Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-18


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B. C. Arnold intended to leave
yesterday noon for Days Creek,
Southern Oregon, to set up boiler
and engine.
It is probable that nearly if not
all of the county candidates will be
in Alsea tomorrow to attend the
parents meeting that promises to
be big event.
Lewis Hartley has filed suit for
divorce from his wife, Cora A..
Hartley. The complaint is of a
sensational character. w. S. Nc
Fadden is attorney for plaintiff.
George w. Smith has lived in
Benton county for the past 20 years
and is so we'll known that he needs
no introduction to the republicans
of this county. No mistake will
have been made when he is elected
county commissioner.
The following well known gentle
men have consented to act as jud-
ges during the horse show which is
to be held in Corvallis June l and
2: w. o. Trine, William Bogue,
w. H. Mcmahon. Entries can be
made from now until May 81 by
calling On Grant Elgin, this city.
There will be preaching services
in the Baptist church on Sunday,
May goth, at eleven and s p. M.
Miss Bette Cook, of McMinnville le
college, will sing several solos.
Good music will be rendered for
both services. Come and hear the
converted sheepman, John McAllis-
ter.
About a dozen converts were bap-
tised in the river at Beulah, last
Sunday, and people gathered from
far and near to witness the services
A basket social was enjoyed at neon
by 200 people. 1t is reported that
upon going into the icy waters one
lady had an attack of heart trouble
and nad to be carried away, another
lady tainted from tie excitement
and there was more than the usual
number of sensational scenes Incl
dent to such an OCCASION.
Emery Newton is Benton coun-
ty boy, born on a farm a few
miles west of Corvallis, where he
has lived with his parents for the
past 25 years. He is in overy way
a competent and reliable man and n
graduate of OAC. He has always
been a republican aud is entitled to
the loyal support of his party in
Benton county in his candidacy for
election to the Office of county re-
corder.
The Times would have you be-
lieve that such loyal, old time re-
publicans as Messrs. Belknap,
jolly, Williams and Edwards were
holters. Ask these gentlemen if
they did not go into the primaries
with an equal chance to win as other
men, and if they were not prepared
to abide by the decision of the votes
of their party? They will tell you
yee. The Times will continue to
rant about 'nigger in the fence"
but ask the gentlemen yourself and
see where they stand.
President Catch and P ref.
Horner, who returned from Newport
during the first of the week report
that rhododendrons will be in their
prime to- morrow when the sem
iors of OAC run their annual excur-
sion to the coast. The prospects
are fne-there will be people from
Monmouth, Independence and Al
bany as we'll as this city. Those
holding tickets are requested to ex-
change them at the G. g. E.
depot some time during today if
possible so as to avoid the rush
tomorrow morning.
Two members of the fraternity of
genteei oeggars operated In Corval-
lis Wednesday. They claimed to
hsve been rendered deaf and dumb
by typhoid fever, and it was their
desire, as stated on their printed
postal cards, to secure sufficient
funds to engage in some small busi-
ness enterprise of their own. At a
local confectionery Establishment
they drank coda water. hough
candy and bananas and seemed to
be living in the upper story gen.
orally, which is the case nine times
out of ten with we'll dressed, able
bodied beggars of their type.
A large audience witnessed the
rendition Of 'The Flower Queen
a. the opera house Monday even
ing, given under the auspices of the
Congregational ladies, Mrs. E. F.
Green being the director. By the
skiilful uss of small fir treas tho