Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-30

OTtldDu.
Charley FELTON, arrived in Corval
lis, his cid home, a few days ag
from Eastern Oregon. He has bee
away from Corvallis for severa
years and on his return brought
number of horses with him, whicl
: he expects to sell.
We have been asked to correct
statement made by our contempt
D rary to the effect that the Eastern
Star lodge will meet in regular ses
sion next Friday night. The fac
is they are to meet this evening
Tuesday, October 3Oth.
All parties interested in the poul
try business or kindred industrie:
are requested to meet at the cour
room in the court house next Satur.
day at l p. M, to perfect arrange
ments for holding poultry show
in this city December 18th.
The frame is now up for the new
residence now being built by Clyde
Phillips on his property. The
structure will replace ths old build
ing formerly occupied by the family
of Prof. Bristow and will be an Or
nament to that neighborhood.
There will be republican rally
at Oak Grove, Friday, November 2,
at $50 p. m. A program has been
prepared consisting of short ad-
dresses by speakers from Corvallis
and songs by the quartet. This is
the quartet whose singing has
made it SO popular during this cam
paign. An enjoyable time is as
sured and everybody is invited.
The annual convention of the w
c I U of this county was keld in
Philomath during Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday of last week.
Mrs. B. W. Wilson and Mrs. Nc
Cormick were among those who at
tended from this city. Mrs. Har-
ford, prominent worker of New
berg, was present and assisted at
the meetings. A very entertaining
and profitable session is repo, ted.
In the game of football between
the Salem Athletic Club and U. of
O. teams at Eugene, Saturday, Sa-
lem was victorious as the GAZETTE
predicted, the score being 5 to o.
Scott, O. A. C's quarterback last
season was tower of strength. The
Eugene Register says; "The work
of Scott, the quarter back frcm m O.
A. c., was phenominal." Sam Thurs
ton played tackle. We hope the
university has met her last defeat
this season.
Jeweler E. P. Greffoz has secured
a graphaphone which he intends
presenting tol hiss customers. His
plan is this: Every purchaser of
fifty cents worth of goods, between
November 1st, 1900, and January
lst, 1901, will be given a ticket
which entities him or her to a
chance on the graphaphone, which
will be awarded at drawing to be
held on the last-named date. The
instrument is no cheap affair, but
is first-class in every respect.
A band has been organized in
Corvallis with view to concert
work and general advancement in
music. Only the better class of
music will be rendered. Quite
has been ordered from
a publishing house in New York
oiby. The personnel of the band is
as follows: F r Overlander, solo
BIB clarinet; f Steiwer, End BIB
clarinet; J McBrian and E Redd,
solo and 1st BIB cornets; E Slmp.
son, saxaphone; C A Barnhart and
II. Martyr, altos; V Moses and ]
Wiley, trombones; G., L. Paul,
baritone; G. Riddle, tuba; I r Dan
lei, traps; Ruthyn Turney, director.
Herbert friendly arrived in Cor
wallis, Monday noon, from Port
land. He is now in the employ of
the Oregon Telephone Company
and came up to his old home to
put in a new switchboard in the
central office in this city. 1t is
considered quite a task to properly
place such board and he expects
to be il the city for about week.
There will also be some changes
made in the central office that will
give more room. 1t may be that
when the time of changing from
the old to the new switchboard ar
rives there will be brief period
that the line will be, out of service,
although it may be that this will
not be necessary:
The Albany Tent of the Macca-
BEES had some special instruction
asst night and invited the degree
seam of the Corvallis lodge to come
over and assist in the work and
make the occasion a rally feature
ior the opening Of the work for the
winter. The team accepted the in
Titation and about twenty members
Of that city came over, headed by
state representative I. NJ. Hunter.
They had gotten fairly we'll started
and were getting into the mysteries