Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-01-03

FOUNDLSeveral weeks ago, at Mrs
Nason's millinery store, BLACK fur.
Owner may have same by calling at this
! Office and paying for this notice. 2-3
Wanted-Girl for house work in
family of three. Address Box 241,
Corvallis, Oregon.
She-I can't see why. because woman
| marries man, she should take his
| name. He-Just so. The poor fellow
ought to be allowed to keep somethi ng
! he could call his owa.-Ex.
Ten per cent off on every 50-cent
purchase, for one week, at the Ba-
zaar. D
Explain" said the teacher to the
class, 1.-The difference between the quick
and the dead PLEASE. ma'am,' an
swered Johnnie, ''the quick is them as
gets out of the way of motor-cars, and
the dead ID them as doesn't."-Ex
Mrs. L. w. Haller will teach few
students on the piano, at w aldo
Hall. a
The Episcopal church. corner Jefferson
and 7th streets. Services. Sunday, Jan
5th, as follows: 10 a. m., Sunday School
IL .. M. morning service and sermon;
7 80 p. M, evening service, serm on or
! address. Seats free. Ali welcome. J.
| w. Armstrong, Rector.
C. A. GERHARD will duplicate the
price of any club offer for any periodicals
or com binations. 9Stf
Most OF the stores in Corvallis observed
a half holiday New Years and the en-
ployes were seen wandering about town
/ like 80 many stray sheep. 70 the man
and woman accustomed to busy and ac-
| tive business life the sensation Of being
idle and having no particular aim in view
for the day, is peculiar one.
Wanted-At the Geological Lab
ratory, OAC, after Jan. 8, a number
J OF full grown cats at 25c apiece. 5
He was Rood-natured German, and
his face fairly beamed as he walked into
a drug store. The first thing that caught
his attention was an electric fan buzzing
busily on the soda counter. He locked
at it with great interest and then turned
to the clerk. "Py golly" he said, snil-
ingly, "dat's tam'd lihy squirrel vot
you got in dare, don't it?"-Ex.
| A work of art SURPRISING all pre-
vious efforts is J. M. Nolan & Sons
window and store decorations. lO2tf
| The first train over the electric rail-
road between Portland and Salem was
run Wednesday, January l, 1908. That
was the date which marks an era OF elec-
trio railroading IN Oregon and it is ex-
pected that before the close of the new
year the road will be in operation to Eu
gene with branch lines projected in sev-
eral observation-disclosures Register. ~
The first of the year you will
need q new Ledger or Journal. See
Graham & Wells. As
| Preaching at the Presbyterian church,
Sunday morning, by the pastor, Rev. j.
R. N. Bell. Subject, "The New Year."
At the evening service, 'The Starless
Crown,'' anonymous. will be given by
Mrs. Herman V. Tartar, followed by a
short address by the pastor, his topic be-
ing 'sDladems and Doing Things" Fine
music at both services. Ali made well
come.
For blank books, letter files, ink
wells, diary books, see Graham &
Wells. 4-5
The men who run the newspapers of
the country are enjoying anything but a
picnic of late, says an exchange. The
cost of publication has increased 40 per
cent in the last ten years. and Is per cent
of this increase has been tackled on in the
last Eve years. The newspaper is the
only commodity which is costing the con-
sumer no more and yet nobody appre-
ciates the benefit.
Kreso Sheep Dip, which is requir-
ed by the government, for sale by
| Graham & Wells. 1tf
| Bicyclists still ride on college street
and even 60 past the Gazette Office and
almost to Main street without dismount-
/ ing from their wheels, which is strictly
against the law. Chief Wells has long
since served notice through tbs paper
that all persons violating the bicycle or.
dinance will be prosecuted. and in order
to save trouble and money few of these
daring-or ignorant-ones had better
| heed the warning.
1t is in order now to make good reso-
| lutions and swear off from all our bad
habits-to 'turn over new leaf" and be-