Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-02
LOCAL NEWS.

@. T. Gillett, Of Marcola, Lame
county,. spent Decoration Day In
this city.
Born, Saturday morning, May
Both, 1903. to Mr.. and Mrs Mostert
in this city, a son.
Small & Son serve their patrons
with the most delicious ice cream tc
be had in the city.
Miss Ivy Burton, of the class oi
'0l, is visiting in Corvallis to attend
the graduating exercises at O A G,
Attorney General J. d. DAILY
came up from Portland to attend to
matters connected with his duties
as regent of the Agricultural Col
lege, and vote in the congressional
election.
Married, at the residence of Al
bert Wiscknopsky, May Both, Mar
Gus Caves, of Summit, and Miss
Minnie Wiscknopsky, of Blodgett,
Horace Underhill, J. P, officiating.
The happy couple will reside at
Summit.
Miss Anna Danman has returned
from Union, where she has been
employed for the past year in the
public schools of that city. She
has the choice between her present
position as .8th grade teacher, or as
high school teacher for the coming
year.
Henry Amber has negotiated the
sale of Mrs. Gilbert's 81 acre farm,
8 miles west of Philomath, to G. A.
Scott, of that place, for $3.50 cash;
also Newton's harness shop to R. E.
Pugh, recently of Hobart. Okla.
Mr.. Pugh will put in stock of
hardware.
Clyde Henry, an old D A G stu
dent who left Corvallis ia 1896, vis..
tied here last week with his brother,
who is attending the college. Clyde
has spent the last six years in trav-
cling over the coast. He has visit
ed all important places in Utah,
Colorado. California, Montana,
Idaho, Nevada, and been as far
south as Mexico.
The ball game at the picnic at
Bellfountain, last Thursday between
Dusty and Philomath was won by
the latter. The handicap eating
contest was won by Frank Elgin,
of this city, who was scratch man.
: There is some talk of. protesting
Mr.. Elgin on the grounds of profess
sionalism.
Walter Browns fine big team
took a lively spin down Main street
Sunday morning. Mr.. Brown had
made some pu. chases of groceries,
hardware and lumber. These were
On board when the frisky animals
took fright at a bicyclist, and were
distributed from the Occidental
hotel to the sawmill, where the rum
aways were stopped.
Mr.. Bell, recently of . eb raska, is
in this city, the guest Of his former
neighbor, C. G. Cady. Mr.. Bell
will be joined shortly by his family
who are now in California, and will
make his residence in Corvallis.
He desires to give his children the
. advantages of our excellent schools,
and hopes to find employment here
for himself and nineteen.year-old
son.
VIM. Broders, who recently pur-
chased the saloon business conduct
ed<by Tbos. Whitehnrn for the last
twenty years, took charge yester.
day morning. Mr.. Whitehorn is
entitled to much of the credit due
Corvallis saloon keepers for the or
derly manner in which these places
are run. There is probably no
town in Oregon. where the city or
dinaLces regulating the liquor traffic
are more implicitly obeyed than
here in Corvallis. Mr.. Broders is
q good citizen, and the confidence is
expressed that he will spare no Of
forts to comply with every require
ment of the license laws.
Corvallis seems to be behind other
cities in the matter of early closing
The various business houses in Eu-
gene, Albany, McMinnville and
other towns close their doors at 6
o'clock every evening, except Satur-
day, but the old custom of late
hours still prevails in Corvallis.
There seems to be no good reason
for this policy, but the habit has
been formed, and habits are hard to
break. Of course, the merchants
only reason for keeping open after
supper is to accommodate his GUS
toners. If he were assured that
his patrons will suffer no incon-
venience from early closing, his
doors would close at 6 o'clock.
During the last week this matter