Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-07-01
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Wool ie cents.

hany spent Sunday with Mrs.
Wehber
M. S. Rickard, who drives the
Ph lomathAlsea stage, was In the
city Wednesday,.
A merry gc-round will be one of
the features of the 4th to make the
hearts of the Young folks glad. r.
Miss Blanche Hammel returned
from Albany Monday where she
has been visiting relatives.
Mark Bump, an attorney of
HiIlsboro. spent few davs in Cor
wallis, returning Wednesday.
Miss Essie Adams will he in
charge of the new Independent
telephone company's office.
Mr.. Ewing, # the Benton County
Lumber Company, WAS looking up
business matters i'll the city Tues
day.
Rev. F. l.. Moore and family
left the early part of the week for
a brief vacation in their cottage by
the sea.
The real estate firm of Amber
& Waters haye just recently erect
ed very attractive sign at their
office in the Hotel Corvallis.
Supt. Denman returned Tues
day from Portland where he has
been attending the State Teac hers
Association.
A special program has been
prepared and will be rendered by
the children of the M. E church on
Sunday July 10.
Mics Celia Nelms, formerly of
this city, but now of Prineyille, is
visiting friends in Corvallis. After
q few days she will 60 to Newport
for an outing.
Miss Eva Myers, teacher in the
High school of Decatur, ILL.,, ar
rived Wednesday and will spend
the summer with her sister, Mrs.
Lewis Hartley.
HORACE lIUCh0 Is llO" GIdFOi1lS
representative of the Dodd Imple-
ment house of Portland. The firm
is to be congratulated in securing
the services of Mr.. Locke.
One day last week Lee Bush, who
lives near Bellfountain met with
serious accident He was thrown
from moving machine by a. run
away team and pretty badly shaken
up.
The Junior League Of the Meth
~odist church gave an ice cream
social Tuesday evening at the resi-
dence of V. E. Waters. A phono-
graph was one of the features of
the evening.
The fourth and last quarterly
meeting for the M. E church South
Corvallis charge, will be held by
the Presiding Elder, Rev. Henry
Spiess, at Mcfarland Chapel July
2 and 8. Serv ces morning and
evening.
Mrs. Callahan, who recently ar
rived from Medford to make this
city her permanent home, fill on
the street Sunday morning sustain
ing q compound fracture of her
right arm. DR.. Cathey, the attend
ing physician reduced the fracture
and the patient is now resting easy
and doing we'll.
Dolph Norton, formerly of this
city and at one time assistant agent
of the G. &. E., who has been in
Hood River for several months, is
now the senior member of the firm
of Norton 4 Smith, of that place,
in the business of timers and
plumbers. He reports q good and
increasing business.
The plan for placing temporary
seats along the curbstone during the
celebration July 2, 8 and 4 should
receive 1.-The hearty approval and
endorsement of every member of
the committee. We hope that it
will be done. Many tired mothers
and aged people will greatly appreci-
ate a privilege of this kind.
David H. Woolridge, a resident
of Bellfountain, died last Sunday
evening at the home of his son, of
heart failure. The funeral occurred
Monday at Simpson Chapel. Mr..
Woodbridge was II years of age, a
native of Kentucky and for the
last twenty years a resident of
Benton county. Byron Woolridge,
a son living at Bellfountain, and
Mrs Fruit, of Peoria, are the sur
yiving children.
A runaway occurred on Main
street early Tuesday morning. The
team Of Mr.. Coon became frighten-