The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-17
Services as usual at the Presbyterian

church ucXt SodODdlu HOIuluS anu SFSA-
ing DR.. Holt will occupy the pulpit
Fand preach at both services. In the
evening the DIR. will sing song in the
Chinese language. The services will be
of special interest aud all are cordially
invited.
Rev. w. N. O'Kelley, pastor of the
Evangelical church, south of the court
house. will begin a series of revival
meetings, Tuesday, January II. Rev. L.
S. Fisher, OF Portland, will be here on
that day to kelp i'll the work and other
able Portland ministers will assist Id the
services during, the series.
EIr. Glen has fine voice which is very
the high notes with ease. The aria,
"Ro1ling in Foarning Billows," by Hay
den, was gre eted with an enthusiastic
encore. which he decli.ed to respond to,
the length OF tie pr gram making en-
cores impossible. ."-Daily Mercury, San
Jose, Cal. air. Glen sings witk the U. Of
o. glee club. :. ...
Jesse Wiley, Wis has been i'll the en-
ploy f Thos. Wh.tehoru for several
years, has resigned his position to lock
for Il business epeniugin Eastern Oregon
Je-ae will be greatly missed by NJ.
W.ri,chorn and the public an.a II i. hei";%
,h,t he will again return to Corvaili-. q.
He will leave about fai. Ist aEd will h;
succeeded by Chas Y,'ur:s. we'll know.
here and competc..t.
Dick Kis,er's. dog, Joe, a Scotch
coolie. attracted the attention of several
citizens sunday afternoon. Dick w.s
driving ban.i of cattle through town.
assisted only by Joe. but the Intelligent
animal was h~lp enough. With wort
and the wave of tho hand Joe would be
sent ahead to turn the cattle into the
right street, aad seemed to know his
duty and be able to do it.
Farmers' institutes have been held i'll
several localities lately. Last week large
ly attended and highly successful insti
tutes were held at Scappoose and Sprin--
fela. Next week one is to be held at
Hourel. Marion county. FsrMer: are
realizing that these conferences are of
practic Il advantage to them and through
nut the state IRE ianifssting great inter
est this branch OF the work of the
Agricultural College.
Rev. w. S. Holt d. D., of Portland,
is to spend the Sabbath i'll our city. He
will ,.reach i'll the Presbyterian church
both morning and eveAing. On Saturday
evening at the church, DR.. Holt will give
an Illustrated lecture OH the courtry,
character and customs of the Orientals.
The DR.. spest some years as mission
ary in ,reisn lands. and is a very inter
esting and entertaining speaker. All
should hear him. No admission.
The republican league of Oregon.
thro III Pre:ident Carey and Secretary
W IS has ,issned call for convention
of r publican clubs to be held i'll Por:-
land February Ist. The local Mckinley
clul, IS entitled to a representation of II
delegates. Representative Lax is presi
deat aud will call the club togetier in
time t. elect delegates. Other clubs of
the county should send representatives,.
Each club is entitled to one delegate at
large and one for each IS nenbers.
' Each member of the o. A. c. football
team this week received the Following
command: "You ar. hereby notified to
be present at the dinin g parlots of Hodes
& Hal, Tuesday evening, December "a,
at 6 p. M. sharp. Important business.
Thos. NJ. Catch, manager pre- ten."
They were all present at the appointed
heur and found the dining hall decorated
with orange and national colors, in ikeir
honor and the tables greaning under
their loads of good things to eat. The
boys-and the president, nt,tee-thorougkly
enjoyed themselves, end when the party
finally broke up. the footballists, stuffed
and happy, went up the street shouting,
aHaysced, -strawseed, pu,apkin, squash.
Did We eat? Well, yes, by gosh a
With November closed the first contest
between the schools of Benton county
for the banner of attendance, as given
by Supt. Denman. The banner i. of rcd
satin, bearing the motto, Onward AID
Upward" Districts No. "a and IS tied,
both schools having maze perfect at
tendance for the month jast passed.
School having closed in district No. IS,
the banner was sent to district No. a.
Miss Jennie Gsllatly was teacher in dis
trict IS and Miss Edna Finley oficiated
in the same capacity in district "a. Both
teachers are graduates of the o. A. c,
being members of the "a and 'e5 classes,
respectively. The next six making the
highest record are as follows: District
No. S, (joint) 81 per cent; district I, ee
per cent; district 50, SO per cent; district
81, e2 per cent; district IA, go per cent;
district so. Se.e per cent.
If you eat what YOU like, and digest it,
you will surely be strong and healthy.
But if you don't digest it you might al