Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-05

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dence on Ninth street.
Miss Mildred Starr has been
quite Ill this week at the home Of
) her parents on Ninth street.
l Miss Strouts returned to her
homs at Summit, Tuesday, after a
few days visit with Corvallis friends.
The Chas. Everett house on north
Main street has changed hands. The
purchaser is W. 81 Cav and the
onsiisrati,i Vas bl,50o.
| The April number of the Pacific
Northwest, published at Portland,
contains an extensive article by
Prof. c.. I. Lev of OAC, entitled,
THE Walnut in Oregon"
DR.. W. A. G.. landlord and fam
lily moved this week into the Will
Horning residence in South Cor al
lis, MRS. landlord and little child
having just arrived from Portland.
The receipts from the fat aud lean
baske tbAll game at OAC the other
evening amounted to $112, which
is very satisfactory to those who
planned and carried out the affair.
Prof. McDougau resigned his
position at OAC, the first of the
week, and left Immediately for
Sacramento, where he mas accepted
position in q big electrical estab.
iishment.
Rev. P. A. Moses returned Tues
day from attendance at the con fer
ence of the M. E. church, S,uth,
held at Harrisburg. He brings
home encouraging reports from all
branches OF the work.
The work of polishing the f,or of
the new skating rink has been in
progress this week. It is consider
able of task and will be very foe
when completed A grand opening
ia to be held, acco ding 10 report,
when the rink is Gnally ready to be
thrown open to the public.
The Kline fountain on the public
school block was completed Tues
dav afternoon and is very hard
some II fair. 1t speaks we'll for
Corvallis citizens whe" they show
sucl. g nerous public spirit as
has Me-. Kline 10 making this
splendid gift to the public sdhonl.
A. Louts and family, accom- panied
bg married son aud mis- family,
arrived the first of the week from
Adair county, Iowa. They have all
moved itto the house near the G.
& E depot, recently vacated by
Scott King. Mr.. Louts is looking
for farm and will settle in Benton.
Frank Conover arrived in this
city this morning from Butte,
Mont, to attend the funer | of his |
mother, Mrs. R. B. Conover. He
ia former resident of salem, hav-
ing been in the book business here
about 10 years ago. For many
years he also edited the Gazstte at |
Corvallis. Tuesdays Capital Jour
nal.
A letter has been received from
Archie VanCleve who left Seat le re-
Gently for the Philippines and
whose ship was wrecked, all of the
passengers escaping, however, with
thei- lives. The letter was written
from Yokohoma and stated that
the writer escaped safely from the
wreck but lost all his belongings.
He laid they would spend several
days in okohoma.
A week from today the OAC
baseball team is to meet the Salem
High School nine in a game in this
city, and a week fom that dav, Or
two weeks from today, the OAC men
play the Chemawa nine, and the
following evening 60 to Salem where
they engage in contest with Will
lamette University. 1t is up to the
local men to make reputation in
keeping with records 30 far estab-
lished the past season by the BIS
ketball men and also by the basket
ball girls team at OAC.
The annual meet at Columbia
occurs on the 18th of the present
but it is not likely that the
number will in any way
Interfere with the work of the ath-
letes. The OAC men are practicing
in the various events and
while the team that will go from
Corvallis is not vet selected, it is az
most certain that Greenhaw in the
half mile, Dsvolt in the mile, Chap
man in the high jump and Swami
ia the pole vault will be among
those who will participate in the
meet.