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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01
AFAIrHFUL A OFFICIAL.

After returning from the State Teachers
Association at Gladstone Park, County Su-
psrintendent Holm took his family on
weeks camping trip to the Alsea valley, re.
turning to Corvallis Sunday evening. He
says that blackberries are very plentiful this
season in the Alsea country, and that there
are lots of people from the outside, camping
along the river, who are putting up the
fruit. Mr.. Holm reports. having had
pleasant trip, and Was loath to return to
the valley, but his duties as superintendent
required his attention and he was Oh that
account compelled to forego the pleasure OF
a longer visit. He is now engaged in mail
ing circular letters to the various school
boards and clerks of the county, and also in
arranging for teachers institute to occur
here some time within the coming month.
One of the circular letters is addressed 10
the clerks, and asks for deal of informa-
ton with regard to school affairs in the r
respective districts. With each letter is
enclosed blank that is to be filled out by
the clerk as soon as teacher has been en-
ployed. These are to be sent to Superin-
tendsnt Holm who is compiling data with a
view to more thoroughly systematizing his
work, especially the important part of Wis.,
iting schools. A portion of the letter, which
! is self explanatory, is given below and is an
evidence of the careful, painstaking efforts
of Banton's energetic superintendent of
schools:
/ ,o& 10 Ir,krr 10
acquaintance with the work of our schools,
! it has been thought advisable to invite the
parents and officers of their respective dis
tricts, to be present on the occasion of my
next official visit. To give notice of the
date of this visit, it Will be necessary for me
to have at hand the information now asked
for, which I trust you Will gladly furnish. :"
J The letter to school boards is as follows:
'In accordance with the provisions of Sec.
II of the Oregon School Law, I desire here
i by to ihfoim you of the final adoption of
public school text books, list of whish is
herewith appended.
"Ths law provides that this series of text
books shall be introduced in all the public
schools of the state on or before the first
day of October of the current year. ANY
district neglccting to provide for the intro
duction of the authorized series of text.
books shall forfeit its proportion of the
school fund for the succeeding year, and
every year thereafter until all of said series
are introduced
''You will therefore kindly notify al
school patrons Of your district of the list Of
text books adopted, and endeavor to inform
them of the provisions of the law with re-
gard to their introduction
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01
Teachers Examination.

Notice is hereby given that for the pur
pose of making an examination OF all per-
sons who may offer themselves as candi--
dates for teachers of the schools of this
county, the county school superintendent
thereof will hold public examination at
the county courthouse, Corvallis, Oregon,
beginning at o'clock, Wednesday, August
"a, 1856.
Teachers eligible to state certificates,
present recommendations and make appli.
cation at the same time. Applicants not
present at the opening will not be permitted
to take the examination. R. f. Holm,
County School Superintendent.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01

THE Southern Pacific people
have announced a new freight
tariff for valley towns along their
east side line from San Francisco,
making heavy reductions in sew
eral instances, especially from AL
bany, north. There is differ
ence of thirty-fve cents per 100
on frst-class freight between the
Albany and Eugene rate in favor
of the former city, a matter that
will probably result in increased
efforts on the part of Eugene peo-
pie to- secure an early construc-
ton of a branch of the o. c. &
E. road.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01
ALsRA JorrINes.

The weather has been rather cloudy for
the past few days.
Tom and Florence Vidito went to New.
port On the excursion Sunday.
The whooping cough is still prevalent in
the valley, and it is using some of the yeung
people pretty rough.
Harvest has commenced Binders are
running, and threshing machines are being
repaired. The harvest promises to bs
bountiful one.
L. g. Headrick aud ]. A. Rycraft made
trip TO the Willamette valley last week
intending to purchase a header, but after
examining tho machine they backed out.
An ice-cream social is something unusual
in Alsea, but, as we have no organ in our
church house, some of the good people of
the valley planned to have one last Satur.
day evening, for the purpose of raising
money to pay for an organ. The social was
grand success financially and socially.
The net receipts of the occasion amounted
to S23. 40. This, with the amount already
on hand, is sufficient to pay for the organ.
On Friday, August 2nd, the Cumberland
Presbyterian church will give campmeet-
ing to last two weeks. Rev. NJ. G. Aler-
idgs, of Stayton, Rev. G. A. Wooley, of
Eugene, and Rev. J. A. I.ongbottom, of
Eugene, will conduct the services. Rev.
Longbottom, of Alsea, will be present aud
we predict an interesting meeting. Owing
to the fact that harvest is on, the attend
ance will not be as large as it would other.
wise be. -.-.
GEO. MossBACK.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01
PRACTICAL EDUCATION.

A Corvallis youth who has been
attending the State University at
Eugene remarked on the street the
other day, that che did not know
whether he liked the school bet
ter than the one at Corvallis, or
not; but they were a sportler set
of boys UP there, and they blew
in more money" There is adif-
ference in the character of the
students at the two institutions,
and there is wide difference in
the methods and objects of the
State Agricultural College and
the State University. The pro-
per name of the former should
be state Agricultural and Mechar-
ical College, for the mechanical
arts receive as much attention as
the agricultural. The school IS
therefore naturally one for the
masses. While some of the stu
dents, of course, are children of
wealthy parents, who desire to
give them a practical education,
a majority come from families OF
moderate and even meager means.
A great many support themselves
by working outside of school
hours. These students are pre-
pairing themselves for earning a
livelihood outside of the profess
sions. Some of them will, no
doubt, develop liking or talent
for one profession or another, and
will make it their life work. But
the great body of the pupils will
in after wears be found in the
ranks of skilled workinen. The
Agricultural College is of more
practical benefit than any inst1-
tuition in the state. It is educa-
ting young men and women for
those callings upon which the
prosperity of the state actually
depends.
AS the college becomes better
known, and as it improves its
capabilities the attendance will
increase. There is no doubt that
in time it will be the most large
ly attended institutions of learn
ing in the state. The majority
of people cannot afford to give
their sons and daughters what is
generally denominated a fancy
education. The college has a
much larger income than that of
any other school in the state. 1t
spends no money in "Stanford"
methods of increasing its popu-
larity. Some of the other state
institutions unfortunately seem
to take the California institution
as a model. Spreading circus
posters abroad, employing men
of cheap and sudden notoriety,
and active and over Jealous efforts
in fostering and developing the
so-called college spirit, may be
efficient advertising, but it all
tends to building up ginger
bread sort of an institution. The
board of regents of the Agricul-
tural College are to be congratu-
lated upon their failure to indulge
in artificial methods in building
up the institution.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01

Mrs. T. S. Hawkins, Chattanooga, Tenn,
says, ''Shiloh's Vitalizer saved my life.' I
consider it the pest remedy for debilitated
system ever used" For Dyspepsia, Liver
or Kidney trouble it excels. Price rs cts.
Sold by Graham & Wells.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01

DEMOCRATS are boasting that
the reserve in the treasury has
reached the 500, 900, 900 mark,
as though it was a great achieve
ment, equal to Joshua compel
ling the sun to- stand still. But
the fact that the administration
has run the government in debt
over $500, 900, 900 the past year
in order to do it, rather gives the
matter another aspect.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01
0. C. 6. E. EXTENSIONS.

A careful survey of the pros
poets and possibilities of the Ore
gon Central and Eastern Rail
road demonstrates that Col. Hogg
was not building castles i'll the
air when he undertook to con-
struct what has heretofore been
known as the Oregon Pacific,
and to make it paying property.
Unfortunate legislation, business
depression and stockholders
.quarrels have combined to make
the history of the road an unfor-
tunate one and to take it out of
the control of Col. Hogg and his
friends. But these overwhelming
1nisfortunes have failed to kill
she enterprise. The road is now
once more free from debt, out OF
the hands of the court and under
the control Of men who come
here bearing the reputation of
possessing sufficient capital, bust
ness sense and disposition to de-
velop the road into a good, pay
ing property. Their success will
vindicate Col. Hogg's sagacity.
There are several methods pro-
posed for increasing the business
of the road. The most practical
Bile and feasible, and the cheapest
to construct, the one that will
bring the largest results, is the
extension to Independence Pral-
rie. From there a wagon road
can be built to connect with
the road to Prineville, making
the hauling distance from Prime
vile to the railroad, seventy
miles. This would save the peo-
pie of Prineville fifty or sixty
miles of hauling, and would
afford them a better market for
their produce. 1t would bring to
the road an immense amount of
freight that now goes to other
transportation lines.
Eight miles of the proposed
extension is already graded. The
wagon road could be built for a
sum not to exceed $1,000. A
mail route could be established
to Prineville Immediately upon
the completion of this extension
that would result IN giving the
people of middle Eastern Oregon
better mail facilities, and as we'll
in a saving to the general gov
ern1nent.
One discouraging feature to
the proposed extension is the fact
that Mr.. Hammond will not only
fail to secure the support and CO.
operation of the most influential
people of Crook county, but will
have to build his road over the
divide in the face of their siren
uous opposition. The people of
Crook county do not want road
for reasons that have been men
toned in the GAZETTE heretofore.
But this opposition will not re-
suit in their failure to patronize
the route when once it is estab-
1ished.
Another proposed feeder to the
road is branch line to Eugene.
Messrs. Bonner and Hammond
can not be expected to do every
thing at once. There are exten-
sive repairs to be made on the
present line, and then they are
building the Astoria road, which
requires a great deal of time and
money. But there is little doubt
that with encouragement they
will in due time build to Eugene.
The people of that city should
have the encouragement of the
people of. Benton county in secur-
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01
Sewing Machines.

Buy your sewing machines direct from
Wills Music Store, Albany Oregon. No
agents employed. Write US and be
surprised how cheap we will sell you a
first class machine. All leading machines
except the Singer. We have been selling
with all first class machines.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01

unnJ cOnQ1GlOH
for work, they
force themselves
through the daily
routine of duties,
almost too dis
couraged to even
look for relief.
But it is to be
found in Hoods
S ar sa pa ri ii a.,
which makes the
blood pure, builds
up the nerves,
makes the weak
strong and gives
fhsc.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01

Shiloh's Cure, the great Cough and Group
Cure, is in great demand. Pocket size con-
tains twenty five doses only Csc. Sold by
Graham s. Wells.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01

THE Philadelphia North Amer
lean norninates Carlisle for presi-
dent. Platform-''We can al
ways borrow"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01

Remember our price stands pat on the
bicycle: One hundred dollars in merchan-
disc if you don't want the wheel, F. L. Mil.
ler
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01

Remember our price stands pat on the
bicycle: One hundred dollars in nerchan.
disc if you don't want the wheel.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01
Prot6ctiOnI

Protect the windows of your soul by
having them tested and fitted with pair of
U. B. Vogle's celebrated lenses. Large as.
sortment of frames
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01

Finley springs mineral soda water for sale
at Whitehoru's.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01
Too Tired to Smile
Weak, Weary and Worn
Dizziness, impure RIood-cured by
Hoods.

Many weak and worn-out women
know Just what this means. In totally
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01

Big reductions in all lines at Miller
Clothing, Store for thirty days.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01

DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Midwn,er Fair, San Francisco
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-03-20
WEDNESDAY, ~. MARCH 20, 1896
Why He wept.

why He Wept.
Seated on a log beside a creek at which
I stopped to water my horse was a man
about 55 years of age. and he was weeping
and using the tails Of a long linen buster
to wipe his tears away. BY and by / went
over to him and inquired the cause of his
sorrow. Ho gasped and sobbed and ohok-
ed up, and 1t was a long minute before he
replied:
live lost my old woman"
Lost her by DEATH"
YES. She's lead and buried"
THAT'S too bad. DO you live around
heref'
Bout five miles away. | was goin
over to my brothers, and jest as I got
along here happened to remember that
only two days afore she died we was along
here together and took a drink from that
crick. l kin pint out the very spot whar'
she laid down on her stomach to drink.
And of course the recollection makes
you feel bada"
''She does. You must excuse me, but
I can't hold myself, Did you ever lose q
wifeS"
~ never did, but l can reaiizs how you
feel and sympathize with you In your be.
reavement."
His heart was touched, and he broke
down again, n while l picked blAckber-
ries off a handy bush he shed more tears
and hunted up dry spots on his duster. l
didn't want to leave him thus, and so
after a bit | ventured to Observer.
Death comes to US all, and we must
not grieve too much. You will be happy
yvA"
"How'll I be kappyf'' he asked rs he
ceased to wipe his eyes.
why, after a reasonable length OF time
you will feel resigned and naturally look
around"
"What'Il l be lookin fur!'
well. at your age you will naturally
look for a second wife"
Stranger, mr. 20 seekin to console mef''
why. yes"
"Thcn ye can't do 10 In that way. Ny
old woman died two months ago, and
since that time I've asked foux different
wimin To marry me, and they've all given
me the cold shake. I'm a-weepin bekase
she died, and In a-wecpin bekase nobody
else'll hey me, and If yo can't offer me
sunthin moro incouragin ye'd better pass
right on."
l got the last berry on the bush and
waited around for a spell, but rs he still
wept, and as l couldn't think of anything
TO cheer him up, I mounted and rod away
and left him with his grief. NJ. QUAD. Z
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-03-20

"Then you mean to say that the mar h
oonrfIfufionaI lIar4l

"Then you mean to say that the man ID
q constitutional liarf"
"Oh, dear, no. sahl My dear sab, no,
sahI His family is one of tine best In the
state, a family, sab, full of the bluest Of
blue blood. He could not pssibly be a
common, vulgar liar, sab. It's not posi-
BILE, sab. He has a weakness for misstate-
ment, and his word 10 not to be relied
upon, and my private advice to you Ia to
believe nothing no says, but to call him a
demonstrating his family-would BE-
preposterous, not to say dangerous, sahl"
Life.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-03-20

He-Here is a very pretty bit of
poetry. Shall / read it to you?
She-What is the title?
He-"The Empty Sleeve"
She-Oh, that poet was mistaken.
The sleeve may have been compare
lively empty, but the girls arm was in
1t somewhere. Indianapolis Journal.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-03-20

He-Yes, ! confess that / once put a
collar button in the contribution box,
but I'll never do it again.
She-When did you see the error Of
your course?
Hottie next morning. / wanted
that collar button. Harlem Life.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-03-20

Actor see you have the sign
STANDING Room Only" at the door Of
your theater every night
Theater Manager-Yes. The houses
were SO small that I had to do somo-
thing to try toAdraw in q crowd. Som
erville Journal.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-03-20
A suMerer.

Here's o Teller" said Flooding
Pete, who had been indulging in litera-
ture, ''wot says dere's too much labor
agitation in dis country"
"Dat's wot dere is" replied Mean
dering Mike. II suffers from it meself.
Every time l think Of labor it agitates
me. "-Washington Star.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10
CLASS IN ARCHITECTURE,
A New Department Is Started
in the Mark Hopkins Art
School.
rolled as Students at the
Institute.

The budding architects of the city of San
Francisco have successfully invaded the
Mark Hopkins Institute, and will hereafter
be an integral part OF that institution with
a room of their own, instructors of their
own and be placed upon an equal footing
with any of the art students in the school,
Some time ago the young men who are
employed in the offices of the architects of
the city got together informally and con-
cluded that they ought to be part of the
art school at the institute. Messrs. Willis
Polk, B. r. Mayback and George Il. San
ders were appointed committee to confer
with the board of directors of the institute
at the last meeting.
Communication was made by letter, and
the young architects, in their application,
stated that their principal end was to be
identified with the institute and to obtain
the privileges accorded to the students of
the Institute School of Art. They declared
their willingness to provide their own
teachers, furnish their own room, but after
considerable discussion, waived some re-
quested concessions, and the matter SIM
mered down to the admission of the young
architects as students of the institute
school with all the privileges pertaining
thereto, at a reduced rate.
The matter was then referred by the
Board of Directors to the Committee on
School of Design and the request of the
young architects practically granted.
Emile Pissis was appointed by the COM
mittee of the School of Design to confer
with the committee of the young architects
and arrange all matters of detail. Most of
the young men who are asking recognition
at the hands of the institute are clerks in
the various architects Offices in the city,
and their application was made purely
with a desire to obtain the advantages Of
fered by the art school, especially in the
matter of exhibitions and the privilege of
obtaining, through intercourse with the
other art students, that artistic spirit
which adds so much to architectural work,
and which in this instance may have de-
cided effect upon the future architecture OF
this citv
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10

is Lake Erie single-screw propeller and
was built at Buffalo, n. Y, in 1884, to watch
Canadian smugglers. Fifteen knots was
the reputed speed Of the Perry at that time,
and if she has speed even approxim ating
that now, she will be the fastest cutter on
this coast. Her hull is of steel, and her
full burden close to 400 tons, although she
is put down on the official register at only
2S2 tons.
Revenue authorities agree in saying that
not much will be done by the United States
Government this year in the sealing mat
ter. No cruiser is expected to be sent to
Arctic waters, and about the only repre-
sentative of the British Government will
be the ironclad Pheasant, which is to go
north from Esquimalt soon. If the Perry
arrives in time she may accompany the
Rush and the Bear, which are to leave for
Port Townsend next Monday. 1t is ex-
pected that the Corwin will be in Port
Townsend by the time they get there, and
thus Puget Sound will be the rendezvous
for five revenue cutters, all more or less
detailed on Bering Sea service.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-10
MAGGIE O'SULLIVAN GONE.
Information About Her Is Anxiously
Sought For by Her Sister
Mary.

Miss Mary O'Sullivan is conducting an
anxious search for her sister Maggie, and
yesterday morning the following advertise
ment, inserted by her, appeared in the
CALL:
INFORMATION WANTED OF MAGGIE
i OSULLIVAN. Please address her sister, 26411a
Tehama ST.
Miss Mary O'Sullivan is rooming at the
address given in the advertisement, and
when interviewed concerning her sisters
disappearance said:
LAST July sent my sister 500 to our
old home at Castletown, Berehaven,
County Cork, Ireland, to help her pay her
fare to the United States. She reached the
home of my brother, Norty O'Sullivan, a
business man of Flatfoot, Holt County
Montana, some time in September, and
has been visiting there and at Roseburg,
Or, with my brother-in-law, William Bux-
ton, ever since.
"On the 10Th of last December / went to
Bakersfield on business, and returned on
the Goth of March. found on my return
a letter dated March "a awaiting me from
Mr.. Buxton, informing me that my sister
was then on her way to San Francisco. As
she knows nothing of San Francisco and
has not called to see me | fear for her
safety.
Maggie is about Is years old, isquite tall
and has curly blonde hair and brown eyes.
She has a good education and under or
binary circumstances is perfectly capable
of taking care of herself; but there is
something mysterious in her failure to
reach me in such long time. l don't
know which way to turn in my search"