The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-08-22

patcH lToHl az ulud OlCp Iiie new Onlteu
States steel cruiser, Charleston, recently
built in San Francisco, was sighted off the
entrance of Yaquina harbor Yesterday
Thursday morning. The Charleston is
from Honolulu and made the trip from that
place to Yaquina in IA days. The vessel
will lay to at Yaquina bay for few days
and will then proceed on her way to the
Sound and the northern seas.
Won THE RACE.-Mr. E. G. Cameron, of
this city, and Ben Wingard, son of Judge
Win9ard of Walla Walla, run a 100 yard
foot race at Union, Union county, Oregon,
on the 18th of August, for a prize of $4,000.
1t is credited with being the greatest race
ever run in that part of the country.
Cameron won in 10 seconds, beating Win
gard three feet Considerable excitement
prevailed, Union people backing Cameron
and Walla Walla backing Wingard, large
amounts changed hands on side bets. Mr.
Cameron starts for home iu few days to
join the hose team of this place of which he
is a member.
MONROE PRECIN CT HEARD FRoM.-From
a telegram sent to the Oregonian from Cor
valis on August 10th it now seems that
the report that Monroe precinct in this
county had been omitted by the enumer-
ator, is to great extent, true. Neither
the following persons nor anv of their fam
lilies have seen him: James Coffee, two in
family, VIM. Clearinghouse four, Casper
Zeirolf twelve, Hugh Finley six, J. G. Bar
clay six, L. Goodman six, Wm. Driscoll
three, Fl. Heron eight, James Martin
seven, L. Hinton ten, total, sixtv-six, and
there are doubtless many more, but this
should be specific enough to substantiate
Benton countys claim thai the Gems us is a
gigantic hoax. We have II thousand pop
ulation, at least. Let other coun ties furn-
ish similar specific information and the de-
partment cannot do less than order re-
count for the entire state.
- HYDRANTs TEsTED.-A test of the prin-
cipal hydrants was recently made by Dan
Cameron and representative of the Cor
wallis Water Company. The test was made
with a i-inch and IL lfinch nozzle and the
result of the pressure from the tanks as
we'll as from the steam pressure direct
from the companys new pumps is given
herewith: Hydrant at the new FIGURING
mills, hydrant pressure, 3-nozzle, IS feet,
steam pressure, 4-nozzle, l23 feet; hy-
drant at O'Donad & Strange's planning
mill, hydrant pressure, 8-nozz!e, 81 feet,
steam pressure, 3-nozzle, 124 feet; hydrant
at Neugsss corner, hydrant pressure, Il
nozzle, 81 feet, steam pressure, l4-nozzie,
l24 feet, steam pressure, a-nozzle, l54 feet
hydraut at J. r. Bryson's corner, hydrant
pressure, l ! nozzle, ~ feet, steam pressure,
1f-nozzle, S6 feet, steam pressure. 4-nozzle,
100 feet; hydrant at DIR. J. B. Lees cor.
ner. Steam pressure, 3-nozzle, 100 feet.
ste am pressure, II nozzle, 96 feet; hydrant
at Prof. Grimm's corner, steam pressure,
8-nozzle. l27 feet, nozzle, lis feet =
Products OF THE VILLA METrE TO ExHIB
! IT EAsT.-Wm. Hairless, President of the
Corvallis Board of Trade, returned yester
day from Portland where he has been fol
the purpose of arranging for a special Cal
to exhibit the grain, fruit, minerals etc.
of the eight counties in the Willamette val
ley throughout the eastern states. 1t i:
proposed that each county in the valley
shall furnish an exhibit of it's produce anc
stand share of the expense of sending
the car with proper representatives to al
cities in the western and middle states
! Mr.. Hairless informs us that the Board o
| immigration will furnish the means to sent
the car as far as Omaha and return and vii
| help to make the exhibit providing the
counties will take charge from this point
1t is tie desire to get up one of the bes
exhibits ever sent from the Pacific coas
and the united efforts of all the counties o
the Willamette valley is desired. 1t will
be fine advertisement for Goods country.
For further information address W. II
Hairless, President of the Corvallis Boar
| of Trade.