Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-10
Varioue articles for sale at the

Varioue articles for sale at the
Art Booth.
Japanese articles for sale at the
Japanese booth.
w. A. Gallatley, of Blodgett
was in the city Saturday.
The Ladies Chorus of the city
will assist at the Institute to be
given here next week.
Mrs. Green will give a class
recital in the near future, to be
held in the College Chapel.
Mrs. Gleason, of Beaver Creek,
died Sunday morning and was
buried to day. Mr.. Gleason, her
husband, operates saw mill on
Beaver Creek.
Mr.. A. M. Smith and family, of
Boise, Idaho, are in Corvallis look
ing for a location. He is much
pleased with the outlook here AMI
will probably remain.
Mrs. Zenana Rosebaugh, of Philo-
math started on tour East Satur-
day. She will visit the Louisiana
Exposition and spend several
months at her old home in West
field Illinois.
Frank Aldrich sold So pounds of
butter from one jersey COW last
month. Several pounds besides
were used by the family. Last
year, besides supplying the family
with butter he sold $04 worth. Yet
there are farmers who say that
dairying doesn't pay.
MI. G. w. Smith was in Portland
last and purchased 800 barrels to be
used for the cider and vinegar
factory at the South end of Main
Street. Mr.. Smith expects to
operate the plant this fall and make
success of it. He will contract
for apples with Benton and Linn
county farmers.
J. G. Crome, travelling agent for
the Pacific Printers Supply House
of Seattle, called at our office on
Saturday. Mr.. Crome was for a
number of years travelling salesman
for the American Type Founders
Company, and has lately been
managing the Winnipeg branch of
the Toronto Type Foundry in
Canada. Mr.. Crome reports hav-
ing done an uncommonly good busi-
ness in Oregon, and attributes it to
the personal unpopularity of the
late manager, recently superseded.
Ferguson Chapter, R. A. M, will
meet in Masonic Hall on Wednes.
day evening of this week, May IL.
The occasion will be one of import
ance, and it is hoped that every
Royal Arch Mason in the city will
be present, Oregon Council, R. &
S. NJ. will be present as guests of
the Chapter. Among the surprises
of the evening will be presentation
to the Chapter, to be followed by a
banquet. Matters of special i'm
portance to young Masons will be
brought up. 1t promises to be a
red letter day in the Chapters
history.
Ex-senator DAILY, of Portland,
came up on the Sunday train to
transact some College business. He
Is looking we'll and hearty, and
speaks enthusiastically of the politi-
cal situation. He is confident the
Republicans will win in the coming
county contest, as the people are
disgusted with the hot-air bosses
who have so long made catspaws of
the rank and file of the honest Dem
ocrats for their own personal profit.
1t gets monotonous when part ol
the candidates win every time and
the losers are beginning to suspect
they are not being treated square
by the men who give them nothing
but nominations, and assess them
heavily to pay the expenses of the
campaign. Candidates Who are put
up merely to be traded for the ben
eft of the bosses, cannot be expect
ed to become over-enthusiastic The
honest people of the county are be.
ginning to long for change in this
rule or ruin policy, and the certain
ty of Republican success is more ap.
parent every day. The Senator re-
turned to Portland on Monday.
The Aid Society of the Congregations
church will hold an afternoon tea at the
home of Mrs. Whitehorn Friday 2:3(
p. m. There will be good program and