Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-12-23

ls In the city.
Prof. A. L. Knisely is in Port
land this week.
The December directory of the
Bell Telephone Co has been issued
to the subscribers.
| DR.. James Withycombe and Prof.
F. L. Kent of OAC, were delegates
! to the 18th annual convention of
Oregan Dairymen, this week.
The result of the fair of the Con-
gregational ladies was a net profit
of $50, and is considered very salts
factory.
Farmers up near Eugene have
formed pool for the purpose of
selling turkeys for the Christmas
trade, to the highest bidder.
Ex-Railway Commissioner G. A.
Waggoner, of this city, is in Salem
this week, visiting the capitol and
looking over scenes of former bat
ties.
Rev. J. J. Handsaker and wife of
Coquille, who are on their way as
missionaries to Jamaica, visited at
the home of their brother, Rev. T.
S. Handsaker, last Wednesday. q
On next Sunday, the feast of
Christmas, there will be service at
Catholic Church. First Mass a 6
and last Mass at 10 a. m. Even
ing service at 7 =. M.
Next Sunday will be the closing
of Rev. Handsaker's pastorate at
the Christian church. The subject
of the evening sermon will be:
'The Battle Over the Empty
Grave"
For the big excursion to Port
land Monday, the S, P. rate for the
round trip will be as follows:
From Corvallis and Independence,
So; McMinnville, $3.50; Forest
Grove and Hillsboro, 81.
A large crowd has been made up
at Independence and Monmouth to
accompany the OAC football squad
to Portland, Monday. 1t is re-
ported that there will be more from
these two places than from any
other point along the line.
A story is going the rounds that
Missourian living within 20 miles
of St. Louis, did not hear of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
until day or two after it's close
We hope there will be no Oregonian
that far behind the Lewis and
Clark Fair.
A half dozen fine carrots of the
Oxhart variety were left at the
real estate office of Amber &
Walters yesterday, that are all
prizewinners. They were raised by
A. NJ. Gray, and one of them was
almost 20 inches in circumference;
the others averaging about Is
inches.
Amber & Waters negotiated
the sale this week of three lots be-
longing to Mrs. Fish, Prof. Covell
buying two and J. K. Handy one.
They also scld 26O acre farm west
of Philomath belonging to Mr.. Will
COX, to Messrs. Overman and
Rogers. Also four lots in Avery &
Wells addition to @. J. Cole.
Yesterday mornings early c & E
train was crowded even for stand
ing room by OAC students return
ing homo for the holidays. ALI ex-
aminations closed Yesterday at
noon, and today everything is quiet
at the College and will remain so
until January 3, when the second
term opens.
Presbyterian Church, Rev M. S.
Bush, Pastor-Bible School at 10
a. M; G. E. at $50 p. m.; preach
ing at II a. NJ, subject, "The In
carnation;" evening service at 7:3O
p. M, subject, "Our Peace" The
Christmas entertainment of the
Bible School will be given Satur-
day evening at 1880.
c. Wallish, superintendent of the
Clackamas fish hatchery, passed
through this city Wednesday en-
route to Yaquina, in search of a
location on the bay for collecting
station for steelhead and silverside
salmon eggs. The eggs are to be
transplanted at different hatcheries
for propagation.
Yesterday morning when the
steamer Pomona tied up at the
{ ock in this city, a fine stallion,
in charge of J. L. Skipton was
taken off the boat, and is now on
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