LOCAL LORE.
: Recent Happenings in Corvallis
and Vicinity.
Born, Wednesday night, to -Mr.
and Mrs. Don Woodward, near
Philomath, a eon.
J. A. Archibald, of Philomath,
passed through the city on Monday
-on hi& way to Albany, where he
went on business.
W. O. Trine, physical director of
the O. A. C, went to Salem on
Monday to look after some valuable
horses he has at the State Fair
- grounds.
Colonel Hofer, of th9 Silem Jour
nal, has been lecturing on oratory
at Eugene. He pleased an appreci
ative audience who applauded him
to thejecho.
Benton County Sporting Associat
ion will hold its monthly tueet at
Philomath, April 12. Sporting men
"from all over the country will be
"there.
A special train will leave Cor
"vallis tonight for Philomath at 6:45
"to take tbe crowd who wish to at
tend the oratorical contest. Round
trip 5U cents.
S H. Horton left yesterday for
'Gold Hill, where he will visit with
relatives for a few weeks. Mrs.
Horton left for the same place some
time ago.
The subject at the Congregational
church Sunday morning will be,
""Barriers Burned Away; After
Easter Thoughts" Sunday evening
''The Game of Chance and are 3'ou
playing it? t
There was a basket ball game
Saturday evening at the Armory,
between the Corvallis High School
team and the town team. The
jame resulted a victory for the town
boys by a score of 4 to 1.
Ensign Crabtree of the Salvation
Army, of Oregon, departed yester
day for Toledo, where he will re
.tnain until Monday. He expects to
top at intermediate points on his
return.
Mrs. W. H. Currin and little
daughter, left Tuesday, for McMinn
ville, where she will join her hus
band, who has charge of the hard
ware store of R. M. Wade & Co., at
that place. They expect to reside
in that city.
George B. Keady, who was un
fortunate enough to get one of his
lingers mashed in the machinery in
the College printing office recently,
is having quite a serious time of it. j
His son Walter, came up from Port
land, Monday and will assist with
the work in the office,
C. C. Chipman, the well known
restaurant keeper, will re-open the
old Commerical Restaurant, in the
aoie old location, on the west side
-of second street, north of Madison,
-on Saturday of this week, at noou.
A cordial invitation has been ex
tended the public.
J. K. Berry, the well known bi--cycle
dealer and general expert, has
purchased from M. D. Berry his
old interest in the firm of Berry &
Carl. The business will be continu
ed under the same name. Large
additions will be made in the stock
-and tportmen will be able to find
manner of supplies in their line
,t the same old standon Main street.
Peter Ballou's team of greys took
a notion to run away on Wednes
day morning. They were down on
the O. R. & N. dock, and started at
lively rate up the grade then up
to Main street, where they turned
north. They kept up the pace till
they passed the Occidental, when a
"commercial man climbed into the
back part of the wagon, secured the
?eins, and stopped the team in front
of the Hotel Corvallis. Very little
damage was done.
The friends who met Mr. D. L.
Vandenburg, of Iowa, when he was
here on a visit recently, will be
pleased to learn that he has sold his
farm, and expects to come to Ore
gon. He has selected Corvallis as
an objective point, the inducement
being The First Spiritual Union of
Corvallis, as Mr. Vandenburg and
'family are spiritualists, and it is
natural that they desire to locate
Tvhere services are keld. We under
stand that others contemplate com
ing here for the same reason.
Suits from $15 up.
Our prices, as well as our
are at the bottom.
G. W. SimpFon, of Albany, came
oyer yesterday for a few days visit,
to friends in Corvallis.
W. E. Yates stopped over ' in
Albany on Wednsday evening for
a short visit with friends, on his
way home from Portland.
Virgil Carter, the candidate for
Representative from this county to
the State legislature, " went over to
Albany Wednesday on business..
Eleven new ads. is our advertis
ing record made this week. Read
them over, "they will interest you.
This issue, of the Gazette has over
220 inches of advertisements.
Mr. Theo. Welsher returned to
day from a trip to the State of
Washington, where he was recently
summoned on account of the illness
of bis mother. The many friends
of Grandma Wellsher, will be glad
to learn that she is improving in
health.
Total number of pieces of mail
collected and delivered on three
rural routes from Corvallis for March
was 13368, as follows : No 1- deliv
ered, 4074, collected, 780, total 4854.
No.2-delivered, 3539, collected, 669,
total 4'208. No 3-deiivered, 3711,
collected, 595, total 4306.
The Revival, at the Church of
Christ will close Sunday evening.
There have been a number of addi
tions to the church during the
special service. There will be no
service Saturday night. Sunday
will be Rally Day, and there will
be services at the usual hours and
also at 3:30 in the afternoon.
The Newspaper Artists League,
comprising tbe newspaper and mag
azine illustrators of Portland, have
just had an exhibition of their work
at the Hotel Portland- The ex
hibition was crowded. Among the
artists was a former Corvallis girl
well known in this city, where she
was a student at the O. A. C. The
Oregonian says the following of her
exhibit. The work of Colista Mur
ray, of tbe Pacific Monthly ,is of a
character to attract instant attent
ion. Her outlines are bold and
show strong character, while her
detail drawing is excellent. Her
coloring is also fine. Probably her
most btriking piece is "Siudy from
Life, Miss K." In"The Prize Baby"
she has an exquisite child study in
water colors that excels in its re
markable facial expression and
dainty coloring.
Homer Davenport Coming-.
Homer Davenport, the great
cartoonist, will visit Corvallis on
Saturday next and will speak
about "The Power of a Cartoon."
at the College Armory. Mr. Dav
enport, whose magnificent work
as a cartoonist is known all over
America, is a splendid story-teller,
and his lecture Is made up of a
choice selection of storiettes, ad
ventures, anecdotes, and experi
ences of all kinds. There is not
a moment, that during his dis
course, is not full of absorbing
interest. He tells his stories cray
on in hand, and illustrates them
with rapid cartoon drawings.
Nothing more concise has ever
been said of him than the remark
of Ex-Governor Bob Taylor:
"Davenport is a volume of wit
and humor, and each cartoon tells
an eloquent story. ' ' Although the
trend ot his lecture is of a humor
ous vein, some of his stories have
their pathetic side; the story ot
the 1 'Widowed Duck' ' for instance,
but witty or pathetic, they are
told as only Davenport, with his
magnetic personality, can tell
them, and illustrated with draw
ings that papers have paid him
fabulous sums to obtain. From
a ne'er do well in the little West
ern town of Silverton, he has in
a few years risen to the pinnacle
of success, and is sought after at
the present moment by halt the
newspapers in New York, offer
ing the highest price ever paid to
a cartoonist, but before "going
into Harness again," Mr. Daven
port intends touring to the other
coast, getting fresh ideas, and
recuperating after a long spell of
hard work. The tickets for his
lecture are now on sale at Graham
& Wortham's.
Salem 's Com ment.
Last November the Wiedeman
Company played at the Grand
Opera House in Salem, and the
following is what the Statesman
had to say of the show:
"Wiedeman' s big show." an at
traction new to Salem; theatre
goers opened a five nights en
gagement at the Grand last night
to one of the largest houses ever
in the theatre. The cheap prices
led many to think the company
was of an inferior order and at
the close of the performance a
more agreeably surprised audi
ence never left the house. - Noth
ing but words of praise can be
said of both play and players.
"Down in Egypt" is a play built j
somewhat on the" lines of "Old
Kentucky." Tom Wiedeman as
Squire Greyson would himself be
a capital actor. Nellie Wiede
man, as May Musler showed her
self to be a pleasing and pains
taking little actress. The sup
porting company was excellent 'n
every particular. Between acts
Nellie Wiedeman introduced an
electric dance equal to the famous
Louie Fuller. Taken as a whole
the performance was far ahead of
any popular priced company that
has ever played ia our city, and
the house should be packed at
every performance." The same
company will appear in Corvallis
all of next week opening Mon
day night with "Down in Egypt,"
as they did in Salem last fall.
A tryout contest for the Colum
I bia college meet will be held on Sat
jurday. The team will go to Port-
A little shooting scrape occured
down in Alsea country, but the out
come was not very serious. A!
Howard shot A. M. KiiDball at
Alsea last Tuesday morning while
Kimball was crossing Howard's
land. Kimball had purchased a
small tiact of land, from Howard
but found it more con venient to take
a short cut through Howard's land.
Kimball was not seriously injured
several small shot entering his face
and clothes. Dr. Newth, of Phil
omath attended the injured man.
The matter was dropped as Kimball
decided not to prosecute.
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COMMERCIAL
REOPENS
Saturday,
. . . AT THE SAME OLD STAND .
C. C. Chipman, Proprietor
Why not have your
made to
ad,
At Philomath Tonight.
The following is the program of
the contest and convention of the
State Intercollegiate Prohibition
Association to be held at Philomath
April 7 and 8.
April 7th 3:30 p. m. first busi
ness session. -7:30 p. m., public
meeting, addresses by J. W, Web
ster of Philomath, D. A. Poling of
uaiias, President Baldwin orPhilo
math College, A. C.'Millican, Travel
ing Secretary of the Intercollegiate
Prohibition Association, H. W.
Stone of the Y. M. C. A. of Port
land. April 8 th 9:30 a. m. second busi
ness session, election of officers and
national representatives. 2.30 p.
m. conference on methods, addresses
bv representatives from seven differ
ent colleges. 7:30 p. m. Annual
State Prohibition Oratorical Con
test. :
Golden Wedding.
One ot the best attended and
most enjoyable receptions of the
season was that of the golden
wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Adam
Radir which was given at the
residence of Mrs. R. Graham,
on eighth street on Wednesday
evening. A good old-fashioned
course supper was served oa ele
gantly decorated tables, wreathed
with golden colored - ribbons,
which lasted from six to eight
o'clock, and was heartily enjoy
ed. Some 6o guests assembled,
many bringing tasty presents.
The rooms were beautifully dec
orated with daffodils and ivy, and
a profusion of golden flowers.
The guests were mostly old peo
ple, long-time friends of the fami
ly, and the . time was passed in
pleasant reminiscencies of early
days in Benton County.
Reception to Seniors on Friday
night by Pres. Gatch.
Mrs. Thos. Samuels, of Portland,
is visiting with -Corvallis . friends.
The College Barometer will put
out a souvenir edition this year.
A cordial invitation to attencTY.
M. C. A. meeting Sunday is hereby
given. The topic will be " What
about church Membership?" by
Roy Harlan.
CARL,
WEEK.
RESTAURANT
April 9 th
BAUER,
The growth of a business
built on values will only be
limited by the purchasing
power of the public.
That is the secret of the suc
cess of the GORDON hat.
It's all value.
, Every penny of the $3.00
you pay for it goes for quality
GORDON means quality.
. It's your guarantee that
your hat is perfect.
The new line of Stetsons
Hats are here. Price $5.
Farmers
Headquarters for Farmers. Biggest
' White Labor employed. Everything new and clean.
MOTEL GORVALLIS
J. C. HAK1KIEL, Prop.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
W. P. LAFFEOTY
Now is the Time ...
To have your
Watch Repaired,
Clock Cleaned,
Spectales Fixed.
All work is done Neatly and Promptly . . .
... And Satisfaction is Guaranteed.
E. W. S. PRATT,
The Jeweler and Optician.
Store closes ait & p. m. except
man
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clothes
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your
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Tailor.
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We are sole agents in
Corvallis for the fa mous
GORDON HAT.
Hotel
W. J. HOWELL, Prop'r-
meal in the City for 25 cents. Only
L. KLINE
Leading hotel in Corvallis. Newly
furnished' with modern conveni
ences. Rates: $1, $1.25, $2 per
dsy
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Notions, Fancy Goods,
China and Queensware,
Saturday.
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