Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-18

total Of SIS sessions, were hela.
The attendance numbered 3,33s.
Five bulletins have been issued
| by the station this year.
The finance committee warned
the board that rigid economy
/ must be practiced next year.
The executive committee re-
| ported that it had held two meet
iings at Union this year. Much
of the work done at the station IN
THAT county last year was destroy.
ed BY food, but steps had been
taken to avoid this in the future.
Horses and equipment have been
purchased .fot the use of this sta
ton. Experiments in growing
grains, grasses and sugar beets
and in feeding stock will bethe
principal work of the Eastern
Oregon station this year. The
current expenses are about $500
per month. There is enough
money on hand to meet these ex-
penses until the next session OF
the Legislature, but no building
can be done or repairs made un-
! til another appropriation is made.
A dispute grew up between Mr..
Lackenby and some parties,
whose property adjoins the sta
ton, over certain water rights,
which threatened to involve the
college in an expensive lawsuit,
but President Weatherford sue
ceeded in settling the difficulty
without expense to the college,
or sacrifice of its legal rightssor
privileges.
In accordance with the recon-
mendation of the college COM
mittee, Regent Ready introduced
a resolution to the effect that,
Whereas, in some of the depart
ments of the college there is more
work than the professor in that
department can perform, while
in other departments the instruct
or has time for leisure; and there
being no funds to employ addi-
tional instructors, it issthe desire
of the board that idle Instructors
shall assist over-worked teachers
to the extent of eight periods per
day, under the direction of the
president Of the college. This
resolution was adopted.
J. H. Leckenby's report, to-
gether with a map of the grounds
of the Eastern Oregon station,
was handed to the board. Mr..
Leckenby said that the work of
the first season, 1901, at the sta
ton had been unsuccessful and
Improbable, because of bad man.
agement or failure to provide
against reprisals by the elements.
Much ditching had been done
since then, however, and the
work is being successfully con-
Quoted. The see 1-growing busi-
ness should be encouraged. In
tensive farming is desirable. Mr..
Leckenby recommended that 100
acres of the Eastern Oregon sta
ton grounds be devoted to grow
ing of timber. In conclusion,
he said that a neglected farm had
been transformed into an expert
ment station.
Regent KILN Informed the
board that the directors of the
Lewis and Clark exposition had
asked the board of regents
through him to prepare grow
ing exhibit of economic grasses
for the 1905 fair. Mr.. KILN in
troduced a resolution to the effect
that committee of two be ap-
pointed to take up the matter,
with the directors OF the exposi-
ton, with a view to having the
station supervise and take charge
of an exhibit of growing agri-
cultural products for the fair
without cost to the college. Re-
gents Killiu and Leedy, master
of the State Grange, were ap-
pointed on this committee and
were given power to act and re-
port to the board at its January
meeting.
Regent Irvine introduced a
resolution that the department of
household economy be strength
ened, and a committee of three
be appointed to consider the mat
ter. Irvine, Ready and Apper-
son were appointed on this COM
mittee with instructions to report
at the January meeting.