Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-07-15
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Wheat Is cents.

o. V. Hurt went to Portla nd
Tuesday for few days visit.
R. C. and Mrs. Whitehead spent
Tuesday IN Albany.
Rev Reeves, returned Wednesday
from a visit to Albany.
w. O. Williams, of Marshfeld, is
in the city looking for a location.
j. A. Archibald of Philomath
transacted business in Albany Wed
nesuay.
M. G. Flynn and S. Gregg, Of
Philomath, were here on business
Wednesday.
J. B. Horner is in Eastern Ore
gon near La Grande, Union county
working in the interest of the Ore
gon Agricultural College.
MIR. and Mis-. W. B. Lacy left
last Wednesday for a two weeks
visit with relatives at Heppner,
this state.
Mrs. Susie Starr who lives just
north of Prof. O. W. Holmes will
erect a 1Ox22 addition to her resi-
dence in the near future. Ada ms
Bros. are the contractors.
Ira P. Whitney, who attended
O. A. G. two years ago and who
has been holding a very responsible
position in the Wash'n Agricul-
tural College, is visiting friends
here.
J. Sengor keeps the best hand
made shoes in town.
Gabriel Long, who recently sold
his farm in Kings Valley and NOV
ed to this city, will soon begin the
erection of a six roomed co ttage in
Jobs Addition. Adams Bros. have
the contract.
A very quiet wedding occurred at
Philomath Monday evening, july
18th when Mr.. G. E. Beers and
Miss Anna Stear, both of Box, Lin
coin county, were united in mar
riage by Justice of the peace, A. j..
Williams.
J. Senger keeps the best hand
made shoes in town.
Newport is becoming famed as a
summer resort. The travel this
season is unusually large. Beside
the special excursions of societies,
churches, etc., hundreds of families
are moving down to the coast for
the summer.
Fishing tackle, hunters supplies
and sporting goods at Hodes' Pho
neer Gun Store.
The quarantine on Jake Hubert
was raised Saturday and he ap-
peared among his friends again
yesterday He has no visible
marks of small pox and made good
use of his time during his confine-
ments as he was plowing nearly
everv day.
J. Senger keeps the best hand
made shoes in town.
Hay is about all cut in Benton
county and baling has begun.
Good hay is selling at from five to
eight dollars in the field; although
the yield was light the acreage has
been large. It was thought that
the price of hay would be sky high,
but it is now known that it cannot
get very high as many farmers have
cut acres of wheat and oats for
hay. Wheat harvesting has just
begun in places The yield of fall
grain although light is better than
was anticipated few weeks ago.
Hammocks at Hollenburg &
Cady's.
The new dynamo and switch
board for the college arrived
Wednesday from New York. The
combined weight of the two is 9OO0
and it is by far the largest and best
outfit in any part of the Willamette
valley. The switch-b board which is
largely of mahogany alone cost
$3.50. The wiring is going on
steadily and all arrangements for its
complete operation will be completed
by the opening of school. All the
buildings will be wired separately
80 any one of them may be used
without lighting up the other build
ings.
Buy a meal ticket at Chipman's 3
and eat when you please.
A local dramatic and elocutionary
club has been organized consisting
of a number of young people, many
of whom are 0. A. G. students re-
naming here for the summer. The
object of the organization is to gain
practice along the above named
lines, and also as profitable source