Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-10
Newslets of the Week.

Judge Huford and family came
over from the bay on Monday.
A carload of fruit came in or
Tuesdays train from Philomatf
for shipment East.
Rev. Geo. F. Plummer, pastor O
the Episcopal church here, returned
from the bay on Friday last.
Judge C. E. Moor left on Tues
day mornings train for Eugene on
business. He will return in few
days.
Virgil Waters is the lather of a
bouncing boy, and is, of course, cor
respondingly happy. Long life, tc
the boy and parents too.
J. R. X. Irwin, former well
known resident of N 7wport, came
over from there this week. He
spent the summer at Newport
The town of Dallas, in Polk
county, has boy Is yea s old who
is 6 feet 81 inches tall and weighs
225 pour DIS. He is still growing.
The last of the Sumner seaside
visitors are coming regretfully home
and Newport will be very quiet
place until the b!uebirds sing again.
Prof. Hawthorne, of the State
University, passed out for his home
at Eugene on Thursday last. He
and his family spent the summer at
their cottage at Seal Rocks.
T. J. O'Brien, of. Yaquina, spent
Sunday in Corvallis. His father,
Luke O'Brien, will move his dry
goods and clothing store from
Yaquina to Albany this week.
HI. M. Brunk, of Yaquina, was in
town this week on business. He
Fas sold out his hotel business at
Yaquina and at last given it up at
the bay, where he has lived fer
uany years.
Muddy streets are an unusual
thing in Corvallis at this season of
the year The late rains have
cleaned the dust from the trees and
shrubbery and everything. looks
clean and bright
Ca Miller, the agent of the O.
G.. & E., at Y49uina, spent Sunday
in Corvallis Mr.. Miller is about
the oldest employee mot the oldest
man) of the old O. P. service that
is left on the road.
Mr.. E. G. Alexander, brother of
our assessor, and treasurer OF Clark
county. Wash, is in the city visit
ing his brother. Mr.. Alexander is
a resident of Vancouver and is an
all-around p-to-daLe business man.
The summer visitors have about
all left Newport for the season, and
now will soon come the most de-
lightful season of the year down
there. May, June, September and
October are the most pleasant
months if it does not rain
Clarence Vidito, of the Alsea Val
ley, was in town Monday, and |
reports bad outlook for the grain
crop unless the rain should cease at
once He says fully one third of
the grain is still in the field, and |
some of it has commenced to sprout.
w. F. Ready is registered at the
Occidental. He passed a most cred |
liable examination before the civil |
service examiners, some time ago, |
and thereby secured for himself a
position in the custom house which |
will last-during good behavior. In
w. F. Keady's case that means a
long time.
In Lebanon, Linn county, on Sat
urday last while S. w. Aldrich and
his son, Edward, proprietors of a
flouring mill in that city, were
attempting to stop a leak in one
side of their warehouse. the whole
end of the building gave way,
completely covering them. A large
crowd of men went to work with
shovels removing the wheat which
covered them. The men were
buried under the wheat an hour,
and when they were rescued the
father was dead. The son was
badly bruised but will recover.