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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-07-03
Visited Lodge.

The Grand Worthy Matron, Mrs
Ophelia Allan, of Hartsville, Tenn.
met with the Union City Chapter
of the Eastern Star Tuesday at 4
P. m. and gave some very valua BILE
instructions, also a talk on the fur
nishing of the Masonic Home in
Nashville. All present were bene-
fted by her talk.
Land can be bought from $40 to
to $40 per acre in Gibson County,
Apply to G. W. Wade, Trenton,
Tenn, for full particulars.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-07-03

rVi minute Talks by Messrs.
JhdgNawson, D. N. Mcclure, A.
J. Harpole, Seid Waddell and c. V.
Jones.
The public is invited to attend
this service.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-07-03

Dahnke's Sailed Almonds and
Peanuts for club socials and card
parties. -
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-07-03
Robinson-Har

marriage of Miss Florence
p and Mr.. Lucius A. Hovis
hized at the home of the
le. Mrs. Ida Griffin, of
81, 1908.
son was trimmer for
E. Bryant, of New
d been visiting for
I'm Memphis.
accomplished young
by all who knew her.
ny friends while in
S an highly esteemed
Rives.
quietly married at
Immediately for
mess be theirs
bout your floor
it. - Union City
bone 164.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-07-03

"a bout your floor
it. - Union City
bone 164.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-06-21

Church antagonism is coming nearer and nearer to
very doors and if one is permitted to express an
opinion in the light of current events the recent
separatst movement in France appears to be becom-
ing epidemic and rapidly spreading to other govern
ments.
According to recent authentic reports the Govern
ment Of Mexico, for many years under the practical
domination of the Roman Catholic church, through its
properly constituted authorities has issued order
directed to all the heads of churches in the republic
requiring them to make out an inventory of their
property, real personal and mixed, held and owned in
the of the church, and to Immediately thereafter
make report upon the same to the official head of
the republic.
Experience with Mexico, the Mexican people, and
the church, induces small degree of wonder and
establishment at such procedure and whether the
order be in imitation of France, Independent
of such outside influences, is charged it is certainly
a step in the right direction and neghboring
republic should be congratulated by the free and indie
pendent people Of America for their courage and
wisdom in making such move Could many of our
American people witness church meeting in some
of the remote villages of Mexico, and there see the
combinations of ignorance in both clergy and laty,
them groveing in the dust at the church doors,
the priest the inside swinging incense pots and
muttering prayers in Latin which the people are I'M
able to understand and which it was never intended
they should understand Could free people, those
who are Independent of all church Influences witness
the methods in vogue and realize what they mean for
the extorton of money from these ignorant Mexican
peoples they, like the civil authorities could under
stand the full drift of the church in that country
With such awful power it is wonder that the
church could erect magnificent edices of marble and
gold, extravagant almost beyond human conception,
and, in the of time it is wonder that the
church should grow richer and more powerful than
the government itself The thousands Of priests in
Mexico exertng their influence upon the public mind,
created a condition of affairs wherein the church
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-06-21

the same inverse proportion the preachers get
without hope and become restless and dissatisfied
do the hosts of Freethought take new hope and
greater determination to succeed enervaes then.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-06-21

Big times anticipated when the double Free
thought convention takes place at Canal Dover, Ohio
in September this year.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-06-21

The Puritans prosecuted because they were, as Il
rule, ignorant men, but modern orthodox professors
persecue solely with view to political power and
pecuniary profit
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-06-21

The Blade has been put in excellent company. Vol
taire wrong, Paine wrong, Bradaugh was
wrong, Watts wrong, Putnam was wrong Inger-
soil wrong. These of the past Haeckel is
wrong, Remsburg is wrong, and the Blades editor is
wrong. w. H. Kerr of Great Bend Kan. alone is
light. This sounds very much like beating time on
a bass drum to bull-frog duet, or mounting some
gray goose pegasus and soaring to the sum- only
to be pitched headong into Icarian seas
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-06-21
BLUE GRASS BLADE
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exercised a far greater public control than the gov
eminent itself. Can any doubt that the govern
ment unable to perceive the tendency of the
church towards public control! ThSn under such
circumstances it but the natural and logical out
come for the government to resort to such measures
for its protection.
OF still deeper significance is the meaning given to
the order which carries with it the presumption that
all the property under the control of the church is
public property, that it simply being held in trust
by the church for the benefit and in the name of the
Republic. Under such construction it is but the
inevitable bent that the trustees should be required
to make due report upon how they had executed their
trust and it is in precisely such light that the gov
eminent of Mexico views the present situation. Con-
ditons in Mexico were, and now worse than they
were in France just prior to the Separation and such
action must soon be taken by all countries where the
church makes any claim to exercise power over the
mind and actions of the people.
The claim made that these edifces were built by the
church with its own money, some American apollo
gists asserting, is not altogether true AS
matter of fact the church had no money save what
it obtained from the people. 1t has been able to
accumulate wealth at an alarming rate. The same is
true of this country and unless checked in time it
will not be long before the church has grown to such
proportions to be IA distinct danger and a menace
to the government.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

An Indiana Kern and a Ne
braska Kernel.
A lot of people load up too
heavily with conclusions.
1t is better to be born lucky
than rich and unlucky.
A simple-minded man is not
necessarily foolish not neces-
sarily.
1t is better for all hands to owe
a man IS than to owe him a
grudge.
About 60 per cent of bad luck
is a misnomer for bad manage
ment.
An old salt may have a son
who is young fresh. No hered-
ity about it.
1t doesn't take much of a gen
ius to discover a scheme that
won't work.
Many an unfortunate man gets
gay when it isn't his turn to fur
nish the amusement.
A Democrat at our elbow says
he shall vote for Taft this wear,
because he can vote for Bryan
any time. There are many good
Democrats who are of a similar
mind.
The Albany Herald offers to
give to any minister or any per-
son or society charitably disposed
the free use and entire control of
the paper for one day. This is
done to afford those who know
so much better than the editor
how to run a paper an opportuni-
ty to make good" The exper-
ment will be watched with much
interest.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
Too Saving.

Professor Charles Zueblin, the
brilliant and original sociologist of
the University of Chicago, enunci-
ated before the League Of Political
Education IN New York a superb
epigram:
''He who begins with saving to
protect his family may end with
neglecting his family to save.''
Discussing the dangers Of immod-
crate saving, he said:
|E1t's by saving immoderately that
we come to inserting want adver-
tisements like one l saw recently:
Wanted, capable Office boy. Sal
ary, 81 a week ,
"A young man of Seminary ave-
nue., noticing this advertisement,
couldn't resist replying to it. His
reply ran:
Il beg to offer you my services.
Should you require a premium l
could furnish $500. You do not
mention Sundays. Should I have to
work on that day? Neither do you
state whether the applicant must
be clothed or not, but [ have con-
cluded that he must at least wear
trousers or he would be unable to
carry home his wages Washing
ton Star
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
Notice of Reduced Rates.

The Corvallis & Eastern Rail-
road will sell, daily, between
June l and September 80, 1908,
round trip season tickets to De-
troit, Ore, for $3.50. Between
June 1st and Oct. 18th, to New
port, Ore, for 1915; to Yaquina
for 1925. Return limit of these
tickets October 81, 1908 On
Saturdays and Sundays only,
from June 9th to October 11th,
round trip tickets to Newport at
$3.50, return limit the Monday
following date of sale. Sundays
only between June 7th and Sept.
9th, round trip tickets to New
port for $50, return limit date
of sale. No stopovers allowed
on these tickets.
45tf R. c. L1NvILLE, Agent
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
ELECTIONS FOR 1908.
Registration reopens Sept. 90
Closes for election Oct. 20.
Presidential election Nov. 3.

If it were true that we were
going to have war with Japan
or any other power, it would
come during this or the next ad-
ministration, says the New York
Times. War is not one of those
coming events that cast their
shadows years in advance. If
there were to be a war, does any
one suppose that the American
people would hesitate in making
their choice between Mr.. Taft
and Mr.. Bryan as commandor-in-
chief of the National forces?
Neither of them has seen mill
tary service, although we believe
Colonel Bryan got as far as Flor
ida during our Spanish war, but
that makes no difference. The
qualification is mental and tenn
peramental.
Wars may be averted by wise
negotiation. Which would be
the better negotiator, Mr.. Taft.
who has had a long and arduous
experience in national affairs.
who knows the people of the
Orient, who has visited Japan,
knows its statesmen and its peo-
pie, is admired and respected by
them, or Mr.. Bryan, who is quite
unknown in any field of negotia-
ton save that of personal and
party politics, and whose conven-
tion at Denver adopted a resolu-
tion for the exclusion of Asia.ic
immigrants which has given Of
fence at Toxic?
We think the American people
would have little difficulty in COM
ing to the conclusion that if there
is to be a war Mr.. Taft would be
a safer and more efficient person
person in the chief post of re-
sponsibility than Mr.. Bryan.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
Notice to Creditors.

In the matter of the estate of Nellie J.
Barden, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
concerned that the undersigned has been
duly appointed administrator with the
will annexed of the estate Of said Nellie
J. Barden. deceased, by the county court
Of the state of Oregon for Benton County.
All persons having claims against said es-
tate of Nellie J.. Barden, deceased, are
hereby required to present the same, with
proper vouchers therefor, duly verified as
by law required, within six months from
the date hereof to the undersigned at the
law Office of E. E. Wilson in Corvallis,
Oregon.
Dated this 18TH day of July, 1908.
AUGUST BARDEN,
Administrator with the will annexed
of the estate of Nellie J. Barden, deceased.
Last publication Aug. 18th
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28

The last logs of the big drive
that has been coming down the
river for a week arrived Sunday,
and the mill is again in opera
ton with a good supply of logs.
AS a rule, editors are first to
hear gossip, indiscretions of men
and women. Many things unfit
for publication, intrigues, clan
destine meetings, night rides,
young women gone astray, firta-
tions of married men and wo-
men, in fact, all the scandal that
comes up. The average editor
generally finds out all of these
doings, no matter how secretly
they are conducted. If the pa
perssshou'd publish one half of
what they know there would be
a dozen divorces where there is
now one. There would be social
octracism of many who now
shine at the top. There would
be shotgun matinees, lynching
bees, hatchet parties, gore, i'm
prisonment, desolation and mis-
cry. The editor learns nearly
all the hypocrisy Of life and it is
a wonder he believes in man,
woman, witch or devil; yet many
people are continually finding
fault with the newspapers, when
as matter of fact they owe their
standing to the simple fact that
the editor does not publish what
he knows about them. .-Ex.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
Don't Waste Your ShekeIs.

Don't advertise if you believe
you are wasting money. Letyour
competitor waste his money Oh
advertising and perhaps in that
way you will put him out of
business. Fix his clock for him.
Just stand back and laugh at
him when you see him squander
his money for ink.
Once there was a boy named
John, we believe his name was
Wanamaker, or maybe it was
Moneymaker; anyhow his name
was John with some sort Of a
maker attached to the last name.
He owned fifty yards Of calico,
three pairs OF jean pants, hall a
dozen pairs of homemade socks
and five pairs of boots. He
called this a dry goods store
through a Philadelphia newspa-
per and offered to sell a pair of
socks for 80 cents. The didn't
Notwithstanding merchant
laughed. Young John spent
$65 to advertise with the Phila-
delphia Ledger just one time and
and has been throwing away
money ever since. He was eau
toned by the merchants who
knew it didn't pay. It was
through sympathy for his poor
mother they said, that they offer
ed him advice. But John did
not listen to them and went on
and blew his money foolishly.
Poor John sees the result of his
misdoing-he has SO many dry
goods stores that he can hardly
find time to study his Sunday
school lesson.-Exchange.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28

Five National tickets have been
placed before the people for their
consideration at the November
election, headed as follows: VIM.
H. Taft, of Ohio, Republican;
VIM. J. Bryan, of Nebraska,
Democrat; Thos. E. Watson, of
Georgia, Populist: Martin Pres
ton, of Nevada, Socialist; Eugene
w. Chaffin, of Illinois, Prohibi-
zionist. These are mentioned here
as the last three will probably
not be heard of again during the
campaign.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
ANOTHER LOST MINE
Two Octogenarians Start for the
Mountains to Find it.

An Albany special to the Ore
gonian says:
Though they are both over so
years Of age, G. G. King, OF San
Jose, Cal, and Robert L. Smith,
of Corvallis, Oregon, two pioneer
miners, will leave this week for
the Cascade mountains to look
for long-lost mine. In the
early '70s, W. A. Paul, a we'll
known Linn county pioneer, was
hunting near Mount Jefferson
when he discovered a quartz
ledge Of wonderful richness, A
sample Of the ore he brought to
Albany assayed $4,000 to the ton.
He kept the discovery Il secret
but was later unable to locate
his find, and searched for it at
different times in vain. King
was one Of the few friends he
told Of the location Of the dis
covery, as nearly as he could re-
member it.
King, who has mining inter
ests in the Klondike, arrived
here last week from Alaska to
visit W. S. Paul, of Crabtree, son
of his old friend. While in AL
bany last evening he met Smith
with whom he had mined in
pioneer days and whom he had
not seen for years. In talking
over old times, PauPs lost mine
was mentioned, and King said
he believed he could find it.
Today the two octogenarians
decided in spite of the fact that
King is 50 years old and Smith
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
Portland Notes.

Hon. Austin T. Buxton of For
est Grove, master of the Oregon
State Grange, will personally at
tend the Good Roads Conference
to be held In the Convention
Hall of the Portland Commercial
Club, August 11th, and he is
anxious that each subordinate
or local grange in the state send
one delegate, and he requests
that such delegate be named at
once and report made to W. L.
Crissey, at Portland.
"Who Said Rain" is the latest
advertisement issued by Manag-
er John H Hartsog, of the Eu-
gene Commercial Club. A Eu-
gene belle is photographed three
times, standing in glasses, each
of which contains the rain fall
for one year, one in Eugene with
SO inches, and the girls face has
a happy expression; New York
City with 45 inches, and that
expression becomes doubtful,
while New Orleans, with 50 in
ches, makes her cry for help.
The leahet quotes from report of
the United States Weather Bu-
reau that during 1907 Eugene
had 205 days without any rain
and 70 days when it rained less
than one-tenth of an inch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.
To,,I HaEoa ~ Do~41orl n~ar

Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Portland, Oregon,
July 8, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Julia A.
Otis of Dallas, Oregon, who, on July 3,
1908, made timber land application, No.
oI9, for Sc 4 of Sc 4 of Section 20,
Township 10 South, Range S West, of
Willamette meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make final proof to establish
claim to the land above described before
the Register and Receiver at Portland,
Oregon, on the 24th day of September,
1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: WV.
Fuller, of Dallas, Oregon; Oscar Haytcr,
of Dallas, Oregon; Eugene Hayter, of
Dallas Oregon; F. A. Elliott, of New
berg, Oregon.
ALGERNoN S DRESSER, Register.
Last pub, Sept. IA.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
FOUND REST AND FEAcE
In Last, Long Sleep. Mrs. John
Jones Passes Away.

After an illness of several long
and weary months, in the last
weeks of which the patient suf-
fered intense pain, Mrs. John
Jones has crossed over the river
to entered that land where all
sufferings cease and sorrows are
never known. Death was caused
by dropsy and came as a relief
to the weary sufferer at 10o'clock
Sunday evening.
Amy shaw was born in Berlin
Center, Ohio, August 26, 1S45.
She was of Quaker descent, and
spent her girlhood in that COM
munity. In 1867 she moved
to Iowa, where she taught school
a number of years and on July
g, 1875, was married to John
Jones. One little child was the
fruit of this union, the baby liv-
ing only a few years. In August
OF the year 1904 MIR. ana Mrs.
Jones came to Oregon and have
made their home in this city.
Deceased was aged almost 63
years and was sweet, christian
woman of lovable disposition, a
friend of all with whom she
came in contact, and her passing
has brought sorrow to many
friends. To the husband who is
left alone, the sincere sympathy
of the community is extended.
The funeral occurs this morn
ing at $50 at the home on north
Sixth street, and will be under
the auspices of the w. R. c., of
which organization deceased was
a member. The remains will
be taken to the cemetery three
miles beyond Peoria, where they
will be laid to rest.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
Organized labor is soon to have

Organized labor is soon to have
a newspaper system covering the
entire country. A syndicate has
been formed and the enterprise
capitalized, it is said, to the ex-
tent of issuing a paper in the
cities of New York, Philadelphia,
Washington. Chicago, st. Louis,
Denver and San Francisco. Pub
lication will begin September l,
and the policy will be one of
ultra conservatism, the objects
being to restrain the labor move
ment from merging with the
more radical socialistic element
that has been making great in
roads on the membership of the
unions composing the skilled
crafts.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
ATTACKED BY WHALES.
Gases Where Shirs Have Been Ram
med by These Monsters.

While cruising in the south seas
the whaler Essex on Nov. 20, 1920,
was furiously attacked by a COW
sperm whale, supposed to have been
the mother of calf which had just
been harpooned. The whale had
not been wounded herself, and her
attack was very determined. At
her first rush she passed under the
Essex and carried away a great
length of her false keel. Then,
coming to the surface a consider
able distance away, she appeared to
take bearings and deliberately
charged the vessel again, ramming
her with such violence that she
stove in the bows, while the ship
rolled so heavily that the captain
thought she must be disnasted. The
case is memorable because the crew
had to abandon the vessel, and one
boat was never heard of again.
A more singular instance of
whale attacking a vessel occurred in
1895. The singularity lies in the
fact that in the case of the Handa
Isle the attack was entirely unpro-
voked. This vessel, a brigantine of
260 tons, was on her way to Sydney
with cargo Of timber. On Aug.
"a, about noon, couple of sperm
whales arose very close to the YES
sci, and while the crew watched
them sporting" across her bows
the pair suddenly slowed around and
came straight for her. One thought
better of it and dived below the
Handa Isle. The other struck her
fair and square on her beam, crush
ing in her timbers. Having rammed
the ship in this resolute fashion, the
whale sheered off, terribly damaged
about the head, and presently sank,
tail first.
Fortunately there were some
packages Of raWhides on board, and
the crew were able to keep the YES
sci afoat until a rough and ready
collision mat had been fashioned
out Of these and drawn over the
leak.-Bailey's Magazine.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28

On the 4th day of August, next
Tuesday, the qualified voters of
Corvallis will be asked to vote
upon the proposition to add three
more grades to the city high
school. The ninth grade is now
the limit, and there has been
complaint from other portions Of
the state that Corvallis ninth
grade pupils were admitted to the
College. Whether or not this
state of affairs is the fault of
our citizens, or of the college
people, it is proposed to remedy
it by adding the 10th, 18th and
18th grades to the high school
course, which should be satisfac-
tory to all. Corvallis is the
smallest city in the Union to have
so great a college, but is catching
up with the procession rapidly,
and cannot afford to lag behind
at this time. Corvallis interests
are mainly in the educational
line, and her city schools should
and must be of the highest grade.
The college board, we under
stand, have announced their in
tention TO raise the entrance
standard this fall.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
So many men have been me

So many men have been men
toned for the presidency and
failed Of nomination, in both the
great parties. and so many have
Just missed being vice president
candidates, that there is a chance
for the formation Of a new and
unique patriotic society. If some
one of the numerous company of
the Also Rams possesses enough
of the spirit of humor to sum-
mon his fellow sufferers to a
meeting that shall evolve a soc:-
etyof the mentioned fort -the-first-
two -officers-in- the-land there will
be prospect of fun at the an
nual or quadrennial reunions.
And why not? There is quite as
much reason for the formation
of such a society as there was
for some of the organizations
that are now quite fourishing.