Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-10-23
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Yesterday for a weeks visit.
James NJ. Watson of Kings Val
lev was business visitor in Cor
Wallis, Friday.
Mrs. Eta Downer left yesterday
for Portland and Hood River for a
visit with relatives.
Mrs. A. J. Hall of Polk county
was the guest over Sunday OF her
son, Harley Hall, in this city.
A tenth grade has been added to
the Bellefountain public school and
work in that grade began last Mon
day.
Ivan Hawley and bride of Belle
fountain, visited Corvallis friends,
Friday, and purchased their house
keeping outfit. "
Mrs. Caroline Shaw arrived Sat-
urday from Waucoma, Iowa, to
spend the winter with her, daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. B. Whitney in this
city.
Mr.. DufieId and bride arrived
Wednesday from Mccoy, where the
wedding had just taken place. Mr..
Dufield is clerkipg at S. l.. Kline's,
and with his bride will occupy the
Bell cottage.
Mrs. Newell of Eugene, state
evangelist for the W. c. T. u,
spoke at the Christian church Sun
day afternoon at three o'clock to an
appreciative audience. Mrs. New
eli has some idea of locating in this
city.
Miles Young and family have re-
turned from residence of several
years in Southern Oregon and arr
to take up their residence in
East Portland. At present they are
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Bryant
Young.
A farmers institute will be held
in Lebanon on November 6 and Z.
in the opera house, under direction
of the Oregon Agricultural College,
aud will be conducted by the pro-
fessors of that institution, headed
by DIR. Withycombe and F'rof. Kent.
Criterion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Harris and
family are to arrive in few days
from Wauc ,ma, Iowa, to spend the
winter. Mrs Harris is sister OF
Mrs. R. Fl. Colbert. At present
members of the family are in
Washington, where they stopped off
to visit relatives.
Mrs. Joseph Edwards of Belle
fountain has returned from Port
land where she went to be with her
father, Mr.. White, IN his last ill
ness. The gentleman died last
week and the remains were brought
to Junction City for interment
Wednesday.
The new uniforms for the OAC
cadets have been ordered and will
be here shortly. In color they are
ths same as last year, but the
trousers are trifle shorter and
button snugly along the outside
from the knee to the ankle, in order
that the legsins may fit smoothly.
A "life" prisoner at the Salem
penitentiary has just completed a
table with an inlaid top that con-
tains 2,193 separate pieces of hard
wood. The table has been sent to
Jailor Mitchell in Portland who is
to sell or rattle it off. The prison
ers' name is James Warrens. He
is serving life sentence for muir
der.
Invitations are just out for the
annual party at Cauthorn Hall, te
be givert on the evening of Novem-
Der End. These affairs are an "a'
home" given their friends by the
Cauthorn Hall boys, and are alway'
ATTENDED py se'eIdl nunoioo PNoP
A fine program and banquet are tn
usual features.
S. S. Bailey, a Seattle horsema an
has leased the Albany race tract
for period of five years. Mr.
Bailey has already arrived with tv'
fine horses, and eight more are tt
follow He will also care for the
animals of other parties as he Sc
curesre uters, and it seems proba-
BILE that Albany will become quit
a center for fast horses. The cos
of keeping up this string of horse
is about $4,000 a year for local ex-
penses, and to this will be addeo
much other business if other strings
of animals are brought there q