Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-26
LOCAL NEWS.
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Miss Effie Michael is home from
Lebanon, where she was the gues
of the family Of Fleming Doughton
The Degree of Honor initiated
some candidates last Friday eve
ming. Fr,m reports, it is presumed
that an all-around good time en-.
sued.
I.R, Daniel, whose home is in
this city is now a member of the
Sweeny- -Alvido minstrel company
~ which is to appear in this city to-
morrow evening.
Sheriff Burnett went over to the
coast, Saturday, and came back on
the excursion train Sunday eve
ming. During his absence S. L.
Henderson Was sheriff.
Rudolph Wrage, son of J. Wrage
of this city, came up from Portland
day or two ago to accept work on
the revetment that il to be placed
along the bank of the Willamette
just above this city.
Mrs. Anna Strong. who visited
relatives in this vicinity during the
past summer, writes frem Los
Angeles, California, that Virgil
Mulkey is gradually sinking with
consumption. He is now at Pasa-
dena.
A. G. White and family left, Sat-
urday morning, with their own con-
veyance for trip to the coast.
They intended to proceed to New
port, thence to Waldport and home
via the Alsea valley, and calculated
to be absent couple of weeks and
possibly longer.
J. r. Smith & Co. now have
their force of men at work on the
sewer that runs south from the
public school. building for connec-
ton with the jefferson street sewer.
In the course of about thirty days
all of the sewers contracted by J. r.
Smith & Co. will be completed.
Last Friday a. deal was made
whereby Mrs. Mary Flett became
the sole possessor of the old
Eglin livery stable and the ground
it stands OF. Mrs. Flett formerly
owned half interest in this prop
erty and purchased the other half
interest of her brother, George Egg
lin. The price paid for Mr.. Eglin's
;ptaroof mac g O0G
Mr.. E. Dunn, of Portland, ar
rived in Corvallis, last week, to be-
gin preliminary work on the revet-
ment that the government is going
to put in along the Willamette
river about one mile above this
city. Some work has already been
done and it is thought the work
contemplated will continue through
out the greater part of the winter.
Congress has appropriated several
thousand of dollars for this work,
thanks to Thos. Fl: Tongue, and
this money will be expended in
our midst.
Colonel J. K. Philips, of this city,
has had recent experience in toad
culture that is considerably out of
the usual order of things. Some
little time ago he took an empty
barrel, ard connecting a hose to
the bung hole, filled it with water.
A short time after this he noticed
a little toad come up out of the
depths of tie barrel and stick its
head out of the bung hole. AS the
days past by the toad became
larger. 1t is not known how
"toadie" sprang into existence, but
the supposition is, that like Topsy,
it Just growed." Colonel Philips
is speculating on the possibility of
the toad finally growing up in the
lmrrel.
Some time last spring, L. L.
Howe and wife arrived in Benton
county from Chicago, Ill, and were
so,well pleased with the country
that they purchased the J. II.
Moore place on Soap Creek. The
ranc" comprises several hundred
acres. This place at present is the I
scene of what may he termed a
family reunion. Mr.. Howe's moth
er and brother, Mrs. Buliwinkie
and son of Chicago, are now at {
home on the place and will remain {
until after the holidays. Mr..
Howe's brother, and his uncle and s
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Covall, recently '
arrived from the East, and they are
also "down on the farm" The en-
tire party have expressed a liking
for Oregon and may conclude TO To-
cate permanently.
All of the plastering, plumbing {
and stone work is now done on the {
new Agricultural Hall at the o A /
C. Last week the task of painting
up the stone work was completed .
and the men allowed to go. There
remains only the finishing work and {
Mr.. Shook will easily have it COM
pleted in season for the opening of
college this fall. 1t is said by those
who have kept in touch with the
work as it progressed on the new {
building that in many instances
Mr.. Shook had the work done bet s
c