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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1908)
LOCAL AND.PRS0N4i Miss Dollj Howard went to Mon - roe, Wednesday, for a few daya'is it with relatives. Mrs. J. P- Mcliee has gone to "v -1-1 A lilirin r faka nn har VHIIUU stv. - -r .permanent rosiuvuve. M. Young of Scio has beed the guest since Wedneeday of his daugh ter, Mrs. A. J. Johnson, in this city. H. C. Starr of Sidney, Oregon, was a Corvallis visitor this week, the guest of his sister, Mrs. J. C.Fletch- Miss Carrie Fendall left Wednes day for her home at Sheridan, after week's visit with relatives in this city. Miss Melissa Skaggs returned yesterday to her home in Lincoln county, after visiting Corvallis rela tives. Every saloon in Georgia was ex pected to close permanently on New Years eve, or until the prohibition act is repealed. , ,. ,t Mr. Hanks and family departed Wednesday tor Vancouver, Wash., to remain indefinitely, Mr. Hanks having secured employment there. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Moses left Tuesday for their home at Eugene. They were accompanied by Samuel Moses of Philomath. Mrs. J. B. Horner, Mrs. Skipton and Misses Vera and Pearl Horner j returned yesterday noon from a ten day' visit to Newport. S. A. Woods is expected 'to arrive soon from Washington for a visit with his brother, J. W. Woods. The two have not met for 30 years. Subject at the Christian church next Sunday morning: "Precious Promises;" evening, "The Great Salvation." Special music at both services. John Alford and family of Junc tion City left yesterday for their borne, having been guests for sev eral days of Charles Wiley and other relatives. College opens today, after the holiday vacation. Both Waldo and CBUthorn Hall throw open their doors to receive the "old" and the "new" at the beginning of the Dew year. Merton CUrk and little daughter, Eunice, left Wednesday for Albany to visit relatives, en route home to Baker City. They have spent a week witn Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clark in this city. " Mr. and Mrs. Hale ot Minnesota are guests of their uncle, W. C. Co- yel, of Monroe. lne visitors are taking a look at this section of the country and are highly pleased with what they have seen. Misses Cleo and Z e'a Johnpon and their friend, Miss 'Georgia White, are expected home tomorrow from Scio, wnere they have spent the past few days with Mrs. Warn er, aunt of the Misses Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peak were in Corvallis, Tuesday, on their way to Alsea, They have -resided since June near Seattle but have sold out their interests in Washington and are going back to Alsea valley to reside. Rev. C. T. Hard will preach at the M. E. church, South, Sunday at 11 a. m. There will not be any preaching in the evening. Rev. For man is detained at Puoeiix, Arizo na, on account of business and will not reach Corvallis until early next week. Mrs. Lucretia Murphy of this city was present at the 83rd. birthday anniversary celebration ofhar moth er, Mrs. Sarah Davidson, at Halsev a, few days ago. Mrs. Davidson is an Oregon pioneer of '52 and still does her own housework. She is known far and near for her kind deeds. Ia Independence last Saturday there was a meeting of hop growers held, at which a union wai lormed to join with the coast organisation of the same nature. Three thous and acres of hops were represented by the delegates who attended the gathering. Among those present was Jasper Smith of Corvallis. During a trip to their ranch on Cardwell mountain on Christmas day, Milton and Frank Wyatt kill ed a coyote and trapped a large gray eagle, catching the latter by one toe. The bird measures about six feet from tip to tip and is now being kept in a wire netting coop at Frank Wyatt's ranch near Philo math. Jhe old year 1907 died in Corval lis. Tuesday night, amid the ring ing of church bells, the blowing of whistles, barking of dogs, and other noises incideut to such celebrations Watch parties were held at various churchte and homes and lyua was welcomed with the customary greet ing which is here extended to ail Gazette readers "Happy New Walter Kline Las been a Portland business visitor thla week. t "' Born, Monday night, to Mr. and Mrs. Arch Horning, a son. Miss Grace Dinges spent New Years at her home near Shedds Misses Ura and Ethel Grier spent New Years with relatives at Belle fountain. S. N. Wilkins of Vaacouver, Wash., has been a business visitor in Corvallis this week. Tom Morgan arrived Wednesday from Heppner for a visit with hia sister, Mrs. Minerva Kiger. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Hammel spent New Years in Albany with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hammel. Attorney W. E. Yates of Van couver, Washington, spent New Years with relatives in this city. Mrs. Webley Edwards returned home the first of the week rrom a visit with relatives at Brownsyille. The annual eleotion of officers for the ensuing year occurs at the Chris tian church next Monday evening. Chester Coffey, the popular pho tographer, returned the fore part of the week from a holiday visit in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. John Daniels were in Corvallis, Tuesday, en route io Stayton to spend New Years witn relatives. A. J. Fuller returned the first of the week from a Christinas - visit with his sister, Mrs. Claude Clark, in Portland. Rv. and Mrs. T..S. Handsaker are rxnected to arrive home today from a two weeks' visit with rela tives at Walla Walla. Walter Maxfield and family of Kings Valley returned home, Tues day, after a visit at the Bevens home in Jobs addition. The Coffee Club save a delight ful party at the city hall Tuesday evening. Cards, music and re freshments were features. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ireland returned the first of the week to their home in Portland, after a week's visit with Corvallis relatives. Mrs. W. P. McPherson and daughter Edna of Eugene have been guests the past hw . days at the Webley Edwards home io this city. ftanrcra Collins returned the first D of the week to his home in Port land, after a two weeks' visit at the Jesse Brown home, south of Oor vallis. lease E.'own and family desire to thank most earnestly all neighbors and friends for kindnesses and aid during the illness and death of the wife and mother. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. French, through the Gazette, desire to thank friends and neighbors for kindness es and sympathy shown them dur ing their recent sad bereavement. Miss Margaret Fo wells nas been appointed assistant state secretary of Christian Endeavor, f which C. T. Hurd is state president. The annual convention occurs in Eu gene,, February 20th to 23rd. An envelope addressed to David C. Rose and containing a pension voucher was picked up by some one from the public desk in the First National Bank, Wed netday morn ing. Will finder please return to George Lilly, at the bank? 4 James Marks of Blodgett, who has been in Corvallis for several weeks taking tre, '.tiJ6nt for a severe case of blood jK'soaing in the hand, is making rapid progress towards recovery and no furthur serious difficulty is expected in the case. Mrs. George E. McDonald, sister of Mrs. E.'R. Hollister of this city, di d at Day ion, Ohio, Monday eve ning, a telegram containing the sad t ding reaching the relatives in this city, Tl voay forenoon. fre re ins ..a o en route to Corvallis and he funeral will be held at Philo- alb. Ai...-t Jents were net completed up to the Gazette preas hour. Rev. and Mrs. McDonald are well known in this section and the news will cause wide-spread sorrow among friends and acquaint ances. The McDonalds went to Otv'o last August. Generations of playgoers have en joyed "Uncle Tom's Cabin", the story that meved t ae weld and add ed chapters ti history. But it re mained for Manager Washburn of the Great Stetson Company to place the old time drama in a nbde. n stage setting. While the text of Harriet B-echer Stowe'e master piece is picserved in its entirety in tue S'etson production, there are other features introduced that male.. the piece a novelty even to those who have laughed with Topsy and wept with Eva years ago. Iu the Stetson Company there are two Topsies, two Marks who have a great field for the intermission of FOUND Several weeks ago, at -Mrs. Mason's millineiy store, a blaca for. Owner may bave saute by calling at this office aad paying for thia notice. 2-3 Wanted Girl fur house work in family of three. Address Box 247, Corvallis, Oregon. . . She I can't see why, because a woman marries a man, she should take bis same. He Just so. y The poor fellow ougtit to be allowed to keep somethi ng be could call his ova. Ex. . Ten per cent off on every 50-cent purchase, for one week, at the Ba saar. i 5 "Explain," said the teacher to the class, "the difference between 'the quick' and -the dead.' " Please, ma'am," an swered Johnnie, "the quick is them as gets oat of the way of motor-cars, and the dead it them as doesn't." Ex. Mrs. L. W. Haller will teach a few students on the piano, at -W aldo Hall. ' 4 The Episcopal church, corner Jefferson and 7th streets. Services. Sunday, Jan 5th, ai follows: 10 a. m., Sunday School ; 11 a. m., morning service aad sermon ; 7:30 p.m., evening service, sermon or address. Seats free. All welcome. J.' W. Armstrong, Rector. C. A. GERHARD will duplicate the price of any club offer for any periodicals or combinations. : 98tf Host of the stores in Corvallis observed a ball holiday New Years and the em ployes were seen . wandering about town like so many stray sheep, fo the man and woman accustomed to busy and ac tive business life the sensation of being idle and haying no particular ain in view for the day, is a peculiar one. Wanted At the Zoological Lab- ratory, OAC, after Jan. 3, a number of full crown oats at 25c apiece. - 5 He was a good-natured German, and his face fairly beamed as be walked into a drug store. The first thing that caught his attention was aa electric fan buzzing busily n the soda counter. He looked at it with great interest and then turned to the clerk. "Py golly 1" he said, smil ingly, "dat's a tam'd lifly squirrel vot you .got in dare, don't it?" Ex. A work of art surpassing all pre vious efforts is J. M. Nolan & Son's window and store decorations. 102' f The first train over the electric rail road between Portland and Salem was run Wednesday, January 1, 1908. That was the date which marks an era of elec tric 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 directions. Eugene Register. The first of the year you will need a new Ledger or Journal. See Graham & Wells. 4-5 Preaching at the Presbyterian church, Sunday morning, by the pastor, Rev. J. . R. N. Bell. - Subject, "The New Year." At the evening service, "The StarleBe Crown," anonymous, will be given by Mrs .' Herman V. Tartar, followed . by a short address by the pastor, his topic be ing 'Diadem B and Doing Things." Fine music at both services. All made wel 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 nicnic of late, says an exchange. The cost of publication has increased 40 per cent in the last ten years, and 2j per cent of this increase has been tacked on in the last five years. The newspaper is the only commodity which is coBtingthe con. aumer no more and yet nobody appre ciates the benefit. Kreso Sheep Dip, which is requir ed by the government, for Bale by Graham & Wells. ltf Bicyclists still ride on eollere street and even go past the Gazette office aad almost to Main street without dismount ing from their wheels, which is strictlv against the law. Chief Wells has long since eerved notice through tb'.s paper that all persons violating the bicycle or. dinance will be prosecuted, and ia order to save trouble and money a few of these daring or ignorant ones had better heed the warning. It is in order now to make good reso lutions and swear off from all our bad habits to "turn over a new leaf and be gin with a clean page. It is much easier to make good resolutions than it is to keep them as we have all learned to our sorrow. We suggest that it is a good plan to make fewer resolutions and great er effort to keep them. Write them out. Paste them in your bat. Read them of ten. Furnish your wife with a copy and buy her a new dress every time you break a resolution. Ex. "Why Girls Leave Home" was played by a strong and well-bal-i company at the opera house in this city, Tuesday evening, be fore a large audience, ad met with wtrm approval from all present. T'.e play is something, new and ec-t:-ely different torn thojeseeh here be past few seasons and besides be iig intercsJrj from start to finish contains a moral and a lesson that are not soon forgotten by those who sit in the audience, ihere is not a "stick" in the entire cast and the performance was eutirely satisfactory. J. A. D ween is, agent lor' the A Ibany Nurseries, Give hina -your ordervs iv.a .-tc .a.VifiM The annual "tea"' given by the W." F. M. 8. of tue Methodist charch was held in the church basement Teeeday evening, a supper, being given and a brief pro gram rendered. Tne topic was "Medical Missions' and papers were read by the president, Mrs. B. A. Oathey, and Mrs. Caarles Beach. Mrs. .Leaen spoce briefly and there was a vocal solo by Miss Janet Blackledge and a recitation by Miss Wlnnifred Gates. A watch meeting con cluded the affair, which was ia every way pleasant and successful. About 150 pert sons were present, Armour Plate Hosiery, for men, women and cnudren, beat made, di rect from the mill, and sold by Henkle & Da via. 101 if Tomorrow there is to be a mass meet ing at the court house in Eugene, under the auspices of the Lane county Horti cultural Society aad Eugene Commercial Club. There are maay interesting fea tures on the program, which will include addresses on "live'.' topics by such men as Dr. D. A. Paine, H. M. Williamson, Wilbur K. Newell, J. Beebe, K' H. Shep ard aad Prof. A. R. Sweetser. Prof. Claude I. Lewis of OAC is scheduled to speak on "The Willamette Valley From' a Horticultural Staudpo'int.' . Music will be furnished by the Eugene military band. r It is practically settled that the 1908 football game between Oregon's two great state colleges, the University of Oregon and the Oregon Agricultural College, will be played on Multnomah field, in this city, says the Portland Telegram. .The public announcement of the negotiations has been delayed in arranging . for the transfer of the Oregon-Idaho game back to the campuses. The date of the contest will be about . the middle of November, getting it later in the season, so that tne two schools can arrange their preliminary seasons to give the contest a champion ship aspect as often as possible. Tnere is to be a basketball game on skates at the Corvallis rink next '.Ionday night, January 6th, be tween the Albany and Corvallis first teams. Game called at 8:30. Admission 25cenU; skates and ad mission 50 cents. 5 A teacher in a down-town school has for her pupils the children ef Russian parents. The "tber day she was explain iug'a sum in subtraction which the little ones found difficult to understand,. "Now," said she to exemplify the prop osition, "suppose I had ten dollars and bought a hat for five dollars. Then 1 spent two dollars for gloves, and a dollar and fifty cents for some other things. How much oid I have left?" -For a mo. ment there wag 'dead alienee. - Then a boy ' j hand went tip. " Well, Isaac, how much did I have left?" . Vy didn't you count your change?" said Isaac in a dis gusted Cone. Woman's Home Compan ion. One of the stage stories that will ever , remain strong and true to theatregoers is "Uncle Tom's Cab in," a sumptuous product?rn of which, under the able mar-a-ement of Mr. Washburn, will be gn en at the opera house on Monday nighty when every one who has the oppor tunity of witnessing this perennial favorite will acclaim it as one of the best presented by any company. Time, effort and expense have cot been 'pared in its staging or selec tion of cast and the minutest derail h-s been carefully considered. There is no story of book or stag" that so delightr the juvenile miud and it is to be hoped that every boy and girl may have the wish to see it, gratified. Newport, Or., , Jan. I Damage ap proximating $10,000 was done early this morning by a fire that ravaged the busi ness district, consuming an entire block on Main street. The business houses alfected, with losses, are as fallows : Dr. IUvis, photograph gallery, $1,000; Stack er's meat market, 1,000; G. Sbollenbu'rg, lodging house, and Lee Williams, general merchandise, $3,000, with insurance lieht ; G. Shollenburg, jewelrv and mil. linery, $2,000, no insurance; F. G. Booth;' jewelry, loss on building, $1,000; T. G. Hopkins, real estate, on building, $$00 ; McCleary & Cbatterton, butcher shop, $1,000, no insurance. Misses Lulu and Lela Wells gave a de lightful New Years- party at the home of their parents, Mr. aud Mrs. J. D. Wells Tuesdav evening, the guests being the "I. T, C. Club," meaning Independent Telephone Company Club. The program included a vocal duet by Misses Golda Darby and Lean a Marvin; recitation, Miss Clara Brant; solo, Walter Cum minga; tableau, "The Old and the New Year," Misses Francis Petti t and Laota Patton, and instrumental solo, Herman Hector. Gam 3a were played, refresh, ments of ice cream, cake, candy and nuts were served and the New Year was welcomed with demodstrations of pleas ure as the clock struck twelve. Wood Wanted. Bids for furnishing the Oregon Agri cultural college wood for the ensuing school year beginning in September, 1908, will be received at the office of the Purchasing Agent of the College up to Saturday. January 4, I9O8. 103tf T. H. Chawpord, Purchasing Agent. OPEN FOR In All Departments The material for our store front has " hot arrived, and we will be unable to carry out our original plans. Our Store Is OPEN FOR BUSINESS The carpenters and plasterers are hard atjjwork rushing our buildingjto completion, but we Jiavejjvery thing so arranged that you can trade inall cH partments to your entire satisfaction, and save money on every purchase. You r$ Fo r a G re at e r Sto re KLINE'S, The People's Store, - Pre-lnventory Sale. t Commencing Jan. 4, 1908, FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT. We do not reserve any thug. You get the lowest price on every article you buy. All black dress goods will be sold if price per yard circular letter. K. Iv. Miller IF YOU SEE IT IK is the time to have your watches, clocks and jewelry repaired. Bring in the old watch and let us give you an estimate on the cost of repairs for it. All work guaranteed. We sell the "Best Silverware Polish on Earth," At PRATTS. the Jeweler and Optician's. k O. J. Blackledge THE INDEPENDENT Furniture Store, Corvallis, 1 You Take Mo Chances When You Buy Groceries At This Store r ' All our goods are guaranteed to comply with the Pure Food Law We have the best theHbest. We Want Hodes BUSINESS Established 1864. Corvallis, Oregon. can do it. See ouv g OUR AD. ITS SO Oregon and nothing but Your Business Grocery Year!" fun.