The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-07-09

Benton county boys, has been logging
on the lower Columbia, received injuries
that rendered him unable to work. He
returned home few days ago, where he
will remain until he fully RECEIVERS. He
but narrowly escaped death.
Jesse Foster discovered last Friday
that he owned runaway team. When
near town, the horses took a short spin,
resulting in badly demolished buggy.
Fortunately, no one was hurt, although
Jesse, who had planned an out-of-town
trip for the Fourth, was considerably
discommoded by the affair.
Al johnson. Alex Rennie and B. w.
Johnson spent couple of days on the
Britenbush this week fishing. They
brought home fine collection of trout.
including some beautiful specimens of
the Dolly Warden variety. They enjoy
ed themselves thoroughly and recon-
mend trip to the front over the o. c.
s. E. to all lovers of angling.
Work on DR.. Pernot's new cottage will
begin in few days. 1t will be two full
stories high, contain nine rooms and will
cost about s., 1000. S G. McFadden, who
new residence will be one of the neatest
appearing and most conveniently ar
ranged dwellings in the city. The cot
tage will be located on the corner south
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Liverpool will soon have her flour
mill Messrs. Laws and Kriebel opened
the bids for its construction Tuesday
and awarded the contract to w. o.
Heckart. The machinery is partly on
the grounds and the balance will be
taken up as soon as possible. The
founders of the new town threaten to in
stitute libel proceedings against any one
referring to the place as "Maudeville."
They say it is to be business center,
not kissing resort.
Don Ray left Corvallis Tuesday for
the coast, to spend the summer with his
mother, who is cozily settled in cot
tage at Newport. In September they will
leave for California to join the balance
of the family, who are already located
in that state. During the four years
that Don has been in attendance at the
Agricultural college he has made host
of friends IN this community
who will join in wishing him unbound
ed success in his future location.
Swan Johnson, formerly foreman of
the Benton county prune company, is
visiting old friends i'll this section, hav-
ing returned this week from Hamilton,
Montana, where for the past fifteen
months he has held the position of su-
perintendent of the Bitter Root Orchard
Cos big apple orchard. The secretary
and general manager of the company is
]. R. Markley, and with him are associa-
ted in the enterprise several prominent
Montana capitalists.
~ James Skipton, Sheriff Osburn's good
looking deputy, left Corvallis Monday
dressed in his best suit of clothes, claim
ing Portland as his destination and that
he was going away on official business.
Enquiry at the sheriff's office, however,
indicates that he has no business away
from Corvallis, except that of cultivating
the acquaintaiucs of a young lady friend.
1t is said that Jim's matrimonial chances
are improving and that there is danger
of his turning Benedict.
DIR. Thompson and family left last
Monday for Cotton, Gala, to spend the
vacation. This is where his son Allie
and family reside. The doctor has been
invited to preach for the Presbyterian
church of that city during the summer
and he will very probably do so. He
also had an invitation to occupy pulpit
at Tacoma, but he preferred, naturally,
the call, enabling HIM to enjoy an mex
pensive visit with his son. The Cotton
church is to be congratulated ifit secures
the services of DR.. Thompson while he
is among them. He expects to return to
Corvallis in August.
Eph Cameron and Tom Medley cele-
brated the Fourth at Waterloo. Both of
them entered free-for-all foot race and
Cameron won with ease, but he claims
to have had difficult task in inducing
the judges to pay him the $40 prize
money, they arbitrarily claiming that the
race should be re-run. Eph, however,
registered a sufficient number of vigor-
Gus kicks and the money was finally
turned over. Medley says he was en-
titled to secoud money, but the judges,
by rank decision, gave the second
prize to local sprint named Williams,
who is fast man and the most recent
addition to the sprinting fraternity of
the valley
Dusty is voting precinct only-not a
justice of peace district-but this fact
was not learned by the citizens of that
locality until c. E. Starr aud Mr.. Bu-
chanan, who were supposedly elected J.
P and constable, respectively. for Dusty
precinct last month, applied for codes
and blanks. Judge Huford was the ma
gician that turned the beautiful rose OF
victory and official honor worn by these
gentlemen into withered nothingness by