Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-21

| just received at Graham & Wells,
500 Edison phonograph records
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Born, Wednesday. to Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer s. Graham. = daughter.
Wednesday evening the quarterly con-
ference of the M. e. church was held.
DR.. Rowland of Portland was present
and presided.
Charles Biddings and wife, formerly of
this city where Mr.. Biddings Was en-
ployed in the creamery, have just moved
back from California and have located at
Blodgett.
John Whitaker and William Newman,
| neighbors, residing south of Corvallis,
are reported as very i'll at their homes.
Both are highly respected citizens.
Claude Starr and family and William
Schmidt and family have beea at Belle
fountain this week, visiting relatives and
to attend the picnic which occurred
Wednesday.
National Steel ranges for sale at
Kempin's Lew furniture store,&Cor-
Wallis. 5O-54
The Circle ladies initiated candidates
and had social time at their hall, Tues
day evening. Next Thursday night there
is to be called meeting to initiate more
candidates, in order to get the work all
done this month.
Rev. and Mrs. T. S. Handsaker were
given surprise party at their home,
Wednesday evening. that day being the
seventh or wooden anniversary of
their wedding. Suitable gifts were be-
slowed and a general social time enjoyed
by the large company present. The
hope is that this worthy couple may live
to celebrate their diamond anniversary.
For Sale-Full blood Jersey COW, with
calf. See F. R. Overlander, City. 5l-52
A show of agricultural products can be
gotten up in most any section of Ore
gon and the exhibits be of high quality.
Oregon City has just held very success
full strawberry show, Corvallis big live
stock show, Portland follows with rose
show June Goth, and then Salem with q
cherry show comes next July 10 12. =
EX.
1t may read like fiction to the outside
world to know that Hatfield has been
employed to come to Oregon to make
rain. He is at work in Sherman county
under contract guaranteeing to produce
sixssinches of rain between now and July
25th. All Sherman county is watching
the experiment as a copious rainfall
would not only insure good crop this
year, but greatly enhance the value of
land in that county.-Ex. a w
She was one of the Philip S. Bates
party of girls and it happened while the
trip through the East was in progress.
Thev were viewing the city from the
famous Washington monument and the
newspaper reporter who accompanied
them waxed eloquent owe. the beauty of
the scence spyead below. Imagine his
chagrin when one of the Oregon peaches
said, witheringly, Eyes, but you ought to
see the view from our old ap pie tree!'
R. L. Smith and T. 9. Sparkman will
sell real estate under the name of "The
Santiam Land Co.," with Office at Leba-
non. 43tf
An exchange says: There is PRACTICAL
ly no such thing as gratitude on the part
of the public for auy moral service rem
dered by newspaper. The same is
true of favor done an individual by
newspaper. To the average citizen the
newspaper is as impersonal as railroad
corporation and the attitude of the public
is often to use it but to beat it if you can.
Every editor has had good citizens urge
him to att ack this or that evil, and
probably within a week after the battle
was fought and won, the same man for
some purely personal or business reason
would stop his paper and his advertise
ment.'
FOR SALE OR RENT-Store building
on corner of Third aud Jefferson streets.
Ind. Phone 500. Mrs. CIV. Young.
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Mark Richards automobile, carrying
three young ladies and himself, frighten-
ed Sup't Denman's horse, Wednesday
night, few miles south of Corvallis,
and caused mix-up that might easily
haye been fatal to some of those concern
ed. The rig of MI. Depman contained
himself, his wife and two chilalen and
all were thrown out, but strange to re-
late, no one was injured. Mr.. Rickard
brought Mrs. Denman and children on
to town in his auto, leaving his other fair
passengers a, neighboring farm house,
and Mr.. Denman followed with The Grip
p1ed rig. It was q "Iucky" accident and