The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-08-28

Miss Melvena Elgin left Sun
day for a weeks stay at Newport.
Charles Porter has returned
from a week. sojourn at Newport.
Mrs F. E. Edwards and chill
dren, and sister Hazel Elgin, re
turned Sunday night from Newport.
Miss Mae .Gearhard returned
Sunday evening from athree weeks
outing at Newport.
Mrs. Amelia Schubert was
suddenly called to her home near
Monroe. Saturday, on account OF
the serious illness of her father.
-Genevieve Gillespie returned
Saturday to her home in Independ-
ence after three weeks visit with
Corvallis friends.
| Adelaide Sheasgreen left Sun.
day for her home in Portland after
a three weeks visit with Corvallis
and Southern Benton friends.
Among those returning Sunday
evening from Newport were Tom
Nolan and Charles Shenofeld.
Mrs. Hopt and children of
Salem, arrived in Corvallis Satur-
day, enroute to the w. H. McBee
farm home, seven miles south of
this city.
After visit of several days
with Corvallis friends. Grover Cate
left today for his home in Hillsboro.
| He is engaged in farming and hop
growing.
] Miss Harriet Sheasgreen who
has been for seven years faith
full employe at the Times Office left
today for two weeks vacation to
be spent at Portland.
Mrs. Sarah Moore and daugh
ter Gladys. are to leave Friday fol
Chicago where they will spend a
, year, if not more, with Guy Moore
who is professionally engaged in
that city.
e. Lloyd, an intelligent ane
wideawake man has arrived from
|Spokane to take charge of tn
Plunkett farm near Hoskins, which
he purchased three years ago. H
was in town yesterday purchasin.
supplies.
"A new residence for Alfre,
Brown is rapidly nearing compile
ton in -Philomath. It contain
eight rooms and will be ore of th
= best dwelling houses in the town
John Huffman, formerly of Corval
: lis, but now of Portland, is tn
builder.
Miss May Meagher who fo
several years was private secretar
for William M Hoag in this cit
visited Corvallis friends over Sur
lday. Miss Meagher has been trav
Ieling through Texas and Californi
for the past six months bat is
iassume the duties Of bookkeepe
for H: L. Pittock in Portland Sal
urday next.
The Sarah E. Moore home i
this city has been leased to Mrs. w
B. Cate of Hillsboro, who will oc
cupy it with her family about Oct
ober Ist. She brings two sons,
l. daughter and a niece. who will a
n enter college except a IS year ol
,'' SON who goes to the public school:
Mrs. Cate is the mother of Grove
Cate, the we'll known basket ba
player who graduated from colleg
~ last June.
, Its a true story and it tran.
pired recently in Albany. She wa
agent for G patent health device
and in answer to her knock an e.
,e derly lady opened the door. =
have here something that / woul
like to show you in the interest I
good health" she began, but 81
in the doorway piously and soleml
ly rolled her eyes skyward and il
Iterrupted, I'm this house we loo
to God for health" "All righ
Madam, I don't run opposition
Cod was the quick reply as tt
agent bowed her way out of Il
family gate.
The campaign for new side
: walks within the cement paveme1
district. continues, and before th
expiration Of the wooden walk Lin
it, every walk in the district bid
fair to be renewed. The moveme1
is SO marked that the sidewal
lumber market is swamped. Or
builder waited nearly three weel
before he was finally supplied
Many orders are in that are III
filled. The cement ordinance {
finally passed, takes effect abo,
the 18th of October. After til.
= time all walks within the establisl
ed limits will have to he of cemen