Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-04

nected with the settlement of thu
estate Of the late .Tolbert Carter.
A reception was rendered Brady
Burnett last evening by the Span
ish War Veterans. on the, eve O
his departure for Washington.
The United Evangelical churcf
building has been partially carpeteo
and the seats treated to a coat Of
shellac and now presents neat
appearance.
The state encampment Of the G.
A. R. of Oregon, will be held in La
Grande, June 10 and 20, and the
district encampment will be held
on the three days following.
Tickets are now on sale at Trask
& Settlemier's for THE Passion
Play" at the Opera House tomor-
row night. General admission %
cents; reserved seats 35 cents.
Clyde Phillips has been selected
as judge offeld events, and Z. r.
Bryson timekeeper, to serve at the
1900 field meet of the inter collegiate
Amateur Athletic Association of
Oregon at Salem next June.
Quite a number of May baskets
were left at different places about
this city on May Day. One of
these baskets was left attached to
the door knob of this office, and
although left in the name of an in
dividual of the staff, the entire
force express qualification and re-
turn thanks.
Oregon will be advertised at the
Paris Exposition with an exhibit of
Sc cases containing fruits, vegeta-
bles, minerals, forestry exhibits and
fishery exhibits These were COL
lected through the efforts of Col. H.
E. Dosch and will be forwarded by
the S. P. Co., with the California
exhibit.
The Rev. G. Mclean, Ph. D., of
Vancouver, Wash, has accepted a
call of the vestry of the Good Sam
aritan church, and will take charge
on the first of May. He will arrive
in Corvallis today or tomorrow. His
family will remain in Vancouver
until after the graduation of the
eldest son from the nigh school.
They will join Dr. Mclean some
time during the last of the month
The Rev. Mclean will hold services
on Sunday, the 9Th inst, at II a.
m. and 7:30 p. m. A cordial invita-
ton is extended 10 all.
Mr.. E. J. Dunn, recently received
a letter from a brother, DIR. E. H.
Dunn, of Kansas City, Mo-, in
which it was stated that the re-
mains of their brother, Chester
Dunn, private of Co. E, 34th In
fautry, U. S. Volunteers, who lost
his life in the service of his country
in the Philippines, were to be ex-
humed as soon as climatic condi-
tions on the island will permit.
The remains are then to be shipped
to the old home of the fallen soldier
in Iowa. According to the quarter
master generals report this will
not likely occur before fall.
Charles Porter, a son Of J. H.
Porter, farmer at the prison, un-
derwent an operation at the Salem
hospital, last evening, tor tuber-
culosis of the bone, by which the
thumb and little finger of his left
hand were amputated. Mr.. Porter,
who is graduate of the Oregon
Agricultural College at Corvallis,
has taught school in Sherman coun-
-ty for some time. Lately he suf-
tered considerable pain in his left
hand, and thinking it rheumatism,
paid little attention to it until his
pain became so acute as to demand
medical attendancs. He consulted
physician, but found no relief.
Giving up his school, he returned
to the family home near Stayton,
and there consulted DIR. j. M.
Kitchen, the family physician.
That gentleman at once discovered
the seriousness of the case, and ad-
vised Mr.. Porter to come to Salem
and submit to an operation. This
he did, and'Drs. w. H. Byrd and L.
N. Smith performed the operation,
with the above stated result
Statesman.