Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-18
Small & Son use only altered
water in their lemonade.

4 Reports from Northern Bentor
state that harvesting is on in tul
blast In that section. The yield i,
excellent and the quality first
class.
Harry Beard, formerly leader o
the Cadet band at the College
passed through Corvallis, Saturday
with the Chemawa band. He il
cornetist with that organization.
Fred Herslg is building barr
on the piece OF property near the
College he recently purchased frouI
Mrs. Al. E. Lee, and will shortly
begin the erection of neat resi-
dence.
B. CadY was in Corvallis ysster.
day on business. Mr.. Cady has q
large hop yard near Albany, and he
is highly pleased with the pros.
poets for large yield and first,
class quality of hops.
Miss Bertha Thrasher under went
q surgical rperutlon at .ln Oak .aI.d
Calf hospital, last Thursday. A
letter frou. her nurse to her parents
in this city states tnat the opera
ton was altogether successful and
that Miss Bertha is rapidly rtcov
ering strength. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Johnson,
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Callahan, DR..
and Mrs. Charles Lee and Professor
Cordley left Saturday for their an
nual outing at Beaver Creek, near
Newport. They will be absent un-
til September 3rd.
The body of Mrs. w. A. Cox,
who recently died at her home in
Portland, was buried at Browns
Vile last week. Mrs. Cox resided
in Corvallis fol number of years
with her family, and her many
friends here will be gFieved to hear
of her demise.
Mrs. Ainslie is very seriously i'll
at the home Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Smith, in this city.
Drs. Pernot, Farra and Cathey haYe
been called in for consultation, and
DR.. Mackenzie was summoned from
Portland. He was expected to ar
rive last evening at 6 o'clock.
The GAZETTE would not inten-
tionally withhold from a man one
bit of credit that is lis due. For
this reason we hasten to correct
q local that appeared in these CO.
umns short time ago It should
have read as follows: Born to Mr..
and Mrs. w. F. Gray, in this city.
August 10th, a son; weight, II
pounds.
w. A. Dempsey, of the Oregon
and Washington Lumber Co.. Of
Portland, was in Corvallis, Sunday,
on business. While here he made
a contract with the local sawmill
for quantity of piling for foreign
shipment. Mr.. Dempsey has just
returned from a business trip that
took him through a numt or of the.
islands in the Philippir group
and y portion of China and Japan.
A. E. Bell, who came to Corvallis
recently from Nebraska, has pur-
chased the Thomas Barnes house
and "a acres Of land on College
Hill for 81 200. Mr.. Bell did not
intend to buy property just yet,
but he was renting the Barnes place
subject to sale and buyer put in
an appearance. Houses to rent are
very scarce in Corvallis, and Mr..
Bell saw it was q case of buy or
haYe no place to move into.
Prof. s. I. Pratt will begin his
fourth year as principal of the
Philomath public school, when that
institution opens the 28th of Sep
tember. His assistants will be G.
G. Springer, Mrs. Winnie M.
Springer and Mrs. Jennie Pratt.
The successful operation of the
ninth grade adopted last year and
the settlement in tho community Of
several families, insure an appreci.
able increase ever last years at
tendance, which reached 1870.
N. w. Leadbetter, who graduated
from the 0 A G in the class of '0t,
has just been appointed agent for
the International Correspondence
Schoel Of Scranton, Pa, vice G. w.
AXE, Of Canton, Ohio, who resigned
recently at the earnest request o.
his parents, who reside in the last
named place. Mr.. Leadbetter will
be constantly on the road and he
will have the Pacific Northwest for
his territory. He will pay Corval-
Lie monthly visits. After graduating
from the o A G, Mr.. Leadbetter
took a course in the Pennsylvania
school, and he showed such aptitude
and ability that Asst. Supt. Hall.
whose Offices are in Seattle, urged
him to accept the position made va