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Vol. XliV.
CoRVAixis, Benton County, Ori xson, Via day. July 26. lOOT.
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We Have fcr Men
Cuff Links for the Shirtwaist
Tie Clasps for the Four-in-hand
Silk Fobs with 'Safety Chains'
Tie Pins, all Styles and Prices
! ' SUMMER TIME
TTIK TIME
FOR JEWELRY.
In fact any of the little indispensables that a lady needs to
complete her summer costume.
PRATT, The Jeweler and Optician.
FOR A FULL LINE OE
Campers' Supplies, Tents
and Hammocks go to
O. J. BLACKLEDGE.
At This
All our goods are guaranteed to
comply with the
Pur a F ace! Law
We have the best and nothing but
the
Yo Want Your Business
JSTr. - T5crappuiiton doggedly)
Aw, well, some people think well of
me, anyhow I
Mrs. Scrappington (meanly)
Pshaw! You have not been popu
lar since you were three years old!
Puck.
Ethics. '
"Is it quite safe to tell her a
secret?" said one woman.
"Yes," answered the other, "if it
doesn't concern yourself. She may
repeat it, but she will never tell who
told her." Washington Star.
Even Up.
Nbdd I shouldn't think you
could allord to play poker if you are
60 unlucky at it.
Todd -What I lose at poker my
wife makes up at bridge. Xew
.York Life.
Just For Show.
"Are these umbrellas all right,
young man ?" asked the customer.
"They are if you know enough to
Eo in when it rains," replied the
onest clerk. Yonkers Statesman.
Not Afraid to Try.
"I can't understand why you say
Walsingham is enterprising. lie
has never succeeded at anything."
"But he has failed at more than
forty things." Houston Post.
Abraham Lincoln
Was a man who, aeainst all. odds, at
taineri the hiehfst honor a man could
set n ttao Urited States, Ballard's
Horer-oniid Pyrop has attained a plare
never equalled by apy other rerredy It
is a sure cure for Concha, Olds, Bronchi
tis. Influenza and all Pulmonary dis
eases. Every mother f-honld keep sup
plied with this wonderful cough remedy.
Sold by Graham & Wortbam.
The Gazette
for Job Work.
We Have for Ladies
Shirtwaist Sets, Collar Pins
"Beauty Pins," Brooches
Bracelets,
Back Combs, Etc.
&$os
best.
Notice for Publication.
United Stated Land Office,
Boseburg, Oregon, July 15, 1907.
Notice iB hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress of
June 3. 187S, entitled "An act for the sale of tim
ber lauds in the States of California, Oregon,
Nevada and W hingtou Territory," as extended
to ail the Public Land States by act sf August 4,
1S92, Guy Davis, of Eugene, County of Lane,
State of Oregon, filed in this office on January 17,
iqo7, his sworn statement No. 8,289 for the pur
chase of the Southwest 1-4 of Section No. So in
lownsnip ino. 15 soutn, Kuure Po. , est w. .
M., and will offer proof to show that the laud
nought is more valuable for its timber er stue
t tau fo- agricultural put-poses, and to establisn
his claim to said land before W. W.'Calkins, TJ. S. 1
eommlssioner, at his om.-e in Eugene. Oregon,
on Wednesday, the 9th day of October, 1907.
lie names as witnesses: Hal E. Wood, Marvin
L. Haniiuitt And Austin E. Wood, all of Hugen e,
Oregon, and William I. Cryaler, of Springfield,
Oregon.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above-described lands are reauested to file their
claims in this office on or before said 9th day of
wctooer, 1907.
ti BENJAMIN L. EDDY, Register.
Your Liver
Is out of order. Yon no to bed in k
bad humor and fi t up i.h a bad tasti
in yo'ir month. You w-rt cair.t" iiii-g u
stimulate year liver. Just try Hn bnif
the iivvr rmuii t r. A poeiiive t:re fo
Constipation, lry$pepj and a'l livei
complaints. M:s. F ., Fort Worth.
Ttx;is, wi i'.es:
"Have used Ht-rbine in my fan-.ilv for
years. Worda cau't express bat I think
about it. Everybody in my household
ie happy add well, and we owe it to
Herbine."
tioift hv Grohatrt & 'WoHhom.
MF.S ELIZABETH STARR.
Pioneer of 1852 Passed On Fu
neral Service Wednesday.
Another pioneer woman has
crossed the plains to the great
New Country, another chapter
in the history of Oregon's early
day Ire closed Tuesday in the
passing of Mrs. Elizabeth Starr,
at the home of her son Clarence
in this city.
Mrs. Stair had been in ill
health for years, but on the fourth
of Tuly she contracted a cold that
terminated ia pneumonia which,
together with heart disease, result
ed in her death a 6:40 Tuesday
morning. The remains were'con
veyed to Bellfountain Wednes
day, where brief services at the
grave were conducted by Rev.
M. M. Wallz.
Elizabeth Dimmick was born
in Skvler county, Illinois, March
11, 1838. With her parents she
came to Milwankie, Oregon, in
1852, crrssiug the plains by ox
team and experiencing all the
hardships incident to travel in
these days. Ia 1853 the family
came from Milwaukie to Benton
county, locating oa a donation
claim near Bellefouutain, and
were deceased was married in 1803
to George M. Starr, who died
twelve years ago.
Of the children "of this union
the survivors are Edwin and
Clarence. Starr ot Corvallis; Osear
Starr, Portland; Burgess Starr,
Walport; Mrs. Georgia Briy.
Minnie, Oregon, and Mrs. O. V.
Hurt ot Walport, the latter kf
whom was too ill to attend the
funeral.
Like grain ha isipe ..and
ready "Tor the harvest the old
pioneers are being gathered in,
and in their footsteps follow those
01 the next generation who will
ever bear in loving and grateful
rememberance the name and
history of those pioneers who
nave gone on.
Where Are They?
Ninety per cent of the cheese
produced in this country comes
Irom five states New York,
Pennsylvania, Wiscoasin, Ohio
and Michigan, says the Journal
editorially. In the statistics ot
ihe industry, Oregon is scarcely
oa the map. Oddly enough, the
country as a whole does not sup
ply itself. In 1904 we bought,
in round numbers, 23,000,000
pounds in foreign countries. We
have the capital, the skill, the
feed and the cattle as no other
country has but signally fail to
manutacture 'enough cheese for
our own consumption. A humil
iating feature is that our rate of
importation is increasing. We
imported only 14,000,000 pounds
in 1900, but soared to 23,000,000
p mnds four years later. The
rate of increase during the perod
was 60 per cent, while our rate of
increased production for the same
time was only I2J per cent.
. For the privilege of eating the
foreign product, we pay a heavy
duty, pay freights several thous
and miles, and pay profits to both
home and foreign dealers. The
or-igner operates on costlier
I t .d, where he is hampered for
room and hedged about with
handicaps. He must keep his
kine, and grow his feed, in con
fines almost tco narrow for an Ore
gon garden spot. But, costly as is
the process, we go to his market,
eat his cheese and pay his price.
With five of our states, ' and our
best dairy states at that, produc
ing 90 per cent of the country's-chee;-e,
the explanation is easy.
Where are the Oregon dairymen?
Raising Kegs For Profit.
The reason why more hogs an
not raised in Oregon is that dur
ing the past ten years the aver
age farmer has not known ho
Jo make a really good profit it
the hog business, says the Agri
culturist. At present prices al
most any farmer can see a -profit
in hogs. His memory goes back
to a not distant time when the
profit" was bard to figure out.
Even " in those days there were
some farmers who made money
on begs in this state. More
geBera knowledge of how tbey
did it will encourage others to go
into the business- We do not
kno,w ;of any other one thicg
which would do as much to stimu
late hoe-raisine in Orepon as a
feeling of assurance in this state
that an; Oregon farmer could de
pend on getting half a cent a
pouna more ror ms nogs than the
Nebraska farmer sets. The Ore
gon farmer, under existing econ
omic conditions is entitled to
their margin and if, be becomes
convinced that he will certainly
get it there will be a boom in the
hog-raising business in Oregon.
Could Not Find a Man.
If there is an idle man in Ben
ton countv these -days it is be
cause he is either disabled or too
worthless to accept honest em
ployment at good wages, for there
is work for all who will accept it.
Iike the invitation in the good
book it is a case of "whosoever )
will may come" and the wages;
offered are tempting enough to
satisfy even the chronic kicker.
A man came out from Blodget a
few days ago looking for a helper.
At home acres upon acres of ripe
grain awaited the binder and there
wasno one to shock in the field af
ter the bundles were ready. The
farmer wa desperate. He hunt
ed until almost midnight for a
man who would go home with
him and shock gram, and at last
found a 1 ?ar-old boy to wh'i
he offered $1.50 per day and
board. The boy went. The
man was Jim Blodgett, and the
story comes from a thoroughly
reliable source. It is declared
that some Benton county farmers
paid helpers in the hay field $2.50
per day and boarded them, this
season. . '
Wages on the farm, in years
gone by, have been as low as $20
per month. The difference in
figures then and now is signifi
cant. It shows how the Willa
mette Valley is prospering and
how every man in this section
has work at good wages.
There is no better place for
the homeseeker to head for when
he "pulls up stakes" in the East,
than Benton county.
Securing Information.
Special Prosecutor .'or the
government B. T. Towsend, who
has been called to Oregon from
Fargo, N. D., to assist in the O.
& C. land grant inquiry, was in
Albany this . morning- leav
ing this noon for Corvallis,
says Wednesday's Albany Her
ald. Mr. Townsend is making
a trip through the counties ot the
part of the state wheie the rail
road holds giant lands, and has
just returned from a visit to
Southern Oregon. While de
clining to go into details as to the
nature of his investigations, Mr.
Towsend intimated that be was
gathering information relative to
the status of the railroad lauds
in the different counties. He
expressed himself as pleased with
the uniformly courteous treat
ment that he had received in his
trip through the different couu
ties, saying that the coUDty
officials bad shown biin every aid
possible. The information which
Mr. Townsend st cures at this time
it is believed wii) be used latei
10 a suit to be- brought by the
government against the railroad
to foice the company to sell it
!and ta applicants at $2.50 pet
jcre ia accordance with tne terin.-
;f the congressional grant.
Heflo Central!
Wlfra is N... 9? . Wi.y, call Ind. 251
--office at A lien '9 drug Bioe, which
stands for John Lenger, and he will at-
te id your wants. " 38t
The Other Fellow's Job.
' .
It's pretty soft for the motorman
He rides the ho'e day long, . .
With nothin to do bnt start the car
And tap a warning gong.
The reet of us have to pay five cents
Whenever we want to ride;
Lacking the fare we mnst use ' Shank's
mare ".
When we do onr homeward glide.
It's pretty soft for the doctor,
Who deals in human ills,
Though at 2 a. m. he must leave his bed.
Armed with a box of pills,
At times he must face the wintry wind
That stingeth like a knont,
But the rest of us have to take
The dope the doctor dishes out.
It's pretty soft for the lawyer,
Who labors over his brief.
And prays to the court that his client
Be granted said relief,
He must read a thousand volumes,
All bound in musty calf.
But the rest of us wben we break our
legs,
Must give the lawyer half.
It's pretty soft for the hodcarrier
He fills bis bod with brick,
And bears it up the IaJder
It's easy to learn the trick.
He climbs to the top of the building.
Where all is mortar and muss,
But most of the bricks get looeeaed
And fall on the rest of us.
Let us gather around the table,
While our hearts with envy throb,
And drain aflasc to the easiest task
The Other Fellow's Job. Ex.
PRAISES OAC.
Says it is Orange Institution in
Every Sense.
The Oregon State Agricultnral college
is a grange institution ia every sense of
the word. It was founded by the grange
nd is no.w its greatest aaonmneat. . Faar l
members of the order are on the board
of regents, and their reports of the al
lege at the State Grange sessions are
instructive and entertaining. They are
what the members expect.
The courses given at our college do not
guarantee the success of every young
person who enters upon or completes
them. Their ultimate ability to succeed
will depend largely on their inherent
ability to grasp every chance which
offers an opportunity.
The Agricultural courses at Corvallis
do three things for the conscientious
student: They give him the knowledge
of the immense number of well proved
facts; thev familiarize him with a still
larger number of fundamental principles,
npon whick successful practices in the
various branches of Agriculture must be
based; and they train him in ta'uite,
thoughts, concentration study and ob
servation. Someone has Baid: "To be educated
is to be able to think lonsj, accurately
and to a eafe conclusion.'' No man
needs this training more than he who
wrestles with the problems ol the farm,
who would harmonize aad co-ordinate'
the forces of plant life, animal life, soils,
the pri nciples of buying and selling, the
labor and the caprices of weather.
Our dairy herds can be made to increse
their net profits. The average produc
tion of the dairy cows of the state is
about 169 pounds of butter per year,
while good herds, no better than many
another farmer might have are produc-
25O to 350 pounds per cow per year. In
our groin crops, in our fruit yields, in
the other branches of live stock are simi
lar opportunities. While admitting
there are no greater in Agriculture than
in another line whete the man succeeds
and- secures the independence which
comes alone to him nho is a proprietor
of his own business. No man who
reactes independence in his business has
more 1 erennal liberty than the successful
farmer. Gatekeeper in Gresbam He: aid.
Hop Talk.
Hop pitkers will be scaice, according
to an old Oak Grovd correspondent who
writes lobe Herald as follows in regard
to h op conditions in Benton :
Hop men have taken time by the fore
lock securing hands to do the picking as
tbe general belief is at present that
pickers will be starce. Prune men are
out backward in securing all the help
that they can as most people would
rather go to the hop fieids than pick
prunes. T-je report from the hop-growing
district of the valley is not very flat,
terini. Inqnin yn regard to the con di
Hons of hops in this immediate vicinity
.hos that most of the growers are in
clined to believe that a good , average
crop will be harvested if present condi
tions continue. Moet of the yards in this
part of Benton" county have been well
cul tivated and cared for, and consist ot
several hundred ares owned as fol :
John and Beo Harris of Wells, 25 -;
Lee. Brown, 30 acres; Neis & Co., 50 , -;
Biruey Cad, 13 acres; Antone Hi t,
15 acres; Mr Wehber, 15 acres; Mrs. a
30 Meres; all within a radius o' e
miles, whirh goes to show that ti . t-
dustry in this locality is of some ni -
tude, and the most of them are gati d
and handled by home labor. .
N Alter The Persimmon.
The Portland Chamber of Com in - -e
sends out the following letter fo e
benefit of the Oregon public :
If the people of Oregon fail to ke
advantage of the colonist rates begin ng
September let and continuing until
October 31st, it will not do the fawn of
the newspapers, for both in news, ei
ial and local columns the press o 1 Lie
Stats has kept the facts before its reftilem.
Remember this is the one-way rate, a
tickets are only to Oregon and notrmmd
trip, and good for any point in the Siat e,
but the ticket must read to vour star ion
when it is purchased of the agent t-.u k
in the other states.
Mr. Julius Kruttschnitt, Director of
Maintenance and Operation of the en
tire Harriman System, General Mannjer
J. P. O'Brien and Chief Engineer
Boechke, of the O. E. & N. Co., and the
officials of the Corvallis & Eastern, left
the latter part of the week for an automo
bile trip through Ceutral Oregon, let us
hope they have with them apolel jug
enough to get the persimmon, -it's been
hanging a long time.
The Order Made.
The Oregon railroad commis
sion has issued the following
recommendations ih regard to
the new depot and other improv
ments at the Albany depot
grounds:
..Two additional incandesent
lights to be installed on the present
depot plaltormr under the porcn,
and an arc light over the tracks
north' and westerly from the
main line of track. These lights
are to be kept burning for 30
minutes previous to the arrival of
every train. The company is
also ordered to erect a suitable
passenger depot on the north ind
west side of its tracus before
January first, 1907. The depot
is to cost approximately $0000.
The railroad will be allowed
by the commission to move for an
extension ot time to build the de
pot upon showing its good faith
in attempting to comply with the
order.
" FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
Wonderful Skill Showrt by Birds.
Their House Building.
It is only within recent years that
men have learned how to make
houses and other structures of ce
ment. This art is probably yet in
a crude stage, and by and by man
kind may learn to use the material
in vastly more skillful and efficient
ways. . '
But many of the lower animals
have for ages been making their
houses of mud or of similar plat-tic
and hardening substances. The
cliff swallow's skillfully built home
is indeed a wonderful structure, es
pecially when we take into consid
eration the simple way in which the
bird does the work. Imagine a boy
or a girl trying to make such a--structure
of mud and handling the
material only by the aid of pointed
pliers. Yet the bird does it and v
dees it well with her pointed bill.
In some cement structures, especial
ly in railroad embankments, you
have probably noticed that the
workmen first put in several iron
rods to increase the strength of the
wall. This is practically what the
phoebe, the robin and other birds
do when they mix a liberal supply
of grasses and other plant fibers,
and even strings, through "their con
cretions of mud. From "Xature
and Science" in St. Xicholas.
Ships Sink to the Bottom.
Professor Davis of Harvard uni
versity, author of a noted physical
geography, sa)'s, "Anything which is
heavy enough to sink at the top will
sink all the way to the bottom."
Water is almost incompressible, and
for this reason its density, even at
the greatest depths, varies very
slightly from that at the surface;
hence steel will be of greater dens
ity than water at any depth and will
consequently sink to the bottom.