Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-28
S. e. Young & Son.
Albany, Oregon.
LOCAL NEWS.

tOONL NlVSs
Miss Edna Irvine visited friends
in Lebanon last week.
MI. Castle, the well-known cattle
buyer, returned from the coast last
week.
Some grain is being hauled te
the Touring mills, but this work il
not yet in full blast.
A prominent farmer states that
it pays better to fatten hogs on
wheat than to sell it at less than
45 cents per bushel.
Jasper Wyman, who has teen in
the Graham & Wells drug store
for the past few weeks has returned
TO his home in Albany.
]. M. Nolan went to the coast
Saturday to remain until Septem-
Der 1st, at which time he will re-
turn accompanied by his family.
Mrs. A. Parker, OF Cloride, Ari-
zona, arrived in this city Friday.
She expects to remain here a month
or more visiting her son, Frank
Maxs IN.
Hitherto the statute providing
against the robbing of birds nests
has been a dead letter. Game War
den Quimbey recently had man
convicted for this, offense and he
was fined $15.
From an exchange it is learne ed
that Mrs, C. E. Hout and daughter,
frankie, who have been at the
coast for some time, recently went
from Yaquina City to Toledo, where
they are tu visit friends.
Attorney W. E. Yates went to
the coast Saturday and expects to
bring his family home about the
middle of the week. Mrs. Yates
has not been very well over there
for the past week or SO.
It il now thought by those best
informed that the hop crop this
year is out of danger, and even if
it rains no damage will result.
The crop is estimated to reach the
neighborhood of $4,000 bales.
John Wigle, of PriIsvil!e, broth
er-in.law Of Mrs. Lola Wigle, was
in Corvallis last week. He has .
number of fine driving horses and
10 making a tour of valley towns
with a view to their disposition.
The river steamer Eugene, one of
the unluekiest of boats, is once
more above the river bottom near
Oregon City, being patched up and
will be used by the o. C. r. Com.
pany for awhile on the Salem route.
West Side.
It is reported that NJ. L. Barnett,
of Monroe, lost go head of sheep
last week, caused by using a patent
sheep dip. Just what is wrong is
not known, but Mr.. Barnett thinks
the "scab" in this case was better
than the "cure."
It has been remarked that two
pests that are usually in evidence
at this season of the year are
missing, or at least are not 30 plen-
tiful as usual in this section DUR
ing the present year. They are
the Goblin moth and the fiery "yel-
low jacket" Nobody regrets their
disappearance. ...
1t is safe to say that Rube will
make his word good and that the
following expression was voiced by
him: "Reuben Kiger says he will
bet q quarter section of Benton
county with the post holes dug, that
he can beat any two-year old trot-
ter in Oregon with his Ceur d'Alene
olt."-Rural Spirit.
Arthur Rochester, who passed
through this city few months ago
on his way to Nome, has written
back to trends in Lincoln county
that he has found that country to
be a genuine fraud. From what
he says, it may be presumed that
he has got the green out of his eyes.
Men who have fruit dryers are
pretty busy nowadays getting
ready to take care of the fruit.
Despite the pessimistic predictions
made earlier in tho season there
will be a pretty good crop of prunes
after all. Should prices prove
satisfactory Benton county prune
growers will realize good money on
their crop this year.
Two Eastern gentlemen have
sent for sample copies of the
GAZETTE and have stated that il is
their intention to visit Benton
some time during the fall
with view to locating here.
Should they come it is safe to
wager 2 to 1 that they will remain.
The gentlemen are T. B. Eaton, Of
Ellsworth, Wisconsin, and D. @.
GaIhraith- of Osape. Iowa.