Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-16
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

James Booth writes from In6 Day
that a number of cottages are IN
course of erection at Nye Brook,
The pastors subject at the First
Methodist church Sunday morning
is. "Jesus the Author and Finisher
of Christian Faith"
Services as usual at the United
Evangelical church. Rev. Hurd
will occupy the pulpit both morn
ing and evening.
Mrs. Gillispie and daughter,
Genevive, returned to their home in
Amity the first OF the week after
visiting Corvallis friends a few
days.
Services at the M. e.. cnurch,
South, SUNDAY morning at IL, and
7:3O D. no. Subject of morning
sermon: personal Love to Christ"
Evening, Power of Thought. j..
A. Ellison, pastor.
H. H. Cook, of the firm of H.
H. Cook & Co., contractors and
builders of Newport, has been in
Corvallis during the week. The
gentleman was looking into matters
relative to building.
Mrs. E. Allen entertained the
Aid Society of the Congregational
church Wednesday. About fifty
ladies were present and enjoy
ed splendid program after which
they partook of a delicious lunch
con.
w. E. Durham, who went to
California a few weeks ago, has
written that he has purchased an
improved farm at Eureka aid ex-
poets to sell his property near this
city and remove with his family to
that place.
H. E. Hodes received letter
couple of days ago from Dick Zahn,
of Alsea. The writer stated that
last Sunday morning he had killed
a cougar that measured ten feet in
length from the point of the nose to
the tip of the tail. This is the
26th cougar that Mr.. Zahn has
killed since taking up his residence
in Alsea.
S ,ortly before the hour of mid
night Wednesday the S. P. freight
crew while switching in this city,
got off the track in some manner
between the two depots. Agent
Cronise, of the G. & E., was routed
out of bed and asked for the use of
his company's engine for use in
pulling the cars back on the track.
The request was readily granted
and everything was soon O. K.
News to the effect that Mrs Carl
F. Farber died recently at her home
at. Pincher Creek, Canada. : To-
gether with her husband and chill
dren she went from this section to
Canada last September. The fam
,ly used to reside in Linn county
just across the Willamette river
from Corvallis. Mrs. Tamin, sister
of the diseased, may soon journey
to Pincher Creek and bring the
orphans to her home near this city.
We are in receipt of letter from
f. P. Shessgreen, of the Oregon
Box & Manufacturing Co., Port
land, in which the writer states
that the future for the company
looks very promising. They have
secured a contract for the manu-
facture of 275,OOO salmon cases
for the coming season. They have
the factory in good working order
and are using 1,5OO feet of lumber
every day in their work. Edwin
Rose has become quite an expert
box maker.
In the way of valentines there
was something doing about town
Wednesday, So far as those at
tached to this office are concerned
we have no kick coming. OF
course, as usual, one or two of us
were not Gin it," but our fellow
workers were so enthusiastically re-
mem bered tnat matters were about
evened up and averaged we'll. AS
sample of our treatment we mem
tion incidentally that Merwin Nc
Maines, our job printer, received an
express package from Lincoln
county on which he paid 80 cents
only to find a bottle of buttermilk
accompanied by q verse in COM
memoration of the day.
News of the death of Frank
Wicks, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Wicks, came over from Albany
Wednesday. The parents formerly
resided in this city and the boy
was born here. 1t seems that the
lad, in COMPANY with another boy.