Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-11-28
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Association pro lses a snow tna'
viii he worth while to chicken
fauoiers.
Some little time ago a party car
riea an organ stool away from the
parsonage Of the United Evan
9 Ilcal church. If the same is r.
turned it will be greatly appreciated
by the owner and may save the
parly some trouble.
President w G. Hawley, Of
Willamette University, beaded an
aggregation of 148 rooters from
S4 EN- to boost their team during
the game Friday. President Haw-
ley has strong support in certain
quarters for congress,
We are Informed that the Dusty
band is being reorganized The
organization is on a basis of 13 men
Some new players go in and a like
number of the old members will
be missing. The services of W. I.
Nichols as bandmaster are likely
to be required. .
Today or tomorrow David Gel
latly xpects to start for Wenatchee,
Washington. His brother, Johnny,
is county auditor and David is
deputy. The latter intends to be
in Seattle on Thanksgiving to wit
ness the OAC-Seattle game CT foot
ball.
Next Monday there will be some
thing doing in Firemen's Hall.
The boys of the fire company have
decided to give a smoker. There
VIII be whist playing, a good, en-
> serlaining program, supper and
smokes. Don't forget this.
A number of residents of South
ern Benton were along the side
lines of the football game, Friday.
Among others were: Ivan Hawley,
Robert Kyle, Charles Cartwright,
Ivan Hinton, W. C. Belknap, Gee.
Richardson and Dial Harpole.
Ellsworth W. R. G. met Friday
afternoon at, ESQ and made ar
engagements for a supp er to be given
December Is, after which there
will be a drawing for the doll.
The supper will be Is cents and all
will be welcome. Proceeds go to
furnish comforts for Soldiers Home
at Roseburg.--Fress Correspondent.
Clyde Hayes had quite an 'ex-
perience while enroute TO the dance
at the Armory, Friday evening.
He drove into a ditch in the western
part of town and upset, getting
somewhat muddy, be it known.
Nothing more will be stated as we
promised our informant not to tell.
Work is progressing in the base
ment of the M. E. church. The
concrete floor is being placed and
the. task Of furnishing the entire
basement is to be. rushed. When
completed, the ladies of the church
will have ample room for carrying
on their work of giving suppers.
or other affairs for raising funds to
carry on the church work.
S B. Bane, one of our pheasant
raj ers, informs us that he has sold
to Gene Simpson, who. is also en-
gagged largely in pheasant culture
$145 worth Of birds. They were te
to have been delivered yesterday
Mr.. Bane will be in the business a.
vigorously as ever next spring. By
selling now he escapes winterine
> the birds.
Motion to dismiss the suit wa
- fled Thursday at the clerks ofic
by plaintiff in the Norton divorc
case. The plaintiff is Margaret ]
Norton ard in the complaint sh
sued for a divorce from NAHUM
Norton on the grounds Of cruel an
inhuman treatment. The partie
reside in Benton and were marie
in 1878.
A blaze at the Frank Wood
hOuoO CdlICu Ouu tuO dIO
ment about 9 o'clock Friday ever
ing. The fue burned out, and
huge fame poured from the chin
ney, which was cracked open b
the intense heat. Smoke was force
into the lower rooms through tt
stove pipes and the supposition We
that the whole lower floor was o
fire, as the smoke rolled out frol
the windows. The frenen chop
ped a hole in the roof, and b
generous use of water the hall ceil
ing was ruined, but aside from tn
there was no particular damag
The dampness Of the roof, due
the dense fog, was all that saye
the house from destruction.
The first carload Of the large
shipment of Cascara bark that b,
ever left this part Of Oregon we
forward Saturday, and today, al