Corvallis gazette., January 14, 1908, Image 3

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10CAL AND PERSONU
Mrs. CVT Johnson went to Airlie
esterday 'to visit relatives , ana
-iends. '.
Miss Edn Strong of Monmouth
Isited with friends in OorTallie,
aturday and Sunday.
Miss Ellen Gustaison returned
oiue Saturday from a two weeks'
wit at the W. H. Deans noma ai
Aonroe. c
Phillip Phile,oneafOorTallis' old
nd respected residents, has been
uite ill the past few days at his
ome on First street. , .
Mrs. Fred Orerlander and little
vUA .rrivad Sdndar Irons meir
Ume in Washington for a visit with
W father, D. C. Rose.
Some painting has been dons on
he outside of the new poetoffice, the
,ut weak, adding very much to the
Lppearance of the building.
E. Plowdei Stclt has been unani
mously elec'.ed ciptain ol tne r.-i-aomah
footbrll team for next yer
jtott is said to be ore of the great
est players on the coast.
Mr and Mrs. George Hansen ar
rived yesterday from Athena!" East
ern Oregon, for a visit with the
former's brother, W. R. Hansell,
and his sister, Mrs. Sam Kerr. '
There is to be a big time at tne
Eastern Star lodge ton-gnt. Be
sides installing officers and initiat
ing candidates, there will be a ban
quet and a general good time.
A fannltv recital is to occur in the
armorr on the evening of the 24th.
It will be given under the auspioes
of the OAC School of Music and
will be free. Further particulars
will be given later.
Tbe social to be given at the M.
E. church, Friday evening, prom
ises to be an interesting aoair. ine
Board of Stewards will be the hosts
and all friends and members of the
church are invited.
Ed Stranze. Lee Henkle, Lincoln
Chambers and Walter Taylor drove
to Philomath, Saturday evening, to
participate in the installation cere
monies of the I. O. O. F. lodge.
They report a geod time.
There are numerous cases of la
grippe of a mild form about town,
but as vet tne old laemopea una
that makes one wish he had never
existed, has not arrived in Corval
lis and it is earnently hoped that it
-will not put in an appearance.
Lee Anderson left yesterday for
Portland to Durchase a stock of
tfoods for fitting up the room form
erlv oceunied - bv Miss Ella John
son's millinery establishment. - Mr
and Mrs. Anderson are to cany
millinarr and ladies' furaishio
goods.
Bert Deane was in Corvallis, Sat
urdav. on bis way back to Salem to
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re-eiittr college wnere ne ia biuuj
ins for the ministry. He has been
at the home ef his parents at Mon
roe since tire holidays, having been
too ill to return to Salem a week
ago when school opened.
The work oa the Kline store is
belot gradual iv accomplished and
the front is taking on a "finished"
appearance that gives some idea of
what the completed building will
be like. With such a building and
a complete new stock the store will
be a credit to the Willamette Val
ley.
Harvey McCallisler is visiting old
friends in this city, en route to his
home at Lexington from a trip to
California. He is belts.- kaown in
Corvallis as "Pap" Hayseed, an old-
time star of pa; ocular brilliancy on
the OAU football team ol his day,
"Pap" is meeting with a warm wel
come from a host of old mends.
Calvin Ingle, son of Mr. and
Mis. J. W. Ingle, of tbis oily, and
Miss Hallie Ba'zee were married at
the home of the bride at W aseo on
January 9th. Both are old OAC
students and many friends in Co.--vailis
join in good wishes and con
gratulations. The young peeple
will reside at Wasco where the
groom has a position in a drug
' store.
The residence of Dr. Altaian in
Salem was robbed a few nights ago,
during tbe absence of the family,
and a gold watch and several other
articles of minor value were taken.
Dresser drawers were ransacked
and the premises apparently care
fully searched for other valuables,
according to a report in the States
man. Dr. Altman and family re'
aided for many years in this city
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strong of
Dallas were in Corvallis the last of
the week on their way home from a
few days' visit- to the Ish mill on
Beaver Creek, which E. W. and
Frank Strong recently purchased.
The mill is U be put into operation
in the SDring. 1 he btrongB are
.Mrs. Jessie Perth Flint has been
suffering with la grippe the past
few days. , r,
Mrs. Marv E. Getohell, of Mil
waukie, Oregon, is viejting at the
Francisco bome.
Mrs. A. W, Thompson of Los An
geles is looking after, property in
terests in Corvallis.
Rev. Handsaker returned the
last of the week from a business
visit to McMinnville.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ireland went
to Moamouth, Jfruay, ror a rew
days' visit at the Tetherow home.
Lewis Hartley left Friday tor
Cottage Grove to remain indefinite
ly, tie will look after his mining
interests near that place.
Mrs. W. F. Keady and children
of Waldport have been guests the
past week of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Buchanan, near Ina vale.
Dr. Carr of Chicago visited with
friends in Corvallis the latter part
of the week, leaving tor Portland.
Ha is on a tour of tbe coast.
L. A. January and Mr. Yoder rej
turned Saiurdav to tbeir nomes at
Harlan, Linoolncounty, after spead
ing several days in Corvallis o
business.
Mrs. Mary Neathammer returned
the last of tbe week to her home at
Sheridan, after visiting with her
brothers, "Doc" and Ike Jackson,
in this city.
George Ridenaur and family
moved Thursday -from Big Elk,
where they - recently sold their
ranch, to the old Haskins farm a
few miles from this city, which they
have purchased.
Miss Katie Kelly, who has been
at Portland fur a few days taking
treatment for her eyes,
has re' u a-
ed home. As soon as she improver
she will go back to her ctud;es at
OAC. Eugene Register
Through an oversight the Gazette
did not mention the score in the
Albany-Corvallis basketball game,
on skates, at tbe rinc in this oiiy a
few nights ago. It rssulted in a
score of 37 to 4 in favor of Corvallis.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Staats of
Pru ville were guests tbe laat of
the week of the former's sister, Mrs.
W. P. Ireland, in this city. They
left Fiiday merning fo California;
where they will spend come time in
sight seeing and visiting relatives.
Tbe Doles that were washed out
on the Dixie telephone line by tbe
recent high water have been re-set
and the line repairs were completed
Saturday. . Other damage done to
the different lines ras also been re
paired and conditions have settled
down to normal again.
The kindness ot friends in send
in? or bringing in items is deeply
appreciated and it is nopeo tne idea
of "helping" tbe Gazette will be
taken uo by others in all pa ts of
the town and county. An item oi
interest contributed to the paper is
it public benefit and is especially
appreciated at the Gazette omce.
There was a birthday surprise
party at G. r. Miaer's residence,
Friday evening, given ta nonor ot
Ralph Caves, an OAC student who
makes his home there. A crowd of
ioilv voung people made the , eve-
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ning one ot pleasure ior inemseives
and all oonoerned, and Mr. Caves
will not soon forget the happy oc
casion.
Claude Swann and bis Alaskans
defeated the Cheyenne basketbal
team 38 ;o 34- They are justly
proud of tbe f ot because the same
team of Cheyenne . wen from the
fr mous Chioago C resents last year
by a score of 43 to 28. The Alas
kans have defeated the University
of Wyoming 72 to 21, and won from
tbe Greeley, Colo., team 53 to 23, the
first defeat for Greely in three years
A -telegram reaohed Benton coun
ty relatives, Thursday, containing
the sad intelligence tbat W. 1,
Hewitt had died that day, at noon
at his home at Stockton, Calif
after an illne-js of only two days,
His ailment was pneumonia. Mr
Hewitt was a son-in-law of1 Mrs
Marv Barclay of Irish Ben i and
has frequently visited in Corvallis
and vicinity. lie was aged about
65 years. No particulars of the
funeral were given in the dispatch
The survivors- are the widow and
three children.
There is being organized at the
OAC School of Music a choral so
ciety and a chorus class that will
affo d to all . .ngers of the oitv and
co'leean opportunity to impisve
d cultivate their voices. The
membership in the choral society is
f.ee to all students of the college
and to faculty members and their
wives. Others outside the collegi
will be required to pay a nominal
fee. All in mis class must pocstss
a certa n amount of voice and musi
moviag their Dallas mill to a loca-1 cal knowledge. In the chorus class
tion on the Luckiamute, so that logs I however, the object will be to ae-
can be floated from the various I quire the rudimeuts of vocal muaio
. . m .. a a
camps down stream , to tbe mm, I and tne class is open to ail wno
thus saving the expense ol naming. I wisn to join, aDova tbe age ot lo.
C. C. Cate of OAC, left yesterday
for Portland to attend tne three
days', meeting of horticulturists, now
in progress in that city. , .
D. C. Rose went to McMinnville,
yesterday, to attend a meeting of
the Oregon P ire Keiiel association
of which he is a director. '
W. R. Palmer of Victoria, B. C. ,
is so deeply interested m horticul
ture that be recognized a -gooq
thing" aad came all tbe . way to
Corvallis to attend the Short Course.
There is no doubt tbat he will be
well repaid for his trip.
A cantata that had been prepar
ed for Christmas and which had to
be postponed because of the illness
of some of those interested, was
given at the Presbyterian church,
Sunday evening. The room was
crowded to the doors and many
were turned away being unable to
gain admission. The cantata was
beautifully rendered and great cred
it is due all those who took part in
it. ",
P. Li Cate, a ne arrival from
Clark county, Wash., has purchas
ed the Vidito livery stable and is
now in possession. His wife and
children arrived in this eity the
week before Christmas and they oc
cupy a residence on Seventh and
JeSerson streets. Mr. uatecame
or ly a few days ago. Tbe Gazette
wishes mm suooess. lorn ana aoo
Vidito, who retire from the business,
have enjoied a liberal patronage
from the pubho and while their
plans are not known, they have the
good wishes of all tor their future
success. ." ' v '
"The Village Schoolmaster" on
Friday night and "A Man's Broken
Promise" on , Saturday night drew
goodauliencesat the Corvallis opera
house and sent the crowds home,
well p'eated on both occasions. The
p'ays were put on by "Eckhardt's
Id !," and Manager Groves used
good judgment in booking this pop
ular priced attraction. ceaiuoe
giving a very good play each night,
illustrated songs ana moving pic
tures enlivened the "waits" between
ac'.3 and a olaver pianist furnished
plenty of lively music.
M. M. Long, the popular sporting
goods man, has sold a part of bis
establishment to Mark Rickard, an
other well known Benton county
boy. Mr. Rickard, in the deal, as
sumes charge of tbe repair depart-
: t of tbe store, togetner witn tne
o!ine and auwocnobile trade,
while Mr. Long will xx.ntinue to
handle the sporting goods and bi
cycle trade. It is stated Mr. Rick
ard will build an addition onto tne
rear of the store to accommodate
his stock, and that in the spring he
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will operate two auiomooues auom.
town, carrying passengers.
W.' A . Russell has purchased a
lot of A. M. Witham on Seventh,
between Jackson and Van Buren
streets, and Royal Johnson pur
chased the Jot just east of it in the
same block. Mr. Johnson will soon
commc . ee theerect'on of a 10-roo
bans j fo M -. Russell on the lot
ourchtLsd, .?A will also ereot an 8'
room bangaiow tor D mcen on bib
lot. He is a con trac of consider
able experience and expects to make
his home in Corvallis. He came to
Oregon from Pardeville, Wisconsin,
bringing with him bis invalid
mother, and as she is improving so
raoidlv he has decided to build hint-
sell a borne and remain in Corval
lis. Mr. Johnson has just built a
.ise tor Mr. Russell's son on col
lege hill.
Friday evening in college chapel, Geo.
E. Weiater ia to give a lecture, - "Where
Bolls tbe Oregon' with illustrations.
mo
Cbarlay who thinks: "Bay, mamma,
if we're made of dast, hy don't we get
muddy when we drink ?" Ex.
J. A. Dawson is agent for the
Albany Nurseries. Give him your
order. , 99-6
A man told me the ether day thai I
looked like yon." "Where is het
would lik to punch him." "I killed
him."
A work of art surpassing all pre
vious efforts is J. M. Nolan & Son's
window and store decorations. J02tf
Breathes there a man with aoal so dead,
. Who never to himself has said
As he stubbed his toe against the bed
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Armour f late Hosiery, tor men
women and children, best made, di
rect from the mill, and sold by
Henkle & Davis. 101 if
An out of date woman : One who stays
at home, takes care of her children, aad
never meddles with the business of her
neighbors. Species almost extinct. Ex,
LOST A pair of double lenz
glasses, Friday, somewhere on street
or in store. Finder please return to
this office.
Coagreesaaan Hawley has introduced
bill baaed on tbe War Department's rec
ommendation appropriating $30,000 for
improvements in the : Yaqnina Biver
from Toledo to Yaquina, says a dispatch
from Washington, D. C.
FOR SALE Small horse, young
and sound. Will sell cheap or ex
change for cattle or sheep. Onen
Thompson, Cor yallis, Oregon, R. F
D. 2.
. "You may net -remember me, ' Miss
Summers,' be said, "bat I was engaged
to yon once." "Indeed?" the summer
girl replied coldly, ."you have quite a
memory for faces." "No," ha replied,
dancing at her fair hand, "but I bave
for the rings I buy." Si.,
Eugene,' Oregon, Jan. n OAC won an
exciting game ot. baaltetball tonight, de
feating Orcgen by the score of 39 to 2i.
The score in the first half was i2 to xi in
favor of Oregon but the Corvallis team
took a braceaad ontplayei Oregon. Har
vey Moore, forward, started for Corvallis,
throwing eight baskets and misaing few
fouls. The second Oregon team easily
defeated . tbe company C team by the
score of 2i to 7. Xhe Armory was crowd
ed. Smith and Heater were the' officials.
John Loomis, of the firm: of Loomis
Bros, of Newport, who is spending a va
cation at Los . Angeles, baa ordered two
carloads of Lincoln county apples ship
ped to him there. He finds a ready rale
for tbe Lincoln county produut ' in com
petition with the best varieties in that
market, says adispatcb.in Sunday's Jour
nal. Tbe superior climatic conditions
of Lincoln county for tbe production of
apples is beginning to be understood and
scarcely a . week passes but a dozen or
more fruit growers are to be seen seeking
for suitable locations for the planting ef
commercial orchards. -. f-
The Salem board of trade, one of tbe
lanital citv'a most influential and ser-
viiutahle booscinn organizations, baa or
dered tbe insertion in 4,sy4 country
newspapers, scattered throughout tbe
United States, mostly east of the Rocky
mountains, of a eae-inca Oiie-column ad,
which ia expected to bring almost won
derful results, when tbe circulation is
taken into consideration. . The advertise
ment describes Salem as the Cherry City
and enumerates many things calculated
to excite the interest of prospective home-
aeflknra in this Section of V ucle bams
broad -demain. Ex.
On Thursday aiternojn they bad a
v.!r.lv fire at the court hoViae. It waa not
a dangerous one, however, although
about $9,400 went up in smoke, says the
Eugene Register. The fire waa simply
tbe burning up ef the largest part of the
Eugene clearing house certificates, which
have all been redeemed except about
$500 or $600. Tbe bank presidents, aad
tbe trustee,. E. U. Lee, and a few other
interested parties were apectatoia f the
fire and did nothing to prevent the con
flagration, in fact tuey were in a manner
snnriirRs. aa tiiev wilfully set these
.otio. nf the nanickv das on fire an
watched them slowly burn up. It waa
matter of congratulation to all concerned
The EuEeae Commercial Club at a re
..nt ttiaetiacr Dassed resolutions wnicn
are to be copied and sent to tbe S. r,
and Union Pacific railroad companies, in
hich atteution is called te tbe fact tbat
thou mmnimai are coutinuauy aoina
"splendid, persistent and costly adver-
tiaing in the daily newspapers of the big
eastern cities, urging people to g to oal
ifarnia.' ignoring the tact tnat Oregon
h.a attractions as to mild winters and
sublime ssenery equal to ana in man?
n i;r f f .J
instances surpassing va-norum,
respectfully urging these railroad com
panies to Kive to Oregon at least a share
of the publicity which ia now so lavishly
bestowed by theja upon our sister state
exclusively. This action on the part ol
the Eugene Club will certainly meet
with approval from every resident of the
Beaver state.
J. B. Shepard went to Corvallis las
evening where today he will talk on tbe
subject of cherry growing te the class in
horticulture of the Oregon Agricultural
college and on Monday be ia to be one of
the speakers before the farmers' short
course class at the same institution, says
Friday's Salem Statesman. From that
city he will go to Portland for the purpose
of appearing belore the annual meeting ot
tbe Oregon State Horticultural society on
Tuesday. Mr. Shepard is one of the
busiest persons in the state at present,
for besides doing such work as indicated
in the foregoing he is corresponding sec
retary of tbe Willamette VaUey Develop
ment League and ia gathering statistics I
relative to successful farming in tbe Wil
lamette valley, these to ba used in a
pamphlet which will be issued by the
league for geaerjil distribution in tbe
endeavor to secure more immigration to
tbe state. . .
Our readers are familiar with the unex
pected old world success of tbe Logan
berry and will doubtless be interested to
learn that it has been saecessfnlly used
abroad in breeding berry fruits, The
most promising appears to be tbe Lax
tonberry, raised by Laxton Brothers,
Bedford, England, from across of Logan
berry with Superlative, long considered
the neat European raspberry. The new
fruit ia very raspberry-like in appearance
and flavor, being darker red than the
Loganberry and pulls off the receptacle
in tbe manner of raspberries, instead of
retaining tbe blackberry-like core aa doea
tbe Loganberry, bat grows like tbe latter
in long trailing cones. Tbe growers
think it will supersede the Loganberry,
which baa become a recognized market
rait in Eastern Europe, Honth Airica
and Australia, tnongn la common witn
other hybrids of the- western dewberry it
is a flat failure on this continent, excapt
along tbe Northern Pacific coasts, where
it originated. Ex, . .
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OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Sn All Departments
The material for our store front has
not arrived, and we. will be .unable to
carry out our original plans.
Our Store is OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
The carpenters and plasterers are
hard at worit rushing our building to
completion, but we have everything so
arranged thac you can trade in all de
partments to your entire satisfaction,
and save money on every purchase.
Yours Fo r a G re ate r Sto re
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The People's Store, Corvallis, Oregon.
Pre-lnventory Sale.
Commencing Jan. 4, 1908,
FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT.
We do not reserve aaythng. You
get the lowest price on every article you
buy. All black dress goods will be sold
if price perN yard can do it. See our
circular letter.
F Iv. Miller
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IF YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD. ITS SO
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.
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, - Oregon
You Take No Chances
When.You Buy Groceries
At This Store
All our goods are guaranteed td
comply with the
Pure Food Law
We have the best and nothing but
' the best.
We Wain . Tour Business
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