Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-02
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs. Patty went to Kings Valley,
Tuesday, to attend the funeral of
Mrs. John Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Kiger and
daughter, Minerva, returned Tues
day from few weeks visit at New
port.
Mrs. J. Fl. Wilson and children
are spending week at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Buchanan, near
Inavale.
Mrs. Ivan Bayne of Bellefountain
is visiting at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Grier, in
this city. She arrived Wednesday.
Fred Quick left Wednesday morn
ing for Portland to consult physi-
clan, as he has been suffering with
appendicitis and feared he would
have to undergo an operation.
The marie ge of Miles Starr, Jr.,
to Miss Anna johnson of Browns
vile is announced to take place at
the home of the groom on Ninth
street, in this city, tomorrow after
noon at 2:3O.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brague de-
parted Tuesday evening for Their
home in Salem, having been pres
ent at the Brague-Richards nuptials
in this city, Mr.. Brague being a
brother of the groom.
A letter to friends from J. W.
Handy and family, now in Iowa on
a visit, states that they will return
to Corvallis as soon as the next
'cheap rates" go into effect, and
that they are anxious to get back
to Benton county.
Waller and Fred Bradley of Nc
Minnville visited their uncle, Fred
Barden, in Corvallis, Tuesday
They are members of the 0. N. g.,
and Sc .lral other members of their
company were in Corvallis, Tuesday,
en- route home from the encamp-
ment at Roseburg.
There was dropping of sweat and
, mopping OF brows IN Corvallis, Tues
day, when the thermometer stood
at. l01. The day previous had
been Lot one, but Tuesday took
the bun. 1t was the hottest day Of
the year, and to add to The general
discomfort there was an absence OF
sea breeze, which made the heat
very depressing. There is general
hope that the dose may not be re-
peated.
1t has been decided by the COM
mittee that the Corvallis city coun-
Gil shall be requested to donate 800
for the School children's agricultur-
al fair that occurs in this city this
month. AS the fair is of such mag
nitude and Importance, affecting as
it does every resident of the county,
it would seem only reasonable and
proper for the city to aid in the af
fair, as it will mean much to Cor
Wallis in many ways.
Prot. E. Grim, principal of the
Nome, Alaska schools, dropped in
unexpectedly Yesterday to visit his
brother-in-law, w. H. Kay. He
reports the coldest, cloudiest sum-
mer up there this year since he
went there in 1899. He says they
have. about 200 pupils and fully
equipped high school, and their
graduates are accepted without ex-
animation at most of the universi-
ties. Prof. Grim returns to Nome
on ths next steamer. He used to
bs an instructor at the Oregon
Agricultural Coliege--Eugene Reg
lister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Henk le arriv-
ed home, Tuesday evening, from a
months visit with their daughter,
Mrs. Will McCu ~lum, in Alberta,
Canada. En- route home they visit
ed their son, Arthur Henkle, md
family, at Chehalis, WASH, and
spent few days in Portland. "The
summers are very cool and pleasant
ia Alberta and it is beautiful
country. We found the heat quite
Impressive Wuch W5 IoaCIoo OTl-
land" said Mrs. Henkle, yesterday.
She reports both her son and daugh
ter prospering, and states that she
and Mr.. Heukle had delightful
trip.
Here is true story that sounds
like fiction: D. F. Wagner, of this
city, few weeks ago packed some
cherries in sawdust and shipped
them in boX to relatives in Balti-
more, Md. There were three varie-
ties--some of the finest and largest
raised here. The Baltimore relative
Immediately upon receipt of the
chetries, wrote that the box of apri-
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