Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-06-26
LOCAL NEWS.
Fishing tackle at Berry's.

Fishing tackle at Berry's.
Buy your 4th of July outfits j..
Nolan & Callahan.
Mrs. s. N. Wilkins left yesterda
for ten-days' visit with relative
at The Dalles.
Mrs. John Burnett sold her farr
South of town to John McGee, las
Tuesday. The consideration wa
p $4,000.
Professor McLouth will spend tn
summer vacation with relatives i
New York and Massachusetts. Fl
left for the East, Friday.
Services at the United Evangeli
cal Church next Sunday as usual
Preaching at 8 p. m. at Dixol
school house. FL. A. Deck, pastor
Services of the M. E. Chui ch
South, next Sunday at II a. m anc
8p. Sunday School at 10 g.
N. Public cordially invited. Johr
Reeves, Pastor.
G. .Hodes and VIM. Albrecht re-
turned home yesterday from Eu-
gene, where they visited with Gle
ment Hodes and Joe Piloni, for
mer Corvallisite.
Professor Covell left, Wednesday,
for six-weeks' visit at his old
home in Pennsylvania. He will at
tend the National Teachers Associ-
alton at Boston during his absence.
Rev. G.. s. .. Humbert will re.
turn from Turner in time to hold
the usual services at the Christian
Church on next Sunday the 28th
Everybody invited to attend. And
as the services will partake Of the
nature of rally, all the member.
ship are requested to be present.
The horse parade and exhibition
at Albany on Friday morning, July
3rd, promises to be the biggest ex-
hibition ever seen in this part of
the Willamette Valley and many
of the finest horses have been en-
tered. Ex-County Judge Geo. D.
Barton, j. NJ. Ralston, Of Albany,
and Dan McClain, of Harrisburg,
have been appointed judges.
The horsemen of this district are
going to have big exhibition and
parade of fine horses of all classes |
on Friday, July 3rd, at 10 q. m. at |
Albany and the committee desire
all who have fine horses 10 enter
them for parade. AS there is no
charge connected with it our farm
ers and horse fanciers should avail
themselves of this opportunity,
W. Ell. Hogan Of Albany is chair
man of the committee.
The salary of Postmaster john
son WI be raised from $f,7OO to
81, 800 per year, July 1st. The sal
aries of twenty one other postmas-
ters in this state will also be in
creased 500 a year at the same
time, due to an increase in the re-
ceipts Of these offices during the
past year. Here is abundant proof
of the gratifying fact that Oregon
is undergoing a substantial growth ,
in population and business.
Halle Wilkins left Sunday, for
Portland to enter the employ of the
Portland Credit Association. This ,,
is one of the most successful collec-
tien ageacies in Portland. 1t was
established a couple of years ago Z
by NJ. o. Wilkins, now attorney 3
for the company. Halle will be }
occupied in field work, and as he :
fitting himself for the prac- ]
tice of law, this experience with ;
men and business affairs will be of 8
great benefit to him. He will re- :
turn 10 Corvallis next September to y
snter the Agricultural College. y
Dean, the six.year-old son of Mr.. i
md Mrs. Dillev, ran a nail in his 7
Dot at the ruins of the Hemphill !.
fire. and he has been com,
oelled to hobble about on crutches.
When the accident occurred, Dean h
informed his parents that the nail o
lad penetrated the length of his 8
niger. The next day he asked per. 7
mission to discard his crutches. d
'WbatW said his father. "a boy q
walk without crutches, who has had q
! nail driven two inches into his ri
ootp" "Well," said the crippled W
lrchin, sit might have heen only so d
ar" and he measured about ri
luarter of an inch Of the tip of his a.
niger. TT
The graduating exercises for Philo t.
nath college passed off in most al
satisfactory manner. Miss Grace Il
oily did honor to the music de-
rendering in a highly ac-
manner many of the &C
most difficult selections of classical N
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