Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-05
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. Philip Phile vieited Al
bany friends last Wednesday.

Miss Lille McAOams went 10
Independence las Tuesday to visit
with friends for a week or two.
A. F. Harlan is building a house
and barn on the ten-acre tract that
be recently purchased in Wells &
McElroy's addition.
Misses Mary Miller and Sarah
Wilhelm were down from Monroe
last Wednesday, shopping and
visiting with friends.
A meeting of citizens interested
in cleaning out Muddy creek is call
ed for May 13 and the Grange Hall
is the place of meeting.
Eugene Bogert. of Monmouth,
filed on timber claim in Will
lamette precinct, this county, last
Wednesday. The claim consists of
100 acres.
W. [. Price has let the contract
to McHenry Bros. to construct two
cottages on his property just south
of the Agricultural Hall. The
cottages are for rent.
Wednesday afternoon word was
phoned to this Office that the Wood
burn bank had been held up and
robbed of $4,000. This happened, !,
according to report in the middle
of the afternoon.
There will be preaching in the
new Adventist church in Jobs
Addition tomorrow evening and
Sunday morning and evening. w.
l.. Skeels, of Washington county,
will occupy the pulpit.
Last Wednesday Mrs. Eunice
Dutton appeared before County
Clerk Moses aid filed on home
stead Of 40 acres. Mrs. Dutton is
of Blodgett and the homestead
filed on is west of that place.
Jas. Flett is going to have shed
build on to the City stables. The
addition is to be 1926 feet and
work has already started Many
other improvements of minor i'm
portance are to be made. Charley
Heckart will do the work.
G. M. Cady, son of J. J. Cady, ot
this city, was recently transferred
from Roseburg to Albany where he
is night operator for the S. P. Com.
pany. During the week G. NJ
Cady and wife visited relatives in
this city.
OAC meets Columbia University
in a meet on the local field tomor-
row afternoon. Much interested il
attracted to this event ard hope is
high in college circles and dowr
town as we'll that OAC will carry
eff the honors.
The U. S. dredger, the Mathloms
was expected to leave Portland yes
terday for the Upper Willamette te
begin operations at once. 1t is moi
expected that she will c,me up 81
far as this city. but that she will
begin on the obstruction highest
up, which is between this city and
Albany.
General Thorp arrived home
, Wednesday noon, from sojourn Q
some weeks in Chicago and othe
Eastern cities, whittier he had beer
called to perfect and oversee Ger
tain detail work on the Agriculture
automobile which be recentl
patented. The general met wit
unr sual good luck, he reports.
Mrs. Aileen Hartley, who la
been visiting her mother, Mrs.
f. Peterson, of this city, returne
TO her home in Cottage Grove, yes
terday. It is understood that Mr.
Peterson intended going to til
same place yesterday to enter
sanitarium in that city for treat
ment.
William G. Bryant, colleg
student returned from brief Wis
at his home near Hubbard, Or
last Wednesday. He stated tn;
where he lives much corn is plan
ed and that it does pretty wei
They were just starting to plar
corn at the time he returned to r
sumo his studies.
J. T. Phillips has just complete
the construction of gigantic Gle
roller for M. S. Woodcock. Th
it will mash clods there is no re-
son for doubt, but it looks ,
though it would require half II
horses in the connty to draw
There are all told, three very lar
rollers, two behind and one ahea
in the center. The workmansh
: is good, SO is the idea, and wit
horses enough to draw it there CO
certain1v he M conoploint of II