Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-24

! At the United Evangelical church
the pastor, Rev. II. A. Deck, will
preach both morning and evening
on Sunday. Service at Mt. View
at 2:30 p III.
DIR. Withycombe attended the
Southern Oregon Chautauqua, at
Ashland, this week. He led in the
discussions of questions considered
by the assembly farmers day, July
21st.
The electrical storm which struck
Corvallis, Monday evening was
| quite general. The switch board
connections in the telephone Office
at Junction were burned out, but
the storm passed over without rain
| fall. f.F,,4,ss ,,,.,,l, -
Frank Elgin and family Mrs.
A. D. Morrison and Miss Ethel Lin
vile left for Newport yesterday, by
private conyevance, to spend the
season. Mr.. Elgin will operate his
coupe and hack on the beach dur
ing his stay at the coast. @
Mrs. Gillespie and family leave
Monday, for Sulphur Springs to
spend the summer. Miss Lura
Flett and brother, Leon, will accom-
pany them. Quite a number of
HCorvallisites are, already at the
Springs, among them Mrs. E P.
Greffoz and children.
Miss Nora, daughter of j. W. In
gle, has just completed a. post.
graduate course at the Presbyterian
Hospital in Chicago, as "a trained
nurse, and will be home in Corval-.
lis about September 1st, to'remain.
She is also a graduate. of the hos
.pitaf school at Wnlla Walla.
A special service will be held at
the Presbyterian church Sunday
evening at 8 o'clock in honor OF the
Independent Order of Liols. All
members of the order are requested
to meet at the lodge room not later
than 7,45 p.g m. The chaplain,
Rev. Carrick. will speak on the sub
ject of Friendship. se,I
The GAZETTE is informed that a
new harness shop is to be stared in
the building on Main street former
lv occupied G. Hodes' gunshop.
John .Ingle is backing the enter
prise and he goes to Portland to
buy complete stock. M. Gleason,
who has had considerable practical
as harness maker will |
have charge of the shep for the
present. 44s
A valuable horse belonging to the
Benton County Flouring Mills died,
Yesterday, after being sick, about a
week. The animal has been rum
ming in the pasture, and the owners
did not know of its illness until
Wednesday. I It was brought to
town, and everything that the
medical skill of Messrs. Ed Ro-
sendorf, B. w. Johnson and Grant
Elgin could devise was done to saye
it's life, but to no avail.
The following sales have Just
been negotiated by Henry Amber.
The livery stable and stock in Phil
,math, by Stevens & Moses, to Mr..
Seton, of Wallowa, Or, who has
taken possession. The considera-
ton was $1O50, cash. Also the
Philbrick house and two lots, to the
United Brethren church, for $3.50
cash; and the Chandler house and
two lots, to Professor J.. C. Bald
win, of the College of Philomath,
fof $700 cash. /,
Prof. F. Berchtold was elected
grand foreman Of the Oregon Grand
Lodge, A. O. U. w., at it's session.
in Portland this week. The absorb
ing question before that body at the
present session was the readiust-
ment of assessments to meet a del
icit of nearly $1.Oc0,OOO now ex-
isting. One solution offered is an
increase in the rate Of assessment
Of members above the age Of IS
years from $40 to $40. At this
rate the dues Of members of that
age might amount to $84 per year.
The order is 25 years old, and has
a membership in the United States
and Canada, of 100000. In Ore
gon the order is nearly l1,ooolt
strong.
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