Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-18
Additional Local

!. Elegant Tailor-Made Suits, Co
: Capes, Jackets and Wraps, Ne1
York made, just received at Nolal
& Callahan's.
j Tom Monteith returned Saturday
night from a sojourn of week il
Portland and the valley cities. i
is safe to say that Tom would lik,
TO go again.
In a letter recently received by
c. B. Wells, from his sons, who are
now at LIE Due, N. W. T., it ii
stated that snow had fallen at thai
place August 18th, to the depth Of
two inches.
Families who can accommodate
young lady students of the o A c
with board and lodging, or who
wish to secure the services of young
lady students for their board and
lodging, will kindly notify Dean F.
Beachtold of the faculty.
The Improvement recently made
by W. S. Gardner on his photo
graph studio and residence property
is worthy of special mention. The
building has been remodeled and
enlarged, is attractively painted,
and plainly shows that Mr.. Gard
ner is well to the fore in the march
OF progress.
81. W. Hall has just received an
elegant assortment of campaign
horns. They are all the rage now
in tho East, and political rally
isn't considered complete without
them. They make as much noise
for one party as another. Local
campaigners should secure a sup
ply from Mr.. Hall Immediately.
They are vete-getters.
A day or two ago party carried
some ashes out and threw them
down back of the Occidental hotel.
There they were left, the party be-
ing under the impression that they
contained no fire. By chance they
were noticed later, when fire was
very much in evidence. Pers ons
having occasion to throw ashes out
cannot use too much caution as to
where they place them and whether
they contain fire or not.
George Eglin is in receipt of a
card from Joseph Gratha, of Allen.
ton, Mo-, in which the latter ex-
presses a desire for information re-
garding the general resources of this
country. Mr.. Gratha wants to
know how land rents, the price
asked for land improved and unim.
proved, wages of men and women,
something about the hop industry,
fruit, potatoes, etc. He states that
he is going to move to this county
and wishes to bring few families
along with him.
Prosperity item clipped from the
Albany Democrat: "a man travel
ing through the country between
Albany and Harrisburg counted
thirteen new barns, six new houses
and ten new windmills, ell put up
this year. Seven of the windmills
by the way, were Aermoter. This
is pretty good sign of prosperity
regardless Of poor wheat crop and
low wheat prices. Farmers have
turned their attention to other
things sufficiently SO that they are
not completely dependent upon
their wheat crops"
While SO much that is dismal is
being chronicled concerning the
failure of the wheat crop, it is pleas
ant to publish an item like the fol-
lowing. Mr.. Jas. Wilkinson, who
lives few miles south of town, re-
Gently cut his crop Of 26 acres of
timothy hay, the yield being 13O
tons. Last week he sold 1O2 ton
of it for approximately 1000. Mr..
Wilkinson has realized $40 per
acre for his 26 acres of hay. Speak
ing of the general failure of the,
wheat throughout the state, Mr..
Wilkinson said the theory advanced
that failure was due to impovsr-
ished soil is not a correct one. He
planted a small strip of wheat on
virgin land last year and its yield
was no better than that of land that
had been sown in wheat for years.
While continued growing of wheat
will in time impoverlsh any land,
present failure is due to some other
cause.