Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25

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week.
J. c. Taylor recently added to the
attractiveness of his dwelling by
placing very large plate glass
! window in it.
James Osburn was a visitor at
the state fair, last week. Jim is
quite enthusiastic over some of the
stock exhibited there.
| J. G. Taylor attracted much at
ten.ion few days ago with a box
lof Belgian hares he had on exhibi-
tion at his meat market.
| Prof. Helen V. Crawford arrived
in this city from her home in Linn
county, Thursday in order to as
sumo her duties which began at the
o A G yesterday.
Claude and Miss Blanche Riddle
arrived from their home in Riddell,
Southern Oregon, Friday. They
will resume their studies at the
Agricultural College.
Miss Ellen J. Chamberlain, Lady
dean at the o A C, arrived from
Salem, Friday. She has visited
many of the valley cities and made
journey to Seattle as well during
her vacation.
Hon. Fred E. Holloway, of Indi-
ana, who will address the voters Of
this county at the Odd Fellows
hall in Philomath, tomorrow after
noon, has the reputation of being
an eloquent and forcible orator, and
those who hear him are promised
treat. In the evening he will speak
under the auspices of the Mckinley
and Roosevelt club at the court
house in this city. The Filipino
quartet will furnish music for the
occasion. Everybody is cordially
invited.
DR.. James Withycombe left last
night for Springfield, Illinois,
where he VIII attend the state fair,
and he will visit the principal agris
cultural experiment stations in the
East, and go to Washington. He
is looking up the cattle interests.
Hs returns home in December,
when he will take up the matter of
farmers institutes. He says the
stock exhibit at the Oregon State
Fair this year ia the best ever seen
in the Pacific Northwest.-Friday's
Statesman.
Joaquin Miller, the poet, who is
in China, credits Ii Hung Chang
with saying that if it had been
known that there was not much
loot in, Pekin, the allied forces
would not have been in such a
hurry to get there. Miller met
the old statesman at Canton, and
had long interview with him.
The Dalles Chronicle. The chances
are that there is about as much
"moon-shine" in this statement of
Joaquin's as the majority of his Au-
rora Borealis items that he sent
homefrom the Yukon a few winters
back.
The college opened Monday with
every indication of an increased at
tendance this year. The examina.
tions of last Friday and Saturday
showed a gain of nearly fifty per
cent in the number of Freshmen
making application for admission.
Numerous old students arrived on
all trains yesterday and were reg
istering all afternoon. At the time
of going to press it was impossible
for US to secure figures, but those
in position to know were of the
opinion that the number of matric-
ulations would be greater than
those of the opening day last year.
The subject of aGrandfather's
Clock" is attracting much atten-
ton in different sections and the
latest addition to literature in this
line is contributed by the Inde-
pendence West Side as follows:
"W. G. Cressy, speaking about Dee
Davidson's egrandfather's clock,
says that he has a clock older yet.
HIS grandfather bought it in 1890,
a hundred and ten years ago and
that the clock has been running
ever since. The works are of brass,
the pendulum being about three
feet long. Mr.. Cressy says he
wouldn't take good farm for that
clock"
Sheriff Burnett and J. N. McFad-
den returned Friday evening from,
a visit to the state fair at Salem.
They speak in high praise of the
fair. The exhibits were unusually
fine. tits thought that the live
stock exhibits of former years were
none of them equal to the stock at
the fair this year. On account Of
rain the race course was not in
prime condition, but some very in
teresting contests were pulled off.
Everything was entertaining from
start to finish of the fair and had
the weather been favorable the
attendance would have been the
largest ever seen On q similar occa-
sion at Salem.
II. L. Walden, travelling freight
and passenger agent of the Corvallis
& Eastern Railroad, will leave in a