The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-03-09
HIS REPORT
JOHNSON TELLS
CITIZENS LEAGUE OF
PROSPERITY AND
GROWTH.

In Corvallis-More Buildings Than
Ever Before-More Railroad =
Tonnage-Greater Receipts -
at Local Postofice-
Other News. i
=. Corvallis sold more goods, built
more houses, shipped and received
more freight and used the local
postofhce far more last year than
during any year in her past history.
The facts were brought out, In the
annual report !. to the Citizens
League by President Johnson Tues.
day night. His report says in
part:
: In the first place want to con-
gratulate the. business men on the
substantial increase in business
in all lines during, the past year.
I am advised by different mer-
chants of the city that business
of the past year has shown an in
crease of from 10 to to 100 per
cent, anc l feel certain that con-
siderable of this increase is due
to the "a fective work of the
league, The postal revenues are
generally conceded. to be an ex-
cellent barometer of business con-
ditions. During the past week
the Portland papers have given
much space to telling the world
of the wonderful increase of
postal revenues of the Portland
cost Office during the month of
February, claiming that such in
crease was a trife over Is pei
epnt.
Corvallis, however, can make
a much better showing thar
Portland. The revenue from the
sale of stamps for the Corvallis
post Office for February, 1905,
was $555, for February, 1906,
$755, gain OF $500, or a trife
over 3o per cent. For the yea1
ending February 28, 1905, the
revenues of the Corvallis pos
Office were $7,I57.8o, and for the
year ending February 28, 1906,
the revenues were $8, ,oo5.55
showing gain for the year of I :
per cent. I believe this showing
is fair index OF the prosperity
that the community has enjoyed
during the past year.
! During the year just ended the
league has received directly ane
indirectly $o55. Of this amount
$3.50 was Contributed by the
county. and city; $14o was re
ceived from subscriptions for Cor
Wallis Day at the Lewis and Clarl
Fair, and the balance of SOS was
received from dues.
One great thing the league ha!
done during the past year tha
shows tangible results is in thu
matter Of advertising. Last May
the county appropriated $50 TO
the use of the league in adver
tising. This, together with SOM
cards that. were printed for distri
button at the Lewis and Clarl
Fair, has brought to the secretar,
1850 requests for printed matte
concerning Benton county. Iti
asserted by those in a position t.
knowthat during thepast year full,
$175, 900 have actually been in
vested in this county and it is pro
bable that ali told $3.50, 900 OF out
side capital have been brought t.
the county during the II month
i just passed. So satistactor.
was the work of the league tina
the county at the February term
OF court granted an addltlona
| $50 for the uses of the Lacquer
in furthering the interests o
Benton county.
/ Commenting upon the fact that job
F. Allen, secretary of the league, wrot
one or more personal letters to ever
one of the l, ,450 persons who inquired {
conditions here during the last year,
may be properly said that the citizens {
Corvallis should feel under lasting obi
cations to Mr.. Allen for his faithful pc
; formance of duty.
II The apathy and lack Of .interest di
played by the citizens OF Corvallis towal