Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-23
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
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New Orleans Concert Company
at the Opera House tonight.
Judge w. S. McFadden went to
Eugene, Wednesday night, to at
tend some legal business.
Nothing sweeter than the old
time Southern melodies. and real
darky singing at the Opera House
tonight.
Representative Carter was up
from Wells a couple of days ago.
We have it from quite reliable
source that there is no doubt of his
being a candidate for denomination
at the coming primaries for another
term as representative. .E--.
William Bryans, who recently
cold his farm near Wren, moved
onto a newly acquired farm near
Lebanon during the week. The
gentleman has been quite prom
inent in this county and we are
loath to see him depart.
Lieut.. Quinlan, commandant at
OAC, informs US that krag rifles
are authorized for the college
Theinformation reached the iieuten-
ant couple of days ago. 1t is his
opinion that the rifles will arrive in
about three months.
Wednesday, J. NJ. Porter went
to Portland on business. He is
negotiating, in fact the deal is the
same as consummated, for some
mighty fine business property
close to Hotel Portland. He ex-
pected when he left to be absent
several days.
Mr.. Laidlaw, of Portland, stop
ped at the home of L. l.. Brooks a
few days ago while on a search for
clover seed. The gentleman is the
president of the Columbia Southern
Irrigation Co, that controls 27,OOO
acres of land and he owns large
farm in the Willamette Valley.
F. P. Sheasgreen came up from
Portland, Tuesday evening, on mat
ters of business. Among other
items to receive attention he was
looking up some horses suitable for
use in Portland for delivering for
the mill and box factory in which
Mr.. Sheasgreen is interested.
From what seems to be a reliable
source we learn that the epidemic
of typhoid fever in Eugene is de-
creasing. 1t is thought that the
recent hard rains have had bear
ing on the epidemic, as the atmos-
phere was purified and sanitary
conditions improved.
On the 9th inst. the celebrated
Charles B. Handford, supported by
Miss Marie Drofdnah, will appear
in Albany in Shakespeare's "Mer-
chant of Venice" There is a strong
possibility of a large crowd of peo-
pie going from this city to attend
the production of the play. Such
opportunities are not presented
often.
The Masons have decided to
change the front in the store build
lug occupied oy F. L. Miller. Ed
ward Buxton has the commission
to do the work and it is expected
that he will begin the task next
Monday. The change is made
necessary in order to better light
the store and while the masons are
at the work they intend to put in
an up to-date front.
The Red Wings from Minnesota
met with an awful defeat Monday |
evening when they attempted to
tesch the OAC boys the game
known as basket ball. The final
score gave our boys "a points to
Red Wings Is and we are inform
ed that the manager of the Mime
sofa team spoke Of it as the great-
est game that he had ever seen.
Tuesday evening the Eugene play
ers were defeated by the Red Wings,
the score being 23 to IL. Eugene
plays here tonight.
During tn, week James L. Lewis
has been gathering up horses for
A. E. Holcomb, of the East Side
Transfer Co, of Portland. This Is
the company which lost so many
horses in a recent fire. The horses
recently purchased by Mr.. Lewis
numbered twelve and were shipped
to the metropolis by boat Wednes-
day. They were as fine lot of
animals as ever left Benton
county and were all raised in this
save one. AS a lot they
were hard to beat.
Tho rnof ovar tho h1soL on, ith