Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-05
tUCAi AND PERSONAL

MISE II hoi auutCT " w otCi sllle
Wash, is the guest of her aunt
Mrs. Tom Bell.
Mr.. aud Mrs. P. A. Mosier re
turned home, Tuesday, from visi
with relatives at Oregon City ant
Portland.
Miss Francis Bslknap was able
to resume her position in the public
school, Tuesday, after ten days
illness with la grippe.
NJ. Burnap and family expect to
move this week into their ne~ resi-
dence on Ninth street which has
juet been completed.
Tin D,w!iGg and family moved
this wss from the Blackie ige cot
tags in Jobs addition to dwelling
near the BoDine warehouse.
tn. postofiice grounds at Salem
are to he improved to the extent OF
$l3,l7O. Tne contract has been
awarded to local ,ntracsors in that
city.
April has not been an ideal month,
thus far, sh,wsrs aud c,Id wi1ds
mixing it decided y uncomfortable
out Of doors 10 ,st of the time this
v-eek.
J W. Handy who b IS been i'll at
the family home for sb .ut two
weeks is not improving as rapid "
as h ID been expected, ald il still
c,ufined to his hom:.
Dean Knox celebrated his birth
day anniversary, Monday night, by
giving party to number Of
young friends. A very pleasant
evening was spent by all.
Mrs. Gerard raill.ndisr expects
t, depart tomorrow for Iowa for a
visit with relatives. Prof. Taillan-
dier is to join her after the close of
college, and together they will tour
Europe during the summer.
The eighty new residence that
Norton Adams is erecting on his
lots in the western part of town il
being hurried to completion. It
will b- one of the most attractive
residences in that nelghborhood
when completed.
A marriage license was issued
few days ago to Tracy Q. Wood
aud Helen G. Pneen, y. The groom
is from Coburg and the bride resides
In Benton. Details Of the wedding,
If such has occurred, have not bsen
reported.
The district convention of the
Chri tian church is being held in
Eugene, today, having opened yes
terday. Those who expected to be
10 attendance from the lucal church
are Rev. aud Mre. T.S. Handsaker,
Mrs. Prudence Chapman, Mrs. J.
w. Howard and Mrs. Bulls.
1t is related that certain pair of
youngsters in Corvallis made pill
grimage few days ago and on re-
turning in the evening each bore 10
his arms a life sized lamb, obtained
no one knows where. Incidently,
II certain sheep owner has lost some
lambs from an orchard just west of
town. What about the IN alter, par
ents7 It might be we'll to find out
where so many Of Marys little
lambs are coming from, for pets.
The story is that already youths
have begun the work of disfiguring
the fountain that was completed
Wednesday on the public school
grounds. The concrete base has
boen kicked off on the edges about
four times, workmen returning af-
ter eacn onelaught to repair the
damage. The deviltry is done bv
boys large enough and old enou b
to know better and a watch should
be kept until the guilty parties are
apprehsnded, when proper punish
ment sh euld be dealt them most
generously.
Captain Ulysses Grant McAlex-
ander of the Thirteenth Infantry,
Regular Army, is to become COM
mandant and instructor of military
science at the Oregon Agricultural
College next fall, having been ap-
pointed by the war department. He
is now official inspector of land
grant for Agricultural colleges and
is just beginning his annual tour of
inspection in that capacity, start
Ing at Nav Orleans. He will in
spect the OAC cadets May Sth, re-
turn TO Washington D. c., aud then !
return to Corvallis in time for the
opening of college in September.
Near Salem there is farmer who
not onlv makes his living from q
C0.acra firm hut uho hos for a /