Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-09
LOCAL NEWS.

The Black Cat.
Take your eggs to Young's.
All kinds of repairing, at the
Bicycle Hospital.
Brass curtain rods for sale at
Young's Cash Store.
F. Yates was in Albany, Fri
day, On legal business.
Bern, to the wife Of John Coos,
Ia this city, July End, son.
Born, to the wife of NJ. L. Kline,
In Portland, July 4th, son.
Hart, Schafner & Marx clothes
for dressy men, at S. L. Kiine's.
Fresh candy, fruit and nuts, al
ways on hand at the Commission
Store.
Poultry food, poultry cure, and
insect powder, at the Commission
Store.
Charley Barnhart and son, Ray,
are painting the new house of Paul
Dodele, near Wells.
All work guaranteed by Albert J.
Metzger, matchmaker, three doors
north of the postofice.
Sheriff Burnett states that tax
money has been coming in rapidly
during the past few days.
Friday is the time to order your
dressed chicken for Sundays din
ner, at thu Commission Store.
Harry Davis is reported to be Sc.
riously i'll at the bay. According
to the report he has lung fever.
Ladies when yoa visit Nolan &
Callahan's be sure and look over
their remnant counter. Some choice
plums.
Corvallisites who spent the
Fourth in Albany affirm that Carl
Hodes has one of the finest resorts
in that city.
Frank Strong left Saturday for
Dallas. After couple of weeks
apent there he will go to the coast
to remain for some time.
Johnny Irwin and Miss Addie
Horton teok the latter's mother
over to Sodaville, Sunday. The
party was chaperened by Arthur
Hall.
The blacksmith shop at She col
lege is being improved. The pipes
that carry off the smoke are being
removed and replaced by larger
ones. Quite an improvement.
Newton R. Adams arrived home
on the Fourth from Gardiner, where
he has bsen for tive years. He will
visit relatives for week or two
and will then return south again.
Lou Feaglss returned last week
from Southern Oregon, where he
has been for several years. He has
been mining in the neighborheod Of
Kirby and from his appearance one
would Judge tnat this life agreed
with his health wonderfully we'll
A. D. Morrison, of this city, who
has been clerking in drug store
at Sheridan. left there recently for
Chehalis, Wash. Mr.. Morrison
held a position for many years with
Graham & Wells, in this city, ard
has many friends here who wish
him good luck wherever he may
drift.
1t is reported that during the
Fourth of July celebration at Eu-
gene, a young man by the name ol
Brewster, of that city, had the mis-.
fortune to explode a large sized fire.
cracker in his hand. Itwas found
necessary to amputate four of bis
fingers. He was learning the print.
er's trade in that city.
The Oregon Textbook Commits
sion, created by the DAILY law met
in Salem, Monday, to select text.
books to be used in the public
schools for the next six years. The
commission will be in session moi
to exceed Is days. It is expected
that about Is agents Of Textbook
publishing houses will be presen'
to urge the merits Of their books.
Prof. Coote is engaged in working
more walks out at the college. FL,
is now making one from mechani-
cal hall that cuts across the campus
Ia southeasterly direction inter-
secting the main walk east Of th'
administration building but con
tinuing on to Jefferson sti eet. /
will be a great convenience to th'
students when completed. Th'
walks will be built the same as thu
main walk, only not so wide.