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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1904)
LOCAL AND PERSONU W. J. Howell returned Saturday irom Harris burg. John D. Daly was here Saturday on business in connection with the OAC. School suits st Kline's. Mr. Calbrt and family have ar rived from Kansas for a visit with Geo. Flannagan. ' A few cords of wood wanted on subscriptions at this office. President and Mrs. Caldtvell of philomath College were business visitors in Corvallis, Saturday. J. K. Berry handles a fine line of guns ar.d ammunition.; VV. S. "Ross is have some needed repairing .d me to his cottage in Jobs Addition. L. McRevnolds is doing the work. Best meals in the city to be f ur.d at City Restaurant. lne euofl 01 the college larm are being filled with chopped green corn, the winter's supply of feed fur the dairy cows. Guns and ammunition at J. K. Berry's. A tomato measuring IS inches in circumference and weighing two pounds and nine ounces was raised on the Orr farm in Polk ccnnty. largest ecock ana lowest prices on Ecboo! suits st Kline s H. VV. McDowell and family have moved in from their Soap Creole ranch nd will occupy the Moore residence in Jobs Addition All kinds of repair work done at J. K. Berry's. Mr. Hawley who came to Cor vallis from Monroe about a month ago for the purpose of educating his daughter, is returing to his ranch. The daughter's health failed and she was unable to attend school Bed Cedar Star Shingles at the saw mill at $1.60 per M. E. W. Stbong. George B. Don is. of Eugene, claims the best hop yard in the world. The average on his thirteen acres was 2100 pounds. The average .for four years has been 2400 pounds per acre. Junction City Times. -- Corvallis Gazette and Weekly Oregonian $2.50 per year. The Cottage Grove Leader has between every article "1905 Ore gon J905 " Judging from the way the Leader is booming the Lewis and Clark Fair, one would naturally supi ose it were going to be held at Cottage Grove instead of at Portland. Get your Bchool books and echo o supplies at Graham & Wells. An irrigation company has been incorporated in Lane county for the purpose of operating a proposition near Junction City. The Long Tom will be dammed for the pur pose of supplying water to several thousand acres of land, a part of which lies in Benton county. Full line of high grade groceries, crockery, etc., at P. M. Zieiolfs'. The local M. W. A. accorded the Monroe boys a reception Saturday evening. The program consisted of music, refreshments and the initiation of candidates. A feature of the evening was the instrumental music by Johnny Durno on the banjo and Joseph Yates on the fiddle. Lampp, bedroom lamps, student's lamps, glass lamps of all kinds, at Zierolfs'. The annual run of silverside salmon in Yaquina Bay has com menced. Edwin Stone, manager of the C. & E. reports that the fishermen are enjoying all kinds of sport. The silversides are the gamiest of the salmon species. A large number of men from the valley go th Yaquina every year to enjoy the sport. The Boulden family have an English two-penny, four oent piece coined 135 years ago, and has up on it the head of George III, the sovereign who would be king of America. The coin is somewhat larger in circumferenca than a dollar, about three times as thick, made of copper and weighs about two ounces and a half. It looks very much like a ginger snap, ard was made in the day when riches were despised. Fresh home-made candies at Mrs. Hammersley's, opposite Mrs. J. Mason's. Chas. Lillard whe sold his town property last spring and has been working with the B. C. L. com pany in 'Philomath, during the summer has erected a neat little cottage in Jobs Addition, in which he is now living. Mr. Lillard with the assistance of his two small boys erected their fiveroom Cottage: in two weeks, with the exception of J patting in the windows and painj io tao ecoira ware. Wheat 78c. Oats 38c. ' Miss Ella Johnson left yesterday on a business trip to Portland. Mrs. Bowersox, of Salem is visit ing at the heme of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kerr. pningCK.e,nunier8 supplies T7l 1 x 11 1 . . Tl S?rtd8 &t Hode8' Pio" Miss Mary Nolan is visiting in Albany, as the guest of Miss Emma Sox. Treesa College, McDonald, of Philomath visited friends here last week. See those elegant parlor set9 and library tables at Hollenberg & Cady's. James Taylor and wife yester day for Spokane, where Mr. Tay lor goes in search of health. Hot tarn ale supper Frid-iy night from 5 o'clock till 8 in dining room jjot Hodes' bakery. Supper 25 cents. Big boys, little boys any kind 0 boys suits at very low prices at Kline's. James Horning has commenced the erection of a nine-room cottage near the Bodine warehouse. AIc- Henry Bros, are doing the work. Fresh cider in any quantity de sired for sale at the Corvallis cider mill, south end of Main street. Ap ples ground lor one-half. Mies Lulu Rhoades, who has been visiting relatives here for seme time, left Thursday for her home in California, accompanied bv her nieces, Adria and Caroline Greffoz. Zophar Tharp, of McMinnville, arrived Friday an will resume his studies at OAC. Mr. Tharp still suffers from the effects of a severe fall received over a year ago. Rem jiber tht vith 3V3ry 25 cents worth of la and. r wont done at the Steam Laundry yoi eta vote on the beautiful U S Bilk nag, sa lNolan & Cal lahan's window. Crockery ! Crockery I Crockery! stone jars, to20. gal- Balls' Mason fruit jars, all kinds of j ars from 1 Ions, at Zierolfs'. The E.'H. Taylor block of eight lots in southwest Corvallis, was purchased last week by Adams Bros, who expect to build cottages thereon. Mayor Gilkey, of Grants Pass and cashier of the First National Bank of that city, visited in Cor vallis last week, the guest of his brother. J. A. Gilkey. John Gault, the distinguished full back of the old '97 team of OAC played guard on the Multnomah team last Saturday in their game with the Astoria Commercial Club. If you desire information regard ing employment of any kind, for either ladies or gentlemen, or board ing pla"?s for students, I will be at your &erviee. Phone me at resi dence 251 Independent or 306 Ee'l, or at office 303 Independent. J. W. Lenger. In remembrance of her long and faithful service as president of the missionary society of the Methodist church, Mrs. J. D. Mann, who is visiting here and expects to reside permanently near Salem, was ac corded a reception last Friday after noon at the home of Mrs. J. E. Farmer. A silver gravy dish en graven with the president's ini tials wps presented to her as a mark of esteem. Dainty refreshments were served and a lare number were present to bid Mrs. Mann farewell . The Marie Ware trial, the most famous land-fraud case in the history of the state, will open in November. It is expected that the Federal grand jury will begin its session about the middle of October, and after two weeks a jury will be impaneled and a num ber of cases taken up. The case of Marie Ware, Horace L. McKinley, S. A. D. Puter, Emma L. Watson and other defendants will not be held until the other cases are dis posed of. Fresh home-made candies at Mrs. Hammersley's, opposite Mrs. J. Mason's Rev. F. L. Moore and family left Saturday for Cottage Grove, where Mr. Moore will assume charge of the M. E. church. Dur ing Mr. Moore's pastorate of four years in Corvallis, the church has made great progress along all lines. The growth has . been steady and substantial and in harmonious ac cord with the advancement of the city socailly and industrially. He is one of those men whom to know intimately is always held in the highest esteem. His life has been above reproach, his example and influence have always been exerted for the exaltation of those he served and bis departure leaves a vacancy that Only time and association 'can fill' A wide circle of friends very mnch regret to see Mr. Moore and family leave Corvallis. A Pleasant Surprise. On the 11th. of last June the Corvallis camp of M. W. A. visit ed Monroe camp and conducted themselves in such a manner as to cause the Monroe boys to I vf-A-wmi-vYa o 4- -fVi -fillet- AnnnrfTin. i UClCI lUiXlf u tii muv vmiva few.- jity they would eVen Up. The opportunity came Saturday night Monroe swooped down upon the the Corvallis boys and under took to do them up. There was little indication of there purpose for the work of the camp went on harmoniously. A number of candidates had riddeu the goat and the business of the evening was about over when the invaders made their assault. Their leader bore a beautijul . silk banner showing the emblems of the order and in a few well chosen words presented it to the Cor vallis camp. Our boys were off their guard, and were completely surprised, almost paralyzed. Dilley was thetirst to regain composure and in a neat speech mingled with surprise and pleasure he responded and ac cepted Monroe's handsome gift. Meanwhile others of the home boys had been busy and a bounteous banquet was spread to which all did justice. Then followed music; story-telling and a social good time until the hands on the dial pointed to midnight. The evening was voted a great success. The visitors were: Matt Wilhelm, George Looney, Fay Porter, H. St. Clair, C. O, Piel, J. M. Herron, C. Cartwright, J. B. Slipley, Tim Dowling, J. E. Looney, W. H, Schuette, Fred Darneille, W. E, and H. Schuette. Done By County Court. i ne county court was in ses sion Wednesday and Thursday, and as all county officers had filed their reports for : the six months -ending October 1, the volume of business was large. "... The. application of T C Baker and others for a county road was referred to the county board of road viewers who were instructed to file a supplementary report, and the application' was continued for the term.- "; ' A. Cadwalder, supervisor 'of Road Dist Mo 9, reported road No 270 open and ready for travel, whereupon the court declared the road opened and legally estab lished. H. L. French, chairman of World's Fair committee filed his report showing receipts from county warrant and premium, $190; amount expended, $169.25, leaving a balance on hand of $2015. The report was ap proved and the balance ordered paid to the county clerk. The application of Emily C Bump and I. F. Huston for re bate of taxes were denied. The appointment of Chas Skaggs as supervisor of Road Dist. No. 8 was revoked and W M Clark appointed to the place with bonds fixed at $500. To fill vacancies on election boards, D. A. Osburn was ap pointed clerk in Corvallis precinct No. 2, H. Davidson judge in Blodgett precinct No. 9, and N. E. Newton in Philomath pre cinct No. 11. Help wanted restaurant. at Chipman's W. S. Linville returned yester day from Carlton, where he has been visiting his daughters. Julian McFadden is moving in from his ranch and will occupy the residence recently made vacant by Mr. Hawley who is moving back to Monroe. The ladies of the Presbyterian church will give a hot tamale sup per next Friday evening from 5 o'clock till 9 in the dining room of HodeB' bakery. Supper 25 cents. The W. R. C. will hold a re ception at their hall, Friday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p. m. in honor of the Department president. Comrades of the Post are cordially invited to be present. Rev. Noble and L. Albright are attending the BaptistState Con vention at McMinnville this week as delegates from the church in this city. All the usual services will be held at the. Baptist church hero next Sunday. Keith Brdwn, "Brownie" who has so faithfully performed '. his duty a line foreman for the Bell telephone company, will leave in a iew aays ior Portland, wnere ne will accept a position with the same company . Mr. Davidson, of Portland will ocoupv the nosition as 1 local lineman. COllEtit, JOTTINGS Items of Interest In and Around the O. A. C Students who wish to take French have the opportunity of doing so. ..-.Prof. Tallandieris to have a special class. The chapel was filled to over flowing Friday morning. The boys instead of disbanding out side were marched in by twos This filled each side with stand ing boys. Bert Pilkingtou, who was elected manager of the football team has resigned, -on account of ill health. Fred Stimpson is to take his place. Mr. Turney, who was with OAC last year, has made arrange ments to visit us twice a month in order to accommodate any who desire to take violin lessons. Zoph Tharp is at the OAC again. Miss ivinily bquier gave two very entertaining recitations in chapel Friday morning which was thoroughly enjoyed by. the students. She gave an enter tainmenf in the evening. John Gault participated in a game Saturday with the Multno mah Club. Miss Hatch, a missionary from Siam was a visitor at chapel last Friday. She gave a short talk about the manners and customs of the people of Siam. The schedule for this season's football was announced Thurs day. -. It is one of the best ever made , here. ;. Two important games are to be played on a mid week day. Out ofseyen games six are to be played on , OAC field. The schedule is: ;t Port land medicos played at Corvallis Saturday ; University of Wash ington to be played at Seattle, Saturday, ; October. 15; -Utah Agricultural College at Corvallis,, Wednesday, October 26; Colum bia University at Corvallis, : Sat urday, November 5; Whitman College, Walla Walla, . at Cor vallis, Thursday, November 10; University of Oregon, at Cor vallis, Saturday, November 10; University of Idaho, at Corvallis, Thanksgiving day, November 24. Col. Sobieski made a short talk in chapel Friday morning. He was heartily encored but re fused to speak again. Philomath News. The enrollmeHt at the college is nearly double that of last year.. Mrs. Castle has been quite ill for a few days. Mr, and Mrs. Locard, of Gosh en, will reside this winter with Rev. F. H. Neff. who is Mrs. Locard's son. Five new houses have been erected within the past month and as many more have received additions. Philomath is grow ing faster than at any other period in its history. Ground is being broken for the electric light plant at Homing's mill. Mr. Horning figures that he can ' put his mill in before severe weather sets in it all things turn out well. J. E. Henkle met with a ser ious accident Thursday evening sustaining a bruised eye , and swollen cheek. He ran against an obstacle in the dark. The Ladies' Aid Society will give an oyster supper at the U. B. parsonage next Wednesday evening for the benefit of the par sonage fund. A new millinery store has been opened just west of the postoffice. The lady in . charge is a recent arrival from Nebraska. Frank Bennett, wife and two children left Monday for Shelby, Nebraska., During, the -past two months thev have been visiting Geo. Bennett and family. .. A reception to the new students was given by the College. M. C. A. in their hall Thurdajf evening- ''r: Rev. T. W. Nash fia pur chased a; store at Newberg' and will move there this week.V Mrs. Buoy is the nam ePof the new baker and. her place 'busi; ness wUl'be just east of . Gibbon' s meat market. Copyright x 904' by Hart Schaffner &? Marx 1. HOTEL GORVALUS . A J. C. HA MKIEL, Prop. -St! ' Leading hotel in Corvallis.'? Newly 1 furnished with modern conveni ences Rates Si, $1.25, $2 per day. . . . ..... HEADQUARTERS FOR; W. S. GARDNER, ALL WORK GUARANTEED FTRSTCLASS STUDIO, 008 IVIIVTH STREET NEAR COLLEGE WALK. a a S fill Hl, J If o S ri BLACKSMITHING. WAGON MAKING, REPAIRING, WILD HORSES SHOD. Hathaway Bros SOUTH MAIN STREET. HOME seekers AMBLER & WATTERS, : REAL ESTATE, LOANS. INSURANCE VIRGIL E. WAITER, CCKVALLIS This spaco F&servotI for The GorvalliG Savs Mill Co. Watch for an Important an-nouncemenu Kline's. For fine Suits aud Overcoats see the famous Hart, Schaffner & Marx Hand -tailored, ready-to-wear Suits and Over coats, for sale only by COMMERCIAL MEN.J ix you are looking for some real good Bargains in Stock, Grain, Fruit and Poultry Ranches, write for our special list, or come and see us. We will take 4 pleasure in giving you reliaole informa- 5 tion : also snowing you over the county w HENRY AMBLER, PHILOMAT Kline.