Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-09

1 M. L. Adams and wife returned
| Tuesday from an outing at the
coast.
| Roys Hollenberg and Wallace
| Colbert are rusticating at Case ada
this week.
! Claude Swami has gone to Craw-
fordsviIle for a weeks visit with
friends.
Born, Monday, to Mr.. and Mrs
Austin Lafferty, of this city, a
daughter.
Prof. C. I. Lewis and DR.. James
Withycombe have been Salem visit
ors this week.
Mrs. J. Mason arrived home a
few days ago from sojourn OF
several weeks at Siletz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Wicks have
gone to the McCune home, near
Shedds, for a weeks visit.
Warren Hinton and family moved
Tuesday into one of Miss Kline's
houses on First street.
Mr.. and Mr.. John Rowland have
gone to their ranch to spend the
remainder of the summer.
Mrs. Emma Groves is visiting C.
D. Thompson and family at Hood
River. She will be absent several
weeks.
Roy Raber and family expect to
depart Monday for Alsea. where
they will go into camp for their an
nual vacation.
William Abercrombie arrived
from Iowa, a few days ago. He is
in very poor health and will remain
indefinitely.
Mrs. 6. M. Muikey and Mrs. Eva
Miller OF Summit have moved to
Corvallis and are located in a resi-
dence on Third street.
Mrs. Andrew Holstrom and chi =
dren sre spending week at the
John Olson home, ten miles north
of Corvallis.
The clingstone peaches at the
Kiger orchard are now being "har-
vestad." There is good crop and
the fruit finds ready sale.
Mrs. Briggs, who was operated on
recently in Portland, is expected
home today or tomorrow. She is
greatly improved in health. Mrs.
Briggs is the mother of Mrs. Byron
Hunter.
During the week Misses Alice
Edwards, of Beliefountain, and Eta
Carter, of Albany, have been guests
of Miss Minnie Phillips in this city.
Miss Carter is school teacher in
the Linn county metropolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold King and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kiger left the
first of the week for a weeks vaca-
tion "down on the farm" ct the
Joseph Hecker home near SuTer.
At the end of that time Mr.. and
Mrs. King go to the mountains for a
week. ~. '.
| Inquiries are pouring in for rent
houses and all available dwellings
W be engaged at or before the
opening Of college. The exception
ally fine educational advantages
possessed by Corvallis are not easy
to find, which accounts for the de-
mands fer hcmes during the school
year.
The famous circus of Ringling
Brothers is scheduled to appear in
Albany, August 29th. The equip
ment of the circus is all brand new,
and over million dollars was spent
in adding novel features. The
greatest parade ever presented will
take place in ths forenoon. In it
will oe 1854 men, women and chill
dren, 65S horses, nine herds of ele-
plants and three miles of hand
carved golden chariots, floats and
dens, and gorgeous spectacular at
fractions.
Recent real estate sales made by
Amber & Waters are as follows:
Martin Butler to w. J. Nail, of
Hillsboro, Oregon, lot a bl. 4. Coun-
tv addition to Corvallis, $11OO; Mrs.
Lizzie Beck to Miss Edith Yelter, of
Brownsville, Oregon, 153 acres near
the Oakville school house in Linn
county, with some personal proper
ty, price $4,000, this being one Of
the finest farms in Linn county; s.
S. Henkle to A. NJ. Smith from Linn
county, 257 acres II miles north
west of Corvallis, $4,000. possession
to be given October 1st; Sarah
Moore to Julian McFadden, house
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