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

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An unusually large crowd Of
tourists came out from the coast
yesterday.
Yesterday Gene NJ. Simpson
made another shipment Of China
pheasants to California.
The family of E. VS.. Pratt ar
rived home, Saturday, from visit
at the Lewis and Clark Fair.
Friday, Walter sheasgreen and
his sister, Miss Mable, arrived home
from Portland. having visited the
Fair for week.
Caspar burst expects to leave to-
day with his family for Coburg,
where he has employment with a
sawmill company.
Miss May and Kate Gerhard
vert to Portland, Monday, and
will stay and sight-see at the
Fair for week or longer.
DR.. James Withycombe arrived
home Saturday evening from Port
land where he had been as dele
gate to the Trans-Mississippi Com
mercial Congress.
Dow Walker, the invincible cen
ter of OAC's football team, was in
Corvallis yesterday, renewing his
acquaintance. He will come back
to college again this fall.
While in this city J. P. Tapscott
stated that while wages ara slightly
better where he is located in Idaho
than in the Willamette Valley, he
preferred to live here Just the same.
Itwould not be bad idea for
the owner of the property formerly
occupied by D. D. Berman's grocery
to get brushhook and do a little
pruning, otherwise the young
maple trees may soon obscure the
building.
Misses Matte and Edna Strong
are still at the coast. They will
return about September lst, and
shortly thereafter Miss Matte will
return to St. Mary's Acadamy,
Portland, to pursue her studies for
another year.
The Sunday school children Of
the United Evangelical church en-
joyed picnic Thursday afternoon,
The festivities were held in Wyatt's
grove a couple of miles west of Cor
wallis. About fifty children ano
older people enjoyed the occasion.
James Lewis is making prepar
ations to ship car load of pearl
in the course of a week. We un
derstand that he will furnish boxes
and pay three-quarters of cen
per pound. For shipping purposes
pears should be picked little
green.
Edith Tozier Wethered, one o
Oregon's notable women, came out
from the bay yesterday and had &C
companying her a party of promi
nent people from other states. Th'
parties were taken to OAC wher,
they were escorted about tn
grounds.
Mrs. Sarah Cauthorn arrived
home Friday from Athena, Oregon
where she had been visiting he
daughter, Mrs. FRANKIE Mcintyre
The latter accompanied her mothe
home and will remain a month O
longer. Her husband will com
down later.
Bert Newton and Bert Peter
wound up operations with their ha
baler couple Of days ago. The,
began work west of Ph;lomath an
when the season terminated the
found themselves in the vicinity {
| Wells and they had been balm
about five weeks.
Sidney Trask arrived home
this city Friday evening from Port
land. where for some time he We
employed at the task of decoratin
Benton's booth at the Fair. Il
says that the exhibit attracts gres
attention and is a credit to o,
county. Mr.. Trask's work in th
connection is highly spoken of.
Authorities at OAC are makir
great preparations for the openir
Eof college. 1t is expected that Il
enrollment during the coming ye
will be between 700 and SO
This will be the greatest ever, if
comes to pass. and there is eve.
: reason to believe that the numb
} enrolled during the coming ye
s, will reach the figures given.
a Mr.. Mackay, father of Villa
/ Mackay, ex-sheriff Of Benton count
II who makes his home near this ci
r. with his daughter, Mrs. John N
: Gee, will be 100 years old ne
% Sunday, August 27, if he lives tn
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