Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-03
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LOCAL NEWS.
Circuit court is now in session.

Circuit court is now in session.
Look for the Thanksgiving dinner b
the ladies of the M. E. church.
Mrs. Geo. Kerr is the guest of Post
master Stanton and wife. of Toledo, thi
week.
Mrs Dentler came in from the Gellatl,
farm a few days ago and will spend
week in Corvallis
The revival meetings at the Christian
church have been continued this week
and many have been brought into the
fold.
Miss Leona Smith left Thursday fol
San Francisco, where she will begin {
course in the study OF music.
Mrs. Tom Bell and Mrs. DIR. Farra lef
on Wednesdays train for Portland
where visit of several days is to b.
made.
All the clergymen of the city are invi
ted to meet at DIR. Thompson's study on
Monday morning at ten o'clock for inn
portant business.
James Flemming returned from Cor
wallis Wednesday evening, accompanied
by his nephew, Arthur Flemming. The
latter recently came to Corvallis wiah his
parents from Hastings. Nebraska.-Lin.
coin Leader.
The wild goose in his southwark flight
has suffered slightly from the hands oi
Corvallis sportsmen. Six large fellows
were bagged by Alex Rennie and Coach
Stickney, Sunday last and other sports
men have been equally successful.
The wheelmen of Corvallis were given
mary sidewalks, Wednesday, that day be-
ing the 1st of November and the first
day set by the council when such prive-
leges would be allowed according to the
new bicycle law.
At the home of Miss Minnie Buxton,
member of the society, the Pierian
ladies entertained a number of their
gentlemen friends on Tuesday night.
1t was one OF those college times, the en-
joyments of which must be experinced to
be appreciated.
Over at Yaquina the Salmon are Bit
ing furiously so they say and many of
the fnny beauties are being caught. 1t
is claimed by the fishermen that fishing
was never better in the bay. A party
left Corvallis Tuesday for the bay to take
advantage of the fishing season.
: Uncle Jimmy Hayes of Corvallis was
in Toledo last Saturday accompanied by
his neektie The latter was rather noisy
and narrowly escaped being pulled sew
eral times. but the conduct of Uncle JIM
my himself was perfect. He had a fine
time with his old friends. but it must
have cost at least 35 cents.-Lincoln
Leader.
Linn Hunter who came from his home
in Texas some time ago to visit his 'rela-
tives and friends in Corvallis will return
in short time to the Lone Star state.
Mr.. Hunter finds the Webfoot climate
unfavorable to his health and during his
stay here he has been confined to his
room the greater part of the time. He
ia afflicted with an illness resulting from
most severe attack of pneumonia.
The dairymen throughout the surround.
ing country are now thoroughly realizing
the value of the creamery in their neigh
borhood. They find that to receive 20
cents or 2211a cents pound for their but
ter fat is much more profitable than to
make the butter and dispose of it them
selves. Creameries are doing much
better business than formerly and the
farmer is correspondingly prosperous as
result of the presence OF the creamery.
Over thirty young people of the town
and cole ge have formed a choral class
for the study of music reading. 1t
meets at the college chapel on We'd
by Prof. w. F. Gates. who is an ex-
perienced teacher of singing classes
and leader of choruses. Persons enjoying
singing or wishing to learn to read
music should join the class at once. The
total expense for the term is $I.0O.
A very pleasant and enjoyable home
social was that given by Miss Leona
Smith at her home last Friday night.
Some thirty or more of her college and
city friends were invited and enjoyed the
many pleasures always afforded by an
evening spent at the Smith home.
Games of various kinds occupied the at
tention of the guests, delicious refresh
ments were served, and the company de-
parted at midnight, cherishing the happy
thought that an enjoyable evening had
been spent.
There is a decided movement among
Benton county farmers to direct more of
their attention to the thoroughbred stock
business. In cattle. sheep and goats
there are in the county very large num-
Der of superior herds-a proportionateIy
larger number, perhaps, to the number oI
farmers in the county than in any other
county in the state-and the importation
of fancy animals is continually in pro-
gress. Caleb Davis received for addition
to his goat herd. on Monday past, fine
Angora buck, from the famous J.. G.
Hogg herd in Iowa. He is fine, mag
niicient buck, costing $75 at his home,
and adding to this his railway fare and
board bill on the way to Webfoot, he
cost his purchasers $94. 40. He was tax.
en- to the Davis goat ranch on Woods
Creek.