Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-09-10

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fellow going to do? He will certainly
have tc get out and hoe corn, milk cows,
feed calves and learn what it means to
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Professor j. B. Horner. registrar ofithe
Oregon Agricultural College, has just re-
urned from Eastern Oregon, where he
went on official business. He visited La
Or AN de, which was his boyhood home,
and also went to what is called old La
Grande. 1t was in the old town that
Professor Horner lived for time. He
says that fully 300 students from Eastern
Oregon will attend the Agricultural Col.
lege this year, and he looks for total
attendance of 1000. -
Not the least important of the many
improvements being made at the Fair
Grounds at Salem, in preparation for
the Greater Oregon State Fair, Septem-
ber 1921, rs the transformation of the
unsightly and barren wastes OF dry grass
and weeds into beautiful landscape ef-
fects. This is the first appeal to the
artistic sense that has been attempted
along this line, and, although it has been
found impossible to make all the needed
changes in one year, the most glaring
faults have been remedied. The con-
cessions have all been removed to one
district and dozens oil unsightly shacks
destroyed. New walks have been laid
thr oughout the grounds, the idea being
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far as possible. Buildings have been
m owed whenever necessary, and other
conditions made to conform to the new
arrangements. The walks will all be of
fine gravel, dressed with granite sand.
The industry of breeding carrier ind
homer PIGEONS is gaining quite foot
hold in Oregon. Racing pigeons as
port is being fosteIed by the Oregon
Homing Club of Portland, and other Or
ganizations. At the Greater Oregon
State Fair, September 1921, five pigeon
races will be contested on as many diff
ferent days. The birds will be liberated
at the Fair Grounds for the flight from
Salem to Portland. Last year several of
these races were held, and they created
m uch interest among the spectators.
| Claude CLARK, an OAC man, who for
the past few years has been secretary of
| the Portland Y. M. G, A =, was to arrive
no me in that city, Saturday. from trip
Ea at, where he went to attend tire Y. M.
G. A. national conference at Silver Bay,
n ew York. He also visited all of the
prin cipal cities of the East to familiarize
himself with the various methods of the
Y. M. G. A. workers of the different Sec
tions. On his return trip Mr.. Clark had
planned to visit Guy E. Moore, in Chica-
go. Upon arrival there he found letter
from Mr.. Moore, giving the latter's tele-
phone number, and Mr.. Clark immedi-
ately called up. Imagine his feelings
when stranger answered, "Mr. Moore
Is dead and the remains are en- route to
Oregon for burial.'' The two young
men were college mates at OAC. Mr..
Clark is to be given promotion in the
Y. M. G. A. work as soon as the new
Portland "Y" building is completed.
While there are still good number of
people at Newport, the crowd there now
is one which comes more for rest than
amusement Saturday night THE Ce.
sino," Newport's new dance hall, gave its
farewell dance, which was followed
Thursday evening by farewell skating
party at the Ocean Wave skating rink.
Hotel-keepers are storing their goods for
the winter and laying plans Tor next
season.
Waiter Maxwell, Chas. Roberts, Frank
st. Johp. A o Smith.
ames Flett expects to go to his Five
Rivers ranch, today, to bring out his
casca ra bark. of which he has about 1900
pounds. The price is 6 IA cents per
pound at the present time. 1t is likely
to reach higher figure ere long,
Mrs. A. VI. Wilson, wife of the city
IA arshal of Lebanon, accidentally drank
quantity of ammonia, THURSDAY night,
and as result regaiued her voice which
she lost two years ago from the effects of
Ia grippe. The case is certainly pecu-
liar one. She went to the pantry to take
some medicine but got the wrong bottle
and upon disco vering that she had swal-
lowed ammonia Mrs. Wilson gave a
scream and tainted. She was dangerous
ly Ill for four hours but will recover.
Since having la grippe she has been
practically dumb, able to speak ::only
word or two at rare intervals. Since
accid entally drinking the ammonia she
( is now able to talk considerably and can
talk more and more as the s~ cling in
her throat aud mouth, caused by the
burn of the ammonia, passes away.