Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1907)
LOCAL AMD PERSONAL Ed. Belknap of Southern Beaton was a bu iness visitor in Corvallis, Friday. . E. E. Wilson and B: F. Irvine were Salem business visitors the last of the week. Georee and Alonzo Jones of Columbia Count? have arrived for a visit with friends. Mrs, Crabill of Roseburg was the guest, the last of the wek, of her daughter, Mies Emma, of OAC. Mrs. Victor .Moses is confined at home with illbess this week but her speedy recovery is anticipated. Mr. and Mrs. Bu ngardner of 8 lem are igusts at the homa of Mr. aod Mrs. Mtt Gsorge, in this city. Miss Mamie ' Starr bas just re turned Wn a visit with her broth er, John Starr, and family at Junc tion Citv. Elmer Nash of Polk county was in Corvallis the last of the week, en route to Alaea to begiu a term of school. Mrs. C. A. Warner returned to bur home in Scio, Friday, after a visit with her sieter, Mrs. A.J. Johnson. B. F. Hecker of Albany was the guest several days the last of the vetk of his sister, Mrs. Arnold King, in this city Mr. and Mrs. Oacar Healy of Portland, old time n-sidents of this city, have been visiting old friends here the past few days. Mrs. Rose Ferguson of Junction City has been visiting her parents, Mr. ana Mrs. Witham, in this city the past week. Claud I. Starr and family moved yesterday into their new home just west of ihe Dr. Pernot residence, recently purchased of A L. Steven son. Report says that a eon was born to Mr and Mrs. Harold strong, in Portland, a few das ago. The parents are former Corvallis resi dents. Dr. James Withycombe snd Prof. Bradley returned the lest of the week from seeming in a very successful farmers' institute at Turner and Sublimity. Sam Kin? want to Portland, Fri day, for a few days' visit. .Mrs. King, who has been eo seriously ill at tne home of her son in that city, is reported as slight'y improved. M. H. Bauer, the genial tai'or, was a Portland business visitor, Friday, returning the same evening. He was accompanied by Mrs. Bauer. George Flanagan and family moved, Friday, ontj a farm over in Linn county where they w:ll here after reside. Mr. Flanagan has been an employe at Victor Moses' store. John Kiger is a very busy man these days. Upon his island ranch he is said to be making a vigorous onslaught on San Jose scale and other apple tree pests, as he is spraying, trimming and plowing his orchard and putting everything in first class shape. Roman Zahn of Alsea was in Corvallis, Thursday and Friday, en route home from a business visit to Salem. He. went to the capital city to look after some real estate which he owns near there and feels quite certain thathecan sell. Land adjoining his is selling for $250 per acre. Mr. Zahn left Friday for Al eea. There is nothing slow about the Independent telephone people, and if they continue to penetrate into foreign territory we may soon fiud ourselves in telephonic communica tion with the planet Mars. The latest heard of is a line lo Kiger's island, thus giving the island resi dents a touch of real "city life" in their isolation. A large and representative audi ence witnessed the production of "The Bonnie Briar Bush" at the Corvallis opera house, Thursday evening, and there is but one ver dict in regard to the performance it was first class. An exceptionally clean play aod full of "heart inter est" from beginning to end, it ap pealed to ull classes and was one of the best productions seen here iu years. There was not a single "slick" in the entire cast, each one doing splendidly in his role, while the Scottish dialect, costumes and scenery and the bag pipe music give a quaintness and beauty to the story that will keep it fresh in the minds of the hearers for many a clay. The "bairns" a little boy and eirl were the cutest and most pleasing juvenile characters proba bly ever seen on tha Corvallis stage. Manager Groves has won the warm est praise of all local theatre-goers for booking such splendid attrac tions this season, and the patronage at his play house is certain to in crease steadily. O S Noyee and family expect to depart today for their forme, home in Kansas. Charles Heckart, the well known crpenter, has been cocfioedat home for a week wild Ulnars. Miss Dollv Howard "f Monroe visited Corvallis relatives the last ot the eek. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Starr of Mon roe .ere visitors in Corvallis, Sat urday, with relatives. The "Boys' Brigade" of the Christian church held a social in the church basement, Thursday evening, lhat proved a very enjoy- abl affair. Mrs. William Porter went to Rowland, Lane county, Thursday, to be at the bedside of her uncle, Frank Pierce, who was seriously ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Lindgren has departed for her home at Melrose, Southern O: e on, after a visit with her daugh ters, Mrs. Carroll Cum Mings and Miss Anna Lindgren, in this city. R. N. White and son, Frank left Friday evening for Anacortes, Wash ington, to attend the funeral of tha former's brother, H. J. White, who died Friday. Of a family of eleven children, R. N. White i now the sole survivor. Mr. Bowser and family have mored into the neat little cottage jvst w-st of their former home, and which they remodeled fnm the meat market building that for a time was a business establishment of Jobs addition . The R. T. McCaskey farm of 43 acres, three miles south of Philo math, was sold Friday by Ambler fe Waiters to F R Norton of South ern Oregon. The consideration was $2000. The OAC girls' basketball team went to Salem, Friday, whre they played a game with Willamette Umrsity that night. Thecontest result d in the score of 5 to 15 in favor of OAC. A complete but pleasant surprise was given I. D. BoDine, last Fii day, when a delicious luncheon was served by Mrs. BoDine to a few in timate friends in honor of his birth day anni7ersary. Just a golden link in the chain of life which makes the world seem brighter. Friday was the birthday anni versary of Mrs. Matt George and in honor of the vett about 20 friends gitbered at her home Friday eve ning to fittingly celt rate the occa sion. Thre was vocal and instru mental music, social conversation aod a luncheon, and everyone had an enjoyable time. In writing up a" double wedding that oocuried in that town the Forest Grove Times extends congratula tions as follows: "The Times joini with their many friends in extend ing congratulations and wishing them a prosperous and happy voy age acrosstbe sea of time, and while, no doubt, some Fqualls may arise may they be only little ones." A. L. Stevenson, of the firm of Robinson & Stevenson, of Corvallis came down Saturday to visit with relatives over Sunday. Mr. Stev enson informed the Times man that Corvallis is very lively at preeent and a strong movement in real es tate is going on. Mr. Stevenson is a son-in-law of E K. Abraham, of the Corner Store. Forest Grove Times. D. C. Bee completed thet?sk of spraying his big prune and apple o chard weft of town, Friday. He used the X-ray spray, ten to one. and thinks it a good mixture, lie sprayed, altogether, 15U0 treef and says he does not particularlv enjoy the task, as the wind blew sulphur in his eyes until he could scarcely tell a tree from a fence post. Hop dealers are still scouring the hop belt for the purpose of rounding up the remaining bales of hops which are said to amount to more than 25,000. The fact that the buy er., will not talk relative to thrir transacti jns shows that they are in ear net-1 to purchase at the prevailing low prices. Many dealers are re ported to have orders for 10-cnt contracts which they cannot fill, since Lachmuod & Pincus have been offering 12 cents for 1907 goods. Capital Journal. The wife of o;ie of tha well known men in town think her husband is a brute. She would spell it with a nig B, too. Een after giving the old z'nc bath tub a coat of nice white enamel to please her she was not satisfied, for when she went to take a bath and sat down in the tub, she stuck fast. Then Wb8 when she found out that her husbnd was a brute. Of course she screamed. Her hu-band came. Then he Iaughd. The more he laughed the maddar his wife got, and the faster sne stuck. Finally with much ex ertion she was rescued from her un pleasant predicament, although ru mor has it that 'she will prefer standing to sitting for a time. Herald. There was an enjoyable club dance at Raymond's bail, Friday night. . Mrs. F C. Butler of Albany ar rived Saturday and is the guest of her sister, Mrs. "Tom Riley, in this city. :' The distriot convention of Rebe; ahs occurs in this city tomorrow afternoon and evening and a big time is anticipated. Guy Clark went to Albany, Sat urday to superintend some work on one of the Willamette Valley lines that has been out of repair. Miss Hazel Welier of Albanv, a former teacher in the Corvallis pub lic schools, was the guest, Saturday, of Miss Brtha Davis in this city. It is stated that the operators of the Salem skating rink have pur chased two lots at Newport aid will erect a large rink there to run during the summer months. The Johnson brick presents a very handsome appearance since the scaffolding has been removed and proves the first predictions that it would be one of the most sightly buildings in this section. With the growth of the canning business in Oregon the peach plum is once more in demand. A decade ago there were so ma. y peach plum and so little demand for them that the fruit was practically of no val ue. HiX. Ed in Rose, a former Corvallis boy, who went from bare to Port laad to work in the Sheasgreen box factory, is just recovering from an illness that I egan in February and has ever since incapacitated him for labor. His friends here sincere ly hope he may soon be entirely well. R. N. Williamson of Wells was a business visitor in Corvallis, Satur day. He reports everything mov ing along nicely in northern Benton and states that farmers are all busi ly engaged in plowing. Asked as to the effects of the freeze on crops, Mr. Williamson said he thought it had done or re good than harm. The cheerfulness of the Corvallis laborer is a no-iceabl9 feature of many a coid, disagreeable morning. In spite of the weather, rain or shine, workmen about town start to their daily tasks whietliog, joking and laughing, and a .roup of them might easily be mistaken for a pic nic crowd. Cheerfulness is a potent factor in dispelling "clouds" and nrishing so lightens a heavy task all of woich may be known to the Coryallis working man. An apple pest which has become quite serious in a neighboring state is the tussock moth. It is said that it cannot be controlled by the use of arsenical poisons as leaves of trees thoroughly sprayed with such poisons were eaten by lie caterpillars of this moth without apparent in- ju.y. ibe motbs deposit tbeir eggs in masses upon the trees and hand picking of these egg-masses in win ter is the only practical method yet found for controlling the pest. At this time of the year the df- sire for cleanliness seem- to be uni versal. The editor of this family necessUy, after observing what strides the civic improvement soci ety has been making in the clean ing up of the city, felt it obligatory upon himself to do a little cleaning also. He took a little bucketful of H20 and a rag, just a plain rag, and removed the larger part of the savings of years from one of the windows in front cf the editorial sanctum and now he can distinguish objects across the street without having to go out of d)ors to find out what thev are. Ex. Mrs. G. B. Schmidt, who has been very ill for several weeks, is slowly im proving. The W. H. M. S. of the First M. E. church meets tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. G. H. Feese. A fine newspaper half-tone picture of Miss Mary Sutherland of OAO, together with a conplimentary sketch, appeared in the Sunday Journal society columns. Sunday. Miss Sutherland expects to leave next Sunday for New York City , where she is to take a special course at Pratt institute and later oes to Boston for work in her line. She will leturn in time lo resume her position as bead of the dressmaking department at OAC at the opening of college next fall. She has the good wishes of a host of friends for a pleasant and profitable journey. Opening at Miss Johnson'?, Wednes day and Thursday, March 20 and 2lst. 25 A letter recently receive ! by Corvallis friends from Rev. C. F. Clapp of Farest Grove states that he ' is about to give up his present work as State Saperintendant of Congregational Churches of Oregon and take up a special line of missionary work in Oregon snd Washington. Rev. Clapp is oue of the best known Congre gational minis era in Oregon and his many years of experience especially fit him for his new duties. He is very pop ular in Corvallis where he bas many friends who wish him bountiful success in his new field of labor. Ihe regular quarterly coofereuce of the M. E. chur.-h was held Saturday eve ning, Or. Rowland, presiding elder, be ing present. Dr. Rowland left Sunday morning. Mrs. Minor Swick was on the sick list the last ol the week. Mre.,Charlea Johnson bas been the guest of relatives in Portland since Fri day. fi 11 kinds of clover seed, orchard grass, timothy, and alsike for sale at Zierolf s 22tf J. L. Underwood gave a stereopticon illustrated lecture at the M. E. church, Friday evening, for the benefit of the Sunday School. A good sized crowd was present. The proceeds will go to the library fund, Saturday, a fire consumed the remain ing trash on the site of the old waah honse on Main str3et that has just been torn down. When the front fell out of the building, in the process of razing it, a lady on the street who saw the interior ot the old den thus exposed was heard to remark with all seriousness, "Oh my ! there is no telling how many old dead chinamen are in there." But, though an old well and likewise a cellar that ex tends well out towards the livery stable have been found, no old carcasses have as yet been unearthed. The removal of the building is certainly a great improve ment. The Bankers and Merchants' Mu tual Fire Relief Association is hav ing phenominal success, having in its life of three months secured in surance to the extent of nearly $700,000. Unused premiums paid back. Co-operative insuranoe. For particulars about cheap insur- r ance see local agent, w. lcrasc er. , 24tf The streets of Corvallis presented an animated appearance Saturday as the fine weather tempted many of the country people to leave the usual home work and spend the day shopping an J visiting in town. C. M. Vidito was a visitor from New port, yesterday. Mr, Vidito has assumed the management of tbe Bay View Hotel in partnership with C. C. Chipman. Both gentlemen hail : from Corvallis. They are refurnishing and brightening up the hotel and promise to make it the best on the Bay, having secured expert enced help in every department. Lin coln Leader. Mrs. John Allen arrived home, Fri- day, from a visit in Portland. Just received 200 copies sheet music. Graham & Wells. 24-32 jjgj. W. Handy has been appointed ad ministrator of the estate of Albert Denny deceased, and has filed his bond in the sum ot $ 1,500. Mr. Denny is the man who committed suicide near Mt. View recently. Mrs. Eliza P. Smith na? filed with the county court her petitiou to be made ad ministratrix of the estate of her mother, Mrs. Margaret Radir, deceased. Mrs. Smith was named in the will as adminis tratrix, to serve without bonds . Go to P. M. Zierolf for the best grass and clover seed . 22i f J. C. Senger returned yesterday from a brief visit to Portland. S.N. Wilkins and Bishop Barclay came up from Portland, Saturday, es pecially to be present at the funeral of the late VIrs. Mary T. Wyatt. They re turned yesterday, Bishop Barclay to Port land and S. N. Wilains to Vancouver. Miss Margaret Evers of Woodbnrn was an over Sunday guest of the Misses Cleo and Zeeta Johnson, in this city. Senator A. J. Johnson went to Port land, Sunday, on a business visit. Miss Nellie Reese lot Hillsboro, Ohio, is the guest of her auut, Mrs. C. A. Can- an, in this city. The demand for horses does not seem to decrease hereabouts, and the prices continue skyward. Buyers from Seattle and the Sound country are in Corvallis every few days and sales are made a rapidly as the horses can be brought to tc wn. One of the best sales reported for some time was made by Richard Irwin, the well known rancher, Saturday. An eight year-old horse, weighing 1640 pounds, was sold to a Seattla man for $250 spot cash, although Mr. Irwin had no notion of selling the animal previous to bringing it to town that day. 1200 Edison records, best on earth. Graham & Wells. - 24-32 Mrs. J. M. Du Moulin was tendered a birthday party Friday evening at the tome of her parents. Music and re. fresh ments and a general social time were the features. Those present were ; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bumgardner, Mr. and Mrs. I. D. BoDine, Mr. and Mrs. Horton, Mr. and Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Wil kinson and son, Mr. and Mrs. Dedrick, Mr. and Mrs. Tozier, Mrs. C. E. Peter son, Mrs. Dobbins and daughter, Mrs. Edith Spsulding and Miss Mary Kleck er. . For Sale One top buggy, nearly new, leather top and cushions, cost $85. Will sell for $60 if taken before April 1st. Price buggies elsewhere then see this. Also seven tons of bailed cheet hay. Phone 655, L. L. Brooks. 25tf Lorow's famous Bohemian glass blow ers are to appear at tbe Corvallis opera house for five successive days, beginning today. Glass blowing, weaving, spin ning, netting and frosting done by these EnHirsKnuraHSojisur! We have too large a stock of Ladies' Shirtwaists. We want to sell thsm, and quickly, too,so here are our prices: . Regular $i 25 Special $ 98 Regular $2 50 Special $1 87 Regular I 50 Special 1 14 Regular 3 00 Special 2 23 Regular 1 75 Special 1 32 Regular 3 50 Special 2 61 Regular 2 00 Special 1 49 Regular 4 00 Special 2 97 Regular $5 00 Special $3 69 Sale includes new Johnnie Jones styles. Latest fabrics, mohair, batiste and albatross, all colors. No old stock; all this season's goods. One week only at FOR SprSrsg and! We have just received our first large shipment of Spring and Summer o-nnrls which is now onened and on 0 display in each department for y inspection, and You Gan Save S ' Pr"Gent- Of your cash by trading with us. If you don't believe it call and see. F. CORVALLIS, 25 Brands of BREAKFAST FOODS We Carry BUT YOU WANT TO TOASTED FLAK This food is put up in one pound packages and sold for 13 cents a package at MODES GROCERY O. G. H lent and. CORVALLIS STEAM LAUNDRY, Patronizo Homo Industry. SQw dm Orrfar SollaUad. All Work Bunrmntmmd. wonderful workmen will be worth seeing. The Punch and Jndy show and ntoving pictures will be given for the children. "Pilgrim" Paul Johnson will preach at the Christian Church next Friday eve ning, 22nd, at 7 :30 o'clock. Subject, "The Re8urrection." Everyone cordi ally invited. Something like four months ago C. O. Precsnall, who resides in Linn county, about four miles east of Corvallis, bo'ijd.t a pig for 4. In three months ghe sold it for $13.77. The feed during the time he was fattening the porker cost him $4.50. Thus it wi.l be seen that his profit on tbe one pig was $5.22. If this can be done by a Linn county farmer what is the rea son Benton farmers cannot do the same ? 2Q5EEE22I A our WHEN YOU SEC IT IN OUR AD. IT'S SO OREGON. TRY THE LATEST Bbmm. Blakmmlam. I CORVALLIS, OREBOK. F M. Roth of the '06 class at OAC, who is located at Yenzton, Nevada, be ing assistant Mate mining surveyor, struck it rich while doing a little pro specting on his own account rei ently. He struck a valuable piece of property and within an hour bad disposed of it for $1000. " Mrs. B. A. Cathey is to entertain the Foreign Missionary Society ladies of the M. E. church, Saturday afternoon. Tbe Albany ladies of the same society are al so expected to be present, as well as in vited guests in this city. Mrs. J. B. Horner is to give an address before the company, relating tr. her trip abrcad, ami tbs occasion promises to be very in teresting Sunday was St. Patrick's day and even the foot hills wore green in honor cf tha good old "saint."