Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-07

Miss Mary Sutherland arrived
home from Portland, yesterday.
She went down Saturday.
Hon. J. D. Daily came up from
Portland, Saturday, to attend busi-
ness matters connected with OAC
Mrs. Heanel, mother of Mrs.
Amelia Schubert, of this city, came
down from her home at Monroe,
Saturday. She returned yesterday.
g. A. Gerhard and wife went to
Harrisburg, Sunday, to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Gerhard's aunt,
who was inferred at that place on
this date.
Saturday, Miss Bessie Dillev
came home from Monmouth, where
she is attending the State Normal
School. She returned to Monmouth
yesterday.
The Pomona is to make special
rate for those who go to Newberg,
next Friday to attend the stnte
oratorical contest. The boat will
leave here at 6 a. NJ.
Mrs. George Houck, who has
been visiting here tor some time, re-
turned to her, home in Eugene,
Saturday. She was accompanied
by Mrs. D. o. Houck.
This week from Wednesday neon
to Friday noon, DIR. Lowe the we'll
known oculo-optician will be at
Hotel Corvallis. Don't fail to have
him test your eyes for glasses.
Arrangements are almost perfect.
ed for the final game Of basket ball
between the girls of OAC and AL
bany to be played in Portland next
Friday evening. This will be a
most interesting affair, as both
teams have a victory to their credit
and this is to decide the champion
ship.
A lightning sketch artist appear
ed on our streets last Saturday
afternoon and began making "blacl
and white" of our citizens. It waf
very interesting to watch him worl
and the accuracy and rapidlty was
almost beyond belief. His charg.
was 10cts a drawing and for a time
he had all he could do. A larg
crowd watched him work.
There was talk at one time 6
running a special train from Cor
wallis to Newberg next Frida,
evening to accommodate those wht
desired to attend the inter-colleg
late state oratorical contest. Blu
from what we learn it appears tha
students at OAC have arranged t
make the trip by boat. just how
far up the line a special train vii
run over the West Side is no
| known.
The social given by the ladies Q
the Congregational church at Ere
/ Clark's residence on Friday even
| ing last, was a success in ever,
way. Solos by Agnes Won der Hell
len, Edna Allen and Jean Ken
were we'll rendered, recitation
! by Maybel Huff together with
farce, ''The Wrong Browns" b
Vina Woods, Villa Fields, MI
selleck and D enneth Colbert, com
posed the rogram. Dainty re
lfreshments were served. The re
ceipts of the evening were SIS.
/ A. J. Shirley, local agent for tn
| @. G. T. Co., states that yesterda
morning the steamer Pomona de
parted for Portland with the larges
load Of freight she has taken ou
Corvallis this season. The stag
Of water in the Willamette is abou
as low at present as it ever we
before at this time of the yeal
only 2 feet 2 inches above low
water mark. If we are not favor
ed with some of those sslittle dro1
Of water" ere long boating on tt
Willamette will stop unusuall
early this year
{ Members Of the G.. A. R., assist
! ed by the W. R. c., gave an il
teresting literary entertainment O
the evening of March 4th, in com
nemoration of the birthdays
Washington and Lincoln. II
meeting was call to order by Il
post commander, and after singin
ia song, Comrade Lane brief
I sketched the life Of Washington
He was follswed in a short histor
OF Lincoln by Comrade Jones, afte
which Mrs. Gale gave a readin
entitled, Independence Bell" B