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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1905)
LOCAL AND PERS0N4L Take The Gazette for all the local news.- Barn, Sunday, - December IT, 1905, to the wife of .Charlie Chip man, a son. A.t the M. E. church South, wor ship ai 11 a. m. Subject ot morn ing sermon "The ; Incarnation," The Christmas entertainment of the Bible School of the Presbyter ian church Will be-'giyen Saturday evening commencing at 7:30.' j- , "Zeke" in the play "The Missouri Girl" is not a caricature, but a nat ural every-day farm boy with more than ins snare oi Drams. a.--. The Sunday school of : the M- E. -church; South, will render a beauti ful service of Bongs' and recitations, Sunday evening at :JU. Ihe pub lie coudially invited. The Telegram, of Monday, ,' cop- tamed a half-tone of Kev. Jb.rJ. Thompson, formerly of this city. and the new . Presbyterian" church in Independence, oi which our former citizen i pastor. ... Mrs. C. A. Danneman. who for the past mooth or two has been up at Clem, Eastern Oregon,' where she formerly lived, is expected to arrive home tomorrow or next day. Hi The fountain pens recently Btolen from the Gerhard stationary store have been returned. Miss May Gerhard received a -clew . to ; the paTty (a mere boy) taking rthem and he confessed, she promising not to make the lad s identity known. Talk about money r in poultry think of last sprite's turkey's bringing more than $3 each rignt now. And yet on Tuesday Mrs. James Henderson brought to town 15 turkeys which she sold to Smith & Boulden for the - above figure The fowl were hatched last spring. Congregational - church:- ".Sunday School at 10 ; Class for Young Men at 10; Worship and sermon a 11; v. Junior Endeavor at 4; Senior Endeavor at 5 :30; Vespers and sermon at 7 :30. Morning sermon, "The Same, Yes terday, Todav and Forever." Even in? sermon, "The Song of the Ar aels." There will be - services st 3:00 o'clock. ' - At a recent meeting of the Mac cabees the following omcers were elected: Com.. W. A. Kemp; Lieut. Com., H. C. Maneas; R K:, W. L. Sharp; F. K.j H. C. Mangas; Chaplain, Artie Starr; Sg't, K. N. Adams; M. at A.', Guy Nnwton; 1st M. of G., D. B. Newton; 2nd' .M. of G , Delbert Strong:, Sentinel, ' Will Reed; Pioket, Albert Strong; Trustee, E. R. Lake. JohnGradig, of Blodgett, was the guest of A. Leder a few days age Mrs. H. Haenel. and daughter, Miss Delphina, were down from their Monroe home during the week. The Farmers' institute held at Grange Hall in Alsea, was a marked Buccess. Further particu lars will be published later. A party of fifteen Aatisans came over from Albany to attend the big demonstration of that order in this city Wednesday night. The Bellingham Review "says (Nov. 30, 1895.) Bessie Clifton as "The Missouri Girl" was a whole show in herself. ; The two road districts , in Alsea recently voted a levy of five mil's for the improvement of the roads in that section. The good work is to be "commended. , There will be German preaching at tne rresoytenan church, . Mon day, December 5J5, at 1:30 p. m The services are to be conducted by Kevi K,. j. ueyerline, of Albany. All are cordiariy welcome. ' : The morning subject at the M E. church Sunday will : be "Th Bpauty and Power of the Fact, of the Birth of C irist.". The topic f the evening wUl be, :"Th$ World s Greatest -Family" Tree." Specia Christmas music morning and evening. : . 0. G. Dalaba passed through Corvallis a couple of days ago tc his home in 0,1k. Uity, Lincoln county. . He recently i returned from a trip down through Coos county aud that section of country and gives a good report o"f condi tions there.' . - ' 1 The poultry show in Albany opened Wednesday and ' several of our ponltrymen have entered birds. Car 1 brasher went down during the first of the 'week and pluced some f.wls on exhibition for his son, Frank. Presbyterian church, M. S. Bush, pastor. Bible school at 10 a. m;. Worship at 11 a.' m. Subject, "l he Glory of the Sun." C. E meeting at 6:30 p. m., evening ser- ce at 7:30. Subiect. ."The Babe of Bethlehem." This sermon will be illustrated.' Special music at both services. - . -. W. : S. Thomilson, a prominent member, or ihe United Artisans, came up from Soap Cieek, Wednes day, to attend the initiation that occurred in this city that evening; This was a great occasion with the Artsians, as" 23 candidates were initiated into the mysteries of the order. - William Porter, who has been an assistant to Engineer J. A. Spang ler in running the beating plant at OAC, has been most sorely afflicted with boils of late and unable to at tend his duties.: ' During the past week or two B. D. ' Arnold took charge , of the plant during the moruinge Mr. Porter is better and is expected to be -able to resume his duties at the college after the holi days' vacation . Monday night someone had the boldness to steal ten or more foun tain pens from the stationary 'store of C. A. Gerhard. In the door there was a very small pane of glass out, leaving a hole about 4x4 inches square. Through this hole the thief thrust his hand and arm and by reaching around to the left was able to grasp the edge of a cloth used for decorating the win dow on which a tray of fountain pens were displayed. By dragging the cloth toward him the thief was finallv enabled to securo the pens. This was certaiidy bold piece of business as there was a large arc light almost directly in front of Mr. Gerhard's place of. business on Main street. ' It is hard on the people of a community ' to know that they are sheltering a thief. ; The committee appointed to look into details with legard to the granting of an electric light and power franchise- to sv company re presented by A. Welch met with that gentleman ; Tuesday evening 1 and there was a free-for-all dis cussion of affairs. Mr. Welch granted many concessions ask?d by the committee, but would not ac cept a franchise for a period of less . than thirty years. On many points he was willing to yield, but.on this he was determined. So many con cessions were offered by Mr. Welch that there is a possibility of the franchise being so amended by the committee that it will council. At any rate mittee will meet again next Tues day evening for the purpose of mak- ; ing certain alterations in the mat ter of franchise and it is quite pro bable that Mr. Welch or Some re- ' preventative of his company will be present on this occasion. The com mittee is composed of the following councilmen: Alex Rennie, George i E. Lilly; Walter Wiles, C. E. Hout aDd J. B. Irvine. : ISfiinirSl EVERYTHttJG NEEDED FOR -' ' UNDER ONE ROOF At. ". the People's Store ur holiday stocks were never so beautiful . and comprehensive as they are this year. You can make your Christmas purchases now out of a full assortment and at your leisure, avoiding the great - crowds that will surely come later on. . . , i . - -i We will hold purchases made now and deliver them any day this month While we have given much time to our holiday merchandise, we have also pro vided an immense variety of useful articles suitable for holiday gifts, and every department has a liberal display. - It is a genuine pleasure to visit this store now Ed Andrews received a letter a couple of. days ago from bis wife in which she stated that she expected to leave the hospital today or to morrow . It will he remembernH that Mrs. Andrews submitted to an operation in a Portland hospital a couple of weeks ego. She is getting along nicely. ' By an arrangement or mutual consent, between the prosecution and the defense, but one of the series of club cases came up for hearing at the term of circuit court held this week. The other cases were continued until the next term of circuit court, pending a de cision of the supreme court in the case just heard, - as we understand it is to go to a higher court. , . James D. Zurcher, a lopular OAC student in days gona by, was in porvallis Wednesday and Thurs day, renewing his old acquaintance in the old town and at the college. Jim now holds a good position with the Southern Pacific Co. He is em ployed in the capacity of an agent for this companyvi and his duty is to examine records of S. P. affairs kept in the various county offices, O. C. T. Company are giving -a holiday rate of one and ane-fifth fare on round trip tickets on their fine river boats! There is an exception made in cases where the xfare one way is 50 pents, in which event the fare for round trip will be 75 cents. There is no reduction made on- fare one way. ' These rates apply to all points south ol the locus at Oregon City and are good until and includ ing January 6. During the holidays a year ago there were three professors from the State University, two from ' OAC and two from Monmouth who went over to the coast and passed their holiday vacation. This year they will act on the same plan, but o'n a larger scale. It is probable that some six or eight professors will go t Am A. i paSS the xluul bins yotti, nujuug tueuj the com- Professors Horner and Berchtold. Tne otner institutions named are expected to send an increased dele gation over last year. The propo sition is free for all who desire to join the crowd and fish and hunt on the coast tor a matter ot ten days. I hejparty Will secure" cottages at Seal Rock an go it al -will." ? Ducks, geese and fash are soughti ' ''V , -Take a look at Nolan's holiday wrsdows. 99tf - Dainty 'Kerchiefs and Laces For ladies and gentlemen in linen hemstitched, lace and embroidered edge, and initial. All new, 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c to 75c.. Beautiful patterns in1 Mechlin and Oriental laces for Christ mas handkerchiefs and fancy work 5c to 50c per yard. Dolls' Christmas Fair, 1905 v Here we have grouped dolls of every description and nationality, from plain undressed kid and bisque dolls to hand somely gowned "Belles," -.surpassing, values. 5c, 10c, 25c, up to $5.00 ". , Decorated Ware and Pictures , ' Every new idea is represented in Japanese and Austrian ware,; lamps, plates, ornaments, and dishes, 5c to $5. Iridescent ' vases all shapes, 1 25c to $1.50. - Water sets special $1.50 each, complete. Pictures and burnt wood, , new subjects, tastefully mounted, 10c, 15c and 25c. Christmas Slippers . For inen, women, and children, a large, attractive line, 50c to $2. 50. f - Ties, Mufflers, and Gloves . . In holiday suggesting designs 'and colorings, values can't be beat, 25c, 50c, 75c, and $1.00. , Basketry and Woodwork . Products of Japanese handicraft in geniously put together and handsome ly decorated; boxes and baskets square, round, and octagon shapes in many sizes for sewing, gloves, hand kerchiefs, toilet and many other uses Baskets .may be trimmed. Values at 5c, 10c, 15c to $3.00. Art Needle Work : , Cushion tops, 25c, 50c. 75e to $1.50, of fancy art material with backs; tops stamped and tinted in floral, cross stitch, and conventional designs. "Sup plies and accessories for doing all kinds of needlework, including Har danger and Mt. Mellick; largest assort ment of colors in Roman, Filo, and , Hardanger silks in town. BrainaAi & Armstrong silk in holders, 4c pr skein. Toilet Cases 1 Latest novelties in, matchless assort ments, 50c, 75c, irl.00 to $5-00. . Games Crokinole and combination game boards good for 5& different games. Matchless values 75c to $5. A large assortment of small games and game . boards that afford , amusement and education, 10c to 50c. , Albums Photo, postal, and autograph .al bums, handsomely decorated, new patterns, 10c to $5.00. ' , Hand Bags ' Walrus and seal leather, black and fancy colors, envelope pattern, 25c to $3.00. . . Ladies' Furs Rich furs, new shapes, at low prices during the holidays, $1.50, $2-00, $2.50 to $20.00. ' , ', , ' Boxes Embossed, celluloid, and leather-, ette, glove, handkerchief, and work boxes; more complete assortment than ever. 50c to $2.50. Old Mission Court boxes $2.50 each. Clothing Special-Yery acceptable gifts in H. S. & M. clothing and overcoats at holiday prices. No better time to buy than now. Prices from $5.00 to $30.00. Every department is ready,' so come early and see our large and varied Christmas display. The People's Store is at 'its best. Mail orders . :,j promptly filled. Corvallis, Oregon. Established 1864. , The Christmas Supplies that's wanied at 'Xmas time is altnost . endless. Handseme gifts have to be carefully selected For instance, Cut Glass Christmas Presents are not only highly prized on account of their beautv, but on account of their in trinsic value as well. - We have a splend id display of cat glass, ware and you'll no well to inspect and buy from it. Albert J. Metzger JEWELER v' Occidental Building, - - - Corvallis D ancing School at Fisher's Hall TTnll Wm is nn. All Ismnna nrivatfi: Dositivelv no soectators: classes every -niKht. 7:30 to 10: lessons every afternoon, 2 till 5. A complete term consists of the tollowing named dances: Waltz, xwo-step,. ocnouiacne, iiireoiepauu rivc-cijj. The latest dances taught all dancers at the rate of 50 cents a lesson. The hall and every facility may be had for all parties of a social and private nature. ' Orchestra music furnished for all occasions. For further information inquire at the Hall of PROF. C. RAYMOND, INSTRUCTOR GEM CIGAR STORE All first-class cigirs and tobacco; whist and pool rooms.'- Every customer , treated like a prince. - , ' ' JACK MILNE Four deois north of postoffice' . ' Ind. Phone 130. Our Big Stock Reducing Cash Sale is Still On : The first day's sales weighed in cash just ten pounds, and every customer went out of our store more than pleased with their bargains. . , ; ' , Our ladies', misses', and children's shoes ranging in price from $1.40 to $4 that have not only been going out in pairs, but in half dozen lots, at 96 bents the pair ' , are the talk of the town. Come early; you can't avoid the rush, but you can come , before your sizes are all gone. . - Every bolt of goods in the domestic department has been given 15 day's notice to get out of "the store at prices that is doing the business. , ; Everything in the house reduced, (excepting grocer ies) for cash. , - . . Fv L; Millet 0.