The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-12-10
!! LOCAL LORE.


LOCAL LORE.
(Ad5erassmsnts Il thisz zeolaaan charged zfob
at the rate of Is cents per line.
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Wheat g. 80 s1ao eea tcess
Miss Ethel Berman left Saturday
for visit In Portland .TssGG -
Harry Shea, Of Albany. WAS vas a.
business visitor in town yesterday. eAi
ftEs3 shfe= =Issss--z..& -a5 f;ig4 = So s, :
\ Miss Ethel Liaville entertained
number pr fsiebess at Ping Ppng Sat
urday evening
Adams 5agRiitihelaa Il IF Monroe,
was busy visitor r. CofvaIffs7 Mons
day and Tuesday.@ss.s<-z=-sa2sx@. y ~
-Extenaive., pEeparaIons. are 90,
for the receptions heaaYe en BY the:
Coffee Club New Years day.
Roy Brock. son bfaMr. ands MRS
Vineyard Brock, and { Misc GtadZs'
Sears we're mafTfed 1T Hood River
NovgmbEr22fsts.= sts==---dBs --Both1- were wefF
knoyn stsaeata.a1e q k etest
-Rhomas Humphreys, ex-sheriff of
WalIowa county, has been a Corvallis
visitor for several daysk "a farrn
purchased by him -in-Lin1 county a.
yeaTsago has been sold, and he is look
ing fsr a new location. " 80 sys.. +.
-Down at August .Webbers farm
the other day, a band Of goats wac
feeding about a straw. stack, and while
theyewere so engaged a sudden cave
of. the straw killed four or five Of
them ..t i
There Is ample ground for belief
that there will be double wedding In
Corvallis on or about Chrie tmas day.
Somss say there is no doubt of 1t.
GUESSING is In order.
The last oetha psunssgsa thame
orchard Saturday night. The entire
shipment goes direct to New York.
The prunes were graded and sacked.
In the grading, twe-thtrds of the pro-
duct Of the big orchard turned out to
be 36a4O's; the balance 40-50's. = .
Marsh Simpson, the celebrated
fishefman of Elk City who can COM
pei trout to bite whether they want to
or not, arrived yesterday, and Is shak-
ing hands with old friends.s Mr. Simp >
son first settled in Polk County neafa
the Benton line, where his mother at
an advanced agea still Eealdes. 81 - =
The steamer Ruth failed to put In
an appearance on her regular trip up
the river Friday morning. saQa FAC
count ofbighWater she was unable to
get through the locks at Oregon City.
The Pomona which came out OF Port
land the day following was more for
tunate,howsverP and-#as expected
here this Wednesday morning.
DIR. Pernot is confined at home
with a brokensankle. sEbe dnjary was
sustained Monday night. The doctor
was on R-route from his. house to- his
barn, and he lost bis footing on
slippery walk, In the fall that result
ed, "a smell outer bone in the ankle
was fractured. The injury will con
fine DR., Pernot.rat home for about
three weeks.
The late high water carried away
about 80 feet of the decking lat the
lower end OF the o r & N dock in
Corvallis. A door at the lower end of
the warehouse was also ca FRIED eff by
the flood. No-frefghtT wasE disturbed,
as Agent Burns had taken the precau-
ton TO remove Tito the higher por-
ton of the warehouse, out of reach Of
the rsgings Wil4amette.aTh river dur
ing the late freshet reached a stage OF
241a feet above low water. At noon
yesssraag it was 18 inches hiS Her than
the Pfee=dihg evening but wss srtfff
81 fest beiqg the high rsaark Of hast
week 1 1ss III sI2s1eI u "a 1tS1 : p !
After six n,notiss ef9anaead work
nearsNswbuEg, Ni544j2 i4rJ "a p. Ssahtea arEiEdi
ed MondAng, asis .t9ls tt9qls remain in GSsaI
wallis dAFiag tha Ripter his. E..:.tHssal
has, Yithfa sang Of gs2 saen, been Gres.i
newlng Che ties, and rsssur1aeSigg the
track on what was fofmefi7 tie west
narrow gusge railroad. The OPP
erations exte6ae 6aesssbIp seVsn miles
north OF NeRberg 3 distance OF 35 |
miles sodtR sFash7y = y @ I4f3 Ne
suspepad5euft 5uft: on aefoIt,tf of tjj9yelealepg
,rs WeafhSF, aAS is4t9 Ha EansY5a ID oii5e
ohar15 Il #I4. # saGtLE seoSs58 5a3 81 aBt f
Wallis durisg tRe faster's abss1{caes;;; and /
will SO continue for the present.