The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-19
STOLEN CHEESE RECOVERED.

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Poisoned with Prick of pin rafting
Wood on the Willamette-Other
News.
Prot. Gragg, long time ago an
instructor at OAC, for eight years
professor of mathematics in Phi1o-
math College, ten years ago can
didate against E. L. Bryan for
county superintendent of Benton
arrived Sunday from the East for
visit. He is now professor of
mathem mates in Central College at
Huntington. Indiana.
The danger of pricking a wound
with pin is emphasized in the case
of. S. M. Wood. He thought there
was briar in the back of his hand.
He used a pin in making an exam
ination. That was Sunday after
noon. Monday afternoon his hand
was so swollen and painful that he
went to a doctor for relief. The
man of science said it was case of
poisoning, probably from use of the
pin. He did his utmost to afford
relief. The swelling went on until
all the hand was involved to the ell
bow. That was ten days ago, and
the member is better now, but Mr.
Wood still carries his arm in a sling.
Frank Groves of the Bremerton
navy yard, arrived Sunday. He
has 80 days lay off on full pay,
and is home for a visit with rela-
tives and old friends. Bremerton
which became notorious for the
number and character of its saloons
is now saloon1ess. The threat of
the government to discontinue the
station if the conditions were not
improved, made the place practic-
ally a prohibition town. Five war
vessels are now at the yard, viz, the
New York, Marblehead, Benning-
ton. Fortune and the Philadelphia.
All are being overhauled and re.
paired. One thousand men are
employed in the yard.
The disappearance of a consider
able quantity of cheese from the dairy
department was one of the incidents
at the college last winter. 1t went
one night, and in such a way that
the whole matter was surrounded
by mystery. The surmise, of course.
was that it was prank OF student
ON, but all the arts and wiles of the
amature detectives on the hill failed
to find the cheese or disclose the
identity of the cu1prits. Monday
the janitors had general house
cleaning in the administration build
ing. In the process of their opera
tons they stumbled on huge pile
of cheese, and that is supposed to
be the identical lot that the dairy
men missed on certain morning
last winter. The whereabouts of
the find was on top of the girls
wardrobe in the hall on the second
floor, north of the chapel. Of the
cheese, there were six of possible
total weight of $50 pounds.
A device for handling wood that
is new and original in these. parts,
is in full operation in the William
ette at and above Corvallis By
the scheme the wood is aoated
down the Willamette after the
fashion of the big drives of saw logs
The wood is maple, cut in four-foot
lengths, and was put in the Will
lamette from an island inthe river
near Fin1ey's warehouse. There is
100 cords of it. and it is to be sold
in the Corvallis market. Across
the river, urged on by a number of
men, the drive floats down until it
encounters boom that has been
stretched. across the Willamette,
just above the city and county
gravel ferry. The original purpose
pose was to take the wood from the
water and rick it on the fiat near
the boom. A better place for the
pose has, however, been found
short distance above Strong's saw
mill, and at last accounts it was
the plan to take the wood from the
water and rick it there. The man
behind the enterprise is Mr.. Nor
wood of Bruce.