Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-25
Additional Local

Judge Woodward and family re-
: turned from short outing at the
coast Saturday.
Clum Reed AMI family Of Clar-
+ ence Chipmen returned from the
, hop fields Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. stapleton, of sa.
lem, are in the city. They came up
yesterday for the purpose of placing
their son in college.
Mrs. M. P. Burnett, who has
been visiting relatives in the neigh
borhood of Baker City, will start
home the last ef the week.
/ Captain J. T. Apperson, president
| of the board of regents of the O A
c., arrived in Corvallis, yesterday,
to be present at the opening of the
college.
The county board of equalization,
consisting of the county judge,
clerk and assessor, has been in ses.
sion since yesterday morning, and
will close its labors Saturday.
Fred Colvig returned to resume
his studies at the college, Monday.
He was accompanied by his friend,
Mr.. Benson, of Grants Pass, who
will visit in Corvallis for a few days.
Jaspar Wyman, who has held a
position in the Graham & Wells
drug store for the past few months,
has accepted a similar situation in
The Dalles. He will leave for his
new field Saturday.
! Mr.. Elmer Clark has received an
offer from the First National Bank
Of Baker City to become a clerk in
that establishment. If he decides
to accept the situation he will leave
for that city Saturday next.
! Victor Moses is home from his
fathers place, near Tangent, after
an absence of a week or more. He
was called there by the sickness Of
his mother, who is now GONZALES.
cent. Victor's parents expect to re.
side in this city during the winter,
Mrs L. Kline and son departed
Saturday for their home in San
Francisco. They arrived in this
city short time ago in response to
a message announcing the serious
illness Of L. G.. Kline. The old
gentleman has recovered sufficient.
| ly to admit of their return.
It is reported that the entire CROP
of prunes belonging to A. Wilhelm
has been. lost. Mr.. Wilhelm's or.
chard covers between 100 and 15C
acres and was expected to bear
quite heavily this season. Through
some misunderstanding the crop
/ has been allowed to go ungathered,
| until it is q total loss.
i Asa Alexander and family re-
i turned Saturday from Buena Vista
where they have been engaged in
I hop picking. Mr.. Alexander says
that at least 100 people from Cor
wallis were employed in the yards
about Independence and they will
bring home with them 81, 500 or
1000 for distribution in this neigh.
borhood. The yard in which Mr..
! Alexander picked will bring its
owner at least 5000 for its pro.
duct this season.
i A meeting Of the old Oregon
State Agricultural Society was held
Friday night for the annual elec-
ton of Its officers, which resulted
a. follows. says the Telegram:
John G. Wright, president; John
Mimic, vice president; Jefferson
4 Myers, secretary; A. Bush, treas
urer. This society possesses con-
siderable. assets in cash and notes,
and a resolution was adopted last
night, turning over to the state
board of agriculture all its funds
with the understanding that the
| odNSS VI tno Sooio1y, Wo1A Oy Ato
life members, should be recognized
as tickets Of admission at all state
fairs.
1 An item in a recent issue of the
| Minneapolis, Mimi, Journal states
that in two weeks of September 100
carloads of fruit had been received
in that city. Of this amount go
carloads had come from Oregon and
Washington, and 40 from Michigan,
Indiana and Illinois. tits such facts
as these that indicate in practical
way the wonderful natural resources
of Oregon. A gentleman who has
recently come to Portland from
Minneapolis, informs the Telegram
that Oregon apples sell readily in
the latter city at 50 and $3.50 per
box, and that no better fruit is seen
there than that which comes from
this state.
| Wanted, one ton clover hay, at