Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-19
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
Don't forget to vote for. carnival
queen.
New goods all the time at Nolan
& Callahan's.
Meals served for 25 cents at the
City restaurant. Special rates by
week or month.
Small & Son serve their patrons
with the most delicious ice cream to
be had in the city.
Born, in Corvallis, Friday, May
Is, 1908, to Mr.. and Mrs. Dawson,
of Elk City, son.
Call and investigate that "Red
Box" proposition at Nolan & Gala
hans. There's money in it.
Nothing is more palatable during
warm weather than ice cream.
Small & Son keeps the best.
A new floor in the sales room Of
Graham & Wells drugstore was an
Improvement made last week. -
R L. Taylor returned last Fri
day from visit TO Independence,
Dallas and other Polk county
POINTS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hodes and
little daughter, of Albany, visited
over Sunday with relatives and
friends in this city.
The program of the teachers an.
nual institute for Benton county,
which began its sessions at Philo-
math yesterday morning, will be
found on page 2. of this issue.
The City Restaurant has made
arrangements whereby customers
can lie served with Hazelwood ice
cream every day, instead of only
Saturdays and Sundays as hereto
fore.
An excursion will be run from
Dallas and Independence to Cor
wallis next Friday. The motor will
leavs Dallas at 4 p. m. and return
after the prohibition oratorical con
test.
Mrs. Schick, of San Francisco,
will arrive this week on a short
visit with her brother, August
Weber. When she returns to Cali
fornia, she will be accompanied by
her father.
A business meeting of the G. A.
r. and w. r. C. will be held at
their hall, Friday evening, May %,
at 7.3O. All members requested
to be present. Veterans who are
strangers here are invited.
A picnic will be held at Ridders
Grove, May 28th, under the auspices
Of Suver Camp, Modern Woodmen.
A musical and literary program
will be rendered in the morning.
beginning at 10 o'clock. Every
body cordially invited.
The last session of the iegisla-
ture passed law which was ap-
proved by the governor and which
is now in full force and effect. The
law requires all births and deaths
to be recorded and it is misde-
meanor for any undertaken to bury
any person until the death certifi-
cate is properly filled out.
Camp 495, Woodmen of the
World, ia making extensive arrange
ments for a big picnic to be held on
Bellfocntain campground on May
2Sth. A fine musical and literary
program will be presented during
the forenoon, and the afternoon will
be devoted to athletic sports. A
royal good time is promised.
Samuel Connell, who was ap-
pointed by the Governor to represent
Oregon in the dedication of the
st. Louis Worlds Fair, has re-
turned, after visiting a number of
cities in the interests of the 1905
fair. Mr.. Connell also visited the
National good roads convention at
st. Louis. The best plan discussed
for the improvement of the Oregon
roads was the Missouri plan. By
this means the roadbed is excavated
and thoroughly drained. Then the
dirt taken out is ground to a fine
powder and replaced, after which it
is rolled until it is hard as asphalt,
the pores in the earth being prac-
tieally closed An ordinary days
rain, it is said, will not penetrate
this hard surface more than one
half an inch. And that three days
continuous rain will not wet it more
than an inch.