Corvallis gazette., November 13, 1906, Image 1

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CtoRVAius, Benton County, Oregon, Tuesday, November 13. 190G.
NO.
WANT FREE LOCKS.
.Figures that Mean Much to Val'
ley Farmers And Others."
There is probably no subject
tinder discussion in the Willam
ette valley today that so vitally
concerns every person of this sec
tion as does the one of free locks-
at oreSu City, which is attract
ing attention from all .classes.
That t"l! on treignt passing up
and down the Willamette should
be removed, thus saving a vast
sum of money yearly to Willam
ette valley farmers and business
men, is asserted by everyone,
and hoped and believed that the
time is coming when the injus
tice will be ended.
An article on the subject of a
free river appears (in the Oregon
Journal and is re-printed because
of the intormation it contains on
the 'subject. It says:
How it has happened that the
people of the Willamette valley
have so long tolerated this rank
injustice to their interests with
out seeking relief is a mystery.
The lockage charge is in effect
a toll of 50 cents per ton on
every pound of freight that goes
in or out of the valley through
Portland. It means, as has been
shown in these columns, the
taking of one and one half cents
from the sale price of every bu
shel 0t wheat , grown ,im the re
gion.. It is a toll of . 2 x2 , cents
on every sack , of potatoes, 2
cents on every -sack of sugar,
2xi cents oh every sack of salt,
4 cents ou every bale of hay, 5
cents on every barrel of flour, 5
cents on every bale of hops, with
corresponding exactions on all
other products or supplies, and
so strongly is the toll taker en
trenched that the toll has, to be
paid before the transaction is
complete. If the 50 cents per
ton lockage were removed, j
the steamboats would carry river
freight for 50 cents per ton less,
and that would force- the, rail
roads into a similar reduction.
The immense importance of
the subject to the people of
the Willamette valley and Port
land is shown by the fact that
daring the past year the estimat
ed receipts of the private corpor
ation on treight passing through
the locks, were $25,000. It is
conceded that fully three times
as much freight is carried to af
fected points by rail, a iact that
would place" the excess ' freight
rates the lockage fee turns over
to the railroads at 75.000'last
year. The figures are believed
to be extremely conservative, but
thus estimated the total toll the
lockage charge forced Willamette
valley people to pay the past
year, is $100,000.
The sum is a very large one,
under the circumstances. It is
5 per cent on $2,000,900. The
$25,000 that the piivate corpor
ation collected in tolls at Oregon
City is 5 per cent interest on
$500,000, the sum that govern
ment engineers give as the esti
mated cost of the new locks on
the opposite side of the -river. 1
For Willamette, valley people to
be required to pay $100,000 each
year simply because the lockage
fee adds 50 cents per ton to river
freight and thereby allows the
railroads to charge an additional
50 cents per ton, is palpably and
unquestionably unjust, and a sit
uation for which relief ought to
be afforded.
This is a subject upon which
the people of Portland should be
come aroused, and in which the
Oregon senators . should interest
themselves. Portland people are
directly .concerned, for, ; in the
saving of this $100,000 per year
to Willamette valley residents,
who will profit more in an in
direct way than will Portland?
, The way to help Portland is
to make her easily accessible to
the people of the Willamette re
gion, to the people of the inland
empire and all other sections. A
present tad pressing opportunity
u lot rcrutftd, tad tu Oregon
to join the valley of the Willam
ette iu a demand for the locks at
Oiegon City to become publically
owned, -'and fcr the beautiful
river to be made free and' un
trammeled. -
DIVORCED BY DEATH.
Corvallis Man Suicides at Oregon
City The Story.
kaleigb, son of J. F. Benson,
a tormer Uenton county
citizen now or Portland, attempt
ed suicide in Oregon City, on
Thursday. The story is given
in the Journal as follows:
Leaving a note to his wife 'in
which he said: 'Here is your di
vorce," Raleigh E. Benson,! who
was sued for divorce by his wile,
attempted suicide in the office of
George C. Brownell in the pres-
ense .of Mrs. Benson and Mr.
Brownell, her attorney, Thursday
afternoon at 2:15 o'clock. Ben
son, shot himself without a word
of warning with a .38 caiibre re
volver, the bullet takrng effect in
the left breast near the heart.
He will probably die.
Benson was sued for divorce
bv his wife two months ago, she
alleging that he had deserted her
in SeDtembeu, 1905, and he had
tailed to support her since that
time.
In the note which he left Ben
son gave his father's name as J.
F. Benson, Portland, care of
Mrs. Olive Pilger, 573 Tacoma
avtnue, Sellwood station.
Benson's recovery is regarded
as improbable and he has been
uncouscious since he fired the
shot. Dr. H. S. Jlount was
called to attend the man, but he
expressed no opinion as to Ben
son's recovery, stating that he
could not tell until he had nlade
a thorough examination.
Nothing could be learned as
to . Benson's occupation. He
gave the address ot Mrs. Charles
Read, living in the northern part
of Oregon City,' in his note and
asked that she be notified in case
anvthino- hannened to him. . He
was m conference with Mr. j
j e - rr - . . i
Brownell and M"" Benson con-
cerning the ivorce case which
was to h?va b en tried that after
noon when he nv h"n -'f
tt'-v " si
HARRY. IIOYT
M JONES, the &wipper corsespondent, in "A Royal Slave".'
WHAT HE THINKS.
Of American : Women M. ; C.
Sinhi's Point of View? 7
At the last meeting of the
Hindu-American : . Association
held at OAC, of, which society
there are now 28. members, 'a 'pa
per written by M. C. Sinhi who
left Corvallis a few months ; ago
to become a teacher in his native
land, was read.. It gives the
Hindu opinion of American wo
men, and is very interesiing.
Mr. Sinhi says: 1
"The first thing which strikes
me is the prominence . which
American woman has in public
life. Shejs the most frequent
visitor, and a . welcome visitor,
too, in the stores, in iancy shops,
in the market house, - and every
play and show. .. ' " .:'
So greatly is she prominent in
the minds of men tba talk about
the girls occupies most of ? the
time whenever young men meet
and converse but paradoxical
as it might appear, they quit
talking before the girls them
selves. j
American woman' offers quite
a contrast when compared with
the members of her sex in China,
Japan, Persia and ' India. In
Japan a woman looks like a doll;
she is simple in manners; in In
dia she is kind but so much
afraid of the sun that her face is
always covered, with, a hood; in
Persia and Arabia she is tall and
healthy but in public you can
not see anything except a mov
ing fignre wrapped in a white
mantel; in China she -is solemn
like the blue she wears. . v
In America she has attained
her highest development, and
her capacity has found full play.
If American woman be taken as
a model we can by this time pre
dict what woman can do, in gen
eral.' " "
She leads in art, painting and
music, and as 'time passes she is
gradually going to lead in liter
ature as well. If housekeeping
be a fair index of her mental
stamina, she is a great success!
. . C " . .
A visit to any American house
will snow tnat woman is going
to monopolize all asthetiq Jtastes,
and she is going to control tie
'uture wor t and h9nv to
4 r
a considerable ;.; degree. ;. The
ardor precision, accuracy, and
cleanliness' which - is displayed
even in the houses of the poor,
reflecfa good deal of credit on
American woman and fully justi
(Continued on Page Two.)
LULU TYLER GATES.
Artist to Appear in Corvallis
Something About Her.
Few readers have grown ' into
great popularity as .quickly as
Lulu Tyler Gates.: .Few readers
are so worthy of it, for after, all it
is the jinusual talent that lives
and grows in demand. Mrs.
Gates is capable of giving an en
tire evening without a company,
but for this season the Bureau
has persuaded - her to star as
the - . head of a company of
such V artistic strength as to
place them in " advance of any
popular concert company before
the public " Of Mrs. Gates little
need be said. The remarkable
charm of her personality, the
strength and richness of voice;
her enthusiasm as an artist, and
her high appreciation of the best
things in literature, all contrib
ute tb insure her unbounded suc
cess as a public reader.
Miss Edith Adams, the violon
cellist,: needs but little introduc
tiori. her artistic work on this
difficult and noble instrument
limine tt wrrrt - fVlia
sTnir nf bnth nrps5 arid .miMirv.ini
r x
nearly every part of tee country.
While in Berlin, she was a pupil
of Robert Hausmann of the Royal
High School, and later, was j. the
protege of ' the great fvirtuoso,
Heinrich Kiefer ot Munich So
interested was Mr. Kiefer in Miss
Adams' talent that he invited her
to make her home in his family,
which made it possible for her to
have almost daily coachidgf. Dur
ing this time she won for herself
the honoriof being the best pupil
of the greatest 'cellist of the day.
- Graham Smith is a newcomer
to the Lyceum : stage. He is a
basso can tan te, possessing a par
ticularly sweet and powerful
voice, , with a wide range, at all
times under perfect control. He
has been a hard . student 'Under
the best instuctors. and has vbeen
most successful the past two years
in special recital work
William Erhart -Snyder is a
pianist whose intrinic worth v to
the profession he has chosen is of
the highest order. Mr. bnyder
has been for a number of years an
earnest and painstaking . student
of the, art or piano playing. He
studied and taught, four nyears
with Hahn in the Detroit Conser
vatory of Music, four years with
Sherwood in the Sherwood Music
School, Chicago, and finished his
studies with a course of two
years under 'the .tuition of the
greatest instructor ot the modern
school' of pianistic art,. Theodore
Leschetizky , of Vienna, - at ' the
same lime taking , a course in
musical theory nnder Professor
Robert Fuchs in the Vienna
Imperial Conservatory. . 93
Be Charitable.
To Tour horse as well as to to your
self.' You seed not suffer from pains of
an o anrt tour hnrsna need . not suffer.
Try a bottle of Ballard's Snow Liniment.
it cues ail pains. J. jo., aooens,
RoVomfiBlH Mr writpn: T have nsed
your Liniment for ten years and fiid it
tn hn i hp hf-st. T have ever nsed for man
or beast;" Sold by Graham & Worth-
am. ' " -
WANTED 500 live geese tv
the first of November. Call or
drees Smith & Boulden, Corvu-Oregon.-
; ' .Si-
ifor SaI 30,000 acres of 1. :
in Lino-u - ai.a uenton uoud.u-:.
Oreoo'-r? wi ng: the C.: & E.; Rr B '
known & Uoad Lind?, now.ownt
t.y . a n ' Eastern Com pany.' ' Fo
nrice- ' ua! f r me,-' call or addresp,
t; H:Ti8h".We?terfl;entV.A1ban
Oregon. . ' , 78-tf
See Zierolf for Economy Jare.74t
fOIEYSEOIlETEfm
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"ADMIRE"
but half expresses it. We have some
things recently opened pp you'll go in
f cstacies over. For an out and oat su
perii r line of
NewBst Style Jewelry
you can find it here. We invite you to
call and ee some choice things just re
ceived. Prices are not high. Small
margins ot profit content no.
Albert J: Metzger
WATCHMAKER
Occidental Building, t r - - Oorvallie
New Oak Rockers
r - :.,ahdMorris .Chairs
0- J. BLACKLEDGE'S
Corvallis -
GOME IN,
And see our large new line of pocket knives,
razors, scissors, etc.,
V large line of footballs and all kinds of sport-
. .ing opds nlways onhand. ,
' Umbrellas covered and repaired.-
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The Delineator - - $1-00
McClure's Magazine $1.00
World's Work - - $3.00
C. A Gerhard restore
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
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 tn Olds Gasoline Engines and Automobiles?.
t Guns and Bicycles For Rent. First-class Repair Shop.
M. M. LONG,
Ind. Phono 126 Residence 324
CORVALLIS, - OREGON.
- Looh in Our Window,-:
For the correct thing in the jewelry line. We have a fine
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.
Repairing that is guaranteed and. prices that are in keeping
with the class of work done.
E. VV- S. PRATT- Jeweler and Optician
There is no Reason.
Why yonr 1 haby ; ehon Id be thin, and
retful during the night. Worms are the
-nse of thin, sickly babies. It is natural
that a healthy baby Bbonld be lat and
sleep ell If yonr baby does not retain
its food, drn't experiment with colic
cores and other medicine, bnt try a bot
tle of White's Cieam Yermifoge, and
yon will soon are yonr baby have color
and lang b as it ftbesld. Sold by Graham
& Wortbaa.
Hair Invigorator
And Dandruff Ersdlcatcr
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Price, - Fifty Cents
Manufactured by
The Vegetable Compound Ccmpsny
Corvallis, Oregon- '
Ot
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U N H G D E S
All kind.8 of grass seed for sale
at Zierolf'8 Timothy, clover and,
orchard grass seed. .. .. 74tf
CASTOR I A,
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bear the
Siguatarooi
$3i