TALK OF THE TOWN (From Saturday's' Daily.) J. H. Lane is here visiting relatives. Morris Keady attended the Browns ville picnic yesterday. Theo. Welcher and daughter Vivian, went to Portland today. Hans Olson, of Toledo, was in the city yesterday on business. Peter Hansen was a Corvallis visitor from Fisher, Ore., yesterday. Miss Edna Groves returned yesterday from a visit to friends at Eugene. Sheriff Gellatly was out in the Wren neighborhood yesterday on legal busi ness. Mrs. Mabel Gardner went to Drain today where she will visit relatives and friends. Mrs. J. F. Allen will return tonight from a few week's visit to friends in Portland. Byron Powers and Claude Whitehorn have gone Into the Alsea country on a fishing trip, Mr. and Mrs. B. Rexford were in the city yesterday as guests at the A. Hathaway home. Dell Alexander and Walter Winni- ford, of Kings Valley, were trading in Corvallis yesterday. Congressman W. P. Ellis has secured a pension of $15 per month for William R. Ward of this city. A keg of anti local option came in yesterday and was gladly received by the friends in waiting. A. L. Stevenson will conduct a sale of personal property today five miles north of Wren station. Wm. Angus, who has been visiting taIh-Hvps in Corvallis returned to his home at Gardinier yesterday. C. H. Hanson, oi Grinnell, Iowa, is out here looking over Corvallis and this part of the Willamette Valley. Pole Avery came over from his tim ber claim yesterday to renew his ac quaintance with Corvallis friends. Dr. Mentor Hownrd went to Portland todav and will spend Sunday with Mrs. Howard at the Good Samaritan Hos pital. W. G. Lane will move to his new house ou north Fourth street between Harrison and Tvler the" first of next week. Rev. Herbert Johnson departed for home this morning after a short visit in Corvallis. He is on the program at the Baptist meeting in Portland today. Mrs. Harold Woodcock has kindly consented to sing for the offertory "The Day Is Ended," at the morning service at the Presbyterian church, Sunday morning. Mrs. Shields anu Mrs. Howard Bates and daughter, of Portland, called here by the death of Mrs. Miller, returned to their homes today. Mrs. Shields was a sister of Mrs. Miller. Otto Headrick and wife, of Salem, have been at Newport for a season of rest and recreation and on their return vesterdav thev stopped over for a visit at the Grover Headrick home. The double daily train service now being operated over the C. & E. road to Newport is meeting with popular favor, many passengers taking advantage of the opportunity to go to the seashore. A. K. Russ and Zjb. Davis are candi dates before the people to represent the Goddess of Liberty at the Fourth of July celebration. Why not electboth ? They would be a fine pair to draw a crowd. Ammy Cameron, A. E. Hudson and wife, Mrs. Kate Hudson and Gilbert Hudson will form a jolly party at New port tomorrow. It will be the first visit of mother Hudson to this beauti ful place Active preparations are now being ! made by several of the secret societies who expect to take part in the demon stration on July 5. Novel floats are under construction and flaxen-haired maidens are ironing the wrinkles out of their Sunday clothes that the sweet and bewitching beauties may make lasting impressions on the visiting brothers. The float representatives are practicing daily in the back yard so as to inspire confidence and maintain their equilibrium under the trying ordeal. Committees are working in sweet har mony and when the band begins to play on the morning of July 5 you will miss something grand if you don't line up in the procession. Rev. and Mrs. J. R. N. Bell will leave today for an outing at Newport. Dr. Bell will return Thursday or Friday. ' Mrs. Bert Gordon, nee Whitney and; a former OAC student, now . living at Amity, is visiting friends in the city.. ' j Marshall Miller has commenced put- ' ting down a wide cement walk in front of his recently acquired property on Monroe and Third streets. - ... Postmaster B. W. Johnson, who. is secretary of the Presidential Postmas- ters'associationof Oregon, has received a letter from Postmaster General Hitch cock that he will endeavor to be pres- j ent at the coming state convention which will meet in Portland, Septem ber 10, 11. - - Rev. C. T. Hurd has been elected a state delegate to the National Christian Endeavor Convention, to be held at St. Paul during the month of July. Rev. Hurd has devoted much time and atten tion to Christian Endeavor work and is deservedly popular with the young people. The union church service last evening was especially good, a large crowd be ing in attendance, and the music for the occasion was well rendered. There is a spirit of unity at ' both the young people's meeting and the evening wor ship that is good to see, and everyone is enjoying the services to the utmost. The Corvallis & Eastern railroad has wisely concluded to protect Sunday ex cursionists and the glitter of a star on a U. S. Marshal had a salutary effect on the rough-neck element. , One gen tleman who failed to raise the window when disposing of his beer bottle kindly contributed to the expense fund of the C. & E. and repeated the dose on the homeward trip. The excursion yester day was a very decided improvement. It is a sad sight to see young women forget that civilization makes some claim on all classes of humanity and in so doing bring disgrace upon themselves, their families and their friends. The throwing of cherry pits in the faces of the passerby and strewing the sidewalk on Saturday would make any rude, thoughtless boy ashamed of himself and scarcely to be thought of as coming from women. Chief Wells is to be commended for making them clean the walk. Yesterday was a very unusual day at the seaside. It rained to beat the band and instead of promenading the beach the visitors were" huddled togeth er like a band of sheep in any place where they could find shelter. ; Maidens wearing little gauze hats and white stockings were a sight which would cer tainly touch the stony heart. Thpr oughly chilled it was impossible to chew gum and indulge in other innocent amusement. Thirty-two young people, properly mated, and' hailing from Co burg, were sorely disappointed and anx iously awaited the returning train. COMMISSIONER WEST NJURED HAD TWO RIBS BROKEN BY RUN AWAY TEAM." HORSES FRIGHTENED AT AUTO Serious Accident Happened Yesterday Afternoon South of City. Injured Man is now Resting Comfortably at Hotel Corvallis. A serious accident happened near the Off Wilson place south of town yester day afternoon the victim being State Railroad Commissioner Oswald West. As Mr. Frank Fischer was driving his auto up the road" he passed Mr. West and Mr. , Hannagan in a buggy. The team scared at the escaping gas and in running struck an embankment upset the buggy and threw the occupants on the ground after which they ran away and were later corralled out in the Mc Bee neighborhood. Mr. West was quite severely hurt sustaining two broken ribs and cuts about the head and shoulders. Mr. Fischer brought him to town in his auto and Dr. Pernot was called to attend his wounds. No blame' is attached to anyone for the unfortunate accident. Mr. West is Vesting at the Corvallis Hotel and is receiving kind attention at the instigation of his friends. ANNDUNCEMEN T OF CORVALLIS NEWSPAPER CONSOLIDATION The Corvallis Gazette and Corvallis Times, the Two Oldest Papers in Benton . County, Will Combine to Give the Public the Best Possible Newspaper Service. . - Announcement to the Public: On and after Thursday, July 1, 1909, The Corvallis Gazette and the Corvallis Times will be consolidated under one management and will continue the Dublication of a daily and weekly edition under the name of THE COR VALLIS GAZETTE-TIMES, with N. R. Moore and Chas. L. Springer as editors and publishers, This consolidation of the two qldest and leading papers in this part of the Willamette .Valley is the result of long and careful consideration and will, it is confidently believed, result in many ways to the good of this city and county. ' Fishing Tack fe and all kinds of - --.- Sporting tfooefs Can be found here at prices that cannot be duplicated for ., goods of similar fine quality. A good ; fisherman knows and appreciates good rods, lines, etc. All of which can be had at our estab ishment. Heater & Harrington SUCCESSORS TO M. M. LONG - Phone 126 Corvallis, Oregon (From Monday's Daily.) Mr. Carroll Wright, of Klamath Falls was a visitor at the Beala home yes terday. Mrs. C. J. Fulton, of Portland, is vis iting her sister, Mrs. D. G. Mackenzie, for a few days. Regular meeting of the Eastern Star at Masonic Temple Tuesday nierht. All members should attend. I he Corvallis Marine Band gave a splendid open air concert on Second street Saturday evening. Mrs. Walter Taylor, who has been se riously ill with pneumonia since last Thursday, is now improving. Word was received here yesterday 7 that a Mrs. Hash had died at Alsea and that the funeral will be held today. (From Tuesday's Daily.) Cecil Price, of Philomath, was look ing over the city yesterday. Ben Robinson, Messrs. Wiley and Al Matheney, of Wren, were breathing city air yesterday. Mrs. L. P. Beal and daughter Pearle returned yesterday from Alsea after a pleasant visit with friends. Hops are still hopping up in price and it begins to look mighty interesting to the man who looked after his yard. Messrs. M. M. and Hank Long and Bob Hathaway went to the Big Elk country yesterday on a fishing expedition. Charley Cravens and wife are visit ing friends in the city. Charley was at one time a partner in the Bauer-Wilkins tailor shop. Mrs. Martin, of. Clear Lake, Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Greer, of Hillsboro, were guests at the J. H. Price home yesterday. Mrs. Kate Hudson, who has been vis iting at the Cameron-Hudson home for the past week, returned to her home at Milton, Oregon, yesterday.'. Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Yates returned yesterday from a ten days' trip through eastern Oregon stopping at Pendleton at the K. P. Lodge, thence to Baker City- Cal Yates and wife were visitors at the father Yates home yesterday.- They had been to Vancouver on a visit to W. E. and stopped on the way home. E. B. Hamilton, a prominent attorney of Brimfield, 111., is visiting Sam Moore. He expresses himself as being much pleased with Corvallis and the surround ng country. Rich Irvin and Howard Waggoner,; of the Bruce neighborhood, were saiiing around the city yesterday in Mr. Irvin's new auto. Rich has a very appropri ate name and hf knows how to enjoy it as well as any man in the county. The many - friends ot Miss LaVeme Johnson, who underwent an operation in a Portland hospital about two weeks ago, will be pleased to learn that she is rapidly improving and that hopes are entertained for her complete recovery. The different fire companies were out on a practice run last evening in prep aration for the sidesplitting contest on July 5. It's fun to stand and. look on and see an occasional old cow bump his legs together. - It certainly teaches pa tience and perseverence and when- the bones in his ankles , crack together he's daisy if he don't cuss.' A fast game of base ball will be play ed on July 5 on the flat between Halsey and Corvallis. The purse will be $40 and the game will be played with the purse hanging on a stick to stir the pat riotic blood of the nimble fellows en gaged in the game. The teams are considered evenly matched and it will afford fine sport to all who enjoy this kind of amusement. Mr. James Lane, of Silver Lake came in Saturday through the Cascade Mountains. He reports it as a snappy trip with plenty of snow still lingering in the mountains. , He reports the con ditions pf. Silver Lake as being very similar tp the valley,, both dry and cold Mr. Lane is a young man, a blind law1 yer and considered very bright. Like many men similarly afflicted he has a wonderfully retentive memory. As a stock man he knows his business thor oughly and when it comes to trading horses they call him a peach. W. F. Wakefield, of Eddyville was 'n town todav and gave a very interesting description of the changed conditions of the coast country during the past two or three years. As a stock country it is rapidly being settled with new people who are turning their attention largely to sheep, goats and cattle and as the mist laden ocean breeze always keeps the ground moist the grass is ever green and fresh. Dairying is also very prof itable and to this industry Mr. Wake field has turned his attention.. A pretty little story he tells of milling nineteen cows and churning out $160 this month. Two of the critters are heifers and five strippers but the others hustle to make up the3eficiency. Many others are also engaged in this industry and the flies buzz sweetly around the sour milk cans at Eddy vile as the train pulls in. $3, 000 was paid for one mohair pool there and many new billys are coming every year. When the Swift Packing: Company at Portland call for all kinds of stock just watch that country develop. OAG Students. Take Long Tramp Realizing that the rapid growth of Corvallis . de manded the best newspaper service that could be given both the Gazette and Times had made arrangements to publish a daily edition, and while each paper, in its pros perous condition and with its respective clientele could have gone ahead and carried out to the fullest extent its own plans, it has been deemed wise to concentrate their facili ties and by so doing be in a better position to serve the public with one first-class daily and weekly paper. From every point of view it is certain that this con solidation will be for the best interests of the people of Corvallis and Benton county, for it will be the constant aim of the publishers "to give to the public the best possible newspaper- service that conditions will warrant and to keep making improvements commensurate with the growth of the city and country. The combined circulation of the two papers will give the merchants a medium that cannot be excelled for adver tlsing purposes, and at the same time enable them to real ize the greatest results from their appropriations for this p rpose.s There should be no good reason why the change will not prove in every way beneficial and be welcomed by the business men and the readers or both papers, re gardless of any sentimental ideas, about the continuance of the city's oldest papers. The daily should be taken in every home in the city, and the weekly should find an abiding place in every home not reached by the daily. The public, in helping to bring about this result, will be aiding to build up for Corvallis and Benton county a daily and weekly publication that will be a source of genuine pleas ure and pride. v Unexpired subscriptions to the Times and Gazette will be filled out with issues of either the Daily or Weekly Gazette-Times, as may be preferred. Money due will be paid at the office of the consolidated papers. VIRGIL E. WAITERS' ; (Successor to Ambler & Watters) : . ' - x THE BENTON COUNTY ' Real Estate Agent. CORVALLIS, OREGON ' -V If you want anything in my line (I either buy., or sell) I am in a position to give you the best ' possible deal for your money. Try it. See my . bargains or send for list. f ' :. SHEEP SMEARING "TU". 1ST T IE X TABER BROS., Machine Sheares, 1565 Adams St. OoxTroJ-lis, Oie. M. S. BOYEE Funeral Director-and . Licensed - Embalmer; LADY ATTENDANT WHEN DESIRED Successor to Bovee & Bauer Corner Third and Madison street, Corvallis, Ore Independent Phone 45 "Bell Phone 241 2ND HAND FURNITURE If you wish to buy or sell "2nd nana iurnuure or otner nouse- -hold goods call on SAM GOODMAN. You will get a square deal and prompt service 424 So. Second So. Phone 4325 A Monday's special from Burns, Oregon says that Frank Gowan. and Frank Thompson, two Harney County students of Oregon Agricultural College arrived tiom Friday afternoon . after walking the entire distance .as- a matter of pleasure and physical exer cise. They left Corvallis on the morn ing of June 16 and arrived in Burns at 4 o'clock P. M." June 25. They came by Lebanon and the Sweet Home route and had nice weather all the way. Mr. Gowan is a son of ex-Senator A. W. Gowan and Mr. . Thompson is a son of Grant Thompson, a prominent farm er and stockman. Thompson won a cup while at school in a . wreitling match with an Albany, team, Oswald West Is Recovering Oswald West, Railroad Commissioner, is rapidly recovering from the injuries received in the runaway Sunday. Mr. West was thrown from the buggy when his horse became frightened at an auto mobile. Two ribs were broken by the fall, and his left arm and shoulder par tially paralyzed for a time; His face was also badly lacerated. He has re covered the use of bis arm and is rest ing' easy. : - r.'cS-'' Subscribe for theG-izE tte WHEN AT SEATTLE STOP: AT 910 Boylstcn Ave. Furnished clean, Iijrht! rooms. Break fast served. Direct car line to Expo- . sition. Convenient to retail' district. t Take the Madison Street Cable Car This house is in charge of Corvallis people . . This consolidation gives the Gazette-Times a first class job office and even this will be added to immediately so that all classes of printing required in this city may be done here as acceptably as it is done at Portland or else where. This should be appreciated and . supported prop erly. Until a satisfactory location can be found for the combined plants, the Gazette-Times will be issued from the present Gazette office and job work will be done at 'he Times office. With the one object in view of publishing a paper that shall be a credit to Corvallis and Benton county, and with the determination to always work for the good ct this community, the hope is entertained for a continuance of the loyal support that has been given to the individual publications, a support which it will be the constant en deavor of the Gazette-Times to merit. ' Signed : , N. R. MOORE, Publisher Corvallis Times.. CHAS. LI SPRINGER, Publisher Corvallis Gazette. W. T. ROWLEY, M. D PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to the Eys rxose and Throat. ' . Office in Johnson Bid' g, Corvallis A. L. MINOR . Wall Paper and Paint Second Street near Palace Theater Dr. J. B Morris Physician and Surgeon Office hours: 9 to 12 a. m., M to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. Corvallis, Or. Corner Third and Monroe Streets J. Fred Yates ATTORNEY AT LAW. Rooms 3 and 4 First Nat'l Bank . Independent phone 1134 I BUSINESS COLLEGE 9 .WASHINGTON ANDTBNTH ST. 11 L WRITE FOR CATALflB S4 IW rum T0m im 0d rMtm