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Corvallis, Benton County, Oregn Tuesday, October 30 1906.
Vol. XLIIL
NO.
TALKED ABOUT JAPAN.
Former OAC President Did Hon.
H. B. Miller.
Hon. H. B. Miller, formerly
president of the Oregon Agricul
tural College and known
throughout the state of Oregon,
spoke at the U. of O. a few days
ago on the political conditions of
Japan at the present time. He
said in pait:
"The atmosphere of Japan and
their civilization is entirely dif
ferent from our usual conception
and from our own civilization.
In our country we have extreme
individualism and the difference
between our civilization and the
Japanese is in the individual sys
tem and the group organization
of thought. In Japan there is
no suggestion of individualism.
There is there only one individ
ual, the emperor, and the Jap
anese subject places all his life on
this standpoint. He is not a
single person, but a part of his
family, never thiukni j of personal
obligations, but always of his
family. Sometimes an Ameri
can thinks he has a strong friend
among the Japanese aud then
without a word he withdraws be
cause some of the community
has a dislike for the foreigner.
"It is very hard for us to un
derstand this group idea, and the
Japanese do not understand our
individualistic one at all. Every
thing, every action that origi
nates in the head of the family,
is for the welfare of his house
hold, for his village, for his
country, but not for himself. -
'If you ask a Japanese today
what his desires are he will an
swer: v 'It Js, to . serve my coun
try. " Suppose every man in
this country thought this way of
his family and not. for the welfare
of himself. Suppose every man
thought this way of his town
suppose every man had a similar
permeating thought for his coun
try, what a field would be open
ed for the improvement of the
welfare ot the country!
"When a young man becomes
of a marriageable age the family
takes the matter up and looks
over the village for a suitable
maid. The more definite ar
rangements are made through a
third person, the voung people
not knowing anything about it,
believing it to be for the good of
the village. In the village the
family is the unit, all its inhabi
tants making the village the
basic grouD, so that the individ
ual's conduct is ruled by the
community. Though today the
government has introduced many
new things, the basic machinery
is laid upon a clan organization.
"I myself have the greatest
respect for this organization. I
be'ieve in that organization
lies the best power of the
welfare of civilization, for our
own nation that will preserve our
integrity in the future.
"When any man becomes out
of harmouv with the group in
habitants of the village he com
mits suicide. Thus many stud
ents jumped into the volcanoes
this summer. In these cases
perhaps some of the villages had
sent them to one of the univer
sities or some private person had
done so for the good of the vil
lage. The student failed to pass
the examination, thus in bis own
eyes making himself a disgrace
not worthy of lite. Many such
results of the group system are
absolutely vicious, but there are
many of great virtue.
"The great industries of Japan
are controlled by the government
so that when any need is seen it
is at once supplied. Thus we
see the greatest of concentration
of her railroads and banking sys
tems and shipping interests, and
the others in a more or less de
gree. Therefore, in my opinion,
we will ten years from now have
to sit at the feet of Japan and
leant how to co-operate with one
another tor the good of oar coun
try as Japan is now and has been
sitting at our feet, and learning
our industrial system."
Will Attract Stockman.
The greatest livestock show
ever held will be a feature of
commanding interest at the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposi
tion of 1909 The executive
committee ot the fair has voted
$100,000 to pay the expense of
this feature aloue. The show at
Portland in 1905, which was pro
bably the greatest drawing card
of theexpositiou, cost only S40,
000. The show is held uuder dir
ection of the lives' ock commit
tee of the expositiou, of which J.
W. Clise, president or the Wash
ington Trust Company of Seat
tle, and an authority on live
stock, is chairman. "We west
erners are not yet industrial peo
ple," said Dr. Clise in discussing
the coming show. "We are for
the most part farmers and stock
raisers. The people of Idaho,
Montano, Oregon and Washing
ton are all stockraisers. Show
me a man anywhere who has be
come well-to-do on his farm,
aud is not interested in fancy
stock?
"The holding of a great show
will assure to the exposition the
support of the people of ,the
northwest. We will have at the
fair not only the best that the
northwest can raise, but the best
herds from all over America.
Besides, there will be extensive
importations from abroad made
especially for the show at Seat
tle." No dates for the show "have
yet been fixed, and it is not de
termined positively, for how long
it will be held,"" bntVit is practi
cally decided that it will begin
earlier than did that at Portland
and last longer. The committee
will begin at once to communi
cate with the owners ot fancy
herds. :
The livestock show held last
year at Portland demonstrated
that the Pacific northwest can
raise just as good stock as any
older community. Oregon and
Washington cattle won repeated
ly in competition with the
world's best.
"THE HOLY CITY."
To be Given at the Opera House
Thursday Night .
A great scenic play that pic
tures the Jerusalem of almost
two thousand years ago with all
the vivid splendor and realism of
the Orient, till we almost see the
hot Syrian suushine and hear the
sighing of the winds among the
palms and olives. A gorgeous
triumph of the highest modern
scenic art. Beyond all this, it
tells the story of the world's re
demption with a vividness of
truth that makes it one of the
most powerful sermons ever
preached from pulpit, shrine or
stase.
Right here we wish to state
that the character of our Saviour
is not presented or personated by
an actor, but is represented sole
ly by wonderful art and light ef
fects. The company consists of
seventeen people, and they carry
complete scenery for every act of
the play.
This is one of the best Eastern
road attractions, and the manage
ment is under heavy expense in
bringing it to Corvallis. By
special arrangement the prices
are 35 5. 75 and $1, Seat
sale opens this morning.
For Sale. 30,000 acres of land
in Lincoln and Benton Counties,
Oregon, along the C. & E. R. R.,
known as Road Lands, now owned
by an Eastern Company. For
prices-and terms, call or address,
L. H. Fish, Western Agent. Albany
Oregon.' . 78-tf
Wanted-Oak loga, 17 to 26 in
ches in diameter. Inquire Central
Planing Mills, Comilia. 81-tf
VISITS JUTE MILL
Governor Not Favorable to Es
tablishing One.
A resolution was passed at the
last meeting of the Willamette
Grange in Benton county, favor
ing the establishing of a jute mill
at the Oregon penitentiary where
by convict labor might be utiliz
ed in the manufacture of grain
sacks. This, in the opinion of
the Grange, wouldjessen the cost
ot sacks aud result in a saving to
the farmer whom, it is thought,
has been paying an unreasonable
price for grain sacks in which to
put his crop. The subject has
been agitated in various parts of
the state, and as a result there
ha been, widespread discussion.
Accordingly, Governor Cham
berlain has taken up the matter
aud was to leave Salem yester
day for Walla Walla, where he
and a number of the Oregon Leg
latuie will inspect the prison jute
mill, with a view to learning
whether such a mill would prob
ably be a satistactory establish
ment for the employment of con
vict labor in Oregon.
Governor Chamberlain is now
quite strongly of the opinion that
Oregou should not undertake the
manufacture of grain bags.
While he believes the farmers
would profit by the manutacture
ot grain bags by the state in a
year like this, when the trusts
and the San Francisco disaster
put prices up, he does not believe
that the use of convict labor in
that enterprise would give the
farmers lower prices one year
with another.
: When Governor Chamberlain
visited the jute mill in the Cali
fornia prison-at - San Queutin "he
ound that private dealers were
able to sell bags imported from
India cheaper than the state
could afford to sell them, even
though made by convict labor,
and as a result the bags made by
the state were stored in ware
houses and the money that had
been invested in raw material
was tied up in stock that wouldn't
sell. While the Governor enter
tains opinions adverse to the jute
raill project he will inspect the
plant at Walla Walla, learn what
he can about it and form his
judgment according to his latest
information.
Fuel Famine Notes,
The fuel famine in Portland is
assuming a serious aspect, ana
the question of where the supply
is to come from is one that is not
easily answered. The situation
is summed up in the Oregonian
as follows:
Visible supp'y In city yard?.
less than 100 cords; in the forests
about Sooo cords awaitiug trans
portation to city; about 800 cords
awaiting purchasers in foiests.
Cause ot shortage Short cut
of past spring and summer, due
to high wages; railroad car short
age, which ptevents dealers from
bringing wood cut to the city.
Slabwood situation Produc
tion large aud steady, but dealers
are unable to secure storage space
which results in higher prices.
Situation confronting consum
mers Cotdwood on hand in city
and nearby foresls sufficient to
supply city tor about 601, days;
coal scarce; wood prices to be ad
vanced ; no relief in sight.
For Horse Stealing.
Bert F. Taylor, who is well
known , in Corvallis, where he
had a bunch of horses in a cor,
ral for sale, recently, is in trou
ble in Linn county. E. E. Wu
son ot Corvallis is attorney for
Taylor. The latter' s mother re
sides just west of this city. The:
story is as follows: 4
'With a warrant for the arrest
of B. F. Taylor, a horse dealer
living near (his city, C. D. Por
ter of Silver Lake. Lake coun
ty, Oregon, arrived in Albany
vesterday, says the Herald o;
Friday.
"Taylor is charged with steal
ing 13 horses, valued at $583,
from C. D. Porter about thret
months ago trom the latter's
ranch iu Lake county. ' After se
curing possession of the animals,
Taylor drove them to this city
4The owner ot the horses who
was deputized to come after Tay
lor and take him back to Lane
county for trial, said last night
that -Taylor offered to buy the
horses, but before the deal was
consummated, took possession of
them, and drove them across tht
mountains to this city. No
money was ever paid him, Porter
alleges.
''Taylor was arrested by Sheriff
Smith last Wednesday night,
and will be taken to Lane coun
ty today to be tried. The pris
oner stoutly denies any intent to
steal the horses and says it was
agreed when he took the animals
that be might pay tor them
whenever he was able. Since
having the horses, Taylor claims
that one horse died, and four
have been sold."
ABOUT CURING PRUNES.
Robert Johnson Calls Down State-
ment in Telegram.
The following letter from the
pen of Robert Johnson of this
city appeared in Saturday's Tele
gram, and as Mr. Johnson is
thoroughly posted on the subject
under discussion the article is
given publicity in order to dis
seminate the information which
it contains and which may prove
of general interest and benefit to
prune growers. . Mr. Johnson
"So much has been written
about prunes and their evapora
tion, that we almost nesitate to
consider the subject, but an arti
cle in Tuesday's Telegram in re
gard to the use of lye in the cur
ing of the product is so ridicu-
ous that it calls for a few words
of protest. Such articles are
more injurious to the prune busi
ness than the use of lye, for the
average reader, like some news
paper reporters, take it for grant
ed that all statements are true,
no matter .bow ridicwlous they
are, just so they are told on the
prune.' The statement that
prunes are dipped in a solution
of one pound of lye to .two gal
lons ot water is only a very little
more ridiculous than the balance
of the article, ' which . is a little
less than a libel on the industry.
"Now we do not care to defend
the practice of dipping prunes in
lye as it is conducted in many
places, but we do contend that
the theory of dipping, if properly
done, is not only beneficial to the
product, but it is far more whole
some and healthful than the
prune that is taken direct from
the orchard and evaporated with
out an effort to cleanse it. The
Italian prune has a very thick,
tough skin, and unless something
is done to assist it in evaporation
by checking the leatherly-like
covering, it is liable -to drip in
the process of curing, when the
very best part of the prune will
be lost.
"But this article is not intended
for a lesson in prune evaporation
but rather as a protest to the
publication of, the opinion of
every tinhorn prune-grower in
the country who imagines tit
he knows all about the. busiue
and is ever ready to" scatter hi
wrong impressions to theinjuix
of the industry.
"Lye properly handled in th
curing of prunes is not injurious,
but the practice has been brough'
into disrepute by a few sma)
growers, who are not either pre
pared to dip properly or do not
k.nQW how. We have been in
terested in 160 acres of Italian
prune trees for 16 years and we
have had some experience in the
use of lye, and we will agree now
to eat at one meal all the lye any
chemist in the state can find in
our entire product."
"ADMIRE"
but half expresses it. We have some
thingB recently opened up you'll go in
ecstaciea over, For an out and out su
perit r line of
Newest Style Jewelry
you can find it here. We invite you to
call and see some choice things just re
ceived. Prices are not high. Small
margins ot prefit content 110.
Albert J. Metzger
WATCHMAKER
Occidental Building,
Corvallis
And assist the Ladies' Aid Society- They get 10 per
cent of cash sales that day.
AT
0. J- BLACKLEDGE'S Furniture Store
Corvallis - - - Oregon
OWING TO OUR
On Sporting Goods we haye replenished our stock
with a large and complete line of guns and rifles. ;
Also a large supply of shells and partridges-- .
Juoi Received a Fine Line
Razors and Razor Strops, Pocket r Salmon Hooks and Bass Hooks.
Knives and Hunting Knives ' All Kinds of Lines
Come in and see our new lin of Footballs. GrTXN" UODES
The Delineator - - $1.00
McClure's Magazine $1.00
World's Work - - $3.00
G. A. Gerhard Bglf!grg
SEEING IS BEPE VINO
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
to your city, consisting of Guns and Ammunition, Fishing Tackle,
Base-ball Goods, Bicycles and Sundries, Pocket Knives, Razors,
Sewing 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. M. LONG,
Ind. Pbeni 126 Residence 324
GORVALLIS, - OREGON.
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of jewelry and silverware that is astonishing in its grace and
beauty and magnificent in its size and completeness.
Engraving nicely done in the latest ribbon script styles.v
Repairing that is guaranteed and prices that are in keeping
with the class of work done.
E. W. S. PRATT, Jeweler and Optician
WANTED 500 live geese before
b first of November. Call or ad -'
-ss Smith & Boulden, Corvallis,
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LARGE FALL RUN
WOOD CHOPPERS WANTED
Three thousand cords of wood to be
cut, let oat in number of cords to
suit choppers. Parties wanting a
job come at once. Don't write.
Phone P. A. Kline, Kline's line.
84tf
All kinds of crass seed for sale
at Zierolf's TimotLy, clover and
orchard grass laed. 74tf
Economy Fruit Jars at Zierolfs.
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