Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-11-07
LOCAL AND Personal

Simpson are TWO Corvalisites who
visited Albany on business last
week.
Quite large delegation went
from this city 10 Salem, Saturday, to
witness the football game between
Willamette and Q Of O.
The family of John smallman ar
rived, Sunday, from Independence,
and are domiciled in the w. P.
Miner house on North Main street.
There was a practice dance in the
Armory Saturday afternoon and
evening, at which time q goodly
number of young people INDUCED
in the terpsichorean pastime.
i. Riley Shelton, accompanied by a
Mr.. Lund, left for Alsea country
Saturday. They went via Monroe
and are on a sheep buying trip.
The gentlemen are from Scio.
Supt. Denman, who returned
last week from a visit to the
schools in Alsea, reports everything
in that section to be moving along
nicely.
Dick Llewellyn is the man at the
helm at Small's bakery now. He
is from Salem and began work in
this city Friday. He is an expert
enced baker and his work is first
class.
Heman Hall came up from Port
land, Thursday, to visit for few
days in this city, his old home.
He says that the folks are getting
along nicely in Portland. At pres
ent Heman is employed in the I'm
perial Hotel.
Tt is reported on pretty good
authority that Thos. Leese, banker
of Corvallis, and Mr.. Scarth, of the
Toledo bank, have rented rooms for
3years in the J. r. Porter building
at Newport and will open branch
bank in that city about the first
of the year.
Our board of school directors,
F. L. Miller, G e. Hout and George
E. Lilly, met Friday evening in the
Office of the clerk of the district,
w. A. Buchanan for the transaction
of such business as was on hand.
The only thing requiring attention
was the matter Of salaries for the
month.
Hope Grange, of Alsea, is pre-
pairing for an anniversary celebra-
ton to be held December 4. DR..
James Withycombe, of OAC, will
be invited to make the principal
address. There will be regular
- program on this occasion and the
usual splendid banquet for which
g.. the Alsea matrons are noted.
At present Thomas Chandler is
postmaster at Alsea, pending the
appointment of some person to this
position. There is q movement on
foot to have the hotel, post office
and telephone business at that
place all under one roof. Steps are
to be taken toward getting night
operator for the telephone at that
point and then there will be service
during every hour Of the twenty
four.
W. G. Lane has awarded the
contract for building Broom cot.
tage to R. N. Adams. The structure
is to be erected just west of tne
dwelling at present occupied by Mr.
Lane. Mr.. Adams is going tt
hustle the work on hand as is evi-
. denced by the fact that while b.
did not secure the contract unit
Thursday evening, Friday saw hin
at work.
A fellow who undertook to bea
his way on the Corvallis train
day or two ago had the good Gems
to change his mind when Conducto
Thomas Riley asked for the far
and he paid, though making threat
of trouble for being compelled to d
co. hO 1Olio" pOhU ooulO douIo
this city and some people who sav
him thought he had some ments
af1iction.--Albary Herald.
Saturday, Clerk Moses awarde
the contract to build residence 0
bis property just west of the NJ. F
church, South, to R. N. Adam
The structure completed is to COS
$1,000 and will be modern to th
hour. It will have cement four
dation and will be wood fibre fnisl
ed. The residence will be tw'
- story and have seven rooms, j
addition to large Railways an
numerous closets. The plans an
specifications show that when dor
the residence will be among Il
most attractive in the city.
The following yery interestir