Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-09-04
The price of wheat in the local
market is SO cents.

, The price of wheat in the locs
market is so cents.
The family of Clarence Chipma a
are hoppicking near independence
JIM Nolan and family will return
! from their summer vacation Thurs
day.
Charley Porter returned Satur
day from a weeks so;ourn at tn
J coast.
Miss Bertha Davis has been Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. G. NJ. Strange
ut Oregon City.
Branton, not Gillespie, was tn,
first man sentenced by Judge Ham
ilton to be hanged.
The Annual Teachers Institut.
for Benton county began a three
days session yesterday.
R D Burgess, a member of las
years graduating class of O A G
was in the city Saturday.
The wedding of Mr. Harold Strong
and Miss Ethelwyn Hillman will
be solemnized in this city tomorrow.
Gen George H Williams was q
guest at the Occidental Monday, on
his way home to Portland from the
coast.
Miss Jennie Clark returned yes.
terday from a visit of three weeks
with friends in McMinnville and
Newberg.
Mrs. Lola Wigle returned from
Newport, Saturday, having enjoyed
q very pleasant time at this favor
ite resort.
Jack Kirk left Monday for Port
land whore he will take vacation
for couple of weeks and visit the
street fair.
Mr.. Dick Zahn was in from Alsea
Friday. Rumor has it that single
blessedness has lost its charm for
this gentleman.
Hermann and August Zahn have
taken up their residence in Philo-
math and will make that city their
home this winter.
A large number of Corvallisites
visited Sulphur Springs, Sunday.
It is said to be doubtful if anyone
there was happier than Tom Mon
teith.
Mr.. F. Klecker passed through
Corvallis, Friday, en- route for Mon
tana, where his son, Albert is lying
dangerously i'll with typhoid fever.
IA Spangler arrived home on
the Saturday evening local. He
has been absent on two.weeks'
tour to the various towns Of North
ern Oregon.
A. F. Hershner and family ar
rived home from the coast during
the middle of last week. It is un-
derstood that he has closed out his
grocery business over there.
An excellent half.tone of Judge
John Burnett appeared in last Sat
urday's Telegram, accompanying an
article from his pen on "What is
the Paramount Issue?
A wedding is to occur shortly in
this city whereby Corvallis will lose
one of her fair daughters, and
Prineville young man will take
bride to their future home in that
city.
The excursion to the coast Sum
day was advertised as the last ex-
oursion of the season. Conse-
quently it was we'll patron zed.
The day was ideal and all other
features were on their good behav-
ior..
Hon. Binger Hermann, commits
sioner of the general land Office at
Washington, D. c., is on a tour of
inspection for the purpose of OBJ
tanning information regarding the
question of grazing in New Mexico
and Arizona.
Mr.. Blakesley has done a most
satisfactory job, moving the Bap-
,tist church, proving himself to be
master of his business. The car
penters are now busy with the i'm
provements. There will be no ser.
vices till further notice.
VIM Crees passed through Cor
valhs with 40 Cotswoid lambs.
They were purchased of Lon Hen
kle and were born last April. 1t
is safe to say that finer lambs are
seldom seen. They we're taken to
Mr. Crees' farm, north of this city.
! For the past few days wagon
loads of hop pickers have been
passing through Corvallis, some go
ing north and others south. The
prices paid for this work range from
IS to 40 cents. The prospects of
the hop growers are unusually
good this year, and it is understood
that a prominent grower, residing
near this city, has refused 12a cents
per pound for this years crop. Con-
sidering the prices offered at this