Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-10

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scythes, lawn mowers, etc, groune
at Berry's.
A letter from Grover Headrick
who is rusticating at Yachats
states that his health ia much i'm
proved and he will return to Cor
wallis next week 10 resume work
At the Church of the Good Sa
marian (Episcopal) the usual SER
vices Sunday School at IL m.
Morning prayer and sermon at II
a. m. Service in Trinity Church
Wellsdale, at 2.3O p. m.
til. McFadden, of Stanford Uni
versit will coach the o. A. G.
football squad this season, while
the services of his brother nave
been secured by the gridiron ath-
letes of Pacific University.
Proprietor Brunk has added to
the convenience and attractiveness
of the dining room at the Occi,len,
tai, by putting in a fine set of
chairs. Thev were pnrchqesd from
J. d. Mann L Co, ami number
fifty.
Mrs Francis, IF Portland, is Wis
iting with her daughter, Mrs. John
Allen, in this city. Mrs Francis
will leave in few weeks for Ma
nila, P. l., in company with her
son, who is a leading business man
of that city.
On Wednesday afternoon the
ladies of the Home Missionary So.
ciety of the Congregational church
were entertained at the home of
Mrs. Kiger on Fourth street. An
interesting program was given and
dainty lunch served.
A. G. Thompson, of Portland,
who has been visiting in Corvallis
with his brother, B. R. Thompson,
left Wednesday for a visit with
brothers at Wren. He will go to
Eastern Oregon shortly, to stest
combined harvester, an invention of
his brother who resides in that Sec
ton. on his big ranch there.
e. III. Stock, a former popular
Corvallis boy, surprised old friends
in this city by visiting them
Wednesday after an absence of ten
years. He has been resident OF
San Francisco for the past three
years, and is now representing
large millinery establishment of
that city. He visits the various
towns of Northern California and
Nevada, while his brother, Sol,
travels for the same concern through
Southern California. Eddie left for
Albany, Wednesday.
The services at the Copgrega-
tional church Sunday evening con-
sisted of a praise service. The pas
tor gave brief sketch of the by INNS
sung, their authors, and how they
came to be written. A solo by Mrs.
Berchtold deserves special m ention.
as it was beautifully rendered. A
duet, Nearer Nv God to Thee" by
Mr.. and Mrs. Green, will long be
remembered by those who heard it,
as exceptionally fine. The ladies,
chorus gave good selection, which
shows that they are interested in
their work.
The Willamette valley was first
stocked with cattle in 1887. In
that year a pool Of 81 ,6CO was sub
scribed by eleven members of the
French settlement between Oregon
City and Salem, and several of their
number went sogth to the Sacra-
meLto valley, where they purchased
$50 head at about five dollars and
a half a head, Mexican cattle, of
course. They got home with about
six hundred head. pretty good con-
sidering the drive of something
like five hundred miles through the
wilderness, over mountains and
across streams. That was nine
years before Elijah Bristow made
the first settlement in Lane county.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. burst and son
left Yesterday for Orion, Oklahoma,
after a residence of about year in
Corvallis. Their departure is not
occasioned by any dissatisfaction
with Oregon, for they are we'll
pleased with this state. Mr.. burst
resided at Orion before coming West,
and still owns a homestead near
that place. Recently he was noti-
fed by the land Office that his right
to the claim was being contested on
the ground that he was not a nat
uralized citizen, and he was cited to-
appear on July 10Th to meet the
charge. When Mr.. burst filed on
his homestead he gave his first
papers to the clerk and thew were
never returned to him. He may
have to 60 to Ohio, where they were
issued, to secure duplicates.
John Rickard, an old resident of
Norvo Ilic wodpas1ov d,ad.J a