CORVA Vol. XLIII. Corvallis, Benton County Oregon, Friday, May IB. 1906. No. -ixi jlis ifl a More Than One Fit Man. The Corvallis Times says it is 'an improper practice" to induce any man to ran against Telt Burnett as candidate for sheriff. The Times does not clearly point out the impropriety. It consists in republicans selecting a thor oughly well qualified and deserv ing man for sheriff, then going to the polls and voting for the demo cratic nominee. Since Mr. Burnett has been kept in office for quite six con secutive years as sheriff by repub lican votes it really is ungrate ful that republicans should now be charged with impropriety in pitting any man against him. But never mind. The repub licans will take care of the im propriety this time, and some ot Mr. Burnett's "fool friends" will see the nonsense and impropriety of claiming that he is the only man in thecouuty qualified for sheriff. Ten consecutive years in one office should almost make a wooden Indian familiar with the duties of the office which after all require only honesty and a whole some measure of clerical ability, tact and industry, qualifications of which Mr. Burnett certainly claims no monopoly. This is a republican year. The party has a candidate for sheriff and he will be elected. Fred C. Peil is a man of unquestioned integrity; he has clerical ability of the highest order; he has un usual executive ability and a most excellent knowledge of business. All these qualifica tions have been brought out and tested. For nearly five years he has filled a highly responsible position .with Wilhelm Bros, to the pertect satisfaction of his em ployers. No one who was ever sheriff of Beaton county entered the office better qualified for it than Fred C. Peil. There can be no doubt of his election. Another View. It is not altogether strange that when a man has held office, particularly when he has held the same office term after term, for many years, his political friends come ro regard him as the only man sufficiently qualified to ex ercise the functions of that office.' They make the most absurd claims in his behalf and expect them to be admitted without question. The excellent clerical ability of Mr. Burnett took him into the sheriff's office in the first instance as deputy. The conditions were such that the administration of the office soon rested upon him almost wholly though he on tinued to be deputy for four years. When it then came to choosing a sheriff, quite naturally, since he had been deputy for so long, he was the logical candidate for sheriff. He was elected and suc ceeded himself for three consecu tive terms. A Republican. The Man For Judge. Judge E. Woodward, having s completed a term of four years as county judge ot Benton, was renominated for the same office again in 1902, being the unani mous choice of the convention for a second term. The careful man ner in which he administered the affairs of the office during his term won him the confidence of the people to that extent that he appeared to be the choice, not only of his own party, but of many in other parties, and was especially endorsed by the tax payers of the county. However, owing to the declining health of a member of his family he could not accept the nomination for a second term. Now circumstances have so changed his affairs as to enable him to give his whole time to the office of county judge and in a manner expected by the people of the county who pay the salary for that purpose. The experience formerly ob tained in probate matters wil enable him to conduct . the same intelligently and legally.. In such matters as come before the commissioners' court experience gained during past service wil enable him to so advise as to avoid mistakes, if any should have been made by the courts o former years. Hence he comes before the people at this time asking their support in electing him to this office again. No better choice could have been made by the people of this county for this important office and we predict his election on the 4th day of June next by a good majonty- What He Promises. In the petition of Judge Woodward for the office of county judge, filed in January last, in which he ask that his name be printed on the official nominating ballot as a candidate for the office of county judge to be voted on at the primary elec tion which was held on the 20th day of last April, he gave the following as his platform: "It I am nominated and elect ed I will favor liberal expendi ture for continued improvement of roads throughout the county; economy in county affairs that shall tend to lessen taxation; and will devote my time wholly to the duties of the office, and shall try to see in the administration of its affairs that everyone gets a square deal." A Ousher. A. T. Grugett, who visited what is known as Sulphur Springs, some 25 miles south of this city and in L,ane, last Sun day, has quite an interesting re port to make of the spring. It appears that many years ago there was a common pitcher pump pipe sunk into the spring and cemented there. For years the spring gave forth just enough water to flow out of the pipe freely. Since the disastrous earthquake at San Francisco the spring is no longer a "flower," but a "gusher." It now spurts up some four or six inches above the top of the pipe and has continued to do so ever since the morning of the big quake. The spring is located on the farm of Frank Williams and many people go there for their summer outing. . Will The Times Explain? The office ot sheriff of Benton county is based on a salary with no allowance for clerk hire. The Times for the past two or three catnDaigns has tried to mislead the voters by making the ridicu lous statement that "Sheriff Bur nett has saved the county so mucn money by attending to all the duties of the office himself, and not costing the county a penny for clerical work." The truth of the matter is, that should he need extra help he would be obliged to pay fpr it out of his own pocket, as there is no provision for the payment of extra help out of the county funds. Will the Times please explain to its readers how Mr. Burnett saves the county any money in this wav? If You Don't Succeed the first time use Herbine and you will get instant relief. The greatest liver regulator. A positive cure for Consumption, Dyspepsia, Malaria, Chills and all liver complaints. Mr. C . of Emory, Texas, writes: "My "My wife has been using Herbine for herself and children tor rive years. It is a sore cure for Consumption and Malar fever which is substantiated by what it has done for my family." Sold by Graham & Wortham. Fine early Dent eeed corn at Zie rolfa. 35tf Timbermen Coming. A marked stimulus to the lum ber industry of the Northwest has been created by the San Francisco calamity says the Tele gram, and while it cannot be said that the prices of all grades of lumber have advanced, the price of timber in the stump is going up steadily, and specula tors from all parts of the country are contesting for its possession. At present there are scores of timbermen in Portland and others are coming in daily. The price of timber, which has heretofore been considered high at $1 a thousand feet in the stump, has raised within the past few days to $1.50 and holders are not in clined to dispose of their interests even at that figure. "There is great demand for lumber of all kinds in San Fran cisco," said Charles R. McCor- mick, of San Francisco, "but in the face of the disaster that has befallen our city and the conse quent money shortage, by mutual consent, as it were, the lumber men of the Pacific Coast have virtually agreed not to raise the price of their product, and we do not anticipate higher figures than now rule. The managers of the steamship lines, operating on the Coast, at a recent meeting also agreed not to raise the shipping rates on lumber and building material, so the San Francisco sufferers will not be compelled to pay exorbitant prices." "While the prices of lumber may not be raised by the lumber men themselves," said Fred D. Smith, of Elmira, N. Y., who is in the market tor Oregon timber, "the shortage may work out the end, as the demand will soon be come so strong that buyers will begin bidding for material. "So far as timber is concerned, we anticipate an increase in the price on stumpage, and proper ties will change hands rapidly within the next few weeks. The country at large, outside or Cal ifornia, look- to the Northwest for the bulk of its future lumber supply, and this alone will in time bring about a great de mand for timber." The price of logs has been in creased from $8 to $10 a thousand feet on the Columbia River with in the week, and there is an im mense profit in timber in the stump even at $1.50 a thousand. Men familiar with the timber and lumber industry say that logs can be delivered into the Columbia River from the territory tapped from any of its tributaries at about $4 per thousand feet. A Few Remarks. It must be that "Eddie" has an unusually severe attack of his chronic ailment, "nerve" and that it has effected his sight or he would have seen, on the republican ticket, "County udge. E. Woodward." Judge Woodward is, and long has been well and favorably known in Benton county. As a man of unimpeachable integrity, of safe, conservative, rational business methods no man out classes Judge Woodward. He served the county in this capacity and gave the taxpayers a highly satisfactory administra tion of county affairs. He will give his entire time to his duties. He can afiord to do so, for his honesty, industry and trugality have given him a satisfying com petency. What Think Ye? Judge Woodward promises, it elected county judge, to devote his entire rime to the duties of the office as his time will not be taken up by personal matters. E. E. Wilson who hopes to land the judgeship on the demo cratic ticket (although a little late,) is a nice young man, but how can he afford to sacrifice a business of $2,000 or $3,000 per annum for the paltry salary of $726 a year attached to the office of county judge? Will he do it? No. Mr. Wilson will do just as our present judge has done. He cannot afford to do otherwise. When it comes to a point where either Mr. Wilson's private af fairs or county business must go unattended, which, think you, will suffer? These are matters to ponder over. The court denied the right of injunction in the Corvallis water suit. - ' As to Clerk. The Corvallis Times, in its ef forts to re-elect Victor P. Moses county clerk, puts up the plea that a farmer never discharges an efficient hand. - Is that so? If a farmer has hired help, how ever efficient such help may be if a relative or a member of his own family, who is just as ca pable, just as efficient, comes along, does he not give this job to the member of his own family? Mr. Moses has been eating pie in a republican county long enough. He is a democrat not a republican. It is time Mr. Moses was 'discharged by the re publican farmers and his place filled by one of our own political faith Mr. Vincent will make just as good a county clerk. He will be as pleased to see you, as glad to shake your hand, as quick to assist old soldiers in getting their warrants cashed, as accommodating to our democratic friends as Mr. Moses has been to republicans. Let the next clerk of Benton be a republican, and his name be T. T. Vincent. The prospects were never brighter for republican success. Vote Straight. Do you believe in republican principles? if so, why do you scratch your ticket? Why not support the wble ticket? Do not trade around ior some friend of vours who is a "democrat. You have been led to believe that it was necessary to trade in order to elect your ticket. This is fal lacy. : The democrat is the first one wno - proposes to make a swap with you. He is the minority man and that is the only way he hopes to win. Already we hear from our friends, "Well, I am going to support Wilhycombe, what's the matter with your voting tor Burnett? Is this republican ism? The republican party is strong enough and big enough to sup port and elect its own candidates without the aid of the other par ties andit is not necessary to trade around to elect your ticket. Just vote your ticket straight and when the final vote is counted vou will find that the republicans of Benton county have a major ity for every candidate in the field, to the pride of all true re publicans. An "Improper Practice." Dees the Times think that re publicans ought to support Telt Burnett for the Times' sake? Do the republicans of this county owe the Times anything? How much money is contributed to the Times office in a year through the sherifi's office? The Times may know and this is the "im proper practice" he has reference to in his article ot May 15 per- haDS. Card of Thanks. To the many friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted as during the ill ness and death of oar beloved husband nd father we wish to extend oar most sincere thanks. Mrs. L. Taylor and Son, Mr. and vi bs. Alex Rennie. Kings Valley Wool Pool. I shall handle your wool; sell to the beat advantage. All who wish to join please come and Bign contract and re. port number of fleeces to J.F. Chamber. 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