Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-09-03

See the Teddy bears. in O. J.
Blackledges window. 1878
Yesterday was Labor Day." which is
legal holiday throughout the land.
Hon. Gland Catch of Salem was yisi-
tor at the All-Benton fair last week.
Mrs Minor Swick returned Sunday
evening from two weeks rest at New-
port.
William Goldson began yesterday
morning the erection of new residence
1t is located near the c. 4 E. depot.
Asa Austin arrived home the last of
the week from an extended absence in
Southern Oregon.
Miss Rose Chapman came out from
Newport Sunday evening, where she has
spent several weeks.
FOR SALE--Clean vetch seed.
Phone 724. Roy Rickard. Tiff
Jesse McHenry's handsome new resi-
deace in the northern part of town is
rapidly nearing completion and is very
sighly structure.
+ The regular meeting of the W. c. T. U.
will be held at the Reading room, Thurs
day, Sept. 9th, at 8 p. IN. A full attend
ance is request ed as there will be election
OF officers and other important matters to
be acted upon.
A full line of Colgate's Talcum
powders, perfumes, soaps and tooth
powders at Graham & Wells. 67-75
Ernest Wyatt was riding horseback
Sunday on his fathers farm west of Cor
wallis when the horse stepped in a hole,
throwing the rider quite a distance.
While no bones are broken the young
man was badly bruised and shake en- by
the fall.
Prof. Claud I. Lewis, of the Oregon
Agricultural college and Experiment
station, recently declined an offer of the
position of director of the Puy allup,
Washington, Experiment station at d
salary materially larger than he is now
receiving. He did not wish to leave un-
completed work which he now has we'll
underway at the Oregon station.-Agri-
culturist.
The products of farm and garden, dis
played at the fair, were of size to sur.
prise many residents of Benton who have
spent years at the business. There is
nothing surprising about it, however.
1t is simply demonstration of what can
be done by thorough cultivation after the
the ground prepared with greatest care
and pains taken(i in every detail to pro-
duce the biggest and best. With diver
sified farming 10 vogue more extensively,
each farmer having much less ground to
attend to, more care could be given every
crop grown and the results would be
fully as astonishing as were the results
OF thorough and careful farming exhibit
ed last week at the court house. Less
land and more work per acre is the secl ct
OF which many Willamette Valley farm
ers are beginning to take notice.
When in Albany gee the 5, 10 and
Is cent counters at Charles Knecht's
next door to Hamilton's. 56tt
Friday evening was very delightful
one in the All-Benton fair. An ice
cream social was given on the court
house lawn, the Kaupisch creamery fur
nishing the ice cream free of charge. It
was a great OCCASION for the children as
we'll as older people, and jolly time was
had by the hundreds present. Meantime.
in the exhibit room upstairs the Eiler's
Piano company had readered an un-
usually fine musical program. Besides
an hours very creditable performance by
local orchestra there was splendid
vocal solo, "The Waning Honeymoon, ~
by Collie Cathey; vocal duet and encore,
George and Collie Cathey; piano solo
and encore, Miss Beatrice Baker of AL
bany; number. and encore by male
ouartette composed of Messrs George anC
Collie Cathey, of Corvallis, and Sam
Dolan and Mr.. Nelson, of Albany, anc
an exhibition with the bones by Mr.
Andross of Albany, the Eiler's agent
The vocal music on this occasion was es-
pecially fine and was the subject of muct
complimentary discussion in the audi
ence.
Blossom, the Inter-muzzo Two
Step, is the latest in music at Ora
ham & Wells. 72-s
The Smoker" given under the aus.
; pices of the Corvallis Commercial Club
at Firemen's Hall, Friday evening, wa.
a pronounced success as well as ver.
delightful affair. 1t was given in horo
OF q. S, Senator Fulton and Governo
Chamberlain, but the latter could nc
remain to be in attendance as he is presl
dent of the National Irrigation Congress