. A sufficient amount Is always present In what Is known as a heavy loam. SHIN0N CREAM Silver Polish . Sftinnn eream Sili r L -if Konsn SPENCER'S Hair Invigorator And Dandruff Eradlcator ft lwwrvsrr jt ... . i X A v 8-3 - Trade lark Registered. Priee, - Fifty Cents . 1 Manufactured by The Vegetable Compound Company CorvaEIis, Oregon : 9tf A Specialty We are making a specialty in the form of the latest and most up-to-date eye glass mounting, ever offered to the public. This eye glass mounting is "The Heard" guaranteed to stay on where others absolutely fail. If you care to investigate call at my store any time. 3 E. W. S. PRATT, Jeweler and Optician. The Weekly Oregonian and the Gazette Both one year for $2.55 "Cadet," Scientific Stockings At 25c. Best value ever. Knees, heels and toes of stoutest Irish linen. Service guaranteed on every pair. Try them once and stop mending f orgood and all. Hardy Chrysanthemum. The large flowered types of chrysan themum which each autumn product; sneh gorgeous shows in the stores, flor lsts establishments and conservatories; are not hardy and are treated as green house plants by the florists. The clasa rof hardy chrysanthemums which shouli be more commonly seen In every flow er garden are the pompons. Send rour boy for our "Cadet" Course in Jiu-jitsu Japanese Art of Self Defeuse. It's free, and he'll like it. J. NOLAN S SON. Spraying. Messrs. Fullerton, Hnbler & Reed are prepared to do city and country spraying at reasonable rates. Tieave orders with J. R. Smith & Co. 15-18 Have your job printing done at the Gazette office. Notice. The Philomath Mills will be prepared to furnish pins and brackets for tele graph and telephone works after Jan nary 25, 1906. Inquire of M. k at mills. 9t stock, two digestion experiments were conducted with four ani mals witn vetcti nay and corn silage. The results of this work were published in Bulletin 85 Two feeding experiments were conducted with swine. Ten shoates of the same age and breed were divided into two lots. Lot 1 was fed ground wheat and con sumed in 76 days 2.457 pounds, gained 515 pounds. Grain con sumed for one pound gain in lhe weight, 4.77 pounds. Lot 2 w.s fed ground barley and consumed in 76 days 2,527 pounds, gained 505 pounds. Grain consumed for one pound gain in live weight, 5 pounds. Thus it will be noted in this instance that Take The Gazette for all the local news. tkBRersSMSHMBaSBBMMBMi We Fix Everything Trial Solicited. Work Guaranteed. J. G. TYLER, Successor to Dilley & Arnold. GUIS HODES Has just secured the services of one of the finest me chanics in the valley, and from now on will be pre pared to do all kinds of repair work from a padlock to a threshing machine. Guns, sewing machines and locks a specialty. We have just received a complete line of 1906 Base Ball Goods, also a fine line of Up-to-date Fishing Tackle. Flash Lights, Batteries, and Sewing Machine Extras always on hand. I CABPBTS! PETS! The most liberal reduction ever offered on HALF ROLLS and REMNANTS now on at our store This is to make room for our Urge 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. Holleiiberg Gady