Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-11
w. A. Sanders, Jewe''er.

Attorney IN. M. NeWpOtG, OI Al
bany, was in Corvallis, Wednesday,
on legal business.
The Corvallis. Flourirg Mills has
been awarded II silver medal at the
/ Buffalo exposition.
]. K. Berry reports the sale of a
fine Wheeler & Wilson folding
sewing machine, to Miss Ara Gar
rstt, the dress maker.
Mr.. P. F. Smith a prominent
resident of St. Jehns and father-in-
law Of Rev. L. NJ. Boozer died at
his home on Wednesday of this
week.
Rev. French e. Oliver, Of Chica-
60, accompanied by a musical d.
rector will be at the NJ. q. church
On Oct. 20lh, beginning series Of
meetings.
There will be services at the Con-
gregational church next Sunday at
IL a. m. and 7:30 p. M, conducted
by Rev. P. C. Heszler. All are cor.
daily invited to attend.
Charley Norton, a young man
employed with a crew in cutting
wood with a steam saw, WAS quite
severely hurt ore day this week.
A stick Of wood struck him on the
top of the head, cutting an ugly
wound.
There will be no preaching SER
vice at the United Evangelical
church next sabbath On account Of
the absence of the Pastor, kut Sun
day school will be held as usual at
10 a. m. and Christian Endeayor
at $50 p. m.
The fifteenth local teachers in
stitute for Benton county will be
held in the church at Dusty, Oct
obel 18th and 10Th. An excellent
program has been prepared and the
event is certain to be one Of pleas
ure AID profit.
The University of California
track team will 60 East next spring
to meet the teams of the big uni
versities of the Atlantic coast. It
is altogether probable that Roy
Heater, the phenominal Oregon
athlete, will enter the pole vault
and hurdles.
Miss Lettie Wicks, who has been
visiting friends in Ashland for a
number Of weeks, is dangerously ill
with typhoid fever in that city.
A letter from Mrs. Wicks, who is at
her daughters bedside, states that
the patients temperature was 103,
Tuesday, but hopes were entertain,
ed for her recovery.
A SAN Francisco dispatch, dated
October Sth, contains this bit of
Interesting information: President
Wheeler, of the State University,
has recommended to the board of re-
gents the appointment of George W.
Shaw, Ph. D., as assistant profess
sor of agricultural chemistry in
charge Of the beet sugar industry.
DIR. Shaw has occupied the chair of
chemistry in educational institu
tions in Washington and Oregon,
and is now chemist and agricult-
ural expert for a sugar company at
Junction, Colo. Professor Shaw
was station chemist at the O A G
for several years.
The residence of E. R. Case, the
barber, in Albany, was burned
Friday evening about II o'clock.
Mr.. Cases father, now over SO
years of age, accidently tipped over
a lamp, which exploded, and the
flames spread rapidly. The furni-
ture in the front part Of the house
was saved, but that in the rear and
some books belonging to the senior
Case were burned. The fire depart
fnent responded promptly and the
SCARED frame of the building re-
mains. The building was insured
in the Merchants, of Newark, for
$4OO. Mrs. Case was in Monroe
visiting friends at the time of.the
fire.
Mr.. e. D. Alexander, recently
editor of The Reporter, Fayette
Iowa, arrived in Corvallis with his
family this week. He is an old
friend and fellow townsman of j
E.Fowells, who took up his residence
in this city few weeks ago. Mr.
Alexander has purchased the Stay
ton Mail, and left for that placa
Yesterday to assume charge of tie
paper. He is well pleased with
j Oregon, and thinks the reports
concerning the great amount Of
rain in this state are without foun.
dation in fact. The record shows
that the total rainfall ia Oregon
each season is the same as that al
Davenport, Iowa.
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