Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-04-14


Ms Ca. Thompson, an heir.
Buy your milk of the Clover
|. Leaf dairy, operated by Taylor &
Curry.
Don't forget the Hazelwood ice
cream served Saturdays and Sum-
days at the City Restaurant.
A. f. Peterson return, Satur-
day, from Condor, where be has the
contract for building the new Gill;
am county courthouse.
The ministers of the CITY aud
their wives were entertained at tea
at the Meshodjst Episao ,al parson.
age last Friday evsning Of 6 o'clock.
Ioshua Peters was brpugii. out
from Lobster yesterday to be esam.
ined as to his sanity Sheriff Bur.
hett will take him to the asylum
today.
Don't forget to call for the Hazel
wood ice cream every Saturday and
Sunday at the City Restaurant;
also frst-c.ass meals, 25 and 80
cents. C. w. LEDERLE, Proprietor.
Harvey Sargent left last Friday
for Montana, where he will test the
merits of his gopher gun as a
prairie dog exterminator. Mr.. Sar
gent may take trip through the
south and be absent several months
Pref. Friedel, of the University
of Oregon will deliver the 3D. lecture
in the series being given at the NJ
e. church, next Friday evening, at
8 p. m; subject Student Life in
Europe" The public are cordially
invited to these lectures.
At the annual county institute to
be held either in June or July,
Sup't Denman intends to hold an
old fashion spelling down contest.
Each school will be entitled to one
representative. A prize of S. will
be given to the district winning.
This money is to go towards adding
books to the school library.
The McMinnville Telephone Reg
lister calls attention to the fact that
John. W. 1ngle, of this county, So
cialist candidate for congress in
this district, formerly lived at Day.
ton, and was candidate for state
senator on the prohibition ticket in
1886. HIS republican opponent,
DR.. J. W. Watts, was elected.
Thirty-five Oregonians have gov
ernmental positions at the national
capital Three of these, Harry Hol-
gate, Henry Allen and Brady Bur-
nett, are from Corvallis. These are
all census Office clerks. Brady
Burnett is connected with the man
ufacturers division and devotes his
time out of Office to a study of law
in Washington college.
| An Easter program was given at
the M. E church Sunday evening.
Both rooms were entirely filled, and
the occasion was of much interest.
Among other good things, the
church choir rendered an anthem
from the Messiah. DR.. Cathey sang
solo and two selections were given
by the Sunday school choir. A pa
per of merit was read by Mrs. ]. D.
Mann.
Though the school children have
Responded to the call of the city i'm
provemeht association, yet there are
still about so corms left, or enough
for 80 more contestants, and we
shall be pleased to have these all
called for during the present week :.
The corms can be gotten at the
home of E. R. Lake. Mr.. Lake
will record the contestants and dis
tribute corms up to Saturday noon.
Next week the prizes will be
awarded.
! Dallas and Salem basket ball
teams are having much difficulty
in agreeing upon a place to play
the deciding game in their race fol
the championship. Salem has sent
the following ultimatum to Dallas
college: "Our final proposition is
that we will play. you either on the
Oregon City Y. M. c. A. floor; o A
G floor at Corvallis, or at [ndepen-
dence, on a floor at least 40 feet
| wide and between sixty and eighty
feet long," Better come to Corval
lis, friends. Here you will have 8
thoroughly impartial audience, ano
the best floor in the state to play on
/ The wheelmen held an entnusi-
astic meeting at the court house
Saturday evening. The officers re.
ports showed a healthy CLUB condi
ton. 1t was decided to take uI
path building and improvement al
soon as the weather will permit. A
A committee of three was instruct
ed to begin the collection of annua
membership dues: The club has {