Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-15

from Eastern Oregon to begin Il course 4
the OAC.
Nolan Smith, graduate of the OAC
of '99 came up from his home in Dalla
on Monday last to make arrangements
for attending the college this coming
year.
Henry Allen, who for the past severa
years has been engaged in farming nea
Philomath, will accept a position in th'
drugstore of Alien & Woodward. abou
October lst.
Mr.. McElswaiH, late of the University
of Illinois, has been selected to fill tn,
chair of assistant in the chronological
department at the O.A.C., and is now en-
route for Corvallis.
The farm, lying near the Odd Fellow;
cemetery, which Mr.. Nj. S. woodcock pur
chased of Daniel Carlile several months
ago, again changed hands last Saturday
Mr.. Woodcock sold it to II. M. Fleming
late of Nebraska, for $4,000. Mr.. Flem-
ing and family will take possession o
their new home at once
Another wedding was added to the
long list of recent marriages, at the Pres
byterian parsonage last Saturday after
noon. Mr.. Preston Walton and Miss
Edna Culver were the high contracting
parties, and DR.. Thompson performed the
ceremony. Mr., and Mrs. Preston are
both highly respected residents of Fair
mount.
The Davidson hop-yard begun opera
tions on Wednesday morning, there be-
ing nearly 100 pickers in the.yard. Mr..
Davidson believes in having the hops
amply ripe before picking them, thus say
ing in the end. Green hops are light
and unstable, the substance of the hop
being yet undeveloped. It was for this
reason that he delayed picking until this
time.
The promoters of the Corvallis &
Southern Railroad have elected officers
as follows: Presedent. &C. .Millet; Vice
A. Wilhelm; treasurer, G. w.
Washburne; secretary, II. S. Wallace
Board of directors, c. w, Washburne, J.
A. Bushnell, G. G. Millet, B. S. Hyland,
Ell. S. Wallace, A, Wilhelm, L. HI.
Welcher. The capital stock. of $50, 900 has
all been subscribed.
For number of days past, the resi-
dence section OF the city has been thor
oughly caavassed by several beggars.
AS is usually the case, those soliciting
aid were large able bodied men, physi-
eally capable of performing manual labor
and they were not very royalty treated
qpd dined during their stay In this city,
which vas very agreeably very brief.
There is not an ordinance in the city's
statutes that applies directly to mendi-
cants, but that class of individuals are
classified as yagrants and are punish-
able by a fine or imprisonment In the
city Jail.
The thousands of acres of grain stub
BILE. over the state which will lie unplow-
I'd during the water, awaiting the plow
n the spring will be neglected in many
: ses, or in other words, it is a neglect
md WIFI eF9duce weed seed enough to
o aiye = serious drsY back to the war on
weeds even on az Otherwise well titled
araa, The number of SEE seeaas prod4csd ly
70 of the stubble weeds is enorniea
L ,tes based ON partial counts gave
TINA. weed 97e seeds. Wild-mus-
the tar $1,000, while dog-fennel
I'd showed ID 10000 seeds. These
AIDED the list VIII. large for the ay-
Inmates are much to- .i,eir power to
age weed yet they show !.
oduce seed. .ea,as
Authentic reports from the wheat 70
Oregon and Washington show that tl.
mage by rain has not been one-half 6
lat it was reported. In the VILLAIN
e valley there has not been five per
Mt loss; in the Walla Walla and Pa ,
Use countries there has not been ten
r cent loss, and in this district, includ-
z the Grande Ronde, the loss has been
ry slight indeed. Harvesting is about
ished in the William cite and East
n Oregon and Washington this week
II see the grain all cut and partly
reshed. These fields present a besuti
| sight. The land is rolling, and every
Ilside, golden in the sunlight, is cover
with stacks sheaves or else the har-
sters are bnsy making heaps of yellow
ain, while the threshers have already
knocking out the rich ker-
lis which mean gold to the farmers,
DIR. James Withycombe, of the Oregon
gricultural College, in his lecture last
eek in this city, on Bovine Tuberculo-
g." surprised the majority of his audi
ice when he asserted that that disease
Id consumption were not hereditary
1t contagious. In doing so he made
ost logical argument in favor of his
'sertion, claiming that where cows had
Iherculosls and were placed in unsan-
ary and badly ventilated barns with
her cows, this was the principal cause
the spread of tuberculosis amongst |
,ws. The same thing applied to persons |
lffering with consumption and the en-
irenments with which they were placed
with other people which caused con-
lmption to be contagious. DIR. Witty |
,inbe did not think there was much fear |
f tuberculosis spreading in Tillamook
ouuty owing to climatic conditions, but
uring his short stay here he had visited
ome barns which were not ventilated as
ley should be.-Headlight.