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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1908)
LOCAL AND PER SON U Mies Winoifred Gates, who has been so ill, is improving. Horace Underbill of Summit was looking after business matters in Corvallis, Tuesday. Wayman Mason of Astoria has been visiting his mother in this city during the week. Ed Williams and Byron Wool lidge of Bellefonntain were Corval lis visitors the first of this week. Elmer Samuels of Lane county, an old-time Beaton county man, was renewing old friendships in Corvallii the first of the week . Rev. G. W. Forman rill speak on "Christ-like Living" next Sun day morning at the Methodist church, South. Everyone welcomed. Clyde Hayes was an Indepen dence visitor Wednesday and Thurs day. He went in search of milch ciws as he intends engaging in the -dairy business. Bert Sanger has purchased the truck belongiog to Mr. Louk and is now a member of the city transfer -company. Mr. Louk may engage in farming, according to report. Superintendent Denrnan, Dr. J. "Withycombe and Prof. Lewis are to go to Bellefountain tomorrow to participate in a parents' meeting and farmers' institute. A good meeting is assured. The revival meetings will begin -"Sunday morning at the Methodist church. Rev. Van Marter has been delayed and cannot be present to begin on Thursday evening as was previously announced. Dr. Thos. E. Green, whose lecture here next Thursday night will be the fouitn number on the Corvallis Lyceum Course, is reputed to be one of the best lecturers for the Knights Templars in the United States. Chief Wells informs us that the old wells in Jobs addition, mention ed in a lecent issue of the Gazette, have been covered safely and if mischievous youngsters do not set about to tear up the coverings there will be no drownings to report from this source. The girls' basketball team of OAC goes to Monmouth today where toniuht thev meet the team -of that city in a contest. Totnor row night they meet the Chemawa Indian lassies on the floor of the latter. Both games promise to be interesting. R. H. Huston went to Portland, Tuesday night, in answer to a tele phone message from Mrs. Huston saying that their daughter,' Helen, was not so well. The little girl is recovering from an operation for -appendicitis. She was improved yesterday and it is believed she will ibave no further trouble. Gus Robertson of Fayette, Iowa, has been a guest this week at the Colbert borne. He visited a daugh ter in Portland before coming to this city. Mr. RoVenson is greatly pleased with what he has seen of Oregon. He is a very agreeable gentleman and it is hoped he may return and locate here. There was a light fall of snow in "Corvallis. Tuesday morning, hardly enouah to cover the ground but just a sample to remind local residents that Buch a condition is sometimes found in the Enst, and elsewhere. By noon, however, only a little "'slush" remained to tell the story of what had happened. Prof. I. C. Lewis of the Aaricul tural college has been asked to be present at the cannery meeting Saturday and also two practical cannerymen, who will address the meeting on the lines of what, to raise for the most profit and also on handling products for the can nery. Independence West Side. A basketball team from the Port land high school is to play the Cor vallis team a game of basketball on skates at the rink in this city, in the near future. The Portland team has played eight games and lost one, and the local team has played six and won six, records which show that the co ning game will be inter esting. Owing to a severe cold last Sab bath, the pastor of the Baptist church was compelled to postpone his duet with the cornet until next Sunday evening, the 8th, when he hopes to be able to render it. There will also be special music by the choir. A cordial welcome is ex tended to all the services cf the church. Tonight the OAC girls' debating team is to debate with the Mon mouth girls in Monmouth. The -question is, "Resolved, That the so called Practice Cruise to the Pacific is Justifiable." The OAC girls are Misses Vesta Kerr, Violet Hancock, and Mamie Scoggin, and they are -expected to return home crowned wth the' laurel of victory. J. L. McFarland of the skating rink was an Albany business visit or Wedneeday. -Mrs. W. F. Starr of Bellefountain has been the guest of her son, Clyde, of OAC, several daye this week. , Isaac Lemon and family arrived yesterday from Grass Valley. They are to go on to Bellefouataia to visit relatives. A license to wed waa issued Wed nesday to William G. Willdig and Miss Sophia Spencer, both of Ben ton county. The groom is a Cor vallis plumber. At the Church of Christ next Sunday morning the pastor will preach on "The Value of Responsi bility;" evening topic, "A United Church and a Redeemed World." There were two added to the church last Sunday. The public is cordial ly invited to all the services. Victor P. Moses, one of Corvallis' respected and progressive business men, and W. L. Cobb of Roseburg have been appointed delegates to the South Methodist Laymen's Con ventioa to be held in Chattanooga, Teanessee, April 13th. Mr. Moses is uncertain whether he can attend the meeting but will do so if pos sible. In telling of the questions asked her by her little son a young moth er in Corvallis says the following are samples: " 'Why don't vines grow down instead of up?' 'Has God got just one big eye, or lots of little eyes?' 'Do good mosquitoes go to heaven if they don't bite little boys?' and finally, 'How far can a cat spit?' " Ed Looney, who has been in the employ of the Wilhelms at Monroe for eight years, is to move to Cor vallis immediately and it is under stood he has acc9pted a position as clerk in the J. H. Harris store in this city, John Looney and fam ily of Monroe are also looking for a location and will move here as soon as they can obtain a suitable resi dence. The men's debating team of OAC goeB to Salem today to debate with the Willamette University team The question is, "Resolved, That the U. S. Should Adopt the Subeidy chant Marine," The OAC team is composed of Ivan Kerr, Phillip Oale and It. K. Chirk, all bright. brainy yung mea who will make a good showing for the Agrics. The little great grandson of Mr and Mrs. S. H. Horton died in Wal la Walla a few days ago of that dread disease spinal meningitis. In a recent write uD of the 53rd wed ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Horton in the Gazette, this little lad was mentioned as the only great grandchild of this respeoted couple. Four days after the item appeared the little fellow was called home. The farmers of Linn county pre dict a prosperous season for all kiuds of truit and agricultural pro dusts this year. They are areatiy encouraged by the present weather which is just cold enough to keep the fruit from getting too far alone and later to be nipped by frosts. Everything looks prospeous from a farmer's standpoint and he has just cause for rejoicing. Herald. bame in Benton. County Fruit Inspector French states that a much deeper interest is manifested this year by owners of fruit trees than ever before in the matter of cleaning up, pruning and spraying their orchards. It is not, declares Mr. French, simply a de sire to comply with the law, but the people are beooming aroused to their own interests and are doing the work for their own good, which will insure a more general move ment and probably more thorough work. The Muscatina, Iowa, bafketball team defeated the famous Dallas aggregation en the latter's floor, Tuepday night, by a score of 22 to 14. ' Last night after the Gazette press hour the Muscatines and the OAC five were to play their second game in the local armory, Swann ! and Bilyeu to.be in the OAC team,! which waa not the case in the first game, bwannie s prediction yester day was that the Agrics would be defeated. At any rate the game was certain to be a spirited one and to attract an immense crowd. Preaching at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning bv the pastor, Rev. J. R. X. Bell. Topic Don't Worry." Attheeyening service there will be echoes from the C. E. Convention held at Eu gene. The State President 'will be present and will give a short address. The delegates attending the convention will give echoes of four or five minutes each. Anthems by the choir, and a duet' by the McGihnis sisters, and the Staie Endeavor song by the Endeavors, led by the choir. This will be a very interesting service for everybody. "The Robinson-Cate Realty and Investment Company" is the name of a daw real estate firm with head quarters at No. 205, Occidental Building. Mr. Cate i8 a newcomer from Hillsboro, a pleasant and af fable gentleman, and is a relative of P. L. Cate who is interested in the Vidito livery stable. ' Mr. Rob ineon is one of Corvallis' substan tial citizens who has bad eight years of experience ia the real estate business in this city, and is too well known to need comment from us. Grover Cate is also interested in the new firm. He is a graduate of OAC in the class of '04 At Hotel Corvallis, Wednesday night, was held a meeting of the Central Willamette Medical As sociatton. There was a large at tendance, a fine time socially as well as intellectually, and at the conclusion of the business meet ing a sumptuous banquet was en- joyea. An excellent paper was iead by Dr. Byrd of Salem, and another by Dr. Booth of Lebanon was the subject of favorable com ment. Those present were: Drs. Davis, Wallace and Cavanaugh, of Albany; Booth, of Lebanon; Dale, of Harrisburg; Newth and Loggan, cf Philomath; Byrd, of Salem, and Cathey, Pernot and Farra of Corvallis. Toe W. of W. of Philomath Cir cle, No. 488, are contemplating and busilv engaged in rehearsing for an entertainment to be given on Thurs day, March 12th, says our Philo math correspondent. The enter tainment will consist of a Milk maids' Drill and Milkmaids' Con vention given by 24 Milkmaid dele gitts from the three northeastern states and a few from eastern states. This is to be interspersed by choice music and followed by a sale of decorated . boxes and baskets and possibly the Milkmaids' pails con taining luncn tor two. All are cordially invited to be piesent, those bringing boxes or baskets being es pecially weloome, and old men. young men, school boys and "kids" are invited to make their very best bids. The month of March was usher ed in with a slight , touch of winter. A light downfall of snow which melted away by the warm rays of the noon-day sun, it what greeted those of us living on the Willam ette side of the foothills of the Coast Range last Tuesday morning. So far this winter, no snow has re mained with us longer than a few hours, and not frost enough to kill the vegetables in our gardens. Even now with the snow and frost, new blooms are added to our gardens. Spring borders, : gorgeous with the lovely violets,' snowdrops, crocuses, hyacinths, jonquils, Chinese sacred lillies, daffodils, polyanthus in red, white and yellow, and the bright eyed pink and white daisies. All this granduer while our eastern cousins are yet in the throes of win ter. Philomath Correspondent. To those who enjoy an enter tainment of high order the one given under the auspices of the San Grael society of the Presby terian church at the Opera House on Tuesday evening was a rare treat. The male quartet render ed some choice selections and the solo by Miss Lulu Spangier brought forth merited applause from the audience. Mrs. B. W. Johnson Is a natural born orator and her rendition of Ben Hur was well worth the price of admission. Rev. J. R. N. Bell gave a very interesting aualysis of the com position of Poe's Raven. The entertainment was not only well received by the audience but it will have a tendency to cultivate in the minds of citizens a desire for purer, cleaner and a better class of en.ertainments. The audience was not so large as the merit of the performance would justify but it is stated the affair war a financial success. The funeral of the late Daniel Large, who died Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hug gins, was held yesterday after noon at 2 o'clock from the Bauer & Bovee undertaking parlors, un der the auspices of the Masonic fraternity. The remains were interred in Crystal Lake ceme tery. The deceased had been a sufferer with paralysis for a num ber of years. He was formerly a well known and prominent resi dent of Albany and during the construction of the Oregon Pacific railroad, now the Corvallis & Eastern road, was employed as Acting Saperintendent. He was familiarly known to his many friends as "Dan." He was taken with paralysis while in California and later came to Corvallis where he has since made his home. He was unmarried. He was about 55 years old and was a member of Temple commandery ia Al bany. The members ot the Al bany lodge came to 'Corvallis to attend the funeral. J. M. Nolan, the well known Oorvallia merchant, made an ex tended , visit last vaar tn hii nW borne in Ireland. : He likewise, vis ited London, and thereby hangs a tale. In discussing hnsinnss meth ods, there and in America, a Lon- aon mercaant inquired of the Cor vallis man if the latter had ever given any "church benefit" days in his store, to which Mr. Nolan re plied in the negative. It was then suggested that he try this London idea when he returned home, and the suggestion is soon to be put in to use. In the near future thin big firm will give a series of church benefit days. In other, words, each church will be assigned one day and a percentage of all sales msde by J. M. Nolan & Son on that day will be given to that church. Th only favor askad in return will be that the pastors of the churches provide two young ladies to remain at the store for the day to assist in the financial part of the buFi ness. Several locil pastors have already been approached and are highly pleased with this verv een- erous offer, and there is no doubt that the idea will ''take" with all denominations. . as it costs the church nothing and is certain to re sult in a tidy sum for each congre gation iqus represented. "You can't stop a trolley car by standin' on the track." "Sis.".. Episoopal church week-day Lenten services each week as follows: Wednes days at 4 :15 p. m ., brief services, and at 7;30 p. m., Litany and lectures. Same on Fridays. J. W. Armstrong, Sector. Latest in photos and stamps, at Mrs. Wiegand's studio. lltf The Episcopal church, corner Jefferson and 7th streets. Services, Sunday, the 8th, as follows: 10 a. m., Sunday School; 11a.m., mersiDg service and sermon; 7:30 p. m., evening; service and sermon. Seats free. All welcome. J . W. Arm strong, Eector. Buy your groceries of Cooper & Whiteside. ntf From some localities come reports that there is much San Jose scale yet. This mast not be permitted. The fruit indus try is too important and men who at great labor and expense have destroyed pests and maintain clean orchards have a right to demand that county fruit in spectors do their full duty, without fear or favor and strictly enforce the law. Orchards not rendered pestless must be destroyed. Journal Editorial. New line dishes in plain and fancy designs, at Cooper & Wbite sides. ' utt The comedy of life will be about what it has been the men will labor day and night, and the wives of men will spin. They'll have a club for every day, and never cease to go; they'll learn to talk of many themes their husbands do not know; they'll bear a lecturer from Greece, auother on Japan, another on the. Renais anee, and several on man; they'll hire a a lot of long-haired freaks to make them erudite, they'll work on papers every morn, and look up things at night; and their husbands will get supper cold and suffer ridicule and the children will grow up like wolves, while mamma goes to school. Ex. "Nobody aint lost any sleep bunt- in' me to give me sompin for noth ing." "SI-." The requirement? that all cattle, sheep and horses grazing under permit on the National Forests be given salt at frequent intervals is a regulation which has been found to go a long way in protecting the range and conserving the forage crop. Old hunters, in the days of the pioneers, knew that deer and buffalo traveled long distances to lick salt in saline springs. The Blue Licks on Licking River, in Kentucky, and a similar mineral spring on Elk River, in West Virginia, were famous for the herds of deer, buffalo and elk which frequented them. The adja cent ground was so deeply tramped that the marks were to be seen many years after the places ceased to be visited by tnose animals. "In the choice of colors for the sprins of 1908, Fashion seems less capricious and more utilitarian than for many a long time," says Grace Margaret Gould in her fashion talk in the March number of the Woman's Home Companion. "It was blue last fall, and it's to be bine again this spring blue, however, in many fascinating shades, snch as canard blue, which is dack blue, a very lovely, delicate shade. Copenhagen blue con tinues in lashionable favor, and navy blue and royal blue for every-dsy wear are looked upon as reliable, good-style colors. Next to the blues come the browns. A beaver shade of brown is very fashionable, and so are the russets and a citron shade. Chamois color will be nsed more thin everv and the bread and biscuit tiats. Tan is a good color to choose for a gown from the fashion stand point, and cream is also the mode. A number of shades of green will be worn, and a few grays on the mole order." Wood wanted at " once, on eub 8 jription, at Gazaitejoffice. 12tf : n -.- - - - t .. 1 " . ... g t ' ' - ' ' ' . - -, . - . . . . ', - - . ' ' r , . ' ' - " . S ' ' , Visit Kline's Pure food... Department - ; " W.B." CORSET We are sole agents for this Perfect Fitting Corset JUST RECEIVED A large line of Girdle Corsets to sell at 50c, 75e, and $1.00. Also New Spring Style, and the Standard "W. B." Corset for every fig ure, large or slender. This Corset is one ot the very best made today. We carry them in the popular price 81,00 and $1.50. 1 0i wwvM,vvsvysrHSN',JW is the time to have your watches, clocks and jewelry repaired. Bring in the old watch and let us give you an estimate on the cost of repairs for it All work guaranteed. We sell the "Best Silver-ware Polish on Earth.'' At PRATT'S, the Jeweler and Optician. O.J. Blackledge THE INDEPENDENT Furniture Store, Corvallis, - - Oregon You Take No Chances When You Buy Groceries At This Store AU.our goods are guaranteed t comply with the Pure Food Law We' have the best We Want Modes Fm L. MILLER. and nothing but a Tour Business Grocery