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Vol. XI.IW
Corvaixis, Benton County, OREGq,TuESDAY, October S, lOOT.
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unexcelled for eore chest, headache,
tornH, in fact tor anything that can he
reached by a liniment. ' So!d by Graham
& Wortham.
The Gazette
for Job Work.
In
GOVERNMENT IRRIGATION.
Nevada And Its Market at
Nearby Mines.
TENTH AND MORRISON STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON
! A. P. ARMSTRONG, Ll B., PRINCIPAL.
Educates for success in a short time and at small expense, and sends each, stu
dent to a position as soon as competent. Quality is our motto, and reputation for
thorough work brings us over 100 calls per month for office help. Individual in.
etruction insures rapid progress. We teach the loose leaf, the card index, the
voucher and other modern methods of bookkeeping. Chartier is our shorthand :
easy, rapid, legible. Beautiful catalogue, business forms and penmanship free
write today. References: any merchant, any bank, any newspaper in Portlan
BELT BUCKLES, BACK COMBS and
DRICELETS...AII Styles and Prices i
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PRATT, The Jeweler and Optician.
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NEW UNDERTAKING FIRM
Chester Henkle and O. J. Blackledge have put in over
the latter's Furniture Store a new stock of Uudertaking
Goods. Mr. Henkle has perfected himself in this line of
work at the establishment of J. P. Finley & Son of Port
lane, and is prepared to df everything pertaining; to this
business.
One piece is a portion
nd a luscious dessert Preferred Stock Peaches,
from the Highlands of California. These
mountain peaches are universally conceded to
be the finest peaches in the world.
Preferred Stock Canned Goods
Faetod Whmvat tl Bit ar Grown
In order to secure extra superior quality and
flavor for Preferred Stock YeHow Dessert Peaches
they are selected, when ust ripe, juicy and spicy,
plucked in the morninp. then hand-Dec IpH anil
canned right in this mountainous, peach-growing country.
Purity and quality guarantee J Preferred Start at jour Grocer's
AT.I.KW it LEWIS, Wholesale Grocers, PORTLAItD, OREGON, U. 8. A.
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When You Buy Groceries
At This Store
All our goods are guaranteed to
comply with the
Pure Food Law
We have the best and nothing, but
the best.
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Your Business
In Nevada the United States
h&s constructed an irrigation sys
tem to ' carry water tforn tbe
Truckee and Carson rivers to
arid lands in the Catson Sink
Valley. This valley is situated
in Churchill county and is about
forty miles in diameter. The
elevation is 3900 to 4000 feet
above sea level, and the climate
the best on earth, not even ex
cepting the world renowr.ed cli
mate of the Willamette Valley.
Ii is a dry climate. From
inches to six inches is the annual
raiftfall, and the writer has seen
1 In re fourteen months of continu
ous sunshine, and never three
dys without sunshine.
It is' a healthy country. Oc
casionally some man gets drunk,
lays cut over. night, and gets his
death of cold. That is the prin
cipal cause of death, and that is
rare. The oldest man in the val
ley is Q4 years old and is called
the ''Nevada Boy." "
. Toe government canals have;
been built on permanent lines,
and the system is a grand success.
Water can now be taken from
over 600 miles of ditches and at
any point in the irrigation district
at the nominal cost of 12.50 an
acre, with an annual maintenance
tax of 40 cents an acre. In 10
years the water is tully . paid for
and becomes a perpetual water
right and appurtenant to the land.
! It has cost about four million
dollars to carry the water to this!
arid "and, and in so doing Uncle
Sam has given birth to a. new
empire. Every national 'irriga
tion project," of the' proportions of
the Truckee-Carson project is
an empire within itself. ' It is a
most cohesive community." Every
man within a project will fight to
the last drop for the entire pro
ject. For what concerns one
will be of consequence to all.
They all depend on the same
source of supply for their water
which is the element, when in
telligently conserved and distri
buted, more potential than con
quest, commerce, or even than
unlimited rainfall itself.
The Truckee-Carson project is
now settling up rapidly with a
desirable class of intelligent, in
dustrious and ambitious citizens,
the kind of men who first settled
this Western slope, and who have
produced such a wonderful trans
formation within a jew years ol
time. There are still many ex
cellent - homesteads vacant, and
the persons fortunate enough to
obtain them will within a few
vears be independent. fhis has
bten the history of all properly
conducted irrigation systems and
will be the result in Carson pink
v alley beyond question.
The Rev. G. W. Black, who
organized the Corvallis , Baptist
cdurch in 1880, will verity this
statement; be will obtain . over
$700 from his 'alfalfa crop this
year, the second vear of bis irri
gation, and he has already be
come independent on bis 80 acre
homestead. J. W. Whipp, who
.n the early eighties carved stat
uary for Ira Miller in Corvallis,
will also bear me out in this. He
is a successtul lrngatiomst near
Fallon. In the face of an unpre
cedented flood, which inundated
the upper Carson valley for miles,
and tested the strength acd de
veloped all the weak places in
the Truckee-Carson svstem. with
a damage of fifty thousand dollars,
the reclamation officers supplied
water to Carson Sink irrigation-
ists in time for a bountitul crop
this present year (1907), and thi
flood came tbe middle of March !
For this crop we get $10 a ton,
in the stack, for alfalfa, and each
acre yields from 2 to 5 tons and
some (even more. The plain fact
s our irrigationists are growing
rich, and there can be no doubt
but that in a tew vears time the
settlers within the Truckee-Car
son project will be a great finan
cial power, for they are cohesive;
and in the nature of their com
monwealth bound to retoain so,
ana every man's shoulder is to
the common wheel, and nowhere
is onr national motto, "In union
there is strength," bettei exem
plified. For particular information re
garding tbe country, lands, pro
ducts, etc., I would refer to Mr.
Thomas H. Means, the engineer
in charge;! maintenance, whose
address isFHon, Nevada. Mr.
Means is at the head of this pro
ject and knows all about it, and
what information he gives can be
relied upon. Any sketch of our
irrigation : project, without men
tion of Jts immediate market
would ber. incomplete. During
my residence of two and a half
vears in Carson Sink , Valley,
Fallon, the county seat, has
grown from a village of 200 peo
ple to about 1000 population,
with many metropolitan advan
tages, aud a citizenship not ex
celled anywhere.
The. taxable property in the
county has more than doubled.
Hazen from a side track has be
come an important railroad cen-.
tre. Stillwater is rapidly coming
to the front, and just beyond the
borders of the valley lies a new
El(jorado, Vith the cities of Fair
view and Wonder holding the at
tention oft tbe whole mining
world. Dixie and Regent are
also new mining centres within
the county and bid fair to be
wonderfully pioductive camps. .
I o do anv justice to Fairview
and Wonder would require pages.
Upwards of three . dozen costlv
and powerful plants of mining
machinery, over five hundred ex
perts need underground miners,
and an actual investment of ipver
fi ve mill io u ' dollars "a t Fai r v ie w
and Wonder alone, are startling
the mining world -with the great
est development and the grta.est
production of rich, high-grade
gold and silver ore ever produced
in double the time at any camp
in any country the world over.
One mine alone, at Fairview, has
paid $300,000 in dividends with
in twelve months, ana is con
stantly increasing its output. The
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vaiue ana quantity 01 one mine
ral is only limited by the inade
quate transportation facilities and
the limitations of the over-c.owd-ed
smelters that reduce our ore to
bullion.
J. H. Wilson.
BIG MEETING.
Many Delegates Coming To Oc
cur in Corvallis Next Week.
HIS INTRODUCTION.
To Corvallisites Something Ol
Rev. Leech.
There is to be held in Corval
lis next week, beginning Thurs
day, the fifteenth annual meet
ing of the Columbia River
branch of the W. F. M. S. of the
M. E. church, at which about 50
delegates are expected. Corval
lis members 01 the society are
busily engaged in preparing for
the event which is to be quite im
portant and mcst interesting.
Begnnmg l bursday evening
there will be prayer service and a
reception to delegates., Friday
forenoon the reports will be given
and' the presidents address will
be heard. In the afternoon Fri
day the reports of tbe branch
treasurer and corresponding sec
retaiy will be given; followed by
a service that will include such
lines as "Taking Stock;" As
sets, membership, missionaries,
receipts, profit and loss, and liabilities-
Friday evening there will be a
voung people's rally and an ad
dress by Mrs. Trumble. Satur
day forenoon will be given over
to elections, the district secre
taries' conference, appropriations
and report diet. In the after
noon there will be a children's
hour, and the closing business of
the meeting. The services for
Saadav will be announced later.
Because, he is a stranger in our
city, and because all strangers
need an introduction to the pub
lic if they are public men, an
item is given here from the
"WocJburn Independent" con
cerning Rev. D. H. Leech who
comes to the M. E- church in
this city as its pastor. After re
lating that Mr. L,eeca has been
pastor there for over three years,
has improved church conditions
very materially and as also be
in? a public-spirited and ener
getic citizen as well, the Inde
pendent says: '
It was with a feeling of keen
regret that not only the Metho
dists, but all ot the people in
Woodburn heard that Rev. D. H.
Leech, who has been pastor of
the M. E. church here, had been
appointed by the bishop to the
M. E. church at Corvallis.
For three years and three
months Rev. Mr. Leech has been
the pastor of the Woodburn M.
E. chuich and has. been mainly
instrumental in increasing the
membership during his incum
bency from 151 to 285. Not on
ly has he preached sound doctrine
and drawn large congregations,
but he has been energetic in behalf
of Woodburn's interests, joining
every movemeut that had a tend
ency to promote the welfare and,
growth of the city. He is a man
who draws one out of a state of
lethargy and to keep step with
him a person must be an active
cinzen ana an active christian.
He has succeeded in" converting
the M. E. parsonage into a prac-j
t.cally -new building and the
church edifice is now being re-
modled r.ad enlarged to be in
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co "onance witn tne times ana
the spirit ijstil'ed in the grow
ing congregation by the retiring
pastor.
Rev. Mr. Leech is a man ot
force and ability, full of sym
pathy for those in trouble, always
readv to eniov the enioyment of
others, earnest and sincere in
everything he undertakes, and he
never ceases or falters in the pur
suance of any course marked by
him. He has made an ideal
pastor and possesses the happy
faculty of drawing people to him
and bringing mary outsiders
within the radius of the church.
All are also -sorry to note the
coming departure of Mfs
Leech, a ladv of very winning
Dersonalitv. and also will their
bright family of voung folks
growing up be missed.
Rev. Mr. Leech and family
will leave Saturday for their new
field of labor, and will be followed
bv the love and well-wishes of
the people here. We hate to
loose them and congratulate Cor
vallis upon her good fortune in
having gained in Rev. Leech a
sound Christian, and indefatiga
ble worker, a loveable character,
loyal Oregonian, and with him a
most estimable wife and interest
ing children.
of collepe wn:k to answer ques
tions. It is probable that if such en
force could have been provided at
the state f. tr this year to hav -educational
work accomplished i:
would have surpassed in value -that
done at dozen institute. II:
hasnotalwas been that wav,..
but it was this year. There were
a great manv persons there vshc
were actually desirous of inforrsiv '
tion concerning diverse questions
relating to dairying, feeding, tor--age
plants, fruit growing, insect,
pests and tree diseases, etc. An
especially drawing feature of the"
of the college exhibit was a prac '
tical demonstration f buddiny
and graft:3g by the most approv
ed methods. Probably a large
majority of those who watched
this work With deep interest were -only
curious spectators, but there. -were
many to whom the demon
stration was one of actual value, ....
HIS TRAGIC DEATH.
John Daly Killed in Fall in Port
land Building.
Old friends in Corvallis w'er&r
shocked Friday morning to learra
that John Daly, former state sena
tor from Lincoln and Bentccs
counties and atone time surveyor
general of Oregon, had met sug
den death in a tall down threer-
stories in the Selhng-Hirsefc
building in Portland during
Thursday night, the ,body beings
found Friday morning. A por
tion of the stair railing was car
ried to'the lower landing witho
tbe body, showing that Mr. Dalyu
had made a desperate effort to
save himself.
With his daughter, Miss Mar
garet Dal y,.?, he was living isii
apartments in. the- buildi ng w heiev,
he met his death. ' The daughtesr
had but recently returned frorsa
an extended visit in the Souths
with relatives.
Mr. Daly came to Corvallis in.
1897 and for a time ran a news
paper . known as tne uregoc
Union. Later this was merged"
with the Gazette, the name be
ing changed to the "Union Ga
zette," the "Union" being drop :
ped la'er and Gazette resuming;
its old-time name.
Deceased, while a senator, ac
complished much good for hie -constituency,
h?.ving been the
one who secured second passage
of the School Text Book law, the
six per cent interest law and
other beneficial measures of statt-
interest. He was also a member
of "the board of Regents of the
Oregon Agricultural College serv
ing as secretary for several years.
Mr. Daly was a Canadian by
birth and had. figured in many
sDheres of activity during his life.
He was about 70 years ot age.
'-Vanted: To purchase from tbe
breeders Cotsi;ld " or Lincoln
slieep. Ca'l me on Independent
phone No.. 561 or No. 284. Wra.
H. Savage, Corvallis, Oregon. 53tf
NEEDED MORE MEN.
To Answer Questions at
TheOAC Exhibit.
Fair
From the standpoint of educa
tional value the exhibit made
this year at 4he Oregon State
Fair by the Oregon Agricultural
College and the experiment stat
ions at Corvallis and Union, was
by far the best, ever made in the
paviliion at Salem, declares the
Oregon Agriculturist editorially.
The display was visited and ex
amined by thousands of visitors,
many of whom were deeply in
terested. Prof. E. R. Lake was
in rharge of the college exhibit
and was bombarded with enough
questions to keep half a dozen
men busy. The experience of
this year shows that when so sug
gestive a display is made there
is need of a force ot men repres-
UncIeJosh" is Corning;'
The attraction at the opera house
on next Friday night will be the
ever reliable "Uncle Josh Per
kins," undoubtedly the mosfc
successfuj tural comedy drama.
tbai has been produced in years. -
It serves a distinct and highlyi
commendable purpose, for it
teaches in the cleverest and
most entertaining way imagina
able and in a thoroughly up-to-date
manner the truth of the old''
that "love will find a
The chief interest in the-
piece centers in the love oti
Uncle Josh for his young daugh
ter Nan. The entire cast of
"Uncle Josh Peikins" has beer
selected from among the best
known, most widely experienced
and most conscientious actors,
and actresses of the Americans
fetage. The piece is most elabor
ately staged, and equipped with:
beautiful scenery. The engage
ment is for one night only. Re
served seat sale opens Wednesday,
morning. Prices 35, 00 and 75
saying,
way."
Wanted.
We have a buyer for a five or ten acrft
tract near Corvallis. It mast be reason
able. Arlrtrf sb. Catuwet.t. A f.. Philo
enting the different departmentsjmath, pre. -j 82-,