Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-10-27
Nolan s. Callahan. RESERVE

Goats-2 Billys for sale No. l stock.
Will exchange one for Nannys. Apply
J. E. Fisher, N. West Odd Fellows Gem.
etery.
Fl. N. Stockton, returned home or
Monday, from Salem, where he and a
partner have been working up Souvenir
of Marion county, in Salem.
The Telephone company have PLACED
several new wires on the line in Corvallis
during the last week and a new exchange
card has been prepared with several new
names on the list.
Leslie Lilly, of ofCorvallis, has purchased
the Mrs. Welker place near Oak Greek
and the deed was closed up Tuesday.
MIR. Lilly and family will arrive here in
a week or ten days.-Rose burg Review
The Corvallis Firemen, their friends
and ladeis, united in an enjoyable hop a
the city hall last Saturday night. The
evening was an enjoyable one for all pres.
ent and the usual excellence of the Fire
mems dances was maintained.
The condition of the sidewalks owe,
various parts of town, has become such,
since the late rains, that many who cross
them become cross; the gentlemen spoil
ing their much priced shine, and the
fashionable ladies bedrabbling the long
trains of their skirts.
U of O has chal lenged the football
team OF Ashland for match game to be
played sometime between Novem Der 4th
and thanksgiving. 1t might be remark
ed as a matter of fact that they need not
go SO far away from home to find team
that could interest them.
"Heart of The Valley" the recent
publication has been reduced in price to
Is cents. While they last they will be
sold at the book stores at this price, or
they will be sent to any address on re-
ceipt of price. Address, "Heart of The
Valley Corvallis, Oregon.
Wednesday afternoon sneak thief
stole gold watch and $29.50 in money
from room in the Franklin Honse. A
little son of Mr.. Germansen, the propri-
etor of the house, had small iron safe in
his trunk The safe contained 500. so
and gold watch, and during the after
noon some one entered the room, broke
open the trunk and carried away the safe
and contents No clue to the thief.
Herald.
Although the early rains pro missed to
put the range into the finest condition for
the fall feed, the late weather has been a
and stockmen report un-
favorable grass conditions at the present
time: The first rains started the grass
to growing, and all over the mountains,
as well as on the lower levels, the feed
was beginning to attain a good growth
but the latter warm, dry weather put a
stop to the growth and now the prospects
are not the brightest for frst-class feed
for the sheep a.d cattle this
fall.
G. H. Blanchard, about whose m yster-
ious disappearance something has been
said in these columns, appears to be still
in the land of the living. The Sunday
Mercury, after giving an account of his
exploits in Salem says: He was accom-
panied by his dog and had blankets
with which he made his bed on the bank
OF Mill creek. 1t was noticed that the
dog had been keeping lonely watch on
the otherwise deserted blankets which
gave rise to rumor that Blanchard was
drowned and fruitless search was made
for him. He turned up later several
miles out of Salem looking for his dog.
Navigation in the Upper Willamette
has opened in good season this year.
The October rainfall has done for farmers
and shippers what has generally been
left to November. The records of steam
boating ia the days antedating the rail-
road era, when the fact meant business
stagnation, show number of years in
which there was not good boatin ::
stage of water on the Willamette until
near Christmas. The loyalty OF the farm
ers to the river in the matter of shipping
their wheat, and latterly their hops and
other products of diversified agriculture,
is we'll known. They are congratulating
themselves and are subjects for congrat-
ulation in that the present season was
not late one in river navigation Ore
gonian.
Prof French, formerly professor of
agriculture at the OAc, now an occupant
of the same position in the Idaho Agri-
cultural College was visitor at the re-
cent exposition in Spokane. The follow
ing is from the Agriculturist: Prof.
French, o. the Idaho Agricultural Col
lege, was visitor at the Spokane Stock
Show and was highly elated over the fine
showing of livestock. Prof. French is a
great lover of livestock and is doing
much good in this line. He says the
college at Moscow will take up the feed
ing problem on large scale this winter
and hope to practically demonstrate TO
the farmers the value of feeding and
breeding livestock The professor says
the outlook for their farmers institute
meetings the coming winter are very
bright and they intend to hold them in
every nook and corner OF the state this
season.