The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-03-19

| district for the nomination for proSecu
ting attorney this year. We don't know
what his chances are for getting it, bu
ney of more than ordinary ability, ant
| would fill the office in an honorable anG
faithful manner if nominated and elected
Lincoln Leader.
| E. Berlin, who has been spending thu
winter at Sebastopol. California, returned
to Corvallis Monday, and will remain
| about ten days. During the winter Mr.
Berlin has planted about three acres ot
| Oregon everbearing strawberries neal
Sebastopol, and expects the income from
them to make him comfortable living.
He seems highly pleased with California
and proposes making that state his home.
Judge McFadden has sustained another
loss by fire. Last Wednesday night a
large barn, built ouly few years ago on
his farm near Junction, together with Its
contents, was destroyed. The cause of
the fire is unknown, but is supposed to
have been of incendiary origin. Since
the barn was constructed it had been
kept insured until few weeks ago. when
the policy expired and the judge con-
cluded to carry his own insurance. His
loss will aggregate about $500.
B. H. Robinson of Omaha, Nebraska,
was in Corvallis, Sunday and Monday.
He called on the editor of this paper,
one of the young ideas he taught how to
shoot, in Nebraska twenty years ago.
He was accompanied by President Bloss,
who was one of Mr.. Robinson's early
teachers and who in turn received in
struction from Mr.. Robinson's mother.
They represented whole generation of
switching and could trace the history of
the side art of pedagogy back several de-
cades Mr. Robinson is director of
agencies of the Mutual Reserve Fund
Life Association of New York, and is
making tour of the states in the inter
est of his company.
At the request of President Smith,
Secretary Lake has been organizing the
committees of the State Horticultural
Society and, as a result of extensive cor
respondence he is securing set of first
class working committees which may be
expected to report duly at the proper
time Under the stimulous of Prof.
Lakes vigorous and enthusiastic person
al letters the interest of the horticultur-
lists of Oregon in their state society is
reviving to marked degree and most
successful summer meeting may be ex-
pected. There will certainly be good
program and if the interest continues to
grow in the future as in the past few
weeks there will be large attendance
Rural Northwest
J.hn NJ S,ngler and wife, OF South
Bend, Indiana, are making tour of the
coast and are at present visiting with Mr..
and Mrs. George Housk, near Monroe,
whom they knew years ago in the east.
Mr.. Singler has been absent from home
several weeks and is seeking location.
When he finds a place that suits him he
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down. Mr.. Singler has several SONS in
the east who are anxious to change their
location, and should he conclude to set
tie in Oregon they will likely follow suit.
has been engaged in the hardware busi-
ness in South Bend and is in comforta-
BILE circumstances. With his sons, who
are also well-to-do, they would be valu-
able accessions to oregon's population,
and the favorable impression that Mr..
Singler now has of Benton county, augers
we'll for the prospect of their early set
Element in this vicinity.
Since the first of the year the members
Of the hook and ladder company have
been engaged in doing missionary labor,
and so far have met with splendid success |
During the past three months no less |
than thirty active young men have been
added to their ranks. In giving their
smoker" which proved such social |
success, the boys were really actuated by
i selfish motive; but In this case their |
;elfshness has been conducive of consid-
able benefit to the department. At the
regular meeting held Monday night. |
thirteen new members were added to the
roll, as result of the smoker" while a I
yoodly number of eligible fellows are on
The anxious seat, and will probably join
he company next month. The latest
accessions to the company are: Alex
Rennie, Thos. Callahan, Frank Crawford,
Dick Kiger, I. D. Burgh, Bruce Burnett,
Fred Hall, Emil Zeis, Richard Smith,
W. T. Lee. Frank Williamson, Dick Gra-
lam and Lyman Kelsay.
Waiting for dead mems shoes is not
always pleasant occupation. County
Judge Burt, of Lincoln county, has been
very ill for some time and there were
some doubts of his recovery. Mr.. ]. o.
stearns, of Waldport, has strong ambi-
lions as an office holder, and received
daily bulletins as to Judge Burt's condi-
ion. Several days ago, he heard that
the Judge had died, and he Immediately
a petition to Governor Lord,
setting forth his devotion to the party,