Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-10-02
From different source it is learned


that many new comers are troubled
: to find houses for rent.
Joshua Mason has just completed
quite extensive repairs on the roo
of his house on Third street.
S. N. Lilly has something ovel
| $4,000 pounds of hops, for which ht
has refused an offer of ii cents.
! Charley Young and family ar
rived home, Friday, from an outing
of a couple Of weeks in the Yaquins
country.
Theodore BarLhart and William
Edgar have been at work recently
fitting up the botanical loom at the
! Horticultural Hall at the O A G..
Fred Duncan, section master d
the c. & E.. stationed at the Sum.
NIT, came to town Friday and in
the evening was initiated into the
Lodge of Woodmen.
| Rufus Simpson and wife, of Elk
City, who have been out in the val
ley for month or more, visiting
relatives and friends in various Sec
tions, returned home yesterday.
Every evening during the pres
ent week there will be revival meet
1ngs at United Evangelical church
at the hour of 7:45. A cordial well
come is extended to everybody.
James Heron, near Monroe, sold
his hop crop, consisting of about
10000 pounds, last week. Fabre
& Neis, of Albany, purchased them
and the price paid was IA cents per
pound.
J. M. Osburn will start, Thurs
day, for Meade, Penn, his old home.
According to present intentions, he
will only remain there during the
month of October, as he fears that
his health will not allow him to
winter there.
The condition of L. G.. Kline is
most critical. Some days his life
is almost despaired of and again he
seems to rally and his case presents
more hopeful aspect. It is to be
hoped that the old gentleman will
soon regain his health.
Johnson Porter has moved his
family to his farm few miles be-
low town on the Albany road. His
city residence is to be occupied by
DR.. Cathey and family, who moved
yesterday. The dwelling vacated
by the doctor and his family will
be occupied by the family of J. B.
Irvine.
J. N. McFadden had a valuable
Lewellyn setter dog poisoned, Sat-
urday. The dog was only about
year old and Julian had spent con-
siderable time OH him in order to
have the animal retrieve birds dur
ing the season just commencing.
The dog showed all,the symptoms of
strychnine poisoning.
Capt. A. w. Rose arrived yester-
dav, from his home at Chitwoed
and will remain here for ten days
or such a matter. "Cap" is look
ing well, and although he has lost
considerable flesh during his So
journ on his mountain ranch, it is
due to the fact that he has made
many rails during the past few
months.
While William Baker and family
we're absent recently in the hop
fields near Independence, some
party forced an entrance into the
basement CT their dwelling and
stole quantity of dried venison.
That was all they stole and it
seems odd that one should be so
hungry for dried venison that they
would become thief to get It.
Miss Anna Thompson gave a
party, Friday night, in honor of
her friend, Mrs. Jane Hare, of AL
bany. There were about twenty
young people present and the even
ing was very pleasantly passed in
games of progressive whist. Dur
ing the evening delicious refresh
ments were served. Among the
Albany guests were, Messrs. Muir
rey, Tway, Fox, Fred and Harry
Shay.
A stranded whale about so feet
long was one of the sights for the
curious at Clatsop beach Saturday
afternoon. The whale ran too close
in shore at low tide, or. as the tide
was going out, and was left well out
OF water on the beach. AS its i'm
mense carcass might become hard
proposition to dispose of il killed,
it was not molested and at the
next high tide it got off and es-
cap.d.
A gentleman in this city received
letter from Brady Burnett few
days ago. Brady is still pretty
well satisfied with his situation in
the census department at Washing
ton, D. C. At the time of writing
he stated that the weather at the
national capital was all that could
be desired. There are many 'big
bugs" in Washington, but Brady
states that they are pretty we'll