Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-02-05
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The pressure on our advertising space has mad
it necessary for the GAZETTE to enlarge. For th
future we will issue pages of this size each week
Eight pages on Fridays and four on Tuesdays
How do you like it?
It is said that emusic has charms to soothe th
savage" and the principal point in dispute is th
style and variety of the music So n: of ou
farmers down the valley claim that hou ,h the he1
has not been considered musical bifd yet she
makes the finest music for her owner that it is pos
she to hear. That is when the cackle indicate
that she has been attending to business
County Clerk Moses has turned over the tax roll
of the county to the sheriff for collection. Th
total amount to be collected is $85,o32.42, abou
IS, 1000 more than last year. The amount that the
county expects to realize out OF this large sum, fo
the regular county expenses, will be but tTift
over $40, ooo In another column we give thu
detailed amounts to be collected in each district
In future numbers of the paper we shall look into
the matter of the tax levy and see how the slow.
est levy in the state'' affects the taxpayers
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The new governor of Mississippi, asserted in
his inaugural address that education merely makes
a criminal out of the negro. His opinion is based
on statistics sent out from Massachusetts,, there not
being enough education in Mississippi for poor peo
pie of either race to hurt anvbody.-Eugene
Guard. The number of iliterate children in that
state between the ages of 10 and "a, years, is a.
334. AS this is one in every 80 of the entire popu
lation of the state, it looks if the little red
school house was one of the most needed institu-
tions in that part of the country No wonder the
darkies call them 'poor white trash"
The National Government gives the rivers and
harbors some $50, ,ooo, 900 year.
1t gives the cities great public buildings, post
Offices court houses, etc.
1t gives manufacturers protection by the tariff
1t gives its veterans and their families $780,
ooo 600 year in pensions as it should
1t has loaned its credit to private individuals to
build railways, and given them grants of millions
of acres of land.
1t has, however, done but little for the farmer
and for agriculture.
In the Brownlow Good Roads Bill something is
asked for the farmer. Shall we not ask repre-
sentatives to help make it law?
In the death of William c. Whitney, which
occurred at four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon,
passes away of the most prominent figures of
the Cleveland regime In national politics. AS Sec
retary of the navy he made his best mark in the
world, and achieved results that endeared him to
his associates. Mr.. Whitney of large
wealth, made principally under the guidance of his
father-in-law, Senator Henry B. Payne OF Ohio.
In the, two Cleveland campaigns, Whitney acted
the part of the good angel, and probably the lars
est part of the money raised for campaign purposes
in those tateful years through his personal
efforts Mr.. Whitney was one of the most promi-
nent turfmen of the day, and is said to have main
tanned one of the finest stables in the racing world.
In his death the democratic party in New York
loses one of its most earnest supporters.
The citizens of Corvallis are taking hold of the
problem of reconstructing the fire department.
with vigor and enthusiasm that promises we'll for
the future good of the city. The hall was we'll
filled at the Monday night meeting, and officers
and committees appointed, all of whom are
known to be capable and efficient. Business was
pushed through with vim, and it looks as if all
committees would be able to report at the next
meeting. The list of officers, as published in
another column. shows the best for the various
positions have been chosen. One of the ex-chiefs,
in speaking of the matter of dstricting the city,
said that ''altogether too many people turned out
at night to FIRE. They get in the way of the fire.
men," This strikes US one of the best argu-
ments that could be used for dividing the city
into districts. The man who owns property in
would dress aud on IS he hod M ,,,oo~,c