Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-10-22
LOCAL NEWS.
w. S. Gardner, Photographer

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Hot Tamale supper Wednesday
eye, opposite Farmers Hotel" !"
Is Jacobs paid relatives and
friends in this citya visit during
the latter part of last week.
J. NJ. Cameron went out to Sum-
NIT, Friday, to look after some mat
ters Of business, and returned home,
s saturday.
Considerable work has been done
recently on tho state road leading
south from town, A great deal OF
gravel has been spread.
Friday, F. P. Morgan received
his license to piaetice law before
any court in Oregon. Mr.. Morgan
was in the law business many years
in Texas before coming to Oregon.
The fremen will give dance in
their hall next Friday night. This
will be the FIRST dance Of the season
and an exceedingly merry time is
anticipated. Good. music will be
furnished.
Charlie Young returned Satui day
from a two weeks trip to Elk City
and vicinity. He brought a fresh
ham of vonison and a feur-point
set Of horns as trophy of his PROV
ess as hunter.
Van Cleve, the veteran editer Of
Toledo passed through Corvallis
last week on the train. When Coll
returns from the state Of Washing
ton in few days we expect to give
some news regarding him.
N. M. Newport, the Albany, at
torney, was in town last week WITH
a dog and gun in the buggy. We
suppose the dog was fine bird
deg, the lawyer said he was, and
we know he had all kinds of en-
cravings on his cellar-but we did
not see any birds.
The basket social at Mr.. and Mrs,
Oscar Healy's, last Friday evening,
was success from every point q
view. A good time is reported and
the receipts for the evening were
something over $780, The object Of
the social was to raise funds for ee.
curing a carpet for the Baptist
church.
1. L. Armstrong, who has held g
position for the past six years af
miller at the Fischer Flourins
Mills, Intended to leave yesterday
for Waitsburg,. Wash. He is 6
splendid miller and has made many
friends in Corvallis during his resi-
dence here who look upon his de-
parture with regret.
Some time during the present
week S. N. wilkins will begin th'
erection of a dwelling on his lott
near the City hall. Mr.. Wilkin
will soon have the undertaking
parlors completed, and then w. o
Heckart and his force of werkm mel
will commence on the dwelling
When everything is completed Mr.
Wilkins will have a very desirabl'
property.
w. H. franklin, OF the Franklin
Iron Works, this city, left Frida,
dor Mt. Vernon, Wash. His broth
er, Richard, has been employed
there for seme tin'e as an electri,
clan, and Mr.. Franklin went up t
Mt. Vernon to assume charge dur
ing the removal of the electric ligh
pant from MI Vernen to Ana
certes. He expects to be absen
from four to six weeks.
w. D. Risley Of Alsea returne'
from Eastern Oregon on last Fri
day with bis, family They hav
made long trip in their wagon
going from here last July into th
Eastern part Of the state, thenc'
into Eastern Washington fror
there to Idaho, and being on tn
ro ID nearly all the time only stop
ping at intervals 10 visit wit
friends short time. They cam
orer the Barlow route into Pert
land and then came up the Vale
to Corvallis. They report pleas
and trip.
During last week Sup't Denma
virited the schools in the nerther
part of our county. He reports ia
schools Of this section as being :
better condition than ever before
4te corps of teachers are among til
strongest in the county. The fo
lowing are the districts and th
teSchers employed therein: Grar
ger, Miss Ellen Belle Dunlap; Di'
,trict No. 4, Annie Pagenkepf; Dis
-trict No. 43, Mrs. Helen Kerr Ma,
i.su; Wells, Zelia Miner; Distri'
No. IA, Jennie shupp. Sup't Dor
man went to Alsea Monday to vis
the schools of that section.
During last week work was dol
on the road leading from Corvall
T. to the Odd Fsllows' cemetery. The
was a sufficient fund available
yay for hauling about so loads
Gravel and and distributing it {
this road. The gravel was hault