Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-02-20

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Order your trees and shrubs Of
W. F. Gray, Corvallis, Oregon.
Superintendent G. w. Denman
returned yesterday from a visit 10
Summit On school business.
Regular meeting of the Ladies
Coffee Club next Monday after
noon, Feb. 23j, at $50 O'Clock.
A marriage Ilcsns. was issued,
Tuesday, to A A. Lesley. and Miss
Edith Pegg, both of Bellfountain.
The knights of Valley Lodge, K
Of P, of this city, are arranging to
entertain their members and a
number Of invited guests at an in
formal reception in their castle hall
next Monday evening.
There will be services at the Con-
gregational church next Sunday at
IL a. m. and 7:3O p. M, conducted
by Rev. Green. of The Dalles. He
will also preach at Plymouth at 3
p. m. All are cordially invited to
attend.
Palmer, the little son of Police
Judge Greffoz, ran a large splinter
in his leg while sliding down a BAN
lister, Wednesday. Chloroform was
administered and the silver ex-
tracted. The little fellow has en-
tire'y recovered.
A letter recently received from r
E. Gibsen, stated that the writer
was IN Santa Barbara, California,
but was making arrangements for
a visit to Oakland. Mr.. Gibson
was delighted with the climate and
surroundings of the former city.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. J. Garrow went
to Portland, Wednesday, where the
latter will have an operation per-
formed on one of her eyes to relieve
one of the tear glands which has be-
come closed. The operation is not
a serious one, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Garrow expect to be home in about
ten days.
The entertainment given last Sat-
ulday evening at the Presbyterian
church at Oak Ridge, was a great
success financially and otherwise
The receipts, which will be used to
seat and paint the interior of the
school house, amounted to $3.50,
as follows: Door receipts, $40 so;
sale of boxes, 1920; contribution
by A. w. Fischer, $1.OO.
The basketball team speak very
highly of the treatment they re-
ceived while in Corvallis and have
no excuses to offer for losing the
game. Owing to the delayed train
they did not arrive in Corvallis Sat-
urday evening until eight o'clock
and the game was not called until
nearly pine. Captain Thayer says
his men played good ball but need
more experience.-Register.
Notwithstanding the fact that
there are no prisoners in the Benton
county Jail, and, therefore, there is
no necessity for heating that build
ing, the woodpile used for that pur-
pose is gradually growing less. The
shrinkage occurs only in the night
time, and the officers in the court
house, who have noticed the phen-
omenon, are considering the advis-
bility of placing a watch over the
wood to detect, if possible, the cause
of the gradual wasting away
Saturday evening the Commercial
Club announced that it would cease
negotiations with r. M. Cramer for
the removal of his carriage factory
to Eugene from Corvallis. This
does not necessarily stop the enter
prise from coming here but simply
relieves the club of the obligation
which is free to be taken up by any
other organization or individual in
the city. Mr.. Cramer and Mr..
Smith, the proprietors, know the
advantage of Eugele as location
for the factory and will not give up
trying to remove the same to this
city.-Guard.
We are in receipt of compile
mentary copy of a little pamphlet
on ''The Strawberry Industry on
the Northwest Pacific Coast" from
the author, e. Hotter, of Salem.
Mr.. Hofer has given much time and
attention to the growing Of straw
berries and is recognized as an
authority on the subject upon which
he writes. His pamphlet treats of
the natural adaptability of the
Northwest to strawberry growing.
1t views the in lustry from the stand
point of it's commercial value, and
offers observations and rules in
tended TO assist the beginner in
strawberry culture to make sue