Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-08

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| GAZETTE.
| Work is progressing rapidly O
Major Edwards new residence
west of College Hill.
The Denman-Baker party ar
expected home today from thei
! outing of two weeks in Alsea.
w. L. Adams and family are
spending few days with rela.
atives at Yaquina and Newport
J. R. Mays, of Elk City, has beer
in Corvallis for a few days thi
week, seeing about making sewe
connections on his city property.
D. B. Irvine is up from Salen
making arrangements for the dis
posal of his property in this city
He is still suffering from the effects
of the injuries received last week BY
having a large sign fall on him.
Andrew Porter left yesterday fol
the north fork of the Willamette
east of Eugene, to begin a contrac,
for surveying recently awarded him
by the government. He was ac-
companied by Surveyor T. A. Jones,
of this county.
The new bridge over Marys river
was completed Yesterday and will
be thrown open to the public this
morning. Travel was interrupted
for short time yesterday, while
the temporary bridge which has
done service for the past few months,
was being removed.
Speaking of eggs, N. E. New
ton brought one to town this
week that was whopper. 1t
was laid by a White Leghorn
pullet, and measured 81 inches
around the long way and oI
inches around the waist.
Henry Schuette, went to Eugene,
Tuesday, to assist w. 0. Heckart
in the erection of some residences
recently contracted by that gentle.
man. Mr.. Schuette has been EN-.
ployed by Mr.. Heckart on carpen-
ter work in Corvallis for the past
month, and he has proved himself a
first. class mechanic.
A cut of the Signal Corps, O.
N. G., Of this city, taken at AL
bany during the recent encamp-
ment, appeared in Mondays
Telegram. This is the youngest
organization in the Organ mill
tia, and it is considered as eff
cient as any branch Or body in
the states military service.
DR.. Cathey, assisted by DR.. Per-
not, performed an operation for the
removal of an abscess from the
right side of Frank Plunkett, of
Kings valley, Wednesday morning.
The operation took place at the
home of Mrs. King, below the saw
mill, and from present indications
it bids fair to have been a success
full one.
Presidents Weatherford and
Catch, to whom was referred the
matter of securing a piece of land
to he used as parade ground and
athletic field, have leased the six
acre tract just south of the college
armory. W. o. Heckart has been
awarded the contract for building
the grandstand, This, together
with an eight-foot fence around the
field, is to be completed in time for
the athletic sports this fall. The
grandstand will be 100 feet long
and 1S feet wide, with six rows of
seats, and will be located on the
slope of the hill, facing east. 1t
will seat 400 people and will cost
1896.
The Benton County Citizens
League, organized over a year
ago, has done much for the good
of this county and Corvallis, and
is preparing to do more. Rooms
have been secured upstairs in the
First National Bank building.
One of these rooms will contain
fine display of Benton county
products, as we'll as advertising
matter and other literature. The
other room will be fitted up as a
meeting room tor the League,
which will meet on the first
Monday Of each month, hereafter.
A meeting of the League was held
Saturday night, at which time a
resolution was passed asking the
county to appropriate 500 to be
applied on the cost of the 5o,-
600 pamphlets which it is pro-
posed to have printed and sent to
the Hartman advertising bureau
at Chicago.
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