Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-22
Rroadhead dress goods.

Wednesdays train.
Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Simpson
spent a couple of day at Beaver
creek, this week, camping. :
Remember our Odds and Ends
Sale closes Saturday, August Both.
p. Nolan IL Callahan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Welsher
returned from the coast, WedDes.
day, after an absence of two weeks.
Attorney E. E. Wilson's new
house, west of town. was completed
by Newton Adams, the last of the
week.
Attorney C. E. Woodson return
ed from the coast, last Tuesday.
He was over there for a week and
had an enjoyable time.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. Schriber went
over to the coast last week with
their own conveyance. They will
be sbsent about three weeks.
Robt. Glass, wife and daughter.
of Crawsfordsviltc, are the guests of
Miss Lillian Glass and her brother,
Robert, at their home just south of
this city.
III. J. Moore and wife were in
Corvallis, Tuesday, looking for d
house in which to install their three
sons for the winter, the latter to at
tend o. A. c.. A cottage was Sc
cured in Jobs Addition and the
Young men will be on hand when
school opens.
AS will be seen by a glance at the
advertisement of the coming min
strel show, there has been change
of date. The date has bean chang
ed from next Tuesday to next We'd
nesday. This aggregation of burnt
cork" .'favorites comes highly rec
commended and Manager Groves is
confident that be is offering first
class attraction:
III. B. Miller, who was formerly
president of the O A G of this city,
but who for the past two and a
half years has been the United
States Consul at Niu Chwang, Chi
ma, recently returned to Oregon on
a visit. 1t appears from his state
ments that he does not consider
Chinaland the most desirable place
on earth for 4 white man to reside.
Last week, H. Heanel. of Monroe,
for lot and cottage in
Jobs addition. The price agreed
upon was $3.50. 1t is the intention
to purchase it so that Mr.. HeanePs
son, Otto, may have place to stay
during tho school year at 0 A Q.
Otto's sister. Mrs. A. Shubeft, will
keep house for him, and they ex-
pect to nioYe to town in the course
of month.
The plans for the 81 -, 400 residence
of Mrs. Florence .Rosendorf arrived
last Wednesday from Minneapolis,
MINI. 1t will he a 7-room dwelling.
of most artistic pattern. It is ex-
pected that Ed FELTON, will begin
the task of laying the stone founda-
tion next Monday, andas soonEas
he is done with this work, Adams
Bros, who have the contract for the
of the building, will
put a force of men at work.
After spending a vacation Of a
month at home, Harry Holgate
started back to Washington, D. c.,
Wednesday. Harry holds good
in the government census
and has gone back to
resume his duties. He goes East
over the Union Pacific route.
Brady Burnett, who holds a similar
position, will start back to Wash
ington in about ten days or two
weeks.
Colonel Philips received a letter,
last Tuesday, from his son, Ed, who
is now enjoying an outing in South
ern Oregon in company with a num-
Der of Corvallisites. At the time of
writing Ed and party were on the
headwaters of the Umpqua and had
secured few deer, so it is an as
sured thing that they will get home
with some jerked venison. The
party will likely be absent three
weeks yet.
A little after noon last Tuesday,
Norm Lilly laid his threshing crew
off until the fore part of next week.
They had been thrashing six and a
half days and had finished harvest
ing for the following parties: Pun
Avery, John Rickard, J. o. WILSON,
Walter Smith, Chas. Dennick, R.
Glass, Norm Lillyand H. F. Fisher.
About twenty acres OF vetches
were threshed for Mr.. Fisher and
the yield was something like $50
bushels. The greater part of the
gram thrashed was fall wheat and
the average was not more than Is
bushels per acre. This is not near
ly so good as was expected in some
instances. Mr.. Lilly will stalt his
machine again next week and will
have about a ten days run.
William Crees vert to Portland,
Monday, to attend the wedding of
his asuphter. Mrs. Gussie d. Heck