The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-02-20

Leo Gerhard, who is spending a few
weeks with his brother; Henry, on the
island above town, was in Corvallis last
week, making negotiations for the pur-
chase of balm timber growing on the is
land and owned by John Smith. The
loggers who have recently been getting
out timber on the the Beach farm for the
Oregon City Pulp Mills, have removed
to the Gerhard place and are engaged in
cutting balm and white fir logs, which
are dragged to the river by means of four
yokes of oxen.
The Hook & Ladder company is stead
lily growing. At its meeting Monday
night four new members were elected,
making total of sixteen accessions
since the first of the year. With view
to populariziug the organization, as we'll
as increasing its membership, the boys
have concluded to give smoker soon,
to which members of the company and
few guests, who are deemed eligible to
membership will be invited. The COM
mittee having charge of the affair is COM
posed of H. L. Holgate, o. c. McLagan
and B. w. johnson.
Harry, the youngest son of Hon. G. A.
Waggoner, met with a painful accident
Tuesday morning. While his mother
was cooking doughtnuts, the little fellow
in some mysterious way overturned the
vessel containing the boiling grease, re-
sulting in the child being badly scalaed.
Although burned in several different por-
tions of his body, his face luckily escaped
being touched by the boiling fat. One of
his legs, however, was burned so badly
that, i'll removing the stocking, the SKIN
was taken off of surface as large as an
ordinary mans hand.
At the regular quarterly teachers ex-
animation, concluded last Saturday,
there were fifteen candidates for county
certificates, and two for state diplomas.
In addition to Supt Holm the ex-
amining board consisted of Professors
Bristow and Deumau. Among the ap-
plicants were: Miss Nellie Hogan, Mrs.
S. L. Keezel, Bert Higgins, A. A. Will
hanson, Scott Prinde1, Carrie Woods:
Addah Gillette, Pearl Jones, Ivy Meals,
Winnie Hull, Tena Hull. Ada Jones,
Everett S. Prindel, Frank S. Ward, Ar
thur Perrin, Clara Higgins.
At its meeting Monday night, the
Hook & Ladder company nominated B.
w. johnson and Joe Smith as its candi-
dates for the positions of chief engineer
and assistant chief of the Corvallis fire
department, to be balloted for at the an
nual fremen's election, which occurs
sometime in March. Last year Young
America was given the privilege of select
ing these officers from among its men,
bers, and in compliance with custom
in vogue for long time, the courtesy
belongs this year to the H & L. boys.
Recently three Knights of Pythias
lodges in Portland consolidated with a
total mem bership of three hundred, and
commander. The lodge is one of the
largest on the coast and includes in its
ranks many of Psrtland's most promi-
nent and influential citizens. Speaking
of Mr.. Avery, the Oregon Senator" a
Portland publication devoted to Pythian-
ism, has the following: He was one of
the five candidates for chancellor COM
mander of Americus No. I, and has been
frequently spoken of by knights of this
city and from abroad, as the best chan
cellor commander OH the Pacific slope"
Burglars in Corvallis seemed possessed
of sort of mania for guns, revolvers,
etc. Since Hodes' gun store was en-
tered last fall and relieved of several
shooting irons and quantity of amuni
ton, the Corvallis burglar has been tax
ing vacation or else has been operating
in other fields. Saturday night, how
ever he returned and the next morning
three new revolvers were missing from
the store of Dunn & Campbell. An en-
trance to the building had been effected
by breaking one of the large front win
dows. Mr.. Campbell, who sleeps in the
rear of the store, heard the noise, but
did not get up and did not discover the
loss until the next morning.
The bicycle trade this year promises to
be quite brisk. Just what "make'' will
be the favorite this season is perhaps an
All uncertain quantity, but that the ''Col-
umbia" will retain its reputation among
wheelmen, is evinced by the fact that the
enterprising firm of Simpson, Huston &,
Co. has received this week, direct from
the factory, number of these splendid
machines and already have several pros
pective buyers ON the string. S. H. & Co.
are also agents for the Hartford, wheel
made very much after the plan of the
Columbia. but considerably cheaper in
price. Mr. Huston, who superintends
the wheel department, during the past
week, has talked bicycle until some of
his friends think he has complete fac
tory in operation in his head 1t might
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