Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-18
LOCAL NEWS.


Alsea hol.y at Zierolfs.
New goods all the time at Nolar
& Callahan's.
Fine, large, oil paintings, from
50 up, at Barnhart's.
ga good tale bears repeating"-
there's no hat like F. L. Miller
$500 Kingsbury.
Ira Whitney, student at the
o A G, was compelled to return to
his home at Chitwood, owing to i'll
ness.
Grant Elgin was the recipient O.
u combined attack Of earache and
tonsilitis that kept him from ap.
pearing at the recorders Office Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Campbell
and son returned last Friday from
their Thanksgiving visit with rela-
tives of Mrs. Campbell at Corvallis
West Side.
Mrs. Chester Rust moved in
from near Philomath last week and
+, took up her residence with her sis
ter, Mrs Afford Rust, who lives on
the old Bcther's place near Thomas
Cooper's.
The State Board of Agriculture
completed its annual session at
Salem, Friday, DR.. Jas. Witty
combe, of this city, was elected
superintendent of the live stock de-
partment.
Frank Groves, Of Corvallis, was
n Independence during the week.
Frank is manager Of the Corvallis
opera house and was looking up
the "Under Sealed Orders" COM
pany.-West Side.
George A. Houck, of Moaroe,
answers, in the Homestead, the
question recently asked regarding
goats and bull thistles. Mr. Houck
states that goats will kill the
thistles. He should be good author
ity on this subject as he is one Of
the leading goat-raisers Of the state.
The poultr, show opens today.
It is to be heldin the Farra & Allen
brick in this city. Everything
possible is being done to make the
exhibit success. That it will be
interesting goes without saying.
This evening the Corvallis Band
will play couple of overtures to
give interest to the occasion.
Sen. w. w. Steiwer and family,
of Fossil, Oregon, arrived here Sat-
urday. They will remain in this
city visiting relatives until the leg
isIature meets. Senator Steiwer in
a brother of John F. Stsiwer, while
his wife is sister OF the Misses
Hoover, also residents of Corvallis,
so that the visit will be doubly i'm
teresting for them during their stay.
Invitations are out for the mill
tary ball and concert to be given by
the officers of o A c battalion at
the Armory. Friday evening, De-
cember 81. Parsons orchestra, of
Portland, will furnish music for the
occasion and grand concert will
be given from s until 9 o'clock.
An effort is being made to make
this the affair par excellence of
the season.
The State Board Of Agriculture
has ordered that 1925 be set apart
for displays Of the agricultural and
horticultural products of the various
counties, variety and quality to be
CONSIDERED in distributing prizes.
The county making the best ex-
hiblt will receive $3.50 and silver
cup valued at 800; second prize,
5000; third, $3.50; fourth, 800;
fifth, s75; sixth, $50. The prizes
are established at this time in or
der that every UNITY may have
ample time to arrange for its ex-
hibit at the fair.
Government institutions of learn
ing along the Pacific Coast are rap
idly introducing higher scientific
study In the classroom. A knowl-
edge Of the molecular transforma-
tions, constantly going on in de-
composing vegetable matter, and re-
turning it back to the earth as
plant food, seems to be confined to
the few individuals who have made
this branch a special study, In
view Of the Importance Of a wider
dissemination of knowledge SO
valuable to the rising generation,
the Oregon Agricultural College
has wisely added this study to the
curriculum, and its senior class
enjoys the privilege of obtaining a
thorough elementary course through
class work, aud laboratory practice,
embracing a study of the bacterial
diseases of man, and of domestic
animals, fermentation, dairy bac-
teriology, and micro. organisms of
fho aofl and water