The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-05-16
Fl ,rry Wishycombe arrived Tues :
Gay from Chicago @t4

at the rate OILS cents per line.
II, ,rry Wi'hycombe arrived Tues
Cay from Chicago. @
Miss Ruth Lilly went to Albany
"Wednesday for a visit with trends.
"A pipe and a key constitute the
sum total OF the '.fnund" articles de,
posted with The Times this week
Mrs. Lafferty and Ms. Brunk
leave tomorrow for visit in Port
land.
Don't read this. Fourteen trim
Mrs. j. Mason's.
"A farmer who brought bacon to
town Thursday sold sides at IA aud
shoulders at 10 cents per pound.
-Miss Nora Case and MIS-. Jane
Megginson Wilson of Newport was in
town during the week, for dental
WORK.
The time to which your subscrip.
ton is pats is show by rha dase
after your name in the address Oh
your TIMEs. How does it ssauu?
-Neighbors of T. P. C1nnor, o.
Evergreen. seem pleased to report the
improved condition , latter. He
has been In poor ltalth during the
past two mons.s,
This seasons wool lip is ar wing
In town. A consi i4rabe numb IT Of
e., oh, nj ~ N II h \
at 1t In few days. Tue p,l-. ranges
in the vicinity OF fifteen and a half
cents In the local market.
During the absencs OF Chief Alex
ander. who has gone to attend the
funeral of his mother at Vancouver.
N. L. r Raber l. acting chief OF poll
ce. David Osourn is acting nightwatch
vice Fred Owe, lander. who resigned
on account Of illness.
Work on the perm snepr road IN
course OF construction nocrh OF Stew
arts bridge has been temp. .,rarlly
discontiohed, The grazing has
reached a point where il Is desired to
roll 1t thoroughly, aud the latter is
not possible without a heavy rain.
Whenever the weather clerk does his
duty operati ons will be resumed.
Walter Kline was out Thursday
iu a handsome pneumatic tired buggy
drawn by foe styled brown hotse.
Ir Is turnout that Walter had used
in San Francisco and it was ehippAd
here this week for use duting the sum
mer. The horse was purchased from
James Irwin two..years ago and is
splendid roadster.
"A tender branch from a
prune tree in the big prune orchard
was brought In by Manager johnson
the other day, and though but very
small sprig. it supported fifty little
prunes 10 the process Of fae growth.
The accounts are that the trees all
over -he orchard are neAVly la len
with the embryo crop.
M. W. Wilkins, NOT the ma1 who
built Hotel. Corvallis. but national
organic ,r of the socialist party, Is to
speak at.the court house Tues lay
evening at 80. He is said TO be an
orator of much power. Ladies' are
invited to attend. It il
possible that J. W. Ingie, Socialist
candidate for congress will take part
In the discussion. 4
MIR. Butler, who arrived recently
with his family from Iowa, has bought
a homestead right tos I60- acre claim
Lee Browns place on Soap
Creek, and fs to occupy it at once.
The claim belonged t. J. Baldwin,
now employed at the Corvallis saw
mill. The latter arrived a year ago
and Is the son-in-law of Mr.. Reuter-
on Soap Greek,
"A telegram received Thursday
morning, notified Chief Alexander Of
the death Of his aged mother at Van
,ouver. Nothing Of the kind was ex-
pected, and the intelligence came as a
surprise and a shock. No details
we're given In the message and the
cause of death is not known. Chief
Alexander left at once to attend the
'uneral. His mother was about 80
Years OF age. She had resided for
many years In Vancouver and vicin-
lty,
-CnaTleS honaedy, lot years q pas
enger conductor on the old Oregon
Pacific railroad was in town for few
laws Thursday. Since he left the
Eaquina road, 10 or a dozen years
go, he was until recently a freight
CONDUCTOR on the ORR N between
Portland and The Dailes. Sometime
go he left the o an for another
mploy, and for the present has lay
If for visit with old friends, of
Vhom he has many in the Valley.
The bridge and fill at Stewards
,reek, three miles north Of Corvallis
) practically completed. It was In
pected by the county Judge and sur
yeyor yesterday. The Improvement i
makes an important change In the ar
of the road materially re- .
ucing the grade, and fs much com
aended by those who travel 1t. The :
rade was formerly one foot rise In
light feet, and Is now reduced to one
cot in twenty. That Is to say; it Is !
educed from twelve and half per
ent to five per cent grade. !
Fanny little nhickana IN tha north |