Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23

friends III Portland.
Bert Peters came up from Eugene,
Saturday, and spent Sunday with friends
IN this ci y.
Mrs. E. E. jackson aud little daughter
expect 10 leave about the first of May 10.
an ai-summer visit in the East.
Mrs. Henry Heaael left yest rday tor
her home a5 Monroe, after visit with
Der daughter. Mrs Amelia Schubert, III
this city.
Miss Maybelle Sheasgreen came up
from Portland. Saturday, Tor visit with
i,er Blister. Miss Harriet.
Herman Breyer, better known here
abouts as "Bismsrrk," came up from
Eugene, yesterday, for q brief visit with
| old friends.
The women's building out on college
bill is besinning to assume goodly pro-
portions and to resemble the plan from
| which it has been built. Work is being
hurried along and the progress made is
quite gratifying.
A party of four young people had
| narrow escape on ferry bill, Sunday after
noon, and it was only by luck that the
story has SO mild an en,ling. While
driving down the hill a strap broke and
the tongue fell. The horses started
| down the steep incline but the tongue
plowed into the earth and the animals
we're controlled, the party escaping un-
injured. ....-s ...-- .:
| The street sprinkler made its first ap-
pearapce for this season. Saturday. The
streets had become quite dusty. IN spite
of the ruins of only few days ago.
Fishing parties and picnic parties are
much in fashion since the balmy days of
spring have come. The nearby creeks
and groves are the haunts frequented and
quite a number of people haye been
making trips the past week.
| The band played at the skating rink
Saturday evening, and large crowd en-.
| iaye the first session, from 7 80 to $50.
From $50 to ll:3O about 81 --people
participated in the amusement.
to spray poisoning NAV not come amiss
at this time, as fruitmen and farmers will
soon begin that work foi codlin molh
In regard to spray poisoning dispatch
says: "a case that is attracting consider
able attention among medical men at
Hood River is that of T. B. Young, of
Odell, who is in a critical condition from
spray poisoning. Young, who vas re-
cently engaged in handling the mixture,
is thought to Lave absorbed the poison
into his body by being too careless,
I This is the first case of it's kind here ald
! is being watched with considerable in'er-
est. He is reported somewhat better.
bnt his condition is still regarded as very
serious.
The first interstate o-atorical contest
ever held by the Washington Agriculture
al College, Whitman College and tbs
Oregon Agricultural College occurs in
this CITY, Friday evening Mark V.
Weatherford, the bright and popular
OAC man, will have as his subject,
"Patriotism Par Excellence;" Miss
Healey will represent Pullman with AL
o-ation on "Supply and Demand" an
Walter C Eells of Whitman Will discuss
''The Cnrse of Africa.' There should
ami doubtless will be an immense audi
ence present to encourage Mr.. Weather
lord and show that brain as well as b,awn
is capable of drawing an enthusiastic
audience in Corvallis. Nothing smaller
than life sizei football crowd should
greet these young people IN Friday
nights event.
The Sunday Herald makes comment
! on the baseball game play ID in this city
Saturday, as follows: THE "Tri mus"
of Albany and the bearers" OF Corvallis
met on TIE OAC athletic field yesterday
afternoon to play the second game OF
baseball between the respective teams.
finish. The Corvallis boys made good
their promise to redeem themselves, but
had to recruit their team somewhat
The best of the game was when the AL
baEv team put out four men at once.
The star players were R, Toevs (catcher)
for Albany and Ward Irvine (2nd base
mau) for Corvallis. The score was % 10
in favor of Corvallis. Another game
will be played in the near future. Rev.
Handsaker and his boys gave thsir visi-
tors the best of treatment"