Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02
W. A. Sanders. Jewe:er.

w. A. Canu6TS. J0NG.cIs
The Corvallis Creamery is payins
Is IL cents per pound for butter
fat.
Miss Bessie Irvine returned home
during the first of the week from a
visit with relatives.
The Corvallis improvement Asso
citation will meet at the court hcuse
Monday evening at 1870.
Roy Raber ia home from Idaho
on a visit. He will return to that
state about the middle of June.
Wallis Nash and B. W. Johnson
went to Albany on yesterday morn
ing's boat to attend To business con-
nected with the May Festival.
The drawing for the sewing ma
chine at Kline's occurred yesterday.
The lucky number was 2,O26,
held by Charley Kirk. Now girls,
here's your chance.
Yesterday was May Day, and
many OF the young people followed
the custom of former years and
hung May baskets on the door
nobs of their friends. This is a
pretty custom.
The Prohibition Alliance and the
intercollegiate Prohibition Club,
will hold their regular meeting at
w CT U, rooms Monday evening,
May 5th at 8 p. m. All members
requested to be present.
The contract for tearing down the
old engine tower back of the GA
zErTE office, and erecting struc-
ture 24x56 feet and one story high
to be used as a warehouse by F. l..
Miller, was secured by Bryant
Young. Work will commence
Immediately.
J.H. Moore has disposed of his
Soap Creek ranch to Mr.. Howe,
lately from Illinois. The place
contains $50 acres and the consid-
Grafton was $S,OOO This included
some stock. Mr.. Howe took pos
session Tuesday.
John Osborn, who passed the
winter at his old home in Meade
vile, Pa, is supposed to ha re
started for home during the first of
the week. He will come west over
the Southern Pacific and will stop
off at Gold Hill, Southern Oregon,
for a brief visit with his daughter,
Mrs. J. J. Houck.
United Evangelical church: The
pastor, H. A. Deck will occupy the
pulpit Sunday morning at IL and
in the evening at s. The theme for
the mornings discourse will be,
"Self Denial" the evening service
will be evangelical in character.
Mr.. E. Tedrow will conduct the K
L G E meeting at 7 m.
Married, April 80, 1902, at the
home Of the gloom, near Summit,
Or, Mr.. F. Lang and Mrs. Ma
ry FRANKIE, H. Underhill, J. P,
officiating. The bride arrived on
the evening train direct from the
East. Friends served a splendid
dinner. The new family is very
desira BILE addition to Benton coun-
tvs people.
Building has commenced on the
new residences on College Hill.
The lumber and rock are being
placed Oil the ground and excava-
ton for the foundation of these
houses is under way. These are
the new homes of Pres. Catch, Miss
| Crawford and Mrs. Callahan. The
location is a beautiful one, and
these residences will add to the at
tractiveness of that locality.
N. Peterson has awarded the
contract for building his elegant
new residence to w. O. Heckart
The building will be one of the
finest residences in the county, and
will cost $3.50. Work will COM
menee on it about June 1st, and is
to be completed September 10Th.
The plans were prepared by Archi-
tect Geo. F. Barber, of Knoxville,
Tenn, who drew the plans for the
R. E. Gibson residence. The build
ing will face the east and will be
located on the place recently pur'
rchased by Mr., Peterson a half mile
west of Corvallis. 1t will be two
stories high, with a tower on the
north east corner, and besides l.
large rooms will contain closets
pantrys, etc. A large porch, of the
colonial style, will extend along the
aast ap1 sol1th sides.