Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-02

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vile, Saturday, for = visit with
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Burnett Ar
| rived Friday from Portland and
will make their home in this city.
Mrs. J. S. Booth left Friday fol
Newport to spend the summer. Mr..
Booth went over the following day
Clarence Whitesids made . trip
to Bellefountain and Monroe last
Thursday afternoon by "auto."
Levi Wooster has resigned his
position as driver of the Kaupisch
creamery wagon, and Ross Adama
is driving the team.
A. M. Taylor of Bellefountain
was in Corvallis, Friday, en- route
to Alsea to join his family. Later
they all 60 to Waldport to spend
the summer.
/ Mrs., Dora Shreaves and two
children have been guests at the
Dick Tom home the past few days.
Mrs. Tom and Mrs. Shreaves are
cousins.
Fred Groshong arrived from Port
land the last of the week for q
months visit with relati es in Cor.
wallis, Kings Wiley and at the bay
Mr.. Groshong il teacher of wood
work in the Portland schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Currie of Aber-
| deem, Wash, have arrived for a
months visit with friends aud rela-
tives. Mrs. Currie was foi merly
Miss Rena Spencer of this city an
has many friends in Corvallis and
vicinity.
General T. J. Thorp left Friday
noon for Chicago, where he was
summoned on bu ,iness in connec-
ton with the agricultural automo.
bile and other self-propelling ma
chimes of which he ia the inventor.
He will be absent several weeks.
Samuel B. Stearns and family
rho came to Corvallis about three
months ago to look at the country
are to leave tomorrow for their old
home in Minnesota. They may
ultimately decide to come back to
this city to mase their home They
are estimabIe people and have made
numerous friends during their brief
residence, who hope to see then
locate here.
Mrs. T. w. Dilly aud son Deane
formerly of this city but now O
Oroville, California, have arrived
and will spend couple of weeks
visiting friends and looking aftel
property interests. Mrs. Diliey
was called to Scio by the death OF
her mother, Mrs. Montgomery. T.
W. Dilley is employed in ma
chine shop in Oroville and is wei
satisfied with tie country. TIE
family enjoys go d health in that
climate, save Mrs. Dllley and
Deane, who suffer from malaria.
Mr.. Dilley has mining interests il
that section and has two or three
men employed In his mine, which
he expects 10 visit this spring as il
is some distance from Oro7ille
Mrs. Dillev states that they were in
the flooded district during the high
water last spring, and that the wa
ter was four feet deep in their par
lor. 1t is, however, a delightful.
climate, she asserts, and they al
like the country.
Oregon undertakers met Thurs
day NOR ling in Knights of Pythias
hall, 11th and Alder streets, Port
land, in third annual convention
They continued in session three
davs. There were about SO funeral
directors present including mum.
ber of visitors from neighborine
states. S. N. Wilkins of Corvallis
president of the state association
delivered the annual address. Al
the afternoons session Mayor Lane
made a short talk olloWed by an
address by Rev, J. R. N. Bell, OF
Corvallis. The convention came to
a close Saturday night with a ban
quet. Officers of the association
are: S.N Wilkins, Corvallis, pres
ident; NJ. A. RAIDER, Pendleton, vice
president; W. T. Gordon, second
vice president; w. G. A. Pohl, As
toria, secretary; V. c. Dunning'
Portland, treasurer. Mrs. S. N.
Wilkins of this city attended the
convention.
The Corvallisites who attended
the G. A. R. and w. R. C. annual
state encampment at Newberg re-
turned home Friday. the G. A. R.