Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-09
LOCAL NEWS.
W. E. Yates sundayed in Portland.

LOCAL NEWS.
w. E. Yates Sundayed in Portland.
Miss Leona Smith left Monday fol
Portland.
Mrs. George Simpson, Of Seattle, i.
visiting with the family of Mr.. J. ii.
Simpson.
Chapel exercises at the o A c are now
held at IL o'clock and the drill hour Is
from II 10 to 1880.
Prof. Lake of the college and F. P.
Sheasgreen are among. those from Cor
Wallis attending the fruit-growers cunven.
ton which is being held at Portland.
Willie Schmidt. who has been settling
up the affairs of his fat..er, has completed
his task and left Monday for Portland.
He leaves on the first steamer for Cape
Nome.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Nolan are home
from three weeks visit to San Fran
cisco. While in that city Mr.. Nolan
purchased splendid line of ladies' furn-
ishing goods.
Mert Clark Is making u tour of Baker
City, LaGrande and other Eastern Ore
gon towns, seekiag suitable location
for himself and father to open furni-
ture store.
sWm. Gellatly shipped car load of
beef cattle to Portland. Monday. They
were splendid looking animals and were
a portion of herd Mr.. Gellatly is pre-
pairing for the market OF the metropolis.
A number of ladies, of whom Mrs. l..
r. Addition, formerly of this city, is a
leading spirit, are now endeavoring to
establish a factory in Oregon for making
jams. jellies, marmalades and frnit but
ters. They are meeting with much en-
couragement.i
Court Unity No. % order of FORE sters
was organized Tuesday night with a
charter membership OF 81. A large dele
CATION of Albany Forresters came over in
a special train and helped start the new
court. The festivities continued until
q late hour.
j. M. Cameron has an order to ship
more harness to Texas. He has estab-
lished quite a reputation in theLoneiStar
state. and they send here to Oregon for
harness made by him. Last week he
disposed of seven sets to parties Ii wing in
the vicinity of Eugene.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. III. Harris are on an
extended tour through the Sonth. They
visited all the principal cities of Califor-
mia on their way, spending several days
in each. At present they are In Nash
vile, Tenn. They will visit some time
in Denver, and expect to be home abeut
March 10th.
Mr.. Atkinson, advance man for
Thearle's Opera company, was in the
city this week. The company is COM
posed of artists of natural reput alton
and will produce either "Faust" or
Martha" Having an open date
March 29th, they viii come to Corvallis
If a sufficient guarantee can he secured.
C. B. Winn, census supervisor for the
first district, has completed the work of
snbdividing his field of action and has
established his headquarters at Albany.
There will be l79 subdivisions in the
district on basis for one for about every
400 Inhabitants. The number of enum-
orators assigned to Benton county 10
seven.
:. Manager Groves has received, the in
telligence that the Sam T. Shaw Co.,
which was billed for this city March
18th, will be compelled to cancel its en-.
gagement owing to the illness of Mr..
Shaw. He has been on the road con-
finuously for the past five years and
finds it necessary to rest for season.
His company has gone to San Francisco.
Mr.. S. L. Kline returned Tuesday from
n four weeks visit to San Francisco
where he has been purchasing goods for
the spring trade, which are now arriving
daily, and being opened up for the in
spectisn of his many customers. You
will find his stock now more complete
than ever 10 the reQui rements of the
trade. Call in and see the display of
new goods.
Mr.. Farley of Monroe one of the for
warders OF petition asking the county
court to purchase steam gravel loader,
the machine to be operated in graveling
the county roads in the various sections
of the county. Such machines are said
TO be practicable and are operated very
successfully elsewhere. They materially
decrease the expense in securing grave.
for the public highways.
Mr.. Alf Holderman and. family left
Tuesday for Dallas, Oregon. Mr.. Holder
man has purchased meat market in
that city and will go into business for
himself During his residence OF two or
three years in Corvallis he has been en-
ploysd as expert cutter by Smith &
Horning and later by Smith & Taylor.
Mr.. Holderman is valuable addition to
any community both as business man
and citizen, and we regret his departure
A meeting of the road supervisors of
Benton county to be held during the
April term of the commissioners court
has been suggested by Mr.. Farley, road
supervisor from Monroe. and such
meeting will probably bs called. The
object of the gathering is the intelligent
discussion OF road making and the sys-
tematizing of the work In the county.
The meeting cannot fail to result in
forwarding the building of new roads
and in the discussion of the needs of the
various districts tie supervisors will
realize the demands made upon the
county court and the necessary limita-
tion of the aid the court can extend to
any one locality.