Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-11-12

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the eek from Portlond where Mr.. Rick.
ard has entered the Adventist Sanitor-
ium for II eatment. It was the intention
to spend the winter in travel, but on the
advice of Portland physicians Mr. Rick
ard decided to remain there for the pres-,
ent.
Miles Starr carries homemade
candies, also LoHrey's chocolates.
9O-3
Mort Cockrell returned Sunday nigh
from Hood River where he attended the
wedding OF his sister, Miss Mabel, to Mr..
NJ. Duke. the wedding taking place
Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Duke. after a
wedding trip, will make their home in
Portland.-Oregon City Courier. Both
Mort Cockrell and his sister are old Cor
vallisites and fri snds IN this city will
read the above item with interest.
Under Southern Skies is played in
but three Owns in wsstarn Oregon. and
through the enterprise of the local man
agement Corvallis is one of them. This
attraction plays the leading theatres in
all of the cities, and we are guaranteed
thoroughly high class performance. The
here. 1t is expected that the opera house
will be crowdet, and those desiring good
seats should secure them now
The appointment of u A. Westgate as
surveyor general of this state is good
selection. Mr.. Westgate is young man
we'll qualified to fill the position and will
do so with credit to himself and the state
Of Oregon. Mr. Westgate is newspaper
man, having until recently published the
Albany Herald. He is chairman of the
Republican state central committee,
which Office he will likely resign on ac-
count of his appointment to federal
position.-Raral Spirit.
Do not purchase cemetery work
of any kind without first investieat
ing Wnitt, Bronze. Perry Eddy of
Hoskins will furnish information.
92-5
Yesterday the Booth-Kelly company
received $25, ZOO in clearing house certif.
Gates from San Francisco in denomins-
tions OF rs, $40 aud $40. The company's
regular payday does not ONE until next
Monday, bat some of the certificates will
be paid out to their help today and by
next Tuesday it will be in general circu-
lation. They look like bank drafts, are
signed by Homer King, of Wells FARGO
president of the San Francisco clearing
house association, EN- bracing IS solid
banks of the city and are based upon gilt
edged security Eugene Regis
ter.
In order to clean up lumber yard
beture starting his mill, Sam Fl.
Moore will sc1I rougn lumber at $12
and ship!ap at $13 per thousand
feet. Phone NJ. 575. Corner 18th
and Harrison streets. 92- 5
Statistics recently complied show
that there are nearly $500, 900
only small percentage of which are i'm
proved. Necessarily it will be many
years before large percentage of this
great mileage will be improved, and in
the meantime it Is OF the utmost impor-
tance that we make the best possible use
of facilities at hand. An expenditure of
nearly $50 200, 900 per annnm is being
applied to the maintenance of these roads
and it is safe to say that the loss from
improper methods is well up in the mil
lions.
-'In God We Trust" does not appear on
the new ten-dollar gold pieces. This is
the first time in thirty.four years there
has been such an omission. The new
gold piece, designed by the late Augustin
St. Glaudens at the request of President
Roosevelt, has just made its appearance
1t is now being turned out by the Phila
delphia mint. The American eagle or
the reverse side and the head of ar
American Indian on the diverse. Abov'
the head of the Indian are 13 stars. Be
low is the date, 1907. United States o
; America appears above the Indian. Be
low is 'sTea Dollars" and to the right
in small letters, "E Pluribus Union,
! which 10 never left off coin.-Ex.
The town of Shedds, which burned
down last June, is being rapidly rebuilt
Davis & Shedds' large department store
which was destroyed, is being rebuil
with an immense brick structure which
| will be modern and up-to-date and
credit to a large city. 1t will be practical
ly fireproof. The company has larg
storage warehouse already finished, which
: it is now occupying while waiting for the
brick building to be completed. South.
erland is having fine two-story building
built ho oito of tho wilma of tho al,