Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-09-05
LOCAL AND Personal

Zack Taylor arrived home from
Portland, Saturday.
Pearl Thomas spent few days
of last week at the Fair.
Mrs. Conrad oMyer, of Albany,
visited Corvallis friends last week.
F. Il. Miller is accused of burn
ing the Berlin house to get charcoal
for his Buff Orpingtons. ~
w. T. Nichols went to Lebanon
Saturday, on business that he ex-
pected would detain him a day or
two. -
Friday, Mrs. M. Jacobs and
daughters went TO Portland to visit
with relatives and see the Fair for
a week or two.
w. G. Emery went to Portland
Friday and took samples of his
Photographic work with him for ex.
hibition at the photographers meet,
George E. Lilly, of the First
National Bank, is having his an
nual two week's-lay-of. No doubt
he finds it hard to keep from work.
ing.
Mrs. E. S. Murray having resig.
ned as superintendent of press work
of Corvallis w. G. T. u, Mrs. E.
C. Lumm has been elected to the
position.
The Oregonian says: The Cor.
Wallis Social and Athletic Club has
resumed business at the old stand.
They call it an athletic club be.
cause of the popularity of the gin
sling.
Saturday, Adams Bros. received
notification that they had been
awarded the contract to build a
house for A. J. Hall at Buena Vista.
twill cost about 81, 900 and work
begins next week.
Dame Rumor has it that after all
the deal between E. W. Strong and
Fred Douty, whereby the latter
was to secure the Corvallis saw.
mill. fell through, and Mr.. Strong
will continue in possession.
Misses Una and Ethel Young, O.
Dayton, Ohio, will give an Elocu-
tionary Recital at the Southern
Methodist church, this Tuesday
evening, September 5, beginning
at 8:15 o'clock. Admission 10 and
Is cents.
Carroll Cecil, after visiting fol
about a week at the home of J. G
Taylor, this city, left for Portland
Sunday. After visiting the Fail
for several days he will proceed or
to his home in Burns, Southern
Oregon.
Henry Amber, one of our lead
ing real estate dealers, accompanied
by his wife. visited the Fair al
Portland last week. Mr.. Amber
speaks only in praise of what ht
saw and declares the Exposition tt
be one Of the greatest possible edu-
Gators. He says that Benton's ex.
hibit looks well.
Miss Louisa Gilbert has beer
quite i'll of late and has been the
object of considerable anxiety or
the part of relatives and friends in
this city. Several of Miss Gilbert's
married sisters are here from othel
parts of the state. So soon as hel
condition will permit, it is proposed
to send her to California for he
health.
The Independence West Side is
championing the idea of doing
something for Yaquina Bay wher
the Willamette Valley Develop
lnent League meets in Eugene the
latter part of this month. This il
an excellent idea, if any good come
from it. When the people reall,
mean business they will do bust
ness-but they seem pretty hard tt
awaken.
W. S. Gardner, one Of our wei
known photographers, left Sunda,
for Portland where he will attenl
the meeting Of the Photographers
Association of the Northwest
Many samples of his work that h
took with him for exhibition wer
left at this Office for inspection jus
before he went down to the metro
polls. The work was fine in ever,
detail or else we are no Judge.
DeGaris Reeves recently com
pleted his summer course at th
University Of Washington at Seattl
and is visiting his father in thi
city. Before coming home he wen
with party for an outing an
scaled Mt. st. Helens. He wi
leave for Vancouver, Wash, i
season for the opening Of the schools
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