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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1907)
Leading Corvallis Newspaper. Best Advertising Medium. !k,vio. County,' Oregon, Tuesday, Apkil lO. 190T. NO. Investigation shows that mauv good watches are polled by tampering. No uicter how little you suppose ie tlie ma for with yours better Have us refjaif it, A whoie lot of damage can bn d ine by those who are not acquainted with the delicate mechanism. We know watches nnd ran repair them as they should lie Bring us yours if it doesn't eo just riht. Albert J. iVletzger WATCHMAKER Occidental Building, ... Corvallis FROM THIS D ATE 'Til further notic all slashes fitted by PRATT, The Optician, will be absolutely Eiuf tntccd for one year aaainat breakage of any kind. remember- We make a specialty of Jap-a-lac, Sewing Machine and Acme Washers AT 0. J. BLACKLEDGE'S Furniture Store Corvallis - - - Oregon SMITH & DAVSON Pl""" 209 Pay the Highest Cash Price For Poultrv. Dressed Veal and Dressed Pork. Parties in or close to town havinor poultry or veal to sell, call ns on Tnd. Phone and we wi'l rn'l for smiie. We keep a full line of Poultry and StOCk Remedies Also Chick Grit Shell and Bone, aid Compound, Fruit Tree Spray, and Cider. Corvallis SMITH &. DAWSON Oregon Next to J. R. Smith & Co. LADIES' SFRIKG ORNAMENTS the Waist Sets, Stot-k Pistt-mlers, Bracelets. Cult Pins, nament that the Ladies could wish and at prices that will both interest and please you. At PRATT'S, Tha Jewccr and Optician We will sell the CHARTER OAK RANGE during the month of April at a SPECIAL LOW PRICE Come in and get full particulars. The Charter Oak and Toledo are without doubt, note or comment the very best ranges on the market for the money. Fifty-four years before the public gives the Char ter Oak a recommendation the equal if not the su perior to any other steel range. Our Spring stock of Go - Wa csnse!l $2.75 to H in 1 Outsl.1j Orders Svlliited. All Wtirk CuxirxnSaerl. air inviqorator And Dsndruff Ersdiestor B J5 Price, - Fifty Cents Manufactured by The Vegetable Compound Company Coryallis, Oregon 9t Starr's Bakery baa secured the peryice of D:ck Llewellyn, the wonderful bread maker. 89tf latest styles and patterns. Back Combs, Shirt Collar Fins, Neck Chains, in fact, any or Carts are a Dandy Let thsm from $13.25 v Cha3. Blzkexiaa. f .cot VALLIS, DAYS CCCLIN MOTH. Farmers in Ready Benton Should be -The Method. County Fruit Inspector French wishes to call the attention of orchardists and fruit men to the tact that the time to spray for codiin uioth is net many week distant and that all should be prepared to begin this war as soon as the hour is propitious The government reports show the codhn mo'h to be the worst and most fatal pest in the United States, and it is declared to be by far the most destructive in tbe Wilhamette valley, facts wnicb should stimulate the orchardists to action when the season ar rives. The codiin moth always attacks the fruit a the calix and thu bores its way to the heart of the apple or other fruit. Spray ing is don? as soon as the petals begin to fall from he blossoms, while the calix remains open and bv using a strong sprayer at close range the poison is injected into the calix. Immediately after the petals have fallen the calix closes, and a sufficient quantity of the poison spray is thus retained and sealed np is the calix, or cup, to kill not only the codiin moth but any other worm that attempts to bore to the heart of the fruit. Later, when the fruit is of larger growth, spraying is again resorted to in order to kill all outside pests, which gives the upple or whatever it may be a chance to mature without blem ish. It should be borne in mind that the first spraying must need be done when th- petals begin to tall and the calix i-s still open., in order that the poison may pene trate and be retained in the cup when it closes. This is tbe secret of successful spraying and every oDe with trees to attend should give attention. It will mean more and better fruit for all Ben ton county and more satisfactory returns from every orchard. MORE COWS. Reeded in Willamette Also More Factories. An urgent need of the Willam ette Valley and perhaps of other parts of Oregon also, is more good dairy cows. Not only are creameries rnumpiving, but there is room for more milk con densing factories, which absorb great quantities of milk, and so increase the supply of butter. Many people who formerly used milk for every day table use now use cream, which further de pletes the butter supply, and ren ders the article always high, if not scarce, says an editorial in the Journal. Western Oregon has been pro nounced by expert judges to be the best dairy region in the world and it shou.d produce not only enough dairy products of all kinds fully to supply the home market, but to afford a large volume of exports. There is an unlimited market for such pro ducts, nearer to Oregon than to Iowa and Illinois, or even Neh raska, and there is no danger of over-production to the extent o' rendering the business unprofit able. The dairy business in Oregon is expanding nicely, but is scarcely growing to the exteat ahicb the situation warrants. Everything conspires to make western O;egon an ideal dairying region. All conditions are tx eepuonal.y favcrable, either for the large or small dairyman. t ioiigii the latter, the man with irom twelve to twenty cows, and who carries on diversified farm ing, vvi i have the greater succes iu prep sriion to investment auo labor expended. Oregon's dairy herds are in creaSi 11 g m Lumber sad iie be comiitg grautu.iiy better i:.- qual ity, ywr by jcr, but au evt-i more rapid pace could stc i . isus:ai3ed here. Eciy ;l.Iici--.;--'al gcoi dairy cox wi 1 be h source ot prcnt to cer owner arifl benefit to the state. . , Suicide in Al bany. Hanging by tbe neck from a rafter in the woodshed adjoining her home, Mrs. William Snyder, wife of a well known resident of this city, was found earlv Tbuis day morning, with lite so nearly extinct, that she expired a few minutes after being cut down from her suspended position. The woman's feet were almost touching the grouod and it would have been possiole tor her to have saved her life had she so desired. T Temporary insanity is believed to have been the cause of Mrs. Snyder's suicide. The woman was an ardent believer in the cure of all ills by faith, rather than medicine. A short time a o she became ill and took a quantity of, medicine. When she regained her health she be gan brooding over the tact that she had not depended upon "faith" to cure her, and accord ing to her relatives prayed con stantly that she might be forgiv en for using tbe medicine. It is now believed that her act in tak ing tbe medicine which she be lieved a sin, weighed upon her mind to such an extent that sh decided to commit suicide. Al bany Herald. ' With Multnomath. Interesting reading for Corval lis peop'e who take an interest in affairs athletic i found in Satur das's Eugene Guard, which says. The Multnomah Amateur Ath letic Club and the University of Oregon -have entered into an agreement to play their - annual football game on Thanksgiving day of this year, and also next year. The contract was signt-d by the club manager and C. N. McArthui, the Portland repre sentative of Oregon, yesterday, and tbe document calls for a game in 1907, and also one in 1908. . The same conditions will gov ern both contests. The condi tions of the agreement are not quite so favorable as .ormerly, though each party gets 50 per cent of the net receipts, as be fore. The rent for the club field has been placed considerably higher than before, which, ot course, cuts into the grass re ceipts. However, the new ar rangement is very agreeable to the Oregon manager, Grover Kestley, for the club manage ment to arrange the division on a sixty and forty per cent basis, Oregon getting the short end. Multnomah will also get the grandstand charges, and in order to increase the amount expects to build a new one to hold between 4,ODO and 5,000 people. The present one has a capacity of 1,500. WORTHY OF ATTENTION. School Directors Take Notice. School Funds to be Forfeited. I hereby call the attention of tbe Board of Directors of the several school districts of the county to the new law regulating the holding over of school funds from year to year. Heretofore each district was entitled to hold a sn'jj not to exceed $50 Thf new law which goes into ef fect May 25, I9t 7. provides that avy part of the 85 per cent of the nion.'y drawn dn;ingthe year, ami which must be spent for ttjiclieis' talary, and for no other purpose, reu aining on bond at the end oi tha s-hool year, is foifeited to the ueneral tchrol fund of the c uiitv. On and a ter May 25, 1917, eai:h diet i t dark's le-oii v. il j l earifuilv examined to see that tl.e 8-" (.eritnt ie spent fur eauhers' il; r aiid for ro ollit-r pur- 1 ilf t !"?!- tat h :istiict having on ! of t: .585 if-r ct iit !i;tii; n i t j; trit same by viitcH i L li..Vrt 1:0 lien re. ii-ii i.; '.a- "ii y in. la .1 t" j-f-yein , i! il:-: k .ific:- ;i.fir in ;i m nt-r Cic-.k'in t-at:n - 1 1.-1.-11 i i ,s K.; pi r ct-nl. lv- tk-t. Iri the 15 ptr f . u h.-r (!ii i-.ce. H "1 any p : e n i -of Of IliH id v.' til - ru I If ITI 1 V--rv in;y, GS T. V.. DEXMAN, Cotit-tv tcliooi Siiperiutendtnt. 31-i ABoar oua B3A33. Postmaster Has a Word to Say of Them. Editor Gazette: There an sections of raa Is 1-adin; oat -i Corvallis over whi H rural deliv ery routes are in ooe-Moti which are sadly in nef-d "f improve ment, and I desi;e so tcf to brief ly call 'he attention of patrons of these routes to be ueent nee-1 for early action in getting these sections repaired. In a recent corn m tinier tion from the Fourth Assistant Post master General, division of gen eral delivery, I was r quested to bring the matter of road improve ment to the attention of natrons and the county court,' informing them "'the department requires all roads over which rural deliv ery service is established to be maintained in condition to be traveled with facility and service at all seasons of the year, and that unless some action is taken within the next thirty days, or as soon as conditions of weather and ground wiil permit, to im prove the roads the department will seriously consider the with drawal of rural service there from." Further, I am directed to report results to the deoart ment after a reasonable oppori un ity has been given the parties interested to repair the roads. While all of the roads on which rural service is maintain ed are in need of repair, I desire to call particular attention to pieces or sections of roads that have been impassible during the past winter. On three of these routes the carriers have been compelled, on account of the con dition of the roads, to leave their teams tied by the roadside and deliver mail to their respective patrons afoot. The sections re terred to are as follows: On route No. 1 from the Mountain View school house to the Miys' corner, particularly from Bicknell's west. On route No. 2 from E. L Davis' to the Beaver Creek school house. Oa route No. 3 from the With- am scnool house to the (J. li. Davis place. On route No. 4 from Bruce around to Inavale a considerable portion of the road has been in a deplorable condition all winter. Much of the time the carrier has been compelled to travel through a private gate wav in order to serve his route. This road is in the foot hills and on account of the nature of the soil it will be necessary to do considerable in telligent work this spring if a decent road is to be maintained throughout the winter months. Tue attention of the county court has been called to the mat ter and its members are disposed, toco-operate in an effo:ttoget the roads mentioned above pro perly improved. Bat it will also be Becessary for the patrons on these several routes to materially assist in tbe matter if the desired results are to be attained. The government is spending many millions annually for the maintenance of rural delivery ser vice but it is granted only on a condition that roads over which it is established can be traveled with facility aud safety at all sea sons of the year." I have had so many assurances of appreciation of the service from the rural pitrons of this of fice, that it is unlikely that their attention will have to again be called to the matter. At the end of the road making season I hope to be able to report to the department thai the patrons of the tout Coival is run;l delivery voiites are as pro:;r?sive and en ttrp.isiug as ar.y in the whole con ::-try and th-si tl!ey have man ifested their ajpteciation rf the service oy putting th which the carriers t ; over 1 e::- celient condition. Re-pec? fa' h-, B. W. Johnson, .Postmaster, Fuoc-rtl "f Mrs. liardan. Mrs. August Barden died at the home on Water street Friday morning after suffering a second stroke of paralysis during tluj previous night. Nellie B. Bar den was born near Ann Arbor, Michigan, about 53 years ago. But little is known of her early life, save that she was married to August Barden in Crookston, Minnesota, about seven years ago, and came to Corvallis three or four years ago. The funeral occurred from the residence ac 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, under the auspices of the Eastern Star lodge of which deceased was a member. The services were conducted by Rev. J. R. N. Bell of the Presbyterian church, and interment was in Crystal Lake cemetery. The Thaw Mistrial. Failure of the Thaw jury to agree upon a verdict shows that "unwritten law" has not so strong a position in the minds of the peoole in the East as it has in the West and South, declares an Oregonian editorial. Had Thaw's crime been committed in this section of the country be would quite likely have been ac quitted, not because of any ad miraiion for the defendant, but because of the feeling that White deserved to be killed and that ThiW had performed a public service. Seven men voting for a verdict of murder in the first de gree, whi!e five voted for acquit tal, shows that the majority opinion was adverse to any re cognition of the rigbt of private vengeance. In the trial of the case Mr. Jerome placed special emphasis upon the absurdity t)f the existence of an unwritten law. Th evidence in the case and the instractions given by tbe court left little room for a verdict other than murder in the first degree or acquital. After listening to the story of Evelyn Thaw, which would al most have moved a heart of stone, seven men on the jury stood firm ly for a verdict tn strict accord ance with tbe letter of the law. Tbe new trial will be held under conditions rarely if ever known in this country. How a jury can be found composed of men who have not read or heard the evidence and formed and ex pressed an opinion is difficult to understand. A stronger case for the defense is impossible, while there is the possibility that new evidence may be discovered by the prosecution or something may occnr that will deprive Thaw of some of the sympathy he has received. That the coun tiy should be afflicted with a re petition of the story is deplorabie, but under the present plans the evidence must be rehearsed be fore another jury. COLUMBIA MEET. OAC Second Made Splendid Re bord Journal Comment. In an extensive write-up of tbe Columbia meet in which OAC figured in Portland last Sat urday, tbe Journal says of the OAC men: Tbe only two tunning events in which Kelly did not partici pate ;he 880 yard run and the mile rur were captured by De Vo't of the Oregon Agricultural College, who showed remarkable speed and endurance. He won the former with esse and in the longer event brought out a thunder of applause at his final pe-i foi m?i ce cn the Itft lsp. DtVoit steed in close behind Letnsid v.htn the fctarLiug shot was fiied. 13 ut the latter's pace evidently provtd tco slow fcr the husky s-ilitws frc in Coivallis, for cn the fecord hp he tcok the lead and maintained his position Continued on page 4.
