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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1907)
LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mre. D. , V. Bemoan. J hu been quite ill this week at the .family bo e, -' . ! ' Rooky Mason of Albany was looking after holiness in this . city, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lilly of Wrenn have been visiting in Cor vallis this week. Ambrose Houck of the vicinity of Monroe was a business visitor in Corvallis, Tuesday. George Cat hey came oat from Newport, Tuesday, and went on to Portland. He is expected to return todav. Mr. and Mre. Reuben Patty of Rose burg have been visiting Cor vallis friends this week. Mr. Patty was for a time a baker in this city. i Miss Florence Adams has con cluded a very successful term of school near Suver and is at her home in tbis city, wnere she will take a well earned rest. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R H. Kennedy, north of Cor va'lis, who bad her arm broken re cently, is getting along nicely and will foon be well over tier accident. Mrs S. B. Bane had the misfor tune to run a sewing machine need le through hf r finger, while engaged in sewing, Monday afternoon, and the services of a physiciau weie Leceseary. Among out-.tf-town spectators who took in the W. S. C.-OAC field voeit was Percy Young of Albany, who brought a party of friends over from thatci y in bis handsome ' touriDg car. Miss Celia Mahaffey has accept ed a position in toe Independent telepnone office. It now require t four girls at the switchboard con stantly during the day, to handle the business, and even then they are hurried all the time. J. H. Edwards of Bellefounlain was transacting business in tbis city, Tuesday. Mr. Edwards started his delivery wagon, Wednes day, furnishing fresh beef to the residents of his locality. Last year he butchered 85 oeeves for tnia pur pose. The Missionary society of the Presbyterian cumch was euter talli ed at the home of Mrs. H. F. Fisch er in teoutb Corvullis, Wednesday afternoon. A large uuuioer were present, and with an interesting program, refreshments and a social time the hours were indeed pleas ant. It is the general hope that the warmer weattier that has come this week will be a factor in stopping the epidemic of cerebrospinal men ingitis t.iat has been claiming so many victims in Portland. Physi cians there have all along declared that the coming of warm weather would relieve tne terrible condition. A Portland physician has declar ed that a spraying of the nostrils ad throat with Bali and water, twice daily, using au atouizer for the purpose, will prevent one from taking certtrobpiual meniogitis. The idea has been accepted as good by the other physicians, who de clare that they will at once begin tne use of the saltspiay themselves and continue it until the epidemic subsides. Residents of the vicinity of the , Zierolf Dome on North Main etreet, who had retired, awoke with a vio lent jump Tuesday night about 9 o'clock, when three loud reports wete heard. A lady whose window faces the street claims to have seen man in a buggy light and threw to the ground the bombs or what ever they were that produced the noise. After firing tbe third, the party started his horse and drove on and into the feed stable. What his idea was in such a periormanoo no one knows. James P. W ilson, aged 85 years, of whom mention was made in a recent issue of the Gazette, met with numerous injuries in an acci dctut, Monday. Mr. Wilson was en route to Corvailis with his eon Al bert, from bis borne near Wells, when tbe h.rse became frightened aud cramped the buggy, pitching we eiuer uiau to tne ground, His leH bip is quite severely injured aud be sustained numerous other bruises whion have siucs confined him to his home. The executive committee of the Polk County Pioueer Association has set July 3 for the holding of tne annual reunion of the associa tion. Tiimon Ford, of Salem, will deliver the annual address. Mr. Ford is a pioueer lawyer and well acquainted in Polk county, having practiced his profession here for many years. July 4, following the association exercises on July b", wi'd be celebrated iu Dallas as never be fore. The utmost endeavor will be made to have this celebration eclipse all Fourths ever held on the West side. Telegram. A. H. Kempio, the furniture deal er, ha patnp a fine new- awning tbia week, at his establishment. T. D. Campbell; an old time Cor vallis rest lent, now with a Portland wholesale bouse, visited Corvallis, Tuesday. " The Coffee Club held a dancing party at tbe city hall, Monday eve ning, a good crowd and a good time being reported. , Mrs. DeArmond has just arrived from near Bums, Eastern Oregon, for a visit witn her daughter, Miss Ada, of tnia city. Floyd Lane is now engaged in the transfer business in tnis city, having put his large new truck into service tbia week. Miss Eva Hall of Salem is the guest of Miss Thia Johnson and other friends in this city. She will remain for twd weeks. The OAC baseball men expect to go to Eugene, today, where they will meet tbe nine of that city in a game, tomorrow afternoon. Fred Overlander is the new night watchman in Corvallis. He was elected at a meeting of the city couucil the first of this week. A letter from Mrs. Maud Hemp hill, received this week in Corvallis, stated that the writer was quite ill a; the borne of her brother in East ern Oregon. Today the household gooJs of Mrs. J. A. Henry will be shipped to St. Johns, where Mr. Henry is employed as miller for the Job milling company. The family fol lows in about a week. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mills of Chicago arrived in tbis city, Mon day, taking the former's sister, Mrs. Anna Miils, completely oy surprise. The travelers came via California, aud are delighted wilh Oregon and especially with .Corvallis. ' Tbey will remain for an extended visit. Joseph Smith of Soap Creek bad the misfortune to lose a fine saddle horse a few days ago. The animal became entangled in a barbed wire fence during the night and bled to death from its wouuds before dis covery of its predicament was made. Mr. Smith and beeu offered $'Z25 ior the animal ouly a few days be fore. The handsome large windows for the Jjhnson orick have arrived aud w jrkuieu have bean engaged this week in putting tbeui in the build ing. The task has neen no easy one, as the glasses are several feet square and it is a de'iicatd j t to place them. The splendid plate glass front has also been put in and the building grows oore attractive every day. The new German Lutheran church out on college bill was dedi cated with appropriate ceremonies, Sunday, several clergymen from Portland and Albany being present to participate in the services. A large crowd was present aud at noon everyone joined in a basket luach on tbe lawn. The little church is very neat in appearance and gives a citified air to that part of the ciiy. The promoters of the plan of building it are to be con gratulated. : Dr. J. W. Kerr, recently chosen president of the Oregon Agricultur al College at Corvallis, was here last evening to meet the state board of building commissioners and talk over the plans and specifications for the new machine ball and shops which are to be erected later at tbe college campus. For several years President Kerr was at the bead of the Utah Agricultural college and built it up from an insignificant school to one of the strongest in stitutions ot Us kind in the West. Tuesday's Salem Statesman. The"Merlz Magazine" for May, published in Los Angeles, contains a picture of Philip S. Bates, editor of the Pacific Northwest of Port land, and pictures also of a number of the young ladies who are to go to Jamestown as his guests, having won the trip by securing subscrip tions to bis paper. The picture of Miss Alda Metcalf, the successful contestant fjr Banton, does not ap pear. The write-up in "Merlz" states that the party left Portland, May 1st, but Miss Metcalf has not received wo d to come, although tbe girl? we.e uo.iti-d that the date for departure had been poitponed until tbe loth. Mr. Kj.ies has a:I along found much fault oecause Miss Mel calf's subscriptions did not amount ti as much as the expense of ber trip East, and he wished her to make up the remainder of tha sum or get the Citizens' Lea,ue to make it up for her. As this was i.ot stip ulated in the original agreement, Miss Metcalf has rightly refuged to do more than she had bargained to do, and whether Mr. Bates intends leaving her out of the part y because of this, is a question that has been much discussed this week by her friends, and those of the League who are familiar with the case from tha beginning. CD. Abbott returned Tuesday, evening from a. business trip ,t Msdford. -. - : . -. . .... Mrs. R. J. Nwnois, who Ills oeeu quite ill for tne past wees, is slow ly improving,' although she is not yet able to be about. . - . J. W. Walters was to c me down from his borne beyond donroe, yesterday, on a trial trip witn hia new I20J0 automooile. Tne ma chine is a beauty and cau certainly' "go some." , Bright sunshine coutiuues aud there is general complaint tuat the ground it- not only to j dry to work nut that tbe recent rains wete not heavy enough to sprout tbe grain that nas been planted, although it may benefit that which is already P. , Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Monosmitb moved this week, into tbe Cathey residence, recently vacated by Mrs. Tnompson. Res. Monosmitb '..is soon to begin the erection of a new : dwelling on the lots immediately north of the Prof. Crawford borne, which he purchased last Week. Miss Nora E. Miller left yester day for Portland to ioin the Tele- j - - gram girls' party that is to leave in a day or two on a free trip to the Jamestown exposition. ' Miss Mil ler represents this district, having won out by a large majority and ner meads wish ner a delightful journey. The party will be enter tained at ttie WnHe House and will vieit numerous other points of in terest. McMinnville citizens are plan ning to build a cannery, says the Telegram. The members of tbe Walnut Club have planted small fruit between the trees, and are now talking of organizing a stock com pany to build a cannery. Tbey have in mind tbe canning of vege laoles as weil as fruit. If tbey can get farmers to agree to plant peas aud beans in suthcient quantities, they will start building tbe plan, thi? Fall. Euougb capital has beeu promised already to make the enter prise a success. Build the Eugene-Siuslaw elect ric railway, or the the Eugene-Cor-valliscaual, or both, and it will add prosperity and population to the upper Wiliame te valley. United, persevering etfirt is necdssary to do this. Buo all the tnu-i baar iu iniud loat the upper Willamette river should he opened to navigation and that tbis wui be done hy the federal government without expense to the people, when a sufficient showing of its practicability is made. Whil.i we are agitating and working for the -uber great enterpiises we mav all use our influence with tbe Ore gon delegation to secure examina tion by governmentenineers ot the river from Corvallis to Eugene. Once a favorable report is secured ttie battle is more than half won. Guard. . Mrs. Jean Morris Ellis was un able to c ose her engagement in thif ciiy, Weduesday, as she had plan ned, because of tbe number of ap plications for phi ecological charts a ad character readings, which this lady has given each day during her visit to Corvallis. Mrs.. Ellis is thoroughly familiar with her wora, for which she has prepared herself by courses in , phrenology both in New York and England. Har readings are accurate and exhaus tive, giving one much information concerning oneself that can be made of gieat benefit in life, in choosing an occupation, selecting a career or making wise choice of a husband. Personally, Mrs. Ellis is bright, entertaining and charming, and impresses the visitor witn the fact that she is no ordinary woman. Wood wanted on subscription at the Gazette oAce. 34tf W. J. Kerr, president-elect of OAC, has been in the city this week, looking into college matters, preparatory to as suming bis position here in July. Zierolf keeps all kinds cf clover and grass seed for sale. 22t A letter received by the family from J. M. Nolan stated that hs would sail from New York City, Wednesday morn ing, bo he is now en route to Ireland, his boyhood home. National Steel Ranges for sale at Keuapin's new furniture store. 40-46 The following subjects will be discuss ed by Rev. G. H. Gibba at the M. . church' Sooth, next Sunday: 11a.m. Rebuilding the Temple;" 8 p. m., "The Way to Prosperity." Special .-ale of books at Graham & Wells. . . 32tf J. Fred Yates has decided to allow his name to be asad again as a candidate for the office of police judge of the city of Corvallis. So far there are no other candidates for the place. Go to P. M. Zierolf for the best grass and clover seed. 2'2tf The Amicitian society members are to give a picnic tomorrow to the Sorosis members. Philomath will be the desti nation of the party and a jolly time is anticiprted. Uritu Ypu'Haye Seen The Splendid Values , We Are Offering at $10 to $30 ".:.-.. .... White and Fancy Waistcoats.-single or double breasted, of flannel or wash materials in hand :some prt terns smart, dressy $1.50 to $5.00. See our window display of Spring Hats and Haoerdashery, its interesting and worth seeing. THE PEOPLE'S STORE Mrs. Willard Ireland has been the guest this week of relatives in Indepen dence. r 11 kinds of clover seed, ore. ard grass, tiinotny, aud alike for sale atZerolf's 22if Eugene Palmer yesterday forwarded 1 petitions to Salem "coutaiuing 1,100 names of those wno had bigued them, I calling for the referendum of tha univer- j aity appropriation bill. Tne names were , all secured in Linn county. Besides tbis i long list about 1.0JU additional have a I- ' ready beeu secured in mis county. Wednesday's Albany Herald. Closing out our stocB: of books re gardless of cost. Uratiam & W'tills. 32tf For Sale One top bugy, nearly new leather top and cuibious, coat $85. . Will eell for f tSj if takjn bdiore April 1st. Price buggies eisa where Uien jeee this. Also.seveu tons of bailed uadrtt hay . Phone 655, L. L. Brooks. 25tf : Work was begun Wednesday, excava ting for the basement of the new Iu-roorn dwelling that Miss Ella Johnson is to. build on lots belouging to her, north of the old ice factory. Taylor Porter and Ed Baldwin ate tb9 builders. The struc ture will be modern in every respect, with lurnace and all modern conveni ences.' This is another sign of the pro gress that is being made by Corvallis. FOE SALE OR KENT Store building on corner of T nird and Jefferson streets. Ind. Pbone 659. " Mrs. C. W. Young. " . 38tf The Gazette acknowledges the receipt of the April issue of ';Tne, Courier," a bright, breezy college magazine, publish ed at the Monmouth Normal. This issue contains interesting and well written ar ticles by E. D. ' Bessler, J. B. V. Butler and A. Jf. Campbell, and other things of interest. Tne magazine is decidedly creditable, the style, paper, print, illus trations and matter all 0tng up-to-date and good. Linn Headrick, Sam Warfield, Walter Cathcart and Squire Bycraft came out from Alsea, Wedneeday, on a business trip. Some of the gentlemen are prov ing np on timber claims recently located in that section. . Squire Bycraft is the oldest living sett'er in Alsea Valley, hav ing pitched his tent in Benton county in 1851. Messrs. Headrick aud Warfield brought to Corvallis a basket of fine trout wiiicti were distributed among their friends.' , . Preaching at the Presbyterian church, Sunday uioruing, by the pastor, Rev. A. R. K. Bell. Morning topic, "The Re cording Angel.' . At the evening service Miss Julia Frazier ot Portland will ad dress the congregation. This Jady is one of tbe most eloquent and .incisive lady speakers on the Pacific Coast. All made welcome to all of the services at tbis church. -- , .. 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