Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-08-22
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Horace Lilly went to Portland,
Friday to get some data on the
Fair
Phil Mttschan, one of the pro-
prietors of the Imperial hotel, Port
land, was III Corvallis, yesterday.
Walter Huford was in Corvallis
Friday. He had previously been
over to the coast--just for the fun
of il.
Mrs. J. w. Crawford went to
Portland last week to visit with her
daughter, Miss Mayme, and to see
the Fair.
w. A. Thompson, nephew Of
Mrs. Agnes Thompson of this city,
arrived in Corvallis from Nebraska,
Saturday. He intends visiting in
this section for month or two.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Hall will
90 to Portland tomorrow to spend
several days at the Exposition.
While down there they will visit
friends in Oregon City and Van
couver.
Mrs. J. M. Porter returned Sat
urday from Portland, where she
had been for nearly two weeks.
The day before her return her SOD,
Fred, went down to have look at
things metropolitan.
A party consisting Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wicks and Misses Minnie and
Agnes Wilson went to Newport,
Saturday. They expect to be ali
sent for two weeks during which
time they will camp out.
The binder truck wheel lost re-
Gently by Jacob Blumberg and ad
vertised in the Gazette was found
not far from where Mr.. Blum berg
thought he had lost it. Some per-
son had taken the wheel and
thrown it into the brush.
Mrs. J. E. Michael and daughter,
Miss Winnie, arrived home, Thurs
day, from Portland, where they
had passed a couple of weeks with
relatives and at the Fair. Miss
Bessie Michael is now keeping
books for wholesale coffee house
on Front street.
An immense crowd of people are
reported to have visited the peach
orchards of J. D. Howell and John
Kiger, Sunday. These orchards
are situated on the island some
four or five miles south Of town
and the finest imaginable peaches
are found here in abundance.
Newton Adams has been award
ed the contract to construct house
for N. Wilkinson, of the Willamette
Valley Bank. 1t is to be one
story cottage such as architects call
bungalow, and it is to oet slight
ly in excess of 5000 NJ. Adams
expects to start work c1 it some
time within the next few days.
Supt. G. W. Denman and Mr..
Handy returned home Friday,
from little hunting trip III the
Alsea country. George reports the
taking of couple of deer. Our
county superintendent has the
thanks of the entire force for re-
membrance in the shape of jerked
venison. Good2 Well yes!
H. Miller, who recently purcnas-
ed the M. Jacobs property in this
city, expects to build this fall or
the north lot. The house at pre-
sent occupied by J. w. Crawford
and family will be left as it is anc
the present tenants will be left un.
distu1b bed. The Jacobs house is ont
of the oldest in Corvallis, havin|
been built about 1856.
Mrs. T. F. Memmen, of Lincoln
Nebraska, a niece of Mrs. S. D
Adams, who has been visiting il
this city for a few weeks expects t
leave for Portland, Friday, and al
ter brief visit at the Fair will re
turn to her home. Mrs. Jerom
Welch, another relative of Mrs
Adams, who has been visiting here
left yesterday for a visit in Caste
and other places, after which sh
will return to her home in Ser
geant's Bluff, Iowa.
W. H. Franklin was in this cit
a day or two last week looking a
ter business matters connected wit
the foundry in this city. Mr.
Franklin and children have bee
at Eugene visiting relatives durin.
the past month, but it was expecte
that they would meet Mr.. Frankli
in Portland. Saturday. and t
gether they would return to the
home in Mt. Vernon, Wash. M
Franklin states that business cor
tinues good with him up on tt
Sound.
In our last issue we called atte
ton to stray bull that Chief Lal
had empounded and advertised f