The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-12-17
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riousiy I'LL at the family home with ty.
phoid fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Avery left yes
terday for a winters visit with their
/ daughter in San Francisco.
j acob Frank and family. who con-
Quoted the Crees dairy farm for two
or more years, leave today for As
4 toria, where Mr.. Frank expects to en-
gage In business and remain.
"A D Morrison arrived Sunday
for two weeks Welt. He Is COM
pleting his medical education in the
medical department OF the University
of Oregon at Portland, and is to
graduate April Ist.
Marion and Bert Winkle were
passengers on the down-run boat
Tuesday morning. They expect to
log on the lower Columbia this winter,
and in the spring take their departure
for Dawson City, Alaska.
John Walker, formerly of Benton.
has been the guest Of relatives in the
vicinity for several days. His home
is now at Monmouth. The loss Of his
wife and child are calamities that
have befallen him within recent
months.
Lumber Is on the ground for
number of improvements in the brick
livery stable. The proprietors intend
TO give up the lease Of the Eglin sta
bles in January, and the proposed i'm
Iprovements are to give additional
room for carriages.
-Dolph Kerr, who has been book
keeper for a long time at the Benton
county Lumber yards, Is to leave the
first OF the year for Portland to take
a course in q business college, after
which he is to take position In the
Fischer FIGURING mills at Silverton.
New deeds fled for record are,
Joseph Harlan and wife to Marshall
| @. Miller. lot six In block 81, Jobs adj
dition, $40; a H Buckingham and
others to J Weed, two lots In Philo-I
math, $500: Madelia StGermain and
husband to r N White, residence
properly In Corvallis, $500; w A Max.
ham to W e Boldly, two acres near
Albany, $3.50; I o Thompson to Al
bert Wilson, 81 acres near Cory allis,
ST. 900; NJ Hemphiil to Maud Hem
phil, harness shop building and half
lot on Main street, Corvallis, 81.
1t Is a fact that J. M. Cameron
has one of the best harness shops In
the state. He has an attractive stock
of everything In bis line, and there are
also some odd things to be seen there..
A ger uine buffalo robe is something
seldom seen here. He has one. A.
mother queer thing is full-rigged
saddle that measures only seven inch
es from the pommel to the top of the
cantle. A life-size and life-like horse,
which stands on wheels and gazes out
of the front door, is recent addition
to the shop. The animal -is a s-han d.
some dapple-grey, is 151a hands high
and was imported direct from Buffa-
10, where the factory is located.
III E Burns, who resigned rail-
road position and few weeks ago
became agent OF the o r & N at Cor
Wallis, has been offered an advance
of $40 per month in salary by his
former employers and Is to re-
turn to California to resume his old
position. B J Thatcher arrived
Monday to succeed Mr. Burns, and
yesterday took charge Of the COM
pany's docks. Mr. Burns is to leave
10 day or two for California. Mrs
Burns is to remain for the present
with her son who is student at the
College.
The annual holiday is on. Cor,
Wallis stores are resplendent In hoH-
day goods, and every afternoon now,
are thronged with buyers OF Christmas
goods. Everybody, from the bright
eyed lad or lassie to the white-haired
grandmo are there regularly. look
ing among the many beautiful things
for remembrance for some loved
one. TO figure out the number that
must be remembered Christmas morn
ing, and to flt the expenditures for
each to the whole fund available is
The problem that nearly all twrestle
With, q problem that reduces present
buying to a labor of mathematics and
affection. Local business men say the |
trade this time promises to be the best |
10 years.
-EA Miner, formerly of Cor
wallis, figured In the circuit court at
Hllsboro the other day. When a
divorce was granted his former wife |
In the Hillsboro court, an order /
was made requiring him to contribute
q certain amount per month to as
sist In her support, He had failed I
to contribute the required stipend
and had been cited to appear and |
show cause for his failure SO to do, /
In his answer Mr. Miner set forth
that, after paying his necessary ex-E
penses, there was nothing left Of his
salary as principal Of the Woodlawn
school at Portland, and that he had
no other income from which to draw
funds for tila sunnart OF his former I