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

fOr business on Friday, Sep. 10.
DIR. Thompson will preach at the Oal
, Ridge Presbyterian church at p. m
) next Sabbath
We call the attention of our readers Il
the open letter addressed to them by F
L. Miller, on anotherpage.
Mrs. L. L. Horning and family wish
to express their sincere thanks to all who
so kindly assisted by word and deed dur
ing the illSess and death of daughter aud
sister, Jessie.
W Clifford Nash, instructor of music
in U. of o. passed through Corvallis Mon-
day on his way to Eugene. He has been
spending his summer vacation on the
Nash farm in Lincoln county.
Gellatly's new threshing machine is
making good the great things claimed for
it at the beginning of the season. Wednes
day, $50 bushels of wheat were threshed
in two hours and three quarters.
A wedding in which the deeply inter-
ested parties are a young Corvallis busi-
ness man and the daughter of one of the
leading farmers OF this county is schedul-
ed for the latter part of this month.
| Services of interest at the Presbyterian
church next Sabbath. Sabbath school
at 10 a. m. Preaching at IL a. m. and
7.30 p. m. Junior G. E. at 3 p. m. SEN
ior G. E. at $50. A very kind welcome
to all.
4 Seeing the popularity being gained by
the organization known as the Native
Sons, the ladies have conceived the idea
of similar organization and are perfect
ing an order in several of our Oregon
cities known as the Native Daughters of
! Oregon. Such an organization should
meet with immense favor in Corvallis
and We only wait further developments.
Subject at the Methodist Episcopal
church ds-day morning, ''The large
receptive capacity of the human sonl'
Sermon will de followed by the reading
of the "Rules of the church, and the sac
rament of the Lords Supper. In the eve
ming the theme will be, "a great trial fin
which an innocent man is condemned.
Next Sabbath will finish the work of the
conference year.
| A little misunderstanding arose last
Tuesday between Samp Henderson and
his unruly equine, as to whether the lat
ter should pass a moving train or not,
and the horse go. the better of the ar gu
ment. Just us the G, & E. pass enger was
laundering west, samp was jogging east
and had reached q point about a mile and
half beyond Phi1omath. His steed de-
termined to accept the locomotives SEEM
ing challenge for race, but i'll the hur-
ried turn which it made at the pole, samp
was spilled out and the buggy was upset.
The contest was close one, but as Mr..
Nag crossed the tape driverless the race
was given to the locomotive.
A matter of much annoyance and con-
siderable loss to grocerymen along Main
street is the handling of fruit by thought
less purchasers. A buyer will handle
half the fruit in his reach while consid-
ering purchase, while the dealer shut
fes about nervously, fearing to protest,
lest he offend his customer, while he
knows that more fruit is being bruised
and spoiled than he is making profits
from his sale. ''There is some fruit,
said merchant yesterday, (which lady
has just been handling. 1t is SO badly
bruised that she wouldn't think of buy
ing it if she came in tomorrow. L am
certain that this habit arises from
thoughtlessness, and by kindly calling
attention to the matter, it would be rem
edied to great extent" Let US hope SO.
Fhe council and people of Albany are
80 wrestling with the bicycle question.
',s last meeting Of the council of
It t.. " Az ordinance was proposed,
hat ci. lit 8 misdemeanor for any
which make vels on certain sidewalks
me to ride bic, +te year, with the
# anv time during using Q wheel
provision that cripples be exempt.
or purpose of travel shall Ssd with
All bicycles must, also, be supp tae
/ light after dark. Commenting on i
ordinance the Herald remarks: The dis
,ussion showed that majority of the
council did not favor requiring light on =
wheels when not on a sidewalk, and both
sections may be amended. Now II that
portion of the ordinance prohibiting b1-
cycles from any and all sidewalks during
months is dropped out, it will be {
l very respectable ordinance. {
With the school opening will come the
ong line of people at the postofflce
awaiting their mail when the trains come
IN. The college brings three or tour
hundre additional patrons OF the office
and folks are home from Vacations,
harvesting and hop-picking. One often
wonders that many of those who day
after day line up and wait impatiently
for their turn to inquire "any mail for
me ?" do not get boxes and not only save
themselves time but also shorten the
line for their fellow kind. The rent
for the post-ofice boxes, which goes to
the government, is only so cents, 75
cents and $1.00 ger quarter and for most
a 20 cent box is amply large. Those
having boxes have access to them day
and night. To man whose time is
worth anything so cents in three months
is not a great consideration, while the
wear and tear of his temper aud corns to
say nothing OF his time is often worth
that much in one day.