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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-03
When Things Go Wrong.

There are times when every
thing seems to 60 wrong. From
seven o'clock a. m. till 10 D. m.
affairs are in twist. You rise
in the morning, and the room is
cold and button is off, aud the
beetsteak is tough, and the stove
smokes and the pipes burst, and
you start down street nettled
from head to foot. All day long
things are adverse. Insinuations,
petty losses, meanness on the part
of customers. The ink bottle
upsets and spoils the carpet.
Some one gives a wrong turn to
the damper and the gas escapes.
An agent comes in determined to
insure your lite, when it is al
ready insured for more than it is
worth. and you are afraid some
one will knock you On the head
to get the price of your policy;
but he sticks to you, showing
you pictures of Old Time and the
hour glass, and the deaths scythe
and skeleton, making it quite
certain that you will die before
your time unless you take out
papers in his company. Besides
this, you have a cold in your
head, and grain of dirt in your
eye, and you are a walking un-
easiHess. The day is out of joint
and no surgeon can set it. The
probability is that if you would
look at the weather vane you
would find that the wind is north
east, and you might remember
that you have lost much sleep
lately. 1t might happen to be
that you are out of joint instead
of the day. Be careful and moi
write many letters while you are
in that irritable mood. You will
pen some thing in the way ol
criticism or fault finding that you
will be sorry for afterwards. Let
J US remember that these spiked
nettlss of life are part of our dis,
cipline. Life would get nause.
ating if il were all holey.-Ex.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-03

of other industries, loses large
percentage of the value of every
pound of butter and live stock
that he has to sell. It is this
which makes the present situation
such a hardship and an injury to
the whole community. For if
the cultivators of the soil suffer,
no business will escape.
The report on October's foreign
trade is encouraging. Our excess
of merchandise exports, $50, 900,
600 in round numbers, has been
surpassed only four times in ten
years. October of last year was
the record of October tor credit
balances, and this October comes
within a half million of last Oc-
tober. This has happened not
withstanding that cotton exports
have been Kept back by boarding
in the South, and imports kept
up by previous good times, and
large American purchases during
the Sum AS soon as econo-
my in luxuries begins to impress
itself, our imports, which are
largely luxtries, will materially
decrease, and the balance of trade
grow correspondingly greater. In
fact, this condition is impressing
itself more and more every day,
namely, that the business of the
country, foreign and domestic, is
sound and full o. splendid promise.
1t has been temporarily paralyzed
by needless political operations,
aggravated by inadequate cur
rency and banking machinery.
cit can be worked out of even
this ENHANCEMENT if the thinking
people will assert themselves and
guide the Others, including the
legislators, to sane and sensible
action. The tide is turning
against Socialism and Socialistic
doctrines, and evidence is accum-
ulating that the people are in fa-
vor of conservative action here
after in reference to corporations.
Sensible views of the situation,
held and expressed, will tend to
alleviate fear and restore conf
dence in our institutions. Every
effort is being turned in this di
rection and the ultimate outcome
is sure to be return to prosper
ity."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-03
THE PEOPLE MUST HELP.

A review of the financial silua-
ton is written by one present and
familiar with conditions in New
York wherein is said: The fact
is that conditions are righting
themselvs as they always will do
if business is left to itself and the
laws of trade.
1.-The heavy financial interests OF
the country are doing their part.
The people must put away mis-
givings and 30 theirs, and the
present crisis will end. The con-
sequences bear hardest on the
farmer. The fruits of a years
labor are now just gathering,
ready for the market. He has the
food supply ready, and the world
needs and is able to purchase it,
But the movement from producer
to consumer requires the use Of
both money and credit. Without
such use the farmer, who is the
foundation of all prosperity, auc
whose loss or gain affects the state
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-03
NOTABLE MEDICAL DISCOVERY
OF Special Value to Many Here in
Corvallis.

One of the most notable discoveries and
one that undoubtedly appeals more than
an thing else to many people here in
Corvallis is the combination of stomach
remedies in the Mi-o-na treatment. This
prescription has worked wonders, and
there is now no excuse for anyone suffer-
ing with Indigestion or weak stomach.
1t acts specifically upon the muscles of
the stomach and bowels, Strengthening
and stimulating them so that they readily
take care of the food that is eaten. 1t all
so increases the flow of gastric juices,
thus getting from the food the nonrish-
iment that is necessary for health and
energy.
The symptoms of indigestion are num-
erous, such as distress latter eating fatu-
lence, heart. burn, sick headaches, dizzi!l
ness, and irritability. These are all dis.
PEELED by few doses of Mi-o-na when
the trouble is recent, bnt just as surely in
long standing and chronic cases if the
treatment is followed for a reasonabl g
length of time.
So positive are the good effects follow
ing the use of Mi. O. ma that the remedy is
sold by Graham & Wells under an abso-
Lutte guarantee to refund the money ifit
should fail to cure.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-03
SMALL SIZE HOG COT.

SMALL SIZE HUG COIs
The small cot will accommodate from
three to five mature animals and the
large cot from seven to nine.
Although the Wisconsin experiment
station has a large hog house, with
feed room. scales, etc, cots such as
these have been found a convenient
means of enlarging the facilities of the
piggery. OF their general advantages
Mr.. ]. G. Fuller says:
with the cot system the farmer or
breeder can enlarge his accommoda-
tfons as the size of his herd increases.
The mud and vermin which are sure
to accumulate around a large hog
house can easily be avoided with the
small houses and by occasionally NOV
ing them to a fresh spot of ground.
Where it is necessary to keep only a
few hogs together or where several
animals must be provided with sep
arate quarters the cot becomes an IN
dispensable factor and can be used to
advantage on any farm"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-03
ChiIdren'S

Favorite tonic is Whites Cream Ver-
mituge, the cure for woims, and all chill.
dren's diseases. 1t not only kills the
worms, but removes the mucus and slime
III which they build their nest. Its &C.
i ton OH the child Is mlld and leaves him
lis :. healthy condition. Joe Daniel, Sur
mac, Tenn, says that he gave one of his
children Whites Dream Vermlfuge when
the doctor thought 1t had collie, and from
| the t1rst dose the child passed Is Worms.
Sold by Graham & Workman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-03
Great Rustlers
And Good Pork.

Tamworth swine have some splendid
qualities. They have a stamina and
vigor that would be the envy of all
the weak races of light limbed and
gouty swine if swine were capable Of
indulging in envy. They have a mag
nificent frame viewed from the stand
point Of ruggedness. They are seldom
troubled with rheumatism or gout or
paralysis Of the limbs or breaking
down in the legs. They have limbs
that can carry them to the pasture,
through the same and home again
without labored effort. And when
dread diseases abound, as cholera or
swine plague, Tamworths will not
suffer so greatly in consequence as
some breeds.
They are magnificent breeders. They
are proverbial for large lttters, and no
less famous are they for the way in
which they rear them. The young lit
ters have strength and action that en-
able them to fight an easy battle for
existence from the first If they are
given half a chance. AS many pigs
will be reared by one-third less the
number of Tamworth scws than from
sows of several other breeds, and they
will be reared in better form. Feed
Tamworth SOW properly, then give
her enough exercise, and it is pleas
ure to notice the pigs grow while she
nurses them.
Tamworths are also grand for cross
ing on short bodied and. short limbed
sows, and the longer the period that
such scws and their ancestors have
been tied too closely to corn diet
the greater the renovation which such
crosses will confer. Introducing them
is like leading the healing waters OF
perennial streams into a weary land.
The progeny from these crosses Will
inherit strength and vigor and prolifica-
cy that will agreeably surprise the
men who are so discerning as to make
such crosses.
But one Of the grandest qualities OF
Tamworths, as Professor Thomas
Shaw sums these up in the National
Swine Magazine, is the ability they
have to produce the best quality OF
pork. Because Of the intermingling OF
the fat and lean on the side they make
the best of bacon. Their shoulders
and hams are not so overlaid with fat
that has to be thrown away as with
many breeds Farmers who once
grow Tamworths to provide their own
pork will want to grow them again
Farm Brevities.
Profit depends as much on the cost
of production as on the selling price.
The good, square walk as a gait for
any.
The rotation of crops does not call
i for more plowing, but less, and more
stirring of the soil.
The difference between good and
inferior care taker is everything in the
matter of success or failure in cattle
feeding.
immature, undeveloped animals is in
ferior to that of mature and full
grown parents.
! 1t is the surplus or increase of price
above the cost of production that adds
to the prosperity of the people.
Where the pungent smell of am
monia is noticed as escaping from the
manure it may be taken as an ind1ca-
ton Of loss.
In feeding fattening cattle they
should be kept quiet and comfortable
in order that they may eat heartily,
digest their food well and take on
pounds.-Kansas Farmer.
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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-03

TIVE of our worthy citizens, whom. for
the reason that we do not want to be per-
sonal, we will call Smith and Jones, had
q wordy contest on TIE str t the other
day.
Smith ia very proud of his wisdom in
management of his affairs on the farm
in keeping everything up-to date, and
he never tires OF telling mis- friends about
it. Yesterday he met Jones and began
to indulge in his favorite topic. His
neighbor Jones cut him short and took
him by surprise by say'ing' "see here.
Smith, you make me cry tired. You are
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-03
: Early to Bed

And early to rise, makes one healthy,
happy ana W1se-especlslly if you take
Her bine before retiiing. A positive cure
tor Constipation, Dyspepsia, and all liver
complaints. Mrs. 81 Columbia, Tenn.
writes: Il always keep a supply of your
Herbine on hand Am SO pleased with
The reiiet 1t gives in constipation and all
liver comp laints, that words can't ex-
press my appreciation" Sold by era.
ham & WC-lhhm.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-03
WHAT'S

Worth doing is worth doing we'll. If
you wish to De cured of Rheumatism,
use Ballard's Snow Liniment and you
will pe well cured.'' A positive cure for
Sprains, Neuralgia, Bruises, Contracted
Muscles and all the ills that flesh Is heir
to. A, G. NJ. Williams, Navasota, Texas,
writes: II have used Snow Liniment Tor
sprained ankle and it gave the best Of
satisfaction. | always keep it in the
house." Sold by Graham & Wortham.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-03
That's it'll

Cough yourself. into fit of spasms and
then wonuer why you don't get we'll. If
you will only try u bottle OF Ballard's
Horehonnu Syrup your cough will be q
thing OF The past. Ii is positive cure
Tor Coughs, lnHuenza, bronchitis and
all Pulmonary diseases. One bottle will
convince yOu-at your druggist, Zoe, SOC,
81 w Sold by Graham q W ortham.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-03
sic in our ears and provided the

sic in our ears and provided the
comforts of life to many new
homes. New business men have
been added to the list, making
competition so keen that trade
has been attracted for manymiles
by JUDICIoUS ADVERTISING IN
THE GAZETTE. Many neat, new
homes have been built and old
ones rejuvenated, which should
remind you that if you have
failed to do your duty along that
line it is time you should wake
up and show your faith in the
town by your work.
Our farmer brethren are also
keenly alive to the spirit of the
times and are cleaning out the
brus h in the fence corners, plant
ing many additional acres of
grain, and instead of turning up
the ground and leaving it lay all
summer to bake in the sun it is
sowed to vetch and other grasses.
The trees are being trimmed and
sprayed and instead of apples
coming to market as speckled as
guinea eggs, nice clean, whole
some fruit can be seen in
every store to tempt the appe-
tite. An occasional hog can be
seen now and then and we pre-
dict the time will soon come when
hog and hominy will be as plen-
tiful as it was back in "Old Miz-
zoury." If an eastern farmer
can raise hogs proftably and lose
half the bunch with cholera, why
can't we raise them profitably
when there is no disease, and if
you didn't kill him he would live
to be as old as Methusaleh?
Under the wise and judicious
management of public affairs
during the past few years vast
territory has been opened across
the sea to consume the product
of the farm ard there is Al, ,000,-
900 bushels of wheat now await
ing shipment from the Pacific
Coast, which, at 80 cents per
bushel would make $40, 900, 900 to
be distributed along the coast
from wheat alone, not taking into
consideration oats, hay, hops and
other products of the farm so
don't be alarmed about the pres
4, MT little furry, but sharpen your
tools and get ready for the work
which is sure to come in abund-
ance.
We are just now taking a
breathing spell and when the
spring opens we propose to show
you something that will make
your eyes water and other valley
towns look upon us. we hope not
with a spirit of jealousy, but like
the little boy who was listening
to his big brother make a speech
and when he had reached the
topmost pinnacle of eloquence
the little fellow turned to his
companions and said: Boys
that's my big brother, amt he a
a daisy We would like to
whisper gently in your ear that
while you are resting turn your
mind soberly, seriously and
thoughtfully as to what you can
do to make the town larger, your
neighbor happier and the world
better. If Corvallis is. to keep
on growing you must do your
part of the hustling or you
should sell out and get away. The
busy bees have no use for drone
in the hive.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-03
Jersey Bull For Sale.

Descended from Grand Coin and Co..
en- Glow; imported COW testing Is lbs.
butter fat, in Z days.. With fret oalt Ad.
dress, M. 8. WooDcoCK, Corvallis, Ore
gon. at
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-12-03
THEN AND NOW.

After residing nine years in the
Willamette Valley retrospective
view of the conditions existing at
that time, as compared with the
present, may at least cause some
sober reflection from our citizens
as toTthe mistakes of the past and
possibilities of the future. Well
do we remember thefirst impress
sion made upon our mind as to
the desolation everywhere visible
in and around the beautiful little
city of Corvallis for she had just
passed throughthe greatestfinan-
cial depression that ever occurred
in the history Of the United
States, but, added to the unfor-
tunate situation, our people had
lost perhaps $3.50. 900 in various
business industries, hence what
little money they had left was
hid away, the owner fearing to
invest it. Real estate values
went down so low that men stood
and viewed the situation in a
dazed condition and it took them
seven years to realize that it had
n o,o,o,o,oro;ol xyo1,,o
Could we but stand where our
neighbors stood, and view the
landscape Ger, we would whoop
it up in business way and store
away money galore.
The conditions on the farm
were equally deplorable, for when
the business man and financial
industries of the country are un-
settled the reflex influence comes
to the farmer. While he can live
on his own production, if no bur-
den of debt is hanging over bin,
yet he has no market for his sur
plus, and hence is glad to sell at
any price. Hay was selling at
$3.50 to 100 per ton, potatoes at
Is cents FER bushel and every
thing the farmer produced in like
proportion. Is it any wonder
that under these conditions men
became disgusted and discour-
aged, selling as best they could
when they caught a tender
foot" from the east, or elsewhere
and tried to better their condi-
ton? Everybody wanted to sell
and l call to mind an amusing in
cident, when stranger--who is
now a good citizen CT the county
--came to US, knowing we were a
late acquisition and asked how we
liked the country. We told him
we had nothing to sell, but were
pleased with the country. He
Immediately asked us to take
ride with him. saying we were
the only man he had met in Ore
gon who had nothing to sell.
Corvallis was considered the
deadest town in the Willamette
Valley and it was scarcely con-
sidered necessary to put the old
carcass out of the way, or sing
sad requiems over her decay.
AS the man who has lived on
soup for a week relishes good
faS Thanksgiving turkey, so we
rejoice rnat the. hoary frosts of
adversely that hovered around US
so long have passed away and the
glorious sunlight of prosperity
come again. Instead of death
there is life, beauty and joy. The
past two years have been
so active with us that we can
scarcely realize how fast we are
growing old. We saw,a man the
other day who had been so busy
all summer that he had really
forgotten he had a neighbor.
Many old business houses have
been torn away and beautiful
new bricks have taken their pla-
ces while others have been re-
modelled and so changed that the
old settlers would fail to recog-
nize them. Men of keen fore
sight and business sagacity have
dronned in on lis from the east.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
French Peasants ODD Business.

From me HeW Orleans Tfmes-D Democrat.
In France, st this season." said a bird
dealer. the banks Of the streams are yellow
with bonhres every night. About the hres
loaf peasants. men and women, smoking.
chatterinR, spooninR.
They keep the blaze going all night. and
At dawn, behold the ground lie an inch or
Two deep with May flies, f~rehies. moths
little creatures that. expecting eome unknown
and divine sensation. new out OF the darkness
into those clear and gemlike flames. fiuttered
forth again In agony. fell and died.
The tiny oorpses are sold 10 the French
bird dealers at 0 or Q cents a pint, and are
resold for food 70 the owners OF pet birds.
fnches, thrushes. canAries. niahtingales and
the like"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
Bride Registered rs a Boy.
From me Londou STANDARD

FFoW INC LONDON STdHdnTd.
NJ, Lenoir and Mile. Desohamps we're about
70 set out TO be married Al Ia HAye Malherbe,
Normandy, when the village sohoolmaster
who IL also the village clerk and re gistrar OF
births. came to them. exclaiminE: The mar
race IL impossible"
Ne explained that his predecessor had
mistakenly registered the birth Of the bride
az that OF a boy. and under the registration
Vile. peschAmps would become liable TO
rerye as a soldier this year. The bride and
bridegroom hurried on 10 the Mayor and
Magistrate and implored them 20 authorize
The marriage, urging that the mistake In the
register was Eeif-e vident.
The authorities turned a deaf ear 10 their
pleading. for French rcd tape Is not 70 be
,rssted lightly. and IL will take time 10 repair
the mistake.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
Has Filed 10000 saws.

From the hdhsos Gu Star.
I. J, Goodwin Of Ohio avenue declares that
in the last twenty years he has filed $4,000
Jaws and walked $1,000 miles. While ac-
complishinR this. he says. he has carried
with him the burden of a saw wise with q
teat attachment. a continuance which weighs
y pounds. He is 90 years old.
Prom the account he has kept the old
man estimates that he has filed an average
Of ten saws a day for the last twenty years
and has walked an average Of about twelve
miles a day for that period.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
PIG That Selected Church Site.
From Tit Bits.

Most Lancashire cyclists are familiar with
winwick, a villa sc on the way between Leigh
and Warrington, surrounded by good roads.
and ITO doubt many of these wheelers have
heen struck with the curious ing OF a pig
carved in the tower OF Winwick Church.
1t ia said that when the church was being
huilt a pig moved the foundation stone three
lines and at last allowed the stone to re-
main on the SPOT where the church now
stands. An efigy was therefore placed
IN the church tower. The words Win
wick, uttered with q nasal twanR. resemble
the Grunt OF a pig, and this is also said to
give the village its name. .
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
Welcoming Church Bells.

From The London Daily Graphic.
Curious scenes occurred at the village OF
81. Keverne (CornwalN on the arrival OF a
new peal Of bells for the parish church.
\ large procession OF villagers. headed by
The local band, marched out to meet the bells.
which we're drawn by horses on four wagons
Wen. woman and children carried flags and
wreaths and wild flowers we're laid on the
TELLS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
CURIOUS FEATURES OF LIFE.
Town Enriched by Earthquake
From m, PHILADELPHIA Bulletin.

TTWTT " 7 TVVUWTVFT'V
With all the harm that earthquakes do.
said a rug dealer, 1T is pleasant to hear OF an
entire town that an earthquake enriched.
The town ] mean is Ouzoun Ada. on the
caspian Sea. the terminus OF the Trans
Caspian and Samarkand Railway. Ouzoun-
Ada in the past had a miserable port, but a
few years ago an earthquake visited her and
on It's departure she found herself the richer
nv a ha deep enough to float the largest
ships
Since that fortunate visit Ouzoun-Ada g
population and wealth have trebled."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
lIG CHOICE LoT

70 be boId 1t luotIon,
WEDNESDAY, MAS 18th, ieg.
1.-THE Exchange Sslesroon. u vesey ST.
BY Bryan L. Kennedy, AuctioneeT,
Choicest locations In FREMONT TERRACE and
the Benson Estnte.
For maps and full particulars Inquire Of w
L. KENEELLf, i@ Broadway, or STEVEN D.
AYRRS ti7s Broadway.