Corvallis gazette., November 15, 1907, Image 2

THE COBVALLIS GAZETTE
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WILL NOT BE DEFIED.
The man who is heedless of
Dublic sentiment invites his own
un oing. This is. especially true
when any element of morality is
involved. The man who viola
tes or proposes to violate the
moral sentiment of the people
will be . destroyed. -Whatever
his abilities, his former reputa
tion and services, an aroused
and anpered public moral senti
ment will place him in the pub
lic pillory, ancf cover him with
contempt, confusion and shame
and for all time scorn his mem
ory. Time was, and the day is not
- far past when there was prac
tically little or no public senti
ment in Oregon on any question.
This is easily explained. There
was little material out of which
to build up public sentiment,
and that was dispersed over a
wide area. Communication was
difficult, expensive and infrequ
ent. Not only were the several
sections of the state isolated
from each other but the whole
state was isolated from the rest
of the country. Under these
conditions it was next to impos
sible to create any decisive pub
lic sentiment on any question;
not, indeed, because our people
were immoral or dead to moral
purpose and obligations but be
cause of great obstacles which
prevented the creation of general
public sentiment, and made the
unification of existing senti
ments quite impossible. Public
sentiment had no form of cry
stallization, was without force
and became heedless, negligent
and weak.
Under these conditions the
politics of the state was debauch
ed, wholesome laws were violat
ed with impunity and dishonesty,
trickery, fraud and malfeasance
made it appear that the consci
ence of our people was "seared
as with a hot iron. "
Not so. The moral sentiment
of the people simply needed to
be aroused, unified and strried
to action. Pulpit, press and
rostrum worked long, earnestly
and efficiently to this end and to
day the moral public sentiment
of our people is as pure and
active as in any state in the
union.
Oregonians have been fortu
nate that they have had all
through the years one great,
able, fearless journal which has
wisely seen the moral fiber in
every public question and always
has been enough
it sometimes had to stand quite
alone.
The signs are propitious.
Never in their history have the
lAmerican people been so fully
aroused; never have they been
so unanimously determined that
right, truth, justice and right
eousness shall prevail. The
moral sense . of the nation is
aroused and is rapidly crystal
lizing in all directions. ,Ns
longer may it be defied. The
rogue may not become an honest
man but he must cease his rogue,
ryor be destroyed.
Additional Locals.
TRULY ARE YOU?
"I am doing the best I know,
This is an old familiar speech;
heard from the lips of young and
old and generally accepted as
express:ng an unquestionable
truth. But it should be question-
ed. Each one for himself should
ask: "Am I truly doing as well
as I know?" Rigid self-examina
tion along this line would surely
convince the mass of men and
women that they were not think
ing nor living nor doing the best
they knew. They would find
they had more and better know
ledge than they had incorporated
in the activities of life embraced
in the term "doing." They
would find more than this, for
they would see they could not,
each, for himself , truthfully say:
"1 4m doing the best I can."
It is doubtful if men, the mass
of men, can do as well as they
know. Their achievements fall
short of their knowledge. They
may accomplish that which
carries them to the limit of
the knowledge , which they
possessed when they began the
work they have now finished,
but they will find the field of
their knowledge has been great
ly enlarged and the things
acheived have, borne them no
nearer the limit of their know
ledge. This is well, for if men
might achieve the best they
know a powerful incentive to
action would disappear and the
march of human progress be
brought to a halt.
But men are morally bound to
do the best they know. Every
scrap of human knowledge in its
proper relation is of use. If it
were not so it would place no
measure of responsibility upon
its possessor. Since it is of use
every man is bound to make
right use of the whole stock of
his kno ivledge. Not only is he
bound to make right' use, but he
is morally bound to make right
eous use of it and he cannot
escape from his moral obligation.
It is only by an ernest effort
to do the best he knows that a
man is enabled to do the best he
can. When he does this he has
met his legal responsibility, but
he fails to meet his moral respon-
. ServSces'Snnday at the nenal honrs at
the Episcopal church. J. W. Armstrong,
Rector. " . f-'T t.
, Carl Hodes, an old Corvallisitp, arrived
Tuesday tram Vancouver, " Wash.; wheie
he has been in the hakerv business. He
has sold out, but will winter in ttatcity.
He has many old friends in Corvaliis
who were glad te see him.
There is to be a I. P. A: contest at the
First Presbyterian church in Albany this
evening; the contestants being Cuddy f t
Washington, Jones (or Oregon, Boid for
Northern California, and Roberts for
Southern California. Special rates oh
round trip tickets are to be made to stu
dents desiring to attend.
Some dramas die in infancy for . lack
of the elements of success. J matter
bow elaborately presented they -may be,
they fail to appeal to the public and sooa
go on the shelf. But a melodrama like
"Human Hearts" holds its original
charm. It has been seen throughout the
country for the past ten years, yet there
is "no decrease in public interest in this
delightful play. It contains all the ele
ments of success pathos, villainy and
comedy, " Besides, the scsnic surround
ings make a picturesque stage production
and that attracts attention.
A new electric line is announced for
the Willamette Valley. The Welch lice
about which so mu jh has been written
and said during the last few months and
which has secured franchises from a
number of towns, including Albany, is
to have a rival which says it will have
cars running as fat south as Linn county
within two years. The Dew company
announces it will build a toad np on the
east side of the Willamette to Albany
and over to Corvaliis and back to Pott
land and on the west side, with an ex
tension up the Santiam as far as Leba
non and possibly further into the timber
belt, cays an exchange. The people
would like to see work begun on tbess
roads. There has been so much talk
that the people take these announce
ments with a very large decree of doubt
The Willamette pigskin warrors and'
rooters will hie themselves over to C)r
vallis next Saturday with blood in their
eyes, to annihilate all the farmer booters
off the gridiron which they expect to ac
complish and end the "season by a bril
liant dash for the championship trophy.
The team ,bas strengthened its line-up
Bince the 'fray with Oregon by placing
Unruh and Hewitt, two well known
heavy weights, back of the line. If Wil
lamette wins the OAC game it will place
Oregon's historic institution again in line
for trie championship. There will prob
ably be a large crowd of enthusiasts ac
company the local team to Corvaliis, Sat
urday, to witness the game, which prem
ises to be one of the most interesting of
the season. There is a game scheduled
between Multnomah and Willamette on
the 23rd of this month, which will be
played in Portland. Tuesday's Capital
Journal.
r -
Secretary Walter Lyon, of the cham
ber of commerce, has on exhibition in
the window on Front street, the first
newspaper ever published in Oregon. It
is the property of Mrs. Matson, of this
city, and is a real historic rarity. The
paper is a four page issue, of four col
umns and was printed at Oregon City,
February 5. 1846. The country was then
a territory, but the editor, W. 0J. T'NauIt,
was in those long past davs aa optimis
tic regarding the futuse of the country as
are' the present inhabitants, and this
theoiy was that it was designed to be
come a great commonwealth. The paper
has passed through many hands, having
sibility if he does not earnestly , been 8ent ea8t via the isthmus of Pana
ma by a man irotn j ne Danes to a rela-
and persistently labor to do the
best he knows.
It needs no argument to prove
that if men were striving to do
the best they know crime of all
degrees
would disappear and
courageous to our social, business and political
stand firm in its support though ; life would not need reformation.
tive in Iowa, It was brought across the
plains later on by a woman, and finally
fell into Mrs. Matson's hands. 'Mrs.
Matson has it framed in a mounting
which gives the interested person a view
of both sides and ail four pages of the is
sue. Marshfield Times.
THE TOGGERY
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Some Luxuries are
Necessities, and Yice
Yersa; Every Nice
Garment is Both. It
Should Be. Who
Doesn't Enjoy Good
Clothes? - Even a
Horse Feels Better in.
New Harness .... .
Do you not wish new harness for
yourself? You will trot better if
you get it. We x can rig you out
from the skin out.
A Good Suit, for . $10 00
The Best Suit for .30 00
A Good Overcoat for .10 OO
The Best Overcoat for . 22 25
The "Lion" Special Hat tor . 3 OO
A Good Pair of Shoes for . . 2 50
The Best Shoes for. . . . . 5 OO
A Good Suit Underwear .1 OO
A Better Suit Underwear 2 OO
Finest Suit Underwear ... 6 OO
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HE TOG-GEE,
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The Men's New Exclusive Clothing Store
Eev. D. H. Leech went to Portland,
yesterday morning, to attend the ereat
meeting of Methodists of which the Ore
Ionian says: "The committee on borne
missions and church extension of the
Methodist Episcopal Church will con
vene in Portland this week. It will be
one of the moat important gatherings of
the year in the denomination and will
bring together 80 tf the most prominent
men in the church, including 19 of the
bishops, secretaries, assistants and rep
resentatives of the 14 genera! conference
districts'. A reception will be given in
Grace Methodist Church, Thursday eve
ning, to which the public is invited, and
Friday the regular daily sessions will be
gin. The committee will be in session
for about five days. Next Sunday the
Methodist churches of this city and num
erous other places in the Oregon sonfer
ence will be filled by bishops and other
members of the assembly." Rev. J. C.
Nicholson will occupy the pulpit in the
Corvaliis M. E. church, morning and
evening, Sunday.
100 Cents on the Doilar
We take Portland
Clear ing House
Certificates at One
Hundred Cents on
' - on the Dollar. 75
-Cents in Merchan
dise, 25cts Cash.
J. M. Nolan 6c Son
tovs tbe coah and hmlslanj
Own YourHome
THE
First - National - Bank
of Corvaliis
has some
TOIWM LOT.TS
Near the State Agricultural College
which you can buy on the INSTALL
MENT PLAN or for cash.
Save Ten or Twenty 'Dollars
per month and pay the same on a town
lot. Thereafter BUILD YOUR HOME
on the lot and continue to make these
small monthly payments on the homer
and you will soon have it paid for and
have no more rent to pay.'
Forinfonnation address
W. H. SAVAG
Corvaliis, Or.
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