Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-01
LOCAL AND Personal

Fred Hall started yesterday for
Stockton, Cal.
Basket ball tom PROV night, ALL
, Stars o. A. C..
Mrs. w E. Yates is quite sick at
her home in this city.
Miss Mary Thompson is spending
this week in Portland
Miss May Kester went to Bod
gctt SATURDAY., where she has ac-
cepted school.
Come and see our boys add an
other victory to their string tomor-
row night at the ArmorY.
Will Lafferty started yesterday
for Galatians, Cal, where he has
employment in large mercantile
establ blIshment.
Edwin Rose, who is down with
the typhoid fever, remains about
the same, there being practically no
change in his condition. Fred Over
lander is attending him.
Ben Felger, of Philomath, has.
sold Guy Fisk's IA acres to Rev.
Jas, w. Bergman of Payette, Idaho
and John Broomfield's house and
lot to w. H. Smith formerly Of Ne
braska.
Mr.. A. R. Hathaway, of the Mu-
tual Life Ins. Co. OF New York
whose head quarters are in Salem,
paid business visit to Corvallis on
Saturday and remained over until
Monday.
The arc lights fol- our streets have
arrived and were put up yesterday
and were given trial last night,
but as we 90 to press before they
were turned on we cannot tell if
they were a success.
On Saturday of this week, at the
Court House, the County Conven-
ton of representatives of the coun-
ty, will meet at one o'clock p. m. to
elect delegates to the State Grange
which convenes in this city in May.
If our readers see Anything un-
usually rank or rambling in the ed
itorial columns of this issue, please
pass them by, as our editor rode
the Grange goat last Saturday and
from all reports the goat got decid-
edly the best of it.
An 81 pound girl was born to
the wife of Frank Ward in Salem
last week. "Happy" was formerly
with Allen & Woodward in this
city, and was very anxious that his
friends in Corvallis should know of
the addition to his family.
Miss Winnie Logan entertained
about twenty young people at her
home last Friday night in a most
charming manner. Amusements
such as orchestra music, Pit, Finch
and other games ending with light
refreshments, made up a delightful
evening.
W. Dilley received bad fall in
his shop la st Saturday while stand
ing on a ladder doing some work
the ladder slipped and he fell
about ten feet, lighting on his feet.
The fall gave his back severe
strain and he is now confined to his
room.
Articles of incorporation have
been filed with the county clerk,
for the Twin Rocks Gold Mining &
Milling Co. The incorporators are
Louis, Wallace and w. B. Hartly.
The capital stock is 81 100000.
The office will be in Corvallis.
Johnnie Zeiss got tangled up in a
dog fight Sunday morning and as
a result got his hand punctured
several times with dog teeth. His
favorite bird dog was mixing in a
disagreement much to the chagrin
of it's owner and he decided to sep
arate them with the above result.
Johnnie, ':let fighting dogs fight.
Corvallis has a case of scarlet
fever. A yonng man by the name
Zumwalt is down with the disease
in Ii ght form at the home of Mrs.
Knight. A strict quarantine has
been placed on the premises and
the city authorities will use every
precaution to keep it from spread
ing.