Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-16
lUCAl AND PERSUNAl

w s. McFad.ien n6s been Lane
coun visitor the past few days.
Adam Wtlnelm, Jr., af Monroe,
traus C ed business in Corvallis,
Saturday
Miss C rA Scott OF Shedds attn
arrived F ldsy for a visit with Cor
wallis relatives.
Mrs. William Marvin returned
FRIDAY from few days visit with
her On in the vicinity of the Ben
ton county mill.
The first wild geese Of the spring
were heard Saturday, big flock
having mad. their way over the
central part IF town during the fre-
noon.
W. O H ckart, after an absence
Of coupl- Of w-eks, arrived from
Eugene, Friday, to look after his
crew of men employed On the john
son brick, in this city.
Misses Eh4l johnson and Jessie
Ca!kins Of Eugene have heen guests
at the home Of DR.. and Mrs. Cath
ev. the past few dara. bei'g In at
tendance at the Y. w. G. A. con-
ventlon.
There are no new cases t scarlet
fever and there is every reason 10
be ieye that the trouble is abou,
erded, as e,y precau aution has beer
observed by physicians and authori-
ties to prevent a spread of the dis
ease.
T. T. V,ncnnt went to Newberg,
Fridcy. to officlate as one # the
Judges in deba t. between New berg
and Albany co ges. From there
hp proceeded to Washington 'or a
brief visit with his brother. He is
expected homt. this week.
Among the delegate attending
the Y w. G. A. convention the
past f-~ days W re- the fol owing
tom Dallas: Misses Elna Hall,
Winnie k-Ily, Ruth Adams, Ida
Thompson, Maggi4 Evans, Cordia
Gooch, Eta and Eula Phillips.
The baseball game Friday after
noon between the OAC team aud a
nine from the Wllamette High
School was a stutbornly cortested
B to 0 in favor of the visitors. Tn
local men playet Il good, .st gam
but were not able to win out.
M. NJ. Davis received the sad liz
telligeGce, Fridny, hat bis son
Harry, who has heen il for Il num-
Der OF weeks in CaIiforn'., ia very
low, and Mr.. Davis departed ,h-
same evening" for The bedside. Mrs
Davis has been with Harry for sev-
eral weeks.
After being out for 4S hours the
jury 10 the celebrate d Thaw case
has disagreed, the rumor being
that sew were for murder in the
first degree and five for ,cquittal.
Thus the entire C se will have to be
gone through again at the next au
lumn term of curt.
In order to meet expenses, tie Y.
w. c. A. women in this city decid-
ed to give dinner in the armory,
both Friday and Saturday, thu
price # which, to delegates and
others, was Is cents. The patron
age was llbara, and the funds will
help materially in paving the nee
essary expense incurred in holding
the convention.
The theft of flowers and tn
destruction of flower beds about
town, by young girls and boys, has
been much discussed of late, and
Mrs. johnson Porter Informs the
Gazette that the custom has been 40
common for several years past and
20 many of her early frwer beds
have been de- troyed that she has
abandoned altogether the task of
irving to raise early flowers, as
thieves reap the benefit of her labor.
A sorry condition, truly, fo2 town
like Corvallis!
An immense audience filled thu
college chapel Friday night to hear
the address, "Alien or American
by Mics Julia Frasier of San Fran
cisco, who is very brilliant speak
er. The address is said to have
been the best heard in Corv His in
many day. Miss Marie Pelland
gave vocal solo that was very much
enjoyed. A feature cf the evening
was ha College "vel $" given hv
each delegation as their p#me was
called. As there were many col
leges and universities repr seuted,
the desire to "out-yeli" each other
created DO small amount uf noise, as
we'll as merriment.