Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-10-06

illness, appeared OIL the streets Tuesday
! for the first time in many days.
Miss Della Barnhart returned hom,
from weeks visit with her friend Mrs
D. G. Dutton, in Salem.
Senator john D. DAILY, of Corvallis
was in the city yesterday, registering a
the Willamette.-Tuesdayis Statesman.
Victor Moses has returned from his
outing in the southern part of the state,
and is again at his place in the clerk
Office.
I A caravan of Siwash Indians, witt
their pappooses, ponies and packs passed
through Corvallis, Monday on their way
to their happy hunting
grounds near Siletz.
Chauncey Depew, of Portland, who re
sided in Corvallis several years ago, was
iu the city Tuesday, visiting old friends
and inspecting the college with the view
of attending the OAC,
There was banging of fire arms aad
scurrying of dogs and hunters on the
hunting grounds surrounding Corvallis
on last Sunday and Monday, announc-
ing the fact that the open season for kill
ing Chinese pheasants had arrived.
The Chinese are now preparing for
their annual harvest festival. The local
celestials are making preparations for
their annual jubilee land thanksgiving.
though not Oh SO large scale as in the
larger cities where the Chinese are more
numerous and where perhaps they have
more to be thankful for.
The Oregon Agricultural college made
nice display of stock at the state fair,
says the Oregon Agriculturist. DIR.
Withycombe, viee-director of the expert
ment station was in charge of the college
exhibit. He is known to be one OF the
best judges of live stock in fhe state or
on the Pacific coast. He is selecting
specimens of difietent breeds of stock
which are both typical and creditable
These representative specimens are used
in teaching students the points of merit
and how to judge them in cattle and
horses.
Quite discussion has arisen among
sportsmen and others in regard to the
number of birds that may be killed in
day by single person. In regard to
this Warden Quimby has the following
to say: The limit to the number of
birds that may be killed in day does
not apply simply to one kind. but :
hunter can kill only fifteen of all kinds
of birds combined. Deputy game war;
dens are authorized to examine game
bags that have too full an appearance.
Birds cannot be sold, but they may be
shipped as gifts to friends. and the ex-
press companies may receive them for
this purpose.
There was enjoyable church social at
the Southern Methodist church Wadnes
day members, students and friends of the
united ami shared in the
festivities of the moment. The occasion
was reception given in honor of Rev. |
Hyatt, the minister who is to take charge
of the pastoral work of the church in
the future. A literary program opened |
The evenings entertainment; this was
followed by refreshments in profusion
and lastly by remarks by Rev. Stevens
Of the Christian church, Rev. Noble of |
The Baptist church and Hon. John Bur-
nett. Rev. Hyatt is an able young man
and enters into his duties here with the
kindly support Of "a large number of ad-
nirers and friends.
Work is progressing most rapidly dur
ing this good weather on the clty-college
sewer, and should the present fair wealth
er hold for any length of time the work |
men will be able to make good show
ing on the job before the winter rains
arrive, when the work will need to be
carried on at q great disadvantage.
About eighteen men are employed, the
crew being equally divided between those
working on the Jefferson street division
and those employed at Van Buren street,
where the the lower sewer will have its
The sewer at each place is dug
to the rivers level in order to give suffi-
cient fall to lead the water from the col
lege grounds, 1t is an enormous task,
but when completed, Corvallis will take
a back seat with none of them when it
comes to the question of sewers.
The sight of $3.50 coin is a rarety
as very few are in circula-
ton, and they can seldom be procured or
seen even at the banks. Such coins used
to be very plentiful, especially about
election times, as they were considered
about the proper thing to present to
members of certain political clubs as
souvenirs, and it was no uncommon
thing for certain persons to have pockets
full OF them to present to voters, or to
have around on election day at those
places where they would do the most
good. Many persons avoided taking
$3.50 pieces whenever it was possible,
and they faded away SO rapidly tina it
has been thought by many that great
amount of them have been paid awav as
ten-cent pieces. One of these myster-
-ious and undesirable coins was noticed
in the hands of Corvallis citizen the
other day, which called to mind those
days of long ago when there was such a
discrimination made in the choice of
coins-a state of affairs that the rising
genera tion of today cannot understand.