Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-02
Additional LEGAL
DR.. E. II. Taylor is having The
roof of his residence repaired.

i Geo. Horning went over to To!e
do, Monday, On salmon fshin.
expedition.
Rev. L. NJ. Boozer will hold ser
vice in the Mt. View school house
on Sunday at half past two.
The son-in-law of Rev. NJ. Noble
Mr.. c. Happersett, is enjoying :
visit with his family in our city.
John Mays, of Elk City, passed
through Corvallis yesterday, er
route to Lane county, where he has
a sister who Is i'll.
Geo. F. Reed has gone to Grants
Pass, where he has work on one o1
the new brick blocks now in course
of erection in that city.
At many places about town the
sidewalks have recently been re-
paired and lumber on the ground
denotes that there is still some
further improvements contenpla,
ted.
Dick Ballard lost $S5 rather
mysteriously last Saturday even
ing. AS he was not off Main street
during the time it was in his pos
session, he hopes that it may be
recovered.
The purse advertised in the GA
zETTE as lost on the road leading
to Monroe, was found by the little
daughter of Joseph McBee and re-
turned to its owner, Mrs. G.. A
Waggoner.
Hon. Tilmon Ford, presidential
elector on the republican ticket
will address the citizens of Benton
county on the issues Of the present
campaign at Dusty, October 10th
at Z o'clock p. m.
Members of the Baptist church
are urgently requested to atteno
the annual meeting at the church
Thursday at 7:3O p. m. Regular
services will commence at the Bap
tist church on Sunday, the I'll
inst. All are invited.
Sheriff Burnett was out brigh
and early yesterday morning, il
fact, before breakfast, in search O
pheasants. He succeeded in get
ing seven shots and bagged sil
Chinas, This is a good showing
considering the fact that he has
had no practice for a year.
Three families of well-to-do peo
pie arrived Saturday from Mime
sofa, and are located temporarily ir
this city near the G. & E.. depot
Besides the heads of the.householo
there are number of full-grown
boys. An effort is being made tc
secure a number of farms contain
ing leo acres each in this county
General Summers has deposited
with the Portland Oregonian 81 ,4OC
derived from the sale of buttons
made from the cannon taken at
Manila to be credited to the monu.
ment fund. About 10000 buttons
have been sold, 5000 are outstand.
ing and something like 1000 are on
hand. The day will come when
each of these little souvenir buttons
will be priced even more than they
are today.
Last Wednesday evening old
'Grover," the dog of R. A. Zahn, OF
Alsea, treed black bear on the
Zahn Bros place in that little val
ley. The bear climbed up a fir
tree to a height of about forty feet
from the ground, SO that it had
quite fall when Richard shot it.
It weighed 263 pounds. It is worth
something to have dog like Grov-
er, as aside from bear and other an
imals, he has assisted the Zahn
boys to kill seventeen cougar.
George Hodges, of Big Elk, ar
rived in this city, Saturday, en-
route to Albany. He is out seek
ing information regarding the rail-
road lands that are located in that
section. His mission may take him
to Portland or Oregon City. Mr..
Hodges states that he has secured
the contract to cut 100000 feet of
alder lumber for a Portland firm.
Mention was made of this matter
some time ago in the GAZETTE, to
the effect that negotiations were
pending.
Sundays Oregonian contains an
article concerning the prominent
athletes of the U of o this year.
Scott, O A C's brilliant quarter
back last season, is one Of the lead.
ing candidates for that position on
the Varsity eleven this year.
Sam Thurston, of o A C will play
on the line, and Goodrich, O A C's
famous halfback, will play the
same position at U of O. Eugene
is counting much on the perfor-
nance Of Palmer, the crack hurdler
from O A G, and Scott the broad
jumper from the same institution,
who has record of 81 feet, 6
inches, in the various field contests.
Capt. w. w. Harts, in charge of
a part Of the river and harbor inn
provements in Oregon, in his re-
port on the operations At Yaquina
bay says: Over 1000 pounds of
nitro-glycerine and 1000 pounds of