The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-11-01
LOCAL LORE.
Wheat 81.

ing SCHOOLS III AlSSa.
j D Irvine returned Wednesday
to his home In, n,Brownsville.
Mrs Ida Nelson left Thursday
for a visit with McMlnnville friends,
Born, Wednesday, to Mr. and
Mrs Fred Butler, twin daughters.
Mrs James Martin and son have
returned from visit with Eastern
relatives.
The next term OF the circuit
court meets on the fourth Monday In
November. That will be on the Oath,
Baptist church, Sunday morning
subject, "The Ground OF True Peace" "
Evening "a Young Mans WORTH -
Meetings at usual hours, All are
welcome.
Two fine Cotswoid ewes arrived
by express Thursday, They were
purchased by E Walden and sent ont
to his farm, They came from the
Brunk stock farm In Polk county.
Mr. and Mrs Charles M Cady ar
rived from Ashland, \ Tuesday fer a
brief visit with their parents in this
city. Mr. Cady is an operator in the
s p station in Ashland.
The parents and a sister of W J
Kent, foreman of the College farm ar
rived Tuesday from Wisconsin, for
visit In the vicinity. They will spend
the winter and perhaps year In Ore
gon.
A son of Mr. and Mrs G F Rice
with his own and other families from
Iowa and Dakota, ale expected here
today. They are to settle in the vi
cinity.
The Rt Rev B Wistar Morris, D D
will officiate In the church of the
Good Samaritan, tomorrow, Sunday,
at II m, and In Trinity church at 2
pm. The public is cordially invited
to hear this able and venerable pre-
late. ~
There is to be basket social at
the Mountain View school house Fri
day evening, November 7. The
teacher and pupils are preparing
literary. program. The money deriv=
ed from the sale of baskets Is to be
used to buy school library. All are
invited.
George Houck left Thursday
visit of two or three days in town,
3 From there he goes to Gold Hill.
where something of local
boom is op. His family Is still in Eu-
gene, and will remain there for the
present.
Mrs ELAN Humbert will preach
at the Christian church tomorrow.
Theme at IL a m, Hospitality" at
7 80 p 10, "How shall we work the
words OF God, or The Vital Question"
Bible school at 10 N and g E at
$40 m.
"A joint meeting of the Knights
and Lady Maccabees was held in their
hall Wednesday evening. The pro-
gramme was, instrum entail solo, Mrs
Inez Wilson; vocal solo, Otto F L
Herse; violin solo, Lee Kennedy; In
dian Club Drill, Leon Flett, Vivian
Wellsher and Adelaide Sheasgreep;
and song, Adelaide and Bernetta
Sheasgreep. After the programme,
there was an hour of games and then
banquet.
"A subscription paper has been In
circulation among business men and
others, asking contributions for
use in paying off a portion Of the debt
incurred in the construction Of
grand stand and fence around the
athletic and drill grounds at the
college, The total cost Of the i'm
provements and other expenses and
other char ges against the athletic
fund was about 81 800. The contri-
buttons of business men aggregated
about 1926.
Kirby MacLean Is at Westville, |
Placer county, California, with his
knee in plaster cast, in consequence
of an injury sustained three weeks |
ago. His father In this city has
written him to come home for vaca-
ton, pending recovery. The young
man Is employed in the Alameda gold
mine In Placer county. He began
as an engineer, aud after giving
faithful and efficient service, was pro-
NOTED to chief engineer, in charge of
all the machinery, with large ad-
vance In wages. How the Injury was
sustained Is not known here.
New deeds filed for record are
Calvin Higgins and wife to Columbus
Hinton, 20 acres near Monroe, 81.
Andrew Emrick to George W Houck:
100 acres near Monroe, $34O. United
States to Andrew Emrick patent to
l on aorac paap Monroe n r. n D
to g W Houck, 32S acres, two miles
from Monroe, $214, B B Barnes and
wife to Edward Pageot, 159 acres near
Albany, $4,000. United States to
Sidney Evans, paten to I60 acres.
J Mason to P A Mason, 160 acres one
mile from Monroe, $3.50. 7 B Viii
Hanson to J F Mayberry 10 acres near
Albany, $771,
The enrolment at the public
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