Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-14

J. r. Parker was in Corvallis, yester-
day, ON business. He is attending the
conference of the United Brethren church
which is being held there today and will
convene over next Sunday.
There will be the usual services at the
at the Christian church next Sunday.
At the close of the morning meeting
matter OF interest to the entire church
membership will be presented.
MI. and Mrs. Harlan Taylor of Rainier
are guesta this week of Corvallis rela-
tives. Mr.. Taylor has accepted 3 posi-
ton in Fischer's mill at SilvertoR and
will move there with his family immedi-
ately.
Alfred Leroy Bradley was expected
to arrive last night from Schenectady,
New York, where he has been attending
college. He is member of the 'O6 class,
OAC, and was president.of the student
body and of his class last year.
Miss Lille Pelette leaves today for her
home in Portland, after a weeks visit at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. T. H Well
sher. She will be accompanied on the
return by Miss Vivian Wellsher, who
goes to the metropolis to visit her sister,
Mrs. Ed Cummings.
Mrs. Stebinger returned to her home
in Portland, Wednesday, after attending
the graduating exercises at OAC. Her
son, Carl, who has been a very popular
student and an active worker in literary
and athletic lines, left yesterday fof the
metropolis. He expects to enter Cor
nell University next September for a two
years course.
Mrs. Margery B. Davisson, for many
years in the past resident of Philo-
math, died at Astoria, Wednesday, after
a brief illness which was not considered
alarming until the last few hours. She
was aged 70 years. The surviving chit
dren are Mrs. c. C. Hairless and Mrs
Sam Wyatt OF Corvallis; Mrs. w. S. Gil
bert, Astoria; Ralph Davisson, Portland:
Ira Davisson, Tacoma.
A large and appreciative audience at.
tended the closing recital given by the
School of Music of OAC, Tuesday eve
ming. Prof. Gerard Taillandier was in
charge of the affair, and the rendition of
the various difficult numbers reelected
credit on both instructor and pupils.
The recital was one of the best and most
successful ever given at OAC.
A dog having two bodies, one head
and six legs. is expected to arrive here
today from Lacomb. The strange freak
is the property of James Eckert of La
comb, and is alive, and in apparently
good physical condition. The animal is
about year old, and is able to travel
about on it's six legs without any trouble.
The dog will be put on exhibition in this
city yesterday Albany Herald.
With no apparent diminution in num-
her, applications to purchase tracts of
land from the Southeln Pacific railroad
are being filed daily with County Re-
corder Froman. Yesterday eight addi-
tional applications were filed for record.
Thers is considerable difference of
opinion among those who haye applied
for railroad lands as to the necessity of
fling the applications with the recorder
for record. Some contend that this Ia
necessary, while others are of the opinion
that the filing of the applications is SIM
ply waste of time aud money.-YesLer-
days Albany Herald.
The Oregonian says: The big New
York firm of Benjamin Schwarz & Sons
evidently have plenty of faith in the
future of the hop market, for Joe Harris,
their Oregon representative, has in the
past week or more taken on for them
about 100 bales. This buying is re-
garded as wholly speculative, and would
not be INDUCED in. it the firm did not
think they were going higher. Two
years ago Schwarz was heavy buyer
when the market was IN the same condi-
ton as it is at present. The result did
not justify his expectations. but this
does not prevent him from speculating
in hops now.
A Salem dispatch says: The Oregon
Forestry Commission met here and
elected Governor Chamberlain chairman
and E.-P. Sheldon secretary. The other
members present we're: S. G. Bartrum,
Roseburg; L. S. Hill, Eugene; j. w.
Baker, Cottage Grove; H. B. VanDasen,
Astoria, and E. R. Lake. Corvallis. 1t
was decided that about 400 men interest,"
ed in the protection of forests from fire
will be appointed fire wardens without
pay from the state, though most OF them
will be in the EMPLOY of timber owners.
Five hundred copies of the new forest
fire law will be printed ftr the inforna-
ton of wardens.
We would frequently see things in a
diffsrant LIGHT if we only understood. If