The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-10

summer outing can make no better selection
than Beknap springs.
That enthusiastic sportsman, Prof. Brls-
tow induced Frank to take few hours fish
with him about three and one.half miles mp
the river. They were fairly successful and
the excellent supper they enjoyed at camp
that evening consisted, among other deli
cacies, of a bountiful supply of trout pre-
daughter. On returning from the fishing
excursion they met the party consisting of
NJ. 2. Burnett aud wife, Mrs. G. III. Whit
ney, Miss Addie Schmidt, Henry " ortham
and l.obert johnson who arrived that after
noon from the valley in condition much
the worse for wear. Bob was madder than
! hot 81 saaeC;. hornet He had lost his bed
ding aud wardrobe on, the trip and was Civ
ing vent to his feelings by the aid of a
vocabulary of cuss words copyrighted and
exclusively used by himself when camping.
In the evening Conover took full course
of hot baths-fve in number-and says for
medicinal purposes the water is unegualed,
and as cleanser and purifier of the skin it
is absolutely unexcelled. No soap is re-
quired and after liberal use of The water
the skin is left perfectly clean and free from
tam Those who deplore the appearance of
freckles, suuburn, tar, etc, should not fail
to bathe in the waters of this great COM
plexlon restorer.
The hotel proprietor at the springs is an
old friend of Leo Gerhart's and had received
from him large demijoh of kind regards.
About IL o'clock the "regards' were car
ried into the parlor where several Of the
guests, including Conover, had assembled
to participate in the festivities of the hour
and at the same tine sample tie sregards. !"
During the next two hours it was one con-
| tinuous round of pleasure in which the
principal pleasure was that of samplin. the
regards. Frank says he thinks Leos ''re-
CARDS resemble in outward appearance and
inward effect certain brand of burbon
whiskey kept for sale at "rhe Leo
Frid ags didn't care to fish so rode down to
Powers place with the clark haired COM
pany" and remained during the day. He
was overtak sn, here the next morning by
Conover, who had ridden from the springs,
distance of six miles 10 twenty minutes.
At 8 o'clock they started for home, reaching
Pippioi's place for dinner and a farm house a
short distance east of Eugene in time for
supper. Breakfast was taken Monday
morning at Eugen y dinner. at junction and
at $50, after riding from Monroe against a
strong head wind, the pair reached Cor.
wallis.
Although the roads are rough for wheel
ing, they claim to have found them in a
better condition than was expected. The
upper portion of the distance is over a toll
road which has not been worked rs it should
have been and residents of the valley are
| very much aggravated on account of it,
the failure of the Friendly mills at this
place has been seriously felt by people along
| the Mckenzie, many of them depended
largely upon the employment furnished in
getting out the logs for their support.
Farmers all along the river take great
deal of interest in their places. As rule
the residences and out buildings are in good
repair and present thrifty appearance.
The many fruit orchards of that section are
looking exceptionally we'll ard prospects
for bountiful crops were never better.
| Lack of space prevented the publication
of this article in the last weeks issue