Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-08-23
LOCAL NEWS.

Miss Mabel Ready returned,
Monday, from a thres.wecks', visit
with Albany friends.
Mrs. J. G. Mayo and son, Of As.
terra have been visiting friends in
ibis city during the week.
The threshing outfit Of s. N. LII
~ crossed ever into Linn county,
Wednesday, to do a few days
threshing.
President Northup Of the Oregon
Fire Relief Assn. of McMinnville.
passed ever to Newport Wednesday
10 join bis family. =
Amos Kiser has just completed
the tAsk Of putting in new cross.
walk at the oefnsr Of the residence
property Of Mrs. Gsllatly.
Prof. J. B. Horper and George
B. Ready expect to leave for Alsea.
tomorrow, for the purpose of hunt
ing And fishing few days.
Services in the Church Of the
Coed 6amaritan next Sunday at
ii a. m, and at Wells at $50 pm
Ali are cordially invited, c.. Mac
Lean, Ph. D., Rector.
Drivers of traction engines may
be spared paying a fne if they. give
heed to this item. The law makes
IL a misdemeanor to drive one ei
these machine acroas bridge un-
less planking is laid for the wheels
20 run upon, thus reinforcing the
structure.
Clerk Waters is expected to re-
turn, tomorrow from his hanting
trip en- Grass Mountain. During
his absence Victor Moses has had
entire charge Of the Office. During
the ferepart IF next month Victor
expects to leave for Southern Ore
gon, where he will visit friends for
a couple Of weeks.
Tuesday was the 9th birthday
of Rev. r. A. Lark, pastor Of the
II. E. church, South, and about
twenty members Of his congregation
eompletely surprised him when they
appeared at his residence In the
evening. Each caller gave the pas
tor present and the evening waE
delightfully."- passed In conversation
Oa September 4sh, Arthur Keady
is to be married 10 a young lady Of
Olympia, Wash. Immediately af.
ter the marriage the young ceuple
will take the train for Portland,
and after sojonrn Of a few days
they will pressed to Corvallis for 9
visit with Mr.. Keady's relatives
Art" is a tip-tep printer and
holds good position ia the capita
city Of Washington.
"a During the last term of the cir.
cult court Attorney E. R. Bryson
was appointed to take testimony il
the case Of Tally VS.. Flynn. Th'
testimony was heard Monday, ane
George E. Chamberlain, prosecu-
ting attorney Of the fourth judicial
district, came up from Portland te
represent Judge Flynn in the mat
ter. Judge Flynn was ever from
Albany. This is a case wherein
The question Of a lille to property
= is involved.
J. H. Albright showed US sem,
dewberries and blaekberries raiset
on his place here in town, that woult
take The breath of anyone not a,
Oregenian. Some Of them meas
ured one and one-half inches il
length by three inches in circum
ference, and were firm and glossy
Mr.. Albright will sell at least $2'
worth of these berries from . patel
less than thirty feet square thi
season and still have all be want
for his own use. He tells US ths
he has already picked his first cre]
Of fgs and will have another creI
10 gather before the frosts come.
From what is learned it is in OF
der to suppose that Benton count
has furnished the principals i
what is known as All elopemen
George Armstrong disappeared fret
his usual haunts about q wesk ag
and Miss Eva Lemaster was ais
missing at the same time. tt
father Of the girl asked Sheriff Bnl
nett to trace the pair and sseertai
what had become Of them. .Thi
be attempted, and fouad that the
had tried to get married in Van
couyer, Wash, but failed. The
Eers also in Oregon City at Or
time. They were last heard frol
in Portland and the suppoaition
that they went to Astoria. III
young lady is little over 16 yea
Of age.