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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1905)
LOCAL AND PERSONAL firm : Dr. Pernot went to Portland yes terday to atteai the medical con gress. : - ... .. Walter Wiles, wife and daughter, went to Portland, Tuesday, to visit the Fain L. D. Knighten, of Peoria, was a Coryallh visitor last Monday and was attending business. Dr. G. R. Farra went to Portland, Tuesday, to attend the congress of the medical association. Jack Arnold and his mother went over to the coast a few days ago to try the ozone of that locality. E. W. S. Pratt has been remod eling and improving his jewelry store during the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Martin ar ' rived home. Monday, from a we.-k at the Exposition. They report it to be very fine. Once again the song of the mow r can be heard on all sides. From various parts of the country comes the report of abundant crops. Miss Mary Winn, who has been visiting her sieter, Mrs. F. A Hencye, of this city, for ihe past month, returned, Wednesday, to her home in Portland. D. C. Rose went to McMinnyille, Tuesday, to atteiid the quarterly meeting of the directors of the Ore con Fire Relief Association. Mr, Rose is one ofthe directors. Tuesday, Mrs, Geo. Dickev went to Portland . to attend a married daughter, who is ill with the measles Tomorrow, two daughters, Myrtle and Rose will go to Portland, the former to secure treatment for her heart. W. E. Paul went to Portland Wednesday, to meet his son-in-law Frank Conover, formerly of this city; Mr. Conover is now living in Butte, Montana, and is doing exceedingly well, lie was down this way on business and Mr. Paul embraced the opportunity to see him. Mr, Paul will see the Exposition before he returns. Prof. J. B. Horner arrived home last Tuesday evening from a trip through (Jen ral and Eastern Ore gon. lie has good reports ot crop , prospects in thai section, and, as good crops make it possible for far- . mere to send their children abroad . to school, it naturally follows that the professor is counting on a good attendance at OAC from Eastern Oregon this fall.' Subjects for brief sermons at the Christian Church for the next few Sunday evenings are as follows. July 16, "Ruth and Orpha;" July 23, "John, the Beloved Disciple;" July 30, "Jonah, the Runaway Preacher.1' Next Sunday morning the subject will be, "Part Second of a Sermon on 'The Greater Work Than Miracles.'" 'r Other services will be held as usual. During the past few days, work men have been engaged at the task of laying out and' preparing for a new walk on OAC's campus. The new walk Btarts from a point in front ef the administration build ing, and, diverging from the other walks, takes a north-easterly course across the campus to the street near the Denman property. When graded, graveled and rolled thor oughly it is thought that it will be Mreated to a coating of granite sand as have the oth?"r walke ! Really this new walk is much needed. Brookside, the pretty home of Hon. and Mrs. E. H. Belknap, was the scene of a pleasant gathering ot Jelatives and friends, Tuesdav evening, July, 10th. Mrs. I. B. Anderson, of Spokane, Wash., bib ter of Mr. Belknap, and Mrs. Emil Wommelsdorf, formerly of Helena, Mont., and sister of Mrs. Craven P. Persinger, were the guests of honor. It was the eve of the depaiture of the ladies, Mrs. Anderson return ing to her home and Mrs. Wom melsdorf going to her new home at Salem, Ore. Mrs". Belknap, the charming hostess, had arranged an interesting program: the refresh ments were delicious and the enjoy able evening will be long remem bered by those who were present. ' H. E. Spencer, who is farming the Joseph Yates place across in Liirn county, reports an experi ment that he made in the manner of putting in grain last Feburary and March. It seems that during this period he plowed 55 acres, half with a common plow and -the re mainder with a double disc plow. The grain, is now well advanced and Mr. Spencer declares that the grain put in with a disc plow is far - su perior to that on the ground pre pared with an ordinary plow. The same kind of seed was used and all conditions were the same with the exception of the difference in plows. Mr. Spencer says that the disc plow does better work than the ordinary plow pulverizes more. Here may be something worthy the consider ation of our farmers. evening O.to Hen-e is home again his trip to Eastern Oregon. Ray Cady departed yesterday for Heppner, Eastern Oregon, where we are informed he has a good position in a laundry awaiting him. ... Sunday services at the United Evangelical church. C. T. Hurd, pastor, will preach. Morning sub ject, 'Christian Activity;" subject, "Ihe itod of Moses, Last Sunday a party of ten or fif teen perple had a hayrack ride from this city to Sulphur Springs. A little dust, but enough fun to make up for it, is tb'e verdict. . Woo. Baker and family, accom panied by Mrs. Daisy Overlander, went to Alsea, Wednesday, to camp out for a couple of weeks, during which time they will fish and pick berries. v. Wednesday, a party consisting of William Bogue, wife and son, Misses Cecil and Louise Erwin, Mr. and Mre. M. Bauer and. others started for Cascsidia, where they are to camp indefinitely. r . M. Zieroif, who tor a week or longer has been in Portland taking treatment . for his rheumatism, writes that he is improving a little now. Immediately after going down his condition got worse. Presbyterian Church, M. S. Bush, pastor. Bib'e School, 10 a. m Worship, 11 a. m., subject, "The Deceitful Way." - C. E. meeting, 7 p. m. Evening service at 8, sub iect, "Christ's Call and it's Mean ing." We are in receipt of the annual catalogue of the State Normal School at Weston, Eastern Oregon. The catalogue is replete with fine and attractice illustrations and there is much data of value to prospective students. . - . Prof. A. L. Knisely, of OAC. has been in Portland during the week in attendance at the Pure Food and Dairy Association, before which body he read a paper. A very nice bait-tone ot tne professoj was pro duced in the Oregonian of Wednes day.--. - Help the school children in their endeavor to raise funds for a school library. They are to produce "Blue Beard" in the Opera House at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Go and be one of the crowd . Applaud and whoop them up-you are certain to enjoy yourself. : J '..;- The Ladies' Aid Society of the United Evangelical Church will give a Lawn Social next Tuesday evening on the lawn of their church to which the public- is most cordrally invited. There will be music through the entire evening, and ice. cream and cake will be served. J. J. Cady, of the firm of Hollen- berg & Cady, arrived home, Wednes day, from a business trip to the bay. . W. C. Swann, who for the past ten days has been engaged " in placing furniture in a large hotel over mere tor tne aoove-mentionea firm, came home yesterday. Mrs. F. A. Hencye expects to leave in a few days for Portland from where, after being joined by her mother and sister, Mrs. . W. Winn and Miss Mary Winn, of that city, she will proceed- to Long Beach, Wash., there to remain through the rest of the summer season. Cal Thrasher, .who was a month in Eastern Oregon in the interest cf the Oregon Fire Relief Association, arrived home for business last Wednesday. He nas good reports for that section. Pendleton, he says is a veiy lively and wide-awake city, Crop prospects are fine. '-Altogether he had a protitabletrip. f The following dispatch was sent the Telegram from Albany a few days ago: During the races of the Albany Driving, Association last week, Mrs. Clarence Ireland, of Corvallis, wasserioufaly injured and a valuable horse killed, as Uie re sult of a runaway. -.Mrs Ireland was st nding upright in the buggy watching a race, when her horse be came frightened and began plung ing, throwing her-out. The horse then dashed forward against a dray team, the buggy shaft striking one of the horses hitched 1 to . the dray, piercing its side. .The animal -died as a result of its injuries, ' Next Wednesday, President L. B. Baldwin, : of the college of Philo math, accompanied: by his family, will depart for Albion,' Wash., where he has accepted the presidency of Edwards College. President Bald win has been in charge of the col lege at Philomath for several years and under his management the school lias ; prospered. Prior to coming here, he was President of the college at Albion, ta which - po-t eition he is now returning. - He was president of- that college for four years before coming to Philo math.. Since coming here he has made many friends who are loath to see him depart. W. T. Wyatt has been elected to the presidency of the College of Philomath and has the matter ot acceptance under ad vitement. Council met last Monday even ing in regular session and attend ed such matters as came before it. But few warrants were ordered drawn. When it came to the matter of funds Mayor Johnson called Councilman Rennie to the chair and made quite a speech on the financial condition of the city and stated emphatically that he would not sign any warrants that were not required by strict neces sity, c rv - J. F. Yates having resigned as city attorney, E. R. Bryson was appointed to fill the vacancy. The resignation of Is. P. Gref- foz as police judge, was consider ed and J. F. Yates was appointed to the position. This office in all likelihood would have been declared vacant anyway as Mr. Greffoz had been absent without leave beyond the ten days allow ed by charter. In tendering his resignation, Mr. Greffoz intimated that prob ably some errors would be found in his accounts, as he had been suffering ill health for some time and his books he feared were muddled. In . consideration of this statement, together with the faetthat he had vacated the office, "j 1 ' a a it was aeemea wise to expert nis books. . For this purpose Geo, E. Lilly, W. G. Eamy and P, Avery, all council men, were ap . i ... . . pointea a committee to examine Mr. Greffoz books. It is reported that these gentlemen will find some shortage. Cour cil Notes. how easily a young man or lady may learn telegraphy and be as sured a position. 58-93. ' ; " Blackiedge. dealer. Mary A. Egglestou. At the Good Samaritan hos pital, Portland, Oregon, on July 2, Mrs. Mary A. Uggleston depart ea mis uie. , tier aeatn was caused by cerebral apoplexy. Deceased was born in Iowa, March 27, 1859, and was aged 46 years, 3 months and 5 days at the time of her death. The year that she was born her par ents crocsed the plains to Oregon, arriving here on the 20 of No vember and settling near Turner. In October . 1 061 her parents moved to Benton county and set tled a couple of miles south of Philomath. ; :. In 1871 her- parents rmoved - to Corvallis, where she resided until her marriage with Wm. N. Eg glesion on March 17, 1876. Since her marriage she has resided in Corvallis, Eugene, Independence, McMinuville, Oregon City, Leb anon and Portland. , She leaves two sons, . William EL, Eggleston and Claud J. Eg gleston. She is also survived by four sisters, Mrs.-F. J. Hendnck son, Mrs. Jacob Turner, Mrs.- J. N. Crider and Mrs. H. D. Car- nine, all of Portland, Oregon: al so three brothers' William Em rick, of,-Merlin, Oregonj George W. Emrick, of Corvallis, and Joseph H. Emrick, ol Portland Benefits to Follow. Last Tuesday George A. Wag goner, arrived home from Port land where he had passed the previous two weeks in the . inter est, of his book,- 'Stories of Old Oregon." Mr. Waggoner speaks most favorably of the Fair and says success is stamped everywhere, The attractions are all high-class and the attendance is good. The mass ot the people are from the border states and the - great mid die west. 'Y-" Many of the people he declares are looking for homes. They are generally most favorably 1m pressed with what they have seen, not alone of the Exposition and Portland, but of the surround ing- country. A large percent 01 the (people go into the country and sum things up. :: : ; , The climate is another ; feature that appeals strongly to those from . other sections. As Mr. Waggoner sums things up, the Fair is certain to prove a good thing. for the state, r . . - leading wall paper SOt- Henry Ambler and wife are now domiciled in this city to the pleas ure 01 many mends. Largest line of matting in coun ty at Blackledges. 30tf Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Gerhard ar- rived home, Wednesday evening, from Portland, where they had been in attendance at the Exposition 'for a couple of weeks. . See the Corbin Giants at the Opera House, Saturday night, July 10. Admission zo ana 00 cents. Wanted mill and yard men. by Booth-Kelly Lbr. Co., Coburg., Or. Good wages and steady work. 57-8. Deputy Gentry closed a cam paign here in the Maccabees with good - success. 25 candidates were initiated and more applications coming in. Congregational Church: Sunday School at 10,. Worship and sermon at 11, Christian Endeavor at 7, Ves per Service and sermon at 8. Morn ing, sermon, "Kindness: What is it? Its Root. Its Power." Evening sermon, "The Jew: What the world owes to the Jew. Will he ever return to Palestine?": There will be service at Plymouth at 3 p. See the Corbin Giants at the Opera House, Saturday night, July 10. Admission 25 and 00 cents. J. L. Underwood has given to Adams Bros, the contract for build ing for r him a very fine ; 10-room nouse on tne lots ne recently pur chased iu the B.W.Wilson block. This is an excellent location. Work . we are told, is to begin at once. - A special train, bearing A. B. Hammond and an official of the Chicago Northwestern R. R. pas; sed through this city yesterday morning for the bay. It is under stood that these gentleman are to pass over the entire system of the U & E and rumor has it that their trip has a bearing on the pro posed extension of this road. The C. K. Spaulding log drive is passing this citv. The greater part of the drive is just above ihe city a snort distance. The logs in the main river "immed" on one of the riffles and the water was forced through the new channel. It was forced throuak in Buch volumes that many; of the logs were carried through this channel and came out into the main river again just above the FisGber mills, r These legs" were mostly from the McKenzie river and are balm and asb. The balm we are told is to be taken to the paper mills at Oregon City while the other ; logs will nnd their way to the Spaulding mill at Newberg. Country Correspondence. OAK QKOVR CHIPS.". Elmer Goff got badly kicked by a vie- ious horse while raking hay for George Beamis, Monday. Carry Gibson, of Cottage Grove, who has been visiting her parents here, returned home Tuesday.. " Mrs. Mary Dodele, of Newberg, is vis iting at the home of her brother, Geo. Beamis ; she expects to return home the latter part of he week. - Mr. and Mrs. G. VV. Goff spent a few days 'at the Fair this week, returning home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. -Albert WillUmson, of Albany, were visiting relatives at Welle, Sunday." " - ' George Price, of Palestine, now drives a fine span' of roadsters. He bought them of Mr. Walton, late ot Esstern Oregon. . . ... ;-. Archis Kisor's graceful form was" Been leisurely moving arju:id at Oak Grove, Sunday. . Wm.Gellat.ly, of Blogett, wa3 in this part of. the county last Saturday. . Fall gra:.n is ripening fast and tha com ing -week will witness many . binders afield tying up the golden sheaves. S. P. Liwren3on is one of tha .busiest men at; Oak Grove. He says his farm is too large and on that account will be compelled to sell a part of it or retire from agricultural pursuits altogether. 35 ih mm 35th AWMIVIERSAY SALE As this week marks the Thirty-fifth year that I have been in business in Corvallis, I wish first to thank my patrons and friends for the liberal patronage they have extended me, and to announce that, as has been my custom. I am going to hold an Anniversary Sale for just one week, but this year I am going to offer you prices that will eclipse any--previously made on the same lines of goods. HERE ARE SOME OF THE PRICES I AM MAKING: 1,900 yards Torshon Lace and insertion,, all widths and select patterns, while it lasts, 5c per yard. . Thompson's Glove Fitting and . W. B. Corsets, to fit all forms, . $1.50, $1.25, and $1.00 grades are going at 75c. 50e values reduced to 36c Ladies' Sailor Hats, this line we are going to discontinue. . - 50c values 24c 25c values 19c Special, Amoskeag Ginghams, all colors, 5 c per yard. Ladies' Purses and Hand Bags, black, brown, white and:tanj , : . ' leather and velvet. . - . - Regular $1.50', reduced to $1.15. " 1.25,- " " .95- - 1.00, " , " .75. v.V v - .75, " 'r ,48- Ladies' Auto, Yacht, Golf, and Saucy Susan caps, all colors. , : $1.50 caps, now $1.05. $1.00 caps,: now 78c. " 1.25 " 95c 75c " " 56c. 50c caps, now 38c. I want to close out my entire line of Summer Suitin x i a i i a i goods, comprising Voiles, Scotch Oxfords, Mercerized Taffetas, Spot Mohairs and Crepes, Luster Linens and Homespun Suit ings, n the season's latest shades, at the following prices: 40c goods reduced to 31c. 30c " " " 22c. 35c goods reduced to 27c. 20c 15c. 10c. 25c 16k 10c 19c 12k. 8c. 50 pairs of Men's Trousers and Outing Pants, reduced from $4.50-io $3.60. . $4.00 to $3.20. 3-50 " 2.65. 3.00 " 2.35 $2.50 to $1 95. Boy's Buster Brown, Norfolk and Middy Suits, size 3 to 8 years. Regular $3.50, special $2.95- 3.00, 2.50, 2.00, 1.50, 2.55. 2.15. 1.65. 1.29. GROCERY DEPARTMENT, : Ball Mason Fruit Jars, EXTRA SPECIAL pints -60c ,. ; , .. quarts- - -73c half-gal $1.00 21 pounds choice Rice- - $1.00 6 cans Sardines - 25c Extra Standard Tomatoes, per can 10c doz--$1.00 Corn, per can -10c Arm and Hammer or Schillings Soda, 4 packages for---------- 25e Western Dry Granulated Sugar, sack $5.70 Fruit Sugar, 'per sack $5.70 The White House, Corvallis, Ore. Additional Local. See Blackiedge for furniture, etc. - 26 Service at the Catholic Church at 9: a. m, Sunday. No evening Ber vice. Every man owes it to himself and his family to master a trade or pro fession. Read the display adver tisement of the six Morse Schools of Telegraphy, -in this issue, and learn v- : Bbaveu Cheek. ? - r Sherman Gleascm was a business visit or at Corvallis one day last week.. .. Haying is now running at full" blast and binding has commenced. ' Cbas. Armstrong left for Coberg last Monday, where he has a situation offered him in the saw mill, Ben Ireland has been doing some road work on the road leading up to his homestead.'-. ' ' . : ' ' . Frank Peterson and wife,' of Inavale, left last Monday, for Portland, where they will visit the Exposition and then proceed to Eastern Oregon, v here they will harvest. ..." - - , ' t ' Several of our citizens spent the Fourth at Philomath. All report to have had a good time. ' - - . .. , The very hot weather is ripsning the grain at a very. fast rate; the thermome ter having reached 108 degrees F. iji the shade. A MAN Is Judged by theHat he! Wears. We carry a larger stock of Hats than some exclusive . hat stores. If you don't believe Jit we'll show you the goods. F. L. LLER, CORVALLIS OREGON Lumber for Sale. , Fir Lumbar, dressed of rough. Complete house bills delivered if so desired. It will pay you to investigate the prices. Mills two miles west of Independent school house. Bell phone 4x2. OTIS SKIPTON, ; v. ... - R- F. D. No. 2, Corvallis, Oregon.