The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-15

left for Yachats to join the Bryson-Hu
tom Davisson party. He will return abor
Sept. lst.
/ Since Saturday J. 81. Moore has bee
looking for buggy and two sets of har
ness that were stolen from his barn in th
northern part of the county sometime dur
ing Friday uight Officers have been hunt
ing for the thieves, but SO far that hav
succeeded in eluding capture.
John Gellatly was in town Monday. Il
says that the threshing machine in which b
is interested, had, up to Saturday night. rul
ten days, and had averaged $500 bushels o
gram per day. Monday the crew were still
at work oa the Currisr ranch. upon whicl
the crop this season will be in the neighbor
hood of eighteen thousand bushels.
Miss Amelia Senders, of Albany, Mis-
May, of Harrisburg, and Miss Sarah Har
ris, of Portland, drove over from Albany
last Friday, and during the afternoon Wis
tied friends in this city. Miss Harris for
msrly resided here, and her friends will bs
pleased to hear thai she is meeting with
splendid success as kindergarten teacher
in Portland.
From Oscar Tom, who was in town Mon
day, it was learned that Steve Hoover, en-
ploysd in logging camp at the head of tide
on the Alsea bay. was injured about the
first of the month, by log rolling over his
body, from the effect of which injuries he
died last week. The deceased was wild
ever about thirty-ive years of age, and
leaves one child.
Several remedies are offered for badness,
for thirty years and ought to know what he
is talking about, says "they are all fakes. y
Confidence in Jssss's opinion in this matter
Aas been the means of saving many dollars
were disposed to blow in their money on
hair tonics.
Willis Vidito, the veteran justice of the
peace of Alsea precinct, was in town Mon
day after binder extras. He says harvest
ing in the valley is progressing nicely and
that there will be an average crop. The
early fall-sown wheat is not up to the stan-
dxrd in yield, but the spring grain is quite
heavy. At the grove on Mr.. Vidito's place
campmeeting is in progress and is being we'll
attended.
Attention is called to an advertisement
elsewhere in these columns asking for bids
for the furnishing of uniforms to o. A. G.
students during the coming scholastic year.
1t will be noticed that the cloth required
is to be navy blue in color and of Oregon
manufacture. This disposition on ths part
of the board of regents to patroaize home
manufactures is commendabls and will be
generally approved.
The recent reduction to So per ton on
grain, -four and millstuffs via the U. G. &
E. from Albany and Corvallis to San
Francisco, is going to have the effect of
greatly increasing the tonnage of the road.
It will divert large amount of traffic that
has heretofore gone down tho river to Port
land and thence to San Francisco by
steamer. Its effect will be felt by both the
Southern Pacific and o. r. & N. compa-
nies but the laster will suffer mest.
Messrs. Hairless & BlakosIse have begun
work on their evaporator and expect to
have sams completed by September lst. It
is Carson dryer and will have capacity
of l60 bushels of fruit per day. They al
ready have contracts for drying the fruit of
several orchards ia the vicinity of Corvallis.
In fact, all the fruit they will be able to
handle, has already been promised them.
Mr.. Hairless estimates the prune crop in
the immediate vicinity of town at 5000
bushels.
One of the evidences of returning pros
perisy is the disposition manifested by some
of cur merchants toward improving their
places of business. One deserving of es-
pecial mention for his enterprise in this dir
ection is S. L. Kline. During the past two
weeks, a force of workmsn, ander the dir
ection of E D. Hornsr, has completed ex-
tensive repairs to the interior of Mr.. Kline's
mammoth establishment, and the fresh
paint and artistically decorated ceilings
give to the place decidedly improved ap.
pearance.
There seems to be a disposition on the
part of the wooden mills of Oregon to
discriminate against the tailors of the state.
Mr. Cecil, of this place, has been thinking
of putting in bid for the manufacture of
college uniforms, which are required to be
made of Oregon cloth, bat he finds that it
will be impossible for him to compete, ow-
ing to the price charged him for the goods.
Mr.. Cecil claims that he can buy the same
cloth in New York City, and lay it down in
Corvallis for 81 per yard less than he is re-
quired to pay for it at the mills in either
Salem or oregon City.
Bids for the construction of we'll at this
agricultural college were opened last Satur-
day afternoon at the office of W. E Yates.
There were several bids varying in amount
from $1,000 to $49S. the latter being the bid
of H. w. Grimshaw, TO whom the contract
wa. let. The well is to be 36 feet deep and
IL feet in diameter in the clear. It is to be