The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-01-01

their pay iii greetings. MIR. Ger
hard must. therefore,, insist that
those indebted to him pay up i'm.
mediately. 0regoniaD and Exam.
iner subscribers, especially, are
urged to liqnitate.
Oh, Spencer, Barber Spencer, to
whom thy patrons pray: My foot
ball hair. my two-days', beard
take thou in charge this day. And
when thy razor is flashed on high
by skilliul hand, meath watchlul
eye, let me remark, between each
flash, l want to spare that pink
mustache.-
Eugene Simpson has sold out
l1is.interest iii the Corvallis Com
mission Company TO Mr.. VIM
Parker, who. will hereafter have
full charge of The business. 1t is
understood that Mr.. -Slmp>on con.
templates engaging in another line
Of business, which is the reason fol
iIu- tiI;Ift.,.. -.-- ~
The I4n'lies' Coffee Club part v
la night was great success. as
might have beeh expected. The
handsome hall was beautifully
decorated and brilliantly lighted.
y delightful and delighted COM
pany enjoyed themselves as guests
of.their charming entertainers.
Lunch was served.
= i. r. stenson, Of Salem. Grand
X. of r. and 5. of the X. of p.
grand lodge, paid Corvallis fra
ternal visit Monday night. After
the adjournment of the. lodge, the
and a few invited guests
repaired to the Little Gem Restau-
rant, where Mr.. Stenson was ten
iered banquet.
The regular meeting of the Cor.
wallis Sunday School Union will
be held in the Episcopal church,
January 3rd, 1897,
ut 3 o'clock p. m. General subject
for discussion. elbow to Conduct
Teachers Meetings" paper by G.
D.. Thompson. All who are inter
ested in advancing the Sunday
School work of the city are cordi-
ally invited to be present.
: A young man with one leg CALI
I'd at this office the other day and
presented a card stating that he
vas deaf and dumb and i'm need
IF little cash. He was shown
he door and when he reached it,
he turned around to damn the Of
ice in vigorous English. The
fighting editor thought it useless to.
pursue him, for it is probable his
absent leg could come into evi-
1ence as readily as his speech.
The Corvallis creamery project
IS no longer visionary scheme,
but has now taken definite shape
and work on the plant promises
10 begin at an early date. Some
hing over $500 of stock has
been subscribed and this sum is
considered sufficient to build, and
squipsa frst-class creamery plant
siida leave a small surplus with
which to operate upon. The f.
lal success Of the project is large
y due to the efforts OF Wm.. Hart
ess, who had much to do with So
letting Che stock. q
DR.. FL. S. Permot and Miss Ocie
Avery were married. yesterday
loon at tile residence or the
oride's mother and left ilnmedi-
ately on the Oregon. Central &
Eastern for Yaquina, where they
AXE the steamer Homer for San
Francisco. The wedding was a
cry quiet affair, only the i'm
Mediate friends of the contract
ng parties being present. Mr..
md Mrs. Pernot are popular
young people and a host OF
riends and well-wishers will Join
he GAZETTE in extending 'congrat.
llations. a
The state board of equalization
the equalization adjunct is per-
laps a misnemer-has met, con-
idered and finished their rough
,obbling, and now that the work
S done, the taxpayer feels himself
o find WHERE he Is struck. The
pinal cord has been literally
visited out of Multnomah county
md her people equalized approx
nately $4,000, Marion has
)een hit hard to the extent of a
30 per cent. raise on her personal
lssets. Baker gets 10 per cent.
lose of board medicine on the up
grade, while Umatllla gets a 10
Der cent. scar ON her proud es-
;utcheon from the same source.
Jlatsop, Union and Yamhiu are
Zach touched mildly on a 5 per
cent. upward cut. 1t is an anoma-
GUS condition fittings, when the
boards equity can only -conpre-
lend addition; equity once grasped
A very valuable dog, the prop
erty of Dick Kiger, met death in
an unusual manner on last Mon
day morning. The death of this
dog is conclusive of the fact that
Il county official is not a safe per-