Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-07-12
Wheat 75c.

Wheat 75c.
The open season for deer begins
Friday, July Is.
f. L. Miller was in Albany on
business, Saturday.
J. Fl. Simpson and wife spent
Saturday in Albany.
Mr.. and Mrs. Callahan returned
yesterday from a trip to Newport.
The westbound C. & E. train car
lied large crowd from Alb any to
the coast on Monday.
Prof. Shaw returned Saturday
from the Bay, where he has been
spending short vacation.
Mrs. A. Carrick left Saturday for
a short vacation at Newport, where
she will be the guest of Mrs. j. b.
Horner.
The postofice at Newberg was
robbed Of about $500 in cash and
a large amount of stamps Thurs
dav.
Mics Ethel Linville left yester-
day for an extended visit with her
sister, Mrs. A. D. Morrison at
Carlton.
The fire department. boys took q
run Monday, in answer to tcall
fIom the residence of J. D. Wells,
on 3rd. street. The fire was out be-
fore the boys arrived.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Porter was buried in Crystal
Lake cemetery, Sunday after noon,
July 8. The funeral occurreI from
the family residence, Rev. F. l..
Moore officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Aldrich were
very agreeably surprised Friday
by the arrival of the latter's sister,
Mrs. Rachel Throckmorton, of Oak
land, Calf. who expects to remain
a couple of months.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Woodward and
daughter, Winona, have set up
camp on their farm few miles
west of Corvallis, and will spend
several weeks beneath the shade of
the leafy grove.
The recent warm weather does
not have any appreciable effect
upon Prof. Geo. Coote of the .. A.
G. He is working hard every day
making and experimenting i'm
provements about the college
grounds.
w. B. Merrill who has charge of
the Bell telephone campany in Linn
and Benton counties, was married
in Albany, Sunday afternoon to
Miss Francis Murphy. Mr.. Merrill
will make his headquarters at the
Hotel Corvallis for the next three
months.
J. B. Walker, after a short visit
of several days with relatives and
friends in Corvallis, left yesterday
for St. Louis where he will remain
three weeks before going to his
home in New York, to assume his
duties as editor of the Scientific
American.
What is supposed to be one oil
the finest switch boards4sin the
world will arrive in Corvallis this
week for the O. A. C. electric light
plant. It is made of mahogany
and will cost, $3.50. About $4,000
will be spent this summer in max
ing electrical improvements at the
college.
Mrs. v. Espey, who left here last
week to spend the summer at Soda.
Vile for. her health, is now, COM
fortably ca.nped at thatplaee. Her
daughter, Kate, and sons, Ivan and
Pault are with her. After q few
days Ivan expects to go to Ash
land where eheI has a, position in
q piano house. Mrs. Espey is con.
templating moving to- Ashland this
fall.
|, Joseph Harlan, aged SO, for 20
years resident of Benton county
and one OF the early pioneers,
died at his home in this city Mon
day morning at $3.50 a. m.
The funeral ceremony occurred
Tuesday at 10 o'clock at the
home of his son-in-law, Milton
Young, Rev. T. S. Hansaker Of
fciating. Interment was made
in the /. O. O. F. cemetery.
Chittim bark is quoted in Port
lnnd at 8 cents and in Corvallis at
5 cents. The value of chittim
bark is exceedingly fuctuating and
these prices are not quoted as be.
ing absolutely reliable, indeed it is
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