Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-08
Hart Schaffner & Marx dressy
clothes for men, at Kline's.


Guy M. Reynolds, of Salem, Wis
tied with Corvallis friends Monday
Hon. ]. D. Daily was up from
Portland Monday ou business con
nected with the College.
Organs repaired and cleaned; &c
years experience. A few organs ts
rent. R. N. White, Corvallis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Handsaker, o.
Eugene, are visiting at the home d
their son, Rev. T. S. Handsaker.
The o. A. C. will play the foot
ball game of the season with the
University of Greg IN, at Eugene
on NOyembe 21.
It is estim .ted that at least two
thousand people are picking hops
in Polk county. The crop is very
light but of exec llent quality.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gilkev, oi
Montasano, Wash, are visiting
their son, J A. Gilkey, and family,
of this city.
A bargain isn't a bargain if the
people who want it don't know
about it. Let them know through
the GAZETTE. That is what its
for.
[ have again opened my mi.lin.
cry store, and have received full
lire OF extremely popular and styl-
ish hats. Ladies call. You will
find prices all right.
MRS. j. MASON.
The Jewish New Year (Rosh
Hashanah) will begin on the 2lst
of the mouth. The celebration
usually lasts one day, but among
the strictly orthodox it lasts two
days.
Cascara bark has again advanced
in price. the quotation now being
20 cents per pound, with q prospect
Of going still higher. Small boys
are making as high as five dollars
day, going halvers with the farm-
ers who own the trees.
The city papers are urging the
people who 60 to the hop fields to
be on their guard against sharpers
and gamblers, as SO many of that
class, whose names are on the pris.
on registers and whose pictures
adorn the rogues' gallery, have lett
Portland for the hop fields.
The cottage being erected on the
lots recently purchased by Mrs.
Melva McKenney, is almost COM.
pleted, and will be occupied by
Chas. Heckart and family. Car
penters will soon commence the
erection of a dwelling house nea-
the same, which will be occupied by
Mrs Mckinney and daughters.
R. NJ. Cramer, with his atterney,
W. f Yates, were out in the Cas-
cade mountains Friday and Satur-
day making contracts for hemlock
lumber to be used in the Organ and
Carriage Factory. Mr.. Cramer had
some interests up there already,
and secured some more important
rights ON this trip. He reports
considerable grain not yet threshed
in the lowlands Of Santiam river
Fire made clean sweep of the
residences of William L. Cauthorn,
near Wells last Thursday, taking
the smoke house and wood shed.
The fire was started by sparks and
SCOT from the cap of the stovepipe
to the roof of the kitchen. Mr..
Cauthorn lost all Of his household
effects, though a small amount Of
furniture belonging to his con, Will
lard, was saved out of the front
room. Mr.. Cauthorn says he lost
everything he had in the house,
the fire not leaving him q change
of clothing. The house and other
were not insured and
probably no insurance on contents
Prospectors, when out of reach of
assayers to test their ore, says the
Pacific Miner, can by the following
method deter mine whether rock to
be tested carries minerals or not.
When you desire to naker.the test,
pulverize the rock very fine; then
take one part of the pulp and tw'
parts of common gunpowder; mix
them together with enough water
to make stiff dough; work it up
and together with your hands;
then form it into a cone or pyra-
mid and let dry in the sun or near
the fire. When dry set the cone on
q fiat stone and live coal on top
Of the cone. When it has aizzled
and spu.tered itself out, the min
eral, If there was any in the rock,
will be found in the shape of a but
ton on the stone.
Portland graduates and students
of the Oregon Agricultural College,
says the Sunday Oregonian, effected
a preliminary organization Friday
evening at the home of Horace
Brodie. son of Mr.. and Ms. G. A.
Brodie, on the Mt. Scott Railway.
where they wee cordially well