Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-01-19

ter put tag on him. Chief Lane
now has an abundance of tags TO,
sale at 81 each for the adornmenl
of city dogs during 1906. Protect
your dog at once.i
Wednesday, Cal Thrasher arrived
home from Portland, where he had
been for a week. He reports his
son, Frank, to be getting along
nicely with his job as billing clerk
for the O. G. T. Co.
We are a trifie more than two
inches shy on rain to date this sea-
son since September lst, reckoning
on an average for many years past.
This is nothing, for we can make it
up at any old time.
Gabriel Long, formerly of Kings
Valley, and now a resident in Jobs
addition, is slowly recovering from
a severe attack of tonsilitis. The
gentleman is 80 years of age and
his many friends are glad to hear
of the turn for the better.
Mrs. 7. T. Vincent arrived home
a couple of days ago from Chehalis,
Washington, whittier she had been
in the hope ofimproving her health.
While in Washington she was tie
guest of married daughter. The
daughter accompanied her home.
Henry Amber recently received
a fine lot of pigeons-Runts and
Homers. The former are among
the very largest of birds and are
splendid for squads. In all pro-
liability pigeon pie will be the order
of the day at Mr.. Ambler's home
this spring.
The Willamette river was falling
yesterday at this city. The water
reached a mark about 13 feet above
the lowest stage. 1t is evident that
during our recent rains it was
showing in the mountains or we
should in all probability haye been
treated to good-sized flood.
A program studded with the best
literature that master minds have
portrayed by genius of
the first order, interspersed with
bits of humor, delightful solos and
popular selections by widely popu-
lar sextette of young ladies, such is
the bill at the Rose Eytinge recital
this, Friday, evening at the Opera
House.
After an illness of several weeks
the death of Mrs. Harriet Hill oc-
Cured Sunday at her home in
Philomath. She was aged 66 years,
10 months and IL days. She was
the mother of Lee Hill, who, with
his father, survives her. Interment
was made in Newton cemetery,
Tuesday, at 1890 a. NJ, ard the
funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Feese, of this city.
In the famous scenes from the
Merchant of Venice" in which
5hylock demands the "Pound of
1esh" and is told that he must not
he'd zone drop of Christian BLOOD"
Mss Edna Irvine will appear as
oortia to Miss Eytinge's Shylock in
he Rose Eytinge recital this, Fri
lay, evening. AS the merciless
Iew, first relentless in mis- demand
md then humiliated, Mics Eytinge
a striking parsonage.
The mail stage was little late
'ulling into Corvallis from Albany
yesterday morning. It seems that
vhen near the Dick Kiger place one
# the traces became umfastened
md the tongue dropped. The horses
to make dash and
,roke tue double trees. The driver
vas yanked into the. mud, but not
,urt seriously. Everything was
inally fixed up and ''Uncle Sans"
budget of matter rolled into toe
'ity not very much tardy, but in
mother vehicle. Later on the mail
wagon was brought to this city by
party.
The celebrated poem "Bianca to
he Nightingales" is to be rendered
~ Rose Eytinge in her dramatic
'eading at the Opera House this,
Friday, evening. The weird, mys-
ical rhythm of the lines in which
he feelings of the speaker blazes
lp frequently, but with a reserve of
power that bursts out into s. con-
uming passion, and then dies
away in huttering spark Of de-
'pair as the end of the story is
cached, affords the distinguished
'eader opportunity for use of those
are powers that haye made her
name familiar throughout the
country for years. The poem is by