Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-12
LOCAL AND PERSONA.

q Lew uayF lOt o fieit Will bci poi
ents at Olympia, Washington.
TIE framework is up and work is
progressing quite rapid. y o. the
Prather house in Jobs addition
Prof. and Mrs. "A. F. Fulkerson
moved this week into the residence
formerly occupied by Ellsworth 1 :
win.
Riley Young has moved into the
house formerly occupied by Dulph
limerick aud family in the western
part of town.
Isaac Jackson is building a new
barn on his recently purchased
property near the Ed FELTON, place
in Jobs addition.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Fletcher
moved this week into the residence
on Ninth street, formerly owned by
Prot. Holmes.
R. L. Taylor has been quite i'll,
the ;,ast few days. 1t is the first
time in 25 years that he as re-
quired the services physician
The members of the w. F NJ. s.
OF the NJ. E. church were very
pleasantly entertained Wednesday
afternoon by Mrs. Groves, at her
home.
Mrs. Smith, a sister of David
Bulls Of Jobs addition, has arrived
frsm the East to make her home in
this city. She is accompanied by
her son.
In the matter of the Summit and
Little Elk wagon road, w. w. Nc
D5nald has notified the Benton
county court that he refuses to &C.
cept the $500 damages awarded him
by the viewers of such road, aud
that he refuses to allow the road to
cross his land.
Richard Graham and little girls
lett Tuesday by private conveyance
for the coast, where they we're joined
Wednesday by the rest of the fam
lily. Mies Daisy Brown is to be
guest of the Grahams forthe summer.
Mr.. Graham and family will occu-
py their cosy new cottage on Nye
Creek.
Judge L. T. Harris of Eugene
arrived Tuesday from Toledo where
he had been holding court, and con-
vened the July term of the Benton
county circuit court Tuesday after
noon. During the Lincoln county
court, Judge McFadden convicted
four persons for violation of the To-
cal option law.
Miss Edna Irvine is expected to
arrive today from the East, where
she has spent the past Is months
under engagement with THE
Square Deaf" and ''The Other Girl"
theatrical companies. Miss Irvine
will spend the summer with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Irvine,
in this ci'y. She is a talented
young lady and many friends will
be glad to welc )me her home.
A Japanese naval offioeris quoted
as expressing the opinion that the
men on board American naval ves-
sells sould desert their ships. This
particular Japanese must have been
consulting clairvoyant who dealt
the cards from the bottom. When
the American tar deserts his ship
during an engagement with the Jap
anese, it will be for the express pur
pose of boarding th3 enemy.-Ore-
gonian Editorial.
The claim of Peter Whitaker,
deputy sheep inspector, for three
months salary, was denied by the
court, it being the law that sheep
inspector shall receive fees and ex-
penses for all services performed in
the examination and inspection of
sheep, or quarantining or dipping
sheep, or any duties made incum-
bent upon him, at the rate Of IS
per day, all his necessary expenses
being paid.
In the matter Of advertising Bon-
ton county in the souvenir edition
of the state fair program, a commu-
MICA ion received by the court from
r. J. Hendricks, manager Of the
Statesman publishing company, Of
Salem, calling the attention of the
court 20 the fact that 10000 copies
of the state fair souvenir program
are to be printed and for sale Gu the
state fair grounds, and asking the
court to t. ke advertising space at
$50 page. The matter was con-
tinued by the court.