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VOL. I. NO. 184
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1909
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WHERE TO WOR
T
VARIOUS SERVICES, AND WHAT
IS OFFERED BY MINISTERS
DEDICATION AT 3 O'CLOCK
Christian Church Will Be Re-dedicated.
$4,000 Worth of Improvement Made
The Past Year Causes Membership
To Feel Good
f The feature of the Sunday ser
vices in Corvallis will . ,' be the
dedicatory service at the Chris
tain church at 3 p. m. An elab
orate program has been pre
pared, with Rev. David Errett,
of the Salem ; Christian church,
, as' the principal speaker. The
' ministers and congregations of
the various churches have a
special invitation to participate
in the ; service and the prospect
is for a joyous time.
The people of the Christian
church have recently made a
great enlargement and general
improvement in their church edi
fice. 'A sixteen foot addition to
the west, large wing to the
south, a fine new basement, and
cement sidewalks on both sides
of the structure give 'the:. Chris
tain ' " people conveniences and
comforts scarcely second to any
in the city today. The improve
ments have cost them 'about
$4,000 and they afe particularly
gratified that more than $3,000
of this' had been paid in. They
Sre also particularly pleased with
a fine memorial window pre-
sented by Mrs. Prudence Chip-
man and family. - -
ine -.. nristian cnurcn now
seats 450. Those concerned will
.1 t 1 11 1 . . A
not ieei Daaiy aoout it it every
seat is occupied Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock. The improve
ment at the Christian church
means a great deal for Corvallis
as1 a whole, so it misrht be well
for a general representation to
accept the cordial invitation to
be present
, . , BAPTIST ;'
Bible School at 10 a. m. for one hour.
Classes for all ages. "Mornir worship
. at 10:00 a. m. Pastor Bassford will
- preach on "A Power That Transforms
Life." .Young People's Service at 6:30,
subject, "Life Lessons For Me From
the First fcpistle of John." 'Leader,
". Pastor Bassford. Evening worship at
7:30. At this service our pastor will
give the first of a series of Sunday
sermons on "The Religon of Jesus."
These sermons will be a frank, straight
forward, and modern discussion of the
essence and claims of the Christian
Religion. Come and hear them, they
will do you good. ' '
CHURCH OP CHRIST
Bible School 10 a. m., lesson, 'Paul
on the Grace of Giving," II Cor. 8:1-15;
11a.m., Preaching and Communion,
Financial Statement; 3 p. m., Dedica
tory Service. Ministers and congrega
tions have special invitation -to this ser
vice. 7:30, Preaching service. ,
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
Services will be held tomorrow morn
ing and evening at the usual hours.
jjirst (congregational Church, corner
Third and Jefferson streets, the pulpit
to be supplied by Rev. Harry E. Mason,
, of Dayton, Washington, who comes to
Corvallis to look over the field, with the
idea in view of taking up the work here,
should both he and . the people be
satisfied. . He is said to be a command
ing, forceful speaker of, more than or
dinary ability and deserving of a large
congregation at both services tomorrow.
SH P
OIRROW
School for Bible study convenes 10 a. m.
and the Devotional Hour of the C. E.
6:30 p. m. Everyone is assured a
hearty and cordial welcome - at the
services of this church.
EPISCOPAL
Church of the Good Samaritan, corn
er Jefferson and Seventh streets, on the
morning of the second Sunday . in Ad
vent (Dec. 5) there-will be at 10 o'clock
Morning Prayer for the Sunday school,
followed by Bible and other classes.
At 11, a" special Thanksgiving for
Missions (to be observed throughout
the American Church in devout recogni
tion of a divinely inspired interest and
progress) followed by Holy Communion.
At 6:30 the first meeting of the Young
Mens' Bible Class led by the Y. M. C.
A. Secy., D. G. Thayer, at the church.
At 7:30 everting worship with sermon,
"From Lonely Plain to Walled City,"
being the second in series, "The Road
to Bethlehem. " This House of Prayer
stands open to all by right and not by
courtesy.
PRESBYTERIAN
Preaching at the Presbyterian church
Sunday morning and evening by the
pastor, J. R. N. Bell, D. D. Morning
topic, "The Humanity and Divinity of
Man;" evening subject, "What Are the
Leaves on the Trees . For?" Sunday
School at 10 o'clock a.' m. ; Christian
Endeavor at 6:30 p. m. ; Bible study on
Thursday evening at 7:30. Excellent
music" at' both services. - Seats free;
obliging ushers . All strangers .. who
may be sojourning in the city are very
cordially : invited to attend services at
this church. Everybody made welcome.
Mrs. Harold Woodcock has kindly con
sented to sing the offertory at the eve-
ning service.
The driver for the Centeninal
Meat Market, who left untied
mat team wnicn ran away
Thrusday and collided with the
Lafferty buggy in front of the
Berman store, was taken before
Judge Denman on a charge of
violating the city, ordinances,
tie pleaded guilty and was as
sessed $15. Chief Wells claims
to have given this driver warn
ing some time ago, to the effect
that he would arrest him if he
failed to tie his team when lead
ing it. ' The Chief says he pro-,
poses to get some others very
shortly. The ordinances require
that all teams shall be tied up or
held.- ''
0. A. G.
VALLIS WIN OUT
Oregon won the grand prize
for general educational display
at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex
position, in addition to numerous
other awards made i to various
exhibitors" of the state. An ad
ditional list of awards ' was an
nounced yesterday by Henry E.
Dosch, director of the division of
exhibits and privileges at the
fair. The list .heretofore ; an
nounced was for agricultural and
horticultural exhibits only. In
aaaraon to tne grand . prize
awarded to Oregon for its gen
eral educational display, , the Ore
gon Agricultural College received
five grand prizes for . exhibits
from that institution and a large
number of gold, silver ;Vand
bronze medals were distributed
to other schools throughout the
state. The Corvallis schools won
a silver medal in its 'general dis
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IMRGER, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8
Orator is Reputed to Be Very Supe
riorSeason Tickets Still On Sale
at Greatly i Reduced Price Four
Shows For $1.75. .,
The second number of the Cor
vallis Lyceum Course is due
next Wednesday, December 8,
at the opera house. ' At that
time Lee Francis Lybarger, ad
vertised as "a modern Patrick
Henry," will give one of his
famous lectures: : ; V?
''How Napoleon Won," "How
to Be. Happy," "Land, Labor,
Wealth" or "The Danger and
Injustic of Our Swollen -For
tunes," "The" Two -Worlds-Mind
and Master."- ;.'--
Lybarger is not an entertainer
or a funny man; his lectures
are , reputed to be intellectual.
He is said to be a "scholar,
scientist and man of the world;
with broad vision and invigorat
ing ideas." At Harrisburg, Pa.,
Lybarger talked untih midnight
to a crowd of 5,000 and held his
audience spellbound. ' He has
lectured throughout the United
States, and a finer lot of press
comments were never given any
speaker. It seems intirely prob
able that Corvallis will have the
experience of Joliet, III.; a town
of 30,000, which discovered Ly
barger to be head and shoulders
above the greatest orators that
had ever visited that city," and
-Joliet gets all the greatest of the
good. :': . " .;,
Season Tickets : T
are still on sale. They have
been reduced from $2.50 to $1.75.
Four numbers are yet to come
Lybarger, orator; ALaurant and
Co.; magicians; Fredrick Warde,
GREA
ORATOR
Since we have completed the alterations of the
SecondFloor we now have a most complete Toy,
Department with a large and well selected stock
for both children and the grown up.
Bring the Children and LOOK and
LINGER as Long as You Like
Shakespearean dramatist; and
College Singing Girls, a company
of ten. The latter nnmber will
cost $100, but the four may
be seen for $1.75. v
THE LAND OF NOD"
A FAIRY STORY
'A complete program of the
"Land of Nod" performance,
due ; at the opera .house next
Thursday evening, Dec. 9, shows
twenty-three musical numbers, a
dozen principals and a chorus of
fifty. In - the cast is Knox Wil
son, as "April Fool." Wilson is
recognized as one of the very
best fun-makers in musical
comedy. This production is of
the extravaganza order, there
being weird and tremendous fig
ures enlivening ah occasion made
brilliant with gorgeous costume
and over-growrir fanciful char
acters. : '" ' -.-
The use of the fairy story in
inculcating good thought in the
mind of a child is one of the ap
preciations of modern education.
Time was when children were
kept away from fairy tales as
1 from a burning bush, for fear
of its witchery. Now, educators
recognize .'that : simplicity of
thought accompanies fables as
truly a s does the recital 1 Tfie
lesson of the flowers, the heroics
of music, the majesty of -the
forest and the harmonies of the
modern extravaganza, such as in
the great production ".The Land
of Nod," all have their influence
upon the child-mind for refresh
ment and repose as well as use
ful: knowledge. The demands
for special matinees for children
this season have been many.
Schools have been dismissed
and teachers have come to the
theater with their pupils.'
; The. entire original cast and
production of "The Land of
Nod" will be seen at the opera
house next Thursday night.
A SAFE PLACE TO TRADE
THERE IS NO
KING BUT DODO"
JOLLY OLD MONARCH PLEASED A
LARGE AUDIENCE LAST NIGHT.
MUSIC, FUN AND GIRLS GOOD
John Cort's Revival of Popular Comic
Opera Fully Up to Its Heralding
Bis Chorus, Fine Music, Beautiful
Costumes and Lots of Get Up and Go.
King JJoao " ... iuiniied. every
promise but one. It was adver
tised that there would be a "full
orchestra." Unless" the pianist
and the drum major, who manip
ulated some half-dozen instru
ments, were "full," this "part of
the advertising was not lived up
fto. But the lack of an orchestra
made little or no difference.
There were many exceptional
musical comedy voices, a host ef
I good looking girls slightly
screened by gauzery, a wealth of
beautiful costumes, lots of snap
and dash about the production,
and many, many 'good hearty
laughs. It is the general opin
ion that Corvallis has not been
treated to a more . satisfactory
musical show, and it is gratify
ing that a large audience greeted
his most royal joblots with the
administration dome.
William Friend as Dodo was
some funny." He worked pretty
hard for the laughs but he finally
got them coming his way, and
Dodo then re:gned a favorite.
He had to share honors with
Bonilla, prime minister to Queen
Lil, who created a roar every
time he opened his face, or even
moved it. Charles J. Udell, - as
Bonilla, had rather original
noises and made a great deal of
a somewhat minor role. Eleanor
Kent, as Piola, starred in wear
ing "swell" 'costumes. She has
the frame on which to. hang the
-goods, and she also has a fresh,
sweet voice of greater range
than power. She was a favorite
and was recalled at every oppor
tunity.. Miss Kent was probably
as acceptable as any woman
could be carrying a male role.
A glorously bright spot through
out the show was the winsome
vivacious . Zoe Barnett, as An
nette, daughter of Sancho. She "
danced 1 and sang herself t into
the hearts of most The httle
girl has a very pleasing voice,
wondrous . grace and in the
bumble bee - song she vwas a
Spanish Senorita more beauti
ful than painters portray.
Louise Mink, , as Angela, ward of
King Dodo, was another type of
beauty, and few, if any, come to
the public with more pleasing
feature and charm of manner
Though slightly husky in spots,
Miss Mink unquestionably "has a
fine voice. Pedro, a baritone,
came near, being first class, and
W. H. West , as Dr. Fizz could
have been worse.
As singers, the principals were
all better than one expects to
find in musical comedies. The
choruses were large, and con
tained a better average of good
looking and shapely young .
woman. The costuming was
superfine and just , here the
public had an opportunity to dis-
cover just how much new, clean,
bright and gorgeous costumes
can add 'to a show. Many of
the stage pictures "were very
good and. as another writer said,
the chorus girls . spent their
time singing rather than in pony
races about the stage.
King Dodo was all to the
good, "v ' " Vv' '" V
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5th and A.
FOR TRADE A well-improved
five acres, close in, for city
property.
FOR SALE At a bargain,
well-improved ten acres right in
town. " Very best garden land.
See A. L. STEVENSON, the
Real Estate man. 12-3-2t
From the number of people on the
streets this afternoon it would seem
that this is the very kind of weather
most Oregonians love best.
SNAP