Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-13
LOCAL NEWS.

tropolis visitor last week.
G.. U. Leeper has gone to Rose
burg to spend few days.
F. M. Plummer, of Newport, wal
a Corvallis visitor Saturday.
G. E. McLane, and wife of Suver,
were in town last Saturday.
T. B. Williamson, a prominent
farmer of Fairmount, was in Cor
wallis Saturday.
J. H. Ground and wife and R.
Ground, of Monmouth, were visit
ing in Corvallis last Saturday.
Rev. J. A. Townsend, of Rose
burg, attended Synod here last
week. We acknowledged pleas
ant call.
Mrs. Sarah Cauthorn, Who has
been visiting in Eastern Oregon
with her daughter, frankie, has re-
turned home.
Fish Warden Vandusen, Of As
toria, was in town yesterday, en-
route home from Newport, where
he went on business.
Mrs. J. II. Simpson, who has
been in Sacramento visiting her
dlughter, Mrs. Merle Cathey, ar
rived home last week.
A. G. Adkins, of Monmouth, was
in Corvallis Saturday enroute home
from deer hunt above Eugene.
He had some venison with him.
Harry Whitman, an OAC boy is
again in school, after having nurs-
ed a very cora hand caused by
blood pois oning for several days.
q. FL. Davis has been indisposed
and confined to his room for several
DAYS. We are glad to see him on
the streets and at his place of busi-
ness again.
Our fellow townsmen, Robert
johnson, will go to Portland on
Monday as representative to the
Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias
to convene there next week.
Noble Leadbetter has returned
from an extended trip through Coos
and Curry counties. He went in
the interest of the International
correspondence schools of Scranton,
Pa, and was very successful.
On last Saturday the football
team from the Corvallis public
school met the Philomath College
team at Philonath, and were van
quished by score Of 5 to 0 The
home boys were greatly handi
capped by the size of Philomath's
players.
Rev. Robert Robe, of Browns
vile, returned to his home yester-
day after attending the recent meet
ing of the Synod of the Presby
terian church. Mr.. Robe is one of
Oregon's pioneer ministers, and one
of the oldest members of the Synod.
Yesterday morning Major Har-
din, during his regular visit to the
Cadet band, announced the ap-
pointment of e. D. Wetmore as
chief musician. This makes a
Junior and a senior chief musician
in the band, E. W. Yates being
senior chief musician and leader.
The chapel Of the college was
very crowded last Monday morn
ing, the occasion being full atten-
dence of students, and about twen-
ty five of the visiting ministers
who are attending the Presbyterian
Synod. Rev. Mcintosh, of the Tho
illogical Seminary at San Francisco,
made very entertaining and in
structive address. He spoke for
about fifteen minutes on "Higher
Manhood and Womanhood." After
chapel exercises the visitors were
shown, by the professors, over the
buildings and campus.
Rev. Joseph A. Hanna and wife,
of Los Angeles, California. have
been in Corvallis the past few days
attending the meeting of the Synod
Mr.. Hanna is one of the oldest
mem bers of the Synod, having
come to Oregon as missionary in
1852. In 1853 he organized the
Presbyterian church in Corvallis
Having been resident of Corval-
lis for over thirty years, Mr.
Hanna has many warm friends
who have mach pleasure in this op-a
portunity Of renewing their inter