Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-03-09

Levi Wooster. The deal was made
Tuesday.
| The w. F. NJ. s. of the M. E.
church was very pleasantly enter
tanned by Mrs. Kehl, Wednesday
afternoon.
w. FL. Miller has moved his
family to Oregon City, where they
will make their home. We regret
that they have left our community.
Born, Monday, to Mr.. and Mrs.
James McCarty, a daughter. The
parents are new corners in this
section, and reside near the Sol
King place.
DR.. and Mrs. B. A. Cathey left
yesterday for Douglas county,
they being called to the bedside
of relatives wife, who is SER
iously ill. They will be absent
about a week.
A petition was circulated. and
numerouslv signed, Wednesday,
asking the county court to appro-
plate 800 of county funds to
John Day, whose family, because OF
recent sickness and deaths, is in
destitute circumstances.
Miss Mary Mcfarland, who has
oeen spending the winter at Santa
Barbara and Los Angeles, Califor-
MIA, arrived in Corvallis Wednes-
day. She will be the guest for
two weeks of Benton relatives be-
fore departing for her home in Mos
cow, Idaho.
E II. Belknap was in town a few
days during the fore part of the
week interviewing praty leaders in
the interests of his candidancy for
nomination by the republicans for
the office of state senator. Mr..
BeEknap has many warm friends
supporting him.
Next Sunday at the NJ. E.
church, Rev. T. L. Jones will begin
a protracted meeting, to continue
indefinitely. Rev. Jones is the
we'll known pioneer preacher, and
has many friends in Corvallis who
are looking forth with pleasure to
the coming service.
Interest in walnut culture is
growing. w. S. Tomlinson and
Ben Harris, both residing near
Wells, have planted a number of
trees. Mr.. Tomlinson has planted
9 acres and Mr.. Harris 5 acres. It
is hoped that success may attend
this new enterprise.
James Flett and son Tommy, ar
rived home the first of the week
from a visit to their Five Rivers
homestead. They went over about
ten days ago for a wagonload of
household effects. Aside from bad
roads they noticed nothing out of
the usual run of things on their
trip.
Corvallis was alive with politi-
clans Tuesday. Whether it was
the fine weather that brought them
out, or the natural desire to build
fences in the early spring time, was
not learned. Among those on the
streets were E. HI. Belknap and
Edwards of Bellefountain, Marion
Hayden, of Alsea, and Virgil Carter
of Wells.
We are indebted to Mr.. Craig of
the S. P. and O.. R. & N. Com
panies for one of the finest creations
in magizine form that ever came to
this or any other Office. 1t is en-
titled "The Road of a Thousand
Wonders" and is a series of
wonders, as the name implies, from
cover to cover. We also return
thanks to J. E. Farmer, local
agent of the S. p, for a superb
map of the West.
Another divorce suit was filed at
the clerks Office, Tuesday. The
Plaintiff is Mrs. Nettie Garden and
the defendant Everett Garden. The
complaint states that the couple
were married in Marion county,
Oct. %, 1902, and desertion is the
grounds on which suit was brought.
There are no children. This is the
seventh divorce case So far filed to
come up before the circuit court on
the 26th. the largest number IL
Benton for many years, at single
term.
About the middle of Wednesday
afternoon the driving horse of r.
l.. Taylor took a spin on its own
responsibility. 1t appears that it
had haep tied hv tho hrillo instead