Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-07
LOCAL NEWS.

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j, "A. Gibson returned h,ms last
week from a ten.days' trip through
the southern part OF the state.
Coach Herbold, of the o A G
football team, went to Portland,
Saturday and returned yesterday.
New suits for the dressy young
man ia the new coronation cloth,
rouLd and square cuts, at Kline's.
Quite a number of our young
people congregated in Burnett's
hall, Friday night, and enjoyed a
dance.
r. M. Davisson came up from
Salem, Saturday, to attend some
business that necessitated his pres
ence for q few days.
r. P. Sheasgreen started, Satur.
day, for Victoria, British Columbia,
TO attend the convention of the Pa
cific Coast Fire Chiefs. He will
likely be absent about week.
George F. Eglin, who left here
some weeks ago with his family,
has written r. P. Morgan that he is
in Ashland, Oregon, and intends
remaining there during the coming
winter.
The C. & e. train between AL
bany aud Detroit changed time
yesterday. It now leaves Albany
ut q. M, instead of | p. NJ, and
returns TO Albany in the evening
~ 5:35.
Bandmaster Jas. Zurcher says
that o A C has some pretty good
material for band this year. There
has been as many as twenty-four
performers at band rehearsals at
one time.
Samuel Reed, who has been the
guest of s. e. Simpson and family
during the past summer. departed
for his home in Chicago. Friday.
Miss Pearl Simpson accompanied
him as far as Portland.
Operations are expected to be
completed at the big prune orchard
today. The fruit of this orchard
Was all dried some little time ago
and recently the dryer has been
operated on the output of other Or
chards.
John Gault, who is to print the
college Barometer during the COM
ing school year, returned from
Portland, Saturday. He went
down TO purchase the necessary
stock for the publication Of the
journal.
A total eclipse of the moon, visi-
BILE throughout the United States,
will occur on the night of October
10th. The moon enters shadow at
Halt p. M, October 10, and the
total eclipse begins at IL: 10 a. m ,
October II.
The Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. So
c;eties held a joint reception in the
Armory, Friday. A nice program
was rendered and light refresh
msDts were served. The object of
the reception was to get the stu
dents acquainted. :
John Mccormick and wife came
over from Brownsville, Friday, for
visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
3. Mason. Mrs. Mccormick is Mr..
Mason's only sister. Mrs. Mason's
mother, Mrs. Kisor, of Philomath,
IL also a guest at this home.
The public school at Philom ath
opened last week with good at
tendance. Everything is running
nicely under the supervision of
Prof. S. I. Pratt The assistant
teachers are Mrs. Pratt, Mrs.
Springer and Miss Ivy Durkee.
Prof. s. I. Pratt, principal of the
Philomath public schools, was in
Corvallis last Saturday. He says
the patrons of the school took q
vote, Friday, on the question of es-
tablishing a ninth grade in this
school. It was carried almost
unanimo ously and ninth grade work
will be started this week.
Robt. Johnson was the observed
of all observers" last Friday as he
drove about Corvallis. He had
been down ut the big prune orchard
and while there some practical joker
changed the wheels on his buggy
putting the hind wheels in front
Bob" appeared to be wholly un
conscious of the change.
Elitor r F. Holms, of the To
lsdo Reporter, visited Corvallis
last Saturday to attend some mat
ters of business. Mr.. Holms say'
that everything in Lincoln county
is IN splendid form and the pros
poets for q good future are bright
He says that during the presen
year something more than one hun
dred homesteaders will make tina
proof on their holdings. Next yea
some two or three hundred other
will prove up. The land that il
being proved up on lies mainly ii
the Siietz basin aud a great par
of IL is heavily ti,rbered. Whel