Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-06-27
w. Al. Sanders, JeWe.er.

Portland this week. He is in bust
ness down there and this accounts
for the change of residence.
Next Sunday being Convention
Sunday" there will be at the Epis-
copal church only Sunday school,
which will begin at 10 a. M, the
usual hour.
Miss Madge Dunn passed through
Corvallis, Wednesday, en- route to
Elk City, Lincoln county. For
several years she has been making
Dayton, Oregon, her home.
We want houses to rent to our
customers. Those who have such
will do we'll to list with US as we
have numerous applications for
houses: Morgan & Eglin.
Services in the Episcopal church
next Sunday as follows: Sunday
School at 10 a. M; morning prayer
and sermon at II a. TO.
G. MAcLEAN, Ph. D., Rector.
Adams Bros. have just secured of
E. E. Wilson a contract for the
construction of a Groom dwelling
on Mr.. Wilson's place about three
miles west OF Corvallis. They will
begin work in about week.
Sheriff Burnett received an in
vitation a day or two ago from
Sheriff Hatten, of Columbia county,
to attend the hanging ofo August
Shevie for the murder of Joseph
Skulowski. The execution is to oc
cur at St. Helens, July End. 1t is
not pro bable that Mr.. Burnett will
attend.
George Barr came up from Salem
Wednesday to see about his con-
tract for placing the roof on the Ag.
ricultural Hall now in course of
construction at the O A G. He al
so has the contract for doing the
plumbing work on the building.
When everything is in readiness ne
will put force Of six or eight men
at work.
7. X. Berry returned, Tuesday,
from Portland, where he went last
week on business pertaining to his
bicycle trade. He :says the bicycle
trade is booming as it never doomed
before, and Fred T. Merrill, distrib-
uting agent of the Rambler, for the
Northwest, has difficulty in filling
the orIers of his country agents.
On account of the rain that oc
CURED last Monday, W. G. Corbett
was obliged to lay off the crew in
his brick yard for day or two.
Mr.. Corbett now has something
like $4,000 bricks made. He is
only working one crew at present
and will not put another crew on
this season without the outlook for
the sale Of brick during the coming
year picks up.
Col. ohm King and wife arrived
in this city Sunday, from Spring
field, III. Col. King is brother Of
F. A. King, of this city, and this
was their first meeting in forty one
years. The visiting brother is
quite a distinguished looking and
well-to-do gentleman and has been
making a tour of the Pacific coast
He and his wife have just finished
a visit of some length in California
WedL Lesday, they went on to Port
land.
The horses OF E. Skipton who
lives not far from Philomath, ad-
vertised in this paper as "lost OF
stolen," have not yet been hearo
from. This is most peculiar af-
fair. The horses were turned out
to pasture AS usual one evening
about a week ago and the next
morning the gate was open and the
animals missing. They seem to
have disappeared as completely as
though the earth had opened ano
swallowed them.
Tam Case went down to Salem
during the first of the week to ar
range about receiving a legacy o
$3.50 that he fell heir to on the set
tlement of a deceased relative by
the name of Neely. Mr.. Neel,
died at The Dalles a few years agt
and was very wealthy at the time
of his death. There are numerous
heirs to the estate, among others
Mrs. Belt, mother of George Belt
Of this city. She received a checl
for $3.50 last week.
Captain Graham, of the Orego1
City Transportation Company
states that as early as possible tn
company will commence the con
, struction of a light-draft steamer
an exact duplicate of the one de
stroyed on the ways in Johnson
r boat yard by the fire in Portlan
last Saturday night. The boat wa
, intended to ply between Portland