Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-01
S. e. Young & Son
Albany, Oregon.
LOCAL NEWS.

Postmaster johnson and wife returne,
Monday from successful and enioyabl
fishing trip near Elk City,
DIR. Bowen er~ent fishing and ha
returned. He reports most pleasarf
trip with plenty of fish.
The professors who have been on thei
outing trips are returning one by one t.
prepare for. the next terms work which
opens on the 10Th of September.
Professor Chas. Johnson of the o
A. c., returned to Corvallis, Saturda.
from Cambridge, Mass. where he hal
completed mathematical course il
Harvard.
Prof. w. w. Bristow after few days
visit with his family left today iol
Athena, Eastern Oregon, where he has
position as principal ia the high
schools of.that city.
Many hop: :pickels are being engaged
from Corvallis to help gether in the hop
crop of the year. Several of the yard:
in the Buena' Vista district will be sup:
piled with pickers from Corvallis.
The mill people state that wheat will
open in the Corvallis market at 81 cents
or more. This, is the quotation placed
on old wheat at present, none is made
on recently threshed wheat SO far,..yet
the market will open in a few more days.
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We are pleased to announce that the
Shirley company will begin a weeks en-
gagement in this city, beginning Septem-
Der 25th The splendid impression nlade
by these excellent performers during
their appearance here last spring, insures
for them successful season, W
Mr.. Ed Crawford will leave Corvallis
on Monday to accept position in large
mercantile, establishment. in Astoria,
During his residence here. MIR: Crawford
has made many warm friends and at
quaintances who will regret hisdeparture
but who wish him every suecessin. his
new position.
The ladies of the Catholic church wish
generously patronized their ice-cream go
cial at the home of J. NJ. Nolan last We'd
nesday evening. Fifty-four doflafswele
the gross receipts of, the evening, con-
t.ibution which is duly appreciated, ard
gratefully acknowledged. . = -
Those who have fault to find with the
valuation placed on their property by the
assessor, will have the opportunity to
have matters Strengthened out at the
meeting of the county board of equaliza-
ton, at the court house from the 25th of
September and continuing one week.
The board consists OF the county judge,
the county clerk and the assessor.
j. Fl. Gallagher, member of Go. K.
oi the Oregon volunteers, visited Corval-
lis.on Saturday and Sunday. Mr.. Gall
lagher is one of our OAC's best football:
men and many will be glad to know that
he will return to school next year to aid
in upholding the honors of the orange.
The prospects for an excellent football
team at the OAC next season are very
good.
Oregon is getting full returns for the
liberal way she entertained the Edite-
rial Association. Oyer forty miles
of reading matter by the editors, all
speaking in the highest terms of Oregon
it's people and its resources. This is ad-
vertising of the right kind. Men-intel-
ligent men-were here, they saw, and
they tell what they saw in languag, all
their own.
One of the features Of the oregon In
dustrial Exposition this season will be
war museum, 1t will consist of trophies
relics and curios brought back. from the
Philippines by the Oregon volunteers
and the collection will be oae such as
was never before seen in the northwest
The fair will be held from Sept. % to
Oct, %, and the railroads will give re-
duced rates to the exposition.
The smoky weather that has visited US
each preceding year during the month of
August, has been minus article during
this season. 1t has been so wet no fires
could get started in the mountains and
the damp atmosphere has kept the air
perfectly clear, so that during the clear
davs, the mountains which year ago
this August could not be- SEEN are as
distinctly visible as in the early spring
time. SO far IS smoke is concerned.
The huge boiler OF the old steamer
Three Sisters which has been lying on
the river bank near the sawmlli since the
dismantling of of that vessel, has been
purchased by Mr.. A. F. Williams, of
Sacramento. Mr.. Williams was in this
city last week and superintendent the
loading OF the boiler on the cars here.
Upon it's arrival at Sacramento, it will
be placed on regular run between San
Francisco and Manila, Philippine Island.
S. H. Moore, who recently purchased
the Hunter farm. eight miles north of
Corvallis, for $5502s has arrived with his
family from Illinois. He is accompanied
by his father, who is looking for desir-
able property in Corvallis, and by an
other man, who is looking for farm to
purchase. The latter has a family of
eight. In all there are about eighteen
persons in Mr.. Meore's party of new
corners. Mr.. Moore brings hogs of
breed unknown in Oregon The hoofs
are solid, like the hoofs of horse. The
breed originally ran wild in the noun
tains of Mexico. ,..s