Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-07-27
Additional Local.

There will be communion service at
Plymouth at O'Clock.
j. e. johnson of Wrenn was in Cor
Wallis yesterday after supply of binder
twine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Headrick arrived
home the frst of the week from an out
ing in Alsea.
Miss Frances Belkaap arrived home
Wednesday from visit with Prot and
Mrs. McElfresh, in Salem.
Mrs, M. P.Burnett reached home
Wednesday evening after two months
visit with Baker City relatives.
H. G. Witham sold magnificent span
of horses couple of days ago, for which
he received the fancy price OF $500.
Rev. F. E. Bellinger, of Cottage Grove,
secretary of the Oregon Christian Mis-
sionaly Convention, will speak at the
Christian church Sunday, morning and
evening,
new office that the Willamette Valley
Company is building in this city for
their agent Guy Clark. Operations had
been delayed for sometime, but the work
will now be rushed to completion.
Carl L. Albrecht and Peter Loguie, of
Coos Bay, were in this city yesterday in
~ -ff 81 hot
At present they have % feet of water on
the bar at low tide, but desire to have
the government increase it to 40 feet.
Miss Myrtle DeHaven returned a few
days ago from St. Johns, where she has
been in charge of the laundry. Her
father, Oscar DeHaven, who resides nea
Corvallis, has purchased the laundry at
Dallas, and the family expect to move TO
that city next week.
Congregational church: Sunday school
at 10; worship and sermon at IL; Chris
tian Endeavor at z; vesper and sermon
at s. Morning sermon, ga Study of
Facts-The Face of the Christ Even
ing sermon, "The Great I'd Lasting
Need of This World"
G. II. Abercrombie states that not long
ago it rained l37 inches in 25 minutes in
Iowa, and cites paper from there as his
authority. This is some rain. AS a
matter of fact, Mr.. Abercrombie must
have overlooked decimal point. for un-
doubtedly the figures must have been
137. Even this would have been ter
rife.
A letter from "Camp Denman" over in
Alsea states that the Superintendent is
industrionsly following the example of
the little busy bee, and instead of loung-
ing about in the shade, is engaged in
gathering wild raspberries and blacs-
berries FOR winner use. He states that
latter. as is the ease around Corvallis, are
very scarce.
The Columbia Vitogta aph Co., with it's
fine So. .OOO Edison ma :hine, will give, a.
the Corvallis Opera House this, Friday
evening, an exhibition of moving pictures
depicting the great San Francisco ,iisas-
ter. The manager assures the public
that the exhibition is first class in every
detail, and far superior to anything in
this line seen here IN the past. News
papers in nearby towns praise the COM
pany.
These are dull days over at the county
court house as we'll as elsewhere about
town. People are apparently too busy to
file deeds, make their wills, sue their
neighbors for slandsr or DO much of any
thing else to make times busy for the Of
ficials. About the only item to be Sc
cured w ednesday under the big clock, :,
was the issuing of a hunters license to
J. \. Archibald. This makes 104 licen-
ses Of the sort issued in 1906.
a Seattle dispatch of Tuesday saws:
Prosecuting Attorney Macintosh this
morning gave out the statement that he
would insist on Esther Mitchell a-d
Mrs. Maud GrefIicld being brought to trial
for the nun der OF George Mitchell. Mr.
Macintosh will oppose any atte npt to
call a commission to examine into the
mental conoition OF the women, but ad-
mits that he annot prevent it under the
law. The Prosecuting Attorney holds,
however, that und-r a uing of the State
Supreme Court the result OF the commits
sion will be no bar to criminal prose-
cution.