The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
S. L. YOUNG & SON,
Albany, Oregon.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

Rev. J. T. Taylor was in town Tuesday
Try Howell's extra fine and 10 cen
cigars.
Be sure and examine eur new line @
shoes. Tho Cash Store. =
The Corvallis Touring mills won 81,
yer medal at Omaha opposition.
Ed. Williams, the big stock man o
Dusty, was in towu Oh Tuesday last.
E. J. Thompsen's congregation sub
stantially remembered kim Oh Christ
mas.
A large number of Albany people were
here Tuesday evening and took in TIE
Masonic banquet.
A. B. Miller and wife, of Michigan,
are visiting with TIE family of r. c.
Miller in this city.
Next Wednesday, Jan. 4, SO, the seHii-
annual meeting of the o. a. c. Regents
will occur i'll this place.
Mr.. Geo. F. Elgin will have charge of
S. N. wilkins business during the lat
ter's absence in California.
Mr. James Mccoy, whose home is in
Indianapolis, Iadiana, is spending the
holidays with ye editors family.
III. Schmidt, mite host of the Ocei-
dental, sold t.is week piece of property
in Skagway for $1,000.
Jehu and Fred Hunter, SONS of Joe
Hunter, are working ill thc mines at
Redding, Cal, at s. 50 sach per day.
DR.. Withycombe, wife aad son Earl
went to Portland Wednesday TO spend a
few days with friends i'll the metropolis.
The providing of more room for the
Corvallis public schools have after con-
siderable talk and curing been relagated!
to the future.
The oiday trade was larger than Ii :uai,
so sur merchants report. Better artic es
were purchased than for several years, -n
indication that money is rsore easy thau
in the past.
The o. A c Gee Club are playing to
large and appre:iatlve audiences in the
valley towns. Good boys, we knew all
.he-while- you weHdd weH'dd de de yesAtF-~ CO lego g
towu and yourselves credit.
John H Burgard, the genial adjuster
for the Home Insurance Company of
New York, was in town last Friday and
adjusted the Kay loss at Dusty, retnrh-
mmRartland. by boat Saturday.
Ben Weldt was made happy Christmas
day by the presentation of a very haud-
some chaste silver shaving mug and
brush with chaste silver handle, the gift
of some of the G. & E. R. R. employees.
The displays made by our merchants
were attractive, aud exhibited to quite aa
extent improvement i'll the art of show
window decoration. although much OF
the wheat in this section remains unso:a
every one had money to purchase tokens
for frie: ds.
Chit c. B. Wells has been confined to
his home and bed for three weeks, tie
result of a very large earbunele on the
back of his neck. 1t came near cawsiag
the chiefs surrender, but he has by
main strength pulled through, but he
looks good deal like the rersnaat of
Kansas cyclo.e.
There arc many people in Benton
county who have no idea of the number
of realty owners or holders in tbs county.
The wholo naal.er eff persons owni@g
one or more he;nes are 1878, divided
among the letters of the aipf.bet as f,i
lows: 81, b 2o9, c r59, So, f 81, i
roe, C IS, II rs4, I Is, 81, K Sc, L SIS, NJ
goS, N 50, 0 20, P S., Q 2, R 90, S ISs, I
81, U 6, V 20, " 1870, Y IS, II,
A. J. Jo., .son, for many years in the
employ of the Government Forestry
Commission, passed through town Mon
aay last oa tonr of inspection of the
timber lands along the coast i'll Lincoln
eeuaty. He has been designated by the
government to make complete 'eport of
all forest lands and the products of wood
Of all kinds in the state Of Oregon. 1t
will take him year to comp etc this
work.
Grove A. Peterson, oae of Bento.;
e0unty's successful teachers, irst closed
term of school at Buxton, Washington
COUNTY, this state. Two of his pupils
completed tile ragAlar eenrse and grad
Hated with credit. One of these vas
girf only thirteen years old Air. Peter
son sent then their diplomas Monday.
He informs lis that this girl was the
brightest pupil he had ever had under
his Instruction.
S. n. Wilkins, wife and son left Tues
day moTuing BIZ boat for Port and, from
there overlaad to California for months
outing: Mr. wilkins will coasbine bust
Aess with pleasure. The party will visit
San, Francisco, San Jose, Monterey, Lake
Port, Petaluuia and upper lake, using
wheels for a goodly portion of the trip
after reaching the Golden State. Mr..
wilkins has only had a six days vacation
in four years and feels that he is entitled
to rest. We hope this family will have
a successful and enjoyable holiday.
Christmas Joy bells rang out with
cheer to the little ones in all the churches
of this city last Saturday evening. Christ
mas trees loaded with good and useful
articles, Santa Claus corsiug down chin
news and filing the stockings and dis