The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-31
THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 81, 1894.

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Why is it that so little clover is grown in
the Willamette valley? Experiments car.
ried on at the college disproye the common
saying among farmers ''that clover cannot
be grown successfully in Oregon" Last
year from field of 20 acres So tons of hay
were harvested and this year from the
same field over so tons were cut. 1t makes
excellent feed besides restoring to the
| ground upon which it is raised, many of the
! properties that are exhausted by success
sion of grain crops.
E. Hofer. of the Salem Journal who is
gaining considerable notoriety of late as
information and assistance in the arrange
ment of corn exhibit at the coming state
fair. 1t is the intention of the committee
having the matter in charge to utilize the
building heretofore used by Marion county
for her fruit exhibit, hy turning the same
into a corn palace. Some dozen varieties of
corn will be taken from the college and
with what can be gotten from over the state
a very creditatle showing of that industry
will be made.
If there is anyone in Benton county who
needs the patience of Job and is entitled to
the sympathy of the entire community it is
Frank Brown. Two weeks ago he had a
felon lanced that grew one of his fingers
and now has another one ready for the sur
geon's knife. To add to his misfortunes he
suffered fracture of the collar bone yester-
day that will lay him up for several weeks.
While unloading wheat at the Bonneville
warehouse Thursday morning, the team at
tached to the wagon became scared and ran
away, throwing Frank onto the warehouse
platform with such force as to cause the in
jury spoken of. The team was stopped be.
fore any further damage was accomplished.
On arriving in town the patient was taken
to DIR. Lees office where he received surgi-
Cal treatment and is now resting COM
fortahly.
7. NJ. Hamilton made flying trip to
Eugene this week. On his return Wednes.
day afternoon, he claimed to be in posses.
sion of considerable data regarding some
of the band boys and their numerous lady
friends whose acquaintance was made last
4th, while the boys were up there cele.
known to be in receipt of tri-weekly COM
munications, written in lady's hand and
post marked at Eugene, had held the COM
misary sergeant up at street corner, and
was making frantic appeals to that gentle
man :'to keep the matter dark as it would
seriously impair my chances with another
lady who doesn't live at Eugene" when the
reporter passed, and the loud talking
lapseG into a whispered conversation, so
that nothing further could be learned as
to whether the matter is to be kept quiet or
not
Last Friday County Judge Hufford and
Commissioner Chambers returned from in
specting the newly constructed span bridge
across the Alsea, near Chandlers store.
They found the structure had been com.
p'eted in all respects according to contract,
and the following day accepted the work
and ordered warrant drawn in favor of
Contractor Denlinger for the amount bid,
$793. At the same time he was ordered
paid $37 for an extra approach, lumber and
nails. While inspecting the bridge, the
wing dam, recently built by residents of
the valley with the aid of $3.50 appropriated
by the county court, was examined. This
dam was built for the purpose of prevent.
ing the river from dividing near the present
brid se, which 1t has threatened to do ever
since the occurrence of land slide several
years ago. Had the river been successful
in its attempts to cut a new channel, two
bridges would have been necessary instead
of one. This work gives promise of prov.
ing success.