Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-21
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

has Just finished hauling it to his
own establishment.
James Tedrow's horse ran away
Thursday morning, smashing up a
light spring wagon and otherwise
making record run"
Byron Woolridge Of Bellefountain
was a visitor in Corvallis the last Of
the week. Mrs. Woodbridge is re-
ported to be in very poor health.
Contractor w. o. Heckart went
to Sllverton, Friday, to look after
the big building that he has in pro-
cess of construction in that city.
Twenty-six young people were
busy the las of tine week, taking
the 9Th grade examinations. 1t is
an anxious time for the young stu
dent.
Mrs. Laura Fleming of Salem
has been the guest OF Corvallis rel
atives for several days. She was
formerly Miss Laura Beck with,
Corvallis girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clay Gilbert visited
in Eugene several days sne last o.
the week, guests of DR.. and Mrs.
Ira Bartle, the latter being d sister
of Mr.. Gilbert.
Tne Corvallis Times Office was
moved Friday from the location
above the Graham d Workman
drug store to the room on the OPP
poe te side of the street former
" occupied by the Bell telephone
company.
o. J. Blackledge and NJ S. Wood
cock are building new Sidewalks
ong their property on the street
leading west past the Clyde Phillips
home. This improvement was
needed and will be appreciated by
the public.
Henceforth until the great day
arrives, one of the absorbing topics
of intel est in Corvallis will be, who
will be goddess of liberty?" Cor
Wallis wants the best of everything,
and the prettiest girls in town
should be select, d as candidates.
There is plenty of material from
which to choose strikingly pretty
goddess.
The "Hawkins Concert Com
pany" gave a very credita BILE enter
laipment at the skating rink,
Thursday evening. Their illus
1raied songs were very good indeed,
Billy McAdams, baritone, being
especially clever. The young gen.
tlemeu of the company started out
from Polk county recently and are
touring the Valley with their NOV
ing picture show, and they deserve
liberal patronage as their entertain
ment is we'll worth the price.
The Curtis Lumber Company has
chartered the chooner Leggett for
shipping lumb'r to San Francisco
ffom Yaqulna and expects to have
the first s.ipment some time in
JunS. Tne boat has II capacity of a
nllIiCn and a half feet. The COM
pany has had difficulty in getti..g
cars for shi Jnents. hence tniA move
Il is said there will ne no difficulty
in boat getting into the bay. The
bar at full tide is good for % or "a
feet. .--Ex.
While the evening proved quite
cool, the ice cream SOCIAL given on
the court house lawn, Thursday
evening, by the United Evangelical
cnurch was in every way pro-
nouuced success. Japanefe Ian
terms furnished light, and with
pretri y arranged tables, a large
crowd of happy people, and the
green lawn and trees "a setting
for the whole, the scene was one of
animation and beauty. A splendid
,ime is reported, besides a 'arge
sum being realized from the event
A good many persons haze
noticed the constant travelling of
ants up and down cherry trees.
Some have regarded their presence
on the trees as hurtful and others
regard them as insect destroyers.
A man in a neighboring town, be
lieving the former to be the case,
has found remedy to keep them
off. He has pasted sticky tiy paper
around the limbs of the trees so
close to the smooth bark that the
ants cannot get under it and thy
do not attempt 20 get over; It blng
wiser than h.es,> they DON'T get
,ush,.-Ex.
II wss imnossible for Iva.
Rhodes, state secretary of he y. VI