Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-11-10
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Governor Chamberlain is still
hesitating over the question OF an
extra session to settle the matter
of the state taxation. A decis-
ion will probably be rendered
very soon. The principal i'm
pediment in the way is the ques-
ton of expense, as the session
will cost at least $40, 900. Add
to this the expense of special
elections to fill vacancies in the
two branches of the legislature,
aud a formidable bill rolls up
caused by the stupidity of the
men who will draw pay for work
to correct their own blunders.
Then again comes the possibility
of the repeal of the new law,
and the re-enacting of the old.
The new law eliminates the tax
lodging practices, and makes
collections easier. The new law
has many Improvements on the
old, and will be good thing for
the state. If good part OF the
wisdom that arranged it had been
spent in making it effective, it
would have been better for the
country. By all means, gentle
men of the legislature, stand by
the new law.
Western Oregon is promined a
linen factory, by Eugene Bosse.
at Salem. There will be several
scutching mills built at different
points in the Willamette valley,
by Mr.. Bossee, next year. The
money is ready, and the construc-
ton of the linen factory will de-
pend largely upon the co-opera-
ton of the farmers. If they will
raise plenty of fax for Mr.. Bosse,
the linen mill will be built next
year AS fax is profitable crop
to raise, it would seem that Mr..
Bosse ought not to have any
trouble to get plenty of it to keep
busy as large linen mill as he
wants to build. For the com
munity, an acre of fax worked
into linen will be the best thai
can be raised. It will yielo
mahy hundreds of dollars, to be
brought from abroad and expend
ed here. It often happens that 3
hop crop yields $500 or more te
the acre. Counting the manu-
featuring of it here, a fax cror
will do much better. The hops
are mostly sent away to be turn
ed into their commercial products
at other points in this country ol
in foreign lands. Pacific Home
stead.
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There has been so many ap-
plications for catalogues of the
the 0. A. G. this year, and the
demand still continuing, that i
has been found necessary to prin
an extra edition, and it is now
going through the press. Fami
lies who have boys and girl!
growing up, are looking aheae
and examining the facilities offer
ed by the different educationa
institutions for a higher educa-
ton, and the inevitable resu1
will be fuller classes in the o. A
c. in the future. Our college i
a growing institution, and +:
credit to our city and state. I
remains for our city to make it
self credit to the College
Through the fault of her owl
citizens, Corvallis has just re
ceived black eye that will Cling
to her for years. All over th'
Coast and the East the name o
'holy-roller Corvallis" has beer
fastened on our town-and al
that will be remembered of th'
episode, after the usual ten day
wonder, will be the sensational
story, highly magnifed and per
verted, that Corvallis is th'
place where the people make :
practice of offering up cats ane
dogs as burnt offerings" Truly
a good reputation for Corvallis
citizens to take pains to spreac
over the country. We are GLAD
that the GAZETTE had no hane
in the dirty work. The blame
is not to the fanatical crowd
who probably sincerely believe