Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-04-01
LOCAL NEWS.
The Gordon Hat.

Where are all the fools? This j
their day.
President Catch went over to tn
c,ast, last week, for a few days
visit at the beach.
Mrs. C. M. Adams, of Yaquina
is visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L
Adams of this city.
Miss Kate DanielHwent to Nc
Minnville, Thursday, to visit rela
tives for a few days.
Miss Maud Buxton, of this city
went to Forest Grove last week fol
a visit with relatives.
Miss Helen V. Crawford, of o A
c, went to Albany last week for q
brief visit with relatives and friends.
The Corvallis Improvement As
sociation will meet at the court
house, Monday evening, April 7th,
at 7:30 o'clock.
Miss Mary Nolan returned home,
Friday, from St. Marys Academy,
Portland, to spend her Easter vaca
ton in this city.
William Gellatly, of Blodgett,
was over in Lincoln county last
week looking after stock with a
view to buying.
During the recent spell of good
weather many of our gardeners took
courage and began stirring up
their truck patches.
s. N. Wilkins continues to i'm
prove his Third street property.
He is now laying a new sidewalk
on the north side of it.
The Frank Cooley company,
which played a week in Corvallis
year ago, began a weeks engage
ment in Eugene last night.
Mrs. G. w. Hunsaker returned
to her home in Turner, Friday, af-
ter visit of four or five days with
her daughters who are attending
the O AC.
" Chief of Police Alexander is urg-
ing the residents of Corvallis to
submit the city to sort of "spring
cleaning" Now is the time for
such work.
On their appearance at the Opera
House last Friday night the Meme
ley Quartette was greeted with
very large crowd. The proceeds
amounted to $82.
= Mordaunt Goodnough has con-
cluded negotiations for the pur-
chase of the property where he at
present resides. The property is
known as the John Smith place and
is located just north of Prof. Lakes
residence.
The Corvallis GAZETTE devotes
some space to the muddy roads of
Benton county. The GAZETTE need
MT get "stuck up" We've got some
lovely soft roads in this part of the
,world.-Lincoln County Leader.
Erom the above it will appear
that Benton county is not alone in
her struggle with "bad road" prob
lens.
T. H. Garrett, of Pierre, South
Dakota, telegraphed ]. M. Cam
eron, of this city, few days ago to
secure him q good dwellingi house
capacious enough to accommodate
two families for a month or two, so
that they may have tine to look
about a little before purchasing
farms. Mr.. Cameron found it diff
cult to secure such a residence.
The Linn County Populist Con-
vention met in this city yesterday
and disbanded their organization.
A few speeches were made by i
Glenn and others in favor of ad-
journing without making nomina-
tions, but to retain the organiza.
tion, but this was voted down, and
the party in Linn County disband.
ed to vote as they choose.-Albany
Herald.
Mr.. Ches. Craven and Miss Grace
Hodge were married in Corvallis,
Wednesday. Mr.. Craven is a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. R. c. Craven, and
is one of Dallas worthy and re-
spected young men. His bride is
an estimable lady, and has been
one of Polk county's popular school
teachers. The happy couple will
begin housekeeping in neatly fur
nished home in the south part of
town.-Polk County Observer.
Mr.. S. B. Bane states that the
cause of the slight hitch in the ne
sotiations for the sale of his 235
acre farm west of town to S. L..
Kline was occasioned by clause in
his contract with the real estate
firm Of Robinson & Peterson, which
gave him choice in the matter of
price and caused him to raise his
figure to $50 per acre. The clause
read that the place should be sold
for $4,000 or any other price
owner agrees to accept" Rev. A.
C. Bane, of San Francisco, Calf, a
brother of the above, had half in
terest in the place and S. B. Bane
was his authorized agent in the