The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-06-18


spent Sunday with Tangent relatives.
" E Waters is expected home
from Portland Friday.
Born Monday to MIR and Mrs
Fred Buchanan, daughter,
Born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs
Riley Young of Job addition. a son. !
Miss Ivy Burton has been elected
to a position as teacher in Indepen.
dence public schools.
Miss Olive Hamilton Is confined
at home with illness. Her place in
the postofice is filed tempo rarily by
Miss Edna JACOBS,
Asa Alexander left yesterday for
a weeks visit with his aged mother at
Vancouver, the fret In five years. D
A O5burn will perform the duties Of
Chief Of Police during his absence.
Miss Laura Cauthorn, who has
been teaching at Eos, IL for the past
year. has arrived, and is the guest
for Commencement at the Finley
home.
-Adjutant Garrabred Of the Sal
walton Army or Joe, the Turk, will be
in Corvallis and spea k in Salvation
Army hall Friday evening June 20.
-Mrs Esther Avery Adams, and
Miss Emma Brown arrived Monday
from San Francisco, and are guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs N B Ave-
ry.
The school census, completed a
fewdays agoby S ehool Clerk Buchanan
shows quite an increase in the school
population of Corvallis. Last year
the number Of pupils Of school age
in the district was $50. This year It
is 757, an increase Of Let during the
year.
"A canvass began yesterday among
business men and others for funds for
the use Of next years foot
bail team. James Zarcher, manager
Of the football team and Charles
Johnson atheletic manager took the
field at nine O'Clock yesterday fore
noon. and at last accounts had met
with much encouragement,
But few students remain In town
Every train and boat for several days
past has been carrying them away. At
Cauthorn Hall the contingent was
reduced to about IL yesterday, Or
dinarily the number there is about rs.
The place lie to be closed for the sum.
mer vacation today. Alpha Hall is
similarly deserted, It is to be closed
for the season Friday. The diminution
of the blue uniform on the street at
mail time and otherwise is already
noticeable. In day or two more the
town will lapse into its usual summer
quietude when a dog fight or the buzz
Of a CAD fly will be happy relief
from the monotony.
The annual school election occur
ed Monday. Tho former. date for
such elections was In March; but the
new law makes the date the third
Monday in June Of each year. The
voting Monday resulted in the choice
of E L Miller for director and M r
Starr for clerk. Only 81 votes were
cast. The voting continued from one
to half past four. A few. scattered
votes were cast for other candidates.
The new director takes the place Of
Judge McFadden, who retired from
the board. The clerk elect takes the
place of W A Buchanan. who has SER
we'd for several years, and who decli-
ned to be candidate for e,eiection.
AT eleven o'clock the other night,
Mr. Wallace of Albany, who is enga-
,ged in the work on Marys River bri.
dge at Corvallis, received a telephone
message saying that his son in Albany
was drowned. He left Immediately
forAlbany, there he learned that it
was his son in Idaho that was drown.
ed, Subsequently, he received
information that his son 10 Idaho was
engaged in packing to Thunder Noun
tain, that he was not drowned, but
that all members Of the packing party
put him had lost their lives in a
drowning accident. Mr. Wallace
returned to work Saturday with a
Hghter heart then when he left It,.
IS g Thompson died at his
home near Monroe Monday, He had
been inpoor health for long time, He
resided in the south end of the county
for Is or 20 years, and at one time
Was merchant at Monroe The fun
eral occurred from the late home at
three O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
and was under the auspices of the
Corvallis lodge A F & A NJ. Several
maeons went out from Corvallis to
conduct TIE masonic burial. among
them Prof. Shelton, Prof. Covall, DR.
Harper, " P Lafferty Thomas Call
ahan, w Ell Hall and " E Yates. The
fnterment was Ia the Monroe cemetery
The deceased was far advanced in
years.