The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-06-08

Mrs. William Currin of Nc
Minnville, is the guest of relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Clarence Hout has ar
rived from Dallas, and is visiting
at the home of her parents, 1r.
and Mrs. w. J. Wilkbanks.
Lee and Charles Kennedy ar
rived Monday from Portland, to
cast their ballots in the county
election.
Charles Mcknight is to arrive
this week from Coos Bay, to at
tend commencement and visit with
friends,
Hon. John Daily of Portland,
accompanied by his daughter,
Miss DAILY. of Seattle. left Monday
for Portland, after brief visit in
Corvallis.
Virgil Avery is about town
with his left arm in a sling. The
bone in the forearm was broken
Friday, in an accident that occurred
at the Willamette Grange picnic,
john Johnson and family
came up from Independence Mon
day and will take up their resid-
ence here. Mr.. johnson is inter-
ested in the Corvallis Steam
Laundry.
"A. T. Grugett is the name of
a new salesman in S. L. Klines'
big, busy store. Mr.. Grugett and
wife arrived from Jefferson the first
of this week, and will make their
home in this city for the present.
Miss Melvena Elgin, who held
case for over two years in
the TIMES Office where she
was ever efficient and faithful, has
accepted a postum as saleslady
in the store of S. L, Kline.
Ed Andrews. for considerable
time clerk in S. L. Kline's es-
tab1ishment resigned his position
the first of this month. and will
take much needed vacation dur
ing the summer.
"A special train passed through
Corvallis Sunday, enroute to To-
ledo. Its passengers were holders
of chittim claims in Lincoln county.
and the purpose of the trip was to
give the "peelers" an opportunity
to cast their ballots for Lincoln
candidates.
MIR. and Mrs. J. F. Gillespie
arrived yesterday from Los Angelo:
and are guests at the home of thei
son, N. Gillespie. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gillespie reside in Iowa, and arr
enroute home from attendance a
the Methodist conference held al
Los Angeles. They had not seei
their son in this city for a numbe
of years.
AT Monroe next Saturday, oc
ours a union picnic, to be given by
the Modern Woodmen and th
schools of Southern Benton. The
speakers of the day are E. H, Bel
knap. Hon. J. K. Simmons am
Hon, M. A. Miller. In the feature
on the bills, there will be a bal
game between the Elmira ant
junction teams, and in the evening
there will be an initiation of candi
dates from Corvallis and othel
camps of the county. A numbe
on the program is competitiv
drill between the local camps O
Benton county, for which a S.
banner is offered by the Monro
camp. .. ....
The Woodmen picnic at Rid
der's grove Saturday, was a sue
cess in every particular. TIL
crowd was the largest seen at thi
popular grove in many years, an
good order and good cheer wer
features everywhere observable
The would-be-tough element seem
ed to be absent. for which all pres
ent wee thankful. There We're til
usual speeches, the band music, til
stands, and the ever present merry
go-round and nigger baby show
At noon the crowds dined
groups under the trees, and need
less to say no one was left hungry
Many of the Benton county cane
dates were present, In the evenin
at Artisan Hall at Wells, a dane
was enjoyed by a large crowd.
The Adventist camp meetir
in Jobs addition closed Sunda
night, with an eloquent sermon t
Elder Burg, president of the Az
ventists' conference, of Portlan,
The meeting in this city has bee
fruitful in spiritual sense, and IL
attendance order aud interest hay
heef, eSDecia11y r1ea Si,,o to oil