LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. Vineyard, "faoaiKariy known
as "Grandma," ia slowly recovering
from a two weeks' siege of 1 ,rippe.
Artie and Mamie Starr and Miss
Zna Smith hava been visiting tbis
week at the Starr farm near Mon
roe. August Fisber and family arrived
home the first of tbis week from a
week's visit with relatives in Portland.
E. C. Irelaod and wife moved
their household goods to Portland
tbis we. k, where they are hereafter
to reside.
Mrs. Hiram Barber of Golden
dale, Wash., is a guest at the home
of her fatLer, J. B. Goodman, in
this city.
Will Whiteside is preparing to go
to Portland to engage in teaming,
the wages offared for such work be
ing very attractive.
Thomas Cams and family moved
this week from the Petereoo house
to the J. R. Smith house near T. H.
Wellsber's dwelling.
Miss Mary Jones returned to Sil
verton tbe middle of this week,
after a fe.v davs' visit at tbe home
-of her parents in this city.
Mrs. MoKinney this week sold
her household goods, preparatory to
disposing of her residence property
in the western part of town.
Wilbur Starr of Bellefountain
transacted business in Corvallis
yesterday and visited his son and
daughter who are students at O C.
Miss Gertrude Barclay of Irish
Bend was in Corvallis the first of
this week, on her way home from a
week a visit with friends in Albany
Mrs. Caroline Marvin and daugh'
ters have moved' from Peon to
Corvallis this week and occupy the
old ''Tomole of Justice" on lhird
street.
Mrs. Bey Rickard and child, eo,
who. have been at the J. L. Jones
home in this city for several weeks,
departed this week for their home
in tbecouutry.
Two hundred head of hne ewes
were shipped this week by G. F.
Brown, the local stock buyer. The
price paid is not known. They
were purchased by a Seattle buyer.
The Epworth League of the M,
E. church held a bueinesH meeting
. and social at the church Wednesday
evening. The hours passed very
pleasantly to the members who
were present.
Hallie Vance arrived Tuesday
from Cottacre Grove to locate. With
his sister, Miss Elizabeth, he will
for the present occupy housekeep
ing rooms at Mrs. Maud Hemphill's
on Main street.
Emo Price, who has resided for
some time on a farm belonging to
his father near Bellefoantain, bus
just sold his belongings and de
clares bis intention of going to
'South America. Mrs. Price will
go to Cottage Grove for an extended
visit with relatives.
The United Evangelical church
has been undergoing repairs and is
very much improved in appearance
on tbe interior. New paint, var
nish, and paper have been applied,
and a handsome chandelier of six
teen 16-norse power lights has been
put in.
Mr. Ridgors, who came to Cor
vallis some time ago from Kansas
and has been engaged at the car
penter business with Charles Mo
Henry the past winter, has pur
chased the two lots immediately
north of the Prof. Coveli residence
and will erect two dwelltngs on the
ground. Some of tbe material is
already on the site, and Mr. R)d
gers and his brother will occupy the
dwellings when completed.
B. F. Wellington of San Fran
cisco has been in Corvallis this
week looking over the situation
with a view to establishing a corset
factory. He is taking a general
view of the Willamette Valley for
the purpose of securintr a desirable
location for such an establishment.
Mr. Wellington formerly manufac
tured th Wellington corset in San
Francisco, but when the fire and
earthquake destroyed that city, his
big factory, wholesale hours, aod
even his residence were totally destroyed.
Through a misunderstanding the
Gazette stated in its last issue that
taxpayers could pay one half their
taxes by April 1st and the remain
ing half October 1st without the
penalty an 1 interest, but that after
October 1st the 10 per cent penalty
and 12 per cent interest would be
added. The fact is, that if one half
is not paid by April 1st the penalty
and interest are both added at once
thereafter, bm by paying one half
by April I t the remaining baif
may be paid by Oatober 1st without
interest or p nalty. It should be
lemembered that April 1st is tbe
limit, not October 1st as stated
through an error heretofore.
Mrs. Amanda Woodcock who has
been ill for several weeks with pneu
monia, ia still in a serious condition.
' Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Garrow are
packing their household good-1, pre
paratory to moving to Poitland to
reside.
Bertie, the little son rf Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Lilly of W renn is re
ported as Buttering witn a very se
vere attack of poison oak.
The morning subject at the First
Metbu'iirit church Sunday will be
"Why Jesus Attended Church;" in
the evening. "The Lord Out of the
Church and In It" and a five min
ute prelude on "What the old Wo
man said. iiveryoody invited..
An encouraging feature in local
conditions is the fact that few streets
can be traveled in Corvallis for
more than a block or two without
evidence appearing of new house3
being built, sidewalks being repair
ed or put in, or other improvements
in the building line.
Miss Ethel Linville left Corvallis
Tuesday for La Grande, where she
is to be mariied to Will H. Weeks,
a former OAC student well known
here. The wedding occurs at the
norne of .Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Pat
terson, the latter of whom is a sis
ter of the bride. Mii-s Linville has
spent her life thus far in Corvallis
and has many friends who wish her
well.
Dr. B. A. Cathey returned Wed
nesJpy evening from Portland,
where he was summoned to assist
Dr. Geisy in an operation for ap
pendicitis, the patient being Miss
Sophia Hartley who was taken ti
Portland from Corvallis several
weeks ago for treatment. The oper
ation was peiformtd at ten a. m.
Wednesday morning and the patient
is doing as well as could be expect
ed. It is a cur'ous thing that the
Auaericau public is so given to the
reading of advertisements as ap
pears. Bat the fact that enterpris
ing and successful merchants ad
vertise and then advertise some
moie indicates t'-iat the process
pays. Ttm successful merchants
of the land are thobe who have ad
vertised freely as well as judicious
ly. Nothing mere quick y tells the
story o life or stagnation in a town
than the advertising pages of the
local paper, a true trade index. j
i
While little or nothing became
public last year in regard to the raid
that was made on the OAC dairy,
in which a large quanitv of milk
was carried off, the fact was known
to several about town and the chare
the officers had after the culprits
was the causa of much laughter
among those who knew of it. It
now seems as though these raids
are to become annual affair?, as the
dairy was robbed one night this
week and 100 pounds of cheese in
fact the "whole cheese" taken, not
even enough being left to bait a
mouse trap. No clues.
A local business man had a lemon
handed him Tuesday morning.
This ge'- '.eman deals more or less
in valentines, calendars, cards, and
kindred wares, and Tuesday he
opened quite a shipment of such
goods for his establishment On
takmg the lid trom one box, every
pasteboard box inpide was found to
be empty, the swell valentines all
having been removed, as was shown
by slits cut in the boxes where the
little ribbons bad been severed to
loosen the valentine from the bot
tom of the boxes. The amazed ex
pression on the dealer's face as he
viewed the fake boxes was a study,
but he vowb he will solve the mys
tery.
The real estate men r Corvall's
find business lively these days, even
if there is lirtle doing at this par
ticular season in some other lines.
Robinson & Stevenson have this
week made the followiug sales: The
Rufus Harrington 5-acre tract,
northwest of Corvallis to S. M.
Bates of Linn county: S M. Bates'
40 acres, ihree miles from Corvallis
in Linn county to W. E. Witchey,
1 ite of Centralis, Wash., and the
Snyder place in Linn county, 98
acres, to Mr. Kyle, a recent arrival
from Indian Territory. In all three
cases the purchasers are to occupy
their newly acquired property immediately.
Mrs. Tom Riley visited relatives
in Albany Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. - Owen of In
dependence attended the funeral in
this city Monday. of the 'ate James
M ckay.
Mrs. M. W. Wallace of Indepen
dence has been visiting Corvallis
friends this week, according to the
Weetside Enterprise.
Attention, EndeavobersI Re
member the rally at the Congrega
tional church touight. Xou can't
afford to miss it. "Seattle '07.
There Wis some difficulty with
the electric lights the fore part of
tbis week. The poles that washed
o-1 during tne high water between
Corvallis and Albany caused no end
of trouble and the Corrallis em
ployes of the Willamette Valley
Company were in the vicinity of
AV.tr iy Monday assisting with the
repairs.
Articles of incorporation of the
Springfield Mitch Company have
oeeu hied with tbe Multnomah coun
ty clerk, and hereafter Oregon will
make matches ot a different eort
than those w&ich are generally
claimed tbe "made in heaven."
Not only this but it is said that a
resident of Springfield has discover
ed u process for nuking matches
that has been tested and found en
tirely practical . His process, he
claims, produces a much better
match at a lower cost than theotoer
kinds that are sold.
Miss Frank of Summit came out
to Co; vallis the first of this week
and while here met with an experi
ence that was far from pleasant.
She stopped at the Occidental hotel
and was s.iting in the parlor when
she was called trom the room. As
she went out she left her purse, con
taining something over $13. lying
on the window sill. Returning to
the room a few moments later Miss
Frank found to her dismay tliat the
contents of the purse had been re
moved. Several persons came in
and went out of the room during
her brief absence, but there' is noth
ing to le iote on wnoai blame for
the act should be thrown.
Whether or not that city is obli
gated to repair the road leading to
th Benton county approach of the
Albany steel bridge was a question
discussed by the membeis of the
Albany council Tuesday night.
A committee will investigate the
condition .f tbe road, and consult
legal opinion au to whether the citv
or countv should do ihe work. The
Albany Business Men's League took
the mattr in hand and a workman
was soot over to the north approach
to the bridge and temporary jepair
work was done to the approach so
that teams from the Benton county
side of the river can cross the bridge
to the city. The road, however, ia
not repaired.
There are many people in Corval
lis who will bs shlduei by this
item. It is that the law under
which dogs within the corpornt-
limits of Corvallis were formerly
taxed, is void, and that the chief of
police now hs no authority to tax.
impound, or kill dogs running at
large, since the law is no longer in
effect. As there are slre.tdv many
more dogs in Corvallis than are
needed, and as they frequently ob
struct the sidewalks and engage in
vicious fights on the main streets of
the town, it 8C ems a. pity that the
nuisance 18 to be not only tolerated
but in a way encouraged, by remov
ing tho tax that has hitherto pre
vented many families from harbor
ing such an animal.
Prof. A. M. Sanders has taken charge
of the Albany public schools, succeeding
Sup't T. A. Hayes, who has gone to
Portland. Prof. Sanders ia from the
State Formal at Ashland.
Yesterday w?! valentine day and it
furnished the usual amount of fun for
tbe young folks, wtr'e now and then an
older person received or sent one of these
suggestive aHairs. As usual, the penoy-a-piece
valentines were in evidence, pro
voking from some a smile and from
others a frown, according to their dis
positions. The Bazaar for bargains. 16 17
The potato market at Lebanon reach
ed the high water mark a few days ao
when Sol Lindley sold 1. 000 bushels of
potatoes for $1 per bushel to Seymore
Washburn. Mr. Lindley raised 3,500
bushels of marketable potatoes last year
on 13 acres of land but sold most of them
when they were 50 cents, but he feelB
very much elated that he still had 1,000
bushels and was able to draw -down an
eve-u $!,000. A neighbor of Mr. Lindley
named Clem raised 2,800 bushels of po
tatoes on eight acres but they sold, at
50 cents. Lebanon has some of the
finest potato land in the world.
Potatoes are selling for $1.00 per bush
el in the Corvallis market, the highest
price reached for a long time. Apples,
first class, are bringing $1.25 to $1.50 and
those of inferior quality, 60 to 70 cents.
Good, second hand Karubler bicycle
for sale at a bargain. Inquire at Gazette
office. 15 16
Miss Ella Johnson, the well known
milliner, goes to Portland Sunday, where
for tea days she will be engaged as trim
mer in a large millinery establishment
during the openings. A leading trimmer,
from New York City is to be employed at
this milliner shop during the same ten
days, which was one of. tbe reasons of
Mies Johnson's acceptance of tbe posi
tion. Ia this way many new and up-to-date
ideas are ootained.
Mrs. J. Mason arrived home Wednes
day from Siletz, where she has been at
the bedside of ber mother, Mr a. S. A.
Kisor, who has suffered a second stroke
of paralysis and is very low. Mrs. Alex
Campbell, another daughter of Mrs. Ki
sor, went to Siletz, Tuesday, to take Mrs.
Mason'j place as nurse.
Daniel R033 and son of Five Rivers
were Coriailis visitors Wednesday.
Mrs. Johh Abbey returned to ber home
in fealein Wednesday, after a visit with
relatives in this city. - ,
Tonight in the OAC armory the OAC
basketball girls are to go after the scalp
locks of the Roeeburg girls in a game of
basketball. The game is to be called at
8 o'clock and the OAC band will be on
hand with the real thing in the musical
line. Of course everybody will go..
For Sale Best paying business
in Corvallis for money invested.
Will la.it leas th: $50U: good rea
eon for Belling. Inquire t Gazette
office. I5if
Mr. and. Mrs. William, Babb moved
this week to theS. H. Vfoore saw mill
camp west of Corvallis, where they are to
cook for the employes.
Regular services at the United Evan
gelical church next Sunday. Morning
subject, Robbing God." In tbe evening
thj pastor's subject will oe ' Exiled.
xou will be welcome. .
Wantsd '-wntleman or lady to travel
for mercantile house of large capital
.Territory at home or abroa 1 to sait. I:
desirable the home may be used as head'
quarters. Weekly salary ot (1,000 per
year and expenses. Address, Jos, A.
Alexander. Corvallis, Oregon. 16
Dell Alexander, formerly a popular
Corvallis boy, arrived trom Waterville,
Wash., Wednesday, for a few days' visit
with old friends. Dell reports everything
on the move in his section of the woriu
and he is doing well in a business way.
Prices to close oai at the Bazaar.
16 17
R. H. Huston was a passenger to-
Portland Wednesday, where he went to
attend the convention of hardware men,
now in session in that cit .
Rev. P. A. Moses will preach at tbe
M. E. Church South next Sunday morn
ing. All are invited to attend.
B. D. Arnold of the Corvallis Ice and
Batter Co., arrived home Tuesday eve
ning from a business trip to Portland.
The business of this enterprising firm has
outgrown the present facilities, and dur
ing his absence Mr. Arnold purchased a
35-li or se power boiler for the plant here.
which will be installed at once.
A marriage license was issued Wed
nesday evening to William N. Butolph
and Miss Ethel Hendry x, both of this
citv.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Porter returned
home Tuesday from a two weeks' visit
in Portland.
Tomorrow evening in OAC chapel
there is to be a try-ont for selecting a de
bating team to represent OAC the coming
season. There is no admission fee, and
no doubt a good crowd will be presen t to
pass judgement ou the merits of the var
ious speakers.
Up to Wednesday afternoon Clerk
Vincent had issued 63 hunters' licenses
to Benton county sportsmen.
Senator Johnson has introduced a bill
to provide for dividing the SecoDd Judi
cial District into two Prosecuting Attor
ney districts, with Lane, Benton and Lin
cole in one district and Douglas, Coos
and Curry in the other. George M.
Brown is to continue as Prosecuting At
torney in the Donglas-Coos-Curry dis
trict and the Governor is to appoint in
the other distiict. Wednesday's Orego!
nian.
That members of the Legislature should
either obey the instructions of the people
or resign is one of the declarations ma''e
by the Salem Grange, in adopting reso
lutions upon the proposed amendment
of Statement No. 1. The Grange op.
poses any amendment of the direct pri
mary law or any law adopted by the
people before it has been tested by ex
perience. Oregon ian.
Eletba Pruett of Siletz Wednesday
filed witb the cle,'k of Banton county ap
plication to purchase 160 acres of timber
land, in the vicinity of Summit. Sydney
Pruett filed a similar application for 160
acres in tbe same locality; Mrs. .Lena
Thorp filed application to purchasa 120
acres in Alsea, and Walter J. Cathcart
Died on 80 acres also in Alsea. .
' Fruit growers could not ask for better
weather than we are having for spraying
their trees. The dope that is put oa now
will have a chance to stay on and the
little microbe that is lying under its cov
ering of scale will be effectually killed by
the sulphur and lime.' Give it to tbem,
boys. It means ' more to you and the
reputation of Willamette Valley frni'
than anything else you . can do, NOW
is the time. Don't neglect it.
D. O. Quick and wife who recently
moved from Halsey to Philomath are
soon to come to Corvallis to take up their
residence. D. O, Quick is an old and
widely known resident of this section of
Oregon. ... .
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We have too large a stock of Ladies' Shirtwaists.
Wi want to sell them, and quickly, too, so here
are our prices:
Regular $1 25 Special $ 98
Regular 1 50 Special 1 14
Regular I 75 Special x 32
Regular 2 00 Special 1 49
Regular $2 50 Special $1 87
Regular 3 00 Special 2 23
Regular 3 50 Special 2 61
Regular 4 00 Special 2 97
Regular $5 00 Special $3 69
Sale includes new Johnnie Jones styles. Latest
fabrics, mohair, batiste and albatross, all colors.
No old stock; all this season's goods. One week
only at
The Congregational Missionary society
had a tea at tbe home of . Mrs, Emily
Pernot, Wednesday afternoon. A pro
gram and refreshments were the features
and a good time is reported.
E. N. Hunter and family arrived Wed
nesday night from Caldasac, Idaho Mr.
Hunter is the gentleman who two
months ago was. ia Coryallia and pur
chased the Ed Buchanan place on Muddy
O'eek, which he will now occupy with
bis family. A car containing the house
hold goods and other belongings is on the
road 10 Corvallis.
J. W. Walters and Sir. Handshu of
Bellefountain were business visitors in
Corvallis Wednesday and yesterday.
Tom
HAS EEEU
A GRAND SUCCESS
Bat has left us with a great many Remnants, Odds
and Ends, in Dress Goods, etc., which for the
next 10 Days we will close out at
so cets on
THE DOLLAR
Don't overlook this opportunity to get a
bargain
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CORVALLIS,
m:iijIjKr.,s
OREGON.
WHEN YOU SEE IT
IN OUR AD. IT'S 30
brands of
BREAKFAST FOODS
We Carry
BUT YOU WANT TO TRY THE IVTliST
FLAKES
v.
This food is put up in one pound packages and sold for
15 cents
a package at
MODES GRO&ZRY
0. Cm H last and.
Cham. Blakaaloo.
CORVALLIS, STEAM ULUHBSZY.
PatronlzeZHomeWndiiistry.,
IOv fo Ordarm Sollcfted.
' All Work Ouarmntmrnd.
iCORVALLIS,
OREGON.
N. E Feakin and family moved this
week into the Peterson bouse on Ninth
street.
. Ed Williams of Bellefountain was a
Corvallis visitor yest' rday.
George Goodman of Bellefountain is
reported as having suffered tbe paralysis
of one arm.
Benjamin Franklin, Feb. 22nd. 16
Subject at the Christian church nest
Sunday morning; "First Things First."
Evening theme; "Tenting Toward Sod
om." Christian Endeavor at 6:33 p. m.
Spraying.
Parties having spraying to do please
leave ordera-with Smith. &. Dawson or
phone 852, Independent. Prices reason
able. Hubler & Read.
15tf
Don't Put Off.
Until tomorrow what you can do to
day If you are suffering from a torpid
liver, or constipation, don't wait until to
morrow to gev help.
Buy a bottle of Herbine and get that
liver working right. Promptnecs about
health saves many sick spells. Mrs. Ida
Gresham, Point, Tax., writes: 'I used
Herbine in my family for six years, and
find it does all it claims to do.'' Sold by
Graham & Wortham.
Special
All persons
C.H.
Notice.
the estate of
indebted to
Lee, deceased, are requested to call
at ihe office of McFadden & Bryson, post
office building, Corvallis, Oregon, and
settle their accounts.
Dated January 5, 19o7.
ETTA F.LEE.
Administratis estate of O. H, Lec, de
ceasid. .' 5 20