Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-09
Attorney W. s. McFadden was
in ALBANY. .on business last Satur-

in Albany, ON business last Satur-l
day. I
Frank A. White returned home
from Brownsville, where
he was engaged for a period at
piano tuning.
At the earnest request of many
friends q. II. Davis has consented
to allow the people to vote on him
for mayor Of the City of Corvallis
at the election next Monday. ~,
Claud Starr, of Corvallis, has
located in this city where he has
engaged in the grocery business
with T. J. Anderson. He has
brought his family here-Albany
Herald.
At the communion services Sun
day at the Presbyterian church there
was the largest number of COM
municants ever known in the history
of the church and six members
were welcomed.
H. W. Kaupisch returned, Satur-
day from four or five days spent in
| Lincoln county on busiless connect
ed with the creamery. He reports
things good with him while there
and says that everything in Lincoln
seems prosperous.
| Saturday evening MISS Loretto
Sheasgreen gave a drive whist
party to dozen or more friends
in honor of Miss Minnie Woldt,
who left for Portland, yesterday.
The young people had splendid
time at whis: and later were in
vited to partake of delicious re-
freshments. -:.,
Last Saturday, Amber & Waters
neg, tiated the sale of the John
Peterson place, near Inavale, to Mr..
Tyler. The place consists of So
acres and the price paid was $4,000.
Mr.. Tyler is recent arrival from the
Frazier river county, in Washing
ton. He will take immediate
possession.
This year something a trifle out
of the ordinary is scheduled fol
OAC--it is "senior Day." and to.
morrow is it. In the morning the
entire senior class are supposed te
60 to the sylvan glades hereabouts
provided by Nature, while IN the
i, evening they will attend en- masse
the Norris & Rowe circus.
J. G. Hammel has just added reg
lister at his hotel that is certainly
, a beauty. 1t pivots, as many Others
do, and there is nothing new abou
this, but the designs wrought II
pure sterling silver are most ex
quisite to gaze upon. Altogether i
:. represents considerable value ant
"Mine Host" is justified in hil
> pride of possession.
Mrs. G.. Bareinger, who reside
3 about eight miles southwest Of thi
city, has supplied the county cour
. with an article for exhibition at th
Lewis and Clark Fair that W,
wager will not be duplicated by an
county in Oregon or any other state
1t is a piece of old-fashioned, home.
! made lye soap, made by herself an
, husbar d 33 years ago.
8 In order properly to give an ide
of what he was doing B. R. Thong
a son recently had a piece of galvan
q lied iron cut into the form of a
artists palette. On one side {
. this he painted water scene; OIL
. the other side was painted n SINH
= lar scene, with the exception that
. boat was supposed to be floating o
g the placid waters. This was hun
- up in front of his photograph ga
lery and last Friday evening wa
!. stolen. Some rogue in this sectio
! seems to be strangely drawn towar
art.
County court is to hold an az
= journed term next Saturday and
1T the morning will proceed to il
vestigate the condition of the Oa
a Creek road a mile or two fro
IS town. This is not the portion
" Oak Creek road between this cit
N and Philomath. but piece of ros
n between Corvallis and the P. ]
al Kline farm west Of here. In Il
IS rainy season Oak Creek overflow
Is and runs along in the middle of tt
n road, cutting it out badly. Tt
q. soil is such that it is hard to {
.a anything in the way Of road bull
~ ~ ing and it is proposed to change tt
~ location of a certain section al
= = make some repairs of a permane
~ ~ nature in other places. This is
w piece of road that has for mai
- years given much trouble.