Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-23
LOCAL AND Personal

Mrs. J G. Hanmel was an Al.
bany visitor, Friday.
Richard Grah.m has been cen-
fined to his home with illness the
past few days.
Miss Adele aaves, of Baker
City, is the uest of her friend, Miss
Emma Crabili, of OAC.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. T. Sillwell, OF
Lutjens, were Co. wallis visitors the
last of the week, having come TO
purchase . large bill of furniture.
Mr.. StiilweIl is overseer in the can
merry At Lu:jens.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. <. Weatherford
retur aed to Alb .nv, Saturday, after
brief visit with Corvallis friends.
Mrs. M. J. Kelly returned to her
home in Albany. s turday. having
be- the guest of MISS Helen Crsw-
ford for day.
e E Evans, of U aion, Oregon,
is the guest Of his eister, Mrs.
Ciaud Starr. in this city. He ar
rived the last of the week.
The latest report from the bed
eide Of Harry Davis, in California,
ia that he is slightly improved.
His many friends in this city will
he glad of such favorable news.
An inventory and appraisement
has been filed in the estate of Lam
usl Riker, deceased, by Friend D.
Riker. The appraisement shows
the estate to be valued at $3.50
H.. 8. Pittman of near Albany
was Corvalis visitor, Friday, and
made the Gazette pleasant call
Mr.. Pittman reports conditions
good and farmers busy in his Sc
tion of Benton.
The Rebekahs of this city are
planning big time for their first
meeting in May, when they are to
invite the Halsey lodge of the ord. r
to participate in a social and busi-
ness session, followed by spread.
In the estate of Louisa J. Stew
art, deceased, the court has ordered
Mrs. Henrietta Randall dismissed
as executrix, and she is ordered to
turn ,ver to the heirs the real pro-
perty as directed by the will of th4
deceased.
The Benton county court has is
sued an order tor the sale of numer-
Gus tracts of land in the T Egerton
Hogg estate, to secure funds to pay
the Indebtedness against the estate,
including the e, pense of admins
tration and other debts.
The quarantine was raised from
the Claude Starr home, Friday, and
the premises fumigated. The other
cases of scarlet fever are about we'll
and no more trouble is reported
The cases were so mild that the
scare seemed greatly exaggerated.
Mr. and Mrs. Autz n, of Portland.
spent several days in this city the
last of the week, visiting their son,
Tom, who is student at OAC.
They are wealthy people of thu
metropolis and are contemplating a
move to Corvallis in order to place
daughter in the college.
Miss Nora E. Miller has been
making courageous fight in this
district of the Telegram contest for
the free trip to jamestown. The
contest clo ed yesterday and Miss
Miller will soon be notified O. the
final result. She has work ed faith
fully for the honor and her many
friends hope that she has won it.
Miss Lena Tartar was given a
surprise party, Thursday evening,
by the pupils of her grade of the
public school. The hours were
pleasantly spent in listening to a
recitation by the hostess, another
bv Miss Blanche Hammel and vo-
cal duet by Blanche Hammel and
Janet Blackledge. Games were
played and light refreshments con-
cluded very happy evening.
John F. Hurlburt was a Corval-
lis business visitor the last of the
week. He is one of Benton's sub
stantial farmers, and according to
his statement, a little more rain
just now woIld improve the con-
dition of the ground for blowing, as
the sunshine and wind have dried
out the ground until some of the
earth already plowed up is already
too hard to work to advantage.
A closa 1sarver usually learns a
lesson from nearly everything with
which he comes in contact. Down