Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-05-17
LOCAL AND PERSONAL


Mre. D. d. Berman has been
quite ill this week at the family
no ne.
Rocky Mason of Albany was
looking after business in this city,
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Lilly of
Wrenn have been visiting in Cor
Wallis this week.
Ambrose Houck of the vicinity Of
Monroe was a business visitor in
Corvallis, Tuesday.
George Cathey came out from
Newport, Tuesday, and went on TO
Portland. Heis expected to return
TODAY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Patty of
Roseburg have been visiting Cor
Wallis friends this week. Mr.. Patty
was for time baker in this city.
Miss Florence Adams has con-
cluded very successful term of
school near Suver and is at her
home in this city, where she will
take we'll earned rest.
The little daughter of NJ. and
Mrs. R II. Kennedy, north of Cor
wallis, who had her arm broken re-
Gently, is getting along nicely and
will room be we'll over her accident.
Mrs s. B. Bane had the misfor-
tune to run a sewing machine need
le through her finger, while engaged
in sewing, Monday afternoon, and
the services of a physician were
necessary.
Among out-af-town spectators
who took in the w. S. C.-OAC field
mest was Percy Young of Albany,
who brought party of friends
over from that ci y IN his handsome
touring car.
Miss Celia Mahaffey has accept
ed position in the Independent
telephone office. 1t now require
four girls at the switchboard con-
stantly during the day, to handle
the business, and even then they
are hurried all the time.
j. H. Edwards of Bellefountain
was transacting business in this
city, Tuesday. Mr.. Edwards
started his delivery wagon, Wednes-
day, furnishing fresh beef to the
residents of his locality. Last year
he butchered IS oeeves for this our
pose.
The Missionary society of the
Presbyterian chuIch was entertain
ed at the home of Mrs. H. F. Fisch-
er in South Corvallis, Wednesday
afternoon. A large numoer were
present, and with al interesting
program, refresh ments and a social
Ilme the hours were indeed pleas
ant.
Itis the general hope that the
warmer weather that has come this
week will be factor in stopping
the epidemic of cerebrospinal men
ingitis tnat has been claiming SO
many victims in Portland. Physi-
clans there have all along declared
that the coming of warm weather
would relieve the terrible condition.
A Portland physician has declar-
ed that spraying of the nostris
a.d throat with sals and water,
twice daily, using an atonizer for
the purpose, will prevent one from
taking cer.trospinal meningitls.
The idea has been accepted as good
10y the other physicians, who de-
clare that they will at once begin
the use of the salt spray themselves
and continue it until the epidemic
subsidies.
Residents of the vicinity of the
. Zierolf nome on North Main street,
who had retired, awoke with a vio-
lent jump Tuesday night about 9
O'Clock, when three loud reports
were heard. A lady whose window
faces the street claims to have seen
a man in a buggy light and threw
to the ground the bombs or what
ever they were that produced the
noise. After firing the third, the
party started his horse and drove
on and into the feed stable. What
his idea was in such a performance
no one knows.
James P. v ilson, aged IS years,
of whom mention was made in a
recent issue of the Gazette, met
with numerous injuries in an accl-
dent, Monday. Mr.. Wilson was en-
route to Corvallis with his son Al
bert, from his home near Wells,
wheh the horse became frightened
And ramn.a Tho hnnuu nitoh;r