Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-01-09
J. NJ. Nolan returned, Tuesday,
from a business trip to Portland.

from business trip to Portland.
Hon. J. K Weatherford, of al.
bany, was in Corvallis. Wednesday
Attorney w. E. Yates arrived
home from Portland on the steam.
er Pomona Wednesday morning
| Born, Jan. 9Th, to Mr.. ard Mrs.
f. J. Ooerer. at Airlie, Or !, a ten.
pound boy, Fred was in high glee
when he reported the momentous
event to the GAZETTE over the
! phone, yesterday.
Rev. G. S. o. Humbert will
pr each at the Christian church
next Sabbath. The morning sub
ject will he, 1.-TWO Companions
Doubt and Deceit" and in the eve
ming the theme will be Liberty
The case OF Mahala Kisor VS.
Amos Kisor, for divorce, which
came up for hearing last Monday
in Oregon City, was taken under
advisement by the judge. Mr.. XII
sor continued his trip on up to
Lewiston, Idaho, where he expects
to pass the winter.
A typographical error in the ar
ticle by Lewis Hartley, which ap-
peared in our issue of the End inst.
made it appear that % miles of the
Oregon and S. e. railroad, leading
to the Bohemia mining district, is
already completed. The figures
should have made it Is miles.
AS was predicted, the hop mar
ket is looking up, and it is likely to
continue to look up until all the
bales left in the hands of the grow
ers are bought up-and the last of
them will probably go at as high as
80 cents. The consumers will have
to pay about that figure to the
dealers for their large holdings, or
even a higher figure.-Salem
Statesman.
An extra train has been placed
on the c. & e. 10 run between
Blodgett and Albany. It will do
the necessary switching for the
loading of piling at Blodgett, and
make the run to Albany every
Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day, provided the freight justifies
No regular time has been assigned
it as yet, but it will probably run
about an hour ahead Of the regular
train.
Mordaunt Goodnough, director of
music at the o A G., states that his
department had in the neighbor-
hood of thirty pupils enrolled dur
ing the first two days of the second
term of college. One would be in
elined, from the above, to believe
that this department during the
present term will have even great.
er number Of pupils than during
last term. About dozen new mu.
sic students are enrolled.
The Eastern Star had distin-
guished guest last Tuesday night
in the person of Mrs. Allie B. Town
send, of Independence. She is
worthy grand matron of the order
and was here in an official ca apacity. !
Her mission was to inspect the
work of the lodge and on the eve
ming in question the members of
the local order went through the
work in all its degrees. After the
degree work was over those present
enjoyed sumptuous banquet.
There was a splendid attendance
and the various features of the eve
ming were all most enjoyable.
Austin Howell, brother of w. J.
Howell, of this city, died last week
in Ashland and the remains were
brought to Peoria, in Linn county,
where they were inferred last Sun
day. The deceased was SO years of |
age and is survived by four child
rem, the Youngest of whom is a boy |
aged Is years. Austin Howell |
lived for many years in Alsea, but
left two or three years ago for Ash
land in hopes that his asthma
might be benefited. He was up
and around or his feet up to within
an hour or two before his death. I
The doctors stated that death was
caused by asthma and bronchitis,
and slight touch of heart disease. /
A petition is being circulated ask
ing the legislature to repeal the bill
passed at the last session authoriz-
ing the city of Albany TO place a
toll on the steel bridge across the
Willamette. The petition is being
numerously signed and the bill will
be presented to the legislature next
week. Another bill will also be in.
troduced annexing to Linn county
a portion of territory north and
west of Albany, now belonging to
Benton county. In exchange for
this Linn county will cede to Ben