Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-15

A. F. Peterson went to Portland
Wednesday. He went strictly on
business and could not state just
how long he would be absent.
Mrs. E. E. Paddock returned,
Wednesday, to her home in Inde-
pendence, after visiting several
days with old friends in Corvallis.
Mrs. H. Watkins, of Prescott,
Wash, arrived in Corvallis Satur-
day. She will remain about a
month visiting with relatives and
friends.
J. M. Cameron went to Portland
Tuesday for the purpose of laying
in additional stock for his harness
shop. From what Mr.. Cameron
says, business is quite lively with
him.
The Rev. H. L. Boardman, A. NJ.
president of McMinnville College,
will preach at the Baptist church
Sunday evening. Service COM
mences at 8 o'clock; a cordial well
come TO all.
DR.. Edward Bennett was in Cor
Wallis Wednesday arranging some
business matters. He is located at
Dusty, having recently returned
from ST. Louis, Mo-, where he took
a postgraduate course in medi-
cine.
Tuesday G. Hodes received a pos
tai card from Carl Hodes, who has
reached his old home1n Herselle,
Germany. The note was quite
brief, but tgives assurance of Carl's
safe arrival at the end of his long
journey.
There are two first-cl oppor-
tunities afforded for pleasure-seek-
ers tomorrow. One is the grand
picnic at Calloway's grove, and the
other is the excursion to the bay,
given bv the o A G students. The
train will leave Corvallis at 6:15 a.
The Corvallis Orchestra will furn-
ish the music for the o A G COM
mencement exercises. This will
insure good music, as there are
eight members in the orchestra and
they have had sufficient practice on
concert music to handle the very
best selections.
The annual prize drawing OF the
San Francisco Examiner has taken
place. Thousands looked in vain
for their name on the list of prize
winners. Ed Phillips, the photog-
rapher, was the only one in Cor
wallis so far as is known who drew
prize. He drew pair of shoes.
The census enumerators are as
busy as bees and are about early
and late. They are allowed three
cents head for the living and five
cents per head for the enumeration
of the dead They can make pretty
good wages in a city, as the noses
to be enumerated are not great
distance apart.
On July 4th the eagle will scream
in Corvallis. Everything points tc
a good celebration this year. The
committees are all able and willing
to carry out the program as they
may decide upon it, and from the
present indications it is possible
the celebration will commence on
the 3rd and continue two days.
The Albany Herald in comment.
ing on the bail game Sunday be.
tween Corvallis and Albany, states
that the score against their boys
was so large that no one has figured
it out yet. But adds that the de-
feat suffered set them to thinking
and they have gone to work II
earnest fer the Strengthening O
their nine.
AL Johnson, who was at one tim,
connected with the Occidental
saloon bet his mustache egains
another fellows on who would b,
elected mayor of Portland. A
lost and an exchange remarking OF
his appearance states that "as h
hands out the bottles and glasse
he looks more like minister thar
a liquor dealer"
The Kiln. ball team are to pla,
the McMinnville team tomorrow a
a big picnic that is to be given a
Amity. On Sunday they again
play the same team, but this gam
is to be played in McMinnville
Many of the local sports are willing
to back Corvallis as a winner
However these affairs are about a
uncertain as many other things il
life.