Vol. XX.1V.
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Corvalus, Beiston County, Oregon, Fri day, " J uly lO. :: 190T.
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Corva!i!s, Oregon fit
YTIIK .TIME
We Have far V!en
Cuff Links for the Shirtwaist
Tie Clasps for the Four-in-hand
Silk Fobs with 'Safety Chains'
Tie Pin, all Styles and Prices
In fact any of the little indispensables
complete her summer costume.
PRATT, The Jeweler and
FOR k FULL LINE QE
Campers' Supplies, Tents
and Hammocks go to
O. J. BLACKLEDGE.
. You . T&k& Ho - Qfo&Btoom
At TMs StMo
All our goods are guaranteed to
comply with the
Fjfre facsS Lav
We have the best and nothing but
the
best.
We
IV&nt
Worthy of Attention.
Here and there about town
C tizens are taking up the work
of making curbings in front ot
their homes, and the idea is on
that should "spread" without
force of law to urge it onward.
Nothing adds - more to attractive
Ee?s ol city property than a neat
curbing, as can be seen at the
pretty home ot Prot. SktUon,
Mrs. Martha Burnett, A. J. Johu
5on and other homes where some
attention ha; been given themat
ter. Along with ber other grea
improvements Corvallis can well
afford to pay attention to the
smaller things that count so
materially in the appearance of
a town. Well kept lawus, neat
curbs, plenty of flowers, carefuilv
trimmed hedges and shrubbery
all these are worth while and add
to the value of the property.
Tbey attract the eye of the1
stranger and hom'eseeker, are ap
preciated by the permanent resi
dent and grater stiil, ate a source
of pride and pleasure to the
owner himself. Let us take more
pains with our home places, to
Abraham Llccoln
Was a man who, against all odds, at
taiced the hishcst honor a man could-
eet n h - United States, Ballard's
Ho ronrd Pyrop has attained a piace
never equalled by any otber Terredy. It
is a sore cure for Coughs, Colds, Brorcbi-
tis. Influenza and all Pulmonary dis
eases. Every mother should keep sup
plied with this wonderful cough remedy.
Sold by Graham & Wortham.
The Gazette
for
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We -Have for Ladies
Shirtwaist Sets, Collar Pins
"Beauty Pins," Brooches
Eracelets,
Back Combs, Etc.
that a lady needs to
Optician.
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the end that Corvallis may grow
in beauty and "blossom like the
rose."
Told in Rhyme.
The story of the "Fourth" is
eloquently told in the following
lines lrom an E s!eru paper;
The tumult and tht-shomini! oit-s,
The doctor and the nurse depart ;
They bandaged both our Johnny's ejea
And spliced his Sogers torn apart.
There'll be some hills to settle yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget. "
Far-f ailed, our Willie, ej iled away.
He monkeyed viiih some devil's fire;
Kate wih a Chinese mine got gsjv"
We plucked her from the v-ilage spire.
It's teen a glorious Fourth, yoii bet
.We won't forget we cau'tforirtt.
A pinwhtel from its place worked lccse
And niade a nest in Mary's hair.
A iuse that pa lit showed its use,
He watched it with a vacant stare;
The Ubel saiu, "Dou't hold" and yet,
Oh, pa, so careless to forget.
They've sewed on Uncle Jimmy's ear,
(Frank's retkine tube was on the job) ;
Ma's raisin seeder's being used
To gat the powder ont of Bob.
We've had our fun, and so hooray
For glorious independence Cay.
NEW RAILROAD FOR BENTON.
Something About the Project
Rails Already Arriving Sur
veyors at Work.
Raising $30,000 in a single
week's canvass is the latest stunt
that Benton has done in the way
of progress, and this means a new
railroad for the county, work on
which is to begin immediately.
Rails are already arriving, sur
veyors are . in the field, and 25
miles of the road is to be com
pleted before the fall rain sets in.
Such is the story that has
awakened the greatest enthusiasm
throughout the section to be tra
versed bythe proposed road, and
well may every citizen join in the
njoicing, .'or the project means
mote to Benton than can be slat
ed in mete woids. .- y
The promoter and builder of
the proposed toad is Stephen Car
ver, who has been interested in
banks at Ontario, and Harlem
and Chinook, Montana. He is
also an t.x'ensive stock raiser
with interests in Eastern Oregon
and Montana. Mr. Carver, was
the builder of the . railroad from
Ontario to Vale, and the first suc
cessful bidder on the Jine from
Me-tford to Crater Like. This
sale, however, was not confiimed
and was later resold, going to
other parties. Mr. Carver was
left v itb the rails which he had
ordered, on his hands, and these
are bting shipped to Corvallis for
the Bsnton road.
Mr. Carver made a preposition
on Saturday, July otn, 10 toe
citizens of this caunty, that if
they would raise 30,000 of capi
tal dock for the proposed rail
road, he and his associates would
subscribe-a sufficient, amount in
stock and bonds to build and
equip at least 25 miles of road
from Corvallis in a southwesterly
direction, skirting the foothill'?,
through Bellefountain to the head
waters of the south fork' of the
Alsea river, and to be continued
to Blackly post office in the Lake
Creek distiict, a distance of 38
miles.
When the proposition was
made in Corvallis, the general
committee, appointed by the ex
ecutive committee of the Com
mercial club, in. connection wit':,
sub-committees which were ap:
pointed at Bellefountain and
Beavei Creek proceeded so
that the following Saturday
well
at 2
had
p. m. tne required
:o,ooo
been pledged.
This road it is estimated
will
; bring tributary to the line at least
three billion feet of as fine lumber
as can be found in the state of
Oregon. Besides tapping these
splendid timber belts, the' liae
will traverse one of the richest
agricultural, fruit and dairying
! sections in Otegon.
Corvallis. being the head of
water navigation wil1, it i anti
cipated, enjoy an immense traffic
from the upper country, thus en
joying an increased activity along
all business lines and being other
wise wonderfully benefitted by
the new road.
Articles of incorporation have
been prepared and a meeting of
stock holders is called for Satur
day, tne 2 tb, when organization
will be perfected.
The majority of the board will
probably be selected from the
stock subscribers of Benton coub
ty. As stated before, surveyors are
already at work on the proposed
line and rnils are arriving thi
week. It is intended tocompleu
the road to Bellefountain by tbr
time the antumn rains begin U
fall.
Benton county is c?rtainly to
be congratulated for her progret-
siveDess, and for herpuWic spirit
ed citizens who have made sucV
a project possible within her but
ders, and that within an incred;
bly brief space ot time. -
Quotes Prof. Cordley.
It is worth while for fiuit
growers to make note of the asser-
tion by Professor Cordley, at the
Salem Cherry Fair, that some
prepared lime-sulphur spray solu
tions produce satisfactory results,
while others do not. The cir
cumstances under . which : they
were used warranted his declara
tion that in some .instances, a'
least, the fault was with the man
ner in which it wasapplied. He al
so remarked that it is easy to color
a lime-sulphur solution, so as to
give it the appearance of the
genuine, without givii.gr it the
qualities of the approved solution.
ihis means that until tne s ate
has provided sotnr method of
detecting fraud, of this character
each grower must be his own
protector. While bunging to a
sour apple tree is a fit punish
ment for some crimes, the manu
facturer who would prepare a
useless , solution , and sell it to
growers at high prices should be
suspended from a tree' that is
deeply encrusted with San Jose
scale and teeming with coddling
moth. Oregonian Editorial. '
RE&ARKASLE WEEDING.
Bride 100 and Groom Older-
Guests Must be Over 90.
John B. Btinden, 101 years old,
and Rose McQnire 100 years old,
after a courtsiiip of 75 years are
at last to be married at their
childhood home in Monticeilo,
Iowa, says the Oregonian. To
help celebrate what is probably
the wedding of the oldest couple
in America, perhaps in the
history of the world, over '200
"girls and boys" so the invita
tion reads, over go years old are
invited to atteno. from not only
all over the United. States but
England, Canada, Mexico, Ha
waii and Cuba. The guests are
not only to be entertained at the
expense of the bridegroom, now
beginning his second century,
but he is to pay all their traveling
expenses from their homes to the
wedding and return.
As an additional feature the
most beautiful girls in America
as chosen by the recent news
papers contests are invited to
add their radiance to the unique
occasion-. President Roosevelt
has been asked to attend, and it
is said that he will do so. Ex
cept the beauties mentioned and
a lew exceptional guests like the
President no one will be at the
wedding who is less than 90
years old. After the wedding
the old guests are to remain tor
a few days together on the bride
groom's farm, and enjoy the
"Grand D.iy of the Reunion."
s termed m the invitation.
A book is to be issued contain
ing the ptctures and life history
of all the suests over 00 vears
old, and a copy de lux is to be
presented to each guest. Even
the invitation il-elt is unique s
it contains over 2000 words, fill
ing one and a half columns of an
ordinary newspaper.
One ot the euests invited is
Mrs. T. J. Peak, of Monticeilo,
Iowa the grandmother ot Dr. F.
W. Hogg, of Portland. Mrs
Peak herself is 92 years old, but
expects to attend the "Grand Re
union" of couples who have
waited over three quartets of
cent'irv before venturing to risk
married life.
His Interpretation.
Thev installed a new furnace or
some sort ol a heating apparatus at
the Brazilian embassy in Wasnmg-
ton last winter.
The charge went down to look it
ni-pr Tie nir-ked ud the shaker. It
was l.iro-e and heavy.
"ITpr .Tames." he said to the
nPTo butler, "vou call up that fur
nace maa and "tell him this shaker
is too heavy. VvTiy, none but
modem Aiax could use it."
"Yassir ," said the butler, and he
went to tne tetepnone. neau, ju
furnace man" he "said, this yere
shaker yo' put in the Brazilian em
bassy is too heavy. ny, nooouj
short of a modern jackass could use
it!" Saturday Evening x'ost.
BOARD OF REGENTS fET.
Create - New Departments
Strengthen Old Ones.
and
The annual meeting of the
Board of Regents of the Agricul
tural College was held Wednes
day afternoon. The members of
the Board present were Presi
dent Weatherford, Governor
Chamberlain, Supt. Ackerman,
Austin Buxton, Master of the
State Grange," Mrs. Clara H.
Waldo, Lecturer of the State
Grange, J. D. Olwell, W. P.
Keady, B. F. Irvine and E. E.
Wilson. -;
The major part of. the .time of
the regents was taken in hearing
the report of President Kerr as
to his recommendation for the
next year's work. This report
covered practically all details of
the college and showed that the
new president had been espec
ially energeticin acquainting him-'
self with the institution and its
needs. In his report various
recommendations were made and
plans laid out covering each der
partment. These plans were
approved anbl "the president
vested complete authority to
carry out the recommendations
made.
Among other, things suggested,
was the segregation of the work
in Agriculture and the reorgan
izing of the Mining and-Electri-cal
Engineering departments.
The work in Agriculture here
after contemplates employment
of professors 'of Agronomy and
oultry Husbandry in addition
to the professors -already em
ployed. Provision was made for
specialists in Mining and Electri
cal Engineering, and while these
departments have been doing
good work, it is planned to very
materially increase their effici
ency and make the course given
in Mining and Electrical Engin
eering especially strong. Ine
positions of Professor of Agron
omy, Mining Engineering and
Electrical. Engineering are left
with the president to be filled.
rrolessor James Dry den was
elected to the chair of Poultry
Husbandry.
In accordance with the recom
mendations of ex-President Gatch
and the iequiiements of the de
partment at Washington, the
subject of constitutional and in
ternational law has been added to
the college curticulam... ..
The committee consisting of
Governor Chamberlain apd Supt.
Ackerman reported to the board
with plans and specifications for
the machine shoosr ' These plans
were adopted and the committee
is to proceed with -the advertising
for bids aud letting of the con
tract to the end that the work
may be commenced at as early a
date as possible. This same
committee was directed to secure
plans-and let the contract for the
construction of the farm barn.
President Kerr also called the
attention of (he board . to the
adoption of a text book - on agri
culture in the public schools, and
.staled, that with their approval,
he would conduct a short course
in agriculture duriDg this vaca
tion ior the benefit of such of the
public school teachers as may
wish to avail themselves of it
The action was unanimously ap
proved. . ...
The matter of giving a name
to the. new Women' Building
ca me before the board and it was
unanimously agreed that it should
be called the -'Waldo-Building,"
a compliment to the only lady
member of the board.
An inciease was made in the
salaries of the Station fctaff ar-f. "
also in Feme of the assistant pto--fessors
as far as was possible-witlf
the money available for that pur
pose."' Hereaiter Prof. Knisiv
will be Professor of Agricultural
Chemistry and have charge of the
station work in chemistry; Protv
Fulton will be Professor of Chem
istry in the collc'oe; C.L.John
son, Professor of Mathvmatics-,,
and G. V. Skelton, Professor of.
Engineering. The present on
cers of the board were re-elected
and President Weatherford re-ap-pointed
all committees.
The plans adopted for the ma
chine shops are for a one-story-brick
building to be' erected it
the northwest corner of the col
lege campus. The building will
cost slightly less than $40,000, "
No price was agreed upon for the .
college barn, but the 'idea seemed";.
to be to invest irom SU.000 to
7ooo for this purpose.
Prof. Dryden the newly elect
ed Professor of Poultry Husband
ry, is ajjoung man who has bad
wide experience in Experiment
Station work in his specialty. " I J
addition to being connected witln
Agricultural colleges, he was fcr
sometime employed by the, Cy
pher Incubator Company in Buf
falo, New York', in charge o'l
their model poultry farm. Her
was at one time editdr of the
"Rocky Mountain Farmer," and
is regarded as one of the Strongest
men in the United States having
charge of this class of work.
CAUTION TO FRUIT MEN.
Comply With Law or Pay Fine
Dealers Liable Also.
Oregon fruit growers must
keep in mind the fact that under
the law known as the Perkins
cct it is neceiory tint every box
or crate in which green fruit is
packed for sale, whetlier intended
for sale with: j tlie state or out
side ifj be plainly marked or
labeled so as to show the name:
a id posteffie adress of. the per
snn. firn'' or corporation bv whom
the fruit in the package is pack
ed. If the packer is , not the
grower of the fruit, the the name:,
a ad po toffice address of the -
grower must also appear ; on the -bos,
s-ys the the ' Oregon Agri
culturist. T'i!e ' borlicultoial
county inspectors are doing all
b. y can to-call attention to this
lw and the sale of fruit in boxes
not narked as required by lavr
will be prevented. Anv false
statements by dealers, merchants
l: ; :JN f.: 1 , iu1 .
ing the boxes as to the person by
whom and where the fruit is
raised or packed is punishable by.
by fine. The possession for pur
pose of sale by merchant or ven--uor
of boxes of. fruit not marked"
bv law is punishable! bv fine. It
is observed that the lruit growers
who ship to Portland are com-
ijru w 4.1 1.1 law, anuuugu all .
some cases the marking is act,
plain. Other growers use a large
label which covers one end of the
box or crate with their names as
growers and packers ahd a large L
blank space where the dealer can.
stamp bis name and address..
Wednesday he mother of Mrs. Johnr
Seoger, after a lengthy visit in this city,
returned to lir home in Brownsville
Next week Mr?. Stumer and her mothec
willgoto Montana to visit for a montbt
with relatives. 1
Tuesday eveniog a number of youngr
peoph JEgave O.J C Sender a surprise
party, the occasion being the ' joung
gentleman's 28th biribday. 1 '"
Friends in Cotvall's have just received
diinfy announcement cards that readr
"Born, a son, to Mr. and Mrs." 0. Iw
Bump, July 1, 1907." The parenU re
side at South Forest Grove, and the proud,
father is an. old OAC student.
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