Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-08-22
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terday, attending some business.
Geo. B. Ready and Otto F. l..
Herse, who have been spending
weeks vacation fishing in the
Alsea, returned home yesterday.
DIR. Cathey is going to put in his
claim to reward for killing a deer,
of-hand, at a good distance, and
bringing meat to his city friends. {,
Captain G. A. Robinson and wife
arrived home from the coast, Tues
day evening. They were out camp
ing Just two week and had most
enjoyable time.
Charley Kirk arrived from New
port, Tuesday, where he has been
working at the barber trade for the
past month or two: He has ac-
cepted a position in Tam Cases
barber shop.
Miss Lena Mccormick and her
sister, Mrs. James McCune, arrived
il. this city few days ago and
have taken up their abode. Miss
Mccormick is one of our school
teachers and her sister will keep
house for her.
Mrs. Belle Walker, who has visit
ed relatives and friends in this city
for the past few months, leave to.
day far her home in New York
City. She will be accompanied as
far as Portland by her mother, Mrs.
B. W. Wilson.
Wednesday morning, W. Cor
bett finished the task of burning
his brick kiln. The kiln contains
about 225,Oo0 brick and it required
seyen and half days to burn it.
AS soon as the tiling are dry
enough, Mr.. Corhett will commence
burning them.
The Observation-Disclosures
party returned home yesterday
from a camping out experience
on Beaver creek, near Seal Rock.
Everything goes to prove that
the time passed all too quickly
with the party and they are ready
to go back again for another Is
days.
United Evangelical church:
Services on Saturday at 8 p. m.
Prof. D. NJ. Metzger of Dallas
College will preach. He will al
50 occupy the pulpit Sunday
morning and evening. Com
munion service will be held in
with the morning ser
vice. Service at Witham school
house at 5 p. m. H. A. Deck,
Pastor.
The dray team OF Floyd Lane
kicked up ''high jinks" Wednesday |
Mr.. Lane was in thu
S. P. depot building and the team
to engage in athletics
while he was absent, SO they start
ed pell-rnell away from the depot.
They did not go far until they |
struck tree in front of1the Henry |
Robinson home. The stop was so
sudden that the tongue of the
wagon was broken, the wagon seat
broken off and the harness badly |
torn to pieces. One of the horses
was also somewhat bruised and
Aside from this, no
damage was done.
After an absence of thirteen
years, Orville Carter returned ito
Wednesday, to visit his
mother, Mrs. Elmira Garter, and
many old-time friends Orville
Carter was born in Corvallis some
where near forty years ago and
grew to manhood in this city. He
was accompanied to his old home
by his little daughter. Mr.. Garter
is at present deputy county treas
urer at Everett, Washington, and
is getting along fairly we'll. He
has many friends in this city and
Notwithstanding his long absence
he is able to call them by name on
sight. He is here on his vacation
ana is not positive how long he can
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. A. Webb will
appear in the Opera House tonight.
in illustrated songs. The enter
taiament will consist of singing,
moving pictures, etc. These sweet
singers were here a couple of years
ago and on every hand one hears a
favorable endorsement of their
work. They will sing "Break the
News to Mother" and the song will
be illustrated by II highly colored
slides. The price, of tickets is SO
trifling considering the merit of
this entertainment that you cannot
afford to miss this opportunity.
At the Opera House tonight, Aug.
%, and tickets for adults will be 25
cents; children, Is cents. There
will be no seats reserved.
Manager Robt. Johnsoh, of the
Benton County Prune Co.'S. big or
chard north of Corvallis about six
miles, does not take . particle of
stock in the report that there will