The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-05-21

'sRhododendron'' of last Sunday, was
thoroughly enjoyed by the numerous
Corvallis and Albany people, who made
the trip. A number stopped off at Chit
wood, Elk City and other points to fish,
but the majority went on to Newport
and saw the bay country in all its flow
cry beauty.
Coils P. Huntington, the S. P. mag
nate, arrived in Corvallis yesterday even
ing to see Mr.. Hammond, of the o. c.
& E. "Uncle Collis," as the Examiner
affectionately calls him, was easily recog-
nized by those who have seen that papers
caricatures Of him. His visit has caused
a great deal Of comment and it is gener-
ally believed that he has in view the
purchase of Mr.. Hammond's road.
There will be big time at Alsea ON
June 10TH. Supt. Denman is to hold a
local institute in the valley on the 18th
and 10Th of June and the lest day will be
a merry one. There will be big basket
dinner, with lots of music and speeches.
The school children will compete in
races, ETC., for prizes and the Monroe
band is to arouse the echoes with melo-
dious strains. Quite a number of Cor
vallisites expect 10 attend.
Telesrams received here yesterday an :
nnounce tnat J. K. Bryson, who is now in
New York city, is in a critical condition
anc that the worst might be expected at
any hour. Roscoe Bryson, who is at
tending school at Eugene, was telegraph
ed to go east, but later received tele-
gram from his father telling him it was
useless to come and bidding him good
bye. A general feeling of sadness per-
vades the city, owing to these most un-
welcome tidings.
Saturday was the o. A. c. local field
day. The afternoon was very warm and
the boys had hardly recovered from the
military drill of the previous day, with
its attendant feasts, which partly ac-
counts for the rather poor showing in
some of the events. Perhaps, also, the
boys did not wish to publish for the ben
eft of other teams their actual capabil-
ties. The intercollegiate field day at Sa-
lem is near at hand and the o. A. c.
athletes are after the cup.
The State Grange meets in Corvallis
next Tuesday and will continue in ses-
sion until Friday morning. A public
meeting will be held at the courthouse
Tuesday afternoon, at which time Mayor
Woodward will aake the address of wei
come and w. M. Hileary, Master of the
State Grange, will deliver his annual ad-
dress. Wednesday evening a public
meeting will be held at the college
chapel. Some 200 delegates are expect
ed to be in attendance and preparations
are being made for an interesting and
profitable session. cordial invitation
is extended to the citizens of Corvallis
and vicinity to be present at all the pub
lie meetings. 4
- The Corvallis baseball team drove out
to Philomath Saturday, swore a little
and drove home. The Philon1ath nine
objected to the Hearties' pitcher, Two
For-a-Shadow Smith, claiming that he
did not belong to the Corvallis
team. Corvallis insisted upon
his playing, claiming that he was reg
ular member of the team and that they
had as much right to get players from
Linn county as Philomath had to play
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Bryan discussed the matter, but could
not agree and the game was not played,
the Corvallis players returning full of
wrath. The Philomath players evidently
over-rated Smiths ;.bility, as he is but a
fair amatuer pitcher and does not out
class Philomath twirlers.
I The national color day ceremonies
and the competitive drill at the o. A. c.
campus last Friday afternoon were unus-
ually interesting. Lieut.. Dentler has
drilled the cadets into a praiseworthy
state of efficiency and they presented a
soldierly appearance. The guard mount
was an attractive feature and the three
companies in the competitive drill
evoked hearty expressions of admiration.
Company B, Ralph Terrell, captain, won
the day, Company c, Robt. Golden, cap
tain, being only one-third of one per
cent. behind. Company A. under the
captaincy of E. J. Elliot, was not many
points from c. Small 8. Son banqueted
the winning cadets and Hodes & Hall
Nolan & Callahan presented handsome
ties to the officers of Company c.
A drowning man would have little use
for method of rescue which would re-
quire days. A dyspeptic doesn't want to
bother with remedy that is going to
take weeks to show its beneficial effects.
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