Corvallis Gazette from Corvallis, Oregon • 1

VOL XLV, 85. STATE OF OREGON HAS ENOUGH MONEY To Pay All Warrants Until April. NOTWITHSTANDING BIG DRAIN By Season of University Ap-propiati on County School Funds Ont on Interest. Notwithstanding, the, heavy drain upon the treasury by Reason of the adoption of the University appropriations last June, for "which no state levy was made laatl1 tinofv i. Via fnnfltt rl tfaa state treasury will be sufficient to pay all warrants between now and the time when 190 taxes will begin to come in next April.

Cash in the general fund, as shown by the Treasurer's monthly' report issued today, amounts' to and there will due from the several counties on November about $400,000 more, making enough' to pay current expenses until another tax has been Unusually large receipts from indirect taxes, such as the corporation, insurance and inheritance taxes, and from fees, of the State De-. partment, have provided the funds to meet the unusually large state expenditures. The report lssuea-MKiay covers tne nest nine months of 1908 and shows a total expenditure of $992,672.47, or approximately $110,000 a month. At the beginning of the year the state had in the general fund $116,337.08. The sources from which the state revenue has been derived are shown in the following statement: Cash on hand, state tax, 1908, interest on state tax, .1907, state tax, 1908, interest on state tax, 1908, tax on foreign insurance companies, fees of the Department of State.

cor- porauon license, iees, j.vo,u express company license fees, telephone license fees, telegraph company license fees, sleeping car company license fees, refrigerator car company license fees, Supreme Court fees, interest on nenosiis oi state inheritance tax, transfer from swamp land fund, miscellaneous, total, cash on hand October 1, $214,897.98. -Practically, all the common school fund is now out at interest, the total being approximately $5,430,000. He Silenced Her. Dinner ad been over only 10 minutes when Jones made a move down the hall for the hall tree and his hat and the long-suffering Mrs. Jones followed after to say.

"You have been out every night for a month! How long is this thing to last?" "Only until, the campaign closes, my dear." "But I don't see that it is necessary for you to be out every night untiT 'midnight. -Last presidential election you. not out a single evening. In fact, you said the men who were whopping around nights were a pack of soft-heads." v. "Sq they dear, last campaign, is not this Last campaign things ran them-1 selves, and there1 was nothing for the 'patriots to Now the country calls upon every one of them.

-Mrs. Jones, the very life of our country is hanging in the "The bulwarks of liberty are tottering to their fall. "Shall this country be ruled by patriots or" traitors? "Is Bunker Hill to go for nothing, and are "our liberties to be sold for a mess of pottage? "Shall I stand supinely by and see this great and glorious country go to destruction or shall lead the movement to still further, exalt her? "Shall the American eagle still continue to soar pinions proud, and.Old wave in every breeze that blows, or shall the bird become a crow and the flag a 1 JZWJbyThQM. jfijyajyad as that?" asked the. wife in alarm.

worse. The 'gale that sweeps from the North' "Then hurry right and begone as long as. you want And Jones went down to his (, poker until. 3. 0 clock next qrning.j Jmc; INUTE! 11 Committee Preparing 'New City Minutes of first meeting of the committee appointed to prepare a new charter for the city of Oregon, Piece of meeting, Fireman's Mail; time of meetijngr y3(pt! Oct.

9, 1908 Meeting called to order by City Attorney E. Bryson Mayor Lilly elected chairman of committee and N. K. Moore, sec retary. Roll call showed following persons present: E.

Allen, W. A. Gellatly, S. H. Moore, L.

Cham W. P. Lafferfy, Punderson F. L. Miller, Irvine, Robert Johnson, M.

S. Wood cock, H. Davis, Adolph Leed- er. 0. Li.

Kline, W. K. Jtiansell, Dr. Harper, J. H.

Harris, J. R. Smith', M. Bauer, Robin son, O. J.

Blackledge, F. Berch-H told, K. Russ, W. B. Cate, E.

R. Bryson, Mr. Iihbler, J. M. Hubler Dr.

A. C.athevi Fred Porter, J. Fred Yates, Rov 1 Hollenberg, A Osburn, Editor Smith, Charles L. Heckart. On motion of Dr.Harper, properly seconded, and followed by a risins: vote of 14 lor to nve against, the committee proceed ed to' consideration or a new charter rather than amending Oid.cnarter.

Moved by. Woodcock, second ed by Avery, tuat city elections be held bi-ennially. Carried; Moved by Davis, and seconded, that division of city into 3 wards, as outlined by Attorney Bryson, be adopted. Carried, Moved by Robt. Johnson, and properly seconded, that two councilmen be elected from each ward and three from the city.

at large. Carried. Moved by Berchtold. that the City Police Judge be designated as "Municipal officer." Carried. Moved that City Engineer assume duties of superintendent of streets, with provision that city council furnish assistance as necessary that title of official be City Engineer.

Moved by Russ that City En gineer be appointed by mavor and approved by council. Car-1 "1 rieiiJ Moved by Miller eity at- torney. be nrayor and confirmed by coujocil. Car-: ried; -Moved by Wootcock.that he Cbinf Af'PnlfcA Txi'tiLnnAinljMl liw mayor andapprpy(d(bytcounciLT Aiovea ny Dmnnvtnat motion. be amended to that Chief 1 I lOFMEETING ISSiORE Will I)rawErom Districts FORTY-ONE FAVOR CHANGE Against Twenty Eight Who Oppose Movfment.A Step in Educational Lines.

A case of more than-ordinary interestj' coming rom -Alsea was before the pistrict Bouhdary Bparjd at, the court hQUseThurS-, day. iXHe board, consists ifi Xudge. E.5 Woodward, Gr. W. Smith, ArJ thur Hawley.n; and School Supt.

A petition; was presented by taxpayers from Dis'tncts 20, 41. and ,42 of Alseweebyjcef-taiu was to be ed from these districts and out of this "territory a new district was; to be formed and a new schoql house located near the Alsea store was to built, consisting of four rooms i and graded from 1 to 11. In support of ithe petition a delegation of 2S prominent citizens' jtaxpa eis were present ana tare rvjb resenting the remonstrance 'The' petition shows that in the three districts the, total taxable property 01 ine remousiraiors is $180,000 and tliat. of the petiruitionalruberc tiyps, is 220.000: payers; favor the- change wita, only. opposing; tnat in iiiea 01 petitioners itnere ar.e 00 cnnaren or scnooi age ana in age families of remonstrators 38.

Many speeches were made on both sides of, the "case, the citizens interested and. the finishing touches were put, on by G. W. Denman. The case is of unusual interest to the people of this county, as it is the 'first effort on the part of Benton's people to so arrange that the children may receive fiill advantage of the.Yast,sum of money being ex-' pended along educational lines.

1 mere are many scnooi districts Benton county where the at tendance is' yery small tnd chil-dren1 of 'all ages, are crowded in- tb I the' same classes, One teacher, c. If such districts could De inrown cogetner in groups 11 would enable 'graded schools to be" established with the. same ex penditure of money, and would certainly, makelt nipre interest mg tor tne pupil as weii as piac ing them in advanced positions on entering tne college. These, changed conditipns have been adopted in man of the eastern states and have'addr ed very materially to the proficiency of both pupil and teach When distance has been a feature a team has been.provid- ed to take, the children to and from school and the experience has proven very of Police shall be elected by vot ers subject to removal by vote of the council. 7 Moved.

by Qsbufn, that matter of designating method Tpl electing. Chief of Police be tabled un: til next meeting. Oshum's motion carried. Mpyed maybr appoint in embers of" Water Comm issron as terms Present officers ex-. 'MovJ by.projiing: Jtafj jnenibers 6f the Wtef.Ooiuiisslon bearrted as provided by old Amendment Carried.

MdveTr that ffrst election be UA -it. ifa 'Liii -1 Adjpurijed m. Oct: 16:08. N. Ralph Moore, Secretary.

Mr: and Mrs. Osburn of Port, land have been visiting friends in Corvallis the past few, days. Mrs. Osburnwas formerly Miss Libbie Cox, a popular Corvallis girl. Defaced Stamps not Mailable.

A new order of. the postoffice department went into effect recently. By its terms defaced stamps hereafter are worthier. Should a corner be torn off, no matter now small, or tne.stamp i4 mutilated in any, way it cannot longer be used. All letters bearihg such stampsswiH' be held at the postoffice two Tweeks for recovery, and at' jibe eni' of.

that time, if not claiined, will be sent to the dead letter office. Another phase of the order is also" interestngj. erinisgion is now given maiviauais 10 period swithAr sn instlent Jor the Tvery best and the champ: ot anonymous letters, thelWfta Btpno. theft or'. mutilation of fH mail of anyJiature.

JllfflliliEii g-m Consumption UOStS Million aXear Prof. Irving Fisher, the 6ml nent political economist of -Yale University, who in one of his papers before the recent Inter-1 consumption xjosts the United States more than, a billion dollars a is prepar ing exhaustive repoit for the National Conservation. Compiis-sion, which will contain not only these figures but similar data on the economic loss to, the counoryUy where she has' been canvasS-frbm all pther. preventable dis-! ing for the magazine known as eases. i j'the! "Success." A visit to the Prof.

Fisher is a member of the National Conservation Com- biissioH and for many years hasJ110' be lorgptten. beea carrying oh studies along these lines. The OQmmsronicohling 9f Queen Victoria among received letters from physicians all over the country, urging t6, considerVtKe bearing bf pub; 11c neann ecpnpmic efficiency of the nation, inits efforts to ascertain the resources of the country 4 A. the Tuberculosis, Congress, Prof. FisKer declared I that, jl 38,1 000 persons die of consumption every yearly The cost of medical attendance and thef.

loss" of earnings, death 'J average at least this is the. money that might have been earned. with. health the total loss in each case is at pointed also, that the disease usually attacks young men and women just at the time when they are beginning 'to earn money; and cuts off their earning power for about tnree. years "on an average, before they die This subject of the economic value to the country of a general 1 kt 1 raising 01 tne average neaitn came up in the Governors' Conference at the White House in May.

Dri George Kober, in his speech Pn the "Conservation of Life and. Health by, Improved Water at the Confer presented, figures showed that the decrease in the vital 'assets' of the coun try Chrbugh typhoid lever in a singlf yeaf ia mor-s than Typhoid is spread, by polluter. water largely so that the deatl rate from this disease can be di rectry" reduced bjr the purilBca tioa of city waterX Dr statistics to ghcft, that the increased value. of ht water to citv- of Alban wh en ih'e'l-ixPoidever' raei was re, A need from, 104 1 ri 00,000 to 26 vvby. an enicient jfiltration plant, OLYMPIC CHAMPION -REPEATS THE EEAT Smith3on Ties Own jReord Saturday.

BREAKS THE COAST RECORD Clips Two-Fifths ol a Second Off? PrTions Becrjl iQis First Exhibition Ron Here. i i -it i Forrest Smithson, Olympic aj Saturday-afternoon in an exhibition rui Conditions were ion a ranch. at in Lincoln county and in spjendi condition fnr th trin.1 t.imA urns caughtby three', watches and omnnson aecxares tnat tne trial was'fast and that be thinks the time was correct. This ties the world's record a. v.AAk.A oiiu menu uijic uuaoi 'icuuiu uy two-fifths of a' second.

It was a apieuuiu eAuiuiuiou. xne greai nuraier ran witn periect ease and in splendid, form. It, was 11 his first, nnnnnrnnpo tr t.ViA frtnet ainAfl hia raiwrn fmm THe which. KliH witr.oU tho was assem- uan ,0 time had been an- I Doctor Margaret Snell. Last week Doctor Margaret Snell returned from Lane coun-'1 I rural, homes from suchu person ge as Miss Snell is a godsend In many a home is like the unexpected the'.

nrtnrer classes of Scottish peasantsVfor, like Queen" Vicioria -fthe1 angel of love light and hope in the British Isles Doctor Shtl "has? wohc the distinction among women the Couritry over, as the f': founder of domestic sciences, in. the colleges; of the Northwest. has done more tp inculcate the lessons of house hold; science, to i emphasize the valup of jure' air," and to, tea ti women nowro economical' and aitractivi than has Doctor Margaret Snell! wuo nas oeen retirea irorn in OAC, at a time when" her pres ence be an ornament td the institution It is stated on good authority that promoters of farmers insti tutes announce from the plat form that among all the women tutored by Doctor Margaret Snell in the twenty years she taughl in our midst not one has even marred OAC traditions with divorce suiC With such a his tory, it must be very humiliating to these women, to their moth ers, to their husbands, to thein children and friends tp witness! so. splendid a woman as Doctor! Snell, rich in knowledge and mature in the things girls should know, pushed put upon the world wniie other colleges continue to make such 'teachers an ornament Amounts to $475000 a year, of ivhich $350,000 may be consid -Ted a real increase to the vital isseta of the pity. Census Bureau dgures show that the average fr'om'typhpid in, cities' with; jhated wa-ter supplies was reduced from 60-4- per 100,000.

'to 19.8 by the suDsutution of pure suppll 1 to the institution. All in all considered, the Gazette is of the belief that if more of the regents lived in Corvallis such a spectacle as we have described, would be impossible, Mrs. Mary N. Jacobs, of Port land, is visiting friends in the city this week. She reports her family all nicely situated at Portland, Salem and Los Angeles.

The. present generation, which includes several charming young grand-daughters, gives promise of upholding the traditions of this good old Corvallis' family. To look upon mother Jacobs you would scarcelv believe: her re sponsible for a' bevy of such an occasional twinge of. rheumatics just to. remind her of pass ing years.

her jrighf, living has kept her'almpstjas ryoung as she used be'. College Hotel, Depot and College-Elmore Ho tel, opposite Court House. $1 per day ifo.50, per week; fzU per month. 84.92 Special; Excursion to Oregqn-OAC Qame University of Oregon, Eugene, Oct, 10 Definite arrange ments have been made for an "excursion to Portland on No vember 21 for the Oregon-OAC game. Football Manager Ralph JiiIeEwr.a a special train will leave Eugene at 6:30 a.

reaching Portland at, a. m. On the return trip the special will leave Portland at 7 p. m. will, reach Eugene at 11:30 p.

m. Round trip, tickets will be sold for $3. It is estimated that between jb60 and 1500 people will go from the university and from Eugene. Nearly all of the 500 students in college -will be in at tendance. rooters will march to.

the in a. body, headed by; the university band of 40, pieces. A big section in the grandstand heis been reserved for the university students, whose cheering wili be led by Yell Leader Loosley. The football men will go down the day before the game and will be quartered at one of the downtown hotels. 3 THOUSA! Dui LL GO 1 I-..