Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-08-11

Mrs. E. E. Mondy went to New
port, Tuesday, to remain a few
weeks.
Walter Taylor returned home
Wednesday from a weeks visit to
the exposition.
Mrs. johnson Porter went to
Portland, Tuesday, to remain a
week or longer.
Miss Maud Hurt is to leave Sun
day for visit with her brother,
Frank, in Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Johnson and
children left, Sunday. for Portland
to attend the Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Starr of Mon
roe are guests of their children in
Corvallis this week.
The Elgin residence. on Third
street is almost completed and will
be ready for occupancy next week.
Mrs. Susan Starr, Benson Starr
and Miss Ruby Starr left Wednes-
day for a visit with Bellefountain
relatives.
Miss Helen Holgate, accompan-
led by her guests, Mr.. and Mrs..
W. Williamson of Youngstown,
Ohio, left Wednesday for visit at
Newport.
There is talk among some of Cor
Wallis base ball "has teens" of try
ing the present champions a game,
Should these teams play for blood
or high stakes we hope to be present.
Roy Raber, who is one in charge
of Benton's exhibit at the Fair,
came up Wednesday on business
connected with our display. He in
tended to go back to the metropolis
yesterday afternoon.
A visitor in Corvallis Wednesday
was Andrew P. Wymore, sheriff of
Clay county, Missouri. Mr.. Wy
more resides at Liberty, Mo. While
in the city be visited the Benton
county officials in their Offices
Word has reached Corvallis to
the effect that Eli Spencer and
family are figuring on running a
hotel in Washington this winter.
They have finished their work peel
ing chittim bark not far from Che
halls.
Mrs. Heber'dSwann accompanied
by her sister, Miss Grace Glassford,
arrived home recently after an alb
sence of month. While away they
visited the Fair at Portland; they
also visited in The Dalles and Ore
gon City.
Mrs. Jesse Spencer went to Port.
land Tuesday. There she met her
daughter, Miss Hattie, who has been
at Cove, Eastern Oregon, for some
time. After an extended visit at
the Fair the mother and daughter
are to come home together.
Miss Tillman, of Portland, is the
guest for the summer vacation of
Miss Jones, the nurse. Miss Till
man is also assisting in the ia oer-
nacle meetings in Jobs addition,
being a contralto singer whose voice
is said to add much to the interest
OF the meetings.
The county is having a splendid
bridge put in across a stream near
the Fischer mill. The structure is
to have cement abuttments and
these are already in place. Much
of the framing is already done and
lit is now only a question of short
time when the new bridge will be
open for travel.
A party consisting Of B. w
johnson, Alex Rennie, E. e. Will
son and w. D. DeVarney expect to
leave tomorrow for Yachats on q
fishing and hunting expedition of a
week or two Early next week
Mayor A. J. Johnson will join the
ipar,y. Council meeting is mex
Monday night and this prevents
the mayor from going along to-
morrow.
/ One Of the quickest real estat,
deals ever consummated in this cit,
was that made by Amber & Wat
ters Tuesday. Mrs. NJ. L. Webe
met Judge Walters on the street il
the morning and placed her resi-
dence property in his hands to sell
Within an hour the place was sol'
to Mrs. Anna L. Mills, late arriv
al from Nebraska. The consider
alton was $500.
! B. w. Johnson arrived home
j Tuesday evening from the Portland
where he had been a visitor at th,
Fair. Mr.. Johnson is loud in hi
lpraises Of the Exposition and de
clares that it is not only credit t.
4 0rau0n b1t tn anv nIaca on earth