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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1906)
Leading Corvallis , Newspaper. Best . Advertising Medium. Corvalxjs. Benton Counts, Oreo Friday, Sesptember 2h. 1006. Vol. XXITL - NO. so OREGON AHEAD. Of California. Says a Corvallis Man What He Saw. 'Where I visited in my old home neighborhood in San Joa- that the country had retrograded instead of advancing, since my last visit there it vears ago. Of course the cities are larger, but in the rural districts things have gone backward instead of for ward." Such is the statement of John Senger of this city,- who returned a lew davs ago from an extended trip through California. He says that in San Joaquin county where formerly there were fine, thrifty orchards of luscious fruits there is now ruin and no fruit, because the San Jose scale has,tnade a clean sweep of the whole thing. People do not seem to understand how to protect themselves from the pest, Mr. Senger says, and the orchards have literally been laid waste. Fruit is higher there than in Oregon, which was a great dis appointment as well as a surprise to the Oregon visitors. A branch from a lemon tree, brought home by the Corvallisites, has on it blossoms, small green lemons, large green lemons and the fuliy ripened fruit. Another thing that was observ ed was the poorer class of horses used in Calitornia, cempared to Oregon, but the former state is way in the lead on roads. Oil is used for sprinkling the public highways once a year, in San Joaquin county, and the results are entirely satisfactory, the me thod proving the most successful ever tried. In Alameda county the roads are sprinkled all through tVif rnnntrv as well as in the cities. One piece of road that Mr. Senger had often traveled in years gone by, and which was loose and sandy has not been oiK ed for two years yet it is a smooth, solid, road bed today, showing the lasting results of spritiklidg with oil. Speaking of conditions in ruin ed San Francisco, Mr. Senger declares that most that is sent out in reports to the newspapers as to the building going on there, is "hot air." Very little perma nent building is being done, com paratively speaking, although there are many common buildings ing up. Some of structures that .were begun .before the fire are now being rushed to completion, amonp which is the Fair mount Hotel near Nob Hill, A large part of the business houses now occupy what were formerly resi dences. Many streets are still almost impassable for foot pas sengers, and there is ruin on j every hand. A gentleman who has lived in San Francisco tor years and who was there during the disaster says that he would wager all he has that the number of lives lost dur ing the honor would reach 25,-1 ooo, if there was any way of pro ving it. Great piles of debris still remain everywhere and it is certain that dozens of human bodies were buried there when the fire came, for those who es carped from the same neighbor hoods relate how scores of people were left shrieking and scream ing in those very buildings when the survivors ran in terror from the place. The question is, then, "How many perished?" A sister of Mr. Senger resides 14 miles from Oakland, and she declares that for weeks the stench that came from the city of San Francisco was almost unbearable even at that distance, and it was, she savs. the stench of human flesh, burned and decomposed. There are others who tell the same story. Prices have gone skyward in 'Frisco. ' Mr. Senger says, and Door Deonle .can barely exist. Rents and living are entirely out of keening with the wages paid to common laborers, who get on lv $2 per day. Dressed lumber is over $40 per thousand and the rough brings twenty odd per thousand, so that the middle class cannot afford to build homes now. During the visit of the Corval lis people, the street car strike in 'Frisco was settled by arbitration, and the carpenters who had also been on a strike were given $5 per day wages. Mr. Senger states that Oregon looks good to him aed that he saw no place quite so attractive. In Memory. The following has just been handed the Gazette for publica tion: Andrew Palmer died at Ajax, Oregon, September 6th 1906, aged 79 years, 8 months, 16 days. Deceased was born at Montreal, Canada, Dec. 22, 1826. He came to the states when but 14 years of age, and worked on steamboats on the Mississippi river. In 18 49 he, in company with. Robert Buchanan and others, crossed the plains to California. In 1852 he came to Oregon and settlea in Benton county. In 1858 he was married to Miss Ellen Grimsley, of Benton county and in 1884 they left Ben ton and went to Gilliam to reside. He took up land there and made it his home until' he died. He was the father or six children all of whom survive him. Mrs. A. V. Thrasher, Corvallis, Oregon; Mrs. Georgia Cameron, Center ville, Washington; Edward G. and Sylvan ot Ajax, Oregon; Frank A. of Portland, and Clar ence ot Independence, Uregon. He had 18 grandchildren living at the time of his death. He was a kind husband and father, and a good neighbor. His life was full of good deeds, quietly done. - Georgia Minstrels. To those who enjoy mirth, music arid song, the coming of Richards & Pringle's Famous Georgia Minstrels will be hailed with delight. This sterling or ganization has weathered the theatrical seas for twenty-eight years, never changing manage ment, and not once departing from their established rule of pre senting only what is great, good and wholesome in the jninstrtl world. Other minstrel com-1 panies have come and gone, but Richards and Pringle's go on for ever. The secret of their success has been the fact that the man agement has always firmly be lieved that the piyiug public craved a genuine colored min strel performance when presented on the lines that made minstrelsy so popular years ago; their be lief has been proven to be the correct one. Sweet southern melodies, beautiful and entranc ing music bv skilled musicians, dancing as only the negro can dance, and witticisms told as only the darky can tell them. Clarence Powell, the come dian, who has made the whole world laugh, is still at the head of the list of artists, and wili bring with him. this season a big budget of good things that he has collected during: the past sum mer. The company travels in their own Puilman Palace Cirs and number over 40 people. The noon-day parade and the free evening concert are a fea- ture given this season, and will be as usual. The dite of their appearance is Saturday, September 29, at the opera house. See Zierulf for Economy Jait-.74t Big Investment. Eight hundred and nineteen acres level land, good soil, on county road, 3 miles from Biownaville. , Price, only $11,500. Brownsville Real Estate Co., Write for our list of property. . R . W. Tripp, Mgr.V ... .78-81 Fruit Jars Yes, we Thatcher & Johnson. have 'them, 76-801 y must not Deport. Women to Oregon Order to Re. strain Judge Frater. , . No case for many rronths or even -years, has created such wide spread discussion among all class es of DeouJe as has the Mitchell- Creffield case at Seattle, and the end is not yet. Under date of Monday, a Seattle dispatch has the following: Superior ludee frater is res trained by order of the supreme court " issued this morning from makine an order directing the sheriff to transfer Esther Mitchell and Maud Hurfc-Creffield to Ore gon and as a result free them from the necessity of standing trial for the murder ot George Mitchell. Judge Frater was also ordered to appear before the supreme court October 26 and show cause, if any exists, why he should not be permanently enjoined from hav ing the two women accused of murder deported and the criminal laws of the state set at naught. The order preventing Judge Frater from carrying out his ex pressed determination of saving the women .from trial by deporta-. tion was secured by a deputy of Prosecuting " Attorney Mackin tosh. The county attorney pre pared the necessary papers Satur day and his deputy left for Olym pia this morning. At noon Pro secuting Attorney Mackintosh, re ceived word that the supreme court had come to his aid in his attempt to prevent the murderers from escaping trial. The writ issued by the court directs Judge Frater not only to show cause why . he should not be prevented in Ais attempt to turn the two murderers loose upon the people v of" the friendly state of Oregon, but why he should not he compelled to return the cases to the trial docket from which he arbitrarily struck them. Pend-r irig the date of this hearing the order issued this morning will prevent Judge Fratef from carry ing oiiHiis scheme to liberate the women. Bellefountain Breezes. Samuel Reader finished up a very successful run, Wednesday, having been out with his ma chine about 33 days. They began picking prunes at-j the Excelsior prune orchard; I Monday. Since h'oppickiug is over in this vicinitv, laborers are ot so scarce, and H. T. Bristow is able to secure plenty of pick- Bruin has been .having some very fine suppers lately. About! the middle of the past week he became very bold and came down to L. H. Hawley's pasture. Here he was found, dogs and men j were becured, and after a few miles ot rapid flight bruin "went up a tree, "where he stayed until the dogs came up, then a man 1 not far off came and ' shot him. There is a reward offered for any covote that is started be tween Bellefountain and Beaver Creek, and slain anywhere iu the county, as they are doing great damage to stock. Five or six men north of town have of fered from five to ten dollars each for every coyote killed in this viciaijv. The Christian, Endeavor held its first meeting last Sunday night it closed the first of August. We hope for a successful year. The Bellefountain public school opens next Mouday, with H. E Mack as principal, aud Mrs. E H. Belknap as primary teacher. ' It is hoped that th tenth grade can be successfully added as there are several schol ars who wish t take the ourse. ': . Miss Rose Hull will teach a: Central No 50 this fall; Frank Williams gave up going out to Roseburg to school, and went to O AC. Miss Una Waltzof Berkeley, Calif., is visiting with her uncle, M. M: Waltz. E. A. Peck, Bellefouu tain's faithful mail carrier, will have a week's vacation now. : Norman Miller will be his substitute. ' Some of the farmers in thi vicinity are beginning their fall plowing. Merle Howard expects to at tend OAC this winter. Miss Pearl Persinger , will be gin teaching the old Alpine school Monday morning. The Messrs. Malone and HoJ ter are going to put up quite a large bain oh their farm. Where W. A. Starr and Mack Coffee cleaned out their channel of Muddy, has had a very mark ed effect, as the water on re spective places has been lowered a great deal, as well as that -on the places adjoining them above. If the others would follow their example and clean out the creek they would have much more use of their low swampy land. Owen Watkins is to run the Barnard field this year in con nection with what he already has on the Coffee place. Members of the ladies' Aid are contemplating a "harvest home" social in the near future. Wm. Rees has begun moving to Corvallis, He has Mr. Stan- turf helping him. Charley Perin has '2500 posts to get out of the mountains this fall. If he is not careful he may: have, some mud. Mrs.' H. L. Mack has had quite a class in instrumental music this summer.,, one says they are progressing nicely.. Surely. Bellefcuntain will have a- few musicians ju the . future to fall back. on. Among her pupils are Fay .Woodcock,' Gold Clem and L?ona Humphrey. J.' WY Powers who bought the W. J. Price place on ; the head waters of the Alsea, and has been living in the Bruce bouse near bis place, expects to build next spring on his own place. Several of Bellefountain's in dustrious farmers are contemplat ing a few improvements to make things; more handy - about their places. A. D. Buckingham, E N. Edwards and W. F. Starr ex pect to put up " some windmills anditanks very soon. Mr. Bradley's will t move back very snort J y to ueiieiountam trom their ranch sd that their son, Ulint, can atteua school E. A. Peck has just moved od- tp his own place, the old Wheeler farm and A. Hi Mercer will move into the house he vacated. Merle Howard has gone to Corvallis that he may attend OAC. China pheasants , are very scarce this year compared to what they have been in the past. M. M. Waltz who built a silo this year and filled it with vetch has found it to be so good for his milk cows that he filled it with vetch this season, then during the dry season fed from it. He is now filling it with corn for the winters's feeding. Mr. W lz says: "It is my opinion thar it is much cheaper and better 'o feed ensilage, and some choppy oats, along with the vetch ha,! than it is to buy bran and p j out the cash." Mr. Waltz h tried both; if he finds this to so it seems 10 us it were tim some of the industrious dair j men were following his exampl -. , B--HefruT taiu has a new black-; smith, a Mr. Pnewman frotv. fitllston, Oregon. It is hoped mat he will be successful and sitistv the people by good work. T. E Reader has been mov ing u .his. new, home. . He has rente J 'the', . place where Elmer Dinges has been living. Mr. D'nge is to go to Shedd station. "ADMIRE" but half expresses it. We have some things recently opened op you'll go in ecstacies over. For an out and out su perior line of ; Me west Stylo Jo welry you can. find it here. We invite you to call and see some choice things just re ceived. Prices are not high. Small margins of profit content no. Albert J. Metzger WATCHMAKER Occidental Building, Corvallis FOR A FINE LINE Guns, Fishing Tackle, Baseball Goods "fr" Go to Gun Hodes' We Carry the Famous Bristol Fishing Rod ecu IT In time-pieces is a necessity with the average person. A watch that keeps perfect time is a boon to anyone and Bhould be repaired and over hauled at least once every 18 months, and by skilled workmen only. If your watch needs repairing or re" ulatine take it to E- W- S. PRATT,! Jeweler and Optician ' Estimates on Work Cheerfully Given and Satisfaction Guaranteed. THE GEM CIGAR STORE All first-class cigirs and tobacco; whist and pool rooms. Every customer treated like a prince. JACK MILNE BdagM ifjmm1)t0f&tmls0t D. O. HlmmtMnd. CORVALUS STEAM LAUNDRY. Patronize Homerjndus try Outmlda Ordwm Solicited. Ml WorklGuarantoad. .New Wheat for Benton, A carload of "turkey red" wheat arrived in Corvallis ihe first of this week from Iowa and will be divided among various farmers of Southern Benton. The shipment is an experiment and the results .will be a waited with mnch interest by farmers throughout the county. Turkey red wheatis red in color as the name implies; it yields much more heavily than ordinary wheat and it is hoped a change may result in the wheat crops of Benton by trying some thing new. There was 500 bushels in the carload and it was procured by W. J. Watkins of near Monroe. Others who had mi interest in the experiment vfr Robert Herron, Casper and Mbert Zierolf, Arlie Meeks and i-Vank Whiteaker. Laid 'down in Corvallis the c real cost 81 cents per bushel, . if it does what is expected in the way of returns it will t icap attnarngure or even niner. . v I will, e art the Corvaiiis cider fartory October 1st. Will pay cflh for app!s, make for one halt, or wake tor 3 cents per gallon. EmptT barrel for sale. Geo. W. Smith. 78 tf SPENCER'S Hair Invigorafer And Dandruff Eradfcatcr ta O cs 3 2. 2 E 5 E'.' a S H O S 3 TrSe rart rests en . - r S Price, - Fifty Cents Manufactured by The Vegetable Compound Company Corvallis, Oregon 9t MOT Four doois north of postofBce Ind. Phone 130. CORVALLIS, OREGON. Why Not Use Electric Lights? Stop scratching matches on jour wall. Tnose stresky match scratches look mighty bad on any wall. But as long as yon continue to use gas or oil you've 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 itis within reach of all. If you would like to know more about it, call on ns in our new office opposite the O. J. Blackledge furniture store or phone ua, Iud. Phone 4E9 Willamette Valley Co. G. A. Clark, Mgr. 74-tf Am Ounce of Prevention. Is worth a pound of cure. There are many poor eufierers. Consumptives who ate hopeful of gettjng well, who, if thev fiad taken care of themselves, would now be well. A Cough is the foundation of Consumption. Ballard's Horehound Srup will cure that cough. Mrs S Great Falls, Montana, writes: 'I have used Bahard's Horehound Syrup in my family for yars--my children never suffer with coughs7' Sold by Gra ham & Wortham. Foley's Kidney Cure naxe kidneys an lfider right.