Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-13

R-v. G.. s. o. Humbert and wife
were down from Eugene last week
for short visit with friends. !.
,,orac- Locke visited in this city
fro u Albany last Friday in the in
terest of the Yokohama Tea Com
pany.
Mrs. Ella Fisher, principal of the
public school at lone, Oregon, is
visiting in this city, the guest of
her sister, Mrs. Frank E. Jones.
A most delightful time is promis-
ed those who attend the ice cream
social at Oak Ridge church this
evening. All are cordially invited :.
The recital of the department of
vocal music at OAC was scheduled
to occur last evening after we went
to press. A good program was
promised.
The second annual banquet of
the OAC Glee Club occurred Fri
day evening at Hotel Corvallis. 1t
was in every way most pleasing
and elaborate function.
Yesterday marked the conclusion
cf examinations at OAC for this
school year. Many students who
have been on the anxious seat for
some time now know their fate.
When in Portland last week,
Prof. Goodnougk dismissed his
class of piano pupils in the metro
polls. During the nine months that
he taught in that city he was very
successful.
I. o. Thompson, who has been
the guest of his brother. B. R.
Thompson Of this city, for about a
week, expects to return to his home
in Sherman county within day or
SO. He has a 1,O00-acre wheat
farm in Sherman.
J. N. Dolph arrived in this city
last Friday from Portland. He was
sent up here to assist in arranging
details for the program for "Cor-
Wallis Day" at the Exposition aid
to gather data otherwise useful to
the management of the Fair.
The educational congress for
teachers is to be held in the Audi
torium of the Lewis and Clark
Centennial Exposition from August
% to September 2. The sessions
are to be under the joint auspices
Of the Lewis and Clark congress
committee and a committee of
prominent educators.
DeGaris Reeves, son of Rev.
Reeves, of this city, will start for
Seattle next Friursday to take a
special course of study in the Uni
versity of Washington that will Ell.
gage him for six or eight weeks
He has been teahing in the high
school at Vancouver, Wash, fol
some time in the past and has given
excellent satisfaction, as is evidenced
by the fact that he returns again
this fall at an advanced salary. He
is very studious and capable
young man.
Last Friday, Edward Goodchild
and family, after a short visit with
the father of the former, John
Goodchild of this county, took their
departure for their home in Chicago
via Portland, where thev intended
stopping to visit the Exposition
Last Wednesday they were guest.
at the home of L. L. Brooks and
the entire party made the trip to
the top of Vineyard mountain
where a most beautiful landscape
view was presented on all sides.
About 10 o'clock last Thursday
night brilliant illumination to the
west of this city gave a clew to a
confagration that was in progress.
Later it was ascertained that the
fire was on the farm of F. L. Mil
Ter. A brooder house, four brooders,
and between 225 and $50 young
chickens were burned. The fire is
supposed to have started from a
brooder lamp. This is very un-
fortunate occurrence and on top oil
other losses Mr.. Miller has sustain
ed in his chicken business is very
discouraging.
L. L. Brooks reports having wit
messed what might have been a
serious accident a short distance
this side of the Albany bridge last
Thursday. A hack load of people
were driving alorg when an auto
mobile hove in sight. The team
became frightened and plunged
over an embankment, upsetting the
hack and throwing all the occupants
thereof out. The boy who was
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