Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-10-26
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

MIS-. j. ID. simpson anu Wfs.
Cecil Cathey have been Portland
visitors this week.
Clyde Starr expects to go to Belle
fountain today to spend Sunday
with his parents.
The ladies' Afternoon Rea ding
Club met Tuesday with Mrs. Wlles
and very interesting meeting was
held.
LII. Brooks has just secured a
BID for three more carloads of vetch
in addition to the three carloads al
ready bought.
The Epworth League social to-
night at the M. E. church promises
to be a very enjoyable affair and
there is no doubt of large attend
ance.
Mr.. and Mrs Oliver Ingram OF
Junction City were in Corvallis thi-
week for brief visit with relatives
while en- route to Portland to spend
the winter.
James Mckenzie, an old OAC
student and former clerk in Horn
ing's grocery, is up from Portland
for a visit with his sister, Mrs.
Charles Johnson.
There is now an enrolment OF Is
atCorvallis Business College. Things
are moving along nicely under the
management of Miss Emma 4oder,
the efficient principal.
A new lunch counter and candy
store is the latest business enter
) prise to be established in Corvallis
The proprietor is ]. L. Eddlemau
and the location is the east side Of
= south Main. street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emra Merchant
expect to ,eave today for HOOD
River where they are to reside.
Mr.. Merchant went to Washington
in search of location but did not
find anything to suit him.
Lon Persinger came in from
Be lefountain, Wednesday, where
he had been visiting relatives, and
left on the afternoon train for Port
land, where he resumes his duties
AS mail clerk on run between
WalIa Walla and The Dalles.
johnson Porter has leased his
farm a few miles north of Corvallis
to w. l., Reed, who resides near the
Stewart bridge. Mt. Porter retains
the hopyard and peach orchard on
the place and Mr.. Reed is to oper-
ate the farming land.
M. E. Church, South, G. H.
= Gibbs, Pastor-Sunday School, 1C
am; Preaching, II a. m. and 4
SOp. M; Prayer Meeting, Tuesday.
7 D. H.; w. H. M. Society, 1st
Thursday in each month, 2:3O and
s o. m. Location, corner Fifth and
Madison streets.
Clinton Brown, who had a leg
broken about the middle of Septem-
Der at Wrenn station and was lately
brought to Corvallis for medical at
tention, has been in a very serious
condition the past few days at the
Felser nome in this city. tits SAID
fears are entertained that he will
not recover.
After an absence of twenty years
Conrad Slagel of Sloan Springs
Arkansas, is paying a visit to Cor
Wallis and Benton county. Mr.
Slagel owns the ranch occupied by
Jesse Brown, south of Corvallis
and in years gone by resided IL
Benton. He leaves in few day
for his home.
Miss Adelaide Greffoz left Port
land last Saturday for New Yorl
City, from which place she was t.
sail Yesterday for Paris to join he
father. Miss Greffoz has been i
poor health for a couple of year
and the change is made in the hop
of benz fitting her physical condi
ton. She may remain in Franc
if the climate proves agreeaole.
The activity in sidewalk buildin
continues, and the Improvement
so marked in the city's streets th9
the subject is frequently discusse
by citizens. If the concrete ordi
nance is CARED" now and then
remind people of its existence. Co
wallis will soon have new boar
walks all over town, and every res
dent will reap the benefit.
Monday was the 18th weddin
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. e.
Horning, and their son and daugt
ter, Emil and Helen, planned
very pleasant surprise for then
Twenty relatives and friends gatl