Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-02-24
EBanker and Mrs. Lease came
home, Monday, frog1 Toledo.

nome, Monday, fr0E1 IOiedo.
Order your trees and shrubs of
w. F. Gray, Corvallis, Oregon.
DR.. Lowe, the well-known oculo-
optician, will be in Corvallis March
18th, 18th, and 18th.
Pure and wholesome cream and
milk in any quantity at the Clio. er
Leaf dairy, Taylor & Curry pro.
prietors.
D, B. Twins, of Salem, a former
Corvallis business rran, has been
visiting old acquaintances In this
city for several days.
Miss Magda Schesnheld left, Sat-
urday, for a visit with her uncle at
San Jose, Calf. Miss SchoenfeId
is niece Of J. Wrage.
Senator Daily returned home from
Salem, Saturday, and Representa-
tive Hayden spent Sunday in Cor
wallis on his way home to Alsea.
Mrs. Ruth Clark arrived home,
yesterday, from the bay country,
where she has been in the interest
of the Woman's Relief Corps, of
which order she is deputy organizer.
Professor Hawley's lecture on
The Makind of the Declaration of
Independence" scheduled for last
Friday evening, was postponed to
next Friday evening. February 27.
After operating at and above Cor
wallis for the past couple of months,
the snagboat Mathloma left yester-
day for the Columbia river, where
Captain Galbraith says they will
be employed for the next four
months.
The steamer Albany, which form
erly operated on the river between
Corvallis and Portland, now lies at
the bottom of the Columbia. She
sprung leak last Saturday morn
ing in some unaccountable manner
and went down before she could be
run ashore.
Ivan Daniel passed through Al
banY, Friday, en- route from Seattle
to Texas, where he goes to accept
the position of principal musician
with the "Noble Dramatic Com
pany." His sister, accompanied by
Miss Ready, drove over to Albany
to see Ivan as he passed through.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Vamaton, of
Warsaw, Indiana, are visiting at
the home of Mrs. Agnes Thompson,
in this city. They arrived last
Tuesday and will remin several
weeks. Mrs. Vamaton is a sister
of Mrs. Thompson, and this is their
first meeting in 81 years.
Charley Overlander came out
from his Big Elk ranch last Friday,
to remain week or so. Charley
says that everything in his section
of the country is in good form, but
that during the recent cold weather
it took great deal of hay to keep
the stock going.
Ira Griggs and family, of Laurel,
Neb., are expected to arrive in Cor
Wallis this week. These people are
friends of B. j. Evers, who came to
this city sfrom Nebraska last fall.
Mr.. Evers is certain that a number
of people from Laurel will visit Cor
Wallis this spring, with a view to To-
eating.
The dance given by the officers
of the cadet corps of o. A. c., at the
armory, Friday night, was quite
largely attended by dancers and
spectators. and was a decided suc-
cess socially. The concert, which
preceded the program of dances,
was artistically rendered; and gene
rally satisfaction was expressed re-
garding the quality and tempo Of
the music for the dance.
There were series of Washing
ton and, Lincoln exercises given by
the pupils of the Philomath public
schools last Friday. The exercises
were participated in by pupils from
all the grades. From the report
coming to us there is doubt but the
pupils acquitted themselves most
creditably and Principal Pratt is to
be congratulated on the excellence
of the work he and his assistants
are doing.
The total of the summaries of the
assessment rolls of all the counties
of the state have been made public
and shows that the total taxable
value of all the property in the
state is $14S,O99, ,6Ol 65 for the
year 1902, as against Sal, ,398,513.-
96 fer 1901. This is an increase of
Sc, 70l, ,O87.69. Every county re-
ports an increase in valuation ex-
cept Klamath, Umatilla, and Yam
hill. Each Of these three report a
decrease. Malheur county reports
or inoroasa of E0 mar cont while