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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1907)
lOCAl AND PEBS0N41 Miss Erma Cooper of Salem was the guest of Corvallia relatives the last of the week. Mies Carrie Paul came op from Portland, yesterday, for a visit with her father, W. E. Paul. ' Miss Nelle Marvin started Sun day for Oxford, Iowa, her old home, for a six weeks' visit with relatives. Miss Jim Bhdgett and Mrs. Mar tin Gregg of Bellefoaatain were guests of Corvallis relatives during the fair. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hecker of near Wells spent Friday with their daughter, Mrs. Arnold King, and attended the fair. j Rev. and Mrs. Handsakar rriv d home the laat of the week from a several weeks' outing at upper Soda Springs. Miss Helen Raber was employed as clerk at M. T. Starr's candy etore last week, during the rush of the All-fienton fair. MisBes Marion and Ruth Horna day departed Friday tor their home In Walla Walla, after a three months' visit with their Bister, Mrs. T. S. Handsaker, in this city. E. W. S. Pratt, Walter Locke and a Mr. Wheeler, a railroad man, Jefl Friday for Calgary, Canada, with a view to purchasing a farm. They expect to be absent a month. Mr. and Mrs. James Flett came out from Five Rivers the last of the week and will visit awhilo before returning there to spend the winter. Miss Lura has also returned to ior- vallie. Ney Kiger, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kiger, has been suffering with an injury to the knee which threat ened to terminate in blood poison ing. He was in a very serious con dition Thursday night, but is some what improved now'. TUe trouble arose from a scratch caused by a wire on the bed epring. Mrs. Dr. Burgess and daughter, Elsie, and Miss Pearl Henry, who has been visiting the Doctor's fami ly for several months, departed for the state of Ohio, Monday morning, for an extended visit. Miss Henry returns to her home in that state. Toledo Reporter. Dr. and Mrs. Burgess are former Corvallis resi dents. Colonel E. Hofer of the Salem Statesman came out from Newport, Thursday evening, to attend the All-Benton Fair. The Gazette ab knowledges a pleasant call. Col onel Holer commented very favor ably on the growth ot Corvallis and predicts that within the course of a few years it will be a town of ten thousand inhabitants. Rev. C. L. McCauIand of Corval lis, presiding elder of the M. . church, Soutn, is in the valley this ween on official business. He held the last quarterlj meeting of con ference year in Medford, Saturday and Sunday, preaching an impres sive sermon in Rev. Mr. Goulder's pulpit on the last day Southern Oregonian. Will WhiteBide has returned to Corvallis from Wood laud, Wash., where he has been employed lor some tiice at team work. He has been in Portland for three weeks, but says Corvallis is a pittty ha;d place to beat and he will re main here for the present. Will is one of Benton's '"square" young men and his return is a pleasure to bis friends. The Sodaville Hotel at the min eral springs town of Sodaville was burned down Thursday forenoon and for a time it looked as if the little hamlet was doomed to go up in smoke. The people of the town, including women and children turn ed out en masse and formed an ef ficient bucket brigade and confined the fire to the hotel building, which together with most of the contents was an entire loss. The building was valued at about $1501) and the furniture and equipments at $500. The origin of the tire is supposed to have been from a defective flue, as it started in the rwf near thenhim ney. W. P. Lafferty of Corvallis form erly resided within a few miie3 of the section to which the following item from a Missouri paper refers "Hicks Myers, living about thirteen miles northwest of Trenton, lost 11' head of fat fteers Wednesday after noon. Mr. Myers had changed the steers from a shady pasture to an other about an eighth of a mile away, in which there were no trees. His boy discovered one dead about noon and Mr. Myers, on arrival at the pasture, found the whole herd closely bunched, trying to get shel ter from the burning fcuu in the shade thrown by their own bodies. He cut out all the yearlings and drove them to another part of the field, but too late, to get the herd to shelter before 11 had fallen dead. The steers were worth about $65 apiece and as they were not insured were a total loss, j , Mrs. William Fonts returned Sunday from a two months' visit in Portland. . - Miss Evelyn Merrill came over from Albany, Friday, for a few days' visit. Miss Margaret Fowells has gone to Newport for a week or ten days' visit with friends. W. R. Hall came up from Port land, Saturday to act as bg-s in the D. B. Taylor hop yard. Mr. an 1 Mrs. Cecil Cathey of Al bany were among the three day visitors to the fair la9t week. McMinnville is to have a great county school fair and stock show September 24 to 27, inclusive. Mrs. J.S. Booth returned to New port, Friday, having been in Cor vallis a few days on business. Prof. Henrv Sheak and daughter, Miss Edith, of Philomath were Cor vallis visitors during the fair. Mrs. George von der Hellen ar rived Saturday from her home in California for a visit with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Huff. Mrs. Bruce Burnett and little son returned to their home in Port land, yesterday, after a few days' visit with relatives and friends in this city. Brady Burnett came up from his home near Grants Pass the last of the week for a visit at home. He is holding down a timber claim in that locality. The exodus to the hop fields is now on and wagons loaded wan pickers and their- camping outfits have been passing through this city for the past three days. Mr. and Mrs. James Osburn re turned Sunday evening from a month's outing in the vicinity of the Three bisters and Fish Lake. They rtport a splendid trip. Mrs. Byron Hunter is suffering with a very badly burned arm. In pouring some hot lard from one dish to another she upset it. The right arm is dreadfully soalded. R. N. Williamson and family of near Wells a-e soon to move to Cor vallis to send their children to col lege. They will occupy a part of the Purdy residence near the S. P. depot. Mrs. H. McDonald and daugh ter, Miss ieressa, bi ruilomatu, were in Corvallis, Monday, the lat ter being en route to Dayton, Ohio, where she will enter college this winter. Prof. Jamea Dryden of OAC de- i parted Saturday f jr Grants Pas?, where he will participate in a fair and then proceed to California for i a visit. He will be absent about two weeks. MiBB Gladys Cummiogs of Green wood, Wisconsin, who has been a guest of her brother, Prof. Carroll Cummings, is spending a few days at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Pres- nell of Oakville. Rev. Presnell was formerly pastor at Greenwood. "I came in response to your ad vertisement for a waiter," said the man entering the restaurant. Have you ever had any experi- ei ce at waiting? ' assed the pro prietor. "Well, yes; I came in here and tried to get a meal once. Ex. The merry-go-round was proba bly the busiest place in Corvallis throughout the fair and from morn ing until night there was a crowd. The moving picture show also came in for much attention and the two attractions were always 'iarsely at tended. Miss Grace Wilson, who has been a very pf pular clerk at . M. T. Starr's candy store during the sum mer, ieeigued the position, Satur day evening. She goes to Eugene after hop picking, where she is to spend the winter and enter a shop to learn dressmaking. Three games of baseball were played on the OAC aihletic field during the All-Benton fair. The first was Thursday fjrenoon, be- iween the Toledo dam Diggers and Kline s Kandy K'.ds and resulted in a sco;e of 5 to 3 in favor of the Kandy Kids. Friday the piavers were the Kandy Kids and the Co burg Giants, the score being 2 to 0 in favor ot OorvallU, aod the cju- j eluding game Saturday between me same teams resulted ;n a score of 5 to 2, in favor of Corvallis. Jarad fuller celebrated his 88th birthday, Friday, at the home of his son, George V. Fuller, in this city. In honor of the occasion Mrs. Ful ler prepared a tempting dinner to which several elderly friends were invited and a pleasant day was spent. Mr. Fuller first came to Corvallis 26 years ago, remaining nine years-. He then returned t Indiana where he resided with his daughters until four years ago, since which time he has been with his son in this city. The guests at the birthday dinner party were: Mr. and Mrs. Huntington, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Everett and A. H. and A. D. Limbocker. Now that hop picking is on there will be quiet times for a few weeks. Many Cor vallisites went to the hop yards adjacent Corvallis, yesterday morning. To many it is an annual outing, with profit added, gg Miss Laura Cummings departed F riday for her home at Shaw, Ore gon, after a visit with her brother, 0. E. Cummings, and family. Mrs. Carroll Cummings and little son started Friday for Melrose, Douglas county, to visit relatives. "Them mosquitoes," remarked Farmer Corntossel irritably, "make me think of them city visitors we had week before last. "How's that, Hiram ?" asked his patient wife. "They come pretty near bein' the worst singers an' the biggest, eaters I ever saw." Ex. , i Mr. and Mrs. John Howard ar rived from Prineville, Sunday eve ning for a month's visit with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Fuller. They were accompanied by A. J. Fuller who has spent the sum mer in Eastern Oregon, but who will enter OAC for the winter.j 3 There are those in Corvallis who deeply deplore the tragic death of Carl PresBley ' who committed sui cide in Webster City, Iowa, a few days ago. Other members of Pres sley's family are very prominent and highly esteemed people, social ly and in the business world, where an uuusually large number of them, for a single family, are professional men and women. In spite of this excellent early training and en vironment, however, Carl preferred the life of an actor to that of a high er calling and drink was his down fall. . Because of his excellent fam ily and the further reason that any young man's or young woman's ruin is a terrible thing, young Pres sley's last rash act is spoken of with sorrow by those who knew bim and his estimable mother in this city. The city of Waterloo has been sued by R. G. Keene for the recov ery of $68.57, alleged to be due him on warrants issued on the treasury of that town and unpaid. The city government having been abandon ed and no officers elected, the chart er of the city has practically been abrogated. The last known record er ws George Stiers of Lacomb and service will be made on bim of a copy of the complaint and sum mons. Waterloo has had no city governmsnt for the past six years or more and the city has been allowed to lapse into a village. A iew years ago one Mrs. Devine filed a hume stead on a great portion of the town and has perfected her entrv and obtained title. How the plaintiff expects to realize from a defunct city is a curious question and the case is bein g watched with interest. Journal. WANTED Prune pickers. Ap- 72-3 ply to D. C. Rose. Lyman Bandy went to Portland, Sat urday, for a few days' visit. Prof. Mark McAllister baa been a visit or in Corvallis the past few davs. Miss Yuba Austin returned home Fri day from an extended visit in Southern Oregon. There was a dance at Taylor's ball, Friday night, which was enjoyed by a good sized crowd. Good music was furnished by a iocal orchestra. The school girl with the large feet was sitting with them stretched far out into the aisle, and was busily chewiag gum, when the teacher espied her. "Mary," called the teacher sharply. "Yes, ma'am?" questioned tke pupil. "Take that gum out of your mouth amd put your feet in !" was the command, some what difficult to be strictly obeyed. Ex. WANTED To Buy small place in city. Address all communications to P. O. Box 306, Corvallis. 71tf Mrs. Mandanna Thorp went to Port land, Sunday, and leaves there today to join the department oifiuera of the W. R O. of Oregon at Hood River, in tteir pri vate car, en route to the national con ¬ vention at Saratoga Springs, New York, This is the third time during her 16 years1 residence in the state that Mrs. Thorp has beeu honored by being elected as a national delegate, going to Buffalo in 1S97 and to Washingtou in 1903. She is a lady of liberal education, has consider able musical training and Que executive ability, and Corvallis has reason to be proud of the fact that for the third time she has been seat East as an Oregon representative. The amusement street or concession space at the Greater Oregon State Fair, Sept. 16 to 2i, at Salem, will be called the Corral. The name was adopted from a long list submitted because it bad a Western flavor, and because the Corral will be a general round-up and meeting place for pleasure seekers who will visit the oig fair. The place itself will bein the form of a corral, or enclosure, being built around three sides of a square. A number of good shows and acts are being signed up for this department. Free open-air exhibitions, balloon ascensions, moviu. , '-.tares, etc, will be presented to the public on a big platform in the center ot the enclosure. Get in on the round-up at the Corral. See the Teddy bearskin O. J. Blackledge's window. 72-3 Yesterday was "Labor Day," which is a legal holiday throughout the land. . Hon. Claud Gatch of Salem was a visi. tor at the All-Benton fair last week. Mrs Minor Swick returned Sunday evening from a two weeks' rest at New port. William Gpldson began yesterday morning the erection of a new residence It it located near the C. 4 K depot. Asa Austin arrived home the last of the week from an extended absence in Southern Oregon. Miss Rose Chipman came out from Newport Sunday evening, where she has spent several weeks. FOR SALE Clean vetch seed. Pnone 724. Roy Rickard. 71tf Jesse McHenry's handsome new resi dence in the northern part of town is rapidly nearing completion and is a very igbly strncture. The regular meeting of the W. C. T. TJ. will be held at the Reading room, Thurs day, Sept. 5th, at 3 p.m. A full attend ance is requested as there will be election of officers and other important matters to be acted upon. A fulL line of Colgate's Talcum powders, perfumes, soaps and tooth powders at Graham & Wells. 67-75 Ernest Wyatt was riding horseback Sunday on his father's farm west of Cor vallis when the horse stepped in a bole, throwing the rider quite a distance. While no bones are broken the y6ung man was badly bruised and shaken by the fall. Prof. Claud I. La wis, of the Oregon Agricultural college and Experiment station, recently decline! an offer of the position of director of the Puyallup, Washington, Experiment station at a salary materially larger than he is now receiving. He did not wish to leave un completed work which he now has well underway at the Oregon station. Agri culturist. The products of farm and garden, dis played at the fair, were of a size to sut prise many residents of Beaton who have spent years at the business. There is nothing surprising about it, however. It is simply a demonstration of what can be done Dy thorough cultivation after the seeds have been selected lrom the best, the ground prepared .with greatest care and pains taken in every detail to pro duce the biggest and best. With diver sided farming ia vogue more extensively, each farmer having mucn less ground to attend t:, more care could be given every crop grown and the results would be fully as astonishing as were the results of thorough and carelul farming exhibit ed last week at the court house. Lees land and more work per acre is the eeciet of which many Willamette Valley farm ers are beginning to take notice. When in Albany see the 5, 10 and 15 cent counters at Charles Knecbt's next door to Hamilton's. 56tf Friday evening was a verv delightful one in the All-Benton fair. An ice cream social was given on the court house lawn, the Kaupisch creamery fur nishing the ice cream frqp of charge. It was a great occasion for the children as well as older people, and a jolly time was had by the hundreds present. Meantime, in the exhibit room upstairs the Eiler'a Piano company had rendered an un usually fine musical program. Besides an hour's very creditable performance by a local orchestra there was a splendid vocal solo, "The Waning Honeymoon," by Collie Cathey ; vocal duet and encore, George and Collie Cattae ; piano solo and encore, Mies Beatrice Baker of Al bany; number, and encore by a male quartette composed of Messrs George and Collie Cathey, of Corvallis, and Sam Dolan and Mr. Nelson, of Albany, and an exhibition with the bones bv Mr, Andross of Albany, the Eiler's agent. The vocal music on this occasion was es' pecially fine and was the subject of much compli-nentary discussion in the audi ence. "Blossom," the Inter-muzzo Two Step, is the latest in music at Gra ham & Wells. 72-5 The "smoker" given uader the aus pices of the Corvallis Commercial Club at Firemen's Hall, Friday evening, wa a pronounced success as well as a very delightful affair. It was given in honor pf U. S. Senator Fulton and Governor Chamberlain, but the latter could net remain to be in attendance as he is presi dent of the National Irrigation Congress and was obliged to leav- for Sacraments. The speakers Friday evening were B. i . Irvine, Dr. Withycombe, Senator Fulien, Colonel E. Hofer ot Salem, J. M. Nolan , W. S. McFaddea and Dr. J. R. N. Bell. Prof. George Lester Paul of Portland gave several elocutiouary numbers that added much to the pleasure of the oc casion; some excellent music was fur nished by a male quartette, and cigars and mountain water were the 'refresh ments" of which all partoa freely and fearlessly. It was a meeting for the dis cussion of "an open Willamette River" and Senator Fulton made an excellent address on the subject, pledgiag his sup port to the movement at all times. Graham & Wells have been ap pointed agents tor Remington Type Writer ribbons and carbon papers. Ribbons can be adjusted to any ma chine. 67-75 G R E AT rO ...Clearance 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"olfer shows us that they are awake to a real clearance sale. SALE WILL All This WATCH, OUR For Special 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. CORVALLIS, The "Blow" Almost Killed Father. Oct an 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 themjout. A full line of Electricj Cooking Uten sils. Wiring of all kinds done. Ask the man. WILLAMETTE VALLEY CO. G. A. Clark, Mgr. Wanted: To purchase from the breeders Cots wold or Lincoln sheep. Call me on Independent phone No. 561 or No. 284. Win. H. Savage, Corvallis, Oiegon. 53tf or ehiUSrttat vafi Mr f piara Sale BBS GOTiNU Week WIND Bargains AT ILLER'S WHEN YOU SEE IT IN 0URAD. irSSO OREGON. oft the Flies. Jersey Bull For Sale. Descended from Grand Coin and Gold en Glow; imported cow testing 13 1 tit. batter fat, in 7 days, with first calf. Ad dress, M. S. Woodcock, Corvallis, Ore gon. 72U Electric ran