Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-21

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Misses Grace and Georgia Low
ell and Miss Nora Arrants spen
Sunday at Newport.
Clarence Chipman came W
, from Dallas for an over-Sunday
visit with his family in this city
Byron Atkins, Walter Cum
mings and Charley Colbert left
Saturday for the coast on a ter
days fishing and scamping trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mulkey
and w. E. Marvin have returned
fror. Ashland, where they had
been for a weeRon business.
Mr.. and Mrs. WI. Vanator OF
Warsaw, Ind, arrived Saturday
for visit of indefnate length
with the latter's sister, Mrs. Ag-
mes Thompson, and family.
Morse Burnap has purchased
two lots of Virgil Walters, just
west of the latter's residence, and
has begun the erection of bum
galow like the one he sold last
week to Mr.. Mcdonald, On Third
Street. The new house will be
for Mr.. Burnap's own occupancy.
"Grandma" Feese has been
very i'll at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jim Bier, the past few days,
and her son, DR.. G.. H. Feese, was
, summoned from Portland, Fri
day evening, to be at the bedside.
The trouble is neuralgia and the
eyes are involved to a serious
extent.
Rev. and Mrs. T. S. Handsaker
are camping out on the George
Bayne farm across the river in !
Linn county. The Gazette was
misinformed concerning Mrs.
Handsaker going to Walla Wella
a few days ago, as she will not
60 until her husband has con-
cluded his labors here and can
accompany her.
At times, Is men are employ
ed on the new Y. NJ. G. A. build
ing at the college. The first floor
was laid the last of the week, and
the concrete porch floor was put
in Friday. A shipment of fire
brick arrived Thursday. tits
the plan now to have all indepen-
dent heating plant in the build
ing, instead of connecting it with
the main college plant, and I
boiler suitable for the purpose is
to be ordered.
Prof. Frederic Berchtold re- {
turned Saturday from Ashland, I
where he had been for several (
days, teaching English literature
at the chautauqua. Prof. Berch-
told arrived from the East only
a few days before going to- Ash {
land. While on the trip he Wis !
tied Chicago University and the /
colleges at Madison, Wisconsin,
and Minneapolis, Mimi, gather {
ing new ideas in his line of work. y
Plans are under way for the
removal Of the OAC library to =.
the second floor of the Adminis- |
tration building. where tits prob
able it will occupy the entire a
floor. The old chapel, so the re- f
port goes, will serve as the read 6
ing room, and the downstairs I
rooms vacated by the library will |
be fitted up for the Commercial t
department. and faculty roomsss g
w. D. Millhollen was in Cor :!
Wallis, Friday, bringing with l
him some Balm cherries from his,
ranch as large as goose eggs {
almost. Anyway, they were the !
argest ever seen in Corvallis, so i
ar as the local scribe knows, and Il
IS seven of them make a row in ,
What is known as the "commer- L
;ial pack" everyone will know
hat this story is not a very large 3
me. - 4
Albany, Or, July 15.-Wil-
lam Peacock Of this city, who
las an 1S-acre garden tract across S
he river in Benton county, has f
been offered $4,000 for land. v
It is said the garden lands are s
he best on the Pacific coast. b
MIR. Peacock is one Of the vntaran s