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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
AMONG THE POWERS.

The European powers, with
the possible exception of Rus
sia, are experiencing an unpleas-
ant feeling of weakness. The
German emperor scents danger
in Germany's comparatively
weak navy. He is determined
to increase his country's strength
on the sea, although he may
have to dissolve parliament to do
so, for that body refuses to vote
the necessary funds. England's
great men are calling for large
army. They deem one absolute
ly necessary for security. Eng
land also confronts the possibil
ity, in case of war, of being
starved out. She produces but
a small part Of the food her peo-
pie consume, and she only car
ries a three weeks supply in
store.
France is not sure of Russia S
friendship. She has fawned at
the czar's feet and fed the Bear
with francs, but the deinonstra-
ton has been hers alone. Rus
sia manifests no extraordinary
love or respect for her gallic ad.
mirer and the Frenchmen are
losing their temper. Recently q
collection of poems written by
French writers in honor of the
czar's visit to France was pub.
1ished. The czar's censor refus'
ed its admission to Russia and
the newspapers of France are
loud in their denunciation. The
feeling is growing that France
must make up to some othel
country or stay out in the cold
Italy has contention at home anc
her defeat in Abyssinia ha:
raised grave doubts as to the
fighting ability of her soldiers.
Russia alone seems self salts
fed and independent. He1
diplomatic successes have beer
continuous and important. She
has strong army and a strong
navy. She is the dormant powel
in the old world and the othe,
nations fear her. 1t is not i'm
possible that they will combine
against her.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed has been appointed administrative
of the estate of Stanley T. Woodruff, de-
ceased, by the county court of the state
of Oregon, for Benton county. All per-
sons having claims against said estate
are required to present the same, proper
ly verified, to me, at my residence in
Philomath, Oregon, within six mouths
from the date of this notice, and all per.
sons owing said estate are required to
make immediate settlement.
Dated this 10th day of March, 1867.
CATHERINE P. WOODRUFF,
Administrative.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30

GROVER CLEVELAND, out of
Office, is paying his respects to
''new democracy which he
terms the ''apostle of calamity. :"
Five hundred old-line democrats
sat down to dinner in New York
city Saturday, when Cleveland,
Carlisle and others made speech
es. All spoke of a reunited. de-
mocracy battling for old demo-
cratic principles,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Notice to BridgebuiIders.

In pursuance of an order Of the Comfy
Court Of Benton County. Oregon. notice is
hereby given. tlfHt sealed bids will be receiv-
ed by the County Court for the construction
of bridge acr,,ss the Luckimute river at
the Watson place, in Kings Valley. Or. bids
are desired for II hliflge with asd without
cover. All bids I. lie in accordance with
specifications now on file in the Office of the
County Clerk. No bids will be received
after IL m., May 5th, 1897. The County
Court reserves the right to reject any and all
bids. VIRGIL E. WATERS,
Clerk.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
ALPINE NOTES:

All indications point to a. large
fruit crop this year. "
Mr.. Hongue, of Dusty, who has
been very i'll, is improvlng.z3;
Mrs. Isaac Porter, of SodaVille,
is visiting friends near Dusty,
Farmers are very busy,ea,sd ali
who desire can find employment.
The unusually warm weather for
this time of year, has dried the
roads fast, making 1hems very
rongh. .,seh -.
The Bellfountain grange met
last Saturday, with good attend
ance. A number of Bellfountain
grangers expect to attend the state
grange, to be held in Corvallis, be-
ginning the 25th Of May. 80 !.
, Myrtle.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
THE McMinnville Telephone

THE McMinnville Telephone
Register and the Corvallis Times
join the Roseburg Review in
damning the populists of Oregon
for their determination to cut
loose from democracy. The
populists argue, 1--WE have the
most votes and are the original
agitators of our common princi-
pies. If you like lis, join us
and be populists. If you do not
like us and our ways, keep away
from us. The democrats an
swer, "No matter about the prin-
ciples. We want to keep our
name and want the paying Of
fees. We will fuse whether you
want to or not"
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last fall, and a portion Of what
was sowed was frozen out.

was sowed was frozen out.
The GAzETTE's Monroe cores
pondent was expecting to an.
nounce great event in the near
future-no more nor less than a
wedding, but, as the Chinaman
once said, "Golly! Sting bloke"
somewhere, and the whole thing is
declared off. We are very, very
sorry, and so are others who had
been saving up bells and tin cans
for three months past, with which
to help celebrate in grand style
when the ceremony should have
been once performed. Several
cases of s'busted hopes" are for
sale cheap. =.
ETHEL.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30

When cold is contracted, cure it at
once. One Minute Cough Cure will set
you on the road to recovery in a minute.
It will cure pneumonia, bronchitis, Group
and all forms of luag and throat troubles.
Allen & Woodward.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30

Few realize that each squirrel destroys
$I.5o worth of grain annually. Wake
lees Squirrel and Gopher Exterminator
is the most effective and economical poi
son known. Price reduced to 80 cents.
For sale by Graham & Wells, agents.
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Sheriff of Benton Cou
Money to Loan.

| 100000 to loan OH good farming land
/, at s per cent.
| w. A. WELLS.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30

County warrants TAX
Ell at par for fnerChaf1-
disc at NO1an & Gala
HAMS,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30

Unconditional surrender is the only
terms those famous little pills known as
DeWitt's little Early Risers will make
with constipation, sick headache and
stomach troubles. Allies & Woodward.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Notice to Taxpayers.

Notice is hereby given that by order of
the county court for Benton county, the
taxes for tho year 1896 will become delin-
quent on the first day of May. 1887.
:. PETER RIcKARD,
Sheriff of Benton County, Oregon.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
News Boy.
Teachers.

In order to correct misunderstanding
as to what textbook is meant in. County
Classification" where Monteith's l,PFi-
mary Geography is spoken of, will say
that it is the one now in use in our pub
lie schools, known as Monteith's Ele-
mentary.
Very truly,
CIV. DENMAN.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
CHANGE IN TIME Carl

In future, the o. c. & E. R. R. steam-
er Albany will leave down the river OH
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and
up the river on Sundays, Wednesdays
and Fridays.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30

ETHEL.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-30
Save Your Grain .

- J. c. MAYO,
Supt.
The herald., 1897-10-26
WITHOUT EXPENSE
The City Will Not Bear the Cost Of APP
pealing the s. P. Case

None of the expenses of appealing the
injunction suit against the Southern
Pacific company in the matter of the
laying of double track along portion
of Alameda street, will be borne by the
city. The case was recently decided in
the superior court in favor Of the rail-
road company, and it is the intention to
appeal the matter to the supreme court.
The city was not party to the original
action, but secured standing and in
terest in the matter by having filed an
intervening petition just before the
matter was finally heard by the court.
After the decision had been rendered the
original litigants decided to take the
case higher and the request was made
Of the city attorney to bear the expense
of transcript and the other expenses
incident to such action. In regard to
this matter City Attorney Dunn ap-
peared before the council yesterday and
asked what he should do in the premis-
es. He stated that the cost that the
city had been asked to pay would
amount to about $39, and without in
structions from the city council he
was unable to give the attorneys rep
resenting the other parties an answer.
The matter was discussed at length by
the members of the council and it was
decided that while the city attorney
should be instructed to give all the
professional assistance possible in the
matter, the city could not afford to es-
tablish the precedent of paying for
other persons cases in the higher court.
The request that the city bear the costs
of the appeal was therefore refused.
The herald., 1897-10-26
LOS ANGELES HERALDs TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 2 1897

that the meat inspection be conducted
by one man, while another looked after
the meats offered as food This under
the present appropriations would have
been impossible, as it would mean the
employment of an additional deputy in
the health office, and several of the
councilmen pointed out this impossible
ity to the members of the health board.
The special meeting was held for the
purpose of making a supplementary
recommendation to the council that a
butcher be employed as meat and milk
inspector and this was done. The mat
ter had been in the hands of the finance
committee, and after the meeting of the
board of health the committee report
ed to the council as follows:
Your finance committee, to whom
was referred the communication from
the board of health reciting difficulties
encountered in regulating dairies and
meat markets throughout the city, and
recommending the appointment of an
additional inspector to assist in meat
inspections and suggesting that said
inspector be a practical butcher, would
respectfully report as follows:
1--WE recommend, after consultation
Will lie DOdTu OIL nealIn anu dIIeT nav
ing secured their compliance Herewith,
that the portion Of their report request
ing an assistant be denied
1T appearing to your committee, upon
recommendations made by the board of
health, that it would conduce to better
service in the health department to have
the present ordinance changed so as to
provide that the meat and milk inspector
be practical butcher instead of grad
uate of reputable veterinary college,
as at present, we therefore recommend
that the city attorney be requested to
present an amendment to the present
ordinance providing for this change"
The ordinance referred to in the fore
going had already been prepared by the
city attorney, as no trouble was antici-
pated in the adoption of the report of the
committee, This ordinance was pre-
sented later in the session. 1t provides
for the employment of a butcher as
meat and milk inspector and fixes his
compensation at SIS per month. The
resignation of Inspector Dodson, earlier
in the session, gave room for the needed
man, and he will be elected at the next
meeting of the council.
The herald., 1897-10-26
SPRINKLING CONTRACT LET
Without Contest 1t Goes to A. P. Cross
at $4,000 Per Year

Contrary to expectations, there was
no contest when the matter of awarding
the contract for street sprinkling came
up. 1t was placed before the council in
the form of a report of the board of
public works, in which the acceptance
of the bid of A. 2. Cross was recon-
mended, the price he stated being $49-
600 per annum to be paid in monthly in
stallments. There was not the slightest
debate upon the matter and the motion
to approve of the report of the board
was duly seconded and adopted. There
had been an intimation. that fight
would be made to secure the acceptance
of the bid of w. H. Joyce which had
the appearance of being $4,000 lower. A
careful examination of the latter bid was
made by several of the members of the
council before the session and it was
discovered that the Cross bid was really
the lower, because in the bid of Mr..
Joyce there was provision the carry
ing out of which would have necessita-
ted the expenditure by the city of an
amount greater than the difference be-
tween the total amounts of the two
bids. 1t was therefore decided to ac-
cept the Cross contract without debate
and this was done. The contract is for
three wears.
The herald., 1897-10-26
HITCH IN THE BOARD
No Report in the Hitching Ordinance
Until Next Council Meeting

Hackmen and other owners of public
were very much in evidence at
the afternoon session of the council.
There had been a number of them there
at the morning session, but action on
the matter in which they are interested
the anti-hitching ordinance-was
postponed until the afternoon meeting.
In the interim they had collected all
their friends and fellow workmen and
the drivers of night hacks had been
aroused from slumber to attend the
meeting. A goodly number of repre-
sentatives of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' association were also in at
tendance. When the matter was men,
toned Chairman Blanchard of the board
of public works, to whom the matter had
been referred, stated that the board
had not been able to agree upon re-
port and that none would be made be-
fore the next meeting Of the council.
Mr.. Toll wanted to know what caused
the delay, and Mr.. Blanchard replied
that there was a difference of opinion
as to the boundaries of the district
which was to be covered by the ordi-
nance. He would have been ready to
report, he said, but certain interested
persons had requested that action be de-
ferred for time and, as the differences
between the members would possibly
have resulted in a divided report, he
asked further time. This was granted.
1t is known that Mr. Mathuss did not
agree with Messrs. Ashman and Blanch-
ard in the matter, and it would have
been he who would have filed minority
report if the matter had been forced to
an issue. Immediately after the an
the hackmen and others
left the council chamber.
The herald., 1897-10-26
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Call Tel. Main 243 for ambulance.
Kregelo & Bresee. Sixth and Broadway.
Robert Sharp g. Co., funeral directors
independently, ,536 South Spring street.
Telephone 1929.
Watches cleaned. 70 cents; main
springs. so cents; crystals. 10 cents.
Patton, 214 South Broadway.
Adams Bros, dentists. 2931a South
Spring street. Plates from 81. Painless
extracting, so cents Filling speciality.
Hours. s to s; Sundays. 10 to r.
There will be board meeting of the
League for Better City Government this
afternoon at the Byrne block, to discuss
H. c. Lichtenberger, the picture
framer at 202 South Spring street, has
just received his fall stock of new styles
of picture frame mouldings. Ifyou have
any framing to do call and see this beau
tiful line.
DR.. Rebecca Lee Dorsey. Stimson
block, first floor, rooms 1873. 1874, 1856.
Special attention given to obstetrical
cases and all diseases Of women and
children. Electricity scientifically used.
Consultation hours 1 to g. Tel. 1927
The committee on permanent organ
ization appointed at the deciduous fruit
growers convention last week will meet
Thursday, the 2Sth inst, at 10 a. M,
at the chamber of commerce rooms to
draft a constitution and bylaws and
formulate a plan of action.
The herald., 1897-10-26
REBATES KNOCKED OUT
Petitions of Saloon Men for Return of
License Money Denied

After having been before one depart
ment of the city government or another
for more than two months, the demands
of four saloon keepers for a return of
money paid by them as license during
time when they were not in business,
were finally killed in the council yester-
day. Those who filed the demands were
Messrs. Hitch, Kern, Polaslli and Max
well. Their claim was that they had
paid their license at a time when the
buildings afterward occupied by them
were in the course of erection and that
therefore they had secured no benefit
from the payment. They asked for the
return of about $3.50 each, or $1,000 in ALL
The matter was sent first to the board of
police commissioners and was rejected
by them. 1t then went to the finance
committee, where it was considered at
several committee meetings and was
also adversely reported on by this COM
mittee. Then for some reason it again
went to the police commission and yes
terday it reached the council for the
third time, being sent to that body by
the police commissioners without in
dorsement. Accompanying it was the
report of the finance committee on the
matter, and this report on motion, was
adopted. This means that the rebates
were not allowed, as the committee had
reported that in their opinion the saloon
men had secured full value from their
payments. 1t was stated that legal ac-
ton to recover the amounts is now
barred by limitation, as the time for
which payments were made was several
years ago.
The herald., 1897-10-26

Angeles Railway company set their poles
back to the street curb on First street
between Olive street and Grand avenue
Adopted.
Mr.. Mathuss-That the street superin-
tendent be instructed to have the gutter
raised at the northeast corner of Seventh
and Bixell streets, and to have the gut
ter lowered at the corner of Orange and
Loomis streets. Adopted.
Mr.. Nickell-That the superintendent
of buildings be instructed to present the
plans for the proposed new houses for
the fire department so that they can be
approved before the passage of the final
ordinance for the bond election. Adopted
Mr.. Mathuss-That the city attorney
be instructed to order the city water
company to lay four-inch mains on Ver-
non avenue from Orange to Shatto; on
Shatto from Vernon to Union avenue,
and on Union avenue to Orange street.
Adopted.
Mr.. Mathuss-That the street superin-
tendent be instructed to have the trees
removed or taken out of First street
between Grand avenue and Hope street.
Adopted.
Mr.. Mathuss-That the street superin-
tendent be instructed to have the storm
drain repaired south of Pearl street in
the Arroyo de Los Reyes.
Mr.. Nickell-That the city engineer
be directed to define the line of Pas
adena avenue from the north end of
where the said street is graded to the
city limits. Adopted.
Mr.. Blanchard-That the city attor-
new be instructed to present an Ordi- =
nance to prevent the location of oil wells
within 1000 feet of Prospect park.
Adopted.
Mr.. Blanchard-That VIM j. Edwards
be allowed to connect his two houses
on Pennsylvania avenue and st. Louis
street with the sewer by one pipe.
Adopted.
Mr.. Ashmap-That the city engineer
be instructed to investigate the nuisance
of storm water at Koehler and Ninth
The herald., 1897-10-26
REJECTED THE BID
New Lighting Specifications Will Be
Prepared and New Bids Invited

The brevity of the proceedings in
which the bid of the Los Angeles Elec
trio company was disposed of and the
matter of new lighting contract was
again referred to the gas and light COM
mittee, gave no Indication of the i'm
portance of the matter. 1t was handled
as promptly as if only a few cents We're
involved instead of thousands of dol
lars. AS in the sprinkling and hitching
matters, contest had been expected,
but there was not a word of debate on
the subject and less than two minutes
were required to dispose of it. The gas
and light committee, to whom the mat
ter had been referred, reported, recon-
mending that the bid of the company
mentioned be rejected. The committee
further recommended that the specifi-
cations for the new lighting contract
be referred back to it. The recommen-
dations were adopted without a dissent
ing vote.
Mr.. Grder had been expected to make
objection to this action, but he had
learned that there was majority in
favor of it, so he said nothing. New
bids will be advertised for under amend
ed specifications, but just what changes
will be made has not been decided by
the committee. 1t is possible that the
number of additional lights may be in
creased, but as yet this is only proble-
matical. What the council wants is that
the company reduce it's price per light
so that in the payment of the bills for
lighting there will be no deficit A def
icit under the bid as submitted would
have been certain and the amount of it
has been variously estimated at from
$1,000 to $4,000. The committee will hold
a special meeting some time this week
to decide what will be done.
The herald., 1897-10-26

who do not show their authority. If
these amounts be deducted, the protest
will represent 5,1S0.40 feet, or less than
a majority of the frontage.
Mr.. Hutchison moved that the pro-
test be denied. This was objected to,
not because the members of the coun-
Gil were opposed to the motion If such
action were legal, but because they
feared they might be acting without au-
thority of law If they rejected the pro-
test. 1t was pointed out that if the per-
sons who signed the protest as agents
for the owners could not show their au-
thOrity to so sign, then the protest
would lack the majority of frontage.
On motion of Mr.. Toll it was decided to
refer the matter to the city attorney to
investigate these signatures. 1t now
devolves upon the agents to produce
their authority to sign the names of the
owners of the property Oh the street.
In this they have to produce power of
attorney so to do and such instruments
cannot antedate the date of the sigma
ture. 1t is believed that a sufficient
number will be unable to do this to more
than offset with the duplicate sigma
lures the apparent majority on the
protest,
The herald., 1897-10-26
EXPIRES ON SUNDAY
Pasadena Road Has but Little Time to
Complete Its Extension

President Silver called the attention
Of the council. to the fact that the time
which had been granted the Pasadena
Electric Railroad company in which to
complete it's work on Macy street would
expire next Sunday. He suggested that
as there would not be another regular
meeting of the council before that time,
an adjournment be ordered until later
day this week in order to act upon the
matter. 1t was stated that a petition
for another extension would be present
ed. Some one said that the petition
was to be presented later in the session,
but it did not appear Several of the
councilmen declared themselves op-
posed to showing any favoritism in the
matter, saying that if the company was
not able to look out for it's own inter-
ests and allowed it's franchise to be en-
dangered by the expiration of the eX-
tension granted two months ago, it was
not their business to hold special ses-
sons for the accommodation of the COM
pany. Nothing was done in regard to
the matter and the adjournment of the
council was until next Monday.
The herald., 1897-10-26
CITY COUNCIL
To Advertise for New Bids
for Street Lighting
THE SPRINKLING CONTRACT
HITCHING ORDINANCE AND FIRE
BOILER SQUA6BLE 60 OVER
THE SPRINKLING CONTRACT
Nine Men Get Jobs Hunting Places to
Erect Street Signs-No Rebates
of Saloon Licenses

While much business of importance
was transacted at the regular meeting
of the city council yesterday, there was
a total absence of wrangles or contests,
although several measures were con-
sidered which had been expected to pro-
duce marked differences of opinion
among the members. These matters
were disposed of in such a manner as
to apparently satisfy all the council
men, for while the two sessions were of
unusual length, the deliberations of the
municipal congress" were conducted
in manner almost as calm and serene
as prayer meeting.
The measure which had been expected
to cause the greatest contest was the