Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-04-22
Oak Grove.


B. F. Culver, of Albany, filed the pull
pit at Oak Grove Sunday,
The Oak Grove school has closed for
the summer.
August Krenger had the misfortune to
lose one of the best horses on his place.
He refused $500 for the team this spring.
Will Baily. of Palestine, is in the neigh
borhood again. He is now pntting in full
time on the farm of J. F. Mayberry.
John Harris, of Wells. has been handi-
capped to some extent with his spring
work on account of some of his horses
being sick.
Miss Bertha Mavberrv had the mis-.
fortunate to come in tonch with poison
oak and has been so affected as to be un
abls to be around the last few days.
Arthur Beams, OF Springfield who is
visiting at the home of w. D. Prettyman,
will return home the latter part of the
week.
Mrs. Lawrenson, late of Iowa. is visit
ing at the home of her son, S. P. Lawren-
son. She is more than pleased with Ore
gon and has fully made up her mind to
spend the remainder of her life among
webfoot people.
We have good many new people COM
ing in the neighborhood. There is
family of five. who arrived in Albany last
Thursday and have since rented the M.
K. Lewis place and moved on the same.
Mr.. Armstrong. who bought 10 acres
of the Thornton place is preparing to
build house and has most of the lumber
on the ground.
Some of our young ladies were fortu-
nate enough to be able to attend the annl-
versary ef Company G. Third Regiment
O. N. G. last Thursday evening at Albany
and report having good time.
G.. G. Dodson and wife, late of Texas,
arrived in Albany last Tuesday morning
and went direct to the home of their
daughter, Mrs. ID. N Williamson. Mr..
Dodson likes the Coast fine and intends
| to spend the summer mere.
Miss Starr, who has been teaching in
the Richland district for some time. closed
her school next Friday with an interest.
ing program. Miss Starr is one of Ben
| toms efficient teachers who works hard to
hold high the standard of her profession
Some of the candidates are already out
still-huntinq and there are more to follow.
For the benefit of those who are not skill
ed in politics would say, wait until the
farmers get through with their work so
they can take pensive hour to listen.
The sudden change in the weather was
very excepta BILE to the average farmer. as
the few hot days we bad dried the ground
up considerable and it was very hard on
the teams. But now they are more hope
full of getting through with the large lot
of spring work that awaits the average
farmer. The fall grain looks very prom
ising and if nothing happens there will
be large harvest.
A certain young man not living great
way from here, logged himself up in his
best suit, hitched up his driving horse to
the top buggy and hied himself away to
get lady friend to go to the entertain
ment at Richland. Presenting himself
at the door of the young lady's home he
exclaimed care you ready?' To his sur
prise she told him that he had made
wonderful mistake in the date as the ell
tertainment did not take place for week
hence.
Barney Cady began work in real ear
nest in his hop yard Monday morning.
The warm days were instrumentalinp push.
ing the vines skyward, hence large
force is employed in training this week.
He has about fifteen. made up of men,
women and boys and girls, and needless
to say that mirth and jollity is not a
stranger to them.