Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-28
Additional Local.

Theo Wellsher and family spent
Sunday with friends in Monroe.
e. A Cummings has purchased a
half interest in tie Case barber
shop. The deal was closed yester-
day.
Gerald Tuttle, an O A C, left
yesterday for his home in Eastern
Oregon. He viii be back next Sep
tember.
Bids awarding the contract for
painting the buildings at-the Agri-
cultural college, and for making
other improvements, were opened at
Albany yesterday.
1t is desired that all Woodmen
meet at their hall at 1870 o'clock
Thursday afternoon, for the pur-
pose of arranging to take part in
the procession that will march to
Crystal Lake cemetery.
An incident of the unusually Sc
we're thunder storm of last Saturday
evening was the destruction of the
school house, about four miles west
of Suver. The chimney was demol-
lshed and the interior badly dam
aged, but no fire resulted.
The Amicitia young men were
pleasantly surprised, at their last
society meeting, Saturday evening.
A large party of student friends
came in, and the evening was very
pleasantly spent. The refreshments
were ice cream and cake.
AT the residence of DR.. and Mrs
G. r. Farra next Friday night, a
social is to be given by the Congre.
gational Missionary Society. Ice
cream and other light refreshments
will be served, and the public il
cordially invited to attend.
Readers Of the GAzEr TIE will re-
call the murder of William Ire
walla, in San Francisco last winter
by his business partner, Robert E
Glaze, formerly of Polk county
Last Friday, Glaze was sentenced Il
life imprisonment at San Quentin
Beginning Thursday, Nav Both
there will be held special Gospel
services each evening in the Mt
View school house. On Sunday
morning and afternoon service, and
basket dinner in the grove at thu
school house. Rev. L. Myron
Boozer will conduct these services
Let all come.
The party given Friday evening
by the Pierian literary society to
the Philadelphians, was a delightful
affair. There was vocal and instru.
mental music, and the usual games
to occupy the hours. The rooms
were prettily decorated, and an Ella
borate banquet was served. Neat
souvenirs of the occasion were pre-.
sented each lady.
Today is the 18th anniversary Of
the organization Of the Coffee Club
The picnic that was to have been
held in Avery's grove, by the mem.
bers, was given up on account O
unfavorable weather. Instead, q
meeting will be held by the ladies
in their ball this afternoon, with re.
freshments and other special fea.
lures in honor Of the occasion.
Among those who started for
Ridder's Grove, Saturday, to attend
the picnic was F. l.. Miller. His
departure from this city was espsc-
tally gay and joyous, but after ar
hour or two he came walking back
leading his bicycle, the hind tire
having no wind in it. His clerks
are convinced that after he had got
a few miles he aplayed out" and
thought it wise to stick a pin ia his
bicycle tire.
Next rsday will be Memorial
Day. This is day that is univer'
sally observed by all classes of citi-
zens of the United States. 1t il
right and proper to have day OBJ
served for paying respect to our
dear beloved who have departed.
Be it a grave of man, woman, or
child, soldier, friend or foe, some
body should, on this occasion place
a flower upon it. It is decd OF
kindness and means much
Prof. Hitchcock, assistant agres-
tologist of the Department of Agri-
culture, Washington. D. O., will
leave for the Pacific Northwest in a
few days on tour of inspection.
He will come first to Corvallis and
afterward will make general ex-
animation into the cooperative ex.
pertinent work all over Oregon.
Later he will visit North Yakima,
Pullman and Walla Walla to learn
what is being accomplished in
Washington:-Rural Spirit.
FL. n. Rounds, writing to the
Junction City Times, says: .Abeut
three weeks ago Charlie Bowen, by
my advice and by his own consent,
put himself under. the care Of DR..
Bennett, at Dusty, to undergo treat
ment for the morphine habit. It
was a severe trial for hiMself and
far his friAudc vaE chns;3 ar;y,rr h;c