Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-03-16

10, to Mr.. an0 Mrs. A. j. MetZger
| a daughter.
/ John Day went to Forest Grove
| Wednesday, in response to tele-
phone message.
Mrs. Herbert Elliott, CT Perry
dale arrived Wednesday for a visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
JOHN Wyatt, west of town.
| Miss Frances Wiles celebrated
her 9th birthday Wednesday
afternoon, by giving delightful
party to number of friends.
Ida McBee, residing west OF
town, is to give party this after
noon, 10 celebration of her lIth,
birthday. A number from Cor
Wallis will attend.
! John Handel and family arrived
in Corvallis last week from Alberta,
Canada. Mr.. Handel stopped in
Benton on account of having friends
here. He has not yet determined
whether or not he shall remain.
Mr.. Bulls and wife arrived in
Corvallis Wednesday from Okla
homa. The form er is a brother of
S. S. Bulls of this city. The Wis
itor will spend some time in Wis
iting relatives, and will probably
locate in this section.
Ralph w. Hoyt, of Portland,
visited our city durir g the week in
the interest of his candidacy for the
republican nomination at the pri-
maries for tie office of state treas
urer. Mr.. Hoyt is fine gentleman
and his business calling of the past
has peculiarly fitted him for the
office he seeks.
N. F. Gillespie, accompanied by
his little daughter, Helen, arrived
in Corvallis, Tuesday, for visit of
several days with friends. Mr..
Gillespie has sold his interest in a
general merchandising business in
Amity and we understand that he
is going to locate with his family
in Independence.
In response to a telephone mes
sage couple of days ago the Ga
zette man dragged his weary bones
out to the West Side depot to get
''scoop" on rat story promised by
Agent Farmer. The story has all
the elements of tragedy, but on
account of Mr.. Farmer making
heroes of Assistant Agent McDevitt
and Byron Taylor we decide to
suppress it. The curious had best
have Mr.. Farmer explain.
Tuesday afternoon Is. Jacobs was
the victim of very seriods acci-
dent. He was ascending the stone
steps at the east entrance to the
court house and in some manner
tripped or slipped and fell back
ward. He was well up the steps at
the time and had hard fall. In
the fall he struck his knee cap
and wrenched it loose. This
was a most painful accident and
may result seriously, leaving him
crippled for life. On the West Side
train on Wednesday he was taken
to Portland hospital for treatment.
Rochester, N. Y, Mar. 13,-I
Susan B. Anthony passed peace
'ullv away at 1910 o'clock this
of heart failure induced by
pneumonia. She had been uncon-
scious for "a hours before her death
and was kept alive only by her
wonderful vitality. Her last words,
spoken in delirium, were for woman
suffrage in Oregon, shortly after
which she sunk into a stupor.
She recently celebrated her Seth
birthday and was taken down with
a cold about 10 days ago, which
rapidly developed into pneumonia.
Forcaster Beals states that the
temperature of %, which
was reached Sunday, is the lowest
for any March within ten years,
and that it has been 80 years since
such cold weather was reached tnis
late in the month. The peculiar
storm is caused by an, area of high
pressure central over Iowa, as 81 re-
suit of which the chilled atmosphere
of Montana and Canada has been
drawn over this section. On March
2, 1896, the thermometer registered
90, which is the record for March.
For the present winter, yesterday
holds the record by 5 degrees. j.
Mr.. Emery returned Monday
night from Portland where he was
called to attend a meeting of the
officers of the Photographers Asso-
citation. He informs US that the {
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