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Leading Corvallis Newspaper. Best Advertising . Medium. Vol. XXXCL Corvallis. Beivtox County, Oregon, Tuesday, September 23. 1906. ' , lVO. ABOUT POOR FARM. Virell . E. Watters, ex-County Judge, Communicates. Ed. Gazette: I desire to re olv to v our article in the issue of t he 2ist inst.. under head o "P oor Farm," that the people o Ben ton county may know 'why the former court spent - their mon ey for the purchase ef said farm. You say: "The matter of taking care of the county poor is a propo sition that has occupied the atten tion of the authorities in Benton as well as various other Oregon counties. Speaking of this mat ter as regards Linn couutv a few days ago the Oregonian said edi torially: Linn county hired a superin tendent to run its poor farm and tried to eet some work out of the inmates of the poor house but the plan was unprofitable and will be abandoned. The county authorities figure that it will be cheaper to pay board for the poor. There are few farms poor or otherwise, that will be profit able under the management of hired superintendents, especially if politics sometimes has an in fluence in the hiring ot the super intendent. A farm needs a faimer more than a supennten dent.' . "The conditions in Linn set forth in the Oregonian approach very closely to what was proposed to do in Benton. In fact, we have the farm. 'Any person versed on conditions in the valleyvor any where, else, in an agricultural way will not expect profit from a farm, particularly a poor farm. Few farmers make anything of the business. - . . "Without desiring to criticise any person a9 regards our poor farm it may not be out of place to ask, "Why, if it were not looked upon as a profitable en terprise, was so much invested in our county poor farm?" It seems that the Oregonian when commenting on conditions in Linn county could very truth fully have included us in the same breath." During the last four years I have given the matter very care ful consideration and investiga tion and I heartily agree with you, the Oregonian and the Linn County Court, that for a county to run its own farm with a hired superintendent is unprofitable. From the recent repart of the Grand Jury of this countv, we believed it necessary to mike a change in the care of the county poor. . , i We believed that the price land in Benton county would never be lower and that the pur chase of a farm would be a safe investment for the county. That the county court could then have suitable buildings erected and otherwise piovide for the proper care and cleanliness of its charges and for the rent of said farm, knowing that any and all psrsons desiring to bid would have an equal change, which is not the case today. That it would let the contract to the per son who would pay , the highest cash rent- and take care of all county charges at the lowest sum per week. That the buildings would not be furnished by the county or otherwise movable pro perty provided. The present farm is sufficiently near to be at anv and all times under the supervision ot the county judge, and the reason that the court fav ored the farm ' instead of a few acres as suggested by you, was that- the person who had the care of the poor would be confined to the premises and that he could handle a reasonable sized farm as easily as he could a tew acres with more profit to himself and a corresponding increased rental to the county. Fearing that y oa may think the above alter thoughts. I will give here an order of the former court as found on page 516, Jour nal No. 7, Records . of Benton County, Oregon, of date May 21, 1906: In the matter of the purchase of . a County Poor Farm . Jfhis matter coming on for hearing upon the recommenda tions of the Grand Jury and the Court after careful consideration of the same finds: that it would be to the best interest of all con cerned that the county poor be kept at some convenient place within a few miles of the City of Corvayts, thereby enabling the court to at all times be in touch with the care and treatment of said poor. ; ' That in all probability land can be purchased at as low a fig ure today as at any future time; that it would be to the best in terests of the county, as well as the said poor, that .the county purchase a suitable tract of land so located as to be convenient to Corvallis and suitable for said purposes, and erect or cause to be erected suitable buildings for the proper care of its poor. That it would not be to the best interest of said county to hire a superintendent ofsaid farm or to furnish said farm with any tools or machinery of any kind, r to furnish' said buildings with urmture of any kind whatso ever, but after having provided said farm with the necessary buildings for the proper care of the inmates thereof, that the county court let by bid the rental ofsaid farm per year together with the care of its poor at so much per week. ;. Therefore having carefully con sidered all of said- matters and believing said findings if carried out to be to the .best interests of the county as" well as the county poor. It is ordered that we purchase, etc." t I wish only to add that the above plan is not a "theory, but a sensible, practicable business method for the proper care of the unfortunate of our county, and I shall await with interest its de velopment. , Thanking you for this privi lege, I am ... f Yours respectfully, Virgil E. Watters. Big Deal Made. Five thousand two hundred acres of splendid timber land. embracing all of the holdings of the Charles A. Strtet Lumber Company, an Eastern corpora tion, in Linn and Marion coun ties, were sold a, few days ago to the Curtis Lumber Company for $105,300. Part of the tract was in the zone of the big forest fires near Detroit and :t,e fire is pro bably responsible ' wrae extent for the transfer, a lhe . burned timber will have to logged off in trie next two seas&ns in order to save it. The land lies along both banks of the North Santiam ri ver, below. Detroit; and along the Breitenbush river and French Creek. It is all near the Cor vallis & Eastern railroad, hence the timber is directly tributary to the Curtis Company's mills at Mill City. The tract includes some ot the finest timber in the state. It is to be paid for in three annual installments ol $35, ioo. Telegram. Kiamath county, where the United States is buildica irrigation works to reclaim 250.00C acres of land, offers the char.ee vl :i 11fn tima to homeseekers and investors. Not cheap land but g' od land cheap. Farmers are needed ia Klamath county and land can be had on favorable term?. Write to Frank Ira White, Klamath Fails, Oregon, for further information. 78tf - feee zaerou lor all Kinds ot grass seed, orchard, timothy and clover seed. 74tf 'Fruit Jars Yes, we Thatcher & Johnson. have them. ;7680 SAW HIS PHOTO. In Spurgeon's Album-j-A Corval lis Pastor Honored. Q " In .their trip abroad; Prof, and Mrs. J. B. Horner saw more in teresting places and things than . . . 1 1 thev wi be able to describe in detail in many a.vear to come - Wmle lnEug-Und tney ran - across a photograph that proba bly gave them as great a surprise as did any obiect during their travels, for in the picture tbey beheld a face that is known and respected by all residents of Cor vallis that of Rev. Mark Noble, for vears the faithfnl, earnest pastor of the Baptist church in Corvallis. In his own enter taining way Prof. Horner tells of the old photograph and of where he saw it, in far away England J He says: . ' . - . It was Sunday. We had been to Westminster Abbev and at the gray cathedral known aa St. Paul's. Charles Spurgeon has many friends in Oregon, so we visited the old church where he ministered to the thronging thousands. At the entrance we were handed a card calculated to actuate the worshiper and make bim more receptive to the divine message which was to come from the pulpit that day. Charles Spurgeon has been dead these years; but we expected to find his son in the palpit. Sickness denied us that privilege, because the minister was not able to appear. At the appointed hour of the service, however, the hvmns were led by a precentor, and everybody seemed to participate in the singing. The congregation in Spur geon's church resembles a body of con gressmen at worship with their wiyes. There was no organ or other musical in strument in evidence. This was Spur geon's idea.;:-The godly man "said': "When the people's hearts are filled with the love of- God, the people will sing." - Hence , the organ was not re quired in his church, in fact there was not roon for it. After prayer, scripture reading and a hymn, a member of Parliament was in troduced as the speaker of the day. . He preached upon the higher life of. Eng land and the possibilities of Englishmen the world over. - He is one of His Ma- fje8ty'8 strongest advocates of the. new educational bill in England. '' His bronzed face and calloused bands and his earnestness as he expounded the wordot God, seemed to intimate that while he is a godly man and-a member of Parliament, that he is also close to bis mother earth a veritable child of nature who impresses you with the simplicity of the Spurgeon followers iu London in fact, a typical American in the mother land. After the close of the service, the aged Curate takes us through the apartments of Mr; Spurgeon, and refers to the college and other institutions maintained by that congregation, likewise, the lasting gond which emanated from the- preaching and efforts of tte. world's greatest Baptist preacher. ' Among the trophies which the church cherishes, is Charles Spur geon's photograph album, containing tbe portrait of his dearest and best friends. Many of these represent crowned heads and the honored ot the earth. Not to be overlooked are Queen Victoria and Glad stone. To us the most interesting, how ever, was the old picture of a young man whom Mr. Spurgeon dearly loved. The young man was one of his converts, trained in his Sunday school by the pres ent curate, educated in Mr. Spurgeon's college, and manv say that he breathes the purity and simplicity so noticeable in the life of thejjreat Baptist preacher. The curate said: "I am now past my 80th year, and I have known all of Mr. Spurgeon's associates. None of Mr. Spurgeon's boys were nearer to him than this young man. There was nothing that Mr. Spurgeon would not confide in him." But who is that young man that the Curate especially points out as Mr. Spur geon's young friend? This young man who used to preach to Mr. Spurgeon's overflow congregation?--this young man whose name was written in the affec tions of the Great Divine? We look be low the picture and we see in Mr. Spur geon's handwriting the name, Mark No ble, w ho was for years the pastor of oar city. Then it dawned upon us for th9 first time that we had never stopped to realize whea we read of the Great Di vine how much personal pains and en deavor he spent ia educating and pre paring a pulipiteer for the First Baptist church of Corvallis. It seemed as if tbe Corvallib church of days gon by was merely .an overflow audience of Charles Spurgeon's ' great church, with Mark Noble Mite preacher. ' Georgia Minstrels. Somexay or otner it always happens t at tbe judicious advertising succeeds. J udiciou& means many things. Some people better never advertise.. This caa be said ot many shows. Some attrac tions better never advertise. " Managers who are not honest, " whose advertise ments mislead and whose shows disap point, they had better leave advertising alone. - ; Ihe managers of the Richards Prin- gle's Famous Georgia Minstrels endeavor to advertise nothing but what they can show. They are in a class bv themselve being the only recognized negro min strels that play the first class theaters and cannot afford to mislead their pa trons. Some bow people are careless in their statements. They become so used to writing "biggest," "grandest," "great est," "best." and "world's largest," that thev can only think in superlatives They mean to . be hoDeet, probably are They are merely-careless, aad failure is the price of carelessness. , Go to the opera house on next Satur- dap night and judge if the Georgias are over advertised. CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY. Benton Pibnee Spends Happy Day With Children. ' . Thursday was the 80th. birth day anniversary of Caleb Davis, Sr., and the Davis farm four miles west of this city was the scene of a large and happy gathering on that day in honor of the event. Children, grandchildren and great grandchildren were there, and tne cnatter 01 nappy voices was heard on every side, while bright aces and sparkling eyes made uo a picture not soon to be forgotten. , The rooms were made beauti ul by an abundance of cut flow- ers, .. tne dining room oeing es pecially attractive with its heavi- y laden table oa which were viands fit for a king. .The birth day cake was a. thing ot beauty and a iov -. forever, with its. 80 ighted tapers.. :, Jt was. sampled by all present, and pronounced a waster-piece of -good cookery. Mr. Davis, the honored guest, was Dorn in Pennsylvania, 00 years ago, anq come to y regon ia 1850 spending four ' years in the mines. He then returned to owa where he remained - for ten years. ; In 1055 ne was united in marriage to- Miss Rhza Henkle, who died iri 1892.V In 1864 Mr. j Davis again came "West, remain-1 mg two years in California and two more - in, Southern Oregon, coining, to Benton county in 18 68, wheie he- has ever since re sided, being an honored and es teemed citizen. . The children present at Thurs day's celebration were: Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Washburn, Browns ville; Mr. and Mrs. George W. Divis: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dav is, rlarlan, Uregon: Mr., and Mrs, L. Divis, Corvallis; Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Davis, Harlan; Mrs, G. M. Stranp-e, Oiikland-.; Calif.: Z. H.r Thomas, Uertha and Fred Divis, Corvallis. The grandchildren were: Mrs. C. Smith, Lester Davis, Char es, v Clarence, listner, Kobert, Norma and Rowland Davis. ; The greatgrandchildren in the assembly were Eleanor and John Washburn Smith, children of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith, of Soap Creek. . ' W. S. Gardner was at the farm at the close of the, day's " celeb' a tion and took a fie outdoor p! o- i i i ' 1 ; to 01 tne enure company. - For Sa'e. 30,000 acres of la n in --Lincoln.. ai.d Benton Counti' Oregou, along the C. & E. R. h known as Road Lands, now offLr hy an Eastern (Jompany. r 1 prices anii terms, call or addref. L H. Fish, Western Agent, Albany Oregon. 78-i- Big Investm3nt. Eight hundred and nineteen acres levrl land, good soil, on county road, 3 miles from Brownsville. ; Price, only $11,500. Brownsville Real Estate Co., Writ for our list of property. . R."; W". Tripp, Mgr. . 78-81 See Zierolf for Economy Jan.74t "ADMIRE" but half expresses it. - We have some things recently opened op you'll go in ecstaciea over. For an out and out su perior line of r No west Style Jewelry you can find it here.' We inviteyou to call and see some choice things just re ceived. , Prices are , not high. Small mar? ins ot profit content no. Albert J. IVfetzgcr WATCHMAKER Occidental Building, Corvallis FOR A FINE LINE Guns, Fishing Tackle, Baseball Goods Go to GunllHodes' We Carry the Famous Bristol Fishing Rod In time-pieces ia a necessity with the average person. A watch that keeps perfect time is a boon to anyone and should be repaired and over-v' hauled at least once every 18 months, and by skilled workmen only. If your watch needs repairing or regulating take it to E JS. PRATT, Jeweler and Optician Estimates on Work Cheerfully: Given and Satisfaction Guaranteed. SEEING IS BELIEVING Then come in and see my line of Sporting Goods and be con vinced that it is the best and most -complete line 'ever brought i . . to your city, consisting of Guns and Ammunition, Fishing Tackle, Base-ball Goods, Bicycles and Sundries, Pocket Knives, Razors, Sewuig Machine Supplies, etc Gasoline, and Dry Cells for sale. Agent ,for the Olds Gasoline Engines and Automobiles Guns and Bicycles For Rent First-class Repair Shop. M. VI. LONG,' ; . Ind. Phono 125;' Rasldoneo 324 CORVALLIS, THE GEM ICIGAR STORE All first-class cigira and tobacco; whist and pool rooms. , Every customer treated like a prince. JACK MILNE ' Four dIS!p08toffi? p O. C. Hlmmtmnd. CORVALLIS STEAM LAUNDRY. Patronize Home Industry Outldo Ofdof Solicited. All Work Guaranteed. Public Sale. x wiu aM at my ranch tv 0 mies north. westof Bellefountian, all stock and my I entire farming outfit and household ef- fects Sale, Sept. 29, 10 a. m., sharp, .75. v W. N. Eees. j 1 . ' ' 1 ' ' Notice to' Creditors. tine is hereby (riven to all whom it may con- .c the undersigned has been duly appointed j . trix of the last will and testament of James : Boe, deceased, by the County Court ol Ben uuuuty, Oregou. All persons having claims tne estate of said Tames P. McBee. deceas- u. re n ere ny required vo present the same, with proper vouchers therefor, duly verified as by law re quired, within six months from the date hereof, to the undersigned at her residence in Corvallis, Oregon, or at tbe nffice of McFadden and Bryson, attorneji, ia the Postoffice Building, Corvallis, Ore gon. Dated at ' Corvatlia, Oregon, this 81st day of 8eitmbr. T ' . rVA MAY MCBFE, Executrix of the lt Will and Testament of James F. McBee, dfoeaatd. i 78tf SPENCER'S Hair Invigoratcr And Dandruff Eradlcator .'E - et a 3 m m Of cn a 9 Trade IvX rgis ere . Price, - Fifty Cents Manufactured fay The Vegetable Compound Company Corvallis, Oregon 9t OREGON. Cham, Blakemleo. t CORVALLIS, OREGON. Why Not Use Electric Lights? Stop scratching matches on jour wall. Those streaky match scratches look mighty bad on any wall. But as long aB you continue to use gas or oil you'ye got to use matches. The "matchless light" is the electric light, a simple twist of the wrist does it. We are improving and perfecting our lighting service in this city and can give better service for less money than ever in the history of the city. The cost of wiring has been reduced until it is within reach of all. If you would like to know more about it, call on us in our new office opposite the O, J. Blackledge furniture store or phone us, Ind. Phone 4S9. . Willamette Valley Co. G. A. Clark, Mgr. 74-tf f V ( ; , si .