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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-01-18

ED. GAZETTE Your strlc.lf.. ii
the way in which the city co tn.;i aas
expended the taxes coiiccG..i in .h:.
city, in many instances is we'll tiln>1
and deserves the careful con,id d.raiiDl
of every tax payer in the city. l wolif
like for some member Of that honor
able body to explain why it was thas
they expended three thousand dollar,
for sewer when they could have pu-
in better one for three hundred
1t is we'll known fact that wn.a the
dispute first arose between Moore and
Atwood and the city, that responsible
parties agreed to lay pipes through
the natural ravine or sag that run
through Moore and Atwoods lots and
cover them, and thereby stop all
trouble between the city and her citi-
zens, and make a drain into Dixon's
creek for the sum o. three hundred
dollars, which would have d:aincd 4th
street and all the streets and sewers
that drain into 4th street. But no.
They first engaged in piece of useless
litigation with Moore and Atwood
hat must have cost the city over a
hundred dollars; and then turned the
water away from its natural outlet to
run it into the Willamette river at
cost of three thousand dollars. And
the probability is. that when we have
heavy rains and the river is very high,
instead Of said sewer carrying the
water away from 4th street the water
from the river will back up through it
aud food the whole lower part of the
city. The excuse that you Offer for
the council, that they are taken up
with their business and other affairs
so that they cannot give the necessary
attention to the interests OF the city, is
not tenable; for while the Office is
thankless one and there is no pay in
it, yet when man accepts an Office
of that kind, which he does voluntarily,
he assumes and tacltly agrees that he
will guard we'll the interests of the city
and give due care and attention to its
affairs. Duty is the most sublime
word in the English language.
TAX PAYER.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-01-18
DISCUSSIONS OF PUBLIC MATTERS.

In another column will be found the
views of one of the large tax payers of the
city ON the mana ,ement of city affairs and
the expenditure OF the peoples money. 1t
seems that other people in the city have
observed and noted some of the loose points
in city affairs as we'll rs the GAZETTE. 1t
was not however intended by the GAZETTE
in any of it's articles to offer any excuse for
public officers failing to look closely and
attentively to public duties with which they
have been entrusted because they receive no
salary. 1t certainly is the duty OF every
one accepting public Office or trust with
out pay to discharge the duties thereof
with as much attention and care as il the
Fay was abundant. The pay, whether none,
small or abundant, should not in any way
enter into the degree of at5eution and care
with which the duties should be performed.
A person accepting public trust is in duty
bound to attend to the duties thereof with
reasonable care and attention, whether he
receives any pay or not, and for neglect of
such duties it would seem that they Ger
tainly would be personally liable for such
neglect whether they received pay o. not
Commun;cat in the discussion of all
public matters. the GAZETTE is aud always
will be pleased 20 welcome to it's columns
no matter whether the views expressed in
such communca lions are in accord with or
opposed to the views o; this paper. The
object of any public journal should be to
arrive at the truth as near as possible and
always do tie most for the public good. and
no better way can be afforded than to admit
of Tree and full discussion of all public
questions from al sources and upon all sides
o. such questions. The GAzE1iE therefore
invites fair discussions of all subjects OF
public interest.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-01-18

If anyone expects to succeed in life he
must depend on himself, and conquer for
tune by his own individual effort. Friends
may assist, parents may advise, opportunity
may offer, but upon himself rests the main
responsibility of his success or failure 1t is
divine law that every man mnst carve out
his own destiny; and his success or failure
depends chiefly on his own self-rellance.
No amount of talent or opportunity can
make man successful, unless he has the
will to push himself forward, and fight
valiently the battle of life; while on the
other hand, energy and self-reliance have
often supplied the place of missing talents;
and by persevering toll some have con-
quered, where those more fortune favored
have failed.
Constant and severe battling with adver.
sity is to the man, what the storm is to the
giant oak. It toughens their shines, it
quickens their intellect, it brings every
force of body or mind into the conflict to
be welded against the opposing foe. The
energetic self-relIant man who boldly faces
destiny and personally battles and conquers
in the conflict is different to the one who
relies upon his friends for his advancement,
as the oak is TO the mistletoe which grows
upon it. The man who depends upon 9TH
ers is nothing but human parasite, and if
his schemes are success the credit is due
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-01-18
THE FUTURE FOR CORVALLIS AND EENToN
COUNTY.

Corvallis is one OF the incest and most
favorahly situated towns in Oregon. Being
near the central part Of the great Willamett
valley it is surrounded for miles in ever'
direction with rich agricultural and sto..h
raising sect;ous of the State. Heretofore
the immigration to this coast from the
dens ly populated towns and other locali,ie
of the older States, has nu= materially y
effected the values of or demand for prop
erSy IN and about this part of the state as
most of the immigration thus far has gon,
into Eastern Oregon and Washington ter
ritory. 1t is however pretty well conceded
that the tide is going to take turn dur
ing the coming season. Already things in
this county have started upward and the
tendency seems t, point to brighter ant!
more prosperous future for the Willamette
valley and espe, ially for Corvallis and Ben
ton county. Already things over about the
Yaquina bay has become more lively thai;
in the near past aud values in real estat.
have somewhat advanced, and purchaser
are a,xiouslv seeking for investments il,
that locality. The present activity in land
and business in that portion of our county
is no doubt due to the work now progress
ing on the railroad to Yaquina Bay.
As yet there has been no great stir
either in ordinary lines of business or III
real property in and about Corvallis, al
though par5;es seeking investments in land
gre looking anxiously around snd about
this place more frequently than has been the
case heretofore. The prices of real estate
here have not advanced TO any perceptible
degree, and it is now an advantageous time
to buy town property in Corvallis or farm,
lands anywhere surrounding it. The fire.
quency of inquiries for property around
here indicates that in the near future val,
ues in lands must necessarily advance when
the demand becomes active.
The farm lands in this section of the
country are very productive and better ad-
apted to fall grains than most of the other
parts of the state, and for this reason abund-
&nt crops are more frequent than in many
other localities. Times all over Oregon
have been quiet during the past year, but
the prospects for the future point to better
and more prosperous time, and especially
does the prospects ahead seem to point to
renewed activity AID prosperity for Benton
county.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-01-18

HOW ONE D. %. P..lS ;lo =. 4AN P, $ !;
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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-01-18

poverty herds, literally, of poor and needy
sick and distressed are coming here from
the outlying districts, where these manu-
featuring interests are dominant. These
people are in distress, and will be in desti
tuition not Of their own fault, tblt because
the times are harl, and because the great
peoples of the earth are rapidly dividing,
as have repeatedly sai6, into the very
rich and the very poor"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-01-18
From the Akron commeEci'
al, Ohio, Nov. 25, 1882.

Readers of the Commercial can not we'll forget
that large space has for years been taken up by
kendaPs advertsement-especially OF certain
Spavin Cure VT have had dealings with Or Ken
dali for many years. and the truth is fully ard faith
ully proven not only that he is good honest man,
and that his celebrated SPAWN Cure is not only al
that it is recommended to be, but that the Engilsh
language.is is not capable Of recommending too highly
Kendaii's SPAWN Cure will cure sPavins- There
are hundreds OF cases in which that has been proven
to our certain knowledge but after ALL any person
confines the usefulness Of this celebrated medic! ne
to curing spavins alone, they make big mistake.
ton for rheumatism in the human family. 1t is good
for pains and aches, swengs and lameness, and IS
lust as safely applied to men, women ana chlidren
as it is to horses We know that there are other
good pameuts but We do believe this SPAWN cure to
L. farh hett than ever invented.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-01-18
KendaIl's SPAWN Cure

San Francisco Cal, Jan. 16, 1852.
Messrs j. B. Kendall s. Co. Gents:-lhrough the
Recommendation of friend about year ago, was
induced to give YOUR kendal1s SPAWN CuIe q trial
and am pleased to say that fully satisied with
the results l used it in several instances upon
spIints which after few applications were entirely
results The medicine has grown in popularity in
this vicinity in the past few months and what IL
said here to-day believe put out upon its merits
ALEX MCCURD,
Foreman for City K. X. Co.
Send address for illustrated circular which we
think gives positive proof Of its virtues; No remedy
has ever met with such unqualified success to our
knowledge for beast well rs man
y Price 81 per bottle. six bottles for S. All drug
psts have Il or can get it for you or it will be sent
to any address receipt of price by the propretors
DR. B. J. KENDALL s. Co., Enusburgh falls, Vt.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-01-18
Kendall's SPAWN Cure

COltOH, CaI., Uct. 3, Iooz
B. j. Keddall s. Co Gents:-While in the employ
of a. C. Hastings the well known horseman Of San
Francisco in tine year ending 1850, we had young
horse two years old that contracted bone SPAWN and
seeing vour liniment known as Kendals SPAWN Cure
advertised. upon my own responsibility commenced
using il and within thirty days from that time and
after having used only three bottles the spawn was
removed entirely, and therefore naturally nave tne
utmost confidence in its merits do not hesitate to
recommend it to all who have occasion to use the
medicine ard should any one desire to confer with
me shall be glad to answer any commuhlcatioA
relating to the case in question
Resnectfully Yours, JOHN ROADMAN
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-01-18

Send tor Samples and
Prices to the Gaz ette OF
fee if you want the Hest
work at Lowest Pric Is.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-13
Tho Enlhan Ea ole Gnaa Ia

The ~. S. Clothing Co., which being
interpreted, means Gus Simon & Mos
senfelder," took occasion, in Sunday
mornings Union, to say some cnvious
things about the Golden Eagle. The "Us
Clothing Co., is better known to the
public as "Thc Alley Runners" for Simon
u MOsenfelder, their owners. At the
'Us Clothing Co." are sold the old shell:
worn. out of date, old fashioned goods,
run through the alley from Simon & Mo
senfclder's At the Gus Clothing Co, the
proprietor, employees, etc, etc, ct id
ornnc genus, got together in the alley to
see what could be done to keep people
from going to 1.-THE Golden Eagle clothing
store, and the conclusion they arrived at
was about as follows:
Resolved, That our phianthropic gen
erous, whole souled Waterbury Loeb is
too much for us, and we
cant down him on goods or prices
anu LhefelOre we are gong TWO blocks
to Simon & Mosenfeder's to grow up
with the country; we give it up and pros
pose to git"
About the same time there was held, in
the spacious rooms of the Golden Eagle a
meeting of manager and employees and
they unanimously adopted the following:
Resolved, That we, the Golden Eagle
clothiers, have full line of goods always
in stock; no alley trotting required to
suit our customers.
Resolved, That we are not too old to
go west and grow up with the country, as
the U. S. Clothing Co., alias Simon &
Mosenfelder, thinks, but are too old. and
understand our business too well for our
GALLEY runners TO compete with us. Be-
sides we give Waterbury watch to
every purchaser We attend strictly to our
own business, pay no attention to ALLEY
runners and are not alarmed by any fea-
! ture that our competitors may produce.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-13
The TTi-City PRINCIPALS.

Messrs. Stratton, Nagle, Mcbride and
Mittlebuscher, of Davenport; Messrs.
Kemble, Hatch and County Superintend-
ent Southwell, Miss Muse and Mrs. l..
M. Copp, of Rock Island; Mr.. Hatch and
Miss Tague, of Moline, were at the meet
ing of the tri-city principals in Moline
last Saturday.
Mr., Mcbride read paper on "Penman
ship" which was followed by discussion
of the subject treated upon in the paper
Nearly all present took part in the dis
cussion. Many excellent ideas were
brought out and all were benefited by
the discussion, at the close of which the
Misses Tague and Muse and Mr.. Mcbride
were appointed a nominating committee
for officers for the next quarter. They re-
ported the following:
President-W. II. Hatch, of Rock Isl
and; sccretary-H u. Hatch, of Moline
executive committee NJ. DcArm0nd
of Davenport, and W. 5. Mack, of Mo
line. The above were unanimously elect
ed. The president is q ogicio, member
of the executive committee. The mex
meeting will be held in this city on Nov
Sth, when II. d. Hatch viii present :
paper entitled GEOGRAPHY. rs Science
in the Public Schools"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-13
SkptOrlal

The skating rink was crowded on Sat
urday evening. The roller skating craze
seems to have secured a firm hold upon a
large number of young people. The ats
traction at the rink Saturday evening was
the fancy and scientific skating of Mr.. W.
D. Ament and Miss Toty Nicholson, of
Muscatine. Mr.. Ament has given exni,
billions here before. He is a very fine
skater, and is improving with experience.
Miss Nicholson, who by the way is only
seven years old, is very expert and
graceful skater. She captivated the
audience Saturday evening, Mr. Ament,
in his specialties created much merriment,
The combination skating Of the couple
was excellent.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-13
The Milan Show.

TIE republicans had a circus at Milan
Saturday evening. By skirmishiEg
around this city, Davenport and Gilbert>
town, and ringing in a crowd of ''coons
they succeeded in leaving here with a
couple of hundred torch light bearers.
This number was increased at Milan to
three hundred. The deluded crowd wan
dered around the sloppy streets of Milan
for an hour or 80, and then brought up in
front of stand erected for the speakers.
The Rock Island glee club sang thcil
stereotyped number of songs and the
orators spouted. Hon. John p. Hand,
of Cambridge, spoke first and gave the
crowd the regular old cut and dried re.
publican speech. 1t was the oft heard
cry that the republican party should he
kept in power
He was followed by Capt. Petric. the
republican candidate for congress. As
III bIdtpl Wi CIllG Is II conspicuous
failure. Even his own beloved Union
which got its report for the proceedings
the entire four miles by special telegraph,
did not devote more than q small para
graph to his effort, and he was supposed
to be the principal speaker of the even
ing, too. The reason for this is plain.
He said nothing that was worthy of print.
1t was the same old harangue about the
assertion of the democrats that the war
was failure. He made an abject appeal
to the party to elect him to congress.
Hon. James T. Lane, of Davenport,
followed Petrie Mr.. Lane is a fair and
plausible speaker and gave the people
the only speech that was worth listening
to during the evening, but even then he
advanced nothing particularly new, and
his effort was so much breath wasted upon
the desert air. Taken altogether the
meeting was jim crow affair.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-13

The r. l. & NJ. C. continues to bring in
long trains of coal.
All trains at the union depot were on
time this evening.
The r. l. e. p. yard tracks are now be
ing fixed up in good shape for the winter
weather.
The Milwaukee road boys are betting
cigars on the result of tomorrow elect
ion in Ohio
Ben T. Cable superintendent of the
r. |. d NJ G.. road. went out on the T.
l. & P. morning train.
Assistant ticket Agent Paul Hamilton,
of the c., r. / & P. depot, spent Sunday
at his home in LeClaire, Iowa. He will
return this evening.
Conductor Jack Aud started out this
morning as happy as lark with his usual
big passenger train on the r. |. & P.
Baggagemaster Graves is not rushed as
much with baggage just now as he was
a couple of weeks ago at the union depot.
This mornings 8:15 train on the G. NJ.
& st. P. road left with its usual large
number of travelling men who leave on
Monday mornings for their regular weekly
trips along its lines.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-13
The River

The river is rising again today.
The Libbic Conger will pass down to-
morrow.
The Sidney will pass up again on Frs
day night.
The Pittsburg will come from above on
Saturday.
The Mary Morton passed up today
with fine trip Of freight and passengers
The St Paul will be up on Thursday
and will be the first boat of the week on
the Saints line.
Yesterday the Sidney passed down with
the biggest trip of the season. She had
seventy>fve passengers, and took on 500
packages of freight on this side of the
river and at Davenport. Besides being
loaded to the guards she had in tow a
heavily loaded barge.
The Mary Morton and St, Paul ex>
pected to have a race up the river yester>
day and today, but the st, Paul was I'M
able to leave St. Louis on Saturday and
the race was deferred to some future
time. The boats had lively race going
down and the Mary Morton passed the
victor, getting into st. Louis first
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-13

For the convenience of the public liv-
Ing in the lower part Of the city, the
ARGUS has established branch office al
DcSanto's drug store, corner Ninth street
and Fourth avenue, where box has been
placed for the receptacle of news and
subscriptions. In writing personal news
be sure and write the whole name plainly
In ordering the ARGUs sent to your home
you can leave your address at the branch
office and the same viii be regularly de-
livered. Give the street and number
when ordering your paper. Mr. DeSanto
will be pleased to answer any questions
pcriaining>tO the business.
The ARGUS has one of Cooks Automa>
tic letter and paper boxes erected outside
the office door in which communications
can be deposited when the office is closed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-13


to have struck Davenrort for good. On
Saturday the SterReu Banner was sold to
the proprietor of the Ieaea reform, a Ger
man campaign paper now being pu blished
in Davenport, Gustav Donald, ;he German
comedian, being its editor.
DIR. j. W. Stark, Dentist, 1922 Second
avenue. d1yr.
Major Josiah Grout, of Moline, who
served for a time as supervisor from that
city, has resumed his residence in his
native state-Vermont- has been
elected to the legislature Major Grout
is interested in the Moline Scale Works.
He liked the west fairly well, but his wife
abhorred it and induced the Major to go
back TO Vermont. Mr. Grout has a
brother who is member of congress.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-13
Sutllf.

Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Sutlif, of Pco-
ria, arrived in the city on Saturday even>
ing and are guests at the residence of Mr..
A. W. Bruner. Mr. Sutliff is well known
here, where he resided while he was con
ductor of the fast express on the Rock
Island & Peoria road He was one of
the most popular conductors running into
the city and his numerous friends here
were sorry to see him go to Peoria
"Sut," as he is Familiarity known, has
blossomed into full fledged druggist, and
today we saw him going up the street
carrying grip full of pills and sharp
edged instruments such as physicians only
know how to handle He is combining
pleasure with business, and we are pleased
to know that he is finding both in great
abundance. Sutliff Is now the proprietor
of one OF the largest drug stores in the
west and if all reports be true, he is dos
ing u land Office business.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-13
Missing.

1t is reported today that Charles Glass,
the blacksmith, has left for parts I'M
known He left the city Friday night for
Chicago, and nothing, so far as can be
learned, has been heard from him since.
Mr.. Tremann, the butcher, in whose
building on Seventeenth street Mr.. Glass
has carried on business for some time, has
possession of the shop. Mr. Glass was
somewhat indebted to Mr.. Tremann, but
whether he owes others about town is not
at present known. 1t may be that he
will return, but the report is being circu,
lated today that he has skipped for good.
Knowing ones hint that the cause of
young Glass sudden departure is q
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-13
At Rest.

The funeral of the late Mrs. j. W.
Bracket took place yesterday afternoon
from the family residence No. HOS First
avenue, the Rev. r. F. Sweet officiating
The floral offerings were very beautiful
The funeral was largely attended by friends
of the family. Capt. C. W. Durham, U.
5. A, and Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Bracket, of
Peoria were among the relatives who
present. The pail bearers were Capt. J
j. Parks, Capt. J. NJ. Montgomery, and
Messrs. J. H. Yore. r. Champion, W. W.
Egglcston and W. S. Knowlton.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-13
PIgilistlc.

Shortly after noon today, boy named
Reese and another named Edward Thur
man got into an alteration near BeIkea-
fields restaurant on Twentieth street, and
came to blows. They fought lively for a
while when suddenly Thurman grasped
Reese and threw him through the rcstau,
rant window. Reeses right wrist was
badly cut by the broken glass, and DR..
Cowden was called into Hartz & Bahn>
sens drug store to render the proper
medical attention. Thurman was arrested
and is now in the police station.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-13
The Tower.

Hundreds of people took advantage of
the splendid weather yesterday afternoon
and visited Black Hawks watch tower.
The tower is a very popular resort in
warm weather, and the breeZes there yes
terdal were cool and pleasant As be-
fore suggested in the ARGUS, there should
be a tramway to the river so that people
who desire to take boat ride may do so
without endangering their necks in an
effort to gain the boats. This popular
resort would be rendered much more pop
ular if the above suggestion were carried
ont
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-13
W. C.. T. II. Meatinp.

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will hold meeting in the Young
Mems Christian association rooms at 800
p. m tomorrow for the purpose of electing
delegates to the district convention, which
is to be held at Port Byron on October
10th and 10Th. A large delegation will
attend the convention from here.