Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-01-28

Con Gerhard has the finest Lin
= of Valentines ever brought to Coz
vallie. See them.
Undertaken Wilkins received a
/ order for coffin from Yaquina las
I week, in which the demension
asked for were 26 inches by Z feet
inches.
Mr.. Jack Hamnill went to Cor
wallis today to begin work on th
new agricultural hall of the o A c
and will probably be there most Q
the year, probably spending Sun
day here.-Democrat.
4 Corvallis youths enjoyed thei
, first bit of skating this season
Sunday. While the element
have made several desperate at
tempts, there hasn' tbeen enough
snow thus far to write a poem
about.
Sheriff and Mrs. Burnett will gc
to Portland, Thursday. The former
will attend the hanging of Wade
and Dalton. This event occurs or
January 31st. the anniversary oi
the hanging of Floyd Montgomery
who paid the death penalty at AL
bany, January 3lst, 1895.
Arrangement have been made
for concert to be given aext
Saturday evening, at Philomath,
by Miss Mabel Cronise, vocalist;
Ruthyn Turney, violinist, and
Mordaunt Goodnough, pianist.
The people of that city are as
sured of a musical treat.
Henry Hotes has sold his farm,
consisting of 124 acres four miles
west of Lebanon formerly owned
by A. Umphrey) to W. B. Kiger, of
Corvallis, for So, 800 The purchase
includes some stock, farming inn
plements and other things. Mr..
Kiger has been offered 5000 for his
bargain. Mr.. Hotes and family
will return to their former home in
Nebraska.-Herald.
Today, Frank S. Ward, of this
city, will be united in marriage to
Ressie Stevens, of Albany. The
marriage will occur in Albany at
the residence of Bert R. Westbrook.
The newly united couple will
start Immediately after the ceremo.
ny for Corvallis. Mr.. Ward holds
good position with the drug firm
of Allen & Woodward, and is we'll
and favorably known by our citi-
zens, while his bride has many
warm friends in this city.
T. Jay Buford, at one time a res
ident of this city, and until recently
Indian Agent at the Siletz, and
Miss Lorena Layne were united in
marriage in Portland last Thursday
evening. Mr.. Buford of late has
been an organizer for the Order Of
Lions, while the lady who became
his bride was connected with the
same work. Thus. the Lady of
Loins has welded the boss Lion
They have gone to Baker, City to
pass their honeymoon and later On
expect to organize a lodge of Lions
i'll that city.
The atheletic association at the
0 A @ is being reorganised and is
formulating new set of bylaws,
rules, regulations, etc. 1t is now
proposed to have a president, secre-
tary and treasurer of the associa-
ton, also a general business mana
ger. There will be individual man
ayers for the different athletic
teams. When any movement of
isl Ito be considered the
matter will be taken before what
may be termed AN athletic council,
consisting of the president of the
association, the business manager,
and the various managers of the
teams. In this way there will be
no necessity for calling a meeting
of the entire association every time |
something out of the ordinary is to
be considered.
For the benefit of those appli-
cants who expect to take the ex-
animation fer a primary certif-
cate at the February examina-
tiea, a recent ruling of the state
superintendent has been made to
the effect that in the examina-
ton of arithmetic a separate list
of questions will be prepared and
headed "Arithmetic." In this
subject such questions will be
asked as the state board may
deem essential for applicants tax
ing this examination. They |
will cover such subjects On arith-
metic as in the judgment of the
State Board of Education all |
teachers should be familiar with |
in order to do fair work in arith-
metic.
S. P. Kashreret, who is acting as
to Gov @c 900