Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-09-03

Mrs. William Fouts returned
Sunday from a two months visit in
Portland.
Miss Evelyn Merrill came over
from Albany, Friday, for a few
days visit.
Miss Margaret Foweils has gone
to Newport for q week or ten days
visit with friends.
w. R. Hall came up from Port
land, Saturday to act as bo.s in the
D. B. Taylor hop yard.
Mr.. AMI Mrs. Cecil Cathey of Al
bany were among the three day
visitors to the fair last week.
McMinnville is to have a great
county school fair and stock show
September "a to 27, inclusive.
Mrs. J. s. Booth returned to New
port, Friday, having been in Cor
Wallis few days on business.
Prof. Henry Sheak and daughter,
Miss Edith, of Philomath were Ger
Wallis visitors during the fair.
Mrs. George Won der HELEN ar
rived Saturday from her home in
California for q visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Huff.
Mrs. Bruce Burnett and little
son returned to their home in Port
land, yesterday, afte- a few days
visit with relatives and friends in
this city.
Brady Burnett came up from his
home near Grants Pass the last of
the week for visit at home. He
is holding down timber claim in
that locality.
The exodus to the hop fields is
now Oh and wagons loaded with
pickers and their camping outfits
have been passing through this city
for the past three days.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Osburn re-
turned Sunday evening from 8
months outing in the vicinity of
the Three Sisters and Fish Lake.
They report splendid trip.
Mrs. Byron Hunter is suffering
with very badly burned arm. In
pouring some hot lard from one
dish to another she upset it. The
right arm is dreadfully scalded.
R. N. Williamson and family OF
near Wells a-e soon to move to Cor
Wallis to send their children to COL
lege. They will occupy part of
the Purdy resiuence near the s. P 4.
depot.
Mrs. H. Mcdonald and daugh-
ter, Miss Teresa, of Philomatn,
were in Corvallis, Monday, the lat
ter being en- route to Dayton, Ohio,
where she will enter college this
winter.
Prof. James Dryden of OAC de-
parted Saturday for Grants Pass,
where he will participate in fair
and then proceed to California for
q visit. He will be absent about
two weeks.
Miss Gladys Cummings of Green
wood, Wisconsin, who has been a
guest of her brother, Prof. Carroll
Cummings, is spending a few days
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Pres
nell of Oakville. Rev. Presnell was
formerly pastor at Greenwood.
"I came in response to your 3D.
vertisement for waiter" said the
man entering the restaurant.
Have you ever had any expert
cree at waiting?" ASKED the pro-
prietor. "Well, yes; l came in here
and tried to get a meal once. .--Ex
The merry.go-round was proba
bly, the busiest place in Corvallis
, throughout the fair and from morn.
, iug until night there was a crowd.
The moving picture show also came
in for much attention and the two
attractions were always largely at
tended.
Miss Grace Wilson, who has beer
, a very pr pular clerk at M. T
, STAIRS candy store during the sum
mer, resigned the position, Satur
day evening. She goes to Eugene
after hop picking, where she is tt
spend the winter and enter a shoK
to learn dressmaking.
5 Three games of baseball were
, played on the OAC athletic fel,
} during the All-Benton fair. Tn'
/. first was Thursday forenoon, De
} tween the Toledo Cam Diggers ant
8 kline's Handy Kids and resulted
in a score of 5 to 3 in favor Of th'
Handy Kids. Friday the PLAYER
were the Handy Kids and the Co
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