The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-09-03

/ in this county, reported, is that made b.
John Smiths machine on Jacks Hall
place. Four thousand and twenty bushel
was the result of one days run. The
feeders were Taylor Miller and Frank
Seabrooks.
N. B. Avery lost his bicycle enthusiasm
in few across street trips, and put his
wheel in the tender hands Of Herr Ben
Woldt to be disposed of by rattle. The
drawing occarred Monday night, the
wheel being won by Billy McGee. q
young farmer.
Down the street he cana, sEith fixed
purpose manifesting itself in his search
| ing glance and his firm swift stride.
"Ah!" he exclaimed as he paused before
the door of Jesse Spencer's barber shop,
'tat last" And he was shaved. Happy?
Who wouldn't be?
H. B. Williamson, of Corvallis, who
has been engaged at Salem for some
weeks in putting the o. c. & E. steamers
in shape for the coming beating season,
had a severe accident Monday, falling
about 20 feet, dislocating his right
shoulder and suffering other injuries.
Messrs. Hillery, Apperssr, Hughes and
Yates, of the o. A. {. board OF regents
executive committee, met yesterday af-
teruoon to select purchasing agent and
minor college employees, and transact
ether needed business. The result of
the meeting was not known at the time
of going to press.
Dick Taylor. the hop-picker Merchants
mas engaged 500 pickers for various
/ fields this season. He secured I25 north
of Portland for MarioA county grower.
Mr. Taylor says that pickers are demand
ing and generally receiving 40 cents per
box, aud that many growers will be of
| fering so cents before the season is over.
James Black burn, of Albany, who
poses as bad man, cowardly stabbed
blacksmith, a: new arrival named Billy
Maher, ill that town Sunday night. The
wounds are serious, but not necessarily
fatal. and it is thought that, Maher will
recover. The men had had fistie en-
counter previously, in which Blackburn
was worsted. The stabber:is in jail.
R. c. Gibson, highly respected citi
zen of this county. passed quietly from
life, Wednesday evening. at his home
near Wells. He was in Ms .S6th year.
MIR. Gibson came to Oregon III 49, >loca-
,ins in Marion county. III 1889 he
moved to the northern part Benten coun-
ty, where he has since resided. He
leaves one son, R. F.. Gibson, the we'll
known mill man.
Prof. F. L. Washburn passed through
Corvallis Tuesday on his way hon from
an inspection tonr of the several coast
bays of Washington. Oregon and Cali
fornia. He is interested i'll oyster cul-
ture and was largely instrumental in
having theeastern variety transplanted
at Yaquina and other places. Of all the
bays lie visited Prof Washburn found
Yaquina the best adapted for oyster rails
ing. -. ~
A savage boar belonging to one of the
Starts attacked two horses pastured on
the Bellfountain fruit farm. o.e day this
week, killing one and manning the other.
The horses belonged to men working for
the Green Peak Fruit Co. Later. the
owner of the hog removed its tusks and
penned it up. When next he visited it
he found the animal had died. The
shock to its pride in the: removal of its
nlolars, proved too severe..F x
VIM. Hartless,is hauling the fruit from
the Paddock orchard and has number
of young ladies' engaged in packing
prunes. Tuesday he offered a cash prize
to the one packing TIL. best crate, and
Virgil Waters, Zeb Davis and Peter Gel
latly acted as judges. The competition
was close, but the decision was finally
given to Miss Gerhard, and indeed her
crate was model. Mr.. Hairless has his
prunes packed rs in layer. five IN row
each way.
Will Schmidt returned Yesterday from
Portland, where he saw 10 ihe safe de.
parture of his younger brother, Alba, for
Alaska. He shipped 67oo pounds of
fruit and vegetables to his father, and
paid $57.4o freight thereon. His brother
Date. who went down torhave his eyes
treated, had a, splinter an eigth Of an
inch long removed from one of them.
Its presence had been unsuspected, al
though it must have been in the eye for
over month.
J. N. Brandeberry met with a serious
accident that narrowly escaped being
fatal last Sunday morning. With ]. R.
Smith, he was putting up fue on oneof
the stoves in w. a. Wells hop house,
when guy wire hauled him off the lad
der and he feel distance of eighteen
feet, striking on his hands first. Both
wrists were broken and he suffered pain
full injuries about the head. Mr.. Brande-
berry was brought home, and is resting
now as easily as could be expected under
the circumstances. eS
Rev. E. E. Hoss, Ii. D., of Nashville,
Tenn, editor of the Nashville Chris
tian Advocate, the official organ of the
NJ. E. Church, south. and one of the
most noted diVines of the south, will
preach in the old college chapel Sunday
at II a. m. and p. m. All are cordially
invited to near this emiuent< divine. He
is on his way to attend the conference of
his church, which will convene at Rose