Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-31
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Prof. Shedd of Pullman, Wash
- is the guests Of friends IN this city
~. Mre.'J. B. Goodman went to Al
bany, Wednesday, to spend Memor
ial day in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. M. Waltz o
Bellefountain were Corvallis visitor
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Clum Read ls having his refi
deDce improved with a fresh coat o
paint. Sam Kerr is the artist.
James Barclay of lower Alses
was a Corvallis visitor, Wednesday
Mr.. Barclay IS an early pioneer
having come to Oregon about 1S4S
Main street was given a thorough
sweeping, Wednesday, which i'm
proved the appearance Of things
very much.
Mrs. Rose Hall came up from
Portland, Wednesday, for a brief
visit will her parents and to be
present in Buens Vista on Memoir
ial Day. She returns today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Lyndon came
up from Portland, Monday, on the
boat and left yesterday for a point
near Waldport, where they are to
take up their residence. Mrs. Lyn-
don was formerly Miss Lizzie Beach
of Corvallis.
The Coffee Club elected officers
for the coming term, Monday They
are: President, Mrs. Frederic Berch-
told; vice president, Miss Carrie
Danneman; secretary, Miss Lillian
Ranney; assistant secretary, Miss
Lulu Spangler; treasurer, Miss
Edna Groves.
It has been suggested that suit
aole name for the annual seniors
excursion to the coast would be the
Seniors Fourth of July" The
name seems peculiarly suited to the
occa sion, as it is the seniors banner
celebration of the year, and coming
at time 90 near the national cele-
brAtion day the name "Seniors'
Fourth Of July" seems to tell the
story Of the big senior excursion
without further explanation.
The Eugene High school will
send six representatives to the in
terscholastic meet to be held at Cor
Wallis next Saturday. From Eu-
gene the following men have been
chosen: John Kestlev, who will on
ter In the 1U0 and 22O yard dashes,
and the shot put; Ulysses Ellmak-
or, in the 22O dash; Robert Kuy-
kendall, 120 hurdles and the broad
jump; Bean, 40 run; Knox, high
jump, and Sweek in the weights.
They leave on Saturday morning.
Register.
Eugene people have found out
that canals Can not be built on wind
and boosting. When their commit
toe discovered that over half mil
lion dollars would be necessary to
construct the proposed canal fir )m
that city to Cor yallIs, an adverse
report was made and the com mittee
expressed itself in "a or of an elec.
trio railway instead, which could be
built fot about one half of that
amount. 1t takes money to de-
things and that thirty five mil.
waterway would have been al ex-
peasive invsstm -nt.-Salem States
man Editorial.
While party given by Miss
Gertrude Nolan to the ninth grade
graduates was in progress few
nights ago, sone one cut a section
of screen wire out of the back porch |
ut the n nan residence aud stole a
four gallon fr. ezer full of lc cream.
packer aud all, and two large silver
berry spoons with which the cream
was to be dished out. The chief of
police has rs y-t been unable to To-
cate even the freezsr, hich gives
rise to the belief that it was a nog
instead of "skunk" that got off
with the goods.
Strangers wlo visit Corvallis
these days are surprised at the
rapid growth the town is making
and all are anna zed at the size and
beauty of some OF the new buildings
that sre being erected. The new
wHmen's buildin, out on college
hill is regarded as little short of
wonderful for town the size of
Corvallis, while other buildings,
like the Johnson brick, are declared
to be suited to city like Portland.
Corvallis is certainly getting her
fuh share Of plum- in the way of
new buildings, and there is aru.nor
That even GREATER things in thi- line
are II kSly In m9tArIaliza IN tho Daar |