Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-06-08
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

frlends.
Chief Lane made a business trip
to Dallas Tuesday, returning We'd
nesday morning.
J. c. Heiston left Saturday for
Oregon City where he has purchas-
ed and will ope ate laundry. His
family is to leave Monday to join
him.
Mr.. Farnham and family, who
reside in the northwest part OF
town, expect to leave in a few days
for Lorraine, Southern Oregon, to
remain.
Sam Baldwin arrived Monday
from Drain, and left Wednesday
for his home in Winlock, Wash,
after visit with his cousin, Harley
Hall and family.
Tuesday afternoon the L. A. S.
of the First Methodist church held
tea in the church parlors from
2:45 to 5 o'clock. There was a
goud attendance AID the occasion
was very pleasant.
The Central Willamette Medical
Association met in Albany Wednes-
day night. The principal paper Of
the evening was presented by DR..
Coffee of Portland. Drs. Cathey,
Fernot and Farra of this city at
tended the meeting,
Sunday, in the college armory,
the annual baccalaureate sermon
will be preached by Rt. Rey.
Frederic w. Keartor, D. D. Bishop
of Olympia. There will be excel
lent music, and the usual large
crowd in attendance.
John II. Starr, who has been
travelling organizer for the M. w.
A., for the past year, with head
quarters at Prineville, arrived at
home a few days ago, in junction,
and with his family is now visit
ing his parents at Monros.
Tuesday evening, June 18th,
tuC Ok1O HCdlOI6 Will kINO hhVi'
annual entertainment, which will
be farce. Besides this there will
be solos, quartette, monologues
and other features. The entertain
ment will be largely patronized, as
it will be of more than passing
interest.
Tomorrow is the barbecue at
Monroe, and it is hoped that
favorable weather may enable
everyone for miles around to attend.
A beef is to be roasted, and the plan
of the entertainment will be on
an elaborate ecale generally.
Many from Corvallis expect to 60
out and enjoy the occasion.
The Wells Fargo Express wagon
has a new driver and owner. He
is Eugene Burger, who came to
Corvallis four months ago from
South Dakota. He assumed charge
of the business Tuesday. James
Citizens goes to Portland to en-
ter the employ of the Welis
Fargo company on relief work.
for the present.
Rev. Frank Abram Powell, of
Salem, formerly pastor of the Christ
ian church at Corvallis, has ac-
cepted call as pastor of the
First Unitarian church society of
Helena, Montana. He has already
begun his work in the new field,
and the Montana Daily Record
gives him an extensive and very
lsudatory write-up in its columns.
The annual -four cornered" field
meet occurs at Salem tomorrow,
and negotiations are pending for
an excursion to run from Corvallis,
although but little hope is enter
tanned that such train can be
secured. The colleges participating
in the meet tomorrow are the U. of
o. the O.. A c., W. u, and P.
U. The local team goes to Salem
tomorrow morning.
The late James Edwards, who
died suddenly of heart failure at
the Bsllefountain picnic last Satu--
day, was for IA years county COM
missioner in Benton, and for 20
years a faithful christian. The
children who survive to mourn his
passing are: Isaac Edwards, of
Lane county,; w. G. Edwards,
Drain, Oregon; l.. N. and J. H.
Edwards, of Bellefountain. Mrs. n.
Wheeldon, The Dalles, and J. F.
Edwards, of Indiana.
Late real estate transfers are:
V. E. Waters and wife to E la
Tyler, 2 lots in Corvallis, $400;
J. S. Martin and wife to M. D.
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