The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-11-27
A GOOD MAN AND CITIZEN GONE,

| DIED-At his residence, two and one-has4
| miles west of this city. Novenses 90sss
MIR. James Cooper, at the age Of 81 yeafS
months and Is days.
Mr.. Cooper was virginian by bfrth-<
born in Franklin county, virginia, July 2
1924. When he was three years OF age his
parents moved to Hendricks county, Indie
ana, where they remained until iS4l. when
they removed to Platte county, Missouri,
| where he Was married to Miss Lena Evanss
In the spring of 1852 he with his wife and
one child started on that perilous trip across
the plains and after six months they arrived
in Clackamas county, this state, where they
| tarried for one season and then moved to
Waldo Hills, Marion county. In 1854 Mr..
Cooper, with his family, settled in Kings
valley, Benton county, where he resided
four years. He then, in 1865, purchased
the farm in the vicinity of Phflomath,
on which he spent the remainder of his life.
MIR. and Mrs. Cooper had a family of six
children-four boys and two girls. One
daughter and one son are dead; the remain<
| the loss of a beloved husband and kintt
and faithful father. MIR. Cooper was one
of the grand and noble pioneers of Oregon.
He was quiet, uhpretehtious man, but
man of sterling and upright character. He
has trained his family to the same honest,
noble, thrifty. moral characteristics that
distinguished him, and has left the record of
an honorable man. The beautiful farms and
homes of the Cooper family west of this
city are monuments to the prudence and inc
dustry of himself and his children.
His health has not been good for some
time, and during the past two years he has
suffered severely, so that he has not taken
an active part in business OF society. He.
roically he bore his suffering-bravely and
calmly and trustfully he met the last enemy
of life and died with faith in God and With
out fear. He firmly believed in doing as
he could know his duty toward God and
man.
The funeral, which occurred on Sabbath
fternoon, was largely attended by citizens
from this city and Philomath and from the
neighboring country. Many were the
friends that followed his remains to the,r
last resting place in the Newton cemetery,
and the entire community sympathizes witlt
the bereaved family in their sore affection,
PUNGENT Po1NrERs.-Whife the GAZETTE
is willing to do its part IN assisting all pub.
lie charities along, at the same time in pub.
fishing notices advertising these things, it
costs US money to have the: type set up for
all such purposes, just the same as it cos.s
merchant to hire clerk to sell his ner.-
chandise. We have in the past been asked
to publish notices of this character free,
and in many instances have done so, but
henceforth all entertainments that levy adj
mission charges will be expected to pay for
advertising notices at regular rates. We
are asked to do this kind of advertising al
most every week to assist money. making
schemes devoted to charitable purposes, 500
ciables, etc and we have often done so un<
hesitatingly. But acting in accordance
with strict business principles we will here-
after put n veto ON all such matters, and no.
tices giving publicity to money making
schemes, such as sociables, entertainments,
church festivals, school entertainments, and
the like, will be charged for at the regulsr
rates Of advertising. Rather than surrender
our space, we would prefer to pay tho ron.
ey out of our pockets, If II were to be used
for charitable purposes. The newspaper
columns are the editors dry goods and NOR.
chandise the same as clothing, boots and
shoes, etc., are to the merchant, ahdhe
justly merits pay for their use. We call at~
tention to these things that our readers and
patrons generally may I've guided accordingly
in the future.