Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-30
Additional Local.

O'Clock one of the most novel as we'll as
daredevil" feats ever performed on
roller skates will take place. The man
agemen. has secured one of the best
skaters on the coast 10 do the famous act
o. Leap the Gap" Paraphernalia for
this earring fat arrived and will be in
rsadiness ov tonight This will be the
last night the rink is open this season,
and one OF the largest crow ds that has
ever turned cut is expected.
Kline's kandv Kids PLAYED game of
baseball SUNDAY with the team at Bruce
on the field OF the latter. The score was
Is to in favor of the Kids.
WANTED-lO hop trainers, men. wo-
men, or boys. Camp and stoves furnish
ed, or private board may be secured on
ground at Soc rer day. Also lUO pickers
wanted to register 1or fall top picking.
Sioper Bros, Independence, Ore. 1888
The Portland Business Mems Excur-
sion, which will be most thoroughly
representative of the best business inter-
ests OF the metropolis, will make stops at
33 Oregon and Idaho cities and towns,
and consume SIX days. They leave Mon
day, Nay 9th. at s 80 a. m., and return
the following Sunday morning.
Don Woodward, of beyond Ph ilomath,
was one of the busy people in Corvallis,
Saturday.
Mrs. Hays and Mrs. Burnett, who
have b"en visiting friends here, left yes
terda, for Albany, whers the latter re-
sides. Mrs. Hays goes for visit. Her
home is in Independence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Jackson have re-
turned from a three weeks visit at
Wrenn.
Miss Minnette Phillips, who is teach
ing school at Peoria, spent Sunday with
her parents in this city.
A canvass has been M made the past lew
days among business men to ascertain
whether or not there is a general desire
| to have Saturday concerts by the college
band this spring. Last year these con-
certs were quite popular and were usual
ly enjoyed by a large crowd.
DR.. J. A. Harper leaves Thursday for
Portland, to attend the meetings of the
Dental Associ 'tion He will be absent
until Saturday.
The Stephen Merrick farm of l6O acres
at Granger, was sold by Amber & Wat
ters, Saturday. The purchaser is W. c.
Williams, recently from South Dakota.
1t is announced that rev $4,000
passenger depot will be erected and
total snm of $4,000 expended IN depot
Improvements at Eugene. In
cluded in the improvements will be the
building of about $500 feet of additional
sidetracks ar the removal Of the ware
honses on the grounds all to the north
side of the yards. the south side, which
is next to the business and residence
portions of the city, being used for de-
pot purposes. The company will build
street in the rear of the warehouses for
distance of five blocks, so that teams
hauling goods to and from the ware
houses will not be compelled to go
through the yards where the trains are
switching greater part of the day, and
where thew are in almost constant dau-
Telegram.
Judge L. T, Harris was in Corvallis
for few hours Friday, attending to le-
gal business. He took the evening train
for his home in Eugene.
R. F. Baker and family expect to To-
cate in Corvallis and Mr.. Baker will be
associated with his BON, Charlie, in the
management of the Hotel Corvallis,
| throughout. Both gentlemen are good
hotel men and we are sure tLey will
keep an up-to-date hostelry. We wish
them success.-Junction City Times.
| Corval is is to lose another of her most
estimable families Prof. S. w. Holmes,
the well known principal of the Corval-
public schools, has accepted position as
| book-keeper for a pig sawmlll company
at Ostrander, Wash, and leaves with his
family about the middle OF June to begin
evening from a trip to Portland and
Ostrander, where he bad been.to investi.
gate for himself the proposition offered.
Corvallis will regret very much the loss
of Prof. Holmes and family.
"Too Much Soda in the Biscuit" at
the opera house, Friday, May 10th.
| "Too Much Soda in the Bis cult" at
the opera hous ?, Friday, May 10th.
Saturday morning Col. J. K. Phillips,
his son, E. W. Phillips, and the latter's
wife arrived in Corvallis from South ern
Oregon. The former left Corvallis last
August for the southern part of the state.
| u here he ioined his son in mining