Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-30

Calling caTOS loT lbo iduiCo o'
the GAZETTE office.
Miss Grace Belknap, of Prime
Vile. has been the guest of Mrs. K.
G. Moore during the past few days.
After June 1st bicycle riders will have
to keep off the sidewalks of Corvallis.
Do not forget this, or you may have
trouble.
A. Newson, former o A c stu
dent, came up from Salem few
days ago for visit with his old
chums.
Considerable work has been done
on the bicycle paths leading from
this city. And work is still under
headway.
Samuel Kerr and son have been
engaged during the week placing
coat of paint on the residence OF
Geo. w. Smith.
Something for the ladies at the
GAZETTE office. A fine line of call
ing cards Come in and have some
printed while you wait.
This is Memorial Day, a national hoil-
day. and in consequence certain busl-
nesses will be closed, the students of the
GA c will enjoy vacation, as will the
children of the public schools.
During the first of the week
Sheriff Burnett completed arrange
ments for the construction of the
various voting booths to be used
throughout the county next Mon
day.
The picnic and dance given by
Willamette Grange at their hall
ten or twelve miles south of this
city last Saturday was most sue
cessful affair. Every body had a
splendid time and merriment was
the order of the day. The exche-
quer of the grange was enriched by
some $50 or $40.
TIE Right Reverend Bishop Nor
ris will preach in the Episcopal
church of this city next Sunday at
7:45 o. m. All are cordially in
vited to hear the venerable Pre-
late's instruction. There will be
no service in the church in the fore
noon. C. MacLean, Ph. D.,
Rector.
Billy Baker came down from his home
in Junction City, Wednesday. He is
running the hotel at that place and has
been doiag good business, but confne-
ment does not agree with him and he is
going to give up the hotel business and
again take up his residence in Corvallis.
He will follow his trade-carpenterin
and will go to work for w. o. Heckart
in the course of few weeks. Mr.. Baker
has many friends here who will be pleas
ell to welcome him back to his old home.
Next week the graduating class
of the Corvallis public schools
will hold their exercises in the
Opera House on Wednesday eve
ming. The pupils will present a
neat and entertaining program.
The class is so large this year that
the graduating exercises will con-
sumo two evenings, Wednesday and
Friday, of next week. The school
work has been most satisfactory
this year under the regime of Prof.
5 w. Holmes and his efficient
corps of teachers.
All sorts of things are resorted to
in case of necessity. Mrs. A. J.
Hall, of Soap Greek, is one of the
greatest poultry raisers in the coun.
ty and at various times has had
her flock decimated by hawks. She
observed the actions Of the hawks
when they were about to seize a
chicken and noticed that they
would invariably alight on some
thing near their intended victim
before making a final swoop upon
their prey. She is not good hand
with shotgun and was obliged tt
resort to another manner of killing
the hawks. She proceeded to set 8
high pole in the barnyard for th'
hawks to perch upon and on top o
this pole she placed loaded steel
trap. In this manner she is rapid
ly Kidding her neighborhood o
hawks.