Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-13
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iS''' week visit.
/ N Md N aarrow went to Port
land, Saturday, to visit a few days
lat the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
lace.
Miss Jaunita Rosendorf arrived
home last week from Independence
her Old home, where sha mad been
th4 guest Of friends.
! The attendance at the Corvallis
schools is most fiattering. Work
nnder Principal Holmes is pro-
crossing nicely and there is no fric-
tion in any department.
The Corvallis dancing club en-
| joyed another of their dances, Fri
day evening. These affairs are
held in Fishers hall and the music
is furnished by Adams Bros.
Worth Henry, who attended the
0 A G during the last term. was
stricken down with a severe attack
of diphtheria Immediately after his
return home for his Christmas va
cation. He is now in Corvallis.
w. A. Wells disposed of the fol-
lowing property, Saturday: Lots
3, 4, II and 12, block 81, Jobs ad-
d;tion, to II. w. Grimshaw; and
E. r. Bryson's lots l ard 2, block
%, in Jobs addition, to S. B. Rob.
erts,
A letter from r. E. Gibson, dated
at Los Angeles, Calf, states that
he and Mrs. Gibson and little son
arrived safely after a pleasant trir.
They find it quite warm at Los
Angeles, the thermometer regis
tering between so and 80 degrees.
Two recent real estate transfers
in Corvallis were: Joshua Mason
and wife to W. A. Wells, lots and
8, block 80, Jobs addition; J. NJ.
Nolan and wife to w. A. Wells,
lots 5, 6, Z, 8, IL and II, block 80,
and lots 8, 4, 4 and 12, block 81,
Jobs addition.
From The Toledo Reporter it is
learned that NJ. W. Simpson, of
Elk City, came near being fatally
injured recently while doing some
logging on hillside. He was
struck in the breast by the end of
skid pole and quite seriously hurt.
Mr.. Simpson is we'll known to all
n Ia > N, c,ro l., 4Lic cooL;op oe n ,o,.ox,
Lake Doris, who has been trav-
cling through Washington and the
eastern part of Oregon for his
health, returned on yesterdays af-
ternoon train. Mr.. Doris health
has been greatly improved by the
Tip and he will soon be able to fill |
his former position with Chambe
& Bro. Hard ware.-Eugene Reg.
ister.
Charles Smith, of Iowa, was in |
Corvallis Friday and Saturday in
search of a location. Mr.. Smith |
aud our fellow townsman, r. L.
Taylor, were intimate friends in
Red Oak, Iowa, in the late 'eOs,
and they met Friday for the first |
time in 33 years. Mr.. Smith has a
wife and son in Iowa who will join
him as soon as he can find a piece
of farm property to his liking. He is
well pleased with Corvallis and the
surrounding country.
The fees collected by the recorder
for various filings made at his Office
during last December amounted to
$99.7O. For the month of Decem-
Der, a year ago, the fees collected
to $685.. This shows
considerable gain in the business of
this Office during the past year.
Recorder Vincent states that Janu-
ary, 1902, according to the records,
was good month in the recorders
office, but states that the present
month has started in pretty well.
Grand Master William Smith, of
the A. O. U. w. of the state of Or
egon, is expected to arrive in Cor
vallis next Thursday Arrange
ments are in progress for an enter
tainment to be given in the Opera
House that evening and Mr.. Smith
will deliver an address. He is re-
ported to be gifted speaker and
very well informed man, and as the
Opera House will be open to the
general public on this occasion,
those who do not attend will miss
rare treat. There will be splendid
music provided for the occasion and
there will be literary exercises other
than the address of Mr.. Smith.
Grand Master Smith is an attorney
at law and his home is in Baker
City.
The GAZETTE acknowledges a
pleasant call from Messrs. Gilstrap
and Smith, Of Eugene, last Friday.
Mr.. Giistrap is editor of the Regis
ter. and Mr.. Smith is a prominent