The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-12-27

Miss Love Of Portland u guest
lat the Dannemafl home.
Hrofs Covel and Hayward
leave today for Newport.
President Catch aud bis son
i IGlaud, leave today for Newport, for
Il q brief vacation. -
| ALTERS visit with Corvallis friepss.
Mrs. P. F. Woodiord returned yestef
day to Portland.
Mrs. G. L. Hicklin departed Fri
day for an extended visit with friends
lat Treutdale, Oregon.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Huston spent Christ-
mas with Albany relatives. They re-
turned home yesterday afternoon.
! Frank Groves of the emerton nas
val yard is spending the holiday MIkh
relatives. ssass' "
Rose Finley is in town for the hgt-
idays. He is employed In an ASSAY
Office In Portland.
Mrs. Ellen Mundy arrived home
Thursday from Portland, where she
tspent several days, visiting friends.
"A. +. Hershner, principal OF the
Gresham scnDol, came home on Christ
mas day to spend the holidays with
his family.
s,James Taylor arrived Wednes-
day from California. He is very much
Improved In health, and will remain
In Corvallis for the present.
| "A young lady wants to do house
work for her board while attending
college. A young man wants a simi-
lar place. Address or apply to George
Coote, Corvallis.
| The Christmas mails arriving at
the local postofice comprised fifteen
sacks Wednesday, % sacks Thursday
and IL sacks yesterday.
John Adams. who was for years In
the auditing department of the old o.
P. headquarters In Corvallis, is now a
partner In big mercantile establis b.
ment at Oregon City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Smith are
spending the holidays with Corvallis
relatives. They are to remain until
after New Years. Mr.. Smithseis en-
pleysd In the tin and plumbing busi-
ness at The Dalles.
Some merchants declare the late
Christmas trade to have been the best
In years, and others complain Of a
falling off. It Is probable that the av-
erage is something above the usual.
It ought to have been, considering
general conditions.
Rev. Father Jurek, who Is to go to
a mission in Washington, is to leave
about the middle Of the coming month.
The mission embraces several coun-
ties between ChehaIis and Seattle,
and Father Jurek Is to be IN charge.
He has been nine years in the CorvaI-
lis parish, and is deservesfiy popular
with his congregation and others who
regret his departure.
The delayed Eastern mails reach
ed Corvallis on Christmas day. There
was huge mass of the matter, and 1t
took the increased force of clerks In
the postoffice far into the afternoon to
complete the distribution. While the
work was In progress, large crowd
congregated outside, waiting for let
ters and Christmas packages from far
away friends and relatives.
Mrs. F. P. Sheasgreen has been
financier for the Corvallis Degree of
Honor during the past six years, and
she has qualified to serve during the
ensuing year. As mark of their ap-
probation Of Mrs. Sheasgreen's seIv-
ices, members of the organization, at
their regular meeting Tuesday even
ing, presented her with a handsome
chatelaine purse. The presentation
was made by Mrs. Sarah Moore 10 a
few appropriate words, which was re-
sponded to by Mrs. Sheasgreen In her
usual happy manner.
AT the home OF the brides par
ents, In Jobs addition, on December
Oath, @. r. Franklin and Mics Clara
Blakeslee were united In marriage,
Rev. Ii. o. Deck, of the Evangelical
church, officiating. The bride is the
third daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. @. l..
Blakeslee, and the groom is a member
OF the weli-known Franklin fanily Of
Corvallis. He is a machinist and e.
leetrical engineer and holds a good
position at Anacortes, for which place
the bridal pair started Immediately af-
ter the ceremony and which they ex-
(pect to make their future home.
Complaints have been heard, find
ing fault because the boys who broke
into Dunnfs store were not punished.
|Of course 1t is always the other fel-
lows boy that the public wants the
law to fall on. That always makes
fault-anding. As to enforcing pen
atty, 1t is alwayst necessary to have a
prosecuting witness, and when Mr..
Dunn drew out OF 1t, the wheels of jns-
tice were clogged. In the states at
torney's office, 1t Is understood that
as the Investigation proceeded some