Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-05-22

Birthday"
Mrs, G. A. Waggoner has beer
Wis ting relatives in Albany.
Mr.. Jack Thomas is now on the
reportorial staff of the Times.
The G. A. R. enjoyed socia
evening Saturday in the Fisher
hall.
Mr.. Conn, of Albany, spent Sun
day with his brother-in-law, Robt
Huston.
Ben Felger has been appointed
census enumerator for Wren and
adjoining precincts.
The commencement exercises o1
the Corvallis public schools will
take place June 8th, when a fine
program will be rendered.
A number of citizens spent Sun
day in the foothills west of Corval-
lis IN quest of wild strawberries. In
some instances large quantities
were obtained.
Several hundred people attended
the picnic held at the old Bellfoun-
tain camp grounds Saturday: A
good many Corvallisites attended
and they all report a most enjoya-
BILE time.
Mrs. A. P. Gaines, formerly of
this city, but now Of Vancouver,
Wash, is quite i'll at Jefferson, Or,
where she was recently called to at
tend the funeral of her mother,
Mrs. Looney.
w. O. Heckart of this city was a
bidder for the contract of remodel
ing the Roseburg school house, his
offer being for $5,49O The con-
tract was let to John Hunter,
whose bid was for $4,409.
There will be a union school pic
mic at Browns bridge, a quarter of
a mile south of Plymouth church,
Saturday, June 9th. Addresses
will be made by Prof. J. M. Mar
tindale, uf Albany, and E. L.
Bryan.
In letter to his family, Taylor
Porter states that he is employed
at bridge construction on the rail-
rad now being built through the
Grass Valley region, not far from
Shaniko. Mr.. Porter went away
in rather poor health, but reports
that he is feeling quite we'll at pres
ent.
The Kline ball team from this city
went to Independence, Sunday, and
crossed bats with the nine of that
place. Notwithstanding the fact
that some Of the Corvallis players
had not seen a ball for years, the
home team left the field with 29
runs to their credit, while Inde-
pendence could only muster 16.
The steel wagon bridge across
the Willamette at Albany has been
repaired through the generosity Of
Messrs. Gains & Hogue,. of the
Magnolia Mills. The work was
done at their own expense to ac-
commodate their customers who
live in Benton county. 1t will be
remembered that the city of AL
bany and the county of Linn re-
Gently disclaimed ownership of this
structure and refused to repair it.
1t was therefore condemned. 1t is
said the bridge is now in fair con-
dition for summer travel.
The question of protecting the
bicycle paths is one of great import
ance to many of our local wheel
men. Why not do as they do in
California? In some localities in
that state the committee on paths
have seen fit to protect them by
placing posts in the ground, at
short distances apart, and at inter
walls of some $50 yards there are
sign boards OH which: advertise.
msnts are placed The idea is to
charge a rental to advertisers for
the use of these boards, thereby
gaining assistance for the protec-
ton of paths.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. B. Helm, of
Justin, Texas, are in the city on a
visit with old Linn county friends,
and are the guests of Mrs. Hughes.
They left Albany about thirty years
ago for Texas, where they have
since resided, They were pioneer
residents of this county. Mr.. Helm
was brother of Geo. R. Helm, the
lion Of Linn, one of the valleys best
lawyers, who died many years ago,
his wife afterwards residing for many
years in Corvallis, where she was
postmistress for four years, now be-
ing in Weatherford, Texas, where
her son Lawrence was recently mar
ried. She will return to the valley
in a short time to reside.-Albany
Democrat.