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


A cable. dispatch ironaJ NJ. nolan. 70.
cetved yesterday by rela.iyes. announced
hin safe arrival in lrelan Il. HE old home.
: a party OF railroad timber land seekers,
while out On prespectine trip e. day OF
s~o ago. captured two little wildcats aud
fswn, over in the Alsea country. The
psrties hailed from Independence but
names were not learned. r $;
There was a general cleaning up and
burning of trash around the Johuson
brick, " eterdav. leaving clear walk
srda more convenient way open for
reaching the postoffice. The job wxa
duly appreciated by the pubic. p VS.
1t is the intention to make the Iowa
picnic week from tomorrow, one of the
most enjoyable affairs Of the kind ever
given hereabouts, ard there ie reason to
believe that there will he large attend.
ance. musical and literary program,
speeches, games and general merry
making will he the order, and a good
time is assured all who attend.
At the United Evangelical church the
annual memorial service OF the G. A. R.
and ". R. C. will he held at II a. m.
The Post and Corps will attend in body
and the sermon will he suited to the oc-
casion. In the evening the w. NJ. s.
will have charge ard Mr.. Roberts of the
College Y. M. G. A. will deliver an adj
dress. Rev. G. T. Hurd, pastor.
About 30 Bellefourtain citizens have
been in Corvallis this week, inouirpg ir-
to the railroad land proposition and ar
ranging to tile on certain desirable tracts.
hoping thus to establish claim that
may 'ater he recognized hv the railroad
company end result in the tracts being
sold to these first seekers, in case the
company is forced bv the government
into a sale of these timber holdings.
cold Arkansas was TIE attraction at
the opera honsP, Wednesday evening,
and it was greeted by fair sized audi.
ence and an appreciative one. The plav
is on the same order as the "Missouri
Girl" and some of the cha, acters depict
ed threw the onlookers into gale OF
laughter without word being spoken.
The ch aracter of old jeremiah Snodgrass
ia exceptionally good in this production
and is one that keeps rhe audience de-
ishted from start to finish. AS whole
, the performance is creditable and seemed
to please Corvallis theatre goers.
Two very exhaustive and valuable
bulletins os apple culture have just been
issued bv Prof. G. I. Lewis of OAC.
One bulletin is entitled, "The Apple
from Orchard to Market" in which pack
ing and packing boxes, the marking Of
packages, storage, the loading of cars
and many other subjects are treated.
The other is entitled "Orchard Manage
ment," and Prof. Lewis and W. H. Wicks
issued the bulletin jointly. This deals
with location, soil, drainage, cultivation,
irrigation, propagation and mary other
phases Of handling and putting out an
orchard These bulletins are sent to any
resident of Oregon who desires them.
Mrs. and Mrs. E. R. Bryson were
called to Portland, Wednesday morning.
by the critical illness OF the formers
mother, Mrs. Mary B-yson, who wa not
expected to live through ths previous
night. A message from E. R. Bryson.
Wednesday noon, announced that the
doctors had given up all hope and that
the patient was wholly paralyzed on one
side of the body. Death, the message
said, might come at any moment, or it
may be several weeks delayed, but the
case is hopeless. Mrs. Bryson is the
widow of the late Hon. W. R. Bryson,
and is one of the highly respected ladies
of Corvallis, where until recent years.
she has made her home. The news OF
her serious condition is desply regretted
by many friends here.