LOCAL AND PERSONAL
I Misa Sylra Starr epeat Sunday
at Newport.
L Mrs. S. N. Wilkins was a tuai
peas visitor io Portland, Saturday.
Mies Mary Skelton has arrived
ftome from a visit with Seattle
riends. . .
Miss Edith Wood has just return
ydfrocn a visit with relatives at
Monroe.
ti Miss Dolly ' Fouts has returned
1 from a. visit, with f rieads at Mist.
on the Columbia.
.Mrs. Julia DuMouliu has ju3t
completed a successful term of
school on Kigar island and is at her
home in this city.
Miss Vera Patton has arrive d
borne from a several weeiis' vaca
tion visit at the coast.
Miss Yuba Austin has returned
from an extended visit with her
father, near Gardiner, Southern
Oregon.
Prot. and Mrs. Will Vick3 are to
'leave in about a week for New York,
ffh-re Mr. Wicks" will enter Cornell
" University.
Mrs. Frank Bowersox came up
from Saletc, Saturday evening, for
a visit with her . parents, Mr. ard
Mrs. Sam Kerr.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clark return
ed the last of the week from their
outing at Newport. They were
gone six weeks.
" Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Felton
have been visiting relatives in Cor
valJie the past few days. They re
side at Big Elk.
(
kL W. J. Nail and family, recently
from Washington, havi moved into
I" tha Sechler residence on Third and
Washington streets.
Mrs. Peterson and son Raymond
of Seattle and Mrs. Davidson of Al
bany vere quests last week of Air.
and Mrs. Arnold King.
Herbert Pygall and wife have
moved to Corvallis fioui Portland,
and are residing with Mr. Pygall's
mother, Mrs. Oscar Healy, on Third
street.
Prof, and Mrs. F. A. Fulkerson
arrived home the last of the week
fiorn their outing' at lietr'oi;, on the
C. &E. They report an enjoyable
time.
Miss Nellie Skelton, who has
been visiting in the East for many
weeks, was in Corvallis the last of
the week, en route to her home in
Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Kidder of
Stromeburg, Nebraska, arrived Sat
urday for a visit with Mrs. Anna
Mills and daughter, Miss Clara, in
-j luia city.
v Miss Leona Marvin, who has
been visiting relatives and friends
in( Oxford, Iowa, has arrived home
and will again take up her resi
dence in this city.
Report says there is a new baby
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Ringo, in Eastern Oregon, but just
the date of the stork's visit is not
known. The parents are OAC
graduates of the class of '06, tbe
mother's maiden name having been
Maud Graves.
Mrs. Inez Wilson arrived home,
Friday evening, from Eureka, Cali
fornia, where she was called Dy the
illness of her brother, ArthuB St.
Clair. The latter died the day Mrs.
Wilson left Corvallis, but she arriv
ed in time for the luneral on Sun
day. Mr. St. Clair formerly re
sided in Corvallis. He was 36
years of aee. 3j
1 Glenn Ireland and Tommy Faw
cett are to take possession of tbe
Gus Harding farm, north of Corval
lis, immediately after harvest ia
ended, says report. They have
leased the plaoe for three years.
Mr. Harding is having a new porch
built and otber improvements made
to the M. M. Davis house which he
has purchasedj and will occupy iu
this city. ,
fProf. and Mre.Jra P. Whitney o.
Pullman, Wasn., left ioi Tacoraa,
Saturday Nnorning, after a visit
with Corvallis friends. ' Mr. Whit
ney i an OAC graduate and is now
a professor in the Washington Ag
ricultural College at Pullman. The
announcement of his marriage,
which occurred in Pullman on tae
8th, was a surprise to many Corval
lis friends.
A card received tbe last of the
week from M. Chappell stated that
be would return home in a few
days. Mr. Chappell accompanied
his brother, William Chappell, to
Los A ngeles, California, to consult
a specialist in regard to a cancer on
the face of the latter. The special
ist pronounces the trouble incur
able. William Chappell resides in
Canada, He thinks of having
Spokane specialists treat tbe can
cer, although they informed him
that there was but one chance in a
hundred for relief or recovery from
the operation. .-Lim
.Elmer Bothers is converting a
building ' on his premises into a
dwelling house for rental purposes.
Fred and Annie Ewing and Miss
Hazel Raber came out from Alsea,
Saturday, where -they- spent their
vacation. ins Raber family will
return the first of this week. Misa
Ewing departed Saturday afternoon
for her home at Oswego.
It is said that the best way to
preserve apples in the winter, ia to
wrap them in newspapera so as to
exclude the air. Tne exception is
"made, however, that the newspaper
must be one on which the subscrip
tion ha been paid, else the damp
ness resulting from what is "dew"
may result in spoiling the fruit.
Ex.
The dates for the Oregon State
Fair this year are September 16 to
21, one week later than laat year.
The time has been changed in order
to accommodate the thousands of
people who will be in the hop fields
before this time, and who will all
want to take in the greatest fair in
the history of the Northwest. Tbe
ulmucea ot fair weatuur are also con
sidered oetter at this time.
The merry-go-round has been
doing a rushing business siuce it be
an operations on the lot north of
tne express omce, lhuraday eve-
uiig. The swing ia the best that
has been seen in this locality and
the manager seems determine J
o keep everything orderly ani
quiet about the place, no profane
uor "loud" language being permit
ted. The children are not the only
ones who are enjoying the swing, as
old and young alike seem to find
pleasure on tbe ponies. j
Asa Alexander and wife. returned
Thursday from Alsea, where they
have spent the summer, Mr. Alex
ander having been engaged in work
ing on the Alsea road wbich has
been undergoing repairs. He states
that about three quarters of a mile
of permanent road has been made
on Alst:a mountain, the highway that
has for so long beea the terror of the
traveling public. Five men and two
teams were employed on t ie job up
to lha time Mr. Alexander quit
work, and the graveling was to be
finished by the last of last week or
the first of this week.
Let tjvjryooe keep hustling tj
improve the appearauce of their
streets and lots. Keep all kinds of
rubbish off tbe streets and side
walks, and see that your houses,
fences, etc., are neatly painted, says
an exchange, and Corvallis comes
under the same list. There is noth
ing that helps the looks of a town
and induces newconiera to settle iu
it more than neatly painted houses
and fences, neat and tidy streets
and sidewalks, and fruit and shade
trees on your lots. Let us see what
you will do for the benefit of our
progressive little city.
Judge and Mrs. E. L. Bryan, who
have been visiting relatives in Cor
vallis and Benton county for a
number of weeks, are to leave this
week for their home in Payette,
Idaho. Concerning Jndge Bryan,
tbe Albany Democrat says: "Judge
Bryan is a former Benton county
school teacher, county school super
intendent and attorney, going from
there reveral years ago to 'Idaho,
where he built up a good practice
and a splendid reputation, so that
when he was nominated for judge
oh the democratic ticket in a repub
lican district the chances were
against him, but the people wanted
him."
The man who wrestles with the
cow and learns the calves to suck;
who casts the corn before the swine,
is now in greatest luck, for butter
ia on the upper grade; veal's higher
than a kite; fresh pork is climbing
up the scale and beef is out of sight.
The ejfgs be gathers every day
from out his chicken coop are al
most worth their weight in gold,
and we are in the soup. His corn
brings fancy prices, it is rising ev
ery day, snd he rakes in all kinds
of cash for half a ton ot hay. The
farmer's in tbe saddle, and when
he comes to town, the rest of u by
right, should go way back and then
sit down. Nebraska exchange.
The team of Frank Bullis, the
Philomath mail carrier, was the
center of attraction in a free-for-all
street per'ormance in frontof Starr's
bakery, Saturday morning. The
mail hack was loaded with trunks
and the driver was in the rig rea ly
to start when one of the horses be
gan kicking and plunging. Tbe
efforts of several 'bystanders were of
no avail iu putting a stop to the
animal's frantic rearing and the
hack tongue was aoou broken. The
horte gjt its head under a ftrap
and was drawn against the other
animal, but- still the plunging and
kicking continued. Finally some
one got near enough to cut the strap
that held the animal's head, and
after a few more exertions the crea
ture cooled off and was driven away.
The other horse was cut near the
hoof on one iron t foot by its fright
ened mate.
George Waggoner and family are
to move in a few days into vthe old
Belknap residence in the extreme
western part of town, near the Ed
wards heme.
The big flags on Main and ad
joining streetd bung limp and moist
Saturday all day, but the atmos
phere was clear and "fresh,"- for a
good shower the night before laid
the dust and brightened everything
wonderfully. The rain continued
most of the day, Saturday, and it
will make conditions pleasanter tor
the All-Benton Fair.
Tnings are changing every a ay
in Corvallis, the old giving wav to
the new. An old land mark totter
ed and fell with a crash, Friday,
when workmen razed . the old porch
on the front of the Occidental hotel.
The building is to be repainted and
it is probable awnings will take the
place of the porch that for years
has done duty as a grand stand for
spectators on gala occasions in Cor
vallis. It is fortunate that the
work has been done before the Ben
ton fair, as people were in the habit
of crowding oubo the "upper deck"
of the porch until it was a menace
to life and iiuab. - ' .
' George von der Hellen, youngest!
son ot Jlon. 1. von der Hellan.
who now holds the responsible posi
tion of assay er at tbe "Blue Ledge
ujioe, has been notihea by President
Roosevelt to report at Fort Leaven
worth and be examined for a secoud
lieutenancy in the United States
Army. This is a great honor and
quite complimentary to our young
friend. However, while attending
th6 Oregon Agricultural College,
Ueorga exhibited considerable abil
ity in the military line, which has
now been recognized by the highest
ottioer in the land. Congratula
tions are in order. Southern Ore
gonian. A Jobs addition man was having
an old building moved onto his lots
the other day to remodel it into a
residence to be used for 'rental pur
poses. Before he got it located, in
fact while it was in transit, he
rented it for $12.50 per muntb.
possession to be given when it was
in position and condition. The
man was Orville Connor, the well-
known rural mail carrier. Charles
Heckart is another man with a
similar experience. He is remodel
ing a carpenter shop into a dwell
ing and before the windows were in
or other finishing woik done he had
leased the building for $12.50 per
month. A lady in Ooivaliis is foon
to have a fcix room cottage built
and has alrtady leased it for an in
definite period at $12 per month.
Who says Corvallis is not a good
place to invest money?'
FOR SALE Clean vetch seed.
Phone 724. Roy Rickard. 71tf
The plana are about fulfilled for the big
fair and the town will be filled with vis
itors in another day or two. It ia hoped
that every father and mother in Beaton
county will make it a point to Bee the fair
and bring all the children to Bee it.
Nothing baa ever been seem to equal it
in Bentoa.
Graham & Wells have been ap
pointed agents lor Remington Type
Writer ribbons and carbon papers.
Ribbons can be adjusted to any ma
chine. 67-75
An English tourist traveling in the
north of Scotland, far away from any
where, exclaimed to one of the natives ;
"Why, wbat do you do when any of yon
are ill? You can never get a doctor."
"Nae, air," replied Sandy, "We've just
to dee a natural death !" Ex.
If you drop a $20 gold piece in a 40
foot welt and advertise it in the Gazette
the money will come op in the first
bucket of water. Try an ''ad'' and see
what it does for you.
For Sale Good hack. Inquire
of J. A. Dawson, at , Smith & Daw
son's Poultry House. 70-1
The Bteamer was rolling frightfully.
"Jsyk,'' moaned the pale green but still
lovelv bride, "prouiiss me you will send
my remains to the old hom8 for burial."
He promised. The motion grew gradu
ally worse. "Jack," she moaned again.
"Well dear?" "You needn't bother
about my remains. There won't be
any." Ex.
At an ancual seriea of races "for all
comers," the sun was blazing down on a
field of hot, excited horses and men, all
waiting for a tall, raw-boned beast to
yield to the importunities of ..the starter
to get into line. The patience , of the
tarter was n6arly exhausted. "Bring
np that horse!" he shouted . "Bring him
up!" The rider of, the refractory beast,
a youthful Irishman, yelled back: "I
can't. This here's bnen a cib hors9,
and he won't start natil he hears tbe
door shot, and I ain't got no door." Ex
change. The Oak Creek Lumber Com
pany has established a yard in Wil-'
kins' Addition, and has on band
for sale a complete stock of rough
and dressed lumber. Merle Moore
ia in charge of the yard and will be
pleased to fill your bills. 54tf
Mrs. J. Mason ia in Portland on busi
ness, but will be home in time to open
her store for patrons tomorrow noon.
Official fair programs will be printed for
distribution. Three thousand have been
ordered. These are to be souvenir pro
grama. They are to be a novelty in the
way of artistic printing, something with
.which to remember the Fair.
''A full line of Colgate's Talcuoi
powders, perfumes, soaps and tooth
powders at Graham & Wells. 67-75
Mrs. C. E. Ray came in fron Newport.
Saturday, and ia a guest at tbe home of
her brother, William Baker. Her home
is in Portland.
A. J. Metzger requests the Gazette to
state that he is not and never has been
an agant for tbe Title Guarantee & Trust
Company of Portland, statements made
to the contrary, notwithstanding. Mr.
Metzger simply has the key mat opens
the various pocket "banks" of the Porti
land firm that are used by the Corvallis
patrons. Ha doea not pat out tbe banks
nor doea he haadle tbe moaey in anv
way or at any time. He unlocks the
bank, the patron puts the money ia hib'
pocket or does as he pleases with U7 bur
Mr. Metzger in no sense acts as agent no
does any business ia connection with the
Portland firm. ...
Wood wanted on subscription at the
Gazette ojee, 34tf
Resiflents of North Albany and section
adjacent Albany will please take notice
that the train schedule between Albany
and Corvallis is a ach as will permit them
to come to Oorvallia en the early morn
ing train, spend a dag at the big All
Benton School Fair this week and return
to Albany on the 6 p. m. train. When
25 or more persona come from a station,
a fare of one and a third will be made
then. In thia case, tickets must be val
idated by the secretary ol the fair to en
title the holder to the cut rate. . Thia
matter should be borne in mind by all.
When in Albany eee the 5, 10 and
15 cent counters at Charles Knecht'a
next door to Hamilton's. 56 tf
Any citizen who wishes to enter any.
thing in the way of exhibits at the big
fair thia week is welcome to do so, and a
roem for each exhibits has been provid
ed at the court house. Let local citizens
ebow their interest by having an inde
pendent exhibit of their own besides
what the achool children provide.
For Rent: Three nicely furnish
ed rooms, 8th and Adama streets.
Mrs. Chcis. Young, Phone 377. 68-71
President E. D. Resaler, of Monmouth
Normal School, has deposited with the
State Treasurer a certified check for
$3000 which, together with other income,
will be sufficient to pay the expenses of
tbe normal Bchool for the first six months
of the coming school year,, says Satur.
day's OVegonian. The necessary funds
having been provided, the Board of Re
gents will meet aud elect a faculty and
arrange to have the achool operated as
long as the funds laat. Tha deposit ia in
the form of a donation accompanied with
an agreement that no claim will be pre sented
to tbe Legislature for repayment.
Tbe Rev. Monoamith - house is now
ready for the plasterers. It ia said to be
one of tbe moat attractive cottages in that
part of town. Nortoa Adama ia the con
tractor. WANTED To buy small place in
city. Address all communications to P.
O. Box 306, Corvallis. 71tf
Dr. George Ainalie left Sunday for bis
home in Portland, after a visit with Mr.
and Mrs. John Smith.
Lester Smith and John Wilson went to
the coast, Saturday, to join Mrs. Off
Wilson who baa been there several day.
Mr. Wilson joins the family this week.
Mr. and Mra. Frank Porter ot Portland
are visiting friends and relatives in Cor
vallis and Benton cpnnty. They arrived
Friday.
Misses Lela and Leora McBee purchased
the Jonea residence property on Water
street and with the otber younger mem.
bers of the family will occupy the place
the coming school year.
J udge McFadden returned the laat of
the week from a several days' absence in
Lincoln and Lane counties.
Businesa man of Corvallia are urgently
requested to decorate their stores, shopa,
or other place of-business for the coming
fair. Ibe request ia made by the mem
bers of the committee who have gone to
so much pains to decorate the streets
and make the city attractive in a general
way. ljgt every store pnt cn its buntinor
and show a patriotic spirit towards tber
town in this, the biggast event ever held
here.
f The red, white and blue lights of the
special system that Manager Guy Clark
haa installed for the Fair were tested
Friday and Saturday evenings, many
citizens turning out to view the illumina
tion which waa very fine.
" LOST String of gold beada, on Main
or Jaiferaon street R a ward to finder, at
this office. - 71
1 he Portland Commercial Club once
circulated 327,000 leaflets in thirty days.
The Club will begin next Thursday the
circulation ot 400,000 somewhat ' similar
prints in twenty daya. The central
feature of this leaflet, a copy of which it
is desired aball accompany every letter
that goee out of Portland and vicinity, ia
the colonial rates which begin September
1st and continue until October 3ist, and
should by this time be familiar to our
readers.
Mrs. Alice Wicka leaves for her home
in Carlton.' tnmnrm. after a viait with
I her son, Will Wicks, and wife.
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Clearance
Saturday was the opening day of our
Great Forced Clearance Sale and the
it
crowds that jvisited
advantage of the
shows us that they
clearance sale.
sale will
" All This Week
WATCH OUR! WINDOWS
For Special Bargains
S. L. KLINE
Established 1864
The People's Store Corvallis Or
Our Prices Knock Out the Catalog House
GRAND
ANNUAL SALE
F. L
For the next 30 days we will offer the entire stock of
Dry Goods, Clothing
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.
Get an Electric
And keep
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. Wirihg'of afi kinds done. Ask the
man.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY CO.
G. A. Clark, Mgr.
Wanted: To purchase from the
breeders Cots?old or Lincoln
sheep. Call me on Independent
phone No. 561 or No. 284. Wm.
H. Savage, Corvallis, Oregon. 53tf
Mrs. Alice Marti i expects to leave to.
day for Hood Eiver, where she will visit
relatives before proceeding to her home in
Eastern Oregon.
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Bargains Ave offer !
are awake to a real ;
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WHEN YOU SEE IT
IN OUR AO. IT'S SO
OREGON.
oft the Flies.
For Sale.
Span of work horses suitable for gener
al farm work. Will sell cheap if taken
soon. Address C. A. Baird, Junction
City, Ore. 69-72
for c&Uiintai nafm. tur r