Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-29
THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE,
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Saturday.
J. B. Chitwood was a Portland
visitor last week.
R. M. Cramer was in Portland
over Sunday on business.
Roy Irvine spent Christmas with
his folks at Independence.
Uncle Robt. Matheny, of Wren
spent the day before Christmas in
Corvallis.
J. S. Miller and J. P. Allen were
registered at the Perkins on Satur-
day from Corvallis.
Mrs. Martha Burnett spent a few
days with her son, Bruce, In Fall
City, returning Saturday,
Rev. H. A. Deck and family are
spending the Christmas holidays
with relatives in Portland.
Lewis Hartley returned from his
Eastern trip Saturday. He leaves
for Eugene today for few days
stay.
w. w. Collins and wife, of Suver,
were visiting their daughter, in
this city on Friday and returned
home on Sunday.
Alex Rennie and his brother,
John, of Eugene, went to McMinn-
vile Thursday, to spend few days
with their parents at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Bergen and
children, of Ellensburg, Wash, are
spending the holidays with Mrs.
Bergen's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
]. P. Logan, in this city.
Miss Dora Jackson spent Christ
mas at her home in this city. She
returned to Hoskins yesterday
where she will continue to teach
the school for a couple of months.
Conductor J. A. Curry, Of the G.
& E. Railroad, passed through Cor
Wallis last week en- route to his farm
near Nashville, where he will spend
his vacation Of two or three weeks.
William Ryalls from Northern
Benton, was in town Thursday.
He has not lost ally of his powers
of conversation to judge from the
way the men gathered around to
hear him talk. ....
State Lecturer NJ. A. Miller of
the Modern Woodmen Of America,
will deliver an address in the Opera
House on Tuesday night, January
5. A musical program will be rem
dered. Admission free.
W. R. Harper came down from
Bohemia last Thursday and ex-
poets to be in the city couple of
weeks. He reports a couple of feet
Of snow in the mountains, which is
less than usual at this time Of the
year.
c. A. Danneman, representative
of Gillian county. spent Christmas
with his family in this city. He
eft for his home at Glen. Sunday,
accompanied by his daughters, Ca--
rie and Bessie, who will return in
ew days.
In a recent letter from Floyd
Bogue, who is at Beud. Crook coun-
", he stated that he has gained
u pounds in weight, and now tips
he beam at 1872 pounds. Floyd
has killed 100 ducks since going to
hat place. He says that deer are
but it is "out of season.
Rev. Thos. S. Handsaker, of this
,ity, went to Dallas yesterday, and
ave free lecture on "Uncle Sanl's
Golden Calf" at the Christian
,hurch. He is also billed to speak
It the same place this evening on
Heroism." Mrs. Handsaker ac-
her husband, and will
assist him in the singing.
The GAZETTE has received an
invitation to be present at the An
lual Convention of the National
livestock and National Woolgrow-
RS Associations which meets to-
either in Portland on January II to
s, 1904. It will be very impor-
ant meeting for those interested in
hese industries.
If the dairy COW in the William !?
tie Valley could toot her own horn
he would be hollering in the ears
f every dairyman in the William
tie Valley to stav with the dairy
BUSINESS. "Some may come and
ONE may CO." but the dairy busi-
less will go on forever. and be more
profitable to the small farmer year
n and year out than most any
ther line of farming.-Rural ..
'pirit.
Our genial postmaster reports t
he biggest Christmas business in {
lis department ever known in this s
ity. His force has been working ,
,ver time to get the business up, SO 8