The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-09
THE FARMERS PLEASED
The Election of President Catch
Gives Great Satisfaction in
the County-Other News.
MONROE ITEMS.

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Contractor Peterson of Beaver
Greek will build the cattle bridge
on the new road north of town.
Blackberry pickers are now
having a royal harvest. One
woman and her daughter recently
picked ten gallons in one halliday
outing, near Lancaster.
Several Corvallis people attend
ed the dance at Monroe Friday
night. Among them were Ned
Smith, Edgar Smith, Ed and Lee
Wells, and others too numerous to
mention.
The celebration ball at Monroe
was we'll attended affair, and a
merry crowd of dancers kept
things lively until dawn. Mrs.
Looney served the supper, to
which about 100 couple did ample
justice.
A basket social and school con
cert was held Thursday evening
by the district school recently
taught by Miss Brownlee. Quite
an interesting programme was
rendered, while the tsbasket" part
was most admirably performed.
On June ,3Oth at the camp.
ground east of Monroe, Elder
Skaggs of the Christian Church
performed a marriage ceremony,
in which Mr.. Elsie Banton and
Miss Winnie Hogue were united
in the bonds of matrimony. The
young people will reside at Dusty
Two extremes were presented
at Simpsons Chapel Thursday
evening. Pres. w. G. Hawley oi
the Willamette University lectured
OH Cuba and "warmed up" his
audience on the question, but the
ladies foresaw the emergency, and
had prepared quantities of ice
cream to induce the people te
return to their usual tranquility
| Oregon is trying to outdo her
self this year in entertaining hel
citizens and visitors. Her very
latest is to reverse the seasons,
giving us Winter, then Summer
again changing to Spring, and, we
presume, when she thinks we
have had all the Spring we need
she will give us Fall. (This is
not intended as a Spring joke.)
M. M. Waltz had the misfortune
to get his ankle crushed last week
He was going to get load OF
lumber in the mountains, started
across bridge near the William
Reese place, and when about hall
way across the structure gave way,
precipitating horses aud driver in
a confused mass about ten feet
below. The timbers of the bridge
had to be cut away before Mr.
Waltz could be removed, when it
was found that he had sustained
a, broken and badly bruised ankle
I We are glad to notice that
Corvallis schools are more fortu
nate than are those of Eugene, in
securing the services of efficient
and popular instructors to superin.
tend and control them. Politics
should not be a factor i'm the
selection of a college or university
president, and the action taken
by the o. A. G. board OF regents
at its recent. annual sitting, will
commend itself to the public in
general. The people in this vicin-
ity are glad to know that the
odium has been removed, and ex
pect to see this institution OF
learning now take its place among
the leading schools of the west.
In its selection of Mr.. Catch, the
board has shown a proper appre-
citation of sterling worth and good
character, as opposed to aspira
tions to political job. Mr.. Catch
has surely, in his presidency OF
the Willamette university, normal
school of Washington, Blue noun
tain accdamy and state university
of Washington, shown his ability
as an educator, and in time to
come, the wisdom of the choice of
this teacher and leader, will be
clearly seen.
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