Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-07-13
S. e. Young & Son,
Albany, Oregon.
LOCAL NEWS.

H. w. Hall has very artistically
decorated his place of business.
Big bargains in broken lines OF
Ladies' Shoes at Nolan & Calla-
hans.
Miss Hortense Greffoz is visiting
in Albany, the guest Of Miss Nellie
Hogue.
The infant child IF Mr.. and Mrs.
William Currin is 30 ill that its
life is despaired of.
Attorney w. E. Yates went to
Toledo, Wednesday, on legal bust
ness. He will return home Satur-
day.
John Burnett went to Oregon
City, Wednesday, to be present at
the opening of the Chautauqua AS
sembly.
There will be services in the Mt.
View school house Sunday after
noon at 2:3O. Rev. L. NJ. Boozer
will preach.
julius Wuestefeldt and family
were hayward passengers Wednes-
day. They expect to be absent
about three weeks.
The o r & N steamer, Ruth, ran
on bar near Wheatland last week
and lost "a hours on her schedule
run. She was foated without dam
age. .,..
Prof. J. B. Horner and family
left Tuesday for Oregon City,
where the professor will represent
the O A G at the Chautauqua As
sembly.
Professor Withycombe will ad-'
dress meeting of Junction business
men at that city tomorrow, in fav-
or of the establishment of cream
cry there.
R. L. Taylor and Amos Kisor re-
turned home Wednesday from a
few days fishing trip in Alsea.
They were entertained by the Zahn
boys and had a great time.
Manager Groves is now CORES
ponding with one of the st, ongest
theatrical companies on the coast,
with view to having the popular
play "Sappho" produced here in
the early fall.
w. J. Howell. Frank Howell,
VIM. Edgar and Tam Case return
ed late Tuesday evening from an
outing over in Alsea. They were
near the Dave Tom place and re-
port having enjoyed fine time.
Sunday, July Is. the c. & E. will
run another popular excursion to
Newport. The train will leave AL
bany at Z a. m. Returning, leaves
Newport at $50 p. III. Tickets will
be sold at the usual Sunday rates.
This has been a good season for
bicycle dealers. T. w. Dilley has
has already disposed of thirty
wheels, ten Of them being his own
make. Next year be proposes to
20 into the business of manufactur-
ing bicycles extensively.
Byron Taylor returned home,
Wednesday, from Burns, Eastern
Oregon. He and his uncle, VIM.
Hogan, of Albany, made the jour
ney across the mountains together.
Byron reports a fire trip. They
were absent just month. ts
Rev. L. NJ. Boozer will preach in
the United Evangelical church,
Sunday, at II a. ln., and s p. m.
Sunday School at 10 a. m; Chr s.
tian Endeavor at 7 p. IN. A cor
dial invitation is extended to the
public to attend these services.
J. L. Cation, of Monroe, was in
town Wednesday. He began cut
ting his crop IF oats Monday and
says the yield is nearly average.
While no wheat has been cut in his
vicinity, thus far, Mr.. Cation says
that harvesting OF all cereals Will
be nearly a month earlier this sea-
son than usual.
A.. M. Downing, of Lewisville,
Clark county, Wash, has sent to
the O A c experiment station sew
eral wheat plants which have been
ruined by some insect pest. He
says the wheat in the vicinity o1
Lewisville is all being killed by
this pest, which strips the outside
off the leaf and the plants die down
and disappear. The pests are found
on the stem just above the ground
MI. Downing has been Il years in
this region and has never seen any,
thing cf the kind before. Pests oi
several kinds are damaging the
wheat in many places in this re.
gion this year, and there have been
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