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The gazette-times. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-02
Oregon People
Pray For Rain

Those people who have been casting
slurs at Oregon and saying that it rains
here Is months in a year will have to
do some crawfishing, for down at Salem
they are praying for rain. Colonel E.
Hofer has issued an appeal to the peo-
pie of Salem to pray and pray hard for
rain all this week. 1t is aRutlnced
that there is most urgent need for rain
to make the grain, hay and cherry crops
and while it is a new thing to pray for
rain in Oregon, this is a case of neces-
sity and people ought not to be asham-
ed to resort to prayer.
Colonel Hofer publicly announces
that he believes in the power of prayer
to bring rain. He considered this bet
ter than the Weather Bureau, which
has twice made forecasts for rain, but
failed to bring up a solitary cloud. Ac-
cording to the Colonel, if only one min
lister with a large congregation will
pray for rain earnestly and believing in
results, there will be showers. If all
the churches would pray for rain there
would be a week Of precipitation and
the trouble would be to stop it, after
the rain started.
All prayer meetings held in Salem this
week are urged to devote their ener-
gies to bringing a good, substantial
precipitation.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-02

the state to inaugurate work along
the lines of industrial training.
President Ressler graduated from
Otterfein University, Ohio, in 1891,
taught in the public schools of that
state for five years, and then took post
graduate work at the Ohio State Uni
versity, receiving his M. A. degree in
1897. He then removed to Oregon,
where he was City Superintendent of
public schools at Eugene four years,
organizing the first High School in
that city and graduating the first class
in 1901. During the following year he
was assistant professor of education at
the University of Oregon, and for the
last seven years he has been president
of the State Normal School at Mon
mouth, bringing that school through
the last two years with no aid what
ever from the state, and serving with
out pay for over a year and a half.
Upon the recommendation of the
Roosevelt Country Commission this
department of industrial pedagogy was
Installed in the college, not only for
the benefit of the regular college
students, but also to provide a depart
ment in the state where the public
school teachers can obtain instruction
in the practical and industrial training
work to be a part of the regular gram.
mar school instruction in many of the
schools of the state.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-02
W|THDRAWS
GIFT OF FOUNTAIN
GIVES REASON FOR HIS ACTION
Thinks Continued Hesitation to Accept
Proffered Request Due to Lack Of
Appreciation on Part of the City to
Make Suitable Arrangement.

w. A. Wells has decided to withdraw
the offer he made to the Council some
time ago to give the city a handsome
public fountain and has so informed the
municipal authorities In the following
letter:
CORVALLIS, Or, June 26, '09.
To the Honorable, the Mayor and
Common Council of the City Of Cor
wallis 2
GENTLEMEN Nearly two months
have elapsed since Mr. Virgil E. Wat
tiers, acting as my representative, ac-
quainted your honorable body with my
offer to erect a public fountain at the
intersection of Second and Madison
streets, at a cost Of not less than n
thousand dollars. the fountain to be
dedicated to the City Of Corvallis, in
memory of my son Otto At the time
Of making the offer, neither 1 nor any
one to whom I mentioned the matter,
had any doubt but what it would be ac-
cepted at once in behalf of the City, by
your honorable body. Your continued
hesitation in accepting the offer leaves
no doubt in my mind that the gift is
not appreciated.
1 therefore withdraw my offer.
Respectfully yours,
w. A. WELLS.
This conclusion on the part of Mr..
49,
Wells, will doubtless be deeply regret
ted by many Corvallis. people who know
the disinterested motives that prompted
the gift.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-02
Valuable Books
Given To O. c

John Ray, of Hillsdale, Ore, recently
made the college library a valuable gift
of several pamphlets or the geology of
Corvallis and the surrounding country,
also 80 volumes of "The Living Age"
Several other gifts have been re-
Gently made to the college library, one
of which was a copy of "Miller's Die
tionary of Botany" a valuable old work
published in London in 1896. This book
was presented by Professor E. R. Lake
of the college faculty.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-02
Letter Carriers Convene

Delegates to the convention of Oregon
State Letter Carriers Association were
in session in Eugene Saturday evening.
Delegates to the National ASSOCIATION,
which will meet in August, will be elect
ed and also certain resolutions passed
which will be presented to the National
BODY. President F. E. Taylor, of Eu-
gene, presided. Vice-President F. E.
Holm and Secretary E. J. Burrows,
of Portland, are in attendance. Port
land sent 10 delegates.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-02
OREGON RAILROAD COMMISSION
GETS TO WORK.
WILL ADJUST THE COMPLAINT
Practice of Southern Pacific in the
Matter Of Handling Corvallis Passen-
gers to Be Taken Up With the Com
pany by the Commission.

That the article recently published in
the Gazette calling attention to tie
manner in which through passengers to
Corvallis were being treated by the
Southern Pacific company in the eXac-
ton of an extra half-dollar to enable
them to reach this point over the c. &
E. road from Albany, has been produc-
tive of some good, is evident from the
following letter to this paper from the
Railroad Commission of this state:
"Salem, Oregon, June Is, 1909.
Editor GAZETTE:
eve are in receipt of a marked copy
of your paper, in which appears an ar
ticle complaining as to the practice of
the railroad company in handling Cor
wallis passengers. We are taking this
matter up with the railroad company
and it will undoubtedly be adjusted to
dissatisfaction of all concerned.
Yours very truly,
Railroad Commission Of Oregon
By OSWALD WEST,
Commissioner"
It certainly is to be hoped that the
Commission will see that the present
condition of affairs is quickly changed
and that CORVALLIS passengers be given
the rights to which their railroad tickets
justly entltle them
This is a matter in which the Gazette
has no further interest than to see Cor.
wallis fairly treated instead of the i'm.
preston prevailing that it is merely {
side station on an unimportant branch
line.
While the Railroad Commission il
about it, the matter-of confusing con
nections at Albany should be looked in
to. As it is now, passengers do no
know where to find the c.. & E. train
and inconvenience and delay is ofte1
the consequence. Only this week tw'
young lady students from Eugene lief
the train at Albany to take the c. & E
road for Newport, where they were t
work during the summer vacation
They could not get any information a
to where the G. & E. train stood and i
their confusion boarded a %northboun
train on the main line, which took ther
some distance before they discovere
their mistake. By the time they re
turned to Albany and finally found tn
right>train for Newport they had bee
delayed an entire day and night and pu
to considerable extra expense.
- This is only one instance. Mar
others might be cited.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-02
Heath---House

Bert T. Heath and Miss Julia House
We're quietly married in Portland last
week, the ceremony being performed by
DR.. Brougher, of the White Temple.
Mr.. Heath is a popular OAC student
while the bride has been the artistic
trimmer at Mrs. Weatherla's, millinery
parlors for two seasons.
As the groom's father has an i'm
portant government position at Manila
it is thought by friends here that the
young couple may go over to the Philli-
pines to live.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-02
Industrial
Pedagogy

Another valuable addition was made
to the college faculty, today, when
President E. D. Ressler, of the State
Normal School at Monmouth accepted
the position as professor of industrial
pedagogy, a branch Of study which will
be taught next year for the first time.
President Ressler will also make in
stitute work an important feature Of
his department, and will aid the teach
ers in the different schools throughout
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-23
BABY'S PITIFUL
CASE OF ECZEMA
Summer Rash Became a Dreadful
itching Humor-Big BIisters
Formed and Skin Grew as Hard
and Rough as Scratched
and Tore Flesh till Blood Ran.
ALMOST MAGIC CURE
BY CUTICURA REMEDIES

"Our son, two years old, was very
much afflicted with a breaking out or
what looked 70 be a summer rash. l
applied the usual remedies, such as
washing with soda water and pOwdering
with bOric acid. Finally, after he suf-
fered with the trouble several weeks 1
took him to the doctor. he said it was
merely a rash that was quite prevalent,
and that 1 was giving the right treat
ment and that / should just continue it
and the baby would soon be all right.
But instead Of getting better it was get
ting worse. The rash ran together and
made large blisteTs. The little fellow
didn't want TO do anything but scratch
and We had to wrap his hands up to
keep him from IL as he would tear the
flesh open till the blood would run. The
itching was intense, causing loss Of appe-
tite and flesh. When it seemed to hurt
him most the skin on his back became
hard and rough ike the bark Of a tree so
that rubbing OF brushing would not
break it. He was so feverish that I
thought il a bad case Of eczema. He
could not wear any clothes but a little
nightgown with the sleeves Just fastened
at the top Of the shoulder. He suffered
intensely for about three months. But
I found a remedy in Cuticura Soap for
bathing and CuUCura Ointment with
which 1 anointed the sore places. This
kept the rash from spreading and in less
than a week the result was almost magi-
cal That wss more than two. years ago
and there has not been the slightest
SYMPTOM Of il since he was cured / am
never very long without CutiCura Soap
as my family knows the value OF il and
don't like a substitute. J. ". Lauck,
Yukon, Okla. Aug. IS and Sept. l., '0S. "
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-23
DAUGHTER BORN
AND GUNS FIRED
Little Girl Comes to GLADDEN.
the HearthStone of King
of Spain.
OTHER CHILDREN ARE BOYS
PRISONERS PARDoNED IN HONOR
OF IMPORTANT EVENT.

Lagranja, Spain. June Queen Vic
toria gave birth to a daughter at CO,
a. m. today
When it was seen last night that thf
ACCOMPLISHMENT was imminent the mem
bers of the royal family. the premier
and q number of high court parsonage
were hastily summoned to the palace.
The birth of a princess is particularly
pleasing TO both the king and the queen
as they had hoped that this child, the
third, would be a girl. The first tive
children are boys, Prince Alfonso, bOrT
May TO- 1907, and Prince Jaime, born
June %. 1908. The eldest, the heir tt
the throne, IS fair, like his mother, bu'
he has the protruding lip of his father
a pronounced characteristic of thi
Spanish Hapsburgs.
The second son. on the other hand, is
dark complexioned and looks the rea
Spaniard He was named after Jaime
the Conqueror. king Of Aragon, as Z
compliment to the province of Catalo-
mia. which formed a part of the an
cient kingdom.
No Complications.
The ACCOMPLISHMENT was in every re-
spect successful. The dowager queen
Christiana. the mother of King Alfonso
and Princess Beatrice. mother OF Queen
Victoria, were at the bedside of hel
majesty.
The booming of fifteen guns an
nounced the birth of a girl. and the re-
Ioicing thereafter was general. Han
an hour later the king. accompanied by
/ the mistress of the robes, presented the
/ infant to the dignitaries assembled IL
| the antecha mber.
The king has been shoTvered with con
! gratulations. and I'm Commemoratlon OF
/ the event he signed the pardon Of sew
| eraI prisoners and reduced the punish
ment for a number of others.
| Queen Victoria of Spain is a daughter
/ of the late Prince Henry of BattenbuTe
and Princess Beatrice, daughter of the
( late Queen Victoria of Great Britain
/ She was married to King Alfonso OF
/ Spain May 81 1905.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-23

In all portions of the city building is
going on and improvements are under
way.
The latest uptown building news is to
the effect that a new structure is to be
erected on the east side of North Main
street on the site of the building now
occupied by the Fergus Coalter music
store. four-stOry building will be erect
ed at this location. to be occupied by
well known salt Lake firE1- 1t viii have
& frontage of 2 feet and depth Of 10
feet W R Wallace, owner of the
ground will have the building construct
ed and Ware & Treganza are preparing
the plans
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-23

A ChambeTmaid. a waiter and q
seamstress. who we're attendants upon
Mrs. Gould at various times, all tssti-
ned that she only drank an coca sionaI
cocktail and a little light wine with her
meals She was never abusive or bois-
ferrous they said.
Mrs Hedweg Jacobson. Swedish
n1asseur testified that it was her Of
ice TO massage and give Mrs. Gould her
bath each morning. She testified that
Mrs. Gould was an early riser and
never drank anything more than little
wine with her meals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-23

Millions Of women throughout the
world use CuticUra Soap and Ointment
for eezemas, rashes. feelings. irritatlons,
heads. dandruf, dry, thin and falling
hair. sanative, antiseptic cleansing, and
for ail the purposes of the toilet, bath
and nursery.
Cutfcara. Remedies are sold throughout the word
Potter Drcg & Chem Corp. Sole Props l6o Colun1-
bus Ave Bos on. Mass
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-23
Horse Auction.

Thursday, June q, all day. commence
ing 10 a. m. Sugar Livery stables, 18th
South and 18th East. Standard bred
stock. Clayton Land & Cattle Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-23
THOSE WHO DID
NOT OBSERVE
WRONGD0ING
Continued from Page I.

witness said he did not observe Mrs.
Gould's movements about the hotel.
Did YOU know that she telegraphed
Mr.. FarnUm to meet her at your no.
tel?" asked Mr. NicolI on cross-eXami-
nation.
The witness said he did not.
Did you have hail clerks and sys-
tenn of mirrors by which you can OBJ
serve the entrance and departure of the
guests from their rooms?" asked Mr..
NicOil
No"
Your guests are free to go and come
as they please; is that it?' asked Mr.
Nicol.
Yes, but we have a Chambermaid
who is expected 10 observe anything un-
usual Mr.. Lynn replied.
The witness said that only one meal
had been served in Mrs Gould's rooms
according to the bill.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08

fer the purpose of filling any vacancies
usy X ia the Board Of Registry.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
THE CUP THAT CHEERS.
Tea Flowers and the Way They Are
Gathered In China.

Tea Flowers and the Way They Are
Gathered In China.
Early writer's speak of tea A. hav-
ing two varieties. One, Thea bohea,
they supposed to be the source of tho
black and the other, Thea viridis, Of
the green tea. But Robert Fortune
established the fact In 1843 that. while
these two varieties existed, black and
green were made indifferenuy from
both
The tea flower Is small. single. white
and has no smell. The seeds are three
small nuts. like flberts, and have an
oily and bitter taste. The leaves only
are used. Only the young leaves are
gathered, and the younger and tenderer
they are the better. They are collect
ed when the plant Is three years old,
the process being continued year after
year until the bush becomes weak and
diseased, when it Is pulled up to give
place to new shoot
In China there are about three
crops annually, the first being gath
cred as soon as the leaves break In the
spring. April to May. and the latter
as new "fushes" (buds) are made by
the plants which have been stripped
Of their earlier foliage, this harvest
beginning in June or July and lasting
As late as September or October.
An almond eyed oriental, Lo Yu, the
earliest Chinese writer, pronounces
this eulogium ON tea:
ut tempers the spirits and harmo-
nizes the mind. dispels lassitude and
relieves fatigue awakens thought and
prevents drowsiness. lightens and re-
freshes the body and clears the per-
ceptive faculties."-New York World.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
PUBLIC SALE OF HOUSEHOLD
GOODS, ETC.

The undersigned will sell at the
Baptist Parsonage on Sandy Ridge,
Thursday. September the ninth, al
one O'Clock the following: Pictures,
bureau, washstand and set; child q
high-chair, toilet chair and crib; bed
steads, spring and bedding; hat and
coat rack with looking glass); center
tables, window shades. clocks, chairs,
kitchen-table, dishes and utensils;
carpet-sweeper, carpets mating and
linolenm; kitchen range, parlor stove,
sheet iron stove, oil heater; chiffonier,
rocking chairs. reading table, sofa,
dining table, book-shetves, rugs,
square piano, clothes bars. clothes
rack. wash boiler, washing machine
and other sundry articles.
Also garden tools, roofing paper,
poultry wire, Rhode Island Red
chickens. buggy, jump-seat. horse
blankets, winter lap robe, harness,
feed boxes and egg crates, apples,
oats, corn and potatoes.
MY desire 10 to convert these effects
into cash and regardless of the orig
inal cost everything will be positively
knocked down to the highest bidder,
BY me personally.
Ten months credit on bills OF ten
dollars or over. Other conditions
made known on day Of sale.
STEWART MAHg1N SxIrn.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08

YOUNG DUCKS.
They Have No Instructive impulse to
Enter the Water.

They Have No Instructive impulse to
Enter the Water.
1t has turned out, under the search
ing experimentation of recent years,
that much that we have supposed to
be instinct In animals is not instinct
at all. For example, the young duck
proves to have no instructive impulse
to enter the water, does not recognize
the element by sight and is, In short,
in precisely the same situation as a
chick until, by happy chance, 1t gets
Its legs wet. Wet legs, however, and
the lift of the water on the body at
once start up the swimming reaction,
and away sails the duckling, as chick
ems and children do not.
The chick, on its part, has definite
instinct to peck at any small object
that catches its eye. That takes care
Of its feeding. But the chick has no
corresponding instinct to drink and
would die of thirst before 1t would
recognize water by sight alone. Drink.
ing it has to learn for itself by peck
ing at dewdrops or spots Of light on
the surface Of the water or particles
at the bottom of its cup. Even the
hen, contrary to general belief, proves
to have no instructive fear Of the wa
ter for her offspring A hen that has
raised few broods of ducks and seen
them take to the water becomes highl,
distressed when a subsequent hatch of
chickens do not swim. In fact, hens
have been reported under these cir
eumstanees to lead their chicks to the
waterside and push them in.-Mc-
Clure's Magazine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
Back Numbers.

"N'illiam." said Mrs. Van Gelder to
the nan OF all work. Il want you to
clean out that large closet In the hall
just outside the parlor. Burn all the
old newspapers. waste paper and any
other rubbish you may find there"
After short time she met William
In the hall carrying In his arms huge
Pile OF sheet music, the property of her
eldest daughter.
what are YOU going to do with Ma.
bel's music" she asked.
Why. burn II. sure. as you told me
TO. II was in the closet there with the
other rubbish"
But didn't mean the music. Put 1t
back at once"
Noting his mistress displeasure. Will
liam inquired in surprise:
'Why. hasn't she played 1t all?"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
THE INDIANS PAID.
What the White Men Charged Them
For Killing One Donkey.

For Killing One Donkey.
In "Reminiscences of Old Times In
Tennessee a story is told Of the good
faith and honor Of party Of Chicka-
saw Indians While hunting one fall
they shot u donkey, mistaking the
creature for wild animal. They sold
the hide. and it finally came to the
hands of John Barnes in Upton.
When the Chickasaws returned to
the region of Upton for their annual
hunt the next fall Barnes invited them
to shooting match. the prize to be
the skin OF q very rare animal
Thirty braves appeared at the con-
test, and one of them won the prize
When be saw the skin he turned 1t
over and said: ''Ha, ha! Me kill him!
Me shoot him! Seer And he pointed
to the fatal bullet hole.
Then Barnes told them that they had
killed a donkey. very useful animal.
but he was sure that they had done it
by mistake, believing 1t to be a wild
animal.
The Indians listened attentively to
the white mans words and then con-
suited together few minutes. Finally
they separated. each brave going to his
pony, unhitching him and leading him
to the spot where gang Of white men
stood. Barnes 10 the midst Of them.
Then one of the Indians spoke:
I'VE sorry we kill donkey. We think
he belong to the woods. We find him
in cane. We think him wild. We sor-
ry. Now we pay. We take no white
mans boss. pony, nothing of white
man. We honest. We have ponies;
that's all. Take pay" And he mo-
toned to the long line Of ponies, held
by their owners.
"How many" asked Barnes.
"White man say" returned the In
dian; take plenty"
The honor of the red men was not
equaled by the white men. for, be 1t
recorded to their shame. they took
from the Chickasaws thirty-flye ponies
to pay for the accidental killing of one
donkey
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-09-08
MADE THE MOST OF IT.
Clever Tactics When William Quit
Using Tobacco.

bopNSSo.
An excerpt from Doris letter: And.
oh, Will. II you weren't the dear
est boy. You often told me that
you would do anything In the world
for me. and now you write for my
sake you've quit smoking. I'll have TO
walt until | see you to tell you what
dear | think sou are"
From Janis. You write that out of
consideration for me you have stopped
smoking for good. That was just love-
~ of you. William. and you may de-
pend that | greatly appreciate it,
From Phyllis: BILLY. boy. It's just
ripping. You're the dandy kid. Just TO
think that you would swear off using
the weed just for me. It was mighty
dear of you. Billy, and 1t makes me all
The more keen for you"
From Marjorie: To think that
you've quit smoking. William. wns
30 surprised. or course | always knew
that YOU care for me. but to think that
ms you say. you've made this sacrifice
IN my accouut-why. It's positively
noble OF you"
Irom his mother: "Will. my son.
this proves your love for me. Father
Is inclosing check to show that he
appreciates the fact that you think
enough of your parents to give up
smoking for them"
From his doctor: Your letter ad.
vising me that you have obeyed my
orders and stopped the use OF tobacco
Is NJ hand AS said. your compll-
ance - Puck.