The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-09-29
TALKING NONSENSE AGAIN.

TALKING NONSENSE AGAIN.
A gentleman of this city who spent several weeks
at the bay in the vicinity of Newport reports that
while in conversation with many of the good people
aite sorry for the division of the countythat they
begin to realize, like the democrats last fall VINO
wanted a change serious mistake mas Deen made.
he Judgment Just rendered by the court in refer
ence to the school funds will not have tendency to
increase their appreciation of the situatiOn-Corvsl
lis GAZETTE
The GAZETTE is engaged in distracted
effort to build up public sentiment
founded upon prejudice and deliberate mis-
statements in order to draw public attention
away from some matters and things which
they wish kept dark.
As far as the reports are concerned that
are referred to above, we do not hesitate to
brand them as creatures of THE GAZETTE's
own invention. The GAZETTE cannot men
tion the name of the gentleman "who
spent several days on the bay in the vicin.
ity of Newport" and heard all these conver.
sations neither can it name a single repu-
table resident of Lincoln county who was in
favor of dividing the county who would go
back again if he could. The action of Ben
ton countys officials in collecting over $3,.
600 of taxes belonging to Lincoln county
and at the same time attempting to wrong
it out of its share of the delinquent taxes
IeQuS To SCT6URLH0u IHS UcllSI Uhoe ~ was
most fortunate for Lincoln county people
that the county was divided. If Benton
county will pay over to Lincoln its $1,000
and over of 1892 taxes which it has collected
off of Lincoln county property, to say
nothing of the delinquent tax that has been
collected, and its rotten and defunct bank
would disgorge the 81, 200 of county funds
which it has robbed our county of, Lincoln
county warrants would be paid upon pre-
sentation and there would be money enough
left to pay for transcribing the records and
to pay the expenses of the county for the
balance of the current year, and that is
whole lot more than Benton county will be
able to do for some time, unless it levles
more than a ten.mil tax for county pur-
poses.-Lincoln County Leader.
The above is taken from a sheet published
in what the editor of The GAZETTE under
stands to be bit of borrowed mountainous
territory, formerly a portion of prosper
GUS and happy old Benton. The reading OF
the comments upon little innocent para
graph intended as news item, (but which
we learned after its publication was not
news, for the story of discomfort among the
population of this borrowed territory is now
quite common property, and it is not rare
thing to hear expressions similar to the one
quoted aboye) would make a dog salmon
smile. The writer of the original paragraph
being an entire stranger, could not possibly
have motive in the matter either pro or
con, as insinuated in the Leader and he
simply repeated the language of dis
tinguished Corvallis divine whose honesty
of purpose is unquestionable-Dr E. j.
Thompson, pastor of the Presbyterian
church. Since then we have heard more
than one Lincoln county citizen give voice
to the same sentiment-one of whom said
in the presence of reputable business men
of this city land, if the Leader pleases, we
have lots of 'em) that if petition should
be circulated praying to be restored to the
care and keeping of Benton county nine
tenths of the estrayed population would
scramble for that straw of hope. How
true the statement, we do not profess to
know.
As to the financial transactions between
the two counties referred to in the borrowed
territory sheet, the author thereof is per-
haps acquainted and for the present we will
not argue the question. Inquiry and ex-
animation of the county records, however,
disclesss the fact that there is as yet de-
ficit of about 50, 900 on the debit page of
Lincoln county's account which was prom.
ised and the payment authorized by the
state legislature from the first tax collec-
tions. This statement is substantial and
cannot be gainsald. and as the play-actor
said, "If you don't believe it I'll show You
the law"
As to the ''rotten and defunet bank"
spoken of by the Leader man, The GAZETTE
at this writing has but to say that it de-
plores the circumstances and regrets that
the language of the salt.air editor couples
the failure of this institution and it's meth. |
DDS with our populace.
The editor of the Leader has evidently |
been indulglng in something that has had
the effect of clouding his brain. If that |
"omething" is what we think it be, we
recommend the treatment so extensively |
advertised by an institution at Forest |