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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1906)
LOCAL AND PERSONAL Miss Mabel Keady left Fridiy far Shedd for a visit with Misa Alary Sutherland. Mrs. James Berry is visiting her parents in Salem. She left the la t of the week. Bert Pilkington of OAC went to Oakland Saturday far a brief visit with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Tom. Bell were Newport visitors the pat few days. They left Thursday. Johnson Porter - and family left Friday for ttieir ranch to spend the balance of the summer. The Tartar boys arrived home Friday from Polk county, where th?y bad been working ia a hop yard. v Profs. Shaw and Cordley arrived home Friday from a several weeks' trip by private conveyance through Southern Oregon. There was a social over in KingH Valley Saturday evening, for which twenty gallons of ice cream was sent out from this city. Miss Hallie Thomas, a teacher in the Portland public school, left yes terday for hei home, after a visit with her aunt, Mrs. J. E. Farmer. Prof, and Mrs. G. Taillandier and Prof, and Mrs. McKellips left Snn lay for a several weeks' outing at the coast. They will strike camp at Yachaats. Th ice cretin social given by the W. C. T. U. ladies on the court house lawn Friday evening was a pleasant and profitabls affair, over 4i0 being taken in. Mr. and Mrs. Rica arrived a few days ago from California, having driven all the way in a one-horse open buggy. They will remain for the present in this city. A. P. Maxwell and daughter, Miss Ida, came out from Halsey, Kridy, for a visit with F. M. Max field and family. Miss Ida Max field was formerly a teacher in the Corvallis public school. Miss Margaret Snell who fell and injured her arm several weeks ago, is only now recovering the use of the injured member, it having caused her much pain and incon venience. It was the intention of the county court to have workman begin the task of building a bridge across Muddy, yesterday, at what is known as the Qui very, place.- -This is about seven miles south of Corval Up. A. E. Bell will have charge of the work. Ralph Pruett, the popular sales man at Kline's arrived home Satur day from his vacation at Bellfoun tain. After reading the story of his hunting adventures, as publisb d in the last Gazette, Ralph avers that had he not lost his ammuni tion in falling down the mountain, he would have got the chipmunk th at caused him such a fright. There wis a launching party on the river a few evenings ago that was much enjoyed. The party went down the river several miles, had lunch and ongaged in general merry-making for several hours. Those who went were: Misses Ella Foster, Myrtle Moore, Svlva and Mamie Starr, and Messrs. Sam Harteock and Adrian Kemp. Paul Johnson, the well-known fruit grower of near Albany, made his la9t trip to Corvallis with ber ries for this season, a few days ago. Mr. Johnson makes more money out of his berry patch each season than is realized from a much larger acreage of wheat on many a Wil lameti farm, all of which goes to prove th t diversified farming is the profitable thing for the Willamette Valley. For the benefit of t,ho? who le sire to ppand a day at th cmt but who objJcl tj going on Sunday, n mid-week excursion is to ho run tomorrow Wednesday. The train leaves Albany ut 7:30 a. m. trnd arrives ut Nwp irt at noon. Re turning the train will lave New port at 5:30, arriving in this city at ten p. in. The train will run on th schedule of the Sunday New part special. The fare for the round trip on tb rnkl-wk excur sion will ba ? 1.50 fjr aJult ami $1 far children. A very neat and attractive book let has been issued by the Mar ch uits Investment and Trust Com pany of Portland. It is for free distribution aud will be mailed to anyone for the asking. This com pany is solicting business in its line, which is the handling of estates for individuals, and as this is a business that demands great skill, they feel free iu asking tYr patron age, as they are experts in their line. Accounts of all kinds are ac cepted and they will -receive five doll ars' worth of business" just as readily as, five .thousands .The company's advertisement - can be f und elsewhere in these c3lumns. -. C. A. King of Harris station was in Corvallis on business the last cf the week. Mrs. William Schmidt arrived home Sunday from aeeyeral weeks' stay ut Newport. Prof. Riymond gave a dance in ) Fisher's hall Friday night, that was a very pleasant affair. Miss Mary Sutherland left Fri day for her home at Shedd, aftr a few days' visit with Corvallis friends. T. T Kemp and family moved the last of the week from Philo math to Corvallis, to take up their residence. Miss Maggie Kester returned to her home in this city Saturday after having taugnt a nine-months' term of echool in Alsea. The quarterly conference of the United Evangelical church meets in this city August 5th. Presiding Elder Ball&ntyne will be present to conduct the services, and the mem bers are asked to be present. . Prof. Berchtold, E. F. Pernot, G. B. Keadv and E. B. Horning are planning to leave Thursday by team for an outing in the Cascade mountains. Thy will start up the Santiam road and may make tne return trip via Belknap springs. Charles Woodruff, salesman with R. M, Wade and Co., has pur chased the C. C. Huff residenca property in this city and will oc cupy it with his family. Mr. Huff will remove to bis ranch home west of town. The consideration was $1,400. F. E. Edwards left Friday morning for Mayville, Eastern Oregon, to run a thresner engine through harvest for his brother. Ranchers in that locality are pay ing $4 and $5 per day for hands to work in the harvest field, and cannot get help even at those prices. Mrs. Otto F. L. Herse'and chil dren, who spent the summer in Mrs. Herse's old home in Nebraska, were in Portland last week, enroute to Eureka. California. A sister cf Mrs. Herse, Miss Agnes Mewis, who summered a year ago in Cor vallis, was also- a member of the party going to Eureka. . A deed filed at the recorder's office Saturday afternoon conveys the handsome residence property of the Hartleys, in this city, from the mother, Mrs. Lewis Hartley to the daughter, Miss Sophia. A bill of sale of the household effects is also given the daughter, thus mak ing her sole possessor of the premises. W. H. Robinson and family who left Corvallis a few weeks ago for their old home in Lisbon, North Dakota, write that they are glad to be back at the former home and that they are comfortably set tled. Miss Mabel has secured a school a couple of miles from Lisbon at $47 per month and is well pleased over the chance of location. The inventory of the estate of the late C. Sullivan was yesterday filed in the county clerk's office. The appraisement shows the estate to be valued at $12,727.72, divided into the following: Raal estate, $7,600; notes and accounts, $1,140; stock in corporations, $3,000; cash, $9S. 62; insurance, $2,000, Al bany Her.tld. Saturday there arrived in this city from a large goat farm in Texas a thoroughbred V-iliy eont for W. J. Warfield of A'.-en. The animal is from -i celebrated strain of goats former Iv imported to this cmi .try from South Africa. Mr. Warfiflld came over Saturday and departed with his priza the following day. Many Alsea people are be--comiDg well knowu for their herds j of fine goats. J J isepb Ytes of this citv atfend j el the funeral al Tangent, Satur j day, of Andrew J. Bievind. Mr. Blevir.s was driving thi horse on a i hay fork, Thursday afternoon, nt his home five miles en-t of Corvjl I lis, when thf rigging broke and th jt-injle tree struck Mr. Blevins hi j the abdomen, inflicting internal in- juries from which he died at an i earl' hour Friday morning. De j ceased was a native of Missouri and j was 70 years of age. He c.vme to j Oregon in 1850, end was known t j many old residents of this 8?ctiou. At a meeting held Friday even ing by the water committee, the terms of the members of the water commission were fixed as follows: S. L. Kline to serve four years; F. L. Miller three years; W. IS. McFad den two years and R. H. Huston one year. R. II. Huston was ap pointed chairman and S. L. Kline clerk. Bradv Burnett is to serve as superintendent of the City Water Worke, and was asked to give $1000 bonds. The selection of Mr. Bur nett is certainly a good one and meets with general approval from the public. He will devote his entire time to the work and an of- j fice for the company will be main tained in the city hall. Ray Cuivf-r, a former OAC stu dent, was calling on old friends in this city Saturday. - He is a - resi dent of McMinnville." ' Mr. and Mrs. Fred Edwards of Condon are the proud parents of a son, born last Sunday. Fred is an oid OAC student and football play er. See those fans at the Bazaar. 2( Nash Taylor has been suffering with an attack of tonsilitis and has been unable to attend to his duties as salesman for Nolan and Son. Photos First-class work, guar anteed to please, at "Corvallis Stu dio." 56-tf Robert Stevens, the man who defeated Tom Word in the race foi sheriff of Multnomah county, was a visitor in Corvallis Saturday, on business Wanted Three good men to work at brick yard. Call Inde pendent phone 725 or inquire at Corvallis Brick and Tile Works. 60-61 The following notice was found posted on a deserted homestead in tbe arid region of Kansas: "Four mi'es from a neighbor, 16 miles lrom a poet office, 120 miles from a railroad, 14 miles from a school house, 41 miles from a church, 180 miles to timber, 3000 miles to a re puolican, half a mile to hall, and the same distance to a democrat. Gone to Oregon God's country to get a new start." For Sale Vetch, oat and cheat hay. Inquire W. C- Metcalf, Ind. Phone 723. 57 tf. The athletic field at OAC togeth er with grandstand, bleachers and and all other paraphernalia, will be moved before' college opens in Sept., 19C7. The change is made neces sary by the erection of the Woman's building, which will be directly back of the present field, and the removal must be made in order that a sui table lawn and grounds can be made for the new building. The present track, however, will be in use until the close of the coming foot ball and track seaeon. Go to the Bazaar and get a 65c cor Bet cover for 45c. 61-62 Teams wanted at once to haul wood. P. A. Kline. 53tf Down at Independence, which is in the center of the largest bop section in this part of Oregon, they are predicting that the hop market will open this year at 15 cants, when actual buying begins. A raise of one cent per pound in the price of hops means $40,000 to the community, and as a result that town is going to sit up and take notice on hop conditions. One grower at Independence has been offered 13 cents, and others are con tracting at 12. Reports from London state that the English crop is suffering from vermin. $50 buys a small separator and 10-horse power threshing machine. W. H. Dean, Monroe, Or. 58tf All kinds of household furni ture for sale. Call on J. H. Pi ice, Ninth and Monroe Sts., Phone 183. 61 Real Estate Transfers. Carrie Blain to J. T. Laselle, et al., deed 5 acres northwest of Albany; $10.00. Thomas Whitehorn and wife to Lillian L. Taylor, use of stone wall of Whitehorn building, on Second street, Corvallis: $580. W. A. Wells and wife to Orrin A. Tozier, deed to lots 3 and 4, block 3, Avery & Wells addition to Corvallis; $125. William Creese, et al., to Citv of Corvallis, q. c. d. to parcel of l.nd in Jobs addition; $5.00. Cora A. Hartley to Sophia Hartley, 6 lots, block 19, Cor vallis; $i.oo, Cora A. Hartley to Sophia Hartley, b. of s. of furniture; $1.00. Louis Hartlev and Cora A. Hartley, agreement. Charles S. Campbell and wife to Maryette Campbell, deed to lots 5 and 11, one-half of lots 6 and 12, biock 10, Dickson's 2d addition to Corvallis; $150. H. A. Rust and wife to Ma lichi Mitchell, deed to 80 acres south of Philomath; $2,500. Jacob Tevebaugh and M. L. Tevebaugh to A. J. Smith and wife, land 7 miles west of Philomath; $3,000. All The World Knows that Ballard's Snow Liniment has no superior for Rheumatism, Stiff Joints, Cuts, Sprains Lumbago, and all pains. Bay it, try it and you will always use it. Anybody who has used Ballard's Snow Liniment is a proof of what it 3oes. All we ask of you is to get a trial bottle. Prices 25c, 50c and $ 1.00. Graham & Wortham. Clark Mnndy Jeft . yesterday for a week's visit ia Portland. W. L. Price of Kings Valley was a Corvallis visitor Saturday. d Browning of Bellefountain was an over-Sunday visitor in Corvallis. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Blake of Wells spent Sunday at the Herbert home in this city. . Mrs. Ed. Andrews went to Portland Saturday on a visit, and was ex pee ted home laBt night. F. O. Gray and Lewis Hollenberg are to leave Saturday for a brief business trip to Northern California. Dick Zahn, the slayer of more cougars than any man in Benton county, was ia from Alsea on a visit Saturday. Pat Stewart and Milt Millhollen left yesterday for a fishing trip to Big Elk. They will be absent two or three weeks. Mrs.' Mary Ingram and Mrs. Barney Se.ts', of Monroe, were guests several days last week of Mrs. T. H. Wellsher. There is to be an ice cream social at McFarland chapel Thursday evening, which promises to be an enjoyable affair. Mrs. H. I. Bees, who has been the guestof her sister, Mrs. Lee Henkk, leave toaay for her home at North Bend, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Lee, Henkle left Satur day morning for a visit of ten days with their son Arthur Henkle and family, at Chehalis, Washington. Frank Williams, Golda Howard, Chas. Nixon and Martha Tharp, all ot Belle f juntain, were in Corvallis Sunday morn ing and joined in the excursion to the bay. ' ' j The Croft & Wilbanks hay baler made a record for itself last week. It baled 19 tons a day, and on the Fred Croft place the boya baled 75 tons without moving the baler. A postal card from Rev. G. H. Feese states that the family is comfortably lo cated in "Camp Skookum," Alsea, and all members of the party are enjoying the outing to the limit. J. E. Winegar, of Oregon City, was the guest of Corvallis relatives Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Winegar is interested in the Oregon City Laundry, with Mr. Heis tand, formerly of this city. S. B. Bane and wife and John Hays aud wife have pitched their tents at Mount Scott, iu the hills west of towu, where they will enjoy camp life for some weeks. They left Saturday. Warren Hinton, of Bellefountain, who has occupied tha John Price place for two years, is to quit the ranch this fall and move to Corvallis. It is understood he will open a boarding bouse, Cecil Cathey, who eajoys a good local reputation, as a sign writer, was engaged by J. M. Deeds to assist in lettering the main drop curtain in the opera houBe. The work is of an order jnstifying pride on Cecil's pftrt. W. G. Emery received a message Sat urday morning stating that his wife was ill, in Portland, and he hastily made prep arations to go to that city, when another message came, stating that she was much better, and ne decided to await furthes news. A day or two ago there appeared a notice in one of the metropolitan papers to the effect that there was a movement on foot for the establishment of a Wil amette Valley theatrical circuit. This circuit was to take in all the- principal towns in the valley and the intention seemed to be to bill good stock compan ies over the route once in every two weeks. From what we are informed Corvallis is not included in the circuit. J. M, Deeds, of Eugene, who has been engaged at the task of painting scenery for the local opera house for tbe past two or three weeks, has completed his labors, The work has been most artistically done and is a credit to Mr. Deeds. The difference in the appearance of the stage will be very noticeable to theatre-goers this fall. Mr. Deeds, while a young artist, has had a vast amount of experience in scene-painting in all sections of the United States, and his work will easily pass critical inspec tion. The gentleman's next work is in Tillamook and he has taken his depart ure for that point. I For Those 1 fi Who Work 'Round Stables or in tbe Fields. There are no better Shoes made than tb.3 ckar Built of the best material known and finished in a man ner that bids defiance to wear. Sold by A.K.RUSS The only exclusive Men's -. Furnishing store in town. A ' few summer suits left at 20 per cent discount!.' Corvallis, Oregon : .? Ind. xr hone No. 48i. , , . ff Pa 41 WATCH FOR KUNE'S anmrnmnKBO0 IS The PepS'& Siora Established 1864, Corvallis, Oregon. OUR EUJid-Suminer Sale IS NOW ON And for 3D days we will offer the entire stock of Dry Goods, Boois and Shoes, Clothing, etc., at extra special prices. 20 yards of Calico $1.00 15c, 20c and 25c Summer Goods 10 Odd sets of Ladies' Waists, $1, $1.50, $1.75 .25 20 Per Cent Or? en AH Closing " When you see It F. L. MILLER'S corvallis, oregoh SEEING IS BELEEVirVCx Then come in and see my line of Sporting Goods and be con vinced that it is the best and, most complete line ever brought to your city, consisting of Guns and Ammunition, Fishing Tackle,' Base-ball Goods, Bicycles and Sundries, Pocket Knives, Razors, Sewing Machine Supplies, etc Gasoline and Dry Cells for sale. Agent for the Olds Gasoline Engines and Automobiles! Guns and Bicycles For Rent. First-class Repair Shop. m. m. long, Ind. Phom 126 Residence 324 CORVALLIS, - OREGOis. ICES AND CREAMS. We are now prepared to provide the pub lic wilh Ices, Water, ices, Creams, Sher bets, and everything; in this line. SPECIAL. FANCY ORDERS For social functions solicited. We cater to the whole rublic and guarantee the best at reaso-ia Ae prices. When you want anything in our line remember us. Onro-v i -pedal free delivery to any part of rJi- el'.y large or small quantities. COR V ALUS CREAMERY CO. ran $jfeO.' POLKA a wC&ZWm mxcd" Pain but when JW0 mixed with thick ' I! ANNUAL a iriour ad it is so." i DOT C AN S Pure, raw linseed oil coses less man reaqy- pigment,7 gallon - for gallon, it makes the best paint for the least money. For Sale by GRAHAM & WELLS j Corvallis, Oregon. ill ma