The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-04-04

is uncalled for 10 the hands of County
Clerk Moses. Tell her about 1t.
-Postmas tar johnson has leased,
aud Is shortly to occupy the house Of
Mrs. Anna Beach, neaI the courthouse.
William Chi iers resigned as su-
pervisor In road district No. 10 and
g. r. Taylor was appointed.
Billy Potter intends to ride In
style this summer. He has jnst COM
| pleted tor himself a new single buggy
which looks to be all right.
The semi-annual account has
beeen filed in the estate Of Joseph
Parks. The land is inventoried$ at
1913 acres, valued at 1865.
&c lbert s. Gregory are In receipt
Of carload of lumber from the bay.
It ia a portion of q lumber cargo
wrecked near Yaquina last season, but
the purchasers b lieve they can work
1t up to good advantage.
There is to be meeting of the
Prohibition Alliance, April 6 at 8 p. m.
10 Corvallis. All members requested
to be present. Annual election of off
cere. Friends also iavited. By order
of W. G. Swan, president.
New deeds filed for record are,
G iward Ryder and wife to jasper
Hayden, Is acres In Alsea, SIS; Chas.
M. Close and wife to Beverly Chew
1853 acres south Of Corvallis, 81; Cath
crime nj. Rickard and husband to 8.
L. Kline, 348 acres near Monroe, S5.
600.
was on Tuesday a fJck
OF 40 fine chickens belonging to D.
Barker, Of Albany, was on Wednesd
reduced to four 10 number from eating
wheat supposed to have been poison
ed. A quantity Of the feed was to
have been sent to the Agricultural
college for cxamination.
81. H. tDalaba, who was Injured by
fall from sidewalk into the base
ment or Hotel Corvallis several weeks
ago, was able to be out for the first
time THURSDAY. He is at the home Of
his. daughter, Mrs. Marshall Miller,
aod spent short time 10 the door
yard duliDg the afternoon.
Articles Of incorpora'i N Of the
Alsea Telephone Company have been
filed az the county Gle ks Office. The
principal place OF business Is 60 be AL 4
sea, and the capital stock Is 81 900.
divided into 200 shares of SIS each. w.
FL. Malone, G.. @. Peek and D. D.
Lopghbottom are the iacorporators
The object OF the company is to build,
maintain and operate a telephone line.
They say Jim Irwin is awfully ex-
ercis.d over the finding OF the two TN
dollar pieces a. the old miners camp
ing place on his mGther's farm, ex-r-
cised not only in mind but in BODY
The story is that he digs nearly ali
the time. He has alrfady dug up four
acres of growing wheat, and the fear
is that, it let alone, he will dig up the
It Is claimed that there Is a wild look t
in his eye already, and one of his
friends processes to believe that the |
finding Of on more S1o piece wouli get
him straight into the bug-house.
I'm the commissioners court, Thurs
day all bids for the construction by |
contract OF mile Of permanent road |
between the Hayes and the Cooper
farms on the Philotnatb route, were !
rejected. The two bids were, Thomas
Cooper. S2,375; r. McReynolde, >, $4,-
Ats. Estimates in the hands Of the
court Indicated that the Improvement
ought to be made according to speci-
featioDs for not more than 81 800 and
possibly as low as 81 500. The mat
ter was continued for the term. The
road supervisor has been instructed
to plow alongside the road for ditch
ing purposes, so that thu SECTION,
which is the worst on the philomath
road, may be thoroughly drained.
further Improvement than
this will be made will be determined
at the next term of court. s
= Coyotes out in the Wren neigh
borhood have been living high dur
ing the past month. Lambs seem to
be :heir favorits diet this time Of
year, and they have been voyaging
the focks quite extensively. Oscar
Deatly aud his dogs have been chas-
ing the pests In Polk county re-
Gently and 1t may be that those he
did not kill there bave come this
way. The first of the week Mr.. De-
atty was sent for to come into Ben
ton and put his dogs out on the ,
range about Wren. He responded
and arrived at the Lilly
arm on Tuesday evening. On
Wednesday the dogs were taken to
location where lamb recently had
been killed and turned loose. Con-
.rary to expectation, the dogs did
lot start a. coyote and the chase was K
,bandoned for the time. Mr.. De- III
'tly could not remain in the neigh {
,orhood on account OF other bust. s
less. but three Of his dogs were left 4
With Billy MCGEE aud VIM. Igo, ,
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