Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-12-15

this Office. Wanted near college il
possible.
Seraphine Brebant arrived in
Corvallis, Saturday, for a weeks
visit with his cousin, Mrs. E. J.
Carlow. Mr.. Brebant is from
Duluth, MINI.
United Evangelical church reg
ular Sunday services. Evening
subject, "What Shall I T-ach Ny
Boy?" Preaching at Mt. View,
Sunday, 2:30 p. m.
At the First M. E. church next
sunday morning the pastor will
take Tor his subject, t.The Marvel
Gus Cup" in the evening, "The
Deviltry of a Lie"
The Epworth League of the M.
E. church held their annual month
" meeting Wednesday evening at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harley
Hall. There was an election Of
officers.
Tuesday evening there was a
dance given in house just built in
Jobs Addition by George Moore.
A splendid time was reported and
lsuch must have been the case for
there is to be ar other in the same
house tomorrow evening.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of the
United Evangelical church will
conduct a sale tomorrow in the
Farmers Hotel building. They
are making every effort to provide
good things to eat md will have on
sale many useful articles. They
are busy as bees.
The OAC football team has
played the entire season and always
showed themselves game. It is
safe to the Portland vets
never gave them a Square dealo
or they would not have walked off
the field. The Portland spirit
looks neutrality-suspicious. West
Side.
The Modern Woodmen of Amer
lea are>making great preparations
for a banquet and initiation of new
members tomorrow night. Visitors
will be here from Philomath and
Monroe. The banquet is to be held
in the brick building on the corner
just north of the Ireland grocery
store.
Wednesday the face of old Sol
appeared and beamed upon us un-
til We thought we were somebody.
For the past month the weather
has been about as disagreeable as
it ever gets to be in Benton county
-fogy and chilly. Several morn
ings the thermometer was a degree
or two below freezing point.
Sunday morning A. J. Metzger
received the sad intelligence that
his mother had died the night be-
fore at her home in st. Paul, Min
nesota. She succumbed to a para
.ytic stroke and it was the fourth
one she had suffered. For years
she had been an invalid. Many
friends sympathize with Mr.. Metz
ger in his bereavement.
From all over the coast we hear
Of movements on the part of various
colleges and universities for or
against a modification Of the rules
governing football. Stanford and
Berkeley are reported to have del
clared in favor Of the Rugby game
a substitute for the inter-colleg-
So far OAC has taken no
action in this matter and when the
subject was preached to President
Catch a few days ago he briefly
summed up the situation by stating
that the greater trouble was in the
officials, not the rules of the game.
Relatives in this city of James c..
Taylor, who recently left Corvallis
for Las Vegas, New Mexico, re-
ceived a letter from him a few DAYS
ago. He stated that he arrived in
due time at Las Vegas. but that he
had not yet gone to the famous
sanitarium near that city. The
altitude of the sanitarium is con-
siderable higher than at Las Vegas
proper and Mr.. Taylor thought
that he had better remain in the
city for a time and get accustomed
to that altitude before climbing
higher. Furthermore, the sanitary
ium is full a present and there are
no accommodations for more people,.
Our toWnsman wrote that the
weather was fine, the climate ideal
and that his health was good.
The residents of Blodgett and
Summit are DESTROYS Of having a
phone line established between
their localities and Corvallis.
With this object in view a com
mittee of three gentlemen were in
from Blodgett and met with the
local directors of the Independent
Telephone Company Monday even
ing. Everything was arranged in
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