Corvallis gazette., March 12, 1907, Image 1

Vol. X3L.IV.
Xo. cr?
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, Tuesday, March 12. 190T.
Investigation
shows that many noo.i watches are
epoiied by tampering. jSo mailer bow
little toil suppose is i )
yours better
Have us rvpain it
A whoie lot of damans i-n b dons by
those who are not acquainted with the
delicate median ism. We know atones
andean repair them as tliev should be
ring us youra if it doeeirt no just
rinht.
Albert J. fcletzger
WATCHMAKER
Occidental Building, - - Corvallis
FROM THIS DATE
'Til further noti.- all glasses fitted by PRATT, The Optician, will be
absolutely guas' iczteod for one year against breakage of
any kind.
REMEMBER-
We make a specialty of Jap-a-lac,
Sewmg
Machine and Acme Washers
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0. J. BLAGKLEDGE'S Furniture Store
Corvallis - - - Oregon
SMITH & DAWSOiV Pl"" 209
Pay the Highest Cash Price
For Poultry. Dressed Veal and Dressed Pork. Parties in or close to
town haviug poultry or veal to pell, call us on Tnd. Phone and we will
c!l for same. We keep a full line of Poultry and Stock
Remedies Alo Chick Grit Shell and Bone, aru Compound, Fruit
Tree Sprav, and Cider.
Corvallis SMITH &. DAWSON Oregon
Next to J. R. Smith & Co.
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Satisfaction
Additional Local.
Miss Mary Buchanan went to Eneae
Friday, for a visit with Mr W. O.
Heckart.
Miss Nancy Campbell returned Satur
day from a few days' visit with her sister
at Mol mouth.
"Sao, Francisej" is the title of a song
published by Miss tlary I. Gallatly. Tae
work is copyrighted ia her name and
Wis issue 1 from the presies of the
Metropolitan Printing Cj., music pub
Ushers of Philadelphia. The music of
the song ia nicely arranged and the word
ing such as will engage the memory.
Miss Gellatly is a Benton County girl and
he has reason tj feel proui of her pre
mier attempt at song writing.
Will D. Fechter, formerly of this city,
baa been appointed a member of the
bwrd of directors ot the ''Americas Fed
eration of Musicians," at Hoquiam,
Wish.
Prof. I. M. Glenn, ot Eugene, well.
known in this city and a relative of Mrs.
E. R. Bryson, has received a most flat
taring offer from one of the well known
Lyceum Bureaus for ten dates. Negotia
tions are now pending for four dates in
California. Tne only thing to interfere
with acceptance of thaea calls ia the lack
oi time, aa be ia fully occupied with his
duties at the university. The professor
lecture ! before the Riinier CInb in Seat-
tla, last week.
Miai Carrie Pan! expected to leave
J: trdi tar Pt)aad, la re si sis.
SPENCERS
Hair
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And Dandruff Eradicated
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Prise, - F fty cents
Manufactured by
Tho Vegetable Compound Company
Corvallis, Oregon Dt
Starr's Bakery has secured the
service of D ck Llewellyn, the
wonderful bread maker. 89if
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The Jo yyefpf and Oisttcsan S- Us the
Beat Tiuie-Keeping Watch on the Market.
GuarantoQd
word from Portland the last of the
week was to the effect that Mrs. Lillie
King of this city, who has been soil! at
the home ot her son in the metropolis,
had taken a relapse and was in a critical
condition. She had ex Dec-ted tnheahln
to return to Corvallis this week.
It was rumored oa the streets that the
King boardiui; house was to close yester
day, owing to the serious illness, in Port
land, of Mrs, King, which leaves the
houss without a manager.
WANTED Gentleman or ladv to
travel for Msrchantile House of large cap
ital, it desirable the home my be used
as headquarters. Weekly anl.nr f
$1,092 per yaar and expenses. Address
Armstrong Alexander, 125 Plymouth
riar, (jmcago, III. 23
Ihe bophomore class a OAC has oass-
ed resolutions condemning the action of
certain persons in defacing the Lutheran
chu.-ch, last week, and agreeing to pav
$5 for repairing the damage. A standing
reward of $i is also offered for the detec
tion of any person who uses the Sopho
more numerals-'"'d9"-for defacim? anv
private property. The class certainly!
merits commendation for this action oa
its part.
John Thrnston of Canada and M rs.
Kennedy of Crawfordsville were guests
over Sunday of their sister, Mrs. J. L.
Jones, in this city. Mr. Thrnston is en
route to British Columbia.
Bsv. T. V. Baer, of Moscow, Idaho,
will hoUl svrvicts in the Episcopal
hurvfa. Wednesday evening, March U.
NORMAL SCHOOL QUESTION.
To Be Dacidei by People's Vote
in June 1908.
The secretary ot state has turn
ed down the January and Febru
ary accounts of tile Monmouth
Normal and also those o4 the
Drain institution. The reason
understood is because no funds
happened to be on hand at the
time for the teachers' salaries as
the running expenses of the Nor
mal are certain until the close of
the present year at least.
Arrangements are in progress
to have the school continue after
the close of the present term and
every present indication is that
they will be successful, says the
Independence Westside. The
state board of regents will have
something to say. when it comes
to reappointment of teachers but
it is believed that the state board
will take a reasonable view of
the matter and reappoint all
teachers and permit the school
to continue if the authorities are
able to devise means for their
salaries.
The original terrds for the es
tablishment of the Monmouth in
stitution are said to be in the
nature of a contract to th effect
that the. school was to be main
tained as a state normal at Mon
mouth. With this understanding
the title was placed with the
state. No legislation tor the
abolishment of it as a stat school
has been passed and it remains
just as much of a tate normal as
ever yet finds itself without funds
to continue as such. These
funds doubtless will be forth
coming in some manner and the
state expected at the future ses
sion of the legislators to pay the
obligations necessarily incurred
in the running of the school.
The attendance ot the school is
keeping up and no fear is ex
pressed by the students or the
teachers as to the continuance of
the school during the next two
vears. It is understood that pro
vision is to be made to continue
the maintenance of the Mon
mouth school until the sessiou ot
the next legislature when it is
hoped that body will take some
action in a legislative way which
will not meet with the govern
or s disapproval.
Whatever action is taken by
the board of regents in regard to
the Monmouth Normal it has
been determined to submit the
entire normal school question to
tho vote of the people in Tune
1908 through the initiative. The
proposed bili submitted to the
people will contain the names of
all the normal schools and the
votes will be cast upon each sep
arately. It appears now to be
the only solutiou of the normal
school problem in this state as
conditions are now. The legis
lature has neglected to eliminate
two schools as seems to be at this
time the popular sentiment and
the governor has vetoed the ap
priations for two schools. Of
course the schools cut out are net
satisfied and will take advantage
of what appears to be the only
alternative and that is to submit
the entire question lo the people
for a deci sion.
Family Reunion.
A family reunion took place at
the boms of Mr. and Mrs. Miles
Starr in this city, Saturday,
when 28 of the relatives were
assembled for a day of jollity and
celebrating. Such occasions
are bright licks indeed in the
chain of life, and linger always
in the memory of those whoea
jov them.
The day was spent in good old
fashioaed "visiting" and
sumptuous dinner was served at
one o'clock. In the afternoon
ail tne parents, sons ana
daughters were photographed
1 hose waJ participated in to
reunion were: Mr. and &Us. M
T. Starr. Misses Eva and Mildred,
Starr, tnd Milea Starr, Jr., of
el UKvajUs: & A. &n
wife, Portland; Mr. and Mrs. W.
F. Starr, Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
Starr, and Mr. and Mrs. M. M.
Waltz, of Bellefountain; Claude
I. Starr and family, William
Schmidt and family, Mrs. Susan
Starr, Clvde and Claire Starr, of
Corvallis and Miss Jessie Hawley
of Eastern Oregon.
The name of Starr is inter
woven with the historv of South
ern Benton county, and the fam
ily is one that is well and favor
ably known throughout this sec
tion of Oregon.
It is hoped the members who
met in Corvallis Saturday may
live to join in many a similar
celebration here and elsewhere.
Another View.
The Oregon legislature has
been generous in its treatment
of the Agricultural College.
This instituf'on bas now an in
come which will enable it to
greatly extend its educational
work in agricultu ral lines and to
carry on much more experimen
tal work than heretofore.
There has been a decided
change of public sentiment in
the state within a few years in
tne direction of making agricul
tural education the main work jf
the Agricultural college. It is
to be hoped that the Board of
Regents will recognize this fact
in selecting a man to succeed
President Gatch. The man who
is at the head of the State Agri
cultural College should be a man
whs was educated in an agricul
tural college, and whose life
work has been that of a teacher
in some branch of agriculture.
Men of this kind are to be found
who have the other qualifications
required tor the head of a col
lege. Editorial in Oregon Agri
culturist. THE BONNIE BRIAR BUSH"
To be Given at the Opera House
Next Thursday Night.
One of the most welcome
pieces of news that our theatre
goers have heard in many a day
the engagement of "The Bon
nie Briar iJusn" at tne oper.i
house next Thursday night. The
play is so familiar to the public
through the book and its four
years of stage life, that any ex
tended comment is unnecessary.
In direct play upon the sym
pathies, in wit so quick and
straight that it may be called
genuine humor, in general ap
peal and nicety of literary qual
ity, "The Bonnie Briar Bush"
is one of the most notable achiev-
ments of the American stage.
The acting company is promised
to be of exceptional strength,
and includes many notable play
ers, together with the original
LaShelle production.
Owing to the heavy expense
of bringing this company here,
the prices are necessarily higher
than usual.. They are 50, 70,
and $1.00. Seats now selling.
A Corvallis Girl,
Miss Edna Irvine, a
Corvallis
girl, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs.
now with
B. F. Irvine, who is
an pastern tneatncal company.
receives a very flittering notice
in the last issue ot "The Bill
board," a tneatrical journal,
which says 01 her:
"Miss Edua Irvine, who re
cently made such aa impression
in "The Saaxe Deal," has been
engaged in the support of Thorn
as Rik in Tri Dthor (1ir
It is often thought that personal
ity is a great factor ra the success
ot an actress. If this be true,
Miss Irvine's name will soon be
well to the front, for besides
natural histrionic gilt augmented
by thorough stage training and a
rarelv beautiful face of the Maud
Fealy type. Miss Irvine is rich
ly endowed witn that rare, inde
finable charm known as person
ality."
Jtfrittfftf wsklue ChrutU. Budcroi ; World
DESERVE BETTER PAY.
Some People Who Meed to Form
a Trust.
Tf .-
11 any ciass or Business men
ever had good reason for the for
tnation of a trust with a view of
advancing prices, the Press of
this country presents that justifi
canon ai mis lime, declares an
exchange.
. On account of the repeated ad
vance in the price ot paper, ink,
labor, etc., with no correspond
ing increase in the prices of
newspapers, advertising and job
printing, it is not necessary to
say that newspaper men find that
they are not getting the compen
sation for their labors that they
are entitled to. In some sense
the newspaper men are to blame
for this when they cut prices to
such an extent there is not living
wages in work or underbid
another on legal advertising and
print these legal notic's for next
to nothing. This is a real curse
to the newspaper business. We
know from actual experience,
however, that no business or pro
fessional man works harder, the
year round, than a newspaper
man, and it is no bed ot roses to
run even a country newspaper
with so many conflicting inter
ests, factions and opinions to be
met with. People expect news
paper men to stand tor some
principle or policy, and ia that
respect a newspaper can't help
making friends and enemies at
the same time. Not so with busi
ness men, who use a good deal
of policy not to offend any one
in running their business.
Adopt the same rule in run
ning a newspape: and it would
not be long before people would
be saying, and saying correctly,
that the editor had bo backbone
and was afraid to say anything;.
few lines of criticism in a
newspaper will gain lor the edi
tor plaudits from numerous per
sons, but at the same time it is
mare than likely to make other
persons oghtmg mad, and
another criticism on something is
liable to cause a vice versa senti
ment, tor it depends upon whose
ox is being gored. We coincide
with the Regis er that for the
amount of work they perform the
newspaper men are not paid as
much as they should be, but the
only way to remedy this is to
raise the price of the newspapers,
the advertising and the job print-
ng.
Whether the newspaper men
will be forced to do this remains
to be seen, but all must admit
that newspaper men are doing
more to boom Oregon than any
other agency or business or pro
fessional men, yet in every coun
ty there are hundreds of persons
who never subscribe for a home
newspaper as long as they can
borrow a newspaper and read the
news gratis. No wonder that
newspaper men think they are
not getting a square deal with
every thing on the jump about
them.
Have Won a Ticket.
The members of the Christian
Endeavor Uaion of Corvallis
have been working faithfully for
some time to secure 20 new sub
scribers to the "Christian Endea
vor World" published at Boston,
for which work the union is giv-
en a tree ticket xor a aeiegaie
to be sent to the big internation
al C. E. convention to be held in
Seattle in July.
Miss Margaret Fawells, nresi-
dent ot the Corvallis Union,
Saturday received from head
quarters at Boston the following
letter, which causes much re
joicing among tne L.. n. young
people who have been so inter
est in the work:
We are glad to advise you that
yours was the first union to com
plete the list necessary to earn a
ticket to Seattle, and we have
taken the liberty of including in
for next week an ltrr reparrirs
this. The mniipr of choosing
your delegate will of course ' e
left wholly to your Union and
you may make the selection by
any plan you think best. You
will doubtless remember the sug
gestion in onr first letter about
this plan, which was that everv
society in the union be allowed a
number of votes tor the delegate
to correspond with the number
of subscriptions they had given
in the list, but perhaps it will
seem best to make the choice in
this case in some other way. We
have, not decided yet bow the
ticket will be sent, but Ibink it
quite probable that we will for
ward a check to cover the cost of
same. That can, however, be
arranged later.
SCHROEDER FOURTH.
In Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Con
testThe Winners.
The result of the inter-colleg
iate oratorical contest held at Mc-
Minnville Friday night are given
in the Oregon ian as follows:
. "In the 13th annual oratorical
contest held here ton'gbt, Kath
erine Romig, of Pacific college,
Newberv was awarded first place
and F. V. Galloway, University
of Oregon, second place. The
other contestants tanked as fol
lows: W. E. Gwinn, Pacific
University, 1 bird; J. E. Schroe-
der, OAC, fourth; J. H. How
ard, McMinnville, fifth; J. E.
Junton, O. S. N. S., sixth; F.
W. Neal, Albany college, sev
enth. Trill, the orator from
Willamette Univets ty, was not
permitted to enter.
"The judges were: Composi
tion, Professor H. rierdman, b.
B. Piper, D. S. Jordon; delivery,
Judge Sears, Thomas Richard
son, I. I. Weirlin. resident
Riley, of McMinnville College,
presided. Music was furnished
by the Boys' and Girls' Glee
Club of the college. The decis
ion was popular. About 400
students attended from the con
testing colltges. Pacific Univer
sity sent a train ot 100 and Pa
cific College 150.
"At a special meeting ot the
executive committee ot the tate
Oratorical League, William Trill
wmmanmm.
Scene From 'Bonnik Beiar Bcsh"
was thrown out of the contest on
charge of plagiarism. The cop
ied parts were taken from a
speech delivered by Senator Bev
eridge before congress in 1900.
"At the contest this evening a
resolution from Willamette
University faculty was read
condemning Trill in his action."
The OAC class representatives
who went to the contest were :
Pauline Davis and Royal Sel
leck, seniors; Pearl Leonard and
Forest Ivanhoe, juniors; Pearl
Williams and E. C. Galloway,
sepbmores and Hazel Carlson
and Mr. Chamberlain, lresnmen.
Carl Stebinger also attended, and
the OAC people returned home
Saturday.
While Mr. Schroeder secured
only fourth place, he made a
splendid showing for OAC, and
did himself ana the institution
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