Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-09-24
Examinations begin at OAC, Fri.

day.
County Clerk Vincent was Sa-
lem visitor from Thursday until
Saturday.
Up to Saturday. afternoon 3O2|
hunters licenses had been issued
in Benton county.
The trial of Glassford versus
Huber, which was to have taken
place Thursday, was postponed un-
til yesterday.
See the prettiest of pretty girls,
and the Famous Dancing Broilers
at the opera house, Wednesday
night, Sept. 25th.
Misses Hettie and Ruth Lilly
have been guests the past week of
their sister, Mrs. W. w. Hall, in
East Salem.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Hurlburt of
Msrcur, Idaho, are visiting relatives
in this city. Mr.. Hurlburt years
ago was an employe on the Gaz-
cite.
August Fischer arrived home
Saturday from Portland, where he
had been for several weeks taking
treatment for rheumatism. He is
much improved.
George Sebrell and family moved
from Alsea to this city the last of
the week and occupy their property
in Jobs addition purchased a year
ago of Mr.. Witham.
J. H. Axtell came up from Can
by, Sunday, bringing three chill
dren to enter the Corvallis schools.
Later Mrs. Axtell is to come to this
city, bringing another child who
will also enter school. Mrs. Axtell
is daughter of Mrs. Sarah Good
child, of this city.
Prof. H. M. Parks, the new pro-
fessor of mining engineering at
OAC, is graduate Of the Ames,
Iowa, college, where he was I in
structor in minerology for some
time, having experience later at
Golden, Colorado, in the Cripple
Creek mining district, and at Butte
and Anaconda, Montana.
Miss Emma Thompson was up
from Newport, Saturday. Miss
Thompson is printer and has been
assisting Brother Matthews on the
News the past several weeks. Her
home is in Corve Ills where she will
re. urn in a few days. We acknow-
ledge a pleasant call from her Sat-
urday.-Friday's Lincoln Leader.
Itis rumored that both Gagnon
end Ha, n, of last years OAC foot
ball +c..m, have taken up valuable
timber claims near Roseburg, and
in CIDER to make fautless title to
the entry will not return to College
this fall. Their loss will be keenly
felt but Coach Norcross is too re-
sourceful to let their absence Grip !
pie his team. /
The lid is to be put on in indie
perdence if the orders of Mayor
Hanna are carried out, he having
instructed City Marshal Collins to
zee that all slot machines and other
gam bling devices are removed.
This move on the part of the Mayor
is especially noteworthy, inaslnuch
as the City Council, with ons ex-
ception, is in favor of an open town.
Mrs. w. H. Mcmahon of this
city is the proud possessor of rare
piece of china which she values
We y highly and of which she is
justly proud. 1t is plate made in
1851 and brought over from Ger
many long years ago. In course
of time it came into the possession /
of Mrs. Mary Stewart of this city,
who in turn has presented it to Mrs.
Mcmahon. As the latter is collect
ing plates, this bit of exquisite ware
is priced indeed.
The rush and activity incident to
prune picking is over at the big
Benton county prune orchard near
Granger. and the 80 or 4C pickers
mployed have returned to their
homes with well-filled purses as a
result of the seasons work. Thos.
Whitehorn had charge of the Or
chard and superintended the work
this year, and man named
Thrift, from Albany, operated the
drier, IS to 2U men being employed
in and about the drier. Picking
was concluded Friday and the yield
from the 155 acres was 6l55 bush
els. All the fruit was in the drier
Saturday and drying was to be
completed yesterday.