LOCAL LORE.
decent Happenings - in Corvallis
: and Vicinity. ;
Visit the art booth, May 26.
Be eare and talk with Sacajawea,
May 25 ,
Tee crew and cake at the Carni
val. -
The grand march of "Flowers"
af. t.hfl Carnival. .
Frank Gripga of this city, went
.11 T71 1 1 !
xo Aiuany on rnaay on uusiueoo.
Mrs. Wm. Crees, who has been
in Portland for several weeks, re
" turned Monday.
Rev. Father M. P. Smith, of
San Francisco, registered at the
CJorvallis Wednesday.
An entertainment consisting of
music, tableaux etc., will be given
next week for the benefit of the poor.
Details later.
Miss Kate Daniel left Tuesday
for Grants Pass, whera she . will
spend acoupleof months with friends
and relatives!- .
" The public school boys have a
track team training these fine days.
" Thev expect to meet the town boys
also the Philomath College in the
near future.
The Hotel Corvallis has placed
on ' its counter one of the most
unique advertising cabinets. Each
advertisment is hand-painted upon
a, delicate slab of china.
Usual services at the Church of
Christ next Sunday. Morning sub
iect: "Opportunity and Opposition;"
evening, "Where Art Thou?" Bap
tismal service in the evening.
J. A. White, a brother of A . C.
White of this, city, who has been
spending the . winter in California,
arrived in Corvallis on the 18th and
left for his home near Fargo, North
Dakota on the 20.,h. -
Mrs. W H. Holt, who has been
attending the Medical College in
Salem," has returned te Corval is
for the summer, and she and her
husband have taken up their resi
dence near the electric light plant.
J. H. Montgomery and family, of
South Dakota registered at the Occi
dental Tuesday. Mr. Montgomery
is one of nearly a hundred men
whose farms were sold to the Gov
ernment - for military purposes.
Kearly all have come to Oregon to
locate. Quite a number find their
way to Corvallis and points on the
O. & E. It. R. We assure them all
a hearty welcome.
Mrs.. C. C. Chipman was agree
ably surprised last Monday night
when about 100 friends, headed by
the W. R C. of this city remember
ed her on her 40th birthday. The
company met on the Court House
lawn about dark and then proceed
ed to Mrs. Chipman's home. There
Were fun-making, congratulations
and presents ended by refreshments.
The jolly crowd dispersed about
11:30 p. in. " '. .
A special meeting of Corvallis
liodge, A. F. & A. M. has been
railed by the master to meet in Ma
sonic Hall on Monday evening next,
April 25, at 7.30 p. in., to meet the
M. W. Grand Master of the state of
Oregon, S. M. Yoran, of Eugene,
who will pay the lodge an official
"visit. The occasion will be a mem
orable one in the history of the
lodge. All Master Masons are re?.
quested to attend.
At the United Evangelical Con
ference held at Hilisboro last week,
Rev. Jr M. Ballentyne was elected
Presiding Elder of Dallas district,
and H. L. Pratt, Presiding Elder of
Portland district. H. A. Deck was
returned to Corvallis for another
year. C. C. Poling was re elected
president of Dallas College. Bishop
Hartxler presided over the confer
ence. This is -the first visit of this
tishop to the Coast. He expects to
he in Corvallis May 7 and 8.
With the coming of spring and
the melting of the snow, which this
year is very heavy in the mountains
mining interests are looking up.
'tQuite a number of Corvallis citizens
are interested more or less in mines
in amerent part of western Uregon
especially in the Bohemia district
-east of Eugene. Several are mak-
jner nronnrolMna tj rr.- tr IToll CrotAr
in, the near future. The mines on
Fall Creek and Blue River are own
el by citizens here and are consider
ed to be in the richest gold bearing
aone on the western slope of the
tjascades.
THE
TAILOR
Successor to Wllklns & Craven.
President Emerick and Prof.
Sheak, of Philomath College were
in the city Wednesday .
Mrs Sarah Moore and Mrs. F. P.
Sbeasgreen went to Albany to at
tend the G. of H. Convention to be
held in .that city this week. - A
number of members of the order
went down yesterday afternoon and
attended the session last night, re
turning after the meeting. ,
Miss Mallow and Mis. Campbell
are preparing an Oregon program
to be given in Mrs. CampbelJ.s room
May 6. " All exercises will be con
cerning Oregon, Oregon songs, reci
tations everything strictly Oregon
ian. Parents and friends invited.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
Aid Society will hold a Carnival
of Nations and also a Rose Fair.
All ladies are invited to bring roses
and compete for three prizes to be
given as follows: For the best col
lection of roses; best floral . piece,
and best -single specimen. The
Carnival is to be held May .25, 26,
and 27. '
Miss Snell, in behalf of - the Vil
lage Improvement Society had sev
eral more trees planted in the pub
lic echool grounds. Miss Snell is
at the head of the cooking and
housekeeping department at O. A.
C , and has always taken a warm
interest in the care and planting of
trees, especially on the school
grounds.
The cantata "Queen Esther,"
which for the past quarter of a
century has been a favorite work of
sacred music with those scarcely
ambitious enough to essay the heavy
roles of oratorio will be given iu
this city at the Opera House Friday
and Saturday nights of this week.
A . pleasant time is anticipated by
all who expect to attend. The ar
rangements are in charge of a com
mittee representing the athletic
association of the O. A. C, under
whose auepices the sacred play will
be given. Mr. A. H. Newton, late
of a grand opera troupe in Boston,
will be musical director. About 200
people will take part among them
the most talented people the city
can produce. One beautiful feature
will be the presentation of their
part by 100 school -children. For
three hours the audience will gaze
upon royal trappings, gorgeous cos
tumes of silk, velvet and jewels,
moving in an endless procession of
choral drills, dances, marches and
counter-marches until the scene be
comes exceedingly realistic.
Additional Locals.
M. Jacobs is lying very low at
his home in this city.
Mrs. J. O. Wilson, who has
been suffering with chills for
some time past, went to Newport
yesterday, hoping that thechange
may be of benefit to her.
The Rev. Mr. Caradyne, the
great holiness preacher, is to be
in Albany tomorrow.. Quite a
number of people from Corvallis
and Philomath expect to go to
hear him.
H. W. Strong,, son of E. W.
Strong, of this city, who, as pre
viously announced, was to havs
been home on the 20th of thie
month, will not be home until
the 20th of May.
Delbert Strong, while operat
ing a small circular saw yester
day morning cut off the ends of
three fingers of his left hand. He
was working with hard oak wood,
that required considerable pres
sure to put through the saw.
Striking a decayed place the saw
cut faster than he expected.
Services as usual at the Con
gregational church Sunday. In
the morning, Rev. Green will
speak of "Monuments .That En
dure," and in the evening,
"Mordecai, Cousin of Queen
Esther; or, The Man for the
Times." .Watch for him in the
cantata, Cieopatra" next Sunday
evening. All welcome.
Delegates to the East Willam
ette Association to be held at
Salem April 26 and 27 from the
First Congregational church of
this city are Mrs. E. F. Green,
Mrs. Martha Burnett, Mrs. Lucy
Francisco and Miss Merle Hollis
ter. Delegates from Plymouth
church are Mrs. Huff, Miss Cora
Newton and Mr. Oscar Long.
Rev. Green will preach at the
Associational service.
Efew
O. A. C. Notes.
P. L. Adanue is again in school
: Ralnh : TTawIav has. been Quite
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sick with quinsy and a form of rheu-
- i :n 4 u uVmI
ujaiiisu, auu niu uut iro iu ouuui
any more this year. . . -
H. V. Tartar, '02 made a short
visit to " O. A. C this week." His
business brings - him often -to the
O. A. C. laboratories where he first
made H2S. -; v. :.- : .- ' ; .
J. D.. Wells ha9 moved from his
country home north of town, to a
house just north of the court house.
The place he left is now occupied
by A. N. Harlan. . -"
The freshman class elected B. H.
Greenhaw captain of the freshman
track team. They are going to try
to carry off the honors at the class
field meet April 80. They will do
it, too, if the other classes do not do
better work than they have been
doing." ,
Marion Wood, who used to be
foreman on the O A. C. farm, but
who has-, been connected with the
Idaho Experiment. Station for the
past year or two, visited the Col
lege farm Wednesday. He has re
cently arrived from Idaho and has
bought a farm .across the river in
Linn county. . ; : -
One team is busy plowing in the
orchard and the other is preparing
the field for spring crops, while the
hired men are planting the experi
mental plats. One small field has
been planted in vetch in hills two
feet apart each way, another is
being planted to long rows of differ
ent varieties of oats, wheat, and
bailey. . . . - - -
C, L. Shepard, '04, will leave to
day for Portland. Starting from
there he will visit- the colleges of
the Willamette Valley, working up
delegations for the students' con
ference to be held at Gearhart from
May 28 to June 5, under direction
of the international committee of
the Y.M. C. A ;
The plants as well as the ani
mals are alive on the farm, for the
fruit buds are bursting and the or
chard is already white with bloom.
The alfalfa field that did so well
last year is shoe-top high already
and the Turkestan which did not
do much last year is already twelve
or fourteen inches high. But it is
far outstripped by the vetch ,and
rye, which they will begin cutting
for soiling purposes next week.
The debate on woman's suffrage,
between the Amicitian and the
Jeffersonian societies, which was to
have taken place in the chapel Saturday-
night, has been postponed
till next Monday night. Everyone
should hear that debate as it is be
tween two of the strongest societies
in the ecnool, and is on a subject
that is before the American people
for settlement. -
Senator Booth, who so generously
gave the freshmen class in "Breeds
of Stock" a trip to six or eight of
the best stock farms in Oregon last
year told Dr. Withycombe last week
that he wanted to give this year's
class a similar trip.. They are about
twenty-five in the class this year
and they are very jubilant over the
three or four days they ate to have
in the latter part of May.
While Professor Cordley was in
Southern Oregon he sprayed one
orchard with fourteen different spray
preparations. All of theai were
for the San Jose scale. He says
that is the worst fruit tree pest we
have and he is seeking a remedy
for it. He also made an exami
nation of some prune tree roots from
The Dalles and found that .they
were infested with crown borers.
They -cause a large fungus growth
-on the roots and the fruit becomes
small and worthless. People around
The Dalles are very much interest
ed in finding a remedy for this very.
injurious pest of fruit trees-
Everything around the O. A. C.
is tingling with life and motion.
The little pigs may be seen at
all times of day busily chasing
their' shadows or tails around the
straw pile or around the corner of
the piggery. And if -you will be
patient and watch a little while
you will see the earth rising in
little mountains in the very
places where they are hot wanted.
When you see this you will know
that the gopher is earning his bread
by the sweat of his brow. - But the
time will soon come, we can see it
dawning now, when there will be
no more gopher mountains in the
in the country, for Guy E. Moore is
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SAMPLES OF
Spring
Are. here for your inspection. It is a display that -will interest every man who wishes to dress well,
yet economically; comprising new models in a great variety of fabrics.
getting oat thesis entitled, "The
Extermination of the Gopher," and
as-soon as it is but the poor gophers
will begin sTowlyr one by one, to
pass into- that great beyond that
deep sleep that knows no waking.
Tuesday morning in chapal, Pres.
Gatch made a proposition to thi
students that was hailed with de
light. He said ' he knew .from the
class record books which students
the teachers - thought were the best
and now he "'.wanted .' to find ' out
which ones the students themselves
thought were..be8t.: .In order to do
this he said that he would' give
three tickets to members of .the
senior class, four to the juniors, five
to the sophomores, six to the fresh
men and two to the Sub-freshmen,
making twenty in all. The tickets
were to be given to the students
whom the class should choose . as
their best. In order to make their
choice each class called a meeting
on Wednesday and elected from
their - number the ones whom the
'majority considered the best. The
ejecting was done without nomina
tions, each student voted for the
number his class was -. entitled to
and the ones receiving, tha highest
number of votes were declared elect
ed. In the senior class, Mr. Bart
mess -received the highest number
of votes but, declined , to accept a
ucxei as ne taKes part in tne can
tata, so they fell to the next there,
who were O. Horton, Misses Carrie
Byerlee and Maud. Cochran. The
juniors by the same'method elected
Misses Louise Gilbert and - Alice
Jones and Messrs. W. . R Horton,
Weaver and Martin. The sopho
mores after much deliberate think
ing and voting decided that their
best students were Misses Philips,
Robeits and Edwards and Messrs
Bradley and Burns. - While all of
the above mentioned meetings were
in progress the freshmen were busy
voting on about half the class. They
all voted for the six that they con
sidered the best and the six highest
received the" tickets. They were
Misses Gil key,. Bleg, and Bonney,
and Messrs. Edwin, and Darwin
Thayer and Wirren Forsythe. The
sub freshmen elected Paul Childers
and Noras Chapen. As they have
no class organization they had their
election during their English recit
tation to Mrs. Callahan. They will
all sit in a block in the - middle of
the Opera House Friday night, so if
you want to see O. A. C.'s best
students get a gallery seat Friday
night and you will - see them , just
down in front of you. . .
L District Convention.
-TheL)istrict Coavention pf the
Christian Church met in Albany
Thursday noon and will continue
until Friday evening. The three
counties of Linn, Benton, and
Lincoln comprise this district.
Besides Rev. Mr. Handsakerand
wife the following delegates will
attend. Messrs. W. S. Lmville,
E. S. Hornady, J. M. Cameron,
Mesdames - Chipman, Proebstel,
Howell, Grier, Wicks, and Miss
Etta Fuller. The convention will
possess no ecclesiastical authority
but simply for mutual considera
tion of plans for church work.
Rev. "Albyn Esson, Portland and
Prof. E. C. Wigmore, Eugene
are among the speakers.
Oratorical Contest.
Mrs. Cale's class in elocution
gave a very creditable exhibition
of their work at the Opera House
on last Tuesday evening. The
contestants were young ladies of
Corvallis who have" been study
ing under Mrs. Cale's tuition.
The program included some num
bers of physical culture work, as
well as the recitations. A com
mittee consisting of Rev. A. Car
nck, J- Ered Yates and E. E.
Wilson decided the merits of the
respective contestants.
The first prize was awarded to
Mrs. Eva Nichols, for the mono
logue "Reuben Toast's Tricy
cle." The second prize to Miss
Aileen Peterson,- for the recita
tion "The Forger," and the third
to Miss Hattie Potts, for 4 4 'Ostler
Joe."
Mrs. Cale also, by request,
favored the audience with a ren
dition f "The College Oil
Cans." The entertainment was
creditable and well appreciated.
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Now is the Time - - -
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All work is done Neatly and Promptly ...
And Satisfaction is Guaranteed.
E. W. S. PRATT,
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Store closes at 6 p. m. except
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. with all the style, color, trim- -mings
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that go with that famous ,
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Prices from $5 to $20.
Our Neckwear Department
is at its best with new spring
creations.
Next comes the Fancy Waist
coats with textures and prices
that can't help but please.
We'll iell you all about the pretty
Stetson, Gordon, & Straw
Hats and Ralston Health
Shoes next time, but if you
will call at the Big Busy Store,
we will be pleased to show you
our spring styles.
Regulator of
) Low Prices.
Hotel
W. J. HOWELL, PropV.
meal in the City for 25 cents. Only
Leading hotel in Corvallis. Ndwly
furnished with " modern conveni
ences. Rates $1, $1.25, $2 per
day. . . . . . . . .
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Notions, Fancy Goods,
China and Queenswaroal
Saturday.
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