Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-09
LOCAL NEWS.
Gst your ve.ch seed at Zisgolf's.

dat your vs.ch seed AZ Aesolfs'
Mrs. John Stewart, Of Puysllup,
Washington, Is visiting with her
daughter, Mrs. Chas. Small, i'll this
city.
Miss Anna DenmaA left Friday
for Union, Oregon, where she has
been elected as teacher of the Sth
grade in the public schools of that
city.
Mr.. Joseph Rector, Superintend-
ent of the electric light plant at
McMinnville, passed through Cor
Wallis yesterday, on his way home
from Newport.
George Armstrong; brother-in-
law arrived, Saturday, fiom New
York City to make him visit. 1t
is eighteen years since they have
seen each other.
Dave Tom was out from Alsea
last week marketing some Of his
produce. Among other things, be
brought out II buckets of honey
that weighed "A pounds each. The
honey could not be excelled.
w. O. Heckart completed his
contract on the W. W. Calkins
house at Eugene last week. He
has the contract for building a
school house 24x34 feet, at Peoria,
and will most likely begin opera
tions this week.
Victor Spencer and his uncle.
Frank Spencer, went to Portland
Sunday. While in that neighbot
hood the latter will visit Oregon
CITY to attend some business re-
garding a parcel of land. They
may return to Corvallis today.
Today or tomorrow, J. Wrage
will start to Southern Oregon with
party of fifteen or twenty persons
who desire to secure timber claims
Mr.. Wrage will locate them in
Western Lake county. The party
will be made up of residents from
Corvallis, Philomath and Albany
Born, Thursday, Sept. 4, 1eO2,
in this city, to the wife of Otto F
L. Herse, son. Mr.. and Mrs
Herse came 10 Corvallis last spring
from West Point, Nebraska. They
evidently hold this part of the
world in high regard, for they
named the child Corvallis Davic
Otto Herse.
Sheriff Burnett and R E. Gibson
went out in the neighborhood o
Marys Peak, Saturday, on deer
hunt. Their return depends some
what on their luck, but they ex
pected to arrive home yesterday
During Mr.. Burnett's absence his
Office was in charge of S. L. Hen
derson.
John Osborn arrived from Golt
Hill, Southern Oregon, last Thurs
day evening. He only came for
few days visit with friends in hi
old home. On his return to Golc
Hill he will shortly proceed t
Tolman Springs. Mr.. Osburn i
looking we'll and says that hi
health is splendid.
William Gellatly's little girl
whose eye was badly injured re
Gently, is reported to be gettin
along nicely. DR.. Gillis, of Salem
under whose care the child wa
placed, states that he has succeede
in drawing all of the bad bloo
from the eye and has conhdenc
that the sight will be restored.
The central Office of the Corvalli
telephone system now has moto
with which the operators make tn
calls-they have been using Gran
until this week. This motor i
electric power, generated by 60 bat
terry jars, and is a great saving
labor to the central girls. Th
system has now more than $50 pal
rons, with new phones being pu
into several houses, among thes
being at the residence of Mrs. Dan
neman,,and the Presbyterian Mans
William Gellatly was in Corval
liz, Friday, and while here state
that he would not be throug
thrashing before the latter part G
this week. Mr.. Gellatly has had
good seasons run for his machine
During last week he was threshin
in Kings Valley and he says whea
over there is unusually good con
pared with crops of other localitie
Clint Browns wheat averaged J
bushels per acre. The large
amount of grain threshed by NJ
Gellatly's machine in one day ws
SIT bushels.
James Robinson, of Wren, has
practical way of handling perple:
ing problems. Ever since we di
carded dresses it has been question
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