Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-04-19
LOCAL LORE.
Recent Happenings i'm Corvallis
and Vicinity.

Visit the Rummage sale at the
Carnival.
Uncle Sam will visit the Carnival
every evening.
Have your fortune told by the
Gypsy Queen at the Carnival.
Services at the Episcopal church
next Sunday both morning and
evening.
The w. c. T. U. will meet in the
Reading Room Thursday afternoon
at 3 p. M.
The Guild of the Episcopal church
meets at Mrs. E. J. Jones, on We'd
nesday afternoon.
The Oregon record of 81 degrees
in the shade in April shows we'll for
Pacific Coast climatic conditions.
The old Salvation hall is being
remodeled and will be occupied by
the Corvallis Steam Laundry about
Nav Is
Free garden seeds from the Gov
eminent Agricultural Dept. at
Washington, can be had by calling
at this Office.
Mr.. Ashbaugh aid son returned
from San Francisco Sunday. Mrs.
Ashbaugh it will be remem bered
died recently in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Huber, of Ohio,
were in the city over Sunday.
They were so highly pleased that
they may make this their future
home.
R. E. Holm, former resident of
this county, now living in Wenat-
chee, Washington. was the chair
man of the late Republican con-
vention of Chelan county.
The Presbyterial Society, of this
city met in convention with the
Willamette Presbytery at Albany
last Wednesday, where Mrs. M. M
Davis was elected treasurer and Mrs.
j. B. Horner, secretary for the en-
suing year.
John Gellatly, formerly of this
city, has been nominated for Audi
tor of Chelan county, Washington.
John lives in Wenatchee and has
been holding public offices in that
county, with credit, for several years
Sunday was day of sunshine,
but cool and comfortable, ending
with short shower at six o'clock.
All the walks leading out of the
city were crowded with pedestrians,
who, in turn were crowded off by
the bicyclists. 1t looked as if the
whole town was out enjoying the
: fine weather.
Don't forget Mrs. Gales enter
tainment at the Opera House to-
night. The program may be found
in this paper, and it will be found
to be full of exceptionally fine num-
bers. Mrs. Gale is doing a good
work among the young people of
Corvallis, and should be encourag-
ed by full house. Tickets are
only Is and Is cents.
j. K. johnson, the Corvallis steam
laundry man, was in town Sun
% day. Mr.. Johnson is a hustler for
business and has full confidence in
his ability to please the trade.
When asked the quality of his work
Mr.. johnson points to Mt. Hood
and declares that shirt-fronts, cuffs
and collars turned out of his laun-
: dry are as radiantly white as Hoods
neutrality-suspicious. Enterprise.
The Oregon Teachers Monthly,
monthly printed in Salem, and rec
ognized as the leading School Jour-
nal of Oregon, has this to say Of
our candidates for School Superin-
tendents: "There are three candi-
dates in Benton county for school
superintendent, George w. Den
man. the present incumbent on the
Republican ticket; G. A. Peterson,
on the Democratic ticket; and S. l.
Pratt on an Independent ticket. It
will be warm contest with great
odds in favor of Mr.. Denman."
: There has been considerable talk
of late in town about a change in
the schedule time of the G. & E. r.
R. time, and some Of the papers of
Toledo have announced that a
morning train would leave Albany
and reach the Bay at noon, and re-
turn to Albany the same evening.
No such changes are contemplated
on the c. & E. road, and no changes
will be made in the present schedule
unless the S. P. changes their sched-
ules entirely. The c. & E. will
make connections with the S. P. in
this c;fv opd Alhapu os borotofore