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


Their property was not dire--L5 q
the path of the flood and tney
suffered no loss from its ravages.
The regular mid summer meeting
of the board of regents of TIA q
c.. will be held at the C -.
July 18th. Asi lie from the
ton of officers and appointm :.
committees, there is nothing 10
come before the board except the
regular routine business.
Ellsworth Post. G. A. R., and the
Relief Corps held an open meeting
in their hall Saturday evening.
After the report'of delegates to the
department meeting at Portland
had been read, all repaired to the
banquet hall, where refreshments
were sorved. A good social time
was enjoyed by all present.
Kirby MacLean is home on a
two wee ks leave of absence from ris
duties in the engineering denart-'ent
of the New Ne xico and SantaFe rail
road with headquarters at Viii
liams. Arizona. He is employed IL
field work. which takes him as far
south as Albuquerque, New Nix
leo. He has travelled 1l,O00 mics
during the last so days.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. P. Peterson,
formerly of this city, visited Satur-
day and Sunday with friends in
Corvallis Mr.. Peterson's elegant
new residence. at Pomeroy, Wash
ington, has just been completed
and he has been in Portland
buying carpets and furniture.
While in the metropolis he also
purchased the glass and irons for
front of the new brick block he is
now building. Pomeroy has 35
brick business houses, eight of
which haye gone up since Mr.. Pc
terson moved there little over a
year ago.
Rev. Allen Wilson and Professor
A. r. Davis began the second week
of their revival services in this city
under the auspices of the Christian
church, yesterday. During the last
week large audiences have been at
tracted to the services held in the
large tent on the block east of the
public school building, and a num-
er of conversions have been made.
Rev. Wilson is an evangelist of note
and great success has attended his
meetings elsewhere. There is a
oommendable absence of the sensa-
tionai in bis sermons, and he chooses
to pursuade rather than to exhort.
Sermons begin promptly at s o'clock
and are proceeded by song service
led by Professor Davis.
The will of the late Caspar Rick
ard was placed on record last week.
It's provisions are the Benton coun-
ty farm is to be sold, from which
Mrs Jane Calvert is to receive
81, 500; Mrs. Sarah Foster is to have
100 acres on north side of Thorn
land: Mrs. Susan Tracer to have
IA acres adjoining the Cleek
farm; Jaspar Rickard 118 acres
south of Thorn land; w. IT. Rick
ard and brothers Edward and Bird
20 acres south of Sam Dolph place,
35 acres southeast of Bundy ware
house and the remaining part of 81
acres of Benton county farm. His
wife Mrs. Catherine Rickard to
have proceeds of all lands during
her life. At her death the balance
of personal property equally divid
ed between son Jasper and daugh-
ters. John Rickard is executor
and Skipworth & Pipes attorneys.
Death has again invaded the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Bar
nett. Fred. Carson Barnett, whose
death has been expected for weeks,
passed to the great beyond Sunday
morning, June %, 1903, aged %
years, 6 months and % days. Fred
was a fine young man and enjoyed
the confidence and esteem Of all
Everything that money and loving
hearts could do was done for him
in hopes that his life might be
spared, but that dread disease, con.
sumption, was consuming his
life and it was beyond the power oi
human skill to stay it's ravages
This is the fourth son lost and the
sympathy of, all is extended to tbs
bereaved family. He suffered lone
but never complaint was heard
from his lips. Besides his parents
he leaves four brothers. The fu-
neral was held Monday and his re-
mains were inferred in Bellefoun-
tain cemetery, followed to the grave
by large concourse of friends
there being seventy vehicles in tht
Observation-Disclosures Times.
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