The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-16
LOCAL LORE.
Wool 15%

Julius Wuesterfelt and family
left Monday on a camping trip.
Miss Ellen Chamberlln left Fri
day for Seattle for a brief visit.
Al Tozier of Portland was 10 Cor
wallis Monday with the Eastern ex-
cursionists.
County Surveyor Jones went out
to Summit Monday to survey the
town site.
Banker Leese has rented and is
shortly to occupy the Martha Cauth-
orn residence on First Street.
p Avery, John Fulton and r E
Gibson have gone to the Big Elk on a
deer hunting expedition. They left
Saturday.
DIR Thompson Of Independence
was recently offered the pastorate In
a large church in Eos Angeles, Calf
ornia, but declined the call.
Mrs Berry, wifeof Conductor Ber'
ry of the Westside, accompanied by
her daughter, is guest of Mrs
Brunk at the Occidental,
Mrs Julia Bowers, after a visit
in Corvallis. left Saturday to join her
husband, who is now located in the
barber business at Vancouver B @.
Mr. and Mrs J B Horner came out
from Newport Saturday to assist in
the entertainment at Cauthorn Hall
OF the visiting Fasteners. They re-
turned to the seasid6 yesterday.
Miss Dora Porter. formerly stu
dent at OAC, has been conducting a
cooking school at Portland for some
time, 1t is said to be a thriving in
stitution.
Binding twine is at high figure
this season. Glover leaf ia quoted at
16 and Standard at 121s. Many far
mers are already buying supplies OF
twine, preparatory to the coming har-
vest.
Weather permitting, several faim
ers will begin cutting grain this
week. In most instances it is early
wheat on which the binders will begin.
Among others who expect to be a-field
is G NJ Smith.
The J H Simpson house on
Adams street has been leased to rela-
tives of " B Lacy who are coming
from Wasco county next September
to attend college.
-In round numbers, there are 6I,-
900, 900 acres of land ia Oregon.
Strange as it may seem to old timers,
100000 acres of this land is still in
the hands of the government and sub.
ject to entry.
"A B Hammond recently arrived
in Portland from an absence Of sew
eral months in California, While there
he said in newspaper interview that
he had no plans for the present for
an extension Of the Corvallis & East
ern. Mr. Hammond and family have
gone to New York.
The twenty-five Hundred is the
name of a mine in the Cascades. Spea-
king of it the Albany Herald says:
"Eight applications for policies ia
the Twenty five Hundred came in
from Corvallis yesterday, besides the
applications daily coming in here.
Benton county promises 500 members
by fall.
john McCready and family left
Friday for Western Washington,
where Mr. McCready and sons all have
desirable positions. The departure of
Mr. McCready leaves a vacancy in the
blacksmithing department at the car
liage factory, and the management is
advertising for a man.
The sewer diggers are at work
on the Observation-Disclosures lateral.
Though but limited number Of men
are at work thu progress is rapid. On
Jefferson the lateral is IA feet deep.
Tunneling is resorted to whenever the
depth is more than IL feet.
A party of six young men from
town visited Marys Peak Sunday. |
They went by wheel at five o'clock
Saturday evening. They climbed the
peak the following morning and had a |
fine view. They reached Corvallis on the
return at five o'clock Sunday evening. |
Among the members of the party |
were Arthur Belknap, Will John
son and Will Wicks.
The Marion county court has re-
fused to pay the claims OF individuals
for pursuit Of Tracy aud Merrill in
Marion county. The court took the |
view that the chase was for escaped |
convicts and not for murders commit
ted at the prison, and that the state
should foot the bill. The aggregate
of the claims is $240. The cost Of the
State Militia during the hunt was
about $3.50. The state will have to
pay.
e L Dixon formerly of Ph1lomath
returned to Portland Monday, after a
brief business visit in Benton and Lin
coin. He moved to Portland last
April. He is at work at the carpen-
ter's trade and has employment con-
stantly. He was on strike for five
DAYS during the late labor troubles in