Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-24

| CorvalIisites will give liberal sup
port to the senior excursion, tom VI
row, and the trip promises to be one
Of great pleasure and enjoyment
| for all.
DR.. Flint celebrated his 18th
birthday at his home in this city,
Tuesday. DR.. Flint is not in good
health, and the many kind remem-
brances of friends on the occasion of
his birthday were deeply appre-
ciated.
Invitations have been received in
this city to the wedding of Miss Ina
Blanche Rood to Carl F. Schooner.
The event was to be celebrated at
the brides home at Clear Lake,
Iowa, last night. The bride is q
former Corvallis girl, and the groom
ID editor Of paper at LISBON, North
Dakota, where they will reside.
The application of A. J. Johnson,
J. F. Yates, August W. Fischer,
Thomas Callahan, H. S. Pernot
and William Bogue, to organize the
Benton County National Bank, of
Corvallis, Oregon, with $4,000
capital, has been approved by the
Comptroller of the Currencv.-Ore-
gonian Special from Washington,
D. G. - = -
Archie VanCleve, an old OAC
boy, writes friends in this city that
he is now in Manila and when the
letter was written he was to engage
in active field service in two weeks.
His brother-in-law, Lieutenant
Floyd Williams, and wife are To-
Gated on another island, some dis
tance from Manila. but Archie
hoped to see them in short time.
Mre. Williams was also an OAC
girl, Miss Luella VanCleve.
H. T. Bristow and family of ellie
fountain were Corvallis visi tors,
Tuesday. Mr.. Brjstow has 20 acres
of pears, 20 of apples and 100 acres
of prunes on his ranch in Southern
Benton, and states that both pears
and apples will be a partial failure
this year, but that an extraordinary
crop of prunes may be expected, if
nothing happens to blight present
prospects.
Comparatively heavy rains the
past few days have delighted the
farmers, gardeners and citizens,
generally, as the moisture will mean
thousands of dollars to the William
cite Valley. Another good result
OF the rainfall is the scattering OF
the cerebrospinal meningitis germ,
according to the statement of Port
land physicians, thus putting stop
to this dread disease.
There was an adjourned meeting
of the county court, Saturday, at
which four new road scrapers were
ordered for Benton county and John
W. Hyde was appointed by Assess
or Davis to act as deputy assessor
and as timber cruiser, to cruise the
timber lands of western Benton,
with a view to securing a more
equitable assessment, as timber
land Is now nearly as valuable as
farm land and should be assessed
higher than heretofore.
In discussing their recent trip
through the Valley, where they met
OAC and U. of o. in track events
the Pullman, Wash, track men
have the following to say: "The
Corvallis Pc pie, like their Eugene
neighbors, gave US the best kind of
treatment. The Agricultural Col
,ege has a strong team, but it is not
in Oregon's class. Our visit has
not been successful one so far as
victories are concerned, but we have
been treated royalty, not only by
our opponents, but by everybody
we have met"
The parents meeting at Belle
fountain tomorrow promises to be
rousing affair. Those invited to
assist are Prof. E. L. Sweetzer of
State University, Rev. J. R N Bell,
Rev. Feess and B. F. Irvine Of this
city, E. H. Be. KNAPP of Monroe, and
J. H. Edwards of Bellefountain
All of the schools in the south end
Of the county will: furnish the liter
ary program. Mrs. J. H. Edwards
has charge of the musical ,eatu es
of the program. A basket dinner
will take up the noon hour, and in
terest the old as we'll as the young
The program is to begin promptly
at 10 o'clock in the morning, the
meeting to be held in the Grange
Hall, and large attendance is