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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1907)
Leading Corvallis Newspaper. Best Advertising Medium. Vol. XL1V. CORVALUB, HKVTON COUNTV, OREGON, FRIDAY, JaNUARY I8 1 IVO. 8 Investigation shows that many Kooi watcbea are apoiled by tampering. o matter how little you suppose is the ii t yours better Havo urn repair Mm A whoie lot of damage can be d.ne by those who are not acquainted with the delicate mechanism. ' We know watches and can repair them as they should be Bring us youra if it doesn't no just rinht. Albert J. Mctzgcr WATCHMAKER Occidental Building, ... Oorvallis Look m 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. W. S. PRATT, Jewsle and Optician D. O. Hlamtmnd. CORVALLIS STEAM LAUNDRY. PatronlzoHomo Industry. Oar da Ordarm Solloltad. All Work Gunrmntmmd. REMEMBER We handle line Reed Rockers AT- 0. J. OLACKLEDGE'S Furniture Store Corvallis - - - Oregon Brands of BREAKFAST FOODS We Carry HUT YOU WANT TO FLAKES This food is put up in one pound packages and sold for 15 cents a package at HOSES Brines vour Job Work to the Gazette Office. WHEN YOU BUY AN ARTICLE It pays to buy a Rood one t U. , ,?C ' ' and $5-00; the John B. Stetaou hat, 14.00 and 5 00. Sold by A.K. RUSS SPENCER'S Hair Invigorator And Dandruff Eradlcator 3 5 E m o- 9 M Ck S 3 Price, Fifty Cents Manufactured by The Vegetable Compound Company Corvallis, Oregon &t PianoD and O gaue Ne and second hatid tor sale and rent R. N. White. Phorje 405. 105-6-7 Cham. Blakaalaa. 1CORVALUS, 2 OREGON. .tiVVjlWliMi Jap-a-lac. A new TR Y TIIE LAT12ST GROCERY M. B. Hurtly, who was a lead ing baker in ii,ugene for lo years, ia now baking for Sro.! & San in this city. Everything fresh every evening. 6-14 New line fancy ribbons just re ceived at the Bazaar. 8-9 Lin handsome cushion tops sol la like hM takes, at (he Bcm. T V U'.'.W- ft. - : )' ? Tor. I J v t SWEET SINGERS FOR OREGON. Request Made of Corvallisites The Plan. Wnt n the Ea eerner has spent enough time in Oregon to hay eci me accustomed to the miia climate, luscious fruits, attractive cenery and numerous other good pou ts, his attention finally is at tracted to the scarcity of song iids as compared to the middlt and eastern states. There, on a -pting morning, the air is filled with the melody of many a sweet songster's early carol, but in Ore gon comparatively little music of tins sort is heard. This fact has Ik en so much re gretted by bird lovers generally ht action has at last been taken towards effectfng a change in conditions in Oregon. B. W. Johnson is the recipient of a let ter that may lead to some action being taken in this section. With so many of the sporting fraternity and bird lovers here it would seem an easy matter to form the sort of a ciub suggested in the letter to Mr. Johnson, which in full reads as follows: Portland, Oregon, Dec. 29: h, 1906. Dear Sir: A club for the in troduction into Oregon ot useful European and American song birds has been formed here. The song birds so far imported and liberated here by the Club has resulted very satisfactorily. The officers of the Club are: B. Fal lows, President; Ralph Hoyt, treasurer and C. F. Pfiuger, sec retary. In order to give all bird lovers in Oregon an opportunity to par ticipate in this public spirited en terprise of stocking the State of Oregon with these lovely song birds, and as the aim is now to introduce the English and Ger man Skylarks into Oregon, in all the different localities, I most Te spectfully suggest to you to start a song bird Club there at your place for the introduction ot bky- larks. Your Club will get the Sky larks at cost price, to-wit: $1-65 per pair, exclusive of expressage from New York to Portland, Ore gon, which will amount to about 35 cents per pair. Alter the bkylarks have arriv ed in he Spring or Fall of 10,07 the number of pairs, of birds or dered by your Club will be for warded to you from here, and your Club members can liberate them upon vour open fields and meadows there. The loss of b rds from New York to Portland, Oregon, is but very trifling, but each Club or jdering has to stand its propor tionate shaie ot loss, if any. 1 i; esongoi tne ssyiaiK is ex- ceeaingly agreeable, no bird sings so continuously and with more method and melody; there is an overture performed, vivace cresendo in various notes of the scale, when descending he grad ually ceases to sing with a sink ing ot the strains betore the final close, and he drops with the vel ocity of an arrow to the ground. Now if you and your Club will help in this laudable enterprise of stocking our State with these lovely song-birds, now is the time to do it. Try and interest all lovers of song-birds there and get them to join your boag-bnd Club, and then mane your order according ly lor as many pairs of Skvlarks as you desire, to the undersign ed. Yours respectfully, C. F. Pfluger, Secretary of the Song-bird Club, Portland, Oregon. All Oregon in Favor. All Oregon is seemingly ii favor of the open river prcjrc and the purchase by the state o government of the Oregon City locks. That Eastern Orga it heartily ia sysspatar with th subject is shown by the utter ances of Senator Whealdon of Wasco, who said : "All Eastern Oregon 'people firmly beiieve in open rivers The tolls now being collected at the Oregon City locks are un questionably a burden on river shipping, and we are in favor of making the locks free. "I believe I am expressing the sentiment ot the entire Eastern Oregon delegation when I say this. While the more direct benefit from the purchase by 'the government of the Oregon City locks wonld accrue to the people of the Willamette Valley, we re member that they have been very generous in providing for our needs at Cehlo, and certainly will be favorably inclined to this pro ject "We think that it is the pro vince of the national government to acquire these locks, but if this should not -be done, we would favor their purchase by the state or the adoption of any other measures to secure iree open river." ' REQUESTED OF CONGRESS. Sum of $1,200,000 far Exposition Purposes. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Ex position bill that has been intro duced in Congress asking for an appropriation ot $1, 200,000 pro vides only for the participation of Hawaii, Alaska and the Philip pines at the fair. The federal government will be asked later on to make provision for its gen eral exhibit and a building to house it. ( The bill calls for a separate building for each territory. The expenditures for the buildings and the collection, installation and maintenance of the displays are divided in the estimates as follows: department of interior, $SSO,ooo; department of war, $150,000; Alaska, $350,000; Ha waii, $50,000; Fmllipine Islands, 100,000. Although the bill has been in troduced nothing further can be accomplished until the state of Washington has shown its good, faith in the exposition by mak ing a liberal appropriation for its participation. Senator Piles and his colleagues have urged that the state legislature act upon the exposition bill that will be in troduced at the forthcoming ses sion as quickly as possible so that the work at Washington can go forward without delay. It is also essential for the State of Washington to make its appro priation early and for congress to take some action, in order for the exposition management to secure appropriations from the different states that have their legislative meetings this winter. The bill provides for a govern ment board composed of the sec retaries of war, interior and treas ury which will have general sup ervision over all the govern ment's representation. No charge for exhibit space will be made, and the states and foreign countries which do not erect their own buildings can secure space in the general exhibit pal aces. Ssarr'd Bakery has secured the serries of D ck Llewellyn, the vronilerlul bread maker. 89 NATURE'S CATARRH CURE. Sansib'e and Ssisn title Way tj Cars This Disigreeable Disease. In no o-her ea catarrh ba cured is natural lyn t quicKly a by iti i e ill oui i..'j.-.,,o! tnroiiiiri the near to.-kei liilia er ui.it otued with every until. In his way the ir that enters the anal pa.!ii''s, ihe throat or Hie lungs i- tilled wi;;i flv-.-iuei'e healing tuediea 'ion. redi-ni 1: Um mo t remote air cells f the rertpirr.)ry orartns. and healing the jra'ed aits, ou.t meuihrtit-e. Si BtrooK is (t-bi am & Wells' faith in he Dower of Hvi niei to cure catarrh troubles, that i h every dollar outfit they bU thev mve a guarantee to return! b monev aalaw ii Bin flM. urn hatuaa, VwmAU, && IT WAS A SUCCESS. Merchants' Carnival Many Peo ple Were Present. The -Merchants' Carnival" given by home talent under the direction of Carroll E Johnson at the opera house Monday nnd Tuesday nights was a decided hit" and has been highly spok en of bv all who attended. Onlv few days for preparation had been given, but no hitch occurred in carrying out the various fea tures and there were no mistakes by the participants, which in it self is something worthy of not ice. All the business houses had creditable displays and the young ladies evinced good taste in the selection of their costumes. Many ludicrous features were introduced, as for instance t Mrs. E. F. Pernot carried a little white pig in her arms and sang a ditty about "When little pigs be- gin to nv." She represented Swingler & Cady's butcher shop. Hout & Jones were represented by Mrs. John Allen, who led a little dog by a string, carried a sausage grinder with which she ground sausage and sang "Oh where, oh where is my littli dog gone?" Miss Mary Nolan, dress ed in blue print dress and sun bonnet, led in a wonderful brin dle cow made of a saw horse and canvass, it wore a bell and bore a sign "Kaupisch's Creamery Cow." The college girls' sextette pleased the audience, Miss Nelle Marvin as representative of the Ccffey studio had a "catchy" song and dance, Miss Gertie Mc Bee was pleasing in the "swing song," and Miss Carrie Danne manas a "painless dentist" and Mrs. H. W. Kaupisch as a "lady barber" brought down the house. One of the characters most discussed was Miss Edith Keady as the huntress, representing M. M. Long's gun and bicycle store. With a rifle she appeared in full hunting costume, and fired three shots into the scenery, each time bringing down a china pheasant from some high and un seen percn. Each ysung lady in the per formance made a very pretty ap pearance and did both herself and the house she represented decid ed credit. M.. Carroll Johnson is cer tainly clever in his line of wort?, and as promoter and manager of the carnival he deserves the praise and thanks of not oa y the Episcopal ladies but ot the business men and the general public. What It Has Meant. The past few days have been trying ones for Corvallis, al though conditions here have been more favorable than in many sections elsewhere, a newspaper dispatches. cording to The coldest weather experien ced in years has prevailed and the results'have been quite trying to the Webfooter who is not ac customed to -uch conditions. From one end of town to the other there has been a cry for plumbers, as water pipes have been frozen and bursted and from dawn until dark there has been a call for plumbing repairs. f hese calls have bsen attended to as rapidly as possible, but even then mu::h inconvenience has been ex perienced and people have- felt that they were justified in mak ing a vigorous '"kick" about the weather. With wood already scarce in town and almost impossible to get at any price, the cold snap! has worked a hardship on many a family and the condition may re sult in positive distress to some before spring comes. The scar city of wood is due to the fact that there is no help to be had in getting it cut, because men who I? . . . . fwgiblc wgeBlue f!eay df other employment at better p-v and will not go the wood catnix to chop. Already dealers in wood art-, taking orders for next year at figures far in advance of present prices and those best informed on conditions declare that next year will see the f reatest shortage of fuel in this section ever exper ienced here. POSTMASTER RECEIVES. Our Great Growth Indicated Facts and Figures. by At ten o'clock yesterday morn ing Postmaster B. W. Johnson received innumerable patrons of the office and escorted them though the new building and explained the use of the many new conveniences of the new postoffice building recently com pleted by Senator A. J. Johnson. The eq ipment of the office is so fine as to prove a veritable sur prise to all and as for complete ness it seems that not a single de tail has been overlooked. The building and its equipment are certainly most creditable to Cor vallis and stands as a monument to her progress. To A. J. John sou and B. W. Johnson (latter i postmaster) all praise is due for making it possible for us to boast so cteditable a postoffice. It is appropriate at this time to ctnouicle something relating to the past growth of our postal busi ness aud at the same time re cord matters of present moment. During the year ending Decern bet 31, 1896, the pjstal revenues were $4 397 47; for the year end ing Dicemer 31, 1906, they were $9,141.02, showing again in the past ten years of 108 pet cent. During the year ending Dec. 31, 1896, sixty six letters were received for special delivery, while for the year ending Dec. 31, 1906, one hundred and eighty-tour letters were received tor special delivery. The box receipts for 1896 were $487.50; for 196 $806.05. During 1896 3358 money orders were issued and during the past year 7,095. For quarter ending Dec. 3T, 1905, the business amounted to $2,383 -42; for quarter ending Dec. 31, 1906, $25786.553 gain of 17 per cent. Ten years ago only three mails were received and dispatched daily and the of fice was not open on Sundays, no mails being received or dispatch ed oa that day, ann ten years ago all mails were received and dis patched between the hours ot 11:30 a. m. and 1:31 p. in. Now tne first mail is dispatched .at 6 a. m. and the last mail arrives at 9 p. m. We now have 45 mails a weeK waere only is were re ceived ten years ago. Ten years ago two persons could easily handle the work of the office and aside from John Lenger who was then the mail messenger, there were no other employes connected with the mail service of this city. At that time there were no star routes and no rural delivery routes out ot this omce. Today tuere are two star routes, one in operation between Corvallis and Philomath and the other between Corvallis and Monroe. There are four ruial delivery routes now iu oper ation supplying som fifteen hun dred rural residents. The personnel of the force em ployed in and out of the Corval lis post office is as follows: B. V. Jahuson Postmaster Lillian H. Jjhnson A.ar. Postmaster Walter R. Corbett Gen. Djl. Clerk James A. Cooper Mailing Clerk Chancy W. LeVee Car. R. F. X). No. 1 O. B. Connor " " " " " 2 H. M. Cummings " " " " " ff .. Ealph H. Metcalf. " " " " ' " 4 John W. Lenger .- Mail Messenger Frank Bullis Mail Carrier Corval- lis-Pbilomath Star Route J. H. Read Mail Carrier Corvallis-Monroe Star Route Kidney Cam aVMLJaatfarJC 9 ' ; 1