Corvallis gazette., November 27, 1908, Image 1

VOL XLY.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY NOV. 27, 1908.
NO. 98.
OF A
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His Eastern Trip De
! scribed.
CONVENTION FOR PORTLAND
Breezy News Letter Sent Home
Folks Telling of Scenes and
People Far Away.
S. N. Wilkins, who is well 1
known to the people of Corval
lis, and to whom is due the cred
it of securing the next annual
meeting of the National Under
takers and Embalm era' Associa
tion for Portland, is now travel-'
ing through the East and .South
and from the reports sent back
of his journey is having a most
enjoyable time. These letters
of Mr. Wilkins are quite inter
esting and the Gazette has been
fortunate in securing some of
the latest for publication.
Two weeks ago Mr. Wilkins
was at Ann Arbor, Mich., and
the following communication
from there will doubtless be read
with pleasure by his many home
friends:
"After seven weeks and one
day we drifted up here, where
we have cast anchor for a few
days to visit with Harold, see
the college, and to attend a big
banquet given by the 'Michigan
Union' iust the night before the
big football .game., of the season,
which was with Pennsylvania
this year and it was surely a
very splendid affair, one where
many very prominent men who
have graduated from this college
in the past, , always return on
such occasions to help their old
college out in such matters, and
to generate enthusiasm for the
big game to follow the next day.
"The game was one which we
western people never have the
opportunity of seeing, for when
I tell you that more than 16,000
people sat through the hour and
a half in a light drifting snow
with a bleak, cold wind blowing,
to see the game, and for me to
undertake to describe the yells,
the songs, the rumbles, rolls,
rahs, and the innumerable, in--ventions
of an enthusiastic col
lege spirit, would be entirely out
of my realm of work and can
only be done by a college stu
dent of this present age, but suf
fice it to say that I never dream
ed of such a scene. The making
of the great letter 'M' by means
of banners held by some 3000
students, at a given signal, was
one of the features of the game,
and to see the immense throng
arise as bv one movement to
cheer when one of their men
made a 'ten strike' was worth
the price of admission ($2.00 a
seat.)
"The Michigan team was out
classed by the Pennsylvania
team 2VJ to 0 and with all this
the great throng of students of
this great college had the spirit
to stand and sing their favorite
song, 'The Yellow and the Blue,'
after the game was closed and
they had been so thoroughly
beaten, an exhibition of college
spirit worthy of true sportsmen.
-"The 75 boys who attend this
college from the Coast termed
The Rocky Mountain Club,'
watch anxiously for a report of
the games from out with you,
but never get them until out pa
pers reach us at the end of the
fourth day, and sometimes the
. fifth day. and especially are we
all watching for the Thanksgiv
ing games and the game with
Whitman on the 1 1th. .
"The Oregpnian of the 12th
WANDERINGS
GQBVALLiS
III
has just arrived and a real jubi
lee was held by the Oregon dele
gation, but' not so with the
Washington boys, over the re
sult of the O AC-Whitman foot
ball game of the week before and
this gives great confidence in
the victory for- O AC with the U.j
of O. on the 21str next " Satur
day and if you write me and
address to Batesville, Miss., I
will get' it up to the 1st of Dec.,!
and you must count on at least
five days to make the trip, so if
you cannot get one off in time to
reach me there, you can then!
catch me at Rayville, "La., up to;
the middle of December and af- j
tar that date I will be at Waynes
boro, Miss., or at least I will get!
my mail there, as my trips into!
the country will be made from
there, and I expect to ship all
my wild . turkeys from this sta
tion." I -will leave my baggage
there and will go on horseback
through Wayne county, Miss. ;
Choctaw and Washington coun
ties, Alabama, and I may take a
few weeks down on the: Pearl
river before returning, so you
need not look for cards during
this time, for this is when my
real vacation begins, and if the
reports come that a 'wild west
erner' has been apprehended
with more wild turkeys than the
law allows, well you may guess
that I hired some native to help
me, but at best I am going to
make an effort, and that is the
best any one can do.
"Now a word about our trip up
to this date, which includes a
mileage of a little short of 6000
miles and includes the following
stops:
"From Portland, Oregon, to
Seattle, Wash. Here we spent
two nights and one day and
every man, woman, child, chick,
Jap or other was busy great
city. From Seattle we crossed
over to "Victoria, B C.; dignified,
exclusive, sleepy, slow, English
to a finish, and I found but little
that appealed to me of interest.
From Victoria we again crossed
over the water to Vancouver, B.
C, and here we. found a more
modern city, but still short of
our American idea. uere we
spent one day, as we did in Vic
toria, and at five o'clock we
boarded the C. P. R. for St. Paul,
where we arrived safely after a
most pleasant trip. Scenery in
the mountainous ,, sections very
fine, but since so many have
exubriated so much over this
A t - T
section, I am eoine to 'cut it
out.' From St- Paul we had a
most delightful trip down over
the C. M. & St. Paul day ride
which is one of the most de
lightful ever enjoyed in the Mid
dle West. Arrived at Chicago
at 8:45 p. m. and domiciled for
the night at the Great Northern
The forenoon ot Uct. oth was
spent in preparation for the trip
down to the convention at In
dianapolis, and at :dU p. m.- we
joined as jolly a bunch as rarely
gather together for a trip across
country, and at 6 p. m. we were
at our destination, Indianapolis,
Ind., where we were all soon
lined up at the desk of the Clay
pool Hotel for assignment of
rooms, which required nearly
two hours, before we could cut
loose for something to eat. Good
natured people, jostled eacht)th
er, which go to make up such
occasions and make it a bright
spot. in our memories in days to
come. ,
"At 9 a. m. the convention was
called to order by our president,
August Eickleburg, of New York
City, N. Y., and was full of in
terest to those ' of our profession
from the first 'till the gavel fell
on the afternoon of the third
day the 8th and our president
pronounced the convention ad
journed for the year 190S, to
meet in Portland, Oregon, 1909.
"The campaign inaugurated,
the battle fought and won, and
the personel of the parties
you can readily guess, as there
i were only four delegates from
Continued on fourth page.
EXPEDIENTS
IRRIGATION
This Method LargeJ
Increases Yields I
WATER BENEFICIAL TO CROPS
Small Farms, DiYersified Crops
and Intensive Cultiyatioji
Restoring Former Vtalue.
The report of A. P. Stover on
irrigation, investigations ,and ex,-.
periments in the Willamette Val?
ley to determine the value of ix
rigation for insuring and iu
creasing the proauctiveness or:
land in this valley is one that
will interest every farmer .and,
fruit grower in this section. , . '-:
J Professor btover says thisTral-l-
ley contains perhaps the largest
single body of tillable land, put
side of the great Sacramento and
San Joaquin . Valleys in Califor
nia, in the Pacific Coast or Rocky
Mountain states. ' It is also one
of th oldest settled sections of
the West, a large . part of its
prairie and bottom land having
been in cultivation for more than
fifty years. The rainfall during
the winter months is very heavy,
I but during the summer months
T'L ' 1' LJ X ' 1.1 1. 1. .. 1
it is bo ligni as to cuusuiuu! al
most an arid condition in so far
as the production of agricultural
erops is concerned., ; ;
Incbetry ay s and tip to
within the last few years grain
growing has been the predomin
ant industry. The moist, early
springs and dry summers were
admirably adapted to the pro
duction of cereals, and it was
but natural that the raising of
grain shbuld have been the lead
ing industry. -, However, under
the strain of constant cropping
to wheat and with only poor
shallow cultivation and no fer
tilization the soil gradually failed
to yield profitable crops of grain.
As a natural result of these con
ditions a change in agricultural
methods has been taking place
within the last few years, and
the wheat ranch with its 320 to
S40 acres or more of poorly cul
tivated soil is giving place to the
small diversified farm with its
crop rotation and its intensive j
cultivation. i
But. the climate is not well
adapted to this new system of
agriculture." Grain was ripe and
ready for harvest before the dry
summer months came on, while
the crops now being raised
clover, vetch, hops, small fruits
and vegetables extend their
growth well into or through, the
dry season, if given the oppor
tunity, and often suffer from a
lack of sufficient moisture just at
the time when needed to give the
crop its best growth.
The purposes of the investiga
tions now being made in the
Willamette Valley by the irriga
tion investigations of this office
are to determine in a eareful
way just what benefits may be
secured from the application of
water crops during- the dry sea
sou, what expense may be in
curred for irrigation, . and what
methods should be employed to;
produce the best results. Some
progress has already been made
toward the solution of these
problems by a few who have
been practicing irrigation in a
small way, but little is known. of
their success outside of the im
mediate localities where the ex
periments were made, and even
there little effort has been made
to extend the practice. .
A. series of co-operative ex
periments was -begun in
the
I spring of 1907,
the plans out
the following
iiueu mciuueu.
lines off work: 'v;. .
" (1) The collection of informa
tion bearing on the value of ir
rigation, dealing with the sub
jects of water supply,., rainfall,
soil conditions, and the like.
V (2) The determination of the
value of irrigation to different
crops, the best methods of pre
paring land and irrigating it,
the proper time of application,
and the. various other practical
questions connected with irri-
() - The giving of advice and
the lending of assistance to those
who wish?Jo. begin irrigating.
To yiela any conclusive re
sults the experimental work
must, of course, be extended
over a period of years, but from
excellent results obtained the
first year it has beeu conclusive
ly proven that practical irriga
tion in th Willamette Valley
rwill well repay, the . expense of
installing and! maintaining the
necessary plants.
' ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE,
fiast Address of President Will
, Be Brief.
President Roosevelt's last an
nual message to Congress is
practically completed; tne ooay
of it was written at Oyster Bay
and the finishing touches are
being put .on at Washington.
The message will be read to
some of the President's most in
timate friends before being sent
to the printer,, but it is not be
lieved that any material changes
will hereafter be made.
- It is believed to be by far the
tamest annual message that Mr.
Roosevelt has ever, written, be-
. ' . . -
cause this session or uongress
mli-be a short One, afl..J?f$snv,
tnere win De utue opportunity
for general legislation. ' The
message will contain : compara
tively fewTecommendations, but
will be more in the nature of a
review of what has been accom
plished during the present ad
ministration, and views hereto
fore
a expressed by the President
r. . . J ... .
on questions ot great puoiic nn-
. A ;n u :j -
iui bauuo Will UG lCllfUi UbCU.
The message will also be in
the nature of a farewell address,
in which the country will be
congratulated on .the election of
Mr. Taft. While the President
will probably point out the op
portunity offered for revision of
the tariff, he will not recommend
that tariff legislation be enacted
at the short session, for he rea
lizes that such a recommenda
tion would be futile.
Moreover the incoming ad
ministration is pledged to revise
the tariff, and it is not Mr. Roose
velt's intent to in- any wav de
tract from credit which right
fully should go to his successor.
it is possible tha special mes
sages may be sent to Congress
during the short session, pro
videdan emergency arises which
would justify them, but as far as
can now be seen, the only im
portant message from the White
House this winter will be that
which goes in at opening of the
short session next month.
A runaway accident happened
on Monday at the corner of Sixth
and Monroe streets. Miss Ettie
Lewis was riding in a buggy and
driving a horse belonging to Mr.
Albert Wilson, when the animal
scared at something and in the
effort to hold it she was" thrown
from the buggy, falling on her
head and, shoulder, leaving her
unconscious in the street. She
was carried to the Burnett resi
dence and attended bv Dr. John-
sou. She was ' considerably
bruise! about the head, with
slight scarp wound. When re
stored to consciousness she was
taken home in a carriage. The
bugy was jammed against i
maltt tree in front of the Wood
cock residence, "detaching the
horse, , with :no further serious
- consequence.
ARTISANS ENTERTAIN
Conrallis and. Other Assem
' blies in District Meeting.
A special train ' of Artisans
went to Albany last Monday
night, where they were royally
entertained by : the Albany As
sembly. Lebanon,. Eugene, Sa
lem, Wells and Stayton assem
blies were also represented in
this meeting, but Corvallis,, As
sembly No.23, ; of United Arti
sans had the largest number of
representatives, there being 80
in number. " "--i
There was a class of about a
dozen candidates for member
ship, and the "Skiddo" Assem
bly put on; the floor 'work, mak
ing an excellent showing and re
flecting much credit to the Cor
vallis lodge. Dr. G. C. Eshel
man, Supreme Instructor, and
Dr. W. O. Manion, Assistant Su
preme Medical Director, of Port
land,: were present, and gave
ome interesting talks oh Arti
sanship. Also some of the visit
ing assemblies were i heard in
toasts, : : , ? ... ,
Like a long sermon, the end
of the evening's entertainment
was the best, the Albany Assem
bly serving a . delicious banquet
to their guests, and the meeting
closed at a late hour, all present
declaring that Albany Artisans
were the best of entertainers.
Mr. and Mr3. J. A. Daron,
field deputies, who have been
working in the field here for
the past two months have dor
some earnest work and with
the hearty cooperation of the
good-people of Corvallis have
brought the local assembly's
membership up to the 200 mark.
a Millionaire
Tramp'
Coming.
Regarding "A
Millionaire
Tramp," which is to be presented
at the opera house next Saturday
night, the following is taken
from the Pendleton Tribune of
the 22nd instant: "A Millionaire
Tramp" was presented to a
crowded house at the Oregon
e
last, mcrht and it nroved to
be
, ' , . .. r , .
one of the best attractions of 1
the
season. . it was wen staged ana
. IV. 1 1
jay Pierpont," the tramp, proved
a drawing card. He rendered
his part in an exceedingly realis
tic manner, and his transforma
tion from a young actor gone to
the dogs through a disappoint
ment in love to. a perfect reform
ation through the same channel
was a very impressive represen
tation of the better nature which
often lies suppressed in the un
spoken life story of the common
tramp, about whose trials the
world knows nothing. - The sup
port is all good, the Village
Physician and Abe, the porter,
being especially clever. The
closing scene is very pretty and
pathetic as a reunion of school
days lovers, and as a whole it
proved one of the best comedy-
dramas seen in Pendleton in
many a day." Reserved seats
for this attraction on sale Thurs
day. Prices 35, 50 and 75c.
School Enume -ation.
W. A. Buchanan has been ap
pointed by the school board to
take the enumeration of all chil
dren , of school age in - district
No. 9, which is the city of (Cor
vallis, and it is the duty- of all
parents to see that their chil
dren's names are placed upon
the list," as it is not only a mat
ter of great importance to us in
the disribution of State School
funds, but helps to make the
proper showing of attendance
at our public schools. With
the present' crowded condition
of the school building and the
certainty of more buildings re
quired for the next year, we
will need all the money we can
get to meet the emergency.
Make it your business to see
Mr. Buchanan and see that the
list is correct.
SHORT JURY TERM
OF CIRCUIT COURT
Bar Docket Quickly
Disposed Of.
JUDGE L T.HARRIS PRESIDES
Thirty-one Cases up for Hear
ing at NoYember Term of
Benton County Court
Halver Harrison vs. W..W.
McDonald and Minnie . McDon- .
aid. ' Stipulation for deed. ;
' Kola Neis, administrator es
tate Faber & Neis, partners, vs. -John
and Frank Whitaker. Set '
for trial Friday.
Robert Mann vs. A, Wilhelm
& Son. Dismissed at plaintiff's
cost, i" . -!.
Acme Mills Co. vs. I, D. Bo
Dine; continued.
Margaret" M. Parsons vs. Ed
gar A. Maher. Passed.
D. S. High vs. F. J. Armstrong.
Case submitted to the court for '
consideration after the iutroduc-
tion of evidence.
F. T. Gump vs. Corvallis &
Eastern R. R. Co. Settled and .
dismissed.
Delila Read vs. Hannah Row
land, et al. Passed.
Corvallis & Alsea River Rail
way Co. vs. Richard" McBee et
al. Continued.
Marion Bailey vs. Bentou
County. Change of venue. v
August W. Jnscher vs. Jrubjic.
Passed.
John Richard Newton Bellvs.
Martha Avery et al. Passed.
- Rebecca Alexander vs. Jesse
AmnlkW rt 1 Paoon1
S 1 iX VJJ Ki V ai, J. C4iO0Ua
I. D. BoDine vs. Acme Mills
Co. Continued.
George R. Farra vs. Eleanor
Mathews etal. Passed.
J. W. Gortmaker vs. Julia
Thulke. 1 Passed.
A. Wilhelm & Sons vs C. L.
Huggins. Judgment.
In re-Petition of Albert iird
ward Wilkins. Admitted to
citizenship.
J. E. Henkle vs. Cator Bros.
Dismissed.
J. E. Henkle vs. B. Cator.
Dismissed.
State of Oregon vs. W. A.-Mc-Gillis.
Defendant and bonds
men released.J
Nellie Thompson vs. Fred T.
Thompson. Default and decree.
State of Oregon vs. Madison
Brown. Defendant found not.
guilty.
C. E. Felton vs. Margaret Fel
ton. Divorce granted.
In re-application Martha E.
Pretty man to register title to
real property. Decree register
ing title.
Louis Hartley vs. Cora A
Hartley. Divorce granted.
Adaline M. Tucker vs. George
R. Tucker. Divorce granted.
Mary H. Whitby vs E. P.
Francis et ux. Judgment and
foreclosure of mortage.
Roy Rickard vs. ' August W,
Fischer. . Non-suit granted.
M. E. Hershberger vs. P. L
Hershberger. Divorce granted
G. F. Brown vs. Roy Rickard
Dismissed.
There has been an excellent
market for chickens, turkeys
and ducks this fall and the pri
ces very firm. Our poultry deal
ers have been very busy during
the past three weeks dressing
and shipping. Mr. W. E. Mar
vin has had charge of tie tur
key dressing at Dawson's and he
is the slickest hand at the busi
ness we ever saw. Heplucks
the feathers from a turkey as
quick as a nigger could skin a
possum. - -