ItltAL ANDPERSONU
Mr. ' and Mrs. S. L. Kline re
tained home, Thursday, from San
Francieco. Their etay in tbia city
will be of indefidit? duration. .
' Saturday afternoon Mrs. A. E.
"WilkinB - gave an "'at home" in
honor other friend, ;Mrs. f Pressley.
A delightful time is reported. ,
Mies Ida Sbupp, of Albany, has
accepted a position in the Grant
Elgin hakery. The . young iady
entered upon ber duties last Satur-
. day. . ; . . ,.: . ;
There was a dance at Wells last
Friday night and John Kiger
drove a "party of, Corvallisites to
the scene of the festivities. A fine
time is reported. "... - - '
Last Saturday the stock recently
ordered bv Clarence Vidito to be
kept in connection with" J. K
Berrv'a renair shon arrived and
has been placed on the shelves.
Last week, from luesday even
ing to -Wednesday evening, the
spring session of the Willamette
Presbvterv was held at Dallas
Kev. M. S. Bu6h, of this city, was
in attendance and served as report
ing clerk. .
E. A. Jones and; family arrived
in Corvallis from near Green Bay,
Wis. Mr. Jones is a farmer and
represents himself to be highly de
lighted with this section of the
country. It is his intention to
locate permanently. They came
Satuaday. '.-
During the period covering the
year of 1874, W. E. Yates James
Jnett and Nicholas I artar were
fellow schoolmates at O AC. How
affairs go in this world! :. Last Fri
day evening a daughter of each of
the above-named gentlemen took
part in a debate at OAC. .
On account of the cantata to - be
sdvftn Ronn hv . the ladies of the
Presbyterian chnrch. it has been
considered expedient to postpone
the lecture-recital to be given by
rrof. laillandier for the benefit of
the Village Improyement Society
Early last week a rifle that was
- raffled off was won by Homer
Lilly. A day or two later another,
rifle was raffled and Carl Porter
"won the gun. As both Homer
? and Carl are attached to the same
meat market it looks as though
tbey were making preparations to
"kill." . -., ;.; ,
Although many men were at
tracted to uorvams trom various
parts of the county on account of
the horse sale advertised for Satur
oay afternoon, it seems there were
r i ;j ou u.
supposed, to be judges of horse
flesh claim that the animals were
held too high. ' "
William Gellatly was in from
his Kings Valley farm last Satur
day and while here stated that on
the preceding Wednesday he had
-completed seeding for the present.
He now has 500 - acreB sowed to
. grain and it all looks splendid. If
the weather continues satisfactory
it is probable that he will sow a
cumber of acres yet this spring.
It was the intention of ' Harley
Hall to start work on an8-room
house, yesterday, on the lota which
he recently purchased of Key. F,
I.. Moore. These lots are situated
just north of the house at present
occupied by Prof. T. H. Crawford
and will make a nice home for Mr.
andMrs . Hall. Newton Adams is
A- 1 21 J .1 1 .
During the past few days Mrs,
J. E. Pressley. of Myrtle Point, Or..
has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. Wilkins, m this city. Mrs,
- rressiey nas just - returned from
Pittsburg, Pa , where she passed
. cu . c r
near Myrtle Point and it was her
intention to depart for that place
yesterday. She is an i old friend of
- Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins.
1 Mrs. J. B. Horner, of this city,
was elected president of the Wil
lamette Presbyterial Society at the
anneal session held in Dallas" last
week. ; This association"' during the
past year collected about $1,000 for
home and foreign missions, and to
gether with the Olympia Presby
terial Society, is maintaining Dr,
Maude "Allen, of Portland, as
medical missionary in ' India: A
very good half-tone of Mrs. Hor-
- ner appeared in the Sunday Ore
gonian. .
. x. r. oneasgreen, who has in
hand the making of the panels and
various items of the wood work
display for Benton at the Lewis
- and Clark Fair, states that he has
- secured some of the most beautifu
maple to be: found in Oregon for
this purpose. it is home-grown
and a credit to any place. . He has
also found a piece of walnut that is
no mcnes wide, xsotn woods are
Benton county , products. 'A wal
nut tree from which . you can cut
a 28-inch board-' is an uncommon
thing - in any 'country we would
have you bear m mmcu
Born; Sunday," April tl6,r to the '
wife of Arthur Allen, a son. .
Mrs. Taylor Kemp arrived hoa.e
Sunday from Monmouth, where shr
attended the funeral ot a sistt r
who was interred thnre last Satur
day.- kv;j.; ; ;.'
Jesse Snencer came home. Satur
daysfrom a few days spent in
Portland as a delegate to th.
special session of the A. O. U. W.,
held in the metropolis last weeK.
Columbia University banner,
cup, and medals awarded io jaj
as a result of the meet lust Saturday,
are great. Thi y are on dipplay in
the show window of '. L. Miller
The Toledo Reporter, owned by
C. B. Crosnoand C. E. Hawkins,
has changed bands, AB. Clark
being the new proprietor. We wist
the new management all suoen
that can bo afforded or expected.
The pen of Golden pheasants
recent y ordered by Messrs. F. L
Miller, Johnson rorter, bene b:mp-
son and liobert Johnson arrive"
from Canada last Thursday ao
are in a fine state of . preservation.
' Mrs. Blanche Wirttf, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. , W ' T. Small, of
this"" city, arrived in CorvaHir,
last Thursday for a few weeks
with relatives and friends. Of late
San Francisco has been her home
A new business recently started
in- this citv is that of a marble
shop. Wm. Staiger and F. Van
hooeea are the proprietors and their
place of, business is on Main street
in the block north of Hotel Cor
vallis. , - (
A new business partnership re
cently formed is that of Yates &
Yates. The firm consists of W. E
Yates, the well-known ' attorney,
and his Bon, Bert. Their profes
sional card will be ' found in an
other column. - "x ; -
Jens feterson, who recently ar
rived with his family , from the
East, is building a fine house on
the farm that he purchased iear
Philomath. Mr, Peterson evident-
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ly means to remain nere ana is re- thorization of the department,
norted to have the1 cash to haekK . ,T , - .
u.' ..-j.!,
s,
An eaort is. being made by theturas with collections not later
alumni of OAU to hold some pub-
uc exercises at tneir annual re
union in June. Hon. R. M. Veatch,
to matn an ddrMR in t.h fivfinina;
It is thought that . Mr. Veatch
was a member of the first gradu-
ating class of OAC. ; . ' .; :
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xiasb rnuay, j. d. r imua.uu. aim
R: B. Franklin. resnfifHvnlv fathnr
and son. arrived home from Mt.
Vernon. Wash., after an absence of
about four months. Thev are auite
f ayorably impressed with " that
country and the evidences or hustle J augurated, btar Koute JNo. 73,
and bustleon the part of the people. 1 277, between Corvallis and Ina-
What they shall do in the futnre
they have not yet determined, but
it is expected "that they will; again
take up work along the liniB fol-
owed when they were here before.
The welTs driven at OAC a year
or two ago are to he thoroughly
iovcovcu. 1110 uos:ui; iura JD
ecognized-by the authorities out
iiuciit? auu mor mo guiug i.v mo ,ix
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quantity. The matter of retesting
was first taken up by the
mittee having charge of the well
matter at ibb time mentioned, but
it is at present understood tobe in
the hands of. J. K. Weajtherford,
president of the board of regents,
ana it is paid that .he is going al
the proposition as though he meant
J. C. Hammel is prepared to tell
the best "fish story" of the season,
He has a fountain in : the court of free delivery so that, in theselec
Hotel Corvallis, ; and at great t;nn: ftf. hnves thev shall eomnlv
trouble had ' stocked it with fish.
A few days ago, a drummer rigged
out a littl chap, 3 or 4 years old,
and started him fishing in the
fountain. "BitinE" was good and
the youngster had no trouble in
landing his fish. The little fellow's
glee knew no bounds, and his
laughter brought "mine host" to
the spot. V What happened does
not need repeating, but it may be
remarked that some firm-came near
being short a "knight of the grip;
It is worth while to ask Mr. Ham
mel for the story. .". ; r f
The ladies of the Catholic church
feel . grateful , for the
patronage
afforded them ' on the occasion of
their fair last Thursday. . Every
thing sold well, even to refresh
ments, and tne sales amounted to
betweeh"$255 and $260, all told.
The ladies will clear $194. They
are well satisfied and surely they
Bhould be. They will now he en
abled to do many . things toward
improving the church, inside and
outside. At present work is in
progress on 'the bell - tower. The
tower is Doing erected ny: axcnenry
cros. a .-.5o8 t
installed for .the May devotional
BfiTOinM s.Wnir .f fno' uM
brines to mind that this is sumos
ed-: to be the largest hell in town
now. The bell is tuned to u. t- v
MAY 15.
Route No. 4, Rural Eree Delilery,
Soon to be Establiished. - .
As first mentioned in the Ga
zette some time ago, 'there has
been a movement on Postmaster i
Johnson's part for some time to
get an R: F..D. route established'
betweeti this city and Bell foun
tain. . From a dispatch in Fri
day's Oregonian, it seems that
Mr. Jshnson is to be granted
that for which he has labored so
strenuously on behalf of the
people. The dispatch referred
to is from .Washington, D.. C,
and reads as follows: -
"Rural free delivery route No.
4 has beeni ordered established
by May 15 at Corvallis, Benton
County, Or.; serving 400 people
and 90 houses." ,
The route is from this city to
Bruce, on the state road, some
ten or twelve miles south of this
city, thence, south and west to
Bellfountain, thence north to
Inavale, thence east to the state
read and then north to Corvallis.
It is supposed that the route will
be established at once. This
will prove a great convenience to
the people of that section of -our
county and is one.mqre: spoke- in
our" wheel,' which is getting larg
er all the time, and which: rolls
in the direction - of improvement
and. general progressj first, last
and eternally. ' . : . ;
Since writing the above we are
advised that Postmaster Johnson
has received official notice' from
the authorities at Washington
D. C.. regarding the establish
ment of said route. . The route is
to be established May 15. The
establishment is not to be delay
ed for any reason, or the route
changed, without the direct au-
earner jxo. 4 leaves to serve
his route at 9:30 a. m. and re
Ujjan 6 p. m. Mr.
p. : m. Mr. J ohnson is
soon to 1 receive notification of
selection of carrier for this route
and . said party selected will have
to immediately submit his bond
to the; government authorities
through Mr. Johnson. If,; for any
reason he fails to do this the rural
board will be
another carrier
10 certlty
for the position
After the establishment of R.
F. D. route No. 4 has been in
vale, will be . discontinued , Ac
cording, to instructions given by
the department to the various
postmasters on the establishment
01 tree rural delivery, are those
relating to boxes of patrons, as
fellows: - "
Lini
. Vnnr rartion an attetlt An MO
i J " . i t-.ct
ucisuus ucaiiiui; iuc - UCUCUl KJi
servlce on a ruraL free delivery
WILL START
com--lIuulclclc4ullwlolull"!,u,u,"lc"
own cost, boxes for the reception
lot mail to be delivered or collect-
l ed by the carrier, and mail should
not be delivered until this require
1 ment has been met-
Tfmfprc atil. MrnVrc ar
nvohibited frQm-actino- as aoents
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for or otherwise aiding in the sale
of boxes, hut they may advise
t with proposed patrons of rural
ft, ronn;mntc r fns A.
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approved box selected by patron
and upon ; patron's request, ; but
are prohibited from receiving any
compensation or profit therefor.
or becoming tne . agent -oi any
rural mail box manufacturer in
canvassing or aiding id the sale
of any particular box." . :
So much for boxes, but there
is more to toiiow. Alter me es
i -.Mr. i
tablishment of R. F. D. route
No. 4. there will be no more de-
ij;veries of "mail by the Star route
carrier between this city and
Bruce and those along this route
should make provisions accord
ingly. "These patrons are to be
served by carrier.
Another Bulletin.
; We acknowledge the receipt of
Kiillphn 'Nr- 8. Orejron Aomciil.
tural College. As is usual with
all ; the bulletins issued from the
co1 eS lfc ,neat
ana araacuYCiu aii ways. , joany
- 1 half-tones are to De touna Detweeu
its covers,, and ,many interesting
5 1 hits or imormauon, quotations,
etc.r;Tne fullowitigjs takeairom
this bulletin: ':. '
' VTheOregon AgticutturaJ Golr
lege is located in Corvallis, a re
fined city" of two thousand it -habitants,
many churches and t
saloons. The citv, which is sit-
uated on hijjh yround,- has never
been visited by any dangerduf-
epidemic d sease. The Stat
Board -of Health and other au
thorities hve 1 made frequent
mention of tne healthfulness. ol
Corvallis and vicinity, . and , havt
snoken of the location of the col
lege as one of te chief causes ol
its rapid growth."
Additional Local.
See Blacklffdgn for furniture, etc.
, - 'x ..;;-'.';.: : 'w' i6
. Ju Ige'WatterH; Profs. Berch told
and - Goodnough are Corvatl siti s
who., arriyd f r m Portland 00 the
B o'clock trin Saturday evening. -
v If you want new flu6S put in a
boiler nal! m I). & A.. y-'
"Rsv. Chambers, of Albany," wi 1
be in this city to bold "Good Fridry
services in the Episcopal cburc
next ; Thursday evening. , ' It ip
earnestly requested that all mem
bers attend.,- J-. V" '; .-.; i. -v.
: Wanted To contract for 1 to 5
tons vetch seed season '1VQ5 S.
L. Kline. . 33-34
Easter social and sale ''of home
made candy and fancy eggs, c m-
mercing at 2 o clock Friday aiter
noon. An Easter supper will be
served at 5 o'clock at 20 cents a
ticket. By ladies of the Baptist
church at room , near Kay's sho
shop on Main street. Your patron
age earnestly solicited.1 -33-34
We have in stock all the stand
ard line of wheels made by the Pope
Manufacturing Co. , at prices to suit
all. D. & A.
At the meeting of Presbytery at
Dallas, arrangement: were made
for the installation of Rev. M.. S
Bush as pastor of the First Pres
by terian church of Corvallis, May
4. Rev. T. B. Griswold, of Albany,
will preside: Kev. JM. D. Uleliand,
of Portland, will preach the sermon;
Kev.. A. Carnck, of Brownsville
will charge the pastor: and Rev.
E. J. Thompson, of Independence.
will charge the people. A cordial
invitation is extended to the people
lof this community to attend this
service. . ; ,'
Call at.the Benton County Lum
ber Yard for prices on three grades
of flooring, rustic, and finishing
lumber.' You will find the grade
and prices right, v , ; ; L . 26.
"Resolved that Inter-Collegiate
athletics do More Good than Harm,"
was the subject of the debate at
the college between representatives
of the Utopian and Feronian
societies. '; The Utopian debating
team consisted of Lena Tartar,
Stella Parsons and Isabel Wright,
and t.'iey had ' the negative. The
affirmative fell - to the following
Foronians, Alice Jones, Lura Flett
and Beasie Yates. The Utopians
won out in tha' decision of the j udges.
This 'was a warm debate on a live
topic and discussion of the matter
is still indulged in by those who at
tended, as well as the participants.
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uiacKieoge, leading wall paper
dealer. 30tf
Second grade fir lumber, almost
any dimension, for only $6. 50 per
thousand feet, at - Corvallis Saw
Mill; :.f: .f - ' - ,' f - 10 tf.
Largest line oi matting in
coun-
ty at Blackiedges. i
30tf
Fresh cigar cuttings just clip
ped at home factory. D. C. Roae &
Son. - ' . 1 26.
A complete, line of Bicycle sun
dries and cutlery on hand all th
time. D. A. -
Repairing of all kinds done neat
ly and without delay by D. &. A-
. New Partnership.
Bert Yates and W. - E. Yate3 have
formed a partnership . nnder the firm
name of Yates & Yates. They expect to
do a general insurance and abstract buai-1
nees Xhey represent good reliable in
surance -companies and will furnish I
accurate, neat and complete abstracts of I
Benton county property at reasonable 1
prices.; Call on or write to Yates &1
Yates, Corvallis, Oregon. " ' .
Wool Pool.
Those wishing to pool their wool with
me can do so by reporting the number of
fleeces to me. I will handle your wool
and sell to the; highest bidder and eive
you what there is in it. Sacks, fleece
and twine ' for sale 'by . me ; at Kings
Valley. F. J. Chambebs;
. 33-50
daises Kldnoys and Bladdct1 Eiabt,
Buy YourlOuting
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HjndTtJored SSSS
Otpilllfet UM But Mtfw iu
Latest Styles in Neckwear and Furnishings.
The White House, Corvallis, Ore,
D. C. HSsstand. c Cham. Blakaslett.
CORVALUS STEAM LAUNDRY.
- PatronSze Home Industry
Outside Orders Solicited.
All Work Guaranteed.
Th ii ew' double- I
'w breasted; model: for
ftS-Spring represents
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CITY PROPERTY eViiASiQsEfc- U
H - . for sale &&&i4s&jsr Corvallis, Ore. !
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fi CALL AND LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH US. Jl
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Turner's Oash Store
. One door South of Farmers' Hotel, Corvallis.
; :. Since moving into our New Location we have stocked up
with a Pull Line of Fresh Goodsl Will keep a full line of fresh
Groceries, Vegetables, Fruits, Etc. ,
FULL LINE OF BEE SUPPLIES.
Delivery system regular and reliable. ? Store open from 6:30
a. m. to 8:30 p.m. every, day during the week. 7 Expenses are
lower than those of any other grocery firm" in the city and our
prices are fixed accordingly. ; .Call and see or ring up Indepen
dent Phone No. 452. . ; -
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Clothes Herb.
We'll save you money,
and give you a pleasing,
becoming sort of style.
We are ready for you'.
H. S. & M. style is per
fection. Outing Pants, $2.50 to $4.00
Fancy Vests, $1.00 to $3.50
CORVALLIS,
OHEGOa.
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