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

ing note from J. c. Wood, which
we hope to give space in our mex
issue.
Cecil Butler, who has been as
si,tant agent at the G. &. E., left
Tuesday for Portland to work in
the Union depot.
Subject at the Christian Church
next Sunday morning." Our Ccun-
try"-a patriotic service. Evening
"Ten Girls of Corvallis
Subject of sermon at tho M. E.
churcn Sunday morning ls. Seek
ing First the Kingdom of God" In
the evening, Serving two Masters.
Tomorrow afternoon at three
O'Clock the band will play q concert
from the cupola of Hotel Corvallis.
The boys will play music way up,
Mrs. Chas. M. Kline departed
Monday for her old home at Craw-
fordsville, Indiana. Her presence
there was necessitated by a suit
for possession of property.
At the NJ. E. church, South,
Sunday at / a. m., subject of SER
mon, "Chr;st's Message to Faith
full Church" At Sp. M, True
Greatness" j. A. Ellison, pastor.
The Jubilee singers gave an ex-
cellent concert at the Presbyterian
church Tuesday night. The at
tendance, however, was not as large
as the merits of the entertainment
warranted.
At 2 p. N. Sunday there will be
German preaching in the Presby-
terian church. The services will be
conducted by Rev. G. J. Beyerline,
Lutheran pastor at Albany. All
are welcome.
B. l.. Bancom passed through
here Wednesday, en- route home to
Portland from Newport, where he
mad been engaged in work on his
summer cottage which is in course
of construction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Billings, of San
Francisco, have written relatives in
this city, that they escaped safely
from the earthquake. but that all
their property was destroyed by
fire. Mrs. Billings is sister of
Lee Henkle, of this city.
The Uniform Rank of the K. O.
T. M, of Portland, are to run an
excursion to Albany and Corvallis
on Sunday, May 9th. The train
will reach this city at 4:5O p. ~.
and no doubt every member of the
order in this city will turn out to
welcome the visitors in their brief
stay.
We are in receipt of garden seeds
from the general government
through the courtesy of Senator
Gearip. So long az the seeds last
we shall be pleased to distribute
them free to all who call for them.
We make this announcement with
an earnest desire to see if advertis-
ing pays.
Miss Agnes Wilson's vote up to
"Wednesday in the Oregonian con-
test is $1,000. the LsGrande girl
follows with $4,000, and Hood River
with $4,000, all of which shows the
intense interest taken in the con-
test. Every Corvallis reader should
help send Miss Wilson to Yellow
stone Park.
Mrs. A. J. Hall and Miss M. J.
Lee came up from Polk county
Tuesday, and yesterday morning,
Mrs. Hall accompanied by her son.
Harley, left for Portland. From
there, last night, she was to start
for Albion, Eastern Washington, for
the home of his son, DR.. Frank
Hall, where she will remain for
some time for medical treatment.
Miss Lee returned to Polk county
yesterday.
The delegates from the Congre-
gational church left yesterday to
attend tn. spring meeting of the
East Willamette Association at Al
bany. The following persons will
represent the orvallis church.
Mrs. Martha Burnett, Miss Camp
bell. Mrs. Frederick Berchtold
will read a paper on missions" and
Miss Edna Allen will sing. Mrs.
E. f. Green is vice-president of
the missionary societies in the As
sociations, and presided over the
Woman's Missionary meeting of
yesterday.
Monday, Major Dickman, Thir-
teenth Cavalry, U. S. A., made
the annual inspection of the cadets
st OAC, Major Dickman, who is
now attached to the War College,
Was hipgton, D. c., has been detail
ed to inspect the various cadet