Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-27

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the Hillsboro independent, to
Will French, of Forest Grove.
Austin Craig, who started the
Who started the Washington
County Hatchet, some eight years
ago, oficiates as editor. We
wish our old friend joy and peace
in his retirement, and the new
boys success ia keeping the In
dependent up to its former high
standard.
The Alaskan Boundary Com
mission has completed its labors
with the exception Of few lit
tie matters of detail, and Ameri-
cans are to be congratulated on
the fact that all their contentious
have been sustained. A single
concession to Canada was made
in the matter of the inlet known
as the Portland Canal, which
gives Canada the one great water
way she so much needed. This
is fair and manly On the part OF
our representatives. The map
will now be fixed to stay, and no
American citizen will lose foot
of land he claimed uuder the old
disputed boundaries. All the
fine waterways of the Alaska
coast, except the Portland canal
as stated, now belong to America.
Archbishop Ryan, the we'll
known Catholic prelata, takes oc-
casion to deny emphatically the
charge that the Catholic church
is opposed to the American pub
lie school system. The Catholic
heart. he says, is loyal to Amer
lea, and he found fault with the
public school system only because
it had thus far neglected the re-
ligious training of the pupils.
To the good Archbishop there is
but one religion in the world.
So the public schools to suit his
reverence must become Catholic
Parochial schools. This beats
the Mary and Ann problem all
hollow. There is no difference
between tweedledum and tweed!e-
dee when you look at them from
the Archbishop's point of view.
"We are satisfied with the pub.
lie schools as they are, if you will
change them to suit us.
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The First Presbyterian church
of Portland, has been so busy
looking after the notes in other
peoples eyes that it has lost sight
of the beams in its own optics.
The church owed little over a
thousand dollars to the county
for a mortgage tax, and negoti-
ated a compromise settlement
with professed deputy for a fifty
per cent reduction. The check
was made payable to the deputy
personally without reference to
the county officers and without
investigation on their part as to
whether such an unprecedented
discount was authorized. Forget
ting the injunction oe "Lead us
not into temptation' the check
was given to Mr.. Simpson, per-
sonally, and the money naturally
found its way into his own pocket.
The outcome of the affair is that
the trustees are out $500 and
they still owe 81, ,oo3. .e5 to Multi
nomah county for taxes. Here
is chance for Mayor Williams
to investigate. Why should an
organization that stands for mu-
nicipal purity be looking fo1
questionable methods of settling
its honest obligations?
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Salem has been given up to
the editors of the state for the
last three days of last week, and
they have made most of their
time. Splendid programs were
arranged, and something of in
terest was going on all the time.
President Conklin gave an able
and instructive address, followed
by paper by Geo. Hines on
early journalism in Oregon. On
Friday able papers were read by
a number of editors, and on Fri.
day evening grand reception
and press ball was given at the
Armory and pronounced by the