Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-22
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

e. w. Strong of Monmouth WAS
transacting business in Corvallis,
Saturday.
Henry Knightsn Of Buena Vista
was q Corvallis business visitor the
last Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Leess were
visitors in Toledo the latter part OF
the week.
Representative Virgil Carter of
Wells was . business visitor in Cor
Wallis, Saturday.
Mrs. Jack Milne has been the
guest of Salem and Portland friends
the past fsw days.
Evangelist Martin arrived Sum
day from Seattle to begin the meet
ings at the Christian tabernacle.
Ed Andrews, formerly of this
citv but now of Lebanon, was an
over-ounday visitor in Corvallis.
Horace Burrows returned to his
home in Portland, Sunday, after a
few days visit with Corvallis
friends.
Z. D. Campbell, a former Cor
Wallis citizen, was business visitor
in town, Saturday. His headquar-
ters is Portland.
Mrs. Sylvester Leech arrived Sat-
urday evening from Harrisburg for
an over Sunday visit at the home
Of her sister, Mrs. T. H. Wellsher.
Walter Brinkley of Airlie was
among the business visitors in Cor
Wallis. Saturday. He is . relative
of Mrs. J. F. Yates and Mrs. W. A.
Wells.
r, e. Gibson of Portland has
been looking after business interests
in Corvallis the past few days. He
is holding down claim in the Sal
mon river country.
DR.. Kerr delivered an address,
Saturday, at the big fair at Gres-
ham. His topic was "The Agri-
cultural College Viewpoint" The
fair has been a grand success.
Mrs. e. J. Kelly was called to
Salem the last or the week by the
serious illness of her sister, Mrs.
Josephine Symes. She will be alb
sent at least week.
DR.. W. J. Kerr is scheduled to
deliver an address at the Clackamas
county teachers institute at Oregon
City this week. The institute te-
gins tomorrow and concludes Satur-
day.
The chicken pie supper given by
the ladies of the Christian church,
Friday evening, was we'll patronized,
the ladies selling nearly every thing
On hand. They realized $32 profit
from the affair.
The collegs band gave CONCERT
ON Main street just before the foot-
ball game began, Saturday. This
aggregation furnishes good music
music and their sfforts are appre-
ciated by all who are privileged to
hear them.
Rev. J. E. Walker, D D, Of
Shao- China, was the guest of
Rev and Mrs. A. W. Monosmith, in
this city the last of the week. DR..
Walker is a missionary at the Foo
Chow Mission, China. He is an
Oregonian, his brother being the
first male white child born in the
Pacific Northwest.
MIR. and Mrs. G. A. Robinson re-
turned Friday from Salem, where
they had been since Monday as DEL
egates frcm the local church to the
Baptist State Convention. The at
tendance was the largest in the his
tory of the denomination, and for
the first time in recent wears the
convention was out of debt and had
a surplus on hand at the close of
its deliberations.
The population of Oregon will be
considerably decreased if the hunt
ing season does not close soon, as
hunting accidents are reported from
all directions. The latest victim
reported to have died from being
accidentally shot is Clarence Thon-
son, Eugene timbe cruiser, who
was shot by his brother, Henry
Thomson, Of Pendleton. The two
had been out hunting and On the
return were walking single file
down q path. The gun carried by
the Pendleton man was discharged,
tearing such hole in the leg of the
man ahead that amputation of the
limb was necessary. The victim