Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-02-03

Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Ireland ex-
pect to leave today for a weeks
visit in Portland.
Miles Starr, E. A. King and J.
G. Hammei are Corvallsites who
have visited Albany during the
week
Miss Winnie Miller, Of Eugene,
arrived in Corvallis, Wednesday,
and will be the guest of Mrs. John
Smith for coupe of weeks.
Miss Lulu Jones, popular vocal
ist of Albany, is in the city, assist
ing with the music during the re-
vival services now in progress at
the Baptist church.
Gene Simpson, one of our most
enthusiastic chicken fanciers, states
that for seven months during tn
past year he averaged $62 so per
month on chickens. Those interest
ed had better see Gene and talk the
matter over with him.
Miss Winnie Logan, of Kings
Valley, arrived Tuesday from an
extended visit with her sister, Mrs.
A A. Bergan, in Ellensberg, Wash.
She was enroute to ner Kings Val
ley home, but stopped over day in
Corvallis, visiting at the home Of
her sister, Mrs. Will Horning.
FL. Miller has just completed a
2O-foot addition to his chicken
house. This makes the house 100
feet in length bv 9 feet in width.
1t is thought to be the most up-to-
date chicken house in the county
and his Buff Orpingtons have a
right t, be proud Of their home.
The ladies of the NJ. E. church
have changed the date of their
} chicken pie dinner, which was to
; have been given at the Marshal
Miller hall this evening. The
dinner hour is now from 5 to 8
O'clock tomorrow, Saturday evening
This is fpal. Pie a la Mothers
6 Make
Monday marked the beginning of
the second term of the public sdhool
, and all day long school children
: could be seen scurrying hlther and
: thither securing new books and ex-
changing old ones. Tuesday real
work commenced and the { a-b-ab"
6 proposition will be in order from
! now on.
N. F. Gillespie is no longer al
Mr.. Kline's store. He resigned Wed
nesday, after service of eight or
: nine years. Just what Mr.. Gillespie
: intends to engage in during the
n immediate future is not known, bu,
Q whatever he may undertake he has
many friends in this city who wish
}, him naught but good luck.
= Myrtle May Spaulding was giyer
, a party at the home of her grand
J, mother, Mrs. G. A. Spaulding, Tues
. day afternoon, the occasion being
her arrival with her mother, frou
Portland, for brief visit in thil
;, city. All the little girls forme
! schoolmates we're present and I
= jolly afternoon was spent.
# Victor Spencer, who has been
q prescription druggist at Graham 4
g Wells, this city, for some month
past, has accepted position in tn
wholesale department of the well
q known drug establishment of Wood
. ard & Clark, Portland. He wen
9 to Portland, Wednesday to ente
II upon his duties in his new field
;, Corvallis is Vic's" boyhood hom
q q and he has many friends here VIII
u regret that he has taken his depart
o ure but who wish him every success
1t Now that the Brick stable ha
le been purchased by Mr.. Laffert
le and the general understanding
ID that it is to be converted into
A. 6rst-class store building, why coul
le not some person of means be per
suaded to undertake some bushes
=, on the vacant lot just north? If
10 good business building was erecte
10 10 on the lot it would make a gr,s
" improvement in the appearance {
~ the business part of the city and j
~ a good place for business as we'll.
is A. B. Hammond, president {
10 the Corvallis & Eastern railroad
er has announced that F. II. Curti
he vice president of the Astoria
id Columbia railroad, will assum
D temporarily, the management (
/ the G. & E. Mr.. Curtis will, if
ne is found expedient be assisted b
in G. W. Root. of San Francisco
as Since the death of Edwin Ston
e. manager of the G. & E.. there b,
been some speculation as to WI
Mr.. Stones successor might b.
70, What the final arrangement will
ne is vet to develop.