Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-09

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mems fine Iress shoes.
Mrs. Fl. ". Hall went to Port
land, Sunday. for a weeks visit.
Percy Clarke expects to leave
this week for Portland in search OF
a situation.
| The Hunter property in the
southern portion OF town ID under
going repairs.
Chas. Blakesley is putting new
| sills under the south side Of Taylor
& Helsh's meat market,
Photographer Philips and party
returned, Sunday, ffon1 their
months prospecting tour in South.
ern Oregon.
Homer Aldrich and family return.
ed, Thursday, from Alberta, Can
ada, where they have been visiting
with Mr.. Aldrich's father, some
sixty miles northwest OF Calgary.
Cal Thrasher is back from tour
of the hop fields of Polk and Ben
ton counties. He found all yards
| absolutely free from lice. The
yield is abundant and quality ex-
cellent.
Mrs. Virginia Espsy arrived
home, Saturday, from a visit of
couple of months in Washington:
Her daughter, Miss Kate, stopped
off at McMinnville to visit with rel
atives for few days.
The play "The King of the
Opium Ring which met with
such success in the cities of this
country a year or two ago-will
be given at the Opera House,
this city, Saturday night, Sept.
18TH
A fine cotswold buck arrived in
Corvallis, Saturday. 1t was ship
ped by J. B. Stump, of Monmouth,
to Ed Davis, of near this city. The
sheep was an unusually fine one
for it's age. 1t was year old last
spring and it weighed 265 pounds
Grated.
Mrs. Ruth Clark left, yesterday,
for Baker City, where she will visit
with relatives and attend the we'd
ding of her son, Elmer, and Miss
Privett, of that city, which will
occur September 18th. Ed Clark
leaves tomorrow to be present at the
wedding.
A missionary tea and farewell
reception to Mrs. Fuller will be
held this afternoon at the Presby-
terian parsonage. There will be a
program of music and talk by
Miss Hatch, a returned missionary
from Siam. Everybody most cor
daily invited to attend.
Mrs. Murray and children, who
went to Philadelphia, Pa, two years
ago, to give the latter the advan.
tages of an education in that city,
are expected home to Corvallis
within the next thirty days. AS
Mrs. Murray expresses it. they are
coming back to Cod country to
reside"
Last week, Mack Hemphill lost a
valuable diamond from its setting
and although diligent search was
made for the sparkler, Mack could
not locate it and had about despair
ed of ever seeing it again. A day
or so later it was found by one of
the workmen in Ed Cummings
barber shop.
Miss Armina Houck, who has
been visiting for some time past
with the family of her brother in
law, Caspar Zierolf, went to Port
land, Friday. to remain until Mon
. day. She is en- route to her home
in Attica, Ohio. Mr.. Zierolf and
Johnny Martin, and the latter's
mother, Mrs. James Martin, went
to Portland, yesterday, en- route to
, Ohio. The party will join Mis-
Houck in Portland and they will
proceed to Ohio together. Mr.. Zie
} rolf will accompany Miss Houck tt
Attica for a visit of two or three
3 months. Attica used to be his
home, but it is more than 80 year!
since he was there. Mrs. Martin
and son also go to Ohio to visit rel
atives.
Fred Oberer came up from Poll
+ county, Saturday, to attend som
, business, and returned Sunday
Fred is interested in the Chartel
Oak Mill Co. and the mill is nov
located in fine body of oak tim
ber two or three miles from Airlie
The mill is capable of cutting abou
! 5000 feet of lumber per day ano
Mr.. Oberer is at present employing
! eight men. He states that he ha'
. experienced considerable trouble t.
, secure cars to convey. his lumber t
3 narket Another trouble that Mr.