The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-09-27
LOCAL LORE.
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70 e Woodward and family returned
Thursday from their Newport cottage.
Mrs Case and daughter Mrs
Buckley Of Newport were in Corvallis
this week.
Grant, the five-year-old son Ct
Mr. and Mrs Mack Hemphill is suff-
ering with typhoid lever.
Mrs G. r Farra left last week for
Palo Alto, California to be at the bed
side of her sister, Mrs Cooper who is
very i'll.
Mrs Flett and Mrs Gillespie are
on brief visit to the family of W W
Calkins and other Eugene friends.
They left yesterday.
M M Davis and family now oc-
cupy their home in this city. They
came over from Newport Tuesday,
and are to remain.
A pair of fancy sheep was sold
Wednesday by John Wyatt to Nye
ofYaquina Bay. They were thorough
bred buck and eve, both .Cotswolds.
The buck went at $I2,
Victor Spencer left Wednesday
to take a position In Portland drug
store. Tuesday evening he was ten
dered farewell party by members Of
the Degree Of Honor lodge.
John F Steiwer who is buying
cattle in Lincoln county for his Mar
ion county farm was in town Thurs
day. He left In the afternoon for
Toledo.
Members of the family req uest
the TIMES to express to old neighbors
and friends their profound gratitude
for the esteemed sympathy and kindly
death and burial Of the late lamented
n T Fischer.
United Es angelical Church. The
pastor q A Deck will preach in the
morning at IL and in the evening at
80. Morning theme "Power", eve
ming theme "Critical Hours. RECEIPT
ion to students Saturday Oct 4th at
7,2O.
Their new cottage on College
Hill has been completed, and Mr. and
Mrs Frank Edwards moved into 1t
Thursday. It is a six room house
with three rooms on the first and three
on the second floor, besides all the
other arrangements that go with q
modern house.
j r Smith and family are to occupy
the r M Thompson residence property
at the corner of Fifth and Jefferson.
purchased last week by Mr. Smith for
$4,000. The removal OCCURS next
week. The purchf Sc includes all the
holdings of the Thompsors 10 the
block, and consists OF three lots and
two dwelling houses.
Creditors of the bankrupt estate
Of Eldridge Hairless are receiving no
tice that meeting of those who hold
claims is to be held aJ the law office
of E Holgate. October 9TH. The pur-
pose of the meeting is for creditors to
prove their sclaims. elect a trustee,
examine the bankrupt and transactl
any other necessary business. It is |
said that the estate is without assets.
John G Applewhite, former resi-
dent of CorvaIl' and a graduate of
OAC has been in town for several /
days. He is now practicing law in
San Francisco. with an office in the
Chronicle building. After a visit with
his brother, Avery Applewhite, who
lives at the home Of Walter Taylor,
he left for Portland yesterday.
"A letter from his attorneys an
nounces that Engineer Smyth, whose
offer to bring mountain water into
Corvallis Is pending in the city coun-
Gil. is detained by business arrange
ments at Huntington, and cannot
come to Corvallis until after October
1st. After that time he will meet
with the council committee at any
date the latter may select.
"A number Of art prizes were
taken at the State fair by Miss Maud
Kerns, teacher of the first grade in |
theCorvallis public schools, Five paint.
ings by Miss Kerns were in competi-
ton, and four of them were prize
winners. They were, portrait paint
ings in oil on canvas, taken from life,
second; flower painting in oil, from
nature, first; marine, in water coIors,
first landscape in water colors, second.
Among the contestant were Mrs f A
Wiggins, Mrs Geer, Miss Jessie Brey-
man, Mrs Nj P Brown, Mrs r Boise
Miss Humasonsand others.
"A natty new rig with rubber tires
has made it's appearance on the
streets. It is either closed cab or,
an open carriage according to the
sweet will of the operator, and is
owned by Frank Elgin. It connects
with all trains, and for a small fee
carries people from one part of town
to another, to parties or elsewhere. A
ride in it, by those who have done
themselves the honor, is described as
most pleasurable. AS it has been in
almost constant demand since it made
its debut the first of the week, it
probably fills a long felt want.
-Corvallis turned out almost en-
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