Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-02-07
LOCAL AND Personal

home, Saturday, fir ,m business trip
to Lincoln county.
Amy Cameron arrived home last
Thursday from. Portland, where he
aad been for several days attending
to matters of business.
Titus Ranney came in from his
place Of business, Summit, yester-
day, and returns today. His was
a business trip.
w. L. Shedd, E Woodward and
W. N. Newton have been appoint
ed appraisers in the estate OF Sey-
mour Chipman, deceased.
Last Wednesday county court
convened and adjourned on the
same day, making, we believe, rec
= ord for the shortest term of the
county court yet held in this coun-
ty.
From what we can learn, quite a
number cf our citizens are plan
ming a trip to Portland next Satur-
day that they may attend the De-
Pachmam concert.
Teddy Irvine, younger brother
of Roy Irvine, of this city, came
up from his home in Independence,
Saturday, to visit his relative. He
returned home yesterday.
It may be Of interest to our ath
letes that H. L. Keeler, of Ohio
Wesleyan University, has been en-
gagged to coach the Willamette Uni
versity's track team this season.
Miss Helen steiwer, of Jefferson,
arrived in Corvallis, Friday, TOR a
brief visit with her brother, Karl,
who is attending school at OAC,
and the many friends she has in
J this city.
The Lower House of the Alabama
Legislature today passed the Senate
bill forcing persons giving ground
for action in divorce cases to rsu ain
single for three years, the other
parties to remain single one year
How would this work in Oregon?
Miss Grace Huff, of this city
i who recently submitted to an oper-
alton for appendicitis, is so much i'm
proved in health that she is now
able to sit up. She had very
close call, her life at one time beins
4 despaired of, but she is now oa the
= road to rapid recovery.
China "New Year. is now on
! Last Friday evening was the dawr
.proper of this holiday time of th'
hid of the ''Flowery Kingdom. I
generally celebrated with tn,
ppping of fire crackers and evi
Rences Of enthusiasm are controlled
by the condition of the schink'
pocketbook. China New Year is o
about thirty days duration.
At a special mee ting Of the ath
letic council, U. Of o., held Satur
day afternoon, Fred Steiwer wa
\ elected manager for the Universit,
of Oregon football team for th
coming season. Fred is a gradu
lte of OAC and was a very popu
pr student while here. From tn
sbove it appears that he is no les
popular with the student body a
the U. Of O.
We are in receipt of an invita-
tion to be present at the mid-winte
: commencement exercises to be hel
February 4th to 7th, at the stat
normal school at Monmouth, Or
The class sermon was delivered 8
1870 a., m. Sunday, by DR.. Hill
of Portland. There were fourtee
in the graduating class.
The Eugene Guard has assume
its former size, ore half the size
recent date. They unnesitatingl
declare that they have been losir
r money of late by publishing a p'
per twice the size required by E1
gene, as follows: "We have no a.
pology to make for this chang
We have steadily been losin
money-have lost considerable
through publishing paper donb
the size required by the town. Blu
mess necessity required the change
Ben Woldt, who was in Por
land last week for a business lec
tion, succeeded in securing sometl
ing to his liking. He has leased
. saloon on the corner of Second al
Morrison streets for a term. of thr
years, and returned to- the metrop
lis yesterday to assume chare
Mr.. Woldt's family will remain
Corvallis for time on account