Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-03-06
Harley Hall returned Sunday
from a brief visit at Wells.

from brief visit at Wells.
Miss Bessie Herbert is to leave
shortly for visit in California.
| Mrs. Mary Miller is seriously ill
at the family home on 9th street.
Is. Jacobs made brief visit to
the home folks in this citv Saturday.
Fred and Burd Craft left Friday
for Portland in search of employ
ment.
| Mrs. J. E. Morrow, of Summit,
was in Corvallis few days ago on
business.
| Miss Minnie Maxield, of Suver,
is visiting relatives in this city.
She arrived Friday.
| S. Fl. Horton and wife, of this
city, have been married 81 years on
the Goth day of last month.
| Charlie Porter, accompanied by
his cousin, Miss Eta Hale, spent
Sunday with relatives at Wood
burn.
A force of workmen are engaged
at the task of erecting the new
building for the Corvallis Creamery
plant. Great improvements are
at hand.
Prof. Harry Beard, director of
the cadet band of OAC, went to
Salem, Saturday, and returned
Sunday evening. Harry is doing
good work with the band.
The ''conundrum supper" to be
given by the w. II. NJ. S. of the
First Methodist church occurs
tonight in the church basement.
The public is cordially invited.
Constable J. D. Wells received a
phone message yesterday morning
to the effect that Mr.. and Mrs. R.
V. Moore had settled their recent
trouble out of court and the case
dropped.
"Eckhardt's ideals" the best re-
pertoire show on the coast, will play
three-nights' engagement at the
opera house, beginning March 18th.
The company is first class in every
particular.
Carr enters are busy changing the
front of the store building occupied
by F. L. Miller. It will be COM
pleted within day or two and
when done will present a most up
to-date appearance. The Masons
do nothing by halves.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Thayer arrlv-
ed in Corvallis day or two ago
and went out onto the farm of Mrs.
Thayer's mother, Mrs. Gellaly, near
Phllomath, to spend week or two.
For some years Mr.. Thayer has
beer bookkeeping for a large
salmon cannery at Astoria, but is
thinking of going up on the Sound
to start in business for himself.
During the last few days Amber
& Waters negotiated the sale of
the Frank Rowland place of 24O !
acres on Big Elk to Carmichael
Brothers. The price paid was
$4,000. They also sold the G.. S.
Butler house and four lots near the
carriage factory to C. A. Casteel for
$1,000. Mr.. Casteel is the oldest
engineer on the G.. & E. railroad
and he is bringing his family to
CORVALLIS that he may have school
advantages for his children.
The OAC debating team compos-
ed of Miss Minnie Phillips, Mark |
Weatherford ard Warren Forsythe
went to Salem Friday. where that
evening they met the Willamette
University team in a discussson of
the question: Resolved, That Our
Federal Immigration Laws Should |
be so Constructed as to give all
Aliens the same Chance of Admis-
sion to the United States" BY
unanimous vote of the judges tn |
victory was awarded to Willamette.
The great New Zealand lecturer, !
Spencer Clapham, will, lecture at
the Congregational church on Tues
day evening. New Zealand is uni
versally admitted 20 be the best
governed country in the world. Mr.
Clapham will expound the great
principles that have made it tsuch.
He comes to US recommended by |
the faculty of the State University
as a genial, sympathetic, witty and
forceful speaker, in fact. the best /,
that has been before the University I
of Ore o this year. The lecture
will be given under the auspices of
the Congregational Y. P. S. c. E.