Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-12-08
How was your Thanksgiving Turkey

How was your Thanksgiving Turkey
He is boy, he cameRto the home
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Francisco on Satu
day.
Webfoot mists have purified the atnol
phere and good health reigns supren
once again.
On Thanksgiving evening, Miss Mabl
Davis entertained number o: her friend
at her home.
The O.A.C. boys are perfect gentle
men and play good, clean, scientific foot
ball.-Eugene Register.
A slide near Oysterville on thelC. & E
caused the east bound train to be som
five hours late Saturday.
Miss Constance Holland was anon
the OAC students who spent Thanksgiy
ing vacation in Salem.
Genuine cut glass, very approprit
for holidays presents, at REASONABLY
prices, at Greffoz' the leading jewele;
Robert Cooley, AN OAC graduate of '9s
employed as drug clerk in Cottag
Grove, visited Corvallis, Saturday an
Sunday.
Miss Dorothea Nash returned to Coz
Wallis Monday after spending Thanks
giving with her friends aud kindred il
Eugene.
There are places in the road between
this city and Phllon,ath, where sigl
reading 'No Bottom" would be apprecia
ted and most convenient to the traveller
On Monday of this week the family O
Chas Chapman departed for Ukiah, Cal.
ifornia, where they 60 to spend the win
ter. Mr.. Chapman will remain in Cor
wallis.
Fred Edwards, an O A c graduate O
last year, but now student of Eugene
and quarterback ON the u of O foot ball
team, spent Saturday and Sunday in
Corvallis.
Among the coming social features o
the week is an ''Old Folks at Homs'
social by the Amicitia and Sorosis so
cieties at the college armory tomorrow
night.
The several churches are making
for Christmas enter
and Indications are very
favorable for amusenlent in plenty dur.
ing the holidays.
The younger of the franklin brothers,
who was formerly engaged in business in
the Franklin Iron Works, of Corvallis,
but who has been in Idaho for several
has been visiting relatives and
friends in this city during the week.
Asa Tunuiclife, one Of the Western
Union telegraph company's operators
passed through Salem on Monday for
or Idaho, where he will take key as a
He acted in that capacity in
the Salem Office for a few weeks last
summer.
Mrs Stalhbusch, lady sixty years of
lge, died in this city on Friday last. On
occurred the funeral, DIR.
Thompson officiating. THE ceremony
vas attended by large nnmber of rela-
ives and friends. The remains were
aid to rest in Crystal Lake Cemetery.
A transfer of real estate was made in
Tuesday. The property 10 the
'tilson farm, northwest OF this city, the
purchaser is s. A. Gragg, Of Elsie, Ore
on. The firm of Thos Eglin & Son made
he sale, and the purchase was made for
$500. The property will not be taken
possession Of until next June.
The college cadet battalion gave mill
ary hop at the college armery last FRI
ay night. The music was furnished by
he college orchestra. Owing to many
tudents being home on their Thanks
living vacation the attendance was not
o large as usual. The hop, however,
'as an enjoyable one for those present,
he music was good and the merry
ancers found it midnight ere they
new it.
With the constant tread of horses and
he pressure of passing wagon wheels,
nd drainage afforded by the ditch re-
emily dug along its course, the newly
road above Corvallis is grow
ng better each day. The gravel is being
ct firm, there is but little mire to bog
he wagon wheels, and by another year
hose who aided in the improvement and
7ho find constant use for it, will bless
he day they donated their mite.
The splendid court house which Mr..
!. F. Peterson, of this city, has been
uilding for Sherman county, was COM
'leted last week. The Moro Leader
heaking of the structure. says: "The
otsl cost of the building does net exceed
5000, and it is the consensus of opinion
hat it is the handsomest piece of archi-
ecture in the state for the money. Mr..
the contractor, has the conf
.cnce and respect of his employers IS
man OF ability and integrity.
A movement is on foot among the col.
ege students to unite ali the different
of athletics under one head and
hus form an association. Committees
f two were appointed from each repre-.
enative of the football, track, basket.
all and indoor baseball enthusiasts. to
meet and formulate a constitution and
Ian for organization. This is the man
er in which large institutions carry on
thletics and will surely be an i'm
over the system followed
eretofore. The committee have not yet
eported.
The strong "southeaster" that blew
rom the sea during the nights of last
'riday and Saturday and came sweeping
trough the mountain canyons down