Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-08-11

San Francisco, have arrived for
visit with Benton county relatives
and friends.
S. FL. Moses, of Philomath, the
well known merchant, transacted
business in Corvallis Wednesday.
Hop pickers wanted between 1st
and 5.h Of September. Call on or
address G. E. Ireland, Corvallis,
Or. 65tf
Services in the Episcopal church.
The Rev. D. E. Holt, Of Woodland,
California, is conducting services in
the church of the Good Samaritan.
There will be service Saturday
evening at s O'Clock. Sunday morn
ing at IL o'clock, with Holy Com
munion, and Sunday night at s
o'clock. Public invited.
Finder will please return to this
Office Buckskin Glove-gauntlet
with black star on it. 66*
Engineer G. N. Miller is expected to
arrive today from Athena, Or, and from
now on will be at the command of the
water committee. The committee held
a regular meeting last Monday evening
The minutes of former meetings were
read and approved. Aside from this no
business of Importance was transacted.
The semi-annual or midsummer
teachers examination has been in pro-
gress at the court house since Wednes-
day morning. There are 80 applicants
for papers, mostly ladies. For state
papers there are but two or three appli-
cants.
The w. @. 7. U. ice cream social on
the court house lawn Wednesday even
ing was literally patronized, considering
that the night proved rather cool. The
proceeds amounted to $2S which will be
used in fitting up the reading room.
The ice cream social that occurs this
Friday evening at the court house square
will undoubtedly prove an interesting
affair. A good program will be given,
free, beginning promptly at eight O'Clock
It will include selections by male
quartette, recitations by Miss Olive Nal.
low and Miss, Josie Holmes, vocal sole
| by DIR. Cathey, an instrumental solo by
Miss Libbie Rice, vocal duet by Mrs. w
G. Swami and Mrs. S. B. Bane, ane
other features OF interest. You are in
vited and the affair is given by the Meth
odist League.
Revs. Clark and Cole, who are con
ducting the camp meeting in Corvallis
have been giving very interesting ser
mons this week on ''Bible Prophecies.
There is a fair attendance at the meet
lings and the singing is good.
From one of the crew of the Hoflakt
Ithresher, one of the largest outfits here
abouts, comes the information that the
machine has quit threshing by the
bushel and is now charging $8 an hou
for work. The reason for the change Is
that the machine owner was losing
money as the grain was too light to maxi
lit profitable to thresh by the bushel. Th
heaviest yield threshed, according to th
i Gazette informant, went only littl
more than ten bushels per acre and iron
other parts ofthe county came reports
. that the grain is much lighter than wa
at first supposed it would be.
The outlook Tor money for school pur
.lposes is most fattering for the cominl
year. There is available of the state an
county funds about $4,000; $4,454 @
this sum is state funds. This on ap
: lportionment gives each pupil in tt
county 81, the state part of it being SIT
, w. A. Buchanan, clerk OF school distri
No. 9, says that this is the most none
per capita ever at his disposal since /
became clerk OF this district many yea