The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-07-30
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
Agents for Buttrick Patterns.
Send for Metropolitan.

new coat OF paint.
Wheat is rs cents at Portland; hop
10 and IIH cents.
Simpson, Huston & Co., have sold fiv
binders siuce last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. B,wer sox are visit
ing at dewnEiyer points.
Mrs. ]. c.. Taylor and sou, Byron, re
turned from Newport Monday.
Mrs. Telt Burnett has returned from
an extended visit in Baker City.
Allan Wilson and children are spend
ing their vacation at Finley Springs.
Several Lower Alsea boys are in town
looking for work in the harvest fields.
Several College students are spendin.
the summer in canvassing the countie.
for various books.
Hartford bicycles are still selling yer,
fast at the new cut prices. See Hart
ford before buying any other.
Benton Couuty's wheat yield will be
very heavy. 1t is thought that the
market will open at 75c per bushel.
Mrs. Chas. Koliu, of Portland, ae-
companied by her daughter, is visiting
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. M. Jacobs.
Miss Lola Wilkins has returned from
Salem, where she has for several weeks
been studying music uHder the direction
of Prof. Winkler.
Prof. E. B. McElroy and wife passed
through Corvallis yesterday on their way
home, Eugene. from the state teachers
association at Newport.
Mrs. J. Fred Yates received number
of ladies Tuesday afternoon, the reception
being in homer of her sister, Mrs. Thos.
Kirkp patrick of San Francisco.
I'd sell my watch and pawn my bike,
If that would take me to Clondyke.
The awful hardships wouli brave, but
cannot leave Jess Spencer's shaves.
Prof. T. H. Gragg formerly of Philo-
nnath College, left this week for Hunt:
ington Ind. to accept the chair of
mathematics in the U. B. College there.
Mrs. Thomas Kirkpatrick aud her son
George who have been visiting relatives
in Corvallis during the past two weeks,
left Wednesday for their home in San
Francisco.
F. N. Mccaudlass aud A. B. ciymer,
of Ellensburg. Wash, Northwest agents
for the Standard Accident Insurance
Ccmpany, were rn Corvallis this week
looking after business.
Work on the Whitehorn bailding is
progressing rapidly. The brick work in
remodelins the Bank building is nearly
completed but the carpenters will be
busy for some time yet.
S. L. Kline announces that he is pre-
pared to receive consignments of wheat
or oats for the San Francisco or Portland
market. Will furnish sacks. Liberal
advances ON consignment.
The steamer Gypsy, on her trip down
the river Wednesday, struck snag,
tearing big hole in her hull, and she
sank almost Immediately in 40 feet of
water. The crew escaped.
R. E, Gibson, F. L. Miller and R. M.
Davisson started Wednesday morning for
Ten Mile, hunting field few miles
south of Yachats. they will spend two
weeks hunting and fishing.
The GAzETre Job Office is crowded
with work. Leave your orders for sum-
mer and fall stationary. Notwithstanding
the rush of business all orders will be
filled satisfactorily and speedily. :.
VIM. Mackay writes that the Rossland
m ines are about played out" The big
strikes there were all imaginative. He
has been logging all winter but is now
on his way to Cloudyke, overland.
Thresher companies are busy rigging
mence operations next week. Simpson.
Huston & Co. are agents for the celebra-
ted Buffalo Pitts thresning machinery.
Elmer Samuels has charge of the ware
honses at Wren, Blodgett, Suver and the
Samuels warehouse at Corvallis. His
family have moved up from Airlie,
and Corvallis will be his headquarters.
Will Hairless suffered an injury to his
eye last Saturday. He packs bottle of
arnica for just such occasions, but this
time, in his excitement, he pulled out
the wrong vial. The ink was more
decorative than soothing.
Rev. D. NJ. Metzger of La Fayette will
occupy the pulpit in the Evangelical
Association Church Gin the Northwestern
part of town. Aext Sabbath evening.
He comes in the interest of the Seminary
at La Fayette. All are cordially invited
to be present
F. W. Howell of Alsea, was ia town
Saturday, on his road to Salem. He
reported the killing of very large
couger in the valley last week, by
Roy Ortell. His dog treed the cougar
and Ortell shot it. The animal measured
81 feet from tip to tip,
A earty of lady cyclists, escorted by
Bruce Burnett rode over to Albany
Wednesday. OF course they. did not I
know that the circus was to be there.
Among them were Mrs. Callahan. Mrs.
Rennie, and Misses Clara Fisher,
Edna Irvine, Ella Schuidt and Blanche