Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-23
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aQQlBl00 30 tE6 stucuCc vi M'N.
Arch johnson, ju t across M y
river.
J. H. Price, now in the employ
of the Corvallis Flour Mills COM
pany, was in Albany last Saturday
on business.
Charlie Ewart, the we'll known
architect, came up from Portland,
Sunday, on matters of business
that required personal attention.
Jack Arnold dropped iato Cor
Wallis as though from the sky last
Sunday. He came from San Fran
cisco and calculates to pass couple
of months at his boyhood home
this city. Jack has many friends
here who will make him welcome.
Last Saturday DIR. Cathey pur-
chased the Joseph Feirs tein property
on Sixth street---house and three
lots. The consideration was 81, 100.
In the course of two or three weeks
Mr.. Feirstein expects to move to
Salem, OF that vicinity.
Arnold's show and circus outfit,
merry-go-round and SO forth pass
ed through Corvallis, Sunday en-
route to Independence. During
last week they were in Albany.
Our people did not consider it ad-
yisable to encourage them to come
to this city.
Joe Hughes was in town Satur.
day and reports that on their place.
some eight or ten miles south OF
this city, grain aphis are at work
to considerable extent on both fall
and spring grain. Joe is very
strenuous in his demands for a
change in the weather.
Prof. Clyde Phillips, who has had
great deal to do with sinking
wells at OAC in the endeavor to
supply water for that institution,
went to Portland, Saturday. 1t is
understood that he went to secure
some necessary apparatus for prose
cutting the work on hand.
1t has been decided to produce
the "Wreck of the Hesperus' and
the other great works for voice and
orchestra in the Opera House in
stead of the Armory. We know
whereof we speak when we say
that this entertainment is to be
splendid. It is for the building
fund of the college Y. M. G. A.
and will occur Friday evening
June e.
The Telegram of the 18th ms
containeda a very nice half tone O
Mayor Elect A. J. Johnson of this
city. Mr.. johnson is but 81 year.
of age, but has had vast amount
of experience in this time. He wa
state senator from Linn county fo
=, four years and has occupied othe
positions of prominence. At pres
ent he is National Bank Inspecto
for Oregon, Idaho, Washington ane
Montana. He is hustling, wide
awake business man and has re
side in this city for two years.
OF Rose, son of D. G. Rose O
this city, arrived from Portland OF
the evening train Friday. Thi
was OPS first visit home in NOR
than seven years. His people her
had no idea he was coming up. Or
arrival here he walked into hi
fathers place of business and aske
for a cigar; his father waited O.
him, asked what brand he preferre
to smoke and SO forth and failed t
recognize him. Oh has been i
Portland all these years and is EN-
ployed in machine shop. He rs
turned to Portland, Sunday.
At the meet between U of o an
U of w at Eugene last Saturda
the score was SO to 60 in favor
Eugene. A couple of days befol
OAC beat the visitors by 20 point
Conditions were slightly differer
at Eugene. It is now up to Co
Wallis ana fugene 70 Try CONCLUSION
and this will be done on OAC
field next Saturday. Both team
have defeated Seattle, but we fgul
we are going to win from Euger
by a slight margin. Still there
nothing certain about it, and thel
is enough Of the element of chan,
about the outcome to make it
unusual interest.
In the report. published in Il
Rural Spirit of the farmers inst
tute recently held in Colfax, .Wasl
we find the following utteranc
credited to DIR. James Withycomb
of OAC: DIR. Jas. Withycomb
director Of Oregon Agricultur
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