Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-19

Organs and pianos for sale or
rent. R. N. White. ,
Organs repaired and cleaned.
R. N. White.
! Sheriff M. P. Burnett returned
from Cas- ada Monday.
Geo. B. Ready and Otto Herse
| and family returned Monday from
their weeks trip to Aisea.
| Relatives from the East arrived
this week for visit with Mrs. j.
II. Edward, of Bellfountain.
Miss Theresa Mcdonald, of the
chair of Latin and Literature at
Philomath college, returns from
Eugene tomorrow.
Rev. J. E. Diver and wife, of
Salem, will Rave charge of the
boarding hall at Philomath this
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sinclair, of Seattle,
are sitting friends in this city and
were among the GUESTS at the we'd
ding of A. r. Wocdcock and Clara
Lane.
A beautiful picture already
framed and ready for hanging OF
"President Roosevelt and Family"
will be given to all new subscribers
to the GAZETTE paving in advance
or to all old subscribers, WHO pay
up their back subscriptions.
! The Bell Telephone people have
, opened wide their hearts Free
p switching is now given over Linn
county, involving over $50 new
subscribers, and three lines with in
tervening connections. Peona,
Halsey and Shedds can now be
reached free. A list will be pub
g lished next yeek.
Editor Minton of thu Northwest
Poultry Journal of Salem, spent a
q a few days this week looking over
q the poultry focks of Corvallis
/ fanciers. He is gathering material
f for a state write-up of the poultry
business and considers Benton
county breeders among the best.
Among those whose hocks were
visited were Bowen Lester, W. g..
f Emery, Robt. Johnson, Burt John.
son, F. L. Miller, Otto Herse and
y Gene Simpson.
9 The two Masonic lodges in Al
bany have decided to consolidate
a and at joint meeting to be held
"a on the evening of September 3 the
10 details of the consolidation will be
II completed and name for the new
lodge will be selected. At that
time a new set Of officers will be
'e elected and othel business in con.
nection with the consolidation will
~ be disposed of. This movement
q, will make the Albany lodge one OF
"a the strongest in the state.
lr One of the acts of grace signaliz
ing the birth of an heir to the
10 throne will be the total abolition O.
w corporal punishment Throughout
in ; Russia. A ukase to this effect is
"a expected to be issued tomorrow. L
~ is reported apparently on good
~ authority that Emperor William O.
, Germany has asked for the privi
le iege of acting as one of the god
fathers of the heir. r." christen
90 ing will take place Az ,st 25.
I'd M. Abass is a new arrival in ou
x. city. He halls from far away
be Persia, India aid Japan. His COM
of ing has been her ..ded for some tim
i'll through his felloy country man
M. Mukerdji, form rly residing ir
es this city, but now in St. Louis
~. M Mr.. Abass is another of the youn!
men selected by the society for tn
Improvement of the Hindoos, fol
Ill education in this country. MI
rs. Mukerdji and Mr.. Abass will pro
ar' badly remain in Corvallis and at
eir tend the O. A. c,
20 20 For the sake of little diversion
Tuesday morning the roustabou
team belonging to the Smith an
nd Witham :threshing outfit took
& high speed, .whirlwind down Mai
street. Nothing in particular seem
=, ed to haye started them off ex
x. x: cept that feeling Undue ed by liber'
ise doses OF good oats. They ran q
u for as the Hazelwood creamery an
"a being tired stopped until the
!, ~ driver caught up. Nobody ws
IL hurt and no damage done an
: what might have been a bad mi:
les up turned out to be of mere pas
10. ing interest.
A. young man giving his nan
-. as E. A. Thompson and E. A. Mi
a' ler, who has been employed as
an nr:ntar in an Alhanv Office b,