Corvallis gazette., April 15, 1904, Page 5, Image 5

LOCAL LORE.
: Recent Happenings in Corvallis
and Vicinity.
B. A. Hill, of Blodgett, was in
the city Wednesday on business. '
J. S. Cooper, Mayor of Independ
ence, was at the Occidental on Tues-
day.
E.Rice, light-house keeper from
Newport, was at the Occidental
' Wednesday.
Prof. D. C Kellens, of Eugene,
will preach at the Church of Christ
next Sunday.
There is a project on foot to grade
-Jefferson street from Second to the
College grounds.
M'ss Belle Ranoey left Tuefday
for Olex, Eastern Oregon, where she
will teach school.
L. G. Price, an old settler of
Kings Valley, registered at the
Occidental yesterday.
Mrs. Seymour Simpson who has
been spending some time in Wash
ington, returned home Tuesday.
Messrs J. C. Favy and Wallace,
of Idaho, were among the arrivals
at the Hotel Corvallis yesterday.
Adams Bros, were awarded the
contract for the two-story house of
Mrs. Mary Miller on ninth street
Harold Strong who has -been at
tending Leland Stanford University
is expected to return to Corvallis
about the 20th.
Five delegates from Lincoln coun
ty, to the Democratic Congressional
and State convention passed through
the city Tuesday.
G. A. Scott, proxy for M. W
Burnap, of Philomath, passed
through the city Tuesday an his
-way to the Republican convention.
Mrs. Alexander, wife of Editor
Alexander, of Stayton Oregon,
spent a few days in the city this
week the guest of Mrs. John Fowells.
The Rev. M. Noble was called to
Portland on Wednesday, to attend
the funeral of an old friend from
. Nebraska. He will occupy the
pulpit the same as usual on Sunday.
The first shipment of mohair
' from this part of Oregon was made
to the Massachusetts Mohair Com
pany by S. L. Kline, who is one of
the largest dealers in this line in
Oregon.
Eastern people are arriving in
Corvallis "every day. Many of the
uumber contemplate locating in and
about the city, while others are
going towards Philomath and points
west. This speaks well for Benton
' County .
Messrs Merrill and Thatcher,
representing the Bell Telephone
' Company have been in Corvallis the
past few days looking after the in
terests of their company. The In-
dependent company is also rep
resented here with a view of putting
in a rival line.
A base ball game between a nine
picked from College boys and the
" Weidemann show company was
played Wednesday afternoon on the
-grounds near theC. & E. depot,
and resulted in a score of 15 to 7 in
favor of the Weidemann team. The
College boys have done no playing
this season but with practice and
team work would be able to put up
a fine game of ball.
A special meeting of St. Mary's
Chapter Order of Eastern Star, will
be held in Masonic Hall, on Satur
day evening of this week. Mrs.
Gatch, of Salem, Grand Matron of
Oregon, will make an official visit.
There will be work in addition to
the entertainment of the Grand
Officers, and refreshments after.
It is hoped the members will unite
in making this an occasion long to
be remembered.
Citizens who own chickens should
Temember that there is a city
ordinance regarding chickens run
ning at large. This is the time
when a good healthy and active
chicken can create a lot of damage
in a garden, and it will be well to
remember that your neighbor has
rights as well as you. It becomes
rather expensive when settling bills
for damages, done by your poultry,
and may be enough to discourage
you in the business.
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Suits from $15 up.
Our prices, as well as our
are at the bottom.
Dr. Altman made a professional
visit to Harrisburg. Wednesday.
- Capt. Crawford returned from
Albany on the noon train Wednes
day. Rev.- Dr. Thompson, of Inde
pendence, passed through the town
on Wednesday.
Mrs. J. Vorheep, of Woodburn, is
visiting Mrs. J. W. Crawford in this
city for a few days.
Rev. Hunsaker, of McMinnville,
the Prohibition candidate for gov
ernor, passed .through Corvallis
yesterday on his way home from
Albany. -
The Gazette will be sent to ariv
address until after election for 25
cents. Take advantage of this offer
and keep posted on the campaign
by reading the Gazette.
Mrs. Cale's class in elocution will
give their oratorical contest on
next Tuesday evening at the Opera
House. The program will be pub
lished in next Tuesday paper..
Prof. J. B. Horner, of the O. A.
C, rode over to Albany on his
wheel Wednesday, visited the Grand
Council in session, and rode home
at 5 o'clock on Thursday morning.
Superintendent Denman was
holding 8th grade examinations at
Philomath yesterday. Word comes
to us that he is treating the boys
and girls to ice cream. No wonder
he is so popular.
A. W. R se left yesterday for his
home in Lincoln county. He ex
pects to attend the St. Louis Fair
this year and will take a carload of
prunes with him. He leaves for
the East as soon as the prunes are
ready for shipping.
Subject at the Congregational
church Sunday morning will be,
"Worship;" in the evening Esther,
the Jewish Queen of the Persians,
in connetion with the cantata to
be given at the College.
John Redmond, one of the promi
nent oitizeus, and a member of the
city council of McMinnville, was
in Albany on Wednesday in at
tendance at the Grand Council of
Masons, and returned home yester
day by way of Corvallis.
Mr. E. W. Fisher who owns the
city block now occupied by J. D.
Mann & Co. Furniture dealers and
Henkle & Davis clothers, has
promised, we understand to begin
improvements on this building in
the near future. The second story
front of this block in particular is
very unsightly and is very notice
able from the Hotel Corvallis, and
scarcely a day passes but some
prominent man from somewhere
else asks questions and makes . re
marks concerning it. This is one
of the best office buildings in the
city and if properly improved can
be made to yield a handsome profit.
Wiedemann's Company played a
three nights stand at the Corvallis
Opera House this week. On Mon
day night they were greeted with a
"frost," but on Tuesday and Wed
nesday night the house was crowd
ed, owing to the fact that ladies
were admitted free. The company
carries a fine band and orchestra,
the former giving a concert each
day on the street, where they dis
played some excellent musical
ability. The engagement of the
company was for a week, bat were
compelled to cut their stay to three
nights on account of the poor patron
age. It was announced Wednesday
evening that they will return to
Corvallis in the near future for a
week's stand.
Corvallis Public Schools.
The public schools of Cor
vallis were never more prosper
ous than now. The annual
spring slump has not occurred yet
and indications are that the at
tendance will remain full until
the end of the school year.
The attendance this year, up
until a week agd was 538. The
attendance at the same time last
year was 434, showing an in
crease of 104. The school board
are contemplating grading and
fixing up the grounds of the new
block, also finishing the two re
maining rooms of the new build-
ing.
O. A. C Notes.
A. D.' Hill, TO, is sick with rheu
matism but it is hoped he will be
well in a few days. 7 V
. Prof. Cordley has just returned
from Oakland, Or., where he has
been carrying on some experiments
with fruit tree pests. . .
A bulletin, "Plant-food and use
of Fertilizers" by Prof. Knisely is
just off the press, and contains some
excellent thoughts for tanners.
Dr. Withycombe was called to
Portland on. business Wednesday
and will probably be back on Sat
urday. In the meantime Prof.
Kent is hearing his classes.
The O. A. C. batallion has been
shot at twice this week but did not
return fire eitbet time. Tuesday,
Prof. Lake lined the companies up
one at a time and shot them, then.,
Wednesday Mr. Emery came from
town and took a shot at the whole
batallion several times.
If yon see a Cauthorn Hall boy
with a hopeful look on his face do
not ask him what is the cause for
he will tell you that Mr. Whitehead
is making garden and ' he is think
ing of the time when he will have
some vegetables to eat off of that
garden. "
Come to the College chapel Satur
day evening and hear the question,
Resolved, "lhat Co-Education is
Detrimental to the Best Interests of
Students," discussed. The Fero
nians have the affirmative and the
Pierians the negative. It will be
one of the most interesting debates
of the year.
Last Tuesday morning Dr. Withy
combe took his class in veterinary
science out to the college barn and
performed an operation on a cow
that had a large swelling on the
knee caused by bumping it against
the manger. . The operation was
easily performed and the animal is
progressing nicely.
Any one who passes the Agri
cultural Hall at the right time in
the forenoon can see a 'class of
Junior girls who are learning to
make butter and cheese, If the
agricultural students - will keep
their eyes open (as they do some
times) they will not have to buy
cheese to eat in their old age.
At Chapel Wednesday morning
the President reminded the students
that they came here for study and
not for foolishness. He said that
owing to the bad weather there had
not been very much foolishness
abroad yet, but the first warm day
proved that it was not dead but
Bleeping and only needs bright sun
shine to bring it to life.
Fred Hofer, '07 while working at
the saw in the wood shop last Tues
day, was quite severely hurt. The
block he was sawing caught en the
saw and was thrown in his face
knocking him down. It cut a large
gash in his upper lip and a smaller
one in his lower lip, and also
knocked four teeth loose. He can
not eat but has to be fed through a
tube.
The boys at the dormitory are
getting very adept at throwing
horseshoes. In fact it has been the
principal amusement and excite
ment for the last week. If you
happen up around the dormitory
at night be careful not to fall in any
of the large holes which have been
worn out of the solid earth by the
patter, patter of the little (horse)
shoes.
The seniors have been consider
able agitated of late over the ques
tion of caps and gowns at com
mencement. There has been some
discussion of the question off and
on all winter but no action was
taken until Tuesday, when a meet
ing was called to consider the ques
tion of caps and gowns. After
many heated, discussions in which
several members waxed eloquent
and Robert's Rules of order were
tested as never before, a vote by
ballot was taken which showed 14
for 13 against caps and gowns.
The vote taken was found to be
illegal and Wednesday the vote was
taken again with an opposite result;
the ballot standing the second time
twenty against and fifteen for caps
and gowns, and this vote is final so
the senior class as a whole will not
1 appear in caps and gowns.
Why not have your clothes
made to your measure?
ad,
TKE PHILOMATH SCOOT.
Corvallis Gunners Make the High,
est Averages.
. The gun tournament held at
Philomath Tuesday by the Philo
math Gun Club ; was a decided
success and was a lucky day for
Corvallis sportsmen, who barring
Carlon, the crack shot from Port
land, made the highest averages.
GENERAL, AVERAGE PRIZES. :
First Average $5 by Philo
math Gun Club, won by Burnett
Second Average $2. 50 by M.
P. Burnett,, won by E. Newton.
Third Average $1 by Dr. R.
O. LOggan, won by W. Newton.
The following merchandise
prizes were won by the Corvallis
shooters.
Berry won shotgun ($7), and
$1.50 casi); Kiger 100 shells
($3), fishing tackle ($1.50); Em
ery, rug ($3); Kerrjitfeel($3.5o);
Locke, whip ($2) ; .Burnett, bat
(I2.50).
GENERAL AVERAGE.
Name Broke Shot at Per Cent
Carlon . 76 80 95
Burnett 7 82 85.3
E. Newton . 70 85 83.3
W. Newton 68 83 81.9
Emery 67 83 80.7
Kiger 66 82 80.4
M. Allen 66 82 8a 4
Berry 67 84 80
Hendle 67 84 80
Rickard 62 82 75.6
Honeyman 60 82 . 73
Frink 60 86 . 70
Pugh 54 84 70
Locke 60 83 . 72
Van Cleve 54 87 62
Xerr 48 86 . 55
Event No. 6 was a handicap
shot. Each man was allowed as
many additional targets as he
missed. This accounts for the
difference in the total shot as by
each. . '
A Corvallis Citizen Honored.
The Grand Council, R. & S.
M. of Oregon met in annuul ses
sion in Masonic Hall, Albany,
Oregon, at 2 p. m. on Wednes-.
day, April 13, Grand Master
Penumbra Kelly presiding. The
routine business of the council
was attended to. The following
grand officers were elected for
the ensuing cryptic year:
Grand Master, 'Seymour Chip
man, Corvallis.
Deputy Grand Master, O. A.
Dearing, Corvallis.
Grand P. C. W., W. A. Demp
sey, Portland.
Grand Treasurer, S. Bullock,
Portland.
Grand Recorder, Seth L Pope,
Portland.
Grand C. of G., Horatio H.
Parker, Portland.
Grand C. of C. , F. J. Miller,
Albany.
Grand Steward, John Red
mond, McMinnville.
Grand Marshal, D. P. Mason,
Albany.
Grand Chaplain, J. H. Irvine,
Tallman.
Grand Sentinel, S. N. Lilly,
Corvallis.
At the evening session candi
dates from Eugene were given
the degrees in ample form, and
arrangements concluded Jfor the
organization of a new Council in
that city. A very pleasant hour
around the banquet table conclu
ded the annual meeting of the
Grand Council of Oregon.
Mesdames J. B. Horner, W. P.
Lafferty, M. M. Davis, L. G. Alt
man, P. O. Wilson, A. Carrick, J.
W. Crawford, and Miss McBee, all
of Corvallis, were in Albany on
Wednesday attending the meeting
of the Woman's Missionary Society
of the Presbyterian church, and re
turned on Tnursday noon.
Our ladies fine shoes and oxfords
at $2,00, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 are
the strongest lines we have ever
shown. Nolan & Callahan.
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