Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-12-15
LOCAL AND PERSONA

Riley Shelton, Of Scio, visited il
Corvailis during the week.
An adjourned term of circuit
court will be held tomorrow morn
ing at 9 o'clock
The Smoker" given by the boys
of the Corvallis Fire Company,
Monday night was a most enjoy
able affair in every way.
A. Notion visited in Corvallis
during the first Of the week. Some
forty odd years ago he was engaged
in the newspaper business in Cor
wallis. His home is now in Port
land.
Mrs. E. F. Green has been in
poor health for the past week or
two and was compelled temporarily
to give up teaching at OAC, where
she is in charge of the vocal de-
par ment.
The city council of Philomath
has granted Corvallis the right to
lay water mains in the streets of
the aforementioned city and to
furnish water to the inhabitants
thereof for a period Of 80 years.
Let all who have business of any
nature before the circuit court re-
member that next Monday, Deem
Der Is, is the time set for legal bust
ness. A preliminary session is 10
be held tomorrow morning at 8
o'clock.
Some peol lie think this is not a
good country for hog raising. They
should have seen four PIGS that
Sol King left at Homer Lilly's
meat market Tuesday. These
porkers were only eight months
old, but they dressed 1913 pounds
each Oh the average; the four
weighed 1912 pounds.
A gentleman by the name of
Woods, who resides in British
Columbia, sent Ole of the finest
Buff Rock cockerels on the coast to
to the poultry show recently held
in this city The bird turned out a
prize-winner and many people
wanted it. It was in the hands Of
Gene Simpson for sale. Tuesday
morning Mrs. Ruth Buchanan pur-
chased it.
DIR. Withycombe might have
abbreviated his platform to "a
square deal for every person." yet
it is satisfactory to know that he
doesn't hesitate to say what he will
do, or try to do, if he shall be elect
cd governor. Every candidate
must now make up his own plat
form. He will be appraised for
what he is and for what he stands
for. DR.. Withycombe has set up
ali excellent model.--Oregonian.
A. F. Rogers, who has been max
ing Corvallis for the last nine years
in the capacity Of a paper drum
mer for the Portland house of
Blake and McFall Company, made
what he thought to beshis last tripI
a.couple Of days ago. His COM
pany intends opening a branch
house in Spokane, WASH, early
next spring and Mr.. Rogers rel
ceives the management of the new
business. That he is fit and will
succeed goes without saying.
Not long ago Gene Simpson
filed an order for five dozen ChinaE
p~heasants, which he received from
D. M. Travis, state game warden of
Kansas. MI. Travis wrote back
informing Mr.. Simpson that the
state of Kansas recently approp-
rated SAC, GOO for the purpose Of
stocking that state with fish and
game and he desired our townsman
to quote him prices on China
p~heasants in 1,O06, 1000 and B.
600 lots, the same to be delivered
III dub u6XG Iall.
The remains of the late Senator
John H. Mitchell were inferred in.
Riverview cemetery, Portland,
Tuesday afternoon, having been
lying in state in the City Hall from
10 o'clock until 2 of that day in
order that many friends Of the dis
ceased might look upon his face for
the last time. The funeral services
were held in the First C~ongrega-I
tional church in the presence of
an immense crowd. The services
were simple, but impressive. Thus
we see naught but sadness id the
end of the career Of a man who
was for years among the most
powerful and influential of all Ore
gon citizens.
At the regular meeting Monday
night the city council took meas.
ures establishing a police head
quarters in this city. In con-
formity with the action Of the coun-
Gil, Chief Lane was cat home"
Tuesday in the little room just
south Of A. j. Metzger's place of