Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-12-01
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

The next meeJlng OF the local
choral union will be held in the
college chapel at 7:3O Monday
evening, next. Refreshments will
be served after the practice.
A large party of Southerners met
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. s. n.
Wilkins, Monday evening, and a
most enjoyable time resulted.
Sugar cane candy was one of the
treats offered. p
Mrs. Francis Graham, Of Grants
. Pass, is the guest of Mrs. g.. R.
Farra. Her son , Donald, form
er OAC student, is expected to ar
rive in a few days for a visit.
Wednesday morning the large
wagon used for hauling -four from
the Fischer mills appeared on the
streets with a cover on it that was
cracker-jack. The vehicle was
large to start with, but with the
cover added it reminds one of a box
Car.
Mrs. J. Mason left yesterday for
California to be at the bedside o.
her son, Chester, who sustained q
fracture of the skull in a fall from,
a building last Saturday. The
physician in charge of the case in
forms the relatives at the bedside
that there is a chance for the young
mau to recover.
Several coops containing Mon
golian pheasants arrived from Cor
vaiiis yesterday and went south on
the Southern Pacific bound fer
Pratt, Kansas, where they will be
>liberated on the Kansas prairies.
A coop of Oregon quail was also
in the shipment.--Albany Herald.
These birds were a shipment made
by Gene Simpson of this city.
The United Artisans are prepar-
ing for a district meeting on De-
cember 20. The district includes
Albany. Corvallis and Wells. A
number of the supreme officers are
expected to be present at the meet.
ing, and many candidates will
PROBABLY be initiated. The affair
promises to be one of the most i'm.
portant eyer held by the order il
this section.
The latest sales made by the rea.
estate firm Of Amber & Waters
are: S. S. Bulls to G.. w. Haw.
thorne, of South Dakota, II acres
5 miles south east Cf Corvallis
$3.50; J. Tyler to F. M. Martin
of Kansas, So, acres near Inavale
$4,000; c. I. Starr to E. M. Nelson
of Paramount, N. D., ITO acres, s
miles west of Wrenn, $1,000; S
Gibbs to Holland Rose, of KY, q
acres, / 1-2 miles west of Peoria.
The OAC football eleven lef
Tuesday for Seattle where yestet'
day they were to play the Univer
sity Of Washington. The line w
in the game was to be the same al
in the OAC-Walamette game las
Friday. Others who went to Sc
attic were: Coach Sickle, Manager
Stimson, Physical Director Trine,
Floyd Williams, Robert johnson
and Thomas Whitehorn.
One of the first things that /,
traveller in darkest Russia finds il
that he is 10 days behind tn
times. On crossing the frontier in.
to Russia on the 18th of September
for instance, his passport is stampe'
September 2, the morning paper
are of that date; in other words
the Russian calendar is differen
from the rest of the civilized WORLD
In the French revolution, Franc
changed her calendar. and Russia
it is said, will, among her first re
forms make her calendar correspon
with that. of the other c~ivilize
countries.
Recent real estate transfers file
at the Recorders office are: c.. F.,
Harrison to S. Davis, part of a Ii
in Pbilomatb, $50; Geo. w. Moor
and wife to Maria V. Huntington
lot Hofman's add. $500; John v
Simpson and wife to w P. Mine
2lots Co. add, $3.50; W. F. Mins
and wife to R. D. Mariette, Il
in Dixon's add, $l.O0; E.. Va
Cleye and wife to A. J. William
lot & fraction in Philomatb, $665.6I
Robert Graham and wife to Sad
G.. Howell. 122 acres neal Bruc
$1,218.70; W. A. Hutchins ar
. wife to John P. Sloan, 4 acres ne'
Philomatb, $1,000.
A wishbone social was held la
night at the home Of Miss MAJ
Switzerland, on Third street.
was given by the Christian E
deavor society of the Presbyteris
church, and in many respects was
novel affair. Partners for supp
were found by means Of wish bone
and the n holding the small