The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-06
j. e. Henkle was In from Phi
lomath Thursday,


lomath Thursday.
Scott King, who became prophet
or of the store at Wren abouta month
ago, was In Corvallis on business We'd,
nesday.
-Ralston Cox has been a business
visitor In Corvallis for several days.
He is engaged In the inves tment and
insurance business ia Portland, and
is thriving.
Many CorvsIlisites leave this
morning to attend the picnic at Will
lamette Grange hal. Others go 60
Pnilomath to attend the annual seq
sion of the Benton County Sunday
School Convention.
Baptist church Sunday, chill.
drens' day will be observed and the
Sunday school will render an excel.
lent programme at IL O'CLOCK Sab
ject in the evening will be "Glory." !"
Cordial invitaaon to ALL
IF, P. Morgan this week has COM
ple.ed the sale Of the Jerome Everett
IS acre farm one mile east OF Cor
wallis for $1,000 to Wm. Fl. Miller OF
Clatsop coul ty. Oregon. Mt. Miller
takes possession In October. Mr..
Everett retains the crop.
-Reguler services at the Conere-
gational church Sunday. Celebration
OF the Lords supper 10 the morning
at IL o'clock. Sermon, "DIvine Freinfi-
sbip." Evening ser, ice at O'Clock
Sermon-"The Religious Side, of the
Growth OF OUT Great Nation"
Mr.. and Mca. John Huffman left
Wednesday for Portland, where the
former will engage with his son In the
architect business. The Office
conducted by Mr.. Huffman aud
son in this city has been closed for
the present. Tw sons of Mr.. Huff
man remain in Benton as employees Of
the Benton County Lumber Company.
"A number of fasteners have
been looking through Benton and
Lincoln counties for the past ten DAYS
They have been in charge OF M. NJ.
Davis and it is supposed that. they
have been looking at the lands in
Lincoln, Benton and Polk owned by
the Coast. Land & Livestock Com
pany. They left on the return trip a
day or two ago
AT Philomath today and tomor-
row the annual session OF the
School Convention of Ben
ton county is to be held, The ses-
sions today are to be held at the
Philomath College. Tomorrow, the
exercises will be held In the camp
ground at Philomath. and will par
take OF the character of picnic, The
program of the convention CT exer.
cises appeared in full in the TIMES Of
the 21st.
Wool is still quoted at II cen ts in
Corvallie. Only a comparatively small
amount has been sold at that figure.
Growers are generally holding to await
developments and in the belief that
better prices may be obtained. The
best sale yet reported of the Eastern
Oregon clip happened at Pendleton.
The lie, 900 pounds selected from
lot of 100000 pounds, brought IA 1-s.
The valley-Wool usually ranges about
two and halt cents higher than the
Eae tern Oregon product. Local deal
ers claim they are paying more than
the present market jlstifes.
In this Issue Of the TINES, $4,000
acres Of land is advertised for sale at
public auction. Twenty five theus-
and acres lie In Benton, 1890 in Polk
and the balance In Lincoln counties.
They are what are known as the Coe
ands, together with the holdings Of
he Oregon Agricultural Company,
limited They were sold last year by
The Coast, Land & Livestock Com
paDy to the Dragon Pacific Coloniza-
lion Company, and the latter default
ad in payments, The Coast, Land &
Livestock Company instituted suit
Tor foreclosure of MOI tgage, and the
sale of the lands now advertised Is the
result. The amount of the judg-
ment is SOL ,6OO., The sale is to take
place Saturday July 11th.
The graduating exercises of Phi
.omath College occur Wednesday
June 18th. The members of the class
are, Normal course, Gaylord Marsh,
Buelah Henkle: Commercial course,
Charles F. Logan, Abbie NJ. Coul-
son, Fred E. Evans, Bertha E. Fowles
Maud I. Decker, Arthur Tongeland,
Frank j. Blackerby; music, Grace
Jolly, The events OF Commencement
week are, public rhetorical. Wednes-
lay June 10th, 8 p. No.; musical and
entertainment, Thursday
June II, p. m.; literary societies an:
liversary. Saturday, June 13. s p. M:
Baccalaureate Sunday, June IA, II
). m: musical graduates recital,
June 16, Sp.m.; Com
nencement exercises. June II, s p. !
n. The College has had a prosper
'us year.
Thomas Whitehorn retired Sat. !
urday from proprietorship In the
aloon that he has conducted in Cor |