Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-03

sion train from this city to Albany
on the morning of the Fourth, leav
ing here at 1920 o'clock.
Services of the M. e. ChuI ch
South, next Sunday at l a. m. anc
s p. m Sunday School at 10 a
~ Public cordially invited. Joh1
Reeves, Pastor.
Hon. j. K. Weatherford, of Al.
bany, has returned from Union
where ne went as president of the
board of trustees of the Greg Ag
ricultural College to consider plans
for the establishment of an expert
ment station for the O A c in that
city. Chas. Ell. Burgraf, the archi.
tect, accompanied him.-Herald.
G. A. Robinson, of the firm OF
Henkle & Robinson, has leased his
interest in the truck business to
Levi f. Wooster for one year. The
change weIt into effect July 1st. .
Mr.. Robinson has engaged il. the
real estate, loan and insurance bus
liners with offices in tho Fisher
BRICK over the postot1ice. He will
give special attention to seIlirg and
renting city properly.
a. B. Horning, manager of the
Philomath Mill Co., Was in Corval-
lis, yesterday, on buslnt So. Mum
erous improvements have been made
about the mill, and the company is
now prepared to supply rough and
dressed lumber in any quantity. A
dam, with base 4Oxl53 feet, has
just been completed at the mill,
across the south fork of Marys river,
that will raise the water about ~
feet.
Elsewhere in this issue appears
notice of dissolution of the partner
ship heretofore existing between R
H. Huston and VIM. Bogue. The
latter retires on account of the i'll
health Of his son, for whom physi-
clans have advised a change of eli.
mate. Mr.. Huston will continue
the business in his own name, and
the GAZETTE bespeaks for him the
same liberal patronage which the
firm has enjoyed in the past.
When o. w. Beckwith and two
boys were coming down the river,
Tuesday, from a blackberrying trip
to Smiths island, their skiff ran
onto a piece Of wire cable on tue
bar above Fischer's mill. A long
rope was secured and attached to
the end of the cable, which was
dragged ashore, and found to be an
inch in diameter and 600 feet In
length. They loaded it in their
boat and brought it to town. The
question i, where did it come from?
The following items of local in
;-rest appear in letter to the GA
sErTE from U. B. Vogle, formerly
of this city, who is now resident
If Lompoc, Calf. M. K. Lewis,
If Wells Station, is spending the
with his son, F. S Lewis,
n Lompoc. Luther Smith has
married into one of the wealthy
Swiss families of Santa Barbara
'eunty and holds a good position
Mr.. Vegle was at Santa Barbara re-
gently and saw Mrs. II. H. Kreger,
Who sends kind regards to all old |
friends in Corvallis.
l. B. w. Quimby, who has serv-
ID Oregon as game an forestry war
len for the past five years, together
With his six deputies, went out of
'ffice last Wednesday. He is sue
'eeded by J. W. Baker, of Cottage
Grove, who was appointed several
weeks ago by Governor Chamber
ain. During his term of Office Mr.. /
1uimby made at least $50 arrests
or the violation of statutes regard
ng the killing of deer, birds and
'ther game. Since the first cf the
present year the warden has made
5 arrests; two of these were for the
hooting Of game birds ont of sea-
on, four were parties who had
,laced saw dust in fish streams,
he others were for killing deer.
During the months of August, Sep
ember and October the game war
len makes as many arrests as dur
ng the other nine months put to
,ether.
Funeral of Gertrude Brown.