The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-09-27
DR. and Mrs Harper are Portland

-Dr ana MTS daTp6r are HOIClanC
visitors.
T Chester Avery and family leave
today for Silver Lake to reside.
Miss Cecil Erwin left Wednesday
for Baker City 20 reside with an uncle
Rev Frank L Moore is attending
the M e conference now in session at
Grants Pass.
Rev T T Vincent will occupy the
pulpit of the Evangelical church in
Albany tomorrow,
1t Is now expected that the new
steam laundry will begin operations
the latter part Of the coming week.
-Alonzo Allen of Portland was in
the city Wednesday, attending the
funeral Of his grandmother Mrs Bar
ker.
Miss Mary Cauthorn expects to
leave next week fer Chicago, whereshe
will pursue her musical studies during
the winter.
The members of the Y M @ A held
a reception Thursday afternoon from
4 to for the new young lady stu
dents at OAC.
Miss Winnifred Cameron 'retur.
ned Wednesday after months visit
with Portland friends.
C S o Humbert will occupy the
pulpit at the Christian Church next
Lords dav. Theme at IL m "The
Hebrew Nation" at 7 30 p m 'If
Christ be not Risen''. Sunday School
at 10 a m and Christian Endeavor at
6 80 p m. Strangers will be welcome.
The statement of Jacob Wrage,
who returned Monday from southern
Oregon where he went with party of
timber land claimants Is, that 21 per
sons from Michigan and other eastern
states were locating claims in the
vicinity when he was there. Mr. Wrage
took in a party Of IA, mostly from
Portland and Albany.
Small boys about town are doing
business now. Numbers of them
have been provided with a supply
of season football tickets, and they
are canvassing the field for purcha-
sers. They get percentage of the
proceeds, that enables them to turn
several honest pennies. The tickets
are good for such games as have al
ready been scheduled numbering
about five, instead Of six, as stated in
Wednesdays paper. One lad seen
yesterday morning, had disposed of
six another Of five, and several others
had the promise of even a greater
number of buyers. Many will buy to
encourage the little chaps.
Two farms were sold by Henry
Amber Wednesday,. One was she
Henry J Thorp farm of 135 acres, two
and a. half miles south of Philomatb,
and the other portion Of the Rufus
Skipton farm in the same vicinity.
The first brought $4,000 and the pur-
chaser is Ernest Seecheever of North
Dakota, and the other $4,000 was
bought by William Mettlestadt. also
of North Dakota. Both purchasers
are Germans. who are making a
change Of locltion on account of the
cold climate of their present place of
residence, One Of them has his family
with him. having already disposed of
his holdings In the East. The other
has gone back to dispose Of his farm
and return with his family.
Facts about the work of coms
mittee for securing rates on the rail-
roads for the dedication of Agricult-
ural Hall. appear in another column.
Senator Daily of the Committee, re-
turned Thursday from Portland. Half
fare rates on the railroads have been
secured. The visitors over the West
side are to come on the regular train,
and special train will be in waiting
to carry them back in the evening"
Special trains over the Corvallis &
Eastern will connect with eastside
trains for similar conveniences of the
guests. The exercises will occur in the
afternoon and are expected to include
a banquet and speeches by Governor
Geer, Governor-Elect Chamberlain