Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-10-13

There are cases of smallpox reported
in Albany though the disease is in contro
and no fears are entertained.
Mary's Peak appeared ON Tuesday
morning donned in her white, winter
cap of snow Tor the first time since last
June. She will wear this winter bonnet
until the warm months of next summer
arrive.
Miss Anna and Ida Van Hoesen left
on Tuesday for Baker City where they
will reside in the future. They seek a
new climate for the benefit of the former
ladys health. It Is the intention oil
their mother to follow at a later date.
Miss Verna Ready, graduate of the
OAC of the class of '94, was married in
Portland last week to H. H. Brewer of
that city. The many friends of Mrs.
Brewer in Corvallis. wish her every sue
cess in her welded life.
We will pay salary of $15 per week
and expenses for man with a rig to
introduce our Poultry Mixture in the
country. Only good hustlers wanted.
Reference. Address, with stamp, Victor
Mig. Co., 1869 15 Street, San Francisco,
Cal.
Prof. Cordley, entymologist at the OAC
is engaged at present in the study of ap-
pie tree fungus at CorHeli University.
The professor will probably not return to
the OAC until the beginning of the win
ter term, as his duties in the East will
detain him until that time.
One of the new crops in this section
that promises to become popular is broom
corn millet, we'll known to people from
grown in the neighborhood indicate
that the plant is perfectly at home in
our soil and climate. 1t is known to be
an excellent stock and poultry food.
Willamette University will be repre-
sented in the state athletic association.
says the Statesman, and in the tourna-
ment of games by team. With an at
tendance double that of the preceding
year, there is more available material for
the building OF team and the local Uni
versity football enthusiasts are sanguine
of making a good showing in the com
petitive games.
1t is fact that no other article manu-
featured in the United States gives such
universal satisfaction as Magic Yeast.
Other kinds of yeast may be good some
of the time but Magic Yeast is good all
of the time and you will take no chances
of losing your flour when you use Magic
Yeast according to directions printed on
every scent package. Northwestern
Yeast Company. S89 North Ashland Ave.
Chicago Ill.
The farmers in the country adjacent to
Corvallis are digging their fall crop of
potatoes. The crop is reported very
good, though there was time in the.
early summer that some fears were en-
tertained that this years crop would not
be so good as usual. The rains in Au-
gust did.very much toward bringing the
potatoes to an excellent growth, and
those who raised potatoes are very well
satisfied with the result. Men are paid
eight cents per sack for digging and
sacking
On October 18th the Southern Pacific
Co. will inaugrate a Daylight Express,
leaving Portland at $50 a. M, and
reaching San Francisco at 7:45 next
evening-only one night out. Both
standard Pullmars and tourists sleepers
will be attached This new train is in
addition to the present 700 p. m. Shasta
Overland, and will give many passengers
the desired opportunity to see en- route
the Great Willamette, Umpqua, and Sac
ramento Valleys without loss of time,
and still arrive IN Oakland aud San Fran
cisco at seasonable hour.
A great deal of discomfort is being ex
perienced by the students and professors
atthe college owing to the heating plant
being yet uncompleted. The men in
charge Of the work OF constructing the
plant are working long hours and are
hurrylng with the work as much as pos
sible. The delay was caused by the con-
tractors being unable to secure material
during the earlier part of the work. Ii
is thought.that the plant will be in work
ing order in few days and the discom-
fort experienced in the recitation rooms
these cold mornings will be dispenced
with.
A badly demolished rig lying by the
roadside out near the college on last Sun
day afternoon told the story of run-a-
way. that was bad enough in its nature
but it mi hit have been far worse. Sun
day as Arthur Buchanan and Ray
Goodrich were driving frisky horse up
the road on the south side of the college
campus the cuitan took a sudden desire
to investigate matters behind him so he
began operations by kicking the dash
board and other parts OF the buggy
into the faces of those in the We
hicle. Dashing swiftly down the road,
the animal soon becam unmanageable,
and breaking through his harness, freed
himself from the buggy and driver and
sped away to weary himself at his own
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