Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-11-23
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

J. versteeg of Nashville was
among the Cor. ills business visitors
Tuesday.
Miss Elsie .ay of Dallas visited
friends in this city the first of this
week.
Clifford Elg n of Sa.em has been
the guest eince Tuesday of relatives
in this city.
F. P. Clark, the we'll known
Philonath merchant, was in Cor
Wallis on business visit ,his week
Mrs. Susie Green and children
have arrived from Portland and are
to occupy the Blackledge cottage in
Jobs addition.
The ladies' whist clun was very
pleasantly entertained by Mrs A.
L Knisely at her home on college
hill Wed esday afternoon.
Lawrence, the baby son of Mr.
and Mrs E. B. Horning has bee
quite ill the past few davs, being
threatened with pneumonia.
The new bank at Philomsth la
been open a week and is now ia
first class running order. Ia.
cashier is James Evert, and the
president, A. Il. Williams
Cleaning has bern in progress o.,
Main street this week, hu} tn,
scarcity of teams and men is keeul
realized when tl.ere is work to nt
doue, and it 1as ben a hard INST !
.er to get teams to hail away The |
mud and filth.
]. l.. B aoks received this week |
an order frcm abroad for two car
loads OF vetch seeI. THIS is e. line
of Dusiue 10 ,yhicn Mr. Brooks is
sievotine much attention and out
of which he is certiin to reap
gooaly harvest.
Coach Sickle, formerly of the
Gao, and Coach Bruce Shorts of
the University Of Washington have
been secured to officiate Saturday
at the U of 0 OAC football game
which will be played in this city.
Monroe Townsend of Kings
Valley transacted business in Cor
wallis, Tuesday. He states that
bears are still causing much trouble
in that locality, killing eheep, ana
that so far the farmers have been
IN able to capture the maraudel
Misses Lillian Ranney ana
Bertha Davis went to ALBANY Tues
day evening to attend the Catholic
ladies' Eair and the entertainment
given that evening by home talent.
They were guests of friends over
plight, returning Wednesday NJ orn-
ing.
Elmer Hamilton of Oakville
Linn county, was in Corvallis Tues
lay, on bisiness and pleasure.
Word received by relative from
Miss Belle Ranney, nov teaching in
;he Condor pubic school, states
hat she likes the country there T
7er, much and is getting along :,
'plend dly She has over 40 pupils
n the primary grade and is meet
ng with pronounced success in her E
chosen work. X
Among the busy people IL this
,ity this week vas F. l.. Read of i.
Kings Valley. In spite of th
torm the farmers will cJme to
own on the days when work is at
| stand still on the ranch. Their
presence, too, is always appreciated
oy the merchants and business
people generally, as they give t. a
town that air of hustle and activity
that is so significant of growth and
progress
A seed company of Augusta Ga,
has "ritten l.. L. Brooks of Cor
Wallis this week in regard to vetch
s ed, and as to the degree of cold
that vstch viii. stand. The
fact in M ntioned merely to show
the widespread interest that has
been awakened in this line
of business since Mr.. Brooks epgag-
ed il it not SO many months ago.
Mr.. Brooks aud A. b. Slocum have
Just purchased Levi Oren's vetch
cleaner and have been operating it
in Linn county the past week.
There was a Gig cave-in on Main
street Tuesday afternoon, Oh the
corner south of Ohe Hemphi.l build
ing. The earth had become so
loosened by the 10 & nard rain fail
that great quantity oft caved in
above the sewer, leaving hole in
w hicL. n ton n, nf hnrsas cnnln easily |