Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-28
Additional Local.

Roy Hollenberg il expected home te.
day from few days. business trip to To-
ledo and Newport.
Miss Bessie Danreman has accepted q
position in Dawson's drug store at Al
bany, and expects to go to that city the
first Of the month to begin her duties.
She went to Albany. yesterday, to make
final arrangements. Her friends wish
her success.
Walter Lyon, who for SONS time past
has been in charge of the Albany Herald,
has been chosen secretary of the Marsh
field Chamber of commerce. Heis now
at Sacramento, where he has been at
tending to business matters regarding
the sale of his paper.-Ex.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. 81. Moore are to leave
next week fol- Peoria, Illinois, to take up
their residence. Their pretty residence
property in this city has been sold to
Ben Martin. As Mr.. and Mrs. Moore
have made several trips back to Illinois
with view to locating, since coming to
Oregon, their friends in Corvallis believe
that in this case, as in former ones, they
will again return to Oregon to reside.
The long distance Independent te'e-
phone gang is said to be encamped Oh
the Divide beach place, across the river
from Corvallis. This does not mean that
the long distance line is entering Cor
wallis, as yet, but the construction work
is going on at rapid pace and there will
soon be a long distance line and perfect
service between Corvallis, Portland and
way points. There are 40 or SO men in
the construction gang, .. Fs
A genuine preacher and Bear" Incl
dent o occurred last week at the base OF
M o. unit Adams, where a She bear chased
the Rev. S. G. Lapham, of Portland,
nearly quarter of mile. 1t is said tha
the race between the man and the ami
NAL was one of the finest splinting
m atches ever seen. Like the words OF
the popular song, the parson doubtle SIS
prayed: 20, Lord, if you can't help me
please don't help the bear. "-Ex.
Adam Wilhelm and sons, the widely
known Monroe merchants, who alsc
own Touring mills at Junction Cit,
Harrisburg and Monroe. and other ex-
tensive property interests in Benton coup
ty. have received letter signed ga
Farmer" in which the writer declares
that Adam, ST., Adam, Jr. and Matt Will
helm are to be blown up with a bomb
between now, and the last of Au gust. A
bomb, so the letter says, is to be planted
at the Wilhelm gate to do The work IN
the same manner that Ex-Governor
ST. unenberg of Idaho was killed. The
letter states that six men are implicated
in the plot and that the man who tells
on the others will be killed. 1t also says
that the man to kill the first one of the
three Wilhelms is to receive $500. Some
time ago an attempt was seemingly made
to burn the Wilhelm store at Monroe,
and the letter just received says that
this, too, was plot to get the Wilhelms
all together and kill them all at once.
but that "the kid" who started the fire
became frightened and put the blaze out
after he had started it. The Wilhelms
are, naturally, seriously concerned over
the receipt of the letter, and there is
general wonder as to how the affair ill
terminate. Some hold the opinion that
the entire matter is a'''bluf' made by
some one who has a grievance. real or
fancied, against the Wilhelms. and that
the dire threat will never be executed.