Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-25

furniture, carpets, wall paper
trunks, suit cases, ham mocks, etc.
at the new store. A. 81. Kempin-
Corvallis. 50-54
Miss Catherine Rife who has spent
the winter with her sister, Mrs. D. D,
Berman, left yesterday for Colorado,
where she will visit, en- route to her home
at Decatur, Illinois.
Wanted: To purchase from TIE
breeders-Cotswold or Lincoln
sheep. Call me on Independent
phone No. 561 or No. 284. VIM.
II. Savage, Corvallis, Oregon. 53tf
The country is in sympathy with the
movement for Fourth of July celebra-
ton To show their patriotism A. Will
helm & Sons proned in $40 yesterday
morning to the general com nittee to be
used for celebration purposes.
The postponed Congregations picnic
was held last Saturday at the Witham
school house grove. west of the 1. o. o.
F. cemetery. A large crowd of happy
people, Young and old. were tsken to the
destination on hayracks aud delight
full day was spent, basket lunch at
noon being a special feature.
There is new sidewalk in the vicinity
of the S. P. depot, 2l6 feet in length. 1t
extends along vacant block owned by
school district No. 9 in that locality and
replaces dilapidated old walk that had
been in service there. New crosswalks
are numerous in Jobs addition and speak
well for the "hustle" of those in charge
of such affairs.
Alter 30 years OF active service, Prof.
Joseph Marsh has rendered his resigna-
ton from the chair of ancient languages
in Pacific University at Forest Grove.
Prof. Marsh is II years of age. He will
not sever his connection with the univer-
sity but will remain 10 charge OF the COL
lege library, which contains $4,000 vol
umes.
Thomas Callahan departed Wednesday
evening for Sacramento, California, in
response to telegram stating that his
sister, Mrs. Nellie Callahan Smith had
committed suicide. The details of the
sad affair are not known, although it is
presumed that the horrors experienced
in the San Francisco earthquake by the
deceased may have so effected her ner-
vous system as to lead to tho final rash
act. Mrs. Smith was widely known in
Corvallis where many warm FRIENDS
mourn her untimely end.
/ A young lady, probably from Boston.
ste pped into dry goods store in this city
the other day and blushingly asked the
chief clerk if he had "any of those elastic
bands capable of being elongated and ed
iusted at pleasure, and used by the femi
nine portion of mankind for putting
around the lower extremities of their lc-
comotive members to keep in the proper
position and the required altitude habila
ments of their tibiaiis." The clerk is
now on sheep ranch in the mountains,
and it is anticipated that he will recove
in time.-Ex.
L L. Brooks was in Salem last week
carload of vetch seed which he had pur
chased from Marion and Polk county
1 farmers. The shipment was sent t.
Southern California, where it will b
sown in August and after it has attained
a considerable height will be plowed un
der to add fertility to the soil that il
somewhat exhausted from constant crop
ping. Last year Mr.. Brooks shipped 8:
arloads of vetch seed, and already thi
year has shipped $1,000 pounds from
Cornelius and Readville. and $4,000
pounds from Corvallis and a carload from
Suver.
i Truly this is an age of electricity.
Twenty-Five years ago one could not te!e-
phone to a friend or the business man
ride on the trolley cars, cool the rooms
in hot weather with an electric fan, turi
on the common electric light, send ,
wireless message to your relatives ol
shipboard, set your watch by an electric
clock, purchase an electric automobile
walk in safety in the CITY streets in th
glare of arc lamps, cook by electricity
ride behind an electric locomotive, do tn
the family ironing out of doors without
fire, drive all machinery with motors
live in house without chimney, keel
warm by electric heat, develop OUT
the way water power and transmit tina
power to the cities, ride in an elect'i
elevator, listen to the telharmon'' m
take an electric massage. or liste' to q
electric phonograph.-Ex.
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