Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-09-03
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Miss Erma Cooper of Salem was
the guest of Corvallis relatives the
last of the week.
Miss Carrie Paul came up from
Portland, yesterday, for visit with
her father, w. E. Paul.
Miss Nellie Marvin started Sun
day for Oxford, Iowa, her old home,
for six weeks visit with relatives.
Miss Jim Blodgett and Mrs. Mar
tin Gregg of Bellefountain were
guests of Corvallis relatives during
the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hecker OF
near Wells spent Friday with their
daughter, Mrs. Arnold King, and
attended the fair. -.s
Rev. and Mrs. Handsaker erriv-
ed home the last of the week from
a several weeks outing at upper
Soda Springs.
Miss Helen Raber was employed
as clerk at M. T. Starts candy
store last week, during the rush Of
the All-Benten fair.
Misses Marion and Ruth Horna-
day departed Friday tor their home
in Walla Walla, after a three
months visit with their sister, Mrs.
4. s. Handsaker, in this city.
E. w. S. Pratt, Walter Locke
and a Mr.. Wheeler, a railroad man,
left Friday for Calgary, Canada,
with view to purchasing farm.
They expect to be absent a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Flett came
out from Five Rivers the last of the
week and will visit awhile before
returning there to spend the winter.
Miss Lura has also returned to Cor
wallis.
Ney Kiger, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Kiger, has been suffering with
an injury to the knee which t.reat-
ened to terminate IN blood poison
ing. He was in a very serious con-
dition Thursday night, but is some
what improved now. The trouble
arose from scratch caused by a
wire on the bed spring. -4.yss. .s4.a
Mrs. DR.. Burgess and daughter,
Elsie, and Miss Pearl Henry, who
has been visiting the Doctors fami.
ly for several months, departed fol-
the state of Ohio, Monday morning,
for an extended visit. Miss Henry
returns to her home in that state
Toledo Reporter. and Mrs.
Burgess are former Corvallis resi-
dents.
Colonel E. Hofer of the Salem
Statesman came out from Newport
Thursday evening, to attend the
All-Benton Fair. The Gazette ab.
knowledges a pleasant call. Col
onel Hotter commented very favor
ably on the growth OF Corvallis and
predicts that within the course of a
few years it will be town of ten
thousand inhabitants.
Rev. c. L. McCauland of Corval-
lis, presiding elder of the M. E
church, South, is in the valley this
week on official business. He held
the last quarterly meeting of con-
ference year in Medford, Saturday
and Sunday, preaching an impress
sive sermon in Rev. Mr.. Goulder's
pulpit on the last day-Southern
Oregonian.
Will Whiteside has returned to
Corvallis from Woodland, Wash.
where he has been employed tol
some time at team work. He has
been in Portland for three weeks
but says Corvallis is pretty
bard place to beat and he will re
main here for the present. Will ii
one of Benton's square" young
men and his return is a pleasure te
his friends.
The Sodaville Hotel at the min
eral springs town of Sodaville wal
burned down Thursday forenoon
and for a time it looked as if thu
little hamlet was doomed to 60 W
in smoke. The people of the town
including women and children turn
ed out ell masse and formed an ef
ficient bucket brigade and confined
the fire to the hotel building, which
together with most of the content
was an entire loss. The buildin,
was valued at about $500 and tn
furniture and equipments at $500
The origin of the fire is supposed t
have been from defective tiue, a
it started in the r,of near the chin
neY.
w. P. Lafferty of Corvallis form
erly resided within a few miles 0
the section to which the fellowin
item from a Missouri paper refers
, Hicks Myers, living about thirtee