10CM. AND PERSONU
Wheat 75c.
Mrs. Fieh, Toledo's milliner, spent
few days hre last week.
Mrs. J. K. Johnson and son,
Harold, are at the Bay.
Three grades of gasoline for sal"
at Berry & Carl's.
Mamford Seits came over from
Alsea on business, Friday.
A. J. Johnson, the bank
exam-
iner, left Wednesday
Eastern
Oregon on business.
A newcomer from Monroe ie
Miss -Mamie Starr, who expects to
reside here permanently.
J. Senger keeps the best hand
made shoes in town..
After a brief visit with Portland
friends Mrs. J. Mason is now at
home.
Chancy Barclay, who has been
out holding down a chittim claim,
returned Thursday.
Buy a meal ticket at Chipman't
and eat when you please..
Prof. John Fulton and family
are now at E k City, fishing, hunt-
ing, ana naving a general suw
time. Miss Bessie Boyle and Winni
fred Gatee, of Sodaville, are new
arrivals with the purpose of visit
ing relatives and friends.
Students' study tables for sale
cheap at Hollenberg & Cady's.
Recorder T. T. Vincent moved
this week into the Wick house on
Eighth street in the north end of
town.
- Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Smith left
for Newport Friday for an outing
of a week or ten days. They went
via tue wagon road.
Organs repaired and cleaned,
it. N. White.
After a pleasant vacation on Ya
quina Bay, Mr. McDavitt has re
sumed his position as assistant
operator at the S. P.
A DleaBant evening was spent by
the Endeavorers of the United
Evangelical church, at the home of
Miss Christal Miner last Thursday.
Best meals in the city to be
fcund at City Restaurant.
Miss Ethel and Lela Alexander
returned home Thursday, after a
week's visit with friends in Mc
Minnville. On a hunting and fishing trip
oyer iik-Alsea, Frank Aldrich and
Will Wicks are now enjoying them
selves. Buy a meal ticket at Chipman's
and eat when you please.
Typhoid fever has come to the
Whiteside home, two miles west of
here. George Whitesides
one afflicted.
is
the
Two mighty hunters left Thurs
day for the Alsea country. Tney
were Geo. Denman and J. M.
Cameron. May success attend
them.
Organs and pianos for sale or
rent. R. N. White.
An outing that is an outing is
being taken by E. A. Morgan and
familv and Thos. Anderson and
family. The went overland by
vehicle to the seaside.
Rev. T. S. Handsaker preached
in Albany Sunday occupying the
pulpit of Rev. Clark Bower, who
preached in the Christian church
in this city at the same time.
Berry & Carl have in a new line
of guns and ammunitian. .
" Mrs. W. P. Lafferty expects to
start Eastward September 5. She
will visit relatives and friends in
Ohio, Illinois and Missouri, remain
ing about three months.
A new arrival next month with
the purpose of educating her child
ren will be Mrs. Flavia McDowell,
of Summer Lake, Or. She will
occupy a residence belonging to
Marshall Miller on Third street.
Fishing tackle, hunters' supplies
and sporting goods at Hodes' F'io
neer Gun Store.
Miss Rosalie Greffoz, of Portland,
spent a few hours here Saturday
chatting with old friends. She is
enroute to Newport where a week
will be spent with Lulu Spangler,
in the Spangler cottage.
Miss Bessie Michael, who has
been holding a position as sales
lady in F. L. Miller's big dry goods
establishment, left yesterday for a
course in Vie Behnke-Walker Busi
ne8s College, Portland.
A beautiful picture already
framed and ready for hanging of
"President Roosevelt and Family"
will be given to all new subscribers
to the Gazette paying in advance
or to all old subscribers, who p&y
up their back subscriptions.
Buy your harvesting outfits
t Nolan & Callahan's.
Hardy McCorman, of Alsea,
transacted business here Thursday.
Victor P. Moses returns from the
East about September 1.
See those elegant parlor sets and
iibrarv tableb at Hollenberg &
Cady's. '
Two familiar faces on the street
Thursday were Peter vVhitaker and
Monro Chi ders, of Bruce.
Enroute to Newport Mies Ella
Porter, of Bakr City, stopped be
tween trains Fridav.
For a visit of several weeks at
the coast Mrs. W. G. Emery went
to Newport; Saturday.
W. E. Yates was a passenger to
Fewnort Saturday, to ppend a few
days with his family at Nye Brook.
A prominent attorney, Win. M, '
Colvig, of Jacksonville, spent a few
lays last wt-k in Corvallis, renew
ing old-time acquaintanceship
The force at tne Court House is
very busy, these days working on
the assessment roll which must be
ready by the first of September.
Mrs. Grace Hall is temporary
editor of the Times, during the
absence of Editor and Mrs. Irvine
at Elk City.
Fire Chief Renni is nursing a
badly burned hand, the result of
an accident with an alcohol lamp.
The cuticle from the back of his
hand is almost entirely removed .
Rev. J. H. Merry maii, of Philo
math, who has been appointed to
the pastorate of the United Breth
ren church at Oregon City, passed
through the city Friday enroute to
that place.
Mort Abbey and daughter. Miss"
Grace, of Vancouver. W ash . , were
guests at the Occidental Hotel, Sat
urday. Mr. Abbey is a son of
Peter Abbey, the genial landlord of
the Abbey House at Newport.
Mrs. Mary Goundy and daugh
ter, Carrie, arrived from ' Bedford,
Iowa, Sunday, for a visit with
relatives and friends, the guest of
her brothers, J. M. and Ammy
Cameran, whom she has not seen
for 30 years.
Read the advertisement "A Safe
Investment," on the local page. In
the words of Sam, Jones, the great
evangelist, "This is God s provi
dence to vou in making a way for
you to provide for your family if
you die, and for yourself if you live
long."
Bargains in portieres, stand and
couch covers at Hollenberg &
Cady's.
The rush of people to Newport has
been unusually large and the sea
son is not over yet. There ire
tents scattered all over the hills
and through the woods along the
beach everywhere, and every cot
tage, house and hotel is filled to
o ,
its utmost capacity.
Fishing tackle; hur ra' supplies
and sporting goo is at Hodes Pio
neer Gun Store.
Harry Wickp, formerly head
miller in the Benton Mills, and
who, since the transfer to the
Fischer company has been em
nloved in Albany, came over last
week and returned with his family
We very much regret the depart
ure of Mr. Wicks and his family.
President Ressler, of Monmouth
State Normal, returned last week
from a six-weeks' trip visiting
various points East among which
of course, was St. Louis. President
Ressler, although comparatively a
young man, is recognized as one o
the leading educational promoters
and executives of all Oregon
After a brief stay of two days Jas
Flett returned Thursday to his tern
porary home in the Five Rivers
country . When the bark becomes
fixed to the trees and chittim peel
ing is no longer practicable, which
will be in a month or six weeks.
Mr. Flett will return with his
family to this city.
A case of smallpox was discovered
last week near Halsey . Bert Wil-
son, the one afflicted, belongs to the
family that had the disease several
years ago and since that time no
new cases have appeared in that
section. It is supposed that the
germs of the disease were in some
article of clothing and that after
these years the malady is again
breaking out.
Things will soon begin to hum
down at Strong's mill. The yards
are being cleared of all lumber now
on hands and new foundations laid
for a new supply. The drive of
6,000,000 feet of all kinds of wood
is now beginning to arrive and men
are kept busy night and day keep
ing the logs in the river and pre
venting any loss . About 2,000,000
feet will be boomed at Boonsville,
1,000,000 in the mouth of Marys
river and the remaining 3,000,000
feet will be boomed behind the
island and at the mill. Beginning
with September there will be some
thing doing down there
A visitor in Jtown Friday was
Chap. F. Shruw:-r; of O egn City.
A day at the beach was spent .by
J. K. Berrv bnnuoy .
I-
E. Rl Brvsoii left Saturday
on a
business trip to Eugene. - - -
Merril Hammel made a business
trip to Albany Saturday.
Z. H Davis fpent Sunday, with
friends at Philomath.
A business visitor in town Friday
was Olip Skiptou.
: President Gateh is - among the
dwellers I y the sea these dpys.
Mark McAllister, a former O. A,
C. student is vibiting friend here.
S, N. Wilkins expects to
for Si. Louis about Sept. 1.
Call Hodes, of Albany,
spent
Sunday here T
Two thousands roils of wall paper
T 1
new patter iib juta received at
Hollenberg & Cady's.
Mrs. F. L. Miller and son, Max,
aie expect-id home from their east
ern trip about bept. i.
A new arrival with a view to
ocate is M. Manatee, ot Coshocton,
Ohio.
Thomas Noian returned from a
week's outiug at Newport on Sat
urday.
H. W. Ambier, of Philomath,
wa8 a Uorvailis visitor on Satur
day.
Mrs. Hammel and daughter.
Blanche, are in Portland tor a short
visit.
Prof. Clyde Phillips was a home
ward-bound passenger from the
Bay, Sunday evening.
H. A. Kieor spent Sunday at Nye
Brook visiting his mother ana
feist r.
G. F. Daly, sou of Judge Daly,
of Dallas, was a guest at the Occi
dental Saturday.
Capt. W. N. Ford, of Astoria,
passed through the city, Saturday
for a visit with friends at Newport,
County Assessor Howard Bush,
of Kings Valley, spent Saturday
at the Court House.
After a short visit with friends,
Miss Eva Staats returned to her
home in Airlie, yesterday.
J . M. Cameron returned from
Alsea Sundav night, having in his
possession a line big deer. .
M. W. Burnap of Pnilomath, is
in the citv today making arrange
ments t? send his daughter to the
O. A.C.
C. H. Mattoon, of Summit stop
ped here, yebterday on his way
home from a business trip in Port
land.
Miss Minnie Mason, class '04 of
Philomath College was a visitor at
that place. Sunday, the guest of
Miss Alta Wright.
Prof. Caldwell starts this week
on a campaign tnrougnoui inia-
. i . m 1 1
mook country, soliciting students
for Philomath College.
From an extended and very
pleasant tour among relatives and
friends throughout the East, D
D
Berman arrived home Friday.
Miss Lena Tartar left yesterday
for Airlie, Oregon, where she wil
be the guest of Miss Eva Staats for
a few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Kerker, with their
son and daughter, Harry and Verna.
leave Thursday for Southern Cali
fornia. In the absence of the regular"
Western Union agent at Albany
last Saturday, Walter Sheasgreen
occupied tho position.
One of the big plate glass windows
in the dry goods establishment ot
Henkle & Davis was broken Sun
day night by several boys who were
scuffling.
In honor of the building of the
new chapel, seven miles west of
Philomath, at Westwood, an old
people's picnic will be held Sunday
Sept. 4.
Peaches! Peaches! All the peaches
J yOU want at Rube Kiger's next
Saturday, .bring your own ooxes
and pick yourselt at $ l.UU a ousnei
Ferjy open and easily crossed.
Remember the date next Saturday.
Miss Teressa McDonald, of the
chair of English ot Philomath Col
lege, returned Friday from a trip
throughout the South, and was
tendered a reception last night by
the intermediate Endeavor Society,
at the home of Mrs. Minshall.
J. C. Havter. editor of the Dal
las Obseryer, accompanied by C.
L. Starr, on the staff of the same
naner. were in Corvallis on Satur
day, on their way.
where they will stop
Mr . . . -
to Newport,
for a day or
two.
w. L. Doualas S3-00 and
$3mSo Men's Flno Shoos. Best
in too wor id. for too or loo.
Nolan & Callahan Dlstriba,
tors.
Among those who came out from
the Bay Monday was J. M.' Nolan.
Miss Candsce Wicklund arrived
Saturday , and wil I spend . a . few
weeks visiting friends in the city.
Mrs. Maud Holt expects to go to
Sattem . this week to continue her
studies in the medical school at
thatplace ". v ; ,
E. P. lackson is the newly, ap
pointed instructor for the wooawork
depai tment at QiA' C. The appoint
ment was madt-yesterday-
Three of ' our : distinguished citi
zens take their departure a hour
September l.: Messrs. Mordaunt
Goodnougb, Ruthyn Turney - and
Geo L. Paul leave to take up their
positions in the Western Academy
of Music at Portland.
All members of the Maccabees
are earnestly requested to oe hi
Lodge Wednesday evening, August
24- District Deputy Commander
John B. Gentry will be with us
and explain ine new-rate proposi
tion.
G. A. Heidenger, of Spokane,
and Aao'pn .tuners, j. vv. as ey,
Misses Kathryn and Grace Lam-
berson and Mary McKeohn, all ot
Portland, were visitors in Corvallis
on Saturday on their way home
from an outing at Newport-
Mrs. Archie Miller, formerly, a
student of O. A. O, left today for
Eabtrn Oregon wiere she is to
teach school this year; Until her
pchool opens, . she will remain m
Vale, Oregon, where she will be the
guest of the Misses LtUlian and
Viola Johnson who graduated fiom
the Agricultnral college in 1903.
D. W. Jones will close a very suc
cessful six-months' term of school in
south district, Alsea, Friday even
ing, August 26, with appropriate
exercises. An excellent program
is being prepared.' An address will
be made by some prominent speak
er and SSupt. Denman has promised
to be on hand with his phonograph
The exercises will be held in Grange
Hall.
Sorrow has come to another
home in Benton countyj This time
it is the home of Mr. and "Mrs. V.
M. Woodcock, wo on Saturday
last gave up to the all-destroying
visitor, death, their little four year-
olJ son, Verlin, who after a brief
attack of summer complaint parsed
mm , -1 1
away. The tunerai iook pi ace
Sunday and interment was made in
the cemetery at Bellfountain.
After two weeks of unalloyed
nleasure. Miss H. E. Hodes and
the Wuesterfeldt frmHy returned
S4uday night" from Alsea. The
party was camped at Dick Zahn's,
who is a fine hunter chaperoned the
party on" their fishing and hunt
ing trips. Mrs.' Hodes is uot only
a fine horsewoman but is the hand
iest womar in the county with a
rifle, having defeated Zahn in a
contest without sights.
S. L. Kline and wife and son,
Walter came home from San
Francisco Saturday morning. Mr.
and Mrs. Kline have just arrived
fiom their extended trip through
out the East, while Walter left two
weeks ago; and has been spending
that time with . his parents, iyhom
he met at San Francisco. After
the notification in which Mr. Kline
participated he left Oyster Bay for
Corvallis via the South visiting
various points of interest enroute.
A wedding will take place at the
Hotel Corvallis today, the contract
ing parties being Miss Bessie Blod
gett, of Blodgett, and W. Kelling,
of Portland. Both are highly
esteemed young people. Their
future home will be in Portland
where Mr. Kelling is in business.
A successor to Nicholas Tartar
has not been found, and inasmuch
as there are no applicants for the
position the board hnds itseli in
somewhat of a quandary as school
will soon open. There are teachers
and teachers, of course, but teachers
qualified for such a position are all
or nearly all located elsewhere.
The position is a difficult one to
fill at best and a good deal of rust
ling may have to be done before a
weli qualihed applicant can he
found.
Mary Sutherland Appointed.
Miss Mary Sutherland, a mem
ber of last year's graduating class,
has been appointed dressmaker
at the Oregon Agricultural College
to fill the position made vacant by
Mrs. Mary Avery. Miss Suther
land comes well recommended
and is considered eminently fitted
to fill the position, havingr been
endorsed.by Mrs. Avery as her
successor, and also recommended
in growing terms by Miss Snell,
the head of the department of house
hold science. Miss Sutherland
is a general favorite in all circles
in which she moves, and, as she
is competent to fill the position,
a.
the action of the committee is
highly commended by all.
Gordon Hat
The
: Ever sge a $3.00 bill? Buy
a GORDON Hat, and, if you
don't like it, take it to your
hatter and see how quickly
he'll honor the' Hat as alatesttbinin thehatline
promise to pay endorsed by in and tfy one on-
one of the strongest names in
the Northwest.
No GORDON Hat ever
went io protest.
Not one in a thousand is
presented for payment.
THE WHITE HOUSE.
A Safe Iiwesmen&
SUPPOSE you were offered by a bank or any one you knew
to be absolutely sale and reliable, a farm, which you
knew would always.be worth $1,000, on these terms:
1st. That you could have ten years to pay for it.
2nd. That you would only have to pay $57.72 once a year for ten years,
making the total cost of the thousand-dollar farm amount to $577.20, at which
time it would be yours, and with the farther guarantee that it would increase
in value each year after the tenth.
3d. That if yon were to lie after making the first payment the farm
would at once become the property of your family. ,
4th . That if vou made three payments and were unable to pay more the
bank that bold it to you would protect you for eleven years without another
payment, or would give vou a smaller farm worth $3J0, or would loan you
each payment after the third to make your othei seven payments with a five
per cent interest.
You would come very near taking that farm, wouldn't you?
These" are the term offered you oniheir new ten-year policy, by the
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York,
With the exception that its GUARANTEES are made in MONEY instead of
land. It is offered by the largest, oldest and best company m America.
R. H. KENNEDY,
Resident Agent,
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Corvallis & Albany Stage Line leaves Cor
vallis 6:30 p. m. and Sunday at 4 p. m.
Leaves Albany 6:30 a. m.; Sunday8 a. m.
Ir vou are looking for some Teal good
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Poultry Ranches, write for our special
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