Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-11

Mrs. Martha Burnett arrived home,
Saturday from six weeks visit with her
son, Bruce, and family in Portland.
A committee was abroad yesterday
selling stock in the proposed eannery for
Corvallis. Virgil Waters and repre-
sentative of the company which builds i
and eanips such plants, were the gen tie
men who waited on the business men
and explained the project.
. Washington's birthday will be
Feb. 22nd at the VI. E.
Splsndld program and New
England supper. Watch for par
ticulars. l5
New York, Feb. 8.-Forrest Smithson,
the great huidler of Oregon, equaled the
worlds record of running 80 yards over |
high hurdles twice tonight at the great
carnival of Irish American Athletic clubs |
held in Madison Square garden. Smith
son won his heat from scratch in the re-
cord figures OF 10 seconds, and was
caught in the same time v hen he took |
the final heat. Some watches had seq |
onds fiat in the final, so the Oregon flyer
came close to setting new worlds le-
cord. He easily won the event.
W. O. Heckart was the successful bid
der for the building OF the S. B. Finegan
brick block which will be- built adjoining
the Potts building which was let vest er-
day to Mcfarland and Ball, says the Eu-
gene Sunday Register. The size OF the
building 10 4Ox5z, two stories and as it
was planned by the same architect, Y.
D. Hensill, it is much the same in design.
The lower floor will be used by, Mr.. Fine.
gan for blacksmith shop and the second
story will be used by him rs resiaence,
with probably several rooms to rent.
The contract price WAS $500. Mr.. Heck
art says he will commence work Just as
seon as the weather will permit and it
will be pushed forward to completion
Mr.. Heckart's old friend In Corvallis
will read the above item with interest.
New line dishes in plain and
fancy designs, at Cooper & Woite-
sides. IItt
Albany has organizeda new boost club
and the membership consists of about IS
of Albany's leading young business men.
The principal object of the club is to
build up Albany as city and to increase
her industries and population. The club
proposes to increase the population of
the city to 10000 within the next five
years. No name has been selected, and
contest is to be inaugurated for name
and suitable prizes will be offered for the
best name offered. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Presl-
dent, E. H. McOune; first vice president,
Fred Dawson, second vice president, Il.
A. Flood; secretary, M. H. Gibbons ;
| treasurer, R. G. Churchill; ways and
means committee, J.N. chambers, D. 0.
Woodwcrth, F. ). Dsvine aud Willard
L. Marks.
White Pine and Tar mep rholated
for that cough. Sold only by Gra-
ham & Wells. 1916
The Culture Club of Waldo Hall has
planned for course of lectures to be
delivered before the club during the
school months. The recent lecture by
Mr.. Clarence Andrews of Yukon was
very much enjoyed by the young ladies.
It was a stereopticen lecture illustrating
glaciers. mountains, mining and fauna Of
Alaska. Thursday evening Prof. E. R.
Lake gave his illustrated lecture of rural
life in France. From views taken by
him during his tour through France as
government inspector of fruit culture,
Prof. Lake showed conclusively how wo-
men may plan home decoration in the
way of trees, shrubs, vines and flowers
40 that the average home in the William.
cite Valley may become self.supporting
from the fruit growth of the gardens, the
walls and hooks not uncommonly neg.
lected. The lecture was highly pleasing
to the club. T
Fresh vegetables AMI fruits
always on hand in their season.
Cooper & WhAesides. 11tf
Harold Grahame, the gentleman who
last season played the part of aged Mr'
Drew, father of pretty Nora, the heroine
in kerry Cow" died in Eugene hos
pital last Wednesday. the night before
the company reached Corvallis. Con-
eerning Mr.. Grahame the Register says
Harold Grahame, who was with th'
Kerry Cow" company and who was lef
here and taken to the General hospital
suffering with an attack OF Inflammation
of the brain, died Wednesday night. Hi
condition was almost hopeless from tn
heuinninp and tha attending RhYs iciaI