The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-26
LOCAL LORE.
Ride a Rambler,

Hyoe, OF greasy, daughter.
President Catch returned Thurs
day from Newport.
Among the arrivals on the out.
bound @ & E Thursday, was Wallis
Nash.
The school population Of Marion
County decreased 400 last year, Ben.
ton increased 100.
Mrs George Ready went to Port
land Thursday for visit at the home
of Mr. and Mrs W P Ready.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Yates and
daughter arrived Thusrday from a
fortnight's outing at Newport.
w E Yates and family left yester-
day for Newport. They are to occupy
the cottage for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs Shedd accompanied
by Mrs Fortsom and children left
yesterday for sojourn at Newport.
e g Sanderson dean of the
Eugene Divinity school was the guest
of Rev and Mrs G s 0 Humbert
Wednesday.
Hon. Charles A Johns OF Baker
City passed through Corvallis Tues
day enroute to Yaquina where he
will spend the summer.
There is to be an excursion over
the @ & E to Newport Sunday. The
train leaves Corvallis at 7.30, The
fare for the round trip Is Sl.50.
M E Church, South, Sunday.
Preaching II m and 8p N Sunday
School 10 m Epworth League 7,3O
p m. Prayermeeting Thursday 8 p m.
Rev A Knisley Glover, Arch
deacon of the D.oces of Oregon, will
preach In the Episcopal Church next
Sunday at II a m. Come and hear
him.
Professor and Mrs S Pratt Of
Philomath expect to arrive next week.
They are to occupy the Covell resi-
dence during the absence of the lat
ter family at the coast.
The ladies OF the Catholic Church
of Monroe will give an ice cream 60.
cial on Wilhelmn's lawn Saturday eve
ming August 2nd. Everybody cordially
Invited to attend.
After two days visit at home,
Harry Withycombe left yesterday to
enter upon his duties as forest ran
ger. He is stationed in the vicinity
of Fish Lake.
"A carload of flour from Fischer's
mill left over the Corvallis & Eastern
for Chetco, California. Chetco is
coast town, and the shipment goes
there from Yaquina. via gasoline yes.
sci, Copper Queen.
&c S o Humbert will preach at
the Christian Church next Lords day.
Theme at IL a m "The Mission of Ad-
versity," At p N ssThe Rending OF the
Veil" Bible school at 10 a m Christian
Endeavor at z p m.
"A local buyer declined yesterday
to quote price for wool for publica-
tion. He said that practically all the
clip, save few very small lots had
been marketed and shipped, and that
further quotati ems in advance could
not be made.
Times Mountaineer:-Ben Scott
who was stabbed by Wilcox on
the morning of the 4th. is
so far recovered that he is able
to sit up, and expects to leave the
hospital in week or two. When he
is sufficiently recovered he will ac-
company his mother to Corvallis,
Ross Finley, who was in town
Wednesday, says that there will be
practically no Italian prunes In his
fathers orchard this season, and that
of petites there will be but 100 or 200
bushels.Y In the Heron orchad the
same conditions exists. In the latter,
there is an excellent crop Of peaches.
There was a special school eiec-
tion at Monroe Saturday in which the
voters passed upon the question Of
whether or not the district should be
bonded to bniId new school house.
The vote was heavily In favor of the
bonding proposition. Only one vote
was cast against it. The amount Of
bonds to be issued ls $500.
Mr. and Mrs @ e Ogg arrived
Thursday for Newton, Iowa, and are
guests Of o J Blackledge and family.
The two families left yesterday for a
camping trip of several weeks at
Yachats. Mr. Blackledge and Mr. Ogg
were schoolmates in boyhood. The
latter fs an attorney at law and with
Mrs Ogg is on visit to Oregon.
D J Smith has the destruction of
big bear to his credit. 1t happened
at Fish Lake, in the Cascades, while
on trip to Prineville. Mr. Smith
was out fishing, but had 80 30 Win
chester along, AS he passed along
the trail he espied big black bear
only 20 or 80 feet distant. The anil
NAL was sitting bolt upright on it's
launches and looking in Mr. Smith, 8
direction. The bullet entered the nose