THE CGBMUS GAZETTE
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ELECTIONS FOR 1908.
Registration reopens Sept. 20.
Closes for -election Oct. 20.
Presidential election Nov. 3. .
If it were true that we were
going to have a war with Japan
or any other power, it would
come during this or the next ad
ministration, says the New York
Times. War is not one of those
coming events that cast their
shadows years in advance. If
there were to be a war, does any
one suppose that the American
people would hesitate in making
their choice between Mr. Taft
and Mr. Bryan ascornmandor-in-chief
of the National forces?
Neither of them has seen mili
tary service, although we believe
Colonel Bryan got as far as Flor
ida during our Spanish war, but
that makes no difference. The
qualification is mental and tem
peramental. Wars may be averted by wise
negotiation. Which would be
the better negotiator, Mr. Taft.
who has had a long and arduous
experience in national affairs,
who knows the people of the
Orient, who has visited Japan,
knows its statesmen and its peo
ple, is admired and respected by
them, or Mr. Bryan, who is quite
unknown in any field of negotia
tion save that of personal and
party politics, and whose conven
tion at Denver adopted a resolu
tion for the exclusion of Asiatic
immigrants which has given of
fence at Tokio?
We think the American people
would have little difficulty in com
ing to the conclusion that if there
is to be a war Mr. Taft would be
a safer and more efficient person
person in the chief, post of re
sponsibility than Mr. Bryan.
On the 4th day of August, next
Tuesday, the qualified voters of
Corvallis will be asked to vote
upon the proposition to add three
more grades to the city high
school . The ninth grade is now
the limit, and there ha3 been
complaint from other portions of
the state that Corvallis ninth
grade pupils were admitted to the
College. Whether or not this
state of affairs is the fault of
our citizens, or of the college
people, it is proposed to remedy
. it by adding the 10th, 11th and
12th grades to the high school
course, which should be satisfac
tory to all. Corvallis is the
smallest city in the Union to have
so great a college, but is catching
up with the procession rapidly,
and cannot afford to lag behind
at this time. Corvallis' interests
are mainly in the educational
line, and her city schools should
and must be of the highest grade.
The college board, we under
stand, have announced their in
tention to raise the entrance
standard this fall.
So many men have been men
tioned for the presidsncy and
failed of nomination, in both the
great parties, and so many have
just missed bein- vice president
candidates, that there is a chance
for the formation of a new and
unique patriotic society. If some
one of the numerous company of
the Also Rans possesses enough
of the spirit of humor to sum
mon his fellow sufferers to a
meeting that shall evolve a soci
ety of the mentior.ed-for-the-first-two-officers-in-the-land
there will
be a prospect of fun at the an
nual or quadrennial reunions.
And why not? There is quite as
much reason for the formation
of such a society as there was
for some of the organizations
that are now quite flourishing.
Bryan is now passing the hat
among the farmers to meet the
campaign expenses. No offering
above $10,000 accepted, - -
Organized labor is soon to have
a newspaper system covering the
entire country. A syndicate has
been formed and the enterprise
capitalized, it is said, tc the ex
tent of issuing a paper in the
cities of New York, Philadelphia,
Washington. Chicago, St. Louis,
Denver and San Francisco. -Publication
will begin September 1,
and the policy will be one of
ultra conservatism," the objects
being to restrain the labor move
ment from merging with the
more radical socialistic element
that has been making great in
roads on the membership of the
unions . composing the skilled
crafts.
Five National tickets have been
placed before the people for their
consideration at the November
election, headed as follows: Wm.
H. Taft, of Ohio, Republican;
Wm. J. Bryan, of Nebraska,
Democrat; Thos. E. Watson, of
Georgia, Populist; Martin Pres
ton, of Nevada, Socialist; Eugene
W. Chaffin, of Illinois, Prohibi
tionist. These are mentioned here
as the last three will probably
not be heard of again during the
campaign.
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.
An Indiana Kern and a Ne
braska Kernel.
A lot of people load up too
heavily with conclusions.
It is better to be born lucky
than rich and unlucky.
A simple-minded iran is not
necessarily foolish not neces
sarily. It is better for all hands to owe
a man $ 5 than to owe him a
grudge.
Ahout 60 per cent of bad luck
is a misnomer for bad manage
ment. An old salt may have a son
who is a young fresh. No hered
ity about it.
It doesn't take much of a gen
ius to discover a scheme that
won't work. .
Many an unfortunate man gets
gay when it isn't his turn to fur-i
nish the amusement. j
A Democrat at our elbow says
he shall vote for Taft this year,
because he can vote for Bryan
any time. There are many good
Democrats who are of a similar
mind.
. The Albany Herald offers to
give to any minister or any per
son or society charitably disposed
the free use and entire control of
the paper for one day. This is
done to afford those who know
so much better than the editor
how to run a paper an opportuni
ty to "make good." The exper
iment will be watched with much
interest.
Don't Waste Your Shekels.
Don't advertise if you believe
you are wasting money. Let your
competitor waste his mone7 on
advertising ami perhaps in that
waJ" yu will put him out of
business. Fix his clock for him.
Just stand back and laugh at
him when you see him squander
his money for ink.
Once there was a boy named
John, we believe his name was
Wanamaker, or maybe it was
Moneymaker; anyhow his name
j was John with some sort oi a
: maker attached to the last name,
j lie owned fifty yards of calico,
; three pairs of jean pants, half a
dozen pairs of home-made socks
land live pairs of boots. lie
i called this a dry goods store
! through a Philadelphia newspa
! per and offered to sell a pair of
! socks for 3t cents. The didn't-
believe-in-advertising merchant
laughed. Young John spent
$05 to advertise with the Phila
delphia Ledger just one time and
and has been throwing away
money ever since. He was cau
tioned by the merchants who
knew it didn't pay. It was
through sympathy for his poor
mother, they said, that they offer
ed him advice. But John did
not listen to them and went on
and blew his money foolishly.
Poor John sees the result of his
misdoing he has so many dry
goods stores that he can hardly!
find time to study Ms Sunday:
school lesson. Exchange.
Portland Notes.
Hon. Austin T. Buxton of For
est Grove, master of the Oregon
State Grange, will personally at
tend the Good Roads Conference
to be held In the Convention
Hall of the Portland Commercial
Club, August llth, and he is
anxious that each subordinate
or local grange in the state send
one delegate, and he requests
that such delegate be named at
onceahd report made to W. L:
Crissey, at Portland.
"Who Said Rain" is the latest
advertisement issued by Manag
er John H Hartsoe, of the Eu
gene Commercial Club. A Eu
gene belle is photographed three
times, standing in glasses, each
of which contains the rain fall
for one year, one in Eugene with
38 inches, and the. girl's face has
a happy expression; New York
City with 45 inches, and that
expression becomes doubtful,
while New Orleans, with 62 in
ches, makes her cry for help.
The leaflet quotes from report of
the United States Weather Bu
reau that during 1907 Eugene
had 205 days without any rain
and-70 days when it rained less
than one-tenth of an inch.
FOUND REST AND FE&CE
In Last, Long' Sleep. Mrs. John
Jones Passes Away.
After an illness of several long
and weary months, in the last
weeks of which the patient-suffered
intense pain, Mrs. .John
Jones has crossed over the river
to entered that land where all
sufferings cease and sorrows are
never known. Death was caused
by dropsy and came as a relief
to the weary sufferer at 10 o'clock
Sunday evening.
Amy bhaw was born in Berlin
Center, Ohio, August 26, 1845.
She was of Quaker descent, and
spent her girlhood in that com
munity In 1867 she moved
to Iowa, where she taught school
a number of years and on July
3, 1875, was married to John
Jones. One little child was the
fruit of this union, the baby liv
ing only a few years. In August
of the year 1904 Mr. and Mrs.
Jones came to Oregon and "nave
made their home in this city.
Deceased was aged almost 63
years and was a sweet, christian
woman of lovable disposition, a
friend of all with whom she
came in contact, and her passing
has brought sorrow to many
friends. To the husband who is
left alone, the sincere sympathy
of the community is extended.
The funeral occurs this morn
ing at 8:30 at the home on north
Sixth street, and will be under
the auspices of the W. R. C, of
which organization deceased was
a member. The remains will
be taken to the cemetery three
miles beyond Peoria, where they
will be bid to rest.
ANOTHER LOST MINE
Two Octogenarians Start for the
Mountains to Find it.
An Albany sp'ecial to the Ore-
' gonian says:
Though they are both over 80
years of a;e, G. C. King, of San
Jose, Cal., and Robert L. Smith,
of Corvallis, Oregon, two pioneer
miners, will leave this week for
the Cascade mountains to look
for a long-lost mine. In the
early '70s, W. A. Paul, a well
known Linn county pioneer, was
hunting near Mount Jefferson
when he discovered a quartz,
ledge of wonderful richness. A
sample of the ore he brought to
Albany assayed -f 5000 to the ton.
He kept the discovery a secret
but was later .unable to locate
his find, and searched for it at
different times in vain. King
was one of the few friends he
told of the location of the dis
covery, as nearly as he could re
member it.
King, who has mining inter
ests in the Klondike, arrived
here last week from Alaska to
visit W. S. Paul, of Crabtree, son
of his old friend. While in Al
bany last evening he met Smith
with whom he had mined in
pioneer days and whom he had
not seen for years. In talking
over old times, Paul's lost mine
was mentioned, and King said
he believed he could find it.
Today the two octogenarians
decided in Spite of the fact that
King is 82 years old and Smith
80, to try to relocate the rich lost
ledge. They will start for the
mountains this week, and W. S.
Paul will accompany them, i
: " LETTER LIST .. '
-The following letters remain uncalled
for in ihe Corvallis postoffloe, for lie
week ending July 25. 19,W: .... . .
JN Allen, Miss Loa Carey, Ira John
son, Mary White. -:; , ,-x
B."W. Johnson P M
The last logs of the big drive
that has been coming down the
river for a week arrived Sunday,
and the mill is again in opera
tion with a good supply of logs.
As a rule, editors are first to
hear gossip, indiscretions of men
and. women. Many things unfit
for publication, intrigues, clan
destine meetings, night rides,
young women gone astray, flirta
tions of, married men and wo
men, in fact, all the scandal that
comes up. The average editor
generally finds out" all of these
doings, no matter how secretly
they are conducted. If the pa
persshoud publish one half of
what they know there would be
a dozen divorces where there is
now one. There would be social
octracism of many who now
shine at the top. There would
be shotgun matinees, lynching
bees, hatchet parties, gore, im
prisonment, desolation and mis
ery. The editor learns nearly
all the hypocrisy of life and it is
a wonder he believes in man,
woman, witch or devil; yet many
people are continually finding
fault with the newspapers, when
as a matter of fact they owe their
standing to the simple fact that
the editor does not publish what
he knows about them. Ex.
ATTACKED BY WHALES.
Cases Where Shirs Have Been Ram
med by These Monsters.
While -cruising in the south seas
the whaler Essex on Nov. 20, 1820,
was furiously attacked by a cow
sperm whale, supposed to have been
the mother of a calf which had just
been harpooned. The whale had
not been wounded herself, and her
attack was very determined. At
her first rush she passed under the
Essex and carried away a great
length of her false keel. Then,
coming to the surface a consider
able distance away, she appeared to
take bearings and deliberately
charged the vessel again, ramming
her with such violence that she
stove in the bows, while the ship
rolled so heavily that the captain
thought she must be dismasted. The
case is memorable because the crew
had to abandon the vessel, and one
boat was never heard of again.
A more singular instance of a
whale attacking a vessel occurred in
1895. The singularity lies in the
fact that in the case of the Handa
Isle the attack was entirely unpro
voked. This vessel, a brigantine of
260 tons, was on her way to Sydney
with a cargo of timber. On Aug.
24, ahout noon, a couple of sperm
whales arose very close to the ves
sel, and while the crew watched
them "sporting" across her bows
the pair suddenly slewed around and
came straight for her. One" thought
better of it and dived below the
Handa Isle. The other struck her
fair and square on her beam, crush
ing in her timbers. Having rammed
the ship in this resolute fashion, the
whale sheered off, terribly damaged
about the head, and presently sank,
tail first.
Fortunately there were some
packages of rawhides on board, and
the crew were able to keep the'1 ves
sel afloat until a rough and ready
collision mat had been fashioned
out of these and drawn over . the
leak. Bailev's Maaazine.
Too Saving.
Professor Charles Zueblin, the
brilliant and original sociologist of
the University of Chicago, enunci
ated before the League of Political
Education in New York a superb
epigram:
"He who begins with saving to
protect his family may end with
neglecting his family to save."
Discussing the dangers of immod
erate saving, he said:
"It'r by saving immoderately that
we come to inserting want adver
tisements like one I saw recently:
'"Wanted, capable office boy. Sal
ary, $1 a week.' ,
"A young man of Seminary ave
nue, noticing this advertisement,
couldn't resist replying to it. . His
reply ran :
" 1 beg to offer you my services.
Should you require a premium I
could furnish $500. You do not
mention Sundays. Should I have to
work on that day ? Neither do you
state whether the applicant must
be clothed or not, but I have con
cluded that he must at least wear
trousers or he would be unable to
carry home his wages " Washing
ton Star. , : c-
Notice of Reduced Rates.
The Corvallis & Eastern Rail
road will sell, daily, v between
June 1 and September 30, 1908,
round trip season tickets to De
troit, Ore., for $3.60. : Between
Jane 1st and Oct. 15th, to New
port, Ore., for $3.75 ; to Yaquina
for $3.25. Return limit of these
tickets October 31, 1908 On
Saturdays and , Sundays . only
from June 6th. to October 11th,
round trip tickets to Newport at
$2.50, return limit the Monday
following date of sale. Sundays
only between June 7th and Sept.
27th, round trip tickets to New
port for $1.50, return limit date
of sale. No stopovers allowed
on these tickets.
45tf R. C Linville, Agent
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Portland, Oregon,
June 29th, 190S.
Notice is hereby given that Oscar Hav-
ter, of Dallas, Oregon, who, on June 29th,
iqoS, made Timber and btone applica
tion No. or, tor S 1-2 of NE 1-4 and the
NW 1-4 of SE 1-4, Section 20, Township
10 south, range 5 west, Willamette Mer
idian, has filed notice of intention to
make final proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before Register
and Receiver of U. S. Land Office at
Portland, Oregon, on the 24th day of
September, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: w. V.
Fuller; of Dallas, Oregon; Eugene Havter
of Dallas, Oregon; F. A. Elliott of New-
berg, Oregon; R. R. Liggett ot Airlie,
Oregon.
ALGERNON S. DRESSER, ,
last pub Sept 18 Register.
Notice to Creditors.
In the matter of the estate ot Nellie J.
Barden, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
concerned that the undersigned has been
duly appointed administrator with the
will annexed of the estate of said Nellie
J. Barden, deceased, by the county court
ot the state ot Oregon tor Benton county.
All persons having claims against said es
tate of Nellie J. Barden, deceased, are
hereby .required to present the same, with
proper vouchers therefor, duly verified as
by law required, within six months from
the date hereof to the undersigned at the
law office of E. E. Wilson in Corvallis,
Oregon.
Dated this 17th day of July, 1908.
August Barden,
Administrator with the will annexed
of the estate of Nellie J. Barden, deceased.
Last publication Aug. 14th-
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Portland, Oregon,
July 3. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Julia A.
Olts of Dallas, Oregon, who, on July 3,
1908, made timber land application. No.
019, for SE U of SE of Section 20,
Township 10 South, Range 5 West, of
Willamette meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make final proof to establiph
claim to the land above described before
the Register and Receiver at Portland,
Oregon, on the 24th day of September,
1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: W. V.
Fuller, of Dallas, Oregon; Oscar Haytcr,
of Dallas, Oregon; Eugene Havter, of
Dallas, Oregon; F. A. Elliott, of New
berg, Oregon.
Algrrnon S Dresser, Register.
Last pub, Sept. 14.
For Fine Job Printing go to
the Corvallis Gazette.
Portland and Return, Only $3.50.
The Southern Pacific Company and
CorvalH & Eastern Railway are selling
round trip tickets to Portland from Cor
vallis for $3 50, good goine on any train
Salurday or Sunday either via Albany or
west side and good returning either via
Albtnv or west side, Saturday, Sunday
or Monday.
IBtf K. C. Linviixe. Aaent
Benton County Lumber Co.
Manufacturers of all kinds of
fsr Lumber, Mouldings, Cedar Posts,
Sawed and Split. Gedar Sliakes
Dealers in
Doers, Windows, Lime, Etick, Cetusetf,
Shingies, etc.
Mtihem You Bzsy Qroaonos
At This Store
AU.our goods are guaranteed tj
comply with the
Pure Food Law
We have the best and nothing but
the'
We Want
Nodes
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United Stptes Land Office,
Roscburg, Oregon, May 8, 1 908.
Notice is hereby given that in compli
ance with the provisions of the act of
Congress-of June 3, 1878, entitled "An
act for the sale of timber lands in the
State of California, Oregon, Nevada and
Washington Territory," as extended to
all the Public Land States by act of Aug
ust 4, 189a, Iona M. Courtney, of Wood
lawn, County of Multnomah, State of
Oregon, filed in this office May 8th, 1908,
his sworn statement No. 10048 for the
purchase of the W i-a of SW 1-4 of Sec-
No. 8 W., and will offer proof to show
that the land sought is more valuable for
its timber or stone than for ' agricultural
purposes, and to establish his claim to
said land before the County Clerk of
Benton County, at Corvallis, Oregon, on
Wednesday, the 16th day of September,
1 90S.
He names as witnesses: S. N. Warfield
of Alsea, Oregon; Sam Bowen, of Alsea,
Oregon, W. P. Shough, of Alsea, Oregon;
Chas. H. Osburn, of Portland, Oregon.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
the above described lands are requested
. 1-, . , , . . 1 . n- u
co me ineir claims in mis umtc wu ui be
fore saidi6th dav of September, 1908.
BENJAMIN L. EDDY,
last pub Sept 14 Rsgister.
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EAST
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THE
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC
LINES IN OREGON
From Corvallis,; Ore.
As follows :
Both wvs
through
Portland
One way
via
California
$90.10
85.10
84 35
77.00
77.00
To
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ST. LOUIS
ST. PAUL
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70.10
62.00
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May 4, 18
June 5, 6, 19, 20
July 6, 7, 22, 23 '
August 6, 7, 21, 22
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limit?.
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