Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-15
F. P. Sheasgreen was in Port
land last week on business.

n. +. SQ6asgr60n was III fOrL
land last week on business.
The circuit court of Bento
county has adjourned until Marcl
26, 1904
Beginning Jauary lst, 1904, al
voters will be required to registe
before the June election.
Mrs. M. A. Canon, who has beer
visiting in Hillsboro, Ohio, for th.
past two months, arrived home Sat
urday.
| The ladies of the Congregations
church will hold bazaar in ths
Zierolf building next Friday. Buy
your Christmas presents there.
The Benton county members o
the Bar Association, last Friday
passed resolutions of coincidence on
the death of the Hon. H. C. Wat
son, of Albany.
Last Friday The first Demo rest
medal contest for the present COL
legiate year was held in the audi
torium of Philomath College, Miss
Bessie Meats, of the College OF
Philomath, won from six contest
ants, while Oscar Weed, of Philo-
math College, ranked second by the
gradings.
Interest in football has not died
out, as all during Saturday a crowd
of students was at Emerv's photo
graph gallery examining his FIN )
athletic display. This display is
composed of pictures of the football
teams and each player separately,
the basket ball teams, and also
events in last seasons track meets.
The masquerade ball given in the
Opera House last Friday night
proved success both socially and
financially, there being nearly 40
maskers and about 20G spectators.
An orchestra of nine pieces gave
c, n cert from $3.50 until 9. They
alsofurnished music ior the dancers.
The orchestra was composed of the
following players: First violin,
Joe Henkle; second violin. Bessie
Danneman; first cornet, Harold
Woodcock; second cornet, Mary
Danneman; piano, Gladys Moore;
clarinet, Delbert Proebstel; from
bone, Will Wicks; flute, Bert Yates;
drums, Roy Irvine.
Father F. J. Springer, who has
had charge of Seghers, South Cor
neiius, and other Catholic missions
in Forest Grove vicinity, left yester-
day for Corvallis, to which parish
he has been promoted by the Arch
bishop. He will supply also the
missions at Monroe aud Soap Greek.
Father Springer has ma ie many
warm friends in this county, not
only of his parishioners but among
those outside his church, all of
whom are glad of his deserved ad
while regretting that it
removes him from the neighbor-
hood. father Burri, of McMinn-
vile, will have charge of the Segh-
ers mission.-Hlllsboro Indepen-
dent.
Christmas is coming, children,
and the matter of buying the toys
for the Christmas stocking is the
question of the greatest Importance
at the present time. Let
.'All the little boys and girls,
With rosy cheeks and faxen cur1s''
Or any other kind of curls for that
rush away at once to Fl. w.
Halls and examine the toys that
ill his store to everhowing. Go at
once. before the stock is gone, and
pick out what you like best; then
write letter to Santa Claus and
;ell him to cali there and get it for
you. Santa Claus always gets his
tock of toys for Corvallis boys and
,irls of his old friend Hall. It is
cheaper for him than making them
but the children themselves must
10 the selecting. Don't wait till
Jhristmas-go at once.
The city fathers have very
,houghtfully dumped a few loads Of
gravel into the lake that had form
ID on Madison street, in front of the
GAZETTE office. Hearing that the
,ext few weeks was the time for de-
inquent subscribers to pay up their
BACK subscriptions to the GAZETTE
ind fearing that some might be
nired or drowned in the mad rush,
hey have taken time by the fore
ock, and made the street passable.
Dur thanks are due the authorities
or their kindly action. Subscrib-
RS will remember that there is now
10 danger in approaching the GA
'ETTE Office from any direction with
heir subscriptions, and will be
'eady to fall in the line that will
orm on Madison street, and ex.
end up Main street to the saw