Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-04-24
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Bert Pilkington went to Port
land Friday for few days visit.
Sam Hartsock, the genial druggist
spent Sunday with Albany friends.
Walter Kline is reported to be
confined to his home with his third
attack of measles,
S. L, Kline's losses in San Fran
cisco as the result of the recent
great disaster are reported to nave
been very heavy.
Enjoyable concerts were given
by the town band Saturday after
noon on Main street and Sunday
on the court house square.
Judge V. E. Waters was among
those residing in this city who had
relatives in San Francisco at the
time of the awful disaster and he
went to fated city by train FIJI
day.
Last week Father Springer pur-
chased a fine new organ for the
Catholic church of Eilers of Port
land. The cost is $50, of which $50
has been donated by Portland
friends.
Besides new windows throughout
and the addition of large porch on
the north, the Burnap house, occu-
pied by the Chappell family, has
been treated to a fresh coat of paint,
Alva Miner being the artist.
Rev. L. M. Boozer, now occupy
ing a pulpit in Presbyterian n
church of Portland, but who former
ly was pastor of the United Evan
gelical church of this city, paid Cor
wallis friends visit last week.
The railroad boys are willing to
play u game of base ball in this
&ity against a town niue, charge a
email admission and turn it over to
the relief fund for San Francisco
All the project needs is a little
encouragement.
Mrs. E. M. Simpson departed,
Saturday, for San Francisco. She
had relatives residing in the fated
4ity at the time of the earthquake
And not being able to hear from
them her anxiety became so great
that she was compelled to go south.
Immediately on learning of the
terrible disaster in San Francisco
A. Wilhelm g. Sons, merchants
of Monroe, loaded a car on their
own responsibility and started
it from Junction City to the dis
tressed of tue Queen City. This
was most commendable, indeed.
Prof. J. H. Ackerman, super
intendent of public instruction
of Oregon, came up from Salem,
yesterday morning, for visit with
the schools of this city. In the
afternoon Supt. Denman accom-
panied him to Philomath for a
visit with the schools there.
S. L. Kline is not certain
whether his residence property in
San Francisco is destroyed or not,
but he at once telegraphed the au-
thorities there that in case the house
was intact it was to be thrown
open to the needy of the stricken
city.
Sunday morning Mrs. E. M.
Simpson telegraphed from Elmira,
California, to her husband in this
city. She went to try to learn
what she could of her people who
were in San Francisco at the time
the terrible disaster was wrought.
She had learned nothing of them
when she telegraphed
The O. J. Blackledge furniture
van will call for any supplies.
clothing, ETC., for San Francisco suf-
ferers, if those contributing articles
will telephone their desires to Mr..
Blackledgs at the store. This
service is rendered free of charge
aud will be great aid in collecting
the provisions.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. T. Rugg, who
resided for some time near Philo-
math, were i'll Vacaville, California,
during the recent earthquake. To
Corvallis relatives they write that
at Vacaville the shock was SO hard
that it Jared the cream loose on
pans of milk, as though some one
had attempted to skim them.
George w. Henkle, of this city,
received letter few days ago
from his son, Raymond, who is in
the drug business at San Jose The
latter states that tne Garden City
WAS well shaken hv the aarthnnaka