IMPROVED THONE SERVICE
flome System Installing New
VanlUtiaa .
The Home Telephone Com
pany is making a i ecord for
i -1 It - - t 1
itseiun iae aamiraDie manner
in which it is handling its large
volume of business at this im
portant exchange, and its readi
ness to provide every possible
facility for improving its serviced
So rapidly has its business
grown, and so great is the de
mand here for telephone com
munication, that the company is
now installing a new switch
board, one of the most modern
patterns now being made, this
additional facility having arrived
earlv in the week and as soon as
it is properly placed and adjust
ed all the demands for new tele
phones will be promptly filled
and the necessary connections
made. There are now on file
requisitions for over 100 resi
dence and business phones that
have been unavoidably held up,
but with the installation of the
new switchboard numbers will
now be supplied in quick order
and the inconvenience of party
lines avoided.
To hasten the work a large
force of skilled electricians is
now busily engaged and com
petent linesmen employed to
run the required extensions and
make all necessary connections,
while toprovide the most prompt
and efficient service at the ex
change fourteen more operators
have been secured for the cen
tral office, thus assuring the
public every facility for the
quick handling of business.
This additional equipment
and working force has also made
it possible for the Company to
more advantageously, handle its
toll business than ever before
and, in consequence, to reduce
its toll rates between Corvallis
and, Portland. This new and
lower rate will become effective
-January 1, 1909, . and will be as
follows: 35 cents for half-minute;
40 cents for three-quarters
minute; 45 cents for one minute.
All overtime at the rate of five
cents for each additional twenty
seconds, the reduced rate being
only for the city of Corvajlis and
not for Benton county.
As a modern and up-to-date
public convenience the Home
Telephone Company iscertainlv
entitled to all due credit and the
liberal patronage accorded it is
an evidence that the people of
this city and vicinity fully ap
preciate the courteous treatment
and prompt and efficient service
which it is now affording.
SHEPARD HALL COMPLETED
Formal Opening' Set for Janu
ary Eighth. "
After five years of indefatig
able effort and earnest labor,
Sliepard Hall is finally complet
ed and will be formally opened
and placed at the disposal of the
OAC student body on Friday,
January eighth.
This event has long been
looked forward to and will be
appropriately celebrated by a
reception and inspection of the
building during the afternoon
and. by a specially prepared pro
gram of exercises at the Armory
in the evening.
The decorations for this open
ing event will be both unique
and elaborate ' each society in
the college preparing its own
room tor the festive occasion,
while committees made up from
the various societies will act as
will be music to enliven tne f-
hours and refreshments will be
served in the banquet room.
Shepard Hall is the first build
ing of its kind to be erected by
the students of any college on,
the Pacific Coast, thus placing
OAC in the lead in a project of
this character. ; It is named in
loving remembrance of Clay-1
bourne Shepard, who, during
his college course,, was foremost
in i. M. u A. wortc ana wnose
earnest efforts in behalf of start
ing the building made its pres
ent successful completion j& pos
sibility. -
The cost of construction has
been borne by the students, aid
ed by liberal contributions from
the faculty, the generous people
of Corvallis and friends of the
institution. It is a monument
to faithful work 'and untiring
purpose and will long endure as
an illustration of what can be
accomplished by unanimity of
action and hearty liberality.
I . IAMB MOW"
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WISH TOU A
HIPPYXMAB
I AND I
GOOD LTJQK 1
FOR
1909
GRAND, HUNTING' CONTEST
Gamblers Gathered In.
PAYS BIG PERCENTAGE.
Benton county, while far from
being one of the largest in Ore-
Chief of " Police Wells, aided
by the night watchman, made a
raid on a party of gani biers
about three o'clock Sunday
morning, capturing three men,
who pleaded guilty to the charge
when arraigned Monday morn
ing, and paid fines aggregating
$70. The evidence was secured
by Chief Wells witnessing the
game over tne . transom of the
room, unknown to the players,
and was quite sufficient to con
vict them although thev tried
hard "to run. the. bluff of only
being' engaged in a friendly
game. inere are known to be
several of these so-called friend
ly games going on in the city,
where, neither chips or money
are in evidence, but where set-
11 A ' J 1 '
I uerueni is uuaue in casn at some
j other place. The Chief is quiet-
Three Days of Sport nr Alsea
7 V Yalley. . :
. i i
gon, has tne mansea distinction ly going on a stiU hunt for these
of contributing over one-forty fifth J offenders and expects soon to
of the total revenues of the state, i have them in his clutches.-
a record, which for population j . . .
alone is not equalled by any other Wanted. Carpet and rug
suuuijr, uub ni.,u 10 a .uuir . v Am'- nrfiimrfid t.n dn
but which is a
illustration of property values in
this section.
Last year this county paid into
the State treasury over $20,000,
while for 1909 its quota to the
public fund will amount to more
than $27,000.
weaving.
good work at reasonable prices.
Give me a trial. Mrs. Lalal C.
V'ooper, 363, Fourth and B.
streets, Corvallis. tf.
Subscribe for the Gazette,
A Prosperous
New Year-1909
And Your Patronage
A Square Deal to All,
F. L.
Miller
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.Arrangements are now being
made for a grand hunting match
over in the Alsea valley to be
kept up for three days with fully
forty veteran sportsmen on each
side.- ; rThe victorious party will
be decided by a committee ofu
citizens as judgts and the prize
will be a big banquet provided
for the winners by the losing
side. '.-"i -. - .- . :
The Alsea river will" "be "Ifie
dividing line between the two
hunting parties and the entire
valley is deeply interested in the
line up and possible result.
" The banquet will be one of
the finest feeds ever prepared in
that part of the country, the
menu to consist of the rarest
delicacies cadtured by the sports
men, the choicest cuts to ' be
served to the victors by fair
maidens and every dish tempt
ing enough to satisfy the most
exacting epicure, and bountiful
enough, to fill up the hungry
hunters there assembled. Blood
curdling stories will be- told of
the thrilling adventures in the
chase, speeches made and songs
of the grand jubilee will re-echo
through the entire valley.
The hunting grounds chosen
for the contest are considered
the finest in this part of the
state and the big game ' bagged
on this great occasion will prob
ably make President Roosevelt
wish he had chosen Benton
county for his last hunting trip,
instead of the canebrakes of
Louisiana, . while the average
eastern tenderfoot would likely
exclaim : "Should I have stood
where these hunters were and
viewed the wild brutes o'er; I'd
have got up and got to a safer
spot, instead of making them
roar."
Anticipations of the coming
feed will make 'everybody wish
they wereinvited to the banquet.
PEACH TREES.
Gellatly-Archibald.
The marriage of Ed ward-P.
Gellatly to Miss Hettie E. Archi
bald was quietly celebrated last
Saturday evening, December 19,
at the home of the bride's par
ents in Philomath, Rev. W. F.
Caldwell performing the happy
ceremony. The bride is one of
the most popular of Philomath's
charming maidens, while the
groom is a prominent and suc
cessful business man of this city.
After a' bountiful wedding sup
per the happy ' young couple
came to Corvallis where thev
will make their home. -
See A. L. Miner for wall paper.
C. S. Butler, . the wood , dea
of Corvallis has on hand ol
ash, maple and fir wood, a
slab wood. Either 4-foot or 1
inch lengths, as wanted.
livered on short notice. Se
in your orders. Office pho
No. 553: residence phone 436.
12-18
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, Carlton, Oregon.
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our best wishes for
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AND A .
Happy
New
Year
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we still have a splendid line of articles
suitable for the season's remembrance.
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