The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-01-07

Fer the benefit of the ladies and chill.
dren special program has been arrang'
ed at the Projectoscope Friday and Sat.
urday, from 4 to $50 p. m, and com
mencing again at $50 p. NJ, an exhibi.
tien will be given every 80 minutes. Ev
erybody invited.
Supt. DenMan is arranging for an in
stitute to b. held in Corvallis next
month. On the evening of February IL,
the anniversary of Lincoln's birth, spe
cial Lincoln exercises will be given, III
cludIng all address by Prof. NJ. L. Pratt,
the we'll known Portland educator.
The Northwest Fruit Growers associa
tion meets Tuesday. Among those who
will take prominent part ia tES meeting
are Professors FreMch, Cordley, Craig and
Pcrnet of the o. A. c. and Prof. Lake,
manager of the biggist and best prune
orchard i'll Oregon.
The board of regents of the Agricul-
turSl College met i'll Corvallis Wednes-
day, but only routine business was trans
acted. Governor Lord and Secretary OF
State Kincaid were the only absentees.
All the regents expressed themselves as
highly pleased with the excellent coudi-
ton of affairs al the institution.
The projectoscepe now exhibiting i'll
the Henderson, building. Main street, has
proven itself far superior 10 any exhibi-
ted here before The New York Ere de-
partmeat alone is worth tho price oil adj
mission. Commencing at q p. Ill. AL ell
tertaininent will be given every 80 nlin-
utss. For l.dies and gentlemen, ad-
mission 10 cents.
Subject at Methodist Episcopal church
Lords day morning: The second
greatest thing i'll the religious world"
Evening: Three excellent require
ments touching national and individual
the sermon. TIE pastor will Install the
officers-elect of the Epworth Ls.sue
This will be all impressive service.
Miss Thella Rickard, daughter of Shcr-
iff Rickard, gave a delightful New Years
eve party to twentt of her Corvallis
friends. Games and other social occupa-
tions ,aade the hours fly l%errily, until
Father Time ushered i'll 1898. Then the
party salliel out to ring the bells and
otherwise announce TO those who might
overlook it, that 1897 had joined the
great majority. A delicious lunch was
served during the evening.
There is every prospect for Corva.l
cx adus to Alaska in the early s2riag. A
company of men having cash to put up
is now organizing an | iacll les may
prominent citizens They do not want
their names OF th-ir plans mlde
public at present, but it is known tint
they contemplate operating steam ar IL
the Yak Oil, and their destination is not
Dawson city. Som: of the Elen interest
ed will go i'll person and others will sea d
The Simon faction of the republican
party liz Multnomah county has refused
to accept the offer of compromise sub
mitted by Sol Hirscll, chairman of the
state republican central committee. Mr..
Mckay, who heads the reply. states in ef-
feet t.at tile Simon people will have ex-
elusive charge Of the primaries anil run
them to suit themselves. The anti-Si
mon republicans are decidedly in
the majority i'll Portland and will prob
ably hold primaries under the sanction
of the stats central committee.
The "Night in Bohemia" company
have play without much plot but ricl,
in specialties. 1t played in Corvallis
Wednesday night to good house, and
the songs, dances and other features
show so breezily and entertain
insly. The ,nsmbers of the company
are all clever and their work was we'll re-
ceived. The .siaging Of Carl Adams,
dancing of Tommy Keating, acting of
Fred Williams and sketches of Edgar
Kellar were especially good as was the
work of Tonlay Crawford. Miss Rena
Terry sang with swish and abandon
that chartAcd and the ''Bowery Gal"
caught the house, sec!''