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COBVALUS, BE5T0N COTJNTfY OREGON, FRIDAY, NOV. 3 1908.'
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NO. 91.
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IMPROVEMENT OF
THE WILLAMETTE
Project to Make River
Open Waterway. .
SANATOR BOURNE WILL AID
Statistics of Tonnage Hare
Been Prepared to Be Pre
sented to War Department.
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Senator Jonathan Bourne, Jr.,
was the guest of honor at an la
formal reception given Friday
evening at the Corvallis Com
mercial Club and the distin
guished visitor was warmly wel
corned by many of the most
prominent business men in the
city.
- The object of the reception
was for the purpose of acquaint
ing the senator with the press-
, ing need of permanent water
-communication on the WiHam
ette river by the people of the
-entire valley and to have prompt
action taken to make it an open
waterway so that the constantly
increasing traffic could be more
cheaply handled than at present.
E. E. Wilson submitted a bud
get of carefully prepared statis
tics, showing the volume of busi
ness now done on the river route
and Dr. James Withycombe pre
sented an accurate , report of the
actual tonnage that could be de-
. pended upon, should the .river
be made easily navigable at all
seasons, while B. W. Johnson,
president of the club, made a
brief address in favor of the
project and the benefit which
would result from its practical
completion.
Senator Bourne was deeply
impressed with the necessity of
providing the rapidly increasing
population of the valley with
adequate means of water trans
portation and promised to do
everything in his power to have
the matter favorably acted upon
by the national government.
The first step will be to secure
an order for the U. S. Engineer
ing department to survey that
portion of the river most need
ing attention and to prepare es
timates of the cost of improve
ment and the amount required
to purchase the locks. 1 This re
port will then be sent in to the
War Department and, if favor
able, will be included in the next
appropriation bill for rivers and
harbors by Congress.
That the result may be all the
people here hope for is certainly
the sincere wish of every resi
dent of the entire Willamette
valley.
Halloween Party by Miss Blanch
Hammel at Albany.
si. juiijf utmuween puny was
given at the Haiomel home in
Albany that was greatly enjoyed
by all present. The decorations
for the occasion were very elab
orate and in keeping with the
elegant taste of the young lady
assisted by the mother. Many
novel features were introduced,
among which was a musical en
tertainment by Dr. J. R. N. Bell,
of Corvallis, who was a special
importation for the occasion.
They had a sort of a gypsy play
business that created lots of good
old solid fun. Miss Vesta Wal
lace was the gypsy and Rev. Dr.
Bell, Mrs. Merrill Hammel and
Miss Carrie Danneman acted as
Judges. They elected the nex
4 ;n
President and the only thing left
for the people to do Tuesday is to
ratify their action. Miss Blanche
proved herself a queen at enter
taining her friends. Those pres
ent from Corvallis were Misses
Grace Smith, Iva Elston, and
Ruth Avery, with Miss , Carrie
Danneman as chaperone. The
Albany attendants were Isabella
Young, Anona Dawson, Janet
Dawson, Marion Anderson, Car
olyn Cannon, Madeline Rawhn,
jr., Mary Smith, Maggie Stevens
Elma Ohling and Nelson Mc
Donald. '
Scott's Will is Probated.
Oregon City, Or. Oct 29 The
will of the late Richard Scott was
admitted to probate this after-!
noon. The value of the property
is about $300,000. Mrs. Hannah
Scott, the widow, is given a life
interest in the property, and at
her death it is to be divided
equally among the seven chil
dren, Richard W. Scott,- Mrs.
Rosalia Wilman, Mrs. Annie
Besley Adams, Henry Scott,
William B. Scott, Gilbert Scott
and Eva Jane Scott.
The will stipulates that Henry
is to receive only the income
from his portion of the estate,
and none of the money shall be
used in payment of his debts
except with the consent of the
executor. The eldest son, Rich
ard W. Scott, is named as execu
tor, without bonds, and also as
trustee of that part . bequeathed
to Henry Scott. , '
Big Millinery Sale.
All trimmed and untrimmed
hats at a bargain.
Mrs. J. Mason.
ALL DOWN ASD OUT.
OAC First Team Sized-up by
Some Knocker.
The following tale of woe has
been sent out from here by some
panicky individual who has evi
dently been making a visionary
diagnosis of the physical condi
tion of the OAC team:..
"Misfortune still camps on the
trail of the OAC varsity, and
Coach Norcross is having a fear
ful time to keep his first team
men in condition oecause o
many have been injured in prac
tice scrimmages. Wolff, Hast
ings, Pendergrass, Kelly and
Loosely are the only ones who
have been, able to report in good
shape constantly.
"Jamison, the giant tackle,
has been laid up with rheuma
tism several times and has not
had enough practice to get into
shape. Dobin, right end, has
been out with an injured neck
and shoulder, and Keck, sub
full, has had the same experi
ence. Cady and Brodie, both
ends, were laid up with severely
bruised shoulders, while Gagnon,
quarter, and the backbone of the
team, was held out of the last
Saturday's game owing to the
same condition. francis, sub
and tackle, received a badlv
bruised side in the game a week
ago, and has yet to recover. At
present Wallace, Parker and
Steiwer are in good condition,
after having recovered from se
vere sprains which held them
out of practice for some time.
Enburg, of Baker City, now play
ing an excellent - game at half
and end, sustained almost a frac
tured elbow during the last game.
Cooper, upon whom the team
depends greatly for yardage and
the forward pass, has been forced
to retire from practice since last
Saturday with an exceptionally
bad "charley horse." So badly
was the team crippled.last Sat
urday that Norcross was forced
to shift Pendergrass to end. Al
though all of the men have not
been out of condition at the
same time, there has been scarce
ly, an evening when the full
squad was in fit shape for prac
tice, which is disastrous to team
work."-. . ..
DOUBLE
EDGING
WAS CELEBRATED
Two Popular Corval-
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lis Couples Married. i
CEREMONY AT BRIDES' H0C
The Happy Eyent Witnessed
By Many Well Wishing
Friends and Relatives.
A charming double wedding"
was celebrated in this city Sat
urday, October 31, , the happy
couples being Fred Quick . and
Miss Anna Peterson and Edward
McBee and Miss .Maggie Peter
son,: the marriages both taKing
place at high noon at the home
of the two brides "on North Seer
ond street. - : -
The rooms were beautifully
decorated in autumn leaves and
chrysanthemums, the color
scheme-of red and yellow, and
blue and white being prettily
carried out. The ceremony was
performed sunder an attractive
arch of autumn leaves, Revt J.
K. N, Bell officiating, the full
service of the Presbyterian ritual
being used. .-"'
The brides were daintily gown
ed in white silk, with veils,, and
each carried a handsome shower
bouquet of white roses, these
much prized souvenirs being
caught by Misses ' Anna" Quick
and Leora iMcBeeuss Aftef &e
ceremony a delicious wedding
dinner w&s served, the tables
being set in the form of a cross.
The guests were Mrs. Joseph
McBee, George and -Richard
McBee, Misses Leora, Lizzie and
Ida McBee, Mr. and Mrs. D. O.
Quick, of Halsey; Mrs. T. A.
Fowles and daughter, Bertha,
and son, Bradford, of Mountain
dale; Miss Alice Quick, of St.
Helens; : Mr. and Mrs. D. P.
Trenholm and two daughters, of
Philomath; Mr. and Mrs. F. C.
Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. T, R. Gra
ham, Misses Vera Peterson; Nel
lie Francis, Ruth Graham, Row
la Miller, and Messrs. Laurence
Peterson and Roy Ferguson, of
this city.
The brides are the daughters
of the late Mr. and Mrs. John
Peterson. Mr, Quick is one of
the popular .salesmen at Kline's
and Mr. McBee is a prosperous
farmer of this' vicinity.
The bridal couples left on the
afternoon train for Portland ac
companied by the best wishes of
their many friends. They will
return and be at home the latter
part of this week.
xne presents were numerous
and appropriate.
SENSIBLE SUGGESTIONS.
Medical Men Disenss Infection
and Contagion,
The following article from the
Toronto Evening Telegram will
be of "interest to the many Cor
vallis iriends of Dr. Robert J.
Wilson who attended the Amer
ican Hospital Association in that
city this month, as New York's
hospital representative:
The morning session was de
voted to the consideration and
discussion of papers by Dr. Rob
ert J. Wilson, superintendent of
Hospitals of the Health -Department
of New York; "Dr. D. L.
Edsa, professor of Theracitics
in the University of Pennsyl
vania, and Dr. Joseph- B. How
land, of the Massachusette Gen
eral Hospital, Boston', on medi- i
cat. organization and medical ed
ucation, and the "treatment and
.control of infectious diseases in
the-public hospital. Dr. Wilson
believed that isolation should al
ways -precede diagnosis in. the
hospital.
, Pneumonia and throat trouble?
he Tiad found to be easily com
municated ; to patients in wards
by the indiscriminate placing of
patients affected with these
troubles in beds between patients
suffering from other troubles.
There -was a fallacy that ty
phoid was spread chiefly through
contamination by excreta. "I
know of no more dangerous me
dium for the communication
and spread of typhoid than, milk
and utensils."
Milk was declared to provide
all the conditions for the rapid
development of typhoid bacilli,
and a case ' was cited where an
epidemic, had ensued from a
milk bottle being taken out of a
typhoid patient's room and pass
ed on into use without being
sterilized. Dr. Wilson commend
ed cleanliness as the best disin
fectant, and advocated the segre
gation and isolation of ell con
tagious and infectious diseases.
The discussion of the papers
brought to the front the ques
tion of preventing infection. It
was admitted- that infection was
possible in hospitals, but it was
most improbable. Wherever
infection had been carried from
one ward to the other investiga
tion had always revealed care
lessness. Dr. Wilson declared
that his investigations had been
rigid. Cases of carelessness
were few. ' 1
cost of railroad.
Commission Gets Figures on
. the C. E. Line.
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The Oregon Railroad Commis
sion has just completed an in
vestigation of . the original cost
and cost of reproduction of the
Corvallis& Eastern. Two sources
of information were resorted to
the records of the builders of
the road and the estimates of a
competent engineer who has
gone over the property carefully
and computed the cost of repro
ducing the road at the present
time. -
The original records of the
construction of the Corvallis &
Eastern are not available, but
the Commission took the testi
mony of Wallis Nash, -who dis
bursed all the money spent on
construction work., He testified
that he disbursed in round num
bers $4,250,000, but this includ
ed $200,000 spent in an effort to
bold a ' right of way in Malheur
county, and large sums, not defi
nitely stated, expended on Wil
lamette River steamboats and
on an ocean-going tug at Ya
quina Bay. The estimate of the
engineer as to cost of reproduc
ing the road and equipment is
53,912,322. It will Se noticed
that the estimated cost of repro
ductionis very close to the state
ment of original cost.
The statistics will be valuable
not only for the purpose .of de
termining actual value as . the
basis of computation of reason
able , rates, but also the actual
value as a basis for assessment
and taxation. The total mileage
of the Corvallis & Eastern is 1 42
miles, making an average cost
of about $27,550 per mile.
Father O'Reilly Lecture.
' The lecture given Sunday even
ing at the Opera House by Rev.
P. J. O'Reilly, S. J., was well
attended and very interesting.
The subject. "The Church and
the Bible." was most ibly han
dled by Farl er O'Reilly, whose
remarks in: messed his attentive
hearers as beine boih truthful
and lokrcal, the relationship of
the church to the doctrines and
commandments of Holv Writ he.
ing so lucidly explained as to
make the lecture impressive and . 2 :20-3:50 p. m.; Aurora, 4:10
helpfui. 5:40 p. m.
TO
VALLEY FARMERS
Demonstration Train
This Week.
CARS USED FOR EXHIBITS
Complete Itinerary Coyer s all
Important Points and O.A.C.
Profs. Will GiTe TalKS.
Exact dates have been decided
for the visit of the elaborate
demonstration train to be operat
ed by the Southern Pacific com
pany to the various cities of the
Willamette Valley. The train
will be the most complete ever
run by any railroad in the coun
try to serve a similar purpose
and is expected to do much to
bring about better methods of
agriculture, dairying and horti
culture throughout the country
visited.
One car in the train . will be
devoted to agricultural exhibits
and demonstrations, another to
horticulture, a third to dairying
and livestock. One car will have
a number of model dairy cows
for exhibition and practical dem
onstrations with milking ma
chines, cream separators and
other appliances of modern
dairy methods will be given. A
model stall will be shown for the
benefit of dairymen and owners
of livestock-.'
ln. another car,
practical demonstrations will be
given in packing fruit.
Coaches will be. attached to
the train, in which , lectures will
be held in the event the weatber
will not permit outdoor meet
ings at the various stops,, ana
J there will be special cars for the
accommodation . of. the. party of
railroad officials and Oregon Ag
riculture College professors who
will accompany the train through
out its tour.
The professors from the Ore
gon Agricultural College who
will accompany the train and
deliver lectures are as follows:
Dr. James Withycombe, di
rector Oregon Experiment Sta
tion; M. O. Lownsdale, horticul
turist; Professor A. B. Cordley,
entomologist; Prof. C. I. Lewis,
horticulturist; Prof. H. D. Scud-
der, agronomist: Professor F. L,
Kent, dairy husbandry; Prof. R.
W. Allen, assistant horticultur
J ist, Harry Asbahr, .herdsman.
The train will start Nov. 4,
and the complete itinerary fol
lows:
Wednesday, Nov. 4 Hills-
boro, 9:05-10:50 a. m.; Forest
Grove, 11;10-12:45 p. m.; North
Yamhill, 2:153:45 p. m.; Carl
ton, 4:05-5:40 p. m.
Thursday, Nov. 5 Newberg,
8:45-10:45 a. m.; McMinnville,
11:25a. m.-l:25 p.m.; Amity,
2:30-4 :30 p. m
Friday, Nov. 6 Sheridan,
8:45-10:15' a. m.; Dallas, 11 a.
m.-12:45 p. m.; Independence,
1:50-3:25 p. in.; Wellsdale, 4-5:30
p. m.
Saturday, .Nov. 7 Albany,
:4&-10:3U a.m.; Shedd, 11.10 a.
in.-12:50 p. m.; Harnsburg, 1:50
to 3:40 p. m.; Junction City,
3:0-o:3U p. m.
Monday, Nov. 9 Cottage
urove, o:5U-iu a. m.; Eugene,
10:50 a. m.-12:30 p. m.; Spring
field, 1:20-2:50 p.m.; Browns
ville, 4:05-5:40 p. m.
Tuesday, Nov. 10 Jefferson,
8.45-10:25 a. m.; Salem, 11:05 a.
ni-12:45p. in. ; Gervais, 2:05-3:40
p. m.; Wood burn, 3:55-5:30 p m.
Wednesday, Nov. 11 West
Stayton, 8:30-10 a; m.; Silverton,
111 :10 a. m-12:50 o. m Huhhard.
STRuCTi
COLLECTS VALUABLE DATA
University Gathering Facts
for nse of Legislature.
. The Research Bureau of the
department of Economics and
Political Science of the Univer
sity of Oregon, at Eugene, is col-,
lecting a great deal of. valuable
data for the use" of the members
of the legislature at the coming
session. The facts on both sides
of questions under consideration
are gathered from all sources
and placed in convenient form
for reference. Some of the ques
tions being investigated are the
following:
"Comparison of the financial
provisions of the Oregon State
Constitution with those of Con
temporary State Constitutions,
and with those of present day
Constitutions."
"Craphic showing of the de
velopment of the different sources
of Oregon State Revenue."
"The Pacific Northwest in
ternal waterways system."
"Oregon water power resources
and a desirable state policy." -
' "Graphic showing of the de
velopment of different lines of '
public expenditure."
"Oregon's public lands policy
"Oregon's school fund and
system of common school fi
nance." -v "Oregon's wagon road appro
priations and system of state
highways."
"JBinancial statistics of rail
ways of the Pacific Northwest."
The information gathered will
also be placed at the service of
the public, who may get the re
sults by inquiring at the Uni
versity when the work is com
pleted. HANS fllX."
Jollv
Musical Play at Opera
Honse Tonight 1
The jolly German dialect com
edy, "Hans & Nix," will be the
attraction at the opera house to
night. It is a cheerful mixture
of gaiety girls, music and fun;
contains an original score of 20
songs hits and borders on light
opera. It has many nign class,
specialties and is presented by
an organization of thirty people
This comedv claims but little-
title to plot. It is presented for
the sole purpose of introducing:;
laughter, beauty and song,, with .
the refreshing elements of gorge
ous scenery, brilliant costumes, .
jolly nonsense, entrancing mu-.-sic,
clever comedians and a fas
cinating chorus with pretty faces
and sparkling eyes. In addition
to Dixon' and Bernard, the stars..
Ruth Berbstein, a pretty and
role. Reserved seats are now
selling. Prices 35, 50, 75 and
$1. Election leturns will be
announced from the stage.
River Traffic Opened.
The Oregon City Transporta
tion Co. inaugurated its winter '
service between this city and
Portland with the arrival of the-r
steamer Pomona, Sunday, and'
her - departure the following:
morning. It is the intention or
the company to maintain an ev-ery-other-day
service until ar
rangements can be made to run
daily with at least three steam
boats on the line. Every accom
modation will be afforded the
traveling public and prompt and
careful attention will be given
all freight shipments. Byron
Taylor has been appointed local
agent at Corvallis and will be
tion desired as to time schedule
and rates. N
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Presbyterian Church will meet
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at
the Manse. All the ladiVa mo
cordially invited to attend.