The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26
Wheat 81,

| ,moGHeT, eau L go swimming!
"When my son?" yesterday, if you
please
Mr. and Mrs Harley Hall of
Buena Vista were Corvallis visitors
| Wednesday.
Miss Emma A Martyr of Portland
arrived Thursday and is the guest Of
Corvallis friends.
j B Kirk and family left yester-
day for Portland, after a brief visit
at the Kaupish home.
Miss MolIie Sandal. of Seattle
arrived Wednesday, and is the gues t
of Corvallis friends.
MIR and Mrs John Rickard and
Miss Lilly Ranney left Wednesday for
Cascadia.
-He.-"You know you married me
for my money!" She.-"Weli. l am
glad you give me credit for not being
a complete fool"
William Baker and family and &
W Denman and wife are on a camp
ing trip in Alsea. They are at d A
Toms, and expect to be absent two or
three weeks,
f Seventy Bay.bohnd passengers
were aboard of the Yaquina train when
it pulled out of the Corvallis station
Thursday,
M P Burnett, Robert Johnson, DR.
Lester and James Fiett are members
of party that expect to leave next
week fer hunting trip to Belknap
Springs.
Mr. Vincent will speak to the
Methodist congregation next Sunday
morning and evening in the absence
Of the pastor. A cordial welcome to
all strangers..as well as residents.
w o Heckart has been awarded
the contract for building school
house at Peoria. In dimension, the
new building is to be "a 36. 1t is
to be completed by October 1st.
-Bricklaying on the vault for the
new bank is in progress at the Hotel
Corvallis. The walls are for the en-
closure of the steel lining, and are
now within two or three feet of the
cealing of the room. -.~
Portland Journal:-The steamer
Albany is at Supplies ship yard on
the east end Of the Morrison street
bridge, where che will have new hog.
chains and side posts constructed.
The Albany has recenslY been bought
by the La Camas Paper company,
and will be used for WORK around the
mill.
Wheat is 81 in the local market.
It advanced Wednesday to that figure
from So, at which it has stood for
several weeks. The occasion for the
rise, q local buyer SAYS, is a better
tone In all markets. There is no quo
tation on oats, due to the fact that
the cereal Is not moving.
As the TIMES goes to press this,
Friday evening, local sports are spec
ulating on the outcome Of the Jeffre-
VS.. Fitzsimmons prize fight to take
place In San Francisco within a few
hours. They have arranged for the
fight to be wired by rounds from the
ring side, and the dispatches are to be
read at Whitehorn's.
Brady Burnett and Harry Holgate
of the Census Bureau have arrived
from Washington. The first came
Thurs day evening, and on account OF
illness has been mostly at home |
since his arrival. Mr. Holgate arrived |
yesterday, aud after a few days, ex-
poets to leave for San Francisco. Both |
are off on 35 days leave Of absence. |
Lester Humphreys and Herbert S |
Carter left Thursday after weeks visit
atthe Wick's home. The former was |
once an OAC student, He is now a |
member Of the 18th Infantry band.
stationed at Vancouver, and has
fourteen months more to serve, At |
the expiration of his enlistment, he is
to return to OAC to complete his
course.
The Cook mare and the Tortora |
horse are still running races. They
ran three on the Kiger track near
Corvallis. The mare won all. Thurs |
day, in Albany they were again mat
ched, and the horse won. The stakes
were $40 side. The horse is now
owned by Earnest Case Of Albany. 1t
is reported that the animals are to
run another race on the Kiger track,
The price per box to be paid hop
pickers this year is beginning to be
The prevaili ng high quo
tations for hops seem to promise
a good price for pickers. The Port
land Telegram says 'Hop growers of
the Willamette Valley expect to pay |
40 cents per box for picking this year.
Henry Miller Of Aurora thinks 40 |
cents will be satisfactory to both
grower and picker.
New deeds filed for record are, J |
L Castle to G W Smith one-half in
terest in 10 acres in Benton Coun ty, |
P40O;J W Walters to J D Ward and