Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-02-27

james Hunter writes f0f eaUpi
copies Of the GAZETTE, from Soutl
Lyon, Michigan.
Homer MCGEE returned to hi
home in Albany, Tuesday, after {
visit of several days in Corvallis.
Henry Amber, the Philomatl
real estate dealer, was in Corvallis
We inesday. lie reports everything
in his line most lively.
From the best information avail.
able, it is estimated that 400 set
tiers a day will arrive in Portland
during the spring months.
Mrs. Northrup, of Athens, Mich.
is visiting at the home of her son
A. c. Tunnison, in this city. she
arrived Wednesday and will make
all extended visit.
Mrs. e. e. Irons, wife of the
murderer of Sheriff Withers, who
has been in Jail awaiting trial for
interfering with an officer, has OBJ
tanned her release by depositing
bonds in the sum of 81 900.
Invitations are out for the we'd
ding OF DR.. George Ainslie and Miss
l. ona Smith. which will be solemn.
lied at the Presbyterian church in
this city, Thursday morning, March
18th, at II o'clock.
Miss Milda Foren, of Lebanon,
who has been visiting friends in
this city for the past two weeks,
left Wednesday noon for Albany,
where she will visit for a few days
before returning home.
Rev. E.. R. Pritchard, of Aber-
been, Wash, visited his brother, D.
w. Pritchard, in this city, Tuesday.
Rev. Pritchard is well known in
Corvallis, where he has occupied
thu pulpit of the Presbyterian
church on numerous occasions.
Mrs. Hawks returned to her
home in Pendleton, Wednesday, af-
ter a short visit with relatives in
this city. Mrs. Hawks is the
daughter of DR.. Charles, formerly
of Philomath. Her husband is
bookkeeper in the large roller mills
at Pendleton.
Miss Addie Bristow, formerly
of Corvallis, who has been teach
ing i'll the McMinnville schools
for a couple OF years, has re-
signed that position, and left
last Tuesday for Spokane to
serve as an instructor in the
schools of that city,
David Howard was adjudged in
sane and sent to the asylum last
week. Mr.. Howard hss suffered
from i'll health for the past several
months, and has threatened his life
recently on numerous occasions. In
one spell Of melancholy he confded
his intention to Rev. Moses aud
that gentleman promptly notified
the county judge. An examina-
ton proved that Mr.. Howard was
not mentally responsible for his
acts, and he was sent to the asy-
lum.
The legislature is to be copgratu-
lated upon the repeal Of the scalp
bounty law. While the law has
been imperative for the last several
months, owing to county courts re-
fusing to pay bounties after the
state appropriation became ex-
hausted, the cost 10 the taxpayers
of the state for bounti's paid under
the scalp bounty law has been
$35O,OO0, or more than the proba-
BILE cost of building and equipping
the portage railway from The
Dalles to Cello.
Mr.. Ira Griggs arrived in Cor
Wallis, Tuesday, with his family
from Laural, Nebraska. Mr.. Griggs
reached Portland, Sunday, in com
pany with 400 ether home seekers
from the Middle West. Monday 's
morning West Side train brought
about 70 of these new corners out OF
Portland. Sixty of them stopped
at McMinnville and the remainder
came as far as Corvallis. Mr.
Griggs is pleased with what he has
seen Of Oregon. The warm sun and
balmy air, the green fields and YER
dant hills, are pleasing contrast
to the billiards. now experienced in
the East.