Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-02-23
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Daniel Evans, OF Nebraska, Is
visiting relatives in this city.
Ed Greenbrook, of Newport, was
in town last week on business.
Mrs. Spangler and Mrs. Porter
left yesterday for a visit in San
Franisco.
Mrs. Bachelor of Portland, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Cameron,
in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor Porter left
Saturday for a visit with Linn
county relatives.
Remember Nolan g. CaIIaha IS
Remnant and Rummage sale
will close Wednesday evening,
February oath.
George Horsefall returned to
Benton county last week from Idaho.
He is stopping in Philomath.
Miss Emily Cauthorn, of Port
land, has been visiting with Cor
wallis relatives for several days.
VIM. Vannert, of Montana, spent
several days in this vicinity last
week seeking location for a future
residence.
The round trip fare from Chicago
to the Lewis End Clark fair at Port
land next year is to be $50, the
lowest rate ever made.
Don't you wish you owned the
electric roads? Last year these
roads in United States carried three
times the population of the earth.
Thomas Leese and wife have
recently returned from a weeks
visit to Toledo, where they have
been combining business and pleas
ure,
"Happy Hooligan" McMaines
made a flying trip to Corvallis
Sunday. Happy" says he is COM
ing back to Corvallis in the near
future.
Ben Elgin left Sunday for Carl
ton, where he has accepted position
in DIR. A. D. Morrison's drug store.
Ben will be greatly missed, es-
pecially by the fair sex.
d. w. Kelley aud w. R. Insley,
of Portland, were in this city last
week looking for business location.
They found some good openings
and will probably 60 into business
here.
Services in The United Evangeli-
cal church each evening this week,
commencing at 1880. Rev. C. c.
Polling is expected to arrive on
Thursday to assist Rev. Deck in
the meetings.
The annual reunion of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Department
of Oregon: will be held at Hood
River, on June Is, 16 and II.
Make your plans ahead so as to at
tend this meeting.
The bridge construction gang of
the S. P. R. R. have returned to
this city from their work at the
St. Joe bridge, which they have
completed. Their next operation
will probably be at Gales Creek.
In an article in the last GAZETTE
regarding the high water, the prin-
ter, by a mistake said that the
water nearly reached the ferry.
The copy read "the water nearly
reached the houses close to the
ferry.
Miss Dora jackson closed her
school which she has been teaching
near Hoskins and returned home
Friday. She, was accompanied by
one Of her pupils, Miss McTimmons,
who will visit with her for about a
week.
Oregon last year sold $SOO,OOO
worth of apples, 100000 worth of
peaches, 100000 worth of pears,
$4,000 worth of strawberries,
S35, 600 worth of cherries, $4,000
worth of grapes and $475,O00 worth
of small fruits.
The river has been gradually
falling for the last three days, and
has now reached something near
the normal condition for this season
of the year. A few warm days to
melt more snow on the mountains
will speedily make difference.
One of our out-of-town neighbors
called on g prominent physician to
get a prescription to cure himself
aud wife of the chills. The doctor
prescribed equal parts of whiskey
and Quinine. The man took the
whiskey and gave his wife the qui- +,
nine snd says the results were
5 satisfactory.