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Couvalus, Bextois Coujvty, Oregon, Friday, March 8. 190T.
Vou X.L1V.
NO. 22
Investigation
shows that many uooii watches ar
spoiled by tampering. No muiter ho
little you suppose is the l
yours better
Have us rttpatr St.
A whole lot of damage ran b ti me hi
those who are not acquainted with the
delicate mechanism. V know watches
nd an repair them as they Miould he
Brins us yours if it doesn't 120 just
rinht.
Albert J. Metzger
WATCHMAKER
Occidental Building, ... Corvallis
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Thursday, March 14
Ian Maclaren's
Beautiful Scottish Idyl
The Bonnie Briar Bush
Original
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Best Attraction Here This Season
Seat Sale Opens
FROM THIS DATE
Til further notice all glasses fitted by PRATT, The Optician, will
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any kin A
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town having poultry or veal to cell, call ns on Tnd. Phone an1 we will
call for same. We keep a fall line of Poultry and Stock
Remedies. Also Chick Grit Shell and Bone, rrd Compound, Fruit
Tree Spray, and Cider.
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WHAT THEY SAY.
In Regard to Birds of Oregon
Much Discussion Aroused.
Because of the widespread in
terest that has been aroused by
the defeat of House Bill 367,
space is requested in the Gizette
by Wuham L,. Finley, president
of the Oregon Audubon Society,
in which tc explain why this so
ciety made such a strenuous ef-
for. to defeat the bill. He says:
We understand that many of
th orchard ists in the state want
ed this law in order to protect
themselves from the ravages of
certain birds.- It passed the
house and senate, but was vetoed
by Governor Chamberlain.
Our present Model Bird law
was passed in 1903. This law
has been adopted and is used in
every state in the Union except
ing thitteen. It was strongly
recommended by the Biological
survey of the department ot agri
culture. At th time it was pass
ed, it was so amended to meet
the needs of Oregon. We are
emphatically opposed to abolish
ing protection to all our useful
birds on account of the sins of
three or lour species. . This is
what House Bill 367 proposed to
do
The last provision in this bill
reads: "Provided further, that
this act shall not be construed as
preventing faimers, gardeners
and orchardists from destroying
any birds, other than game birds
when necessary to ptevent the
destruction ot crops from the
ravages of birds." This seems
fair at fir 1 glance, but it is in
direct coi-fltct to the spirits of
the very law to which it was
added, because this law precludes
that many song birds are not in
jurious, but of positive benefit to
the farmers, gardners and or
chardists, and the general good
of the state demands that they
shall not be killed.
This proviso is too sweeping to
become a law, because it nulli
fies all preceeding song bird leg
islation. Under it, any land
owner can claim any bird on his
premises is harmful to his crops
Peopie can shoot any or aJl song
birds on their own property and
pursue these birds to other parts.
This bill opens our song birds
throughout the state to the
slaughter of Italian gardeners,
gunners and all others who wish
to shuot larks, robins, thrushes
and other species for pot-pie.
Another proviso ot House Bill
367 reads: "Provided, that the
protection afforded birds under
this act shall not apply to crows,
bluejays, cwls, hawks, butcher
birds, magpies, blackbirds, the
English or European houe spar
row, woodpeckers and apple-
birds."
There are six or seven varieties
ot owls that inhabit Oregon, only
one ot which, the Horned Owl,
is in any way detrimental to
poultry interests. The other
owls are recognized by all as
birds of the most economic im
portance. Our present law pro
tects all owls except the horned
owl. House Bill 367 permits
the indiscriminate killing of all
owls, which is a great mistake.
House Bill 367 permits the s
called 4lapple bird" to be de
stroyed without limit. "Apple
biid is a local application known
only to the framers of this bill.
It may refer to a robin, chick
adee, sparrow, flycatcher, thrush,
grosbeak, or any other
bird that lives about an
apple tree. Many of these spec
ies are ot the highest economic
value, why permit thtir des
truction? Under our present law, w
have a check on the tendency 01
the boy to kill useful song bird'
for sport Under House Bil
367. the gate we have r lied up
on Is thrown wide open and th
boy may roam the fields ann
woods with sling-shot and gun t
ctinnf all nt K1 V V.,", J 1
t peckers, and under the term,!
"apple birds, the tanagers. robins,-
chirping sparrows, fly
catchers, waxwings, thrushes,
grosbeaks, chickadees, . and all
others that live about our or
cbards.
We wish it clearly understood
that the Audubon Society is not
defending birds merely from a
sentimental standpoint. We are
defending some birds as a class
because the Department of Agri
culture at Washington has prov
ed beyond doubt that thev are of
real economic value to man.
OAC Victors.
In a second game of basketball
between the OAC and Crescent
Five of Chicago played at the
Armory Wednesday night to de
cide the question of which is the
better team, OAC was victorious
by a score of 38 to 32, winning
by six points. The same number
of points fell to the Chicago
team in the first game, played
Monday night, when the score
was 28 to 34.
In the game Wednesday night
the locals had recovered from
their "stage fright" and put up
a regular whirlwind game, carry
ing their opponents completely
off their feet, and renewing the
old time faith of the spectators
in the superiority of the OAC I
five. It was thought that Swann
would be out of the game be
cause of injuries received Mon
day night, but he was allowed
to enter and played brilliant ball,
while no less effective was the
work of Bilyeu, Reed, Rooper
and Foster, each of whom prov
ed his skill at every turn. An
immense crowd watched the con
test, and later in the . night the
cannon was fired a half dozen
times in honor of the OAC vic
tory. It is rumored that a movement
will be started to make up a
purse to send the OAC men to
the Jamestown Exposition to con
test for the championship of the
world.
Has Not Been Found.
A few weeks ago Chief Lane
reeeived a letter from Hubbard,
Oregon, asking that he keep a
lookout for a lady who had mys
teriously disappeared from her
home there. A picture was sent
and a description given of the
missing woman, but no trace of
her was ever discovered in this
city. More information on the
subject is obtained from the Sa
lem Statesman this week, in a
dispatch which says:
"All of my efforts to learn the
whereabouts of my wife, who
has been missing since the first
of January have been tutile,"
said M. F.eyman of Woodburn
yesterday while in the city on
business. It will be remembered
that Mrs. Preyman suddenly dis
appeared from the home of her
sister at Hubbard January 1,
where she and her husband were
visiting.
Mr. Preyman has been untir
ing in his ettorts to locate his
wife. He says that some of his
neighbors claim that she is alive
but does not wish him to know
it. It is a peculiar case and Mr.
Preyman is going to make a
strenuous ettort to bud the miss
ing woman.
tic says he is going to offer a
reward for her return dead or
alive or for any information that
will aid him to locate her. The
parties were married eight years
ago and have no children.
DoVt Complain.
11 von. rhest pins y n and von are
unuMf to Rleep l-e:,aiiA f a coiiirh. Buv
1 r tl? of Bn lttnl's H irehnund Svrno.
.nd von wmi't have anv c-onish. . Get a
bottle now ami that lO.iifh will vorlaat
one A rn'ftT all (Hilmnnarv diiieaee.
M' - 3 Ga'vtn. Texas write: "I
can't nv enough lor Bwllard'a Hore-
honnd Syrup. Tne reli-f that it has
vivan mA ia an mat la nanaaaarv tnr ma
to My." Sold by Graham A Wartham.' the worst
S?3AYiNMN PROGRESS.
Do People Want the Law Enforc
ed? Facts for Consideration.
County Fruit Inspector Preach
estimates that one-fourth the
orchards in Benton county have
already been sprayed, and the
work is progressing rapidly in
nearly all sections and in a satis
factory manner.'
Mr. Fruit wishes to call at
tention, however, to certain
facts that are likely to be over
looked. One of these is the ab
solute necessity far spraying even
where there is . apparently little
scale to be found. The recent
freezing weather killed some ot
the pests, but . Mr. French' de.
clares that the San Jose scale was
not killed by the freeze and
urges that orchardists be not de
ceived into believing otherwise.
True, a small per cent of the
scale may have been - frozen, but
it is not sufficient to hinder the
spread of the pest nor to prevent
destruction to orchards from it.
Where oue man sprays his trees
and a neighbor nearby does not
spray his, the work of the former
is practically in vain because of
the neglect of the latter, and it
is such cases that makes the path
of the county fruit inspector a
hard road to travel.
As in all other movements,
there are supporters of the plan
and there are non-supporters, and
the task of awakening the indif
ferent ones to a sense of their
duty both as to their own or
chards and to those of their
neighbors, is slow of accomplish
ment and beset by many difficul
ties. The lime and sulphur spray is
almost a specific for San Jose
scale. For a small number of
trees Mr. French recommends
buying the prepared mixture in
quantities to suit, but for an or
chard of one hundred trees or
more he advises preparing the
mixture at home. The formula
for the spray is known to nearly
all farmers and is easily obtained
if wanted.
"If Benton county orchards
were cleaned up and kept as they
should be the fruit each year
would bring $100,000 easily,"
was the declaration of an exper
ienced and well posted man, this
week. "That amount of fruit
goes to waste in Benton county
annually," declared this speaker,
"and Benton county can never
hope to have a cannery located
here until clean, attractive fruit
is available to supply it. No
one would buy wormy fruit in
cans, and it is impossible to run
a cannery with, say 50 or 75
employes, and not have wormy
fruit put in occasionally if it is
thsre to put in, for I have seen it
tried and the result is failure
both for the farmer who has fruit
to sell and for the cannery which
sells second rate goods." This
is an idea worthy the attention of
every Beuton farmer, and should
be another incentive for spraying
and improving his orchard .
Inspector French is anxious to
learn the desires of the people jf
Benton county in regard to whe
ther or not they want the law
ritidlv enforced. He believes
the majority favots such enforce
ment, which is simply to secure
the greatest good to the greatest
number. However, there is a
final and higher authority in the
matter than Mr. French, and
whether the people want it or
not the law may have to be en
forced to the very letter. This
other authority is Commissioner
Charles A. Park, of the Wallace
orchard at Salem, who is soon to
pay a visit to Benton county or
chards. and who will announce
his further wishes as to tne man
ner in which the work is to be
carried on hereabouts.
Mr. French is very anxious
that every oue take an interest in
getting the work as well done as
possible before Mr. Park's visit.
Within a few miles of Corvallis is
place in the
COnnty
or Si .' J se scale, declares ' ie
Benton i isoector, a fct which
is princ:i:ily due to 'ong contin.-.
ned neylect. In districts farrher,
out moie work has been done and
the pest has not made such in
roads on t'ip fruit trees as is ap
parent hereabouts.
With Grvallis as the county
seat, it b-hooves every citizen to
Uinke thi a personal matter and
get busv. and to "back up" In
spector French in his viorois
effori to give Benton better fruit,
cl aner fruit and more fruit.
'The Bonnie Briar Bush."
It appears as though Ian Mac
Laren's story of "The Bonnie
Briar Bush" as dramatized by
James MacArthur will never
grow old. Its success has been
and is now phenomenal, but it
nevertheless is not a success tnat
cannot be accounted for.
Of all the good plays that have
graced the stage "The Bonnie
Briar Bush" is the best and
purest. It is a story of human
interest, unfolding a life's chap
ter in the simple Scottish prlen,
so true to nature and to life as to
appeal with irrestible force to
the audieme. It is a comedy
drama, which, like good wine,
improves with age. It is fra
grant with the heather of bonnie
Scotland, is enliveued with point
ed, yet harmless Irish wit, and
is softened and tempered by the
rendering of "Annie Laurie,"
"The Bonnie Banks of Lock Lo
mond" and other songs of Auld
Scotland by an excellent quar
tette. This beautiful play which will
appear here on next Thursday
night. March 14, will be given
with a most sumptuous scenic
equipment, the entire original
Kirke LaShelle production being
used. The company is practi
cally an all star one including
among its members such artists
as J. Palmer Collins, for several
seasons Mr. Stoddard's under
study in the role of . "Lachlan
Campbell," Chas. E. Bloomer,
late of the Froham forces, who
has made a name for himself
this season in the part of "Pos-
ty," W. Leonard Howa, who
was brought to this country by
Forbes Robertson; Bino Bulow, a
beautiful young actress, in this
season appearing as flora
Campbell," Kenneth MacKen
zie, late of the George Edward's
company, and many others
equally prominent
A male quartette will add to
the Scottish atmosphere, as will
also Robert Ireland, whom every
body knows as late Pipe Major
of the 48th Highlanders, whose
performance on the bagpipe
cannot fail to arouse enthusiasm
in every heart.
ENJOY EATISG.
Goad Digestion Can Be Readily Gain
ed with Mi-o-na Stomach Tablets.
If you cannot eat and enjoy three good
hearty meals a day without a feeling of
discomfort, your stomach is weak and
needs to be strengthened with Mi-o-na
stomach tablets.
The remarkable curative and etrenRtli-
eaiog powers of Mi-o-na i a stomach dis
orders is attested by the guarantee which
Graham & Wells gives with every 50c
box, "We re f and the money if Mi-o-na
fails to cure."
If you suffei from indigestion, distress
after eating, specks before the eyes, head
aches, pains in the beck and side, sleep
lessness, or any of the other symptona
of stomach troubles, begin the use of
Mi-o-na stomatn tablets at once. Gra
ham & Wells sell them in 50s boxes with
a guarantee to refund the money unless
they cure.
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