Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-09-12
Ray Smith, formerly a student of
OAC, departed Thursday for Iowa,
where be will join his parents.

where he will join his parents.
Dallas Woodmen are soon to be-
gin the construction of a modern
theatre with seating capacity of
i q hundred.
Thursday evening, after we had
gone to press, the suit of J. W
Ingle vs. John Albers was dismissed
on motion Of plaintiff.
N. R. Adams intended to leave
Yesterday with a crew of carpenters
to begin work on the A. J. Hall
residence at Buena Vista.
James Horning is preparing to
lay cement walk around his resi-
dence south of the old carriage
factory. Bier Bros. are to do the
work.
On his return from Chicago, Gen.
eral Thorp brought a number of
photographs of his agricultural mo
bile that gives good idea Of the
machine and it's practicability.
The W. G. T. U. will give re-
ception in their new reading room
on Tuesday afternoon, September
12, from 8 to $50 o'clock. The
public is cordially invited to call.
Mrs. Louis Burnough and young
son arrived in Corvallis from her
home in Enterprise, Eastern Ore
gon, Friday, and will visit with re-
latives and friends for some weeks.
Mr.. Burnough will visit this city
about October 1st.
Visitors to the James Osburn hop
yard a few days ago report to have
seen little boy picking hops and
putting them in nail keg. The
little fellows head was about on a
level with the top of the keg and
when he dropped a hop into the
barrel it was impossible for him to
see what became of it. At the
time our informant visited the yard
the little boy had been picking
three ane a half days, and while he
wasn't sure, he thought the keg
was half full.
Late Friday evening Leder Bros.
passed through Corvallis with their
threshing outfit, bound for Jesse
Portar's place, some ten miles south
of this city. Mr.. Porter had but
25 acres and going SO far for so
small run was simply an act Of
accommodation on the part of
Leder Bros. It must have been
II or o'clock at night when the
outfit reached Mr.. Porter's place,
to judge from the time they passed
through Corvallis.
At 7 o'clock Saturday morning,
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
W. G. Davis, near this city, occurred
the death of Mrs. Julia A. Stimson
at the advanced age of 88 years, 4
months and 2 days. Funeral SER
vices were held at the residence at
II o'clock yesterday morning and
were conducted by Rev. NJ. S.
Bush. The remains were started
east yesterday afternoon, in care of
w. M. Griggs, for Lyons, Nebraska,
where interment will be made. De-
ceased was the mother of G. Slim
son, also of this city.
Promptly at 9 o'clock Saturday
morning Chas. M. Woodruff and
Miss Mable J. Cooper appeared at
the court house and repaired to the
Office of Judge Waters who per
formed the ceremony making the
young couple husband and wife.
A few people employed at the court
house attended as witnesses. Mr.
Woodruff is employed at the hard
ware establishment of R. H. Huston
and is reported to be good work.
man. The bride came to Corvallis
with her people from the East moi
a great while ago. They are 8
well liked young couple and have
taken up their residence in the
house just north of the Congrega-
Itional church.
w. O. Hecka1t and wife came
down from Monroe, Friday, or
business and for a brief visit with
friends. During the summer Mr.
Heckart has been working on some
buildings for A. Wilhelm at Mon
roe. Mr.. Wilhelm has very fin.
Eresidence, perhaps the finest in thu
county, almost completed. He ii
jalso building store SOx120 fee
with al Is foot ceiling. Thil
building will haye 135 running
fleet of plate glass in the show win
Idows. All told, Mr.. Wilhelm will
spend on buildings at present unde
course of construction some $l4, 4,00t
or $4,000. Mr. Heckart is ais
building an $4,000 schoolhouse fo
Harrisburg.
William Grant arrived in Corval
lis, Saturday, on business and plea
sure bent. It is about six year
since be was here. Years ago b
was tailoring in this city and sever
/ al of our staid business men ca
testify to the fact that he made the