The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1901-02-13

] Portland friends since Friday.
Mr. and Mrs Andy Taylor Of Eu-
gene, arrived Monday for a visit with
Relatives. /
/ After two weeks visit in Port
land, Mrs Andrews returned home
Monday.
/ Fred Colvig returned yesterday
from Portland, where he had been
since Friday.
-Elwood Clark, who has been in
Oregon City since August, is now as
sistant engineer in the paper mills.
Mrs B Nye, of Portland and
ington, are guests at the home Of Mrs
r G Miller.
After brief Welt with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs Philip Phile, Mrs
Conrad Myers returned Monday to
her home in Albany.
| Clarence Starr has accepted a
position as salesman in the Berman
grocery store, and began his duties
Monday morning.
w E Yates and August Fischer
were passengers yesterday for the
! bay, on a business trip. They return
the latter part of the week.
"A special meeting Of the OAC
board of regents has been called by
President Apperson to meet in Cor
Wallis on Wednesday, February, 9th.
Bert Wills, who was obliged to-
leave school recently on account of
illness, returned from his Hillsboro
home Saturday to resume his studies
at the college.
Elmer Clark, formerly with the
First National bank OF Corvallis, has
been promoted to the position of as
sistant receiving teller OF the First
National bank of Baker City.
"A new bicycle has been introduc.
ed to wheelmen in Corvallis. 1t is the
Smell wheel, which until the present
has not been ridden by cyclists of this
vicinity.sC q Nicholson is the agent.
In the fire that destroyed the @
B Wells house, there was burned a
feather bed that was made in 1910,
and has been in the Wells family ev-
er since 1t was for MANY years the
property of Mr. Wells mother.
"A petitioner for voluntary bank
ruptcy in the federal court at Port.
land the other day was E A Milner,.
formerly OF Corvallis. His liabilities
were placed in the petition at 5763
and his assets at nothing.
The winter dry spell was broken
yesterday afternoon, by rainfall, the
first since February 2nd, when there
was a precipitation of one-tenth of an
inch. The latter, with a similar pre-
| cipitation on the 1st, is the only rain
| fall since the latter part of January,
| period Of three weeks.
Hon r A Bensell has accepted an
1 appointments on the DAVIS Indian
commission, and will shortly leave for
| the field of its operations with head
quarters at Muskogee, t. Mr. Ben
sell will be absent the greater portion
of a year and possibly longer.-Ya-
quina Bay News.
~ T. ~ r.
AT their hall Thursday night, the
ladies Of the Degree of Honor are to
entertain their friends. The occasion
will be in the nature of valentine
4 social, with numerous other features
/ to interest and entertain you, gmon ?
them gypsy tent, grab bag, postofR-
ce for sale Of valentines, and shnet-
i ina gallery, where hearts are the prizes
1 State Organizer Mamie W Briggs
will be among the guests. All are
welcome and very pleasant tinae is
/ assured those who attend.
] Following is a list Of orators and
their subjects so far as known, who
are to take part in the inter collegiate
4 oratorical contest to be held In the
armory March 8th willamette Uni
versity, Raymond Kerr, s'The Crises
in American History" University of
Oregon. Susie Barnard, "The Signifi-
cance Of Christianity to the Coming
Era;'' Pacific University, Ferne Fran
| ces Stout, subject unknown McMinn.
vile college, J Sherman Wallace, SUBJ
ject unknown; Albany college, f c
Schumacher, IAN Uncrowned Here;;"'
/ Monmouth Normal, W G Bryant,
is.The Reformer."
The Sorosis entertainment toIbe
given in the college armory, Saturday
night, promises to be interesting. Fol.
lowing is the programme: Piano So
10, Grace Teller; vecal solo, Constance
Holland; Recitation, Orla Thompson;
Sorosis Chorus; vocal solo, Lulu
Spangler; Recitation, FRANKIE Cauth-
orn; vocal solo, Constance Holland.
The cast CT characters in the farce,
"Y Young, DR. Devine," is as follows
sRebecca, Helen Steiwer; Elizabeth,
Edna Irvine; Marie, Vfrgene Wittsch-
en-; Grace, Mabel Withycombe; Rose,
Mabel Jones; Madde, Frances Bel
| knap; Laura, Gertrude Ewing; Mad