The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-05-13
Mrs D. o. Hotlck arrived satur-
day from Gold Hill for a visit with

| IrlenOS.
| A petition for sale of real proper
ty at privase sale has been granted in
! the estate of /. NJ. Mattoon.
/ Mrs. Potter, Of Oregon City, ar
4 rived Saturday tor weeks visit with
her PARENTS, Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.Spang-
ler, and Corvallis friends.
j. W. skipton has been 10 the city
since Monda. morning, having come
up from Salem on account Ct the be-
reavsment of the HeadIick family.
Miss Bessie Herbert has been i'll
| about two weeks from typhoid fever,
and there is now little change in her
condition. s
y. E. Williams has filed his bond
as guardian Of the Waggoner heirs.
The amount OF the bonu is So, 400 and
the sureties are G. W. Howard and A.
81. Buckingham.
George Emtick, Walt Smith and
Charley Wiley are hauling grain from
! the b oneville warehouse to the Ben
ton Mills in Corvallis Usually this
grain is transferred by boat. ,.:
"A party Of three hunters went
over the river Monday afternoon and
bagged sixteen pigeons. Shooting
pigeons is about the only sport which
may be iauulged with the gun at this
! season. -- -..z
A letter from Southern Oregon re-
| Pers 10 quite a large colonyot Corvai-
lis people at Grants Pass. The letter
mentions Mr. aud Mts. Guy Lewis,
i Mrs. Thomas Graham and con Dick,
Charley Barnhaet, Paul Schmidt anu
Bruce Burnett.
Ernest Koberstein came to town
saturday, taking the first ide since
he ba / his foot and ankla ipiur ed by
| fall from the Benton MIL Company's
! fame, being constructed down Greasy.
He had been confined to his honse for
week, and while in town suffered
greatly from the effect of the ride.
U. G. Berry has been appointed
imioistrator Of the estate of Susan
| -. Berry. His bond ia for 81 900 with
NJ. J. and W. A. Wells as sureties.
/ The Appraisers. are William Bogue, ".
A. Wells and E. B. Horning. The
heirs Of the estate are, U. G., J. K
and M. d. Berry, and Nina Pfindle
and Esther Carl.
1t Is Captain James Gibson and
Captain d. W. Pritchard now. Each
has blowing of Woodmen, and they
are engaged in contest. The name
Of Gibson's side j., the Batk-peelere,
and Mr.. Pritchard's, Sapsuckers.
Each side is endeavoring 10 bring
more new members ioro the order
than the other The side that loses
is to provide big banquet the even
ing OF July 10th.
County Clerk Moses has sent
congressional district election notices
to the various judges and clerks OF
election throughout the county, wi b
Instructions that such notices be post
e.t Fsofmerly the sheriff was reqair-
ed TO post election notices, but te
law makes it the duty Of the clerk 60
forward TWO piioted copies of the no.
ties to each judge and clerk, whose
duty its is to post them. --e---
DR.. Les. Is white Wyandotte eggs
arrived Monday, and full arrange
mantss have been made te~haYe them
ineuhated. Ia our last Issue a refer
ence was made to white Wyandoste
fowls which was evideutly taken az
reflection on the breed. 1t was not
the intention to do go, and since that
time the poultry editor has been fura-
ished abun9ant proof that the white i
Wyandotte bird is fully the equal il
not this superior Of any other chicken
for general utility.
The A. M. McCaskey place of %
acres. two miles west Of Philumath
was sold Friday to D. W Mael, lately
arrived from Albin Whitman County,
Washington. The plice paid was ST.
$50 cash. The new purchaser took
possion Saturday. The sale was made
by Henry Amber, the 2 hilomath real
estate man. Mr.. Mael, also purchased
through Mr.. Amber, the George Scott
place Of 13 acres, adjoining the Nc
Oaskey place. Thesprice paid for the
latter was $500 cash.
An Iowa man, who went to Wash
ington last year andsettled there arri-
we'd Sunday. He came to look over
Willamette in the interest OF son-in-
law who still resides Ia Iowa. "This |
county beats Washington" he said on
the street Monday, "and I am coming
here as soon as can sell out there |
"I am going to write TO my son-in law |
to come here That's right" said |
r. H. GILBERT, another former resident
OF Iowa; II have been here nearly two
years now. and I have kicked myself |
many a time for not leaving Iowa and
coming here twenty years ago.
Sunday evening crowd stood |
about the corner OF Aliens drug store
discussing the events of the day when
suddenly a tnunderous roar broke
forth overhead. The throng hastily
scattered, thinking that one Of the
large converters of the electric wire
pole had broken it's fastenines and was
crashing down. Those however who
looked up, beheld a network of flame
Ia the wires. Two large guy wires or