Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-19
W. A. Sanders, Jewe:er.

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Kljne's $1,000 Suits are good
ones.
Charley Kisor broke his right
fore arm last Wednesday, while
pla, ing football.
PRISONS orchestra will furnish
music for the students hop To be
given in the armory Thanksgiving
eve. A concert will precsde the
dance program.
Walter Ready drove over TO
Albany Monday morning to catch
the early train for Portland. He
will attend the Wigle- Nelms
nuptials which occur in that city
today.
/ The regular devotional meeting
of the w. C. T. U. will be held
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the reading room. The services
will be appropriate to Than ksgiv-
ing Day.
j. II. Edwards was in from
Dusty, Saturday. He says the
cases Of diptheria in that neighbor-
hood are confined to one family,
and little fear is entertained that
it will spread.
! A concert, which was highly en-
Ijoyed by number of our citizens,
was given in front of the Occidental,
Sunday afternoon by the Fischer
VanCleve band. This organization
contains a number of good musi-
clans, and renders creditable selec.
tions.
At the regular meeting Of the Cor
wallis Ministerial Association held
at the home of Rev. Mr.. Smith
Monday November, 4th, arrange
ments were made fer theo annual
Thanksgiving morning service,
which will be held in the Baptist
church Thanksgiving at 1920 a. m
Rev. Smith OF the M. E. church
south will preach the sermon. An
Offering for benevolent purpose will
be taken. Further notice next
week.
Kola Neis, 81 EN- hop buyer,
estimates that only 5000 bales OF
Oregon hops remain unsold. T. A.
Liveslay, who is both a grower and
dealer, makes the same estimate.
Mr.. Neis says that, though some
hops have sold as low as 8 cents
per pound, he believes the entire
Oregon product will average 10
cents per pound to the grower.
The crop will amount to $4,000
bales, or II, 100000 pounds. At 10
cents per pound, the crop will
bring $1,170,0O0.
A long article in Saturdays Ore
gonian, discussing possible demo.
cratic candidates for the various
state Offices in the coming spring
campaign, mentions Judge W. S.
McFadden, of this city, as a likely
candidate for supreme judge. OF
course, no democrat can hope to be
elected to a state Office in Oregon,
but if Judge McFadden receives his
party's nomination for supreme
Judge, his opponent will have a
hard fight for election.
In the contest in attendance be-
tween the schools of the county fol
the banner of attendance district
Ne. Is wins the banner with a per-
feet attendance. A number of other
| districts were close second. The
record made this month shows a
marked improvement in attend
apee. The per cent of attendance
made by each district is as follows:
District No. Is, 100; 81, SO; 81, 81;
so, 81; 78, 96; 45, 96; 10, 96; 49,
95; %, SO; 1, 90; IS, SS; 23, "a; 8
63; 81, rs; 4S, "A; 5, 40.
At a special meeting held Satur-
day, the stock holders of the Will
lamette Valley Prune Association
decided without dissenting voice
to stand by the association price o.
5 cents for 40s in % pound boxes
This is at the rate of Al cents fol
1.-THE same size in bags, and, as every
body knows, is far above present
!, quotations. The top price now il
81 cents, with 3 cents more fre.
quently offered.
AS stated in oar last issue, the
only bid offered for construction o
, the Lee-Nolan-Davis- Hyland sewer
was that of J. R. Smith & Co. TIL,
sewer committee, to whom the
matter was referred, have awarded
the contract to this firm and worl
will commence atonce. The length
of the sewer will be 400 feet ant
the contract prize is $448.75, or
trifie o~er $1.12 per foot. Th
cost of running the laterals across
Q streets, 100 feet, will be borne b,
;. the city. Whether or not the city
q will also stand the expense of So
: for the two catch basins and tn
I; manhloe, will be determined by tn
r committee appointed to assess dam
! ages.
J. Hon. John Whitaker and wife G