Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-06-28
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

this week.
Mrs. Sarah Baldwin is confined
to her home with q seve attack of
rheumatism.
The work of sidewalk repairing is
still going On and many q dilapi-
dated crossing is being made saf ..
Charley Overlanoer left Wednes-
day for his home at Big Elk, after q
weeks stay in this city on business.
Miss Florence Jones left Tuesday
for her home at Petaluma, c. lif.,
after q visit with Mrs. Charles
Heckart in this city.
T. D. Campbell, formerly of this
city but now Portland travelling
msD, mas been transacting business
In this city during the week.
Mrs. 8. N. Wilkins left yesterday
for Portland to attend the under
takers convention which meets
there the 9th, 28th and 29th.
Frank Seits left yesterday for his
home at Five Rivers, having been
In Corvallis several days. He
states that the roads over his way
are getting quite dry but are very
rough.
Mrs. Oscar Healey arrived We'd
nesday from Portland with her
household goods and will make her
home in this city. She will be
warmly welcomed by many old
friends.
The Episcopal church, corner 7th
and Jefferson streets, Sunday 10 a.
m., Sunday School; 1O:45, morning
sermon etc.; 7:45 p. M, evening
service, brief address. Seats free.
ALI welcome. J. W. Armstrong,
Rector.
Rev. and Mrs. J. R. N. Bell ar
rived home. Wednesday evening,
from a weeks visit to Baker City
They report splendid time. Rev.
Bell filed his former pulpit in that
city last Sunday evening. One of
the chief OBJECTS Of his trip, accord
ing to Dr.. Bell, was to "unite four
loving hearts and make them beat
as two"
Col. Roessler, chief of the U. S.
engineers. and Assistant Engineer
David B. Ogden have completed in
spec.ion of the river from Corvallis
to Wheatland, and returned to Port
land, TIesday. They went up to
Corvallis, Sunday night, and re-
turned dawn the river on the Math-
Iona to Wheatland, where revet-
ment work is being done.-HersId
Corvallis friends are in receipt Of
cards announcing the marriage of
Miss Lille Read. an OAC graduate,
to Howard Turner. The affair took
place at Culver, Eastern Oregon,
last SUNDAY. The bride has mum
erous friends in this city, where she
visited last summer at the Toll
Norton home. The groom is mer-
chant at Madras, where the young
couple will reside.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Alexander ex-
pectsd to leave Yesterday for Alsea,
where the f. mer will work on the
Alsea raad with his team and the
latter will cook for the teamsters
employed on the job. About $1,000
is available for the purpose of put
ting this road into good condition,
and the work is to be carried for
ward as rapidly as possible while
climatic conditions are favorable.
J. NJ. Nolan, now visiting his
boyhood homs in Ireland, has
SHOWN a spirit of friendliness and
thoughtful ness for his scquaintances
in Corvallis in sending to many of
them souvenir post cards from the
Emerald Isle. These little memen-
tos have been pleasant surprises to
most OF the recipients, and are high
1y priced. The general verdict
among the "boys" about town who
have been thus remembered by the
Corvallis merchant while in his
far-aw4y childhood home is that
-. NJ. is prime good fellow"
Out on the Oswald West hop
yard, J. D. Howell is installing a
gasoline pump which is to be used
for pumping water from the Will
lamette liver for the purpose of ir-
risating the hop yard, which Mr..
Howell is operating. If the expert
, ment proves successful, Mr.. Howell
will install a plant next year of
sufficient power to irrigate the en-
tire 80 acre yard. These expert
ments will no doubt bring many
facts to light and may ultimately
result in the establishment of irrl-