Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-03-31
LOCAL NEWS.
Order your tress ahd shrubs Of
W. F. GRAY, Corvallis, o. U.egon.

Rev. II. A. Deck attended a meet.
ing of the beard oftrustets of Dallas
college last week.
Don't forget the Hazelwood ice
cream served Saturdays and Sun
days at the City Restaurant.
A. Ii. Nichols, foreman of the
Jersey creamery, is on an extended
visit to Southern Oregon points.
Pure and wholesome cream and
milk in any quantity at the Glover
Leaf dairy. Taylor & Curry pro-
prietors.
Smoke the 'Old Joe Wheeler"
scent cigar. Best on earth. w.
T. and G. E. Small, agents, Cor.
Wallis. Oregon.
Miss Ainslie returned to her home
in Portland, Sunday, after an ex-
tended visit at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Smith.
A. e. wilkins, who purchased the
tailoring establishment of J. Wrage,
recently, arrived in Corvallis, Fri.
day, to take charge of this business.
F. E. Edwards, assistant in chem
istry at O A C, spoke on Mature
Study" before the teachers insti-
and educational meeting held at
Lebanon last Sat urday.
Henry Armstrong, who has been
working on the Benton County
Lumber Co.'S new flume, near Philo-
math, spent Saturday and Sunday
with friends in this city.
George Cathey, who has been at
tending the medical department of
Willamette University for several
months, has re-entered 0. A. c. for
the work of the spring term.
Lee Beall, of Lakeview, Or, has
been appointed a regent of the Ash
land Normal school by Governor
Chamberlain. Lee graduated from
the O A G in the class of 1896.
DR.. E. V. Leeper, of northern
Benton, was a business visitor to
Corvallis, Saturday, DR.. Leeper
was a foremost worker in the move
ment which resulted in renewing
the toll on the Albany bridge.
TheOccidental hotel in this city,
has always enjoyed large share of
the patronage of the local and travel
ing public, because its tables are al.
ways supplied with all that the sea
son and markets afford, and its
rooms are clean and comfortably
furnished.
According to the present school
law the second Friday in April is
set apart as Arbor Day, This day
will fall on April 10th this year.
The school children of the state are
to be assemble d in the school build
ings of the state and hold such ex-
ercises as are deemed ap 5ropriate
for the occasion.
Louis Hartley, of Corvallis, man
ager of the Great Eastern mines in
Bohemia, who has lately returned
from trip to the East, was in town
late last week and favored this Office
with a pleasant call. He informed
us that the directors of the Great
Eastern recently held a meeting at
Corvallis and it was decided to be-
gin active development work in
their mines April 1st. This COM
pany will no doubt put stamp
mill in operation in their mines be-
fore the close of the season, at least
this is matter they have in con-
temptation. Their property is said
to be showing: up exceedingly well.
Cottage Grove Leader.
The democrats of Benton county
will hold no primaries or county
convention to name delegates to the
congressional convention at Albany.
The possibility of sending demo-
crat from this district to congress is
go slender that the local brethren
thought it advisable to dispense
with the labor and expense OF hold
primaries and convention, and the
central committee, which held a
meeting in Corvallis, Friday,
merely went through the formality
of naming the following delegation
to the congressional convention
Adam Wilhelm, Monroe; Joseph
Smith, Soap Creek; Abner Woods
Blodgett; S. L. Henderson and b
F. Irvine, Corvallis.
Governor Chamberlain has re-
ceived notification from the United
States Treasury Department thai
the matter Of the per cent Of thu
net proceeds of the sales OF public
lands. due the state Of Oregon, under
the provisions of the act of congress
approved February IA, 1859, for th'
fiscal year from July 1, 1901, tt
june SO, 1902, had been adjusted
and that balance of $23,36 81
was found due the state. A certifi
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