The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1901-12-18

Born In Portland, Friday. to N
and Mrs E R Bryson,..a son,
Miss Loretta Sheasgreen arrivs'
from Portland yesterday. and vii
spend Christmas with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs s T Rowley, parent
OF DR. RowleY, arrived Sunday from
Michigan. and are to remain. They
are housekeeping In the house OF Mr.
Beach,
Rev G z Berry. one Of the editor
ora OF the Pacific Christian OF Sal
Francisco will preach at the Christian
church tonight. There will be bap-
tismal service following the sermon.
-Claud Pengra, who has been an
employe at the Southern Pacific
station since August. left Monday fol
Cottage Grove to take similar posi-
tion there. The vacancy in the Local
office is filed by Mr. McDeavitt OF In.
/ dependence,
"A live minstrel performance ia
scheduled for the opera house next
Friday night. The announcement ol
the manager is, "30 white people
guaranteed to be the finest minstrel
show that has ever played Corvallis
or your money back. !"
-Examinations for the close OF the
fret term are In progress at the col
lege Vacation for the holidays be-
! gins Friday afternoon and extends
until after New Years. It is longer
than usuaul in order to give Eastern
Oregon students time to visit home
Matriculation for the second term be-
gins the Friday after New Years.
james Fegley of Talmage. Iowa
writes asking IL he can rent house
| In Corvallis. II quarters for his fami.
| ~ can be obtained. he will leave short
| ly for this place. He Is farmer and
wants to buy a farm. A house in
town or 10 or Is acres of land and
| house near town would answer. He
offers to pay rent In advance and In
quires as to what conven 'enees are to
be had and what the prices are.
M Chappell. who bought the Ell
mer Bethers farm south OF town last
year Is an lowan, He came to Ben.
tor two years ago, He was In towr
Monday, and expressed lis gratifca
tion at having made the change o
location. He mas no desire to return
to the East where billiards. are nov
raging with such violence. In contrast
with the mild weather prevailing II
Webfoot,
Several prune sales have OCCULT
ed within the past few days. Besides
the big sale of eight carloads by the
Corvallis and Benton County Pruns
Company, representative OF Lang
& Co, Portland, has bought ,28, ,00t
pounds. The lot comprises the hold
ings of Hugh Finley, zierolf Brothers
Henry Stone and Mr. Plaigman. The,
are the prunes that were on board th,
steamer Ruth, when che sank yester-
day morning The price paid FOL
! them was 4 cents per pound.
/ AT the regular meeting OF Noam
| lodge, Degree o. 81 n, Thu rsday ev-
/ ening, the following officers fer the en-
/ suing year, were elected Past chief
Mrs Sarah Porter; chief, Mrs Dore
Waters; lady OF honor, Miss Eve
Tucker: chief OF ceremonies, Mrs
Nellie eck@ith; fnancier, Mrs Mary
] Sheasgreen: recol der. Miss Hattie
| Spencer; receiver, Mrs Julia Ho1ning
usher. Mrs Ethel Harris; inside watch
Miss Leila Tucker; outside watch
Victor Spencer; trustee for thret
years, Taylor Porter,
"A marriage occurred Hast Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs Rober
4 Matheny, of Wren. The bride was
Miss Elsie Matheny, and the groom
Clay Vincent Tatofa OF Kiogs Valley
The kuot was tied by Rev T T Vim
/ cent, of Kings Valley. After the cere.
| mony, a sumptuous wedding repast
/ was served. The high contracting
/ parties are well and favora&v known
lin the county. Those present were
Mr. Matheny and wife, Mr. Sol Tatom
and wife, Mr. Frank Plankett. wife and
two daughters, p P BeVins, wife and
son, John Price and wife, ID Wood
and wife. Messrs Riley. Elmer, Alvin
and William Mathe, Ben, James and
William West, and Miss Maggie
Matheny,
The big pile of prunes In the store
house OF the Benton County Prune
Company was sold Monday. The
purchaser is the Dening & Gould
Company, Chicago. The deal was
accomplished for them by G Gazsly,
who has recently bought large
amount of prunes in Oregon. among
other lots being of an aggregate Of
20 carloads secured at Roseburg
The price paid in the deal, Manager
Johnson does not make public, but it
is currently reported on the streets to
have been about three cents. Wheth-
er commissions are to be deducted is
not known. The price la said to be
the best that has been paid In Oregon
within the past Two months. The
sellers sack the prunes and put them
on the cars without grading. Ship
ment is to be made at once.
II you want a dressed porker. dressed
of p1 .ok.