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Corvallis
Newspaper.
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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
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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-
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GS T. V.. DEXMAN,
Cotit-tv tcliooi Siiperiutendtnt.
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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.