Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, October 11, 1907, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Text1 lOCAl AND PERSONAL The Corvallis Anting rink opens fcr tbe season tonight. Mrs. Archie Hope or xaquina Visiting relatives in tins city. Miss Sylva Starr bae baea suffer. log with an attack 'of tonsil j tie this week. George Moore end family left Tuesday for the Salmon river coun try to reside. J. C. Lowe, of the Independent telephone com Dan v. returned Wed oe&day from a week's business visit in Albany. Miss Carrie Danneman bae arriv ed home from Clem. Eastern Ore gon, where she has spent the past few months. Mrs. J. W. Howard is preparing to return to her home in Eastern Oregon for tbe wiDter. Her son. Joe, will remaiu in college. Dr. G. IT. Feese left Wednesday for Port' and, bis future home. His family ices in a few days. Tbe good wishes of many friends follow them. Fred Fischer and bis cousin, Prank Ratbje, of Chicago, returned Tuesday from Waldport, where tbey bad been fishing. They brought home a fine lot of salmon. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Marvin of Marengo. Iowa, after a week's visit with J. B. Ma rin and family in Corvallis, left Tuesday for Los A n- geles, to remain indefinitely. Miss Nells Marvin returned the first of the week from a five weeks' visit with relatives and friends at Oxford, Iowa. She bad a splendid time and is much improved in health. Dr. L. V. Flint is considerably Improved in health, although still quite weak. He enjoys short calls from bis friends, his strength not being sufficient to permit of extend ed conversation. Rev. Monosmith and family mov ed tbe first of tbe week into their handfome new residence, just com pleted by Contractor run ton Adams. The Catbey house, vacated bv them, is now occupied by Prof, and Mrs. Scudder, who moved Tuesday. Hf 117' J l.i. 1TJ J 11 r. wvnuom ieii vveuueauay morning for his home in Crook county, having bro-.igbt his family to Corvallis recently to locate for tbe winter for the young people to attend college. He will make tbe homeward trip over the mountains with a four-horse team. Preaching at the Presbyterian . church, Suuday morning, by Dr, Hudson of Colorado. Io the eve ning the Docioi will preach in the Baptist church. Theie will be no preaching at the Presbyterian church in the evening. Ail made welcome to these services. Quite a party of Oxford, Iowa, Deople arrived in Corvallis this week in search of locations. Those , in tbe party are: Mr. and Mrs. Ru? Bell Jones, B. S. Claik, Robert Ives and MiBS Anna S;ooner. They vis ited in Halsey before coming on to this city. All are old friends of the Marvins. Mrs. Jessie Flint has received fror- Baldwinsville, New York, a par r that contains the notice of the death of an old friend, ajted 95 years. This old gentleman bad lived for 67 years in the sauce house, a very unusual occurrence in this busy world, where there is so much of change and discontent. Chapel exercises are to be held hereafter once a week, on Wednes day, at the armory. The hour will be 11:20. The change is made on account of lack of room in the ad ministration building, the enroll ment being so large at college that hundreds of students were unable to crowd into tbe room there for chapel. Crabtree, a little tiwn in Linn county, is in a state of excitement on account of a wild man, supposed to be a maniac, who is roaming in the woods near there and who ap pears at the farm houses, presents a 44 calibre revolver and demands food. It is needless to say he gets it. Tbe authorities are to be called upon. In order to furnish an incentive for the apprehension of violators of the local option law in Linn county, the granges last Saturday at the meet'nof the Linn county council decided to offer a reward of $50 to the person giving information lead ing to the arrest and conviction of any one violating the local option liquor law. Cauthorn Hall is a busy place these days, as there are 102 stu dents boarding there now, the larg est number ever accommodated at the Hall. Of this number 15 are football men. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Whitehead, who are in charge, are equal to tbe situation, however, and the work is carried on so smoothly that there is not a hitch in the proceedings. The Coffee Ciub is to give a danc ing party at tbe oity halt tomorrow evening. Miss Alda Metcalf has entered the Corvallis Buaioess College for a course in stenography. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Simpson of Independence, have been visiting in Corvallis the past few days. Mrs. Ross Don Ion and daughter, Dorothv, and Mrs C. Preston have been guests since Wednesday of Mr. and Mrs. Minor Swick. Mrs. Nancy Tharp wbo has been seriously ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Stone, in this city, is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly expect to re turn borne today, Having been in this city with tneir son, John Kelly, wbo is rapidly recovering. Miss Lulu Spangler is in charge of tbe vocal department at OAC, pending the appointment of a suc cessor to Miss Edna Sheehy, resign ed. Dr. James Withycombe departed Monday for Tillamook where be is to participate in a farmers' institute. He will return the first of next week. Miss Neorna Humphrey returned Tuesday to her borne in Bellefoan tain, after spending a month as the guest of Miss Janet Blackledge in this oity. Many delegates are in attendance at the meeang of the Columbia River Branch of the W. P. M. S. of the M. E. church, now being held in this oity. Mrs. C. B. Starr purchased, Tues day, the Jesse Bullis bouse and two lots in Jobs addition. Mr. Bullis is to give immediate possession. The house will be used by the new owner for rental purposes. Miss Mary Sutherland, who has spent the summer studying in East ern institutions, has teturned home and resumed her position as head of the dressmaking department of OAC. E. Bennett has filed his final ac count in tbe estate of Alexander Bennett, deceased, and Saturday, JNovember 9th, bas been fixed as tbe time for bearing objections, if any, to tbe said account and tbe settlement thereof. It seems that sneak-thieves were hroad in Corvallis, Sunday nit ht. With a diamond cutter they remov ed a pane of glass from trie window Gerhard's book r tore and helped themselves to the cash in tbe till. The amount secured was between $6 and $7. Rav. E. H. Belknap preached his last sermon at Bellefountain last Sunday and is to leave this week for Salem to accept a pastorate. His departure from Benton county will be widely regretted, and the best. w'sht'S of all follow him to his new fik-id. It would take a mig'-ty smart woman to form an idea of what is 'present style from viewmg the crowds of women and girls on-the streets of any town, at any season of the year. Try it and see for yourself. A Chinese puzzle is no comparison. R-v. J. R. N. Bell and Captain J. W. Crawford left Wednesday to4 attend the annual meetn g of the Presbytery at Salem. From there they were to go to Portland, yester day, to attend the meeting of the Presbyterian SyiiOd, at which will be present prominent ministers from all parts of the state. John Kelly of Eugene and Rich ard Skibbe of The Dalles, the two students who were stabbed by Rob ert OIp, a freshman, during an at tempted hazing of Olp last Eriday nigh t, are at out recovered Erom their injuries. There is no hard feeling between the boys themselves nor other connected with the affair. tbey express regret fjr it and all will remain in college. Presi dent Kerr has bandied the situation in an admirable manner and it is probable that the incident will prove a benefit, inasmuch as it will put a damper on the ignoble practice that has been carried on to some extent for several years at OAC. No blame is attached to Student Olp, as be gave bis assailants warning to keep their distance and acted only in self-defense. City Treasurer Z. H. Davis bas just received from Portland three bocks which he had printed to order in Portland for use in his work. They are bound in half Russian and the set consists of a - "Water Fund" book, in which there is a column for each class of expenses and re ceipts, thus greatly assisting in the work of keeping track of all items, a book for general receipts and ex penses of the city, and a receipt book in which all stubs, eaoh num bered, are kept By having the items thus segregated by columns Mr. Davis can turn to any item at a moment's notice and tell exactly contain 500 pages each. Charles , Heckart began . work Wednesday on the new cottage he is building on bis lots in Jobs addi tion. Mrs. H. F. Fischer and her neph ew, Frank Ratbje, went to Silver too, Wedaesdav, for a few days' visit with relatives. Isaac and Herman Abercrooibie left the first ot this week for Port land, where they have secured em ployment. Mrs. A. Butolph is moving into the Keesler bouse in Job? addition . Mr. Keesler and family have mov ed to the Roy Rickard farm. A. F. Harlan, who purchased the George Moore property in Jobs ad dition, is making numerous repairs to tbe dwelling, preparatory to oc cupying it with his family. Tbe Congregation! Missionary Society was pleasantly entertained Wednesday afternoon by Miss Nan cy Campbell at her home in Jobs addition. An interesting program was rendered and dainty refresh ments were served by tbe hostess. a large number oi ladies were in attendance. A postal received from Dr. J Frank Hall, Tuesday, from Phila delphia stated tbxt he did not like that city and would go to Chicago the evening of October 4th to enter a medical college there for post graduate work. He had intended to take a course in Philadelphia but tbe city did not suit him abd be deoided to return to Chicago, where he took post graduate work three years ago. A letter was received Monday by Chief Wells from Game Warden E. G. Hodson of Lincoln county, stat ing that tbe latter had caught Sam Warnick and J. P. Burns, both of Portland, for unlawfully killing elk at the nead of Drift Creek, in tbe vicinity of Toledo. Both sportsmen pleaded guilty and were fined $25 each. In the opinion of most of those who knew of fhe case the fine, in their judgment, should have been as heavy as the law al-! lowed. It is tbe plan of the College Ba rometer to run an industrial page in their paper hereafter, to be edited by a member or the lacuity, eivmg the res alts of the various experi ments made at OAC, telling of scientific and other discoveries along tbe lines ot agricultural and mechanical arts. Dr. Kerr bas proffered his services towards mak ing this feature of the paper a sue cess, and there is no doubt that the page will be valuable and interest ing, both to students and the gen eral public. Waldo Hall, the girls' new dorm itory at OAC, was tbe scene of a "house warming" Tuesday after noon, the occasion being a reception given by the i W. A young women to the girls of the college. Tbe beautiful parlor at Waldo Hail .vaa profusely decorated with cle nutis a:d the tables were artisti cally arranged. Tea and wafers were ssrved. A committee of "Y. W." giile received at the door and anolher comnuit'ee rn-t the gne t? in the parlor. Tbeie vns an ad dress by Miss Maude Ross, secre tary of th Young Women's Chris tian Association, vocal selections by Mis? Lulu Spaogler, and a piano solo by Mrs. Haller. Several hundred guests visited the Hall during the afternoon and the event was a very pleasant one for all. Fiauo for rent. Inquire at Gerhard's book store. 83-4 The official schedule for the football season at Willamette University is as follows; October 14, Willamette ve. University of Washington, at Salem ; Oc tober 23, Willamette vs' University of Southern California, at Loa Angeles; November 2, Willamette vs. University of Oregon, at Salem ; November 9, Wil lamette vs. Whitworth College, of Taco- ma, at Salem ; November 16, Willametts vs. Oregon Agricultural College, at Cor vallis; November 23, Willamette vs. Multnomah A. A. O., at Pert land; Nov ember 28, Willamette .vs. University of Montana, at Salem. FOR SALE Good hack, or will trade for good cow. J.A.Dawson, at Smith & Dawson Poultry House. 83-4 Harold Woodcock is to build a new residence for bie own occupancy on lots belonging to him on Fifth street. Work begins this week. Episcopal church services, Sunday, October 13th. 10 a. m., Suaday School ; 11 a. m., morning service sermon, etc.; 7 :30 p. in., evening service and sermon. Seats free. All welcome. J. W. Arm strong, Sector. LOST A black Cocker Spaniel, six months old, answers to name of "Buster." Return to Mrs. B. W. Johnson. Reward. 83-4 A. L- Stevenson and family arrived Wednesday morning from Vaca villa, Calif., where Mr. Stevenson was taken ill while en route home from an extended visit in tbe East. He ia not entirely well bat is able to be about. ' The family moved Wednesday afternoon into the Julian McFadden bouse on Main street. .J.fWljflune on OAC'a fiJldto morrow afternoon will be between the first team and the Alumni, the game with The Dalles men having been post poned. ; The Alnnid game ia always en joyed by local townspeople, who are al ways glad to welcome the "old-timers" back to the OAC athletic field where, in yean gone by, they defended tbe orange so nobly. Among the old men whose aames are mentioned for places ia to morrow's game are Boet, Pilkinston, Bennett, Burnett, Nash brothers, Elgin. j Hall, Bandy, Cooper, Bodine and Daroy. When in Albany see tbe 5, 10 and 15 cent counters at Charles Knecbt'e next door to Hamilton's. 56tf UorvaUis wUI very likely be entitled to free city mail delivery by the begin ning ot tbe year, id the opinion of Poet master Johnson who is in a position to know whereof be speaks. Tbe increase in the revenues of the office has been little shdrt of remarkable the past year. The 30th of September, '07, the total of revenues amounted to $2365.68 as against $1814.19 September 3J, '06. The pet cent of increase is 30.4. At this rate, by the end of the next quarter Corvallis will be entitled to city delivery, wb.ch will be a long step in the way of progress and will put this city to the front as one of the most prosperous in the Valley. The Corvallis cider mill is to open for the BSiSoo next Tuesday. Will pay casn for apples or make on shrres. Bring apples soon, ah the run will be short. 82-4 Dr. Henry B. Hudson, supply tor tbe Baalist church, will preach in the Pres byterian church at 11 o'clock Sunday morning ; at the Baptist church at 7 :30. Everybody welcome. The home of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Hall was the scene of a quiet bat pretty borne wedding at 9 o'clock: Wednesday mora ine when their youngest daughter. Miss Mamie, was united in marriage to George Wbaley of Corvallis. Tbe ceremony was performed by Rev. O. II. Feese in tbe presence of only a few near relatives and intimate friends. The bride was very pretty iu a dainty costume of white silk, and carried bride's roses. Alter congratulations and a wedding breakfast, Mr. and Mrs. Wbaley departed for Port land on a week's wedding trip. Tbey wili reside in Corvallis, where a cottage is in readiness for their occupancy in Jobs addition. Tbey are highly respect ed young people and have tbe best wish es ot a large circle of friends in aod about Corvallis. , NOTICE To insure delivery all orders must be iu by 3:30 p. m W. T. Birrel. & Son. 83-5 Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Jordan passed through Corvallis, Wednesday, en route from Toledo, Lincoln county, to Albany. Tbey were married at the Toledo bote), Tuesday evening, tbe bride's soaiden name being Miss Melissa Whitney. Both bride and groom are former OAC stu dents. Mr. Jordon is an employe of the Woodruff drug store in Albany and they will reside in that city. At the annual conference held in Rose burg last week Rev. G. H. Gibba wa? re appointed for another year to tbe Corval lis M. E. church. South. He will fill bis pulpit next Sunday morning and eve ning. Wanted: To purchase from the b-eeders Cotawold or Lincoln sheep. Call me on Independent phone JSo. obi or No. 284. Wm. H. Savage, Corvallis, Oregon. 5otf Fred Dawson, the well kaown Albany druggist, was arrested in that city, Tues day, for alleged violation of tbe local op tion law. Other men arrested on the same charge are: H. F. liurlburt and R. C. Curran, real estate men ; Lee Morgan, an employe of the Russ House ; Will C. Burkhart, of Burkhart & Lee, druggists; William J. Tohl, clerk in Dawson's drug store, and Peter C. Anderson, a livery man. Tbe arrests have created a great sensation in Albany. Mrs. Janet Smith, who accompanied her daughter, Miss Robena, to Eastern Oregon a few weeks ago, is suffering with pneumonia there, and her daughter, Mrs. Vance Taylor, left a few days ago to be at the bedside. Tonight the seniors of OAC are to give their annual reception to students at the college armory. Tbe event promises to be a brilliant one and there is no doubt that everybody will have a good time. Jesse Brown and family Moved this week to a farm on Soap Creek. Mrs. Frank Wheeler was to arrive yesterday from Cottage Grove, as a dele gate to the big missionary meeting which is now in session in this city. She' is an old friead of Mrs. G. H. Feese. Strawberries and dnst are still notice able on Main street ia this city. And it is almost the middle of October I Main street and the adjacent side streets were given a thorough drenching with a large fire hose, Wednesday after- noon. The work was in charge of Chief Wells and it required from two to four men to manage the hose, so strong is the pressure of water. Ray Goodrich, an alumnus of the Uni versity , who has beea practicing law in Seattle, arrived Taesday morning and has taken a position with the First National Bank. Ray's many friends will be glad to have him back in Eugene again. Eagene Register. Wbeat is 75 cents per bushel and oats 35 cents ia tbe local market. The "Blow" Almost Killed Father. Get an Electric Fan And keep oft the Flies. It is a well-known fact that flies are unable to withstand a steady breeze. An Electric Fan quickly drives flies out of a room and keeps them out. A full line of Electric Cooking; Uten sils. Wiring of all kinds done. Ask the man. WILLAMETTE VALLEY CO. G. A. Clark, Mgr. tin AT fiMHJM&?&S&X&fr&MSB pJSf Iff fewJ " - . $ V $3&?f? ivi mmmmmm Corvallis Opera "The Toggerv," Haskell & Johnson, proprietors, bas opened its doors to the Corvallis public, in the new bank build ing, it is a neat, np-toaat) gents' furn mmmmmm . IP '.iwtrf ishing goods establishment and is a cred it to the city of Corvallis. Mrs. D. H. Leech and children have arrived from Woodbura and the latter have entered school. The M. E. par sonage is to be repainted and otherwise repaired for the family's occupancy. Rev. Leech occupied the pulpit at the M. E. church last Snnday morning aad evening, making a very favorable im pression on his audience. Invitations have been received in Cor vallis, by friends, to tbe wedding of Miss Elizabeth Cox, a former Corvallis girl, to J. Arthur Osburn. The event takes pUce in Portland, October 21st. ( f at- THE LATEST IN Ladies' and Chil dren's Jackets..... i We are Sole Agents for the Palmer Garment We handle them because they are the best. There is uo other made so well; there is no other fits so well; there is no other sold for less money Don't Buy a Poor Gar ment When You Can Get a Good One for the) Same Price Palmer's name on every gar ment. No cheap trash bears his label. Call and see; we are here to please you. Stock Complete in All Departments.. F. L. MILLER Corvallis - . Oregon WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD. ITS SO House Tonight The Baromoter gives the following list of "newly elected office rs of Cau thorn Hall:'' Benton Brodie, president S.A.Hall, vice president : F. Griffin, secretary : Stone, treasurer R. L. White head 'sag't; H. E. Cook, Barometer cor renpondent and handy man." A. J. Hall, tor 20 vearg a substantial farmer of Northern Benton but sow operating a ranch " of his own in Polk county, is turning the straw frcm hj$ year's wheat orop into cold cash. Hej has had a hay baler at work on bis place tbe past week, and instead of sending bis straw stack np in smoke or leaving it to decay be is banling it to the nearest station on the S. P. and will realize from the Bale of the baled article somewhere, in the neighborhood of $300.