Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-08-06
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Willis fIsItOI Gu0 Aoos va oAo
Mrs. Clyde Phillips left Friday
for Suver for visit with her par
ents.
Willis Vidito and family have
moved into the old Applewhite resi-
dence on railroad street.
Mrs. Lura Campbell returned to
her home in Albany, Friday, after 8
visit with Corvallis friends.
Mrs. Will Horning Of Philomath
and Mrs. J. P. Logan of Kings VAL
ley visited Corvallis, Friday.
Miss Agnes Won der HELEN of
Southern Oregon has been the guest
of Corvallis friends for several days.
Del Matthews and family left yes
terday for Portland for few days
visit. Mr.. Matthews is the we'll
known optician.
The W. F. M. S. of the M. E
church will be pleasantly entertain
ed at the home of Mrs. Alfred John
son tomorrow afternoon.
f. B. Duffy, travelling freight
agent, representing the Gould in
terests. was a Corvallis business
visitor the last of the week.
Miss Mamie Starr went to New
port, Friday, for a weeks visit.
Miss sylvia Starr, her sister, has
been at the seaside for ten days.
Miss Virginia Owen was the
guest several days of Miss Grace
Bath, of Hillsboro, en- route to
Troutdale for visit with friends.
E. w. S. Pratt, the Corvallis
jeweler and optician, was looking
over our town, Tuesday, with view
of putting in jewelry outfit here.
Toledo Reporter.
O. J. Blackledge and f. mily are
expected to arrive home some time
today from a three weeks outing at
Fish Lake. They were to start
yesterday on the homewa1d trip.
Henry and Richard Franklin
have returned to their
homes in Mt. Vernon and Anacortes,
Wash, having been in Corvallis to
attend toe funeral of their father.
Mrs. Sarah Moore and daughter,
Miss Gladys, left Saturday for Port
land. 1t is stated they will proba-
bly, purchase property in the Rose
City aud take up their residence
there.
Miss Ruth Peterson of Sioux
Falls, s. D., has arrived end will
be for three weeks the guest Of Rev.
and Mrs. A. w. Monosmith. Miss
Peterson is teacher in the Sioux
Falls high school.
Hiram F. Neader, nephew Of
Mrs. D. G. Rose, was in town the
last Of the week. He has been en-
gagged 10 the fruit business at Med
ford but has sod out and Friday
left for Washington, where he will
again enter the fruit growing busi-
ness.
One unfortunate feature about
the mi!k-condensing business is
that it does not help develop the
industry of raising wine. 10 the
districts in which only the cream is
sold, many hogs will be raised, and
a country which sells large quanti-
ties of butter fat and many hogs is
sure to be country which becomes
prosperous.-Ex.
R. J. Moses & Son, the Philomath
merchants, formerly of this city,
have gone to Eugene where they
have located and will operate an
up-to-date department store. The
Eugene Guard the last of the week
contained an extensive write up of
the new enterprise together with
pictures ct r. J. Moses and his son,
Leonard. the junior member of the
firm. Corvallis friends wish ''Jess"
success.
The management of the Oregon
State Fair and the Oregon State
Horticultural Society are agreed in
desiring 10 see a great improvement
made in the display OF fruit at the
fair. For many years the showing
OF fruit has not been such as to
make visitor believe that Oregon
is great fruit-grvwing state. The
premium list on fruits has been de-
cidedly improved this year, ard it is
hoped that inc eased pu. spirit
and increased premiums will work
together to bring about a display
of fl nit which will be credit to the
stste-Ex.
While playing in the Albany
Tanning company's plant, Thurs
day afternoon, Charlie Marovich,
aged eight years, slipped and fell
into the vat of boiling LIQUID used