Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-20


ness that will require his attention
for few weeks.
During his visit to this city, las
week, Reginald Hidden, violiuist o
the Portland Symphony Orchestra
was a guest at the John S nitf
home.
Word has reached this city to ths
effect that Mrs. A. e. DeKay
mother-in-law of G. A. Barnhart
had reached Morris, Mimi, in safe
ty. She is about S5 years old, but
stood the long trip fairly well.
About a dozen men began work
Friday afternoon, on the sewer that
will run south from Jefferson street
between the Presbyterian and Bap-
tist churches. The sewer will run
south two or three blocks from this
point.
Irving Hart and Frank Owen,
relatives of Charley Barnhart, who
recently arrived from the East on a
visit, suddenly determined to make
n tour of California and took their
departure for that state last Satur-
day morning.
Father Dominic, who is in charge
of the musical department OF Mt
Angel college, attended the festival
of music in this city a couple of
evenings last week. He was great
ly pleased with what he heard and
saw in this city.
The Sorosis society, of O A G,
gave their last etertainment of the
season at the home of Miss Merle
Simpson, Saturday evening. A de-
lightful evening was enjoyed and
among other features, Miss Mabel
Cronise sang some vocal numbers.
Leroy Gesner, the Salem violin
ist who assisted the Portland Sym
phony Orchestra in this city during
The May Festival, paid this office a
pleasant call before his departure
for home, Friday. He is a very
pleasant young gentleman and has
a splendid reputation as violinist.
Miss Kate Gerhard will accom-
pany Mrs. D. Houck to Eugene to-
day, provided nothing unforeseen
transpires. There is to be a picnic
at junction City today ard they
will Join in the festivities at that
point. They will be absent about a
week and will be the guests of Mrs.
Houck's son, George.
Last week G. A. Robinson nego-
tiated the sale of the J. w. Ingle
farm of SO acres 10 David Whaley.
This is a wellimproved place and
is situated near Plymouth church
about a mile and ahalf this side of
Philomatb. The purchaser is a
new conner, having arrived here
from South Dakota about the mid
die of April. The price paid was
$4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Broad, home mis-
sionar:es among the Indians, will
speak at the Congregational church
this evening, May 20, at 8 o'clock.
The public are invited to attend
At 4 o'clock this afternoon, Mrs.
Broad desires to meet as many of
the children as possible at the Con
gregational church. She will sing
Indian songs, and otherwise enter
tain them along the line of her
work.
Little folks sometimes make Iu-
dicrous blunders. During the field
meet in this city last week between
Ncwberg college and o A @ a little
hoy became much enthused over
the pole vsulting. On his arrival
home he desired 10 convey to his
people, the fact that the height of
his ambition was to be pole-vault-
er. and remarked that the "height
of his animosity was to be pole
vaulter."
The government has sent doz
en- appropriate head stones to this
city to be placed over the graves OF
veterans of the Civil and Spanish
wars who died in service and are
buried here. Among the stones is
one Tor the grave of Lyman Kelsay,
a member of Co. D, End Oregon,
who died in service in the Philip
pines. Lyman was Corvallis boy
and was a member of the X. of P.
lodge, of this city, and the members
of the order are having the X. of P
emblems cut on the stone. 1t is
hoped that all of the head stones
can be placed above the veterans
graves before Memorial Day. The
majority of the stones are destined
for Crystal Lake cemetery.
G. Bertram, founder and double
bass player of the Portland Sym
phony Orchestra, proved himself tc
be as pleasant and congenial gen
tleman during his visit to this city
as he is an artist on his instrument
He is one of the greatest double
bass players in the country, having
at one time been the ,basso Of tn
Enma Abbot Company and an as
sociate of II. J. Butler, the famous
basso of the Boston Symphony Or
lo,,ro Mr. Rartrap, IA tn