Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-09

/ Sam Ewing of the Benton county
lum Ger company, was Corvallis
BUSINESS visitor, Saturday.
| The proceeds from the G. A. R.
entertainment and supper last Sat-
urday night amounted to $37. The
money ,oes to the Soldiers and
Sailors monument fund, and those
who planned and carried out the
affair feel very much pleased over
the liberal patronage extended
them.
There are $4,000 miles of tele-
graph and telephone lines in this
country at the present time which
requires 100000 poles. A pole
lasts on the average twelve years
and is made from u tree sixty years
old. To maintain a continuous
supply five times as many trees
must be growing in the forest as
there are poles in use. Expert
ments are being made which if
successful will very materially add
to the length of the life of the pole.
-Ex.
John Sevey was in from their big
hop ranch yesterday and reports
the entire 40 acres grubbed over in
good shape and ready for cultiva-
ting. He saws he hears that there
are a number of growers who are
not going to the expense Of grub
bing and cuItivatins this year,
among them being Miller Bros, who
have 80 acres, as they say the
present outlook as to price will not
Justify the expense. Ali that is Of
fered for prime hops at this place is
from 7 to 10 cents.-Eugene Regis
ter.
The funeral of Mrs. Eliza knight,
who died at her home in this city,
Thursday evening, occurred from
the wilkins undertaking parlors,
at 2 O'Clock, Saturday afternoon,
under the auspices of the Rebekah
lodge, and interment was in I. o. O.
F. cemetery. Rev. J. R. N. Bell
took part in the service. Deceased
was aged 70 years and had resided
in Corvallis since 1SA1, having been
married to J. A. Knight in Albany
in that year. Mrs. Knight had
been an invalid for several years.
She has one daughte., Mrt. Fitz-
patrick, Of Liverpool, England, and
sister, Mrs. Crittendon of Port
land.
April is to be a busy month
throughout for Corvallis. Besides
the Evangelical conference that
closed Sunday night, the Y. W. c.
A. convention begins on the llih,
and the 18th and 18th the w. G.
T. U. couoty Institute is to be held
here, followed by the inter state ora
torical contest on the 26th aud the
East Willamette Congregational
Association on the Both and the lst
of May. The w. G. T. U. ladies
expect, at the coming meeting, to
organize societies at Wells, Mt
View and Blodgett. Mrs. Lucia
Addition of Portland is to be pres
ent at the institute, as we'll as other
well known workers.
There was quiet wedding at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Kyle in
this city at three o'cocS, Friday
afternoon, when Ernest Kyle was
united to Miss Sadie E. Seits, of
Charlottesville. The bride is tele,
phone operator for the Home COM
pany in Albany and the groom is
lineman for the same company, and
in order to out-wit their friends the
young couple came over to Corvsl-
lis to be married. The ceremony
was performed by T. T. Vincent in
the presence of only the groom's
family and two or three intimate
friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Kyle left on
the evening train for Albany where
for the present they will reside.
Daily large additions of names to the
referendum petitions on the University |
of Oregon appropriation are being re-
ported, and while the petitions have not
been circulated in other counties vet, if |
the petitions to be circu ated throughout |
the state are as numerously signed as
those which Lave been circulated thus
far in Linn county, the $125,00O appro-
priation will be referred to the people at
the next election by large majority -
Herald.
All kinds of clover seed, orchard |
grass, timothy, and alsike for sale
at Zlerolt's 22tf |
Miss La Verne johnson arrived Satur-
day from Fayette, Iowa, for an extended |