The Weekly Gazette-Times from Corvallis, Oregon • 1

A ETTE-II voLiivia CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTT, OREGON, FRIDAT, FEBUART 25, 191ft THE WEEKLY MES sections are coming, in for con costs about 75 cents per box to CITY OFFICIALS WILL BUILD ONE GREAT MET BRIDGE SURE lay down apples from Oregon in the various European-markets. One-half of. that will be a big price for steamer transportation when the canal is onened. If Oregon takes advantage of this opportunity and plants enough fruit to command the control of the imports of apples of Europe, as it can easily do. it will mean the shipment from Portland of approximately 101000 boxes of apples per week during the ship ping season, to say nothing of the markets jn the United States and other barts of the world.

Organization of local associations for growing anT-backing the fruit, and a general organization of these various organizations into the selling agency, is all-that is required to make Portland the center of the largest apple growing district in the world. I hope these facts will be placed before the people of Oregothn such a way that the planting of apples, and fall and winter pears as well, will proceed rapidly, so that when the canal is opened, they will be prepared to take ad van. tage of these great markets. Can Market All Fruit. Before coming to this" part of the world.

I had the imnressinn that only high-class fruits could possibly reach these markets. but examination into conditions here has upset that theory completely and I am now convinced that Europe is the best market. Great Britain especially for our com mon apples, which would be packed and shipped as second grades. The great bulk of apples consumed here are used for cooking purposes, consequently those grades that are not so attractive in appearance for table use, but are especially good cooking fruit, will find the larsrest markets. It is this feature of the market that lends such encouragement to the industry in Oregon.

The success in commanding this great market lies in the tremendously increased production- of apples, together with a combination of the spirit of skill, science and organization that has already got such spleji-did foot hold in our state- Organization Needed. Organizations of growers heeds (Continued on Page Two) BUT THAT AT CORVALLIS MUST WAIT FOR LEGISLATURE DOINGS IT VGDURT HOUSE What the County Court Hopes to Do and Other Things That Wffl he Done -BcIfounUin People to Get Some Gravel Soon. The War department at Wash-ington has approved the plans for a bridge across, the Willam ette where the present Corvallis ferry operates. The County Court has' received the maps and papers sent the department for inspection, and they return with Assistant Secretory Oliver's n-dorsementThe building of the bridge, however, depends on the sanction ofthe state legislature. The papers from Washington are so worded that the sanction of the legislature is imperative.

It ap pears that the county court has now done about all it can to get the desired bridge. If there are kinks the court does not understand that others do, they will be glad of any information. Will Construct Another Bridge The County Court has decided to build a new bridge across the slough between here and Albanv. A covered bridge there now is in a bad condition. The court will have a first-class bridsre built across the slough there, but at a point a short distance away from the present bridge.

The steel for the new bridee across Mary's river, at the south end of Third street, this city, will be here by May 1st and construction will begin as soon thereafter as possible. Urges Early Action Judge Woodward is anxious to (Continued on page two) FROM a w- SALEM STATESMAN GIVES STATEMENT OF SHORT COURSE MAN ONE FACT; IK JIM $200 Learned How to Raise More Barley Than the Otner FellowsEipense Here $10 For One Week ane He Picked Up $200 A young farmer of Marion county returned from CorvalHa on Saturday last, where he had been as student in the. 'farmers' week course' at th Oregon agricultural college. His expenditures, for- the week amounted to $10, including his traveling expenses. He said he.

will get -several -hundred percent return for that through the expert knowledge he mined during those six days of listen- mg to the instruction and advice of the learned faculty who took part in the course says the Salem Statesman. He has attended this Bpecial week every year for four years. the session In 1909 he gave particular attention to the matter of the proper sow. ing and caring for barley," as he wanted to derive the areatest returns from the land sown to that crop, he. having a number of dairy cattle.

Through the several good points learned about barley he was able' to harvest a crop that yielded as high as forty-two bushels to the acre. while some of his neighbor farmers secured twenty-two bushels only for their work. Ha had a couple hundred dollars' worth more barley than he would had he not possessed the knowl edge of seeding it in the right way and getting the ground in the most fit condition before hand. He places that $20Q against the $10 spent for attending the farmers' week in the early part (Continued on pegs three) Fruits 11 Are Doing WeR The mayor and council have their hands full in the remakinir of the city. and.

fhev are now working overtime, both day and night to accomplish some of the things Corvallis desires to have aone. ihere are committee meetings investigations, special meetings and the officials seem to be getting along about as fast as they can considering the various matters of impor tance in nana ana the care necessary to avoid-mistakes. It is certain that some of the officials are now' giving free to the city almost as much as they are giving to their business. The making of a city is no small job. a.

foot- BALLFINANGES Interesting Facti and Figures Set Forth in-Annual -Report O. A. C's football activities netted the athletic department $893,56, -and where the depart ment owed $1145 last year, it now owes but $252. The receipts from the four big games were as follows: Whitman vs. 0.

A. 450.00 Washington vs. 0- A. C. Oregon vs.

0. A. 1432.25 Multnomah vs. 0. A.

It will be noticed that the Washington game here brought in but $773.75, while it cost $800 to get Washington to play here. In the receipts of the game played at Portland, compared with the receipts of the big games played here and at Eugene, the public can nna reason for O. A. U. athletic department desiring to take the big games' to Portland.

takes money to run athlecics on a large scale and it's evident the money can not he obtained from Corvallis or Eugene crowds. It is interesting to note that the doctors' bills totaled a little more than printing bills, $138 to $131. Metzger got $1200 and would have received $300 more if he had won the game at Eugene. H. E.

Gordon, of J. D. Gordon I Son, the well known horse importers, arrived here today with several choice young Percheron mares, which the firm brought I over. ast August from France; after personally selecting them! from the best stock in. that country.

Mr. Gordon will be at the Red Front Barn, on third street in thjs city, for several days with these choice animals and is desirous of the farmers of Benton county "coming in, and! inspecting them. These imported Percheron's 'are brought there for sale and right prices and easy terms will be made on them. A Corvallis lad ran away from home yesterday. Chief Wells caught him at Albany.

The boy waikept in the Albany lock-up a few hours and spent the night in the jail It is said he. is now sick of running away. This Is the kind of boy that needs torn special moderation at this time. I PERCH RONS FOR OUR APPLES CONSUL' SATS- BRITAIN OFFERS GREAT OPPORTUNITY NO DANGER ER-PB000Cn H. B.

Miller Writes Prof. Cordlei Some Useful Information as to Marketing Fruit in Europe- Makes Suggcs- tions as to Org Dilation. H. B. Miller, consul for the United States at Belfast, Ireland, writes in a letter to Prof.

A. B. Cordley that'Great Britain offers Oregon the greatest market in the world for all the apples that the state can produce in the next decade. Consul Miller, a native of Oregon, has investigated conditions, therfi-lthoraughly In the hope of being of service to his country and his home state -in particular and he writes enthusiastically of possibilities. In part he says: VI find here in Europe a tre mendous market for apples.

Great Britain alone imports more than $10,000,000 worth per annum. I have been examining tht; of this stuff that comes from the eastern part of the United States, arid I have been astonished at its inferiority. The poorest of the Oregon product put on the markets- is superior to the average stuff imported here. The good Oregon apples have already gain ed a reputation in the markets of Great Britain, they stand so far above all other imports, that they really have no competitors. By the time the Panama canal is opened, the states of Oregon and Washington can find a market in Europe for at least $5,000,000 worth of apples each year, and all of these should be shipped direct from Portland in refrigerator steamers.

The cost of transportation will not exceed one-half the present price. It now First Spring Showing of Men' Fine Clothes All the new models of Society Brand Clothes for young men and men who stay young, and the Stein Bloch and Michael-Stern Fine Clothes for conservative dressers at A SAFE PLACE ARE VERY BUSY SEWER MATTER DELATED BE. CAUSE KRATZ IS OVERWORKED Mil ON LIGHT QUESTION Mew Office to be Created, that of BnMng bipecter -Mayor and Council Girlnf Much Time to Work' in Out Various Problems. Corvallis will probably have a building inspector at an. early date.

Mayor Watters haa urged this matter upon the city council a.d it is said the members are in favor of the idea, though no vote has been taken yet. A building inspector would necessitate the issuance of permits for contemplated buildings. would insure the inspection nee eseai-y to get first-class buildings put up. Corvallis has lost by not having an inspector ere this, and the mayor and council are to be highly commended for taking up this idea with the intention of pushing it through. The Sewer Question Inquiry of officials as to why some action is not taken to give the city of Corvallis the sewer extensions discussed and considered favorably some time agb reveals the fact that the difficulty lies largely in the city engineer's inability to meet the demands made upon him at this time.

It is said by those who know that Mr. Kratz has far more work than he can hope to do, and that this has resulted in the council giving less attention to the subject Mayor Watters and some of the councilmen are in favor of giving the' engineer a first-class assistant for several months until the heavy work is oyer, jn order to push the sewer matter through. It is urged that an extended sewer system is the" first great necessity of a greater Cdrvallis. Mayor Watters urged this in his first message to the council arid has urged it since. The members of the council are gaid to sense the importance of sewers and are ready to provide for the needs of the unsewered districts as soon as the preliminaries can be arranged satisfactorily.

Experiences of the past lead to the, belief that the entire city is vitally endangered as long as certain sections are left unsewered. The coming summer should not pass without giving Corvallis the protection of extended sewers, and the probability is that the emergency will be met i Fire and Light The mayor and council are now investigating the fire department equipment and street lighting. It is the intention -to go into the fire department proposition thoroughly, threshing it out until it is certain that the best possible has been done. It was thought that the lighting question had been settled some time ago by the decision to install thirty-one addional arcs, but there has been a hitch in the matter of arranging a contract In the meantime, the officials are doing a little investigating. The ornamental cluster lights for certain ANNOUNCEMENT! We have arranged for a aeries of Demonstrations of Our Pure Food Products each Saturday.

i- If i First Saturday Demonstration, February 26th of Table TO TRADE DONT The Young Men's Stort $20.00 to $40,00 Others $16.50 to $20.00 MISS IT.