Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-14
LOCAL NEWS.

President Catch intends leaving
next week for Seattle, where he will
visit with bis daughter.
supt. G. w. Dennan has been
appointed deputy master Of the
grange of Benton county.
The second display of gladiola
will take place at the school house
at 2:3O tomorrow after noon.
Miss Bessie Dilley left, Tuesday,
for Scin, where she will join the
family of her uncle, 4 Shelton, In
Cascadia.
E. W. Strong, Of THE city, and
DR.. H. e. Penland, of Eugene are
ON a fishing and hunting trip Oh
the Mckenzie.
Herbert Friendly, now employed
by the Pacific States Telephone Co.,
was up from Portland this week in
speeting the local Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Kerr were
messengers to Newport on Wednes-
days C. & E. They will visit at
the coast for about week.
Miss Rife, who has been visiting
for several months with her sister,
Mrs D. D. Berman, left Tuesday
for her home at Decatur, III.
Miss Ella Johnson and Bertha
Thrasher left for San Francisco
Monday evening. They drove to
Albany and took the night train.
Mrs. Snyder, who has been visit.
ing for the last two or three months
with her nephew, Walter Taylor,
left Tuesday for her home in Mis-
souri.
Mr., and Mrs. James Wilkinson,
Harvey Sargent and Samuel White
sides leave today for San Francisco
to attend the sessions Of the Ma
tional Encampment of the G. A. R.
U. B. Vogle, formerly of Corval-
is, now in business at Lompoc,
Calf, has recently graduated from
the Philadelphia Optical College,
and is said to be an accomplished
optonsetrist.
Baptist Church services are
closed for few weeks, the pastor
having gone to the Bay for his
vacation. The Sunday school will
be continued and all comers be
heartily welcomed.
Services next Sunday at the
United Evangelical church at the
regular hours. Theme for morning
service. "An Empty Net;' at 8 p.
M "The Waters Of Marah." Ser
vice at Dixoils at 3 p. m.
No meeting was held by the city
cnuucll. last M 'nday night, because
OF lack of a quorum. Besides
Mayor Iryine, Councilmen Porter,
Crees, Rose and Taylor were the
only ones in attendance.
Herbert Condor. purchasing agent
and clerk al the o A G during the
presidency of II. B. Miller, has
been appointed secretary and regis
trar Of the University of Washing
ton, at Seattle. His salary will be
$500 per'year.
The c.. & E. will run an excur-
sion from Detroit to Newport next
Sunday. This is probably the last
excursion that will be run from the
front this season. The train will
leave Detroit at 4 a. M, and Cor
Wallis at 7:3O. The usual fares will
be charge d. @
The entertainment given by the
w.. r. G. at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Henkle last Friday
evening was for the purpose of rails
ing funds for the sufferers in Kan
sas, rendered homeless by the re-
cent floods. The corps has raised a
fund of $12.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Fehler, ot
Portland, are visiting friends and
relatives in Corvallis and Philo-
math. Mr.. Fehler is a brother Of
j. r. Fehler, of the latter town.
He was formerly we'll known in
Corvallis, but he left this city ten
years ago and has since resided in
Portland and Oregon City.
representative Haydea came oat
from Alsea, Tuesday, returning yes.
terdav after transacting business
in this city and Albany. Fl. says
threshing will shortly be in full
blast in the Alsea valley. He be-
lieves the telephone system just
completed to that section, will be o.
much benefit as well as great con
venience. The line would have
been finished month ago, only i
was impossible 10 secure workmen
everyone having other employ yment
The fourth annual session Of tn,
Pacific Coast Indian Institute vii
be held at Newport, August II tt
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