Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Attorney J. r. Yates was called
to Albany on business last Tuesday
evening.

Attorney j. II. Yates was called
to Albany on business last Tuesday
evening.
Samuel Strong, q cousin Of E. W.
Strong, is here on q visit. His
home is in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Bank Inspector A. j. johnson
and Attorney e. e. Wilson made q
trip to Salem, Tuesday, on matters
of a business nature.
The county clerk reports that
the past week and a-half has been
the most quiet Of any like period
since he entered that Office.
s. o. Pease, Mrs. Florence Nc
Dowell and nephew, Reason Harris,
departed, Tuesday, for Klamath
Falls, where they will spend the
summer az guests of Mrs. Mellow
ellis daughter, Mrs. w. Barnes.
The Oregona arrived in this city
Wednesday night and will be kept
busy for week or ten days on the
river above this point bringing
wheat to the Fischer Touring mills.
The Oregona is in charge of Capt.
Clyde Raabe.
TT. Vincent has good portion
Of the necessary lumber on the
grounds for building his residence
in Wilkins Addition. The cement
blocks for the foundation are on
hand and building will begin as
soon as the weather will permit.
Hattie Cochran, cousin of E.
W. Strong, left few days ago for
her home in Cincinatti, Ohio. She
was here for a visit with Mr.. Strong
and family. While she was here
Mr.. Strong,s mother, who lives in
Beaverton, Or, was up to see her,
as well as Mrs. Watts, Mrs. Strong's
mother.
| Last Saturday Prof. A. B. Cord
ley, Of OAC, was taken sick and
for several days since he has been
confined to his bed. He came near
having pneumonia, and it is thought
that his illness was brought on him
by exposure during his last trip
through certain sections of Eastern
Oregon. He is now convalescent.
: Presbyterian Church, Rev. M. S
Bush. Bible School 10 a. m. Wor-
ship IL a. 10. Subject, "a Hal.
Victory" G. E. Meeting $50 p. M
Evening service at 7:3O, subject
f E"Pentecost.' Copies of lessons oi
, the Welsh Revival" by Rev. g
Campbell Morgan, D. D., of Lcndop
will be distributed at this service
: Mrs. Minnie Green passed through
this city, Tuesday, on her way
to the Linn county Jail. She wal
accompanied to this city by he
husband. Fred Green, who will re
main in Benton's bastile. Both arr
J held on the charge Of numbering E
J, G. Sharratt and will be kept in theil
respective jails until the mex
term of the circuit court for Lincoln
/ county.
That the Corvallis Sawmill Co
; was busy this month is evidenced
:: by the fact that from March 7th tt
! Goth their sales amounted to $2,771.
81. Besides this, bills for lumber
enough to erect two or three gooe
! houses are not counted in the abov
figures. As this was nearly, if no
quite, all sold in the home market
t it is plain that Corvallis, even a
. this season of the year is doing con
3 siderable building. The recen
e rains will enable this company t,
: float to the mill, from the regions O
: Peoria and Long Tom, about 200
q 600 feet of hardwood logs. This is q
= industry which is great asset 70
: any community.
81 Consul-G General H. B. Miller wi
lecture at OAC chapel tomorro,
evening at 8 o'clock, It is perfectl
y safe to predict that the chapel wi
70 not seat the crowd on this occasion
j. for Consul Miller's subject will (
II observations in the Orient" a se
st tion of the globe where one of tt
d greatest struggles of modern tim'
o is at present in progress. Mr.. MI
of ler is but recently from the scene
ID the war and is prepared, not alor
1t to relate his observations, but to
1t lustrate them. Mr.. Miller was fo
t, merly president Of OAC, and it j
ct understood that it is his own prop
,e sition to appear here. IF such is Il
)f case,Iit is very kind of him; it is, ar
le way you look at the matter. Pres
at dent Catch and the entire faculty a
20 showing interest in the propos'
ne lecture.
At the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
IS w. Woods, of this city, on Mar
be 10, was an unusual occurrence