Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-10-06
S F. Young & Son.
Albany, Oregon.
LOCAL NEWS.

Latest styles in millinery at Mrs. J.
Mason's.
George Horning visited Albany on
business last Saturday.
Walter Davis, OF Salem. passed threygh
Corvallis Monday on his way to the Da-
Wis quarry near Summit.
sHop-picking was completed in the
Willamette valley at lhe close of last
/ week. The reports of the yield are-most
favorable.
Attorney Joseph Wilson was in the
city yesterday, from Corvallis. He in
tends removing to California in few
weeks.-Herald.
Mrs. w. P. Lafferty, of thia city, was
awarded number of prizes at the re-
cent state fair for specimens of silk em-
broidery exhi bted.
Corvallis business men, seen on the
streets Of Albany ON last Saturday, were
attorneys Ed Wilson and j. Fred Yates
and banker Woodcock
r The Grand Lodge knights OF Pythias
meets in Portland, October 10th, Robert
johnson aud B. w. johnson are dele
gates frem Valley Lodge No. IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. r. Parker, of Al
bany, attended the Kroschel-Prettyman
wedding in this city on Sunday, the
bride being the sister of Mrs. Parker.
The Malheur Gazette, South Eastern
Oregon paper. published at Vale, NAL
heur county by Lionel Johnson, grad
uate of the OAC of the class of 9s, has
reached our table.
The Ladies' Coffee Club has perfected
arrangements for presenting an
amateur lady niinstrels on October II
sand l3. The performers will be coached
in their parts by Mrs. Runson.
Dennis Stovall returned from a two
weeks visit in Grants Pass on Saturday
hast. He was accompanied by Fred Col
wig of that city, who returns to complete
his course in pharmacy at the OAC.
N. R. Adams left Corvallis Wednesday
for Coos bay where he goes to accept a
position with the carpenter crew in the
building of the jetty and revetment
works near Marshfeld. The job will last
/, ten months and MIR. Adams will receive
$3.50 per day for his services.
DIR. Jas. A. Harper is in receipt OF a
very tempting offer from the Northwest
,ern university at Chicago to enter that
institution as demonstrator in dentistry,
a position which ne has filled before.
While the doctor has only been resi-
dent of Coryallig since last June, he is
too we'll satisfied with his new home to
.accept the offer.
d. G. Wells and George Lyells return
ed Sunday from Corvallis where they
had taken their sons to attend college
They are well pleased with 4the school
and feel that they have left their sons in
good hands. Mr. Wells recognized in
one of the instructors, Prof. Horner, an
old time friend whom he had not seen
for years.-Malheur Gazette.
From the McElroy orchard near Mon
roe, only 700 bushels prunes were picked
this year, these were gathered few days
ago This was several bushels below the
number that the orchard was expected
to yield, as it was confidently expected
that 1000 bushels would be gathered.
The fruit was of large size and extra
quality, however. and will bring a fancy
price in the market this year.
A few Oregohians have found occasion
~ grumble about the weather during the
,r,.s,,. season, but they must be having a
i.hsrd /; ;:me of it down in Missouri, judg.
-;no from what an editor in that state has
70 saw in respect to the weather condi-
ton. He says: The weather is pro-
crossing slowly but surely teward the
overcoatish and sorethroatish stage.
The lines of sadness deepen on the ice
mans face. and the coalman's SONG
grows louder as the days grow briefer
while shirtwaists darker grow apace, and
i iong-haired football players don the
REFER, and man to drink ssbot scotch
than "pod' would liefer.