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

\ Last Thursday Gene M. Simpson ant
9 Mart Spangler left for Newport, and will
a Geo. L. Paul, who left Saturday, they vii
a form the Corvallis contingent of band o
J. selected musicians, from various parts o
+ the state, that will be under the Leadership
of Willis McElroY during the balance of tbs
, season at Yaquina. The s66ond Regiment
band. of Salem, has been stationed at New.
port for several weeks but their music had
mot given entire satisfaction and upon the
earnest solicitation of several prominent cit
izsns of that place, Mr.. McElruy was in,
duced to take hold of the matter.
!. Prospects for very large attenlanc, al
the agricultural college this fall are ex.
ceedingly fattering The announcement
that tuition fees had bsen entirely abolished
has had the effect of populariziag the insti
tuition among the people throughout the
state. and inquiries from parents who in
tend sending their boys and girls to the col
lege this year are being daily received by
President Bloss and Secretary Yates. In a
few days the college catalogue for 1856
will be issued. It will contain deal OF
information pertaining to the courses of
study and other matters that prospective
students wish to know aud will be gsner.
ously distributed throughout th9state.
| Tuesdays Democrat says: Manager
Stone. of the o. G. & e. came to Albany
this noon to meet W. H. Kennedy, chief
engineer of the o. r. & N, whom he had
engaged to coma to Albany and give the
railroad bridge at this city thorough in
spection. with view to rebuilding or i'm
proving it, as is needed, probably pracsi-
cally the former. The bridge has done good
service in the past, but its days are nearly
Il pert bridge men on the coast, and his report
will determine just what kind of struc-
ture will take the place of the present one.
This is another one to show that the present
management mean business in at least tho
matter of betterments, if not more.
In another column will be seen the notice
OF sale of the real and personal property
belonging to the insolvent estate of Frantz
Brothers. The personal property, to be
sold September 18th, at Hoskins, includes
about 200 900 feet of rough and dressed
lumber in assorted lengths and sizes. The
following day Assignee Yates will sell at
the courthouse door in Corvallis, the mill
plant, together with 262 acres of land in
Benton county, and some residence property
in the town of Buena Vista. Polk county.
These properties are all valuable and should
interest a number of buyers. This is espec
ially true with regard to the mill, the ma
chinery and fixtures of which are in good
condition.
VIM. H. Taylor, manager and principal
owner in the Victory placer mines at Glen
dale, in the southern part of the state,
writes the GAZETTE of the completion and
successful operation of the company's i'm
mense pumping plant. He says in part:
"At 1:30 p. m. Saturday, August 10th,
1895, Mrs. W. II. Lewis, assisted by Mr..
j. Fl. Brand, hoisted the glorious old Stars
and Stripes" in commemoration of the COM
pletion of what is believed to be tho FIRST
practical pumping plant ever established in
the stats of Oregon for the purpose of OPP
Grating placer mines the year around. While
the national salute was being fred, the
great pumps were put in motion, and the
problem of placer mining in Southern Ore
gon during the dry weather solved-as all,
who witnessed the powerful stream rush-
ing from the giant against the gold-bearing
pravel hanks will testifv %
Two young ladies of Corvallis had mar.
row escape from watery grave ono day last
week, as is evidsnsod by the following &C
count OF their aevasturs, taksa from the
Yaquina News: "What might have been a
serious accident was luckily avorted by the
timely assistance of two of our young men
on Saturday. It seems that Miss Amy
Plummer and Miss Dorothea Nash, Of Cor
Wallis, who are visiting Mrs. Henry Nice,
started out for row, and after unlling up
the bay few miles, where they had lunch,
started on the return and, as the bay was
very rough, the young ladies had a hard
pull, and when directly off of the mouth Of
the slough, where there is always a large
break, they completely gave out and were
unable to keep the boat head on. Ed.
Divsn, who was just going on board the
schooner, Mary Gilbers, noticing the pre-
dicamsnt they were ia, with the assistance
of one of tho ships crew, launched enc of
the boats, and in q few minutes had the
young ladies safely on shore.
1t is important that all pruue growers of
this sett4bk attend the meeting Of the Cen
trail Willamette Fruit Union, to be held
Saturday, the Oath inst, at the courthouse.
Matters at that time will come before the
union of especial moment. There is an eff
fort being made to pool tho entire prune
crop of the Willamette Valley, and the
success of the plan will largely depend upon
the concerted action of growers throughout
this section. At this meeting will be ex-
planned the details of marketing the fruit
and other matters pertaining to the pro
posed POOL. An approximate estimate will
be made of the amoant of fruit to be mar
keted for this locality and an effort will also