Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-04-02

The open season for trout fishin,
began yesterday.
Mrs. Mary Alphin is seriously
i'll at her home in this city.
The telephone company la,
rented the room now occupied BY
Aillsr's barber shop on Main stree
and will move into these quarter,
May 1st.
Miss May Smith, niece of Mr.
D. Il. Smith. Of this city, who has
been attending the Agricultural
College, left yesterday for her home
in Kansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Minor wish
to tender their heartfelt thanks te
oil friends who so kindly assisted
during the illness and following the
death of their beloved daughter
Christie.
A. F. Hsrshner, now a Hood
River business man, 10 in Corvallis
On q weeks visit to his family. He
returns to Hood River, Thursday
Mr.. Hsrshner 10 prospering and re-.
ports business lively in that sec.
ton.
H. L. Walden, formerly with the
@. & e. R. r. Co. in this city, is one
Iof the incorporators of the Hum.
bolds Railroad Co., recently incor.
porated at Humboldt, Calf. 1t is
proposed to run the road to Cres-
cent City, making the main line
1876 miles long and 80 miles OF
branches, making 227 miles Of road
in all.
The other day a gentleman Of
this city related his experience in
the egg business many years ago.
It was quite brief, but very thrill
ling. He stated that when he was
q boy he engaged ia a wrestle with
another youth in a grocery store
one day. The narrator was thrown
and fell backwards inte tub of
eggs. BY system of mathematics
not in vogue today, 1t was esti-
mated that exactly seventy-two
eggs we're broken. While he could
not see the 'seat Of his trousers" !"
he had no reason to doubt the re-
suit of the calculation, so he paid
the bill and passed down the alley
for home, feeling that his disguise
was very imperfect, and for once in
his life he would sooner face the
world than turn his back on it.
Our contemporary gives its read
srss to understand that the mer-
chants Of this city have carried
their competition 50 far that they
are paying more for eggs than they
are willing to sell them for. In
other words, that they are paying
d cents per dozen more thar they
are selling for. A prominent mer-
chant informs US that as far as he
is concerned he is not losing any
money on eggs and that he has a
market for eggs that makes it
profitable for him to pay the pres
ent price. We are inclined to think
that all the business men of the
city are wideawake enough to make
Corvallis a market second to none,
and it is but reasonable to suppose e
than when they are doing every
thing in their power to get eggs at
the present prices that they are not
doing it to lose money.
W. H. Franklin, of the foundry,
went ous to Greasy, Thursday, to
make arrangements for setting up
the machinery for the sawmill that
is to be operated on what is known
a.; the John Hyde place. This is to
be the mill of Finn, Finn &
Ewing, who recently placed an or.
der for maehinery with Russell &
Co.. of Portland. The machinery
arrived at Philomath on Thursdays
train and was unloaded just be-
yond the town. About the last of
the week Mr. Franklin will begin
lining up the machinery and it is
thought that in from tive to three
weeks from this date the proprietor
can begin saving. The capacity
will be about $4,000 feet per day,
with S0-herss power engines. The
frame Of the mill is all that will be
pat up al present as it is the inten-
ton of the managers to saw their
ewn lumber for the completion Of
the mill.
The Armory management would
confer q favor on the public
by maintaining order during the
performances. During the first act
the nelss is so great that it is
almost impossible to hear a word
frem the players, and the people
who are on the stage deserve more
courteous treatment from the pub
lie, and the people who patronizs
the show also sheuld be- protected,
A few boisteroas boys, and some
who are older, are entirely unmind.
full Of their actions. A good calling
down would make things more
agreeable. bls.-Herald. Yea, verify.
In Corvallis it is different. OF
course we have sn opera house, and
are more metropolitan than Al
bany, but then there is no reason
why theatrical companies whe
occasionally visit that place should
not receive courteous treatment
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