Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-25

John Vineyard, daughter.
DR.. George Ainslie, of Portland,
is guest at the John Smith home.
He will remain for several days.
! Children's Day service will be
Iobserved at the NJ. E. church,
ISouth, Sundry morning at II. At
Is p m. the regular church SER
vices.
Miss Vera Chambers entertained
the O. H. S. class at her home Sat-
Iurday evening May 19. Dainty re-
lfreshments were served and all had
a delightful time.
The [. C. Bodine residence, near
1.-The ware house, is now almost COM
Ipleted, and will be ready for oc-
Icupancy in week or ten days.
Vanishing is now in progress.
Mrs. Fletcher gave party Mon
Iday evening to her Sunday school
class. The affair occurred in the
basement of the M. E. church and
was very enjoyable for the young
folk.
| Mrs. Ira Bodine, who has been
visiting relatives in South Dakota
since the first of March, is en- route
to her home in Corvallis. She will
stop in Wyoming for a visit, but
will reach this city about the first
of June.
Miss Ethel Alexander is to leave
to-day for Olex, Eastern Oregon, to
visit relatives. She will accom-
pany ner cousins, Misses Della and
Alice Randall, to their home, these
young ladies having been in Corval-
lis on a visit.
The little child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed FELTON,, Jr., was reported as
much worse Wednesday and two
doctors were in consultation. Mrs.
FELTON, is visiting her parents in
Albany and the little one was
stricken with pneumonia there, sew
ersl days ago. 1t is very low.
Another telephone line has reach
ed Blodgett running from he coun-
ty line at G. S. Mason's place. 1t
will be known as the Cedar Canyon
independent. The officers are as
follows: President, P. N. Bosen;
Sec. Gilbert Mason; trustees, Thos.
Laskey, Chas. Groskey and Chas.
Mason.
Luck befell Norton Adams re-
Gently in contest in which he par
ticipated. Mr.. Adams solicitated
subscriptions for an eastern con-
tractors magazine, and was SO sue
cessful that he captured the whole
western states prize, besides a
special prize of set cf carpenter
tools of the value of $15. HIS cash
prize was $50.
The order of Lions elects its Of
fcers week from Monday night,
and preparations are on to make
the event erjoyab bls and one to be
remembered The degree team of
Portland, composed entirely of
ladies, is to come up for the pur-
pose of doing the initiation work,
and the evening will conclude with
a big spread.
Republicans of Benton equity
will have an opportunity to hear
one OF the lest orators, and bIaipiest
men in Oregon on afternoon of May
%. W. g. Hawley, rel ublican
candidate for congress, will speak
in Corvallis at this time. If you
want to hear a good, sound republi-
can speech hear Mr.. Hawlev. Tell
your neighbors about it. Remem-
Der the date, May 80, 1906, at 2:3O
p. m.
Ira Bodine has obtained no clue
as to the identity of the sneak thief
who stole his purse from ths desk
in the ware house last Sunday. Mr..
Bodine had changed his cloths and
left the purse on the desk while
,hus engaged. He overlooked it
when ne went to dinner, and was
gone for some hours. When he re-
turned the purse. containing $59
was gone. Sever.l persons had
been in the office while the owner
was absent, but no clue has been
lsecured.
Prof. H. F. French, for long
time popular OAC professor, ar
rived Tuesday from Moscow, Idaho,
aud left Wednesday On the re-
turn Prof. French was in search of
a Cal load of goats with which to
stock his large ranch near Moscow,
although he is still engaged in the
Icollege in that city. He has an
Experienced man to operate the
farm, and having good pasture, de-
jcided to put hand of goats on it.