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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1906)
f 4 Leading Corvallis Newspaper. Best Advertising Medium. Vor. XT, XV. roifVAf.l T?, HKNTON OofTTVI-A, OreS:QOTV TlJEHDA Yt 1 )eCRMPR U ; IMM iri The Christmas Supplies that's wanted at Xmaa time is almost endless. Handsome sifts have to be carefully selected. For instance. Cut Class Christmas Presents are not only highly prized on account of their beauty, but on account of their intrinsic value as well. We rave a splendid display of cut glass ware and you'll do well to inspect . and buy from Albert J. Metzger WATCHMAKER Occidental Baildinz, - - - Corvallis Have your watch cleaned for $ t mainspring for $1 ; all work guar anteed at Matthews', optician and jeweler. 84-f K32 Big: assortment of New Couches bougth at a bargai n.Will be sold at 20 per cent discount. 0. J. BLACKLEDGE'S Furniture Store Corvallis - - - Oregon IN" SELE CTING ... , Your Chriitmas gifts come in and see what we have to offer, you. Presents suitable for Papa, Mama ,and the rest of the family. Yours for a merry Christmas, O T T X H O E E S The Delineator - - $1.00 McClure's ItfagazIne-SI.OO World's Work - - $3.00 lC. A. Gerhard 2yir? 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 tho Olds Gasoline Engines and Automobiles.! (ns and Bicycles For Rent First-class Repair Shop. M. M. Ind. Phone t CORVALLIS, Ind. Phone 126 - Look ' m ms 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. 17. S. PRATT, Fowcb ? end Optlsfca SPENCER'S Hair Inviqorafor And Dandruff Ercdicaior J. 3 5 55 3 E Price, - Fifty Cents ' Manufactured tyj Tho Vegetable Compound Company Corvallis, Oregon 9if Early ti Bed: And early to rise, mekes one healthv hapnv and wise-especially if vou take Herbirte before retiring. A. positive CBre, for Constipation, Dyspepsia and all liver complaints. Mrs S , Columbia, Tenn. writes: I alwayw keep a supply of vour rierbine on band. Am so pleased witli the relief it siyes in constipation and all livr complaint?, thit words i-an't ex prps my appreciation. Sold by Graham Worttiam. LONG, Residence 324 - OREGON. v . . -; THE COLISEUM. Conclusion cf A Day in Rome," Prof. Horner's Lecture. - The seats " fell back on each other regularly so that there were no galleries hence history has made no reference' to "nigger heaven- in the Coliseum. The top ot the uonseum was lett open; but historians say an awning was spread aoove as a protection against rains and sun shine. It may be that the tbous and colored valerium .was used for this purpose. i The height of the! biiilding seemed to aid the open too ana the arcades to carry on ventila tion which otherwise might have been, pestilential with such throngs as the exciting contests of the arena called together. Late that afternoon, while we wore -wandering . through the ruins of Trajan's Forum near by. saw in relief a portrait of Athena. She was weeping. For some uncountable reason I was reminded that I live in a small city, the descendant of Rome, on the farther edge of another conti nent. Leading to this city is also an Appain Way. On that splendid via is a goddess modeled in Grecian design. She stands at the fountain of knowledge, pouring lrom her chalice into the salver for all who thirst after knowledge. This masterpiece ot Grecian design recognized by the cultured Romans has been adopt-' ed by American artists. Young men and women have' partaken from the chalice of learning on the Appain Way for four' years. As a mark of appre ciation Jif ;tfwir-a!nia;..mater,Jthey have dedicated this memorial to other young men and women who desire to improve their tastes. But this Goddess of Knowledge has been dishonored and her shrine desecrated so that she has turned her face from the passing throngs. And Athena, who his been respected as the beloved Goddess of Art for twen ty-five centuries, wonders if it, can be that there are Aryans in this age so barbarious as not to appreciate this gift; she wonders if there are still Aryans who are unable to show proper respect for the donors of so beautiful a mon ument. Ladies and gentlemen, anciently it was un-Hellenic and un-Roman to difigure the beauti ful. Yet we are more than Grec ian and Roman. Let us therefore frown upon any attempt at van dalism that disfigures statues and ornaments .bequeathed as testi monials of gratitude by those who have partaken at this fountain of knowledge. Let Athena raise her head once more. Say It Is Exhorbitant. Corvallis business men and . i ot tiers nave registered a vigorous "kick" the past few days against waat tbey declare to be exorbi taat express rates on shipments seat out of this city, and from evidence at hand Jit appears that their complaint is justified bj tacts. For instance, a man was 8 in this city a few days ago and made the purchase ot five boxe of Benton county apples to ship to friends in California for Christ mas. Had this fruit been ship ped it would have been a good advertisement for Benton counh showing the outside world what Benton can do in the line of fruit production. The apple cost this man $1.25 per box, but upon inquiry at the express of fice it was tound that the express age would be $5 70 per bundre pounds, which rate the gentle man declared was "too much fo; him" and the apples were no sent. They were to go to Lo Angeles county. A Corvallis business man re cently wrote to California to as certain the rate per hundred b express to certain Eistern points. 1 A V . mm .. . a at. ic zcDiT wu tui tna - rate war a hum came Dcstaeca aa&aMb pxUefreai thoe preee&t. states-that the rate from Corval lis to the same "Eastern-point is $9 per hundred, and he naturally asks "why?" : California fruit is known in Eastern markets and at the rate Californians pay per hundred they can easily -afford to adver tise themselves abroad. With a rate such as is quoted from Cor vallis to the East it is, different, and Benton grown fruit will be slow in coming before the mar kets of the world at this rate. Such are the opinions of Corval lis people who have inquired in to conditions. " - Y The matter is here given space without further comment as the tacts speak for themselves. Some of these business men say that a reasonable rate on fruit, at least could and should be made by the' companies, even if other rates are kept sky-high. ANOTHER BIG EXPERIMENT. To See What Oregon Can Grow Walnut Culture. Believing that walnut culture will prove one of Oregon's most profitable industries, judge Wil- 1am Galloway will plant 100 acres of his ranch near McMinn ville in walnut trees. He says: believe walnut growing in Ore gon climate.iior the hardier kinds of English walnuts, is just as certain as raising apples and hops." ' Counting the trees to be set out right away, there will be 600 acres of commercial orchard of walnuts in Yamhill county alone, says Judge Galloway, who is one of the Circuit Judges of the Third Judical District. -He expects to set out 25 or 30 acres this winter and later bring the orchard up to 100 acres. ; It will, then be as large as any walnut . orchard 7 in the state. :r' Prince, of Dundee, the ?pioneer walnut grower of Oregon, has 100 acres. Dr. Calbretb, superintendent of the State Insane Asylum, and Dr. Gcucher, ot McMinnville, are to plant 90 acres soon. "Growing walnuts on .the Paci fic coast is as old as the first set tlements,' said Judge Galoway. "but walnut culture is a' new thing in Oregon. The Jesuit Friars away back in the days of Spanish dominion planted wal nut trees in Southern California. They are bearing to this day. "The nuts grown in Southern California are ot the soft-shell variety, and when attempts were made to raise them in the north, em part of that state they met with failure. This discourage ment to the industry in a colder climate is what prevented com mercial culture of the' walnuts in this state. . But . in the past few years entirely successful ex periments have been made with the-harder shelled nuts. Mr. Prince's orchard, set out about ten years ago, is now yielding a nice profit. "Even a belter nut. than the California product can be raised in uregon. .prince sold his crop this vear for 16 cents a pound, and is now retailing some cfit at 20 cents. This is much bet ter price than that secured by Califoania growers this season. They begin to bear profitobly in eight or nine years. The acreage of walnut orchards m an pans ot the Willamate Valley is increasing, and froth oresent indications that industry may yet became an lrnpoitant one in this st ite. K re bs brothers. he hopmen, of Salem,' recently jurchased. 3 j trees ot English vlnuts grat ed on blick walnut rees, a tr which, is said to roduce a spkndid. nut. It is aid thev p iid $450 ,fjr the, 300 ree?. Telegram. . The choi at - tht: First u Methodist -endered some excellent special mnsic Sanday eveninz, solo parts being sans k tiXmm Tntn t: t. n a rs.tt. I J. L. Uudnroed eve m eulo with organ .tit. 1 . ..j Will Corvallis Girl Go? And Who Will She Be? Scheme to Advertise Oregon. '; John Allen, secretary of the Benton county Citizens' League is in receipt of a letter from the Mayor ot McMinnville, W T. wacy, which proposes a novel wa y of advertising Oregon. Be cause it willj nteiest evry . pretty girl in Benton county, not to say that girl's parents, admirers and friends, the letter is published in full. It says: McMinnville, Ore; Dec. 19, '06. Dear Sir: The custom of sending young women on excursions gotten up by newspapers has inspired the commercial organizations and business men of this city to out line and propose the following preliminary plan, which we think will result in great benefit to the state as well as the locali ties represented. The proposition is to organize, uniform, equip and drill a com pany of about forty young wo men selected from the different counties of the state and take them to the World's Fair at Jamestown and to other impor tant cities and places in the Uni ted States, both North and South and give free drills and musical entertrinments, in the public parks and other convenient places, during August and Sept ember. The itinerary under the direc tion of the Oregon State Com mission to the Jamestown Expo- ition will probably include such places as Denver, Los Angeles, j Fort Worth, New Orleans, At- anta, Richmond,- Washington, D. C, Yorktown, . St? Paul, In? dianapolis, Western state fairs and Saratoga, where the Nation al Encampment of the Grand Army ot the Republic is held and possibly at Coney Island, New York. Hon. Geo, H. Williams, who was attorney general in President Grant's cabinet, will be invited and will probablv accompany the young ladies and show them many places of historic interest about the National Capitol.. He is the onlv survivor of the war cabinet, either North or South. You are requested to co-oper ate with us in making this a state enterprise. Look well amoHg the girls of your respec tive counties for models of pro priety and physical excellence. The girls must have the endorse ment of respected citizen?, s to character and deportment, good health, good form and feature. While this is not intended .or a beauty show yet there is plenty of the finest material to select from. Pick out the best. Graceful carriage and able to march and drill for one hour without serious atigue. This will necessitate selecting those who do not pinch the waist or feet, or are given to nervousness. A steady hand is necessary for the statute like pose or the perfect drill. Ages about 18 to 26 years. Height, 5 feet. inches to 5 feet, 8 inches. Weight 120 to 140 pounds. Able to sing in chorus. , Must not wear glasses. Daik hair will be the more suitable for the Indian drill. Ltt us have good, sensible girls, those that represtnt the highest typ? of American wo manhood and womanl ness for which our state is noted. There may . be competitive drills with crack battalions of Europe as well as America, therefore strictly military drill discipline will be enforced, both on duty and off. The physical training and drill will be given by Col. J.' C. Coopei of this city who drilled too famous Manila Guards of 1898. Accounts and pictures of this organization were printed in over one hundred papers la the. United States, with graphs.;?, Full page cots withl write-sp j appeared;; the! N. w Yoik Herald, the New Y rk: Journal and the Oregonian. He al so drilled the famous Tilla mook Indian Scouts in ppactacu -lar features whirh were the great " attractiou at that coast county fair lat summer, maneuvers an thrilling will be new company. Professor M. Some of tbese- others merer taught to the- - E. Robin so nv well known in Oregon and Wash -ington as a musical director, wiK" add the musical feature to the -drill. It is intended to make the -educational benefits ot tlie excur sion together with the physical training and musical training fas- exceed in value all the time money and effort expended in the enterprise, all ot which will bene ht the state as well as the mem bers of the company.' The foregoing proposition baa- been submitted to many pronii Inent citizens of the stateinclud- ing Hon. Jefferson Myers and Tom Richardson ot the state commission and it meets with the universal and hearty approval of all and also the promise of the friendly co-operation of,the prom inent newspapers of the state,' and we ask the help of all." The girls selected should be assisted in raising the funds necessary for the trip. It they cannot get it among their mends a way will be found. We want the best re gardless of whether- they belong: to the rich families or not. Let us know who they are as instruc tions will be sent them from time to time. Eliminate contests and save the heartaches of the de feated. Select soon as some dis tricts may want to send more than treir quota, which will be apportioned sosn arid an estimates- made of the expenses of the trip- The City cf McMinnville will ' entertain, the girls, free of charge all during the month's trainings jut prior to the starting East. W. T. Macy, D. E. Wheeler ancS J. R. Graven, organizing com- , mittte. Address all communications tc W. f . Macy, Mayor, McMinn . ville, Oregon. Yours truly, W. T. Macv Beljefountain Nates. Toe Torsda-lt and sifter w.ho are attending school at Salem are visiting J. H. Edwards and fami ly over Christmas. Clyde and Hovey Balknap are-' home from Salen, where they are -attending college, to sp;nd the holidays. Miss Beitha Coon has arrived' from Eastern Oregon to spends Christmas with relatives. The Starrs, Waltzes, and Rev. and Mrs. Burbank are to be guests over Christmas of Mr. Ssz MrsJ W. F. Starr Mr. & Mrs. S. C. Starr have gone to Drain, Oregon, .to spends Christmas with their son, Wayne This neighborhood is alnpt -with students who have cooae home from school and college to spend the holidays, and a jollyr . time it is for both parents anc& children. ' Telephone line No. g, comingr in from the north, was to be con nected up with Bellefountaira central last night. It will ac commodate many patrons. Levs Watkins is one who has a newi phone. Charles, Dan and James Perihv. and their families. George Hum phreys and family and Mr. aac Mrs. Will Nichols are to be guests Christmas day. of Mr;, audi Mrs Walter Humphreys Miss Lillie Hull, who is teach ing school at Mouroe, is spending' tne noiioay vacation here. Christmas trees were eutowl last night at Bellefountainy Starp son's chapel, Monroe an d Btownf. scnooi nouse. f roerams - other features were enjbyecU Tohtt TCpwefvtmK -mil h ti n ii T1 'i iU for sometime. iaot mvivtC J: