Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-05
LOCAL AND PERSONAL,
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Oregon City on q business trip.
Mrs. Mary Barclay of Irish Bend
was in Corvallis, Tuesday, en- route
TO Portland for a visit.
Rev. J. R. N. Bell left Wednes-
day for Cottage Grove to deliver
the oration on the Fourth.
Mis- Anna johnson of Browns.
vile has been q guest at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. T. Starr this
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Mrs. Ida Mathany leaves tomor-
row for her home at Centralia,
WASH, after a months visit with
her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. 1. L.
Vincent. - '..
DIR. and Mrs. L. v. Flint leave to-
morrew for New Era, to attend the
Spiritualistic compmeeting. They
will be absent three weeks. Mrs.
Flint is one of the speakers.
RI Huuziker moved the first
OF the week into his new residence
in the western part of town. The
dwelling was dedicated" Monday
evening with a dancing party.
In the William F. Miller estate,
Eva J. Miller, the administratrix,
has filed her final account, and Au-
gust 10th has been named as the
date for hearing objections. .
Mrs. Caroline Hayes has return
ed from Waterville, WASH, where
she was hastily summoned q
few weeks ago by the serious illness
Of her daughter, Mrs. Ira Hunter.
The latter is recovering. ~aEaa
Mrs. Oscar Healey is to have her
large residence on Third street i'm
proved by fresh paper and paint Oh
the interior. The contract has been
let to w. E. Paul and work begins
Immediately. $50 ...e 50
Roy Bell of Portland visited his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Bell, in this city the first Of the
week. Roy has accepted position
on a Columnia River boat and be-
gins his duties this week.
In the estate Of Clifton G. Watts,
deceased, appraisers have been ap-
pointed as. follows: T, w. Johnson,
r. J. Brattain and Stephen Gaylord
of Paisley. the prrprrty in the
estate is located in Lake county.
The band concerts have been
features, the past two days, of the
preliminary celebration that has
been going on during the races. 0 A
good band ia always an attractive
feature of any gathering and lie
much enjoyed by the crowd,
The we'll known grocery firm Of
Thatcher & Johnson has changed
hands. The purchaser is J. E.
Vinegar, formerly in the livery
business in Corvallis but later of
Oregon City. Possession is to be
given Monday. The plans of the
retiring members are not known.
1t is estimated that the fireworks
and other Fourth OF July explosives
to 60 up in smokein greater New
York City this week will aggregate
about $12,0OO,O00 in value. There
are no statistics regarding the
amount of suffering which will be
caused by the careless handling of
all of the stuff.-Ex. 49, -.s
Either Orchard told lot of lies
to make himself out a greater Grim
inal than be is, if possible, or else
some other witnesses ere lying in
order to prove him liar. The jary
will have to decide whether it can
believe any of them, or to what ex-
tent.-Ex.
Those who attended the animal
convention of Christian churches at
Turner arrived home Monday, and
report most enjoyable and profit
able time. Those who came back
Monday are: Rev. and Mrs. Hand-
saker, Mesdames Sarah Goodchild,
Prudence Chapman, Bower, Hall
and daughter Eta, and Miss Myra
Hukill.
Mrs. Ida McBee has made appli-
cation to the Benton county court
for a commission to admeasure and
set apart h,r dover in the lands of
thselste james P. McBee. The
court has named July 11th as the
date for hearing the csse and ci;a-
tons have been issued to the heirs
to appear and show cause if any
such commission should not be ap-
pointed.
The Benton county court house