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C0RVA1.LIS. Benton County, Oregon, Friday, February
1SM5.
Vol. XLJI.
3,
SCHOOL AMD OR NGE.
Joint Meeting of Parents and
Grangers Entertaining and
Educational.
The parents' meeting held in
the Grange Hall in connection
with Fairmount Grange last Sat
urday, was enjoyed by all pres
ent. ' The hall was well filled
with teschers, parents and gran
gers. Promptly at eleven o'clock
the exercises began with a fifteen
minute singing exercise. Every
teacher, with one exception, was
present frotn the north end of the
county. A fine literary program
was prepared by the adjacent
schools. It consisted of the fol
lowing recitations: "Dashing Ride
of Jennie McNeil," by Wave
Risley; "My Little Kittv," by
Phvllis Goius; "The Old Folks,"
bv Maud Armstrong; "What Bes-
- 1 tt:u, t:t:i 1 . .
Sie oaw, uy xiuua. niiucn,
"Flash The Fireman's Story,"
bv Charles Collins; "Notes from
the Battle Field, by Herman
Buley; "How . He Sved Sc.
Michael," by Maud Collins; and
o her selections by Mabel Jones,
Pearl Williamson and Margaret
G bson; songs by Katherine Cus
ter and six will troni the Fair
mount school. Everyone seemed
to enjoy the selections on the
ph n igraph. Some of th-m were
"Roosevelt's Rough Riders,"
President McKinley's Buffalo
Speech and his funeral . exercises
The regular program brought
forth somey good, lively discus
sions. Many suggestions were
given that, were of practical bene
fit to all. Mr. Risley opened the
discussion 011 the subject, "Need
ed Apparatus in the School
Room." He contended that in
this age of progress the teacher
j j 1 1 1. . .1
neeaea me Desi apparatus 10 ue
had. He thought every school
should have a case of maps,
globe, dictionary and holder,
black boards, seats, etc., Mr.
Reese followed in the discussion.
We thought ttiat we needed a
good teacher and a hazel. These
went hand in hand. The teacher
: should not fail to employ this as
sistant ia order to obtain the best
results. He cited examples where
the use of the hazel brought forth
yestions on the subject. ,lrny
bhow.d careful preparatiou.
The account of the meeting
would be incomplete if we did
not compliment the good cooks
on the excellent dinner served.
The grangers, since the meeting
of a year ago, have made valu
able additions to their hall The
basement h.s been finished, and
now serves as a dining room.
The room is large and will he
very convenient fi r the many
good feasts that are to come
The dinner was set on three tab!es
and contained everything needed
tJ make the noon hour a period
or pleasure and sociability.
COLLEGE JOTTINGS.
Iterris of Interest In and Around
the O. A. C.
Vocal , Recital.
The OAC department of vocal
music will give a recital in the
College Chapel , this evening,
Feb. 3. The program will begin
promptly at 8 o'clock. The pub
lie is cordially invited to be pres
ent. The following program will
be rendered :
Sing, Sweet Bird .....Ganz
Miss Gertrude McBee.
Duet Cheerfulness Gunfbert
Misnes Judet Cooper, Una Steward
A Lullaby Madden
Miss Jean Kent.
Gut' Naeht, fahr' Wohl ..Kucken
Miss Agnes von der Hellen
Duet T;e Birds That Sang in May
....Strelezki
Misses Mi-Bee. Eva Myers.
The Two Grenadiers......... .....Schumann
Miss Mnbelle Keady.
Duet Calm as tta Night Gotz9
' Messrs J. C. Koapp, C. O. BriggH.
Ah, I Have Siahed to RestMe.. Ve di
Miss Bertha Williams.
Qaartette--The Old Oaken Bucket
.0: '.. Smith
Messrs. Knapp, Oole,. Sellek, Hill
Pantomime, Miss Belle Bonney.
Good-day Marie. PePsard
Miss Juliet Cooper.
Duet Home to Our Mountains
(llrovatore)..... SVerdi
Miss Williams, Mr Knapp.'
What Oregon Gets,
The river and harbor bill which
has been agreed upon by the
house committee is as follows for
Oregon:
Mouth of Columbia, $300,000.
, Dalles-Celiio canal, $50,600.
Columbia and Willamette be-
Luella Van Cleve had her arm
sprained while practicing basket
ball this week.
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The committee on inter-society
debates have commenced the
work of arranging the debates
between the societies again this
year.
Miss Ellen Chamberlain, form
erly instructor of German and
history at OAC, who has been
in Michigan this winter, is com
ing to California soon and ex
pects to return to Oregon some
time in April.
A march is again played by
Prof. Taillandier for the studeufs
to pass out of chapel, which is a
great improvement on marching
without music.
The Pierian society are to en
tertain the Jeffersonian society in
a very pleasing manner Saturday
evening, Feb. 4. The boys are
to dress as old bachelors and the
girls are to come attired as old
maids.
Miss Margaret Weblev left
Wednesday for her home in
Portland. She was called home
on account of sickness in her
family and does not expect to re
turn to college this year. .
The Feronian girls are sport
ing flew cociety pins. They are
very pretty, round gold pins!
with the initials F. S. engraved
hereon.
Tuesday evening in place of
regular drill, the boys gathered
in the Armory and listened to an
address by Rev. Ray Palmer.,
Mrs. Green's vocal class will
give a recital in the College
Chanel, this evening at 8 o'clock?
There is to be a good program
and a large audience should
greet them. "
The Feronians are to entertain
the Amicitians, Friday evening,
Feb. 11.
Bcnt"u ' iiotv, where he reside d
until a few years ago, when he
moved wi'.h V.s family to a place
near Crowley S ation, in Polk
county. Here he remained until
last fall, when he put cl at d
small farm just. across the Wil
lamette Tiver from Sdlem. Hen
death o cr'.cok him.
His reitfaii.s' were interred in
North Palestine cemetery in the
presence ot nunvri.m friends. A
wife, tw. daughters nd two son-
survive him, and they are 31.
residents of Polk county. iVtan
old , settlers will recall the old
gentlem in, whom thev esteemed
as an honorable and upriPbt
citizen.
COUNTRY C0-?3SP0NDENCL
jsno v, tin -v- da'
"kiiuk, besides fi-.j.
rpen 1 re Hen ten thppY.imnlpn ' '
and mouth f Willamette,
his worthy school superintendent
who had failed to get his share of
the hazel oil. If he had he wourd
been a larger man. On the other
hand, he spoke of County Re
corder Vincent who had grown
tall and muscular oa accouat of
the frequent use of the oil.
Mr. J. G. . Gibson and M. V
keeper gave some interesting in
formation on "Benefits to be De
rived from Consolidation of Rural
Schools." Both advocated the
carrying out ot the policy. Each'
thought better results would be
derived. Superintendent Denman
outlined how consolidation might
be done, also giving a short talk
upon the benefits and financial
end of the proposition.
"How far Should Parents Back
the Teacher in Corporal Punish
ment" was presented in an excel
lent manner by T. B. William
son, clerk of di-trict No 4. He
urged, our teachers to have' order
above everything else. Good or
der was needed before good in
struction would count.
Professor T. A. Hayes, City
Superintendent of Albany schools,
gave a very interesting talk upon
"The Trend of Modern Educa
tion. ' ' le reviewed the progress
that has been made, and the
change, in methods from, those in
' vogue when be was a boy to those
of today. He drew a picture of
. what we would be doing in a few
years in our schools.
"What is a Practical Educa
tion ?" was presented by Mr. T.
T. Vincent. Mr. Vincent's re
marks were listened to with rapt
attention on the part of all. Two
excellent papers were read by
Misses Anna Pagenkopf and Min
nie McCourt on 'Need of Li
braries and What Should They
Contain in Rural Schools?" Both
papers were lull of valuable sug
Columbia betweeu Vancouver
$3.
000.
Willamette above Portland$5o,
000.
Columbia at Cascades, $30,000.
Upper Columbia and bnake,
$15,000.
Coquille river, $55,000.
Harbors along Oregon Coast,
maintenance, $10,000.
Totals, $640,000.
Sundry civil bills allots Oregon
improvements $70'j,ooo in addi
tion to the regular river and har
bor bill, . and Oregon's grand to
tal amounts to $1,345,000.
The movement to buy the Or
egon City locks was nipped in
the bud by congress and it . also
turned down Benger Herman's
proposition to construct a dredge
for use on bars along the Oregon
coast
The Hot Sand Bag.
Newsy Items Gleaned by our Va- 'h lt ' e w" dtv('1
. r. '.. Clvde WHiHin.
nous Demon uiunty cor
respondents.
Want Ballad on the "Trail.
Firemen's Smoker.
A prize f $100 is offered by
I. N. FUi.-chner, chairman of
the press and publicity committee
of the Lewis and Clark Exposi
tion, for the best ballad written on
the subject the "Trail." The
subject miy be treated either in
its historical aspect, as relating to
he old Lwis and Clatk trail
which the hardy explorers fol
lowed on their trip to the Pacific,
or the "Trail of 1905." .
The amusement street of the
Western World's Fair is called
the "Trail" instead if the Mid
way or Pike, which were the
names applied to the gaiety
boulevards of other expositions.
The "Trail" is built on a bridge
spanning Guild's Lake, a natural
bodv ot waterMorming the "grand
basin" of the exposition. Many
new features have been planned
to grace this bridge ths summer,
and on account of its location
much attention will be directed
to aquatic attractions.
The competition tor the best
ballad on the "Trail" no-en to
all.. Compttent judges wi 1 be
selected- fro:K the " best kn wn
iterateurs of the Pacific North
west and ihe contest will close
May 1. Invitations have been
extended to all the well-known
writers ot verse and many good
poems are expected to be sub
mitted. '
Monroe Notes.
The ele"tri ligfets are now asin in op
PMtion whii'h adds greatly to sr small a
town.
. A. pond nrowd attended tde piaort
odoot last. afnrlav. Madison Brown and
Will C-rpnter each siicwe1i in setting
hTf a neef.
T H. Hewitt . nawel thrnneh town
Monilay going to his plane West of here
to look aiter his stocV.
A. nnmher of Monro hunters have
: ppn helping hunt the covotes . few
-ovote8 have been Killed in the near vi
cinity. Some of the does- c Might one a
few day ago. James Winn living South
of here killed two.
James Ward was in town Monday
posting bills for the "Ball" to he uiven
in Wilr-eini's hall Tuesday evening Feb
14. He had goad success with ihe Mas
querade Dec. 30, a- d everybody looks
for a lare crowd Feb 14
Julia M. da Moulin has taken charg
if the advance i oom in school nntil an
other teach -r can be had and Walter dn
Moulin is teaching the litile room. Mrs
Howard stopped teaching on account of
the serious illness of her little so t.
The Monroe camp W. O. W will give
an entertaiument and bisket social Ftb.
22. Everybody is iuvirei to come, and
the ladies are rejuestod to come and
bring a basket.
A most enjoyable, entertaining
event was the "high jinks and
smoker" given by the Fire De
partment to its members in their
hall Tuesday night Nearly
every member of the Department
was present and as usual had i
"high old time." Prof. E R
Lake was pre3ent with his magic
lantern and a large collection of
slides, which were verv enter
taining, and enjoyed by all.
Playing cards were then
brought out, and cob pipes, to
bacco and cigars distributed, and
soon all were entertaining them
selves wnn wnist ana oearo. as
only - firemen can, especially
where there is plenty of smoke
in the atmosphere. Selections
from the phonograph also took
up most ot the evening,' and good
coffee and delicious cake finished
the evening's program.
Won Year's Subscription.
Get some clean fine sand, and
dry it thoroughly in a kettle on
the stove; make a bag about eight
inches square of flannel, fill it
with the dry sand, sew the open
ing carefully together, and cover
the bag with cotton or linen
cloth. This' wiU prevent the
sand from ; si fting out, and also
enable you to heat the bag quick
ly by placing it in the oven or on
top of the stove. After once us
ing this, you will never again at
tempt to warm the feet and bands
of a sick person with a bottle or
brick. The sand holds t be heat
for a long time, and he bae cn
be tucked up to the back without
hurting the invalid. Health
Culture.
Foley's Kidney Cure
maxes Ktaneys antf bladder right.
The entertainment given here Satur
day evening under the auspices of Lone
?ina Circle; W. O. W., was an enjoyable
time in every particular. It consisted of
musical selections inJ moving pictures.
A large crowd attended and all .report a
ir i d time.
Oak Grove Chips.
Reduction in Fare.
Commencing iav. 7, Tales between
Corvalli8 and Portland, via C. & E ,
Albany, and S. P. w.ill be reduced to
$2.60, same as West Side 'rate. Ti kets
on sale bv C. & E. agent and all ortics
id. Portland.
NOTICE.
The sale of melts' and boys1 uits and
overcoats is still' on at 8. L. Kline's'. It
will pay you to boy tbis montfe.
Gi rsie Plove, of Wells, was doing bus
iness in Albany Saturday.
Pavi.i V-mderpool, of Soap Creek, was
viBitiag friend here Saturday.
Frauk Djdele, of Wells, spe a Sunday
h-ie.
D;Il Baker was baying sheep ia this
part of the otintry Wednesday.
Mut D irbin is gttin. out quite a
number of telephone poles to be med on
the In iepe ide u line ue.r Taagent.
M S'liviv, of rortland, is visitine
at the home .! her daughter, Mrs. E.
Williamso-i. -
Mr. and Mrs. Silas Williamson, of
0k (5f iv, we e a" est 8 of Mrs. F. B.
Williamson, Sunday.
Mr. and Mr-. S P Lawrenson epent
Saturday anil Sundav visiting relatives
in A'hany, and alsojattendei the revival
services w bile there.
Dilterd. Price bad the misfortune to
loose hix do, Teddy by a tre falling on
him. H'. PrXcn wtata that since the
'Sunday with his car vitH .
Hon. Virgil Carter can.
from Sajem and epeot a -nume.
t
Rv. Launer closed Uie
has been under headway
two weeks Friday evenih-T.
M - Ma'id vVilli.tm-o.i
reiaiivesiu aId.iuv the rt f
Mrs. T. B. Williamson
for Parker, Polk county, :
to spenil a few days wili
Jud.l Smith.
Proiessor Ddvis who U.
in Idaho returned home
ha Atitin taken up his
Mr. Massal ha1 been on
for several days but is gt-"i
ter.
Tue ImII iiven at the Ai l . '
Welip Friday ev nini wan
and a k neral good tim? i- -
Job'. Mavberry has rente i
farm near Jefferson and
famjinu iigain.
TneY. P. A. elected th- t
csri for the ensniuij yea;':
Eifa Cady ; vice prep., Patih;
Mr. Willard Can thorn
Cim- ov T Saturday and
fencing on his place b-i."
hora.i.
The st tdents who liavt h
examination finished up-t'-- i
their pauers will lie forward
intendent Denniau for lum
ment m
James Price passed aa
his home in Albany, and was bunet in
the Albanv cemetery. Bt-fore'raoving i
Albanv he live I in this n inhborfo'iset
and was higtily jrespected thtoagiioot.
Benton county.
The manager of the Independent X-le-nhone
company met with some of the?
citizens at Palestine Saturday to m
t get the . people here to connect with?
his line ii stead of connecting with tW
Bell phone company.
Arthur Hiiikins and wife and Clevet'. -Willi
iui-oa left Monday morning for
Nebraska, where they will make tbefcr
future home. i
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To The Public.
The undersigned haw purchased, ther
iiiterest, jf Levi Henkle in the City Dray"
Company. The terms of the transaction,
includes the good will of the busioess
Mr. He kle, having retired from the
flrm. Thankin-j! the public for past pat
ronage and soliciting a coutinuance or
the tusines of. all old ja ions, ami i of
such new ones as may tee fit to favor as
we a e, '; Respectfully,
f Robinson & Fcller.
Headquarters for the rirm at WelNher
& Gray'sjstore. Independtent phorje 126L.
12-1&
Service at the Carbolic? churcbl
Sundnv at the usual h 'i-.
: At the recent poultry show held
in this city, the Gazette offert
tree a year's subscription to tbi
paper to the exhibitors who wo
their first blue ribbon at this
show. Following are the ones
who secured the prize: Dick
Kiger, Prof. A. L. Knisely,
Mrs. Levi Oren, Thos. Boulden,
W. A. Bates, all of Corvalljs; S.
F. Beal, R. F. D. No. I, J. M.
Porter, Corvallis. J
Those of the above list, who
are now a subscriber will have
their subscription extended one
year. .
R. L. Williamson.
R- L. Williamson, an ear-y
settler in this county, dropp d
dead while : walkin? about hi
dooryard last Saturday, at hi
home in Polk county. .
The deceased came to Ore
gon in 1864, having crossed the
plains by ox team, and settled in
Don t miss the Opportunity
To call at our Furniture Stare and let us show you some nice Art Squares
that We are offering, until closed out, at greatly reduced prices.
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In Passing Our Way
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Just look at those Malleable Iron Beds we have been telling your about.
They are cheajper than any other because they will last longer. Remember:
- they are warranted for 25 years. It is to your interest
Bit
and get our prices on Granite and Tinware. We have just received a large
invoice of these ,goods. Whether you are going to house-keeping or just
furnishing one tor more rooms, let us figure on your bills. Everybody
: I welcome to come in
Examine Our Goods.
. HOLLENBERG & CADY,
THE STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY
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