Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-04
LOCAL NEWS.

Born, July q, 1903, to Mr.. an
Mrs. Mack Hemphill, daughter
Mlss Mildred W'healer went t
Albany, Monday, for IL few day
visit with friends.
Fred Overlander, who has beel
seriously i'll with typhoid fever i
slowly improving.
Lon Hawlev, of Monroe, has pur
chased the Nichols property in job
addition for ST $50.
Rev. and Mrs. A. Carrick lef
yesterday for short visit in the vi
cinity of Grants Pass.
Rev. F. A. Powall. wifs and fam
lily came up from Salem, Saturday
for q visit with relatives.
Our premium department is epen
Prem iums for everybody. Get cou.
pons with every purchase of 25
cents or more at Kline'e.
Misses Harriet and Mable Sheas
green and Miss Wicks went to New
port, Saturday, for a two-weeks'
outing.
Adams Bros. will begin the erec-
ton of an eight-room dwelling,
this week, for John McGee On the
farm south of Corvallis, which he
purchased recently from Mrs. John
Burnett.
We have The finest sawed shingle
on earth. We also carry shaker
and hand made shingles. We are
overstocked on the *** sawed shin.
gle which we are Offering at 50 per
thousand. Corvallis Saw Mill.
The party consisting of Professor
Berchtold, Rev. Green, Rev. Reeves,
Degarris Reeves, Charles and E. A.
Pernot, that went to Mary Peak
last Tuesday on fishing and hunt
ing trip, returned home Sunday
evening.
Fred Horning is visiting with his
brother, Ed. in this city, after an
absence of Il years. He is now
travelling salesman for San Fran
cisco machinery house. and he has
q number of Southern states as his
territory.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Edwards re-
turned home. Thursday, from May
vile, Or, where they have been
visiting for the past month with
The formers parents. Mr.. Edwards
will 60 to California this fall and
enter the University of California
ne a student. i
Principal Pratt, of the Philomath
public schools was in Corvallis, Sat
lrday. He says Phiiomath is ex-
periencing quite a boom. Many
additions have been made to her
population recently. and houses are
scarce. A number of business
a:uses have enlarged their quar-
ere, and several new enterprises
have been started.
State Treasurer Moore has made
his annual apportionment to each
county in the state Of the common
ehool fund interest for the years
902-O3. The total amount ap-
is $230,C114O being the
Irestest amount apportioned in the
ast twenty years. The apportion-
nent this year is made at the rate
II 81 60 per capita. against 81 IS
ast year. There has been an in
rsase of $3.50 in the school popula-
ion of the state during the last
ear. Benton county's apportion-
nent amounts to $4,272.
George and Collie Cathey arrived
lome, Saturday evening, from heir
rip to Cascadia. About eight ,
niles from that place there is
'ody of water called Moose Lake, !,
'ear which deer and other game is
bundant. The country is so wild,
nd the trip to the lake so difficult
nd hazardous that few hunters
YER visit that locality. In fact,
he Cathey brothers were the only /
ersons to make the trip this sea- ,
on. They spent one night at the
Ike, and early next morning
lilnbed a neighboring ridge. Soon {
We large deer were seen grazing in !,
little opening and the fireworks {
egan. When the smoke had clear {
q away four of The pretty creatures ,
ad been converted into vanison. ,
'hree had fallen victims to Collie's
larkmanship, while George knock.
j the fourth one off its pins. Ii
The state land board ut the regu.
.r meeting held last week, fixed {
ae price of school land at 50 so
or acre in accordance with the {
vident intention of the legislature.
hat body at its last session, at
smpted to legislate in this regard, &
ut by the act of omitting the SUBJ |
,ct frem the title of the bill, de- ,
,ated its own action. The board I
lao raico1 tho nrico nf oil cot1oI