Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-07

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nual outing
Attorney w. S McFadden il
spending few days on his farm
near Junction.
The front of Nolan & Gala ham.
establishment has been frightened
up with fresh coat of paint.
DR.. F. NJ. Garter, of Yaquina
was ii business visitor to Corvallis
yesterday. He returns home this
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. john Allen are
home from their visit to Portland.
They returned yesterday.
Thos. Whitehorn and family left
yesterday morning for Cascadia.
They will bo absent frr coupe Of
months.
Miss Ella Wills, neice of ]. NJ.
Cameron, came up from Portland,
Wednesday, for months visit
with relatives in this city.
Mrs. M. S. Woodcock and sons,
Roy, Harold and Edwin, left yes ,
terday morning for two.weeks'
outing at Sulphur Springs.
Mr.. David Browning and Miss
Lola, only daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Cameron, were mar
ried last week in Portland.
Sixty-fve Salem people with 1CO
pieces of baggage passed through
Corvallis, Tuesday, en- route for
Yaquina on their annual outing.
C. C. Houge, formerly of this
city, has taken charge of the field
work for the A. o. U. w. in this
state, with headquarters in Port
land.
Men and teams have been EN-
ployed this week plowing and grad
ing the lots that are to he the site
of the new school building for dis
trict No. 8.
S. B. Bane got home Wednesday
from Douglas county, where he has
been for the past three weeks on
his annual hunting trip Mr. Bsne
killed all the deer the laws allows,
and this office has to thank him for
a liberal donation of jerked veni-
son.
A'social, the proceeds of which
will 60 to the local Relief Corps,
will he given at the home of Mr..
and Mrs Lee Henkle this evening,
at 8 o'clock. A short
program will be rendered, after
which light refreshments will be
served.
The loss by the Ha]sev fire has
been te:egraphed over the state as
$4,000. A gentleman many years
a resident of Halsey saws the actual
loss will not cxceed $4,000. The
loss though .to the city is almost
irreparable and can hardly be stated
in figures. It will be a number of
years in overcoming it.-Albany
Democrat.
Miss Pearl Simpson left yester-
day for Etna, Wash, where with
her parents, who preceded her by
private conveyance, she will enjoy
a months outing. Miss Simpson
has just recovered from a severe
sick spell, and she hopes to benefit
her health by a change of climate
When the family returns to Cor
Wallis, she has in contemplating a
trip to California to spend the WIN
Ter.
The managers of Philomath COL
lege are considering plan for re-
the college from Philomath
to Hood River. Options On lands
have been secured ard the officers
IF the institution have recently Wis
tied that place to look over the
ground. Philomath College is one
Of the old colleges of the state, locat
ed in Benton county, six miles from
Corvallis. II, has an attendance of
about 100, and is controlled by the
United Brethren church. b. E.
limerick is now the PRESIDENT
Portland Journal.
The GAZETTE man is indebted to
J. X. Berry for his first spin in an
He didn't ride far.
The ethics Of his profession do
not permit of enjoyment to the
point of safety. But the exhilara-
ton; the pulse qujckening, strange
sensation of even short excursion
on an Oldsmobile machine, beats
the naturalization of the sleigh
bells and the = see how easy it is
to lapse into poetry when there's
This machine is the
one referred to in this paper a week
ago. It is a handsome vehicle, Ca