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

Mrs. Ed Andrews, of this city,
visiting relatives and friends il
Eugene.
Frank Thrasher returned from
Newport, Tuesday, after an absenc'
of a couple Of weeks.
DR.. E. J. Thompson, of Inde
pendence, went over to the coast or
| Wednesdays c. & E passenger.
! Born, Monday, August 4, 1902
at their home south of this city, t
the wife of Jesse Foster, a daughter
D. M. Smith went to Portland,
Wednesday, to attend some bust
4less that will detain him until to.
morrow.
J. W. Hyde returned from Port.
land. Wednesday, where he hae
been for a few days attending some
business.
Miss Emma Thompson was 9
passenger to Newport Wednesday
afternoon. She will remain about
a month.
G. A. Burden, physical instructor
at the University of Oregon, passed
through Corvallis en- route for the
coast, Wednesday.
Miss Maude Kerns, of Eugene
has resigned her position in the
Lebanon public school to accept a
position in the Corvallis school
Express-Advance.
Adams Bros. have commenced &C
tive operations on the F. L. Miller
residence. From this time forward
work will be rushed until the build
ing is completed.
Services in the Episcopal church
next Sunday as follows: Sunday
School at 10 a. M; morning prayer
and sermon at II a. IN.
G. MAcLEAN, Ph. D., Rector.
Frank Lilly and wife and Mrs.
G. A Waggoner and family expect
to leave Sunday for the Oliver creek
country. It is their intention to
camp there for two weeks or longer.
The recent warm weather has
had the effect Of ripening grain
very rapidly. It is feared that the
hot north wind of last Tuesday
may have had the effect of shrivel-
ing the kernels of late grain.
Jesse Spencer is the most original
and forcible in his remarks of any
man in the state of Oregon. He
suffered with the heat last We'd
nesday, and in relating how it af-
fected him, he said: -!-!-!
-! .!-!-!-!-!!-!!!. !.
Jesss Skaggs, of Summit, passed
through Corvallis a day or
two ago en- route to the Bohemia
district. He has secured a
position with a surveying party
and will be engaged in that section
until the latter part Of next month.
Miss Blanche Riddle, the we'll.
known young lady who graduated
from the o A G a year ago, sang
two vocal solos and rendered an in
strumental number at the regular
Douglas county teachers institute
which was held in Roseburg this
week.
At two o'clock Wednesday after
noon the thermometer at the . A G
weather station registered 1O2 in
the shade. The college people state
that this was the warmest day that
was ever recorded at the station.
The Thermometers about town gave
various records, ranging from 81 to
10S in the shade.
Mrs. Will Holgate and children
arrived during the first of the week
from Baker City, where they have
resided for number Of years. In
the course of two or three weeks,
Mr.. Holgate will come down and
the family expect to move to a
Oregon town, where Mr..
Holgate will have a position as
maker.
Rurke McFadden, 12-year-old
son of w. S. McFadden, went to
Portland, Tuesday, to bring some
brood mares up to Soap Greek.
One of the mares belongs to JUL
ian McFadden and two belong to
Ned Smith. Burke will ride one
and lead the other two and will
take three days to come home.
The mares were sent to Portland
for breeding purposes.
A party consisting of Ed Philips,
Joe and Rich McBee, Ed Horning
and brother of Joe McBee who
lives in Eugene, expect to leave to-
morrow or the day after for South
ern Oregon. They intend to spend
a month or six weeks in that coun-
try for recreation and will hunt and
fish and prospect for precious min
erals. They will have their own
team and pack animals and go
where and when they please.