Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-03-03
Order your trees and shrubs of
w. f. Gray, Corvallis, Oregon.

Order yOlr trees and shrubs OF
w. f. Gray, Corvallis, Oregon.
Elsewhere In this issue will be
found a card containing the an
nouncement that the Corvallis
Water Co. proposes to reduce the
water rates to, patrons. This will
be welcome news to all users of city
water.
A parlor meeting will be held at
the rsading room parlor, Thursday
afternoon. at 3 o'clock, for Mrs.
Helen D. Hartford, state president
of the w. G. T. U. ALI members
are requested to be present. She
will also lecture in the Christian
church at 7;S0 in the evening. A
collection will be taken. The pub
lie is cordially invited.
An entertainment and basket 30
cial will be given by the Independ-
ence Young Peoples Society, at
Beulah church, Saturday, March Z,
at 1880 p. m. Music, singing, dia-
logues, recitations, etc. Admission
15cts. Children between 10 and Is
years, 1Octs. Ladies bringing boxes
of lunch admitted free. Proceeds
to apply ON an organ to be used in
the church.
Dealers in mohair are on the
ground from the East for the pur-
pose of buying up the Oregon crop
Of 1903, which will be on the mar
ket next month. Mohair is largely
the product of the Willamette val
ley, and the crop of last year
amounted to 400, 900 pounds. It is
clipped from the backs Of the An
CORA goat in March, and the mar
ket opens this year at 25 cents per
pound.
A letter from Geo. w. Smith
states that he left Valdez tive weeks
ago fer the Roland Bros mines,
which are situated about It's miles
from Valdez, In the interior. Mr..
Smith purchased a dog team from
the mail carrier, and hs was accom-
panied on the trip by an old miner
who has had a great deal of experi-
ence in Alaska. Hundreds are
waiting at Valdez to go into the in.
terror as soon as the weather mod
crates sufficiently.
J. K. Berry is enlarging the quar-
ters occupied by his bicycle hospi-
tai and making other improvements
preparatory to big seasons busi-
ness. He has had a portion of the
partition removed between his pres.
#ent store and the room formerly oc-
Icupied by VIM. Ray as q shoe shop,
and viii use the latter section as a
storeroom for disabled wheels. This
gives him more space to display the
fine line of new wheels which will
arrive here in a few days. He says
the outlook is excellent for big sales
in wheels this season.
J. w. Jory recently complained
to Sheriff Burnett that some party
or parties had broken into his
house, just north of Corvallis. on
the Albany road, on or about Feb
ruary 22nd, during the absence of
himself and wife, and had taken
therefrom, unlawfully, a cooking
stove, heating stove, sideboard, and
other household articles. The
sheriff began an investigation with
the result that that officer feels Ger.
tain that he knows the culprit, and
a warrant has been drawn for his
arrest.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Gibson and
little SON returned Saturday from q
pleasure trip through California.
During their absence of several
weeks they visited all the promin-
ent cities Of Califernia-Los An
geles, San Diego, Santa Barbara
and others, as well as Sacramento,
Oakland and San Francisco. They
were benefited in health by the
trip and delighted with much of the
country they saw. Mr.. Gibson re-
CARDS Santa Barbara as the ideal
home for q man of means whose
only desire is to enjoy the blessings
of a delightful climate and beauti-
full surroundings.
The wedding of Mr.. M. L. Span
gler and Miss Myra Raymond will
be solemnized at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. H.
Raymond, in Salem, tomorrow.
Mart arrived in Corvallis last Sat-
urday from San Francisco and Wis
tied with bis parents until yester-
day, when he went to Salem. His
sister, Lulu, came down from Wes-
ton, Saturday. She will act 40
bridesmaid, while Mr.. L. D. Nash
will be best man. Mr.. and Mrs.
Spangler will leave Immediately at.
ter the ceremony for San Francisco,
where the groom occupies the po-
sition of chief electrician for thu.