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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1906)
Leading Corvdllis Newspaper. Best Advertising Medium. Vol. Corvallis, Benton Counts', Oregon, Friday. July 13. lOOG. NO. rs THE GANG AT WORK. Do Wholesale Business in Grain Sacks Caution to Purchasers T i- t?anr f voting toughs of whi h ment i has been made in thes- ouumn-. ircently, is still at larg- and .- to ihe sort of capers that rniyht b expected from such an outfit. A lnd office business has been done bv tb e lads of late in the sale f grai j. sack, which they have stolen about town and dis posed ot a1 XA cents each Amone. thosr who have suffered 3 from these dr predations are Dick Tom, from whom 50 sacks have been stolen: Heurv Stone who lost about the same number, and Jesse Moses who has been robbed ,, at all that the young imps could find. As many as 100 sacks were sold by the boys at one time, Along with these thefts an axe was stolen at the Moses . home a few days ago, and a swing was cut down and the board stolen, the latter being a patent contrivance ot uncommonly con venient design. ; Again the question arises Whose boys are they? Are they yours, kind reader? If vour sons are "around town" from morning until night, chumming with as sociates of their own choosing, how do you know that these are not your sons? The quickest and best way to settle the question is to keep your boys busy at home. or to know positively how their time is spent. Police are less charitable than parents, and the performances of these young theives are not such as to create a kindly sentiment in their favor when once- they are caught, as they certainly will be in time." Cameron in It ' J. M. Cameron, formerly of Corvallis, but now of Portland, has become a member of The Fidelity Land Company, of the metropolis. It is the intention 01 tne members ot tnis company to send a man all through the East in the interest of Oregon. The projectors of this great scheme have the handling of vast properties in Portland and other sections of the state and desire all who have real estate either in Portland or other sections to con fer with them. All Benton county people who have property here or in Portland are requested to confer with Amy Cameron, ot Corvallis, who will lose no time in communicating with members of the company in Portland. He Favors Improvements. would at once be impressed with the thrift and general progressive air of our cily. Along with "clean-up" plans, let citizens awaken to some of these., things than can and should be remedied, and by working together, each on his own property, a great and splen did improvement will be made in Corvallis. E. GREETINGS. To the Citizens of Corvallis and Benton County. Out For the Prizes. 1 nere are two contestants a field in Benton county for the free trip to the Jamestown Exposition in May, 1007. The local workers are Miss Greta Harrington and Miss Anna French, and to one or the other will probably fall the honor of the visit to the East. As outlined briefly in the Gazette recently,' the plan is for the editor of the Pacific Northwest to give a free trip to Tamestown to 7, voung women, farmers' daughters, one from each county in Oregon, The prize goes of course, to the girl sending in the largest num ber of subscriptions to the Pacific Northwest, the price of which is ;o cents per year, in -addition to this, a check for $5 is to be iven each ' week to the contest ant sending in the largest list of subscribers that week. The Citizens' league of Benton is to aid the Benton county girls in everv wav possible, for it is desirable that Corvallis secure a representative in this big, free trip, which is, after all, an adver tising scheme of great scope and magnitude. ine successful party, accom panied by the Northwest editor, will leave Portland May 1 '07 for Tamestown. all expenses of the trip to be borne by the latter. The estimated expense of the undertaking is $ip,p.oo.7-'-i .. . A Portland Experience.' While on the subjectof abolish ing the old china houses that are a disgrace to the city, a word may be added in regard to the un sightly, ram shackle old sheds that are tacked onto numerous stores and other business places about town, and also to certain rakish looking bill boards that disfigure the landscape here and there. These sheds, some of them at least, are used as covers for all manner and kind of trash, includ-j ing old barrels, , boxes, tin cans, bottles, and other rubbish that might easily be burned and thus put out of the way. A, view canbe caught ot conditions behind the scenes, in passing along cer tain streets. The bill boards, and sheds or shacks on which bills are pasted, give the town a cheap, brazen, uncivilized appearance that is cer tainly not desirable and that could be over come by very little effort on the part of property own ers. Another improvement that has been mentioned by strangers as needed in Covvallis, is a cleaning up and beautifying of the river front. With the natural advan tages at hand, and with such scenery as nature has given, it would be no great task to so beautify the river front here that Yisiton alighting front steamers Jesse Hoses had : business in Portland, Tuesday, and went down and back the same day. While conducting his business in a way thoroughly satisfactory to himself, Mr. Moses had an ex perience that was not to his lik ing and which he will long re member. V It seems Mr. Moses decided that he would indulge in a shave and hied himself to a barber shop. In getting himself ready for the chair he decided to leave a valuable stickpin in his cravat. There were four or five tonsonal artists in the shop at the time and all were idle except the man who a tended, Mr. Moses. When shaved the latter discovered thai his pin had been removed from his tie during the time he was in the chair. When Mr. Moses called the attention of the boss ot the shop to the fact that the pin was miss ing he was shown neither cour tesy nor respect. Our townsman being insistent regarding his loss, he was the subject ot much abu sive treatment and insultingly defied in the matter. Finally, Mr. Moses went to po'ice head quarters and was accompanied back to the shop by an officer, but aside from; the satisfac tion of making the barber outfit change their tone he profited not. The pin was a valuable one and was presented Mr. Moses by a cousin who resides in the South. On account of it having been a present he valued it high ly . It is doubtful if he ever sees it again. J. T. Smith, proprietor of the Commercial restaurant, has been a Portland visitor this week. An epidemic of sore throat has been going the rounds in Corval lis the past week, among the vic tims being Miss Joann McClennan, Mrs. Arnold King, Miss Nelle Mar vin and Mr. Mosier. The ailment is said to be quite general both at Corvallis and Philomath, and is ac companied by headache and fever, causing the victim to think he has genuine "grippe." .. .. . Coming as I do from a city where debauchery and crime exist in' spite of all tne efforts put forth by the churches and other elevating institutions, to your quiet little college town, needing but one policeman, and be may safely take a nap at any time, I naturally wish to know the why? But when I recall the fact that the citizens of Benton jouaty two years ago banished the drinking saloon from their borders the condition needs no further explanation. When told that the public debt is now be ing diminished at the annual rate of $2000 over and above current expenses, no difficulty is experienced in answering the common bluff of the saloon peo ple and their friends, viz. "Ban ish the saloon and your town will ' soon become insol vent!" Bah! The time of the patent of that scarecrow is out and it cannot be renewed. The merchants of wholesome and legitimate goods have now no difficulty in collecting their bills for merchandise sold to purchas ers who in former years . post poned payments indefinitely, and gave their earnings to the saloen keeper. The thousands that used to go' into the pockets of the salesmen ot "booze" now goes for shoes and hats and suits and bonnets and dresses; and refined sugar and surloin steaka nd super fine flour, etc.. etc. And the merchants smile, and the wives smile, and children laugh and play with papa when he comes home sober and in his right mind. The saloon-keeper has got into some reputable business in which he can .maintain him self and. family .without robbing his Jellowmen. And has become a respectible citizen whom his neighbors no longer shun. He is thankful now vthat his neigh bors laid hold of him and pulled him out of the mire of filth and rum. Me knew it before, but now he is ready to admit that the drink business is robbery and a crime against man. Benton county, with her seven companion "dry" counties in Oregon, is now referred to as an example of sob riety and prosperity; and Corval lis as a sife place for" the boys and girls to come and receive their advanced education at the State College. But she and her seven companions will not long enjoy the pre-eminence in these respects. These counties are an object, lesson to the rest of the state. Very soon the remainder ot Oregon will fall in line and the criminal drink traffic be driv en into oblivion. Nov, let me call especial attention to another and very essentially important matter. Sobriety is a great ad vantage to start with, but a stupid thing to stop with. . We want more than that. We want agri cultural development, commer cial enlargement, educational facilities increased. Local manu facture must be encouraged. Enterprise and increased capital will bring all this. Dare we stop there? Yes, if man is an intel lectual animal; no, if man is a moral being. We have merged too far out of heathen darkness to admit the former. We agree on the latter proposition, viz., Man isa moral being. His moral nature is not only susceptible of development, but it is impossible for him to stand morally still. He is bound to slide down or climb up. The God who made him wants him to climb up and has has furnished him with the facilities for doing so, viz., the Bible and a weekly Sabbath as a time for its study. Some people who think they are intelligent deny this statement. But they are egotists always and fre quently immoral in their live. It is unprofitable to argue with them The proposition I make is reasonable and satisfactorily. demonstrable. Illustrations of its truth are very numerous These being facts, it logically follows that it is essential to the symmetrical development ot the whole man that he must be en couraged in the study of the Bible and protected in using the day especially set apart for that pur pose. The christian world agrees to use tor. that purpose the week ly memorial day ot the resurrec tion of the World's Redeemer, which is seven times called "Sab bath" in the Greek New Testa ment and once "Lord's Day," but never "first day of the week." Now, while it is not the province ot the state to require its eccles iastic observance, it is the duty or civil government to protect the church in teaching the people its religious observance; and to prevent its enemies from dishon oring it. This in the interest of the Drb- h X duction of the highest type cf good citizenship. Therefore, it is within the province of civil government to enact laws and enforce them, prohibiting ordi nary labor and business, public amusements, noisy recreations and secular exhibitions on the Lord's Day. " - A fair interpretation of the j laws of Oregon and Washington ! (with one exception) covers the ! case as herein described. ' The exception referred to is the protec- j tion given by the law of -Oregon to the "Sunday theatre," the re peal of which exception will be sought in the near' future. J. H. Leiper, Field Secrerary Sabbath Associa tion. P,. S. I think I heard a "blind pig" grunt on one of your business streets. Wake up, cop. Tell your prosecuting attorney and sheriff to put a stop to "San- "Sunday ball under the head of ; 'Sunday amusements" which the law forbids. Tell the superintendent of the Corvallfs & Eastern that .''Sunday excur sions" are demoralizing to any community and belittleing to the management of railroad corpora tions. Tell your pastors who happen to be at the seashore on the Lord's Day that Christ preached to the seashore crowds and con verted many of them and spent no time in gathering shells on the Sabbath. What about the "original package" business at the ex- You're Sure to Crow Over iny set of Shirt Waists Sets like those now on sale at this store. Shirt Waist Sets for Jnly are jnst as good for Augnst or Septem ber, or any other month, if hnnirht. tra if you wnnt what's exquisite, at a modest price, buy a set. We guarantee they're the greatest value for the sum invested that can be had. See them and buy a set. Albert J. Metzger WATCHMAKER . Occidental Building, - - - CorvftUis SPENCER'S Hair Invigoraicr And Dandruff Eradfcator If E a. t r-TMSRrMEW- V -K.TH.Hr j,t J - 5 S E Tra lut bjittmf. ' Price, - Fifty Cents Manufactured by The Vegetable Compound Company Corvallis, Oregon- 9t aay piCBics" ana games: ' ' They come From the Stock Now on Hand FiiBti: come, firpt fervfd. We only have a few at thia price, it you want a, high- e- JJaier, now le your chance. H Order today . Franklin Iron Works CORVALLIS, OR. $100 is m n wm Cost j V 4v- , , . -- j You to Buy a II cunning press office? That's a trick, surely. But wait a bit. A Dili before Congress, successor to the Hepburn-Dolliver bill, will stop all that ere long. The re storation of the saloon would not be any remedy for that smart trick. T. H. L,. Prosperity For Nye Creek. This will be the banner year in tne History 01 JNewpoit and Nye Creek, according to the reports that continue to come from that point. A recent dis patch from there has something to say of the situation, as follows: The center of population at this seaside resort is shifting from Newport to Nye Creek. Very little building or improvements are going on at Newport, with the exception of the establish ment of a bank. A large num ber of new residences have gone up at Nye Creek the past yeai and some very handsome ones. Those who have not visi'ed this popular resort tor a year wil1 be surprised to see the transfor mation when they arrive thu year. Nye Cieek now presents the appearance of a flourishing, ambitions town, with prospects ahead. There are now on the Nye Creek side of the Cape, 1200 to 1500 people. Nearly all 1 the cottages and residences are occu pied or spoken for. The hotels at both Newport and Nye : Creek have a eood run. but are not over crowded yet, . t- 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.J E. W. S. PRATT, Jeweler and Optician. FOR A FINE LINE Or Guns, Fishing Tackle, Baseball Goods 1111111 Go to Gun Hodes' We Carry the Famous Bristol Fishing Rod .4 THE FARMER Rates offered by us are $1.00 per year where the farmer uses his own telephone (farmers not having telephones can purchase from us at $8.50 each) or $5.00 per year where we furnish the telephone. You can be connected with 200,000 Local and Long Dis-. tance telephones. Further information at any of our offices. PACIFIC STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. tO. G. Htemtmnd. Chmm. Btakmmlmm. ' I CORVALLIS STEAM LAUNDRY. 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