Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-28

feeble during the past few month
and is now scarcely able to b
about.
Mrs. M. P. Burnett returned home
Sunday, from two-weeks' visit a
'the country ho"e Of CaspeI Zierolf
Miss Irene Ziprolf accompar Jed her
Mr.. George began the construc
ton of his two story residence, yes
terday, on the four lots on Wes
Monroe street, purchased by hin
last summer.
The ice cream social given by th'
ladies OF the Congregational churct
on the court house lawn, last Fri
day evening. was success finan-
cially and otherwise. The receipts
OF the evening amounted to over
s32.
Mr.. A. G. White is confined to his
home in this city, with severe at
tack of infamatory rheuma'ism
He came in from his farm neal
Blodgett, last Thursday, suffering
with n threatened attack of preu
mbnia; but promp medical assist
ance saved him a seige with this
disease.
DIR. and Mrs. George Ainalie, of
Portland, have returned from their
four-inonths' visit in Europe, and
are guests at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith,
in this city. Dr. Ainslie will leave
fo- Portland tomorrow, while Mrs.
Ainsl;e will visit in this city for a
couple of weeks.
Joseph Yates and w. P Lafferty
went to the coast by private con-
yeyance last week. The latter re
turned home on SUNDAYS excurs-
ion train, while MIR. Yates Joined
his family at Nye Creek and will
spend the summer. Mr.. Lafferty
says that there is an immense
crowd at the coast, and the weather
is ideal.
Getrge Graves, a travelling sales
man from Portland. .wh makes his
rounds on an automobile, was de-
layed in Corvallis, Friday, while
bis machine underwent repairs.
The vehicle is proving an expensive
luxury. A few days ago, Graves
had a break down near Albany and
it cost him $40 to get his auto so
that it would go. Later he was
fined $40 for going too fast in Eu-
gene.
e P. Grsffoz and Mack Hemp
hill returned, Sunday, from their
hunting and fishing trip to Five
Rivers. Three fine deer and all
the fsh they could eat were the
trophies of the trip. Mack slew
one deer. He was on stand near
the river, when he discovered an
animal in the water. He opened
fire on it and continued the fusit-
ade until the magazine of bis gun
was empti-d, when he jumped into
the river and cut the creatures
head off. A post mortem examina
ton showed that one foot had heen
shot away, ham had been shat
tered, the back broken and three
CHASTITY wounds made in the body. |
Friends of Mrs. Fannie Baker
will be grieved to learn of her death |
in Seattle, July II, 1908, from
smallpox. Mrs. Baker was the
daughter of Mr.. A. M. Witham, of
this city, and she was born on her
fathers farm west of Corvallis,
Feb. II, 1854. She was united in
with Mr. Baker about |
Is years ago. For the past eight
'r ten years they have been travel /
ng about, but took up their resi-
ience recently in Seattle. Because
leath resulted from a contagious
disease, the body could not be
brought to Corvallis, and burial !
vas made at Seattle. Mr.. Baker
s dangerously i'll in hospital in
hat city.
R-v G. S. O. Humbert preached
lis farewell sermon at the Chris
ian church last Sunday night. and
will leave with his family, THURSDAY,
or Eugene, where he and Mrs
Iunbert will assume their duties
IS members of the faculty of the
Divinity School in that city. Rev.
md Mrs. Handsaker have taken
Up their residence in Corvallis, and
he former will take up the work as
pastor of the Christian church.
Citizens generally, as well as mem
,ers of their congregation will re-
ret the departure of Mr.. and Mrs
1umbert. During their residence
# three or four years in this citv,
hey have made ~ host Of friends,
Who wish them unbounded success,
n their new field of labor.
Rev. T. S. Haudsaker.