Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-08-17

J. II. Price a. d ftmi y leave Tues
Az for Fargo, South Dakota, to re-
main.
M. L. Huber and family leave
today for their annual cutting at
Newport.
Miss Essie Dixon returned yes
! terday from a two weeks visit with
Eugene friends.
Miss J. Evans, a teacher il the
Chicago public schools, is a guest
at the G. I. Starr home in this city.
Logan Hays this week sold his
handsome residence property in this
city to William n. Rees. The con-
sideration was $1,000.
Threshing Was completed on the
college farm Wednesday noon. The
crop was taken care of mostly this
year by college students.
Claude Senger, who has been Sc
riously i'll Of typhoid f,r several
days at the home of his parents in
this city, is not improved.
Miss Alice Mahaffey left yester-
day for Pc Ell, Wash, for a visit
with her sister, Mrs. Turner. She
was accompanied by the latter's
little daughter, who has spent the
past six months with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. David Ma
haffey, in this city.
Mrs. P. q. Neuffer and son of
Olympia, Wash, arrived in this city
Wednesday and are to be guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Keady for several weeks. Mrs.
Neuffer is the mother of Mrs. Ready.
Mr.. Neufer will come down for a
visit before long.
Ivan Senger arrived yesterday
from Forest Grove to be at the bed
side of his brother, Claud, who at
the time of going to press yesterday
afternoon was lying at the oint of
death in this city at the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Senger.
About a week ago the Barclay
Taylor threshing outfit came near
burning up. 1t seems that a spark
blew from the engine and Set the
straw stack, just back of the sepa-
rator, on FIRE. Everybody worked
sven father-and by heroic eff
+ F:s tLe mcchine was moved. The
strav s'ccE WIS burned up, "sliHk
aud fiean.'
-. lag rous waapar, the air
gun which throws a I-aden peil t
" ...i great velocity, is in the hands
of a number of small boys who do
not seem to appreciate the neces-
sity of caution in the manipulation
of the pesky tling. Some young
hopeful will doubtless lose an eye
before his parents realize that an
air-gun is not proper plaything
for skid"
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Horton ar
rived home Wednesday after trip
of nearly two months duration in
the eastern part of Oregon and
Washington and over into Idaho.
They had an enjoyable time from
first to last. Mr.. Horton says that
in the vicinity of Spokane land no
better than he would sell in Benton
county for $40 an acre is held as
high as 800. Property is held too
high, he says, but for the city
Of Spokane he has a great deal of
praise. Il is a great inland city.
The following are recent sales BY
! Amber & Waters, the real estate
men: J. e. Benton to w A. Whit
ney of Colorado, 100 acres in Alsea,
| 81, ,25O; Martin Scheirn to Jacob
anh Ju-hua Npaier Of Arizona, l55
acre, four tuii4s southwes5 of Phil
o,nath, "a, ,45O; J. f. Irwin 20 Fl.
/ R. Nehrha+. 332 acres, six miles
south Of Philomath, $l,650; Bishot,
! Norris estate to H. R. N~hrbas, 14O
acres, five miles south of Philomath,
81 400.
Tee remains of the late George
Fenge!, who died at ths Lcder
home in this city last week, were
started east to the former home in
Kansas, Tuesday. The young mans
father and mother came to Corval-
lis IN response to th- message tell
iug Of their sons death. They ar
rived Saturday and eft Tuesday
with the remains. fer home. George
FengeI was 81 years of age, & nn-
tive of Kansas. He came tn Cor
wallis last April to look at the
country and work for Mr.. Leder
through harvest. He was attacked
with erysipeIas Cf q violent nature.