Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-10-24

during the past few days on bus'-
ness and pleasure. He is now in
the real estate business in Portland
aud says he is getting along nicely.
A large crowd of Albany people
were in attendance at the football
game, Saturday. The motor car
came up from Monmouth and Inde-
pendence with a large crowd of
people from that section. In fact,
football enthusiasts were here from
all over the state.
The dance given at the ArmorY,
Saturday evening, was a very pleas
ing event and was well attended.
It was given by the Sorosis and
Feronian societies of OAC in honor
of the football team also the Wis
iting team from Pullman, Washing
ton. Will Fechter and pianist, of
Albany, and Harry Beard and
Ruthyn Turney, of this city, furnish
ed the music
Harvey Sargent will leave Corval-
lis during the latter part of the
week for Portland, from which point
he will depart early next week, in
company with his daughter for
Arizona. For some time his
daughter has been in the open air
sanitarium in Portland and is doing
nicely. In order to insure con-
tinuance of Improvement in her
health Mr.. aSrgent is taking her to
Arizona.
Honest Hearts, played all last
week in Portland to immense
houses. THE Portland papers with
out exception 81 eak in highest
praise of the play and the players.
Mondays Journal among other
thing says :sThe company is well
balanced and the roles are played
with more than ordinary strength" :"
Corvallis theatre goers can expect
something better than usual Fri
day evening of this week when
Honest Hearts is to occupy the
boards.
j Tomorrow Coach Steckle, will
start with his aggregation Of football
boys from OAC to do battle on
the gridiron of Berk kelley, California,
next Saturday. We hope to win.
But there are many things that
conspire against success in every
event of this nature. However,
figure it any way you will, it seems
that our chances are good. 1t is
not wise to be over sanguine, but
!, were we compelled to take one end
, of a wager in this matter our choice
would unhesitatingly fall on OAC
as we know we have a team worthy
any mans confidence. Here's luck
g to the boys.
! The following local could have
: been read in Saturdays Oregonian
| DIR. James Withycombe, director o1
the Oregon Agricultural College, al
, Corvallis, will deliver an address
!. before the Oregon Academy oi
: Science, at the City Hall, tonight
4 at s o'clock. His subject will be
: "Sciepce and the Farm" Prof. A
. B. Cordley, Of Corvallis: will give
: a paper on Insect and Fungus
3 Diseases Of Oregon Fruit Trees
n All persons interested are cordially
g invited to att md. A special invi-
!, tation is issued to members of The
! Oregon Grange, as bot1 speakers
are we'll known among the farmers
as well as the scientists of the state
= The Pullman football boys pur
2 chased the black bear of the Cor
r Wallis Social and Athletic Club ane
t used it as a mascot in the gam
It Saturday. They had it dressed il
d a suit of flaming red (the Washing
g ton colors) ard the contrast of ret
i. against a black background wa
very striking We are informe'
# that they paid $50 for bruin. Th
n club recently purchased the bea
Is for $40. The reason they had 70
# purchasing the new mascot was O.
- account of the OAC boys stealing
=. dog they had brought along to fl
ar this responsible.position. However
!. the OAC boys returned the do
before the Pullmanites left the city
AS it was, our visitors departe
ID with their new mascot as well q
ne the one they brought with then
P, 1t was also thought that they too
ID Dewey" the well-known and high
d ly respected local dog, when the
1e departed.
~ William Lawrence, one of OAC
~ splendid tackles on the first footba
team, accidently shot himself, Sur
day. Lawrence and another foot
u ball man, McKinnon, were out
TO town short distance on the G. &
ar, track for the purpose Of havir
he some target practice with revol
od ar and in sonoe manner T,awran