Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-22
THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE.
LOCAL AMD PERSONAL

Ing GO Spouu Ill6 uOilOd}S dI ulk
home in Roseburg.
Mrs. Wicks started Wednesday
for a two weeks visit with her son
Oliver in Astoria.
Rev. II. A. Deck goes to Dallas
today to attend a meeting of the
trustees of Dallas College.
How delighted the ladies of Cor
Wallis would be to see imam with
hoe" scraping the mud off the
crossings.
Mrs. J. Fred Yates returned
home last Thursday from a three
months visit in San Fra ncisco with
her sister, Mrs. Eliza Fitzpatrick.
There will be stated meeting of
Oregon Council r. & S. M. at Ma
sonic Hall on Wednesday evening,
December %. Work in R. and S.
M. degrees. A full attendance is
expected.
The United Evangelical Sunday
school will observe "Christmas at
Home' in the church Thursday
evening at 7:3O. All friends of the
school are invited.
The two sons of Geo. S. Stovall,
Lawrence and Alva, are both ill
with pneumonia. The former is on
a farm near Philomath and the lat
fer ia in this city.
The following persons were regis
tered at Portland hotels on Satur-
day from Corvallis: NJ. E. Miner,
Mrs. M. l.. Topper, G.. T. Callahan,
Geo. Studebaker, J. p 1sbell.
Mrs. Bado Waggoner, Miss Jewel
Wells, of Eugene, ana VIM. A.
Wells, of Alberta, Canada, were in
Corvallis to attend the burial of
their father, the late c. B. Wells.
c. L. Gardiner, H. Salvon, and A.
Airth, all o. A. C. students, were
registered. at the Perkins Hotel,
Portland, on Saturday. They were
on the way to their home in Astoria
to spend the holidays
Groceryman Hodes has several
boxes of fine Italian prunes in front
of his store, that were packed by
the Corvallis Prune Company.
They are of fine quality and make
an excellent display.
The ladies of the Congregational
church who held bazaar IL the
Zierolf building last Friday were
assisted by the Christian .Endeavor
society of that church, and was
quite success The combined re-
ceipts for the day were over $75,
the ladies receiving $65 and the
young ladies $40.
The negro preacher who was
bombarded with stale eggs in Kings
Valley arrived in this city on Fri
day. HeAstFuck this -efiee for the
price of a meal, and got it, and on
Saturday was making inquiries as
to the nearest town and the state of
the roads leading in that direction.
We have become more charitable
toward the boys who threw the
eggs-We have seen the coon.
At a regular meeting of Cor
Wallis Lodge, A. F. & A. M. held
in Masonic Hall on Wednesday
evening, December l6, the follow
ing officers were elected: James A.
Harper, w. M; F. L. Kent, S. W.;
S. L. Hays, J. w; w. P. Lafferty,
Sec.; q. II. Davis, Treas. The ap
pointive officers will be named On
Saturday evening of this week when
a combined installation of all the
Masonic bodies will be held.
Charles B. Wells, for two terms
chief of police of Corvallis, died in
the hospital, at Portland on Thurs
day, December II. Mr.. Wells went
to Alberta, Canada, in 1901, where
he has since resided. His age was
63 years, 4 months and Is days.
The funeral services were held in
Wilkins undertaking parlors, on
December 19, at 10
o'clock a. m. Rev. Mark Noble
officiated. The interment was in
Odd Fellows cemetery.
E. Allen has been confined to his
home for several days with sick
ness, but is rapidly recovering and !
will be out inside of week. Mr..
Allen has been in the drug business
in Corvallis for the last 81 years
and this is the first time in his
business career that he has been
to remain at home on
account of illness. He is now II
yearsof age, and Notwithstanding
the fact that he has been nearly
two score years in one business,
will, no doubt, be able to dish out
pills for many more years.
Last Saturday morning Mr.. Gil
Iespie noticed small mole in The ir
back yard few feet from the house.
He secured shovel and ran the