LOCAL AND PERSONU John Zeis went to Portland, Sun day, with the intention of remain ing a week. Miss Eva Day went to Browns ville, Saturday, to v'ibU for a short time with friends. , Attorney M. S. McFadden arrived home, Friday, from a trip to his farm near Junction CHy. v Messrs. James and Johnie Matrin, of Monroe, were in town, Saurday. looking after matters of business. . OAC came out second best, not only in the etate oratorical contest, but in the basket ball game as well. Mrs. J. C. Hammel, daughter and son, Blanche and Merrill, went over to the bav. Saturday for a brief ; visit. ;:: f '' ;',.'- .; ;.VV: Gearee . orown and lamiiy are domiciled in the house on "' main street recently vacated by Willard Ireland.-.'': ,'r. '"''';.'.. Miss Bertha Thrasher went to Portland, Sunday. She will engage in dressmaking and has already received assurance of considerable work. ' During thelatter part of last week J. ,K. Beny moved his bicycle hospital into the - building just va cated by Webber & Gray. Mr. Berry now has a splendid stand for his business. 'Last Friday, J. K. Johnson dis posed of the Corvallis Laundry. .The purchasers were Charlie Blakes lee and Dave Hiestand. The new proprietors will carry on the busi-:- ness in a most up-to-date style, Murphys' cartoon of the basket ball game Friday night, between the girls of OAC and Albany, is fully as enjoyable as the game could have been, and this is no reflection on the game. Cartoon was la Satur day's Oregonian. Chief Lane is having the "dog gonedest" time collecting taxes on the "doegoned" dogs. Uo to Sat urday noon he had collected $1 per head on 83 canine who inhabit the town. He figures on just 17 more ot tneir dogships. General . Thorp, who has been East for the past few weeks, was last heard from in Washington, D. C. Ho was present at the inaugura tion of President Roosevelt. The general is expected home some time , during the latter part of this week. James Osburn has been wort ; mg eight men on the place across the -river of late. Four men are working in the. hop yard and the otner lour are employed at general farm work. Mr. Osburn says that fie is baying some land cleared and thinks when under the plow it will prove as fertile as any on the place, A fine half-tone of the OAC girl's basket ball team appeared in Fn day's Telegram. The evolution of this cut was pretty brisk.' G. W, ; Emery finished the photograph lnursday afternoon and started it to Portland at six o'clock the same eyening. The paper of the next afternoon contained the cut. This is certainly 20th century style. A short time ago the printers at JAO started at the task of getting out ,5000 , illustrated booklets re plete with matter relating to, the college. , mere will be about fifty pages of matter and fully as many nail-tones. It win be some time yet before the booklet is produced but beyond doubt it will be a work of art. vvnen iviarsnai Miller , arrived home, Friday, from a trip to th bay he had about his person several rine specimens of barnacles One of the shells contained a live, inhabi tant, but the climate out here proved too fresh for the creature and it soon expired. In the first sentence of this item it has not been our 'desire to cast any reflection upon Mr. Miller, : About ten days, ago Ned Smith turned a very fine mare out to , pasture on his island farm above town. He had occasion to look her : up the following day and found her - dead. She' had evidently died of poison. It is thought that she had ' eaten of larkspur .or, wild, parsnip ; J he loss of the animal -occurs - just , at a season when horses are most needed, consequently J the demise" of the mare is keenly lelt. Moreover, the horse represented a bin of oats "- that vanished' 'during the past winter. . Jens Peterson and family arrived in Uorvauisv Thursday-from L9Te land, Colorado. Mr Peterson made a visit to this county a month or two ago and negotiated for what is known as the George Horshfall place, a couple of miles eouthwest of Philomath. On Mr. - Peterson1 arrival, Thursday, Ambler & Wat- ters consummated the deal and the arrivals went out the following day to take possession of their newly ac quired" home. Tney all express 'themselves as delighted with this country .'' There1 are 500 acrea in the place they have just purchased Mrs. Mary Bryson, who baa Bpent the winter in. Spokane, Wash., rs expected home in a few days., ! Mrs.- Riley, sister of .Mrs. Ed Andrews, of this city, came up fr m Portland last Saturday lor a short visit. ". :. 'V. Vf v;:"::- V--'f 'H Has Jle "Struck Oil? Something like two "weeks ago Henry M. Stone, f this city, discovered, ' in a sort of slough, or old creek bed, that crosses his farm in Linn county, . what he depot groaVifcm thC & E. From what we have Jieard, great hings are contemplated.- '.' t ' t ;K- .'""-) V A Birthday Party. ,, - ' i i . tt . i. 1 A. T.pi ArAn Iflft. VeatPrdav. for the tmnKS is petroleum, ne Drougui p,. n,mtfr k)ia wm samples to this city and had spend a couple of weeks on bis nome etead. C. J3. Crcsno was in town ; yes terday seeing old-time friends. He is quite prominent about his Lincoln county home. . . vC.V Roy Irvine, night clerk at Hotel Corvallis, went to Independence, Saturday, for a short visit with relatives and friends. John Kiger states that h has a 2-year-old pacer that is going to make a record during the coming season, and he has a farm to back her. - T. ; Ed Wiles, a well-knwn farmer of Soap Creek, was -in town Satur day. Ed has beenflo busy ot late that he does not make the trip very often. . Mr. and Mrs. (XV. Wright and aughter. Beulah, are in this city on business.. They are from Five Rivers where they own a large ranch. Yesterday Bert Yaes received i i his commission as notary puouc from the secretary of state. Bert is now prepared to take your swear. Dick Zahn was out for a couple of days last week from his Alsea home. Dick says that everything is mov ing along in the usual satisfactory way oyer in his section. - , Miss Isabel Whitby, who for the past few months has been attending business college m f ortland, ar rived home, Friday. She will soon begin teaching school again. It pays to make your wants known through the paper, in our ast issue we advertised for a lost gold nugget stick-pin for Edwin Rose. It was located the same day that the paper came out. Miss Myrtle Katharine Trevitte, a very fine lady reader and imper sonator, of Chicago, is 1 o appear at the College Chapel rxt Friday evening. Beyond douVt a treat is in store for those who may attend. t is expected that more information may be given in our next issue. The business men of the city made a vigorous attack . Monday morning on loose dirt that had ac cumulated on. Main street..; Every thing was made clean and. some spots were polished. It was a great transformation scene and the -"man with the hoe" playsd a prominent part. .- , chemists at OAC investigate the matter. , These gentlmen report the presence of oil, but are said to be' a trifle uncertain as ; to whether it comes from an oil well of not. " The old creek bed that tra verses Mr.- . Stone's farm also, passes over the property' of sever al other land owners in Linn and the same signs af oil, or what ever else it may be, are observ able at various pc ints, but not so plainly as on Mr. Stone's . place. Several gentlemen have accom panied the discoverer to his farm, but are not positive - regarding the presence of : petroleum in any marked degree, i Not' only Mr. Stone, but : many of his neigh bors, are sincere in their desire to ascertain a true knowledge of what has been discovered and will take steps . to that end.' v borne men are ot the opinion that some sort of mineral water had " been discovered. ; At any rate we will hope that some thing with money : in it has been located. v '" No Annual County Institute. Last Sunday was the birthdav of Mrs. Grace E.. Hall and Sat urday evening many friends gath ered at the home of herself and husband, Harley Hall, a mile or so west of town to spend a mer ry : evening. . That. : they were cordially received goes without saying, and thereafter everything was jollity and good cheer. Vo cal and instrumental music, con versation,, everything imaginable, made an evening long to be re membered. At a fitting hour most delicious refreshments were served. Some of those in attendance walked out in parties and others drove, and Sunday was close at hand when those in attendance took their departure after bid ding host and hostess "good night? . and wishing , the latter many returns of the day. M rs. Hall is deservedly popular with a large circle of friends, and on this occasion received a ,'number of presents, consisting ; of silver and china ware and a fine rug. Those in attendance were: : Dr. and ; Mrs. B. A. Cathey, Mr. and Mrs. O. J Blackl dge, oir. and Mrs. J. li.. Underwood. rroi. ana Mrs. Larrou uummings, Mr. Mrs. T. H. WellBher. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Bane, Mrs. N. R. Adams, Miss Eva Starr, Miss Marie Cathey, George and Collie Cathey, Misses JiiVeiyn Cathey, Olive Adams and Vivian Wllsher. Lenten services will be held in the Episcopal church on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, consisting ot Litany and Penitential Office, and address by Rev. H. D. , Chambers, to which all are invited and will be made welcome. These services will oe held eveiy lnursday evening during Lent if the interest warrants it. Last Thursday, B R. Thompson took a large photograph for E. W. Strong, of the crew engaged at his mill. All of. the employes were grouped ' out-o'-doors and photo graphed with the lumber yard as a background. Mr. Strong desires the ; picture for exhibition at the Lewis and Clark' Fair, and accom panying it he will have an an nouncement .of the capacity of his mill, .. number ; of men employed, and much other t information rela tive to 'lumbering '.business in this section. This is a splendid idea and if others will follow the example set by Mr. Strong, Benton will "do her self proud ; at the Exposition., For a number of years in the past it was the custom oi the var ious colleges of , the . .yalley having athletic teams to hold an annual field meet. This meet was invaria bly held in Salem; Then, for several reasons, : dissatisfaction arose and the annual tournament'was disco n tinuedi Last Saturday the various managers of athletic teams of OA C, Uof O, Forest Grove, and Wil lamette .met in Newberg and ar ranged to hold an inter-collegiate field meet this year: It understood that the events will occur, .at Salem, on the State Fair grounds some time in June. Manager F. C; Stimp son, accompanied by, Vtof. Oharles Johnson, was present at the New- berg meeting and represented OAC This inter-collegiate meet will in ho wise conflict nor interfere in any way with - the arrangement of dua meet between the various colleges Beyond doubt Physical r Director Trine will have a team in the field this year that , will reflect 'credit not alone on Prof. Trine, but OAC as well. " At the meeting of the Depart ment of County School Superin tendents in Salem, last Thursday, it was agreed to dispense with the annual county institute in al most every county in Oregon for the ensuing year. . " More than $2,000 was pledged by the county superintendents to ward the educational ; congress at the Lewis and Clark Fair; " The congress will be held during the latter part ot Ausrust and con tinue in session one week. There' fore, there will be no annual county institute in Benton this year, -i . '-:'-'. ; Snpt. Denman returned from Salem, Friday, and says that it is his intention to strengthen his ocal institutes next year. The ast. legislature passed a rbill giv ing the county, superintendent discretionary . authority, ton use. portion .of: - his county: institute fund for local meetings. Our teachers should take note ot ' the date of the educational i congress and make calculations to attend. For Sale. i Thoroughbred Barred Plymouth Kock cockerels at $1.00 each. Call on F. R uarnes at uranger, south ot station or address Corvallis R. F. D. Uo. 1, r They are Baking. Last Saturday morning the first batch of bread came ' from,' the Small Bakery. ' This is from brand new oven and everything connected with this establishment is new and up-to-date in all - par ticulars. Three or four bakings have occured and the results are very satisfactory. ' " It is the intention to have bread out of the oven every morning in time for 6 o'clock trade. Sun days will not be excepted; seven days in the week is a rule that will be lived up to in baking at the' ;new' establishments ? Here will be found every kind of bread rye, ' whole wheat, 'steam and French. ? Cookies and gingersnaps that beat 4 4ye grandmother's' ' can be had' at alls times. ; " Pies cakes, and doughnuts of all : description will be kept in stock and can be had fresh at any tame. ;; Go and see what the new ' hakery -carl do for you. Their motto 'Will be, 4 'Prices as low as the lowest.!' Ned Smith has just finished the task of setting out a peach orchard of 700 trees on his place on the island several miles above town. He set out more Early Crawfords than any other kind. He has been worried ot late for fear he would lose a good portion of them on account of the dry pell. However, he declared he would not give the country, a bad name by watering the trees dur ing March. Next year he vin tends to set out 150 or 200 more trees. If you want to be entertained, coax Ned to relate some of his adventures with coons. He has undertaken to educate a doe in the proper mode to kill these varmints and some ot his expe riences are of more than ordinary interest, uoons are numerous up on the island and' Mr. 1 Smith has reason to believe that they are fond of chicken. Ned states ; that he- has" about 150,000 . feet oi hardwood logs ymg on the bank up on his place, He was disappointed in not hav ing a raise in the river sufficient to raft the logs out and in all like lihood will have to hold them un til next winter. .A Pleasing Affair.' The .entertainment '.at the col lege chapel last , Friday evening, under the direction of, Miss Helen Crawford, of the .elocutionary de partment, and 1 Mrs. Florence Green, of the'department of voca' music, was a aeciaea success in every way. " - All who took , part were wel received and everything progress ed smoothly. ; The entertainment was for the benefit of the Village improvement society and as result this society will have about $35 above expenses when every thing is settled up. It is the in tention to give a series of enter taidments for the benefit bf; those who have undertaken to beautify certain portions of our city. At present the village improve ment Society have in hand the J task. of making .'beautiful;- Jhe Up on the Island 1Ee Gordon " Advanced Spring Styles oi Hats are on Display Price the . Saoio-- Spring Styles in Men's Furnishings IMF Additional Local. Street Hats ealore at Mrs. J. Mason's. . t 23 standard A cedar shingles for $1.50 per thousand at the Corval is Saw .Mill.. 10 tf The Ladies Guild of the" Episco pal church is to meet at the home of Mrs. R. Graham. Wednesdav afternoon. All are requested to be present. v 4 The mare of C. H. Barnell that strayed from home here in town something more than a week ago: was returned to him last Saturday, J . B Mason, who resides a -few miles west of Philomath brought her back to her owner. Mason states that on Saturday morning, a week ago, he went' out to his stable and found her j among his horses.- She was quite ; warm and. . appeared to have traveled pretty lively shortly before. Mr. Barnell was very much pleased to get her back, as he had brought her with him from Eastern Oregon; A black pup accompanied the mare when she took flight and has not been heard from since, but this does not concern the owner in the least. Mrs. Minnie Groen was arrested in Portland last Thursday and jailed on the- charge of having murdered J. G. iSharratt, at LiUt- jens, Liincoln county on . the 521st of last January. ..- Under., the i pro visions of the will left by the de ceaBed Mrs.' Geeen received the bulk of the estate and this is supposed to have been the motive for the mur der. Mr. Sharratt occupied a room in the house of Mr. and Mrs. Green and the latter is accused of killing him while he slept, and : with the knowledge of her husband, too.: He was shot in the ; neck, . j ust under the chin and Mrs. Green claims that the wound was sell-inflicted.-, A re volver : was" found- near Sharratt's right hand.' Mrs.' Green Is quite well known in Corvallis, as she had acquaintances here whom she visited occasionally. '---. The White House Corvallis Petaluma Incubators! We have the exclusive agency lor the t'i&S I ; Petaluma Incubators. Brooders T?f '" 5 I carried in stock and sold ac factory 2gn?mS33i 1 ' price8: ' 1 tij I 54-eggsize .$10.00 la.sr-Nrwf.-f 1 126-egg size.....;......, $20.00 Vvf- , , M 216-egg size $27 MO ' H We also have the famoas - ... ifW Cyphers Model Incubators and &LkkY . jUK Colony Brooders. HOLLY CHICK FOOD A r L I J r 1 : i i T f-IV. : ' - , ; .. 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