Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-03-24

Leaf dairy, operated by Taylor &
Curry.
At Mr.. G.. G. Knapps residence,
9th and Adams ST., S. D. A. Sab
bath School and Bible reading every
Sabbath Saturday., at 2:30 p. m.
J. NJ. Hemphill leaves today for
Portland, where he will enter the
service of the Wells, Fargo express
company. "Mack" is an expert
enced express messenger, having
been employed for number of
years on a run out of Denver. COL
orado.
The loggers in the employ Ct TIE
Spaulding Lumber Co, who have
been taking out logs from the D.
W. Mckinney place near Albany,
for the past three weeks, will finish
their contract the last of this week
and start their RATS down the river
to Oregon City.
A large audience enjoyed the le !.
ture on "Teadstool vs.. Mushroom, !"
deliver ed at the NJ. E. church last
Friday evening l'y Prof. Albert R..
Sweetser, of the Unlverrity of Ore
gon. This lecture course is prov
ing very popular. and the attractions
are meri'o.ious.
A basket social will be given at
the Opera House on the evening Of
April 29th, by the local tent of
Macabees. A musical and literary
program will be rendered, and the
proceeds will go tothe Maccabee
band recently organized. Particu-
lars will appear later in these col
umns.
W. O. Heckart leaves today for
Eugene, where he will begin the
erection of residences for Messrs.
Calkins ard Delano, Of that city,
Immediately. He was accompanied
by Harry Buxton and VIM. Baker
who will assist in the work above
mentioned. Mr.. Heckart has u
crew of men employed in Corvallis,
and he will divide his attention be-
tween this city and Eugene for the
next few months.
The legal time allowed M. w.
Wilkins to redeem the Hotel Cor
Wallis property has expired. Sale
of this property to Samuel Swan
son was confirmed at the November
term of the circuit court, and be
now has clear title. Mr.. Swan
son has been in Corvallis for several
days, and it Is understood that he
will proceed to complete the num-
ber Of Improvements on the prop
erty begun last fall.
In response to an invitation from
Edwin Stone to take trip over the
c. & E. railroad when in this state,
President Roosevelt wired that
preparations for his trip were SO
far advanced that it would be i'm
possible for him to accept. 1t is
probable that the President will
only make stops at Portland and
Salem during his trip through the
Willamette Valley, May 21st, and
those who wish TO see and hear the
nations chief executive, will have
to visit either of these cities to
do SO.
All arrangements are complete for
the teachers and parents meeting
with the public schools, to be held
at Philomatb, Saturday, March %
A fine program has been arranged.
Pres. E. D. Ressler, of Monmouth
Normal, will deliver an address.
An excellent literary and musical
program will be furnished by the
public schools and the colleges of
Philomath. An Innovation in the
way of basket dinner during noon
hour will add interest to the occa-
sion. Programs have been mailed
to the different schools.
Edwin nj. Clark and Miss Jose
A. Gortner were married at the
residence of DR.. H. T. Hooper, at
Vale, Or, Rev. II. E. Carter Off
ciating. The bride was formerly a
popular young lady of McMinnville.
Mr.. Clark was for many years ia
the employ of Huston & Bogue in
this city. Some months ago he
moved to Vale to accept position
with the Vale Commercial Com
pany. Mr.. and Mr.. Clark will
make that city their home. The
GAZETTE takes pleasure in extend
ing congratulations.
AS announced in the GAZETTE a
month ago, the College Prohibition
Association Of Oregon, Washington
and California will hold it's inter
state oratorical contest in Corvallis,
May 1st. The state contest, to de-
termine whom shall represent Ore
gon, will be held in Dallas, April
9Th. The winner of the inter.s state
contest will represent the Pacific
coast at the National contest which