Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-11-03
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

to matters of business for few
hours.
Miss Carrie Paul, daughter Of w.
E. Paul, of this city, came up from
Portland during the first Of the
week.
Is jacobs, knight of the grip"
with headquarters in Portland, paid,
home folks and friends in Corvallis
a visit during the first Of the week.
Recorder Vincent, Wednesday,
united in marriage, James Fl. Scott
and Mrs. Nancy McElbimey. They
are both resi- ents Of Benton county
and live near Albany.
Tomorrow Mrs. w. A. Laferty
will start east for Greely, Colorado,
to pass the winter with her brother.
Her physicians think that to spend
the winter months in a higher al
titude will benefit her health very
much, and she is acting on this
advice.
Geo. Brown, the local stockbuyer,
will ship trainload, fifteen cars of
sheep, out Of Corvallis the 8th Of
November. He expects to make
another shipment a week later Of
about twenty car loads. These
sheep go to Seattle for slaughter
ing. This will be the largest ship
ment ever made out of Corvallis.
Monday the sale of four lots near
the old carriage factory, belonging
to P. Avery, was negotiated by
Robinson & Stevenson. The pur-
chaser was G. A. Troxel and it is
understood that Mr.. Troxel will
soon begin the erection of fine
residence on the property he recent
ly acquired.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lyons,
passed through Corvallis and made
a short visit during the first of the
week with Mrs. Jennie Grier,
mother Of Mrs. Lyons. Mr.. Lyons
is an architect and we understand
was enroute to Tillamook to work
in this capacity on court house
soon to be constructed in that place.
R. II. Kennedy departed Tues
day morning to travel in the in
terest of the Western Lyceum Bu-
reau, of Salt Lake. He is now in
that section of country tributary to
Pendleton, Eastern Oregon. This
is the same bureau handling the
splendid attractions offered in this
city during the season in what is
known as the lecture course enter
tainments.
Over on what is known as Ten
Mile creek, in section of the
country south of the Alsea, is a
family of husband and wife and
two sons, the latter aged IA and 16
years. We are told that these
lads have been there all their lives
and have meyer seen either steam
engine, telegraph or telephone sys-
tenn, have no idea OF a steamboat
nor railroad, nor have they ever
seen a town even so large as what
may De termed Country corners" !"
So we may boast Of something a
little out of the ordinary.
In response to a request from
several sources that we "Whoop it
up" that large crowd be on hand
when the boys arrived home from
Berkeley, the GAZETTE did its honest
best. We had been informed that
according to schedule the football
team would leave San Francisco fol
home on Sunday evening and
would arrive at this city at 8 O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon. After going te
press telegram was received stat
ing that the team would leave Sar
Francisco for home Tuesday morn
ing. We were sorry that we hae
given out misleading statemen
but could not take it back.
J. Mukerje. bright Hindu stud
ent who attended GAG a year age
arrived in Corvallis. Tuesday, from
Portland, having in compan,
another Hindu gentleman who ar
rived in this country about mont
ago and who will attend college il
this city. This will give OAC fv
Hindu students this year. Mr.
Mukerje says that altogether ther
are about twenty-five Hindu stud
ents in the United States attendin
our various Industrial colleges
Next year he believes there will b
forty. He is enthusiastic for tn
practical work of OAC along indus
trial lines.
Leder Bros. have 100 cords {
wood cut down on the Gustav
Harding place. A few days ag
they started at the task Of haulin
it out and discovered that the
could not haul enough to justif
them, in coming on 10 town with i
and that it would be necessary