Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-01

D6rSOnhl dtbontlOn.
The regular monthly meeting of
Grangers was held at the college
Saturday afternoon.
Workmen are throwing dirt in
the city like the mischief preparatory
to laying pipe for the new water
system.
Mrs. A. J. Garrett and little
daughter arrived Saturday from
San Francisco for a visit with the
formers niece, Mrs. John Allen.
Several hundred people congre-
gated on the court house grounds
Sunday afternoon to hear the fine
program rendered by the city band.
The concert was a real treat.
The Camera club in which many
of the OAC professors are interested
held meeting at the college Fri
day evening. The object of the
club is to cultivate taste for pho
tography.
| Miss Josie Keefer and Stella
Dowd, sister and niece of Charles
Kennedy, formerly of this city, are
among the refugees who have ar
rived in Portland from San Fran
cisco. They also have relatives
at Summit.
II. w. Kaupish, business man
ager of the Corvallis Creamery
Company, was in the city Sunday
night. He reports that the COM
pany has its ice factory running
night and day. He also reports
rapidly increasing shipments of
cream from points on the C. & E.
Lincoln County Leader.
Clarence Beaver, an OAC grad
uate who has been for several years
assistant city chemist in San Fran
cisco, has been heard from. Mr..
Beaver was located in the Call
building, which was completely
wrecked. and now that he is for
time out of employment he writes
that he will soon pay visit to his
home near Salem, and in Corval-
lis.
Mrs. A. G. Tunison, of this city,
has received a letter from her
brother, J. w. Martin, who escaped
from the San Francisco horror unin-
jured. He lost everything, and
writes 81 am living in tent, fed
by relief contributions; rained
heavily here yesterday, the 3d."
Mrs. Tunnison has two other
brothers in San Francisco from
whom no tidings have been receiv-
ed since the earthquake.
Ralph Van Cleve and Miss Edith
Elder were married in Corvallis
at 2:3O p. NJ. Thursday at the
Presbyterian manse, Rev. M. s..
Bush performing the ceremony.
The groom resid,s al Toledo, aud is
a brother Of Archie Van Cleve, of
OAC. The bride resided at Inde-
pendence. Only the necessary wit
nesses were present at the wedding.
The young p7ople have the good
wishes of may friends.
Rev. and Mrs. l. A. Ferch, recent
ly returned from China, where
they have been in the missionary
work, spent from Thursday until
yesterday with Corvallis friends
Friday morning they addressed the
students in chapel, and Saturday
night gave lecture and showed
curios from China, at the United
Evangelical church. Mrs. Ferch
was formerly Miss Elsie Garfield,
of OAC They expect to go East
soon.
Mrs. Eugene Shelby, accom-
panied by her daughters, Leila
and Emma, arrived in Corvallis
Friday from San Francisco, en- route
to their home in Portland, where
Mr.. Shelby is superintendent of
the Wells Fargo express COM pany.
The travellers experienced all the
horrors of the earthquake and
fire, and lost heavily in worldly
possessions. They are guests for
few days of Misses Eugenia and
Mary Shelby, of the local
Wells Fargo Office.
All the literary societies of OAC,
held a mass meeting in the college
chapel at 5 p. m., Friday, at which
time there was an impromptu
program and an animated discus
sion of the coming debate between.
OAC and the Pullman, Washing
ton, team. The object of the meet
ing was to arouse enthusiasm in the
debate, which occurs May 9Th and
for which the local team is making
great preparations. 1t will cost
800 to bring the Pullman team to
Corvallis and tickets to the debate
are to be 25 cents.