VOL. XLV.
: COEVAUIS, :BENTQN COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOV. 17, 190SV
NO. 95.
MILLION DOLLAR
ORDER FOR GARS
Placed by Officials ofl
Southern Pacific.
NEW PULLMANS FOR WEST
Believed to Presage 27-Hour
Service From Portland to
San Francisco.
A million dollar order for new
Pullman cars, intended for use
on limited trains between San
Francisco and Portland and Los
Angeles, has been placed by the
officials of the. Southern Pacific
Company, according to an an
nouncement made the last of the
noil- ' Tk , : c
50 cars and is said to be due to
increased traffic In-addition
to this, another expenditure of
$1,000,000 is to be made for 220
new passenger coaches, intend?
ed for use on the lines of the
Pacific Coast. ' ; ,
The above dispatch indicates
that for once at least Portland
and Oregon have got an "even
break" with the other jurisdic
tions of the Harriinan system in
the apportionment of new equip
ments it will be recalled that
'Ihe - Telegram - published two
weeks ago the first announce
ment of the honoring of requisi
tions for new 1909 freight and
passenger equipment for the
lines in the Northwest. It was
the first official announcement
of what the Harriman system
intended to dp in the way of im
proved system and was signifi
cant in showing that the lines
under General Manager J. P.
u mien s jurisdiction secure
one-third of the entire- appropn
ation of $6,000,000.
' Thursday's dispatch from San
Francisco shows that the San
Francisco jurisdiction in charge
of General Manager E. E. Calvin
secures an equal amount. This
will leave another $2,000,000 to
be distributed over the Union
" Pacific territory' outside of the
Pacific Coast.
The announcement is of stils
greater interest here, for- it il
taken to mean that the new 27
hour limited between Portland
and San r rancisco for which
General Passenger Agent Wil
liam McMurray, of the Oregon
lines,' has been trying to wheedle
out of the Southern Pacific bud
get for a year or more is likely
to be put on in the next few
months.
Early this year it ' was an
nounced from Sir. ' McMurray's
office that the new fast train
would be put on during the
eariy oummer, dui it siippeq a
cog somewhere - and the train
was not granted. San Francis
co was blamed for the failure.
In case this proves to be the
intention of the Southern Pacific
it will mean just a day, and a
, night between Portland and the
Bav City, instead of two nights
and a day. It would also cut
the time from Puget Sound to
San Francisco down from two
whole davs to About '.A hours.
or three hours shorter than the
present funning time between
Portland and San Francisco.
Mrs. Martha Burnett went to
Portland yesterday to make the
son, who arrived at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Burnett in
that city a few days ago. The
parents are well known in Cor
. vallls, where they formerly "re
sided, and ; congratulations are
extended by their many friends
in this city. ! ?
NEW CHURCH BUILDING
Presbyterian Church Work to
Commence by April 1st.
The meeting at the Presbyter
ian church on Thursday evening
to consider the advisability of
erecting a new church was well
attended, the house being filled
with people of all denominations
who are anxious to see a beauti
ful edifice that will be a credit
to the growing little city of Cor
vallis. , ',,
Prof. J. B.r Horner acted as
chairman of. the meeting, which
was opened; with prayer by Rev.
D. H. Leech of the Methodist
church. Prof, and Mrs. Gaskins
rendered some excellent music.
J. Fred Yates read a paper
touching on the important part
the ' Presbyterian church . has
played in' the "grbwthof moral
and religous sentiment in the
community during the past 51
years, : closing j with a -glowing
tribute to the noble work done
by Rev. and Mrs.- Bell. ; He
touched upon many historical
points, one of which was that to
Dr. Bell; was -largely due; the
final solution of the contest over
the OAC, which has brought
such - wonderful prosperity to
our people. The quartette , by
Messrs. Fulton, Bradley, John
son and Moore was so fine that
the audience called for more and
the dose was repeated.
It being the 40th anniversary
of the wedded life of Br. and
Mrs. Bell, the Dr. responded to
the kindness shown them in his
usual happy manner, after which
the church work was taken up.
A resolution was offered and
unanimously carried that a -hew
church building should be erect
ed, work to commence not later
than -April 1st. Five persons
started the subscription list with
$1000 each,. The appointment
of various committees was left
in the hands of the - trustees of
the church and all the prelimi
naries will be arranged as rapid
ly as possible. '
The people then Tepaired to
the manse where they, were
punched and sandwiched " by a
committee of five, consisting of
M. S. .Woodcock,' Zeb Davis, J.
H. Harris, A. J. Johnson and F.
L. Miller. 'Tis said they did
the business up in fine style.
Wants' Aid for Eastern Oregon.
, Pres. W. J. Kerr left last Wed
nesday for Washingsoi D. C, to
attend, as a delegate from Ore
gon, the convention of Farmers'
Institutes of the United States,
and the convention of the Asso
ciation of American Agricultural
Colleges and Experiment Sta
tions. . . .. . '
While in Washington, Pres
Kerr will solicit the aid of the
Department of , Agriculture in
the work of developing and lm
proving farming conditions in
Eastern Oregon. : It is his desire
to have two or three experiment
stations established in Eastern
counties. Six weeks ago, Pres.
Kerr, took a party of experts
from' the Agricultural Depart
ment' on -ari extended trip
through the eastern part of the
state, and at that time received
assurance of assistance from the
Federal Government-
Has 50,000 Boxes of Apples.
" M. O. Lownsdale's apple crop
for this year is estimated at 50,
000 boxes of marketable fruit.
This yield of first-class apples
represents faithful and pains
taking, attention to spraying1 and
caring for the trees, one of Jthe
principal tenets of Mr. Lowns
dale's everyday religion.
The small per cent of apples
inferior in size and quality will
be made into a fine quality ; of
apple jelly, at the farm.
Mr. Lonsdale's orchard is near
McMinville."
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EASTERN CAPITALISTS SECURE 30,000
ACRESA
THE PURCHASE PRICE IS $250,000
Land Will' Be placed on Market in Small
- Parcels and Inducements Offered
to Immigrants From (
Middle West.
One of the biggest .' land deals
ever made in this 'part of .the
state, and one which , presages
unprecedented development! for
Lincoln and Benton- counties.
was consummated" "in1 Albapy,
Saturday, when a party of Minn
eapolis capitalists purchased 30,-
000 acres of the old Corvallis &
Yaquina Bay wagon joad grant.
The deal was closed: by A. Shy-,
der, representing the purchasers,,
and Fish & Hodges, - of Albany,
representing the Eastern owners'
of the old grant, and the consid
eration is said to have been in
the neighborhood of $250,000,
The land embraced in this
transaction extends from Blod
gett, Benton county, almost to
Toledo, county seat of Lincoln;
county ,on Yfiquina .-Bay, and
along both sides of the Corvallis
& Eastern railroad. The new
purchasers will divide the land
into 10, 20 and 40-acre, tracts,
and will bringEastern ""People1
West by the carload to view the
tract. The company has already
arranged to bring 300 families
from St. Louis early in the
Spring for the purpose of locat
ing. The land will be used prin
cipally for dairying and for fruit
and nut culture. .
... The men who have purchased
this tract have formed the Ya
quina Valley Fruit & Land Com
pany to exploit the tract. The
company includes as its leading
members J. B. Btreeter and Geo.
COLLEGE TO RAISE $50,000
Albany institution to Begin
Campaign for Endowment.
' Albany College has launched
& campaign for a $50,000 endow
ment. Friday, November 20,
will be; "college day'' in Albany
and on that date an effort will
be made to raise $10,000 in that
city as a nucleus' for the fundi
An endowment now seems! as
sured for Albany College by the
action of the college board, of
the Presbyterian church of Ihe
United States. Thel president
of this board has ' promised to
give one " dollar for an endow
ment for Albany " College for ev
ery dollar raised in Oregon ;up
to $25,000, thus providing for a
$50,000 endowment. With this
encouragement, PresidentCrooks
and the board of trustees of the
pollege have inaugurated a move
ment to raise $25,000 in this
state, v
Albany College has been do
ing better work this year than
ever along all lines of collegiate
effort. It has"a larger faculty,
better equipment, an improved
library, the biggest conservatory
o music it has ever had, better
opportunities in oratory and de
bating, while in its athletic de
partment the" football team has
won the championship tf the
nonconference colleges of . Ore
gon. With the first big offer of
help from the National college
board of the Presbyterian church
and the prospects of the realiza
tion of its first' endowment, the
college faces the brightest period
of its history.
j, . ; ; ' :-;.:--
E; Adams, of "the J. B,, Streeter
Company of Minneapolis ;. Geo.
ty. Taylor, general agent of the
Central Union Life " Insurance
Company, of ' Minneapolis, and
A, Snyder, wtiO' closed the deal
in Albany, Saturday. The. company-will
' establish its Eastern
office in Minneapolis, and will
have Western offices in Portland
and Albany. . . The 'Western of
jfices will be in charge of A. Sny
tier and Fish & Hodges, of Al
bany. ; ; '
9- The old Corvallis & , Yaquina
Bay wagon road grant originally
included all of the odd sections
for six miles on each side of the
old wagon road,' which ' follows
the general course of the Corval
lis .& Eastern Railroad, from
Wren to Toledo. Very little bf
this tract was sold until two
years ago.'
. The dealj which should mean
the immigration of thousands, of
pbpfetfrfOregon- afld the J set
tling up of virgin- land,;" means
development for the country ly
ing along the western end of the
Corvallis & Eastern railroad.
The land is valuable for fruit
raising i: and for dairying pur
poses, but is " practically all un
developed. There is probably
no tract in Oregon contiguous to
a railroad which is so undevel
oped' and which , off ers '. such
great possibilities for a prosper
ous fruit and dairy country.
Oregonian.
BURGLARS AT PHILOMATH,
Stores Robbed of Merchandise
and Cash Takeni :
Our neighboring city of Phil
omath was cleaned up in good
shape by burglars on Saturday
night. The store of Hill & Son
was "entered ' and ' the money
drawers relieved of all the sur
plus change which amounted to
about $120. . The money taken
belonged to the Woodmen.Water
Company and the store and was
distributed in various places
At Moses' store they secured
$8.00 in cash and various arti
cles of merchandise, such as
handkerchiefs, gloves fec.t all of
which might be deemed neces
sary during the winter season
now at hand.
: With stolen goods they silently
stole away, leaving no trace be
hind by which the officers might
cultivate their acquaintance
The burglars found things just
to their liking at Pnilomath as
her people have lived in perfect
security so long they little dream
ed of ' the bold, bad burglar in
their midst helping 'themselves
to the cash. ' Many citizens lie
dowii to rest at night with doors
unlocked without a thought of
some reckless prowler, seeking
whom he may devour. Times
have! changeu, brethren, and it
behooves all good citizens to be
prepared to give the vagabonds
a warm reception. In this land
of plenty there ' is no need of
.stealing or begging for every
man, woman or child wanting
work can surely find it at a fair
remuneration for their services
OREGON SCHOOL TEA') HERS
State Has a Capable Corps of;
y Instructors.
Though it was asserted at the
recent meeting of the Normal
School Board of Regents that
only 10 per cent bf the teachers
of the state are' normal school
graduates, it does not follow that
the other 90 per cent are with
out the special training or ex
perience necessary to qualify
them for efficient work. A con
siderable number of the ' teach
ers employed in the public
schools have spent one or two
years in a normal school, but
have not graduated. They pro
cured certificates by taking the
usual county teachers examina
tion,.;-' v ''
To secure a state diploma re
quires 60 months' , teaching ex
perience ; to secure a state certi
ficate 30 months; to secure a
first grade county, certificate, 12
months, and to secure a second
grade county certificate requires
3 months' experience. The forth
coming biennial '' report of the
Superintendent of' Public In
struction shows that 4243 teach
ers were employed in the public
schools last year and that 22 per
cent of them hold state certifi
cates or diplomas, which vouch
for from 30 to 60 months' ex
perience. : More than half the
teachers have had at least 12
months' experience.
Many of those who hold hrst,
second and third grade certifi
cates have had some normal
training. The following state
ment shows the number of teach
ers employed holding the vari
ous !grades of .certificates: ,
Teachers .employed. V . . . . 4243
State certificate or diploma . 934
First grade certificate".!'.'. . .1235
Second." " ... ..838
Third" " .... . 454
Primary certificates. . ..... 232
Permits.. ......... ....... 550
UtHize Farm Waste.
. I As the area given to .. diversi
fied farming increases, the. by
products of agriculture, increase.
If this were not true, farming
wouia De one oi trie most waste
ful of all industries. ,The wast
age of orchards, gardens.' melon
and potato patches in' pioneer
times in this state was enor
mous. The producers used what
they could, sold what they could
to a market easily glutted, and
the Jarge surplus went to waste.
This time has, to some extent,
passed, and is rapidly passing.
One of the latest examples of
this is found in the report that
excellent molasses and catsup
are being made from watermel
ons in the Yakima country and
that melons fed to cows increase
the . quantity and richness of
milk. Recalling the dismal
Spectacle that was presented in
former years by tons of water
melons rotting on the ground in
October and November, it is
easy to realize the great saving
that is affected by turning this
most perishable and abundant
crop into marketable by-products.
May Extend C. & E. up ttas Caast
In an article on the railroad
situation the Oregon Journal
says in part;
'Colonel Hollabird, who re
cently made an extended . trip
through the coast counties as far
south asJNewport, will forward
his reports on the advisability
of constructing an extension of
the Uorvallis & Eastern up and
down the coast to Mr. Harriman
at once.'r It is known that Col
onel Hollabird was very favor
ably impressed with the. im
mense value of the coast' coun
try while on his trip and it is
probable that plans for a Harri
man coast line will be approved
within the hear future,"
OF
PROF. GOOTE
Well-Known Member
of OAC Faculty.
DIES AT YAQUINA THURSDAY
Death Results from Cancer of
the . Stomach After an Ill
ness of Many. Months;
The College flag was placed at
half ; mast Thursday .morning,
and faculty members and stu
dents bowed their heads in sor-
row,Jor the sad news had flashed
over the wires that a member of
OAC's faculty had passed to the
beyond : a familiar figure about
the campus, where he was uni
versally known and esteemed by
hundreds of graduates and stu
dents : of the college, could be
welcomed there po more; a man
who had taught his pupils and
associates to love and see the
beauty of flowers and plants as
he did and' who often remarked
that he would rather have the
flowers with him while he lived,
than placed upon . his grave
when he was dead, could , never
teach them again; for that fatal
disease, cancer of the stomach,
had completed its. work, and the
omiI ViqH lAft. it.a Anrt.hlv tftnpj ..
Home. .
Professor George Coote, a
pioneer of the state and for over
20 years an active member of
the Oregon Agricultural College
faculty, died at an early nour
Thursday morning at his home
near' Yaquina. Ine remains
were brought to Corvallis, on the
morning train Friday and were
taken to the college armory,
where the funeral services were
conducted at 2:30. that after
noon, an Episcopal bishop, of
Portland, whose name, could not
be obtained, officiating, and in
terment was in the Odd Fellows'
cemetery. '" The flowers which
Prof I Coote had loved so well
were everywhere in evidence;
magnificent, profuse and beauti
ful, and the armpry .was .filled
with old friends and former stu
dents of thedeceased, who came
to pay their last respects to a
good and noble man.
Prof. Coote was born in Eng
land, in 1842, and came to Ore
gon in the early seventies to as
sist Wallis Nash in the construc
tion and operation of what is.
now the Corvallis' & Eastern
railroad: In 1887, he gave up
his railroad work to accept a
position as professor of floricul
ture and gardening at the Ore
gon Agricultural College, which
nnsition he has activelv filled
until his failing health compelled
j him to take a leave of absence
in May of this year.
Professor Coote was a familiar
figure about the campus and was
known and respected by many-'
generations of college students
As college landscape gardener
he laid out and improved the
college campus until it has be
come one of the most beautiful
in the Northwest.
He leaves a widow and two
children, Mrs. Butler, of Santa
Barbara, Cal., and Mrs. Pernot,
wife of Professor E. F. Pernot,
of this city, to ' whom the . sym
pathy of the entire ' community
is extended in their hour of sor
row. ' :
The plastering has been done
on the new 8 room house 'of R.
C. Wills on 12th street and the
finishine touches will be Dut on
, ny ine carpenters- ana painters
j as rapidly as possible.
PASSING