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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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