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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1907)
LOCAL AND PERSONAL Rev." Fatter Butler has been a Monroe business visitor this week. Will Reed went to Portland the first of the week to spend the holi days. Prof. Brid well went to Oregon City, Tuesday, w spend Christmas with friends. R. H. Huston and family spent j Christmas in Albany with the form er's parents. Miss Edith Casteel went to Ya qnina Tuesday to spend the holi days at home. Mrs. W. P. Ireland returned home Friday from a visit to her daughter at Monmouth. . J. S. Booth' came out from New pert Tuesday to spend Christmas with relatives. John Carpenter and little son of Monroe were Corvallis visitors the first of the reek. Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Bollister of Portland are holiday guests 01 rela tives in this oity. k . Miss LiHi Taylor ot Pee Dee was ti innit ol MIB. A. V. 1UPBUU" lew days this week. of Clem. East rn Oregon, spent Christmas with his family in tms cuy. t.. waa, nt TCinirB Vallev was -. pleasant caller at the Gazette of fice the first of tke week. v. Mr. Cianraa Carl went to Carlton the first of the week to spend a few days with trienas. at Fni lor want to Portland. Tuesdav. to spend Christmas with his sister, Mrs. J. Claude Clark m. .. Vfra Jabha Moses of Eu nene were in Corvallis, Wednesday, " , wj i .1 ,1 : to attend the MoseB-woou wnuug rirl Starr and Ray Waltz of Ain -- Dnanf1inri t.hn hnlidav V&ca VAv BIO CU"""- B - . tiob at their homes at Bellefountam. Tf onrv Rued of Portland was in rv,T.iiia Mnndav. en route to Mnnma tn snend Christmas With friends. m,o MTtVia Rnrnett has been the guest of her son, Bruoe Burnett, and family in rortiana m p few days. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Heckart Tpiinane TllflHrlftV tO CUIUS UP uuuj j epend Christmas with relatives at Irian fiend . Dr. and Mrs. T. M. Gatch and daughter, Mies Grace, have been omaata t.hlB WBfit Ot UlaUU "Jamil -- and family in Salem. M.a t. v. CaatAfil of Yaauina " (niiiaiiii TiiABilav. to attend the wedding of her sister. MiBS Sadie Dixon, to J. JC. Uoieman. Mr. and Mrs. Davis arrived the SilrertOQ to U1DV w .Va thnir hnmfl. Thev are located i MnGintie house near the Lutheran church. Fred Kerr went to SUverton emend Christmar with Kiahmthor rih)h. En route home h will visit a few days with his Mm Frank BowerSOX. ill Salem. Prof. W. T. Shaw, for years a Arluoator at OA.U. -but ir. tha Wanhinsrton State Col lege at Pullman, has been renewing nlrl friendships in Uorvailla iniB week. Robert Herron expected to go to Ro.t.iia Timftdav to send the holi days, but owing to the high water be was unable to come in irom iru Ranrl tn Corvallis and bad to PCSl' pone the trip. He expects to go in a few days. A kun vain full most of the 3v Tnaarlav. making it Very Un- nleasant for the eleventh-hour Christmas snoopers. Ia spite of thA fant. huwever. many were abroad and spent their "final dol lar" for gifts. A special school meeting is to be held at the office ot Ulertc w. a Dnxliinan on Friday, the tilth, to of votins a 2 A ,;n ,ar law toraiHe funds for com pleting four more school rooms, and ill low for Durchasine a heating plant for the public school . Vernon Gregg, driver of the Bellefountain creamery wagon, had a runaway Monday night when within a mile and a half of his home. He was thrown from the wagon, striking on a stump, and his hip was badly injured. It waB not learned whether any bones were broken. He is a brother of Markus Gregg. If the Gazette happens to be a little "shy" on news today please bear in mind that this is Christmas i week and that no one would look at por listen to us when we begged for an item. It is really notour fault and while we regret our short- ' comings we have been powerless. n..i. tha rhrietmaa spirit is one AJCO.UW k nf neace and chanty and we hope to - . L : . i un a . . nrl Mra ' Htturv Wlinal were guests Christmas day of Mioo? Swick ana. wire. , ;,t Miss Alena Nellea returned ' to her home in Salem yesterday, after a visit with relatives in this city. " Mrs. Webley Edwards went to Brownsville yesterday for a visit with relatives. . She will be absent several days. Prof. G. Lester Paul returned to Portland yestejday, after spending Christmas with relatives. Mrs. Paul will remain until atter new Years Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hammel and Miss Blanche Hammel were Cor vallis visitors Wednesday, being in attendance at the iiaaimei-ireiana wedding. A.tv.n TTanVln and family of Chehalia, Washington, are guest .:i .h.. tha hniidava of his ar- UUhll .w 1 - - ents. Mr. and Mrs. Uoo neunw, iu this city. v Married , at . the residence of A. r...f Ath .and Adams streets. Corvallis. , Oregon, ueo. wj, . . - r: XT 1 1 ; ij1 i KLntkaia ana oiibb oi Barrett. Rev. J. R. N. Bell officiat ing. - " tV. r T Troland and Mr. and Mra. Clarence Ireland, of Portland, spent Christmas at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W P Ireland in tnis euy auu u the Ireland-Hammel wedding. if r-cn Shnan Din.' which is requir A hr iha crnvarnmant. for Bale by -j . ,sr. , ... .7. Graham & WeUB. - ; , ; A dispatch from Ann Arbor, Michigan! on the 24th says: "Because of finaacial reasons Dan Kelly, world champion in the ahort daehea, has left Micnigan ana gone to Detroit to work. Kelly entered college last lall, taking up a study ol law. He secured a job as boolEKeeper in . hiii.rH and bowlinn alley and in addi- uon worked for bis r.pom by tending fur. nace. Wben he left, however, ne saia that he would return to college nest fall. Kell. haa a record of .09 3-5 in the 100 ; 21 4-5 in the 220; and has dons 23 feet 11 inches in the broad jump.' J. A. Dawson ia agent for the Albany Nurseriea. Give him your order. While the wife with whom be bad lived for 62 years was being buned at noon Sunday in Central cemetery, six miles east of Albany," Granville Marsh, an Oregon pioneer of 1858, who was al most 85 years ofdv died at his home five miles northeast of that city. Mrs. Marsh, who was 84 years old, died Friday . 'The two were among the most honored pio neers of Linn county Mrs.. Marsh had been ill three weeks with kidney trouble and Mr. Marsh's death was produced by old age and worry over the illness and death of his wife. Oregonian. Armour Plate Hosiery, for men, women and children, best made, di fmm t hA mill, and - sold by MWV 1 - . TTanblA A Davis. lOltf In its last issue the Gazette gave a list of the newly elected officers of the Modern Woodmen of America, but through an oversight stated that they were the W. O. W. of ficers. Even the best of people sometimes make mistakes. There was a happy family, re union at the nome 01 vrrnuuui n ant nf town, on CbristmaB VUvUv nv. w- j .11 tka mns and daushters be- uy, " - ---- . rru ing present witn tneir iauiuio. 1 .rant hi all too ranidlv with UU. .iv"- J - feasting and me-rymang, uu iu occasion was oneoigreas pieueuiu for all. Tlv. G. W. Forman, the success or ot Rev. XJ. H. Gibbs, will preach .1 ih. M.IC. r.hurcti. tsouin, nen Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m . a email. eharO-faced boy, one of whose eyelids had an inclination to droop in a chronic wink, entered a tailor snop in liDuer Broadway, approacbed tne pro prietor and silently handed him a but ton, The tailor took it ana looaea pui- What's this for? he asked. 1 un.. mant it. I've eot plenty of but tons." "Dat's all right," said the young ater. "But yer want business aon-i yer 1 "Yea." "Well, just sew a pair o' pants on that button.'' The . small boy was b alf wav up the block before the tailor reached the door. Ex.- .. Money To Loan On good, ap proved security. , Mrs. YV . E. Mar gin Ifonrth Street. South of Coutt tlnnaa 1-2 1907 rings down the curtain on the mr.Bt wonderful year the PaciBc North west ever enjoyed. In no other twelye Rev. Forman is a graduate of the monthi as there sa much money brought Mnnriv thanincrical institute and of B . ,u Mnnrl. ap.hnnl of music and has been engaged for the last few years 0 .. 1 j- in the evangelistic neia. A letter this week from Rev. M. S. Burh, formerly of this city but 00 ,v of Ford Uity, renn., siaiee mat Mrs. Bush underwent a surgiuai into the country from the wheat crop frnit. scored its biegest euccess; lumbar added many more millions of dollars than ever before ; the same ib true of the products of the dairy, while the grower nf Doultry has nothing to complain of. We are rich and prosperous, in spue 01 the fact that there appears to be a string. Mrs. rsusn uuuomwi b-- - - . k oneration in a hospital there on tne enc,, more a matter of mind than reah ?waVu.T .a HrW successful ty. Let us quit bemoamng imagaary aud the physician pjomiBoo um she will enjoy bettar h:ilth nerear- ter than has Deen tne case iur yar Many friends will De giaa 01 bucu favorable news. troubles, inspire confidence and get ready to eclipse in 1908 our paBt year's recora w ondetful as it lias been. An Albany dispatch to the Oregonian Tuesday sayst Louis Kroschel, who left Alhanv. Oct. 8. whena big batcu 01 com- nltiiniH were filed a'Kainst albany eitizens far violation of the lafal option liquor law, returned today, and surrendered himsell to Sheriff Smith and gave fzw A "abort change" man is reported to be working the valley towns during the PhriRtmas season. The man'a method ia to enter a store when the proprietor has a .lot of customers on nis nanus, make a purchase amounting to a few cents and tender in payment a bill or gold piece of large denomination; DnriBg the process of making change, the man "cnddenly diBCOvera" that he has in his pocket just enough money to pay for his poicbase. ' This he tenders to the pro prietor, and , requests the return' ot the piece of money which he first handed him.". Aa the proprietor diverts his gaze to. get the coin, the purchaser slyly picks op a part of the money first laid, down on the counter for change and puts it in his pocket. , If the proprietor ia not next to the game and. overhaaty . to anena 10 other customers the chances are he will not detect his loss. Fortunately, how ever, Albany merchants have long since developed their eye-teeth. Herald. One of the most destructive confla grations that has occurred in . this city for some time took place a few days ago when the whole upper story of Asa Tay lor's livery stable was totally destroyed by fire, together with about 20 tonsot hay. The fire was first discovered about 15 p. m. by some parties on tnesireei who. began, yelling . fire and a genera alarm was turned in. When first dis- 1 covered the fire appeared t to be near the flue over the harness room wnere it is thought it originated, but within a few seconds the whole upper story was all ablaze. , There was jio insurance on the contents, the policy . having recently expired, but a small insurance was car ried on the building. ' The loss is esti mated at: about J2000. Independeuce "Town Talk." Mr. Taylor ia the faiher of Mrs. W.; W. Ireland ol Corvallis and is wall known to many people in this city. , '. The Holv Boilers are at work here in Had earnest with an avowed intention ot converting the entire . population 01 Olympia to their strange doctrine, says a .lianatch from Olympia, wasningion. tn the Oresonian a lew aays ago. uj lim thv are not "Holy Kollers, the name is commonly applied, meaning nennle of the Oreffield beliet, sucn an r.oT.allis. Oregon, bad a siege of some months azo. Such and all kindred be Hefs are works of the devil and tne 101 lowers will never see the pearly gate, .so .... thaOi.mnia "Rollers." Their meet ings coneibt of son,; and praise service, tollowed by a call to "all those whowant anylhiug from the Lord to come-for ward." Here is where tne meeimge get interesting. Kvertning in me uum power is done by the leaaets to excite tha neoDle. When some poor, weak soul commences to get a little unstrung, one of the leaders places his hands on tneir temples and turongh his innoence boou has his victim flat on his or her back, when his attention is given to another yietim. WE EXTEND TO YOU THE ) Compliments Of The Season, and thanks for your patronage during the past prosperous year. We are now busy pre paring for our great "Red Tag Sal which commences on Satur day, January 4tll9 08, parj- ticulars of "which you will be notif led iii a: few days.- Real Estate Transfers. Mrs. F. P. Sheasgreen, or rort- land, spent Christmas with friends in Corvallis and sang at the Catholic church morning ana even- inc unriBtmaB uay. 6i" ainuen w omim w.. e- ers Harriet and Mabel, both for m- bonds for his appeaf&nce in Jeetice .Por- i '..Tr. 1 1 : o m r i j urn riniiiuiDu ut i rwa i 'i ii 1 1 wiicutii.i i.au.wu. " . . t 1 u one of the large wholesale plumb- inn houses, and Miss i-orena ie "bell captain" at Hotel rortiana. The other members of the family ate well and all like the new nome in Pov tlsnd: Mrs. Sheasgreen goes horns tomorrow. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Rees on Ninth street was a si soe of gaiety and good cheer on Christmas c'ay, when a family re union pecurred in which four fjener- q nark renresentea wiiuuuv n " . - r . . . . .'.uln b.eak havme been maae in ik. h!r. hv death. Those present .IK. j ---- ,,.- TJ we-e M and Mrs. w uiiam their daunbter, Mrs. Lee Henkle, and husband, their grandson, Ar- hur.Uenkle. ana wne, uu -. reat grandchildren, the li't'e or.r? of Arthur tlentue ana wue. w a memorable occasion ana one mat will long be remembered by those present. n. A. GERHARD will duplicate the price of any club offer for any periodicals or combinations. A Kansas man recently tried to win hack his wife's affections by applying dymanite to her. Only the brave deserve the fair. Ex. A work of art surpassing all pre vious efforts is J. M. Nolan & Son s window and store decorations, luzti manner Kroschel got wma 01 tne com' Tilainta and left town lust before a war nt una iaeaed for his arrest. He went tn Tacoma and remained in Washington TCrnachel is one of the proprietors of the Fianklin House. His brother Charles Kroschel has already been convicted on two charges of illegal sale of liquor. "If vsi T Saturday, Dec. 7, AT 8 A. M. All Holiday Goods on sale at less than "Wholesale. . ut.s TOYS. TEDDY SEARS, FANCY BOXES, HANDKERCHIEFS, ETC., ETC. All Other Lines Have Again Been Reduced Buy Now, Save One Half Because of the hUh water in the Wil lamRtte river at this city, scores of peo pie living in Benton county, near this i-.itv. must wait one day and possibly longer for their Christmas preseais, says an Albany dispatch in Wednesdays ure- nnin. A bill pile of Christmas pres ents lies in the local postoffice for people residing on rural free delivery route 4, whinh covers the part of Benton county .o,.T,t to this city, but because tne flooded riter covers all roads leading from the north end ot the steel bridge h.r. Harrier Houser could not deliver the mail on this route today. Ner can tHe people come to Albany to trade, bo it may be a Chrietmaa eve without presents in many homes. Robert Hughes et al to W M Jones, 100 acres southwest of Corvallis; $2s00. x r Millar in Nathan C Pickett, lot 9 bl. 32, Avery's 3rd addition to Corvallis; $550. United States to Mary Taylor, 40 acres nor Rlndzett. Onost. Land and Live Stoca Compaoy to A J Hodges, laud itf Benton county, i0. t. t TTWa to John S Rilling, 1291 acres in Benton county; $10. William Cramer to G A Whiting, lot 12 bl. 2 Avery and Wells' addition o cor vallis; $10. m t Ttnrnntt to R L Glass, 80 acres westof Philomath; $10. , T. H Rvcraft and wife to Moses Miller, 115.84 acres in Alsea ; f lbW. Isaac T Mason to E'W Eeder, 160 acres in Alsea; $101)0. . V John Scbuldt to Frederick Posey, 4 acres southwest of Philomath; $a300. John Coffey to Mary G WilhelmI40 acres southwest of Belief ountain; $3375. Mary Dyer to H- W Strong, 80 acres in Kines Valley; Si. H W 'Strom? and wife to Peter Calv', 80 acres in Kings Valley ; $200.' S. L KLINE, Established 1364. i ' " A New Year's Thought. At the Eoiscopal Church next Sunday the Christmas music will be repeated, with special singing by. Mr. J. F. A Ilea and Mrs. J. A. Armstrong. Seats tree. All welcome. J. A. Armstrong, Rector. Wanted Girl for house work in family of three. Address Box 247, Corvallis, Oregon. rrachins at the Presbyterian church. Sunday morning and evening by the pae- tor, Rev. J. R. Bell, lhis is Uhrist- mas Sunday at this church. Morning topic, "The Illumination;- evening iopic. w Christ's Human JN store iiviner We will try and answer this question of Fetichism as held by some churches. Special and appropriate mnBic by the chair. All made welcome. f'The decoratious are the prettiest ever seen here"- was the verdict of all who attended the Christmss exercises .at the Methodist church, Tuesday evening, and . d., .nrl Mrs. Leech. Dractically all the praise is due. The church was beaut ifully lestooned with Oregon grape and fir boughs, while the choir corner was 1 and converted into a cosy chimney corner, with large fireplace, a clock andornaments on the mantle and . fir hriehtlv burning on the hearth. On either side of the fireplace a prettily held the Sunday School presents and a few small gifts for the children. An excellent, program 01 mu sical and literary numbers was nicely j rendered, among the features being a vocal solo by Miss Janet Blackledge, a talented little lady whose voice is one of the sweetest in Corvallis; a recitation. .londiHlv rendered, by Miss Ida Bill ings; an amusing song and exercise Dy a .Lunf little nirls. and good music by the choir. Santa Olaus, in tne person oi r t Rla-kledse. made the event com nlete for the little ones, aad the evening was one of pleasure lor all present. We shall do much in the year to come, j . Tim what have we done today? We shall g'.ve our gold in a princely sum, Km. what did we aive today? We shall lift the heart and dry the tear, We shall plant a hope in the place of fear, to- ohall sneak the words ot love ana cheer, But what did we speak today? Driving Out The Groceries. Tn' m-flfir to introduce the head of our Grocery Department, Mr. D. D. Burman, to our customers and all "who ought to be our customers, we gi.D FREE OF CHARGE OUR LITTLE FAVORITE BROOM, worth 25 cents, to every cash customer whose pur chases in the grocery department amounts to two or . T vn KTS VVT II Q Tl fl more dollars. Sale commences lieceiuwci ..i will last one week. ;, THE TIME TO 3U IS When F. L. Miller wants, to sell. W7 Iv. Miliar IF YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD. ITS SO We shall be kind in the after-a-while, u.,f h,t have we been today? We shall bring to each lonely life a smile But what have we brought today : We shall give to truth a grander birth, inH ti areadfast faith a deeper worth, nt un ri ti.a hnntfarins souls of ,, O D"." b earth, But whom have we fed today? We shall reap such joys in the by and by, But what have we sown touay r We shall build us mansions in the sky, Tr,,ti what have we built today V T! .wet in the idle dreams to bask, u. v.. onr) now do we do our task? Yes, this is the thing our soul must ask : What Bhsll we do today ; Exchange. Farmers. Ti.-j inuvw rtrAcrnnian" of Port- Aeau Luc " . rnrnailia (Gazette' for the muu auu 1 1 " - , general hews of the world, also wr n- lormauoo auuu - .- results in cultivating the soil, stock rais ing, fruit raising, etc. - You can secure doiu ui papers for one year by paying to the Corvallis Gazette" the sum ot two dol lars and fifty cents, in advance, a1111 'the money by poswmce uruci i r. 1 th.a. mnat valliahle DaDeTS Will i Amntlv mailnl tn von. 83tf LK3 Jliwaju.awj j akM KldneyaaMl Bladder Bight CASTOR I A yc Infants and Children, "'on Have Always Bought of HOMESICK! if r ARE YOU GOING EAST? We can save you money on frr,;rhtinr household goods. . . J MlurMltinilgit. Wnte QB lor laic bim. if "-3. Oregon Auto-Despatch Co, H f ISCT STKET rMTlASB.0S escape cenBure, turn m
