LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. H. N. Foster is expected
home today or tomorrow from a
visit at Newport.
Six boys came in on wheels
from Newport, Friday. They
live at Eugene.
s Mrs. Jane Denman has arrived
home from a several weeks' visit
with Portland friends.
By Frantz of Kings Valley
-was among the Saturday busi
ness visitors in Corvallis.'
J. E. Farmer of Dallas came
over the last of the week for a
visit with liis familv in this citv.
Lyman Bundy has gone to
Moscow, Idaho, where he will
pend his vacation with his par
ents. Mrs. Arthur Moore left for In
dependence the last of the week
for an extended visit ;with rela
tives. . :: v
Mrs. S. L. Shedd, who" -has
been ailing for many months,
is very low, with slight hopes of
recovery. . - ;
Five automobiles loaded with
people passed through Corvallis,
Friday, going to Alsea for an
outing.
A. H. Limbocker returned to
Hillsboro last Thursday, having
been in Corvallis on a brief busi
ness trip.
The Robinson Cate Co. have
sold six lots on the corner of
Washington and Maple streets to
M. M. Long.
Miss Hattie( Spencer, who has
been in ill health lor a long
time; is reported as very low the
past few days.
Workmen began excavating
the last of the week for Alfred
Johnson's new house, work on
which will begin soon.
Miss Georgia Lowell is to re
turn today from a visit with
Miss Nora Arrants at the latter's
country home south of town. (
Charles Keeney has sold his
interest in the City Transfer Co.
tr Clarftncft Tedrow. who will
take immediate possession.
vRoy Bell, the well known Cor
vallis boy, has assumed charge
of -the Fischer ware house at
Peoria, for the summer.
Mrs. Henry Veatch and little
. son of Cottage Grove are guests
of the former's sister, Mrs. Wil
liam Currin, in this city.
Con Gerhard and family re
turned the last of the week from
a week's visit at Newport. They
report the weather cold and fog
gy there.
Numerous repairs and im-
provements are being made at
Cauthorn Hall, preparatory to
its opening as a college boys'
club house.
Mrs. Carroll Cummings and
little son leave" the first of this
week from Melrose, Douglas
county, for a two weeks' visit
with relatives.
Mrs. Hollenberg and family
and Mrs. D. O. Hout, who have
beencampingatSulphur Springs
during the past two weeks, came
home baturday. N
Miss Maud Mattley, formerly
a popular teacher in the Corval
lis public schools, leaves today
for California, where she will
take a course at Berkeley.
Bert Lacy, an old Corvallis
man who is holding down a tim
ber claim in Lincoln county, was
in this city, Thursday, en route
to Portland for a brief visit.
Grant Elgin and Dick Kiger
returned Friday from -a business
trip to the Rose city. While
there they purchased the equip
ment for their electric theatre.
Johnny Hayes is having his
barn moved in order that he
may erect a new bungalow on
his lots near the' Episcopal
church. The residence will be
for rent.
Eugene Neal and sistei , who
have spent the summer at the
Barclay home at Irish Bend, left
Thursday for Portland from
whence they will sail for their
home in San Francisco.
- Miss Emma Cleve, the Port
land modiste, who has been in
this city for some time, went to
the Rose City, Saturday, to meet
her sister from the East, and
visit for a few days.
Charles Beach and family, ac
companied by T. J. .Turley and
Miss Jessie Turley, of Illinois,
started Friday morning for Cas
cadia for a ten days' outing'. .
Mr and Mrs-. James Watkins
of Portland were in Corvallis,
Thursday, en route to the J. C.
Walker home near Philomath,
where they will spend a ten days'
vacation.
Whiteside & Cooper have sold
their grocery store to D. D. Ber
man, who has assumed control.
lhe plans of the retiring mem
bers are not yet definitely ar
ranged. Mrs. Ann Smith is to begin
immediately the erection of a
handsome residence on her lots
on Sixth and Washington streets.
It is said the structure is to be a
very fine one, costing in the
neighborhood of $3000.
Ed Kiger has gone to Alsea
on a business trip. His daugh
ter, Miss Rachel, who is well
known here where she formerly
residedt is in a very precarious
condition, in Portland, as a "re
sult of an attack of typhoid fever.
There was an enthusiastic
meeting of the W. C. T. U. last
Thursday afternoon, at which
time it was decided to serve
lunch and warm drinks at the
Reading Room on North Main
street during the AH Benton
school fair. ""
Leder Brothers began yesterr
day the task ' of moving Mrs.
Minerva Kiger's barn to their
lots near the Bodine warehouse.
They have purchased the struc
ture. Mrs. Kiger will build a
residence on the site. '
Mrs. Minerva Kiger has leased
her cottage near the public
schoql to Mr. Hopkins and fam
ily, who are new arrivals from
California. Mr. Hopkins is a
carpenter. They think Oregon
a much finer place than Califor
nia, in which to dwell.
A. Moses and wife left Friday
for the Warm Springs Indian
Agency, where he has a govern
ment position. He has been in
the government employ for the
past sixteen years. The children
will stay with their grandparents
during the coming school year.
Rev. D. H. Leech will return
from his vacation tomorrow and
regular morning services will be
resumed in the M. E. church,
beginning next Sunday. Rev.
Leech has had a very pleasant I
trip and successful hunt. He
and his son, John, succeeded in
capturing seven fine buck deer,
for which they have the hides,
antlers and meat to show.
State Superintendent Acker-
man has returned to Salem, after
a business visit at UAC. Op
tions have been secured on land
in the vicinity of the college that
will add about 15 acres to the
property of OAC. It is expected
that at the meeting of the board
of regents at Portland, August
13th, orders will be given to buy
the land on which options have
been secured.
Miss Tot Taggart ."ofPprtland
was expected to arrive yesterday
for a week's" visit with Miss Marie
Cathey . Miss Taggart recently
won a free trip to California by
securing 200 subscribers to the
Pacific Monthly, and is just re
turning from the beautiful Yo
semite Valley, where the win
ners of the contest were taken
as guests of this popular magazine.
Chief of Police Wells and fam
ily and Charles Keeney and fam
ily arrived home Thursday noon
from a delightful outing at Cas
cadia and upper Soda Springs.
They got a. nice supply of veni
son, had an abundance of fish,
and a fine time generally. .Six
teen families were camped there
when they went and others came
before they started for home.
TheChicago"Ladies" baseball
club played at Forest Grove Wed
nesday. A local photographer
became enthusiastic and offered
one of the "girls" $1 if she would
make first base. She made it
and got the cash, and her patron
later got the laugh when he dis
covered that she was a man with
bloomers on. The audience
numbered apout 500, so the fair
damsels made good, even though
they scored only once in the 8 in-
'.The fourth quarterly : confer
ence will be held in the lecture
room of the M. E. church, Sat
urday, August 15, at 2 p: m.
District Superintendent Dr. M.
C. Wire will preside. All of the
official members and any others
who can . attend please be pres
ent. Sunday morning. August
16th, at 11 o'clock, Dr. Wire will
preach.
The medals and pi izes for the
Benton county School Fair are
'here and 5,000 large flyers .are
i being distributed all over the
county. ' This in . connection
. with the pleasant recollection of
the fair last season will bring to
' Corvallis an immense crowd on
i this occasion. Our people are
sparing no pains or expense to
I make this one of the most pleas
i ant as well as profitable and en-
tertaining meetings ever held in
1 this county. !
For sale House and two lots, i
342 Tenth street, corner Adams
Address G.;H. Carl, Fossil, Ore
: ,, ' . ' 57t:
While hauling poles for the
Taylor hop yard Thursday, C. E,
Sutton was driving along with
his feet carelessly dangling down
when he came in contact with
stump, catching his toe on it and
throwing his ankle out of loint.
Had he been driving a spirited
team the consequences might
have been serious. He will hop
around on two crutches for a
time instead of hauling hop
poles. ,
Speaking of handsome post
cards, you ought to see some of
those beautiful colored German
made cards just received by
Graham & Wells. They com
prise a panoramic view of the
seven principal college buildings,
a large view of Waldo Hall, one
of the First M. E. chuvch, and
another a charming bit of wood
land srifvnfirv npnr flnr-trallis
nThis series will be great to send
to your friends, : and they can
now' be obtained only at Graham
Wells. v . . . -
Mr. J. L. Lewis has sold his
residence property on the corner
of 8th and Jefferson streets, to
Mr. Jesse Foster of southern Ben--
ton who will occupy it as his fu
ture home. The old house will
be removed and a new modern
house will be erected by Mr. Fos
ter to suit his own peculiar tastes
and fancies. As he is a man of
taste and refinement we realize
what that means. This i?a very
desirable residence property and
we congratulate our good brother
Old pape rs, in
slae at this office.
bundles, for
on being able to secure it.
Graham & Wells carry a full
line of paints, oils, glass, varn
ishes, including the great china
mel varnish. - 59-67
Floyd Huff, the well known
Corvallis boy, who shipped last
fall with a sailing vessel for for
eign ports and has since been in
London and many other inter
esting places in the old world, is
now at North Platte, Nebraska,
where he ' has secured employ
ment. He soon tired of roaming
and took the first steamer home
ward bound. At a big public
gathering at North Platte, re
cently, Floyd was called upon to
give an account of his experi
ences abroad, and it took him
an hour and a half to give his
"talk." x He is quite a fluent
speaker and the effort was en
thusiastically received by the
audience. Mrs. Huff, who is in
the ' East, will visit her son at
North Platte, en route home."
George A. Mason came in from
his Lobster Valley ranch on Fri
day and took out a Headman
threshiug outfit which is intend
ed for small farmers, as it canbe
taken back in the hills where the
larger machines cannot go. It is
a 21 inch cylinder run by one
horse or a light gasoline engine,
and hence will stimulate v ranch
ers, having small tracks of land,
to plant a little wheat for their
own use. Many farmers of this
class do not raise grain on ac
count of not being able to get a
machine and hence this kind of
a thresher will be quite, a helpto
this class of people. Mr. Mason
reports the yield of oats and
wheat above the average and the
quality No. l;that the road im
provement under the able sup
ervision of Mr. Malone is pro
gressing very sarisfactorily; that
prospects are good for an electric
road in the near future, and that
Alsea is coming to the front in
grand style.
: ; Mr. and Mrs. Robert? Fowler
and children of Southern Cali
forma were, guests of Corvallis
f riends the last of the week. The
family formerly resided in. this
city, Mr. Fowler having been
conductor on the C. & E.
beth Morgan, a real estate
man of The Dalles, is occupying
a summer cottage at Newport
with his family. He was "raised
in Benton county, where he is
widely known, and is a brother
of Mrs. Reuben Kiger who with
i i , , . .
ner aaugnier, Minerva, is to go
to the coast in a few days to vis
it him. -
The first theatrical attraction
to appear in Corvallis this sea
son was "daman's Plavers'at
the ope'ra house, Saturday eve
ning.. There was a good audi
ence, good" music by an orches
tra, some clever specialties and
a five-act play entitled "On The
Frontier," which was as exciting
as the name implies.
The Academy' of Our Lady o
Perpetual Help, Albany, Oregon
under the direction of the Bene
dictine Sisters, will re-open to
commence its regular . school
work September 14, 1908. The
new addition in course of erec
tion, which will contain all the
modern improvements, will be
completed at on early date. . For
further information apply to
Benedictine Sisters, Albany, Ore.
67-75
For Sale Horse, 9 years old,
weighs about 1250, work double
or single. May be seen at city
livery stable. 67
Miss Olive Hallow was honor
guest at a linen shower, given
by Mrs. viertrude Strange and
Miss Lena Tartar at the home of
the former, Friday evening,
About 30 guests em'oved the
event, which was both unique
and delightful, and many beau
tif ul gifts of linen were bestowed
upon the estimable bride-elect.
The rooms were prettily decorat
ed with red and white carnations,
and light refreshments were
served. Among the interesting
features of entertainment were
two instrumental solos by Miss
Mary Cauthorn,, a vocal duet by
Misses Carrie Buchanan arid
Marie Cathey, an original recita
tion by Miss- Lena Tartar, and a
trio by Mrs. Gertrude Strange,
Miss Tartar, and MissCarrie.Bu-
chanan. Many new and novel
features were introduced in the
evening's merriment, and when
the guests departed it was with
best wishes for the honor-guest,
and with heartiest praise for the
delightful manner in which they
had been entertained by their
charming hostesses.
Denatured alcohol contains
95 per cent grain alcohol Just
the thing for your alcohol stove.
No bad odor. Sold by Graham
& Wells. 59-67
A disastrous fire, the limit of
which cannot be easily figured.
was narrowly averted at "Mother
Howell s Candy Kitchen" last
Thursday afternoon. No one
had been using matches about
the place, nor was there any fire
in the house or candy store, but
on going out of the back door on
an errand Mr. Howell found a
brisk fire blazing up immediate-
y beside the steps, the flames
spreading rapidly in the dry
ss, and in a few moments
more the fire would have been
roaring under the dry walls of
the house, fed by a gentle sea 1
breeze that would have meant
widespread disaster. TheLooney
boarding house stands very near
the Candy Kitchen and next to
it is the Horning grocery, and a
fire at this season of the year is
to be greatly dreaded. Mr. How
ell is unable to account for the
presence of the flames at his
steps, but is inclined to believe
some passerby tossed either a
Agar or cigarette stub into the
yard, igniting the dry grass. The
incident should be a warning to
smokers to be careful.
Harvesting
and Camping
Outfits
ye are now ready i o serve you wit ji
Cotton Blankets Com i ts. Khaki Siiits
Over, Golf, and Neglege Shirts, Canvas
Shoes, Buckskin, Horsehide and Canvas
Gloves, Str w Hats, Helmets. Linen
Dusters, Kool Underwear. Telescopes,
Suit Cases, Trunks, Feather Pillows,
New Coat Sweaters, all Colors, Women's
Percale Wrappers, Wash Petticoats.
Long and Short Kimonas, Gingham
tiouse uresses, Percale Shirt Waists,.
etc., etc.
All at Popular Prices
EXTEA SPEOIAL-300 pairs Men's Hojrskin Gloves at
4htfitjr.ir
we
con-
Speciai Price Reductions
Tnis Week
This week is really the end of
the present season, from a mer
cantile standpoint, and
' are making such price
cessions in every department of
our store that it will stimulate
trade and increase sales to such
an extent that we will profit by
clearing out all seasonable goods
and not be compelled to carry
over any merchandise until the
next season. More cash sales
,. and less margin on them is the
method we have adopted and
, find it pays us and pleases our
patrons.
F. L. MILLER, 124 2nd St.
Dependable Merchandise
Ruby Morris, the 8-year-old
daughter of J. G. Morris, had
the misfortuneto fall from a tree,
Sunday, and broke her arm. Dr.
ernot attended the case and the
ittle sufferer is doing well.
GOATS Any person wanting to
buy or take care of some fine goats
while they eat up their brush may
'phone or call udod Wm. H. Savage,
Corvallis, Oregon. 26ti
See additional
seeond page.
locals on the
Jersey Bull .For Sale.
Descended Irora Grand Coin -and Gold
en Glow ; imported cow testing 18 Hie
oatier fat in 7 days with 5t ealf . Ad
dress, 4, S. Woodcock, CorraMts. Orson,
"The Most Comfortable Place
in the House."
PORCH SHADES
Bargain Sale
OF
WE HAVE
REFRIGERATORS
OF ALL KLNDS
O. J. BLACKLEDGE
Administrator's Notice.
' Notice is hereby given that the underaicrned h
been duly appointed by the County Court of the
State of Oregon for the County of .Benton as admin,
istrator of the estate of H- B. Nichols, deceased, and
that he has duly qualified as such administrator. Ail
persons having claims against said decedent are
hereby notified to present them, duly verified, to
me at my residence in Corvallis, in Benton County,
Oreeon. within six months of the date of this notice.
Dated at Corvallis, Oregon, this 9th day of April,
I9O8 - . . .
Administrator of the estate of H.
R. J. NlCHOM,
B.chola,de-
Dress Goods
AND
AT
Shoes
HENKLE ft DAVIS'
Own YourHotno
THE.
First - National -of
Corvallis
Bank
has some -TOWN
L O rs
Near tie State Agricultural College
which.you can buy on the INSTALL
MENT PLAN or for cash.
Save Ton or Twenty Dollar
per month and pay the same on a town
lot. Thereafter BUILD YOUR HOME
on the lot and continue to make these
small monthly payments on the home
and yon will soon have it paid for and
have no more rent to pay.
For information address
Wm H. SAVAGE
Ooeva(ls Qr