Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-06-19
S. e. Young & Son.
Albany, Oregon.
LOCAL NEWS.

Taylor Porter returned home the
last of the week.
Miss Ella Casio came up from
Portland, to be present during COM
mencement.
Mrs. J. F. Yates, after weeks
visit with friends in Portland, re-
turned home Saturday.
Miss Bertha Emmett, Of Salem,
is spending commencement weak in
Corvallis, the guest Of Miss Edna
Garrow.
Mis- Maggie Whitaker returned
Saturday from Portland, where she
has been in attendance upon her
mother for the past three months.
Lee Beall, former popular O A
C student, overcame the republican
landslide at the recent election and
was elected treasurer of Lake coun-
ty by 81 majority.
Rube Kiger has a string Of horses
in training for the state fair races.
His fast 2-year-old by Occur
d'Alene is said to be better than
ever this summer.
Prof. E. B. McElroy has resigned
his prefessorship at the University
of Oregon. He will probably dis.
pose of farm and orchard interests
and enter the merchantile field.
A recent letter from Lafe Wilson
to relatives in this city, bears the
intelligence that he is at present
located at Haines' Mission, on Pyra-
mid Harbor, about eighteen miles
distant from Skaguay.
Mrs. Ethel Mccoy, nee Lewis,
and Mrs. John Lewis, of Salem,
have been visiting with the family
of S. L. Henderson in this city.
Mrs. Lewis and her daughter were
yesidents of Corvallis for many
rears, but this was their first visit
in six seasons.
Cal Thrasher returned Saturday
from trip to Marion county. He
states that the fall grain of that
section looks very bad. Cal ex-
poets to 60 down there again today
to remain week or more in the
interest of the Lodge Of American
Woodmen.
At an auction sale of goats at
Monroe recently, over 750 Of these
fine animals went under the ham,
mer at prices ranging from 81 to IS
per head. Buyers were present
from all parts of the state, and the
bidding was lively, all the pens be-
ing cold out in two hours.
Charley Osborne returned Sat-
urday from the Klondyke. He
stopped in Portland a few weeks
prior to coming up home. He is
looking hale and hearty, but states
that having made four trips te
Dawson he is not anxious to make
many more. However, he may &c
north again in the fall.
The city board of school directors
met again Saturday night and
elected three more teachers for the
ensuing school year. They are Miss
Mccormick, Of Linn county, Miss
Ella Currin, sister of W. HI. Cur
rim of this city, and Miss Cooper, o1
Independence. The board also Sc
lected H. C. Miller as janitor.
Rev. L. F. Stephens preached his
farewell sermon at the Christian
church Sunday evening. He ex'
poets to do evangelical work in the
line of the Christian church on 8
circuit that will comprise many o
the valley towns. 1t is thought
that ReY. Humbert, of Eugene
will occupy the pulpit in the Chris
tian church.
Charley Blakesley is taking uE
the remaining three or four blocks
of the street railway planking Oh
Main street. He takes the plank
up. receiving them for his pay, ant
will use them for fuel at his frui
drier. The city takes up the ties
When all of the planking and tie
have been removed, gravel will b
placed over the street and all sign
of the street railway oblite:ated.
The 'Junior Hop" given at tn
Armory Friday night, was quite
swell affair and was quite well at
tended, there being many specta
tors aside from those who partici
pated in the dancing. Four mem
hers of the Salem orchestra, assist
ed by ]. A: Spangler, clarinetis
and F. R. OverIander, basso, Q
this city, furnished the music, an
it was very good indeed. ''Tex
Stoudemeyer, the cornetist, is n
stranger here and his work on th
cornet was of a high characte
and was the subject of much favo,
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