PURELY PERSONAL
Items of Interest About Coryallis
People and Others. ;
J. H. Smith visited Albany last
"week.
H. W. Ball spent Friday night
in Albany.
Misa Hellen Steiwer returned to
-Jefferson Saturday.
Horace Locke was a passenger
to Portland Saturday.
R. C. Craven and wife -were in
Portland over Sunday.
A. W. Bowersox, of Albany, was
in this city last Friday.
O A. Dearing was in Portland
from Friady until 3'oiday.
A. Wing, of Lewis ville, was in
Corvailis several tiays last week.
Misn Mame Crawford visited Sa
lem last week, returning home Fri
day. Mrs. Edwin Stone, of Albany,
was vititing in Corvallia the latter
part of the week.
E. E. Wilson attended to some
legal business in Salem the latter
part of the week.
Mrs. A. Conopton, of Roseburg;
is visiting her son, J. J. Flett and
family in this city.
J. L. Underwood and family went
to Lebanon Saturday for a short
visit with relatives.
Evert Jones, of Albany, visited
in Corvallia for a few days last week.
He returned home Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whitehorn
and sons Claud and Tommy return
ed home Friday from California.
Mrs. Ray Gilbert has been the
guest of Corvailis friends for sev
eral days this week. She returned
home Saturday.
M. A. Goodnough went to Port
land Saturday to attend the How
ard Bauer concert Saturday night.
He retureed Monday.
Professois Kent, Knisely and Dr.
Withycombe were in attendance
at the farmers institute at Haines
last week and delivered several in
teresting addresses.
LOCAL LORE.
Recent Happenings in Corvailis
and Vicinity.
Miss Crawford's class in physical
culture gave a public drill in the
Armory yesterday afternoon.
The bonds of James Guier, who
was out on $100 awaiting ths next
term of circuit cotrt to answer the
charge of a criminal assault upon
a young girl of this county, have
been raised to $1000, which he
furnished.
A dance will be given in the Col
lege Armory on Thursday evening
of this week. The music will be
furnished by the Young People's
Orchestra of nine peices.
St. Patrick's day was duly ob
served and judging from the 'jags"
the Shamrock was liberally steep
ed. Newport News. Our Newport
exchange come out on time, how-1
yer.
A new floor and front is being
nut in the building adjoining
"-Small's confectionery store. When
remodelled it will make a fine lo
cation for some business.
Horace Lilly has been appointed
manager of the local brance of R.
M. Wale & Co' s, haidware store,
to fill vacancy of W. H. Currin,
who is now at the head of the Mc
Minnville firm.
The engagement of Miss Minnie
Buxton and James C. McCaustland,
both popular students of the class
of 1900 at the O. A. C, has been an
nounced . Mr. McCaustland is an
enterprising business man of Wil
bur, Wash .
Resolved, "That Environment has
"Greater Effect Upon the Formation
of Character Than Heridity." Such
was the subject of a very interest
ing debate in the college chapel last
Saturday evening. The Sorosis
society represented by Misses Rob
erts, Bonney and Raber, had the
affirmative, while Selleck, Hall and
Moore, of the Jeffersonians held
down the negative side of the ques
tion . The decision was in favor of
the Jeffersonian boys.
Vidito Bros, proprietors of the
Corvallis-Albany stage line are
doing a big business in the pas
senger line. The first trip made,
they took ten passengers and on
Friday night nine went to Albany
on the stage. The return trips are
as well patronized, and if the first
few times count for anything, the
proprietors will find it a paying
business. . Owing to the present bad
condition of tne roads it requires
four horses, but when good weather
comes on, only two will be used.
. The fare is 75 cents one way.
All Woodmen and Women of
Woodcraft to report at Hall Wed
nesday evening at eight o'clock.
Bring a friend along and have a
good time. .
The Misses Danneman enter
tained at their hom? last Saturday
night. : An enjoyaole evening was
spent with cards, music, etc. Re
freshments were served. .
The Democratic primaries of
Benton are to be . held on Tuesday,
the 29th, and the county convention
on Saturday, April 2. The dates
were fixed at a meeting of the
Countv Central Committee held
Saturday. v '
. Jam-8 Guier, recently placed
under $ 100 bonds to await the action
of the Circuit court on a charge of
criminal assault, was rearrested
Friday on a bench warrant issued
by Judge James Hamilton of the
Circuit court, and hia bond was fix
ed at a $1000. The bond was given
with A. N. Lilly and C. W- Smith
as sureties.
One of the heaviest wind storms
that has ever occurred in this county
for years was on last Friday night.
Teh-phone wires, trees, outbuildings
and fences went down before the
wind. A small house in Job's ad
dition, occupied by a family named
Harris, was blown off its foundation.
The shooting stand on the flat was
also blown down. Ia Portlaud the
loss caused by the storm was be
tween $10,000 and $15,000.
- The state oratorical contest of
the Inter-Collegiate Prohibition
Associations will be held at Philo
math on Friday, April 8. There
will be $75 divided into three prizes
as follows. First prize, $40; second,
$20; and third $15. . Albany, Dal
las, Monmouth, Corvailis, Forest
Grove, Newberg, McMinnville, Phil
omath and Salem will have a rep
resentative . from their college or
university. The affair will be held
in Keezel Chapel and the admission
will be 50 cents and 15 cents.
John K. Johnson has purchased
the Corvailis Steam Laundry of O.
DeHaven and has taken charge.
Mr. Johnson has been engaged in
the steam laundry work for the
past eight years and thoroughly
understands the business. He has
put on a wagon in Independence to
gather the laundry there, which will
be sent to Corvailis, and also has
agencies at Dallas aud Falls City.
There is a fine opening in this city
for a steam laundry, if run by com
petent hands, and under the new
management no doubt will put out
only first class work that will bear
comparison with city laundries.
R. W. Kelsay, of Newberg, the
well-known prohibition speaker, ac
companied by W. Eugene -Knox,
the inimitable impersonator, and
supported in song by Howard L.
Hockett and Emmer A. Newby will
hold a meeting at the court house
Thursday, -March 24, at 8 p. tn.i
The object of the meeting will be to
stir up sentiment in favor of prohi
bition and especiallv the proposed
local option law. Every person in
terested in temperance work is cor
dially invited to be present. The
county convention meets the same
day. Admission will be free.
At a meeting held in the court
house last Saturday afternoon be
tween the citizens of Corvailis and
farmers of Benton county toward
advancing the rural telephone pro
ject, the following were appointed a
board of directors. A. J. Johnson,
Virgil Watters, E. F. Wiles, George
Lindeman, Robert Johnson, Zeb
Davis and J. R Smith. Another
meeting will be held next Friday
when more definite arrangements
will be made. The object is to es
tablish, own and maintain by the
farmers and business men a rural
telephone route in this county.
The local teachers' institute and
parents' meeting which was to have
been held in Philomath March 19,
and which was postponed until
April 9, in order not to conflict with
the closing exercises of Philomath
school on March 25, will now be
held April 2 instead of April 9.
This change is made in order not to
allow it to interfere with the State
Prohibition Oratorical Contest which
takes place on the evening of April
8, and also to help the Bellfountain
school which closes April 8. The
parents' meeting to be held at Bell
fountain will occur on April 9, and
the eveuing exercises will give way
to the closing exercises of the school.
The Bellfountain teachers being de
sirous that such an arrangement be
made, the change affecting the
parents' meeting at Philomath was
effected. The programs will be
mailed this week so that all pa
trons of the Philomath schools may
be rightly informed as to be held
with thenv.
Spring Millinery.
My spring display will be ready for
your inspection showing the most novel
effects in tine millinery goods "ever ex
hibited in Coryallis, March 31, instead of
March 25, if it rams pitchforks, points
foremost. Mrs. J. Masox. '
CREffSfLD A FUGITIVE.
One Hundred Dollars Offered For
- - . His Capture. -
' 'Apostle" Creffield, of Holy
Roller fame, is a . much warned
man at present by the . Portland
police, where a warrant has been
sworn out for his arrest. B. B.
Starr, of Portland, is the com
plaining - witness in the case,
ad says that Creffield has
broken up his' home. The details
of the case of this low-lived
Gospel imitating rascal are re
volting in the extreme arid if
he is captured, a career in the
penitentiary probably be his
end tor a few years at least. :
It is suspected that the fugitive
is receiving assistance and shelter
in Corvailis, ; as it is known that
became here last Thursday night.
He came to Albany and started
to walk to Corvailis in company
with aman named Breoa. When
within a few miles of this city
Creffield evident! y suspected some
thing wrong and suddenly jump
ed from the railroad track and
took out across a field and dis
appeared in the timber. This
was the last his' traveling com
panion saw of him. It is almost
a certainty that Creffield reached
Corvailis and sought shelter with
some of his former subjects.
On Friday night Mrs. Cref
field, who has been home lor
some time, slipped from her
father's house and disappeared
and since then nothing has been
seen of her by her folks or the
city officers. She no doubt re
ceived word that her husband
was in hiding in Corvailis and
went to him and is probably with
him some where in the city.
The citizens of Corvailis have
offered $ioo reward for Creffield' s
capture and the authorities are
making a diligent search for this
so-called expounder of the Gos
pel. The "Apostle,' has been car
rying on in Portland much after
the style that he did in Corvailis,
his religious subjects being most
ly women. Starr, who made the
complaint against Creffield, is
only one ol the many who would
like to see the Roller leader land
ed behind the state prison walls
with a good long sentence to
serve out. In fact the peniten
tentiary is too good for a varmint
of his calibre and the worst pris
oner there would be degraded by
having to associate with him.
And yet the newspapers through
out Oregon - criticised the Cor
vailis people when they took
upon themselves the duty of get
ting such a thing out of the com
munity. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE,
Articles of general interest will be pub
lished in this department as the personal
opinion of the writers. It is understood
that the paper is not held responsible
for any opinion here expressed.
A Suggestion.
Editor Gazette As the time
for holding the county and con
gressional conventions approach
es it is proper that our attention i
should be given to the work de
volving upon these bodies. In
the county convention the most
important will be the nomination
of candidates for the several coun
ty offices, one for each branch of
the legislature and the choosing
of delegates to the congressional
convention.
Benton is a republican county.
Notwithstanding this the opposi
tion has filled the most important
and lucrative offices. The re -sons
for this are not difficult .to
find. Local democratic leaders
have been permitted to foment
jealousy and strife amongst repub
licans. They have been allowed
to suggest certain men as strong
and popular candidates for this
and that place on the republican
ticket. It is not beyond just sus
picion that republican conven
tions have been deluded thus and
have placed men in nomination
for a prominent position who had
already arranged to support cer
tain democratic nominations.
In politics as in war it is safe
to do the opposite of what the
enemy would have done. Let
the county convention turn down
every candidate whose candidacy
has the unfeigned support of dem
ocratic "bosses". If it will nom
inate men from state senator down
all through the county ticket
who are above suspicion ol "trad
ing ony" men who will labor to
elect the entire ticket the' repub
licans voters: will line up and we
shall cease to have the lucrative
and important offices filled by
democrats.
We believe our county should
send a delegation to the; congres
sional, convention composed of
men whose preference is for the
nomination ot Mr. "Hermann
There is no just - and sufficient
reason why he should not be
named . for reelection. Every
thing else being equal- he has ex
perience, knowledge and .influ
fiice which another would not
possess, and could gain only
through years of service. It is
time that Oregon , adopted ' the
practice of the older states. Hav
ing once secured an acceptable
representative he is kept in c in
gress by reelection from term to
term through many years.-- How
ever fitting that some offices may
and should be "passed around"
that of congressman is not such
an office. If a congressman has
served his constituency a num
ber of years he has gained knowl
edge and influence of much value
to his constituents, and they
simply serve their own interests
by retaining his services.
These are some of the reasons
why Mr. Herman be returned to
congress; others suggest them
selves, but surely these, coupled
with the fact there is no good
reason why he should not be re
turned, should give him the nom
ination. Vernon.
Welcome and Farewell.
Ellsworth Corps, No. 7 Wom-
ansRelief Corps, held another of
their characteristic receptions at
their hall on Thursday evening
last. The occasion was a wel
come home to Mr. and Mrs.
Cronk, from their long trip East,
and a farewell to Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. Wilkins, who go East for
a summer visit. Mrs Cronk was
a former president of the Relief
Corps, and Mrs. Wilkins a mem
ber. The first number on the pro
gram was as fine a . supper as a
hungry man wants to eat, served
in fine style in the supper room
of the Lodge. After the supper
bad been disposed of Mrs. Rose,
President of the Corps, called
the meeting t order, and pro
ceeded with the pogram.
The Corps choir, led by Mr.
Prichard, with Mrs. Henkle as
accompanist, sang "Columbia."
Mrs. Rose gave the opening address,-
and" took advantage of the
occasion to present Mrs. Cronk
with a beautiful autograph album,
containing autographs of most of
the members of the Corps.
Mrs. Cronk made an appropri
ate and feeling reply. Mrs. Wil
kins followed in a neat address.
Mrs. Cale gave one of her char
acteristic recitations. Comrade
Campbell sang a couple of his
war songs; Comrade Dearing told
a few stories. Mrs. Cale gave
another laughable recitation.
The President then read a let
ter from Mrs. Jennie Higgings,
press correspondent of the Worn
rns Relief Corps of Eugene, Or.
The singing of "America" by
the audience closed one of the
most enioyable evenings of the
season.
Real Estate Transfers.
F S Stark and wife
to Mary
Valley;
Dyer, 8o acres Kings
$ioo.
J C McElroy to Bettie E Hum
phrey, 2-15 interest in 540 acres
near Monroe; $1,000
John Smith and wife to C C
Calloway, 1-7 interest in land
near Wells; $100.
Margaret Hodes to C Hodes,
lot 5, block 5, Dixon's Add;
700.
C Hodes and wife to H E
Hodes et al, lot 5, block 5, Dix
on's Add; $1.
John M Brumfield to W H
Smith lot 104, block 27, Philo
math; $500.
C Thompson and wife to Al
mina J Robinson, 80 acres tp 12
s, r 7 w; $1,300.
Mary E Elliott to Ada Elliott,
interest m Elliott estate; $300,
F Dmges and wife to E E
Wilson, qcd 280 acres, tp 15 s.
r 6 w; $100.
. W M Castle and wife to John
Pimm, 109 acres near Philomath
ME Church S to C E Hout,
lots, block 8, Co Add; $1,250.
Copyright 1903 by Hart ticiULitnv tirx .
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