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!
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will offer the entire stock of
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WHEN YOU SEE IT
IN OUR AO. IT'S SO
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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
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