Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-09-08
LOCAL AND PERSONA

FlslG III OIt1dnu, 1uoSudy.
George E. Lily went to Portland
Wednesday to form an opinion on
the Fair.
Born, Monday, Sept. 4, to the
wife of A. P. Harlan, in this city,
a daughter.
w. c. Swami and wife went to
Portland, Wednesday, to visit at
the Fair few days.
The First Methodist Sunday
school will meet in the League
rooms at the usual hour next Sab
bath.
Regular services in the M. E.
church, South, next Sabbath.
Preaching by the pastor both morn
ing and evening.
Monday evening there was a
dance at the newly built hop dryer
of G. E. Ireland's few miles north
of this city. A large number of
people were in attendance and a
good time is reported.
Theodore -Garrow, son of Mr..
and Mrs. E. J. Garrow Of this city,
will leave Sunday for the East. He
intends entering Cornell Univer-
sity. Theodore graduated from
OAC last June.
Mrs. Sherman Wade, who has
been visiting with her mother,
Mrs. John Rickard, in this city,
for the past week or ten days, will
start today for her home in Olex,
Eastern Oregon. She will be ac-
companied by her sister, Miss
Belle Ranney.
Taylor Porter and Ed Williams
were subpoenaed the first of the
week to report for jury service in
Portland in connection with the
land fraud cases. Wednesday,
Mrs. Taylor went to Portland to
visit the Fair while her husband
was in that city.
H. L. French spent a few days
recently in the vicinity of Monroe
locating fruit for the Benton county
booth at the Fair. Mr.. French
does the locating and his son, Sid
ney, does the collecting. During
the past few days a great many
choice prunes have been sent down
for exhibit.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wiley arri-
we'd in Corvallis couple of days
ago for brief visit. It is about
four years since John was in our
city, in fact, he left Corvallis short
y after his graduation from OAC
in 1901. He now holds a good po-
sition connected with the post office
in Portland.
Sherman Chappell, Fred Darby
and others departed, Wednesday,
for an outing in the vicinity of
Fisher. They will be in the
menntains for a week or so and
during Mr.. Chappelps absence his
farm will be in charge of his bro
ther, Hernans who arrived from
near Los Angeles, California. few
days ago.
J. M. Nolan came near being the
victim of a serious accident while
letting down the awning in front
of his place Of business, Tuesday
morning. In some manner the
windlass used in raising and lower
ing the awning by chain got away
from him and he siezed the chain.
AS a result his left hand was drawn
into the pulley ard was quite badly
pinched and bruised.
) Wilbur Garrow arrived in this
city, Monday, after an absence of
several years. He came u p for
brief visit with relatives. 'Yester-
day in company with his father,
E. J. Garrow, it was the intention
to start for Humboldt county, Cali
fornia, where they are expecting to
superintend the construction Of
very large reservoir dam on Eel
river.
On his arrival home a few DAYS
ago from Portland and Astoria,
Thomas Whitehorn reported that
he had seen R. E. Gibson while
away and the latter was preparing
to take a crew of Cinnamon to
Rogue river to operate a salmon
cannery. Mr.. Gibson now resides
in Portland, but during the period
of his residence in this city parties
connected with the cannery on
Rogue got in his debt and he is
now attempting to get his money
-Sack.
A couple of days ago party
from the country was in town with
a horse afflicted with distemper.
This fact started some gentlemen
who noJiced the condition of the
animal to talking. They agreed
that it was a menace to other