IQCAL AND PERSONAL Rev. P. A. Mosea has been quite ill at th? family home, since laet Tuesday. Mrs. Nick Tartar has been the guest this week of friends at Airiie. She left Tuesday. Mrs. J. C. Hammel and daughter Blanche, and Mrs. Woods, of Port land, left Tuesday for an outing at Newport. Mrs. Anna Mills and daughter, Miss Clara, arrived home Tuesday f-om a week's visit with McMinn ville relatives. Dr. Bo wen Lester has returned frotao his extended sojourn at Belk nap Springs. He derived much benefit from the trip. Rev. G. H. Feese has been assist ing S. B. Bane in the hay field this week, and taking on the complexion of a farmer. Mrs. John W. Simpson and Mrs. Gene M. Simpson were guests from Sunday until Tuesday of Indepen dence and Dallas friends. Mi?s Minnie Woldt left Tuesday for Albany, after a visit with Cor vallis friends. She goes from there to her home in Portland. Miss Frances Belknap left Wed nesday for Gearhart Park to attend the Y. W.C.A. conference, which be gins Friday and continues for ten days. Henry Ambler and wife are to eail from England for the United States on September 12th. They are expected in Corvallis about October 1st. Mrs. J. D. Wells returned Tues day from Kings Valley, where she had been visiting relatives. She was accompanied home by her mother, Mrs. E. A. Chenoweth. The room occupied by the Je86e Wiley lunch counter is being re modeled. The old front has been torn out and a glass front takes its place, adding- very much to the ap pearance of the resort. Tne Epworth League of the M.E. church had a pocial in t'je basement of the church Tuesday evening. Too League members and a fw of their friends were present, and a fine time was had by everyone. The county board of equalization has been in session thin week "over at the court house. It is collp vd of the county judge, county clerii and assessor. But. very little busi ness was up before the board at this week's session. J. D. Wells goes to Salem today on a business trip. Mr. Klecker of Alsea was a visitor in Uorvallis, Tuesday. Miss Ruth Lilly is visiting at the tiomer ljiiiy Dome at wrenn lor a week. Dolph Emerick and family left Tuesday for Centralia, Wash., to reside. Mrs. Mary Dinges and Mrs Wood spent Wednesday with rela tives at Monroe. J. W. Ingle came back Tuesday evening from a business trip to Portland. Mrs. August Hodes left Wednes day for a tendays' visit with frierijs in Portland. Mrs. Thomas Wbitehorn return ed Tuesday from a three weeks' rest at Newport. Mrs. Ed Felton, Sr., has been quite ill this week, at the home in Jobs addition. - Miss Ella Johnson has returned from a visit to the millinery open ings at Portland. Miss Margaret Snell arriyed home Tuesday evening from a few weeks' trip to California. . Miss Ethel Linviile left Wed nesday to spend a week with Miss Gertie McBee, near Plymouth. Miss Alice Jones left yesterday for Lia lirande, where sne is to teach school the coming winter. Mr. and Mrs. J. Senger expect to leave tomorrow for a three or four weeks' visit to relatives in Califor nia. Miss Harriet Sheaegresn is visit ing her parents in Portland for two weeks, and enjoying a much needed vacation. Rev. and Mrs. P. A. Moses re turned Tuesday from a visit to their daughter, Mrs. Sydney Trask, at Fall City. A. J. Johnson and party are ex pected Lome today from thir camping -expedition at the Ya chaats Mies M. Eva Starr and Mrs. C. 0. Wood worth were euest Tues 1 v cf Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lilly. - Several royal good fellows expsct to leave Monday for Alsea and Tide water for a week's outing. They are Arthur Belknap, Claude Swann, "Bobby" Burns and Harry Belk nap, and it is safe to say that they will have a "time." Warren Hinton,cf Bellefountain, was in Corvallis Tuesday, arranging for his removal to this city next Monday. He has leased the house formerly occupied by the Danne roan family, and also the one next door north, and will keep a board ing house. Rev. C. T. Hurd and family will reach home today from a five weeks' i recrestion trip to Nye Creek. There will be regular services at the Uuited Evangelical church Sunday. Tom """'' subject wi'l be, "The Joy of Doing Our Duty;" evening, ' Bread in Egypt." Ed Looney and family are t i inov to Corvallis tomorrow from Monroe, to take up their residence. While buy about their packing this week the house in which they lived OHiisrht fire, and although all the goods were saved the building was eonsideratilv dimagcd. It belongs to Wilhelms. Suit for divorce has been brought by George W. Parker vs. Mary J. Parker. The attorneys for p'aintiff are Hedges & Griflith, of Oregon City, bv which it i$ presumed tbat Mr. Parker Tesi;lrs in t'mt n'tv Mrs. Parker lives near Philomath." Nea! also went d"'n VV There are four children in tho fami- Three hundred chairs for distri ly. ! bution in ihe various rooms cf ih Dr. and Mrs. Orr and on weist jcoMeSe' where there ha3 r-e.vtr bee" to Albany this week, after a several hU1.te aa ,adqUat9 BUWl a to days' visit in Corvallis. Thev are i amve today from the Albany fact- from Texa and are in eearchof ajSL'- wre 0.r,der5d ,hJ. J; location. Their stay in Corvallis j Blackledge and wnl be delivered convinced them this is a fine place i lmmediate'v' The Jobm?Oi R-mi;ii Wilson par ty reached home Tuesday night from their outing at lacnaats. Thev started back with a supply of fish for their friends, but owing to the " intensely hot weather were at at W renn. Mr?. D. C. Swann leaves today for her home at Cra wforrisville. H?r a few diyv wna hereon, W. C. Swann, and family. Hendersou Murphy and faaiiiy are now domiciled in their recently purchased property m south Cor vallis. Taey finished moving last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Mills of Five Rivers, have been in Corvallis this week, on business. They are to reside in this city, and occupy the Ruth Clark residence. . A bathing party, chaperoned by Prof, and Mrs, Gunn, enjoyed a plunge in the Willamette near the 1 1 in i.i saw mil:, weanesaay evening. About 15 or 20 enjoyed the eport. Sheriff Burnett returned vester- day from an extended outing at the cont-t. In company with Sheriff Ross of Linn, he has been in Alsea, Newport and other places along the seashore and had a fine outing. O. J. Blackledge arrived home Tuesday evening from Portland, where he ordered a car load and a half of new furniture to meet the ru?h in trade that always comes just after hop picking. j Mr. and Mrs. J. Ssnger this week j purchased the lesidence pn-perty of j B. VV. Lncj, near tne C & E depot The considsjratio i was $2,500, and j Mr. Senger and family will raske the pLice their permanent residence. 'James Tedrow and wif left this week fur their hop yard near Inde pendence, to be .bsrti.t during th picking Reason. Among others who are leaving Monday for th- f.-itii-locality are Mr.". Wi-Jiam Wgi,er and daughter, Mi? Lu'o. Roseoe. Dr. E. H. Taylor went to New port Wednesday for a rest. Jesse Moses and family left Wed nesday for Philomath to reside. Collie Cathey returned yesterday from his vacation of nearly two weeks at Cascadia. Geoige Sebrell came out from Alsea, Tuesday, and will remain for a couple of weeks. Another swimming party is planning to erjoy a plunge in the Willamette river this evening. George Brown is confined to his home with illness, which may prove to be typhoid fever, it is re ported. ' . Mrs. Lillie King arrives home tomorrow from Portland, where she was summoned by the illness of her brother. Mrs. Agnes Thompson, accom panied by her granddaughter, Miss Agnes Peterson, arrived home from Portland, Wednesday. There will be services at the Presbyterian church Sunday at the usual hours by the pastor. The public is invited. M. E. Church South: Sunday School at 10 a. m. ... Regular church services will be resumed morning and evening. J. A. Ellison, pastor. Rev. and Mrs M. S. Bush are to return home tomorrow from Wald- port, where they have been for sev eral weeks enjoying their annual vacation. to live, and they expressed them- j selves as highly pleased with the cmnty of Beuton. and particularly with Corvallis. It is their intention to return. Four "probable" weddings are much discussed in Corvallis just now. Io one, an OAC professor and a Portland lady are figured out as participants; in another, a promi nent Corvallis girl and an Eastern Oregon youne man will have the principal parts; in the third the son of influential Corvallis parents and the daughter of a wealthy . farmer south of town, will be groom and bride, while tbo fourth is re ported to be a Benton county official and a" Corvallis lady. A chromo for the first correct guess of all fourl t Mies Florence Adams has decided to teach school this fall, and has accepted a position' in the neighbor hood of Airhe. She does not begin teaching, however, until after hop picking. Rev. J. P. Conder, of Portland, wm preach at the Christian church m this city at the usual hours. Sunday. The subject in the morn ing is The raca or Jesus, and in the evening, "The Future Life, Before and After Judgment." Miss JLmma Ihompson came home Weduesday from Portland where she had been for eeveral weeks. Her sister, , Mrs. A. F. Peterson, who hits been , in the hos pital for a second surgical operation is improving but is not yet able to be up and about. It ia said that 200 people came out from the bay on i uesday s trains, and every day there are crowds of transients in this city at the noon hour, , coming and going. As the first of September draws near the seaside season begins to wane, as people turn homeward to prepare for the opening of school and college. Bids for the construction of the A. J. Johnson brick in this city were to haye been opened in Salem last week, the plans having been turned over to the architect. No information as to who secured the contract has been received in this city at the present time, but A. J. Johnson is expected home from Yachaats today, when something definite will no doubt be given out. The fifth convention of the Wil lamette Valley Development Lea gue is echeduled to be held at For est Grove, September 7th. Col. E. Hofer of Salem is president of the League, and Walter Lyons of In dependence is secretary. An in vitation has been received by the Gaz9tte editor to attend, and the same is hereby gratefully acknow ledged. The Chapel Car Evangelists will conduct services eacn evening in the chapel car at th depot. The Rev. and Mr?. E. R. Hermipion who have charge of th car have viaitpd many of th cities on. the Pacific coast and conducted Faocese ful meetings and these eervics have beea appreciated by ail. On next Sunday they will conduct there services in the Baptist church both morning a::d evening. Mrs. John Smith gave n, dinner party Wednesday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. K;rkpatrick, of San Irrancisco. The decorations in th-i dining room were sweet peas so arranged that, the effect was artislic find beautiful. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Kirkprtrick, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wiles and daughter, Mr. and Mr. J. F. Yates, Mr. and Mr?. J. O. Wilson, Mrs. E.'H. Taylor, Mrs. J. L. Taylor, George I Kirkpatricfe and John Wilson. Mrs. M.J). Uarroll and fonr children have arrived from Union, to locate. They nave leased the Mra. Minnie Lee resili ence and took possession Wednesday, Mrs. Lee expects to leave in about two weeks for Victoria, B. C, to visit for a month with Prof, and Mrs. E. C. Hay- ward, ater which she proceeds to Bluf- ton, Indiana, to spend the winter with her mother. v Grain sacks for Bate at O. Blackledge's store. " 72 Miss Mary Sutherland was in Corvallis yesterday, from Shedds. She ia to move immediately into the Blackledge cottage on railroad street, recent 1 vacated by J. H. Price and family. Buy a piano on the installment plan. Where? At N. A. Fishei'e, successor to jl. ju. White. Mrs. Maad Hurt Creffield who has been eerionsly ill in the Seattle jail. where she is awaiting trial, is somewhat better, according to a letter received from Esther Mitchell by O. V. Hurt, in this city, Wednesday. The letter tella Mr. Hart not to worry about Mrs. Creffield and the riter, and states that the two women are given the best of treatment by the jail officials. "Of coarse," so the letter runs, "the air in the jail is not the best, and it is not a yery quiet place for any one who is ill, bat we are treated as well as we can be under the circumstan ces. Who sells pianos? N. A. er. Fish-72 Chester Coffee leaves Sunday for Mc. Minnville, en route to attend the Photo graphers' Convention at Spokane. The exhibition, of the Corvallis Studio will consist of a portrait study of Miss Iva Barclay, in Terra Cotta Carbon; two black carbon studies, one an individual and the other a group; also portrait studies in American and Angelo Plati num paper, and Aridto Platinum paper. Owing to the short time that Mr. Coffey has been in Corvallis the exhibit will consist only of regular studio work this year. During Mr. Coffey's absence at the convention, the Corvallis studio will be in charge of Miss Krumm, a member of the firm, who makes a specialty of I children's pictures. Notice to farmers. 1 am in the market for clover, vetch, cheat al falfa and timothy delivered f. o. b. care. If farmers or dealers having hay to offer will kindly write me stating the amount and quality of th'i hay they have : to sell. Ad dress G. W. Simpson, 201 Wash ington street, Portland, Ore. 63tf ;MrsK F. M. Billings who arrived fro"n Eastern Oregon this week, is moving in to one of the Mc Henry cottages in the extreme western prt of town. She has two sons who wili enter OA.C. Wanted A girl to do general house work. Call at Mrs. Sam King's, first bouse east of the court house. 69 tf Of the Season....Our Artist's Work The crowds watching him work in our windowtes tify to the interest being taken. No such WORKS OF ART have ever been on exhibition in the city before. Many well-known local faces are now to be seen, giving satisfaction to the most critical. Don't fail to see them. For the benefit of those not yet familiar with this exceptional offer, we again announce the following: You purchase One Dollar's worth ot goods in any department and get a coupon. One coupon and 87c gets you . . . . A Bust Crayon Portrait . . . All work guaranteed. Come and see where you can save over one dollar on this one article. Offer good 'til Sep. 9. The Artist Will Finish All Work Before Leaving the City. Saturday, Sept., J, 'OS , Of Boys' and Young Men's three-piece suits vest, contand pants all sizes from 13 to 18, and from 32 to 36, ' ranging in price from $4.00 to $12.50, that we offer for this SALE at half price. Carl Hodes, of Albany, was shaking hands with old time Corvallis friendB yesterday. J. A. Pugh and family were in this city Wednesday en route home to Oak ville from an outing at Yachaats. Otto Taylor, the Bellefountain mer chant, was a Corvallis visitor yesterday. Arthur Belknap has resigned bis po sition in Homing's grocery, and Fred Pernot takes the place. N. A. Fisher sells pianop. 72 For unavoidable reasons, Photographer W. S. Gardner will be unable to attend the Photographers' convention at Spok ane next ween. . His exhibit will be en tered, but is not yet fully prepared. Mips Viola Gardner left Wednesday for Portland to be with her aunt, Mrs. Mace, who is quite ill. Remember Nolan's Remnant and Rummage sale closes Fri day, August 31st, at 6 p. m. 69-72 last unable to ride in the same rig with the trout, and had to leave the latter by the roadside. Millard Long and . Clarence Whiteside, popular young men cf this city, were guests Sunday at a swell wedding at Monmouth. Tha bride was Miss Beatrice Burkhead, a successful teacher of Polk county, and G.' R.- Crowfoot, of - near The Dalles . The happy, couple were In Corvallis : vesterdav. en - route to their boms at Tygh Valley, ifaaiera Oregon, having bsen since Sunday at Newport, on their wedding trip. Champion James J. Jefferies is taking hia vacation in Oregon this year, and the Eugene Guard frays: The Jefferies hunting party left here Wednesday - for Belknap Springs. The party left in two three-seated rigs and a wagon load of provisioD9. drawn by four horses, left earlier in the morning. The party secured hunting licenses at the clerk's office Tuesday. In hia application Jeff eries described himself as follows: Residence, . Los Angeles; age 31 years; . height, 6 feet, 2 inches; weight, 240 pounds; color ofhair, brown; complexion, dark. For Sale' House and lot. Tu quire of Mrs. A. M. Wicks. 72tf To See Out PSew LSne of Jeist es faom the Factory CO Suit for $2 00 Suli far 2 00 Suit far 3 And So On Up. 00 50 00 Parents are ioyited to take advantage of these sales, as we wish to inaugurate the Fall Sales by giving you extra in. ducements. Be Sure and Call Saturday, Sep. 1 L. Established 13S4. the "PMPUER GApIEMT" Cloaks...Skirts... Raincoats For Women, Misses and Children 1906 Fall and Winter 190? Tho Fall Season is right at hand, and if you have been weigh ing the merits of different lines, the time of decision is now. We will show you in the "PALMER GARMENT" line the . most stylish garments you can find. Wo Are Not only showing the best styles, but in addition, the workmanship and quality of the "PALMER GARMENT" are . unexcelled. . We Ask You to call on us whether you buy or not, It will give us pleasure to show THE "PALMER GARMENT" The Correct Thing in fall and winter styles We have also a complete line of Shoes, Ready-Made Clothing and all Men's Furnishings. CORVALLIS, ORE. Opposite tho Postoffioe ; . Ind. jPhone Sq. 48 4. F. L. Mi L L E F Sole Agent CORVALLIS, OREGON SEEING IS BELIEVING Then come in and see my line of Sporting Goods and be con vinced that it is the bst 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 Cell9 for sale. Agent for the Olds Gasoline Engines and Automobiles Guns and Bicycles For Rent First-class Repair Shop. M. M. LONG, Ind. Phone 126 Residence 324 CORVALLIS, - OREGON. T Foley's Kidney Cure makes kidneys nn vZjrMr s??ftr D. C. Hlcxtand. Chas. Blakesleo. CQRV&LLB&. STEAM LAUNDRY. Patronize Home Industry Outmldtt Orderm Solicited. MIL Work aarntmd. CORVALLIS, - OREBOM,