Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-05
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.
Many Timely Topics Terse1y
Treated.
COURSE OF TWO LECTURES.
Petition for Writ of Review in the
Bank Matter.

| Be wise! Have Vogle fit your eyes.
All kinds CT Job printing at reasonable
rates at this office.
County warrants taken at par for mer
chandise at Nolan and Callahans.
| Orders taken for o. A. c. regulation
uniforms at SI4,5o. S. I. KLINE.
Hon. ], X. Weatherford, of Albany
was in town this week on legal business.
To rent-an elegantly furnished lower
front room near the court house, apply al
this office.
Mrs. Vogle was visiting friends near
Jefferson and not at Belknap Springs as
we stated last week
Alba R., daughter of A. J. Richardson,
died at her home in Portland yesterday
and will be buried tomorrow at Salem.
The old dwelling back of S. L. Kline's
warehouse is being torn down and Mr..
Kline will build two story house in its
place.
Dilly the bicycle repairer goes on his
usual hunt Nov. 5th. On these occa-
sions all the bear and deer in the noun.
talns Lide for two weeks.
The Racket store will open up in its
new quarters nearly opposite the post
Office with fresh stock of everything in
its line, at lower prices than ever.
sAt the Commercial Restaurant they
are putting up first class meals at zoe.
They have also finely furnished rooms to
let at reasonable rates. Fresh oysters
and CLAIMS always on hand"
Newspapers are the wings that carry
human experience, order, and law all over
the country. If they were dropped,
society would fall back thousand years.
That is what Henry Ward Beecher said
Hon w. r. Ellis our congressman
for the second district was in Corvallis
for few days visiting his so.i who is
a student at the o. A. c. He made this
office friendly visit and we acknowledge
the courtesy.
Jimmy Hays has some friends who
caused him some uneaslness last Monday.
On Sunday night they removed his patent
gate, and it could not be found until
Jimmy's sad look made the jokers weak
en-, and the gate was produced.
| Halloween passed off much quieter
than usual owing to the excellent arrange
ments made by the chief of police and
the nightwatchman, Some sidewalks
were overturned and good deal of noise
made, but no damage of consequence
was done.
| Chief of Police Wells is doing excel
lent work on our crosswalks and side
walks and if he keeps up his lick Corval-
lis can soon claim to be the handsomest
town in the state. Nothing has prevented
that claim from being made and allowed
but rotten sidewalks.
The farmers have been utilizing every
moment of the fine weather to put in their
fall wheat. John Rickard has about 400
acres in and 900 of it is growing. He
has about twenty horses in the field plow-
ing, but the ground is getting too dry
again, and more rain is needed.
A petition for writ of review in the
circuit court has been filed with the clerk
by John Burnett. The petition asks for
review of the proceedings in the county
court by which the action of the board of
equalization was changed'i in the matter of
assessment of the First National Bank.
The S. P. railroad have not cars enough
to do the business that is offering, and
lately they borrowed forty cars from the
o. c. & E. The business OF the o. c.
& E. is improving also but at present
they are in great need of additional steam.
boat service form the bay. 1t seems
impossible to get vessels, as commerce is
improving everywhere, and the Alaska
excitement has drawn off all the surplus
steamships.
The Mite, neat little three column
folio, well edited by Claude Riddle, and
containing all the college and city news
made its appearance this week. 1t is
deserving of success on its merits. Mr.,
Riddle edited and published a seven
column paper at his home in Riddle,
Douglas county, called the Riddle Mite,
which was very creditable paper, and
though young man, he is an excellent
a!l-round paper man. He says he means
to make it life work, and there is no
doubt whatever of his success Such
young men as he is don't fail.
o. A. c. Entertainment.
Rev. Henry A. Barden will deliver two
lectures in the o. A. c. Chapel on Nov.
5th and 9th on the Civil War; The lee
turer was soldier during the war, and