The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-05-07

As the time for city election approaches
considerable interest is being awakened
in the selection of suitable timber for
councilmen, there being five to be elect
ed this year; three in the lower ward and
one in each of the other two. This is
matter in which the community general
ly should take deal of interest. While
there may perhaps be no affairs of grave
importance at issue, it is advisable that
only good, competent men be selected.
In the past it has often been a difficult
matter to induce the prominent business
men of the city to allow their names to
be used as candidates, fearing that their
actions, if elected, might meet with CEN
sure and in that way effect their business.
This year, however, the hamcs of several
leading business men are spoken of as
possible candidates, which fact will en-
sure the election of competent persons
and continuance of the economical ad-
ministration of the city's affairs. So far
the names suggested for councilmen i'll
the lower ward are: E. Woodward, ]. R.
Bryson. Thos. Whitehorn, Thos. Gala
han, Ed. Griffoz and VIM. Grimshaw; in
the middle ward, A. w. Rose, R. H. Hus-
ton and VIM. Bogue; upper ward c. H.
Lee, Neil Newhouse, Albert DeHaven
and S. G. McFadden.
The midsummer meeting of the Ore
goH State Horticultural Society will be
held in this city, June 10Th and 18th, and
large attendance is expected. Speak
ing of the meeting, the Rural Northwest
says Secretary Lake has been at work for
a long time arranging for this meeting,
and his efforts have been met with a
gratifying response. A fine program is
assured. A specially attractive feature
will be competitive test of power and
hand spraying apparatus. The opportu-
nifty for observing the work of the ex-
pertinent station should also be taken
into account. Fruit growers should by
all means make their plans to attend the
meeting. There are daily boats to Cor
wallis on the Willamette river, and the
fare is very low. "Roads are good at
that season, and fruit growers can go
from a considerable distance with their
own conveyances. We should have
great crowd to demonstrate that the Ore
gon fruit growers are as wide-awake and
enterprising as those of any other state.
There is an unfortunate impression
abroad in the land that Oregon fruit
growers are little slow, and large at
tendance at the meetings of the state
horticultural society will prove an effect
i've method of overcoming this impress
ion."
Saturday afternoon a number of Ben
ton county fruitgrowers assembled at the
court house and listened to an interesting
talk on the subject of shipping, by Mr..
the Oregon Fruit Union. Mr.. Brown
had recently returned from the east
where he became thoroughly conversant
with the subject of fruit shipping. In
his talk. which was attentively listened
to, he emphasized the importance of
united action upon the part of growers.
Unless fruit men work together it would
be impossible for the business to be E1ade
a success. As an illustration of the
advantages that would accrue te shippers
through the proper distribution of ship
merts he cited an instance that came
under his personal observation during
the season of 1895. Out of several car
loads of green fruit shipped from Oregon
the same day three carloads were sold in
Chicago. At the time the market was
and the fruit brought only
from 60 to rs cents per crate, while the
other cars, shipped by the Oregon Fruit
Union, in Philadelphia, Detroit, and
ether eastern cities, brought from go
cents to $I.Io per crate. The advance
on the latter sales. Mr.. Brown claimed,
was due to telegraphic advlces which
enabled them to place the fruit in those
cities where the market had not been
flooded.