Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-29

:. placed upon their property IN Linn coun.
ty by Can1tg Agsesscs sA. BaAsKuighs,
! and arguing against the con frmstion oi
the assessment by the county board OF
equalizations now in session,-th Oregon
California railroad company, otherwise
known as the Southern Pacific, this
morning fled petition with the board
of equalization asking for reduction in
the estimate of the value of their hold
ings.. In their petition the railroad COM
pany asserts that the value OF $4,000 per
| mile placed by Assessor Mcknight on
their 33 miles of roadbed in the county,
is unjust and excessive, and allege that
any amount in n-excess of 1000 per mile
| would be most unfair to them Herald.
Fine list of standard musical
publications for lOc copy at era
ham q Wells drug store. .S7-9
Congressman Willis c. Hawley arrived
here this noon from Yaquina where he
inspected the local harbor conditions.
Congressman Hawlsy is enthus iastic
over the possibilities of making Yaquina
bay one OF the best harbors on the coast,
| and says that with little improvement
| thirty feet of water caa be easily secure d
On the bar. This afternoon Mr.: Hawle,
visited Albany College and address ed the
| students Fridays Herald.
Fresh Yaquina Bay oysters every
Saturday, st thatcher Il job nson's
grocery. S6tf
The sacrifice that so many of our
young men are making to secure posi-
ton in store is really amusing. In al
| most all parts OF the country, let any
storekeeper proclaim that he has, or is
likely to have, vacancy, and he IS forth
with overrun with applications. We
know of young men working for from
two hundred to three hundred dollars
per annum, and boarding themselves,
who can command, as mechanics, three
times that sum. Why is it that good
mechanics of almost every kind are so
scarce, and are commanding their own
price, while so many young men are
turning their backs upon their fathers
calling, and lying in wait for opportuni-
ties to measure calico between dingy
walls, fourteen hours day, for mere
piltance?-Ex.
LOST-English Setter dog, nam
ed "Prince," white with large red
spots. Wears wide collar with Ii
cense tag. Has been seen out with
parties last week. Please return.
Walter H. Kliue. S7tf
A former Oregon farmer who went to |
Nebraska year or two ago to engage in
farming In that state wrote back to Ore
gon friends, recently, as follows: 81 be-
lieve in diversified agriculture, An ex-
hibit of my crop report for 1905 is as
follows: have raised one acre Of baked |
potatoes, 50 bushels OF dried peaches and
apples, Is acres of parchsd corr, acre of
roasted peanuts, and if the weather con-
tinues dry 1 will have about two acres of +
melon preserves. haye also operated !
dairy for some time but 1 can't distin-
guish the diferenc between cow and q
steer and I had to give that up. The
balance of my crop consists of chintz
bugs, grasshoppers and jack rabbits -
Ex.
Had stranger dropped down on Main
street at eight O'Clock, Saturday night,
there is no doubt he would have thought
tho Ion uorwas op in full forco or that , |
hand of Indians had broken loose from
the wilds. 1t was the football rally given
to arouse enthusiasm in the WhitWorth-
OAC game, and Main street was mass
of screaming, noisy, good natured hui
mainly, probably upwards OF a thousand
students and townspeople taking part in
the demonstration. Everyone " no could
get one had a horn or a megaphone and
the din cannot be described. Later
huge bonfire mas built on the campus,
where great mass of material had been
accumulated for the purpose, and as the
flames leaped heavenward and the spirits
of the crowd increased, there were
speeches by Profs. Horner, Cordley, and
Gardner, Coach Norcross, Pendergrass,
Schroeder, and the coach and captain of
the Whitworth team, college songs, wells
and other noisy demonstrations of de-
light. 1t was great rally and awaken
ed much interest.
Wanted: To purchase from the
breeders-Cotswcld or Lincoln
sheep. Call me on Independent
phone No. 561 or No. 2S4. Wm.
II. Savage, Corvallis, Oregon. 53tf
A rumor is afoat that Corvallis is to
have branch electric line from the main
line that is being built from Albany to