Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-08
THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE,
LOCAL And PERSONAL

Rev. H. A. Deck enter tanned hi!
Sunday School class at the parson
age Friday evening.
Warren B. Hartley went t.
Eugene yesterday and expects tt
be gone couple Of weeks.
Lewis Hartley left Wednesday
for an Eastern trip. He will re-
turn about the first Of the year.
Miss Agnes Wilson has resigned
hefplace in the telephone Office and
accepted a position in Horning's
grocery store.
Work has commenced on the
residence of W. C. Shriber which
is being built on the property he
recently purchased west Of town. :
Rev. A. A. Winter, of Dallas,
passed through Corvallis yester-
day on his way home from Alsea,
where he held services on Sunday.
The ladies' of the Congregational
church are preparing a bazaar TO be
held on December 18th. Don't pur-
chase your gifts until you see what
they have for sale.
G.. w. Henkle informs us that his
son. Raymond, has formed a part
nership with Mr.. Curtis and the
two have opened up fine drug
store in San Jose, Calf.
Miss Kate Blower came out from
her home at. Yaquina Saturday,
and after visiting with friends in
this city, went to Albany yester-
where she has employment.
An invalid's wheel chair has been
left at the GAZETTE Office for sale,
It is a light built, easv-running
chair, and can be easily handled
Worth SIS, will be sold for half
price.
Grant Elgin has been appointed
administrator of the late Frank
Elgin, with his bond fixed at $500.
w. A. Buchanan, John F. Irwin
and NJ. P. Burnett are the ap-
praisers.
Corvallis has been blessed wi tn
some foggy mornings lately, while
it was clear and bright farther up
the valley. Can't some of our
scientific men at the College fix
some arrangement that will put
a stop to this.
Our merchants are getting into
line for the holiday trade, and open
ing up their stocks of Christmas
presents. Several of the stores will
be open evenings till after the holi-
days, and it is good policy to get
your Christmas shopping done
early, and avoid the rush.
Sam Smith, Of Linn county
brought to town this week several
curiosities in the hog line. They
were called the mule-footed hog and
are very rare in the West, having
been brought here from Illinois.
The feet of the hogs are not split
like the common hog, but have a
solid hoof.
Mrs. B. F. Irvine and daughter,
Miss Edna, Miss Juliet Cooper, of !
Corvallis, and Mr.. T. McFadden,
the footbalIist, of San Francisco,
spent Sunday at the beach and en-
joyed very pleasant time, espec-
tally in padding around in the
water just like youngsters, and
they didn't get wet either. Oh,
dear, no!-Yaquina Bay News.
Church notices are published in
our Friday edition without charge.
We would ask the pastors of the
several churches to hand in their
copy not later than noon on Thurs
day. If our list is not already
complete we hope the ones not in
cluded will give the matter their
and let US have full list.
It will be great convenience to
strangers visiting the city.
Bills for subscriptions to the GA
zETTE will be sent out to subscribers
during the next week or so, and we
they will be promptly hon.
ored. Send Wells Fargo orders or
P. O. money orders for the amount.
We are contemp, ating important
with the coming
year, and wish to get this business
out of the way to permit us to give
our whole attention to the new inn
Several of our citizens visited
Portland last week to see the Ben
Hur show. The universal verdict
was that as series of beautiful
tableaux and stage pictures it could
not be excelled, but the company
and the acting was second class and
a low grade of that. The managers
have cleared an average of about
$4,000 day during their Portland
engagement, yet were too mean and
oarsimonious to pay the country