lOCAL AMD PERSONAL
Ttev. E. E. McVicker spent the
KstC part of the week in tne
puntry.
Mrs. Thella Scruggs of Port
nd is the guest of relatives in
orvallis.
Sam Ilartsoek came up from
ugene, Friday, to attend the
ock show.
The Coffee Club gave an en
yable dancing party at the
ty hall, Friday evening.
Mrs. II. A. Miller of Albany
has
Mrs. John Kisrer, who
been quite ill, is recovering.-
Miss Ida Forgey of Albany is
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. A. L.
Ramsey, in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Pern Starr of
Bellefountain took in the stock
show in Corvallis, Friday.
Edward Foster of OAG had an
ankle broken a few days ago
while plaj'ing baseball.
Elmer Taylor . and Dick Fen
dall returned Sunday evening
from a visit to Sheridan.
Mrs. Martha Tharp and little
daughter of Bellefountain are
guests at the A. L. Tharp home.
Mrs. Bloch of La Grande has
been visiting in Corvallis with
her daughter. Miss Stella, of
OAC.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clark went
to Newport, yesterday, to see the
lass of the Lebanon high school ! fleet pass Yaquina tomorrow
is been the guest for a few days ,
i Mrs. II. W. Locke in this city.
Roy Groves of Portland was
je guest of friends in Corvallis
ver Sunday. ne grauuareu
km OAC last year.
Dr. J. R. N. Bell is to deliver
ie address o me jjiauuaui.g
Notice to Cnntrnr.tnrst
Phillips Bates of Portland, ed
itor of the Pacific Northwest, was
. . ... . ii-
a business visitor in orvauis
Saturday. "
Gordon Moores, Oregon's f am- ;
ous, athlete, will probably run
against the OAC aggregation one
week from today, says t ridav s
Guard. Moores split a muscle
a couple of weeks ago, which
kept him from taking tne Inland ;
Empire trip. His ability will One of the most successful
strengthen the team several and enjoyable parties of the sea-
Plans and specifications are
now at the , college Y. M.. C. A.
office for the new "Y. M." build
ing. Contractors, plumbers and
electricians desiring to figure on
same must have their bids in by
5 p. m. on the 25th, at which,
time the contract will be let.
C. T.Hukd,
42-3 Gen'l Sec'y.
ns evening.
Rev. McVicker and wife en-
oyed an over-Sunday visit from
heir daughter who is attending
)allas college.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hall of
Kuena Vista were guests from
Friday until Sunday at the home
bf Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hall.
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Judge McFadden returned
Kunday from a trip through
Southern Oregon where he de-
ivered addresses in behalf of
ocal option.
I. B. Rhodes, state secretary
of the Y. M. C. A. and well known
in Corvallis, was married to Miss
Stengel in Portland last Tuesday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Johnson
of Salem have been the guests of
their sons, A. J. and C. V. John
son, in Corvallis the past few
Ways.
Jim Blodgett and family of
Wrenn and Marcus Gregg and
family of Bellefountain were
among the out-of-town visitors
in attendance at the stock show.
The program committee of the
Evangelical church is training
the children for the Children's
day exercises which will be held
in May instead of June this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Nichols of
Portland came up to attend the
frat" party at Taylor's hall,
Friday evening, returning home
Saturday. They are lormer
OAC students.
"Jimmy" Dobbins of OAC has
had a badly disfigured face the
past week, the result of a meet-
1 ..i i r . :i -
ing wim me discus wmie prac
ticing in the track events a few
days a go.
Dr. W. J. Kerr returned the
last of the week from Eugene
where he delivered an address
at the State Grange and also
spoke before the student body at
U. of O.
Excavating for the basement
of the A. L. Stevenson house, to
be erected near the court house,
has just been completed and
work on the superstructure wil
bo started immediately. A.Kl
Abraham of Forest Grove, Mrs.
Stevenson's father, is doing the
work.
:Ubany will have a Rose Fair
on haturdav. May -Jord. ine
Public Library Association is
arrans;inor the event. The fair
will be held in some local hall,
yet to be selected, and prizes
dis-
entertainment will
the evening of the
fair date.
Moses Miller and daughter of
Alsea were among the out-of-town
visitors who attended the
stock show in Corvallis, Friday.
Mr. Miller and family recently
came to this section from New
York and have purchased a
home in Alsea valley where they
will live in ease and" comfort.
They are people of means.
forenoon.
Mrs. A. M. Taylor and chil
dren of Bellefountain were the
guests Friday and Saturday of
relatives in Corvallis.
Yesterday was city election
and keen interest was taken. The
polls had not closed when the
Gazette went to press.
The annual picnic of the Bell
fountain Grange is scheduled to
occur in the grange hall next
Tuesday. It will surely rain.
The address of E. B. Piper of
the Oregonian, at Assembly, Fri
day morning, was very interest
iner and elicited much favorable
comment.
Mrs. J. H. Pmkerton left yes
terday for Botoneau, North Da
kota to attend the funeral of her
father, news of whose sudden
death reached her yesterday
morning:.
will be given for the best
play
s.
An
be given in
Congressman Hawlev of the
mak-
free
First district has hones of
ing the Oregon City locks
for all river boats, and to that
end is striving to have a suffi
cient appropriation tacked on to
the river and harbor bill this
session, to buy the locks from
the present owners, the Portland
Railway, Light and Power Com
pany. The appropriation of
$300,000 set aside by the state
for the purpose is to be aug
mented, Mr. Hawley says, by au
amount included . in tne river
and harbor appropriation by
congress. Telegram.
Mrs. Mary Whitby and Miss
Carrie Byerlee returned
the last of the week from Eu
gene, where they had been at
tending the sessions of the State
Grange.
Hon J. D. Lee will address
the citizens of Philomath in Odd i
Fellows' Hall, Thursday earning,
at 8 o'clock, May 21st. Lee
is a candidate for Presidential
elector on the republican ticket.
He is a fluent speaker.
D. E. Matthews and family
are to move this week into one
of the Wuestefeldt cottages. Mr.
Herron, who owns the property
occupied by them in the western
part of town, is to have the house
repaired and numerous changes
made about the premises.
The annual union Memorial
services will be held in the ar
mory next Sunday morning at
10:30, and the W. R. C. mem
bers are urgently requested to
attend the Corps meeting, Fri
day afternoon, in order to ar
range for the services Sunday.
The V. R. C. and G. A. R. mem
bers are to march to the armory
in a bodT.
The Swastika Club gave a de
lightful party at the home of
Mary Sutherland, Wednesday
jyening. 1 he aftair was a very
ileasant one and credit is due
the ladies Avho planned it. The
decorations were blue and white
swastikas and festoons of ivy. A
very entertaining program was
rendered and in a cartoon guess
ing contest Prof. Cole carried off
the first prize, Bush Wilson se
curing the booby. After enjoying
other games and music refresh
ments were served. Lach guest
was presented with a souvenir
of the occasion.
Sunday night the Epworth
League of the M. E. church held
its annual anniversary services
at that church at eight
o'clock, the exercises taking the
place of the regular preaching
services. An excellent program
was rendered that included an
anthem by the choir, selection
by a male quartet composed of
George Cross, Thad Blackledge,
Jesse Tiffany and Fred Luce, a
duet by Collie Cathey and -Harry
Moore and an excellent address I
by President Kerr of OAC. The
League officers were installed by
Rev. D. II. Leech and are as fol
lows: Fred Luce president; Jesse
Beatty 1st vice president; George
Cross 2nd; Waldo Colbert 3rd;
Lena Wilson 4th; Luvia Davis
secretary; Owen Beatty treasurer;
Inez Johnson organist and Jesse
Tiffany chorister.
points.
Buy your groceries of White
side & Cooper. lltf
Judge W. S. McFadden went
to Lebanon yesterday where he
was to deliver an address last
night on local option. In speak
ing of the . event the Criterion,
Friday, said: "Judge McFadden
has been District Attorney of
the second district for the past
two years, and hao had much to
do with the law in his district
and is in a position to speak in
telligently on the subject of the
operation of the law. He is an
able and entertaining speaker.
Fresn vegetables an 1 fruits
always oa hand in their season.
Whitesides & Cooper. irtf
The remains of the late Mrs.
A. B. Moore, who died in Port
land, Thursday, arrived in Cor
vallis, Saturday, and were taken
to Oak Ridge cemetery where
interment was made. Deceased
was for many years a resident of
Benton county. The immediate
survivors are three daughters,
Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Erickson
of Portland and Mrs. Ed Dunn
of Spokane.
New line dishes in plain and
fancy designs, at Whiteside &
Cooper's utt
Corvallis now has an up-to-date
moving picture show, such
as can be found in every other
son . was held at laylor s hall,
"Friday evening, the hosts being
the members of the Gamma Delta
Phi fraternity. The hall was
decorated very beautifully for
the occasion with festoons of
green and orange crepe paper,
the lights were softly shaded,
i and great bouquets of snowballs
were in evidence here and there.
' Along the walls were college
pennants and decorations of
maple leaves, and the fraternity
emblem was conspicuously dis
played. On one side of the room
a strip of carpet had been placed j
and on this were many sofa pii
t lows which were occupied as
seats instead of the usual chairs.
Taken altogether the affair was
, novel and delightful and the
i "frat" boys have been pronounc
i ed splendid entertainers. Ex
cellent music was furnished by
the Philadelphian orchestra and
there was a good attendance.
Punch was served throughout
the evening.
If the carpets need a licking,
! Do it now;
If the garden weeds need picking,
Do it now.
If the kitchen floor needs scrub
I bing,
Or the furniture needs rubbing,
Why should you the task be
i snubbing?
i Do it now. Ex.
Candidate on the B-publican Ticket for
COUNTY CLERK
- . OF liKNTON COTJN! Y
I btreby aanoauco my candidacy on the Republican ticket for the
office of Couuty Clerk of Beuto.i, eut j-ct to the will of the electors at the
general election to be liel.i Juu- 1, 1908 If elected, I promise to give m
personal attention to the duties of lite office, will ai-oord to all patrons
courteous consideraiion, conduct the affairs of the otlii e strictly on husiuess
principles and endeavor to prove w rthy of the trust reposed in me. ;I
cordially invite the public to inspect aoy or all of the recorjs of the Oierk'a
office made in the last two years.
Respectfully
T. T. VINCENT.
Benton County Lumber Co. 1
Manufacturers of all kinds of
Fir Lumber, Mouldings, Cedar Posts, $
Sawed and Split. Gedar Shakes
Dealers in
Doors, Windows, Lime, Brick, Cement,
Shingles, etc.
GOATS Any person wanting to
buy or take Care of some fine goats
while tbey eat up their brush may
. Savage,
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lively town in the valley. The
I irt 'hn..n n.. 1 I imn t-1
pleted in time for the splendid j (5orVlilliB 0re .
picture apparatus to ue lusianeu i
Thursday night and the electric , Atteeff?r,an1"?cin8 the
piano and phonograph to be put d.eath of Miss Mabel Merrick ar
in and made ready. The estab- "Yed at Philomath, Tuesday,
lishment opened its doors to the Mlss Merrick accompanied by
public Friday afternoon and ap- ' ner mother departed for Cali
Dfiared to do a rushino- business ; f omia several months ago, hop-
up to a late hour that night. m& that the change would be
The promoters of the enterprise beneficial. In a short time it
are Sam and George Whiteside, i became necessary to perform an :
who have invested a considerable opei""" F1
sum in Corvallis property this
year, and it is hoped they may
succeed in this new line of busi
ness. A New York dispatch says:
Dan Kelly, of Oregon, the world's
champion sprinter, is back to
form. Word reached this city
from Philadelphia yesterday that
the western boy in practice ran
the 100 in 10 seconds, and made
a leap of 24 feet in the broad
jump. For the short time that
Kelly has been under the care
of Trainer Mike Murphy he has
made wonderful strides toward
the goal in both the sprints and
broad jump, and the veteran
trainer is not a bit backward in
saying that when the proper
time comes the Oregon boy will
to prolong: her life
The father was summoned to the
; bedside and remained until her
: death.
Mrs. Alice Stalnacher and the
I Misses Winnif red and Mina
' Merrick and Edward . Merrick
are sisters and brother of the
deceased residing in Philomath.
The remains will be brought
to Philomath for burial the last
of the week, where interment
j will probably take place at the
I Mt. Union cemetery. Philo
: math Correspondent.
! "A Belated Introduction" at'
the opera house soon, given by j
local talent. Proceeds to go to
ward purchasing a piano for the
Coffee Club rooms. 42
Dr. G. F. Feese of Portland,
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nnhold his renutation as the tormeriy oi mis city, is conauci-
world's cbamnion. As a matter ing revival meetings in Toledo,
as fact. Kellv has been by no ; and the Toledo paper speaks
means snowing ms neraiaea
form in either the sprints or the
broad jump, but if there is any
thing in the boy, Murphy will
bring it out.
What is thought to be a mes
sage from a vessel lost 12 years
ago, came to light this week
when a "bottle letter" was turn
ed over to Captain Wellander, of
the lifesaving crew, purporting
to be the news of the
loss of the steamer Montserrat,
on November 6, 1896, says a
Newport dispatch in the Ore-
rr t i , , i
gonian. ine Dottle containing
the letter was picked up by Fred
Butterfield, of Siletz, on the
beach two miles north of Yaqui
na Head. It was covered with
barnacles and " badly chipped by
rocks and the action" of the
waves. The paper inside read
as follows: "S. S. .Munserat went
down November 6, 1S96. Cap
tain Blackburn." Nothing is
known here about any such
wreck, though it is known that
a Captain Blackburn did at one
time command a steamer of that
name. The place where the
bottle washed ashore is known
for the many pieces of drift
thrown up by an eddy, and two
bottles sent adrift by the Gov
ernment have already been pick
led up at the same spot.
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the highest terms of his sermons.
Mrs. F. W. Settlemeir left yes
terday for her home in Wood-
i burn, after a pleasant visit at
'the home of Rev. and Mrs. D. H.
Leech, in this city.
j Miss Delpha lleanel, who is
j teaching school in Albany, spent
i Sunday in Corvallis with hers
sister, Mrs. Amelia Schubert.
Miss Heanel has been elected
teacher of the 8th low for next
year in the Corvallis school.
Oscar and William Ingram
left yesterday for their home at
Lebanon, after a business visit
over Sunday in Corvallis. They
took in the stock show Saturday.
O. J. Blackledge
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celebration July 2nd, 3rd and
4th. Great preparations are be
ing made for the event.
Found: Saturday, on the show
grounds, a lady's umbrella. The
owner may have same by calling
at Gazette office and paying for
this notice. - 43
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civilized world. - Late letters
have been received by the Ore
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Austria and New South Wales,
Australia. '
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