Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-27

was the guest from Thursday until
Sunday Of Mrs. Arnold King in this
city.
Miss Ella Johnson returned
home Saturday from Portland,
where she had been attending the
millinery openings.
T. T. Vincent occupied the pull
pits of the First and Second Pres
bvterian churches in Albany, Sun
day morning and evening.
Student Tiffany who was oper-
ated on Wednesday for appendicitis
at the Herbert home is doing as
we'll as could be expected.
J. w. Ingle, of this city, is again
grandpa. Born, Feb. %, in Walla
Walla, Wash, to the wife of DR..
Ely formerly Nora Ingle, a
daughter.
Mrs. J. M. Cameron and daugh-
ters are visiting relatives in this
city. They have decided to leave
Pomeroy, Washington, and we
understand they expect to locate in
Portland.
Miss Agnes Wilson is gaining
ground rapidly in the Oregonian
popularity contest. She now has
over q, GOO votes to her credit, and
is making new friends every day
who are supporting her candidacy.
Don't go to Albany on a wild
goose chase, when you can see a
most excellent play right in Cor
Wallis. Go to the Opera House
tonight-see the Empire Theatre
Co. in Moths" guaranteed attrac-
tion.
A company of United Artisans
are to pay fraternal visit tc the
Wells lodge next Saturday night.
The event is looked forward to with
happy anticipation by the local
people and there is no doubt but
that large crowd will plan to 60.
The R. F. D. carriers of the
counties of Linn and Benton have
sort of organization of their own.
Together with Postmaster Johnson
the Benton carriers visited the
Albany brethren on Washington's
birthday and fraternized to their
hearts content.
Prof. Stoudenmeyer, in former
years we'll known in this city as
"Tex," was up from Salem Thurs
day evening in the capacity of
cornetist with the Salem orchestra
when that organization played for
the college dance. "Tex" now ranks
we'll among the leading cornetists
of the coast.
The Empire Theatre Company
will be remembered as appearing
here last November, when they
made a most favorable impression.
The plays they present are clean
and wholesome. the company
numbers Is people, and they rend-
er delightful and refreshing enter
tainment at very low prices.
Mrs Martha Burnett returned
Saturday from Monroe, where she
had been at the bedside of her
brother, Wesley Hinton, who is
very i'll, with slight hopes of re-
covery. Mr.. Hinton is an Oregon
pioneer of AZ, and has for many
years resided in Benton, where he
has many friends who sincerely
hope for his recovery.
In an exchange from g. neighbor-
ing county we notice that an aspir-
ant for public office has filed a
petition, as by law required, and
failed utterly to state in said
petition for which office he had a
preference. When fellow gets so
"worked up over his candidacy
that he forgets what he wants one
cannot avoid being amused.
A little better than FIVE to one
in favor of OAC was the score of the
basket ball game st the Armorv
Ffiday evening when the team OF
U. of 0. was down from Eugene.
Ou account of so many other things
gong on the attendance WAS not so
great as during former games, but
there was good crowd just the
same. Members of the colore1
troupe who CHANGED to be showing
in Corvallis that evening attended
the game and sang a number of
songs to the delight OF those present
At the start the game was very
snappy and well played, but our
boys soon pulled away from their