The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-05-27

= They will so with the Californians in
= few days.
An ice cream social will be given b
;. > the ladies of the Plymouth church to
=. night It the church building few mile
west OF town on the Philsmath road
Bicyclists can have nice trip and par
take of delicious cake aud ice cream.
Many Corvallisites will help the Arti
); sans of Wells to picAic in Ridder's grow,
f if the weather is favorable. The En-
deavor society of the Christian churcl
I expect to attend in big decorated Wagon
, and other similar parties are forming.
Rev. H. A. Ketchum of the First Pres
byterian church Of Salem will occupy
S DIR. Tnoinpson's pulpit next Sunday
l Theme i'll the morning, Goods Cure fo
| Care" evening, The Supreme Purpose
} of True Patrieti5n''-a memorial ser
: mon. a cordial welcome 10 all DR.
: Ketcllun was a chaplai2 in the late Civil
w:r.
One week frota tonight the graduating
exercises of the Corvallis public schools
will be held at tie opera house. Tke
very small admission fec Of 5 cents, re-
served seats 10 cents will be charged,
this being the only mlean5 of paying ex-
penses. The surplus will be used for the
purchase Of flag-polc.
The Fourth OF July committee met
Wednesday night and decided to cele-
brate the glorious this year. And the
sparks will fly in the ola town. Liberal
subscriptions from the citizens are ex-
pected and the soliciting comHlittee,
Mes,rs. K. H. Huston, J. H. Harris and
! c. l.. Small will soon pass the parer
around.
+ The Degrec of Honor ladies gave an
entertainment at their hall Monday night
10 crowded house. A farce was 2d-
nirably presented and caused a great
deal of .ilerriElent, especially the parts of
! Mrs. Sheasgreca and Mrs. Helm. The
dancing and singing of Miss EIoore gave
pleasure After the progrom ice cream
and cake were ser*ed.
Tie Young Ladies' Republican Club
surprised the young men with Il fxe pro-
ram md luNch Friday nigl:t. AS the
latter were not informed of the coming
treat until few minutes before the meet
ing the invitation was not generally
knows, but still 80 young gentlemen
partook of the young ladies' hospitality
and spent a pleasant evening.
That picnic at Dusty was only post.
poned not wholly given up, Dusty does
give things up. On Wednesday, June
Ist the Bellfountain. Cornet band, a
musical organization of considerable
merit. will hold forth in picnic style
asais. They expect TO do only greater
things Oh account of the delay and all
wao attend are promised royal time.
Thirty-six Philoinath wheels were
registered this week. There we're IS
Waverly bikes, one Columbia, two Hart !
ford, three Ajax, one Stornler, two
Ram%lers, one Victor. three Crescent, four !!
Hawthorne, one Auditorium, oXe Orient, !
one Cleveland, one White FLYER. Or |
The register is at the GAZETTE Office,
op:n to all.
A splendid bit Of work appears OH tie
front show windows OF Nolan & Gala
han. 1t ic a clever picture, showing the +
naval battle i'll Manila bay. Dcwcy's
flagship Olympia is i'll the foreground
and to the left are seen the sinking ships
of Spain. The portra;ture of the vessels
is faithful i'll detail anAd strik.g and
picturesque whole. Mr.. r. P. Iurl-
burt wa: the artist
The pupils Of school district No. AZ,
Aisea Valley. are patriotic. They raised
a fund Themselves 10 purchase flag to
float over the school buil Sing. This
school tied with No. S for the superin-
te dents banner for April, each receiving
100 per cent. No. az held the banner
lac first half of the month and No. 5
has it the last half. Alr. L. E. Cooper is
the popular and proficient teacher of az.
NOINaIllS Odl FCilOWSulp WAS eEl-
1ently ably represented at Roseburg last
week. Miss Pauline Kline was elected
president of the Rebekall Assembly, the
FIRST Office i'll the lodge. A. w. Bowersox
the second ranking officer,
ard Lake Doris, a for;iler Corvallis boy
and still 4 member of Rebekah lodge,
vas elected grand warden of the Grand
odse. Mr.. Bowersox made the norni-
rating speech for Mr.. Doris.
Several citizens have expressed theE1- {
selves as feeling that Corvallis has not
been fairly treated by the Oregonian in ,
lie publication of the Oregon volunteer
oster. About twenty boys went from our I
own and we get credit for but two.
This. however, is not the fault of the
)regoaian, but was caused by the boys
egistering as from TIE places where
heir company was formed. If anyone
will go to the trouble to get correct list, :,
he Oregonian will publish it.
Prof. Fnlton writes to a friend that
himself and Mrs. Fulton are pleasantly ,
ecated at Washington, d. c., and that =
he expense of living is not nearly so
ligh as they had been lead to expect
The weather was very warm when he
wrote and lie adds "gravitation seems to
ose Ill Jurisdiction over mercury here;
'ut ara willing to suffer few dripping
nconvenlenccs to be able to appreciate
he many advantages placed at the dis