The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-02
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This dreadful disease has been max
ing rapid progress through Washington
~. and points of Oregon east OF the
for some time past Some
cases have appeared in Portland two
sr three cases in Salem, and we under
stand two cases have appeared within
Che last week Ia McMinnville. The
cars are running from Portland on the
west side daily through McMinnvllle
to this place. Besides we understand
that strangers from W. I. are dairy
leaving there and arriving in the val
ley for the purpose of escaping from
this disease. All of these things have
. tendency to hurry it upon us, and
what Preparations have we for its re-
eeptiong Near month ago petition
was presented to the Council of our
town, signed BY many OF the tax
r.yerr, requesting them to look after
.e sanitary condition of our city; to
cause the alleys and cespools to be
cleaned and purified, and to take such
ether steps necessary to protect our
people from this scourge, should it ap
tear. What have they donea AS we
tadezstamd practically nothing. If a
stranger from the infected districts
should appear amongst us stricken
down what could be done with hfm
He could rot be turned oat of doors
He wotld have to be cared for, and
Stih We have NO place to take him to.
Should he be taken with small pox at
some of our public houses it would
likely be communicated to many OF
our people before a suitable pest-house
or place could be prepared to care for
such person. And yet the Council re-
main inactive and regardless of the
petitions of the people. Our town
Council is vested with extraordinary
powers delegated to them by the legis-
lature for the purpose of preventing
such diseases from spreading amongs'
us. They are authorized to establish
~ pest house without the city limits fol
this very purpose. And we are led tt
believe that it has been neglected. We
can not see any cause why the legisla
ture ehould grant such powers to ou
city If they can not be exercised wher
needed, and when the life of ever.
citizen is likely to be jeopardized b.
such inactivity.
The Portland Standard of the 30tl
alt. remarks as follows: 'Tall oak
from little acorns grow: and if we ar
to believe one-half we hear, and inter
pret in the usual way the signs of tb
times, something very good and BIZ
will spring from the unpretentious roat
that is now being rapidly built be
tween Corvallis and Yaquina Bay.
The Standard is little out OF it
reckoning when it styles the "Orego'
Pacific, for that is the official title o
the road it alludes to, ian unpreten
tious road" The time is not very re
mote when Portland will consider tn
Yaquina Bay project anything bu
unpretentious. Nothing ccnnecte'
with that road has seemed more re
markable than the profound secrec.
which marked the movements of it
organizers and promoters up to Jul.
last. The success of their movement
in the direction of obtaining capital 70
the prosecution of their enterpris
must have been known long ere that
nevertheless the people of Benton AM
Linn counties, who were and are mos
deeply interested in the building of tn
road had virtually lost all faith in tn
enterprise and its managers. At Q
about the same time it leaked out tina
q magnate in overland railroad buildin
had cast critical eye ON Yaquina Ba
the proposed railroad and all connecte
therewith. Now we are going 20 propf
ecy, but we advise the Portland Stane
ard and the people generally of th
city where that paper is printed to n
Alize the fact that there is more in ths
''unpretentious railroad" scheme thai
appears on the surface: five yesrs hene
perhaps in less time they will kno'
more about it than they do now. I
about the same time the influence, I'll
power Of the Oregon Pacific will mah
1t necessary for the N. P. r. R. an
tho o. and 7. Companies to build Il
road over the Cascade Mountains |
Puget Sound and points between Il
Oregon Pacific and the Cascade brant
tsrminus on Puget Sound will be wa
stations.-Tacoma Ledger.
Mary Ellis claims 100 acres of land
"a Francisco: The district claimed embr
CO the great Office buildings and, numerou
= ftsipht depots Of the C. r. railroad near