The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-10-24

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Miss Julia Cooper wentto Port
land yesterday for Visit Will
friends.
Thomas Whitehorn is building 9
12 by 20 addition to his residence or
Fourth street.
-OAC boys against the Indians on
College field this afternoon. The
kickoff will be at three O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Collins oi
Salem, have been for several days at
the home Of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Brown
Regular services at the NJ. E
church South tomorrow. morning and
evening, at IL & 7:30. All are 10.
vited and welcome.
The First Spiritual Union of Cor
Wallis will hold services at Barrett
Lyceum on Sunday at 8 p. N. Doors
open at 80. Ali friends are cordial.
ly invited.
-Persons 10 Corvallis and vicinity
desiring to attend the Nordica Con-
cert In Portland on Saturday evening
may have reservations made by MIR.
Ssrayer at Hotel Corvallis.
Carpenters are at work repairing
Mrs. Millie Smiths business house
which was partially destroyed by the
Main street fire few weeks ago. A
tenant Is ready to take the building
when finished.
M P. Fruit and G.. A. Waggoner
started Thursday morning by team
for huntlng trip 10 the Cascade
mountains. They are to we absent
eight or ten days. This Is said to be
the best season for hunting deer.
Services at the Episcopal church
Sunday as follows Sunday school at
10 a. NJ: moroIng prayer and sermon
at IL a. M; evening prayer and SER
mon at 7-30 p. 10. Service and ser
mon at Wells at 2::3O p. m. Ali lnvit-
ed. Q. MacLean PHI D.
Excavation on the wall lines OF
the Thompson concrete building has
been made and quantity Of the ma
terial is on the ground. There is con-
siderable building going on In Cor
wallis at present, aud workmen and
employees are praying for continue.
ton of favorable weather.
james Lewis reports that he has
made extensive sales of real estate.
He says he has sold 1,OO9 acres In ad-
joining counties valued at 500, $50.
The buyers are Fasteners, three 10
number, and $l6250 in cash mas been
paid on the purchases. In Benton,
Mr.. Lewis says he has sold 1,94S
acres, to five E4steruers at $17 ,875.
The deeds have not yet been record.
ed.
During the pact few days Mr..
and Mrs. Philip Phile have been dis
cussing with contractors the matter
of erecting brick building on /. the
ground now occupied by a frame
building In which Milner & Wellsher
have their general store. The par
ties. however, have decided not to
build this fall. but il is the int tention to
erect good store buildlng in the
spring.
The construction of an addition
to the beating plant building for
housing the plant at the College has
been commenced. Sometime ago the
College called for bids for the work,
but all the proposals were rejected
and the authorities have undertaken
the job by days WORK. The improve
ment will cost So 900 to $4,000. When
the two plants are joined, the result
ant saving 10 labor and fuel i5 esti-
mated at ST., 900 per year.
Marshall Miller is erecting a
business house OF rather pretentious
between Second and Third Mr..
Miller and several carpenters are
pushing the work. The building is
to be one story structure, "a feet
wide and 81 feet in length For the
present the interior and exterior of
the building will have rough finish
only, but it will answer the purpose of
the business which it is said will be
conducted there.
John Fl Fuller and Herman Deck
man, soldiers from Vancouver Bar
racks, composed an Infantry recruit
Ing party which arrived In Corvallis
the 21et and departed the 23rd. These
gentlemen, with others in various
parts of the state. were out for the
purpose of ascertaining the number OF
suitable persons who might enlist in
the army and of giving Information
relative to the service. Messrs Fuller
and Deckman visited Hillsboro, For
est Grove, McMlnnville and Corvallis
but found no persons who seemed de-
sirous of going into the service of
Uncle Sam as soldiers.
The time for the completion of
the new school building is November