Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-04-26

ing at 40 from the wound CIV
en- him early Sunday morning by
the assassin, Ready.
Miss Edna Thrasher went to
McMinnville Saturday to visit
friends.
Mrs. Edwin Stone, of Albany,
was in town on Saturday to attend
the cantata.
WI. Bush and Garfield Plunkett,
of Kings Valley, were among those
who registered Saturday.
| Perry Eddy. the well-known sheep
raiser of Kings Valley, spent few
days in the city last week.
| J. S. Ireland came over from
Philomath Saturday, and while
here subscribed for the GAZETTE.
Mr.. Nat Elliott aged l9 and Mrs.
Josie Dwyre aged AZ both of Cor
Wallis were married by Justice Hol-
gate last Friday.
"A. Peterson, of Bay View, is
spending a few days in the city, in
vestigat!ng our creameries with
view to startins one in his own town.
Forty new subscriptions were add
ed to our list last week. The
GAZETTE is the leading paper of
Benton county. Subscribe for it now.
Farmers from Kings Valley re.
port most of the spring plowing and
sowing done. The pastures are good
and stock considering the long hard
| winter is looking well.
Crop reports from Willamette,
Monroe and Fairmount indicate
that only about one-half of the
spring plowing and seeding has been
done.
| Mrs. E. E. Paddock, of Indepen.
dence, who is to be Queen Esther in
the cantata to be given in that city
this week attended the cantata in
this city Saturday night.
Mrs. Cooper, chairman of the
Ladies Lewis and Clark club of
Independence, under whose auspices
the cantata Queen Esther is to be
given this week registered at the
Hotel Corvallis Saturday.
| Supt. Denman goes to Dallas to-
morrow to deliver an address on
"traternity" before lodge of Odd
Fellows Tuesday evening. This
will be the S5th anniversary of the
birth of the order, and will be at
tended by all the Odd Fellow lodges
in this part of Polk country.
J. Anderson and wife, of Dawes
county, Nebraska, were in the city
on Saturday, and made a call on
Mr.. Boulden, who formerly lived in
the same county. Mr.. Anderson
was at one time County Commits
sioner, and was quite prominent in
county affairs. They are looking
for location in this vicinity.
John Ganaway, age II years a
veteran of the Indian wars of the
Rogue River, and one of the oldest
pioneers of the county, died at his
home at Bellfountain on Saturday,
April %, at a. NJ. after long ILL.,
ness. The funeral was held at II
o'clock on Sunday and interrment
was in Bellfountain.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
Aid Society will hold a Carniva
of Nations and also a Rose Fair
All ladies are invited to bring roses
and compete for three prizes to b'
given as follows: For the best col
3 lection of roses; best floral piece
, and best single specimen. Th'
) Carnival is to be held May 25, 26
and 81.
: Our fellow townsman, Mordaun
Goodnough. will appear at the CON
l mencement exercises of the Nortf
1 Pacific Dental College to be, held il
t the First Baptist church, cor. 12tl
5 and Taylor street, in Portland
e known as the White Temple. MI
i Goodnough has piano solo, and
8 is unnecessary to say that the per
: tormance will be a treat to tn
: audience. He will also appear o.
n Saturday evening in a concert to b
= given by the Western Academy {
C Music, in Portland. Mr.. Goodnougl
J. has accepted a position as principa
g of the Piano Dept, with the West
= ern Academy of Music, and expect
Ito leave Corvallis in the early fall