Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-11

| Sal6m VIsitoT lniS Week.
o. J. Blackledge was a Portland
business visitor Tuesday.
! w. D. DeVarney, of Portland
was Corvallis visitor Wednesday.
Bob Vidito and Harry Waggoner
left Wednesday for weeks hunt
ing trip in Alsea.
A force of men were busily en-
gagged Tuesday in cleaning Main
street. A passer-by meanly sug-
gested that the city election was
drawing near.
Among those from a distance who
attended the republican rally in
this city Tuesday nignt were Joseph
and Lewis Edwards Of Bellefountain
and James Pfouts, of Monroe.
There is smart old man over in
Kings Valley. He is John Miller,
elghty-three years of age, and for
most of those years resident OF
Benton county. Despite his ad-
vanced age, MI. Miller has this
spring done so acres of slashing.
and he did it about as quickly as
any young man could have done it.
Mrs. Helen D. Hartford, lecturer
and organizer for the National
Woman's Suffrage Association, was
to deliver an address at the court
house last night after the Gazette
press hour. Mrs. Hartford is a
noted speaker on the subject OF
womans suffrage, and her address
was no doubt up to her usual
standard.
The Epworth League is to give
an ice cream social at Simpsons
chapel on Friday night, May 18th.
Ice cream and cake will be served
for 10 cents, and the public is in
vited. Simpsons chapel is a few
miles south west of Monroe, and in
a neighborhood of cordial people,
which is assurance that all who
attend will enjoy the occasion.
Articles of Incorporation were
filed at TIE clerks Office Monday
by the Corvallis Meat Company.
The incorporators are J. C Ham
mel, E. R. Bryson and George F.
Brown, and the capital of the firm
is quoted at $1,000. This is the
Lilly meat market, which changed
hands few days ago, and Carl
Porter, it is stated, is to operate the
shop for the new owners.
Miss Emma Thompson has sold
a lot belonging to her at Nve Greek,
to Charles Walker. Things are
reported as booming over at New
port, much property changing
hands and the price of property
has advanced very materially since
last year. liability to secure lum-
ber has retarded the building move
u,ent considerably, but there are
new sidewalks everywhere, and the
place generally is on the boom,
with prospects of larger summer
traffic than ever before.
Miss Agnes Wilson is agsin about
33 900 votes in the lead, in the
11th, district of the Oregoniau pop
ularity contest, and her friends con-
fidently believe that she will secure
the coveted honor, which is free
trip to the Yellowstone National
Park. The contest closes Juns 1st,
and one young lady from Corvallis,
La Grande or Hood River will go
on the journey. Renew your sub
scription a couple of years in adj
vance, vote the free coupons in
your paper, and help send the
Corvallis candidate to see the
sights of Yellowstone.
A travelling man asserted Tues
day that grain sacks are going to be
worth ten cents each before harvest
is over this year, and says that it
will be hard to get them at that
price. He bases his statement on
the fact that the supply was largely
destroyed in San Francisco, and
that the material which is manu-
factured abroad cannot now be
gotten to the United States and
made into sacks in time for the har-
vest, especially in California, where
the grain harvest comes in July. It
is affirmed that even second hand
grain sacks will be in demand, and
all having them should not destroy
a single one.
1t is probable that musical re-
cital will be given in this city some
time during the present month by
Mrs. Alice B. Marshall, who is an
OK pupil of Prof. Stewart, and who
Is highly recommended as an artist
bs Clarence B. Eddy and others.
Mrs. Marshall holds medal which