The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-09-09
s, f. YOUNG & SON,
Albany, Oregon.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.


New organs and pianos at Canpbell's.
Hops are good i'll quality, but the yield
is not as large as last year.
Southern Oregon Peaches. cfeap ana
good, at w. & c. Wilson's.
T. ]. Buford, Indian agent at the Silet7,
called recently while in town.
Corvallis Flour, Benton Mills Fleur
and Liverpool Flour at w. & Z. Wllson's.
Mrs. Ida Braades (nee Ray), OF Port
land, has aeen visiting i'll Prof. Pernots
and ye editors families for the past week.
DIR. Lowe is coming next week with
the largest and most complete line OF
glasses ever brought to Corvallis. Price,
from 10 cents to $40.
The Hunter & Galloway threshing crew
have finished their rnn of twenty-five
and quarter days, averaging 1850 BUSH
els daily for the entire time.
A.F. Rogers, the geAtlc"lan'y sales
man ofathe Blake-McFall Company, OF
Portland, paid the GAZETTE office busi-
ness visit the first Of this week.
Rev. A. D. Skaggs, formerly pastor OF
the Christian church of this city, has
accepted the pastorate of the Chrlstlaa
church. of Independence, Oregon.
Mr.. George Elgin and his sister Emma
of Rosedalc, Marion county, spent sew
eral days in our city this week, the guests
of Marion Johnson and his sisters Mabel
and Mildred.
MIR. Johnson, of Spicer, Linn county,
was in town last Saturday, looking for
place to locate his family in order to give
his children the benefit of OR excellent
graded school.
L. Y. Wilson and family. after spend-
ing two weeks of refreshing outing IN
the mountains between here aud the
coast, have returned and again assumed
the habits of city life.
Judge Whalley, after two days bird
shoolns with the crack shot, AL Jehh-
SON of this place, returned to his home
in Portland with a fine string of Mon
eolian pheasants last Saturday.
Born-To the wife of Sol. Stock, in
Salem, Wednesday, September 9TH,
son. Mother and child all right, but Sol
is SO excited he has telephoned to all the
K. of Ps here to keep open hoase at HI.
expense.
Let's have the rubbish cleaned out o.
the streets and alleys. They are Ger
tainly very unsightly, and produce bac
impression upon strangers visiting eul
city, and intending purchasers of prop
erty here.
Paul Dodele, one of the successful
farmers of Soap creek, together with his
family left on Wednesday for three
weeks outing on Big creek, three miles
north of Newport. They wi ! fish, IicE
ND curio:ities and reple nish their strength
at this delightful camping place.
County Clerk Walters and family HAVE
returned from their three weeks sojourr
in the Coast range. Virgil has dropped
his gun, fishing tackle, and hung up hi
rubber boots to dry and rest until mex
summer. He caught tons of hsh ant
slaughtered deer and bear without NUM-
Der. .
Our population could be greatly in
creased if there were plenty OF cheal
houses avaiap:e for FAMILIES. We Re
lieve it would pay some of Our lars
property owners to erect a good nunbe
of four or fivc-reom oo'iages TO rent
MANY of which weuld be sold in yea
or two to l..e tenants occupying them.
Mr., and Mrs. Thomas Copper an
family desire to return sincere thanks t
the many friends who so devote*l
labored to alleviate the sufferings G
their son Lewis in his last illness. TIL
good people of Alsea, AID especial
Marion Hayden and family, at who's
horne the dread summons caaie to IL
young maa, are held in grateful remen
brauce by them.
Hop picking i'll w. A. Wells, Nor
Lilly's aud Sol. Kings yards has bee
vigorously prosecuted during the wee
past. Forty and fifty cents per box
being paid Quite large SUM Of nose
will be paid out by these three gentl
men during the op-pickins seaso
which will so Into circulation in @
midst, enabling aary families to previ'
MANY things for their comfort that othe
viss coali not be we'll afforded.
Frank Hughes, of Lobster, broug
out 4 load of chitti:u bark aud produ
this week, which amounted to $50. !
reports that the North Alsea road distr1
has do.a itself preut in the road ma
from the top of the mountain this wa
Frank IS certain that it is the best pie
ef mountain road III Oregon. aud hop
tie South A1sea district will take p
tern from it, and see if the roads cas>t
be improved good deal the other W
out of the valley.
Elmer Samuels, we'll known here, "
seriously if not fatally injured at
home near Junction City last Sund
morning. rope slipped off ever
end of rail used as a straw buck, a
few back, hitting him little above a
back of the ear. His mother, wife a
children arc by his bedside, doing
possible, aud hoping fer favorable o.
come, but grave fears are entertained t
he is beyond mortal aid. Later He
reported somewhat improved. Hopes
entertained of his recovery.