Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-07-01
Chittim 5 cents.
Basket dinner July 3.

nesday.
H. W.. Kaupisch visited Albany
Wednesday.
VS. McFadden spent Wedues-
day in Albany.
Buy meal ticket at Chipman's
and eat when you please.
NJ. P. Ryecraft, of Alsea, was
transaciing business here Wednes-
day.
MIR. Veatch, of Cottage Grove, is
visiting his brother-in-law, w. c..
Swami.
Jim" Chinaman has rented the
half of his double building on South
Main street for a candy shop.
All exempf and visiting firemen
are especially invited to march
with us in the i.arade, July 4.
J. L. Castle, of Dallas, we'll
known in Corvallis as cattle
buyer, is transacting business here.
Berry & Carl have secured the
use of the old Hammersly confec-
lionery stand for a bicycle display
lorm.
E. E White came up from his
ranch near Waldport to make sew
eral real estate transfers. He will
return after the 4th.
Pres. L. B. Baldwin, of Philo-
math returned from Portland on
Wednesday, where he had been
transacting business.
There will be four or five hacks
leaving each of the hotels every five
minutes for the races. Fare for the
round trip 25 cents.
Skipton & ToIrlinson, of Albany,
will run their tally-ho to Corvallis
Saturday to accommodate all who
wish to attend the races.
Geo. Bethers, who succeeds him
self as county school superinten-
dent of Lincoln county, was at the
Occidental Wednesday.
W. F. rortmiller and Frank
Wire, of Albany, spent several days
hunting in the foothills, west of here.
Over 100 birds were killed in six
hours.
Mrs. Verline, sister of Miss
Hattie Potts, is lying very low in
the Good Samaritan hospital in
Portland, as the result of an
operation.
G. W. Phillips, veteran grist mill
man of Scio, while on his way
home from visit to McMinnville,
stopped over Wednesday to see
T. w. Dilley.
John Bayne and wife, of Boise,
Idaho, are spending short vaca-
ton in Willamette Valley. Last
week they visited Newport and are
now visiting this city.
Black -berrying is quite diver
sion these days. Yesterday quite
a company of pickers, among whom
were the Galatians, Kerrs, and Mrs.
Hemphill went down to Dick Kiger's
Charley Heckart left for Browns
vile yesterday, where he has the
contract for erecting a house. He
was accompanied. by his wife and
sister-in-law, Miss Christal Miner,
aud w. G. Shliber, the latter going
to assist him with the building.
r. C. Kiger has kindly consent
ed to put his horse Pilot on the
track en- exhibition for a half mile
heat during the races Saturday,
July 2nd. He has also consented
to lead the 4th division of the
parade with Pilot in the lead follow
ed by his band of tn oroughbred
racing horses.
Saturday night crowd of young
people from Philorlath will go up
on Marys Peak and spend the night.
A large quantity of fireworks will
be taken up and discharged from
the topmost point. It is expected
that the rockets can be seen for
miles around. 1t will be quite an
innovation to celebrate the 4th upon
the top of a snowbank.
The carriers on the rural free
delivery routes of Linn county, %
in number met in Albany last Sat-
urday and organized the Linn coun-
ty Letter Carriers Association. The
president is Charles Wallace, R. F
D. No. 5, secretary; John Coins,
R. F. D. No. 4, and treasurer, E. B.
Cornett, R. F. D. No. I. A recent
change has been effected whereby
the carriers now receive their salary
monthly instead of quarterly as
heretofore.
The route mapped out by the
parade committee should be longer