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.
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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
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THE TIME
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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,