Dr. L 'iigQ of Pbil;m i h "f-
a Corvn;ns visi or WV.l .
Mrf. C stance Si arr arr:vv if 0- u -Tueediy
evening f-oiu a v si in
Portland with reia ives. '
Miss M .ry Su'it-rUnd arnvrd
Lome Tuecday evuung fr -m a hc' -day
'itfit with rel.itivi-B at Sbedd-.
Adolph Peterson arrived from
J .Portland Wednesday Inr a Ir-w
'days biv'oesa vio:t ia this c:t.
Mr. and Mm. Walter Wil3 en
tert i-fil h number of frien 8 Wed
nu veoiog iu a very pleas nt
maiu.cf.
Miss Elnn Guthrie returned to
Mn;n va'.h veMerl-t, afera vi-i'
at ths hi tn of Mr. Mrs. Clareno
Whiteside. Mies Ella FopW gi . a launching
paity New Year's nijjht to a nuua
rwrof y m-iir. friends, which was a
jollv affair.
r. i..i t i j
among the ur-of Inwn vipitorp
wh'i attended the Masonic baDqo.pt
Tuesday evening.
The fo'tbtil enrn in this citv
Nv Yrs d,v between a Browns
ville t"m and the "3rvai'i
Juniors" r '- ul'ed in a score of 12 tn
0 in favor of CorviiUip.
J-ick Diwsori h i5? assnmed r.i
pwiilio os member of rh firm of
8 nit.h aid Duvivi, and Mr.
Bnuldrt baa r-tirtcl. Tn." oh"(?t
recurred the first of tin's weilc. Mr.
Buuid-n'n pla;i or :b- future rt
cot p bl'c.
Rev. Pres4nell of Wisconsin will
prei:ch at the First Methodist
church Sundnv morning. In the
evening It -v. F jese w.il have as hi-"
FUbjec, '"SunHhiry or Disagreeable
During 1907-Which?"
John McCoy, who bad one of
hi.- lo.ver limbs go terribly crushed
and tu -ngled ut the C rvallis saw
uiili recently, is slowly recovering
a:.d t:lt it.jured him u':r will not
have to be a put.itud, as was at.
first feured
W. D- DaVirney of Portland
has arrived to take charyw of the
Independent telephone office dur
ing the utM-n e in Oklahoma uf
J. C. Lowe, who whs bUinijiOned
borne Christmas day on acc unt, of
the critical iLnees of bis mother.
J E. Winegar left Wednesday
for Oregon City, after a visit of
several d.-tys iu this city. Mr.
Winegar is eu;;aged in the laundry
business in that, city, in pirtner
Bhip with Mr. Heistand who form
erly conducted the Corvaliis laun
dry. Judge Woodward and bride
arrivd'home Moi day evening from
tueir bid.i: trip to Portland. Their
wedding present from the county
officials of the court house was a
handsome cut gl:iss bory dieh ar.d
solid silver leiry spoon, both of
which are deeiily appreciated by
Judgeand Mrs. Woodward.
Spjcial services are bein"' con
ducted at the United Evangelical
church every evening at 7: 30, Sat
urday excepted. The pastor's sub
jcs for Sunday will be: a. m.
Workers or Shirkers, Which?
p. u. "How to g"t rid of Sin."
Xext Tuesday, January 8th Rev.
A. A. Winter tf Portland will be
present to assist. Good singing,
special music. Come.
The annual "tea" given by th-.
V. F. M. S. of the M. E. church
Monday evening was well attended
aud everyone had a good t'me. Ad
interesting program was given, in
cluding recitations by Miss OHve
Mallow, Aits. Iveenev and Miss
Harriet Foste;; instrument.! solo
by Frank White; voc-1 duet, Mrs,
Charles Pete; eon aud Mrs. J. E
Farmer, and vucal solo bv Collie
Cathey. Li-ht refreshtuenta were
fcerved in the dining room aud a
social time erjoyed.
It 18 indeed good news to our
theatregoers to kuow that we i. re
to have "lue Belle of Japan" the
most phenomenal hit in years, at
Corvaliis opera house on 1 uesday
January Sih. We shall hear a lot
of good singing, see interesting and
amusing dancing and a company
ot clever people who can entertain,
augmented by beautiful costumes
scenery and machauical and elect
rical effects, in short it is the style
of & performance to please all
classes.
An o!u-time Corvaliis cirl recent
ly earned off a $75 cash prize in a
contest inaugurated by the Ladies
Home Journal. A number cf prizes
were offered for the best suggestion
on "A Fourth of July Celebration
Without Fireworks" and rhst prize
was awarded to Mrs. V. A. Brewer
of Portlaud, Oregon. .irs. Brewer
was formerly Mia Yernie Keadv
who resided for a number of years
with Mrs. Sarah Cauthorn ia this
city, and her succass in a magazine
rf such renown as the Ladies' Home
Journal is indeed gratifying. Her
name, a? winner, appears in the
Colii-ge opened . yesterday for
gisiraiL-ri for th term.
Mrs. George Irvine nas been the
giifst this wees of her brother iD
.Alri-nj.
.auies Brry and funi y moved.
Pne-dav iuto a boutse near the C &
E. depot.
GeorgH Cathey returned to Por
1 iui Tunsday to re.-u -ie his studies
ii. the Medical college.
Prrf. I. M. Glenn and fami y
have tv-en guests this week of Mr.
aud Mrs. E R. B vson.
W.J. Edwards aDdfami y arrived
homeTuesdav from a week's vi-.t
wi'h relative.- in Eugene.
Miss Sin Woosler arrived
home Monday evenin (rom a week's
visit with friends in Portland.
The Cofise. Club gavj an infor
mal dance at the city nail Monday
night that was very enj lyable.
Mrs. CIu u Reed and son Bert
trrvrtd aim the first of tne wek
fro n f w days visit with relatives
at Well .
M. B. Hii.e'y arrival T.iasiay even
ing from E letn to accept a p sir.ioa as
'aker f ir V. T A C E. riva-ili. Mr.
Hantley ia a brjthar of Mrs. VV. O.
Trine.
Mis3 O'lie Raalerof Bl'.efonntain f s
in 'Jorvallis, AV-id.ieailay, enroute to P rt
imt 'I -.vt,-re Bhe U to eater a business
;-litve f." a course ia stea rapiy.
M'.'aiiJ Mrs. A 'noUi Kiitg were
fnhidto Albanv Tuesd-iy hv the i
-eri us illness of Frsd Tom'innn,
js a brorhor-i;. -!ar of Mrs.
Ki i g .
Tne "Tongues of Fire" were
giwn a f-hofer of egi?s by Alb-icy
people Mondav t.iaht, showing that
the so-cailed "religioii" of the sect
' ill met with .scant tolerance from
the people of that city.
M--s. Lincisy Sharp and Miss
Pansy Peters give a very eijyalle
watch pa ty ttthe home of the form
er, Monday night. Ah ut a dozen
wre prenent, and games and a
toothsome luncheon were features
of entertainment.
S. C. Dixon i3 convinced that
the way to gt-t rich quickly and
easily is to rise hogs for market.
This week Mr. Dixon sold three
seven months old p'gs that t-eiahed
295 pounds each on an average
The prica receive! was six cents
per pound.
The members of the order of
W"snipgton8 had a pleasant wa'ch
night' social nt tbeir hall New
Year's eve. A large number of
had been invited and games, con
versation and dainty refreshments
made up an evening of erj-'-ymect
fur all ia att? udauce.
Prof. Riymond arrived home
Tuesday from a trip North, having
oeen as tar as Centrahn, Waah.j
In the latter cily last Wednesday
occurred the funeral of M. V. Glea-
sou, a former Cjrvallis shoemaker.
Mr. Gleason was a native of New
York and was 72 vears of age.
He was ill only six days aud the
ailment was paralysis.
There was a big supper and a
watch u;eeti.i!r a& the Chiistian
church Mjndv right, given in the
nev basement thas has just been
completed. The supper wes frea
and a la ge crosvd was present.
Donations toward the basement
fund were made by all who desired
to contribute a:d cbout $320 was
pledged. The basement will fill
a long-felt want with the congre
gation of this chuich, as they have
hitherto lacked room m which to
hold their various church entertain
ments and suppers.
It is frequently remarked about
Corvaliis tnat never in the history
of the town have the streets been
in such a d. plorable condition of
mucfi, mud aud slush as st present.'
This cj;idi ion has been madewcrse
by the loose dirt that was h uled
and dumped on various streets be
fore t.:e rains set iu and tl ese
streets are now a perfect horror to
ail who are compelled to frequent.
them with any sort of vehicle. The
crossings in some places neir the
central part ot town are also in a bad
fix, the mud being so deep that it
is next to impoS3iole to cross with
out getvi g into slush rubber-deep
Tte two ye.ar-nl 1 son cf Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Taylor t'ied at the
home four miles west of Corvalli3
about S: 30 o'clock Monday even
ing. The child had not feen ill
until that morning although a
slight paleness was noticed the
evening before. A phone message
came to Dr. Cathey about S: p. m.
but before he reached the home
the little one had expired. The
supposition is that the boy swallow
ed tome particles of glass that per
forated the stomach, as he had
been playing with some little
glass balls aid hid broken them
to bits. As thtre wis no signs of
illness this see mi the most reason
able theory fr the sudden death.
The parents have the deep sympa
thy of the community. The funeral
occurred Wednesday and interment
Stndut tiiamaa retur. ed Tuesday j "Kina Ri' ard the Third" met ith a
f urn a holiday visit at home. It is stated I Prtinn from nnr..in. iK.,
goeri. T uesuay mvbt. Tti large audi
eoce preseut was apparently well eat.:
fied with the perform am e, and John.:
Griffith as ''King Richard" is highly
apofceo of as an act r by tbose who ai-i
tendaJ. The costumed wrre e'.eg&r.t,
and the entire pro m .tion met a ui .
warm appoval from the nudieuce.
r Bishop Scaddinjr, the well-Known
Bishop of Oregon, accented an invita
tion to lecture at Jamestown, Richmond
and New York, during the general con
vention of the Protestant Episcopal
church, which is to be held at Richmond
next October, commemorating 300 years
of English Christianity. His subject
will be "The Church in America and her
Missionary Work from Jqmestown to
Oregon " Bishop Seadding visited
Corvaliis about two weeks ago.
There in a great treat in store for the
people of Corvaliis at the Presbyterian
jhnroh next Sunday and Monday nights.
Mr. W. F. Div .f Portland, who se
ared all of Rev. Dr. E. P. Hill's lectures
on Esvpt, Jerusalem, and Galilee will
ha hre to deliver thec lectures. They
vri.l be illn-trated by over 200 beautiful
Trejption views which were selected
by Dr. Hill. The public is cordially
invited to enjoy these lectures. Mjra
ini subject at the Presbyterian church
,:Th3 Scarlet Thread."
"A di-pa;;ch from Pendleton it Wed
nesday's Portland Journal - tells of the
triumhal toar the OiC basketball iren
are making. It save: In the basket-
hail game last cuht in this city between
the teams of the Oregon Agricultural
college and the Pendleton hiah school,
the OAC carried off the honorH by a score
of 63 to 9. At the openiug oi the
game tha bjvs were sw-t-pt off their U et
by the sarift college team, and at the
end of the half the ccore stood 42 to 2
td the last half the Pandleton team en
tered the game with apparently moie
jonfidence, and during the remainder of
the playing appeared to better advant
age, but the college boys carried off the
honors. A game is scheduled to take
place at Weston tonight hetween the
Weston normal team and the OAC
Ruthyn Turney will acefpt a
limited cum! erof pooi's on violin.
Inquire at Gazette oflice. 4-tf
iHIlt
he nl uot re-enter college outgo home
to ac -ept a udsiues proposition that has
been olfiered ...
Miss. Myrtle Spaulding who has been
visiting Corvaliis relative departed for
PoriUoa Monday .morning accompained.
by her brother, Ljo.
There is to be a meeting of the Ben
ton Cou! ty Citizen' League, Tuesday
evening, at which time delegates will be
chosen to attend the Shippers' Couven
tiou in Albany January iOth. The call
for the co . ventioa ha been sent out
and the League is in receipt of an invita
tion to participate in the meeting.
The worst rain and wind storm of the
winter, in C.rvallis, continued throcgh
out the night Wednesday and all dar
yesterday. Besides a steady downpour
of rain which gave the streets the ap
pearance of small rivers a high wind
also prevailed which' drove the
rain against the buildings with such
force ttiat many a business house as
well as residence? leaked and were luohd
pretty well drenched in places yesterday
morumg.
1 the statement comes from. Cottage
Grove that freight cars are coming torn
wart more liberally th in was the fai , in
Siovember, but tt.'ere- are not yet.enpujh
to do the bu.siuesp.' Two trains par day
could beloidid by the milis tributary to
tins station, aud that without increasing
the; imparity -of the mills.' ' E.ill mil!
crews are not no eui ployed, though if
the cars ome, im:reaied activity at the
mills an 1 ia tiie logging camps will re
sult. The embargo on lumber destined
far San Francisco has been rem ved.
Po-tr.iater Johnson has reciveil
notice from the (Jep .rtrusnt at Washing
ton that the ten days' graci for payment
of postotfiVe box rent has b-.-eu abolished.
Btginning January 1st and every quarter
thereafter all boxes for which the rent
has not been paid for the ensuing
quarter will be declared vacant and
closed and mail addressed to such a box
will be placed ia the general delivery.
This rule does not apply to the Corvaliis
office alone but to all postoffi :es. Here
after the rent will be collected before
the end of the quarter, instead of duriug
the ten days' following the beginniug of
the quarter, as has been the custom.
Patrons should bear this in mind.
25 Per Cent Off
ON ALL CHRISTMAS GOODS
WATCH
AND
WAIT FOR
KLINE'S
GREAT
ANNUAL
CLEARANCE
SALE
THE TIME
WHEN
EVERYBODY
CAN SAVE
MONEY
AT THE
PEOPLE'S
STORE
C J P.- C W"
O. A. C.
Gleaning and
Pressing Parlors.
Three floors north of Hotel Cor
valiis. Give me a call.
P. H.SWABB, Prop.
Established 1854.
Corvaliis, Oregon.
0.C. Hlas;asjd. Ct.aa. Blakcalce,
STEAKS L&UKESRY.
I PatronizoJHomo Industry.
9 tfxHi Ortlif' Solicited.
All Work '.Guaranteed.
ICORVA1.U ,
I. OKEGOK. I
A. Km HiJSS
I- ' ' J I
WHEN YOU BUY
ARTICLE
It pays to bnv a good one the
famous P-.ckard shoe, $3,50, $4,00
and f5.00; the John B. Stetson
hat, $4.00 and $0 00. bold by
iTfis Dsilnsato
World's Work
r - -
$100)
$ioon4i -00
$3.09)
j I C. A. Gerhard
Store
Big assortment of New
Couches bougth at a
bargain. Will be sold at
20 per cent discount.
0. J. BLAOlCLEOePS FurnjttsreStore
Corvaliis - - - Oregon
LiBoii i -Window
For the correct thing in the jewelry line. We have a fine
of jewelry and silverware that is astonishing in its grace and
beauty and magnificent in its size and completeness.
Engraving nicely done in the latest ribbon script styles.
Repairing that is guaranteed and prices that are in keeping
with the class of work done.
E- W- S- PRATT, Jsws-83 and Qptisisn
a.
1
0 1 for in ii"
bargains in
every depart-
at
Will beo;in Wednesday, January 2, 190T.
ment. and as is our custom we Ayill make this one of the bargain events of the
vajiv Srinppi Avill not. nprrnit to nuote nriees on every article in the BIG
STORE, but will .remind you that it is a genuine sale, and everything goes
reduced prices
Dry Goods
Outing Flannel ...8io - $1U.00
10a
12o
1 Lot of colored dreea gooda
2 ( 41 It
1 " $100 " " '.
.10c
.25c
.35c
.60c
54-in Navy and Green homespun 45c
54-in Blue ladies cloth 45c
15c Silkleen 10c
12c 9 c
Extra heavy mixed shirting, 20c grade .12c
Mens Suits reduced to
12.50 ' ' "
15.00 " ' '
16 50 ' " '
20.00 " "
2 50 Boys " " "
3.00 " " " "
3 50 " " "
4.50 " " " "
Youths clothing is aleo included in this sale.
7.95
10.00
12.00
13.20
" 16.00
1.95
2.25
2 95
3.45
20 Yards of Good OzsZsGoOti.QO
Exit& Speomi omYmfcie Linen, MsspMn
i
1
January issue.
wae in the Newton cemetery.