Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-14
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

John Zeis went to Portland, Sun.
day, with the intention Of remain
ing a week.
Miss Eva Day went to Browns
vile, Saturday, to visit for a short
time with friends.
Attorney NJ. s. McFadden arrived
home, Friday, from trip to his
farm near Junction City.
Messrs. James and Johnnie Matrin,
of Monroe, were in town, Saturday,,
looking after matters OF business.
OAC came out second best, not
only in the state oratorical contest,
but in the basket ball game as well.
" Mrs. J. G. Hammel, daughter and
son, Blanche and Merrill, went over
to the bay, Saturday, for brief
visit.
George Brown and family are
domiciled in the house on main
street recently vacated by Willard
Ireland.
Miss Bertha Thrasher went to
Portland, Sunday. She will engage
in dressmaking and has already
received assurance Of considerable
WORK.
During the latter part Of last week
J. K. Berry moved his bicycle
hospital into the building just va
Gated by W+llsher & Gray. Mr..
Berry now has splendid stand for.
his business.
Last Friday, J. 4. johnson dis
posed Of the Corvallis Laundry.
The purchasers were Charlie Blakes-
lee and Dave Hiestand. The new
proprietors will carry on the busi-
ness in a most up-to-date style.
Murphys' cartoon of the basket
ball game Friday night, between
the girls of OAC and Albany, is
fully as enjoyable as the game could
have been, and this is no reflection
on the game. Cartoon was Ia Satur-
days Oregonian.
Chief Lane is having the "dog-
gonedest" time collecting taxes on
the 'doggoned" dogs. Up to Sat-
urday noon he had collected ST per
head on 83 canine who inhabit the
town. He figures on just II more
of their dogships.
General Thorp, who has been
East for the past few weeks, was
last heard from in Washington, D.
G. He was present at the inaugura-
tion of President Roosevelt. The
general is expected home some time
during the latter part of this week.
James Osburn has been work.
ing eight men on the place across
the river of late. Four men are
working in the. hop yard and the
other four are employed at general
farm work. Mr.. Osburn says that
he is haying some land cleared and
thinks when under the plow it will
prove as fertile as any on the place
A fine half-tone of the OAC girrs
basket ball team appeared in Fri
days Telegram. The evolution O
this cut was pretty brisk. G.. w
Emery finished the photograph
Thursday afternoon and started i
to Portland at six o'clock the same
evening. The paper Of the mex,
afternoon contained the cut. This il
certainly Goth century style.
A short time ago the printers a
OAC started at the task of gettin;
out 5000 illustrated booklets re-
plete with matter relating to, tn
college. There will be about fft,
pages of matter and fully as man
half-tones. It will be some tim
yet before the booklet is produced
but beyond doubt it will be worl
of art.
When Marshal Miller arrive,
home, Friday, from trip to th
bay he had about his person severa
fine specimens of barnacles. One o
the shells contained live inhabi
tant, but the climate out here prove,
too fresh for the creature and it sool
expired. In the first sentence of thi
item it has not been our desire t
cast any reflection upon Mr.. Miller
About ten days ago Ned smit7
turned very fine mare out t
pasture on his island farm abov
town. He had occasion to look he
up the following day. and found he
dead. She had evidently died 9
poison. tits thought that she ha
eaten of larkspur or wild, parsnip
The loss of the animal occurs JUS
at season when horses are mos
needed, consequently the demise 9
the mare is keenly felt. Moreover
the horse represented bin of oat
z that vanished during the pas
winter.