Vol 1, No 1, Winter 1962
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
3AiF.-,kwp&uj-.. - ~s---c(~I SAMPLE Copy 1 . American Town NO: i Winter I& COLLECTOR'S lTEM 1.o~\vill want to save your copies of "Corvallis," for in it you \rill find the most coml~leterecorti, old 2nd lie\{., of this city ilnti county. Thc anatomy of a hornrl- lo\!.i~ n.here -ou live or through which you arc passing. I'ictul-es galore. ant1 L7.e neeti more! 30 -ou hrivc ;I sio:.y to tell? !\'hat's in your attic, neighbor:' 110 you remember:' - J. K. N. Re11 "Jake" Bloomberg William Jasper Kerr "Fatty" Knox The year the R'illamette froze over. Tom Graham "Jackie" Horner And, incidet~tully,who are you? Read the "Corvallis" magazine and you will better appreciat,e this town and the republic that is America. P. 0.Box 122 CORVALLIS, OREGON .l b d i3 ;,; t. I* Forward Volume I Winter. 1962 Number 1 with TOM WILSON CORVALLIS is published quarterly by Thomas A. Wilson, P. 0. Box 122. Cor- vallis, Oregon. Business office at 225 SO. TO STUDY the entire universe scientists now look into the smallest atoms. 2nd St. Printing plant on Hwy. 20, north. Where chemistry once was the touchstone to knowledge of matter, now Published privately and independently. it is particle physics that enables us to communicate with and to ma- MEMBER Benton County Pioneer-Historical Society nipulate the secrets of nature. Oregon Historical Society Similarly to know intimately a town such as Corval!is is also to know Classified Advertising: 10 cents per word. about towns and cities everywhere. For people are about the same Display: full page, $25; M page, $15; ~4 page. $10; YB page, $5.50. SPECIAL everywhere. Some are rich and happy, others sane or confused, black, RATE for business and professional cards: e, industrious or lazy, and so forth. 4 for 4 issues. Subscriptions - $1 a year. Governor WANTED - Short articles, old photos. The fact is, considering the physical density of matter, people are drawings and other appropriate material. WITH THIS EDITION, as we No payment except in extra copies. practically a vacuum-just a cloud of electric sparks in a stream of change our name from "Northwest Acknowledgmenls - p. 4, photo of 2nd St.. nucleoplasm, which is the substance that prevents us from being born 1903, loaned by Helen Gilkey; p. 20, poem Challenge" to "Corvallis," we sa- by A~~~ M~~~~~ reprinted from Gazette- cockroaches or angleworms. People are the means that germ ceils use lute our Governor, Mark 0. Hat- Times; p. 7, photo of football squad loaned to create more germ cells. field. by Earl Harris. But on the way, something called "spirit" oozes out of man's vacuum- During the several years of our publication, we have received filled hide to manifest itself in towns such as this one. splendid cooperation from all of So that's what this is all abouta little publication to reveal the the various state departments germ, the maturity, and the spirit of an American town called Cor- which we have asked for advice and assistance. vallis. $u Our many readers in other states will recall that it was Gov- . ernor Hatfield who was chosen to nominate Richard Nixon for presi- dent and that he made it one of the shortest and snappiest nomi- "Corvallis" printing plant nating speeches ever. We hope that "Corvallis" will NOTICE TO READERS be a credit Oregon and We would like to hear from you. 4 to the town that is our namesake. Corrections, additions, criticism, 1 + and suggestions will be welcomed.4..\ 1 However, please do not expect a Corvallis. Oregon. has a "sister quick reply, because for lack of city*" Antofagastat We time our personal correspondence send our greetings and well-wishes oftenis delayed. I,, next issue we to the Mayor and people of An- shall include a page for "Letters to€agasta ! From Our Readers." - COHVALLIS PUBLIC LlBKAHl Second Street looking south from Monroe, about 1871-73. The tall, square building in center at left was the old Occidental hotel. The Corvallis hotel is now located m on that corner. Second Street, about 1YU7, looking north from the old water tower which was located southeast of the present postoffice building. Steamboat landing was at foot of Jefferson Street, shown in foreground. This pho~o~raphwas made about 1903 looking south from the same place as the picture shown above. Julian hotel is at left. This is the location of the present State hotel. The street was lighted with carbon arcs. Second Street, Christmas. 1961, looking north from , Jefferson. Second still has more businesses than any other street in town. CORVALLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL FOOTBALL SQUAD, 1908 Corvallis Politics THE ONLY law-making bodies in Oregon are the legislature and the various city councils. The people themselves can make laws through the Initiative and Ref- erendum process, which was first estab- lished in Oregon but which many consider tn ~e an unwise law because it could con- ceivably result in a kind of "mob rule." As far as our individual lives are con- cerned, the city council is the most in- portant law-making body in the world. Your councilman can help you to live in ,. : , I..' . , , tranquility or can dig up your street, tear . %..~- , down your house, cause you to pay more taxes. put your dog in jail, or Iorce you out of business. Do you know who your Corvallis City Hall councilman is? Elected Corvallls city officers: State Representative State Senator Mavtrr: Gordon Harris. 1. ROY Bier, Coach. 2. Guy (Zip) Creson. 3. Harry Sprague. 4. Ralph Morgan. 5. Earl Harris. 6. Clyde Starr. 7. Simon Kehl 8. Ralph Fegley. 9. Kenneth Colbert. 10. Alex Hayes. 11. Ferd Cate. 12. Wilbur Birrell. 13. Emmons Knox. -- Old Episcopal church building at Seventh and Jefferson streets. Third Street, 1961, looking north from Adams Street. The Benton County Pioneer-Historical Society . kkA % STARTED in the fall of 1951 as a non-profit organization, the Benton County Pioneer-Histori- cal Society was incorporated as such six years later. 1957 was a jubilee year and the group had a float in the parade at the Centen- nial celebration. Collecting material of histori- cal value and taking care of it, providing instructive, programs, gathering and disseminating his- torical information, conducting investigation and research in this field and related history, super- vising tours to places of early-day Succeeding A. K. Berman as lore and encouraging others to do president is C. R. "Dick" Hoyt. so are among the major interests Among the others who have been of the association. president of the society are Edgar his air view shows the lovely farmlands across the One result of this work to date A. Blake, deceased, Virgil Avery, Willamette from Corvallis. This is in Linn county, is shown in its exhibit in the Mrs. R. M. Peffer, Mrs. Bessie looking southeast. The road running diagonally in Horner museum at OSU in which Murphy, and Miss Lena Belle foreground leads to Albany, also to the Lebanon cut- are seen pictures of and books Tartar. Among the vice-presidents off. Road in center distance leads to Peoria which from Corvallis college, old news- before the incumbent, Mrs. H. N.C is located on the Willamette nine miles above here. DaDers including the "Philomath Whitelaw, were Mrs. H. L. Mack, crhble," 1879,-utensils that came Clyde E. Starr, and Rev. Frank across the plains, remnants of the Jasper. Mrs. Harriet L. Moore, :;FT~e>--& . , +? first telegraph line from Portland secretary, was preceded in that to Corvallis, 1856, and various office by Mrs. Gladys Schloeman, other things of equal age and in- Mrs. Grace Cooper, Katherine terest. More items from the early Hughes (Osborn), and Bertha I days would be gladly received as King. As treasurer Arthur K. , gifts. Berman follows the late Wm. A. At present a dollar a year would Baker, and Harold Woodcock. admit to membership mylone Claude Buchanan, deceased, the interested in the history of Benton first registered agent or legal county. Open to the public, regular representative of the society, was+Ib meetings are held on the first Mon- succeeded by John E. Smith. i day in November, February and ANNOUNCEMENTS 1 May. Additional ones and picnics *.- -* -*-.. * -, - , assemble at the call of the presi- Next Meeting. Feb. 5, 1962. i dent. Mrs. Aura Roscoe is member- (MeeUngs usually are held In the parlor *%* of the Federated church ) 4 L ship secretary. Madison Street, 1961, looking east froin Flfth L, Ships were wrecked and sabo- These terms were filed with the taged, tunnels and bridges bomb- state by B. W. Wilson, president ed, Chinese laborers starved, and (the author's grandfather), and towns built to die in infancy. R. S. Strahan, secretary. The com- But the dream lingers on and, pletion of the road was to be within today, whenever a few million dol- five years, but the Legislature, lars are spent to improve the har- in 1878, granted a six-year ex- bor at Yaquina Bay, the fires of tension of time.' tope are rekindled in many who Other local people serving as ( never knew the original delusion. directors or contributing money Then, the big plan was for ship- at this time included Green B. THE CORVALLIS & ping wheat from our great pro- Smith, Dr. J. R. Bayley, W. B. %wing areas and timber products Hamilton, Ashby Pierce, I. B. to China. Today, the scheme is to Henkle, M. Jacobs, Sol King, J. M. bring oil from elsewhere to some- Currier, T. E. Cauthorn, and J. where else. Harris. By Tom Wilson The great delusion was already Ground was "broken" May 17, here before 1871, but it was then 1877, at Corvallis, and the rail- PART ONE - The Man From Alcatraz that Colonel T.