Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-05
w. A. Sanders. JeWe:er,


Saturday, and stated that it was hi
intention to start his thrashing ma
chine tomorrow.
Quite a party Of excursionist'
from Portland passed through Cor
wallis. Saturday, en- route to thu
coast to remain over Sunday.
In the neighborhood of Staytor
there seems to be an understanding
that hop growers will pay so cents
per box for picking this year.
Mrs. Ellen Mccormick, who haI
resided in this city during the pas
year or two, and whose daughter
Miss Lena, is a teacher in the Cor
Wallis public schools, died suddenly
at Shedd, last Wednesday morning
Mrs. Mccormick had many friends
in this city and was a good, kind
lady, and charitable neighbor.
The fifteenth annual session ot
the Oregon Press Association will
be held at Newport, Oregon, August
IA, Is and 16. 1t is the intention
for the members to reach Newport
on the 14th, and the first business
session will be held on the morn
ing of the 18th at 9 o'clock. An
interesting program is to be arrang-
ed for Friday and Saturday morn
ings. The afternoons will be given
up to sight seeing or a dip in the
briny deep.
Four coaches, so filled with pas
sengers that standing room was at
a premium, made up the excursion
to Newport Sunday. The trip
through the winding canyons and
along the splashing little mountain
streams is always delightful, and
the fresh pure air gives vigor and
sharpens the appetite. A stiff
breeze at the coast all afternoon
robbed the excursionists Of taeil
keenest pleasure, a stroll on the
beach, but the trip served as a hap
py diversion from the hum drum
Sabbath at home.
Henry Shook is getting along
nicely on the Agricultural Hall fol
the o AC. He is working in the
neighborhood of twenty men ano
everything is humming in thai
quarter. All the plumbing and
wiring of the building is completed,
and the heating plant as we'll. The
lathing is all done and plasteriug
is being rushed 1t is thought
that all of the plastering will be
done in the course of week. There
is no doubt but Mr.. Shook viii
have the building completed within
the time specified in the contract
Will E. Blake, who has spent the
past two months at the home of his
parents, near Wells, started on
the return "Trip to Chicago, Satur
day. He has been, studying dent
istry in that city during the past
two years and goes back to take
his degree at the termination of an.
other years study. He will travel
over the following roads on his re
turn East and if he could find any
more on the trip we do not know o.
them: OR & N, Oregon Short
Line, Rio Grande & Western, Den
yer & Rio Grande, and Burlington
& Western. Will has many
friends here who hope for his sue
cess.
1t is reported that a company o
San Francisco capitalists are trying
to arrange for getting possession o
the electric light plant of this city
and nearby towns. According tt
report, should the promoters of thi'
plan fail in their endeavor to Sc
cure possession of the plant in this
city, they have another plan which
they may put in operation. They
are considering the feasibility o
putting in long distance line and
transmitting power through mum
Der of towns. They will put theil
system at work on the principal o
the telephone and distance will no
cut much figure with them. Time
will tell whether there is any truth
in this rumor or not.
Oregon lumber to the extent oi
fullv 2OO,OOO,OOO feet has beer
slipped from the state since Jan: l
this year. Of this amount 54,692,
POI feet have gone by water ant
about 15O,OOO,OOO feet by rail
Rail shipments have gone Sout!
and East. A little less than ha!
the water shipments have gone di
rect to foreign ports. Besides thl
great volume of lumber in all form
shingles, box shocks, sashes ant
doors and sawed aud round lum
berthe local consumption ha
been large, and all the mills hav
been crowded to their full capacity
to keep up with the demand. Th
lumber business of Oregon neve
saw such activity before.
The Salem Statesman tells OF
peculiar accident which happened
to Dave Irvine, formerly OF Corval.
lie, in Salem last week: sd. 1
Irvine, the Court street shoe manu-
facturer, while riding a bicycle i
the neighborhood of his place
business, on Thursday evening, ra