Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-02-25

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lace the demand for his books ia
greater than ever. Contrary to
iexpectations "Ben Hurn does not
lead 'sThe Fair God" This stirring
romance of the days of the ztecs
10 unsurpassed in American fiction.
It is from this novel that Clarence
Bennet's production of "a ROYAL
Save" has been taken.
The o. A. c. athletic field
presented a lively appearance
Saturday afternoon, when the
delegates to the Boys Conference
held their field meet. The lads
entered inte the affair with a
vim that indicates that the
colleges of Oregon may expect to
enroll many an athlete from the
crowd in years to come. All day
Saturday the youths who were
mere to attend the meeting were
seen in twos. threes and by the
half dozen about town, their
white ribbon badges huttering in
the breeze and look on their
faces which plainly proved that
they were both proud and pleased
to be here. Corvallis appreciated
the honor of their presence and
hopes to see them again, in the
coming years.
The basketball game between
0. A. G. and Dallas to decide the
championship of the state league.
played Friday night at the local
armory, resulted in victory tor
Dallas, the score standing 81 to
II in favor of the visitors. The
result was net surprise as Dallas
was known to have very strong
team and to have been practising
hard for the contest. o. A. c.
was out classel and out played
from the start and it is generally
comedies that the better team
won. However, this is no re-
Election on the home team for the
boys put up good game. The
o. A. c. lineup was the same as
usual, while the Dallas men were,
forwards, Fenton and Craven;
center, Shaw; guards, Savery
and c. Shaw.
J. w. Archart and DR.. J. A.
Lam berson have discovered fine
and valuable mine of silica sand
a few miles from Lebanon. They
have had several tests made and
the sand assays 80 per cent pure
silica .or steel manufacturing
purposes. Hundreds of thou
sands of tons of silica sand is
brought to Portland and other
coast cities every year from east
of the Rockies. Most of this
comes from MINES ,ta. The
only dra wback to the discovery
here is that there is a small a.
mount OF clay in the sand and it
might have to be washed, but,
even with this, the mine is be-
lieved to be valuable in that 1t is
easily accessible and but short
distance from railroad, says the
Lebanon Criterian.
The Rogers-Grilley recital at the
opera house, fourth number in the
Lvceum course, was a high class
and very meritorious entertain
ent which delighted the large
audience present. Mr.. Rogers,
harpist, is an artist on this splendid
instrument, and on this occasion
was recalled time and again by the
audience for q second number. Mr.
Grilley as a reader and entertainer
is one of the best that has been
heard in Corvallis for a long time.
Some OF his work was very difficult
but whether light or heavy the
result was all that could be desired,
and the gentleman responded to
encores on nearly every number.
The Lyceun course this winter has
been all that was promised by the
promoters, and it is safe to say not
a single one of the ticket holders
has been in the least sorry that he
invested in season ticket Such
entertainments are not only delight
full but are helpful and inspiring.
Miss Esther Leech proved her.
self successful and charming
hostess Saturday evening, when
she entertained the choir of the
Methodist church. There were