Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-12-25

Fred, Bert and Wilbur Croft are
spending Christmas with their sis
ter at Shedd. +;
Kigneer Buick, an OAC student,
is visiting friends in Linn county
during the holidays.
Miss Mary Elgiu is the guest of
Miss Margaret Mccormick, at Leb-
anon. Sac will remain over the
holidays.
Walter Hubbard, of Dallas, and
Mrs. Ed De Almond of Suver are
ver-christmas guests of Mrs. G..
E.. Cummings.
Mrs. William Robinett, of Hal
sey, returned home Saturday, after
a visit at the home of her sister,
Mrs. B. A. Cathey.
Merwin McMaines went over to
Toledo, Friday. He expects to
hold y case in the Office of the
Lincoln County Leader.
During the holidays when look
ing for amusement be sure to re-
member the missouri Girl" on
Wednesday evening.
C. B. King and family, who are
visiting here from Couer ID Alene,
Idaho, visited relatives at Toledo
the last of the week. They return
home shortly after the holidays.
A freight car got wrecked Friday
evening on the East Side near Ore
gon City and passengers and mail
for Corvallis, due on the regular 8
o'clock train from Albany did not
arrive until about II o'clock (mid-
night.
A true story of the simple people
who inhabit that part Of Missouri
where the Ozark mountains rear
their wooded heads, Is that of the
Missouri Cir" appearing at the
Opera House Wednesday evening.
In order to fttingly observe
Christmas Day we went to press
Saturday evening. Monday
(Christmas) was our regular press
day and we were obliged to ante
date the paper in order to get our
holiday. Wethink ourselves en-
titled to one day in the year, at
any rate we hope all our readers
such a merry time Of it that they
will not be critical about this Issue
We are informed that in various
sections of the county tuere is a
tendency to enter into walnut cul-
ture. The prevailing opinion is
that English walnuts will do
s%plendidly in this section and many
hundreds of trees will have been
planted before another year rolls
around. Should the culture Of this
crop prove profitable it will be a
big thing for Benton county.
Thomas Horning and family
were in Corvallis the last Of the
week on their WY home to Toledo.
They had been to Portland to bring
home the daughter, Miss Maud,
who for many weeks has been
under treatment in q hospital.
The young lady underwent an OPP
for a diseased cordition of
the bone of one limb. and it will be
many weeks before she will be able
to walk.
In spite of the fact that a series
of fairs had already been given
this month by the various churches
in the city, the Methodist sale at
Farmers hotel Tuesday, concluding
with a chicken pie supper from 5 to
9 p. m. Wednesday a well pat
ronized, and III every respect a sue
cess. The young girls Of the r.
termediate League sold homemade
candies, and from this source, the
sale of articles and the supper, the
total receipts amounted to some
thing over 500.
There is probably no place Of
business in Corvallis that is more
rushed ast now than the commits
sion house of Smith & Boulder.
From Monday until Friday of last
week the shipments by this firm
ran as follows: Chickens, 42O,
amounting to 1926 pounds; turkeys,
300, weight $500 pounds; geese,
III, weight, 944 pounds; hogs, 10,
weight, 1915 pounds; veal 3, weight
27s pounds. Total weight of ship
ments 1921 pounds, represent
ing about $7G0 in cash. Two dray
loads left the establishment Tues
day, two on Wednesday and two on
Thursday.
Among those from the East who
recently settled ia Benton as a
direct result of advertising done by
the Citizens League, is Ralph Mel
con, who is well pleased with Ben
ton and his new residence. He is
from North Dakota, and Is other
families are in communication with
Mr.. Nelson, with a view to locat-