Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-10-16
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Ben Woldt left Friday for his
home in Portland, after business
Z visit to Corvallis.
Perm Starr of Beilefountain paid
one of his semi-annual visits to Cor
wallis friends, Friday.
Charles Hansen, of Grants Pass,
has arrived and occupies the Mum
dy house near the G. & E. depot.
Suit for divorce has been filed at
the clerks Office by r. l.. Taylor
versus Abbie Taylor on the grounds
of desertion.
Mrs. W., c. Corbett and son,
Phillip, visited in Salem the last of
the week with the formers sister,
Mrs. W. w. Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Graves Robinson
left Sunday for their home in Cen
tralia, Washington, after weeks
visit with Corvallis relatives.
Rev. P. A. Moses has sold cot
stage belonging to him On Ninth
street to NJ. Burnap. The building
is next door to Asa Alexander's
residence.
Mrs. Leslie Lilly and little
daughter, Marie, left Friday for
Pullman, Washington, after a visit
with S. n. Lilley and family in this
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bogue
have returned from four-months'
stay on their ranch and are again
comfortably settled in their town
residence.
A. R. Locke, one of Benton's
substantial citizens of near Noun
tain View, went to Portland, Friday,
for ten-days' visit with his son
Horace, and family.
Henderson Murphy, who has
been i'll with stomach trouble for
six weeks at his home in South
Corvallis, left Friday for Portland
to enter hospital for treatment.
Floyd Bogue, one of Corvallis
promising young men, left Saturday
for Idaho, where he is to have en-
ployment on the electric road that is
building from Lewiston to Ora nge-
Vile. His friends wish him success
The w. Fl. VI. S. of the First
Methodist church will be enter
tanned at the A. w Herbert home
on College street tom ,rrow after
noon. The subject for discussion is
"Mormonism."
The City of, Roseburg has just
granted to the Willamette Valley
Company, through its president, A.
Welch, 50-year. light and water
franchise. Many efforts were made
to defeat the measure, but it passed
unanimously.
HI. c. Barnell came up from Port
land, Friday, on ten days busi-
ness trip. He is looking after
property interests. Mr.. Barnell {
says Corvallis is the cleanest town {
between this place and Portland, a |
compliment in which every Corval-
lisite should feel a personal pride.
c.. c. Let's, of Sheridan. left the
last of the week after a few days
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Will
kins. Mr.. Let's is in Sheridan as {
a represe. tative of an eastern lum-
Der company that is already owner
of ID miles of timberland in the vi
cini,y of Sheridan. This company
is to establish a mill, the f1ume
alone for which is to cost $l2, 600. II
Miss Louise Meeker, the we'll
known in this city where for quite
awhile she was stenoprapher for E.
r. Bryson, was married in Spokane
last evening to Charles Snyder, an
employe of a Portland lumber COM
panv. TIE Young people will reside
in Portland. Mrs Meeker has been
employed in Spokane abstract of
flee. Corvallis friends extend good I
wishes.
4 gentleman in Corvallis, Satu,- .
day, who had been over in Linn
county rec ntly, stated that in Il ;
eawmill in that county is Young :
woman who handles heavy lumber :
with all the ease imaginable, runs a
cutoff saw, aid can give pointers =
to the average man about work in a
mill. The young lady is said to
be of average height, weighing $50 I
pounds, and is comely and attract c
i've. I
A sight to make the INITIATED c