Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-23

New goods weekly at Nolan
Callahan's.
Earl Brandeberry left Thursda,
night for San Francisco on a bust
ness tri ip.-Herald.
The Shirley company will play .
weeks engagement in Eugene be-
ginning next Monday.
Mrs. Esther J. Reed, after an alb
! sence of two weeks spent in Seattle
and other places, on business, re.
turned home yesterday.
Miss Olive Thompson arrived
home from Portland on the Modoc
Saturday night. She will remain
home during the summer.
M. o. Wilkins and family left on
this mornings early train for their
new home in Woodlawn, a suburb
Of Portland.-Eugene Register.
The Ninth Annual Convention
of this state, will be held in Cor
Wallis from the 3rd to the 9Th of
May. About 100 delegates are ex-
pected.
Mesdames Wilson and Crawford
arrived home on the Saturday night
boat, from Salem, where they had
attended the sessions of the Presby-
terian Ladies' Missionary Associa.
tion.
Geo. Houck has just flashed
shearing 1900 goats, from which
he will get between $500 AID $500
pounds of mohair. He is prepar-
ing it for shipment to New York
and will receive close to 81 900 for
the clip. He also keeps the goats
on brushy land which they assist
in clearing. Eugene Journal.
E. B. Horning is thought to be
out of danger from his attack of
typhoid fever. Saturday the fever
was thought to be at its worst, but
it was somewhat broken Sunday.
Miss Odie Horning, niece of Mr..
Horning. who had the fever. is al
most entirely well, Mrs. Horning,
who was also oquite seriously ill with
will be able to be up in a
day or two. ..t.-.
Paloma and Karla Schramm, the
talented child pianists, will give
concert at the college chapel, Fri
day evening, April 26. Paloma
will play from Schubert, Bach and
Wagner as well as giving num-
Der Of her own compositions. This
is a rare treat and all music lovers
should avail themselves Of this
Admission so cents;
students 25 cents.
Col. Frank J. Parker, who spends
a part Of nearly every summer on
his ranch in the Big Bend country,
bat whose home is in Walla Walla,
Wash, has been appointed com
for the state of Washing
ton to attend matters injected
with the exhibits of that state at
the Lewis and Clark Exposition to
be held in Portland in 1905. Col
Parker is a rustler and has already
commenced work in the interest Of
his state. go.
Chas. II. Psarse, formerly busi-
ness man Of this city, arrived in
Corvallis, Saturday, and expects to
leave today. Mr.. Pearse is. at
present ia the employ of the San
Francisco branch Of large wire
manufacturing concern of the East
and has been on the road about
three months eanvassing the vari-'
Gus towns and cities of the Pacific
Northwest in the interest Of his
firm. Charley is now on his way
back to San Francisco.
An Orsgon editor through whose
town the president will pass, breaks
cut in poetic eloquence as follows:
"McKinley's ceming to cur town,
we've got eur bib and tucker down;
we've creased eur pants and blacked
our shoes, since We have learned
the joyful news. Our whiskers we
have trimmed with care, and we
propose to cut our hair and wash
our feet and scrub cur fase, before
Mckinley strikes the place. Well
give the glad and happy hand, and
celebrate to beat the band with all
the high-toned people who expect
to come here on review. We'll tog
right up and we may add, we'll
swear we'll not get drunk, begad!
Hurrah for Mac! He is the stuff,
we'll give him just a daisy puff, for
he and Teddy are pair that can't
be beaten anywhere"