Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-08-07
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

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the Bay, Friday, for an outing.
Clerk T. T. Vincent was busi-
ness visitof in Kings Valley, Fri
day.
Mrs. Barney Seits of Ballefoun-
tain visited Corvallis relatives,
Friday.
Mrs. E. r. Bryson and children
went to Dallas, Friday, for visit
with relatives.
Miss Rilla Peters, a teacher in
the John Day public school. is the
guest of Mrs. J. r. Smith.
Miss Genevieve Gillespie Of In
dependence is the guest of Miss
Grace Smith in this city.
Prof. Shaw, of OAC, expects to
leave the last Of this week tor his
home in St. Paul, MinD., for
months visit.
Mrs. Titus and son left Friday
for Seattle after a visit with rela-
tives in southern Benton. They
are en- route to Helena, Mont.
Mrs. F. A. Alexander left Friday
for her home in Bellingham, WASH,
after a several weeks visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Jesse Foster, in this
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold King have
leased the residence on Third street
Just vacated bv A. K. Miner and
family, and will occupy the place at
once.
W. E. Yates of Vancouver ar
rived, Friday, and went on to the
coast in the afternoon for a short
stay. He left yesterday for his
home.
Miss Josie Benham of Bellefoun-
tain is assisting for week in the
Independent telephone office, dur
ing the absence on vacation of Miss
Louise Irwin.
Wookmen are engaged in putting
a new roof on the G. D. Abbott
house, fire having recently damaged
the shingles and portion of the
roof, beyond repair.
Mrs. Hugh Penland came out
from the coast, Friday, and went
on to Albany for a visit with
friends. She leaves shortly to join
DR.. Penland in Frisco. He was
once a student at OAC.
Carpenters began work Friday
on the dwelling that DR.. CatheY is
having erected on the southwest
corner of his property in this city.
The structure will probably be COM
pleted about the first of September.
Thomas Davis has about COM
pleted the task of making the 1905
assessment of Benton county, and
will be through with the work
sometime the coming week, only
two city precincts remaining to
be covered.
Mrs. Clara Baker left Sunday
for Summit, after a visit with
friends in Corvallis. Mrs. Baker,
who was formerly Miss Clara Dun
. can, OF Corvallis, resides in Phoenix,
ArIz qua, and leaves in few weeks
for her nome AT that place.
Six'y-four large loads of hav
from Is acres Of land is the yield !
reported from :. farm near Corvsl-
lis. Hay il the shock is selling at
nearby towns for $1.5O per ton.
The crop is sand to be- the heaviest
seen hereabouts i'll many years. |
Mrs. ETA Downer is adding very
much to the appearance of the pro- |
perty recently purchased by her Oh
Third street A dining room has
been built on, nice roomy porch |
added and other Improvements
made that render the place very at
tractive.
The experts report shows the
faanciaI affairs of Benton County
to be in a tiourishing condition.
Thu casA rzceipIs foe the past two
Years have oeen more than $17O,- |
900, aud with the county practlca ly |
out OF debt there is a halance on !
hand of So 400.
The Corvallis lady whose skiff
was stolen by the gang of young |
toughs about town. mention of !
which has appeared in this paper,
has recovered her property at last
1t seems that the skiff was beached !
at Independence, and some Corval- |
lis young men coming up the river
saw and recognized the BOAT. They
informed the lady OF their discov- !