The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-02
MIR. and Mrs. John Fulton. Sat-
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| -Hoppicking begins In the Lilly
yard next Thursday. the 81.
Mrs. Ambrose Houck has arrived
and is the guest OF Corvallis relatives.
John Whitaker requests the
"Times" to announce to pickers that
hoppicking will begin in his yard to-
morrow, Thursday.
Salem Journal: Misses Lulu and
Winnie Gilbert, of Corvallis, are in the
city visiting az the home OF DR.. and
Mrs. F. E. Smith.
G. Simpson, who recently bought
the Evers property near the college,
Is building small but convenient
house for rental purposes.
Mrs. Nancy J. Isbel, of Kansas,
started Monday on her return home.
She made a tGur of the west, and
spent week with friends in Benton.
The Lewis and Clark Club will
hold a business meeting at the home
OF Mrs. Laffrrty next Friday after
noon at 4 o'clock. Members will
please be in attendance,
The Misses Johnson have moved
their millinery goods into the lower
rooms OF Mack Hemphill's bull ding on
Second and J ffersom streets. They
will make this location permanent.
e. J. Dunn has removed his gro
Gerry aud commission store to Mrs.
Hemphill's rooms formerly occupied
II 1,
move the first Of the month. but the
fire caused him to hasten the trans
fer.
Salem Journal: Mrs. Sol Durbin
and daughter, Mrs. Klots, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Elgin and Mr.. Charles Ell
ain, returned Sunday evening from
Corvallis, where they attended the
funeral OF the late Frank Elgin, who
died on last Thursday Of heart dis
ease
: Sunday afternoon the neighbor-
hood two or three miles north OF
Corvallis turned out to fight ruD-
ming fire In the pasture Ut Geo Brown
who occupies the Woilay farm. The
fire burned over considerable terri
tory before it was extinguished, but
no fences were destroyed. The fire
was supposed TO have originated from
a spark thrown out by the engine
attached to the Portland excursion
train.
The body OF Albert Mackay was
shipped from Corvallis to Kent, Wash.
Monday. for burial. The deceased was
son-in-Iaw of G. Ell. Crabtree of Philo-
math. He and his family came to
Philomath three or four months ago
from Portland, on account OF Mr.
Mackay's hes lth. He was sufferer
from dropsy, and died of that disease
Sunday. The rename go for burial
ceased reside. A widow aud one child
are the survivors.
In Southern Renton threshing
operations for this season are nearing
the end. The spring crops OF Wal er
Smith, Tyra Smith, Charles Dennick ;,
John Porter. John Whitaker, Wash
Ballard and others have all been
threshed. The yield of spring wheat
on the Tyra Smith farm was Is bush
els, machine measurement, which will
be Increased when weighed out at the
warehouse. Isis expected that all the
crops in Southern Benton will have
been thresbed by the end of the week.
-Wolk has already begun on the
new schcol building. The stone
foundation was laid some time ago,
and the work of the carpenters can
now proceed with cele1ity. A. j.
Fleming has the contract at the price
of SIS ,284 The stone Foundation ct st
$766. The total cost of The structure
with two rooms fpished will be Sc $50.
The building is TO be completed with
In sixty working days after the Sign
ing OF the contract. It Is expected
that 1t will be ready for use by thej
middle Of November or by December
1st.
The marriage of Oliver Wicks and
Miss Anna Millho!len occurred Sum
day at the home ct Mrs. Wicks la this
city. The ceremony was performed
at noon, by Rev. Carrick of the Pres
byterian church. The parIors were
prettily decorated for the occasion.
Present at the nuptials, besides the
families of the bride and groom were, /,
Mr.. aud Mrs. Miller of Shedd; and
Mrs. Painter Of Oregon City, The
bride is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wesley M4llhollen of Oakville, and the !
groom is the son OF Mrs. Wicks of Cor
vallie. Mr.. and Mrs. Wicks left at
once for storia. their future home.
The hop picker is once more
afeld. Picking began in the Beach !
yard across the Willamette from Cor
wallis Monday morning. The force
Of pickers there is seventy. five, and
the first day they filed the driers by
five o'clock In the afternoon, aud were
laid off for the rest of the day. The,
yard is said to be highly cultivated. |