Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-22

! Genfgs Starr came up from McMinn
Wills. Saturday, and with E. N. Star
went out to ,Bellefountain on . huntin,
trip. .
/ Sheet musie 10c . copy at Gra'
ham & Wells drug stoss. 87-s
Fred and John Strake and Gus .Leder
left yesterday for the headwaters of the
South Santiam where they will speEd
the winter, trapping. Besides bear and
cougar traps they took along l60 traps
for smaller game, such az mink and othel
animals, the fur of which is salable.
When in Albany zee the 5, 10 and
/ Is cent counters at Charles Knecht's
next door to HamiIton's. 56ti
| The great occasions come but sell
dom in the lives of the "ofice force" but
yesterday was one of 'em. A basket OF
luscious grapes and treat of monster
red apples, rightly named ''Kings," and
superior, We can vcuch, to the Hood
River product, was the royal treat given
'us' by D. c. Rose, the successful or
chardist and all around raucher. '.Thank
you doesn't half express our appreciation
but for lack of better word we shall
have to use it.
| Wanted: To purchase from the
b eeders-Cotswold or Lincoln
sheep. Call me on Irde pendent
phone No. 561 o.. No. 2S4. Wm.
II. Savage, Corvallis, Oregon. 53Sf
Misses Ruby and Chloe Brazel-
ton of Monticello, Iowa, arrived
Saturday for visit of several weeks
with their sister, Mrs. G. F. Rice,
The Woodmen had jollification
st their lodge, Friday evening.
There was initiation of candidates,
4 a banquet and big time for all.
| Fresh Yaquina Bay clans every
Saturday, st Thatcher & Johnson's
grocery. S6.f
The drayman of Corvallis deserve the
thanks and commendation of every resi-
dent of the city for the promptness with
which thev respond to the sound OF the
fire bell. No sooner is the alarm given
than drayman can he seen racing his
team to the top of its speed, headed for
the city hall when the department bows
gather, attach the apparatus to the dray
aud all dash away towards the confagra.
ton 10 aid in saving the property of some
ci,izen. The d d-aymen are under nc
ob'iga,lou to render this service and race
their heavy dray horses as though they
were roadster y and because the service
is freely and generously rendered, Cor
Wallis should give some word of thanks
for it.
J. w. Pratt hands us the cham piol
potato SO far, weighing four and quarter
pounds. 1t Is native Oregon Burbank
There was an old man potato weighing
about two pounds, and then another son
of a potato growing out of that nearly as
big. Old man Spud and his boy togeth-
er were enough to feed small family OF
make potato salad for whole church
social. Who can beat it?-Capital Jour.
nal.
The remains of the late Henry Cyrus
father of Mrs. A Iva Miner of this CITY
were taken by private conveyance, early
Friday morning, to the former home in
Linn county, on the Santiam, where the
funeral services were held at the Provi.
dence church in the afternoon. Inter-
ment was in nearby cemetery also
called Providence. Deceased came to
Corvallis only short time ago, trading
his Linn county farm for the E. H. Tsy-
lcr house, owned by Mr.. abel on Third
street. Mr.. Cyrus was aged SO years
and was born in Linn county. He had
served in the state legislature, as had
William Cyrus, his father. The Cyrus
family is one of the oldest and most re-
spected in Linn county: The bereaved
have tbs sympathy of all. The cause oi
death was cancer of the stomach
There is much good sense in the follow
ing item in the Barometer of last Satur-
day: THE success of the college last
year N oratorY and debate was remark
able; not that we won any debates OF
contests but that the work done by the
de bators and orators was of high STAN
dard. considering the fact that they were