Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-12


Barnhart's.
Good Bye Prices On all Summer
Goode. Nolan & CALLAHAN.
Mr.. and Mrs. S Chapman left
yesterday for a months absence at
Newport.
Is Jacobs left for Portland, Mon
day, after a couple of days visit in
this city.
) J. K. Berry returned home yes
terday, from few days recreation
in the Alsea country.
Recorder T. T. Vincent went over
to Kings Valley Saturday evening
to spend Sunday with his family.
"Dog Days" made everybody in
this section mad except the dogs
they seem to have stood the wealth
er first.rate.
Mrs. John Smith and daughter,
Miss Leona, went to Newport, last
Friday, for a couple of weeks recre-
alton at the seashore.
Attorney J. o. Wilson left Sat-
urday for Eugene and points south
on legal business. He will be ab-
sent three or four days.
Mrs. Whiteford, mother OF Mrs.
s. r. Jeffries, died in Portland last
week. She was we'll known in Cor
wallis, having at one time resided
here.
Neil Newhouse intended to take
his family over to Waterloo springs
yesterday. With the exception OF
Mr.. Newhouse, the family will re-
main there for an Indefinite period.
J. E. Rising and Moses Milner,
who have been visiting at their
homes and peeling chittim bark,
at Mt. View, expect TO 60 to Port
land today. They have been Offer
ed employment down there.
Norm Lilly intended to Start his
threshing outfit yesterday. He
was to begin operations on the John
Rickard place, south of town about
four miles. Norm thinks he will
have from three to four weeks run.
Fred A. Edwards, who coached
the Albany College football team
last year, has been re-engaged to do
the coaching this season. Fred
gave Albany the best team last
year that she ever had, and will
probably do better this season.
w. A. Sanders expects to go to
the coast with his family, this week
for an outing of some duration. On
their return to Corvallis, Mr.. San
ders will go to Portland to seek a
business opening and when he is
satisfactorily located his family will
join him.
The live stock report of the Un-
ion Stock Yards, Of Portland, for
last week show that F. Dinges and
w. A. Gellatly had recently sent
two carloads of cattle each to the
above yards. George Brown also
sent the yards some cattle.
C. Yoeman, lately from Chicago,
is i'm Corvallis visiting Tom Lang
ley. Mr.. Yoeman is reported to be
a very fine electrician and it is
quite probable that he will make
Portland his home, as he expects to
go into business in that city. He
has visited every state in the Union
and shows preference for Oregon.
Some time ego Logan Hays of
this city was the victim of a bridge
"smash up" in Linn county, in
which he was thrown from the ve-.
hicle and recei ,ed a sprained wrist
and other bruises, and one of his
driving horses broke Its leg and
had to be killed. All caused by
defective plank in a bridge about
four miles east Of this city. At the
recent meeting of the county court
for Linn county Mr.. Hays was al
lowed 500 damages.
Men who are posted on hops de-
clare that if the weather continues
favorable picking will begin about
two weeks earlier than usual this
year. 1t is possible that picking
may begin in the latter part of this
month, a thing that has occurred
but once in the last eleven years.
1t seems TO be generally agreed in
hop producing regions that the
price paid for picking a e-bushel
box is to be 40 cents. Conspicu-
ously displayed in this city is a
sign which reads. 400 hop pick
ers wanted"
Corvallisites have been blessed
with corn doctors during the past
week. D. B. Irvine, now of Salem,
was in Corvallis at this time and
was trying his hands on corns and
is reported to have been successful
A colored gentleman was here at
the same time and was running a
pretty opposition to Mr.. Irvine
However, we have confidence enough
in him to believe,that D. B. will hold
his own in any venture in which
he may become involved. One ole
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