Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-12-08

Guaranteed cash salary. Apply
Monday night at the college chapel.
On Friday evening, December Is,
the pupils of the piano and elocu-
tionary departments of OAC will
give a joint recital. The recital
will be given in the college chapel.
Those who attend the dance in
the Opera House this evening will
see a most artistically decorated
hall The boys are using bunting
and mistletoe with great prod
igality.
The subject Sunday morning for
Rev. Feese's discourse lie, Longing
for a Drink at the Old Well"
Evening: "The Cussedness of Fool
Cussing." Mr.. Feese has written
a number Of his friends for an
opinion OR that subject and will
read their opinions to the congre-
cation during the evening. He will
keep in confidence the name of the
writer's.
Cyrus Mccormick, a student at
OAC, visited last week with his
mother, who resides in Linn county
not far from Lebanon. He reports
that during the past year his moth
er raised GA turkeys which she sold
during the Thanksgiving holidays
for 16 IL cents per pound, gross.
The 81 birds netted her $llO in
cash. If this can be done in Linn
county it can be done in Benton.
Tuesday, Jack Milne opened
a cigar store in the building former
" occupied by D. G. Rose & Sons
cigar factory. Mr.. Milne intends
to Conduct a frst-class resort and
there will be pool and whist rooms
in connection. Only the best
grades of cigars and tobacco will be
handled. See his card in another
column. This place will also be
the local Office for the Monroe stage
During the week DR.. E. H.
Taylor sold his fine residence prop.
erty on Third street to H. II. Abel.
The consideration was $500 and
the property consists of two lots
and the fine residence, also furni-
ture in the sum Of $500. DR.. Tay-
lor has always kept the property
in frst-class condition and his
grounds were ever as neat as wax.
He will move into a small residence
he owns just west of the one sold.
The Academic Council of the
University of California has taken
into its hands the matter CT revis-
ing the game of football on the Pa
cifc coast. SO hat the objection
able features in the sport as now
played may be eliminated. Stan
ford University is cooperating in
the movement and the authorities
of the two Universities will act in en-
tire independence Of the NATIONAL
committee on football rules. All
the similar universities of the Coast
will be asked to bind themselves
by the recommendation of the COM
mittee.
Mrs. Fred P. James, sister of
Mrs. Green, and who has spent the
summer with us, left on Saturday
morning to visit Portland, San
Fracisco, Los Angeles, the Grand
in Arizona, then to join her
husband in Beaumont, Texas,
where she will be for a few months
before returning home in Pitts
Pa. Mrs. James during her
visit here learned to love Oregon,
and hopes some time to return and
bring ner people with her to make
their home here.
Tuesday evening the committee
appointed from the city council
to probe matters relative to grant
ing a franchise to an electric light
and power company met in the
council chamber. There was much
discussion pro and con anent GER
tain FEATURES Of the franchise asked,
but it was finally decided to ask
the council at it's regular meeting
next Monday night to grant more
time and to designate Tuesday
night, December 10. as the date of!
another meeting Of the committee.
This will beyond a doubt be grant
ed. The Investigating committee
is composed of the following gentle
men: Chas. Hout, chairman, Geo.
d. Lilly, J. B. Irvine, W. T.
Wiles and Alex Rennie.
Five thousand turkeys have been
shipped from Roseburg, Oregon,
SO far this season. Some of these
went to San Francisco, but the
heavier shipments went to Seattle
and Tacoma. The prices paid to
growers were 16 cents per pound
for live and Is cents per pound for
drasaed birds With an oporaro