Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-10

It Barber Miller asks ''who eat thos
squashes ?"
g John Young left Saturday for low
where he goes to settle up an estate.
a B. F. Felger was granted diyore
from Laura Felger at the recent session
; of circuit court in Linn county.
s Rev. P. S. Knight will preach at th
Congregational church next Sunday. FL
will begin series of lectures to youn
people in the evening.
Regular services at the United Evan
gelical church morning and evening
Rev. s. NJ. Woods will preach in tn
morning and the pastor in the evening
Miss Edith Gibson is in Portland thi
week, where she spends week in eacl
month in continuing her studies il
music and drawing under Professor
Stebinger and Rollins.
Mrs. A! r. Peterson leaves shortly 70
Moro, to join her husband who has jus
completed a large court house at tina
lefty. Together they will visit brothers
and sisters of Mr.. Petersons beforeretur-
inng.
G. B. Wells, who has been superin
tendending the road work south %
town, has completed the work as far as
weather conditions will permit, and sub
mitted his report to the county court
We will publish it in detail next week.
At meeting of the ministers of the
city Monday morning in Rev. Mobiles
study, arrangements were made for q
Union Thanksgiving'ser to be held in
the M. E. church south. The annual
sermon will be preached by Rev. Mem
minger of the NJ. E. church.
very pleasant surprise was in store
for Mayor Crawford on the occasion OF
Miss Catherine divers visit to this city.
During conversational it developed that
Mr.. Crawford and Miss divers father
were roommates at college and Mr.. Craw-
ford was preseat at the wedding of Miss
divers father and mother.
A member of the party of home
seekers who left this vicinity for Alberta,
Canada, last spring was Mr.. 7. E. Bo-
hannon. Ia a recent letter TO relatives
Mr.. Bohannon expresses dissatisfaction
with that country and an intention to re-
turn to the Willamette Valley in the
spring. Lee Wells, another member of
the party, has secured employment some
100 miles from Alberta.
Heart Of the Valley by Dennis
Stovall. B. S., is a delightful little vol.
ume of stories in verse and prose, and is
meritous contribution to the field of Ore
gon literature. Its author is blessed
with lively Imagination and an ability
to convey to others his mental scenes OF
and reality. 1t is book of 100
pages and is worthy of place on every
centre table Oregon Native Son.
On account of the difference in the |
legal weight of a bushel of oats Oregon
gets black eye in reports of the average
yield per acre. In this state So pounds |
are required to make a bushel, while in
other states generally the standard is 80
pounds. The standard ought to be chang
ed in Oregon to conform to that used by |
other states as the existing standard is !
confusing and somewhat observation-disclosures
to producers.
Last Wednesday at midnight fire was |
in the general merchandise
store OF T.. P. Fish, at Toledo. Before
assistance could be rendered the fire had
gained such headway that it was impossi-
BILE to save either building or contents.
The stock OF millinery OF Mrs. Fish and
Waugh's meat market in the same build |
ing were also destroyed. The loss. was
between 5000 aud $4,000. There was
no insurance. Seven hundred bushels of |
grain stored in the building by Moses
Gregson were also lost. The origin of |
the fire is,unknown. During the fire a |
keg of powder exploded, blow
ing off the roof of the building.
Rev.J. "A. Hannah, an. old time resi-
dent OF Eugene, and later of Corvallis for
many years, but for the past five years
a resident of Los Angeles, California,
made us pleasant call today. He is on
a visit to his daughter. Mrs. Norris
Rev. Hannah says he has
not seen frost for five years until the
other morning. Sunshine gets monoto-
1ous down in Southern California, the
record for last year being $50 days there
Of with only s inches of rain. He says
many residences are not supplied with
any heating stoves or apparatus. the &C.
,upants using rochester lamp set in the
middle of the room for that purpose.
Mr.. A. A. Wilson, manager of the
Nelson-C Chelson advertising agencv, and I
1 brother OF our commission merchant,
mas just accomplished remarkable
ieat. A short time ago the Chicago
Housewrecking Company sent repre-
sentatiyes to Omaha with a view to /
buying the entire building used there
recently for exposition purposes. The
bargain was made. An order was
placed with Mr.. Wilson for 5000
copies of q 300 page catalogue
snumeating every pound of nails,
every foot of lnmber, in fact every
thing even down to the fish in the
lagoon, and the catalogues were in the
mails in less than two weeks.
The new heating plant is at last conn
pleted and was accepted by the board
Thursday. The entire cost of the plant
will be about 81, 800. The appropriation
made for the plant was $19,363. Heat
is now supplied TO the administration
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