LOCAL AND.PRS0N4i
Miss Dollj Howard went to Mon
- roe, Wednesday, for a few daya'is
it with relatives.
Mrs. J. P- Mcliee has gone to
"v -1-1 A lilirin r faka nn har
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.permanent rosiuvuve.
M. Young of Scio has beed the
guest since Wedneeday of his daugh
ter, Mrs. A. J. Johnson, in this city.
H. C. Starr of Sidney, Oregon,
was a Corvallis visitor this week, the
guest of his sister, Mrs. J. C.Fletch-
Miss Carrie Fendall left Wednes
day for her home at Sheridan, after
week's visit with relatives in this
city.
Miss Melissa Skaggs returned
yesterday to her home in Lincoln
county, after visiting Corvallis rela
tives. Every saloon in Georgia was ex
pected to close permanently on New
Years eve, or until the prohibition
act is repealed. , ,. ,t
Mr. Hanks and family departed
Wednesday tor Vancouver, Wash.,
to remain indefinitely, Mr. Hanks
having secured employment there.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Moses left
Tuesday for their home at Eugene.
They were accompanied by Samuel
Moses of Philomath.
Mrs. J. B. Horner, Mrs. Skipton
and Misses Vera and Pearl Horner j
returned yesterday noon from a ten
day' visit to Newport.
S. A. Woods is expected 'to arrive
soon from Washington for a visit
with his brother, J. W. Woods. The
two have not met for 30 years.
Subject at the Christian church
next Sunday morning: "Precious
Promises;" evening, "The Great
Salvation." Special music at both
services.
John Alford and family of Junc
tion City left yesterday for their
borne, having been guests for sev
eral days of Charles Wiley and
other relatives.
College opens today, after the
holiday vacation. Both Waldo and
CBUthorn Hall throw open
their doors to receive the "old" and
the "new" at the beginning of the
Dew year.
Merton CUrk and little daughter,
Eunice, left Wednesday for Albany
to visit relatives, en route home to
Baker City. They have spent a
week witn Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clark
in this city. "
Mr. and Mrs. Hale ot Minnesota
are guests of their uncle, W. C. Co-
yel, of Monroe. lne visitors are
taking a look at this section of the
country and are highly pleased
with what they have seen.
Misses Cleo and Z e'a Johnpon
and their friend, Miss 'Georgia
White, are expected home tomorrow
from Scio, wnere they have spent
the past few days with Mrs. Warn
er, aunt of the Misses Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peak were in
Corvallis, Tuesday, on their way to
Alsea, They have -resided since
June near Seattle but have sold out
their interests in Washington and
are going back to Alsea valley to
reside.
Rev. C. T. Hard will preach at
the M. E. church, South, Sunday at
11 a. m. There will not be any
preaching in the evening. Rev. For
man is detained at Puoeiix, Arizo
na, on account of business and will
not reach Corvallis until early next
week.
Mrs. Lucretia Murphy of this city
was present at the 83rd. birthday
anniversary celebration ofhar moth
er, Mrs. Sarah Davidson, at Halsev
a, few days ago. Mrs. Davidson is
an Oregon pioneer of '52 and still
does her own housework. She is
known far and near for her kind
deeds.
Ia Independence last Saturday
there was a meeting of hop growers
held, at which a union wai lormed
to join with the coast organisation
of the same nature. Three thous
and acres of hops were represented
by the delegates who attended the
gathering. Among those present
was Jasper Smith of Corvallis.
During a trip to their ranch on
Cardwell mountain on Christmas
day, Milton and Frank Wyatt kill
ed a coyote and trapped a large
gray eagle, catching the latter by
one toe. The bird measures about
six feet from tip to tip and is now
being kept in a wire netting coop at
Frank Wyatt's ranch near Philo
math. Jhe old year 1907 died in Corval
lis. Tuesday night, amid the ring
ing of church bells, the blowing of
whistles, barking of dogs, and other
noises incideut to such celebrations
Watch parties were held at various
churchte and homes and lyua was
welcomed with the customary greet
ing which is here extended to ail
Gazette readers "Happy New
Walter Kline Las been a Portland
business visitor thla week. t
"' Born, Monday night, to Mr. and
Mrs. Arch Horning, a son.
Miss Grace Dinges spent New
Years at her home near Shedds
Misses Ura and Ethel Grier spent
New Years with relatives at Belle
fountain. S. N. Wilkins of Vaacouver,
Wash., has been a business visitor
in Corvallis this week.
Tom Morgan arrived Wednesday
from Heppner for a visit with hia
sister, Mrs. Minerva Kiger.
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Hammel
spent New Years in Albany with
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hammel.
Attorney W. E. Yates of Van
couver, Washington, spent New
Years with relatives in this city.
Mrs. Webley Edwards returned
home the first of the week rrom a
visit with relatives at Brownsyille.
The annual eleotion of officers for
the ensuing year occurs at the Chris
tian church next Monday evening.
Chester Coffey, the popular pho
tographer, returned the fore part of
the week from a holiday visit in
Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. John Daniels were
in Corvallis, Tuesday, en route io
Stayton to spend New Years witn
relatives.
A. J. Fuller returned the first of
the week from a Christinas - visit
with his sister, Mrs. Claude Clark,
in Portland.
Rv. and Mrs. T..S. Handsaker
are rxnected to arrive home today
from a two weeks' visit with rela
tives at Walla Walla.
Walter Maxfield and family of
Kings Valley returned home, Tues
day, after a visit at the Bevens
home in Jobs addition.
The Coffee Club save a delight
ful party at the city hall Tuesday
evening. Cards, music and re
freshments were features.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ireland
returned the first of the week to
their home in Portland, after a
week's visit with Corvallis relatives.
Mrs. W. P. McPherson and
daughter Edna of Eugene have been
guests the past hw . days at the
Webley Edwards home io this city.
ftanrcra Collins returned the first
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of the week to his home in Port
land, after a two weeks' visit at the
Jesse Brown home, south of Oor
vallis. lease E.'own and family desire to
thank most earnestly all neighbors
and friends for kindnesses and aid
during the illness and death of the
wife and mother.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. French,
through the Gazette, desire to thank
friends and neighbors for kindness
es and sympathy shown them dur
ing their recent sad bereavement.
Miss Margaret Fo wells nas been
appointed assistant state secretary
of Christian Endeavor, f which C.
T. Hurd is state president. The
annual convention occurs in Eu
gene,, February 20th to 23rd.
An envelope addressed to David
C. Rose and containing a pension
voucher was picked up by some one
from the public desk in the First
National Bank, Wed netday morn
ing. Will finder please return to
George Lilly, at the bank? 4
James Marks of Blodgett, who
has been in Corvallis for several
weeks taking tre, '.tiJ6nt for a severe
case of blood jK'soaing in the hand,
is making rapid progress towards
recovery and no furthur serious
difficulty is expected in the case.
Mrs. George E. McDonald, sister
of Mrs. E.'R. Hollister of this city,
di d at Day ion, Ohio, Monday eve
ning, a telegram containing the sad
t ding reaching the relatives in this
city, Tl voay forenoon. fre re
ins ..a o en route to Corvallis and
he funeral will be held at Philo-
alb. Ai...-t Jents were net
completed up to the Gazette preas
hour. Rev. and Mrs. McDonald
are well known in this section and
the news will cause wide-spread
sorrow among friends and acquaint
ances. The McDonalds went to
Otv'o last August.
Generations of playgoers have en
joyed "Uncle Tom's Cabin", the
story that meved t ae weld and add
ed chapters ti history. But it re
mained for Manager Washburn of
the Great Stetson Company to place
the old time drama in a nbde. n
stage setting. While the text of
Harriet B-echer Stowe'e master
piece is picserved in its entirety in
tue S'etson production, there are
other features introduced that male..
the piece a novelty even to those
who have laughed with Topsy and
wept with Eva years ago. Iu the
Stetson Company there are two
Topsies, two Marks who have a
great field for the intermission of
FOUND Several weeks ago, at -Mrs.
Mason's millineiy store, a blaca for.
Owner may bave saute by calling at this
office aad paying for thia notice. 2-3
Wanted Girl fur house work in
family of three. Address Box 247,
Corvallis, Oregon. . .
She I can't see why, because a woman
marries a man, she should take bis
same. He Just so. y The poor fellow
ougtit to be allowed to keep somethi ng
be could call his ova. Ex. .
Ten per cent off on every 50-cent
purchase, for one week, at the Ba
saar. i 5
"Explain," said the teacher to the
class, "the difference between 'the quick'
and -the dead.' " Please, ma'am," an
swered Johnnie, "the quick is them as
gets oat of the way of motor-cars, and
the dead it them as doesn't." Ex.
Mrs. L. W. Haller will teach a few
students on the piano, at -W aldo
Hall. ' 4
The Episcopal church, corner Jefferson
and 7th streets. Services. Sunday, Jan
5th, ai follows: 10 a. m., Sunday School ;
11 a. m., morning service aad sermon ;
7:30 p.m., evening service, sermon or
address. Seats free. All welcome. J.'
W. Armstrong, Rector.
C. A. GERHARD will duplicate the
price of any club offer for any periodicals
or combinations. : 98tf
Host of the stores in Corvallis observed
a ball holiday New Years and the em
ployes were seen . wandering about town
like so many stray sheep, fo the man
and woman accustomed to busy and ac
tive business life the sensation of being
idle and haying no particular ain in view
for the day, is a peculiar one.
Wanted At the Zoological Lab-
ratory, OAC, after Jan. 3, a number
of full crown oats at 25c apiece. - 5
He was a good-natured German, and
his face fairly beamed as be walked into
a drug store. The first thing that caught
his attention was aa electric fan buzzing
busily n the soda counter. He looked
at it with great interest and then turned
to the clerk. "Py golly 1" he said, smil
ingly, "dat's a tam'd lifly squirrel vot
you .got in dare, don't it?" Ex.
A work of art surpassing all pre
vious efforts is J. M. Nolan & Son's
window and store decorations. 102' f
The first train over the electric rail
road between Portland and Salem was
run Wednesday, January 1, 1908. That
was the date which marks an era of elec
tric railroading in Oregon and it is ex
pected that before the close of the : new
year the road will be in operation to Eu -gene
with branch, lines projected in sev
eral directions. Eugene Register.
The first of the year you will
need a new Ledger or Journal. See
Graham & Wells. 4-5
Preaching at the Presbyterian church,
Sunday morning, by the pastor, Rev. J. .
R. N. Bell. - Subject, "The New Year."
At the evening service, "The StarleBe
Crown," anonymous, will be given by
Mrs .' Herman V. Tartar, followed . by a
short address by the pastor, his topic be
ing 'Diadem B and Doing Things." Fine
music at both services. All made wel
come. For blank books, letter files, ink
wells, diary books, see Graham &
Wells. . .4-5
The men who run the newspapers of
the country are enjoying anything but a
nicnic of late, says an exchange. The
cost of publication has increased 40 per
cent in the last ten years, and 2j per cent
of this increase has been tacked on in the
last five years. The newspaper is the
only commodity which is coBtingthe con.
aumer no more and yet nobody appre
ciates the benefit.
Kreso Sheep Dip, which is requir
ed by the government, for Bale by
Graham & Wells. ltf
Bicyclists still ride on eollere street
and even go past the Gazette office aad
almost to Main street without dismount
ing from their wheels, which is strictlv
against the law. Chief Wells has long
since eerved notice through tb'.s paper
that all persons violating the bicycle or.
dinance will be prosecuted, and ia order
to save trouble and money a few of these
daring or ignorant ones had better
heed the warning.
It is in order now to make good reso
lutions and swear off from all our bad
habits to "turn over a new leaf and be
gin with a clean page. It is much easier
to make good resolutions than it is to
keep them as we have all learned to our
sorrow. We suggest that it is a good
plan to make fewer resolutions and great
er effort to keep them. Write them out.
Paste them in your bat. Read them of
ten. Furnish your wife with a copy and
buy her a new dress every time you
break a resolution. Ex.
"Why Girls Leave Home" was
played by a strong and well-bal-i
company at the opera house
in this city, Tuesday evening, be
fore a large audience, ad met with
wtrm approval from all present.
T'.e play is something, new and ec-t:-ely
different torn thojeseeh here
be past few seasons and besides be
iig intercsJrj from start to finish
contains a moral and a lesson that
are not soon forgotten by those who
sit in the audience, ihere is not a
"stick" in the entire cast and the
performance was eutirely satisfactory.
J. A. D ween is, agent lor' the
A Ibany Nurseries, Give hina -your
ordervs iv.a .-tc .a.VifiM
The annual "tea"' given by the W." F.
M. 8. of tue Methodist charch was held
in the church basement Teeeday evening,
a supper, being given and a brief pro
gram rendered. Tne topic was "Medical
Missions' and papers were read by the
president, Mrs. B. A. Oathey, and Mrs.
Caarles Beach. Mrs. .Leaen spoce briefly
and there was a vocal solo by Miss Janet
Blackledge and a recitation by Miss
Wlnnifred Gates. A watch meeting con
cluded the affair, which was ia every way
pleasant and successful. About 150 pert
sons were present,
Armour Plate Hosiery, for men,
women and cnudren, beat made, di
rect from the mill, and sold by
Henkle & Da via. 101 if
Tomorrow there is to be a mass meet
ing at the court house in Eugene, under
the auspices of the Lane county Horti
cultural Society aad Eugene Commercial
Club. There are maay interesting fea
tures on the program, which will include
addresses on "live'.' topics by such men
as Dr. D. A. Paine, H. M. Williamson,
Wilbur K. Newell, J. Beebe, K' H. Shep
ard aad Prof. A. R. Sweetser. Prof.
Claude I. Lewis of OAC is scheduled to
speak on "The Willamette Valley From'
a Horticultural Staudpo'int.' . Music
will be furnished by the Eugene military
band. r
It is practically settled that the 1908
football game between Oregon's two great
state colleges, the University of Oregon
and the Oregon Agricultural College, will
be played on Multnomah field, in this
city, says the Portland Telegram. .The
public announcement of the negotiations
has been delayed in arranging . for the
transfer of the Oregon-Idaho game back
to the campuses. The date of the contest
will be about . the middle of November,
getting it later in the season, so that tne
two schools can arrange their preliminary
seasons to give the contest a champion
ship aspect as often as possible.
Tnere is to be a basketball game
on skates at the Corvallis rink next
'.Ionday night, January 6th, be
tween the Albany and Corvallis
first teams. Game called at 8:30.
Admission 25cenU; skates and ad
mission 50 cents. 5
A teacher in a down-town school has
for her pupils the children ef Russian
parents. The "tber day she was explain
iug'a sum in subtraction which the little
ones found difficult to understand,.
"Now," said she to exemplify the prop
osition, "suppose I had ten dollars and
bought a hat for five dollars. Then 1
spent two dollars for gloves, and a dollar
and fifty cents for some other things.
How much oid I have left?" -For a mo.
ment there wag 'dead alienee. - Then a
boy ' j hand went tip. " Well, Isaac, how
much did I have left?" . Vy didn't you
count your change?" said Isaac in a dis
gusted Cone. Woman's Home Compan
ion. One of the stage stories that will
ever , remain strong and true to
theatregoers is "Uncle Tom's Cab
in," a sumptuous product?rn of
which, under the able mar-a-ement
of Mr. Washburn, will be gn en at
the opera house on Monday nighty
when every one who has the oppor
tunity of witnessing this perennial
favorite will acclaim it as one of
the best presented by any company.
Time, effort and expense have cot
been 'pared in its staging or selec
tion of cast and the minutest derail
h-s been carefully considered.
There is no story of book or stag"
that so delightr the juvenile miud
and it is to be hoped that every boy
and girl may have the wish to see
it, gratified.
Newport, Or., , Jan. I Damage ap
proximating $10,000 was done early this
morning by a fire that ravaged the busi
ness district, consuming an entire block
on Main street. The business houses
alfected, with losses, are as fallows : Dr.
IUvis, photograph gallery, $1,000; Stack
er's meat market, 1,000; G. Sbollenbu'rg,
lodging house, and Lee Williams, general
merchandise, $3,000, with insurance
lieht ; G. Shollenburg, jewelrv and mil.
linery, $2,000, no insurance; F. G. Booth;'
jewelry, loss on building, $1,000; T. G.
Hopkins, real estate, on building, $$00 ;
McCleary & Cbatterton, butcher shop,
$1,000, no insurance.
Misses Lulu and Lela Wells gave a de
lightful New Years- party at the home of
their parents, Mr. aud Mrs. J. D. Wells
Tuesdav evening, the guests being the
"I. T, C. Club," meaning Independent
Telephone Company Club. The program
included a vocal duet by Misses Golda
Darby and Lean a Marvin; recitation,
Miss Clara Brant; solo, Walter Cum
minga; tableau, "The Old and the New
Year," Misses Francis Petti t and Laota
Patton, and instrumental solo, Herman
Hector. Gam 3a were played, refresh,
ments of ice cream, cake, candy and
nuts were served and the New Year was
welcomed with demodstrations of pleas
ure as the clock struck twelve.
Wood Wanted.
Bids for furnishing the Oregon Agri
cultural college wood for the ensuing
school year beginning in September,
1908, will be received at the office of the
Purchasing Agent of the College up to
Saturday. January 4, I9O8.
103tf T. H. Chawpord,
Purchasing Agent.
OPEN FOR
In All Departments
The material for our store front has
" hot arrived, and we will be unable to
carry out our original plans.
Our Store Is OPEN FOR BUSINESS
The carpenters and plasterers are
hard atjjwork rushing our buildingjto
completion, but we Jiavejjvery thing so
arranged that you can trade inall cH
partments to your entire satisfaction,
and save money on every purchase.
You r$ Fo r a G re at e r Sto re
KLINE'S,
The People's Store,
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Pre-lnventory Sale.
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Commencing Jan. 4, 1908,
FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT.
We do not reserve any thug. You
get the lowest price on every article you
buy. All black dress goods will be sold
if price per yard
circular letter.
K. Iv. Miller
IF YOU SEE IT IK
is the time to have your watches, clocks and jewelry
repaired. Bring in the old watch and let us give you
an estimate on the cost of repairs for it. All work
guaranteed.
We sell the "Best Silverware Polish on Earth,"
At PRATTS. the Jeweler and Optician's.
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O. J. Blackledge
THE INDEPENDENT
Furniture Store,
Corvallis,
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You Take Mo Chances
When You Buy Groceries
At This Store
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' All our goods are guaranteed to
comply with the
Pure Food Law
We have the best
theHbest.
We Want
Hodes
BUSINESS
Established 1864.
Corvallis, Oregon.
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OUR AD. ITS SO
Oregon
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Your Business
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