Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-16

Walter Locke Was q passenger
for Newport, Saturday.
Mrs. Sarah Baldwin and dauph-
ter, Miss Edith, are visiting friends
in Linn county.
Mrs. Jane Denman has gone to
Independence for visit of so me
length with friends
Miss Edith Ready arrived ho me
the .ast of the week from a visit OF
several weeks in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Adams left
Friday for the bay where they will
camp and enjoy the ocean breezes.
DR.. Catch and daughter, Miss
Grace, ara visiting Mrs. Claire
Gatch-Wheeler in Seattle for two
weeks
Mrs. Dick Thurston retur ned
Friday to her home in Crawfords-
vile, after a visit with relatives In
this city.
Miss Edith Niles, representin.g 4
the Sunset magazine, has been
transacting buEiness in Corvallis
the past few days.
Mrs. Amelia Stuver is expected to
arrive this week from Puyallup,
Wash, for a visit with Mrs. Will
liam Waggoner in this city.
George Miller, while employed at
the creamery, Saturday., became
mixed up with an electric wire in
such way that he received prei-
ty severe shock. Fellow-workmen
went to his relief before he received
serious injury.
The first binder to be started this
season in Benton county, so far as
reported, began operations Fri
day on the Frank Wilson place,
about seven miles south of Corval-
lis. Mr.. Wilson reports a good
stand of wheat.
A quiet wedding occurred Friday
afternoon at the Office of County
Judge " oodward, at the court
house, when w. P. Woods of North
Yakima and Miss Gertrude Van
Orden of Corvallis were united by
Judge Woodwa ID, in the presence
of the necessary witnesses.
DR.. H. S. Pernot is the latest vic
tim of automobile fever. The Doc
'er has purchased a handsome run
about, and is fast becoming a skill
full chafuer. This is splendid
sehicle for the physician in his
practice during the sumner months
a.. j : doubt many other doctors
will soon take up with idea.
Relative to the big cherry fair at
Salem last week the Capital Jour
nal says: ''The big cherry fair is
over, and the many visitors will
leave for their homes tonight. 1t
was a highly successful meeting,
bringing ,cgether many of the states
most prominent fruit growers, and
demonstrating thas the Willamette
valley is the grea est cherry coun-
try on EARTH"
Now and then the small boy of
today hands the man of older years
a "lemon," and such was the case
in the story that S. H. Horton is
telling on himself since last week.
Mr. Horton and wife were en- route
to G. aHfordsville and at point on
the Celapoc;a liver they stopped at
a wayside spring and small I chin
out Of the brush and re-
quested a piece of chewing tobacco,
that his dog was 'spower-
full sick" and unless remedy were
applied death would certainly re-
suit. Touched by the story Of Ca
nine suffering Mr.. Horton whacked
off a liberal dose" of fine cut, and
drove on. While en- route home the
next day, another stop was made at
the spring and a small girl was
playing there. How is your
brothers. dog?" asked Mrs. Horton,
to which the little one replied with
a grin, HE amt got no dog, he jist
wanted a chaw of terbacker," and
Mr.. Horton immediately drove on.
Mrs. Hill and daughter, Miss Dolly
have arrived from Portland, to remain
with their daughter and sis