Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-16

visitor this week. :.
Adam Wilhelm Jr., of Monroe,
was here THURSDAY.
les Loretta Sheasgreen returned
yesterday from a business trip to |
Monroe.
Mrs. J. L. Jones left Yesterday
for a visit witt friends and rela-
tives at Charlottesville.
Thos. Allen, of Kings Valley,
was a business visitor to Corvallis
THURSDAY
To sp. nd two weeks on the coast
Mrs. T.. P. G.effoz was Il hayward
passenger last week.
w. o. Trine and family left
Thursday for Newport to spend a
few weeks enjoying the cool sea
breeZes.
Rev. Edw. F. Green, who is
spending a month at Nye Brook
beach, spent Saturday and Sunday
at Waidport, preaching tor Rev.
Hurd.
Mrs. E. w. Strong and family
were among the west bound pas
sengers Friday Newport is their
destination and two weeks or more
Will be- spent by the seaside.
MrF. H. l.. Veazie, of Portland,
and daughter, MIS-. E R. Bryson,
of Corvaiiis, arrived in Dallas Tues
day, for several weeks visit at
their ol.i farm home north Of town.
This is the last month of the flag
contest, so it becomes a duty for
you to see how your favorite is
getting on. The fremen and the
Public Scnool are about neck aud
neck. Get in your votes at onc..
The S. P. bridge construction
train came in from Tualatin Friday
and departed yesterday fer Ash
land. The outfit consists of eight
cars, four of which are for sleeping
and dining purposes, three are pro-
vided with complete apparatus for
driving piles and constructing
bridges and another. is completely
equipped with tanks, ETC., for fight
ing fires. \
Salem Statesman: The hop mar
ket seems to be stirring in antici-
patton of the new market, and it is
1 likely that the new crop will find a
Strong market we'll above what is
now offered. Krebs Bros. have set
\ Lew standard for the 1904 crop by
contracting for 100 bales from Cat
tiiu l. Linn for % cents per pound,
of prime grade for September de-
livery. Seavev Bros, of Eugene,
sold to McNeff Bros -, of Washing
ton, 800 bales of hops of the 1904
crop for 2l cents.
Prof W. w. Dixon was caller
at the GAZETTE office today. Mr.
Dixon was one of the conductors oi
the Eugene Summer Normal School
this summer. The attendance this
year was about twenty. The teach
ers in attendance worked with a will
and were we'll pleased with the work
Last Saturday the conductors mel
and elected the Lane County Supt.
w. B. billiard, superinten lent of the
Normal for the future. He is tt
assume full con rol, financial, and
otherwise.
Charles P, tilt % years of age
formerly of Summit, was killed il
Wheatland, California Sunday, the
7th list. by coming in contact with
a live electric wire. Mr.. Petit was
employed as lineman for an electric
company and was working with the
wires when the sad accident oc-
Cured. Many cf Mr.. Pettit's rela
tives still reside at Summit ane
were shocked to hear of his un-
timely death. He was employed
for number of years on the G.. &
E. railroad and was a very popu-
lar and highly esteemed young
man.
Prof. Tartar is one of the newl,
appointed instructors at the College
The public school loses valuabl,
teacher but the management o
the College is to be congratulated
upon the new acquisition to it,
present teaching force. The ap-
pointment was made bv Presiden
Catch and President Weatherfore
of the board. This position of as
sistant in mathematics which car
: riss with it a salary of 5000, wa
created in order to secure Mr.. Tar
tar's services. Prof. Tartar ha
resigned his position in the public
schools, but his successor has no
yet been named.