The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-12-13

-DoEH Saturday, 70 MI auu ML
Fl A Deck, son.
Additional local news on fourth
page.
lis Modern Faith-heaiing the
Child of Christianity?" at the NJ E
church tomorrow at II a N.
-spaulding Bros steamer, Gray
Eagle, came up the river Thursday
and returned to Oregon City with
raft of logs from the Smith island,
j B Arrants, guardian of Fred
and Nora Arrants, has filed his In
ventory In the probate court. The
aggregate Of property in the estate Is
S729.
During the latest rise, the VII
lamette reached a stage Of 81 feet
above low water. That was We'd
nesday. It has since been falling
ard at noon yesterday was Is feet.
1T was decided at a recent fac
-uity meeting that the term examina-
tions would occur on next Thursday
and Friday, instead Of Monday and
Tuesdayeas has been the custom here
tofore.
Local millers quote wheat at 50,
but say that the market Is le ter
than that figure. The quotations by
telegraph yesterday morning were,
Portland ~: Chicago, II 7-8; San
Francisco, Al IL.
In the estate Of T P Waggoner,
M M Waltz, the administrator, has
been authorized to sell real property
at private sale. The land to be- sold
comprises 321 acres, and is the do
nation land claim of Jesse Hawley.
In the probate court, q sale Of
personal property In the Wiles es-
tate has been approved. The sale
comprises livestock sold to John
Smith, S2.278; to- r E L Brown,
s647 and to Henry Brinkley, $75.
New deeds filed for record are,
J s Buchanan to Philip Schweizer.
"a acres near Philomath, $103; Philip
Schweizer to Helena Schweizer. 81
acres near PhHomath, $4,000; Hedwig
o Stein aud wife to E A English, 20
acres near Albany. $40: W A Wells
and wife to B M Martin north half
of block % In Wells & McElroys ad-
dition to Corvallis, 1915.
AT the last regular review of the
Knights Of Maccabees the following
officers were elected: Past command
er. G W LeVee: commander, L G Alt
man lieutenant commander, Geo W
Moore; record keeper, W L Sharp;
finance keeper. r L Taylor; chaplain,
J F Irwin; sergeant, WI Moore;
master at arms, Fl @ 1'a1lae; g.
master OF the guard Vance Taylor,
2nd master of the guard, Chas New
ton; sentinel, Andrew J Morelock,
picket, William Read; master Of pro-
perty room, E N Adams.
AT the regular meeting held at
the home of Mrs Emily Pernot, the
Womans' Home Missiona ry society OF
the First Congregational church Ell.
ected the following officers; President,
Mrs Anna Farra: vice president, Mrs
F G Clark; secretary, Miss N Camp
bell; treasurer, Mrs Frank Wood.
First neighbor-"I see Brother
Gafney doesn't keep his subscription
to the TIMES very well paid up"
Second neighbor- Chow do you
znow?" First neighbor-"Why the
dateaon. .his paper is away back. That
she 33ew, how he stands on
ths nd neighbor-"Looks
bal First neighbor-"You
Ben Woldt returned from Port
land Thursday. While there he met
Thomas Jeffreys, who had recently
returned from skagway. Mr. Jefreys
seemed In good spirits and will re-
turn north In the spring. William
Mackey aud Edgar Grimm are as
sociated In mining operations and
both are said to be doing well, Mr.
Mackey had intended to return to
Oregon st the same time Mr. Jenreys
came, but he finally found II impossl'
BILE to arrange his business 80 that he
might do Sc.
z.
Each season we are apt to be-
ieve that 1t has rained more than 1t
did the previous one. Anyway we
are almost certain to Inform the new
conner that such is the truth when he
OF the wet weather. The
recent precipitation gives as occas-
lon to tell the same old story, but at
this time the records sustain our po-
sition. A report from the signal
office al Portland under date OF De-
eember 10th, states that from Septem-
Der ]: 1902, the precipitation has been
8.18 inches: normal for that period,
1885 inches. The excess Is 433
inches.
The new tax law does not seem
10 have abbreviated delinquent tax
lists In other coun ties Of the state.
While the Benton county list was