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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1907)
LOCAL AVD PERSONAL Dr. Fernot retaiDed borne from business trip to Portland Friday Mrs. Susie Green moved Thurs day iota the Daua cottage near the ddow livery bam. Miss Flossie Sbambrook has ar rived from Roseburz aod is attend ing the Corvallis business college. The Ze agatheane of OAC enter tained tbe Pirians at a very pleas ant party Saturday evening. Tbe occasion was much enj jed. Miss Clara AnForge, state organ izer for tbe w. V. 1. U. gave an interesting talk to tbe iadies at tbe Reading room Thursday afternoon end to tbe general public at the M. E. church la tbe evening. V. H. Clemens of Nebraska writes the Gazette that he wishes tbe paper sent him, as he expectes to locate in Oorvallia in the spring and desires information about the country. Tbe Long Tom river ras reported 88 bejng frozen over, Thursday, at a point near Monroe. Aa tbe stream is very wide and deep at the point mentioned it is regarded as rather remarkable that it should have been frozen and the fact shows bow cold the weather has been. A letter from Mrs. John Howard, nf near Prinevillft. former. v Mina Etta Fuller of this city, states that tbe tnermometer mere on Jan. I4tb TMtnslered iour below zero, and an tbe writer aud her husband live eight miles from tbe postcfhoe they fiud climatic conditions a trifle uncomfortable. Earnest and Harry Miller have opened a confectionery counter and news stand in tbe froi.t corner of the new postoiSoa building, and the Western Union telegraph office will als be located at tbe same place. The boys are deserving of a laige patronage aod will no doubt receive 11 from ibe public. E. R. Bryson and Dick Kiger took a bunting trip the last of' tbe week, going by team to a point near tbe Casper Zierolf place, in the vicinity of Monroe,, where ihsy unloaded their boat and prepared t: float down to Corvallis, hunting on tbe way. They epeut the nigbt at a farm house and came down stream Friday, having a very en joyable hunt. V a 1 Tne cold "snap" gave way dur ing Thursday night, and Friday morning tbe thaw began and trouble followed. Frozen water pipes began to t urst and the tele phone wire carried many a wail of woe from housewife to plumber. Some housekeepers reported a per fect flood indoors, while others only wanted a few repairs made to pipes here and there; bat the trouble was general enough tj cuej no end of work ana ibconveuience. The pobtoiSce was moved Thur day night, atier hours, and opened fo. business in ihe new building Friday morning All day there was more or less of a crowa in tbe room, viewing tbe place and learn ing the location and combination of their key lees boxes. Everyone epoke in warmest praiee ot the flice, declaring it to be by far the fiuest establishment in tbe city, which it certainly is. The old postoflice room pres cted a dilapidate 1 appearance Friday morning, at tbe hour whea the crowd usually gathered there in bygone days for the mail. Work men had already begun the work of tearing out and packing up the old fixtures for shipment to Dallas, and tbe interior of tbe build ing looked as though a cyclone had struck it. In this, aa in every change of the sort, there is a promise of what may come to past" in Corvallis in future, as she ad vances step by step from the old to the new. The girls and boys of the ad vnced Latin class at OAC have been having a content to determine which could do tbe better work in that study, the losing side to provide a banquet for tbe victors. The young ladies won, and the gentlemen of the class gnve an elaborate spread at the Marvin restaurant Wednes- ay evening. About 35 guests ivere present, there were many oasts, and tbe occasion proved one of the pleasantest of recent 8 weeks. Dr. Withycombe, of the Oregon Experiment Station has been agitat ing the matter of raising flax or use in making grain bags for O'e go. Tbe grades of flax whicn are raised for seed will furnish fiber amply nne enough for making grain bags and the sale of tbe seed should pay tor raising the cop In the great Haxseed-groffing districts of the Dakotas and Minnesota there is a steadily increasing use of the straw far making tow for various U8J8. Formerly the 6traw had no market value there, or so little that it was only sold by farmers who lived near railway stations. Ore gon A ;ricu!turist. Miss Madge McCall of OAC was on Ibe sick list tbe latter part of the week. H. B. Dick and family are to leave immediately for Dayton, Ort goo. to remain. Misses Margaret and Virgil Owen have been conhned at ho.ue tne past week with an attack of la. grippa. Miss Jcsie Thurston left Friday for her home at Suver, after a two weeks' visit with Mrs. J. L. Jones, in this city. Bey Bickard arrived home the last of tbe week froai Vaacouver, where ne had been for sometime foi medical treatment. Miss Laura Chipman left Friday for Portland, after a visit at tbr home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. (J. C. Chipman .n this city. Miss Ollie Skipton was in Cor vallis Friday and Saturday, having came as cbaperone with the Cbe- mawa basketball girls who played OAC Friday night. The Freshmen gave an enjoyable party at OAC Friday evening, a very large crowd being present. An excellent program was rendered and other features enjeyed. Report from Cottage Grove is that Rev. T. S. Handsaker of this city is meeting with splendid suc cess in his protracted meetings there and tbat there have been 17 ad ditions to the church since he be gan his work . Mrs. J. Mason was one who had a serious time Friday with bursted water pipes, due to the sudden thaw. A call was sent in for a plumber and when he arrived on the scene the water was pouring down the stairs acd was bix inches deep, in places, xm the kitchen floor. The T. H. Welleher house was also badly flooded. Wild diicks have been bo numer ous in Benton of late that hunting has been the favorite pastime with many of the Corvallis sporting fra ternity. Up at Bellefountain, one family was so abundantly supplied with this game that trey boiled tne birds and fed the meat to the cnickens in the hope ot getting rich returns in eggs. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Handy arrived a lew days ago from Wapalo county, Iowa, and will locate in this city if a suitable location can be found. Mr. Handy is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Handy of this city. The trip from Iowa con sumed six days, the train on which Mr. and Mrd. HuDdy came being snow bound near Shasta Springr, California. Claude I. Starr, who recently purchased tbe Stevenson residence property, contemplates numerous repairs and improvements to the place befcre be takes possession. Among of er things be will have tbe hcuse moved eastwaid on ib lots, nearer the Dr. Pernot lesidenci-, and will build an addition to the structure which will give mo:f rooTD and add also to the general appearence. Guy Clark returned Thursday eveninu from a business trip to Portland. Miss Anna Chtsney of Albany was a Corvallis visitor Saturday. She was at one time an employe of tbe Gazette office. Miss Mary Nolan was the guest last week of Miss mma Sox, in Albany. She returned Thursday evening. O. J. Blackledge is expected home this evening or tomorrow from a few days' business visit in Portland. Tbe OAC girls' basketball team defeat ed the Indian lassies from Chemawi in a closely contested game at tbe armcry in this city Friday evening. A good crowd was present and cheered tbe local team when the score of. 12 to 11 was announced. Ninez Francisco bas sold bis interest in the Taylor-Francisco barber shop, in the Hotel Corvallis building, to Cbarles Peterson. Mr. and Mrs. Francisco are to go to Washington to seek a new loca tion. Jack Milne will soon move into the building just north of Jesse Spencer's barbershop. Workmei are already en gaged at the task of rebuilding a portion of the buildilgeo that it will be suitable to tbe requirements of Mr. Milne. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Thornton arrived Saturday from North Yakima, Wash., enronte to Ran Diego, Calif., to spend tbe winter. Tbey are well known former residents of this city. George Chandler of Baker City has purchased a farm from L. B. Geer. loca ted near Corvallis, eays Saturday's Al bany Herald. Messrs Chandler and Geer passed through yesterday to Cor vallis. Mr. Chandler deals extensively in stock in Eastern Oregon and will make a stock ranch of bis Benton county farm. Prof. J. B. Horner of tbe Oregon Ag ricultural college passed through Albany yesterday neon on his wav to Portland . The 2?ih of this month Professor Horner will lecture in the United Presbyterian church in this city on the Holy Land. Saturday's Albany Herald. Miss Alice Ed arils of Bellefountain, a graduate of OAO in the '06 class.' wu a Corvallis visitor Saturday. -Deputy Sheriff W'lls went to Portland, Sunday, on business and to hear Will'am Jennings Bryan speak, today. Virgil E. Walters goes to Portland to day to see and heir the ''silver tongaed orator of the Platte," Hon. William Jen nings Bryan. An inquiry comes to a Corvallis busi ness man from Silver Lake, Lake county, Oregon, in regard to one Billy Barnes, who kept a saloon at Silver Lake in I892. Just why "Billy" is wanted is not stated bet if anyone knows bia wh ereabouts they will confer a favor by making the information public. The faculty of the O. A. C. School of Music will give a recital at tbe college F iday evening, Feb. 1st at 8 o'clock. There will be no admission fee, but children under 15 years of age will not be admitted unless accompanied by the r parents. The O. A. C. recitals are very popular with the Corvallis public and this one will probably attract a large crowd. A steam launch of this city bad a hard time of it up the river from Corval lis, Friday evening. It seems the launch bad gone np tbe river carrying young Kemp and another party, aod that coming back the launch struck a snag, tipped sideways and partially filled with water. It was rescued Saturdav morning and brought into uort bv a party with a skiff. Tbe boys bad gone on a duck hunt when overtaken by the disaster. There was considerable stir and activ ity on Corvallis streets Saturday, f jr the first time for several days. During the unusually cold weather of recent date everyone who could spend their time around the atove and trade of all kinds was extremely dull. With the thaw, people once more flock the streets and the town bas a sumed its normal aspect. In a letter received by County Com missioner Butler from a resident of Kings Prairie, the information is conveyed that because of the severeness of tbe weather in the mountains and tbe consequent great depth of snow, many wild animals have been forced from the fastness of their mountain retreats to the lower foot hills, in search of forage. The letter states that quite a number of grey wolves have immigrated to Kings Prairie section, and devastated tbe gardens thereabouts. Some deer are also report ed as having been seen in this section. Albany Herald. Late fall sown grain will suffer mater ially from the recent cold weather, ac cording to the opinion of Henry L. French, who is a man of experience and sound judgement. In fact Mr. French declares that in his opinio nine-tenths of the grain sowed later than October will be ruined. He bases his contention on the fact that the upper layer of ground is always lifted by freezing and the tender growing sprouts are literally torn asunder by the process. This hap p ned in Benton county about ten years ago. Mr French says, anyone hav ing sticky, soggy land, wet when the fie?ze came, will find it true in tli-p-e-ent cise Of course ou loamy, me low ground this theory does not hold t. ue and farmers who are fortunate enough to have such fields will probably suffer little from the recent unfavorable weather. Miss Emma Young of Portand is, visiung relatives u this city. Starr's Bakery has secured the services of D ck -; Llewellyn, tne I wonderful bread baker.' 89if : William Schmidt and famjly'expect to i move to Corvallis tomorrow from their j ranch near Granger. Mr. Schmidt is' to ! become a partner of Claud Starr in the ) bakery. ' ' J. A. Carter, tbe genial -merchant of Wellsdale, transacted business in Cor vallis, Saturday. MB. Huntly, who was a lead ing baker in Eugene for 15 years, is now baking for Small & Son in this city. Everything fresh every evening. 6-14 The first of the senior rhetoricals took place at the college chapel Friday after, noon. Those who gave their orations were C. M. Stebinger, Jessie Wilson, David Livingston, and A. A. Witzig. Besides the orations the' program for the afternoon included a cornet solo bv Har old Wilkins and a vocal solo by Miss Marie Pelland. A large audience was present Miss Wilda Starr has been the guest of Aloany friends the past few days. A very enjoyable dinner party was given at tte S. N. Wilkins home. Sun day, Harold Wilkins and Carl Stebinger being the hosts. New line fancy ribbons just -re ceived at the Bazaar." 8-9 A new generator to light Corvallis was installed and put into operation at tbe Willamette Valley office in Albany Sat urday, (food lights are guaranteed in Corvallis hereafter, where buildings are properly wired. This generator is for the especial use of Corvallis and hereafter there will be electricity enough to furnish the best lights Corvallis has ever had. This is tbe statement of Manager Guy A. Clark, who is in a position to kuow wher of he speaks. 1 S. N. Wilkins returned home Sunday from a business trip to Vancouver and Portland. Line handsome cushion, tops sol ing like hot cakes, at the Bazaar. 8-9 J. B.""Marvin was summoned in haste to the bedside of his father at Peoria, Sunday, as the latter had by mistake taken a dose of medicine that threw him into a very serious condition. No further news of the affair had been received here afternoon. up to the Gazette press hour yesterday Wiley Ingram, a farmer livinir near Monroe, accidently shot bis left arm off below tbe elbow while hunting today. Ingram was after some ducks and in at tempting to crawl through the brush his gun caught on a limb, discharging it. He was brought here for medical attend ance Saturday's Eugene Register. Mr Ingram is a cousin of Mrs. T. H. Well eher of this city and a half-brother of Miss Rose Ingram, the well kno wn O. A. C. graduate, now post mistress at Mon roe. Mr. Ingram is a comparatively young man, and has a wife and seven children. The accident is deeply de plored by his friends in and about Cor vallis. Peterson's & Dunbar's Show Co. will show at Corvallis on Tueedav Januferv 2nd. '07. 8-9 - 25 Per Cent ON ALL CHRISTMAS GOODS Off WATCH AND WAIT FOR KLINE'S GREAT ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE THE TIME WHEN EVERYBODY CAN SAVE MONEY AT THE PEOPLE'S STORE S. L. KLINE, Established 1864. Corvallis, Oregon. In addition to a large and complete stock of Drugs and Medicines we have a fine assortment of holiday goods, such as Choice Perfumes, Toilet Articles, Fine Stationery, Books, Musical Instru ments and Pyrograph Outfits. We also have the famous Edison Phonograph, the wonder of the age, with complete line of records, nothing better for a holiday gift. A call at our store will afford lyou pleasure and profit. Prompt attention to mail orders. I Graham Wells t i I Greatest of I Fa L MiLLER'S, Will begin Wednesday, January 2, 1907. Offering bargains in every depart ment, and as is our custom we will make this one of the bargain events of the year. Space will not permit to quote prices on every article in the BIG STORE, but wll remind you that it is a genuine sale, and everything goes at reduced prices Dry Goods 10o Outing Flannel ,81c 120 " '- 10c 1 Lot of colored dress floods 25c 1 " " " " 35o 1 " $100 " 60c 54-in Navy and Green homfsrun 45c 54-in Blue ladies cloth 45c 15c Siikleen.. ..10c 12c " 93 Extra heavy luixed shirting, 20o grade .... J 2c Men and Boys Clothing $10.00 Mens Suits reduced to. $ 7.95 12.50 " " 10.00 15.00 " " " " 12.00 16 50 ' " " " 13.20 20.00 ' " 16.00 2 50 Boys " " " 1.95 3.00 " . " " " " 2.25 3 50 " " " 2 95 4.50 " " 3.45 Youths clothing is also included in this sale. 29 Yssds of Good GnSico$ Extra Spool i on T&M Linen,