Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-07-31
LOCAL NEWS.

"Dog lays" begin tomorrow
Chain your dog.
The thermometer reached 95 ir
the shade Sunday.
T. w. B. Smith will start his
threshing machine Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Shedd left
Saturday for month at Newport
d. D. Berman and family arrived
home Friday from visit at Soda.
Vile.
Adam Assell will go to Newport
today for couple of weeks recre-
alton
Water in the Willamette has
fallen so low, that it is a very diff.
cult matter for boats TO get to
Salem.
Julius Wuestefelt and family ar
rived Saturday from Newport,
where they have been for the past
two weeks.
The residence formerly owned by
Peter Rickard, during his term as
sheriff of this county, was sold Sat
urday to Prof. G. V. Shelton.
A fine Studebaker hack, pur-
chased by W. H. McMahan from
Huston & Bogue, was added to the
turnouts from the brick stable Sat-
urday.
Grover Headr;ck arrived from
Alsea Saturday evening and yes
terday went to Long Tom, where
he is to feed thresher for the lie
off boys.
Mrs. VIM. Bogue and son Floyd
are home from Alsea. They were
guests at the home of William
Headrick during their sojourn in
the little valley.
A new wooden building is being
constructed in the rear Of Graham
& Wortham's drug store. When
completed it will be occupied by
ku0 llllSS DIS d pESS5 IOOtIl.
Mrs. Mary Bryson and son, Ros-
coe, who together with Miss Olive
Hamilton ana Miss Griffin have
been visiting a week at Hotel Mon
terey, are expected home this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Trask return
ed Sunday from WOODBURY.. They
go to Newport today, where Mr..
Trask will open confectionery and
ice-cream stand in connection with
photograph parlors.
Mrs. Greenberg and two sons, of
San Francisco, departed Friday for
their home, having spent a month
visiting friends in this city. They
were accompanied to Albany by
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ Jacobs.
A citizen of Corvallis, while cross
ing the bridge at Albany, Sunday,
discovered it to be vn fire: the re-
suit of carelessness, no doubt. The
fire had no start to speak of, but
what "might have been" is hard to
say
FL Colvig, one of O A C's most
prominent athletes, passed through
Eugene OH his way TO Grants Pass.
He says that the university will
gain many students from Corvallis
next year on account of the recent
action of the Agricultural College
prohibiting intercollegiate athletics.
Register.
Sunday quite number of Cor
vallisite went to Albany to witness
the game of base ball. The Albany
team played against nine composed
of men from this city, Salem and
Philomath, and defeated them, the
score being 16 to Z. Albany had
an easy game, as no team can make
"a good showing without having
played together before.
The construction of a new walk
to the o A c building was placed
under the supervision of Attorneys
w. E. Yater and J. X. Weather.
ford. These gentlemen met feN
days ago and discussed the matter
They have decided to put in walk
of granite and sand. 1t was also
determined to tile that portion Of
the college land lying nearest town
Work will be commenced at once
there will be no delays.
Hermann Breyer is probably the
first member of the End Oregon ir
this city to take advantage of the
opportunity to secure one of the
medals offered by the state to the
volunteers who fought in the Phil
ippines. The medals are made o.
one of the bronze cannon captured
from Spain. The bar to which the
pin is attached bears the name o.
the volunteer, and upon secone
bar is inscribed the name of his
company. The medal proper is
about the size of half dollar.