Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-01-24
LOCAL AND PERSONAL


land.
August Fischer returned Weines-
day from business trip TO Port
land.
B. Rhodes, of Portland, was
business visitor in this Jlsy yes
terday.
Rev. D. H. Lesch was q business
visitor in Brownsville, Wednesday
and Thursday.
Mr.. Hill, of the frm of Hill d.
Son OF Philomsth, was business
visitor Tuesday.
President Crooks of the Albany
College is TO address the Y. NJ. q. A.
boys Sunday afternoon.
c. T. Hurd ls to occupy bis old
pulpit at the United Evangelical
church next Sunday morning.
WI, Read and wife went down to
attend the funeral of their relative,
Mrs. Lille King, in Portland
Wednesday.
Mrs. Ellsworth Irwin and chill
drsn returned home Monday from
q months visit with relatives at
North Yamhill.
DR.. w. J. Kerr, of OAC is to 60
to Chicago the last Of this month
to attend meeting of the National
Educational Association.
Robert Heron OF Irish Bend,
was IN Corvallis the first of the
week, on his way home from few
weeks visit with relatives in Seattle.
Miss Dolly Howard, who has
been spending the winter at the G.
B. Starr home in this city, lett
Tuesday for her home at Monroe, to
remain.
Thos. Whitehorn returned Taes-
day from a two weeks visit to As
toria, where he went to attend the
funeral of an old friend, who met
death by drowning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Moses
left yesterday for their home In
Eugene, after a weeks visit at the
home of the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. S. M. Wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Ireland
wore called to Monmouth Tuesday
by the serious illness of the for
mer's brother, T. A. Ireland, who
is suffering with pneumonia.
A great revival meeting closed in
the M. Ii. church in Eugene, Mon
day night. 1t was carried on by
Evangelist Haudenschield and there
were $50 conversions in the three
weeks.
D. X. Lyman of Eugsne, gen.
sral secretary of the Y. N. c. A.
at that place, was Corvallis Wis
itor the first of this week, consult
ing Secretary Hurd on business in
their line.
Frank A. Seabrooks aud family
moved the first of the week from
their home in the city to the Moore
saw mill, where they will spend
the remainder of the winter and
where Mr.. Seabrooks will be en-.
ployed next spring.
If you ask John Lenger why he
smiles 80 much the last day or two
he will tell you that . new grand
son arrived Tuesday night at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. q. r. Lin
Vile in Portland. Mrs. Linville
was formerly Miss Linnie Lenger o.
this city.
"Sherman county 10 having Q very
open winter, a very little snow, ne
very cold weather, writes w. G
Rees, a GAZETTE reader. Stock il
doing well; many farmers are plov
ing. One man has plowed 4O(
acres this winter. Some have beer
hauling grain to the warehouse tn.
past few weeks.
Claude I. Starr and William
Schmidt, who have operated tn,
Pioneer Bakery so successfully ir
this city the past year, have sole
to Ed. Andrews and George Kerr
possession to be given the first o
next month. The plans of hessrs
Starr & Schmidt for the future sr,
not made public.
Tom Morgan, who visited hi
sister, Mrs. Reuben Kiger, in thi
city couple of weeks ago reached
his home at Heppner safe and sounc
and in a letter to Corvallis relstiye
states that the grass is green ther
now and the roads are SO dry tha
farmers are hauling wheat to mar
ket with the freight teams.