Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-04-27

The Worlds Masterpiece, by
| DR.. E. L. House, Corvallis L ceum
Course, Friday vening, April q.
Miss Pearl Allen, an OAC grad
uate. arrived Wednesday from. Eu-
gene for a visit with Miss Maud
MattleY.
Mrs. John Senger is still quite i'll
at her home in this city. She is
suffering with liver and stomach
trouble.
Mrs. S. N. Wilkins, who has
been suffering severely with blood
poisoning in her arm, is about re-
covered.
Rev. and Mrs. Clay Starr, of
Ballston, arrived a few days ago
and are the guests of relatives at
Bellefountain.
Mrs. Ed Cummings arrived
Tuesday from Seattle for a visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T.
H Welsher.
W4lter Klins was able to return
to the store Wednesday, having
'-en confined at home for some
days with Illness.
Two different parties in Corvallis
report having found ripe strawber-
ries last Sunday in the hills west of
town. And it is April!
The second car of provisions for
the San Francisco sufferers, to be
shipped from Independence, passed
through, CORVALLIS, Tuesday.
TIE ladies of the Presbyterian
Missionary Society were very pleas
antly entertained by Mrs. Mike
Bauer, Wednesday afternoon.
Raymond Bethers celebrated his
fourth birthday with party at
his home Wednesday afternoon. A
number of little friends enjoyed the
event.
Last entertainment of the Corval-
lis Lyceum Course, Friday evening,
April 27. Stereopticon Illustrated
Lecture, "The Worlds Master
piece.
1t is requested by the committee
that all contributions for San Fran
cisco be left at John Simpsons store
by noon, Saturday, in order that
everything may be shipped .Satur-
day night.
T. T. Vincent, republican nomi-
nee for the office of county clerk,
lesY pes todav to act as judge of a de-
bate which occurs in that city this
evening between Albany and Nc
Minnville colleges.
S. H. Look, son-in-law of the
late Joshua Mason, and at one time
Il dealer in boots and shoes, in Cor
vaIiis, has been heard from He
was in Santa Rosa when the earth
quake came but escaped unipjured.
There is every indication of an
immense yield of fruit of all kinds
this year. R>bert Johnson, man
ager of the big orchard Of the Ben
ton County Prune Company, says
that their prospects for large
yield were never better.
Next Wednesday night the Ar
tisans of Corvallis, cast their final
vote for H. H. Cronise for supreme
representative. If he secures this
Office, Mr.. Cronise will represent
Oregon for four years, in all meet
ings of the supreme lodge of the
order. A program and refreshments
are features planned for Wednesday
evening and big time is assured
all who attend.
At meeting of the local lodge of
the knights of Pythias, Monday
evening, the boys voted the sum of
800 for the relief of fellow Knights
who were destitute in the awful dis
aster of San Francisco. This, so
lhT us is kuoWD, was GnS uTSt dCtlOD
on the part of any lodge of Knights
in Oregon for the relief of their
fellows, and considering the mem
bership of Valley Lodge No II is a
most liberal contribution.
Wallace Balwin, formerly a
pr ominent business man of this
city, is again a resident of Corval-
liz. He left San Francisco for this
city the day before the great earth
quake and on his arrival assumed
the management of the Graham &
Wells drug business. J. L. Under
wood, who for several years manag-
ed this business, rendered his re-
signation some little time ago and
only awaited the arrival of some |
party to fill his place. Just what |
Mr.. Underwood's plans for the
future are is not known.