The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1878-10-11
NOTES BY THE WAy-sIDE.

NOTES By the WAy-SiDE.
EDITOR GAZETTE 1T has been my
good fortune to travel over consider
able portions Of Oregon during the
last month, and I was surprised to
find in two towns only, real energy
and vitality-Portland and Albany.
Both these places are growing rap,
fd1y and the improvements are of the
most solid and substantial character.
Railroads are and have been the i'm
portant factors, and it is shame that
demagoguery should offer legislative
barriers of any kind, to retard the
efforts of the railroad companies, cur
failing. the meagre profits already
realized, and that too in the light of
action taken By the States of Iowa
and lWisconsin; both these States
having repealed the mneh-taikediot
discriminating freight AVID fare bills, .
finding railroad managers better
judges of their business than legisla-
tive bodies comprised, too often, of
inexperienced men. Judge Thomp-
sons bill should not pass. If the Or.
egon Solons choose the better course,
they will encourage, rather than Grip
pie further railroad enterprise in this
State by unfriendly legislation.
The bill to reduce salaries of Su-
preme Judges, after an animated dis
cussionin-the Senate, in which Sena-
tors George, Burch, Bradshaw, Prim
Burnett, Watt and Haines, partici
pated, was indefinitely postponed.
This is generally conceded proper.
When our State constitution was
framed, Oregon did not have as much
court business as the countiesof Multi
nomah and Marion have now; new
districts have been created, increas-
ing the travelling and other necessary
expenses, and these extra disburse-
ments taken from $4,000 per annum
worked hardship on the Judges,
reducing their wages to about the
annual receipts of third-class law
yer Gf Oregon has any of that kindly.
To secure able men and jurists you
must give them something better
than crumbs.
The Legislature is busy and "Iob-
byists" are buster andtwice as numer-
Gus. Pilot and fish men from Lower
Columbia, dentists, physicians, mer-
chants, water meiy narrow gange
n road men. sgapa lapd ,nsp and |
B kno ows now many other par
crested in various schemes,
and otherwise, are here
and importuning members.
egation from Benton are on
[sking an extension of time for
Willamette Valley and Coast
railroad. The proposition meets
with favor and if it can be reached,
at this stage, will pass.
The Oregonian's criticism on our
Representative, DR.. Green, seems to
have been made in a spirit of good
humor without intending to hurt the
feelings of the DR.. or his many friends.
The DIR. made an earnest deferse in
what he considered the interest of the
tax payers, and it should not have
been made the pretext for an attack
on his usefulness as member of that
body. If he makes any mistakes
they will be subjects of criticism in
the future. Onr members are fully
up TO the requirements of legislators.
Last night, after young gentle
man Of this city had safely "seen his
lady home,o and was returning, no
doubt full of the most excruciating
mixture of love, water
melons and striped candy-he was
struck over the head with a bludgeon
IN the hands of tramp, who made
his escape the better off for watch
and chain: People coming to the
fair this year should be on their
guard. The country is full of des-
perate men, ready to rob every unsus-
pecting person they happen to find.
RrALTo.
Salem, Oct 2, 1878.
Down AND OUT.-With the issue
Of the 4th' inst, Mr.. Col. VanCleve,
whonfor ten years has edited the Al