Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-06
". A. Sanders Jewe'er.

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fdress the farmers, dairymen ant
stock men OF that vicinity at Ell
City. Lincoln county, next Thurs
day.
David Wishart arrived, Friday
from Smith Center, Kansas. He il
on tour of inspection and may de
| eide 10 sell his farm in Kansas anc
return to Oregon.
There will be u call meeting o
Corvallis Grange, in DR.. Witty
combe's Office at the college, Satur-
day afternoon at 200 o'clock, fol
the purpose of discussing the initia-
tive and referendum.
An evening with Longfellow is to
be given Friday evening by the
Senior Elocution class, under the
instruction of Miss Helen V. Craw-
ford. The public are cordially in
vited. Admission free.
H. F. Wooster and S. Jenson,
who arrived with their families a
short time ago f;om Mapleton,
Iowa, state that they are we'll
pleased with this section of the
country and have bought homes
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Kirk pat
rick. Of San Francisco, sailed from
New York City, Friday, for Europe,
where they will spend six months
or such a matter sightseeing. Mrs.
kirkpatrick is a sister of Mrs. J. f.
Yates, of this city.
There is no hunting or shooting
nova days and our sportsmen are
obliged to turn their attention to
trout fishing. This is not the best
of sport at present, as the weather
is too cold and the water is kept too
muddy by the late rains.
Miss Edith Gibson, who for the
past two years has been studying
music at the New England Conser-
vatory of Music, Boston, will arrive
home about June 18th to remain a
couple of months. She will return
to the conservatory in the fall.
The Past Sachems' Association
will give their fifth railroad excur-
sion from Portland to Corvallis
next Sunday. The entire party,
numbering between 500 and 1000
persons, will spend the entire after
noon in Corvallis. Their object is
sight seeing. Municipal and. per-
sonai pride should inspire the Off
GERS and citizens of this city to fix
and fences and give the
place pre6entable appearance.
The 0 A G band boys now boast
Of new band uniforms. They hav4
white duck trousers and caps, and
retain the regular blue coliege uni
form coat. The caps have bugles
on them just above the visors, while
above the bug'es appears the letters
80 A c." This will give the band
a splendid military appearance.
The expense Of the uniforms was
borne by members of the band. The
band has nineteen members, lnclud-
ing the drum major.
The bicycle repair business seems
to be expanding in Corvallis at
rapid rate. J. X. Berry, of the BIZ
cycle Hospital, has had such run
in bicycle repair work that he found
it necessary to import an expert re-
pair man from Portland His
name is G. F. Hawkins, and Berry
says he can do anything from
a puncture to building a
bicycle or an automobile. Mr..
Berry has made remarkable rec
ord in the sale of bicycles for SO
early in the season. He has sold
over 80 wheels and the season is
yet hardly open. He handles the
wor d-renouned Rambler.
Some of the new corners, are in
clined to find fault with our little
city on account of the condition of
our sidewalks in certain portions of.
the town. Also with some insight !
" old "shacks" that adorn Main
street. We thave no apology to Of
fer for these things as a large ma
ioritv of us are as anxious for i'm
provement as ary of the new ar
rivals. However, Rome was not
built in a day, and it takes little
time to get around to the various
things that demand attention. We
have not had time to make prepa-
rations for our visitors, and now
that they are here, we expect them
to assist us in tidying things up a
bit 1t is safe to predict that in the
course of three years there will be
great improvement here in town, as
well as throughout the county.
Furthermore, we are abreast of any
town or county in the state today.
The light-draft boat now in
course of construction for service on
the upper Willamette will be one of
the lightest draft ever operated on
this river. She will carry 100 tons
of freight. Light, she will draw
not more than II inches of water,
while her draft will be from IS to
20 inches, loaded. Speaking of her,
the Telegram contains this para
graph: CAPTAIN A. w. Graham is