Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-22


nesday evening at eight O'Clock
Bring a friend along and have &
good time.
The Misses Danneman enter
tanned at their home last Saturday
night. An enjoyable evening was
spent with cards, music, etc. Re
freshments were served.
/ The Democratic primaries OF
Benton are to be held on Tuesday,
the 29th, and the county convention
on Saturday, April 2. The dates
We're fixed at meeting of the
County Central Committee held
Saturday.
James Guier, recently placed
under 500 bonds to await the action
of the Circuit court on charge OF
criminal assault. was rearrested
Friday on bench warrant issued
by Judge James Hamilton of the
Circuit court, and MS bond was fix
ed at a $1,000. The oond was given
with A. N. Lilly and G. W. Smith
as sureties.
One of the heaviest wind storms
that has ever occurred in this county
for years was on last Friday night
Telephone wires, trees, outbuildings
and fences went down before the
wind. A small house in jobs ad-
dition, occupied by d family named
Harris, was blown off it's foundation.
The shooting stand on the flat was
also blown down In Portland the
loss caused by the storm was be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000
The state oratorical contest of
the Intercollegiate Prohibition
Associations will be held at Philo-
math on Friday, April s, There
will be $75 divided into three prizes
as follows. First prize, $40; second,
500; and third $15. Albany, Dal-
las, Monmouth, Corvallis, Forest
Grove, Newberg, McMinnvi'le, Phil
omath and Salem will have rep
resentative from their college or
university. The affair will be held
in Keezel Chapel and the admission
will be so cents and IS cents.
John x. johnson has purchased
the Corvallis Steam Laundry of O..
DeHaven and has taken charge.
Mr.. johnson has been engaged in
the steam laundry work for the
past eight years and thoroughly
understands the business. He has
put on wagon in Independence to
gather the laundry there, which will
be sent to Corvallis, and also has
agencies at Dallas aud Falls City.
There is a fine opening in this city
for steam laundry, if run by COM
petent hands, and under the new
management no doubt will put out
only first class work that will bear
comparison with city laundries.
R. w. Kelsay, of Newberg, the
well-known prohibition speaker, &C.
companied by w. Eugene Knox,
the inimitable impersonator, and
supported in song by Howard L.
Hockett and Emmer A. Newly will
hold a meeting at the court house
Thursday, March "a, at s p. IN.
The object of the meeting will be to
stir up sentiment in favor of prohi-
bition and especially the proposed
local option law. Every person in
terested in temperance work is cor
daily invited to be present. The
county convention meets the same
day. Admission will be free.
At a meeting held IN the court
house last Saturday afternoon be-
tween the citizens of Corvallis and
farmers of Benton county toward
advancing the rural telephone pro-
ject, the following we're appointed a
board of directors. A. J. johnson,
Virgil Waters, E. F. Wiles, George
Lindeman, Robert johnson, Zeh
Davis and J. R Smith. Another
meeting will be held next Friday
when more definite arrangements
will be made. The object is to es.
tablish, own and maintain by the
farmers and business men a rural
telephone route in this county.
The local teachers institute and
parents meeting which was to have
been held in Philomath March 10
and which was postponed until
April 9, in order not to conflict with
the closing exercises of Philomath
school on March 25, will now be
held April 2 instead of April 8
This change is made in order not te
allow it to Interfere with the State
Prohibition Oratorical Contest which
takes place on the evening of Apri
s, and also to help the Bellfountair
school which closes April s. The
parents meeting to be held at Bell