Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-11

Glenn Hodes and Geo. Belt re
turned home Saturday evening
from a four-days' visit to the Port
land street fair.
Major F. e. Edwards, of the
A C, returned home Friday from al
outing of several weeks at BelknaI
Springs and Eugene.
Nj. Barker, on who surgeons
recently operated for appendicitis
is getting along quite well and il
healing up very nicely.
Born, to the wife of James Moore
in Jobs Addition, September 8
1900, a son; weight 1 / pounds. DR.
Altman was the attending ply
sfcian.
Miss Olive Thomt son has accept
ed an engagement as pianist with
Mrs. Obertuefer, of Portland, ant
leaves about the middle of October
to assume her duties.
Mrs. T. d. Campbell came uE
from Independence last we k to bt
present at the wedding of her sis
ter Miss Allie, and Mr.. Carl Porter
which occurs this week.
There will be temperance lee.
ture in the Christian ehu;ch next
Friday evening, by David Tatum
All who are interested in this worE
should not fail to attend.
For the last few days the show
windows of Kline's big store have
contained an elegant display of the
celebrated Percival B. Palmer capes
and jackets, which has attracted
much attention.
Miss Esther Simmons, of Corval-
lis, who has accepted a position in
the pubic school, arrived in town
recently to enter upon her duties at
the opening of the school year
Roseburg Plaindealer.
Prof. Clyde Phillips, of the O A
C, left Friday for Portland, at which
place he took passage on the steam
er Sunday night for San Francisco.
Among other points of interest, he
will visit Sacramento during the
state fair.
Mrs. V. Espy has purchased the
G. W. Shaw residence property and
expects to occupy the same as soon
al, Mrs. Shaw vacates on her de-
parture for Colorado, where she
will join her husband. This will
likely be in the course of couple
of weeks.
The delay experienced in getting
the granite sand from Southern
Oregon for use in the new college
walk, is caused by the negligence of
the Southern Pacific R. r. Com
pany. They agreed to have the
sand here by August 9th, at the
very latest.
Attorney J. F. Yates and wife
are making much longer stay in
the mountains than they intended
when they left. A letter received
in this city few days ago states
that Fred had killed all sorts of
creatures running wild in the
mountain businesses that he had
penetrated.
W. F. Gates, who was in this city
during last winter, teaching a class
in music, he's written to friend in
this city He is at present in Los
Calf, and states that he
is gaining foot-hold in the south
ern city. He is to occupy a posi-
tion in the Academy of Music of
that city when it opens its doors
this fall. ~=-
Mrs and Mrs. Vincent, who were
engaged in the hotel business in
Corvallis for many years, have dis
posed of their interest in the Vim
cent house at Toledo. The Leader
says: "Mr. and Mrs. Vincent have
removed to their home on the south
side, where they will find more COM
fort i'll their old age than goes with
hotel life."
OF all the poor yields of wheat
reported at this Office during the
present season. the luck of Joan
Coffey, of Monroe, and a gentle
man in Alsea is the poorest. Mr..
Coffey had a field of wheat that
only went L. bushels per acre.
According to the report from Alsea,
gentleman .sowed 38 bushels oi
wheat and threshed 81. It will be
pretty hard to figure out any profit
for either of these gentleman after
the threshing bill is paid.
Col. H. E. Dosch, secretary Of
the state board of agriculture, and
who has paid great attention to all
foreign fruit markets for years, ad.
vises fruit growers to look to the
Orient in the future. He says :'the
Orient market is practically oul
own, ana when we realize this and
turn our attention to it, we will
sever the Gordian knot of competi.
ton with one clean cut" There is
no doubt but that the Orient offers
the best market for the fruit of the