Corvallis gazette., August 23, 1907, Image 3

LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Tom Taylor of Box aa a Corral
lis business visitor, Tuesday.
Rev. Father Springer returned
I Tuesday from a visit at Newport.
' T 1J n I 'in 1 .4 haa mniribl inrsi rtnm
of the I..ck.';i9 cottages on Ninth
street. .
Mies Lulu Rice went to Portland,
yesterday, 'or a fen-days' visit, with
Miss Lulu iurner.
Mr. and Mrs. P. S. True were
Salem visitors, Tuesday, having
gone dowu to look at property.
Miss Mildred Starr arrived home
yesterday from a two weeks' visit
with relatives in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. J. White of the vi
cinity of the Benton county mills,
re guests, Wednesday, at We u.
F. Rice home in this city.
Mrs. Susan A. Starr raturned
yesterday from a visit with relatives
in Portland, one was accompanied
by her daughter, Mrs. Clara Ritchie.
Mr. MeFarland, one or tbe pro
prietors of the skating link, has
been looking after business in Cor
vallis this week. He lives at Tan
gent. Caleb Davis, who has been very
ill at bis home near Philomath, is
slowly recoveiing. For a time fears
were entertained that Mr. Davis
would iot survive the illness.
Wilbur Starr of Bellefountain,
accompanied by his 'daughter and
bod, Miss Claire a ad Clyde Starr,
was a Corvallis visitor, Wednesday.
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dents.
, CI ester Henkle came np from
Portland the first of the week to
arracge for opening up the under
taking parlors in partnership with
O. J. Blackledge.
Mr. and Mrs. William Howell of
Coburg were in Corvallis, Monday,
en route home from Toledo, where
they bad been to attend tbe funeral
of their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hen
ry Howell.
Mrs. P. L. Hirshberger and fami
ly have arrived from Woodburn
and have moved into the Mrs. Mrs
on houee on Third street. Mr.
Hirshberger wiil join tbe famil
later. The young people will en'er
School.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Howell of
Coburg have leased the Dalbba
W. Ingle and I.au McLennan, and
are to return to Corvallis and open
in A Innoflnor hnliRA Thuv frrmrt.
ed the Farmers' Hotel in this city
for a number of years.
Dr. and Mrs. William E. Smith
of Portland are visiting at the borne
of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
V. F. Hamlin, in Linn county.
Dr. Smith has recently completed a
four years' couree in rredicine an
surgery and is now p-nctising in
Portland. Both are well and Uv
orubly known in Corvallis, having
attendei OAC.
Corvallisites are now gathering
up their belongings and making
preparations to go to t'-e hop fields
for their annual ''harvest time." It
means hard work for men, women
and children for a few weeks, but
all will return with a nett sum in
their pockets and the caBh thub
earned will mean much to many a
fanr.ilv in the wiv of winter comforts
and necessities.
The merry-go-round was placed
in position north of Hotel Uorvallis,
on Main street, Wednesdav, and
will no doubt do a rushing business
during the school fair. There' will
be two balloon ascensions, if present
plans do no miscarry, one ascension
to be made on the opening day of
tbe fair, about noon, and the second
at about the same time the second
day.
The demand for rent houses con
tinues and it now loksas though
the only way to make sure of quar
ters for the wlnte. is to cotm- early.
A young man was looking fo: rooms
the first of the week ard afte.- can
vassing the town pretty thoroughly
declared be had seea only three
empty ho.ises and tnose were rent
ed. Of course thre ara others, but
there is u qucsti n that there will
be a great demand far rooms and
houses this fall, as the college will
have a larger attendance than ever
before.
Richard Madison, North Char
rington and Ted Crawford, all well
known business men of Dallas,
were almost carried over the bar
and out to sen, at the mouth ot Ya
quina Bay, Tuesday. They had
secured a row boat and Btarted.
A strong tide was running out and
the men were soon caught and were
being carried seaward before they
realized it. Charles Anderson and
Lee Doty, in another boat, went to
the. rescue. The look-out at the life
saving station sounded the alarm
and tbe crew went out and brought
in both row boats. A large crowd
gathered to watch the work of
rescue.
. James Horsing of Philomath
transacted business in Corvallis,
Tnesdpy ' -
The little eon of Mr. and Mrs. J.
F. Tyler has been suffering witn
tonciiitis this week. -
Rvron TTnnter and family de
parted Wednesday for Cascadia for
their summer outing.
Miss Cecelia Tortora came down
from Portland. Tuesday, for a few
days' visit with relatives.
Roy Ho'lenberg and Waldo Col
bert i'.u. .litis first of the week
Loin l'.-. ir vacation at Cascadia.
A. P. Johnson returned Tuesday
from a bu i nd pleasure trip
to his farm in Yamhill county.
Miss Vera Chambers has gone to
Newport where she has accepted
employment at one of the hotels.
Misses Alia Metcalf and Olive
Wi'. ;y Tuesday for a two
w-.ckj' visit with friends in Alsea.
Miss Agnes Wilson returned the
first of tbe week from an outing in
Alsea, where she was the guest of
the R&ber family.
Albert Hewitt has purchased and
now occup'es with hi family tfe
cottage one door south . ot the O. J.
TreeB home in Jobs addition.
R. H. Kennedy has purchased
the "Sea chlight," published at
Salem, a d will move with his fam
ily to that city to res de.
Mr. Goodell, sawyer at the Strong
mill, has moved with his family in.
to the residence just opposite the
mill office.
Mrs. Eliza Sharp has returned
to the borrre of her daughter, at
Tangent, after a visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Linzy Sbarp, in this city.
Mrs. L. S. Smith, who came to
Corvallis recently from the East,
has just moved into one of the O. J.
Blackledge bouses in Jobs addition.
The D. D. Berman house is grow
ing rapidiy in the hands of the ca -
penters and will be ready for occu
pancy, it is thought, in about two
weeks.
' L. L. Robinson, a former OAC
etudeat, is now in Portland. To
friends in Corvallis he writes that
he will return to college next
month.
W. T. Nichols, tbe well known
musician of Bollefountain, moved
Tuesday from the latter place to
Lebanon, where he will reside with
his family.
Mrs. Linnie Linville and children
and Mrs. Rose Hall, of Portland,
are spending a couple of weeks with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Longer in this city.
Keith Brown, formerly of this
citv, is now employed in a Newport
bakery. Llewllyn, formerly with
W. T. & C. E. Small, is head baker
n the same establishment.
Mrs. S. L. Kline, of Corvallis,
leaves tonight for New York City,
to inspeot property with a view of
exchanging ban if raccisdo real es
tate. Tuesday's Otegn' .a.
The flags are now waving in the
bret.ze on Main street, indicating
that the opening date of the AU
Benton School Fair is almoct he-e.
These flags are beauties, 6x10, i
the disp'y will be the finest that
Benton county has ever witnessed.
Mr. and Mrs. George Worden of
Portland, old-time neighbors of J.
E. Fowells and family at their old
home at Fayette, Iowa, visited at
the latter's home, Tuesday and
Wednesday, en route to Newport
for a pleasant sojourn.
Mrs. Higdon, who for some time
has conducted the Reading Room
on Main street, is prepar'ng to move
to Long Beach, California, to reside,
oh - .. A U-.ive in the course of two
or th.ee weeks. A lady fiom Oak
land will assume charge of the
Heading Room.
Mrs. G. G. Knapp and daughter!
returned home from Toledo, Mon-
diy, where they have been spending
a month with friend? and attending
a camp meeting. They were joined
by a eon, J. W. Knapp, iu the
midst of their outing, whom they
had not seen fjr several years. He
comes from over the b ioy deep and
wid spend the remainder of the
summer at least with his parents
in Corvallis.
The Orpgon pesh season is at its
height this week. The thrifty
housewife is getting ready to beat
tbe cannery trust by putting up a
quantity of fruit to supply tne fam
ily needs until next summer, but
she v.i:l find it a more expensive
mutter than in fanner years, says
the Oregonian. The sugar trust
has already prepared for the event
by narking sugar so expensive as to
bealmcst a luxury and now the
fruitgrowers have added the finish
ing touches by asking unheard of
prices for their peaches. The or
chardists, perhaps, cannot be blam
ed for their course, as the people
have been willing to pay the big
prices demanded and a short crop
on the Coast has aided in keeping
values up.
Walter Taylor of Lincom county
was a busy business visitor .in Cor
vallis, Wednesday.
Frank Aidrich is macine numer
ous repairs to his residence in
lhase s addition.
Mrs. TSA FVItnn Sr haa haen
quite ill this week at the family
nome in jodb addition.
L. L. Brooks and family have
gone to Cascadia where they will
camp and enjoy an outing.
Mrs. Turner left Tuesday, after a
visit with her niece, Mrs. R. C.
Wills. Her home is in Eugene.
Misses Gretta Harrington and
Clara Baker are clerking at Kline's
during the big forced clearance sal.
Mrs. Ena Swingle is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Kyle, in
this city. She residjg in Washing
ton. .
Rev. C. L. McCausland, presiding
elder of the M. E. church, South,
has been in Koseburg on buaiuess
this week.
8. S. Bullia and family have
gone to the hup yards below town,
where they will camp for a week
before picking begins.
, J. L. Lyons of Indiana left yes
terday, after a visit of several days
with nis uucle, M. L. Adams, in
this city. Mr. Lyons is a traveling
man.
The new residence that David
Bullis is building in Jobs addition
is nearly completed and wiil be
ready for occupancy the first of tbe
month.
A. Kyle and family are moving
to Albany, where thay are to make
their home. Ibey are followed bv
tbe good wishes of Corvallis friends
and neighbors.
Charles Blakeslee, a former Cor
vallis man, has been a visitor in
this city the past few days. He is
now proprietor of the Cascadia
laundry in Oregon City. s
Mrs. T. J. Thorp is to leave about
the first of September for Saratoga
Springs, New Yoris, as national
delegate from the department of
Oregon to the W. t.U. convention.
John Moullett was a Marion coun
ty visitor, Tuesday, going there for
the purpose of closing a deal for a
f t. n which he purchased, five miles
from Sublimity. He will occupy
.he place with his family in the
near future.
A law for non-advertisers: Thou
ebalt not covet thy competitor's
trade, nor his prosperity, nor his
advertising 'deas, nor anything
that is thy competitoi's; but shall
secure for thyself even better things
of like kind by advertising also.
One hundred prominent business
man ot Brooklyn, New York, com
posing the Brook' yn League, will
spend all of August 28th in Port
land. These gentlemen are visit
ing the different cities of the coun
try studying municipal conditions
everywhere.
A large party of happy campers
left yesterday for a week or ten
days' visit to Yachaats. Those in
the crowd were R. N . White and
family, George and Elmer White
and families, Benjamin Potts and
family and Mrs. Rose Meers, of
Portland.
Mr. and Mr'. Albert Hall wiite
to relatives in Corvallis that Mr.
Hall has completed his course in
electrical engineering at Sohntctady,
New Yoj k, and that they will come
West this fall to locate. Both are
OAC graduates and Mrs. Hail is
remembered here as Miss Ethel
Kyle, formerly a teacher in the
Corvallio public schools.
Strayed From slaughter houBe
about two weeks ago, two black
hogf and one roan calf. Corvallis
Meat Co. 70
One of the excellent features in Kline's
big new store will be a large, comfortable
room to be used as a ladies' parlor and to
oe furnished and placed at tbe disposal
of tfomFu who wish to rest or caie for
their babies when down town shopping.
The need of s'ich a place, or several of
them, on Main street, has long been ap
parent, and Mr. Kline deserves the praise
o! his customers and the general publie
fot providing such a rest room for tbe
comfort of lady customers. It will cer
tainly add greatly to the attractiveness
of the store, from the feminine point of
view.
For Sale Good hack. Ioquire
of J. A. Dawson, at Smith & Daw
son's Poultry House. 70 1
S. H. Moore has f hut down his saw
mill for a month, or until .the rains set
in. The scarcity of labor made such a
move necessary. Mr. Moore has about
259.000 feet of lumber on hand at his
Corvallis yard, however, which will be
sufficient until the mill is again in run
ning order.
The "KedB" and "Blues" of the M. E.
Sunday School have just closed a coBtest I
which was conducted for the purpose of
securing new members for the school. j
The "Reds' won, and tonight they are 1
to be given a banquet bv the losing aide,
in the church basement. i
Claude Swsnn, the champion basket
ball man of the coast, has accepted an
offer in Seattle to coach the "Alaska
Yakon Brotherhood" team, preparatory
to a tour ot the United States. The team
has $5000 in cold cash to back it and put
it in fiist class condition, and is made up
of the best material available for an all
star team. "Swannie" goes to Seattle
about the middle of October, and bis
friends in Corvallis and at OAC will
wager that be pats out a winning aggre
gation for the state of Washington if he
has men to handle who can "make good."
A full line of Colgate's Talcum
powders, perfumes, soaps and tooth
powders at Graham & Wells. 67-75
The personal thanks of the Gazette re
porter are due this week to several kind
friends who have taken tbe time and
trouble to send in items by mail and by
telephone. Their efforts are deeply ap
preciated and we hope others will follow
the example. It helps the paper, your
locality and tbe reporter, and is a pleas.
ure to your friends who thus receive
mention in the columns of their twice-a.
week visitor, the Gazette.
Wood wanted on subscription at the
Gazette cace. 34 j
There were two qniet weddings at the
court house, Tuesday afternoon. In tbe
first the interested parties were Miss Gail
B. Starr and Alfred II. Gove, of tbe vi
cinity of Beaver Creek, who were mar
ried by T. T. Vincent at 3 o'clock, in the
presence of half a dozen friends. The
second! wedding was that of Charles
Beahn of Bedford City, Ya., and Miss
Nellie E. Alsopof Benton county. T. T.
Vincent performed the ceremony at 5 130
o'clock in the presence of the necessary
witnesses.
When in Albany see tbe 5, 10 and
15 cent counters atCharles Knecht's
next door to Hamilton's. 56tf
Mr. and Mrs. Hsmer Lilly of Wrenn
were business visitors in Corvallis, Wed
nesday Dan Kellv, the champion sprinter of
the world, will enter the University of
Michigan this fall, states an Ann Arbor
dispatch. Kelly has been corresponding
for some time with the athletic managers
here and the graduate manager today
said that the great University of Oregon
man would finish his college course at
Ann Arbor. Kelly expresses the desire
to run one year in an Eastern university
but in order to be eligible under confer
ence rules in view of the fact that he is
a sophomore at the Oregon University be
must eater this fall. Since the confer
ence rules went into effect a student
muBt have had at least one year's resi
dence in a middle . Western university
before he can become a member of an
athletic team. Kelly would finish tbe
Michigan course in two years and this
would permit him to compete in the
races in his senior year, Michigan men
are ild with joy over the prospects of
getting Kelly.
For Rent: Three nicely furnish
ed looxs, 8th and Adam? streets.
Mrs. Cha. Young, Phone 377. 68-71
Henry Wortbam is to return the last of
this week from bis outing at Newport.
SKATING The skating rink will be
open Thursday evening, August 29, and
continue to run during the Fair. 70
The board of regents ot Oregsn State
Normal schools today rescinded its ac
tion of July 18 ordering that the Mon
mouth and Drain Normals be operated
this year and instead a resolution was
adopted declaring that the schools shall
not be operated unless donations are re
ceived and that "no donations shall be
received without the express understand
ing and agreement that no claim will be
made for repayment by tbe state or Leg
islature." The faculty already elected
at Monmouth was discharged and the
executive committee authorized to elect
a new faculty when funds are available.
No faculty has been elected by Drain
Normal. Ex-President Kessler, of Mon
mouth , says that his institution will
meet tbe conditions imposed and that
the school will run next year. Ex-President
Brigs, of Drain, could not say what
the friends cf that institution will do.
Wednesday's Oregonian.
The Oak Creek Lumber Com
pany has established a yard in Wil
kine' Addition, and has on hand
for sale a complete . stojk of rough
and dressed lumber. Merle Moore
is in charge of the yard and will be
pleased to fill your bills. 54tf
The following is a list of subjects to be
treated by the agricultural faculty of
OAC during tbe agricultural short course
lor teachers which begins Monday : "An
imal Husbandry and Forage Crops," Dr.
James Witby combe; "Insect Pests and
Plant Diseas as," Prof. A. B. Cordley;
"Tbe Plant and Schooi Gardens," Prof.
E. R. Lake; "Soils and Plant Food,"
Prof. A. L. Knisely ; "Flowers," Prof.
George Coote; "Horticulture," Prof. C,
I. Lewis; "Farm Dairying," Prof. F. L.
Kent; "Bacteriology," Prof. E. F. Per
not; "Poultry," Prof. James Dryden. In
addition to the above special lectures
will be given as follows: "Domestic
Science in Public Schools," Mrs. Clara
Waldo; "The Outlook lor Industrial Work
in the Public Schools," Supt. J. H. Ak
erman ; "The Place of Agriculture in the
Common Schools," President W. J. Kerr, j
Addresses will also be made by Governor
Chamberlain an4 U. S. Senator Fulton. !
The Congregational ladies will serve
lunch at the home of Mrs. Martha Bur- j
nett, west of the court house, during the
fair. Everybody welcome. 70
GREAT
...Clearai
Saturday was the
Great Forced Clearance Sale and the (
crowds that jvisited
advantage of the
shows us that they
clearance sale.
SALE WILL
All This
WATCH OURf-WIflSDOWS
For Special Bargains
S. L KLINE
Established 1864
The People's Store Corvallis Or.
Our Prices Knock Out the Catalog House
GRAND
F. L. MILLER'S
For the next 30 days we will offer the entire stock of
Dry Goods, Clothsng
Shoes, Etc.
At prices never before offered in Corvallis. This is an
opportunity to buy first-class merchandise at a bargain.
We only ask you to call and compare our prices with
others' before buying elsewhere.
Fm L.
CORVALLIS,
The ''Blow"
Almost Killed Father.
And keep
It is a well-known fact that flies are
unable to withstand a steady breeze.
An Electrician quickly drives flies out
of a room and keeps them out.
A full line of Electric Cooking Uten
sils. Wiring of all kinds done. Ask the
man.
WILLAMETTE YALLEY CO.
G. A. Clark, Mgr.
Wanted: To purchase from the
breeders Cotswold , , or Lincoln
sheep. Call me on Independent
phone .No. obi or JNo. 284. VVm.
H. Savage, Corvallis, Oregon. 53tf
Services will he held at the M. E.
church, Sunday, by the pastor, Bev. G.
IL Feeee.
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opening day of our J
our store and too $
Bargains we offer
are awake to a real
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Week
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WHEN YOU SEE IT
IN 0URAD. irSSO
OREGON.
eclnc
oft the Flies.
For Sale. '
Span of work horses suitable for gener
al (arm work. Will sell cheap if taken
soon. Addrees C. A. Baird, Junction
City, Ore. 69-72
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