Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15

kOOAk ANU FE8EO1SyQk
Mrs. Ed. Andrews is visitin,
Portland this week. She attends
the Patti concert last evening.
John M. Pipes, son of Judg
Pipes, of Portland, formerly of tni
city, is visiting with E. R. Bryson
Mr.. Pipes is now practicing law il
Eugene.
Arrangements are almost com
plete for the parents meeting al
Wells on Saturday, January 80.
Judging from prospects fine pro-
gram is assured.
Lee Wigle, wife and child, left
on Monday for Portland, where Mr.
Wigle will attend the Live Stock
Association. Later in the week
they will leave for their home near
Prineville.
8. N. Wilkins went to Portland
yesterday to attend the meeting Of
Shriners. He was attended by his
grandson, Darrell Wigle, who goes
to meet his parents, with whom he
will return home to Plineville.
JOY reigns in the parsonage of
the Southern Methodist Church in
this city on account of the birth,
to Mr., and Mrs. John Reeves, the
pastor, of bouncing boy, born on
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Rhoda Taylor, mother of
Walter Taylor, of this city, return
ed home yesterday. from the Good
Samaritan Hospital, in Portland.
where she has been under treat
ment for several months. Her
health has greatly improved.
Registration is now going on at
the County Clerks Office. Better
get this matter attended to early,
so as to avoid the rush of the last
days. Don't lose your vote because
of little carelessness. II may be
valuable in June.
Visitors are astonished at the |
evenness of the temperature in this |
valley. For the last week the ther
mometer has stood at so deg. and
81 deg, excepting very early in the
morning. Cold weather is a rare
quantity in the Willamette valley.
What is going to be done about
the Fire Department? This matter
is too important to be neglected
much longer. If you have any
suggestions to make regarding it,
remember that Robert johnson is
collecting data, with view to put
ting the department on better
footing than formerly. Help him
out if you have any practical ideas.
Efforts are being made to bring
out full attendance at the special
meeting of the Corvallis Grange,
tomorrow, Saturday., afternoon.
Some important business will come
up, and it is hoped that the atten
dance will be large. The meeting
will be held in Agricultural Hall.
Officers will be elected, and arrange
ments made for the annual meet
ing of the State Grange in this city
in May next.
A word of commendation for a
retiring county official, who has
done his duty well, will not be out
of place. John S. Miller, who has
been road supervisor in District No.
s, Kings Valley, for the last term,
can retire with u consciousness of
having done we'll in his district.
On the Long Canyon roads, excel
lent work has been accomplished
Certainly no man who has ever
filled that position can present
better, cleaner record than "Unole
John"
The meeting of the National
Grange at Portland, next Novem-
Der, is a matter of Importance to
the farmers of this state, and it is
none too soon for subordinate
oranges to commence making pre-
parations for the event. Take
good hard thinking spell, and make
a note of your wants, 80 that your
delegate to the State Convention in
this city in May, can take steps to
bring it before the national body.
If the GAZETTE can be of any as
sistance In the matter, you have
only to command us.