Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-06-10
W. A. Sanders, Jewe'er.


some business. He returned Sat-
urday.
Father Jurek expects to go to
Portland today to attend a course
of lectures that are to be given in
that city this week.
Henry Millhollen started force
of men at work, Friday, prepara-
tory to putting in the new bridge
across Marys river.
James Wilkinson returned home,
Friday, from a trip to Astoria,
where he attended the state en-
campment of old soldiers. - He re-
ports splendid meeting.
Mrs. Thomas Wallace. of Port
land, has been visiting recently in
this city, the guest of her aunt. Mrs.
E. J. Garrow. Mrs. Wallace ex-
pected TO return home yesterday.
The firemen's dance last Thurs
day evening was success in every
way. Gerald Tuttle, Elmer Wills
and Joseph Paulsen furnished the
music for the tripping of the eight
fantastic"
Mrs. Bessie Hislop, of La Camas, +,
Wash, who has been visiting rela-
tives and friends in this city for
some days, expected to return home
Yesterday. She is a sister of Mrs.
William Knots
J.R Smith & Co. have the Will
banks sewer all completed, except
the flush basins and they are de-
layed at this point on account of
having to send to Chicago for the
siphons that work in the flush h-ba.
sins.
Miss Henrietta Sutton, Of Salem,
arrived in Corvallis, Thursday, and
is the guest of the Misses Barnhart.
She will visit here for a week or
longer. The Sutton and Barnhart
families were neighbors in MINI E.
sofa years ago.
The officers of the o A G cadet
battalion now bear marks of dis
tinction. Down the outside of
their trousers legs are white stripes
about an inch wide. The white
stripe on a navy blue background
is most sattractive.
The members of the Signal Corps,
o. N. G., received their outfit of
summer uniforms, Thursday, con-
sisting of campaign hats, khaki
blouse .and trousers and leggins,
which they are required to wear on
fatigue duty and during the en-
campment in July. The boys
make quite a presentable appear
ance in their new uniforms.
William, McLagan, Of this city,
received letter from his son, o.
ney, who, at the time of writing
was at White Pass, Alaska. Olney
has just recovered from spell of
sickness and is contemplating
trip to Pine Creek. This is in the
Atlin mining district in British Co.
lumbia. He stated that George A.
Waggoner was at the Pass and was
in good health.
Small & Son now have one of the
best equipped ice cream and con-
fectionery establishments in the
state. Their candies have gained a
wide and deserved reputation, and
the demand for their ice cream has
grown so great that they have sold
over 200 gallons of this delicacy
during the past six weeks, notwith-
standing the fact that the weather
has been cool. They have an or
der for 70 gallons of ice cream for
the 18th of this month.
The board of school directors for
district No. 8 held a meeting Thurs
day evening and elected teachers
for the ensueing year. All Of the
teachers were retained except Miss
Ella Currin, who has accepted a
position in the public schools at
Weiser, Idaho. She taught the
first grade last year and Miss Let
tie Wicks was elected to the vacan.
cy. Prof. Holmes gave perfect sat
isfaction during the past year and
was retained as principal and his
assistants will be as follows: n
Tartar, Mrs. Cramer, Mrs. Camp
bell, Miss Noble, MISS Anderson
Miss Mccormick, Miss Wicks aud
Miss frankie Currln.
Yesterday the hands on the 0 A
C farm began the task of putting
up a quantity of clover silage
Prior to Monday a large tank, some
twenty feet high by eight or ter
feet in diameter, had been put II
order for the reception of the clover
The clover will not be chopped thi
year, as it is hard to cut for some
reason, but will be put up as il
comes from the field. Holes have