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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1907)
THE CQBMLIS GAZETTE Published Tuesdays and Fridays by Gazette Publishing Company. The Subscription price of the Gazette for several years has 'been, and remains per annum, or 25 per cenfi discount if pai l in advance. This paper will be continued until all arrearages are paid. THEN AND NOW. After residing nine years in the Willamette Valley a retrospective view of the conditions existing at that time, as compared with the present, may at least cause some soher reflection from our citizens as t the mistakes of the past and possibilities of the future. Well do we remember the first impres sion made upon our mind as to the desolation every where visible in and around the beautiful little city of Corvallis for she had just passed through the greatestfinan cial depression that ever occurred in the history of the United States, but, added to the unfor tunate situation, our people had lost perhaps $150,000 in various business industries, hence what little money they had left was hid away, the owner fearing to invest it. Real estate values went down so low that men stood and viewed the situation in a dazed condition and it took them seven years to realize that it had a commercial value. Could we but stand where our neighbors stood, and view the landscape o'er, we would whoop it up in a business way and store away money galore. The conditions on the farm were equally deplorable, for when the business man and financial industries of the country are un settled the reflex influence comes to the farmer. While he can live on his own production, if no bur den of debt is hanging over bim, yet he has no market for his sur plus, and hence is glad to sell at any price. Hay was selling at $3.3(5 to $4.00 per ton, potatoes at 25 cents per bushel and every thing the farmer produced in like proportion. Is it any wonder that under these conditions men became disgusted and discour aged, selling as best they could when they caught a "tender foot" from the east, or elsewhere and tried to better their condi tion? Everybody wanted to sell and I call to mind an amusing in cident, when a stranger who is now a good citizen cf the county came to us, knowing we were a late acquisition and asked how we liked the country. We told him we had nothing to sell, but were pleased with the country. He immediately abked us to take a ride with him. saying we were the only man he had met in Ore gon who had nothing to sell. Corvallis was considered the deadest town in the Willamette Valley and it was scarcely con sidered necessary to put the old carcass out of the way, or sing sad requiems over her decay. As the man who has lived on soup for a week relishes a good fat Thanksgiving turkey, so we rejoice vnat the, hoary frosts of adversity that hovered arourd us so long have passed away and the glorious sunlight of prosperity come again. Instead of death there is life, beauty and joy. The past two years have been so active with us that we can scarcely realize how fast we are growing old. We saw.a man the other day who had been so busy all summer that he had really forgotten ha had a neighbor. Many old business houses have been torn away and beautiful new bricks have taken their pla ces while others have been re modeled and so changed that the old settlers would fail to recog nize them. Men of keen fore sight and business sagacity have dropped in on us from the east, north " and south and opened our eyes to the possibilities that were in store for us. .Property values have more than doubled during the past t wo years and the sound of the saw and hammer has made'sweet mu sic in our pars and provided the comforts of life to many new homes. New business men have been added to the list, making competition so keen that trade has been attracted for manymiles by JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING IN the Gazette. Many neat, new homes have been built'and old ones rejuvenated, wnicn- snouia remind you that if you have failed to do your duty along that line it is time you should wake up and show your faith in the town by your work. Our farmer brethren are also keenly alive to the spirit of the times and are cleaning out the brush in the fence corners, plant ing many additional acres of grain, and instead of turning up the ground an J leaving it lay all summer to bake in the sun it is sowed to vetch and other grasses. The trees are being trimmed and sprayed and instead of apples coming to market as speckled as guinea eggs, nice clean, whole some fruit can be seen in every store to tempt the appe tite.' An occasional hog can be seen now and then and we pre dict the time will soon come when hog and hominy will- be as plen tiful as it was back in "Old Miz zoury." If an eastern farmer can raise hogs profitably and lose half the bunch with cholera, why can't we raise them profitably when there is no disease, and if you didn't kill him he would live to be as old as Methusaleh? Under the wise and judicious management of public affairs during the past few years vast territory has been opened across ! the sea to consume the product of the farm and there is 47,000, 000 bushels of wheat now await ing shipment from the Pacific Coast, which, at 90 cents per bushel would make $40,000,000 to be distributed along the coast from wheat alone, not taking into consideration oats, hay, hops and other products of the farm so don'f be alarmed about the pres-. nfc little flurry, but sharpen your tools and get ready for, the work which is sure to come in abund ance. We are just now taking a breathing spell and when the spring opens we propose to show you something that will maice your eyes water and other valley towns look upon us, we hove not with a spirit of jealousy, but like the little boy who was listening to his big brother make a speech and when he had reached the topmost pinnacle of "eloquence the little fellow turned to his companions ana said: coys that's my big brother, ain't he a a daisy. we would like to whisper gently in your ear that while you are resting turn your mind soberly, seriously and thoughtfully as to what you can do to make the town larger, your neighbor happier and the world better. If Corvaliis is. to keep on growing you must do your part of the hustling or you should sell out and get away. The busy bees have no use for a drone in the hive. THE PEOPLE MUST HELP. ' A review of the financial situa tion is written by one present and familiar with conditions in New York wherein is said : ''The fact is that conditions are righting themselvs as they always will do if business is left to itself and the laws of trade. "The heavy financial interests of the country are doing their part. The people must put away mis givings and do theirs, and the present crisis will end. The con sequences bear hardest on the farmer. The fruits of a year's labor are now just gathering, ready for the market. He has the food supply ready, and the world I needs and is able to purchase it. But the movement from producer to consumer requires the use of both money and credit. Withont such use the farmer, who is the foundation of all prosperity, and whose loss or gain affects the state of other industries, loses a large percentage of the value of every pound of butter and live stock that he has to sell. It is this which makes the present situation such a hardship and an injury to ihe whole community. For if the cultivators of the soil suffer, no business will escape. 'The report on October's foreign trade is encouraging. Our excess of merchandise exports, $6o,ooo, ooo in round numbers, has been surpassed only four times in ten years. October of last year was the record of October tor credit balances, and this October comes within a half million of last Oc tober. This has happened not withstanding that cotton exports j have been kept back by hoarding in the South, and imports kept up by previous good times, and large American purchases during the Summer. As soon as econo my in luxuries begins to impress itself, our imports, which are largely luxuries, will materially decrease, and the balance of trade grow c jrrespondingly greater. In fact, this condition is impressing itself more and more every day, namely, that the business of the country, foreign and domestic, is sound and fall oi splendid promise. It has been temporarily paralyzed by needless political operations, aggravated by inadequate cur rency and banking machinery. "It ca be worked out of even this entanglement if the thinking people will assert themselves and guide the others, including the legislators, to sane and sensible action. The tide is turning against Socialism and Socialistic doctrines, and evidet.ce is accum ulating that the people are in fa vor of conservative action here after in reference to corporations. Sensible views of the situation, held and expressed, will tend to alleviate fear and restore confi dence in our institutions. Every effort is being turned in this di rection and the ultimate outcome is sure to be a return to prosper ity.". When Things Qo Wrong. There are times when oyery thing seems to go wrong.; From seven o'clock a. m. till io p. m. affairs are in a twist. You rise in ihe morning, and the room is cold and a button is off. aud the beefsteak is tough, and the stove smokes and the pipes burst, and, you start down street nettled from head to foot. All day long things are adverse. Insinuations, petty losses, meanness on the part of customers. The ink bottle upsets and spoils the carpet. Some one gives a wrong turn to the damper and the gas escapes. An agent comes in determined to insure your lite, when it is al ready insured for more than it is worth, and you are afraid some one will knock you oa the head to get the price of your policy; but he sticks to you, showing you pictures of Old Time and the hour glass, aud the death's scythe and skeleton, making it quite certain that you will die before your time unless you take, out papers in his company. Besides this, you have a cold in your head, and a grain of dirt in your eye, and you are a walking un easiness. The day is out of joint and no surgeon can set it. The probability is that if you would look at the weather vane you would find that the wind is north east, and you might remember cUrv that you have lately. It might happen- to be that you are out of joint instead of the day. Be careful and not write many letters while you are i in that irritable mood. You will , pen some thing in the way of ! criticism or fault finding that you will be sorry for afterwards. Let! us remember that these srjiked us remember that tnese spiKea , nettks of life are part of our dis- cipline. Life would get nause- ating if it were all honey. Ex. J NOTABLE MEDICAL DISCOVERY Of Special Value to Many Here in - Corvallis. One of the most notable discoveries and one that undoubtedly appeals more than anything else to many people here in Corvallis is the combination of stomach remedies in the Mi-o-na treatment. This prescription has worked wonders, and there is now no excuse for anyone suffer ing with indigestion or weak stomach. Jt acts specifically upon the muBc'es of the stomach and bowels, strengthening and stimulating them so that they readily take care of the food that is eaten. It al so increases theflow of gastric juices, thus getting from the food the nourish ment that is necessary for health and energy. , ' ' The symptoms of indigestion are num erous, such as distress after eating flatu lence, heartburn, sick headaches, dizzi- aees, and irritability. These are all dis pelled by a few doses of Mi-o-na when the trouble is recent, b'lt juBt as surely in longstanding and chronic cases if the treatment is followed for a reasonable length of time. So positive are the good effects follow ing the use of Mi-o-na that the remedy is sold by Graham & Wells under an abso- lute guarantee ta refund the money if it should fail to cure. A Type of Movable Building For the Farmer. The type of house here shown may be built iu two sizes. The larger size, the completed structure illustrated in the first figure, Is 8 feet -wide by 10 feet long, 7 feet 2 inches high in front and 3 feet high in rear. The smaller house, the frame and (completed struc ture of which are shown in the second figure, is 6 feet wide, 8 feet long, 6 feet 2 inches in front and 3 feet high in the rear. The construction of these houses is simple, as may be seen from the cuts. The floor Is built first with 2 by 4's as stringers, and the frame is held on the floor by blocks at each corner. The large sized house is provided with two doors in front and a temporary mova ble partition in the middle, so that the cot can easily be adjusted to -accommodate two lots of swine at the same time. On a level with the glass win- LAKGE SIZE HOG COT. dows there is also a drop window, preferably hung on hinges, fastened at the top for ventilation and sunlight The lumber required for the large house, 8 feet wide and 10 feet long, in cluding floor, is as follows: Twenty pieces 2 by 4 inches, 10 feet long, for frame and stringers. Two pieces 2 by 4 inches, 10 feet long, for frame in ends. Twenty pieces 1 by 12 inches, 10 feet long, for roof and ends. The material, including the door, hinges and glass, will cost between $16 and $17. The lumber required for the house 6 feet wide and 8 feet long is aa follows: Twelve pieces, 2 by 4 inches, 16 feet long, for frame; four pieces, 1 by 12 inches, 16 feet long (rough), for floor; thirteen pieces, 1 by 12 inches, 16 feet long, for roof and ends; ten battens, 16 feet long, ,for sealing cracks be tween boards. ' The total cost of material to build the small cot, with floor, door and win dow complete, amounts to about $12.50. For neatness, economy, dura bility and comfort to the animals this type of cot Is excellent. Where it Is desirable to keep a number of hogs in one lot the large size is preferable. BKAIIi SIZE HOO COT. The small cot will accommodate from three to five mature animals and the large cot from seven to nine. Although the Wisconsin experiment station has a large hog house, - with feed room, scales,' etc., cots such as these have been found a convenient i means of enlarging the facilities of the piggery. Of their general advantages Mr. J. G. Fuller says: "With the cot system the farmer or breeder can enlarge his accommoda tions as the size of his herd increases. The mud and vermin which are sure . .. 1 .. nfmlnil II larorH Mill' house can easlly avolded wiUl small h0USes and by occasionally mov- ing them to a fresh spot of ground. Where it is necessary to keep only a few hog3 toSether or where Beveral animals must provlded with sep- arate qIIartera the cot becomes an in- dispensable factor and can be used to advantage on any farm." k arm and C Garden 1 I1 . '!g THE PIGGERY. J Handy B t J Two of our wortny citizen, whom, for the reason that we do not want to be per sonal, we will call Smith an; Jones, had ! a wordy contest on ti-.e stn ;t the other day. Smith is very proud of his wisdom in management! of his affairs on the farm in keeping everything up-to-dite, and he never tires of telling nis friends about it. Yesterday he met Jones and began to indulge in his favorite topic. His neighbor Jones cat 'him khort and took i him by surprise by saying "See here. Smith, you make me ery tired. You are i Thatcher-Johnson Co. Great Rustlers And Good Pork. Tamworth swine have some splendid qualities. They have a stamina and vigor that would be the envy of all the weak races of light limbed and gouty swine if swine were capable of indulging In envy. They have a mag nificent frame viewed from the stand point of ruggedness. They are seldom troubled with rheumatism or gout or paralysis of the limbs or breaking down In the legs. They have limbs that can carry them to the pasture, through the same and home again without labored effort. And when dread diseases abound, as cholera or swine plague, Tamworths will not Buffer so greatly in consequence as some breeds. They are magnificent breeders. They are proverbial for large litters, and no less famous are they for the way in which they rear them. The young lit ters have strength and action that en able them to fight an easy battle for existence from the first if they are given half a chance. AS manV Dies' r. r , i will be reared by one-third less the number of Tamworth sows than from sows of several other breeds, and they will be reared In better form. Feed a Tamwortn sow propeny, her enough exercise, and it is a pleas ure to notice the pigs grow while she nurses them. Tamworths are also grand for cross ing on short bodied and. short limbed ows, and the longer the period that such sows and their ancestors have been tied too closely to a corn diet the greater the renovation which such crosses will confer. Introducing them is like leading the healing waters of perennial streams 'Into a weary land. The progeny from these crosses will inherit strength and vigor and prolifica cy that will agreeably surprise the men who are so discerning as to make such crosses. But one of the grandest qualities of Tamworths, as Professor Thomas Shaw sums these up in the National Swine Magazine, Is the ability they hive to produce the best quality of pork. Because of the intermingling of the fat ami lean on the side they make the best of bacon. Their shoulders and hams are not so overlaid with fat that has to be thrown away as with many breeds. Farmers who once grow Tamworths to provide their own Dork will want to grow them again. Farm Brevities. Profit depends as much on the cost of production as on the selling price. The good, square walk as a gait for a farm horse is the most valuable of any. The rotation of crops does not call for more plowing, but less, and more stirring of the soil. The difference between a good and inferior care taker Is everything In the matter of success or failure in cattle feeding. f In nearly aU cases the offspring of immature, undeveloped animals is in ferior .to that of mature and full grown parents. It is the surplus or Increase of price above the cost of production that adds to the prosperity of the people. Where the pungent smell of am monia is noticed as escaping from the manure it may be taken as an indica tion of loss. In . feeding fattening cattle they should be kept quiet and comfortable In order that they may eat heartily, digest their food well and taks on pounds. Kansas Farmer. continually bragging about your good business management and judgment, but I think yu are the worst manager atd have the poorest judgment of any mau I know of." Before be could recover from his surprise, Janes otntinned : Yoa are conUnuallybraguing'tkbout keeping every thing up-to-date., I ju6t advise you some oay to go into your fcuehea and take a look at that old rack of a stove your Wife is using. It is burning twice the ft. el necessary, and is wearing i-ut her life aid nerves, trying to get alobg with some thing that belongs to the 18th century. You kick when your meals are not ready or because the bread aud biscuits are burned, but if you would just let a Utile of your good business economy and fine, management yau talic about reach to your kitchen, you would buy one of those lateU South Bead Malleables. I will bet you a new hat, Smith, you would not talk to me any more about a disordered stomach or late diuaera and such like, and you would find your wife would have ' a smile that would aevtr come off,, the genuine Malleable South Bend smile. "I would advise you to take in the ex nibit at Hollenberg & Son's. The South Bend man is there and will tell you more about his range in five minutes than I could in an hour. It's all right, "Smith, take my word for it. It you are good, tbey will give you some of their hot bis cuits and coffee and a beautiful little cook book add useful souvenir to take home to your wife " Groceries Crockery Cut Glass Silver Vare What's Worth doing is worth doing well. If you wish to oe cured of Rheumatism, use Ballard's Snow Liniment and you will oe "well cured." A positive cure lor Sprains, Neuralgia, Bruises, Contracted Muscles and all the ills that flesh is heir to. A, 6. M. Williams, Navasota, Texas, writes: "I have used Snow Liniment lor sprained ankle and it gave the best uf satisfaction. I always keep it in the houee." bold by (irabam & Wortbam. - Early to Bed And tarly to rise, makes one healthy, happy ana wist especially if you take Heroine before reining. A positive cure tor Constipation, Dytpeptiia, and all liver complaints. Mrs. B ' Columbia, Tenn. writes: "I always keep a supply of your Her bine on liana. Am so pleased with i lie relief it gives in conttipation and all liver complaints, that words can't ex press my appreciation." Sold by Ura hani & VVcribam. Children's Favorite tonic is White's Cream Ver miluge, the cure for woims, and all chil- .i .1 ; T. i . . 1. : 1 1 .. . urneo. uutuuijr Julio I ut? worms, but removee the mucus aud slime in which thy buna their neat. Its ac tion oil the child is mild and leaves him iu c healthy condition. Joe Daniel, Sur ojac, Tenn., Bays that he gave one oi bis then gtveWchiiaten White's Cream Vermifuge when itie uoctor tcougni it nao cone, ana from the hist done the child passed 73 worms, Sola by Graham & Wortbam. That's itl Cougb yourselt.into a fit of spasms and then wonoer why you don't get well. If you will only try a buttle ot Ballard's Horebonnu fciyrup your c-ougti will be thing ot the past. It is a positive cure loi Coughs, influenza., Bronchitis and all Pulmonary uibeaoeu. One bottle will convince you at your druggist,' 2dc, 50c, $1.00 bold, by Urahani Woribam. Own YourHomo THE First - National - Bank of Corvallis has some TO.WH LO:TS Near the State Agricultural College which you can buy on the INSTALL MENT PLAN or for cash. Save Ten of Twenty Dollar 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 home and you will soon have it paid for and have no more rent to pay." For.information address W. H. SAVAG Corvallis, Or Jersey Bull For Sale, Descended from Grand Coin and Goi en Glow ; imported cow Uesttng 18 lbs. butter fat, in 7 days, wtth fixst oaU. AdV dress, M. 8. W oodcock, Corvallis, Ore gon. 72t
