Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-08-18
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r. L. Taylor, Corvallis, Oregon.
The hest of ice cream and all
kinds of soft drinks at Small &
Sons.
Organs repaired and cleaned; 30
years experience. A few organs to
rent. R. N. White. Corvallis,
Our premium departments is open.
Premiums for everybody. Get cou.
pons with every purchase of 25
cents or more at kline's.
We have the finest sawed shingle
on earth. We also carry sh Ike
and hand made shingles. We are
overstocked on the *A* sawed shin.
gle which we are offering at 50 per
thousand. Corvallis Saw Mill.
Roy Raber arrived home, Satur.
day, from business trip to Chi
cago and Canton, Ohio. While in
these cities he placed contracts for
machinery to be used in the dredges
which Mr. .Raber's company will
operate in mining at Glen's Ferry
Idaho. Mr.. Raber leaves for that
point in about a week.
The following persons were grant.
ed certificates to teach at the ex-
aminations just closed in this city:
First grade-Mabel Able, Edna
Finley, Bessie Meats, T. J. Risley;
End grade-Rena Garrett, Anna
Hall, Nellie Holt, Meldora Jack.
son. Florence Maxfeld, Arthur E.
Belknap; 3rd grade-Lillith Nc
Kinney, Edith Berthold, John A.
Bennett.
Sale of real estate continues ac-
tive. Henry Amber has just sold
a number of lots at Philomath, and
in addition has negotiated the fol-
lowing transfers: The Mary Moore
stock ranch, three miles west of
!: Philomath, to George Green, re-
Gently Of Utah, for $3.50; also the
John Pimm ranch, five miles south
west of that place, to T. T. Rugg,
from Waverly, Kansas. The price
paid was $4,000, which includes
some stock.
Walter Kisor was in from his
home near Philomath, Saturday.
Walter has a time piece that isn't
SO valuable as it was a week ago.
He was burning brush, Friday, and
when he reached for his watch to
see il his stomach had given him
the right cue to go to dinner, that
piece of jewelry was missing. He
found it afterward in the embers of
one of his bon fires. When it cool
ed sufficiently to admit of handling,
be tried to coax it to resume work,
but all to no purpose.
Rev. and Mrs. w. C. TAYLOR. of
indianapolis, Ind, will arrive in
Corvallis today for a short visit
with the formers father, j. I. Tay
lor. Rev. Taylor was reared in
Benton county. His early edu-
cation was secured at Philomath
College. After graduating from
the University of Oregon, he took q.
three-years' course in q theological
seminary at Rochester, New York,
and entered the ministery. This
will be his second visit since leaving
here Is years ago. He is said to be
a brilliant pulpit orator.
Out on Assessor Bush's farm in
Kings Valley there is bee tree
that isn't a bee tree. Sometime. ago
a swarm of busy little bees took up
their residence OH stake of rail
fence surrounding Mr.. Bush's field.
The location looked good to them
and they at once began laying up
supplies for winter use. Before
long the top of that stake was the
sweetest thing in Benton county.
Cell after cell Of honey has been
added until there is now comb 80
inches long by Is inches in di.
ameter that makes the mouth of
every passerby water. Mr.. Bush
has assessed the insects and is pre-
pairing to gather in their property
for delinquent taxes.
Wanted.
I want 1000 tons of hay to bail this
season. Parties wishing this kind of
work dene will do we'll to call on or writ
TO the undermined. The price will he
reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed.
J. r. HARLAN.
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