Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-28

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The pupils of the Philomatb pub
lie schools were to give an entertain
| ment last evening.
| The o A G students had an en-.
1joyable practice dance in the Ar
mory last Tuesday evening
! Wednesday, Raleigh Walker re
turned to his home at Forest Grow,
to spend the holidays. He will re
turn, Monday.
/ The football teams Of Philomatl
land Dusty were scheduled for :
gams at tbs former placesyesterday
What the result was We are not IN
formed.
A number of ladies of this city
contemplate giving a dance In
Fishers hall some time next week
and have taken steps to secure the
Corvallis orchestra to furnish the
music.
A party of ten o A C students
dubbed together and secured re-
duced rates over the West Side to
their homes in Hillsboro. They
went home, Wednesday to spend
Thanksgiving.
The work Of placing 4 foot gut
ter pipe under the caves of the
Mechanical Hall at the o A C is
just about completed. This was
quite a task and W. o. Heckart
had the contract.
Services at the United Evangeli- :
cal church next Sunday at the usu-
al hours. Open Junior Epdeavor
meeting at 2:30 p. m. A special
program has been prepared for this
meeting. Everybody invited. H.
A. Deck, pastor.
A few days ago, Ed Dunn, COM
mission merchant OF this city.
shipped $l75 worth of turkeys to
the Hotel Portland for Thanksgiv-
ing. This amount of turkey
should be the foundation for con-
siderable dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Young arriv-
ed in this city, Wednesday, from
Tacoma, Wash. Mr.. Young has
disposed of his property in Tacoma
and it is understood that he is soon
to leave for Los Angeles, California,
TO take up his residence.
The new residence that is in
course of constr uction for Neil New.
house, has reached a point where
the plasterer is given an opportun-
ity. Adams Bros. are the contrac-
tors. The building is supposed to
be completed by Christmas.
Farming has been slow of late.
Some blowing could have been car
;ied on all right, but sowing was a
hard proposition. If a farmer had
enough work horses to plow in the
forenoon and harrow and SOW in
the afternoon he was fixed all right.
Many of them have been working on
this plan.
J. E. Garrow and son, Wilbur,
who arrived frem McCloud, Calf,
a few days ago, report that during
the past season the sawmilling com
pany where they were employed
sawed S6,O0O,OOO feet of lumber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Garrow are
to arrive from McCloud in
time to spend the holidays in this
city.
Miss Lulu Spangler, of this city,
who holds a position in the state
normal school at Weston, Eastern
Oregon, has just returned to Wes-
ton after a week or longer spent at
La Grande. She was in La Grande
the sessions of an associa-
tion of teachers. Miss Spangler is
getting along nicely with her work
in Weston.
Gerald Tuttle, a tavorite student
at the O A c last year, arrived in
town Wednesday for a few days
visit with old friends and to parti-
cipate in the students dance. "Tut"
now holds a position in a drug es-
tablishment in Portland and is
studying nights in hopes of secur-
ing his degree. He is the same
jolly fellow as of yore.
During the week, County Sur
veyor Jones, assisted by Johnny
Wells and Tommy Cameron, COM
piled with the order of the court
commanding him to survey the line
Of the county road along College
Hill, just north of the O A G. This
was done in order to locate the line,
so that it could be determined |
whether the residents of that SUI
burb were encroaching on the pub
lie highway with a sidewalk they !
we're laying. Mr.. Jones. we are in
formed, found that the residents of |
College Hill were in the road with |
heir walk from six to ten feet.
Taylor Porter, who has just re-
turned from a trip to Ohio, informs
ls that the country has not chang
ed as much as one would expect
during the forty-six years that he
has been away from there. In the