Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-12-12
LOCAL NEWS.
Born, Saturday, TO Reverend and
Mrs. III A. Deck, daughter.

Mrs, II n. Deck, daughter.
Drummers' samples of various
articles at cost, at Small & Sons.
A call for bids for WOO |, issued
by the clerk of School District No.
8. will be found elsewhere in this
paper.
A fine line of smokers supplies
at Small & Sons. Just the things
for a Christmas present for gen.
tleman friend.
Miss Mildred Linnviile was a
passenger to Salem on Wednesda y
mornings boat. She will be home
after next Monday.
B. M. Martin purchased the north
one half of block %, Wells and Nc.
Elroy's addition to Corvallis, We'd
nesday, from w. A. Wells.
VIM. Seeker is bone for the win
ter. He has been in charge of re-
pair work on a strip of railroad
near Newberg, for the past several
months.
The Clara Mathes company, ad-
vertised to appear in Corvallis all
next week, will rot be able to fill
their engagement in this city, until
some time in February.
Miss Clara Blakeslee returned
Tuesday from a sojourn of over a
year in Portland. While in that
city Miss Blakeslee was book keep
er at the Troy Laundry.
Nothing so pleases> the small boy
as something military. H. W. Hall
has full regalia for drum majors,
captains and other officers--boy's
size. Then there are dolls, ETC., for
their sisters.
The water committee of the coun-
Gil, was given further time, at the
meeting of that body Monday night.
to report on the propositions now in
its hands to supply Corvallis with
mountain water.
Norton Adams fell from the roof
OF the Newhouse residence last
Wednesday, and was fortunate
enough to escape injury. He fell
twelve feet and alighted in wheel
harrow full of soft earth that bad
been conveniently placed where it
would receive him, a few moments
before.
The Episcopal church, corner of
jefferson & 7th streets: Services
in this church as follows: Sunday
school and Rector's class every Sun
day at 10 a. M; morning prayer
and serman at II a. m. All, espec-
tally students, are cordially invited
to each of these services.
G. MAGICIAN, Rector.
After an absence of ten years,
Philip Weber returned home last
week for a short visit with his
mother. Since his departure from
Corvallis, Philip has visited nearly
sll portions of the Pacific coast.
During the past few years he has
been in Alaska, where he ownes
some promising claims. He left
Dawson quite recently.
Rev. Hugh S. Wallace, president
of the COOPERATIVE Christian Fed
rration, has returned from a six
months tour of the East, in the in
terest of the movement, and is how
in Portland. The COOPERATIVE
Christian FEEDER alton is a Christian
colony organized by Rev. H. S.
Wallace, incorporated under the
laws of the State of Oregon, and To-
Gated at Monroe, Benton county:
1t is founded on the Bible, and
makes the ethics of Jesus Christ
the supreme law.
AS stated in the GAZETTE, the
Corvallis ferry has ceased opera
tions until new cable can be Sc
cured to replace the old one, recent
lv broken. At the session of the
commissioners court last week the
following bids were opened for fur
nishing a cable: J. r. Smith & Co.,
234 cents per foot; R. NJ. Wade &
Co, $2l per 10 feet; Huston Il
Bogue, 81 cents per foot; J. H.
Simpson eco feet for 1888. The
bids of r. NJ. Wade & Co. and
Huston & Bogue being identical
and the lowest they were accepted.
The former withdrew, and the con-
tract was awarded to Huston &
Bogue to furnish $50 feet of rs
inch plow steel cable at the ferry
landing in Corvallis for q cents
per foot.
The commissioners court has ac-
cepted the following proposition of
the Corvallis Water Company to
furnish water for the court house
property: For quantities up to
25,0OO gallons in any one month,
at so cents per 1000 gallons; for
quantities exceeding 25,O00 up to
$4,000 gallons, in any one month,
at 25 cents per 1000; for quanti-
ties exceeding $4,000 gallons, and
up to 100000 gallons, in any one
mouth, 20 cents per 1000 gallons;
for Quantities of 100 900 gallons