Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-14
LOCAL NEWS.
my Une,e from New York"

Comlns-~Georsia Harper aod her
excellent company.
The latest thing III The poultry
business ia fresh laid egg.
Opera House, Oct. IA, Is and 16,
the Georgia Harper company.
A meeting of the board of regents
of the O. A. C. is called for toner
TOW afternoon at 1 o'clock.
New suits for the dressy young
man in the new coronation cloth,
rouLd and square cuts, at kline's.
j. E. Greer and daughter, Miss
Birdie, intended to leave yesterday
for Looster, where they will spend
few days.
Ladies! Ladies'! Don't fail to see
the elegant gowns worn by Miss
Georgia Harper next Tuesday night
in "The Lyric Queen"
Miss Alma King. of McCloud,
California, arrived Sunday and is
the guest of Miss Edna Garrow.
Miss King was expected to arrive
several days sooner.
Professor Lake reports that he
has just got through digging his
potatoes. He says that he had
either a very small patch or poor
crop. He had three bushels.
w. II. Whaley has just COM
pleted drying his prune crop. His
place is about five miles west OF
this city. He had 500 bushels of
prunes and they were exceedingly
fine. The yield was about an aver
age.
1t is expected that the first mum.
Der of the College Barometer for
this year will make its appearance
within few days. There was talk
of making this journal a weekly for
the coming year, but it was finally
decided to issue it monthly.
w. G. Davis, who came to this
country about a year ago from Ne
braska, has just received intorma-
ton to the effect that three or four
families will arrive in Corvallis
from the vicinity of his old home
shortly. Some of them are per
sonal friends of Mr.. Davis.
TIE chicken pie dinner given by
the ladies of the Presbyterian
church, Friday evening, in the
Hsmphill house, was most sue
sessful affair in every way. 1t was
splendiIly patronized and the ladies
found themselves shy on chicken
long before the dinner hour was
over. The proceeds amounted to
between $40 and $50.
A pair of bantam chickens were
stolen from the premises of c. A.
White, in this city, Friday evening.
The fowls were valued only as pets
for the children and had small
box which they roasted in. They
we're taken box and all. Mr..
White has strong suspicious regard
ing the identity of the party who
kidnapped the chickens.
Beginning last Saturday evening,
the Telegram will continue to arrive
in this city every evening in the
future instead of at noon the day
after it leaves the press. Arrange
ments have been made whereby
John Gault will bring it over from
Albany on a railroad velocipede
every evening. This arrangement
is intended to he permanent.
Quite a number of Corvallisites
went over to Albany, Saturday af-
ternoon to attend the concert given
by Sousa's famous band Some
eight or ten of the O. A. C. band
boys attended. From all accounts
Sousa's hand can play most accept
ably. Beyond doubt the concert
was not only a musical treat for
many, but revelation as we'll.
Late Friday afternoon China
pheasant, as it winged its flight
through this city, struck a tele-
phone wire near the Occidental
hotel and fell to the ground. 1t
was slightly stunned by striking
the wire, but not enough to keep ii
from giving several men and dogs a
merry chase before it was picked
up. Charley Bi!yeu caught the
China.
Samuel Swanson, now proprietor
nf the Hotel Corvallis, was up from
Portland few days ago to look
after his interests here. There is
talk of a large brick building being
erected between the Hotel Corvallis
and the Brick stable, but as inquiry
has failed to discover who is goins
to build it, the conclusion is tina
the matter is merely talk and moth
ing more.
The meeting of the Willamett
Presbytery, which was held in Eu
gene last week, was exceedingl,
we'll attended. The usual busines
that occurs at such meeting pass
ed of smoothly and nothing of par
iicular interest took place asid
from the fact that Rev. H. l.. Reeo
pastor of the Albany church, ten
dered his resignation, to take eftec