Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-10

Tuesday. 81
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Bier left yes
terday for Vancouver where they
are to visit for month.
Mrs. Nancy Whitaker and sis
ter, Mrs. Minervs Howell, left the
first of the week for Ohio, for a
three months visit. They expect
to see Philadelphia and other points
of interest before their return in
September.
The date for the Iowa picnic has
been set for Saturday, June 1st, at
the usual place. A big time is an
ticipated, as these affairs are always
so carefully planned and SO splen-
didly carried out that everyone
who attends is certain to enjoy the
day and to wish for an invitation
to "come again."
By the terms of bill passed by
the Missouri legislature, capital pun
ishment has beeen virtually apol-
ished in that state. The measure
leaves the option to the juries to
assess the death penalty at their
discretion; but it is reasonably Ger
tain that this authority will be
rarely exercised-onlv in extreme
cases and probably not at all. -
This evening, Prof. Lake and
msmbers of the freshmen class in
botany are to leave for Rock Creek
from whence they will get an early
start tomorrow morning for Mary's
Peak in search of botany specimens.
A team will carry provisions and
other necessities as fer as Rock
Greek, tonight. The party expects
to return tomorrow night.
Oregon people are becoming very
much awake to excursion rates from
the East, and many of the CONNER
cial bodies throughout the State
are actively advertising the fact
that the low rates beginning June
1st, particularly those OF one fare
for the round trip from all points in
the United States and Canada dur
ing July, are available for stops in
Oregon without extra cost.
The morning subject at the First
Methodist church, Sunday morning,
will be ga Weddings Side Incl
dent" In the evening, tte Epworth
League will have charge of the
services, that day being the ami
versary of their organization. They
will present an interesting program
suitable to the occasion. the public
being invited.
All Corvallis will turn out to-
night to witness the production OF
"a Dynamite Plot" by local talent,
at the opara house. The play is to
be given entirely by Corvallis peo-
pie, which adds materially to its
interest to tn nv theatre-goers
The funds thus obtained are to be
used py the Village Improvement
Society in beautifying the city,
which IS another reason why the
perform ance should Ne crested by a
packed house tonight.
There was quiet wedding at the
home Of Rav. and Mrs. G. H Faess,
Tuesday evening, when Rev. Feese
united for better or for worse Chas.
Armstrong, of Beaver Creek, aud
Miss Daisy Cochran, of Ripley.
OHIO. The hrida had arrival only
day or two before in P,rtand.
aud after a brief visit with friends
there came on to Corvallis to he
married. Only tro or three riends
were present at the ceremony, and
Immediately thereafter the young
couple DIP trted for their home on
Beaver Greek, where the groom
operates a ranch,
They tell jake on E i;tor Rec,
of the Myrtle Greek Mail, which is
too good to keep. Recently h Wis
tied r Roseburg, and a, noon went
into a restaurant and ordered b
beefsteak. When the meat was
brought to the hungry editor be
tried to cut it, bat in vain. In the
desperate scuff1e the meat fell into
his Jap, but he continued saving il
with his knif4. The meat than fell
onto tue fl Dor, but he f,ppad onto
it and continued the conflict with
renewed vigor. The excited waiter,
in watching the mans desperate
encounter, moved a chair, which
madea rumbling noise over the
fl ,or. The editor heard it aud must
hove mistaken the noise for he
shrieked: "Bawl, d. you, bat you
Gait okI"--Ex
A large audience welcomed Muir