Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-17
LOCAL LORE.
Recent Happenings in Corvallis
and Vicinity.

Cecil Cathey, wife and child, of
San Francisco. arrived Friday and
will visit their parents in this city.
The young peoples societies of
the various churches of our cities
will hold a union temperance rally
at the Congregational church next
Sunday at $50 p. m. All are in
vited.
The regular monthly meeting of
the w. C. T. U. will occur Thurs
day afternoon at the Reading Room
parlor. An interesting and i'm
portant time is anticipated. All
are cordially invited.
Miss Blanche Hammell entertain
ed thirty of her young friends at
the Hotel Corvallis Saturday after
noon. Delicious refreshments were
served and Miss Blanche entertain
ed her guests in most charming
manner.
There is much speculation among
the owners of chittim claims as to
the price of bark. The reports vary
all the way between 5 and IL cents.
1t does not make much difference,
however, as the bark improves with
age and many will do we'll not to
sell too soon.
John J. Brown, of Eugene, is
visiting in Corvallis, his old home
which he left 18 years ago. Mr..
Brown expresses a confident opin-
ion as to the future of this city,
and is much pleased with the way
it has improved since he left.
S. L. Hayes, our genial Wells
Fargo agent, was detained in town
by business, for several days after
vacation commenced. He will take
in the Bohemia mines as his first
outing, as he has mining interests
in that locality. We wish him a
pleasant trip, and the young ladies
wish him an early return.
The report of the road viewers
who went to Alsea to decide on
the disputed right-of. way of the
Huard-Kimball road, has been
made in the County Court. The
gentlemen appointed for the pur-
pose were Thos. Jones, VIM. Barclay
and John Harris. They returned
to the city Friday last.
David Osborne mas so far recover
ed as to be out on the street. He
reports slight stiffness of the neck
and some pain in the shoulders as
about the only reminders of the
wound. He will soon be ready for
duty again, and by that tine it is
hoped that the council will have
considered the question of remunera-
tion for the time lost.
While in Portland last week S. N.
Wilkins purchased for the Odd
Fellows Library, fifteen volumes of
standard works of fiction, of the
latest issues. It was less than two
months ago that Mr.. Wilkins ad-
ded 81 volumes of similar character
to this library. They now have
one of the bes collections of books
in the city, Il It the Odd Fellows
are very proud of their library.
Mrs. Faithful Jane Borland, a
sister of Locke brothers Of Mountain
View, died in Portland on May IL,
and was buried in the Locke
Cemetery, at Mountain View on
Sunday. Mrs. Borland was born
on the spot where the funeral
was held--in the old Locke home
stead. She was sister of Lon ]
Locke who died May 2, just ten
days before her death Rev. Reeves
of the South NJ E. church conduct
ed the services.
Mr.. Frank Beslin, blind man
lectured at the South NJ E. church
last Thursday night. The lecture
which consisted of personal remi
niscences and experiences, was
good and we'll worth the time O
any one going to hear. Mr.. Beslir
has accomplished wonders in me-
chanical way; designed and made
his own writing apparatus, editec
and managed newspaper for eigh
years, set type, run presses, did jot
work framed and built three houses
and done manv otherthingsl thar
would seem impossible without eye
sight.
DR.. E. j. Thompson left Tuesday
for the east and will be absent from
month to six weeks. One pur-
pose of the doctors trip is to attene
the general assembly of the Pres
byterian church at Buffalo, N. Y
and apothar is To he prasopt Of th.