COR.VAIJJS, OREGON, June n, 1897.
Summer
Dresses
are an absolute necessity; Or
- gandies, Dimities, Lawns,
Swiss, Percales. Send for
Samples. -
Goods for
Graduating
dresses. Silk Cashmere, Al
batros Swiss. Send Jot sam
ples. .
Hoisery
Department
full of bareain specialties for
Misses and Boys at 10c, 15c
and 2nc. Ladies hose 6c to
60c. Oxblood and Tan hose,
Shirt
Waists
eo value for
and $1.25.
51.00
Shoe
Department
as complete as though we kept
v nothing but shoes. We sell
r.ttfiEN goods in our shoe de
partment. . -Draper
Duck 42 and 56 Inches wide,
t. TCUHQ ft SON,
Agents for Battrick Patterns.
Send for Metropolitan.
L00.1L HAPPENINGS.
Columbia and Hartford bicy
cles lead all others.
Corvallis will not celebrate the
4th of July this year.
! Seventy-five new subscribers
-were Added to the Gazette's list
in May.
The time of the Dusty picnic
has been changed from June 18
to June 26.
If you want a threshing outfit
buy a Buffalo Pitts. S- H. & Co.
are agents.
Will close out all my trimmed
hats at 20 per cent, discount.
:;Mrs. J. Mason- . - -
Riley Logan, one of the genial
and affable citizens of Willamette
precint, was in town Tuesday.
Sidney Additou, now with his
father in the commission busi
ness in Portland, visited Corval
lis Sunday.
" . Leon, the little "of'Jairiefc
Flett, fell off a horse Monday
and suffered some painful but not
serious bruises. '
Studebaker "Bros, wagons and
buggies- for sale by Simpson,
Houston & Co.
Without a speedy rain river
navigation will soon stop. The
Willamette is now only two feet
above low'water mark. j " '
0 . . 1 ,'1 mniMirs !
.- 'Last ,.SatiKdayl.iCIfne
shipped' from this city to the
Washington county mills, at
T?nr;t Grove, i.000 bushels of
milling wheat
Albany will be the only town
in the valley to celebrate Inde
pendence day. Senator J. H.
Mitchell has been invited to de
liver the address.
There is better value in a $60
Hartford than in any other wheel
on the market. , -;
The oiano students of the O.
A. C.have issued invitations for
a recital to be given this even
in.r Miss Louie Barnett and
- -
Profi -Fulton assist
Corvallis printers are out with
, a challenge to play baseball with
anv trade or oroiession in tne
city. The typos are said to be
-very good with the suck.
The Union Pacific people have
issued a handsome souvenier that
finds its way to this office. It is
. a book printed artistically on
- fine paper and illustrated in
:i colors.
There must be prospects for a
rood hay crop judging from the
niiniber o- McCorrmck mowers
that are being sold.
T. T. Stureill; of Baker City,
Tiardofthe "Fraternal
TTnion." is in town in the inter
est of-his order. Mr. Sturgill
N'Hmpd : the O. A. C. about 12
;years.
' ChU4rens day will be observed
atvtlfif Baotist church bunday,
TtKe 1 ith. at 7-.WP. m. The
undaV school has a good pro
gram prepared. All are cordi
.ally invited.
Tt is understood that John Daly
-7;i1 almrtlv start a paper, backed
Inv and in the interest of Joe Si
won. The Gazette extends
sympathy and fraternal greeting
to Brother uaiy. ,
The Baptist lawn social at Mr,
Pvtrall's last Friday . was a very
pleasant" affair, and quite a finan
' cial success, for which the pasto
and the church return very sin
thanks to all contributors
; and patrons.
The Albany male quartette, so
famous during the campaign of
last fall, will trive a concert at
-fc Preshvterian church next
Thursday evening, the 17th
Further notices and programs
- -will be given soon. .
The photograph for the cut of
the new Methodist church, that
appears in this issue, was tur
nished by W. S. Gardner, the
art photographer. He has large
photographs of the building for
sale at his gallery on 2d street.
J. D. Coleman, representing
the Phoenix and Home Insurance
companies, and W. C. Calder, of
the New Zealand, were here on
Tuesday and Wednesday and ad
justed the loss by last week's
fire, to the satisfaction of the in
sured. r
Prof. Shaw is in the East. He
was granted leave of absence to
do special work in 'the govern-!
ment labratories at Washington,
and left Friday. He will make
a special study of soil bacteri
ology. He intends visiting sev
eral eastern experiment station
on his trip.
F. L. Miller, . the popular
clothier, has been confined to
his bed for over a week. His
illness prevented Jiis attending
the field sports at Salem, Satur
day, where he was to act as an
official, which fact was greatly
regretted by the boys.
Portland will entertain endeav
orers returning from the big. CaU
iforuia convention. The recipi
ent of the free ticket so kindly
donated by Kline's busy big
store, will see delegates not only
from every state in the Union,
but also from all North America. ,
While returning from the bur
ial of Frank Countryman's little
sou, in Dusty last week, his
team ran away, throwing out the
I family and Mr. Spaght, bruising
all 01 them and knocking . tne
latter sensless. Fortunately no
permanent injuries were received.
Out of 53 applicants for ad
mission to the bar last week 47
passed. Three ladies were in the
latter list. Among the success
ful ones were Lieut. Dentler and
W. C Fisher, Corvallis, Ben
Jones, Toledo, Col. Eddy, the
railroad - commissioner, and E.
H. Belknap, formerly represent
ative from Benton.
The Corvallis creamery is ready
to begin active operations next
Monday. It has a first-class
plant capable of using the milk
of a thousand cows and is oper
ated by experts. Tomorrow
afternoon farmers who expect to
furnish milk will meet and ar
range all plans.
The O. A. C. boys have no
gymnasium. The state uni
versity has a good one. The
victory of the farmers last Satur
day does not argue against gym
nasiums, but only adds to the
glory of the home team. A
gymnasium is a fine thing, and
the college ought to have one.
Next Sundav a train load of
people are going over to Ya
. . . . 1
ntuna. ana tnev win nave a
happy time. The O- C &
R. runs an excursion train on
that day, leaving here at 7:30 a.
m. Round trip only $1.50. Ya
quina river and tributaries are
full of trout and a number ot
local anglers will go over to fish.
The new city officers entered
upon the discharge of their du
ties Monday evening. Mayor
Woodward appointed the follow-
The Illustrated American (N.
Y.) commenting upon the Stan
ford-Berkley field . day, . says:
"The. conspicuous, thing about
the game was the number of ab
solutely certain winners who did
not win, ' ' naming Brady ( Bur
nett as one. In the half-mile it
says, "At the end of two laps
Burnett was well ahead, confi
dent but very tired. Carrol
passed Burnett 60 yards from the
finish, beating him by less than
a second."
J. C. Hunter returned last
week -from" an extended tour
through Arizona, Texas and
Mexico. He had been absent
four months and during that
time has travelled several thou
sand miles and seen a great deal
of country. He was especially
interested in the silver mines of
sections visited and brought home
with him some very rich speci
men of quartz. Mr. Hunter has,
some notion of returning to Texas
after harvest to remain during:
the winter.
Mr. Carl Zwicker, the genial
"Major Boots" of Corvallis, and
Miss Addie Finch, of Portland,
were" married in the latter city
Tuesday, June 1st. The Ore-
goman says, "The respective
ages of the coupie are 66 and 62,
The wedding was a jolly affatr
and; the newly wedded pair ap
peared as happy" as would any
couple a score of years younger.
Mr. and Mrs. Zwicker arrived
here Monday and received ,-a
welcomed The Gazette force
rejoices in the new found happi
ness of a good neighbor.
The special "midsummer edi
tion of the Corvaixis Gazette
will be a woik of art typograph
ically. It is to be profnsely and
handsomely illustrated and will
be printed on finest quality of
book paper. Special articles of
interest, relating to our local his
torv. our present condition and
our futnre outlook, are bein
prepared, and with other features
will make this the most impor
rant and best newspaper issue
ever published in the county. It
will be ready for the press in
VICTORIOUS FARMERS.
Oregon Agricultural College
Wins the Athletic Championship.
A NEW EDIFICE OF WORSHIP.
The Handsome Methodist Church
of Corvallis Dedicated Sun
day. Cost $5,000.
"They are dandies," said Tbos. Bow
ers, ot tne crocKet, exas, cuicipnat,
while writing about De Witt's Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for sick
headache and disorders" of the stomach
and liver. Allen & Woodward. ' . .
Remember Nolan & Callahan's
great removal sale. Big bar
gains in all lines until July 5.
Some for ten, some for twenty and
some for thirty years have suffered from
piles and then been quickly and perma
nently cured by using' DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, the great remedy for piles
and all forms of skin diseases. Allen &
Woodward.
Buy your pure mauilla binder
twine of S H. & Co.
Not only piles of the very worst kind
can be cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve, but eczema, scalds, burns, bruises,
boils, nlcers and all other skin tronbles
can be instantly relieved by the same
remedy. Allen & Woodward.
Big bargains in all summer
goods at Nolan & Callahan's un
til July 5h-
Sick headacb fan be quickly and com
pletely overc-me by vising those famous
mtle Dills knovri as DeWitt's Little
Early Risers." Alfe & Woodward.
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Last Suuday ill this city, a handst-me
new building was dedicated to the wor
ship of God. It stands a monument to
religious enthusiasm, church loyalty and
business energy on the part of those hav
ing the enterprise iu charge, and those
assisting in carrying it out. It ; was
erected by the members of the Methodist
Episcopal church ef CorvaHis. The
building cost about $4000, and the ground
on which it stands cost nearly $1000
more. The building is graceful and or
namental in appearance, and a to botl
exterior and interior, turoisftes- a nana
some home for the Methodist congrega
The first Methodist organization of this-
city was effected in the fall of J84&. One
of the missionaries, probably Roberts
organized a class at that time at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart.
There were only a few settlers here tke
yet a class of 16 members was organized
J 1 T .
ing stanmng committees: fi
nance, Gibson, Smith, tamueis.
Street, Lee, Blakesley, Read.
Fire and water. Rose, Cameron,
Hall. Health. Hall. Lee and
Blakesley.
Arrangements have been made
for a baseball game Saturday
afternoon between Corvallis and
Philomath teams, on the "flat"
Geo. Irvine and Frank Crawford
will pitch for the Hearties while
smith will wear the mask. Cap
tain Warner has not fully decided
f ii 1 T.
as to . nem ana oasemeu. , jil
promises to be an exciting game.
The Corvallis Gazette is oae
of the oldest newspapers in Ore
gon, but it never in its history
enjoyed such genuine prosperity
as at tne present time, xt nas
a very large subscription list that
grows every day, and the adver
tising columns speak for them
selves. By the way, it can be
noticed that the Gazette adver
tisers are the men who do the
business. .
The O. A. C. boys, straight, hearty and
manly, defeated the State University
handily in the field and track events at
Salem last Saturday afternoon. Three
other colleges contested, but they had no
hopes of winning.
Out of 1 12 points O. A. C. made 55 4h
Eugene 35, Newberg 13, Monmouth 7,
and Salem 1. . Corvallis won seven first
places -ni.. 1 4 events,, seven seconds and
six thirds. Stltes, O, A. C, reduced the
Northwest record on the 440-yard run.
-p -d I Brucf Burnett smashed the Oregon col-
lege recoru in iuc uuu-uitic, n j vuuwm
in the mile walk, Art Stimpson in the
mile run, and Frank Crawford equaled
the Nbrthwest record in the 220. ' Hig-
ginsand Kykendall, of the if. of O., and
Hester, of Pacific college, broke college
records iu the 100-yard dash, 120-hurdle
and pole vault respectively. The score by
events was; - .
Half-mile run Won by Bruce Burnett,
O. A. C; Osborne, O. A. C. second;
Bishop, U. of O., third; time, 2:06 2 5.
ico-yard dash Won by J. L. Higgins,
U. of O.; Kelly, O. A. C, second; Craw
ford, O. A. C, third; time, 0.10 1-5.
Mile run Won by A. J, Stimpsou, O.
A-C; Reed, U. of O., second; Stanley,
P. C, third; time, 4:50.
22o-yard hurdle Won by D. V. Kuy
kendall, U. of O; , Nelson, P. C, second;
White, U. of O., third; time, 0:27 4-5.
440-yard run Won by E. P: Stites, O.
AC; Redmond, P. C, second; Livesey,
W. U., third; time, 0:53 1-5. ' :
220-yard dash Won by Frank Craw
ford, O. A. C; Colvig, O. A, C. second;
Higgins, TJ. of O., third; time, 0:23 1-5.
Mile-walk Won by William Jonnson,
O. A. C; Huffman, O. A. C, secona; ue-
Lashmutt, U. of O., third; time, 7;43- :
Two-mile bicycl? race Won b. L.
Scott, U. of O.; Riddle, O. S. N. tw; sec
ond; Metcalfe, P. C, third; time, 5:26 2-5;
1 20- yard hnrdle Won by D. V. K.uy-
kendall. U. of O.; Nelson, P. C. second;
Kellv. O. A. C, third; time, 0:17 2-5
Broad iump won by V. v. ituyKeu-
Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dixon, Mir.
and Mrs. Asa Spears, Mr. and M&si. Ha
inan Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Starr. Mr.
and Mrs. Biathar Newton and two young,
men, Morris and Isaac Newton. The
class, " with Wm. Dixon as leader, con-
tinued to meet at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Stewart until 1850, when a log
house was built near by for school pnr
poses, and it was occupied by the Metho
dist congregation as a place of worship.
for a period of five.yaara;
In 1855 the old church on the corner
of -Second, and . yanBuren streets was
built. The lumber for this "outiding was.
donated by Hamilton! CajupbeU. Ores
Kline and John Stewart. The labor wasJ
performed principally by John Stewart,
William Dixon, Silas Stout, Perry Earle
Wm. Carter, Wesley Graves and William,
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QROCERIES - LUNCH Q00DS,
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CALIFORNIA. VEGETABLES. . ? ;
1 ' ; TEAS, COFFEES and SPICES.
MY GROCERIES
ARE GUARANTEED.
August -Hodes, Headquarters.
Corvallis, Oregon.
AstHy iwti- norBfc It i qnlckly abgorbt.
cinttnt Voarfr M-hr. nail ; nBp'Hp. bjiwa.
F. A. Alexander, A. K. Milner and
Slinor Swick, Was then appointed and
active .work commenced. Plans were
furnished by Benj. D. Price, architect of
the M. E. church extension society.
The foundation was laid by Felton Broth
ers and W. O. Heckart was employed- as
superintendent, who has liad continuous
charge of the construction. :
'A ' All the material and labor that Corval-
1 conld furnish were obtained here..
Searlv all he lumber came from this
place, W. P. ".Marty n furnishing the ash
.fcrood nsed in the interior finishing and'
also the sashes and doors. TJie greater
among whom were Mr. and Mrs. Join hpart of the monev ued in the building
. ... ... . T, f TV T ,
was- expennea at iiomc.
-They first intended t. build 0:1 the site of
the old rhurch, but to accoiimiodate nil
the congregation, it was deemed advisa
ble to selectjrounds nearer the centi-r of
the city, and in September, 1896, the twoj
Briggs lots, opposite the opera house;
were - !',- .i. ,nmah Wr tronhles..
The building committee, consisting r: u- s.
Dbnt tftSn yonr blood with sassafras er
poison it with biue-massr but aid natn
Bv usinff EteWitfs Little Early Risers, tE
fnnions littte- dHTs for constipation, bilH
Tliey are pnaieiy
iWoo-'ward.
vegetable. Allen &
Big bargains in boys suits at
Nolan & CaLtahan's.
A featnre of the edifice is the band
mmr window in the east front of tHe'
I church presented by Mrs. Mary Stewart;
in memory of her departed husband.
TEoe church was used for worship for
nA ftm. lact AnnflAv. nnd aonroon- i
w J I - I . .
ate services were held throughout the
"day; Bishop Earl Cranston preached the:
dedication sermon in the morning, and
sisted bv Dr. G. W. Gue, of Port-
fendt Dr. Parsons, Salem; Rev. H..
Gouidi DallasjRev. Harmon, Lebanon;
Rev. Graff, Monroe; Dr. Fisher, Pacific
Christian Advocate, and Rev. H. Oberg.
ef this city. In the afternoon short con
gratulatory addresses were made by Rev,
M. Noble, Rev. Kelly, Dr. E. J. Thomp
son. Rev. . G. W. Bennett, Rev. Gould
aud Rev. Royal.:,
Ttte new church is out of debti. A
GREAT REMOVAL SALE!
We will soon be compelled to remove tem
porarily from our present quarters: We want
to reduce our immense stock toefore moving,
and in orderto do so, offer UNPRECEDENT
ED BARGAINS in all lines until July 5th.
We will give our patrons some plums tney
will long remember.
Big Bargains in Men and Boys Suits
Big Bargains in Men and Boys' Pants.
Big Bargains in Men ami Boys Hats, Caps.
Big Bargains in Underweai and Overshirts.
Big Bargains in Men and Boys' Shoes.
Big Bargains in all Summer Goods.
Big Bargains in Trunks, Bags, Telescopes.
Every Article ii? Stock a Bargain Until July 5th.
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HAVE THE BEST 50-CENT OVERALLS IN AMERICA.
UVtla. onA fViio rwll ilrtino" dflipateft 1
to-thi worship "of God 4 ycars ago,' stiu j thousand dollars remained unsnbscribed
sunds a memorial to the energy, self deJ Siuday morning, but at the dedicauo..
nial and public spirit 5f the grand oldd
services and during the day about $.1300
was-: pledged, which, with the donation
of $250 'rom the church extension soci
ety, and a loan by it of $500, puts-the
church in good financial circumstances.
Nearly all the' I4000 used in the co
;struction of the building was subscribed
oioneers who built it.
The idea of building the new Aurch
that wasdedicaled Sunday was ptbbably'
first suggested by Rev. H. Oberg. At.
the first quarterly conference after his.
unnnintmpnt tn this field, he brought the
matter up, and a committee was appoint4 by members of the church.
ed to investigate the possibility of erecwf
ing a new building. The committee was
appointed and a few weeks later met Jtd
the oarsouaee for consultation. ; To tesll
their own interest the committeemen!.
canvassed themselves and raised $800.
This was considered a good -omen and a
decision to build was quickly made.
Pastor Oberg; the ladies building so
ciety, and the building committeei. and.
especially the latter, are entitled, to full
credit for the manner in which this en
trmrise has been conducted. The build.-
ing committee displayed great business
ability besides ' unfailing enthusiasm, in
this most creditable work, .
Valley lod&e K. of P' held its.
regular semi-annual election
Mondav. Those elected ior ihc
ensuing: term were Robert John
son, C. C-, B. W. Johnson, V-
C: G. H. Horslall, frelate; Leo.
. - - -r 111 I 1
L. Paul. M. ot W ; f . lv. aimer,
M. of E.: Thos. :Whitehorn, ftl.
of F. : J. H. Gibson, K. of R. and
S.: Geo. Bowers. M. at jeo
Denman. I. G. ; E. A. Crawford,
O. G. . . v
Childrens day will be observed
in the new Methodist church by
special services. At the morning
service the pastor will preach
sermon appropriate for the : occa
sion. Baptism of children after
the service. In the evening the
children will : present a very at
tractive program. The Sunday
school, and Epwotth league will
meet in the lecture room at the
usual hours. You are all heart
ily invited to attend cthese services.
science pangs it tnev causea inose
wounds to bleed afresh. Multnomah
club has a coast record as a ' jobbing
outfit and the college athletes are wise in
refusing to meet it. .-. ;
Some club man has given the OVir-
goman a "till" concerning oaiuraay:?
games. He claims that'the walking.
match was a farce, as .Deiashmntt, u.
of O:, .was the only man who walked
fair." Ye Gods ! DeLashment fell clear
behind the judges on Jiikes, and ran for
250 yards till he came up. Huffman was..
Osborne, O. A. C, second; I the only man who did not break? .. joha-
A. C. third; 19 feet 2
dall. U.of O.
WitlUms, O.
inches.
Shot put Won by Gallagher, O. A. C
Qn.iil, tt. of O.. second: Walters, u. a.
C, third; distance, 34 feet 5 inches.
Pole vault Won by Hester, P. ;C,
Stimusou. O. A. C, second; wimams,
tt. A. C, thrVd: height, 9 feet 8 inches.
High jum? Won By. D. C. AUard, O,
S. N. S.; White, U. of O.; second; Price,
P. C, third; height, 5 feet 4 inches
Hammer throw Won by A. J. Tharp,
O. A. C; Bodtne, v. ' A. V-; secona;
Eldeu, O. A. C, third; distance, 102 feet
5 inches. .
H. E. Judge, of Portland,, acted
referee, and Rave general satisfaction by
his mavifest fairness.
About 250 people went by boat to wit
ness the games. They bad a long trip
for the returniug boat w?s n hours on
the route, getting into
m. Sundav morning.
seemed happy as they came ashore.
orderlv crowd, excepting for
the occasional cheers br the victory.
mtotnomAh's interest.
ti, ATiiltnnmah Athletic club had a
son broke once, put not ua- iue iiimu
stretch, and a walker has the right to be
cautioned twice. One of the judges of
walking, Ed. Brook'water, has acted iirt
sirnitar capacity-.aeveral times intmpor.
tant Eastern races, nHsrtbor9Ugily mL
on the rules. This Multnomah' expertllTwi
probably one of that club's committee
who last year refused to allow Bpdine to
throw the hammer with a loop handle in
Portland, saying it wa "irregular. '
What those fellows do not know about
athletics would stock a library,
He says again that Higgins', TJ. of, :D-
performance in the 220 was highly, cred
itable "considering the circumstances
As two O, A; C. boys beat Higgins easily
and as Kellv was so close to him as to,
cause nearly all the onlookers to believe
KHv came in third, the remark was
only a sily exhibition of pro-Eugenism
on theif victory.
Too much praise cannot be given Epk
Cameron for the splendid; showing of the
college boys. He had. aarefully trained;
them, bringing out their good points and
updoing the bad. Hc thoroughly under
stands the' art of training and was full of
honest zeal for. the bays success.
GATHERING OF EDUCATORS
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Complete Success of Annua
- County institute at
Philomath.
Corvallis at 7 a. T again makes we3t wind
It
as responsible for the fast time in some
instances, and the heavy track responsi
ble for slow time in others. In truth
any aid from the wind was far more than
overcome bv the cloddy, heavy track.
HaiM
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u
fT
The distance runner had the wind for the
meet arranged with Eugene to take place greater part against them. . ,
after the Salem field day. Owing to the The q. A. C. boys won a. fair and un-
Dudes' defeat the contest was declared disputed victory. They, if anyone, suf-
off and Multnomah proposed a meet witn fered from erroneous decisions. StovaU ... Snt. Denman then explained
the mile . (. a of the new
ine aims, wuj-w t-
study classifications for the rural schools.
The public school teachers o Benton,
county are proud ot tneir annual insti
tute held vi Philomath, last week, tt
a conibiuatiojn pf college congress
ami theater, and the attendance was all
that could be desired. One hundred and
thirteen teachers were enrolled, more by
far than have ever attended any previous
institute in' the county. The papers
read, deserve more space than can be
given them in a necessarily brief review
of the institute work.
The institute convened Thursday morn
ing, Supt. Den'mau presiding. Geo, W.
Brown was elected secretary. Prof. Law
spoke on methods in arithmetic Prof.
Pratt discussed supplementary reading.
In the afternoon Pres. Emrick spoke on
"Qualificatious of Teachers." He spoke
from a scientific and from a purely prac
tical standpoint, and pointed out the im-
oortance of morality. His remarks niaae
a rWided imnression. A eeneral dis
eussion of the subject of reading fol
lowed, led by Prof. Pratt. Prof. Ander
son then gave a valuable address upon
the subject of history. Mrs. "Keezel
sookeon physiology in a manner that
showed a thorough knowledge, of the
Philomath's; guests. Miss Jennie Gel
latly sangi "Oifc ffromise Me.,' Miss
L.BVWS and Miss Buy usitSted. President
Campbell, of the Monmouth Normal,
then gave an admirable address on the
topic "The Mo deem View of Popular Ed
ucation." '
Friday morning: Pres. Campbell dis
snssed. "Psychology," in- a very interest
ing; manner. Prof. Hays, of Indepen
dence, followed wit& an excellant paper
iij "Language," whieh. lad to a general
liscuEsion. Pro Law coocluded his re
marks on methods- ia- arithmetic His
method- in percentage- was- criticized by
Erof- Bcirtow as. being too lengthy.
f Pres. Miller in a pleasant manner spoke
of proper method o study in district
schools. Prof. CotdJey explained the
leaflets prepared fo study of insects, etc.,
iu. district schqolb,
Eriday afternoon: P00& Bristow suc
cinctly stated, his methods of teaching
mental arithnietui and was- followed by
Profi Anderson-- Dean Berelitolil, of the
O. A. C, then took up. the subject of
music in the public schcolsand presented
Ithe matter in anew lieht. Prof. Biistow
spoke briefly ectueerning the teaching of
spelling- Then, came the spelling con
test in. which. 21 se&ools. had epreseuta
tives.. This-was a very interesting feat
ure ofi the day and proved that Benton
county saiools. ha some excellent
speller. Miss Grace Dodelc, ot distriet
No. I. Kells, was the champion, winning
for her. school the handsome flag pre
sented, hy Supt. Denman. Many of the
others.stood. up nobly, but Miss Dodele
uiidefeatable. She seemed
able to speU anytuiug
ln the eveiiinjs, a quarUtt, itansisting of ;
Prof, Eu.in, ii I Holgate. I). W.
Pritthiiid auii li. Wi Johiisou, sang two
selections! Mordauiil Oxduough played
an instrumental solo.. Little Geo. L. Paul
give "The. Mises" in spleudid style and
Miss Edna. Irvuie recited wrth expresion
and. excellent taste ''The Old Man's
Storv." ProfL Bercbtold then delivered
his-lecture on "Nausea's Polar Expedi
tion," presenting facts regerding this fa
mous journey that were entirely sew to
his hearers, and in a manner that held
their close attention
Saturday morning Prof. Pratt dis
cussed the duties of the teacher, and
wave verv. nractical suetrestions. Mr.
Wm. Jolly followed with some excellent
ideas as. to the duties of the director
tersely expressed-. Lr. Thompson ad
dressed the convention on tke subject of
"Duty of Patrons' in his usual happy
style,, a feeling close to a highly success
ful institute. '
The work cf the institute was of an
unusual high order, and reflects great.
credit upou all who participated, andr
especially upon Supt. Denman, whose,
energetic aud intelligent mauagemeut is.
doing so uuvcli for the schools of Benign.
county. ' " ,
Goody
Two
Shoes
is a popular tale with the
little fAlksy and1 always will Be. But it is no more popular than
are the twt good shoes which make up every pair we sell for child
ren's wear. We pay special attemtrsaa to the foot coverings of the
little tots. -- - - . . -, ;vf:..j i txii i
Tfc Cssh Stotc. 10 PostoHic,
J4ext
to PostofficBi
Championship
Won!
the O. A. C The Farmers energetically wovx& nave had third place in
declined. They have no use for the walk were rjeLashmutt ruled out, and
Portlanders. The boys have had some Kelly third place in the 220 had he been
experience with them and are not look- rightfully recognized. The. fact that
ing for any more. The Multnomah dub coryauja men decided both these mat-J t leyer Harrington children aud
members who were at the games Satur- ter9 shows that the O. A. C boys desirea Mordaunt Goodnough, greatly pleased
dav felt so badly over Eugene's defeat to perfectly fair, and there is no stain 1.. . prof sheak welcomed
ht the Corvallis lad would sutler eoa- I
A laree audience gathered in the even-
Jr. e;at;n,r of
Wg. X DC xopsy quaricii "-t
pew people know that all plants eon-
tain digestive principles.- They aiinot
absorb their food until it is digested any
more than animals cau. The Mount
Lebanon Shakers have learned the art of
extracting and utilizing these digestive
principles, and it is for this, reason that
their Shaker digestive cordial is meeting
with such - phenominal success in the
treatment of dyspepsia. The Shaker di
gestive cordial not only contains food
already digested, but it also contains di
gestive principles which aid the diges
tion of other foods that may be eaten
with it A single 10 cent sample bottle
will be sufficient to demonstrate its value
and we suggest that every suffering dys
peptic make a trial of it. Any druggist
can supply it. -
Laxol is the best mediciHe for children
Doctors recommend it in place of castor
ojl. .
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