Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-08-18
EXPOSITION ITEMS.
OF Interest to Benton County
People by Special
Correspondent.

1t mas come 10 De CdilSu, ID OHG
of the most talked-of features
planned for the immediate future.
1t comes off some time in Sep
tember, and will be show worth
seeing. Benton county ought to
have enough fine babies to carry
off the bill of prizes. Boys, get
busy.
DR.. Josiah Strong, who was to
be the speaker at the Sunday
afternoon service this week, de-
clined to speak for the same rea-
son that Sheldon, of Kansas,
did, and consequently there was
no afternoon service at the Audi
torium. To the disinterested
outsider it seems strange that
these itinerant preachers should
be so strong in all the virtues ex-
cepting charity.
The great day of the present.
week was undoubted the Elks
Day last Wednesday. They gave
the downtown public one of the
finest parades of the season. be-
fore coming to the Fair. After
that was over they took posses
sion of the Exposition and made
it their own. They are set of
jolly good fellows and their mot
to was, "Don't be camel, be an
Elk" And thereby hangs a
tale which we are not going to
tell. They let the Fair people
know that they were in town.
The boys at the Booth still
have cause to complain of the
dearth of Benton county papers.
In response to constant inquiries
they are still obliged to answer
"no papers, Every paper pub
lished in the county should send
a dozen copies at least, of every
issue to the booth for distribution
to Eastern visitors. Washington
and California papers are to be
had by the hundred. All the
other counties have their home
papers in liberal quantities. Ben
ton county booth is now attract
ing much attention. It is up to
the Benton county newspapers to
hold this interest. If the county
wants more settlers, or has any
inducements to offer to Eastern
people to make their homes
in that locality, now is the best
time, and the Fair the best place
to make these facts known. /
there are any farms to be sold
any manufacturing enterprise!
that need help. any place in the
whole county that is looking to.
a purchaser, now is the time t.
have big advertisement in th'
Gazette or Times, and lots Of the
papers at the booth to give ava,
to the men who are looking TO
just such openings. What's th'
matter with the Corvallis pub
fishers?
There has been no large crow,
of Benton county people at an,
one time since Corvallis Day
but they seem to be in evidenc
pretty near all the time. Hard
ly a day passes that some fami
liar faces do not show up, tha
carrys the writer back to the dea
old college city. ]. G. Lowe
with his mother, was a caller a
the Exposition last week. Will
the electrical features of the Fai
were to him the main attraction
he expressed himself as we
pleased with the entire exhibi
ton. Miss Maybelle Sheasgree
was an interested spectator of tn
exhibition last week, and sper
a long day in viewing the man
interesting features in the val
ious buildings. Mrs. Jesse Sper
Ger and daughter, and Miss Edn
Allen also called at the Bento
county booth in the Agriculture
Building. We would like t
suggest right here that ever
visitor from Benton county oug1
to call here and register whe
they come to the Fair Professe
Berchtold, Percy Clark an
Harold Wilkins were also up la.
week. Zack Taylor is still
town, but proposes to retur
home very soon. He thinl
Portland is a very nice place, ar
the Fair is just a little ahead