Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-05

u. B. aYIOr, OF lHuep9nuence,
was a Corvallis visitor Tuesday.
Three grades of gasoline for sale
at BERRY & CARL's.
J. NJ. Hadden. of Eddyville, was
in town Wednesday.
Fl. L. Eakin and wife, of Dallas,
stopped for a few hours in the city,
Wednesday, enr5ute to Newport.
BERRY & CARL for guns and
ammunition and fishing tackle.
Rev. Green and wife and family
start TODAY for the coast to spend
month. They will occupy the Henry
Sneak cottage.
G. A. Gerhard and wife returned
Wednesday from a very pleasant
trip to Salt Greek where they have
been visiting relatives.
Rev. Landy and wife passed
through the city, Monday, on their
way to Philomath. Mr.. Landy is
the new pastor of the College of
Philomath.
Work On the new school build
ing is progressing rapidly. The
lathing is about completed while
much of the space to be completed
has received second coat of plaster.
The work is to be completed by the
opening of school.
Mr.. Hotcukiss is very busy these
days getting the play ground in
shape for the public school children
The undertaking is not small one
by any means as it involves the re-
moval of large quantities of rub
b ish.
With the transfer of the Benton
mills to their new owners, Harry
Wicks for many years the efficient
miller, goes to Albany, TO accept a
position in the Touring mills at
that place. His family will follow
in short time.
Wednesday evening, jolly
crowd of Presbyterian Endeavorers
took a hay-rack ride out to the
ranch of Mr.. A. L. French, where
a very pleasant picnic was held.
The party consisted of about 80
young people.
Members and friends of the
Episcopalian church are making
elaborate preparations fer the re
turn of their pastor from England,
where he has been on an extended
visit. The church already looks
bright and new with a fresh coat of
paint and the parsonage will also
be painted.
The closing exercises, for this
term of school at Westwood, will
be given this evening at s o'clock.
A short program by the school,
graduation of Mildred White, con-
Quoted by Supt. Denman, followed
by selections on graphaphone will
be given by way of entertainment
for the evening.
4. G. Kiger's peaches are now
ripe. They are the Halls early
variety and are good to eat, for
picking and preserving. Come to
the ferry, boys will take you over
and back free. Bring boxes eat all
you can and have a good time all
for $1.OO per bushel. Everybody
come.
S. I. Pratt, for many years a
very successful teacher in Cor wallis,
Philomath and elsewhere, and a
candidate in the last election for
superintendent of schools for Ben
ton county, goes to Newport as prin-
cipal of the city schools. Mrs. Pratt
will also hold a prominent position
as teacher in the same school.
Threshing machines are in opera
ton all over Benton county. There
are several outfits and the work
will soon be done. 1t is not posi-
BILE at the present time to give &C
curate information as to the yield.
1t is known, however, that it will
be exceedingly light. Thresning
was done at the College farm
Wednesday and Thursday. Sheep
got into the standing grain, how
ever, which will interfere some with
giving accurate records.
Max Pracht, a special agent in
the employment of the government
has cancelled the application of a
settler for the location and pur-
chase of timber land claim in the
coast region. No sooner had the
applicant made a filing on the
land than he began to harvest a
crop of chittim bark from the trees
that abounded on his claim. On
| the presumption that the land was