LOCAL AND PEBSCNU
Sam Moore is repainting his
residence in Job's addition.
Clay. Starr of Bellefountain
lost a valuable horse last: Sun
day. .:' " . "' ' ' " .
Born, Fridays to Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Wilson of this city,
a son. '
Born, Friday, to Mr. and Mrs.
Allie Starr of Beaver Creek, a
daughter. '
Will Moore and family re
turned Monday from their o lt
ing at the coast.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Baker and
daughter have gone to their farm
for a month's outing.
W. S. Gardner, the photogra
pher, is building an addition to
jiis gallery on jn mm street.
C. llotchkiss is building -a
roomy addition to his Job's addi
tion residence this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wicks
leave the first of the week for
Cascadia for their outing.
A. L. Stevenson and family
started Wednesday for the Yac
Jiaats for their summer outing.
Mr. and Mrs. Lou Rycraft of
Alsea were guests Wednesday at
the L. H. Hawley home in this
city.
Charley Young and - family
have been moving this week in
to their cottage recently vacated
by Dr.Handford.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Vidito
are moving this week into the
residence on Third street just
vacated by Charles Peterson and
wife. -
J. J. Howser, a Gazette sub
scriber residing at Blaine, Tilla
mook county, is in the city this
week sizing up our burg and its
attractions.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Beckwith
and daughter and Mrs. Ruth
Clark are to leave the first of the
week for Newport for a several
George Morris returned Wed
nesday from Eastern Oregon,
where he has been running - a
vrtrii- nininra rnajVlirki3 frir t.VlA
JILUVlUg pVWWIW V. -
past six weeks.
Work was started Wednesday
morning on a new residence for
Alfred Johnson, just north of
the J. R. N. Bell dwelling. John
Nelson is the contractor.
Rev. S. M. Wood and family
and Mrs. Leonard Moses of Tan
gent have gone to Alsea valley
where, they will spend two weeks
in camp, fishing and resting.
Mrs. Lazzie King, wife of the
well known mail clerk, who is
an old Corvallis bov, was operat
ed on in a Portland hospital,
Wednesday, for appendicitis.
Miss Zeta Johnson returned the
first of this week from a visit to
her mother in Portland. Mrs.
Johnson's health is improving
since her operation in a hospital
there.
Material is on the ground for
the new cottage that Mrs. Geo.
Brown is to build on her lots, j
Norton Adams has the contract j
and work will be started- in a
few days.
Prof. J. C. Bridwell expected
to leave yesterday for Hood Riv
er and The Dalles on business
for the OAC. While absent he
expects to make the ascension of
Mt. Hood.
- Mr. and Mrs. Esten Bevens,
Mies Lulu Locke and Mr. Maste
sbn were in Corvallis, Monday,
ven route to tneir Homes near in
dependence from an outing at
Yachaats
Mrs. E. F. Morgan of lone,
Eastern Oregon, has been the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Walter
Wiles, for a week. She goes
from Corvallis to Plainview,
Linn county the last of this
week, en route home.
Mrs. II. B. Fallass and daught
er, of Grand Rapids, Mich., who
have been the guests for three
weeks of Miss Nancy Campbell
in this city, expect to leave the
last of this week for .. Pasadena,
California, on a pleasure trip."
Rev. F. B. Zimmerman of
Portland, will preach in - the
Evangelical church next Sunday
morning. During the next three
Sundays there will be no services
in the church as the members
will join in the union meetings.
Joseph Edwards of Bellefoun
tain and E. . J. Harrington of
Corvallis arrived from Portland,
Monday, where they had been
serving on the U. S. grand jury.
S. B.'3ane of this city was re
tained on the next case.
Miss Cleo Johnson entertained'
a dozen friends Tuesday even
ing in honor of Miss Jessie Hib
ler, of Seattle, who is her guest
Music, conversation, and refresh
meats were features and a very
pleasant evening was spent.
The Ed Horton house, on
Twelfth street, has been rented
by Mrs. Chas. E. Lunt and fam
ily, now of Portland, who will
move here next week. Mr. Lunt,
who is in business in Pittsburg,
Pa., is expected to join them in
a few weeks.
Mrs. C. C. Huff, who is visit
ing relatives in Indiana, writes
her husband in Corvallis that
"there is no place like home and
no place for a home like Ore
gon." She is anxious to get back
to a climate in which she hasno
fear of tornadoes or cyclones.
Rev. E. E. McVicker, pastor
of the Evangelical church, de
parted yesterday to attend the
campmeeting at Jennings Lodge.
The fore part of next week he is
to meet and visit in Portland
with his brother from Omaha. -
Mrs. Emma Hawley, mother
of Congressman W. C. Hawley,
came up from Salem, Monday,
for a visit with relatives. She
was met in Corvallis by Mrs. W.
F. Starr, her daughter, of Belle
fountain, and went on to that
place to remain indefinitely.
Prof, and Mrs. G. A. Covell
have returned from a several
weeks' trip East, where Prof.
Covell did special work in his
line, preparatory to resuming
his labors at OAC this fall. The
first of August the Covells are
to move to College-Hill, where
tiiey will occupy the Dr. Gatch
property, purchased by them
last winter. '
J. C. Evans of near Monroe
was thrown from a wagon and
severely injured a few days ago,
while returning from Junction
City. He, was sitting in a chair,
behind the seat when the wagon
ran into a cnucK-noie ana Mr.
Evans was thrown out, alighting j
on his head and shoulders. The
lungs were turn loose by the fall.
The injured man is at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Claude
Starr.
Mrs. William Schmidt of Cor
vallis, who has been in a Port
land hospital for three months
and has undergone several very
serious operations, submitted to
the surgeon's knife again last
Friday and will be obliged to
remain in the hospital for two
months longer on account of this
operation. Many friends in Cor
vallis sympathize with Mr. and
Mrs. Schmidt in their trouble.
Because of an unexpected
change in plans, Rev. and Mrs.
Handsaker did not go to Sum
mit and Walla Walla: , respective
ly, as stated in the last. Gazette,
although suchwastheirintention
up to the first of the week, lhe
arrival of Rev. Hubble, however, .!
and the condition of Mr.- Hand-
saker's health caused them to de
cide to go to Eugene, where they
will remain with relatives until
the first of September.
The large tabernacle tent that ,
is in service while the Baptist
church is being repapered, re
painted and otherwise improved,
was crowded last Sunday night
with the audience that gathered
to hear Rev. Davis. An excel
lent choir has been organized
and is being trained by the pas
tor. Next Sunday evening there
will be special music, and ser
vices morning and evening, ev
eryone being invited. - " .
The home of Steve Van Order,
two and a half miles yst of town
was destoyed by fire last . Satur
day noon, with all its contents
except a bureau, sewing machine,
and a few bed clothes. The fire
originated from a defective flue
in the kitchen. No one was at
home except a little girl and her
aged grandfather. Had the fire
occurred a week or so later it
wuuiu prooaoiy nave oeen mucn j
n i i v
more disastrous, as it might have
spread to the . adjoining- grain
field and from thence over a
large scope of territory.
. Old papers,- in bundles, for
sale at this office.-- :
Contractor John Nelson was an
Albany business visitor Tuesday,
.' ------ i .
Pro. Earl Brown of Philc
math was a Corvallis business
visitor Tuesday. : ?T-
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bell of Al
bany were over-Sunday " guests
Ona registered Holstein bull,
three vears old Sept. 8, 1908
Price $75. L: A. Houck, Mon
roe, Ore., R. F. D. 1. r Phone
Bellefountain. -.- 4Stf
Roy Keeney has arrived from
Long Beach and the family ' will
remain in their Corvallis home.
Mr. Keeney is assisting A."L.
Stepheson in the real estate of
fice. T. -v ". .' ... :
Will open my millinery store
at Polk and 11th street, Satur
day. - 'All hats at cost during ,
August. Mrs. Carolina Maxheld
Buchanan.
g45,
fancy designs,
WMteside &
r
Cooper's- " uti
The funeral of Amy ' Shaw
Jones, who died in Corvallis last
Monday, occurred. July 28 under
xxraa Anaoi'a IKa marnr mom
bers bv her- womanliness and
loyalty to the Cause.; She re -
quested that her badge be placed vus onus conege uuiia
on her remains. Her memorv lnSs and-vanouj departments de-
will always be cherished by the to tbe f8. aend s"ences.
W. R. C. To the sorrowing hur- hesf.ea cv?? formation re
band the members extend their garding the different courses of
heartfelt sympathy. .f AoaI"lisl.
J f . J faculty and -students, with list
Remember J.M. Nolan& Son's! 0f '08 graduates. .Itis most corn
Famous Sale closes Saturday eve-' plete in every way and a valua
ning, August 1st. 03-64 5ie of reference to ihose in-
The marriage of Miss Maybel.e Jterested in the college 'work as
Keady and Mr. Terorah Scott. well as seekers for. information
was to occur at the home of the ' regarding it. The catalogue
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. ' was issued from the college print
P. Keady, in this city at 8 o'clock ' iQg office and is a good job me-
list night. The ceremony
t night. The ceremony was
to be performed by Rev. J. W7
Armstrong of the Episcopal
church; and the Ijride's jnaid
and groomsman were Miss Edith
Keady and S. K. Hartsock, re-1
spectively. The bride is one of j
the most popular girls in
(Jor-1
vams ana uotn sne ana ir.
n i ill i . J
Dcon are uau graduates. -1 uey
will rfisid ii TflnorfinA and an nnJ
usually-wide circle of friends joinf
in extending congratulations. '
Remember J. M. Nolan & Son's
Famous Sale closes Saturday eve
ninar, August 1st. 63-64
Item from Newport: J. F.
Allen and wife, Horace Kerr and
wife, W. E. Francis and wife,
,Mrs. Walter Kaupisch, the Miss
es Mayer and Spaneler and Tom
Nolan formed a iolly crawfish -
ing party Thursday. They chart
ered the launch Oregon and
went a short distance above Elk
City where they caught 24 dozen
crawfish. Mr. Francis seemed
to be the star at the crawfish
game,
and Tom Nolan, who is
the trowling expert 01 this sec
tion, caught a fine mess of large
trout. "
- Buy your groceries of White
isde & Cooper. 11 tf
The editor of the St. Johns Re-' , Lulu Ric wf to give a
view is evidently laying up some i "kitchen shower" at her home
future trouble for himself, as , est f town 8t nit fter th
witness this item: "Mrs. Byerlee Gazette press hour, m honor of
has gone and left us, and we are ! Olive Mallow whose mar
. lftn etw.wW f nv ' "age to Wallace Colbert is to
the time being. We : have this ; 4occuri? the n"-far stant fu"
consolation, that what is our , turf- The guests were the young
gain is someone else's . loss, and, , ,th C?rvallfT. Ph,c
we will endeavor to bear the af- fhfo1' w, have been Miss Mal
fliction with calm fortitude when j low s pupils while she has been
she returns. We trust our f riends aA Pppular teacher in this city
in St. Johns will remember the j An impromptu program, novel
widow and the orphan Dave ig m character, was to be rendered
the orphan in their- adversity. an.d dalnty refreshments served.
Mrs. Byerlee will visit in Cor- j 1SS Rice 13 a Tl cordial and
vallis and vicinity for a few days harm yung hostess a.d.a
and then bring our black eyed delightful evening was antici-
daughterhome with her when Pa.ieu- ,f f u r;e
she returns." .Misses Maybel Farmer Belva
- . Pierce, Edna Spicer, Enid lieep
: Remember J. M. Nolan & Son s er Lizzie Buchanan, Eva Cum
Famous Sale closes Saturday eve-; mingg) Carrie Pimm Gertrude
ning, August 1st... , 63-64 Lilly, Lillian" Johnson, Myrtle
v: That the establishment of the and Retta Langley, Zeta J ohn
saloons in Newnort arain this son. : Georsria White, Minerva
year will be the cause oi many
people avoiding this popular re
sort and ; going elsewhere for
their outing, is the opinion ex
pressed by some prominent busi
ness men who have been to the
coast and seen the conditions
prevailing there.-: Already , the
Sunday excursions have felt the
. . . -w . .
ettects ol the wet town, ana last
Sundav nifrht disorderly ner-
snna awra ;n ,fl hf,met.
m
ward trip, making themselves
obnoxious and . disturbing the
passengers ' in general. The
condition is certainly to be de
ploreL ' y ,
- Mr. and Mrs. Logan Hays and
and little son of -Portland i nave
1 1 , 1.
been visiting relatives and Id
friends in Corvallis this "week.
Mr. Hays was" for many years the
popular operator for the West
ern Union In this city. .
i ut. is. a. fjatney and family,
ter of Halsey, and Mrs. MeCall
a.uu uaugn-
and daughter. Miss Ottie Greiher,
returned Wednesday from a 3
weeks' outing at Yachaats. They
report a delightful time, with ex
cellent hunting and fishing. "
The regular morning services
will be held next Sunday at the
Congregational church. Mem
bers of the church and all others
( interested are urgently request
ed to attend the Sunday School
and assist the children in rais
ing the attendance to the needed
j number in order that they may
ue auie 10 carry oui meir. plans
ior toe bunday bcnool picnic.
rT . . tl. r j. a
' ,C5U ,vgu,
a' ways on nana in tneir season.
Wbitesides& Cooper. iitf
The 1908-1909 catalogue of
Oregon Agricultural College is
now readv for distribution and a
i Py haS
been received at this
i e- I eontains. 240 page-,
! 1?.Umerocui fine ,alf-tone. "
chanically. 'lhe total registra-
tion of students is 1156.
Graham & Wells carry a full
line of paints, . oils, glass, varn-i
ishes, including the"great china-1
mel varnish. - 59-67 .
In Portland on August 7 and
8 will be held the convention of
presidential Postmasters' Asso-
j ciation of Oresron. and
among
those to deliver addresses are E. -
T. Bushnell, chief clerk in the
office of the First Assistant Post
master General, who will speak '
on "The postal savings bank and
the extension of the parcels post
on rural lines," and W. R. Hin-j
man, assistant superintendent of ;
the department of salaries and i
allowances, who will discu s
"Salaries and Allowances." Post-
, roaster
B. W. Johnson of this
of the associa
received notice
tion, and he has
from the department at Wash-
ington that, ten days' leave of
absence will be granted all mem-
bers of the association who wish
to attend.
Beginning August 1st we will
sell milk at 6 per quart.
W. K Taylor,
A. T. Wilson,
64-5 J. D. Hukill. '
Kiger, Ethel Watters, Winona
Woodward, Mary Leonard, Elsie
Vincent, Frances Hodes, Mabel
Swick, Malo Cady, Madge Ashbyi
Ruby ; Foweils, Ethel Norton,
Deaae Hollister, ; Ruth Corbett,
Jean Kent, Pansy Peters, Y ranke
Hout, Minnie Wuestef eld, Hallie
Baldwin, Georgia Kessi, Bertha
! TT I 3 ll T 1
vramer, nazei ana viara, Damr,
Beatrice Austin, Bertha Wilson,
Mabel Huff, Gertrude Nolan, Iva
McGinnis, Delia King and Cecile
Rowland. . ' : ' '
It is said that a hot-headed
woman and a stick of a man j
sometimes make a good match. .
Week End
PIU.OWTOPS
Saturday
If yon are goin? to the Seashore, to . the Moun
tains, or if you stay at home, you v. ill find these
Pillow Tops useful as well as ornamental.
See Window Display
Food Guar
anteed Pure
in our Pure
Food Dept.
KLINE'
Established 1864
Oar Last Big Effort to Clear
Out All Summer Goods ....
. We are making a great final effort
in our store this week to clear
. out all the seasonable goods in
stock, as it always has been our
aim to not carry over any mer
chandise, ' no matter " what the
sacrifice might cost us. You
f can find in every section of our
store iihis week, prices that will
- induce you- to buy. TJI& price
" counts only as a secondary mat
ter with us this time of the sea
son if we can dispose of the
goods. Take advantage.
Concentrated Lemonade
Is just what you want when go
ing camping. 1 oz. to one pint
of water makes a delicious lem
onade. For sale by Graham &
Wells. . . 58-66
Mrs. L. B. Tozierof Coos Bay,
who has been visiting her daughr
ter, Mrs. L. Tr Smith, for a week
or ten days, left yesterday for
Corvallis to visit another daugh
ter before she returns home.
Register.
"Tbe Most Comfortabl. Place
in the Hotue. .
PORCH SHADES
WE HAVE
REFRIGERATORS
OF ALL KINDS
O. J. BLACKLEDGE
Administrator's Notice.
" Notice is hereby given that the undersized h
been duly appointed by tbe Comity Court of the
State of Oregon for the County of Benton ae admin
istrator of the ntate of H. 2. Nichota, deceased, and
that be has duly qualified as suoh adminigirator. AM
persona bavins; claims against said decedent are
hereby notified to present them, duly verified, to
meaUmy residence In CorvsJUs, in Benton Counts-,
Orason, within six months af tbe date of this noaiee.
Dated at Corral lie, Osegon, this 9th dap of April,
I0O6-
- --B. J.KMBOM.
' Administrator of the estateof H. B. JtVjhus,de-
Special Sale
this WeeK
S Now the most 3
Complete Up- I
to-Date fcto.re I
in the Yalley. 1
F. L. MILLER, 124 2nd St
Bargain Sale
OF
Dress Goods
AND
Shoes
AT
HENKLE & DAVIS'
Own YourHome
THE
First --National - Bank
of Corvallis
has some
TO WM LOTS
Near the - State Agricultural Collega
which you can buy on the INSTALL
MENT PLAN or for cash.
Savo Ton on Twenty Dollar
per month and pay the same on a town
lot Thereafter BUILD YOUR HOMB
on the lot and continue to make these
small monthly payments on the home
and you will soon have it paid for and
have no more rent to pay.
For information address
, W. Hm SAVAGE
Corvallis, Or
; Jersey Bull For Sale.
- Descended from Grand Coin and Ookk
Datter rat in 7 days, with firt aetf. AdV
'dieas, SL, S. Woodcock, Qwnma, Oca
100. .:.-