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THf CORVLLIS GAZETTE Published Tuesdays and Fridays by the Gazette Publishing Co., for $2.00 per annum, or 25 per cent discount if cash is paid in ndvunce. ELECTJONS FOR 1908. Closes for election Oct. 20. Presidential election Nov. 3. y Republican National Ticket. FOR PRESIDENT " WILLIAM H. TAFT , ' of Ohio. 'FOR VICE PRESIDENT JAMES S. SHERMAN of New York. - For Presidential Electors J. D. LEE, of Multnomah County F. J. MILLER, of Linn County A. C. MARSTERS, of Douglass County R. R BUTLER, of Gilliam County MR. TAFT AT, FIFTY-ONE. The modest : celebration1 by William Howard Taft, September 15, of the fifty-first anniversary of his birth is an event which ap peals with special force to the young voters of the United States whose bollots are destined to be one of the determining influences in the November elections. The experiences through which the nation has passed in the last twelve o years have greatly en larged the American spirit of nationalism. They have devel oped conditions which stimulates the national imagination, dis close new ideals of national ponsihility and impose new cations upon American res-obli-con- science and statesmanship . The twelve year period under review began with a desperate assault upon the national credit ' under the pretense of monetary reform. That wicked conspiracy was defeated, only to be followed two years later by a foreign war, m which the national honor was vindicated by the valor of the American arms. From that conflict arose new problems which have v placed the United States in the first rank of world powers and compelled the governmenc to assume vast res ponsibilities, tentorial, racial and administrative, in regions remote from our continental boundaries. The front of the world has un dergone a change, and the inter national status of the United States has changed with it The vexatious question which have arisen at hoire and abroad during these twelve years have served as supreme tests of the vitality of American institutions and of the integrity of Republi can statesmanship. Those . tests have been completely met ; in every instance. American pres tigeramong the nations of the earth is greater and American -credit is higher than ever be--fore. The Republican party has .been in control throughout this whole period of American de velopment. It has kept the faith. It has proved equal to every emergency and its policies stand approved by the national conscience. Among the leaders and ex ponents of the new Americanism which has won for the Republic an enlarged place in the confi dence and esteem of mankind none has borne a more envial part than William Howard Taft. The duties imposed upon him have been varied and exacting in equal degree, requiring the calm judgment of the jurist, the fact .of the diplomat, the alertness of an expert executive and Jthe creative genius of the con structive statesman. Combin ing those qualities in a higher de gree than any of his contempor aries, Mr. Taft has placed before the young men of America an ex ample of devoted, brilliant and useful service in varied fields of endeavor unsurpassed in the his tory of our times. ' "The example of Mr. Taft is an appeal to the national pride and the national imsgination. It rep resents the forces which produce results and command respect. It inspires hope. wins' confidence and stands for! honor and pro gress. Moreover, it discloses those attributes of 'integrity, courage, self-respect and justice which the upright young Amer ican casting, his first vote will naturally demand as essential qualities of . his ideaL candidate for President. At the 'age of fifty-one Mr. Taft has standing to his credit a record of definite results which distinguishes him as one of the most accomplished of American statesmen, living or dead. It is without an error or a flaw, an epitome of the new Americanism which believes in doing things. And in behalf of the man who made it. the record gives a dis tinct affirmative of the historic test for candidates for official favor: 'I3 he honest, is he capable, is be faithful to the Constitution?" HOW BRYAN HELPED THE PH1L1PINOS. In the course of a speech in Camden, N. J., on September 15, W. J. Bryan said : '. "I said in 1898 that the Filipinos ought to have their independence." In this, as in many of his public utterances, Mr. Bryan contents himself with a statement of half truth. The facts as to his rela tions with the so-called independ ence movement in the Phillipines in 1898 are extremely interesting. The first duty of the United States after destroying Spanish power in the Philippines was to establish American authority in the islands. That was an essen tial condition, to which all other projects were subordinated, for the reason that until it was es tablished there could be no dura ble basis for the erection of civil government:. Peace, based upon an absolute rrcognition of Amer ican control, was indispensable to the restoration of civil rule, and the United States government devoted its entire energy to the creation of that condition. Mr. Bryan, however, contended thas having .overthrown Spanish authority, the United States should immediately withdraw from the islands, leaving the Fil ipinos to work out their own destiny or their. own de struction. He therefore cave his hearty support to the agitation for immediate independence for the Philippines, and his reckless utterances to excite and prolong the futile insurrection against American authority in which the Filipinos subsequently engaged. Bryan's emotional expressions of sympathy for the agitators for independence gave aid and com fort to the insurrectors, and were interpreted by Aguinaldo and his followers as meaning that a large proportion of the American peo ple opposed the policies instituted by their government in the is lands and favored the immediate withdrawal of the United States troops. Aguinaldo and his fellow leaders in the insurrection assured their ignorant followers that Bry an was their friend ; that if they would keep on fighting he would help them to gain their independ ence, and that the government in authority in Washington did not represent the purpose and desire of the American people. Mr. Bryan's reckless talk in fa vor of independence for the Phil ippines did more to prolong the insurrection against American authority than any other single cause. It gave powerful moral support tQ a lawless movement, which not only involved a costly sacrifice of American life and American treasure, but which also subjected the misguided Fil ipinos themselves to prolonged and needless hardship. He de ceived them. His irresponsible talk encouraged them to continue a futile resistence to American authority, when for humanity's sake his whole influence should have been exerted to persuade them to accept it. Brvan poses as the best friend of the Filipinos, while, while, in fact, he has been t&eirWorst en emy. Instead of.; pleading"; with them to reconcile themselves, to new. conditions and trust to the American spirit of good faith to moke them independent just as soon as they fit themselves for it, be has sought to convince them that the Americans are heir ene mies and oppressors, from whom they must exact liberty by force. Bryan has tricked and fooled the islanders. He has never given them a word of wise counsel nor performed a friendly service lor them. His attitude toward the Philippines, like his attitude here in the United States, is that of the preacher of unrest, suspicion and discord the' enemy of peace and the obstructor of progress. PROVING HIMSELF. Feat of a Pionaar Who Waa Hal In -Him Old Asa.:) 3 ' i ! p:i It is a wise man. who proves his words before he Bpeaks them.:' t A tory of an old Pennsylvania settler hows shrewdness in this-direction as well as a pardonable pride in prowess. The hero of the anecdote was Gabriel Schiller' a pioneer who was hale in his old age. , , . , j . . . One day Schuler broke in upon a company of farmers who. were gath ered in a workshop. The old man carried an ax on his shoulder. ' ; "Let some one turn the grind stone for me," he said: 1 ' For a long time he sharpened the instrument, with the greatest so lemnity. Some present thought he had lost his senses. Finally he shoul dered the ax and said:, ,, , . . . "Let each one follow me." . The farmers thought that this summons might mean that an at tack was to be made on the Indians, and they asked: ' "' s ' "Shall we take arms V "Do as you please replied Schuler.'"- f ' ' Each man seized his rifle and fol lowed the old settler. He led them to an open place in the woods. "Now," said Schuler, stopping, "let each go into the woods and se lect a fine, large tree. When you hear my trumpet, return." The men, wondering, did as they were bid. When the trumpet blew they gathered once more about Schuler. The sage, led by the farm er, "examined each tree selected. "Many of them are very fine," he pronounced, ."but none equals this oak :, r- ''-, . . ' . " So it was. He had picked out the finest. He threw off his jacket and began to cut. When he had hewed halfway through he changed his ax from his right hand to his left and went on without changing position or saying a word. In an hour he had cut way through, and the tree fell. Mounting the stump, Schuler ad dressed the farmers : "Today I am a hundred years old, and I would bear evidence of my strength. 1 would like to have your promise that the tree shall stay as it fell." The old man's request was grant ed, and the prostrate oak remained for many years to be a monument to the strength of the century old Pennsylvanian. '-.. Schuler lived nearly ten years aft; er this incident. Youth's Company ion. ' No Need to Worry. Mrs. Smith, on retiring to rest the other night, heard her husband pacing np and down his-dressing room in an evidently perturbed state of mind. ."Jack," she called out,-"aren't you coming to bed ?" "No," was the curt reply. Awaking after her first sleep to find Mr. Smith still pacing up and down like a caged animal, she call ed out, "Jack, what is the matter ?" "Matter enough," replied her hus band in a despondent voice. "I've got that bill of Tom Jones' coming due tomorrow for 500, and 1 have not a farthing toward it I" "You stupid fellow! Come to bed at oncef It's Jones who ought to be walking up and down, not you 1" Tha Typaa of Cat. There are a number of classes of Persian cats, the division between them being purely arbitrary and based on the color of the fur. The most beautiful of all the Persians is the pure white. They are; however, very hard to keep clean, and a dirty white cat is certainly anything but an ornament about one's rooms. It is unfortunate that many white cats are deaf, so when one is making a purchase of a cat that color it is a wise precaution to test the hearing. Another failing which white cats have, in common with all light col ored cats, is that their constitutions are not so vigorous as those of the dark haired cats. Suburban Life. Neat Job; Printing at the Ga- j zette office. j " THE "CAMP ROBBER." . A Birrf With a Latin Nam That likes ! Frmmh Meat. I Mi The first living thing io welcome the camper to. the wilderness,. says a writer.-, in Forest and Stream, is this Jjird- moose bird, because found within the moose's range, or "till! 6w bird," on account of its de-; cided partiality for grease. Others contend that it is a jay "Canada jay" 'or "gray jay" though it is neither boisterous nor does it disap pear on Friday. It is always handy and very dignified and . reserved in its- vocal efforts, confining its cry to a short smothered monotone. "Meat hawk" only half fits, for, though pronouncedly carnivorous; it is any thing but a hawk. Fear ' it has no knowledge of. Tricks it has never been known to practice, and if there is any attrac tive dainty in camp suiting its taste it flies straight, down, quietly.takes possession and industriously grati fies its. appetite just without the reach of the incensed owner's fist. A loafer and a thief, some say ; hence, perhaps, the "whisky jack" or "whisky john'V and, "camp rob ber? in the vulgar tongue. ' Classic ally itds known;as Perisoreus, canadensis- . " '-.: ;:- , Fresh meat is its obsession. Be fore the lucky hunter has. time to gralloch the stag which he has bag ged this, bird, crow or jay, quietly announces its arrival,, from the deer slayer "knows not where, and, with out word, almost says: 1 1 .'"Hello! Good shot. Glad to see you. Nice stag we have. Let's see." And down it comes. 'It's good and fat too.- I am very fond of fat. They sometimes call me the tallow bird. Phew ! That's a nice sack of tallow about that kidney. You're awful slow, and I'm hungry as a wolf." And the irrepressible jay proceeds to help himself at the rumo of the car cass while the hunter is busy flaying the neck. , : '" "'';-! .' ' ".v "J The impudence is more than the temper of the man will" stand, and he makes a vicious whack at the vo racious bird with his skinning knife, forcing it to retreat to a safer dis tance. different bird chirps gently from an. overhanging limb. "Your ngly dis- position will spoil your snooting, a would not make such a to-do over' a little fat if I were a big, Strong man like you. :' - lij.ti .Profeaaional Interest. A one legged, beggar for years, had his -station' against a certain lamp posj .in Jtfew York. Supported1 by Crutches j he offered i to the passersby such trifles as shoe laces, pencils and collar buttons. Benevolent Mr. White was among his regular pa trons, many of whom frequently gave without asking for his ware in return. ' One evening about 11 o'clock Mr. White was walking back from a din ner party and, coming up behind the mendicant, was considerably startled to see him unstrapping his supposedly missing leg, preparatory to going home. "Well, my friend," said the gen tleman, "I should think you would get very stiff indeed being bound up like that all day." - The rascal looked at him keenly for a moment. : Then he said, "What's your line, partner ?" ; , - f Freakiah.Willa. Will making often" affords a man an opportunity of ' paying off old scores. The Duke of Marlborough could not resist, the temptation of a farewell slap at his duchess when he left hep, "10,000 ($5p,000) wherewith to spoil Blenheim In her own way and 15,QQ0 ($75,000) . to keep clean and to goto law with." A .Mr. Kerr, after declaring that he would probably have left hig widow 10,000 if she had allowed him to read his evening paper , in peae, adds : ."But you must remember, my dear, 'that whenever I commenced reading , you. started playing and singing. You must, therefore, take the consequences. I leave you 1, 000 ($5,000)." Neadad Time. "You want me to "tell you the whole truth?" asked the witness. "Certainly," replied the judge. "The whole truth about the plain tiff?" : ' ' - ' "Of eoiirse." "Might I ask how long this court expects to sit?" - "What difference does that make?" "It makes a lot of difference. I couldn't tell the whole truth about that scoundrel, inside of a week, talking all the time." ; A Misunderstanding. ,Mrs. A. Ifs really extraordina ry! My nurse tells me that gentle men are always stopping her in the street to admire my little girl. Mrs. B. How lovel v she must be ! Mrs. A. Oh, I don't know. Of course I think her pretty because I 1 Al j meant the nurse, dear.-Punch. . . . - omans .- MISS ANNIE S. PECK. Fearlesa Woman Mountain Climber " and Soma of Her Remarkable Featj. The new champion mountain climber of the7 world la Miss Annie S. Peck, formerly professor of Latin at Smith college and. known .the world over as a fearless conqueror of dangerous alti tudes. . This daring American, to whom the most inaccessible heights are as play grounds, recently completed, the ascen sion of Mount Hauscaran, the highest peak of the Peruvian Andes, attaining, an estimated altitude of 25,000 feet. The only other peaks In all the world higher than this are lu the Himalayas and have never been scaled.' .There several years ago W. W. Gra: ham established a mountain climbing record which stood until this feat by Hiss Peck. He registered a height of 23.800 feet. ' ' ' Climbing such a mountain 'is no par lor amusement No" other ' sport' "re quires such an abundance of ypurage. MISS PECK, CHAMPION MOUNTAIN CLIMBER. self reliance and sheer nerve, such stoutness of heart, such weir developed lungs and such a thoroughly trained athletic physique. j. he doeg njt attala j of Bmaat&la cllmber. The strain is first upon the muscular awafnm Viia- 4 a flPwta avtay-i aha lm - -tamlatanr. reanlratorv and nervous mechanisms. In some persons the heart feels the tax. most; in others the nervous sys tem Is chiefly' affected. Palpitation and "mountain sickness,", the. latter In . all probability a neurosis, are the two chief difficulties that beset the average mountain climber. With some the re spiratory organs virtually collapse, pro ducing an almost suffocation. Weak hearts are fatal to the ambi tious of the would be mountain climb er. The heart must be not only struc turally sound, but well exercised and in good condition, or- the strain tells quickly. If one has not nerves of steel they go to pieces once the 15, 000 foot mark Is passed. The rarefied atmosphere plays havoc with weak lungs even earlier.' . Bleeding from the nose and ears Is not Infrequent, though far less prev alent than the reports of early explor ers would indicate it was experienced In their day. A partial suffocation Is mora often encountered. So mountain climbing Is no work for a v. eakling. Miss Peck, however, ex perienced none of these troubles. She has been mountain climbing nearly twenty: years. The Matterhorn, pride of the Alps, was among her first con quests. Five years ago she scaled the hitherto Inaccessible heights of Mount Sorata, 22,000- feet, the highest peak In Bolivia, . 1 Medicines to Take on a Journey. There are- certain household reme dies, substitutes for a physician's serv ices, that should be carried along, even if one is going away for a week only. Of these bicarbonate of soda Is one of the simplest cures for indigestion and acid stomach, and half a teaspoonful in half a glass of water may relieve an attack of gastritis. Five cents' vorth of this drug is enough to take under ordinary conditions, and It can be easily carried in a pasteboard box. Peroxide of hydrogen or some other equally good, antiseptic should not be omitted fron the medicine chest. One cannot be too -careful to disinfect a small cut or pin prtck, and the slight est abrasion of the-.skin should have such care. As persona learn more of the principles of hygiene they under stand that any open place may harbor a germ which can lead to serious af fliction, such as blood poison or inflam mation. If not treated antiseptically. Therefore the slightest scratch should be cleansed, washing It well with pure soap and then touching it with perox ide or some other germ killer, such as a very weak solution of carbolic add 2 per cent, for example. It Is Inex pensive and, further diluted, makes an excellent mouth wash. In addition to these remedies a little roll of bandages for emergency should be taken. These consist of strips of gauze an inch or half an inch wide and are very inexpensive."- They are especially valuable In-hlndlng cuts ot sores. A roll of. adhesive plaster is also desirable. The Woman Who Makes Good. The woman v ho makes Rood mnst he blessed with strength and health and an ambition to learn, and take ad worm vantage- of every opportunity that comes her way. says the Delineator. Cl.. w.rw- n.t.1. .11 h.; ouv tuuofc nvt. niui uvra ucail. ptay wita an ner nean, anove au things avoiding Indifference and the enemy to all progress apathy. . She must select the pleasure that ' will bring her the greatest joy and choose the. work she Is best fitted for. Ordinary hard luck never rulna pee-. pie. It puts them In a mood to learn a thing or two. ' Everybody makes mistakes. With some it la a regular occupation, but to make a mistake and wail about It la to make two. Women often speak of their talents not ; being appreciated. A talent la next to worthless unless one has the ability to get down to hard, plain, ev eryday grind. Then, too, the woman who wins must learn to talk, but not to telL , There la an art-the most consummate art In appearing absolutely frank to the butcher, the baker and the family cat ont rat nnt- MvaaHna ' nnv tt ntlft't business affairs. The woman who wins must be able to hold all and hear all. yet betray It by neither word nor look, by Injudicious defense no more than by overt treach ery, by anger at a malicious accusa tion no more than by a smile at an egregious; mistake." . To be able ' to, do this requires a rare combination 'of tact and self respect. One cannot just slide along In business and win promo ttetkand more aajajry -A knowledge of the boaiseas la aecaaaarr to shew re sults. --"' , . .. " V To make good a woman needs that fine balance, that accurate self mees? urement, which goes by the name of common sense. It Is the one thing on. which success depends the most , . 1 Books For Wedding Gifts. . . Mrs. Asqulth, who is just now In the limelight In England as the wife 'of the prime minister, always gives hooks as wedding gifts. . " '-i " ' . It makes no difference how illustri ous the bride may be, she gets s book from the famous Mrs. Asqulth. Every one In London who follows her ca prices Is now following her choice of wedding gifts. . , ; s ,i . No matter who started it. It Is a good thing for any one to take up and stick to. It Is easy and not costly to choose a certain thing as a gift and never depart from It. ' If you cannot afford silver and gold make it your maxim to give a book or an edition of books on all occasions. It makes gift giving half the trouble that It is when you rush around town to try to get something that may suit each bride. " Whether or not the couple to be mar ried cares for books is not the ques tion. : Every one should care for books, and every one must have them. If they are not read they are decorative. Don't, make the mistake of .sending a volume of well known poems. It Is not polite. You must suppose that every bride has such llterrure. ' ' If, you can send seta. of .books, Kip ling Is always a good choice. A set of Thackeray if well bound Is always ac ceptable. Hawthorne Is an excellent choice, and uniform volumes on Ameri can history are good. - . , Producing Money. Any married woman can perform this trick successfully. The directions are very simple. First make sure that your husband Is sound asleep and that his trousers are carelessly hanging over the foot of the bed. Tiptoe Into the room and quietly confiscate the trou sers and then softly sneak Into the dining room. Bold the trousers about two feet above the table and with the thumb and forefinger take bold of the bottom ' of each pocket, holding the pocket with the mouth pointing to ward the table. - You will be surprised to see the vast amount of coin that will Immediately appear on the table out of nothing. You know it is out of nothing, for just before retiring your husband told you. he hadn't a cent in his clothes. After the pockets are entirely emptied put back the pool checks, keys and other debris that fell out with the money and replace the trousers over the foot of the bed. If he catches you, just say you were fixing up a rent, and then you will have him guessing ei ther that you refer to a tear In his gar ment or a deal with the landlord. When You Make Preserves. See that the jars are In perfect or der, immaculately clean and supplied with new rubbers. To use old robbers is poor economyi If the jars do not screw tight, get new ones with glass tops, reserving the old ones for pickles or jams. Safe ty from fermentation In canned fruits depends upon the absolute exclusion of air. Pint jars with wide mouths are more convenient than quart jars for small families. Use porcelain lined or the 'best gran ite ware for kettles, the lightweight granite being preferable. Other essentials are a long handled wooden or silver spoon, a wooden pes tle (a potato masher will answer), pans for sugar, a dripping pan, accurate scales, a grocer's funnel, a small milk dipper, tumblers or jars for jelly and a good supply of coarse towels and jelly bags. 4- 8uffraglstsJ War 8eng. The English suffragists have been supplied with a war song. The new song and march was first sung by Edmund Cooper at au at home given by Miss Janette Steer, actress and dramatist, at her residence In. Sloane Gardens, London. The following Is tbi? refrain: - - - Rise up. woman! Star"! up . f-r your right. TMoa tin woman ! ' ' You're bound to win the fight. Do not be disheartened. : t , " ' Sound the warning note. . Strike a blow for liberty . Till you vote, vote, vate! '