Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-10-29
WAYsIDE WAITS.

opened at t-Nolan & Callahan's.
Joe Edwards, of Dusty, brought
in two thoroughbred Angora bucks
Wednesday, one for Washington
county and one for Lincoln county.
A letter was received by Judge
! Hufford fromiMr Fullerton at Alsea
stating that man named Gibson
living in the Missouri Bend was
supposed to be insane. The infor-
nation was hardly definite enough
to justify sending the sheriff over
there, SO the Judge is waiting for
further information.
| Lincoln county is having a rush
| of new settlers just now. One day
last week thirty-six through tickets
to Yaquina were sod at the Albany
office to eastern people who intended
10 settle there. Lincoln county has
the soil, climat9, and every other
natural advantage to make good
homes for many thousands of peo-
pie, and there is no spot on earth
more attractive for a home
The Franklin Foundry Co. are
busy as they can be, just now, and
new work is coming in constantly;
They have just finished an engine
to go to Lake Greek in Lane county
for Seth Simmons who will use it
in a new saw mill he is building
there. They have also just finished
rebuilding and repairing a thrash
ling engine for jerks Bros. of Linn
, county.
John U. Smith, of Yamhill .coun-
ty who was recently appointed COM
missioner of Skaguay and Dyea,
Alaska, has been greedy: and so
got himself into trouble. He seems
to have taken upon himself the
running of the entire business of the
United States up there and as there
are several other United States off
ciais they very naturally objected.
A special agent has been sent out
from Washington to investigate Mr..
Smiths doings and the chances are
that he will be sent home.
Two lectures under the auspices
of the College Athletic Association
will be delivered in the college
chapel on Nov. 5th and 9th which
will be Friday and Saturday even
ings of next week, by Henry A.
Barden of Portland on the subject
of the Civil War. The lectures will
be illustrated by a stereopticon
from photographs actually taken on
the spot. The illustrations will be
life SIZE. The lecture is highly
spoken of where it has been heard,
and the subject cannot fail to inter
est everybody. The boys expect
the chapel to be filled at these lee
tnres and we hope it may.
Thos. Whitehorn will move into
his new building on Friday, No
vember 5th aud will be ready for
business at s o'clock. His room
is now receiving the finishing touch
es by the workmen and it will un-
doubtedly be one of the hand
somest and best-ftted places for
business Of the kind in the state
The proprietor is noted for the ele-
gance of the lunches he serves on
holidays and at other times when
the notion takes him, and il would
not surprise us if Tommy treated
his friends handsomely in that way
on the opening evening. In the
construction of his new brick Mr.
Whitehorn has displayed commen-
dable enterprise and it gives evi-
dence of his strong faith in the
future of Corvallis. This evidence
is of some value, too, because he
has long been regarded as a shrewd
business man.
A newspaper has been started at
Skaguay, Alc ska, and its first issue
contains the following schedule of
the business and professional devel-
opment of the new city.
Skaguay has one bank, Is gen.
eral merchandise stores, 10 restaur-
ants, 4 meat markets, II hay, grain
and feed yards, 26 contractors, 6
real estate offices, 6 drug stores, 8
wharves, 4 transfer companies, 3
bathhouses, dentists, 2 dress
makers, l bowling alley, II saloons,
l saw mill, 6 lumber yards, 9 steam
boat companies, 3 tin shops, 9 hotels,
fruit dealers, 4 civil engineers, 5
hardware stores, 4 news stands,
book exchange, 2 shoemakers. Z