Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-12-13

a trip to Salem last Friday on legal
business.
Hay for sale at Bodine's Ware
house, old carriage factory. Ind.
phone 29O.
! Turkeys wanted from the 10th
/ to Goth Cf December. Hignest cash
price paid by Smith & Boulden.
OAC souvenir dishes at P: Nj
/ Zierolf's.
Mr.. Franklin and son, Robert, OF
the foul dry, left yesterday for Mt.
Vernon, WASH, to be aosent until
after the holidays.
In the football game played on
the Multnomah field in Port and
Saturday, the Multromah team
won over the Willamette University
eleven by. a score Of 6 to O.
All alumni and former students
of the OAC, living in Portland have
formed club called the OAC club,
and meeting Was held Saturday
evening at the Western Academy
of Music in that city.
The piano recital by the pupils
of Prof. Taillandier of OAC, will
not take place on Friday. Dec. 18Th
as previously announced, but will
be given Wednesday, Dec. 18th at
8 p. IN. in the college chapel.
The four Hulburt brothers, who
maintain baited duck ponds across
the Willamette from this city, as
sisted by a cousin, O. D. Hulburt of
Pendleton, killed 4S7 ducks in one
day last week. 49,.
The U of o at Eugene has de-
cided not to put out basketball
team this year, because some of
their best players are also football
men who on account of the football
season just ending, wish to de-
vtte the balance of their time to
their neglected studies.
The James Keene Opera Com
pany, playing high class comedy,
such as my Friend from India" are
billed for a three nights engage
ment at the Opera House in this
city. They are highly spoken Of
by the press and Corvallis theatle-
goers will no doubt receive treat
by going. They will be here Dec.
l9-2O-2l.
Contractor A. F. Peterson return
ed Friday from Tillamook, where
he had been to bid on the construc-
ton of the new Tillamook court
house. But the county court think
ing all bids were too high, saw fit
to throw them all out, and new bids
will be received at future date
Mr.. Peterson says only one man
bid lower than he, and he is pretty
confident of finally securing the
contract. -
A complete right-of- has a.
last been secured for the state port |
age road around the Cello rapids
above The Dalles. The contract
for the construction of the road has
been let to ]. McCabe, of Walla
Walla, Wash, and It is thought the
road will be in operation by May /,
1905. This will give immediate re-
lief to the farmers of Eastern Ore
gon in the way of freight rates.
The heavy rainfall the past few
days has caused quite a rise in the
willamette river, and the water is
about up to the usual boating stage.
1t is thought, the steamers will be
able t, make Corvallis regularly |
hereafter. The water in the river
has been unusually low for this
time of the year, as last season the
boats were running on the upper
river long before this time.
The bill of S. H. Peterson for
building a bridge across Mill creek
in the Alsea valley, was COM
promised Saturday by the county
court. and Mr.. Peterson was
allowed $2S2. When the matter
came up in the regular routine, the
bridge was rejected, as it did not
come up to the specifications of the
contract, although it is a substan-
tial structure, but as Mr.. Peterson
did some extra work on the struct-
ure, the bill was compromised as
stated above. When the bids were
opened for this bridge there were
fine were five, ranging from 1915
down to $2S7 bid by Mr.. Peterson,
and he was awarded the contract,
but it was conceded by all that the
bridge could not be built at this
figure and come up to the specifca-
tions. Mr.. Peterson claims that
he lost monau on the inh hl1t as