Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-02-12

V1S1t1nR IOISd1HS IIlcuue.
Henry Amber and G. J. Frink
were in town Tuesday from Philo-
math.
Miss Mary Blodgett, of 'Biodgett
Valley, is in town this week taking
the teachers examinations.
Mrs. Gerber was summoned to
Portland Wednesday on account of
the sickness of her sons wife, Mrs.
George Bourlin.
The Hotel Corvallis has received
a number of beautiful gold fish from
Woodward & Clark, of Portland
They are kept in the fountain in
the hotel lobby. =,
Mrs. Oscar Healev received tel.
egram from her son Herbert Pygal
in Portland, that he is very sick.
and she hurried to that place by
train Wednesday.
Edwin Stone. c. Sullivan and
their attorney, J. K Weatherford
came over from Albany on a special
Car Tuesday morning and did busi-
ness at the court house.
Two more embryo citizens for our
county have arrived This week. To
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dow sor. on
Monday and to Mr.. and Mis-. John
Coos, a son, On Tuesday.
Judge Waters was notified on
Tuesday that George Latscher com,
united to the Insane Asylum of Or
.egon, from Benton County, in 1890,
died, in that institution February
..7th inst. of the disease, tuberculosis.
IL. w. Ready, of Portlaud, senior
member of the Graydon Finance
Company, and wife, are visiting rel
atives and friends in Corvallis. Mr..
Keady is extensively engaged in
mining and is handling several
good properties.
Next Saturday evening in the
Armory occurs the entertainment
for the benefit of athletics. The
program will consist of numbers bv
the Ladies Chorus. Mrs. Green's
Choral classes, the Male Quartet
and Sextet from town, vocal and
instrumental solos, duets and trios,
and Evolutionary numbers.
Walter G.. Ready, at one time
assistance printer at the College, is
visiting his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. B. Ready, of this city. He is
engaged in the real estate and in
eurance business, being in partner
ship with F. NJ. johnson formerly
of this city. They have succeeded
in working up considerable bust
ness.
Edward Walden of Benton
county AID Mrs. S. H. Campbell of
Albany were married on Saturday
evening by Judge Palmer. The
wedding was quiet affair and they
went at once to their Benton county
home, where thev will reside. The
groom is about Is years old while
the bride is nearing the three score
and ten mark, and they are old and
respected residents of the valley.
Rev. G. H. Feese, recently from
the East will succeed DR.. Driver in
the evangelical work now in pro
gress at the Methodist Episcopal
church. He has been speaking
every evening since Tuesday, and
will continue over Sunday. A gen.
-eral invitation is extended to the
public to be present at the meetings,
and the promise is made that you
will be kept awake.
The following officers were elect
ed and recently installed for Bell
fountain Grange to serve during the
coming year: w. o., Clvde G.
Tharp; w. L G. K. Hall; w. S.,
w. S. Humphrey; Asst. S., H. H.
Hall; w. c., T. D. Hin; on; w. T.,
S. A. Tharp; w. Sec., M. E. Tharp;
G. k, A. Slough; Ceres, Mrs. Rick
ard; Poma, Mrs. Hall; Flora, Mrs.
Clyde Tharp; L. S. S., Amy Hin
ton.
Mrs. Isaac Moore, of CASTOR, is
In the city. Mrs. Moore is a sister
of G. E. Moore, and family a resi-
dent of this city. She is looking
for house to rent hoping to sell
her property in CASTOR and come to
Corvallis to reside. Mrs. Moore,
though "a years of age is yet very
spry and reads without the aid of
glass. Her husband run the first
ferry boat between Corvallis and
Linn county, his first boat being a
canoe made out of a log.
Without a dissenting vote the