The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-10-29
LOCAL LORE.

LOCAL LORE.
Charles Porter left Sunday fol
Southern Oregon for weeks vacation
Miss Kate Gerhard was called te
Albany Saturday to be at the bedside
OF friend who is dangerously Ill.
e j Garrow who a week ago was
brought home ill, left Monday to re-
sume his duties at McCloud Calitor-
MIA.
The W R G will give basket So
cial at their hall Saturday evening
Nov lst, A short program, baskets
sold at twenty five cents each. Doors
open at 7,30.
Hubert Hodes, who has been 10
the employ of large mercantile es-
tablishment in Chicago for several
years, is expected to arrive in Cor
Wallis about next Saturday, to reside
He is the son Of Gustave Hodes.
Invitations are out for the mar
riage tomorrow at the home OF the
brides father, of Miss Laura Cauthorn
daughter of W L Cauthorn of Wells:
and Judd Smith, son Of Mr. and Mrs
T W B Smith Of willamette precinct
Mrs S 81 Barnard arrived Satur-
day. She is the widow Of the late
s 81 Barnard, an old time Corvallis
lite who died last year. With her
sister, Mrs David King, Mrs Barnard
left Monday, to visit relatives at To-
ledo.
The Salem Journal says the scar
city Of China pheasants around AL
bany is accounted for by their look
ing at the faces Of Albany citizens,
that look OF the averege Albanian's
face Is en- ouRh to make a pheasant
go off and die.
j Neville, whose son died recent
ly week after arrival In Corvallis,
left Monday for his former home in
Northern Kansas. He was accom-
panied by his son, and also Mrs Ne
Vile, his widowed daughter-in-Iaw.
The latter goes to Colorado to join
relatives.
William Martin Friend and Jessie
Pearl Fisk, both of Philomath, were
married Saturday, The knot was tied
in the judges room, County Judge
Waters officiating. The groom,
whose father purchased the Bishop
Castle place, arrived this year from
the East.
AT Birmingham, Alabama, We'd
nesday last, John E Shelton, former
Corvallisite, and brother Of Prof
Shelton Of the College, was united In
marriage to Miss Minnie Laura Lang,
of Birmingham. Mr. and Mrs Skelton
are to reside at lockwood, Tennessee
where the former is chemist of the
Roane Iron Company.
"A number of friends gave Miss
Minnie Woldt surprise party Satur-
day evening. The following were
pr esent: Misses. Gladys Moore, Edna
Thrasher, Maggie Evers, Lizzie
Thrasher, Maud Gleason, Elnora
Bookwalter, Leila Alexander, Ruth
Lilly and Minnie Woldt. Kratz
Cronise, Ernest Miller, Ernest Avery,
Heiman Hall, Ed Hogue, Charles
Shenofeld, Ed Pratt, Roy Bell, Collie
Cathey and Otto Woldt.
In decision at Salem Saturday
Judge Burnett of the third judicial
district decided that hop contracts
were not binding. In the case passed
on, hop grower who had contracted
his crop and had received money ad-
vances refused to surrender his crop
to the buyer. The contract had been
made during the seasons Of cultiva-
tion and picking. Judge Burnett
held that the contract was void and
cannot be enforced Unfortunately
the decision comes too late to be of
benefit to growers generally, as near
ly all those who contracted have sur
rendered their crops.
The arrival from Seattle Monday
Of the OAO football men was the oc-
casion of an enthusiastic demonstra-
tion at the railway station. It hap.
pened at the noon hour, and students
by the hundred, together with many
of the faculty and many townspeople
were on hand to meet them. The
knowledge that fn team work and
strength the OAC men had done their
full duty and that Seattle only won
the larger score by the accident of
two lucky place kicks caused general
satisfaction to all. The reception to the
team was most hearty.
w 8 Miller, in charge of a party
of men arrived Sunday from trip OF
blasting out snags in the Willamette.
The work was under direction Of the
government engineers at Portland.
The party started at Corvallis in
small boats. and made the trip as far
as Portland. blasting on the way. As
soon as there Is more water, the snag
boat will take up the work where the
party left off. The river is lower now
than at low water. The Santiam Is |
said by the party to be lower than has
ever been known. It will take much |
rain to enable boats to reach Corvallis.
The m smbers Of the party were, Viii
liam Reid. M E Dunn. Isaac Smith |