Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-02-23

GAZETTE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
OA. DEAR1Ne, EDITOR AND BUSINESS MANAGER
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
What Russia should be praying for is for more
roubles and less troubles. Then she'll hit it to
'st''
McMnnville public schools had holiday on
Friday, to show off their Fair work. They had
arranged the school work which will be to the
st. Louis Fair for display and invited the patrons
schools were we'll attended, and the exhibition gave
satisfaction to both pupils and visitors.
Where candidates for state senator ?
Isn't the Office worth having? We hear very lit
tie about this nomination. We need a great brainy
man for this pesition one that will be credit to
the county, and it is time that he should come for
ward and make himself known. Don't let it go
by default and then put up the first nonenty that
has the assurance to put himself forward for the
place. We want the place filled by man who
fill it with credit.
Toledo has risen to the dignity of an organ
lied fire department, and has purchased hose car
riage with $50 feet of hose. They are now put
ting up two-story building to house their appar-
atus and furnish hall for the meetings of the
company. We suggest the districting of the city
on the plan pursued in Corvallis as shown in the
diagram on this page. The fire boys of Toledo
entering into the spirit of the enterprise with
vim, and have already planned dance to be held
the evening of the 22d to raise funds for pur-
chasing the necessary equipment. Success to them.
The good Governor of Mississippi puts forth
the claim that education has made the negro
in every way than he was in the palmy days
of DID, under the ancient regime of slavery and ignor
ance 1t looks if some one had been working
little game on the Governor, and surreptitiously
educating some of his white constituents. An Incl
dent occurred recently that renders this view prob
able. white man and negro got into alter
cation with the result that the white man was
killed. Possibly the climate of that malarial state
has made him lazy, and he little slow ''on
the draw" We cant tell how it happened,
but the white man got the worst of it. He died.
Then the eghboring white demonstrated the
superiority of their and color by burning at the
stake. not only the negro, but his wife. Truly
education is the thing unnecessary in the pecu-
liar civilization of Mississippi
While discussing the questions of Civic I'M
provement and better roads must not forget the
first great essential in road making, the material
unlimited quantity of broken rock. The thought
of broken rock always suggests convict labor in
preparing it. This leads to less crime. When al
criminal has been treated to few weeks of rock
breaking he is not anxious to return to the job,
Consequently, he improves his morals leaves the
town. This is an advantage to the community,
whichever way he decides. The moral is to start a
rock pile then make good roads. Good
roads make better people, contented and happy.
Trade will be better and money more plentiful.
Bad roads make men mad-so mad. 1t hurts the
city merchants who have goods to sell. 1t hurts
the farmer who cannot get his goods to market
when the prices are best. The rock pile is the
essential starter towards good roads and prosperity
Shall we have it?
A very important subjec confronts the farmers
of Benton county, and it is one that must have
Immediate attention. 1t is the preservation of the
chittim trees. Unless some means taken for
the protection of the smaller trees and the planting
of additional trees the time is not far distant when
they will be utterly annihilated. During the ex
citement last year many small trees were cut down
that should have been allowed to mature. The
quantity and value of the bark increases with the
age of the tree and the bulk of the bark
of commerce must come from Oregon and Wash
ington, the Importance of this matter may be
readily foreseen. Cascara bark is now being used,
and extensively, in medicine, and
only in Oregon and Washington that it is produced