Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-06-29

land visitor tuesday.
Born, Monday night, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Hollenberg, a daughter
, Miss Mamie Crawford arrived
home Tuesday from visit with
friends at McMinnville.
! Judge Virgil E. Waters was ex
pected home last night from a trip
to Grants Pass, on business.
Willis Vidito returned this week
from business trip to Alsea, where
ne went to look after his ranch.
Claude Murphy left Wednesday
for Newport, where he expects to be
employed during the summer in q
hotel.
Prof. Carroll Cummings and
family are expected to arrive home
today from a two weeks visit with
relatives near Salem.
Joseph King came out from Sea-
side this week for visit with rela-
tives, and left Wednesday to work
for the telephone company at other
points.
/ B. J. Thatcher is expected home
today or tomorrow from an EXTEND
led visit at his old home in Iowa.
He left Charles City, Monday, for
Oregon.
At the M. E. church, South,
Sunday morning subject CT sermon,
THE Glory of the Cross" At 8p.
M, "The Abundant Provision of
the Gospel"
Walter and Otto Locke have ar
rived home from two months
visit with Eastern relatives. They
visited many places of interest and
report fine trip.
The business men were out in
full force Tuesday morning, armed
with street brooms, and a decided
| improvement was noticeable after
tneir task was finished.
John Roland arrived Tues day
from Los Olivos, California, for q
visit with his sister, Mrs. Mary
Miller, who has been bedfast for
several months with illness.
George Carl, Newton Adamssand
Edwin Rose have gone to Carlton,
where they are to begin work inn
mediately on a large church for
which Adams and Carl have the
contract.
R. G. Johnson left Tuesday for
Eugene to attend the graduating
exercises, and from there be goes to
Portland to join his family. He
has been visiting his sister, Mrs. J
II. Harris.
Robert Johnson picked cherries
Monday evening. A small twig
struck him in this eye. Listerine
and bandage were in evidence
Tuesday, and Bob was not his usual
attractive self.
A letter from Earl Hawley and
A. l.. Bradley, of this years class
at OAC, relates that they have
reached Schenectady, New York,
in safety, and that the other Cor
Wallis ooys there are all well and
getting along nicely.
The new corcrete steps that II.
Bier and Co. have been building at
the north and south entrances of the
administration building at the col
lege were to have been completed
last night. The steps are circular
in shape and are probably, at the
base, 20 feet in diameter. They
are indeed vast improvement.
There is an air of general activity
noticeabl out at the OAC athletic
field, these days, for the work of
making a new track is in progress
The field has been plowed up and
is to be leveled and a new track
laid off, preparatory to the big
inter-scholastIc meet that is to take
place here May Is, '07, mention of
which has appeared heretofore in
the Gazette.
Recent sales of real estate report
ed by Anbler and Waters are "s
follows: Homyer tract Of five acres
Il miles north Of Corvallis to Isaac
Stroud and wife of Kings Valley,
81 ,45O; the Alfred Rust farm of so
acres, three miles south of Fhilo-
math to John Mitchell, late OF Iowa,
$25OO; the Douglas Wade farm of
GA acres, five miles East Of Corvallis,
to John Campton, 50, 800.
A petition for letters of admins
tration in the estate of the late
Harvey Eugene Burns has been
filed by the widow, Ida A. Burns.
1t is stated that The deceased died