LOCAL LORE.
decent Happenings in Coryallis
and Vicinity. -
' W. H. Scimette and wife, of Port
land, passed through the city, on
'their way to Monroe, '
Mrs. M. E. Vanderost, of Salem,
publisher of the Oregon Searchlight,
was in the city the last of the week.
Manager Merrill, of Albany tele--ibone
service, was in this city on
Thursday on business connected
with the telephone exchange.
P. O. England and Earl England,
from Kent, England, were at the
Occidental on Sunday. They are
looking for a location in this coun
ty. On Friday afternoon, April 8th,
Dr. James Withycombe, of the O. A.
3., went to the reform school where
he lectured to the boys of that
iachool.
Mrs. Wisecarver, of McMinnville,
"visited with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. Gilbert in this city
several days last week. She return-
d home yesterday..
D, W. Jones of Kings Valley,
'having made the necessary arrange
ments will begin a four months term
-at the South school in Alsea, where
lie taught last year.
On Saturday the thermometer
"registered over 80 in the shade,
and at places on the east side of
Main street, where they were ex
. posed to the direct rays of the after
noon sun, it climbed up to ltJi.
A merry party, consisting of
Jack Hodges and wife, R. B. Mon
tague and wife, Z. H.Rudeland
wife, came up from Albany on a
'Steam Launch, and returned in the
afternoon.
T.' F. Home, an old locomotive
engineer, who has seen service all
-over the western country, came to
Oorvallis on Sunday. He hails
from Houston, Texas.
'As far as known the O. A. C.
team to compete . at Portland will
consist of Moores, Coates, Jackson,
3urr:n, Williamson, Rumbaugh,
Stnithson, Gretishaw, Root, Swann,-fHorton-and
Cooper,
The Toledo Reporter is authority
for. the following statement: That
the C.x& E. management are remov
ing the car shops from Yaquina to
Albany, and in the near future
trains will change the run, arriving
at ike Bay in the middle of the day
r instead of the evening.
'Mrs. Elsie Irion died of con
sumption at Elberton, Washington,
the latter part of last week and the
'funeral was held on Saturday.
The deceased graduated from the
"0.-A; C. in 1895 and afterwards re
mained in Benton county . for a
number of years and taught school
in the vicnity of Corvallis, She
has been in Washington for the
past six years.
' The Corvallis Brass Band is now
-a perfected organization. At the
meeting on Friday evening, W. T.
sNichols'was elected'president, R. C.
i Irvine, secretary and W. L. Sharp,
treasurer. New music has been
ordered and everything points to a
firet-class town band. The boys are
.practicing twice a week and will be
in good condition when the cam
paign opens.
' Seventh Day Adventists held an
executive meeting on Wednesday
afternoon, in Portland, to plan for
the annual campmeeting which will
: probably be held" in Corvallis. The
leaders say that an unusually in
' teresting session is anticipated this
year, because of the presence of
noted workers from other states
"The Adventist work, evangelical,
medical, missionary and educational
"will be fully, discussed at the con
' ferences, which will be attended by
over 10UU people.
We have received an elegant
souvenir of Humboldt county, Cal.
the great Redwood timber country,
: issued from the onica of the Hum
bordt Times. It is a bcok of about
" 220 pages, flexible cover, elegantlv
printed, with hundreds of half tones
illustrating the various industries of
the country, and gotten up in a
style that will certainly attract at
tention to tliis little-known region
Mr. Charles B. Milnes, is the man
ager of the Times, at Eureka, and
to his enterprise and skill we are
indebted for the work.
Suits from $15 up.
Ourjpriees, as well as pur
re at the bottom.
Monday the thermometer regis
tered 84.
Mrs. Edwin Stone, of Albany, is
in Corvallis today.
C. E. Hawkins, of Toledo, was in
the city, on Saturday on business.
Austin & Thomas repaired the
rudders of the O. R. & N. steam
ship Pomona yesterday.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Presbyterian church will' give a
carnival in the near future.
Horace Locke, democratic "can
didate for recorder has resigned his
position in Wade's hardware store
to take effect today. He has not
decided what line he will now take
up.
The Benton County Sporting Club
will hold its monthly meet at Phil
omath today. Two squads started
from Vidito's livery stable at 7
o'clock this morning. The Corvallis
delegation wishes to announce that
they have blood in their eye and
expect to win. W. E. Carlon, of
Portland, expert trap. shooter ac
companied them.
Mr. Blanchard, of Portland, is
at the College today, consulting the
mining department, with a view to
install an experimental smelting
furnace. Mr. Blanchard has an
invention by which the poisonous
gas that sometimes kills all vegeta
tion for thirty miles around, by a
emelter is made perfectly harmless.
A plant would cost about $4000.
HfBert TM. Bower's stories in the
Argonaut are always good, and the
one in the issue of April 11th is un
usually so. "When the SiDger Cut
Across" is the title of it, and the
theme is a love-affair, two cowboys
being enamored of one girl. Of
course, only one can win her; and
which one it was, and how it was
done, is set forth in a very entertain
ing fashion by the author. Ihe
comedy vein is happilv carried out,
and when the aflair borders on
a tragedy the action is quick and
dramatic.
Elbert Hollister, of Corvallis, and
Hattie Anderson, of Albany, were
united in marriage Saturday, April
9th, at 8 a. m. by Rev. George E.
McDonald, of Eugene. The wed
ding took place at the home of the
groom in South Corvallis. Only a
few guests were present, irank
Thrasher acted as best man and
Miss Merl Hollister, sister of the
groom, acted, as oriaesmaia. ine
decorations were very pretty. Light
refreshments were served. Mr. and
Mrs. Hollister will make their future
home in Albany.
A very pretty and quiet wedding
occured in the parlors of the (Farm
ers Hotel in this city on Saturday,
April 9, ll:dO a. m. when Mr. JOhn
Wilson and Miss Graoe Oglesby
both of Alse a were united in marri
age by Rev. Green of the Con
gregational church. Mr. E. D. Clark
of Ashcroft, Wis. was best man and
Miss Bertie Grier of Alsea acted as
bridesmaid. Mr. Wilson is a high
ly esteemed citizen and prosperous
farmer of Alsea and Miss Oglesby
has attained success as a teacher
and stands high in the social circles
of Alsea. Quite a number of guests
assembled to witness the event and
extend congratulations. The happy
couple expect to make Alsea their
future home.
It was no small compliment to
Corvallis that the Western Academy
of MuBic should choose a musician
from this city to take charge of its
piano department in preference to
any other pianist in the Northwest.
And it is a high testimonial to the
ability of Mr. Goodnough that this
leading institution of its kind north
of San Francisco, should offer him
this chair unsolicited. His worth
as a musician is more highly appre
ciated in Portland than it is in Cor
vallis.' This little city has con
tributed many stellar attractions to
the world of art, and two of them,
at least, Miss Hoffman and Mr.
Rosebrook, stand at the very head
of their profession. Mr. Goodnough
has exceptional talent and indomit
able energy, and in a few years Cor
vallisites will be speaking of his
achievements with the same pride
that they experience in rehearsing
the successful rise of those who,
while here, were considered "just
pretty good." Mr. Goodnough will
retain his chair at the College until
the close of this term, and will re
main in Corvallis until next Sep
tember. .
Why
CONVENTION AT PHILOMATH.
Pacific College Wins First
in the Contest.
Place
(Special from Philomath.)
In the inter-collegiate prohibi
tion oratorical contest held in
Philomath last Friday night the'
results were as follows: W. R.
Miles, Newberg, first; H. . F.
White, Philomath, second; A. C.
Marsters, Albany, third; Chester
P.Gates, Dallas, fourth ;.W. P.
Dyke, McMinnville, fifth; Miss
Alice Wicklund, Corvallis, sixth;
G. M. Murdock, Monmouth,
seventh.
Mr. Miles' subject, "The
Spirit of Reform," was handled
in an intelligent, masterful man
ner. His thought was excellent
and his delivery did justice to the
subject.
'Weighed in the Balance,"
was the subject spoken on by H.
F. White. His manner of deal
ing with his subject was interest
ing arid his delivery excellent.
Mr. Marsters spoke on the sub
ject, "The Common Foe." His
composition and delivery were
very good.
While these three orations
gained the highest honors, yet
the others are also deserving of
praise. Miss Alice Wicklund, of
the O. A. C. and Chester P.
Gates, of Dallas College, should
be especially mentioned, because
of the excellence of their produc
tions. The program rendered was as
as follows:
"The Lite Radiant." Alice
Wicklund, O. A. C.
"The Spirit of Reform," W.
R. Miles, Pacific University.
"The Rising Tide," Chester
P. Gates, Dallas.
"A Common Foe," Mr. Mars
ters, Albany.
"The Emancipation of Amer
ica," G. M. Murdock.
"Weighed in the Balance,"
Herbert White, Philomath.
"The Foe to Our Civiliza
tion," W. F. Dyke, . McMinn
ville. Piano solo, Mrs. White; song,
ladies quartet; song, male quar
tet The judges on composition and !
thought were Dr. House, Port-
land; Pres. Penrose, Whitman j
College, Wash., and Dr. Thomp
son, of Independence. Judges on
oratory were: C. E. Stone, pres
ident of the Y. M. C. A., Port
land ; Alfred C. Millican, travel
ing secretary of the League, and
Thos. F. Green, of Corvallis.
The following is the standing
of the colleges represented, the.
first figures being on thought and
composition, second on delivery
and the third is the general aver
age: Pac. University 90K 5 H 5 H
Phil. College 85 1-6; 94; 89 7-12.
Albany 84 Hi 94; 89 1-8.
"Dallas 80 5-6 ; 97; 8811-12.
McMinnville 86 2-3 ; 89 ; 88.
O. A. C, 81 2-3 ; 92 ; 86 5 6.
Monmouth 80K; 90; 85.
WORK OP CONVENTION.
The Association met Thurs
day afternoon, April 7, organized
and appointed the various com
mittees. The program for the
evening was carried out as pub
lished, with the exception ot the
address of C. E. Stone, who could
not be present. The response to
the address of welcome, by D. A.
Poling, ot Dallas, was earnest,
sincere and interesting.
Prof. I,. D. Baldwin, of the
College of Philomath, gave an
address, taking for his subject,
"A Glance."
The music was very good.
The Ladies' Chorus and College
Quartet rendered some excellent
pieces.
The meeting Friday afternoon
was very interesting and instruc
tive. All the colleges in the As
sociation except Pacific Univer
sity were represented. Their
representatives spoke during the
afternoon session. Mr. Latour-
not
ad,
have
eue, 01 mcaiinnviiie, gave a
very interesting speech onThe
Onranizatinn nf PnrAiKltirm
Among those who -spoke during
the afternoon were ? Miss Iill:e
Hull, of a S.. N S.,v Mr. Shep
ard, of O. A. C, Harry Talbot,
ot Willamette University,' and C
E. Stone, of Portland.
The officers for the next year
are as follows: President, ; Prof.
F. B, Rutherford, McMinnville;
vice president, Oscar P. Weed,
Philomath; secretary, .W. A.
Pettys; ? treasurer, Chester ., P.
Gates, of Dallas. '
It was decided ; to hold the
state contest at McMinnville next
year. -:. ; .
D." A. Poling was elected dele
gate to " the National Conference
at IndianapDlis, Indiana. - v
Mr. Miles and Mr. White,
having ' gained highest honors
will go to the interstate contest
at Portland, May 27.
Rev. Poling, of Dallas, Pres
ident Lee, of Albany College,
Prof. Meizger, of Dallas, and
Rev. Phelps, of Hillsboro, were
among the visitors here. -
The two colleges here met the
delegations and escorted them to
the college where the contest
was held. Good natured rivalry
was plainly noticeable in regard
to college yells, but after the
contest began quiet reigned
supreme.
Over four hundred were com
fortably seated in the building,
this being the largest crowd ever
present at an entertainment in
Philomath.
.The deportment of all was
praiseworthy and the state con
test at Philomath closed very
pleasantly, n
Philomath is glad to have had
the pleasure of entertaining so
many friends of such a cause.
Death of James Wilkinson.
James Wilkinson, for over 20
years a resident 01 Benton coun-'j
ty and two years a citizen of Cor
vallis, died at Los Angeles, Sat
urday, April 9, at 6 a. m.
Mr. Wilkinson went to Califor
nia about a year ago for his health.
He spent some time in the Na
tional Soldiers' Home at Santa
Monica, but failing to improve
went to hos Angeles. Although
in feeble health his death was not
expected so soon. ' Mr. Wilkin
son was .father-in-law of Mr.
Dunn, of the grocery firm of
Dunn & Thatcher, this city. Mr,
Dunn received a telegram this
morning, announcing the death.
The interment will be at Cor
vallis about Thursday.
Mr. Wilkinson was a highly-
esteemed member of rhe Grand
Army Post and Odd Fellows
His death removes one of Ben
ton county's highly respected
citizens.
Another Pioneer Gone.
Mrs. C. A. Wellsher, widow of
J. H. Wellsher, for many years a
resident of this county, died at
the residence of her daughter,
Mrs. Lizzie Richardson in Ho
quiam, Wash., on Sunday morn
ing, April 10, at the age of 73.
Mrs. Wellsher came across the
plains to Oregon in 18.52, and
moved to Monroe in 1859, and
the family have been well known
and respected in this county for
35 years. Her sister, Mrs. Geo.
Mercer, lives at Bellfountain.
Mrs. Richardson, the daughter,
will brine the body here from
Washington, and the funeral
services will be held on
Wednesdav moraine at 8 o'clock
at the residence of her son, Theo
dore Wellsher on 5th and Madi
son streets. Rev. Mark Waltz,
of Monroe will officiate at the
funeral. The interment will
take place at the Simpson Chapel
burvmg ground, near Monroe
In addition to the children named
above, there is a daughter living
in San Francisco, ' and another
daup-Krer: Mrs. Starr, livine in
Hanford, California.
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