The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-02-28

( ID M Smith went to Portland
THURSDAY for business trip. ss
Wheat 68. Tits weaker In nearly
all markets.
Homer Aldrich went to Salem
Thursday to accept employment. His
family goes later. y
August Fischer is at Silverton
looking after the Fischer Touring mill
at that place. He is expected home
tonight. #
Carl Hodes and family spent Fri
day In Corvallis with friends. They
returned to Albany This morning by
boat.
A. Assell went to the bay Satur-
day and returned Thursday. Adams
i pilgrimages westward are becoming
suspiciously frequent.
| -"Jesus Christ and Social Pro
gress," is the subject for the morning
sermon by Mrs. Humbert atthe Chris
tian church tomorrow. In the even
ing. Possibilities
0s ~ = dk qudts Ol 4lO6C0ulS1 Veso III
a visit to Corvallis friends Wednesday
and Thursday. During his stay he
was the guest of Prof. and Mrs. Hor-
ner. Mr.. Farquar is temporarily on
crutches, having lost a foot, from a
railroad accident some months ago.
The bond of Joseph A Park, ad.
ministrator of the estate Of Joseph
Park has been fled. 1t is for SO 900 and
the sureties are William and Mary A.
Park The appraisers are T. P. Con-
nor. 3. T. Wertzbaugher and s.. @.
Dixon.
Dick Rycraft is out from Alsea.
He reports large loss OF sheep In the
| valley. George Peek, who occupies
the Safe place Is one Of the most un-
fortunate, having out OF asband Of 225
sheep lost all but e5 up to this date.
The ad elsewhere OF the Benton
County Lumber company gives idle
men, il there are such, opportunity to
secure employment. Application for
| places should be made at the Benton
County Lumber Yard In Corvallis or
at the company's saw mill on Greasy
creek. 8. !
There is now more sickness a.
mong college students than has ever
been known at any time previous. !.
Measles is quite epidemic. and a very
large per centage of the illness due to
this cause. There are something like
60 pupils out of school on account OF
some form of indisposition. *h
Fred Wealth rford, with one toe
gone aud three others nearly severed
! from his foot, was an outbound pas
senger on Thursdays train. He has
land claim on the Sile'z and while
working there, met with an accident.
It is hoped to save three of the toes,
but one is gone for good.
-"Human Hearts was the bill at
a theatrical performance gi. en- at The
Opera House Tuesday night. The
audience, In point of numbers was
fair, and the company excellent. The
play was mixture Of mirth and tears
and It's rendition has come In for
many generous compliment by those
| who saw It.
| Elmer Bethers, who recently LETT
with the RoWlands and George W.
| Smith. for the gold diggings in Val
| dez, Alaska, has arrived to Corvallis,
and does not expect to return to the
north. On the trip up, the steam
er encountered violent storms, and
six of the nine horses of the Rowlands
were either killed or 80 injured that
they had to be shot. On arrival at
Valdez, the snow was still so deep and
weather 80 bad that progress into the
interior promised to be delayed and
difficult. The loss of the horses also
promised to handicap operations, and
Mr.. zBethers gave up the plan Of goiog
to the diggings, and returned home: :
u. d. Mann arrived Wednesday
from a trip East. He left Corvallis
January 18th. Most ofihis time was
spent In northern Kansas on a visit. to-
his mother, who sustained a fracture
OF the arm the day before Mr.. Mann
started home. Mr.. Mann,s sojourn 10
KANSAS WIS a dream OF snow and cold
weather. The Thermometer hovered
most of the time In the neighborhood
Of zero, dropping one time to 16 be-
low. The discovery Of gas and oil has
changed conditions since Mr.. Mann
left Kansas several years ago. The
gas Ia piped Into farm houses In. the
neighborhood, and farmers heat their
houses, do their cooking and lighting
with It. They pay $1.50 per month for
heating purposes and 15iecents "a
month for lighting, Coal. that used
to be the only fnei in the section, is
mo longer required. . = IS. ~ s. &. ,3:ss =
| DR.. Lowe the we'll known oculo-