Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-05-15

wednesday, IRON fendleton.
Ed. Crawford, now Of Salem, Wis.,
tied Tuesday with relatives in this
city.
Hon. G.. A. Waggoner went to
Portland, Tuesday, for short busi-
ness visit.
Miss Bertha Henkle ia home
from an extended visit with friends
in Portland.
Mrs. A. e. Dinsmore, of Salem,
arrived in Corvallis on Wednesday
for a visit With Mrs. ]. w. Craw-
ford.
Attorney W. 8. HufFurd, Of Port
land, Is In the city on business
Mr.. Huford was formerly Judge of
Benton county.
The Senior class of the o. A. c..
are making arrangements to give
an excursion to Newport, June 9th.
Fare for the round trip will be
$1.5O.
Men and teams have been en-
ployed for the last few days grading
that portion of Fifth street lying
between Adams and Jcfferson
streets.
The last of the series Of lectures
piven hv the Epworth League of
the M. e. church, will be Friday
night, May Is, by Prof. Torbet, OF
Albany college. Subject: Scene
sis and Geology" Admission free
Mr.. and Mrs. Blackledge, Mr..
and Mrs. B. w. Johnson, Mrs. E..
r. Lake, Miss Catch and Miss
Maud Kerns went to Eugene, Tues
day. All of the party, with ex-
ception of Mrs. johnson and Miss
Catch, assisted in the musical fes-
tival.
Rev. Carrick, Wm. Crees and
Messrs. Tedrow and Clodfelter left,
Tuesday, for Josephine county to
locate timber claims. They were
Joined at Albany by o party of
three from Independence. The
claims they have in view lie near
Merlin.
r. G. Troxell was the victim of
an accident, Tuesday, which will
keep him out of employment for
some time. He was cutting wood
on the Clyde Beach place, when in
some manner he struck himself with
his ak on the inside of the left leg,
just below the knee, cutting Sc
we're cash.
Harry Withvcombe arrived home,
Wednesday. from Chicago. where
he recently graduated from school
of pharmacy. He was one of four
in class of SO whose names were
starred on the graduating program
as entitled to class honors. He has
determined to seek position some
place in Eastern Oregon, after q
visit with relatives and friends in
Corvallis.
The hardware store of T. N. MUIR
PHI, at La Grande, was entered, by
burglars last Sunday night and
rubbed Of nearly 1900 worth of
razors, revolvers and fine cutlery.
frank Lilly, formerly of Corvallis,
is clerk for Mr.. Murphy and he dis
covered the theft when he opened
the store in the morning. En-
trance is thought to have been
gained through the front door,
which the burglars then locked be-
hind them.
The fire department was given a
little exercise Wednesday evening
about $50 o'clock. A blaze that
threatened to prove serious started
at the Charley Chapman home. and
an alarm was turned in, but the
flames were under control before
the fire company arrived. One of
the children Of the family started a
fire in the kitchen stove, and in
some manner some clothes that
were hanging on q line near the
the stove caught fire. The flames
were communicated to the wall pa
per and in q few moments the whole
room was in a blaze. Neighbors ex-
tinguished the fire before any SER
lous damage resulted.
There is but one more day to
wait and Norris & Rowe's Big
Shows will be here with its enor-
nous train load of performing ami
mails, funny clowns, and bands OF
music, to gladden. the hearts of the
anxious Juveniles. Norris & Rowe's
reputation for progressiveness has
preceded them. This year they
are said to have a still larger and
better aggregation of performing
animals than ever and have aug