Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-04-10

Mrs. A. Sutherland left Saturday
for her home in Shedds.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Garrow spent
Sunday with relatives in Salem.
Mrs. Jennie Greer is confined to
her nome with an attack of sciatica
Miss Minnette Phillips is the
guest for few days of Miss Verona
Espey, at McMinnviile. She left
Friday.
Horace Brodie, formerly of OAC,
who has been seriously i'll at his
home at Lents, is now on the road
to recovery.
Henry Veatch, of Cottage Grove
arrived in Corvallis Friday night
on a few days business visit.
Mrs. Jesse Wiley entertained q
number of friends at a hot tomale
dinner, Friday evening. The affair
was very enjoyable.
J. Nowak, of McMinnville, who
has been guest at the Flint home
for several days, left Sunday for
Los Angeles, California.
Mrs. Chester Proebs:el has lust
returned from Portland, whore she
has been taking lessons in dramatic
art under Miss Rose Eytinge.
Miss Leila Kelsay, a popular
sophomore at OAC, has been sum
moned to her home at Hood River
by the serious illness of her father.
P. L. McKenney and family have
arrived from New York and are to
locate in this city. Mr.. McKen-
ney's mother and sister reside in
Wilkins addition.
Miss Bertha Thorp, of Inde-
pendence, arrived Sunday for a few
days visit with her cousin. Mrs,
Henry Stone, aud her sister, Miss
Maud Thorp.
The indications are that the
Opcra House next Friday evening
will house the largest, most intel
lectual and best dressed audience
in its history.
A cablegr9m from Floyd Will
liams has been received by his
wife, requesting her to join him in
the Phiippi" es atonce. It is stated
ha' che will start in a few days.
There has been a change of time
for the military drill at OAC, from
8 a. m. to the noon hour, ard
chapel is now held at 11:2O instead
of $50. The new schedule went
into effect Thursday.
There was a social at the Presby-
terian church Thursday evening,
enjoyed by members of the congre-
CATION, Light refreshments were
served and a good time enjoyed by
all.
Things are busy in the sewin e
and dressmakipg deparemeut at
the c,llege. Fig Iteen new sewing
chairs and two more machines have
just been added, the class being
much larger than ever before.
Thursday night at Philomatn a
college medal contest was held,
and number of Corvallis people
droye over to attend. Miss Mary
and John With ycosnbe,
Of OAC, and Prof Baldwin, of
Philomath, were the judges and the
prize was awarded to Miss Bessie
Fugh. Those who went from Cor
wallis were: Misses Mary Suther-
land, Juanita Rosendorf, Pauline
Davis, Emma Crabill, John Witty
combe and Mr.. Eiler.
The last issue of the "Pacifc
Searchlight" is called the Benton
county edition, and is indeed a fine
one. 1t contains views of the col
lege buildings and excellent half
tones of several Corvallis people,
amcng whom are Judge Waters,
District Attorney Bryson, J. D.
Wells and others. There are also
views of Philomath buildings and |
other points in Benton, that render
the edition one of unusual worth |
to local readers.
The largest hornets nast proba-
bly, ever seen in Corvallis is al
Amber & Waters real estate oeTce.
1t was brought in from his ranch
by Mr.. DeHaven Saturday. The
nest is nearly round, aud Was
built on the limb of an apple tree
Two apples, solid and without a
blemish, protrude from the surface
of the nest, and it is possible that
other apples are inside it. A
measurement of the object shows
the circumference to be 80 inches.