Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-10-17

J. S. Booth returned Friday
from a visit at Portland. Incident
ally he saw the Fair.
Thomas earns and family, of AL
sea, moved Thursday into the Pet
erson house, near the Bogue place.
Mr.. snd Mrs. Henry Amber left
Friday for fishing trip at the Bay
They are to return tomorrow.
A. K. Miner left Tuesday for the
Bohemia mines on business trip.
He will be absent several weeks.
The w. G. T. q. will meet in the
Reading Room on Thursday, Oct.
10, at 3 o'clock. An informal tea
will be served to the new members
friends.
Bert Peters and Bert Newton re-
turned Saturday from Buena Vesta
where they have been employed ct
carpenter work on the Jack Hall
residence.
| Miss Mary Jones arrived home
Wednesday from Canada, where
she has been visiting relatives since
the last of June. She will spend
the winter in Corvallis.
Mrs. Ed Jackson is in a Portland
hospital, where on Wednesday she
underwent serious surgical oper-
ation. She is said to be getting
along as we'll as could be expected.
| Miss Claire Starr, who came
from her home at Belfountain at
the opening of college to become a
student was taken home Friday,
critically i'll with appendicitis. She
had to be moved on a bed, so seri-
GUS was her condition.
Miss Lillian Ranney went to
Portland, Friday morning, to visit
for a couple of weeks. She saw the
closing of the Fair, even though she
had been down to the Exposition
before.
Mrs. Ethel Peters, daughter of
A. N. Harlan. of this city, arrived
in Corvallis, Friday, from Lincoln,
Nebraska. Her husband is expect
ed to arrive in this city some time in
January and it is probable that
they viii. decide to remain here.
Emil Schrader is the name of
the new baker at Small's. He is
certified to be frst-class in all de-
partments of the business and 10
better guarantee is necessary than
a knowledge of the fact that he
held positisn in Oregon City for
eight years.
Otto Headrick came out from AL
sea, Friday, having been over there
for week or longer on fishing
trip He and his father and broth
er caught an untold nun Ger of
trout and salmon. From what Of
to said the sport was simply i'm
mense. He remained over Satur-
day to see the game of football be-
tween O. A. G. and Whithworth,
and returned to Salem and his bu-
siness by the early rrain Sunday.
/ B. w. johnson arrived home
from Portland, Thursday evening,
and Robert johnson the following
evening. Both had been to the
metropolis as delegates to the
grand lodge of the Knights of the
Pythias. The latter had a narrow
escape from being drawn into the
great republican love feast that was
in progress during his sojourn down
there. Robert was an A l demo
lcrat, too.
i Yesterday morning Chars Heck
art and a force of carpenters begar
work on the country residence o
Gustave Harding. Mr.. Heckar
recently finished making what b.
terms a tarpola, large cover, so,
go feet, that can be spread over 1
house, and in this way work can b
continued on building regardles
of the weather. At present M
Heckart is working nine men AM
his contracts enough to run hin
until the first of the year.
A few days ago. B. D. Arnold
of the firm of Diliy & Arnold, G
> this city, arrived in town from tn
farm of A. J. Gator, near the Inde
,, pendence school house. While GU
there, Mr.. Arnold was employed a
1.-THE task of installing and placin
in operation a large grist mill fo
Mr.. Gator. The mill has caps
city Of so bushels per hour, whic
!. lis exceedingly good. The calcula
: tion of the owner is to grind fee
for the various farmers of his vicir
+ ity. The mill is driven by stear
! power.
Prof. Harry Beard had the co
t1oro hop1 On tho straafr shorfl