The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-05-06
Dick Smith returned from bnsi-
ness trip to POI IL and.

The Baptlsts have enlarged their
accommodations for the Increased
Sunday school attendance.
In the estate OF W. e. Elliott,
George E. Lilly administrators, has
fled his f1ual account, and June 9th
has been set as he date for settle
ment.
The abstracts of J. 81. Gibson
have been pu. chased by J. F. Yates,
and are to be used In the law business
Of Yates & Yates.
A marriage license has been issued
to War1en A. ,Haskins of Clackamas
county and N. Estella Wyatt, Of Phil
omatb.
Mrs Esther Reid, formerly OF Cor
wallis, was married at Seattle last Fri.
DAY to Frank j. Mcdonald, OF that
city.
-Mary's Peak Uniform Rank will
be at De llas, June 5th, TO contest with
other teams in exhibition drill for a.
prize of $50. .
Carpenters, paioters and paper
hangers are to transform things 10 the
house OF W. B. Lacy. The improve
ments are to include extensive chang
IS ia the pallois, halls and elsewhere.
"A. B. Weatherford, trustee of the
Mahon bankruptcy, has been for eev-
eral days at BlJdgett, taking an in,
ventory Of the assets. Mr.. Weather
ford was el.cied trustee at meeting
of credit rs held In Albany last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. V. Hurt have
adopted Esther Brown. The papers
are on file at the county clerks office
and relate that the child is an orphan,
and that they have had her since Sep
tember 16.h.s The child is given the
name of Martha B. Hurt.
The Cautlorn warehouse proper
ty, now occupied 2hy the Corvallis
creamery, was sold at auction by the
sheriff Saturday. The sale occurred
on the couft house steps, and was un
der foreclosure OF mortgage The
property was bid in for Ruth Dolph
Thornton, holder Of the mortgage.
The sale price was Sl.968.72.
- Corvallis Is to be visited by Port
land excursionists next Sunday. The
train leaves Portland at $50, runs. cv-
er the E4st.ide to Salem and Albany,
thence over the 9. & e. zto Corvalis is
and down the Westside TO Portland,
the day to the tip and such
stops az are to be made. An hour or
two is to beSspent at Corvallis.
One OF the davs Of the carnival
will be given to Fraterpal orders, and
it is hoped that all orders in the city
and county will help 10 making It a
red letter day. From present reports
the Uniform Rank W. o. W. from Da'-
las, Sheridan, Amity, McMinnville,
Monmouth and Independence, will be
in Corvallis. and contest with the To-
cal w. o. W. Rank for the cash priz
in grand exhibition dill.
1t Is expected that W, G.. e nery
will sho1t'y become resident OF Cor
wallis, his old home. Negotiations are
about completed by which he is to be-
come the owner of local photograph |
gallery, and while they have not been
1t is fully expected that |
the arrangement will materialize. Mr..
Emery Is an accomplished photogra-
pher, and he has many friends who
viii be delighted to see him again set
tied among them.
The committee of the W. o. W.
having the matter Of the queen con-
test 10 hand, made the first canvass of
votes cast for queen, MonGAy, and /
The result shows that the contest is
2 Ding to be spirited. The result is as
,o1 ows: Miss Inez Williams, CT Belle
'ountain s.105; Miss Mabel Davis, of
Corvallis 80; Mis- Mae Gibson of
Corvallis 50; Miss Bertha Henkle of
Corvallis IS; Miss Bessie Dilley of
Corvallis 50; Miss Martha Afford, Of
Philomath so; Mise Clara Lane Of Cor
yallis so. For only one weeks time,
his shows quite an interest in the Sc +
ection of queen The Woodmen are
,oing to set aside sufficient amount
# money, for the queens robes.
while in Corvallis o. q. Holcomb,
he Seattle buyer, purchased ten head
II good horses, Iu addition to the
.nimals obtained from A. r. Lockels
md Ben Harris, mention OF which was {
made 10 Saturdays issue of this paper, |
le secured a team Of Mr.. White, of {
sIodgett. team from Rufus Skipton, I
team from gentleman living few
niles south of Philomatb, but whose
anne we did not learn, and one horse
rom A. N. Locke. The above are all
eavy horses. Mr.. Holcomb also se-l J
ured a fine driving animal from Jesse
7iley. Prices of all the animals could
OF be secured for publication, but
ney averaged something more than
100. 80, & 81 e
Mondays Oregonian: The de-
sive victory OF the Oregon Agficul-
lral College athletics over McMinn-
lille College shows that Trainer :,
rine is developing a strong team at :