Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-06-08
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Rev. Frank E. Jones OF Eugene
was ia Corvallis Wednesday on
business.
Fred Steadenberg left yester-.
day morning for Staytcn,-
where he has several houses to
build during the summer.
The G. & e. train was held 10
Albany, Wednesday afternoon until
4 o'clock in order to accommodat
those who attended the funeral of.
the late Con Sullivan.
Mrs. Wyard, Of Astoria, came up.
to attend the marriage Of her bro
ther, George Moore, and with her
mother, Mrs. Lucy Moore went to
Yaquina Wednesday to visit
another brother.
So far we have experienced the
most abominable weather possib s
for June in the Willamette Vail !
and it is to be hoped from now .,
we may enjoy such weather as
feel ourselves entitled to.
House to rent; possession June
lst. Inquire at Aliens drug sto e
AT
Tomorrow is the big picnic a,
Ridders grove, near Wells, and il,
spite of the ihclement weather,
plans have been carried forward t,
make the occasion successful. I
is probable that many from Corval
lis will attend. as we'll as from
other neigboring towns.
At the brides home in this city.
Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock,
Miss Ruby Jackson was united il
marriage to NJ. E. Gragg. The
ceremony was performed by Rev..
McLain, Of Philomath, in the pres
ence of near relatives and friends.
Both bride and groom are respect
ed young people of Benton county,
and have many friends who unite
in good wishes for their future.
Monday afternoon at 2:3O III
physical culture ass of OAC vii
give an exhibition drill in the ar
mory that will be we'll worth seeing
These drills are graceful end pleas
ing, and are always enjoyed by
large crowds. Monday evening in
the chapel there will be an organ
recital by Prof. Taillandier, with
several numbers by pupils of the
class in elocution.
There was a pretty home we'd
ding Wednesday forenoon, five
miles west of Philomath, the groom
being George Moore and the bride
Miss Mae Robinson. The ceremony
was performed by Judge Waters
in the presence of few witnesses
Mr.. Moore runs tannery on his
place. and is we'll known as an in
dustrious and deserving young
man. His bride is one of Benton's
best young women, and both have
the good wishes of many friends.
Tomorrow night in college chapel,
the last debate for the H. r-society
honors and also for the Catch cup,
occurs. The participants are -th..
Jeffarsonians ard the PierianA.
and the suhjsct is, Resolved, INT
Suffrage in the United States h+-s
Restricted by an Educational Quail
fcation.' TIE affirmative. is taken
bv the "Jeffs" and the "Pies"
have the negative. A. this is an
Interesting subject, and owirg to
the fact of this being the last debate
for the pres dents cup, it is proba BILE
that there will be a very large at
tendance.
Booker T. Washington writes to
a Congressman that meg, o suits
him as the official designation of
his race. With his customary
sense, Mr.. Washington makes
these pertinent observations:
Brightly or wrongly, all
classes have called US negroes.
we cannot escape from that name
if we would To cast it eff now.
would be 10 separate US, to a GER
tain extent, from our history, and
deprive us of much of the inspira-
ton we now have to struggle on
and upward. 1t is to our credit,
not to our shame. that we have
risen SO rapidly, more rapidly than
most other peoples, from savage
ancestors through slavery t. ciyili-
cation. For my part, helieve
the memory Of these facts should be
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