Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-04-15
LOCAL NEWS.
The Gordon Hat.

Hon. R. A. Bensell of Lincoll
county, was in Corvallis last week
Snipe shooting is now the up
permost topic in the minds of SOM
of our local sportsmen.
Work OH the new $4,000 Agri.
cultural Hall at the o A G is pro-
crossing very satisfactorily.
Mrs. D. S. Adams returned home
from Buena Vista, last week, aftel
an extended visit with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Grace E. Hall.
Mrs. Andrew Carrick and son ar.
rived from Grand Forks, North
Dakota, last Friday, and are now
domiciled in the Presbyterian par
sonage.
A half. tone of Mrs. Mary Mil
hollen, who died at her home a
few miles east of this city little
more than a week ago, appeared in
last Thursdays Telegram.
M. E. church, Sunday-Sunday
school at 10 a. M; preaching at ] l
a. M, and 7:45 p. m; Epworth
League at 6:45 p. m. A cordial
welcome to all. FRANK L. MOORE,
Pastor.
1t is about time for some indus
trious individual to find indications
of oil within the borders of Benton
county. 1t will not do for us to
fall too far behind i'm the march of
progress.
Fred Stump, a member of last
years graduating class at the 0 A
G, cane up from his home at Suver,
last Friday, for a visit with friends.
While in Corvallis he was the guest
of Robert Withycombe.
George R. Hall, who went from
Dusty to San Francisco about a
month ag) to secure treatment for
cancer, returned home couple of
weeks ago. He has cause to be-
lieve that cure has oeen effected.
Last Friday, the o A G Battalion
drilled on the college campus. This
was the second time that the drill
was held on the campus this year,
but from now on the drill will be
given out of doors whenever the
weather will permit.
J. N. Williamson, the republican
nominee for congress from the 2nd
district, was born and raised on the
classic sLong Tom. His father,
Joseph Williamson, settled on a
donation land claim near old Lam
caster, three miles west of Harris
burg, in 1852.
Thomas Bilyeu will represent the
OAC at the intercollegiate ora
torical contest to be held at New
| erg, April 2Sth, under the auspi'
ces of the prohibitionists. The
winner will receive 800, and will
go to Lincoln, Neb, on June 4th to
represent Oregon in the inter state
contest.
If all goes we'll there will be
twenty eight in the graduating class
at the o A c this year. Friday,
the question of leaps and gowns"
was voted on. 1t was settled about
six weeks ago that caps and gowns
would be worn on commencement
day, but the proposition was re-
considered. Friday, and WAS voted
on The vote was 8 for, and ~
against caps and gowns.
The director, Mr.. Nash, has just
returned flom Albany and Corval-
lis, where he heard the local cho
ruses. He reports large and en-
thusiastic societies with prospects
of the greatest festival the William
cite Valley Choral Union has ever
given. A large orchestra from
Portland has been engaged, which
will give a symphony concert the
first evening. The soloists are the
finest in the entire Northwest and
include Prof. Glen, Mrs. Rose Bloch
Bauer, Mrs. Walter Reed and Mr..
Boyer.-Eugene Guard.
jacob Proebstel, deputy United
States marshal, of Portland, went
to the Siletz region last week to
serve some subpoenas on an Indian
or two of that section. They are
cited to appear in Portland this
week. Mr.. Proebstel was little
reticent regarding the matter, but
it is understood to be a whiskey
case. The deputy U. S. marshal is
a particular friend of Chief of Po-
lice Alexander, of this city. They
have known each other for forty
wears, having been together when
they were children. This was the
first meeting of the two in ten years.
The Agricultural Experiment
Station has issued bulletin on
the Goblin Moth that is one of the
most valuable documents yet is
sued from the station. 1t contains
history of the pest as known in
different parts of the country, a
study of it in Oregon orchards and
a report of the effects of spraying
as observed in the state farm Or
chard as we'll as in orchards by
practical men elsewhere There
are a number of plates showing the