Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1899-01-06
IL to revise the school laws

IL 10 revise the SCnOOl ldHs
of >..,.... ..,,s been submitted to Judge
NJ. L. Pipes for his judgment as to the
validity of certain features and the forni
OF the bill He has just completed his
revision of it under the instructions
given by the committee, and the measure
| is now believed 10 be ready for introduc-
tion in the legislature.
A billiard party was held at the par
lors of W. T Small & Son Wednesday
| evening, IN which some twelve couples,
ladies and gentlemen, took part Games
began at 8 O'Clock and continued uninter-
rupted until 1880 O'Clock. No nicer
amusement can be Iound and private
parties OF this kind should prove very
popular this winter.
Mr.. Cockrell came down Saturday
from Mill City, where he and a great
many others are working in the timber,
on a contract to furnish wood to various
points in the valley. A Salem firm has
engaged 10, 900 cords to be delivered dur
ing the next two years. They are en-
ployed at present in getting out wood for
the railroad Mr.. Cockrell returned this
week.
One evidence of the great amount of busi
ness done by our merchants the past few
months, is to be found in the large sales
of Nolan & Callahan during that period.
Their premium tickets were given to
purchasers of not less than one dollars
worth OF goods, and yet $500 tickets
showing purchases varying from 81 to
$133. 20 were given out. Dick Kiger held
this latter ticket and received the 500
premium suit.
Mrs. BohanDon, who has been visiting
for the past few weeks with her daughter,
Mrs Thos. Jones, returns home to-mor-
row. Mrs. Bohannon is resident of
Seaside, where the horrible tragedy re-
sulting in the death of three persons
was recently enacted. She lived in the
same block with Chas. Wallard, the
murderer, and it was with feeling of
relief that she was away from Seaside
when the tragedy was enacted.
A petition was circulated among bust
ness men and leading citizens this week,
asking congress to have the river sur
veyed for some distance in the vicinity
of Stahlbush island. On numerous
occasions in the past, farmers along that
part of the river known as Hoag's chan
mel have asked for relief of some sort, as
their farms are damaged by each winter
freshet. Congress should and probably
will do something in the matter.
begin in New York on January 10. Her
lawyer, Abraham Levy, says he has evil
dence which will render her acquittal in
evitable if the trial comes off, which he |
will try to prevent. The trial will be be-
fore another Judge. A dispatch says ]:
''The woman's loyalty to what she de-
clares to be the truth and her devotion
to Moore's interests prevent her being |
released She has had TWO opportuni-
ties to gain her liberty, one by swearing |
a sainst Moore and another by pleading
guilty, with suspension of sentence /
She declined both propositions. although
advised by her council that she was in
great peril"
At meeting of Corvallis Grange, No. |
242, Patrons of Husbandry. held last
Saturday the following officers were /
elected: J. B. Horner, worthy master;
Moses Craig, overseer; J. B. Irvine. lee /
turer; Thos. M. Catch, chaplain; Geo. |
Coote, treasurer; George Danman, sec
retary; Edword Buxton, gatekeeper;
Mrs. Ed Buxton, Ceres; Miss Nina |
Yates, Pomona; Mrs. Eta Wells, Flora
Mrs. Laura Kidder, lady assistant stew
ard. Corvallis Grange has member
ship of I70, and is the banner grange
Of Oregon 1t numbers in its ranks the
most progressive and prominent people I
Of the county and is doing much for the
advancement and upbuiding of this por-
tion of the state. A special meeting
will probably be held some time this
month TO receive the master of the state
grange.