Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-21
LOCAL NEWS.

25,0O0 pounds OF casoara bark To
San Francisco.
Oscar Hsaley has just had 4 good
solid walk laid along the east side
of his residence property.
R. NJ, Cramer, of the Corvallis
Organ Factory, was in Eugene at
tending to business last week.
New suits for the dressy .young
man in the new coronation cloth,
rouLd and square outs, at Kline's.
Senator J. D. Daily went to Port
laLd, Saturday, to attend some pri-
vate business, He also visited Ore
gon City.
C. A. Gerhard, proprietor of the
Book Store of this city, went to
Portlan /, Friday, to attend some
matters of business.
Quite a number of young people
gathered in Burnett's hall, Friday
night, and enjoyed dance. The
festivities closed at II o'clock.
Mrs. James Martin and son,
John, were expected 10 arrive home,
Saturday, FROM a trip back East.
They were absent a month or long
er, visiting relatives in Ohio.
Had Gabriel's trumpet sounded
last Friday evening not q man,
woman or child in Corvallis would
have responded to the call, there
was such q number of other horns
echoing about the CITY.
. B. w. Johnson and Robt. john
ron, who were delegates from the
local lodge to the meeting of the
Grand Lodge of the Knights of Py-
thias, which was held in Portland
last week, arrived home Friday.
William Emory, who recently
passed three or four weeks in Ben
ton and Linn counties, visiting rel.
atlves and friends, returned to his
Lincoln county home last week.
His son, Cecil, was out for short
time, and father and son returned
home on foot, as they took fine
milch cow over with them:
The law allows hunters to shoot
China pneasants until the fret of
next. December. During the last fif.
teen days of November those who
kill pheasants will be allowed to sell
them. Pheasants have not been SO
plentiful this year as last, but our
eportsmen report pretty good sue
cess when in the field.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. w. Hall drove
up from Buona Vista, Friday after.
noon, and visited relatives and
friends until Sunday, when they
returned home. Harley used to be
an enthusiastic football player and
he could not have been hired to
stay away from the football game
played Saturday between William
ette University and o A G boys.
A few days ago DR.. n. B. Avery
received letter from William Gird.
The latter is now an inmate Of the
Old Folks Home, in East Portland.
He wrote quite an interesting letter,
giving information regarding the
institution where he is staying.
He says that the ages OF the "old
folks" who are now his companions
range from 81 to IS years. This is
the place where Adam Baumbarger
il stopping.
Mrs. Anna Clifton and her sister,
Miss Margaret Graham, both of
Portland, visited at the home Of A.
Kyle and family last week. Satur-
day they proceeded to Eugene to
visit their brother, who is attend
ing the university at that city. A
week ago Saturday, Mrs. Clifton ar
rived in Portland from Dawson, n.
w. T., Canada. after an absence of
two years. She did quite we'll
while in the frozen north and was
able to get home with some money.
On his recent trip to Lake county
II. s. Clodfelter located q party Of
seven on timber claims. J. Wrage,
who holds q claim 10 this belt of
timber, states that he finds that
this timber is going TO be in great
demand in o very short time. He
SAYS that those who hold claims in
the vicinity of his will experience
no difficulty whatever in securing
$4,000 apiece for them. It is un-
derstoed that q number who &C.
cured claims with Mr.. Wrage will
pool their claims and hold them at
$4,000 each. This is certainly good
news for Corvallisites who were for
tunate enough to secure timber
land in this belt,
Our attention has been called to
the fact that some of our citizens
have been riding their bicycles on
the sidewalks within tie past few
days. 1t goes without saying that
they were ignorant Of the ordinance
regulating this matter, for our citi-
xsns in the main are q most law
abiding people. We have found
that some were under the i'm
preston that they would be al
lowed to ride on the sidewalks af-
ter October 1st. Such is not the
casa After Noyemher 1st IL will