Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-12-25

seed, orcha, timothy and clover
seed. 74tf
| Pianos and Organs-Ner and
secund haud-for sale and rent.
R. N. White. Phone 405. 1861
John Perrin of Beilefountain was
in Corvallis Saturday. He Il look
ling at certain Corvallis business
property with a view of purchasing.
Have your eyes fitted by one who
knows how-Matthews, the optician
S4tf
One of the men in the Indepen-
dent telephone employ came near
being severely injured Saturday. As
the men attempted to drop one of
th> poles into the earth the huge
timber slipped, striking Duncan
Pittman on the head. Fortunately
the injury was only a heavy jar
| but it wa. close call.
Starts Bakery has secured the
services of D'ck Llewellyn, the
| wonderful bread maker. 89tf
Ad .ertise Corvallis. See those
Souvenir letters at Gerhard's & NJ.
Longs 1C4tf
L. B. Wickersham yesterday
filed notice with the county recorder
of his intention to appropriate
10000 miners inches If water
from the North Fork Of the Santiam
river between Linn and Marion
counties. The purpose of the ap
preparation as stated in the papers
on file, is to develop electric power
for the operation of different in
dustries Albany Herald.
Frank A. White will make
special prices on piano tuning aud
teaching bet~een January lst and
Nav lst. Phone 405. 30tf
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Blake OF
Wells are spending Christmas at
the A. w. Herbert home in this
city.
Buy your Holiday goods at
Noian's. Long range for selec-
ton.
A local dealer calls attention to
the fact that much better grade
of candy has been in demand
this year for the Christmas trade
than ever before, and even for
the Christmas tree supplies a
high grade article has replaced
the usual cheap variety. Whe-
ther the change is due to better
financial conditions or to the rea-
sou that people are awakening to
the knowledge that the best is
always the cheapest, is not
known. -
| Ri5bons, Ribbons, 10, 600
yards new ribbons just received at
| Nolan's. =.
Edwin Rose arrived up from Portland
Sunday for visit with friends and rela-
tives. He is employed by the Oregon
box factory, of which F. P. Sheasgreen
is the manager. .-
| Clay Starr of Be'lefountain transacted
business in Corvallis yesterday.
If there's anything in a name,
the new postmaster at Mekena.
on the Hawa1an island. of Maui,
shond be Insured of life j,b. He
is David Kapohaklmohewa, and he
hae the distinction of bearing the
longest name OF any official in
Uncle Sans postal service. Burd-
ensd with such a name, humani-
tarians will he glad to know that
Mr.. KS duties are light, for the
postofice is one through which
little mail passes in the course Of s.
year.-Ex.
In recent divorce case, one of tn
questions put to the husband was this
"Did you ever make Christmas or birth
day presents to your wife ?'' The hus-
band replied that he had not and was
sorry for his neglect; that he had given
her authority to draw on his bank ac-
count aud that now when it was too late,
he had learned that it was not enough.
A permission to use money at will ex-
presses confidence, but it lacks the
essential element of love-personal at
tention, the study of likes and dislkes,
the selection of a gift and the sweetness
of it's presentation The lover during
his courtship days knows the difference.
Why should not the husband?
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Garrow will not
move to Portland the first of January as
| they had planned. Their new residence
in the metropolis will not be completed
until the first of February, at which
time they will leave this city. Their 60