Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-17

| A. 81. Kempin, the furniture deal
CT, has put up . fine new awning
this week, at his establishment.
/ T. D. Campbell, an old tine Cor
Wallis resilient, now with a Portland
wholesale house, visited Corvallis,
Tuesday.
The Coffee Club held dancing
party at the city hall, Monday eve-
ming, good crowd and good time
being reported.
Mrs. DeArmond has just arrived
from near Burns, Eastern Oregon,
for visit with her daughter, Miss
Ada, of this city.
Floyd Lane is now engaged in
the transfer business in this city,
having put his large new truck into
service this week.
Miss Eva Hall of Salem is the
guest of Miss Thia Johnson and
other friends in this city. She will
remain for two weeks.
The OAC baseball men expect to
go to Eugene, today, where they
will meet the nine of that city in
game, tomorrow afternoon.
Fred Overlander is the new night
watchman in Corvallis. He was
elected at a meeting of the city
council the first of this week.
A letter from Mrs. Maud Hemp
hill, received this week in Corvallis,
stated that the writer was quite i'll
az the home of her brother In East
ern Oregon.
Today the household goods of
Mrs. J. A. Henry will be shipped
to St. Johns, where Mr.. Henry is
employed as miller for the Job
milling company. The family fol-
lows in about a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Mills of
Chicago arrived in this city, Mon
day, taking the formers sister, Mrs.
Anna Mills, completely oy surprise.
The travellers came Via California,
and are delighted with Oregon and
especially with Corvallis. They
will remain for an extended visit.
Joseph Smith of Soap Greek had
the misfortune to lose a fine saddle
horse few days ago. The animal
became entangIed In barbed wire
fence during the night and bled to
death from its wounds before dis
covery of its preuicament was made.
Mr.. Smith mad been offered 1925
for the animal only few days be-
| fore.
TIE handsome large windows for
the Johnson Drick have arrived and
W jrk men have be9n engaged this
| week in putin them III the build
ing. The task has neen no easy
one, as the glasses are several feet
square and 1t is a delicate job to
place them. The splendid plate
glass front has also been put in and
the building grows m )re attractive
every day.
The new German Lutheran
church out on college hill was dsdi-
Gated with appropriate ceremonies,
Sunday, several clergymen from
Portland and Albany being present
to participate in the services. A
large crowd WAS present and at
noon everyone Joined in a basket
lunch on the lawn. The little
church is very neat in appearance
and gives citiied air to that part
of the city. The promoters of the
plan of building it are to be con-
graduated.
DR.. J. w. Kerr, recently chosen
president of the Oregon Agricultur-
al College at Corvallis, was here last
evening 10 meet the state board of
building commissioners and talk
over the plans and specifications
for the new machine hall and shops
which are to be erected later at the
college campus. For several years
President Kerr was at the head of
the Utah Agricultural college and
built it up from an insignifc ant
school to one of the strongest in
stitutions of its kind in the Vest
Tuesdays Salem Statesman.
The "Mertz Magazine" for May,
published in Los Angeles, contains
a picture of Philip S. Bates, editor
of the Pacific North vest of Port
land, and pictures also of a number
of the young ladies who are to go to
jamestown as his guests, having
won the trip by securing subscrip-