Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-07-08
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

C.. r. Loomis, OF Ashland, is
visiting his parents in Philomath.
Buy meal ticket at Chipman's
and eat when you please.
Mr.. Young and wife of Scio, were
visiting A. j. Johnson and wife.
Monday.
DR.. Cole and wife, of Monmouth
spent the 4th visiting friends in
Corvallis.
Hunters supplies. fishing tackle,
sporting goods at Hodes' Pioneer
store.
Prof Pernot returned from New
port, Tuesday. Mrs. Pernot and
children are at present residing in
their cottage at that place.
All persons having bills against
the Fourth of July committee will
please present them Immediately to
the secretary, John F. Allen.
The fret football game of the
coming season will probably be be-
tween the O. A. G. and the Univer-
sity of Washington on October 18th.
B. E. limerick, ex president of
Philomath College, moved to Port
land, Tuesday. Mrs. limerick and
children spent q few davs enroute,
visiting friends at Salem.
The NJ. w. A. team at their last
session, in recognition of his eff
cient services presented to 0. J.
Blackledge q fine new cap. T. w.
Dilley made q very neat speech
Arthur Bouquet, an o. A. q.
student, slipped from load of hay
.-..on the college farm one day last
a week and .d,sloceted his knee. He
is imprsying and is. able TO hobble
around.
The block lying just north of
Clum Reads place in Jobs Addi-
tion was purchased by Mr.. Long, of
Kings Valley, Mr.. Long is one of
the oldest pioneers OF Oregon, NOV
ing to Benton county at an early
day.
Rev. T. w. Williams and VIII,
of Coulee City. Wash, spent a few
days in Philomath, where they ex-
pect to purchase property and send
their children to school. Mr.. Will.
ans is at present the United Breth.
rem minister at Irving.
The address of Hon. L. T. Har.
ris was highly appreciated and loud
ly applauded by all who heard him.
Mr.. Harris displayed the highest
qualifications of the true orator and
has opened before him a career of
public usefulness unequalled by
any other young man in the state.
Miss Celia Nelms, of Prinevllle,
Oregon, who has been visiting for
the last ten days in this city, the
guest of Miss Alta Altman, left
Tuesday for Newport, where she will
spend the season with her grand
mother, Mrs. Wigle, who joined her
In this city.
Now that the 4th of July is over
and everybody is glad of it, don't
forget that the school children need
your votes in thu silk flag contest.
1t will be a good and useful lesson
in patriotism and loyalty to your
own children. Don't forget this
point that when you vote for the
~'Public Schools" you are helpir G
to give the flag to your own chil.
dren. Now all together vote for the
public schools,
The Corvallis contingent of the
Oregon National Guard, consisting
of Happy Hooligan in Khaki, left
ON Tuesday for the camping ground
Of the yearly encampment at Amer
ican Lake, Washington near Ia
coma, where they will spend three
weeks in perfecting themselves in
the work of the field as carried on
in actual warfare. The pacific
Coast division of the U. s. Army,
regulars, will accompany them and
their officers will act as instructors.
The Corvallis Mill company now
that the river is about as low as
it will get this summer, have foated
their boom across the river below
the ferry and will begin floating
their logs at once. A fine new
steam launch has been made to as.
sist in the work. 100000 feet of
logs will come down to the Mill
during the next few weeks. These
logs are of all kinds of timber and
have been secured all along the
Willamette above Corvallis.