Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-06
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

in the city this week, on business.
L. w. HARLAN, of Albany, was in !
the city Tuesday, on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Maitland, OF
Portland, are visiting at the Oren
home this week.
D. B. Taylor, of Independence,
was a business visitor in Corvallis
last Tuesday.
A. A. Mead, of Forest Grove,
was guest at the Hotel Corvallis,
last Tuesday.
Lee Kennedy, ,f Portland, is
visiting friends and relatives IN
Corvallis this week.
It is reported that G. B. Winn
has retired from the Albany Her
aid, and that Mr.. Westgate will
conduct the paper alone.
Herbert Root returned from his
Christmas vacation at his home TN
Wasco, last Tuesday to resume his
studies at OAC.
In the great game between Multi
nomah and Seattle played in Port
land last Monday, the former team
won by score OF 6 to 0.
Frank Hurt has accepted a
position with the Seattle Water
company, and accompanied by his
wife left last Saturday for Seattle
to reside,
The annual Linn county poultry
show is to be held in Albany Jan
uary lS, 19, 20 and 81. A num-
Der of Corvallis poultry fanciers
have signifed their intention of ex-
hibiting.
The Iowa Club were highly en-
tertained on New Years Day at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Francisco. A fine dinner was
served, at which about 80 former
residents of Iowa were present.
Miss Eva Starr accompanied Mrs.
Van Fleet to her Portland home
yesterday. Mrs. Van Fleet has
been visiting for a week at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. M, T.
Starr.
After winning many valuable
awards in poultry shows in Cal
ifornia, Oregon and Washington
wish his fine -blooded Buff Leghorns
Gene Simpson has sold his poultry
business to W. J. Fischer of Linn
county.
A copy of the first biennial re-
port of the Bureau of Labor Stats
tics and Inspector of Factories has
just. been issued by the state print
ing office, BY o. P. Huff, commits
sioner. This office acknowledges
receipt of a copy.
w. B. Chase, a former old-tim'
resident of this city. has been VI
from Portland several days in th'
interest of the local water company
returning home Yesterday. Mr.
Chase is now IN the water work
business, and is at present putting
in plant for the city Of Tillamook
He has a proposition before tn
council of this city, to bring waite
down from Rock creek. He is th
man who built the present waite
works, a number of years ago.
The little four-year-old daughte
of Mrs. Keys became lost last Tue'
day and wandered down to th
S. P. depot, where she found he
way on board the passenger trai
and came near being C, rried out
the city. Luckily the conducte
discovered the little tot and pl
it off near the Howard home, ar
as she could not tell where her hon
was she was kept there over nigh
Wednesday morning the child
parents were found, but a cor
plant was made by other parti
and the little girl was commits
to the Boys and Girls Aid Socie
in Portland, being taken there We
nesday.
At the meeting of the board
directors and stockholders of t
Great Eastern Mining &C., held
the First National Bank Tuesd
evening the following were elect
as the board of directors for t
year 1905: F. J. Hard, Lev
Hartley. A. K. Miner, Augu
Fischer and T. III. Welsher.
J. Hard, was elected presidel
August Fischer, vice president,
E. Lilly, secretary and treasur
and Horace Lilly, assistant sec
tary. The members of this CO..
pany report that everything
working smoothly in their min
and they are well pleased with
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