Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-01-12

Hall who has been acting as nurse IN this
district, sent letter to sheriff Rickard,
Wednesday, asking that clothes be sent
to him, as he wished to come home,
The ladies of the basket ball team ol
| the o A @ will meet team of ladies
from Albany in a friendly contest in the
armory at the college this evening at Z :l5.
Following this will be an indoor baseball
game between the o. A. @. nine and q
team representing Albany college.
Joseph Bryant is home from his visit
to Missouri, and the signs of prosperity
he saw there are calculated to place that
state in the republican calendar. The
corn crop is the largest in these fifty
years and the price per bushel is 35 cents,
when 20 cents is considered good. The
price of cattle is high aud farmers are
thrifty and happy.
The motion of Attorney General Black
burn to dismiss. the. appeal in the case of
State of Oregon, respondent. VS. E. D.
Horner, appellant, for the reason that
the notice of appeal In this case was not
directed to and served upon the clerk of
the court, where the judgment roll was
fled, was allowed in an opinion handed
down by the supreme court Monday.
At its recent meeting Corvallis Grange
No. 242 elected the following officers:
DR. Jas Withycombe, worthy master;
Mrs Isabel Homer, overseer; Mr. ] 2
Irvine, lecturer; Mr. w Z Sharp, steward
Mrs McCaustland. chaplain; Prof F L
Kent, treasurer; Mrs H L French, secre-
tary; Prof E R Lake, gate keeper; Mrs
Precious Shedd. Pomona: Miss Nina
Yates, Flora; Mrs F Yates, Ceret; Mrs
Withycombe, lady assistant steward.
fridays Oregonian contains intelli-
gence of the death of r. R. Walker, SON.
in-law of Mr.. Rowland Fisher, who lives
just west of this city. Mr.. Walker was
was we'll known in Corvallis. where he
resided for many years. Thursday morn
ing he was found dead in his bed by
his wife and the coroner's jury in its yer-
dict gave as the cause of death, "Cere-
bral hemmorrhage. Mr.. Walker was
38 years of age. a widow and two child
rem survive him.
A man in rather peculiar uniform
passed through Corvallis Wednesday.
He is in the employ of Uncle Sam in
the capacity of light heuse keeper and
Eoo hoo cto of Ha0afo l;0I,f
house for some time, but has been trans
ferred to the sound. He was on his way
via the g. & E. to his future post. He
was wearing the regulation navy blue
with large brass buttons and an emblem
on his cap of government light house
for ships that pass in the night.
Some one seems to be laboring under
lnisapprehension regarding the pur-
chase Of the filing cases by the coanty
court It is stated that a much larger
and more serviceable case could have
been purchased for an additional outlay
of $312. This is a mistake. The case
secured by the court is to cost $732.
The other case mentioned, was offered
for 81 1888, difference of 5000. The bid
ders, however, offered to take the pres
ent splendid case which stands in the
clerks Office and is valued at $500 or $500,
in part payment, allowing for it 5000.
This still leaves cash difference of
$4O6. and the court felt that the PROPOSE
tion would not justify the outlay.
The affairs of the telephone company
which have been looked after by Ho des
& Hall every since the building of the
line to this city six or seven years ago,
are to be taken in hand by the company,
and an operator will be employed to give
her entire time to looking after the tele-
phone business in Corvallis. The Office
is still in the building occupied by the
Pioneer Bakery, but it has been greatly
enlarged and improvements added.
Miss lFrancis Brown will continue as
operator. Miss McKinnon, of Portland,
is in the city, giving instructions and
Strengthening up the affairs of the COM
pany.
From reliable sources We learn that
party of thirteen men are engaged in
resurvey of the Corvallis and Eastern
railroad near Hampton Buttes in this
county. Some two months ago Mr..
Eckleson, who made the survey some
ten years since, was ordered to proceed
to Ontario and make a survey for the
purpose of Strengthening the line where
practicable, which he is now doing,
For the first time in the history of the
road work has been commenced witho ut
blare of trumpets aud it is possible
that the management have actually de-
cided to do something besides making a
bluster. At all events, surveying is an
excellent Indication that something is on
the tapis.-Prineville Journal.
The number of road districts iu Benton
county has been reduced from As to 16
and the voting precincts, by the abolish
ing of Lobster precinct, from 16 to 15.
This is in conformity with the law which
provides that the boundaries of road
district must lie wholly within the
boundaries of the election precinct.
This does not limit the number of road
districts to the number of election pre-
cincts, as the former may be established
upon the petition of citizens. The only
election precinct having two road dis
tricts is Monroe. At the February term
the court will appoint road supervisors to
serve until the election of their successors
in June, and it is expected that the voters
of each district will make known their
choice for supervisor by petition to the
conrt.