tOCAL AND PERSONAL
E.
Born. Friday, to Mr. and Mrs
B. Horning, a son.
Born, Wednesday, to Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Smith, a son.
R. H. Huston left Friday tor Elk
City to join bis family for an out
ing. August Hodes departed Thurs
day for a ten days' rest at Water
loo. Mrs. S. A. Murray- of Portland
has arrived for a visit of indefinite
length.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Johnson were
expected home yesterday from a
week's visit in Portland.
Miss Anna Leder has gone to
Jefferson for a visit with friends.
She will be absent several weeks.
Dr. James Withyeombe departed
(Saturday for Southern Oregon,
where he goes to take part in farm
ers' institutes.
Mr. Martha Burnett went to
"Elk City, Friday, to go into camp
with her daughter, Mrs. it. a.
Huston, and family.
Mies Emma Thompson returned
to Newport, Friday, after spaoding
a week or ten days looking after
business at her home in this city.
A. W. Herbert is building a new
dwelling'on South College street,
near Heilig Hall. It is understood
to be ior rental purposes.
Prof. E. R. Lake returned Fri
day from a visit to Portland. He
attended the funeral of the late
Guy E. Moore, there, on Wednesday.
Schmidt came up
Thursday, where
medical attention,
at her borne aere
Mrs. William
from Portland,
she has been for
and will remain
for a couple of weeks.
J. W. Roth of Philomath began
gathering his hop crop, yesterday
He was in town the last of the week
and took out a new stove for his
hop house, together with pipes and
fixtures.
Miss Margaret Snell's new house,
opposite President batch e borne on
college hill, is "erowinii" and will
be readv for occupancy by October
1st. B. R. Thouap-on is doiDg the
work.
Prof. A . B. Cordley and Superin-
tendent Denniau, left yesterday for
a few days' hunting trip in Alsea.
It is rumored tney took ' along
enough besf steak to last until their
return.
Mrs. W. J. Howell expected to
open her confectionerv store in the
Charley Young building, buck 01
Homing's store, yesterday. She
makes her own can iies and ice
cream and will no doubt meet with
liberal patronage.
Mrs. Prudence Chipnoan, who
was injured last week in a runaway
accident, is stilt confined to her bed
and Buffers considerable pain. She
is eeverelv bruised and so lame she
can scarcely move.
State Secretary I. B. Rhodes of
the Y. M. C. A., Portland, was a
Corvallis visitor, Friday, being in
conference with Secretary Hurd of
OAC in regard to the work of tleir
association for the coming year.
Plans have been adopted for re
modelioB Aloha Hall and as soon
as possible the work of transform
Ing the building into headquarters
for the pharmacy department will
begin. Prof. McKellipa will be in
oharge of this department.
The Gazette tcknowledges with
thanks an invitation to be present
at the State Fair, and other courte
eiee, from thfe secretary and presi
dent. There i no doubt that the
tonjing fair will be a credit to the
state, as reports all point to a bigger
and better fair than has ever before
been given.
R. -D. Hurd came up from
Portland the last of the week fur a
visit with his brother, C. T. Hurd,
aud family. lie is almost entirely
recovered from the surgical opera
tion which he had perforate 1 on
hie neck, though for a time the
wound made slow progress in heal
ing. He returned to the city, yes
terday. George Sebrell was in Corvallis
the last of the week, having jus
returned from Portland where he
had been on a business trip. Tb
first of next week he is to hold a
sale at his ranch in Alsea valley,
and immediately thereafter he will
move his family to Corvallis. He
has leaped his farm to Peek and
Phillips, two young men of Alsea.
Prof. H. P. Scudder and wife
have arrived from Kansas to re
maij. Praf. soudder is the newly
elected professor of agromony at
OAC. He comes from the Kansas
Agiicultural Collegexand is highly
recommended. With his wife he
will occupy one .of Dr. Cathey's
residences when the same is vacated
by Rev. Monosmith, in about two
weeks. tTT
Mias Margaret Powells ' has just
returned from a week's sojourn at
Newport.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Long were
over-Sunday visitors with Mon
mouth relatives. ' .
Clarence Ireland returned yester
day to bis home in Portland, after
a business visit in this city. -
C. Stimson leaves tomorrow for a
visit at St. Louis and other Eastern
points. He will be absent several
weeks.
Mrs. Rose Nichols departed Fri
day for her ho ne in Grants Pass,
after a visit with relatives in Cor
vallis.
J. K. Johnson, wife and daugh
ter, and Mrs. Liucy r rancisco arriv
ed home Sunday night from an all-
summer outing at .Newport.
Dolph Emerick, formerly of this
city, came up from PortUnd, Fri
day, and went out to Monroe, Sat
urday, to visit relatives ior a lew
daye.
In the estate of Zelia Dodele, de
ceased, Paul E. Dodele, administra
tor, has filed his hnal account and
October 7th has been set as the date
for hearing objections to same.
Residents, of the South Alsea road
district have donated oa for im
provement of the Alsea mouatain
road. This is certainly commend
able public spirit.
s Mrs. Janet Smith and daughter,
Miss Robena, depart tomorrow for
Cordon, Eastern Oregon, near
which place Misi Smith will teach
during the coming school year.
Mrs. Walter Elliott of Los Ange
les, Calif:, who has been the guest
for a week of .Mrs. W. G. Davis,
departed Friday for a visit in Chi
cago and other Eastern cities.
S. S. Henkle has resigned as
suocrvisorof road district 17, on ac
count o' removal from the district,
and the county court has appoint
ed R. W. Scott to fill , the vacancy.
Misses Belle and Lillian Ranney
and Claire Wade leave tomor
rjw for Condon, where Miss Belle
will teach school and Miss Lillian
will give lessons on piano during
the coming winter.
The commission appointed to ap
portion the widow's dower in the
Jasper Hayden estate has filed its
report and the latter haB been ac
cepted by tti county court. The
comoiissionera were George Q,, Peek,
W. H.- Hammersley and Mark
Adams.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Eila
Townsend of Kings Valley, ho
d:ed Friday afternoon at 4 o clock,
occurred from the residence, at that
p'aco. Saturday afternoon. De
ceased was aged aboat 35 years and
had been ailing two years with consumption.
M.-s. M. S. Bovee and little son,
Robe;t, arrived a few days ago from
Wisconsin and with Mr. Bovee
have gone to housekeeping in the
S. N. Wilkin., home on Third street.
Mrs. Covee came via Chicago and
b ou"ht the remains of thelpte
Gay E. Moore to Portland for ere
mt tion. '
- H. W. True arrived: Friday from
Glen Flora. Wisconsin, for a visit
with his brother, F. S. True, and
family. -
Miss Inez Williams came up
from Portland, Sunday, and went
to her home at Bellefountain for a
week's visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed .Williams. She has
been in Portland a year.
There was a quiet wedding yes
terday mornine at 9:30 at the home
of Rev. and Mrs. G. H. Feese. Tne ;
bappy persons were Francis Martin
of Invale, and Mrs. Nancy J.
Eason of Illinois, who arrived the
day before. The two wer6 old
friends in years gone by, "back
East." They will reside at Inavale.
Dan Kelly was defeated in the
races at Jamestown, oaiuraay,
making only fifth place in the 1C0-
yard dash which he was expected,
. , i . n: ...
by uregon DacKora, io win. nrei
place was taken by H. H. Huff of
Chicago. Kelly succeeded in win
ning first place in the broap jump.
Forrest Smithson of OAC took first
place in the 120 yard hurdles. The
time made by Huff was 10-15.
Mrs. John Rickard gave a fare
well party Saturday afternoon in
honor of her daughters, Misses Belle
and Lillian Ranuey, who leave to
morrow for Eastern Oregon. About
30 guests enjoyed the occasion.
Vocal music by Misses Lulu Spang
ler and Edna Allen, instrumental
music, conversation and refresh
ments were features, atid Rev. J.
R. N. Bell "droppdd in" and made
a speech that was undoubtedly the
"hit" of the afternoon. The affair
was yery enjoyable for all present.
John Wyatt was in town, Satur
day, to taie home a tnoroughbred
buck that arrived that day from
the Stump stock farm in Polk coun
ty. The animal weighs 310 pounds
and was a first prize winner at the
St. Louis exposition and again at
the Lewis & Clark exposition ia '05.
Mr. Wyatt, who is one of Benton's
widely known atid most prosperous
farmers, has a fine Hook of sheep
and being thoroughly up-to-date
and progressive in his ideas, is de
termined to have only the best of
stock on his fine lanch. The ani
mal iust received is certainty a
beauty.
Report from Portland says travel is
enormous. Many tarames are coming io
the state and lor many hourB daring the
day the Union Statiou shows an activity
similar to that witnessed at a great
national convention. They are ticketed
for all points throughout the state and
this travel will continue until the close of
the colonist rates, October 31st.
The" June bug disappears in Jane,
The Lightning bug in in May.
The bed bug takes his bonnet off
And says he's goin' to stay. Ex.
. Mrs. Ed. Felton, Sr., of this city, and
her sister Mrs. LiUie dealer of Seat
tle, left Sunday for Portland where Mrs
Felton is to enter a hospital lor treat,
ment.
Just received a new stock of Edi
son records at Graham & Wells.
75-8
Mrs. Elbert Hollister arrived
Friday evening from her home in
Portland for a visit with relatives
and friends in this city. Mr. Hoi
lh'er has made several visits to
Corvallis the past few days, being
fireman on the special freight train
that has been runn:Dg to this city
eery evening, recently.
Willie Bristlin, aged about 15,
had one of his legs broken ju6t
above the ankle, Saturday morning.
He was en route to town in a wag
ca and in some manner his foot
was caught in the spokes of the
wheel with the result mentioned.
The family resides near the G F.
R'ce home, in the extreme western
part of town.
In the mat ter of selecting exhibits
for the state fair from the exhibits
used at the All Benton school f.ir,
the committee in charge of the lat
ter placed everything at tha dieros
r' of the county court, H. L. French
being selected "to mske a choice
from the collection, to go to the Sa
lem fair. This is assurance that
Benton will have a good exhibit.
C. C. Robiaeon, a son, has filed
with the county court a petition to
have a comm:f-ion appointed to set
aside the widow's dower for Sarah
A. Robinson, in the Robinson es
tate. Citation is issued to the heirs
to show cause why such dower
should not b;, assi jued and October
11th has been set as the date for
hearing objections to the appoint
ment of such commission.
The second eon of Charles L-l-lard,
while coming to town, Friday,
with Jim Blodgett, was thrown froo
the rear end of the wagon, sustain
ing a fracture of the arm. The boy
occupied a seat on a box and a quick
jt.k of the wagon thre" him back
wards into trie road, the fracture
was reduced by a local physician
and the boy returned home in the
afternoon.
The quarterly meeting of the Central
Willamette Mfcdical Society occurred at
Hotel Corvallis, Thursday evening.
There was an address on "Appendicitis''
by Dr. Andrew C. Smith of Portland,
followed by discussion, and a banquet
concluded the evening. Those in attend
ance were: Drs. Pernot and Cathev
Corvallis; Drs. Kavanaugh, Stark, Wal
lace, Ellis and Davis, Albany ; Dr. How
ard ; Drs. Newth and Loggan , Philomath;
Dr. Bennett of Monroe; Dr. Booth of
Lebanon; and Drs. Andrew C. Smith
and W. T. Williamson of Portland.
The first Pure Food Show and
Industrial Exposition will be held
in Portland, September 12 and 13.
The S. P. will sell round trip tickets
for one and a thud fare;' children
half price. Tickets good until the
15th. 75
A contributiou to the AU-Benton
School Fair whicti was greatly appreciat
ed at the time of the donation, and which
is destined to be of future value, was $45
worth of lumber given by S. H. Moore,
of the Oak Creek Lumber Co. It was used
for platforms and seats during the fair
and the comm'ttee intends storing it in
the basement of the court house lor use
on similar occasions of like nature.
SANITOL Graham & Wells
have received their full line of San
itol preparations. 5-82
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Blackledge return
ed Friday evening from a two days' visit
to Mary's Peak. They bad a delightful
trip and saw three fine, fat deer, one of
which Mr. Blackledge shot and brought
borne. The other two seemed not at all
frightened by the shot and stood quietly
gazing at the hunter, who was close to
them, until the dog dashed at them,
barking, when they turned and ran
into the timber. Having only one horse
to carry the camping outfit Mr. Black.
ledue did not shoot at any more of the
beauties, knowing he could not bring
them home.
When in Albany see the 5, 10 and
15 oent counters at Charles Knecht'e
As an. advertisement for Corvallis and
Benton county nothing could have taken
tb lead over the school fair. Even
daring the fair this was made manifest.
A. K. Rubs, secretary of the executive
committee, reports to as that it was lim
ply astounding the number of people
who applied to him for programs and
otker printed matter relative to the fair
in order that they might send the same
to friends in the East. As an advertising
feature alone the fair will prove a good
investment.
FOR SALE Fine organ, also furn
iture. Inquire 1021, Corner 7th
and Jackson, Ind. Phone 548. 74-5
2000 Edison records to select from
at Graham & Wells. 75-8
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hall of Rich Hill,
Missouri, and Mr. and Mrs. Norton
Adams spent Sunday at Newport. This
wta the visitors' first glimpse of the
Pacific. They reside and own property
in one ot the big coal mining towns of
Missouri, wnere the land ia all rich in
coal, and it ia possible they may sell
their holdings there and decide to eeek a
location elsewhere.
Leave orders for views of the
parade and school exhibits at
Coffey's Photo gallery. 73-5
Corvallis is to have a new pent a' lurn-
ishings store. It will occupy 'the hand
some north room of the A. J. Johnson J
brick and the proprietors will be C. V.
Johnson of Airhe and Mr. Haskell who
resides in this city. Mr. Johnson and
family are to move from Airlie to Corval
lis next week, and the store will probably
open as soon after as stock and fixtures
can be secured and arranged.
FOUND During Benton, school
fair, pair gold-bowed spectacles in
black case. Owner call at Gazette
offica, prove property and pay for
this advertisement. 74-5
Richards & Pringle's minstrels played
a number of selections on Main street,
Saturday afternoon and at night gave an
entertainment at the opera house, the
opening event of the season at the local
play bouse. While this is an old attrac
tion, it is an eyer popular one and this
year's performance is np to if not ahead
of the standard hitherto maintained by
the company. There . was a good sized
audience which would have been larger
but for the fact that "Uncle Tom's
Cabin," another old-time favorite, was
given the same night in a tent show on
the flat.
The Oak Creek Lumber Com
pany has established a yard in Wil
kinfe' Addition, aud has on hand
for sale a complete stock of rough
and dressed lumber. Merle Moore
is in charee of the yard and will be
pleased to fill your bills. 54tf
A bicycle carrying a complete camping
outfit, a small dog and a man attracted
considerable attention on Main street for
a time, Friday. The rider has been
working at Tillamook and is en route' to
California. The dog he carries in a can
yas case strapped to the wheel, the pup
hems? allowed to have its head outside
the uncomfortable case. The young man
was very daric complexioned and had
neither shaved nor had a hair cat for a
long time. To a generous offer ot Cor
vallis boys to pay all barbering expenses
if he would visit a local shop, the Strang'
er curtly replied that he had money of
his own and that he wanted none of their
shaves.
New Fall
MM
Arriving
Daily At
S. L. KLINE
, Established 1864-
The People's Store Corvallis Or.
Our Prices Knock Out the Catalog House
G R API D
AWN UAL SALE
"Blossom." the Inter-muzzo Two
Sten. is the latest in music at Gra
ham & Wells. 72
W. PJ Lafferty had the misfortune to
lose bis driving horBe, Thursday night
The animal had been iH only a few
hours. It was at oae time considered
one of the fastest drivers ia or about Al
bany.
SANITOL Tooth powder and
Daste at Graham & Wells. 75-82
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A tramp, a jug of liquor,
A nook among the hay ;
A harmless combination,
On a perfect summer day.
But note the quick transition,
To the pit which habit dug;
Now the whisky's in thehobo,
And ihe hobo's in the jug. Ex.
Corfallis mothers had better take
warning from the following item which
comes from a Wisconsin town: "Mrs,
Henry Williams was severely injure
and her 7-year-old boy was fatally hurt
when a dynamite cap in the boy's hip
pocket exploded whan the mother was
spanking him. The boy had been watch
ing his father using dynamite in blowing
stumps and bad slipped one of the crps
Into his pocket. Mrs. Williams used a
shingle. The first blow exploded the
cap and tore a large hole in the boy's
side. The mother lost two 'fingers and
sustained other wounds."
An old gentleman, rather portly and
clad in a somewhat youthful suit of light
gray flannel, eat on a bench in the park
njoving the spring day. "What's tha
matter,?aonny ?'' he aeked a small urchin
who Jay on tha grass just across the
walk and stared intently. "Why don't
you go and play?" "Don't wanter," the
boy replied. "'But it is not natural,"
the old gentleman insisted, "for a boy to
be so quiet why don't yon run about
"Oh, I'm just waitin'," the httle fellow
answered. "I'm just waitin' till yon
t no. A man painted that bench
AT
F. L.
ILLER'S
For the next 3d 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 campare our prices with
others' before buying elsewhere.
Fm
CORVALLIS,
WHEN YOU SEE iV
IN OUR AD. ITS SO
OREGON.
The "Blow"
Almost Killed Father.
Get an Electric
And keep oft the Flies.
are
next door to Hamilton's. 56tf ! about l8 minutes ago.
Tt i n wfill-known fact that flies
unahle to withstand a steady breeze.
An Electric Fan quickly drives flies out
of a room and keeps them out.
fall line of Electric Cooking Uten
Wiring of all kinds done. Ask the
A
sils.
man.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY CO.
G. A. Clark, Mgr.
Wanted: To purchase from the
breeders Cotswold or Lincoln
sheep. Call me on Independent
phone No. 561 or No. 284. Wm.
H. Savage, Corvallis, Oregon. 53tf
Jersey Bull For Sale.
Descended from Grand Coin and Gold,
en Glow; imported cow testing 18 lbs.
butter fat, in 7 days, with first calf. Ad.
dress, M. S. Woodcock, Corvallis', Ore
gon. 72t