Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-09-03
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proprietors.
To Rent-Good house of six rooms
, easy distance to college. Inquire a
Union office.
D J.. o. Stearns, the county judge ol
Lincoln county, came out yesterday on
, his way to Salem
Date Schmidt went to Portland Mon
day last, to have an operation performed
on his eye. The DR.. took a silver ou
of it one eighth of an inch long.
Mrs. J. Mason has just returned from
Portland, where she has been to attend
the opening of ladies hats, ETC., and pur
chase her fall sock of millinery.
Henry Neis' cannery, on the Alsea,
started up two weeks ago. They are
having fine run of salmon, and the out
look for a good pack is better than usual.
| We keep the best harness and the best
leather. and saddles in the city. Call be-
| fore buying elsewhere. All hand made,
no machine used here. ]. M. CAMERON.
Silas Howell, of Waldport on the Alsea
bay, was out this week with-a load of chi.
nook salmon, which he disposed of readi-
ly. He reports good run of salmon at
the bay this year,
Mrs. J. B. Daily, of Yaquina, came
over from the bay Wednesday with her
little daughter. The child is ailing, and
she came to consult DR.. Farra She re-
turned yesterday.
Trains from the bay are loaded with
passengers and baggage returning from
the seasons visit to the seaside. A year
will roll around before it occurs again, and
what will happen in the meantime?
F. L. Miller, the clothier, talks to the
Union readers through its advertising
columns this week. Mr.. Miller is in ex-
cellent health and spirits since his outing
trips, and it is a good time now to strike
him fo. bargain.
Willie Schmidt returned from Portland
| yesterday, where he had been to ship
goods to his father who is doing busi-
ness in Skagaway. His brother Alba,
will go up also on the steamer Elder,
which is to sail shortly.
/ J. S. Brandeberry, who was injured in
fall from the roof of the hop house of
w. A. Wells, was not so seriously injured
as was reported, and is now resting COM
fortably, nursing a pair of injured arms
He will be confined to the house for sew
eral days.
Edwin Stanton, the newly appointed
post master Of Toledo, Lincoln county, is
in Corvallis. He will take charge of his
post office as soon as his commission ar
rives, which will be in few days, or as
soon. as his bonds are approved. Ed will
make a good post master.
r. c. Gibson, father of R. E. Gibson,
died at his home near Wells station, on
Wednesday last, at the ripe old age of 81.
The funeral takes place today. The cor
tege will leave Wells at about D. M,
and arrive here about a. The remains
will be inferred in the Masonic cemetery.
Hop plckers of every age, sex, creed,
and nationality are passing through 10 the
hop fields, by every means OF conveyance.
sfeams with camping outfit and carrying
the whole family, are common sight.
The indications now are that they will have
pleasant weather and get good price for
picking.
We don't want the people to lose sight
of the fact that the Methodist conference
convenes here next week. Most of the
preachers will be here on Wednesday,
and on Wednesday evening DR.. Tiff will
preach. Rev. T. F. Royal, of Mehama,
Oregon, will preach at the Methodist
church here on Sunday morning next.
No service in the evening.
Men, shotguns, and dogs, are the ag-
gregation that is making most noise in the
Willamette valley these days, and the
Chinese pheasant that survives till the sea-
son closes is lucky. People who are no.
sportsmen, or sportsman's wife, can eat
no pheasant however, until after the Ist
of October, as the law says they must not
be offered for sale until then, and then
only for month. So that outsiders must
depend on the generosity of their friends,
or eat no pheasant until October.
One of the unfortunate things that farm
ers have to co. tend with in this country
| is, that when it starts to rain at this sea-
son of the year, it never knows when to
stop. The late rain has come in showers
only since Monday last, and so far has
done no harm, but if it should continue it
would about ruin the hop crop and much
of the late grain. Many anxious faces are
turned skyward these d.lys, and the wealth
er vanes are watched closely, for as long
as the wind stays in the south there is
danger of more rein.
The immense frui. crop of Oregon and