Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-01
THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Willie Wells left, Tuesday, for his
home in Alberta, Canada.
w. T. Nichols was visiting old
friends at Sweet Home last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Callahan
went to Portland, Wednesday, for
holiday
Mrs. A. J. Layton, and children,
of Lebanon, have been visiting rela-
tives in this city.
w. w. Crawford, of Lebanon,
with his family, was visiting in
this city last week.
The new chemical laboratories
will be ready for use at the opening
of school on Monday. ..
Geo. B. Harder, of Portland, left
Tuesday for that place after visit
with w. E. Yates and family.
Miss Erma Sutherland arrived
Wednesday from Scio, and is the
guest of Mrs. Julia Lafferty.
While we are having the thick
est fogs for some time, Lincoln
county is enjoying sunshine every
day.
Mrs. H. w. Hall and son, Ar
thur, spent few days in Portland
this week. They returned yester-
day.
B. F. Jones, of Toledo, passed
through Corvallis, Wednesday, en-
route home from business trip to
Portland.
Miss Mary Nolan will return to
Portland Sunday, where she will
resume her studies at St. Marys
Academy.
A. w. Blackburn, of this city,
has been visiting his mother, Mrs.
D. R. N. Blackburn, in Albany
during the week.
Fred S. Fischer, who has been at
tending Portland Business College,
is spending the holidays at his
home in this city.
A. w. Rose, of Chitwood, is in
Corvallis for few days visiting old
friends He is thinking Of dispos-
ing of his property.
John, Cyrus and Maggie McCor-
mick were visiting their home in
Lebanon. Linn county, during the
Christmas holidays.
Louis Edwards and family, of
Bellfountain, spent the Christmas
holidays in family reunion with
John Foshay in Albany.
Roy Bell, well known in Corval-
lis, had his foot mashed while
handling a heavy trunk at Inde-
pendence one day this week.
Clarence Chipman is making
preparations to build an addition
to his residence, on Fourth street,
lust north of the court house.
VIM. GeIlatly shipped, Wednes-
day, a carload of fine beef cattle
from Wrenn to Salem. The ami
mails were mostly of the Durham
breed.
Rev. Vincent will occupy the pull
pit of the United Evangelical
church next Sunday morning and
evening. Rev. Deck will hold ser
vices in AIsea on same date.
Madame Rumor has it that there
is to be wedding in town today,
the principal parties to be a young
lady of Salem and a prominent
Young business man of this place.
Robert Miller, a school teacher of
Brownsville, spent few days this
week with his brother, G. A. Miller
"Bob" is a good cornetist and
was for some time the leader of the
band at Shedd.
In an article on "The Age of the
World" Sir Edward Fry, the
famous English geologist, declares
that 45,eO0,OOO years must have
elapsed since the existence of life |
on the globe. We wouldn't have
taken Adam to be that old.
The order cf Railway Trainmen
have degree called the Order of
Owls. The officers are Gray Owl,
Hoot Owl, Screech Owl, Scratch
Owl and Stuffed Owl. After the
monthly banquet they all become
boiled owls.
&c. Ecker, of Winside, Nebras-
ka, is visiting at the home of Cur
tis Simpson, in Corvallis since
Christmas. Mr.. Ecker is a news
paper man, editing the Winside
Tribune. He came to the coast !
about a year ago for the benefit of
his health.
Cecil Butler, who holds posi-
ton with a Portland firm, spent |
Christmas day with his parents
near Corvallis. Eric Butler. who
40 .lSo hare on q vacation leaves to-