Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-07
W. A. Sanders, THE matchmaker.

D. D. Berman is confined to bis
home with an attack Of eryaipelas
Another line of new shirt waists
just received at Nolan & Callahan's.
Bruce Burnett and Jack Arnold
were officials at the inter state field
meet held at Eugene yesterday.
Our mems and boys shoe stock
is the largest and best we have ever
carried. NOLAN & CALLAHAN.
The wedding of Mr.. Archie Nc
Intyre, of Pendleton, Oregon, and
Miss FRANKIE Cauthorn, Of this city,
will occur May 20th.
Elsewhere we publish notice of
the city election to be held in this
city, Monday, May Goth. Tho poll
ing place will be at the city hall.
Raymond Henkle, who returned
from New York last week after
graduating with high henors at a
school Of pharmacy in that city,
now has a situation with Graham
& Wells.
Prof. F. L. Washburn, head of
the department of biology at the
U. of o., intends to start east about
juno lst, to take advanced work in
the Chicago university summer
scheel.
The cadets at the Agricultural
College were out for target practice
Saturday. The range was 100
yards. Each cadet fired 20 rounds
of ammunition and some excellent
scores were made.
The cadet battalion, of the O A C,
will 60 into annual encampment
May 17th, for three days. A SINH
lar encampment was held year
ago On the Hon. Thos. Cooper's
place west OF the city, when prac-
tice in actual camp life and mill
tary duty was experienced.
The hop prospects this year are
thought to be exceedingly good.
The vines are reported to have win
tered well. Buyers seem anxious
to make contracts for the coming
crop, but growers do not seem as
anxious as in former years. 1t is
reported that there are practically
no surplus hops in the world at
present.
These who wish to attend the
musical festival at Albany may
secure reserve seats tickets from
Postmaster B. W. johnson. 1t is
the intention, if eneugh tickets can
be sold to run an excursion train
to Albany and return Friday even
ing. Elijah" will lie rendered
Thursday night and "Creation"
Friday night.
President Mckinley will stop at
Portland, May %. The Southern
Pacific will make rate Of one fare
fer the round trip to Portland from
Dallas, Sheridan, McMinnville and
stations north thereof. Tickets viii
be for trains arriving at Portland
on the morning of May %, and
leaving the same evening, or the
following morning.
A regular meeting of the citizens
league was held at the court house
last Saturday night. A committee
was appointed to secure the release
Of the bicycle tax paid under the
old law. The desire is to use this
money, amounting to about 5000,
for read Improvement or seme other
good purpose. The circuit court
room was selected as the permanent
place Of meeting.
The annual intercollegiate field
meet which used to be the leading
athletic event of the Pacific North
west has dwindled to this little
measure. arrangements have
leen completed for field meet te
be held at the state fair grounds in
Salem, June i, ia which the com
peting teams will be frem Willam-
ette Uniyersity, Of Salem, and Pa
cifc University, of Forest Grove
Prof. V. K. Chestnut is authority
for the statement that loco weeds
seem to produce no immediate evi
results. After feeding On the weee
fer few weeks the animals seen
to become addicted to the use of it
not unlike man becomes addicted
to the use of tobacco. Horses arr
most affected. They become ner
vous, will shy at objects in th'
road, and cannot be depended upon
in an emergency. As rule they
are not seriously affected for werl
horses. Saeh horses are said to b.
locoed. No satisfactory remedy ha'
yet been found.
John Albsrts, a farmer livinl
near Philomath, came to Corvallis
Saturday, to do some trading. Or
his arrival he hitched his team jus
across the street north of the Ocei
dental hotel, and left his outf
there while he attended seme bust
ness. In the course of time h,
went to his wagon after basket o
eggs that he had brought to town
He was dislnayed TO find the egg
gone. Investigation proved tina
while he had been absent a bo,
had appropriated his eggs ant
taken them to the Occidental
where he sold them.
Prof. J. B. Horner, of the o A c
was in the city recently. The Pro