Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-17
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were we'll filled with passengers
returning home from the conference.
Gov. Lord and family have spent
the summer at their pleasant cot
tage at Seal Rocks and returned to
S lem last Thursday.
The dormitories at the college are
being put in order and all hands
are preparing for the crowd of stu
d:nts That is expected next week.
Iii: O. G. & E. have a force of
m>a employed laying second track
along the river front. The single
track is not sufficient for their
increased business.
TIL. fruit number of the Clacka-
las County Independent, published
at Candy, reached US. 1t is neat
5-column quarto and bears evidence
OF the success we wish it.
Mrs. NJ. E. Garrow, Of Gladstone
Park, registered at the Occidental
recently. She will send two sons
and a daughter to the O. A. c; this
term, and will move here to. care for
them.
A party of eight ladies from
Junction City visited the Degree of
Honor lodge here on last Thursday.
They were royalty entertained by
their sisters, and Left for home about
midnight.
At the sheriff's office taxes are
still coming in, and the delinquent
list will be several thousand dollars
less this year than it was last. In
July it was over $4,000 less than in
July last year.
Mayor Woodward drove out from
Newport last week, and his expert
ence on Pioneer hill in a thunder
shower was a rough one. He says
the rain literally poured down, and
he only caught the tail end of the
shower at that.
w. HI. Odell, clerk Of the board
of school land commissioners, spent
three or four days in Corvallis last
week attending the NJ. E. cnnfer-
ence. Mr.. Odell speaks encourag-
ingly of the outlook all over the
state, and he is in q position to
know whereof he speaks.
DIR. Beans, Of Portland, who was
here in attendance at the M. E. con-
ference, preached most eloquent.
and instructive sermon at the Pres
byterian church last Sunday night.
The church was filled, the music
was excellent, and all who went
there enjoyed a rich treat.
There never was a time since the
organization of the college that the
printing department was as well
conducted as it is now. Mr.. Ready,
who was elected printer, has his son
for an assistant, and we know that
this young man is as good a printer
as there is in the state. Mr.. Ready,
ST., is also spoken Of by those who
know him as first-c class printer,
and his work shows it to be true.
Chief Wells ascertained by obser-
vasion and letters that he was har-
boring a harmless lunatic in the
city Jail, so he let him go. 1t ap-
,ars that the unfortunate young
man was a deserter from the U. S.
training ship. Inaslnuch as he ran
away from the naval hospital, and
as no money is provided for his
return, he is allowed his choice to
20 back or go home-if he has a
home.
II seems that a large number OF
prune growers in the Northwest are
intending to dry their prunes with
out grading this year, says the Ore
gon Agriculturist. We believe that
this will be very serious mistake.
The experienced growers and driers
of prunes are yearly getting more
particular about grading prunes
before drying them. In no other
way can uniform drying be satisfac-
torily secured. The rule is grade
green before drying and then when
dried to use dried prune grader to
grade by tens. 1t will be unproft-
able and unfortunate to omit grad
ing before drying.