The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-09-20
McMartin, Frank r. Pitney, ]. w.
Spencer, Jasper Woodcock. f. A.
Helm, P. M.

sketch club-that's the next attraction;
at the city hall on next Wednesday
evening, Sept. 25. Reserved seats at
usual place
A Irregular ring-necked Mongolian
lnheasant' can be seen in the show
window of Henkle & Kriebefs gnn
store. He has one bad fault-he is
stuffed, and his neck is craned.
City hall, Wednesday evening,
September 25th, Oakes' comedy COM
pany and Swiss bell ringers. They are
good, says an exchange. Reserved
seat can be secured at the usual place.
Oakes comedy sketch club and Swiss
bell ringers employ none but legltl-
mate and first-class artists; performers
of experience and recognized ability.
At city hall on next Wednesday eve
ming, Sept. %.
The greatest musical event of the
season, carrying over seven thousand
dollars worth of musical instruments,
at the city hall on next "Wednesday
night. Oakes' comedy sketch club and
Swiss bell ringers. Each member an
artist.
Since the new building of Mr..
lKline's has been erected on Nam
street the view of the town clock IN
the court house tower has been OBJ
structed from the Occidental hotel
but Mr.. Canaan doesn't kick at all. He
saws he woull like to see the whole
of Main street lined with two-story
brick buildings.
! Worthy Lecturer of the State
Grange John Simpson, has organized
a sufficient number of oranges in
Washington to warrant the organiza-
ton of state grange, thus removing
Washington from the jurisdiction of
Oregon, and the state grange organl-
cation was perfected at LaCamas, in
that state, on the 10th inst.
i A valuable historical paper is to be
published in the Overland Monthly for
October. It is an account of the
famous descent on the Cascade settle
ment, by the Yakimas and Klikitats
in 1856. This fight was the first in
!; which General Sheridan, then a newly
commissioned second lieutenant, was
engaged. The paper is full and &C.
curate narrative of the three days
, fight, told on the authority of two sur
, vivors, D. F. Bradford and l.. w.
Coe. Illustrated from Mr.. Goes
sketches and from photographs.
1t is said thai the unexpected sue.
cess of the Tillamook Headlight since
lit passed into new hands has been a
source of envy for half the editors OF
that region: A year or so ago the
paper was on the verge Of bankruptcy
:. and could have been bought for eight
or nine dollars. Since then it ha,
, sprung into the thousands, end its pro
prietors have netted small fortune
All this money came-not from sub
scriptions, not from the advertising
patronage of the county-but from
timber land notices. During the yea
craze for the requirement of sucl
: lands has run through the northwest
and in Tillamook county hundreds o
claims have been taken. The notice!
: are printed for ten weeks, and th'
s charge is ten dollars. The Headligh
frequently carried $50 to 200 of thes'
Y advertisements, which meant week.,
4 income of $3.50 to 5000. The regula
revenue about paid expenses, SO al
y this was clear money.
4 Work on the eastward extension O
f the Oregon Pacific railroad is now be
ing pushed vigorously forward, says a
r Albany ex. Tracklayers and grader
y are being sent to the front. VIM. N
g Hoag was in the city yesterday al
ranging for the details of the WORK
= M. Schmidt, of the Yaquina hotel, ha
9 purchased an outfit in this city for tn
o boarding cars and the same was shiI
ped to the front. Beginning this wee
daily trains will be run to the end {
, the track. Bridge Superintender
Miller, of the Oregon Pacific, was OIL
Q ON the line to the front YESTERDAY
gathering up timber and material an
y preparing for work, and will 60 OF
e this morning with his carpenters an
- bridge builders and establish his cam
at the old engineers camp, four mile
'e beyond the end of the track, and con
M mence active operations. His framin
a ward and supply station will be at Mi