Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-03-13

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scription, at Gazette Office. LII
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Johnson
entertained party of friends at
whist last evening.
J. J. Cady and Jim Harlan have
been building new sidewalks
along their Jobs addition proper
ty, the past week.
Mrs. Rufus Simpson and sister,
Mrs. Myrtle Adams, of Lebanon,
have been guests of relatives in
this city the past few days.
Wayman Mason returned to
Astoria, Wednesday, alter sew
eral weeks visit with his mother,
Mrs. 7. Mason, in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Campbell
and baby of Lebanon are guests
for three or four weeks. of the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex Campbell, in this city.
Mrs. c. G. Copeland was in
Corvallis, Wednesday, en- route
from Portland, where she had
been to purchase goods, to her
home at Siletz, where she con-
ducts a store.
John Lenger, the "old reliable"
driver of the mail wagon between
she post Office and depot, is able
to be on the route again, after
having been confined to his home
several weeks with la grippe.
The ground is cleared, the
foundation is being laid and work
is to be rushed on the new can
merry building on First street. 1t
is a splendid location and the en-
terprise is watched with interest
by every resident of Benton
county.
Good audiences have been present
at every service at the M. E. church
during the. week. Rev Van Marter
is an earnest, forceful speaker and
no one can doubt his great love fo,
and interest In his fellowmen after
hearing his appeals to them to LEAD
, better life. The music is under
the direction of Prof. and Mrs. Gray
, and the services are very interest
! ing and helpful.
t Editor Schroeder of the OAC
"Barometer," has received from thu
Philippine Islands copy of a poem
written by Karl Steiwer who former
Iy attended OAC and the Univer'
sity. The poem which parodieI
Kipling, recites the worth and tn
tribulations of the constabulary, O
, which Steiwer is a member. Tn
!, merit of the poem lies in it's loca
, color as we'll as its literary excel.
; ce.-Oregon Weekly.
E. E. Galloway goes to Monmouth
! today to participate tonight in tn
;. intercollegiate state oratorical con
8 test, Mr.. Galloway is to represen
q OAC and he will be accompanied
Q by two delegates from each of tn
3 four classes at the college, who will
do the ''rooting" for the Orang
while the affair is in progress. MI
Galloway is a bright young man
t with marked ability, and 1t is hope
he may win glory for himself AM
Q the institution in tonight's battle.
Clarence Whiteside has purchae
ed one of the E. E. Paddock lots il
Jobs addition and is to erect a resi-
q dence thereon this spring, and J. J
: Cady, who purchased the other lot
/. of Mr.. Paddock, is having materia
g hauled for the foundation of the ne,
y DIV elling which he intends to erec
t on his property. These building
}. will add very much to the appear
= ance of that street and are an ind
- cation of what may be expected i
! tbs way of growth and improvement
in Jobs addition this season.
9 Placing some clothing on a chaj
: and leaving the chair too near
S heater caused fire at the Miss Ell
Johnson home on south Main stree
, Wednesday afternoon. The blaz
. burned quite a hole in the wall an
Z had the walls been of boards an
- = paper instead of plaster the conse
- quences would doubtless have bee
- serious. AS it was, however, Chic
u Wells was called by phone an
with a small garden hose extir
y guished the flames before they ha
done much damage.