Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-04-29
LOCAL NEWS.

Milne Tor 9I 0O ana plO Sulti
DIR. and Mrs. J. N. Smith, OF Sa
lem, visited last week with the doc
tors mother in this city.
William Headrick and r. G
Mlres were among the Alseaites t.
visit the county seat last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Toole hav
returned from a complete tour o
British Columbia and the minin,
districts.
FL. Long, of Nampa, Idaho, wal
in Corvallis this week On his way t.
Oregon City, where he goes to make
final proof on his timber calm.
J. J. Hughes, the Fourth Regi.
ment Bands solo clarinetist, has
been engaged to play in the Sym
phony orchestra Of Portland at
Corvallis during the May Festival
Register.
Proprietor Brunk, of the Occi.
dental, went to Portland to attend
the dedication of the Oregon Odd
Fellows home, which occurred last
Saturday, the S3rd ami 'ersary of
the founding of the order.
Last week Henry Amber nego-
tiated tie sale of tine Hamlin farm
of SO acres just west of Philomath.
The consideration was $4,000, cash.
K. E. Overman, of South Dakota,
was the purchaser and he takes
possession at once.
H. w. Kaupisch, of the Corval-
lis Creamery, received an order from
Portland for 200 boxes of butter of
100 pounds each, or ten tons. This is
the largest order for butter ever re-
ceived by any Corvallis firm. Mr..
Kaupisch hopes to fill the order in
the course of a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Thrasher, of
this Cit, received a letter Saturday,
fro ii their daughter, Miss Bertha,
now in hospital in San Francisco.
She stated that her injured leg is
mending rapidly now and she is
fast gaining strength. She is now
allowed to walk about some with
the aid of crutches and the tone of
her letter is very cheerful. Just
when she will be allowed to return
home she did not state.
The supreme court of this state
has just decided that when wheat
is sold from a warehouse without
authority of the depositors, the de-
positor may recover from the pur-
chasers. This case grew out of the
shortage of II 800 bushels of wheat
in T. J. Blacks warehouses at Hal
sey and other points in Linn coun-
ty. This decision brings protection
to the farmers and will prevent
warehousemen from selling short
In a recent issue of the GAZETTE
we published dispatch from Vic
toria, B. c., stating that James APP
plewhite had been found dead there
at the foot of an electric light pole.
It was believed at the time that the
deceased was Marvin Applewhite,
formerly of Corvallis. Letters just
received by relatives in this city
this belief. Marvin was an
and was employed for a
time at the electric light works
here.
Wm. Skipton and Miss Carrie
Garwood were married at the home
of the BRIDES mother, Mrs. Gather
inc Garwood, in this city, Thursday
afternoon at 1890, Rev. w. T. Mat
lock, pastor of the church, officiat-
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. Skipton left on
the afternoon train for Portland,
where they will spend their honey
moon. They will make their home
in Salem, where Mr.. Skipton is in
business.-Dallas Observer. This
must be our William. If it isn't, it
ought to be and we congratulate on
The smallpox flag is again flying
in Corvallis. S. M. Calkins,
brother of w. w. Calkins, of this
city, returned recently from a visit
to Ashland, where he contracted
the disease. He had no suspicion
that he had the smallpox until the
postules began to appear last
Thursday. The health officers have
taken the proper precautions to
prevent spread of the disease,
which is of mild type. DR.. Alt
man, the attending physician, says
his patient is mending rapidly.
The U. of o. track team is having
difficulty in arranging
a meet with the other institutions
of learning in this state. The meet
with Pacific University which was
scheduled for May 10th, is off
owing to the impossibility of agree
ing on a list of events. Ths U of o
boys being very anxious to meet the
D A G track team, Immediately
opened negotiations looking to a
contest. Their faculty, however,
refused permission, because the GA
zETTE had been guilty of Les Ma
ieste in dealing with the official act
ions of one Burden at the football
game here last fall, and for the
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