sw JMp. .Leading Corvallis Newspaper, Advertisi.; Mediu n Vol. XL1V. Corvaixis, Benton County, Oregon, Tuesday, February 12. 1807. ivo. is Investigation shows that many good watches are spoiled by tampering. No matter how little yoo suppose is the m yours better Havo us repair It- A whoie lot of damage ran be d.ne by those who are Dot acquainted with the delicate mechanism. We know watches and an repair them as they should be Brin us yours if it doesn't no just right. Albert J. Metzger WATCHMAKER Occidental Building, Corvallis FROMTHISDATE 'Til further notic all glasses fitted by PRATT, The Optician, will be absolutely guar tnteed for one year against breakage of any kind In addition to a large DRUGS and MEDICINES We have a fine assortment of Choice Perfumes, Toilet Articles, Floe Stationery, Books, Musical Instruments and Sheet Music. We also have the famous Edison Phonograph, the wonder of the age, with complete line of 1000 records. A call at our store will afford you pleasure and profit. 3 Prompt attention to mail orders- Graham (& Wells REMEMBER We handle Jap-a-lac. A new line Reed Rockers AT 0. J. BLACKLEDGE'S Furniture Store Corvallis - - - Oregon SMITH & DAVSON "" Ph0'" " Pay the Highest Cash Price For Poultry. Dressed Veal and Dressed Pork. Parties in or close to town having ponltry or veal to pell, call us on Tnd. Pho le and we will ca'.l for same. We keep a full line of Poultry and Stock Remedies. Also Chick Grit Shell and Bone, uard Compound, Fruit Tree Spray, and Cider. Corvallis SMITH &. DAWSON Oregon Next to J. R. Smith & Oo. PRATT Satisfaction SPENCER'S Hair Envigorafor And Dandruff Eradicator i 2 ; o o 3 Price, - Fifty Cents Manufaetursd by he Vegetable Compound Company Corvallls, Oregon 9t Starr's Bakery ban secured the service of D ck Llewellyn, the wonderful bread ruakt-r. 89tf and complete stock of J The Jeweler and Optician S.lla the Beat Time-Keeping Watch on the Market. I Guaranteed J HIS FA3&WELL. H"n. W. C. Hawley Takes Leave of Student Friends. With pathos aai hum nr. mem ories and remia spaces of old days, p overbi and ailejory, love and enthusiasm tor Old Willam ette and all that her associations have meant to him. Professor Wi lis C. Hawley, congressman elect for this district, gave his firewall addtess i.i the university rhapel, to the students - and in stitutions of "Od Willamette" and thereby severed his connec tion with her in his official capa city. It was quite an impressive cer emony when Dau Mathews of the college of liberal art, in a few short and well chosen words in troduced the long beloved and honored professor. There was a silence in the chapel that could be felt. It seemed as if ev.-ry student felt a personal loss and realized that the place now va cant could never be filled. Though everyone was glad that Prolessor Hawley en.ers a new and wider fieH in which he may win honor and renown, it was with regret that they saw him sever his connections with the institution. Professor Hawley has always had a warm heart for the stu dents with whom he came in contact. His was a persouality that attracted and influenced for the better those around him. He could win and retain the . confi dence and regard of the student where others failed. His has been a lite that has inspired and encouraged the lives and ambi tions ot a large number of young people who felt the force of his personality within the halls of "Old Willamette." At first indulging in some re miniscences of boyhood days be fore and after his stay at Willam ette he continued in part, as fol lows: "It is the joy of doing work. of working instead of indulging in pleisure tb.u gives the great est and best satisfaction. In my work for the last fifteen years I have been pushed onward toward something better, and have been led to something broader. "My love has been uivided between mv earthly mother and my alma mater. It is a pleasure to meet old pupils, now in the midst of the battles of life, who can say with a tervent clasp of the hand, 'yon helped me.' There is an indelible ambition burning in every soul to be some thing. Do not sit down and say, 'I'd like to be like such a one,' but say, 'I have as good blood in my veins and as good a chance as any. Nothing is better than service done here. The service to society is greater than money or professional call. "The world is not so corrupt as it seems to be. It wants men and women of equipment and quality for the hour. To these comes the honor and power. It the material of the bonfire is not good the light will not shine for long. We eacu have our bonfire to build. Let us see that we make it good" Statesman. "Tongues of Fire" Victim. Where will the wild antics of the "Tongues of Fire" sect end? For some followers the asylum will be the destination reached, as will be seen in a Telegram item which says: Christ Eiicks-an, another vic tim of the religious orgies of the "Tongues of Fire" sect, wiader ed into the police station and con fessed to more crimes than are in the category. He showed in a veiy few moments that his niinri had become affected by the relig ious strain under which be had beea, and the city piysician was called to see him. Erickson, who is about 20 years of age, says he became entangled with the "Tongues of Fire" sect about two weeks ago and has been a constant attendant upon their meeiiugs. lie declares that the spirit of the L rd prompted him to confess all his crimes and sins so he decided to call at the station and make a clean breast of every thing. Hi bean bv savincr he had robbed a friend of S two years ago. Hecoitinued his con fessions until before he had fin ished he had accused himself of the most heinous crimes known. He was sent to the count v iiil to beheld for insanity. Will Discuss Plan Today. At a meeting of the Portland Realty Board today a proposition to place a practical exhibit of Oregon products ia the Eist will be discussed. J O Rountree, a member of the board, favors get ting up a carload of Oregon fruit, grain and other products, such as may be seen at the Chamber of Commerce land sending it to all the cities of the Atlantic sea board, where it is expected to at tract the attention of people who are tired of conditions there, but who don't kuow where to go in order to better themselves. "Literature is all very well in its wav, but it does not not dem onstrate in a practical way what can be done in Oregon." Mr. Rountree says: "California has attracted mor attention in the East by sending exhibits there than by all the printed informa tion ever sent out. People at a distance could see for themselves what could be produced out there, and they became interested as they would in no other wav. We can accomplish what that state did by pursuing the very same course. "The exhibit of Hood River aoples in the windows d jwn town not long since proved a revela tion to the citizens of Portland themselves. Not 20 per cent of our own people knew what Hood River Valley is capable of until they saw these apples in the store windows of our principal firms. If we do not know the posibili ties of Hood River until we saw those apples, we cannot expect that Eastern people will know very much about us until thev see for themselves what we raise out here. "The cost of getting up an ex hibit will be small compared with the good it will do, and I hope to see at least one car of products sent to New York before long." Report Not Believed. The report that was sent out a tew days ago in regard to the in jury done to Oregon hops by the recent severe cold weather is dis credited by Benton growers. That it is discredited by growers about Salem also is shown in a brief dispatch irom the Statesman which says: Growers and hop buyers in this vicinity place little reliabil ity on the reports sent out that 20 per cent of the hop yards of the state have been damaged by the recent frosts. Just how ser ious the damage to the hop roots has been, is difficult to ascer tain. Hops in other states hav" to endure much severer climate and are seldom damaged. Many look upon the frost as rather a benefit to the hops as it loosened the soil. Oregon hops are of a hardy disposition and can stand severe weather. In fact, the late cold rains are more dest.uctive to the hops than any Oregon frost. A buyer yesterday said the re ports were only a scheme hatch ed up to swell the market and that as far as he was concerned he was sorry to see the ma.ket so low but haidly thought tbis aew plan wo ild prove an effective one to raise the price of hops. , The Co vallis ba-iketb-i.! men are still undefeated. In a lively ams at the ar cbj Satnrdftv night th OAC men de. feated tha F.iendly team of Eugene bv the Lcore of 63 to 6. T'ie fir-it half closed witn tha score of 25 to 2 in favor of OAC. ARE BENTON COWS DISEASED? Movement on for Cleaning up Herds Tuberculosis. Fancy giving milk to a baby to drink and thereby infecting the child with tuberculosis! Or usiug milk in your coffee or for cooking purposes that contaius germs of this most dreaded dis ease! The mere idea is one that is sickening, yet such things hap pen. According to the Portland Telegram war has been declared by the state board ot health on cattle infected with tuberculosis. Animals with the tuberculosis are often used as mils cows. This milk contains tubercular germs and the disease is in this manner contracted by those who drink the milk or use it in their food. An infected animal will also spread the disease to other animals in the ' herd, and the germs will linger for a long time in barns where diseased animals are kept. Inspections have been made of the herds at the state insane asy lum and state prison at Salem, and many of the animals used as milk cows have been found in fected. Thee have been order ed destroyed, and a careful watch kept on the remainder of the ani mals. Directions have been given county health officers throughout the state to make inspections of milk and cattle, and whenever they detect the animils infected with tuberculosis to have them killed. Tbe officials manifest considerable interest in the mat ter, and the board of health ex pects that in the future reports will be obtained from the various counties covering the condition of every dairy herd in the state. It mav take months or even years to do this, but the mem bers of the board are determined to succeed. Dr. J. W. Harris of Lane coun ty is regarded as one of the most active officials in the state in his efforts to detect cmtageous dis eases among cattle, and have them slaughtered. In November he had two cows with lump jaw killed, and two in December. During Jaauary he discovered three tubercular dairy cows, im mediately condemned them and had them put out ot the way. Dr. Harris in his report to the state health board says: "I shall use my utmost endea vors in matters of this character to eradicate even the possibility of the disease, as ar as the law may sustain me in doing so." Members of the stae board of health have commended Mr. Harris for his activity and are at tempting to get other health of ficers to follow his example. Hofer's "Roast. Colonel E Hofer, editor of the Salem Journal, who knows all about everything from strawberry culture and poultry raising to running the national government, prints the following roist on the Oregon school sy tern: "The legislature ought to abolish the eighth grade teach ers' certificrtes and tbe 'bum' normal schools. But it can't do that; the whole state educational system needs wiping out and a new one started, but it takes brains to do that and they are not available. Ia Linn county the other day three-fourths of the eighth graders weie rejected. The third grade teachers' certifi cates is another humbug. There are really only two grades of school teachers, good ones and those yet in the sap. The bill that went through the senate to put two ot the state school ma chines onto the text book com mission ought to be killed. It is a move to put the text boek busi ness back into the hands of the Rigler push where the state res cued it from odium a few years ago. The American Book Com pany should get its books back into the public schools by merit, not by the advooocy of its hired men. and uuder the guise of legislation." These Have Passed. Those who passed tbe eighth grade examinations in Benton county last week were:. Adelli King, Edna Strong, Liz zie Buchanan, Mary Leonard, Chester Lafferty, E'mo Johnson, Max Miller, Earl Hrris, Gay lord Felton, Earl Withycotnbe, Frank Hour, Lillian O, B wen, Alsea; Ray Hamnierslev, Alsea; Lester Porter, HazM C-isoroves and Edith Whitney. Wrenn; Es ther White and Charles Goiuley, Philomath; Ross Lewis, Bertha Allen and Oscar Williamson, Wells; Clara King, Elsie Jones, Jennie Totten. Miss Clara Kin? of district 45, who is 12 years of age, had the highest grade her average being 93. Miss Frank Hout of Cor vallis, 14 years old, was second. with an average of 91. The minimum passing grade 111 any branch is 70; the general average 80. The next examination will be held in Corvallis May 16 and 17- Subscribed Liberally. What was yesterday a proba bility has become a reality through the liberal subset iptions of the students who attended the "Student Building Rally" at the Armory Friday evening. It was with some feeling of doubt that the promoters of this project undertook-the late canvass, but their past labors in devising what plan would be best to pre sent the movement to the stu dent, and explaining its purposes certainly bore fruit last Friday evening when the 400 students, who had assembled at the Ar mory, subscribed the sum of $2, 172 50. But few people can under stand the sacrifices some of the students who subscribed to the movement will have to undergo in order that they will be able to pay their pledges; but the fact that they have done so, is the best eulogy that can be pronoun ced to the memo:y of Claiborne Shepard, who practically sacri ficed his life to the cause and a fitting example of the "spirit" that fills the heart of nearly every student in OAC. Teachers' Examination. Notice is hereby given that the county school superintendent of Benfon com ty Ore., will hold the regular examinni on of applicants for state and county pa) era at Corvallis, of s lid county and state a follows: FOR STATE PAPERS Commencing Wedaesday, February IS 19 )7, at 9 o'clock a. m. and continuing until Saturday, Feb. IB, 4 p. m., 1937. PROGRAM Wednesday Penmanship, history, spelling, physical geography, reading, psychology. Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, bookkeeping, physics, civil government. Friday Physiology, geography, men. tal arithmetic, composition, algebra. Saturday Botany, plane geometry, general histoiy, English literature, schoo law. FOB COUNTY PAPERS Commencing Wednesday, Feb. 13, 1907, at 9 o'clock a. m. and continuing until Friday, Feb. 15, 1907, 4 o.cloak p. m. FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD GRADE CERTIFI CATES. Wednesday Penmanship, history, or tbography, reading. Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, physiology. Friday Geography, mental arithme tic, s hool law civil government. PRIMARY CERTIFICATES Wednesday Penmanship, orthogra phy, arithmetic, reading. Thursday Art cf instructing, theory of teaching, physiology. Dated this 4th day of February, I9O7. Geo. W. Denmax, County School Sup't, Benton Co.. Ore. After a ten weeks' illness, Mrs. Janet Smith is able to be np and aboat. She is still at tbe hoaie of her daughter, Mrs. Vance Tayloi.