Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-08
Prot. and Mrs. ST. Pratt Of near

lis, Saturday.
Miss Margaret Mccormick o
Lebanon was a guest at the Elgir
home over Sunday. H.
Miss Carrie Byerlee of St. Johns
has been the guest OF Mrs. Georst
Fuller tne past few days.
MIR. and Mrs. Kelly arrived Sat
urday to visit their son who is 6
student at OAC. ---..-r
Hugh McFaddsn and wife left
Saturday with their househ nd
goods for J lnction City, to reside
William Leadoetter left Saturday
for Southeastern Washington where
he will visit with one of his sons for
a week or two.
"Uncle Josh Perkins" and his
hayseed band will give a grend
parade and hand concert, Friday
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The total of hunters licenses is
sued last year in Benton county
was 485; this year, up to Saturday
noon, the total number was 4S7.
Martin Rexfora mas sold his
property in Jobs addition to Roy
Keeney and with his family is to
leave Immediately for Texas to re-
side.
Miss Ida Deane of Monroe was in
Corvallis the last of the week to Sc
cure a permit to teach the Nichols
school near Monroe. She was sue
cessful in securing permission to
teach.
A petition has been in circulation
the past two davs, which is to be
presented to the city council, asking
for an arc light at the entrance to
the college campus, on college
street.
w. P. Laferty arrived home Sat-
urday morning from a business
trip to Chicago. He was absent
about three weeks and reports busi-
ness success as the result of his
journey.
Percy L. Adams of the class of
'O5 Of OAC, who has been taking a
technical course in Boston for the
past two years, has re-entered OAC
for special course, preparatory to
in Boston next year.
A letter received Saturday from
Mrs. A l. Stevenson stated that
her husband was i'll and that the
physician forbade his return home
at present They are at Vacaville,
California, en- route home from an
extended visit in the East.
Last season when "Uncle josh
Perkins" visited Corvallis, the opera
mouse was not large enough to hold
The crowd that wanted to see his
funny New England play. so a lit
Of advice is timely-secure your
seats early. The sale opens We'd
nesday morning at Graham &
drug store.
A petition and subscription paper
vas presented at the last session of
he county court, setting forth that
he residents of Ingram island had
'aised $50 for road work on the is
and and asking the court for Ike
amount for the bette. ment of the
highways there. The court order
ID that when the $50 raised by the
'esidents shall have been paid to
he supervisor, D. B. Farley, the
,ouct can then be drawn upon for
80 for road work.
An information was filed in the
county court, October 3rd, declar-
ug that as S. N. Wilkius had :aken
lp his residence in Vancouver,
Wash, he could no longer legally
,old the office of coroner in Benton !
ounty. The petition prayed furth-
n that some suitable person be ap-
pointed to the office. Robert John
on was the petitioner in the case.
The court appointed 0. J. Black
edge to the office.
George w. Claxton, who has been
n Corvallis on numerous occasions
n the interests of the Portland |
ournat, committed suicide, Thurs
lay, in Portland. He first cut his
hloat with a razor and then hung
himself with a piece of clothes lins
n the back yard. Temporary in
ianitv, caused by worry over. his
wife and child who are critically i'll
With typhoid fever, was the reason
f the rash ac1. Mr.. Clax,on was
young man of pleasing address,
nd q good business man He was