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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1907)
LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mies Leora McBee came out from Newport, Friday, where she spent a ten days' vacation. George and Will Tavener, former well known Corvallis boys, are now located at Klamath Falls. Both are marriea. William Ryalls of Albany has been visiting at the house of bis daughter, Mrs. Isaac Jackson, in this city, the past few days. ' Word received from Re, and Mrs. Handsaker says they are camped at upper Soda Springs and are having a line time. Miss Lena Hinrich, of Albany. was the guest Friday night and Saturday of Miss Merle Hollister, en route to Newport tor a vieit. Mrs. F. L. Moore came out from Newport, Friday, and visited oid friends in this city, en route to her home at Kelso, 'Wash. Claude Swann, Haman Bilyeu find Frank McGinnia t rrived home Friday evening from a week's out ieg at Cabcadia. F. S. True has purchased the Harlan house, just weal of the E l Fulton home, and is repairing it for use as a rent house. Under the direction of Supervisor Tunison the state road south of town In being graveled and put in first class condition, according to reports received. Miss Olive Whitney leaves the last of this week for her home in Delta, Colorado, after a visit with her old school friend, Miss Alda Metcalf. George Sebrell and family are moving from Alsea valley back to their old home in this city. Tuey brought in the first load of goods the last of the week. Excavating is now in progress out on college hill for the new ma cqine shops that are to be built this fall. A. F. Peterson, who has the contract, is in charge of the work. A. S. Tavener and family, old time Corvallisites but now of Doug las county, have written friends in this city that they expect soon to return to Corvailis to make their home. Mr. and Mr. Minor Swick left Saturday for Newport. Tne form er will return in a few days but the latter will remain indefinitely for the benefit of her health, which has been quite poor the past few months. A fine, large hop house is Bear ing completion out on Kiger island. The builders are Belcher & Wilkes who operate a 20-aore hop field or. the island and who are erecting the house to accommodate their crop this season. Although college doeR not open until nearly ti e first oi October this fall, sever? 1 students have been in Corvallis the past few days looking or boarding places. One from Eastern Oregon aud another from Tillamook were in town, Saturday, on such a quest. At Newport tVe residents say that after the 20th of this month the exodus from that resort will be on in full force. While it means Stagnation for Newport, it is a fact that brings joy to the newspaper offices of Corvallis, for then perhaps there will be something "doing" that will make news to satsfiy a hungry reading puolic. A three-frurths yield but a crop of excel 1 ant quality that will com mand the top price in the market is the report that comes from the vicinity of Independence regarding the hop situation. Preparations are goirg ahead .for harvesting the crop just as though 30 cent prices were in siaht and doubtless the en tire crop till be hat vested regard less of the present conditions of the market. Parties that have made a study of the matur claim that the cli mate of this section is admirably adapted for the growing of figs and their successful culture, eas ao Albany diepitch to the Journal. Easterners in the city yesterday have make a study of this matter and are contemplating the growing, of figs for the market. This will be the beginning of a new industry in Linn county aud upon its success will rest the prospect of this becom ing a great producing center for these fruit-. A Corvallis man who owns an at- part ot town said this week that he bad received five applications to rent the property within a week. This gives some idea of the demand for lent houses, and should act a? an incentive to those who have cap ital and could make good interest on their money by investing in lots and putting up tottagos for rental purposes. It seems strange that this idea has not been carried out by local capitalists long ago, as the demand for dwellings is always greater than the supply. Clum Read arrived home Thurs day from a ten days' stay on his ranch near Big Elk. Miss Bessie Ireland came out from Newport, Friday, where sue has spent the past two weeks. Miss Helen Steiwer arrived Fri day from Jefferson for a visit with Miss Mabel Withycombe and other friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shrader, who have been visiting relatives in and about Corvallis fcrsome weeks, left yesterday for their home at Camas, Wasn.j , , A f600-hundred pound horse be longing to Jeese Wiley became en tangled in its stall in such a man ner Friday morning that its neck was broken. The accident is de plorable, as good hordes are worth many a dollar these days. It was at Newport. The thin, pale man in the large bathing suit, standing kneedeep in the water, sighed. ,4Why," he was asked, "are you so sad?'' "Alas," h6 an swered, "the sea is the grave of my first wife." "But you are mairied again?" "Yes," said he, "and my second wife wou't go near the water." A Portland woman in Corvallis this week spoke in glowing terms of Hotel Corvallis. "It is an excel lent hotel," she declared, "with good table fare and other accommoda tions, and is far ahead of many of he larger Hotels which have wide reputations for excellence of ser vice." Corvallis bar reason to be proud of such comment, and too much praise cannot be given loot I enterprises that keep strictly up-to-date. One of the largest hop deals made thus far this season occurred today, when the Ireland-Walls company of Corvallis contracted to sell their 1907 bop crop amounting to 20,000 pounds to Charles S. May & Co., of Aloany, N. Y. The contract price agreed upon is 10 cents per pound. The hops contracted for by Charles S. May & Co. are grown in the Osburn hop yard, consisting of 30 acres a mile east of Corvallis, in Linn county. Thursday's Her ald. Hunters should tare warning by the terrible accident at BeUnap Springs, Tharsday afternoon, that Cust a life and will cause another man's life long remorse. Tne Eu s ene Guard tells the story briefly, the following being the moet im portant paragraph: "Ed Oieson was shot and killed at 4 o'clock, yesterday afternoon, four miles from Belknap Springs, by Martin Ophus, while hunting. Ophus mistook Oieson for a deer, and when his big Savage rifle sent its leaden missile into las companion, and he discov ered hio mifetske, he was almost cruzed with remorse." The worry of the general com mittee of the All-Bentan school fair is endsd, so far as securing a merry-go-round is concerned. E. J. Ar nold arrived from Portland the last, of the week and will put up an out fit on U:e vacant lot north of Hotel Corvallis. Mi. Arnold claims to have the best merry-go-round in this section. It has three horses abreast, besides which he has his rbwn power aiid an independent electric light plant. It is possible that Mr. Arnold will also tecure a balloonist for the fair, if plans now on foot materialize. Mrs. L. W. Marcellus of Port land was a Corvallis visitor, Friday, leaving in the afternoon for Inde pendence for a vieit. She had been at Newport and was on the C. & E. train that jumped the track this side of Summit, Thursday. This lady stated that had the train gone only a short distance further before the accident the cars would un doubtedly have been turned over in to the river below and a bad wreck resulted. Passengers became so hungiy during the four hours' de lay that a man who w9 shipping crabs to Seattle opened two boxes and gave the contents to the pas sengers, who greatly etjoyed the treat. Mrs. Marcellus his spent seven years in travel, most of the time alone. She has two nephews named Clark who are to come from Hood River this fall to enter OAC. It is declared by the well-informed that Sim Harts.ck, the popular druggist, gets so rattled when he sees another fePnw kissing a girl at tht depot that he ca'.'t t-li a bioy-eief-o i; a ihreshirg machine. - The snie s-.uth "ritv that credits Sim with siiv.li poor nerves declares that the druggist narr-wly missed the strong arm of ! he law, a few days ago, by getting so i-xci-d Over walk ing down tiie street with a hand soms young Ltdy that he led off another man's bicycle instead of his own, and then ads-ertised the fact that s ime sneak thief had got away with his wheel. If these fcts are not absolutely correct, Sim will cheerfully answer all questions on the subject, although he is known to have offered one party a dollar to "abut up aiid drop the subject." The old bouse formerly owned by Prol. and Mrs. Ooole but used later as a chemical laboratory at OAC was moved the last of the week to lots owned by Orville Connor in Jo os addition. The building will be converted into a dwelling. Geo. Goodman, of Bellefountain, recently came to Lebanon to see if he could find work for himself and team, which of course he could, and oegan.work lor $0 pur day. He al so found employment for his seventeen-year-old son iu the paper -mill. He will move his family over soon. He is a step-broibarof J. L. Under wood . Criterion. . Nothing has been left undone to make the big, combined celebration of the Regatta and County Fair, the Norwegian Sangerfest, the Oregon Press Association aud the Labor Day events at Astoria a huge suc cess aud a continuous round of en joyment for the thousands of visit ors who will be in the city. A subscriber receutly received a statement through the postoffice, and it made him mad. He went to see the editor about it aud the edit or showed 'fcitfi a few duns of his own one f jrpaper, one for type, one for rent and several others. "Now," said the editor, "I didn't get mad when these came because I knew that all I had to do was to ask several reliable gentlemen like you to come and help me out, and then I could settle all of them." When the subscriber saw ho it was he looked like thirty cents, paid up and renewed for another ydar. Ex. Prof. S. A. Beach, head of the horticultural department of the Iowa College and Experiment Station, an J one of the prominent horticul turists of the United States, has just made a visit to Oregon. In company with Prof. Lewis, of the Oregon Agricultural College, he visited a number of the leading fruit growing districts of this state. Prof. Beach was very favorably im pressed with the horticultural pos sibilities of Oregon. As he was long engaged in horticultural work in New Yjrk he is especially inter ested iu apple and grape culture. Agriculturist. The latest song entitled "Colum bia, The Ill-fated Steamer," com posed by Mrs. Eda M. Spaulding is on sale at 10 cents at C. A. Gerhara's. 67ft Rev. G. H. Feese and family are ex pected home some time this week from their summer's outing in Alsea. Miss Irene Zierolf, who has bien visit ing Benton county relatives the past two weeks, left Sunday for her home at Sis son, Calif., where she has been clerking lor the past two years. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Oren left for their home iu Portland, yesterday, after a visit of several weeks with the former's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Oreo, in this city. Graham & Wells have been ap pointed agents lor Remington Type Writer ribbons and carbon papers. Ribbons cau be adjusted to any ma chine. 67-75 Mrs. Iva Mae McBee ia preparing to go to Los Angeles, Calif., to spend the win ter. She will leave about the firBt of October and will be accompanied by her children. The Oak Creek Lumber Com pany has established a yard in Wil kitib' Addition, and has on hand for sale a complete stock of rough and dressed lumber. Merle Moore is in charge of the yard and will be pleased to fill your bills. 54tf Miss Rose Horton leaves in a week or ten days for Waterville, Wash., where ehe is to teach again the comiug autumn. Charles Everett and sons of Portland, former residents cf Corvallis, passed through this city last wetk, en route to the mountains on a hunting trip. The V. H. M. S. of the M. E. church meets with "Grandma" Huntington in Johs addition tomorrow afternoon. For Rant: Three nicely furnish ed rooms, 8th and Adams streets. Mrs. Ch-s. Young, Phone 377. 6S-71 Mrs. Jjme3 Biiley aud children and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brimner of Monroe visited in Corvallis the last of the week. Mrs. Green Ingram of Monroe was the guest of Mrs. T. H. Wellsher two days the laat of the week. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Strong have de parted lor Monmouth, wLere for the piesent they will reside. Their house hold goods left Friday. Wanted: To purchase from the breeders ColSAold or Lincoln suet-p. Call ma on Independent p-ioiie No. 561 or No. 284. Wm. H. Savage, Corvallis, Oiegon. 53tf M'. and Mrs. E. W. Strong went to Portland, Friday, to attend the funeral of the six months' old child of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Strong. The remains were cremated at Sell wood. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ryder returned home, Friday, from a ten days' sojourn at Newport. When in Albany see the 5, 10 and 15 cent counters at Charles Knecht's next door to Hamilton's. 56tf Dan Kellv, the famous sprinter, made good in his trial ran at Eugene, Satur day, doing the 100 yard dash in 10 sec onds flat or under. All the iudgee caught the time in 10 or less, and as Kelly ran without competition to urge him, it is figured that he will do better when he goea against the swift men of the East. With his trainer, "Bill" Hayward, Kelly was to start to James town, yesterday. A full line of Colgate's Talcun; powders, perfumes, soaps and tooth powders at Graham & Wells. 67-75 Miss Ethel Berman was a passenger for Portland, Sunday, for a visit with friends. - "Mike" Walker, an old OAC student, came up from independence and spent Sunday with friends. For Sale: Onr-half interest in the Tyler & Kemp Bicycle shop in cluding all fixtures. 6S-9 Advertise your church and its services if you want it to keep up to date in at tendance and iuterest, is the advice of a prominent Philadelphia minister. He says in support of bis theory : "We are living In an age of advertising. Business men say their orders fall olfif they dis continue their advertisements, and the church should advertise constantlv so that people will keep up their internst In it. There are several ways in which the up-to-date church caa advertise. The daily newspapers saould be used, bulletin boards should be placed in conspicuous places, and chuich literature should be issued Another way to ad vertiae, and a most important way, is to kaep the church attractive and on a par with our homes. If we look at the outside of the average theatre we will see why it is so popular. We mast also advertise our church by speaking of it to onr friends." Wood wanted on subscription at the Gazette o jlce, 34tf In regard to the accident on the C. & E. railroad between Corvallis and Ya quina, Thursday, the Eugene Register of Friday eays: "Mrs. R. S. Brygon and little child aad Mrs. Mary Griffin return ed from Newport on the local last eve ning and tell an exciting story of the wreck. "We ware running along smoothly," said Mrs. Griffin, "when all at once the whole train gave a terrible jar, throwing the passengers clear off their seats and creating great conster nation. Luckily, no one was hart much, but it was a wonder some were not. We were told that something Lad broken on a freight car, as we were on a mixed train, aad the car at once went off the track. It was followed by several others the last being the baggage car, and they came to a stop right on a trestle. We had to wait there about three hours and a half, until another train could be sent for. When it came they had to build an extra trestle to trauuter the passengers to the new train." Misses Sylva and Mamie Starr returned home the last of the week from a several weeks' visit at New port. Mrs. Dick Tom left yesterday for Portland for a visit with her daughter Mrs. MeKenzie. John Grier and family are moving to. day into one of the Woodcock houses" just back of Graham & Wells' drug store. Charles Moullet and family start to day or tomorrow for their old home in Dakota, to remain. ' The little child of Mr. and Mrs. Lou Gray is quite ill with summer complaint at the family home near the C. & E. depot. Miss Helen Steiwer of Jefferson was the honor guest at a "recipe shower'' given at the Dr. Farra home, Saturday afternoon, by Misses Juliet Cooper, Edna Irvine and Mabel WithycomDe. Each guest brought the recipe for her favorite cake, pie, salad or whatever it might be these recipes to made into a cook book for the bridee-lect, who is supposed to prepare each guest's favorite dish when the guest visits at the bride's home in years to come. A very pleasant after noon was spent, cards aud light refresh ments bsing features. Miss Steiwer is to be married in September to Elmer Connell, of Daer Island, a prominent young man who was a member of the legislature last year. The guests, Satur day afternoon, wsre; Mesdames John Smith, Richard Kiger, Grant Elgin, Bradley, Kaisely, Biiggs, Pernot, George Irvine, Wilson, Selling, Yates, H. Box ten, Roberts, and Ralston of Albany; Misses Helen Steiwer, Juliet Cooper, Edia Irvine, Mabel Withvcombe, Anna Jones, Eda and Sarah Jacobs, Helen Holgate, Bessie Irvine and MiS3 Kerr. Hon. William H. Taft, Secretary of War, will spend all day in Portland, Fri day, September 6th. He will speak at the Armory in the evening at 8 o'clock, and seats will be reserved for. every editor, for the officers of every commer cial aud induslyal body, for the members of the last Legislature, the state officers, the mayor of e try city, and a limited number of delef'a from all ot the com mercial bodies throughout Oregon, but these names most i be reported and re serva ious made by Monday, September 2nd, by addressing Tom Richai dson, Secretary of the Oregon Development League, Portland. Mrs. William Schmidt gees to Port land today where she will enter a hospi tal for a euigical operation. Dr. James Withycombe was a passen ger for Portland, Sa tin day. Ir AT ...Clearance Sale... f Saturday was the opening day of our Great Forced Clearance Sale and the crowds that visited our store and took advantage of the Bargains we offer shows us that they are awake to a real clearance sale. SALE WILL All This WATCH OUR For Special Bargains S. L. Established 1864 The People's Store Corvallis Or. Our Prices Knock Out the Catalog House GRAND F. L. BliLLEB'S For the next 30 days we Dry Goods, Shoes, Etc At prices never before offered in Corvallis. This is an opportunity to bay first-class merchandise at a bargain. We only ask you to call and compare our prices with others' before buying elsewhere. F. CORVALLIS, The "Blow" Almost Killed Father. And keep oft the Flies. It is a well-known fact that flies are unable to withstand a steady breeze. An Electric Fan quickly drives flies out of a room and keeps them out. A full line of Electric Cooking Uten- sils. Wiring of all man. WILLAMETTE Alberta Wheat Land. Anyone wanting information upon the subject of Alberta, its resources, Legisla tion and other Lenis of interest pleaee call on J. H. Wheeler, who may be found at the store of E. W. S Pratt in Corval is daring the remainder of this week.69-: FORCED! T GOUT UE Week KLI 1 AT will offer the entire stock of Si WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AO. IT'S SO QREGQaJ. kinds done. Ask the VALLEY CO. GJA. Clakk, Mgr. For Sale. Span of work horses suitable for gecer al farm work. Will sell cheap if taken pooo. Address C. A. Baird, Juration City, Ore. C9-72 far ctitlumai 3r Vo